Richard Percivale [SEP] date of birth
Richard Percivale
Sir Richard Percivale ("alias" Perceval etc.) (1550 – 4 September 1620) of Sydenham, near Bridgwater, Somerset, was an English administrator and politician, also known as a Hispanist and lexicographer. He wrote a Spanish grammar for English readers, "A Spanish Grammar", and a dictionary, both included in his "Bibliotheca Hispanica" (1591); this work was later enlarged by John Minsheu in "A dictionarie in Spanish and English" (London: Edmund Bollifant, 1599;
Percivale, were added to the chimney piece in the library. One of his descendants Richard Percivale (or Perceval) contributed to the English response to the plans for invasion by the Spanish Armada by deciphering Spanish documents for Queen Elizabeth. Perceval sold the estate to the Bristol merchant and member of parliament Richard Cole in 1582 and it was passed down to his descendants.
In 1693, the house was purchased by Nathaniel Wade and around this time the roof was raised and a floor added into the original hall house. In 1685