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Kinnersley, Herefordshire is in Herefordshire.
Kinnersley Castle, Herefordshire
Kinnersley Castle, Herefordshire [Map] was probably first constructed between 1100 and 1135 during the reign of King Henry I. It was subsequently rebuilt as an Elizabethan house. That house has been subject to many restorations.
In or before 1617 Francis Smallman (age 52) purchased Kinnersley Castle, Herefordshire [Map] from the son of Roger Vaughan.
On 07 Sep 1633 Francis Smallman (age 68) died. He was buried at St James' Church, Kinnersley [Map] on 09 Sep 1633. He had made his will on 20 Jul 1633 leaving his only daughter a portion of £1,000. His son William Smallman of Kinnersley Castle (age 18) inherited Kinnersley Castle, Herefordshire [Map].
In 1643 William Smallman of Kinnersley Castle (age 28) died. Lucy Smallman and her husband James Pytts (age 16) inherited Kinnersley Castle, Herefordshire [Map].
Around 1801 Leonard Parkinson (age 57) purchased Kinnersley Castle, Herefordshire [Map].
On 11 Jul 1817 Leonard Parkinson (age 73) died at Kinnersley Castle, Herefordshire [Map]. His will, proved 10 Feb 1818, rehearsed the marriage settlement of his son Richard (age 35) with Lucy Lechmere under which he [the testator] had settled an annuity of £750 p.a. on the couple secured on his estates in Herefordshire, and changed the underlying package of security by pledging the lands, including tenanted farms, in Herefordshire: he entailed the underlying lands to Richard and his heirs and then to his [the testator's] children starting with his son Leonard junior. He left Kinnersley Castle in trust for the benefit of his daughter Mary Elizabeth Clarke; and the rest of his British lands to his son Leonard.
In 1872 George Frederick Bodley (age 44) and Minna Reavely were married at Kinnersley Castle, Herefordshire [Map].