Brice family

The Brice coat of arms, granted 1573:
Sable, a griffin passant, or
One version of the Brice crest:
A lions head erased, ermine, pierced with an arrow, or

The Brices are a historic English family from Somerset, traceable to the late 13th century, and maternal cousins to the Spencers, the Every baronets, and the Worthingtons of Worthington Hall.[1] They were significant landowners in Somerset, particularly in Chard and Kingstone Allowenshay, and as Lords of the manor of Dinnington.[2] The family seat was Dinnington Manor House (now Frog Farm),[3] and multiple Brice monuments and tombs survive in the Dinninton parish church of St. Nicholas.[4]

  1. ^ St. George, Henry. The Visitation of the County of Somerset in the year 1623. London, 1876
  2. ^ A History of the County of Somerset, Volume 4 “Dinnington” pp147-151. Victoria County History, London (1978)
  3. ^ British Listed Buildings. “Frog Farmhouse, Dinnington”
  4. ^ British Listed Buildings. Church of St Nicholas, Dinnington. 1958