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Church, October 27th, 1617, it is clear that they were not yet 
occupying Miserden House. Four months earlier (in July) 
Mistress Jane Sandys of Brimpsfield was married there to 
Mr. John Higges of Cheltenham, so it is evident that the Sandys 
family had already established itself there. The same register 
(of Brimpsfield) gives interesting light on the last of the local 
Kingstons, and shows them to be living at Hazel House, not at 
Wyshanger House below it. 1620. July 30 : “ Mr. William 
Kingston of Hasle House and Mrs. Anne Culpepper 1 of Brimps- 
field were married.” Their name last occurs in 1624-25. This 
entry is interesting because it shows the connection between the 
Kirgstons and Lady Sandys. Mr. Kingston was a son of 
Edmund Kingston, of Hazle House, and a great-grandson of 
Sir Anthony. On December 21st, 1621, Miserden Church saw 
the baptism of Edmund his first-born, who left no issue. In 
1624-25 Sandys, daughter of Mr. William Kingston of Hazle 
House, was baptised at Brimpsfield. This is the last mention 
of the Kingstons that I have in connection with Miserden. 
The eldest son of Sir William Sandys became a distinguished 
personage for his great achievement in making navigable the 
River Avon from Tewkesbury to Stratford by means of sluices, 
■cuttings, and weirs. He was supported in this enterprise by 
Lord Windsor. He ultimately, in 1640, succeeded his father 
at Miserden. His younger brother, Sir Myles, lived on at 
Brimpsfield, which property was sold later in the century by a 
grandson, another Myles Sandys. 
In 1640 Sir William Sandys had died at the ripe age of 77, 
predeceasing his wife by four years and more. It may be 
surmised that the troubles incident to the Civil War may have 
hastened her end. For in the winter of 1643-44 Massey of 
Gloucester lodged about 300 foot in Miserden House, while 
another far less fortunate body he placed at Lypiatt. The 
second son, Thomas Sandys, was a declared Royalist ; but on 
November 9th, 1648, he compounded for his past delinquency 
and submitted to the Governor at Gloucester and took the 
Covenant, being fined £39. 2 One of the family (but only a 
1 Daughter of Sir Martin Culpepper, Kt., of Dene, co. Oxford. Her will 1646-47 (17th 
February) proved by her grandson Bridgeman Sandys. 
2 Cf. Cal. Proc. of Committee for Compounding (1643-60) London, 1891 (p. 1883). 
