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Life History

Other facts

Notes

• Manor of Atherstone: Court Rolls and Minute Books
  Administrative history:
  Names of Lords and Stewards of the Manor
  Sebright Repington, Esq. 8 Aug. 1661-27 Oct. 1692
• The hamlet of Whittington lies about 1¼ miles to the south-east of Grendon Church, Warwickshire.
  In 1435 John Hekling and Joan his wife granted 10 messuages and some 470 acres of land and pasture in Whittington to William Repington.
  The estate apparently remained in this family until 1663, when Sebright Repington granted to Lettice Hounsell, widow, the manor of Whittington, 10 messuages, &c., with common of pasture and view of frankpledge in Whittington, Grendon, and Atherston.
• Manduessedum Romanorum:
  Sebright Repington, Esq. 1633, married Catherine daughter of Thomas Burdet of Foremark co. Derby, and died without issue.
  Note that this conflicts with Burke's Peerage which states that Sebright had one son; Edward.
• Manduessedum Romanorum:
  Edward Repington died 1663, without issue, having married Mary daughter of Sherington Talbot of Lacock co. Wilts.
  Note that this conflicts with Burke's Peerage which states that Sebright married Mary and had 9 children.
• The National Archives
  Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive Service, Lichfield Record Office
  Messrs Hinckley, Birch and Exham, Solicitors, Lichfield
  DW1851/8/122
  1595-1688
  Contents:
  Warwickshire.
  Amington. Exchange of tithes from property in Amington for tithes of Broadmeadow in p. Wiggington. co. Staffordshire.
  (Repington/Breton). 1595.
  Manors of Great Amington, Little Amington and Whittington with appurtenances and closes (named).
  Covenant to suffer a recovery.
  (Repington/Stanford & Hysley). 1618.
  Great Amington. Closes called Stony Wast, Cowpers Close, Middle Wast and Coppy End Close; and part of Cumberhill.
  (Payne/Repington.) 1635/6.
  Great Amington. Exchange of closes in Hedge Lane, Bracegreene, Frythlane and Wyreylane.
  (Payne/Reppyngton.). 1648/9.
  Amington, Great & Little. 1 messuage, 1 cottage, 1 watermill, 10 acres land, 10 acres meadow, 20 acres pasture.
  Final Concord (Milner/Fisher, Beardsley). 1658.
  Amington. Messuage in Dog land and closes called Newshayes.
  Covenant to levy fine.
  (Gabbetas & Wescott/Pretty.) 1661-2.
  Amington. Messuage in Dog Lane.
  Conveyance.
  (Lillie Rippington). 1675.
  Amington. 3 messuages, 3 cottages and closes.
  Repington trust deed. 1676/7.
  Amington. Messuage and 2 cottages and appurtenances.
  (Orton/Talbott). 1688.
• Derbyshire Record Office
  D156/M/E/2/27
  Copy bargain and sale by Sir John Repington of Amington (Warwickshire [now Staffordshire]) kt [Knight], to Sebright his son, of his property in Atherston, [Atherstone] Whittington, Grindon, [Grendon] Whitley, Merrivale, [Devon] Manceter, [Mancetter] Outewoodes [Outwoods, Staffordshire] and part of the patronage of All Hallows, St Peter's, St George's, St Paul's, St John's and St Clement's, Stamford, Lincolnshire.
  early 17th cent
• Staffordshire Archives
  Collection  William Salt's Original Collection
  Section  Archives
  Section  Letters
  Series  Letters and papers relating to the Chetwynd family of Ingestre
  LocatedAt William Salt Library
  Level Item
  DocRefNo S. MS. 565/62
  Title Receipt by Sebright Repington of Annington, Warwickshire, for £600 from Walter Chetwynd esq for purchase of land in Grendon, and General Acquittance
  Date 22 Jan 1662
  Description Receipt and General Acquittance
  1) Sebright Repington (or Reppington) esq of Annington, Warwickshire
  2) Walter Chetwynd esq, of Grindon [Grendon], Warwickshire
  Consideration: £600
  Messuage of tenement in Grendon now possessed by Robert Yealy, and the closes, pastures and meadows belonging to it (except a little close or pasture ground in Whittington called the [?]Srteikinge[?])
  (1) acquits and discharges (2).
  Signed and sealed by (1)
  Witnesses.
  22 Jan 1661[/2]
  Extent 1 document
• Personal Details
   Surname: Repington
   Forename(s): Sebright
   Gender: Male
   Place of Residence: Amington, Tamworth
   County: Warwickshire
   Occupation/Status: esquire
  Type of Document Recorded
   Will: Yes
   Letter of Administration: No
   Inventory of Goods: No
  Other Information
   Repository: Lichfield Record Office
   Date Recorded: 29 Sep 1698
   Court: Lichfield Consistory Court
   Reference: B/C/11
   Notes: None Recorded
• Parish Records Collection 1538-2005
  REPINGTON       Seabright       1698            Tamworth        Staffordshire
• The Topographer for the year 1789 - Volume 1
  From Seckington to Tamworth is about four miles.
  A good turnpike road soon led us by Statfold, the seat of Samuel Pipe Wolferstan, Esq. In whose family it was as early at least as the year 1565.
  We shall omit any further particulars at present, as this place is intended for an article in a future Number.
  Nearly opposite to this, in the county of Warwick, is the adjoining Manor of Amington.
  As this place is not mentioned in the Conqueror's Survey, Dugdale supposes it to be then involved in Wilnecote, and that the great lord of most of this country, as mentioned at Seckington, &c. was enfeoft thereof. It afterwards descended thro' a female to the family of Clinton, of which John de Clinton, jun. claimed divers privileges here, by prescription in 13 E. I.
  In 1 H. VI, Sir Wm. Clinton, Kt. sold a large portion of this estate to Wm. Repington, and his heirs, for 200 marks of silver; and in 29 H. VIII, Edward, Lord Clinton, granted more lands here to Francis Repington, his descendant, of all which, and the capital messuage, or manor house, the said Francis died seized in 4 E. VI.
  His great grandson, Sir John Repington, Kt, enjoyed it in 1640, in whose lineal descendants it has continued to the present day.
  This ancient family, who are of Lincolnshire origin, have, since their residence here, intermarried with some of the principal families in the country.
  Amongst whom, in the last century, we find Catherine, daughter of Sir Thomas Burdet de Foremark, married to Sebright Repington, Esq.
  The house still remaining here, wears the venerable aspect of ancient hospitality, and from its stile of architecture, in a transient view, must be as old at least as the reign of Queen Elizabeth.
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  Behind, down in that bottom look,
  Attended by tall pines in files,
  Close by the willow-wedded brook,
  See the old mansion, how it smiles!
  Enter the lofty hall, &c.
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  This fine old room is spacious and lofty, with an arched roof turned upon wooden pillars. In the two front windows are these arms painted, England, with a lion and griffin or, supporters. In the lower window is the same coat, with a griffin and greyhound  supporters, for Thomas of Woodstock. Also the arms of Repington and Staunford twice over.
  A pair of stairs led us from hence to a curious old room, called the Vineyard, coved and ornamented at the top with vines and birds. The wainscot is also curiously carved, which brought these other lines to our memory from the same ingenious Poem.
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  See birds and beasts play round the Pannels,
  Such as the Gothic Chissel breeds!
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  Over the chimney is the following inscription in old golden Capitals.
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  "Ne derelinquas amicum tuum anticum
  "Quia novus non erit ei similis."
  [Do not forsake your friend the front porch
  For a new one it will not be like him.]
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  Below in one of the compartments is carved F. M. which are the initials, no doubt, of Francis and Mary Repington, the builders of the room, and perhaps the house.
  Round the wainscot amongst other arms, are, those of Repington impaling Cotton, and the letters F. M. over the husbands and wives arms respectively.
  This is not a parish in itself, but a member to Tamworth, where in the church are some flat stone memorials of the family.

Sources

• 1. Reports of cases, upon appeals and writs of error, in the High Court of Parliament 1772
  • (secondary evidence)
• 2. Manduessedum Romanorum: being the history and antiquities of the parish of Manceter
  • 1779
  • (secondary evidence)
• 3. A collection of the reports of cases, the statutes, and ecclesiastical laws relating to Tithes 1826
  • (secondary evidence)
• 4. Repingtons Warwickshire
  • (secondary evidence)