Hi Pamela, This is a quote from Paul Hyland's "Wight: Biography of an Island" - "..... the royal apartments had been occupied since September 1846, two years after the old house had been taken for a year's trial , from Lady Isabella Blachford, at a rent of £1,000. Eustace Mann is said to have buried his fortune in Money Coppice during the Civil War, and never recovered it; no-one has yet confessed to digging it up, though a hoard of first- and second-century coins was disinterred in Barton Wood. Mr Mann's grand-daughter married a Mr Blachford, whose son built the house that Victoria bought." Best regards ........ Ros Fletcher - Melbourne. On 16/06/2008, at 3:53 PM, pamela paterson wrote: > Hi all, thank you to the members who gave me information on the > Mayors of Newport, and tried to help with my Waterton. > However I am now looking for the Mann family Eustace Mann was the > orginal owner of Osbourne House and was inhereted by his > granddaughter Elizabeth Mann B 1652 she married a Robert Blachford, > if anyone can help with this family or researching the Mann, > Blachford names I would be pleased to hear from you. > Pamela Paterson Midcoast NSW Aust. > > ************************************** > You can contact the Isle of Wight List Administrator by emailing: > [email protected] > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ISLE-OF-WIGHT- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message