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)
Earl of Effingham. Arms—Arg. on a chev. sa. between threeCornish choughs ppr. beaked and leggedgu. as many mullets of six points or. Crest—A moors head in profile, coupedat the shoulders ppr. Estates—In Yorkshire, partly inheritedfrom the present possessors father, partlyobtained by marriage.… … The family of Mesnilwaren, or Mainwar-ng, was founded by Ranulphus, who ac-companied William the Conqueror from Normandy, and received the grant of fifteenlordships in Cheshire, including Peure (nowOver Peover). He was succeeded by hisson, Richard de Mesnilwaren, whose greatgrandson, Sir Raufe…
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