▁George , ▁as ▁is ▁well ▁known , ▁dis in her ited ▁his ▁elder ▁son ▁George ▁Clay ton ▁T enn ys on , ▁the ▁poet ' s ▁father , ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 1 2 , ▁putting ▁him ▁into ▁a ▁career ▁in ▁the ▁Church , ▁for ▁which ▁he ▁felt ▁no ▁calling ; ▁and ▁best owed ▁all ▁his ▁fortune ▁on ▁Charles . ▁ ▁As ▁a ▁result , ▁there ▁was ▁bad ▁blood ▁between ▁the ▁pen ur ious ▁T enn ys ons ▁of ▁Som ers by , ▁where ▁George ▁Clay ton ▁T enn ys on ▁had ▁the ▁living ▁until ▁he ▁succ um bed ▁to ▁drink ▁and ▁de pression , ▁and ▁the ▁op ul ent ▁T enn ys ons ▁of ▁Be a cons , ▁who ▁f anci ed ▁themselves ▁not ▁only ▁the ▁wealth y ▁but ▁the ▁soci ally ▁superior ▁side ▁of ▁the ▁family . ▁Old ▁George ' s ▁wife ▁Elizabeth ▁Clay ton ▁was ▁supposed ▁to ▁have ▁desc ended ▁from ▁the ▁L ords ▁of ▁Lov el ▁and ▁d ' E ync ourt , ▁and ▁also ▁from ▁King ▁Edward ▁III . ▁ ▁A ▁ru ined ▁castle ▁was ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁property , ▁and ▁Charles ▁wished ▁to ▁establish ▁a ▁noble ▁line age ▁for ▁himself ▁with ▁a ▁title ▁and ▁a ▁castle . ▁When ▁his ▁father ▁died ▁he ▁changed ▁his ▁family ' s ▁name ▁to ▁T enn ys on ▁d ' E ync ourt . ▁Be a cons ▁was ▁renamed ▁Bay ons , ▁to ▁make ▁it ▁sound ▁like ▁a ▁Norman ▁castle , ▁and ▁it ▁was ▁extens ively ▁en larg ed ▁and ▁re