Streatfeild family

Streatfeild
Minor nobility and landed gentry

Arms of the Streatfeild family: Per fess gules and sable, three bezants
CountryKingdom of England, Kingdom of Great Britain, United Kingdom
Place of originChiddingstone
FoundedEarly 16th century
FounderRobert Streatfeild
Historic seatChiddingstone Castle
One version of the Streatfeild crest

The Streatfeilds, Streatfields or Stretfields are an aristocratic English family of the landed gentry, from Chiddingstone, Kent. The family are traceable to the early 16th century and are a possible cadet branch of the Noble House of Stratford.[citation needed] They were significant landowners[citation needed] in Sussex, Surrey and Kent, and instrumental in shaping those counties throughout the 17th and 18th centuries.[citation needed] From the early 16th century until 1900 the family seat was Chiddingstone Castle. The family later sold the castle to Lord Astor in 1938.[1]

  1. ^ The Streatfeild Manuscripts, The National Archives, Ref: U908.