We found the “progenitor” James Jervis of Chatcull, born around 1490. Did the Jervises live in Chatcull before that?

We found the “progenitor” James Jervis of Chatcull, born around 1490. Did the Jervises live in Chatcull before that?
We continued to trace earlier and earlier Jervises in Staffordshire and Shropshire.
From the 1500’s through 1700’s, the Jervis families acquired and lost estates at Chatcull, Meaford and Darlaston near Meaford, Cheswardine and Goldstone near Ollerton.
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