In 1571, assessed £4, also in 1581. Son pays tax on the land in 1588. Churchwarden in 1577.
1700 history says descended from parents of Gittisham. There was a John Conant (bur Gittisham 4 Sep 1559) of the right age in Gittisham, but no wills or other records exist to confirm the connection.
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