THE CECILS AND C.A.PELLS.
LTo THE EDITOR OF TER "SPECTATOR.")
SItt,—While greatly appreciating your kind notice of "Hertfordshire Families" in the Spectator of February 23rd, I venture to draw your attention to an error on the part of your reviewer. The families picked out as the oldest are those of Cecil and Capell, families which are said "only to go back to the reign of Elizabeth." In justice to these families, may I point out that the reader was referred to "Northamptonshire Families" for the earlier descent of the Cecile, and. that the Capella start with John Capon, who died in 1449, and whose son, Sir William Capell, had land in Hertfordshire in the reign of Henry VII.? These, however, are not the only qualifying families which go back beyond the reign of Elizabeth.—I am, Sir, &c.,
DUNCAN WABBAND.
Caledonian Club, S.W.
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