The Noble and Gentle Men of England: or, notes touching the arms and descents of the ancient knightly and gentle houses of England, arranged in their respective counties.Shirley, Evelyn Philip
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The Noble and Gentle Men of England: or, notes touching the arms and descents of the ancient knightly and gentle houses of England, arranged in their respective counties.
Shirley, Evelyn Philip
Great Britain -- Genealogy; Heraldry -- Great Britain; Nobility -- Great Britain
ARMS.--_Argent, on a fess sable three mullets or_. In the fourth
year of Edward VI., three wolf's heads erased sable were added to
the field of the original coat. See Archdall's Lodge, vii. 80.
Present Representative, Edward James Herbert, 3rd Earl of
Powis.
LAWLEY OF SPOONBILL, BARON WENLOCK 1839; BARONET 1641.
[Illustration] This family is descended from Thomas Lawley, cousin
and next heir to John Lord Wenlock, K.G. in the reign of Edward IV.,
who was slain at the battle of Tewkesbury. The Lawleys were
described as "of Wenlock" in the reign of' Henry VI., and until that
of Henry VIII., when Richard Lawley, Esq. ancestor of Lord Wenlock,
was written "of Spoonhill."
See Blakeway, p. 92; Wotton's Baronetage, ii. 261; and Morris MSS.
ARMS.--_Argent, a cross formée, checky or and sable_.
Present Representative, Beilby Richard Lawley-Thompson, 2nd Baron
Wenlock.
PIGOTT OF EDGMOND.
[Illustration] The Pigotts were formerly seated at Chetwynd in this
county, which they inherited from the coheiress of Peshall in the
fourteenth century.
The family came originally from Cheshire; William Pigott of Butley
in the parish of Prestbury in that county, who died in 1376, was
grandfather of Richard Pigott of Butley who married the heiress of
Peshall. Chetwynd was sold about 1776, and the rectory of
Edgmond purchased by Thomas Pigott, Esq., in the reign of James I.
See Blakeway, p. 84; and Morris MSS.
ARMS.--_Ermine, three fusils in fess sable_. The coat formerly borne
by this family, founded on the arms of Chetwynd, was, _Azure, a
chevron between three mullets or, on a chief ermine three fusils
sable_.
Present Representative, the Rev. John Dryden Pigott.
THORNES OF LLWYNTIDMAN HALL.
[Illustration] The name is local, from Thornes in the parish of
Shenstone, in the county of Stafford, where Robert, son of Roger de
la Thornes, was resident early in the fourteenth century. He was
elected burgess for Shrewsbury in 1357, a position subsequently
filled by several of his descendants. The family also became seated
at Shelvock in this county at an early period. Thomas Thornes of
that place erected a mansion on the old family estate at Thornes in
the reign of Edward IV., which estate was sold by his descendant
Roger Thornes in 1507. Shelvock continued in the family until the
extinction of the eldest branch of it in 1678. The present family
descend from Nicholas Thornes of Melverley, great-uncle of Richard
Thornes who was sheriff of this county in 1610.
See Sanders's History of Shenstone, p. 215; Blakeway, p. 101; and
Morris MSS.
ARMS.--_Sable, a lion rampant guardant argent_.
Present Representative, Thomas William Thornes, Esq.
HARRIES OF CRUCKTON.
[Illustration] The ancestor of this family was of Cruckton in the
parish of Pontesbury in 1463. It has been supposed that the
Harries's are of the old race of "Fitz-Henry," mentioned in ancient
deeds of this county, and who were seated at Little Sutton prior to
the reign of Edward III.
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