The Filmers were anciently seated at the manor of Herst, in the parish of Otterden, in this county, in the reign of Edward II., and there remained till the time of Elizabeth, when Robert Filmer, son of James, removed to Little-Charleton, in East-Sutton: the manor was purchased by his elder son. There are pedigrees of Filmer in the Kentish Visitations of 1574 and 1619. The Baronetcy was conferred by Charles II., as a reward for the loyal exertions of Sir Robert Filmer during the Usurpation.
See Hasted's Kent, ii. 410; Wotton's Baronetage, iii. 581. Arms.—Sable three bars, and in chief three cinquefoils or.
Present Representative, Sir Edmund Filmer, 9th Baronet, late M.P. for West Kent.
Oxenden of Dene, Baronet 1678.
Solomon Oxenden, who lived in the reign of Edward III., is the first known ancestor. Dene, in the parish of Wingham, was purchased at the latter part of the reign of Henry VI. The family had previously been stated at Brook, in the same parish. Thomas Oxenden died seised of Dene in 1492. There is a pedigree in the Visitation of Kent in 1619.
See Hasted's Kent, iii. 696; Wotton's Baronetage, iii. 638.
Arms.—Argent, a chevron gules between three oxen sable. Confirmed in the 24th of Henry VI.
Present Representative, Sir Henry Chudleigh Oxenden, 8th Baronet.