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)
le died in 1821, and was s. by hiseldest daughter, Harriet, present pos-sessor of Scruton Hall. A rm$—Az. on a fess between three saltirosarg. as many lions heads erased of the field,languee gu. Crest—Unicorns head or. Motto—Qui semina vertu raccoglia fama. Estates—In Yorkshire. Seat—Scruton Hall,… … The Fosbrookes, who are supposed tohave derived their surname and origin fromFosbrooke in Staffordshire, were settled atCranford, in Northamptonshire, early in thereign of Richard II., where they acquired,and for several centuries possessed, con-siderable estates. These lands were alien-ated some…
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