[Illustration] The Filmers were anciently seated at the manor of
Herst, in the parish of Otterden, in this county, in the reign of
Edward II., and there remained till the time of Elizabeth, when
Robert Filmer, son of James, removed to Little-Charleton, in
East-Sutton: the manor was purchased by his elder son. There are
pedigrees of Filmer in the Kentish Visitations of 1574 and 1619. The
Baronetcy was conferred by Charles II., as a reward for the loyal
exertions of Sir Robert Filmer during the Usurpation.
See Hasted's Kent, ii. 410; Wotton's Baronetage, iii. 581.
ARMS.--_Sable three bars, and in chief three cinquefoils or_.
Present Representative, Sir Edmund Filmer, 9th Baronet, late M.P.
for West Kent.