John Arscott

[1] W. G. Hoskins described the Arscotts as one of the ancient families of freeholders that rose to the ranks of the squirearchy over a period of 300 years or so by the steady accumulation of property, mostly through marriage.

[5] John Arscott was the eldest son and heir of Edmund Arscott (1588–1656), of Tetcott, by his wife Mary Walrond (died 1652), daughter of William Walrond (died 1627)[6] of Bradfield, Uffculme.

Arthur Arscott (1554–1618), the sheriff's grandfather[7] built a new manor house at Tetcott in 1603.

[7] His heir was his nephew John Arscott (died 1708) of Tetcott (the son of his younger brother William), who married as his second wife Prudence, of unrecorded family.

The younger John's third son was Dennis Arscott (1685–1721) of Ethy, Cornwall, Sheriff of Cornwall[7] and his daughter was Jane Arscott (born 1678) who in 1699 married Sir John Molesworth, 3rd Baronet,[7] whose later descendants inherited Tetcott in 1788.