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From: Brad Verity <>
Subject: Re: Descents From Edward III For Sir George Armytage, 5th Baronet
Date: 17 Apr 2007 22:48:18 -0700
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On Apr 17, 2:31 pm, wrote:

> 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?

Dear Michael,

Sorry to say I don't. I used the following two websites for my
background info on the family:

http://thearmitages.net/index.htm

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Lane/8771/armytage.html

I came to the conclusion that if the earliest traceable Armytage was
the merchant who bought Kirklees in 1564, then suddenly a pedigree of
the family appears in 1637 that traces it back to King Stephen's
reign, something seems fishy. Norroy Herald Richard St. George must
have made a lot of money on that one!

Cheers, -------Brad



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