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Subject: Re: Descents From Edward III For Sir George Armytage, 5th Baronet
Date: 17 Apr 2007 14:31:31 -0700
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On 17 Apr., 21:44, Brad Verity <> wrote:

> The Armytages of Kirklees Hall in Hartshead township in the West
> Riding of Yorkshire (4 miles north of Huddersfield) claimed an ancient
> lineage dating back to the reign of King Stephen. This may have been
> an invention to disguise their mercantile roots.

Brad

Thanks for this very timely post. I was chatting with a friend of
mine recently about genealogy; her second marriage was to a Lefroy,
and she has much material on that family which is of interest to me,
but it transpires that her first husband was an Armytage, and she has
some (I think privately printed, circa 1920) material on that family,
of Almondbury, Wrigbowls etc. I only had a quick glance through it,
but felt that the early lines were highly dubious - connection (de
Rye) with a wife of one of the Mandevilles of Essex and so forth. Do
you know of any good source discussing the apparent invention of their
early genealogy?

Regards, Michael

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