Richard Chauncey

[1] He was also a partner in the business of Chauncey and Vigne, gunpowder merchants.

[1] Already owning a gunpowder mill at Oare, Kent, he leased the Kingsmill at Faversham in 1754.

[4] In 1742 Chauncey inherited the Edgcote estate and commissioned architect William Jones (died 1757) to build a new mansion.

Edgcote House was built between 1747 and 1752 and is now a Grade I listed building.

[9] William Henry inherited Edgcote; then on his death without an heir it passed to his sister, Anna Maria.