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)
. on thebreast the Roman fasces erect surmountingtwo swords in saltire, and encircled by achaplet ppr. each wing charged with a crosscrosslet fitchee gu. Motto—Mutare vel timere sperno. Estates—In Wiltshire. The family alsopossessed formerly considerable propertyin the county of Somerset. Seat—Week… … The ancient family of Sontford, Son-FORDE, or Sandford, of Sandford, cameinto England with the Conqueror, and thename of the gallant Norman, by whom itwas founded, is written on the roll of BattleAbbey. Fuller {Worthies of England) in anote upon Nicholas de Sandford, whowas sheriiF of Shropshire,…
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