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It is suggested in family recollections that an army regiment was stationed with an ancestor of mine for quite a long time and as they were given no recompense for feeding and housing the men and horses. Consequently they were left in a parlous financial position. This was during the Napoleonic war about 1798-1800.

Is there any truth in this - was this the custom at the time or would he have been able to claim from the Government? 

When my family and I left Zimbabwe following the purging of white farmers by Robert Mugabe, we arrived in the UK during 2000. We found ourselves living in a village called Syderstone, North Norfolk, UK where we continually came across people with the same name together with some prominent Savory gravestones in the local cemetery. As a result the origins of the African Savory family gradually became a source of interest and with help from relatives, we have been able to come up with a lineage going back certainly to 1725. One source of pleasure has been seeing documents and signatures of long past ancestors plus walking over where they undoubtedly trod and lived all those years ago.

I've been able to trace back to the purchase of Twyford Estate, Norfolk by Coulsey Savory in 1725 from a James Anthill but that is where I come to a stop. I've been unable to find where he was able to come up with the £5000.00 to purchase the place. I would have thought there would have been mentions somewhere as that would make him quite wealthy. I've trawled through parish registers and local newspapers without luck.

Any help or pointers where to look for when he was born or who his parents were will be greatly appreciated.