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)
ty at Kexbyand Willingham belonged, many centuriesback, to the Eastlands, from whom it de-scended to the Hawkesmores, of Tresswell,in Notts, who willed it to Anne Hurt, thewife of Thomas Waterhouse, esq. of Beck-ingham. Tresswell, Notts, the ancient seatof the Hawksmores. Seats—Grebby Hall, near… … This family, of importance for severalcenturies in the county of Salop, is pre- sumed to have taken its surname from thevillage of Mitton, in the parish of Fitz,about four miles from the town of Shrews-bury. The name occurs in old records,spelt differently, Mitton, Motton, Mutton,and Mytton, and in…
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