John Northover
{{Short description, John Northover of Aller Court in the Parish of Aller in Somerset, England John Northover (floruit, fl. 1646) of Aller Court in the parish of Aller, Somerset, Aller in Somerset, England, was an ardent Royalist during the English Civil War, Civil War. Origins Little is recorded of his ancestry. In 1565 William Northover acquired a lease of Aller Court, the manor house of Aller, where his descendants resided until the 17th century, after which the freehold was acquired by the Stawell family. In 1608 the Northover family also acquired Chantry Farm of 252 acres in the parish of Aller, which they had occupied as tenants since about 1577. As the lord of the manor was non-resident, the Northover family became the most important and influential local land-owning family. In May 1614 a coat of arms was granted to the head of the Northover family of Aller Court in the County of Somerset, by William Camden, Clarienceaux herald as follows: ''Or, five lozenges in saltire azur ...
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