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Caine , Du , family , of Braxted Park, Essex x Du Caine , family , of Braxted Park, Essex
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History
Peter du Cane, cloth merchant and businessman, purchased Braxted Park (near Witham in Essex) in 1751. The family estates were inherited by his son Peter in 1803; Peter's son Peter in 1823 and Peter's cousin Captain Charles du Cane, RN, in 1889. The family sold the estate in 1919.
See http://www.braxtedpark.co.uk/history.cfm for more information [accessed Aug 2011].