gloucestria

Updated: May 21, 2025

The landowner described himself by the place; "Ego Philippus de Mattesdone" are the words of an ancient document preserved among the records of the Monastery of St. Peter at Gloucester.* * "Historia et Cartularium Monasterii Sancti Petri Gloucestria," edited by W. Hart, vol. i. p. 100. To come to more recent times, the manor house was built in 1594 by Sir Ambrose Willoughby.

George Augustus Selwyn - George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life