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Hatchment of Reginald Rabett, Esq., of Bramfield Hall, Suffolk, who married Mary Kerrison, a daughter of Matthias Kerrison, Esq., of Broom Hall and Hoxne Hall, Suffolk. Their second son was Captain George William Rabett, Royal Navy, who entered the Navy, 18 Dec. 1810.

From: A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Rabett, George William[1]: Mary Kerrison was the sister of Lieut.-General Sir Edw. Kerrison, Bart., K.C.B., G.C.H., M.P., Colonel of the 14th Light Dragoons, and Recorder of Eye. George William Rabett's maternal aunt married Sir Ralph Blois, Bart.; his elder and only brother, the Rev. Reginald Rabett, A.M., of Bramfield Hall, Vicar of Thomton-cum-Bagworth, co. Leicester, married a daughter of Rich. Bickerton, Esq., of Rhoden, co. Salop, a relative of Admiral Sir Rich. Bickerton, Bart.; and his sister, Mary, married the present Viscount Maynard. Lord Lieutenant, Vice-Admiral, and Custos Rotulorum for co. Essex. Through his connexion with the latter nobleman, Lieut. Rabett is uncle of the Hon. Charles Henry Maynard, of the Royal Horse Guards, who married Lady Frances Murray, sister of the present Duke of Atholl, and niece of the Duke of Northumberland, Captain R.N.; and uncle also of the Hon. Mrs. Capel, sister-in-law of the Earl of Essex. The family of Rabett is of Saxon origin, and one of the longest seated in co. Suffolk, where members of it served at various times as High Bailiffs and Sheriffs, and at an early period (as far back as the reign of Edward IV.) returned Members to Parliament for Dunwich.

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Rabetts, an old Bramfield family who lived at Bramfield Hall for over 400 years (note the 'rabbits' in their coat of arms). Exacts dates are difficult to ascertain but it is believed that Bramfield Hall was in the family from at least 1420 when it was a timber framed building, probably not much more than a cottage. The Rabetts were an ancient family and had been influential traders in Dunwich until the demise of that town. A William Rabett appears as M.P. for Dunwich in 1467. It is known that a Lambert Rabett was living at the hall in 1640. No less than three Reginald (they seem to favour this name) Rabetts were recorded as being High Sheriff of Suffolk.The last Rabett to own Bramfield Hall was the Reverend Reginald Rabett who had livings in Leicestershire and then Northamptonshire; he had no children and due to the agricultural depression of the mid 19th century the family had little money. He died in 1860 and his wife Mary in 1875. A memorial to them is in St Andrew's