[Illustration] "One of the ancientest families in the whole shire,"
wrote Burton in 1622; descended from Ralph Turvile, a benefactor to
the abbey of Leicester in 1297. The principal seat was at Normanton
Turvile, in this county, where the elder line of the family became
extinct in 1776. Aston Flamvile, also in Leicestershire, was the
residence of the immediate ancestors of this younger branch. It was
sold early in the eighteenth century, and Husband's Bosworth
inherited, by the will of Maria-Alathea Fortescue, in 1763.
See Nichols's Leicestershire, under Normanton Turvile, iv. pt. 2.
1004; under Aston Flamvile, ii. pt. 2. 465; under Husband's
Bosworth, iv. pt. 2. 451
ARMS.--_Gules, three chevronels vair_. This coat was borne by Sir
Richard Turvile, de co. Warw. in the reign of Edward II., and Sir
Nicholas Turvil, at the same period, bore the same coat reduced to
two chevrons. (Rolls of the date.)
Present Representative, Francis Charles Turvile, Esq.