[3][4] Sir Bernard Burke reported in 1854 that the then owner of the house had records for leases of parts of the estate dating from the reign of Henry II.

[6] Branches of the family had significant landholdings in Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, and Suffolk,[7] with one established in Stoke-by-Nayland from the time of Edward III.

George married Catherine, a daughter of Thomas Waldegrave of Smallbridge, Suffolk, and died on the 22 August 1541.

William (d.1558) would marry Audrie, a daughter of John Allington of Westley, Cambridgeshire and die on 8 July "6 Philip and Mary", i.e., 1558.

William (d.1617) would marry Etheldred, a daughter of Ferdinando Parys of Linton and die on 15 March "15 James I", i.e., 1617.