A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank, but uninvested with heritable honours (1836)
t son, the presentClement Winstanley, esq. of BraunstonHall. Arms—Or, two bars, az. in chief, threecrosses, pattee gu. Quartering the arms ofHolt, Prideaux, kc. &c. Crest—A cockatrice displayed or, crestand jelloped gu. Estates—At Braunston, Kirby, &c. inLeicestershire, possessed since… … The family of Nelson, originally of thecounty of Lancaster, settled in Berkshire,temp. Elizabeth. Richard Nelson, of Maudesley, in Lan-cashire, was living there in the reign ofEdward III. In 1377, he gave and con-firmed to Warine de Golhorne and Alice,his wife, daughter of the said Richard,…
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