Views of the seats of noblemen and gentlemen, in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland . Che #00, f^ertfortisfitte; THE SEAT OFTHE RIGHT HONOURABLE THOMAS BRAND, LORD DACRE. The Estate called The Hoo was purchased by the trustees of thegrandfather of the present noble owner of the Keates, who, for severalgenerations, held possession of the Manor. It derives its name fromthe very ancient family of Hoo, near Kimpton, who were possessed ofthe Manor in the time of Canute, as appears from a roll taken from theledger of some monastery. Robert de Hoo obtained a charter for aweekly Market for the Mano
Views of the seats of noblemen and gentlemen, in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland . Che #00, f^ertfortisfitte; THE SEAT OFTHE RIGHT HONOURABLE THOMAS BRAND, LORD DACRE. The Estate called The Hoo was purchased by the trustees of thegrandfather of the present noble owner of the Keates, who, for severalgenerations, held possession of the Manor. It derives its name fromthe very ancient family of Hoo, near Kimpton, who were possessed ofthe Manor in the time of Canute, as appears from a roll taken from theledger of some monastery. Robert de Hoo obtained a charter for aweekly Market for the Manor, in the twentieth year of Edward the middle of the seventeenth century the estate passed from theHoos to the Keates, in default of male issue, from Thomas Hoo, whosesister had married Sir Jonathan Keate, Baronet. A Plan of the Manor House and contiguous pleasure grounds is to beseen in Chauncys History of Hertfordshire, published at the beginningof the last century. Making due allowance for modernization, whichhas been at various times effected, the outline of the Mansion r
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