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)
close of the seven-teeth century, when its principal seat, that ofBeely, was alienated to the house of Rut-land. From the parent stock numerousbranches diverged through the adjacent dis-tricts of Stafford and Lancaster, and acquiredboth opulence and distinction. (See vol. i.p. 386.) The following… … A very ancient family* bearing the name * From the visitation of Derbyshire, in the Col-lege of Arms, the following descent of the earlyfounders of the family is extracted : Hugo le Grevis, vixit temp: Hen. III. William le Grevis, filius Hugonis : Edward I. Egidius de le Grevis et Letitia uxor…
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