[Illustration] The family of Vincent descend from Miles Vincent,
owner of lands at Swinford in the county of Leicester, in the tenth
of Edward II. Early in the fifteenth century the family removed to
Bernack, in the county of Northampton, on marriage with the heiress
of Sir John Bernack, of that place. Here they continued to reside,
until David Vincent, Esq. seventh in descent from that marriage,
settled at Long-Ditton, in Surrey, in the reign of Henry VIII. His
son, Sir Thomas Vincent, by marriage with the heiress of Lyfield,
removed to Stoke d'Abernon, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, which
was sold shortly after 1809, when the family removed to the present
seat in this county.
See Wotton's Baronetage, vol. i. p. 418; and Manning and Bray's
Surrey, vol. ii. p. 723.
ARMS.--_Azure, three quatrefoils urgent_.
Present Representative, Sir Francis Vincent, 10th Baronet.