Pedigrees and Coats of Arms of Prominent Families in Cheshire and Lancashire

Reference
- GB 133 Eng MS 717
Dates of Creation
- Early 19th Century
Name of Creator
- Name of Author: John Thomas Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley of Alderley
Physical Description
- 270 x 210mm. 1 volume (280 pages);

Scope and Content

The contents of the volume, which contains emblazoned coats of arms, include:

notes on the tenure of Nether Alderley (p. 26);
the descent of the Earls of Chester from Robert Duke of Normandy (pp. 32-33);
pedigrees of the Stanley of Alderley family (pp. 46-77);
an account of Sir William Stanley, knight, of the Holt Castle in Denbighshire (+ 1495) (pp. 78-183);
grant of £5 p.a. by Sr Peter Warberton to Butler's free school at Warrington, 1612;
copies of inquisitions post mortem of various members of the Stanley family (pp. 230-276);
contents, index, etc. (p. 277).

Old number, 66.