[Illustration] The pedigree is traced to Hugh de Aldersey, in the reign of Henry III., soon after which time the family divided into two branches; the estate and manor of Aldersey being also held in separate moieties by the representatives of the two families: one moiety eventually passed by an heir-general to Hatton of Hatton, and has since been united into one estate, by purchase from Dutton of Hatton. A younger branch of this family was seated at Chester, of which was William Aldersey the antiquary, mayor of that city in 1614. See Ormerod, ii. 404. ARMS.--_Gules, on a bend engrailed argent, between two cinquefoils or, three leopard's faces vert_. The more ancient coat, given in King's Vale Royal, appears to have been, _Sable, three chargers or dishes argent_. Present Representative, Thomas Aldersey, Esq. BASKERVYLE, (CALLED GLEGG,) OF OLD WITHINGTON. [Illustration] Ormerod traces this family to Sir John Baskervyle, grantee of a moiety of Old Withington from Robert de Camvyle in 1266, and that estate has ever since remained in the family. In 1758 John Baskervyle, Esq., the representative of the house of Old Withington, having married the heiress of Glegg of Gayton, in this county, assumed that name in lieu of his own. See Ormerod, iii. 355; and for Glegg, ib. ii. 285. ARMS.--_Argent, a chevron gules between three hurts_. This coat, _the chevron charged with three fleurs-de-lis or_, was borne by "Monsire de Baskervile;" see Sir Harris Nicolas's Roll of Arms temp. E. III. Present Representative, John Baskervyle Glegg, Esq. BROOKE OF NORTON, BARONET 1662. [Illustration] Adam Lord of Leighton, in the reign of Henry III., is the first recorded ancestor of this family, who continued at Leighton, the seat of the principal branch of the Brookes, until the extinction of the elder male line, in or about the year 1632. Richard Brooke, younger son of Thomas Brooke of Leighton, purchased Norton from King Henry VIII. in the year 1545, which has remained the residence of his heirs male. Younger branches: Broke of Nacton in the county of Suffolk, Baronet 1813; descended from Sir Richard Brooke, Knight, Chief Baron of the Exchequer, in the reign of Henry VIII., youngest son of Thomas Brooke of Leighton, the ancestor of the Norton family. There was a former baronetcy in this family, created 1661, extinct 1693. Brooke of Mere in this county, sprung from Sir Peter Brooke, third son of Thomas Brooke of Norton, established at Mere by purchase in 1632. See Ormerod, i. 360, 500; and iii. 241; Collectanea Topographica et Genealogica, i. 22; and Wotton's Baronetage, iii. 392. ARMS.--_Or, a cross engrailed party per pale gules and sable_. Present Representative, Sir Richard Brooke, 7th Baronet. +Gentle.+ CLUTTON OF CHORLTON, IN THE PARISH OF MALPAS.