. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. Langton. Argent three che-verons gules. Banastre. Argint a cross patonce sable. Elizabeth, who married Robert Parker'of Extwistle, and their descendants have retained it to the present time. Banastre Parker, their son, transferred the family seat to Cuerden. He died in 1738, and was succeeded by his son Robert, who married Anne daughter and heir of Townley of Royle,^ and in 1779 was succeeded by his elder son Banastre, and he in 17S8 by his brother Thomas Townley Parker. The latter had married Susannah daughter and he
. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. Langton. Argent three che-verons gules. Banastre. Argint a cross patonce sable. Elizabeth, who married Robert Parker'of Extwistle, and their descendants have retained it to the present time. Banastre Parker, their son, transferred the family seat to Cuerden. He died in 1738, and was succeeded by his son Robert, who married Anne daughter and heir of Townley of Royle,^ and in 1779 was succeeded by his elder son Banastre, and he in 17S8 by his brother Thomas Townley Parker. The latter had married Susannah daughter and heir of Peter Brooke of Astley in Chorley, Charnock Richard, S:c.* He was High Sheriff of Lancashire in 1793,' and, on his death in the following year, the great estates were inherited by his son Robert Townley, who served as high sheriff in 1817,° and as member for Preston (Conservative) in 1837 and 1852.' He died in 1879, and was succeeded by his eldest son,' Thomas Townley, who in 1879 assumed the surname and arms of fdrC^. ToWKLEY. Argent on a Jesse sable a cinquefcil or^ hi chief three molets of the second. , Gules a 'uerQn betiveen three leopards^ faces or^ in the mouth of each an arrow fesseivays argent. Townley in addition to those of Parker. On his death in 1906 the manors and lands passed by his will to his nephew Mr. Reginald Arthur Tatton 00 Tatton. Quarterly argint and gules four crescents counterchanged. of Chclford, in Cheshire, a son of Harriet Susan, eldest sister of the deceased. Mr. Tatton acted as high sheriff of the county in 191o-11. Cuerden is not now reputed to be a manor, and no courts are held. Cuerden Hall is a modern mansion of brick and stone, standing in a large park on an elevated site commanding extensive views, about 4 miles south-east of Preston.' Of the original house which stood on the site in the 17th century nothing remains. Part of the present structure, however, dates back to about 1717, and erected by Mr. Banastre Parker.
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