270 Kingston House, Bradford. 
drawing of this coat is so minute that some of the quarterings 
cannot be distinguished, and the painting itself is now destroyed. 
Besides those which are represented in the woodcut above, it in- 
cluded Tropnell, Bower, (a cross pattée), and Seymour, (a pair of 
wings conjoined), and other intermediate quarterings brought in 
by heiresses, probably Besill and Rogers. At the corners were the 
crests of Hall, Seymour, (a pheenix), and another, a lion rampant. 
Over the larger shield upon the edge of the frame, was a smaller 
one of THYNNE: viz, Quarterly, 1 and 4, barry of ten or and sable 
(Boteville); 2 and 3, argent a lion rampant. There can be no doubt 
that this painted shield referred to the last owner John Hall, who 
died 1711: whose mother was a Seymour and whose wife was a 
Thynne, as will be seen in the pedigree below. He probably embel- 
lished or finished the house, which we are inclined to consider 
must have been built by his grandfather, of the same name. 
Famity oF Hatt or Braprorp. 
It is not likely that there was any connection between the two 
families of this name at Salisbury and Bradford. The arms used 
by the former, “Argent, on a chevron between three columbines 
azure, a mullet of six points,” being wholly different from those of 
Hall of Bradford, “Sable, 3 poleaxes argent.” Hall of Bradford 
was of considerable antiquity. The name is often met with in very 
early deeds, as “De Aula” or “De la Sale” (sad/e being French for 
hall). William de Aula de Bradford is often mentioned amongst 
other Wiltshire gentlemen, as a witness to documents of the reign 
of Edward I. (1273—1807). The family certainly belonged to the 
class of wealthy gentry, though the name does not occur in the 
list of Sheriffs of the county, until in the person of the last of the 
race,in 1670. They married into families of wealth and quality, as 
will be seen by the following extract from their pedigree, which 
