Nick Kingsley

The origins of this family are unusually obscure. The genealogy below begins with Thomas Biggs (d. 1795), but the name Biggs occurs on a list of settlers in Ireland in 1642-46, and a John Briggs ( sic ) is said to have had a grant of Castle Biggs, an esta... See more

Bigge, later Selby-Bigge, of Benton Hall and Linden Hall This family was probably distantly related to the Bigg (later Bigg-Wither) family of Haines Hill etc. who were the subject of a previous post , but the parentage of William Bigge (1638?-90), with wh... See more

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Bigg of Haines Hill etc. This family came from minor gentry stock in Kent, where William Bigg (fl. 1540) was settled at Benenden in the 16th century. Over several centuries they acquired extensive estates in Berkshire, Wiltshire and Hampshire, which saw a... See more

Bidlake of Great Bidlake The manor of Bidlake in Bridestowe parish (Devon) was acquired by Ralph de Combe in 1268, and his grandson John took the name Bidlake as a surname. It then descended through several generations to Thomas Bidlake (c.1461-1531), wit... See more