In the family history that opens chapter 2:
"'Tis known that the name of Esmond and the estate of Castlewood, com. Hants, came into possession of the present family through Dorothea, daughter and heiress of Edward, ... which lady married, 23 Eliz., Henry Poyns, gent.;..."
what is meant by the designation 23 Eliz.? Is it standard Peerage terminology of the time, a date or age reference? Would love to be enlightened!
