A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank; but univested with heritable honours (1838)
, which, being cut in two, thisfigure appears on the inside of them; the carp,too, which are found in the fisL-j)onds, exhibit asimilar mark on their scales. These circum-stances, so very peculiar to the country, and atthe same time so extraordinary, the ancient lordsadopted the figures for their… … This family, as its name and arms* imply,is of Norman origin, and deduces from theLords of Rohan, in the dukedom. Its firstsettlement in England appears by an an-cient deed from Whalley Cartulary, bear-ing date in 131.5 to have been in the northerncounties. In Wales, the first settler on re-cord…
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