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)
lding in the hand the attire of a stag, anda bow and arrow saltierwise, all ppr. Motto—Virtutis alimentum honos. Estates—Petteril Green, to which threesmaller estates have been added, in Cum-berland, and Orton, in Westmoreland. Seat—Petteril Green, Cumberland. 663 BYTHESEA, OF WEEK HOUSE. BYTHESEA,… … The origin of this singular surname isaccounted for, by the tradition, that aninfant discovered on the sea side, was de-signated from its perilous position, by tlieperson, a man of fortune, who found it,and who forthwith adopting, eventually be-queathed his estate to the foundling. Thistale may or…
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