The Noble and Gentle Men of England / or, notes touching the arms and descents of the ancient knightly and gentle houses of England, arranged in their respective counties.

by Evelyn Philip Shirley

Arms.—Or, two chevronels gules.

Present Representative, William John Monson, 7th Baron Monson.

Whichcote of Aswarby, Baronet 1660.

This is an ancient Shropshire house descended from William de Whichcote, of Whichcote, in that county, in 1255. In the reign of Edward IV., by marriage with the heiress of Tyrwhitt, the family became possessed of Harpswell in this county, which for a long time continued the residence of the Whichcotes.

See Wotton's Baronetage, iii. 13; and Allen's History of Lincolnshire, i. 38.

Arms.—Ermine, two boars passant in pale gules.

Present Representative, Sir Thomas Whichcote, 7th Baronet.

Anderson of Brocklesby, Earl of Yarborough 1837, Baron Yarborough 1794.