Of interest…

(1) The first record of Kettlethorpe Hall is in 1301 when Robert Luterel is licenced to grant lands (a manor) in Ketton to the Priory of Sempringham, Lincolnshire. (2) With the Act of Supremacy the Priory is dissolved, and the two manors are taken by the Crown. In 1545 the manor of Ketton and the manor or grange of Ketton called Kettlethorpe Hall (formerly belonging to Sempringham Priory) is granted to James Gunter and William Lewes. (3) Kettlethorpe Hall is later conveyed to Sir John Harrington. Sir John is again made High Sheriff of Rutland, a post he has already held 3 times previously. (4) Kettlethorpe Hall passes to son and heir James. James is elected as a Knight of the Shire for Rutland in 7 Parliamentary elections. He serves as a Justice of the Peace, and High Sheriff of Rutland 4 times. (5) In 1565 James is knighted. Sir James serves as Rutland’s Commissioner for Musters (organising troops for war). (6) By the 17th Century Kettlethorpe Hall is settled on Evers Armyn a Justice of the Peace with a successful legal career at Gray’s Inn, London. (7) During the Civil War Evers lives in London but moves to Rutland to take up the role of Deputy Lieutenant of Rutland.