[Illustration] Hilton in Cleveland appears to have been the original
seat of this ancient family; here it was resident in the twelfth
century, and here it remained till the middle of the sixteenth, when
Anthony Meynell, the immediate ancestor of the present family,
removed by purchase to North Kilvington, which has since continued
the residence of his descendants.
See Graves's History of Cleveland; and Burke's Landed Gentry.
ARMS.--_Azure, three bars gemelles and a chief or_. This is the
ancient coat of Meysnill or Meynell of Dalby-on-the-Woulds in
Leicestershire, and was borne by Trevor de Menyll in the reign of
Henry III., and also by Sir Nicholas de Meynell in that of Edward
II., with the exception of two instead of three bars gemelles.
(Rolls of the dates.)
Present Representative, Thomas Meynell, Esq.