The Herald and genealogist . assett of Tehidy ; one of Devon-shire, Huyshe of Sand; four of Lincolnshire, Patten of Bank Hall,Bertie of Uflington, Anderson of Brocklesby, and Massingberd of Wrangle;and one of Somerset, Upton of Ashton Court. The two first named arefamilies of very high antiquity; but, their landed property being untillately in female hands, they could not take place in the first edition accord-ing to the rules which the author had laid down. In other respects this new edition has been carefully revised and cor-rected, and the author has given the results of further investigati
The Herald and genealogist . assett of Tehidy ; one of Devon-shire, Huyshe of Sand; four of Lincolnshire, Patten of Bank Hall,Bertie of Uflington, Anderson of Brocklesby, and Massingberd of Wrangle;and one of Somerset, Upton of Ashton Court. The two first named arefamilies of very high antiquity; but, their landed property being untillately in female hands, they could not take place in the first edition accord-ing to the rules which the author had laid down. In other respects this new edition has been carefully revised and cor-rected, and the author has given the results of further investigation, and ofthe information derived from many friends and correspondents, by inter-weaving various interesting particulars throughout. The author by no means denies that there may still be other familiespossessing a fair claim to this distinction, but which has not hitherto beenestablished by adequate proof. The removal of obscurities in such casesmust be the task of the parties interested. 556 NOBLE AND GENTLE MEN OF We hope, however, that Mv. Shirley will be induced to continue hiswork to a later period of our history. A series of the Families which arosein the 16th century, chiefly on the Dissolution of Religious Houses, wouldalone form a volume of interest, whilst it would present a curious practicalcontradiction to the fanciful notions broached in Spelmans History ofSacrilege. But he may in the first instance, perhaps, describe those familieswhich still apparently exist under names of the highest antiquity, but areactually represented by heirs-general that have assumed those names. Before we conclude, a few words may be said upon the three familiesabove-mentioned as recently extinct. Cotton, of Landwade, co. Cambridge. There areplaces named Cotton in the counties of Kent and Suf-folk, as well as Cambridge, and it is doubtful fromwhich of them this family was derived. Sir ThomasCotton, the grandson of Sir Henry, acquired the manorof Landwade in the reign of Edward I
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