[Illustration] From the reign of King Edward I., this family has
been settled at Wadhurst, Lamberhurst, Ticehurst, and the adjoining
parishes on the borders of Sussex and Kent: at Goudhurst, in the
latter county, they held the manors of Bockingfield and the Pillery
from the year 1413 to 1498, and in 1513 Wyleigh, in the parish of
Ticehurst, was acquired by John Courthope in marriage with his wife
Elizabeth, daughter of William Saunders of Wyleigh. From this
marriage sprung three sons, John, George, and Thomas; the issue male
of the eldest has been long extinct; from the second, who had
Wyleigh, is descended the present Representative of the family; and
from the third and youngest, who succeeded to the estate of
"Courthope" in Goudhurst, is descended William Courthope, Esq.
Somerset Herald.
See Collectanea Topog. et Genealog., vol. ii. pp. 279, 363; and The
Visitation of Sussex, C. 27, in Coll. Arm.
ARMS.--_Argent, a fess azure between three estoiles sable_.
Present Representative, George Campion Courthope, Esq.