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)
cue renderedessential service to his ill-fated master, andafter the disastrous battle of Worcester,where with his regiment he prominentlydistinguished himself, retired to the con-tinent with Charles II. After the Re-storation he enjoyed in an eminent degreethe royal favour, and was made a… … This family, influential both in Englandand in Ireland, deduces its origin from SirRichard le Forte, a gallant soldier in thearmy of the Conqueror, who is said to haveprotected his royal master at the celebratedbattle of Hastings by bearing a stout shieldbefore him ; from which circumstance,…
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