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 664
y, or and &zCrest — On a chapeau purpure turnedup ermine, a wild boar passant or.Motto—Quo me cun({ue vocat |jatria.Seat—Longcroft Hall, Staffordshire. SWETTENIIAM, OF SWETTENHAM. SWETTENHAM, THOMAS-JOIIN-WYBAULT, esq. of Swettenhan. Hall, inthe county of Chester, b. .5th October, 1804, m. 27th… … This very ancient family, which, accord-ing to tradition, was seat>d at Swoltenhamlong antecedi-nt to the Conquest, and had aconfirmation of the estate, temp. WilliamHnfus, to the then Saxon possessor, derivesits surname from a compound of two Saxonwords. Sweet, pleasant or agreeable, andHam, a…
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