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)
RT, OF NORBURY AND SWINNERTON. FITZ-HERBERT, THOMAS, esq. of Norbury, in the county of Derby, and of Swin- nerton, in Staffordshire, b. 21st January, 1789, s. hisfather 22nd Nov. 1799, m. 15th July, 1809, Marian,daughter of John-Palmer Chichester, esq. of Arlington,in the county of Devon, and has… … The family of Fitz-Herbert, whosename appears in the Roll of Battle Abbey,*descends from a Norman knight, calledHerbert, which in conformity to a preva-lent custom amongst the Normans of des-cribing themselves as the son of some emi-nent ancestor, became the patronymic ofthe family. In Latin,…
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