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)
ithin a bordureljiiigengrailed or.Crest—A hawk.Motto—Qui seminant in lachrymis in ex^ultatione metent.Estates—In Devon. ^Seaf—Teign Villa. |^ BELLEW, OF STOCKLEIGH COURT. BELLEW, JOHN-PRESTWOOD, esq. of Stockleigh Court, in the county oJ/Devon, b. 19th July, 1803, m. 8th May, 1827, Mary-Ann,… … This ancient family, which is supposed tobe of Italian origin, the name still existing in Italy, was founded in England, by Belleau, or De Bella Aqua, a Norman baronwho appears on the roll of Battel Abbeyas marshal to the Conquerors arrayHis descendant, John de Bella Aqua, oiBelle we, was lord of…
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