75:. His family's association with the Sackvilles saw an improvement in the family fortunes, making it possible for Edwards to invest in his new house. Upon Edwards's death, the house initially passed on to his grandson, Thomas, then onto Thomas's sister, Mary, wife of the prominent Nonconformist Walter Griffith, whose eldest son Nehemiah Griffith (1691–1738) then inherited the estate. However, he died unmarried, therefore leaving the house to his brother, Thomas, who in turn died in 1740, leaving it to his infant son, also named Thomas. In 1764 this Thomas Griffith married Henrietta Marie Clarke, sister of Field Marshal
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