Seymour Dawn, by Robin Forbes Patterson

Seymour Dawn: The origins and medieval history of the Seymour Family, by the late Robin Forbes Patterson. The work covers in detail a number of Seymour families and their records from about 30 counties of England and Wales. The full list of contents is copied below. Copies are available from Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk. [I am grateful to Joe Silmon-Monerri for providing these details, together with the illustrations.]

Contents:

Foreword Dedication Preface by His Grace, the Duke of Somerset Introduction Contents Tables Acknowledgements and Bibliography 1 Origin of the Name Seymour 2 St. Maur and the First Few Who Took His Name 3 Grandsons of Peter St. Maur of Portishead Manor 4 The Children of Thomas and Juliana St. Maur 5 Medieval Times 6 The Seymours of East and West Hanney 7 Seymour Court, Great Marlow 8 The Noble Seymours 9 Descendants of the Lords St. Maur 10 Seymours of Paganhill and Guildford 11 The Merchant Seymours 12 St. Maurs of East Anglia 13 The Seymours of Middle England 14 Lincolnshire Seymours 15 Ancestors to Queen Jane Seymour and the Dukes of Somerset 16 Humphrey Seymour of EvinSwindon 17 The Seymours of Inholmes and Poughley 18 Herefordshire Seymours 19 The Seymours of Hanford and the Dorset/Hampshire Border Area 20 Other Somerset Seymours 21 Trelleck Manor, Monmouthshire 22 The Launceston Line 23 London Associations 24 Loose Ends 25  Conclusion & Glossary Appendices: A Families Marrying Into Medieval Seymour Bloodline B Pulvertoft Records for Lincolnshire & North Norfolk C Coats of Arms of prominent Seymours

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