Hordley

Humphrey was the son of Sir Roger Kynaston, of Hordley, near Ellesmere.

Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe 1879

The pardon is still extant, and is in the possession of Mr. Kynaston, of Hardwick Hall and Hordley, the present representative of the family.

Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe 1879

I had mentioned to Mr. Shand my having found a woman at Hordley, who had been crippled for life, in consequence of her having been kicked in the womb by one of the book-keepers.

Journal of a Residence among the Negroes in the West Indies Matthew Gregory 1845

Report bad assured me that Hordley was the best-managed estate in the island; and, as far as the soil was concerned, report appeared to have said true: but my trustee tiad also assured me that my negroes were the most contented and best-disposed, and here there was a lamentable incorrectness in the account.

Journal of a Residence among the Negroes in the West Indies Matthew Gregory 1845

But to leave them was no such easy matter; the weather had been bad from the time of my commencing my journey, but from the moment of my reaching Hordley it became abominable. -- the rain poured down in cataracts incessantly.

Journal of a Residence among the Negroes in the West Indies Matthew Gregory 1845

I set out to visit my estate in St. Thomas's in the East, called Hordley.

Journal of a Residence among the Negroes in the West Indies Matthew Gregory 1845

On this occasion there was but little water in either, and I arrived without difficulty at Port Morant, where I found horses sent by my trustee to convey me to Hordley.

Journal of a Residence among the Negroes in the West Indies Matthew Gregory 1845

I only wish from my soul that I were but half as certain of the good treatment and good behaviour of the negroes at Hordley.

Journal of a Residence among the Negroes in the West Indies Matthew Gregory 1845

(Sunday.) Although I set out from Hordley at two o'clock, it was past seven before I reached an estate called "The Retreat," which was only twelve miles off, so abominable was the road.

Journal of a Residence among the Negroes in the West Indies Matthew Gregory 1845

Of all the points which had displeased me at Hordley, none had made me more angry for the time than the lie told me by the chief governor, which occasioned my displacing him.

Journal of a Residence among the Negroes in the West Indies Matthew Gregory 1845