A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry ; or, Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank : but uninvested with heritable honours (1837)
Burke, John, 1787-1848 · London : Colburn · leaf 389
presentClement Winstanley, esq. of BraunstonHall. Arms—Or, two bars, az. in chief, threecrosses, pattee gu. Quartering the arms ofHolt, Prideaux, &c. &c. Crest—A cockatrice displayed or, crestand jelloped gu. Estates—At Braunston, Kirby, &c. inLeicestershire, possessed since 1650.… … The family of Nelson, originally of theciunty of Lancaster, settled in Berkshire,temp. Elizabeth. Richard Nelson, of Maudesley, in Lan-cashire, was living there in the reign ofEdward III. In 1377, he gave and con-firnifd to Warine de Golborne and Alice,his wife, daughter of the said Richard,…
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