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This is a combination coat of
arms: the blue lion rampant with a forked tail from the Count of Mortain was
attested in France before the Conquest of Britain in 1066 and the Silver Frettes
of the Earl of Eu were also issued in France before the Conquest. The Earl
commemorated his Viking ancestry with the diamond pattern of the early Viking
sails from the Gotland area of Sweden.
Boxells held land in the Pevensey
and Hastings Rapes under both these lords just after the Conquest together with
Bugsell Manor at Salehurst in Sussex and therefore in effect were also guarding
the escape route for William the Conqueror should it have been necessary.
Boxells were required to clear and control the Anderida (Pevensey) Forest and
the Ashdown Forest for the Kings hunting. They held Bugsell Manor for over 400
years together with divers Manors elsewhere.
Earliest reference to Boxell/Boxall
name is as Anglo Saxon Thegns in 765AD at Lindfield Sussex. Sir Alleyne de
Buxhulle (Boxell) was Constable of the Tower of London, Lord Chamberlain of
England and a Knight of the Garter under Edward III - he bore the same arms and
he also held the castle of St Saveur le Vicompte in France during the 100 years
war and was chief of the captains under Sir Robert Knollys.
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