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)
rasedof the field. Crest—A lions head erased. Motto—Est nulla fallacia. Estates—In Durham. Seat—Cocken Hall, Durham. DEARDEN, OF THE ORCHARD. DEARDEN, JAMES, esq. of the Orchard, in the county of Lancaster, barrister-at-law, h. 30th July, 1798, m. 2nd November, 1829, Jane, eldest daughter of the… … The ancient and modern pronunciation ofthe name of this family, by the natives ofLancashire, is Di/ er-den; and Jacob, in his Law Dictionary, interprets it, a thicketof wood in a valley, giving Cowel as hisauthority. In the Placita de quo Warranto, A.D.1277, mention is made of Roger Durdent,and in…
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