Streatfeild | |
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Minor nobility and landed gentry | |
Arms of the Streatfeild family: Per fess gules and sable, three bezants | |
Country | Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Great Britain, United Kingdom |
Place of origin | Chiddingstone |
Founded | Early 16th century |
Founder | Robert Streatfeild |
Historic seat | Chiddingstone Castle |
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]