... followed in succession by three sons, William, John (d. 1492), (fn. 34) and Thomas (d. 1503). (fn. 35) Thomas Michell, son of the last, in 1539 murdered both his wife and her sister and then committed suicide. (fn. 36) Richard Michell, his son and heir, died in 1563 leaving the manor, then called simply Chilton, to his son Tristram. (fn. 37) Tristram died in 1574 and was succeeded by his brother Bartholomew, later knighted. On the latter's death in 1616 his heirs were his two daughters, Jane, wife of William Hockmore (d. 1626), of Buckland Baron (Devon), and Frances, wife of Alexander Popham. (fn. 38)
From: 'Durleigh: Manors and other estates', A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 6: Andersfield, Cannington, and North Petherton Hundreds (Bridgwater and neighbouring parishes) (1992), pp. 31-33. URL: [1]
