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generations to Sir Griffith Boynton, 6th Baronet (1743-1778).[1]

(3) Notes on the Boynton family written by Mrs. Wickham-Boynton, 1908.
(4) Also an account of the family written by the Rev. William Eaton Mousley.

All these documents have been placed at my service, but unfortunately some of the facts do not coincide with contemporary evidence, though other facts do. It appears that some important papers quoted in Dade's (?) version were at Burton Agnes in his time, but so far I have not been able to find them.

I trust that what follows may be found quite accurate and trustworthy, though some statements rest on slight evidence.

  1. There is a mutilated copy of this account in the possession of Mr. Harrison of Brandesburton, which gives rather more information relating to Sir Matthew Boynton, 1st Bart. than the Burton Agnes copy.