The Pigotts were formerly seated at Chetwynd in this county, which they inherited from the coheiress of Peshall in the fourteenth century.
The family came originally from Cheshire; William Pigott of Butley in the parish of Prestbury in that county, who died in 1376, was grandfather of Richard Pigott of Butley who married the heiress of Peshall. Chetwynd was sold about 1776, and the rectory of Edgmond purchased by Thomas Pigott, Esq., in the reign of James I.
See Blakeway, p. 84; and Morris MSS.
Arms.—Ermine, three fusils in fess sable. The coat formerly borne by this family, founded on the arms of Chetwynd, was, Azure, a chevron between three mullets or, on a chief ermine three fusils sable.
Present Representative, the Rev. John Dryden Pigott.
Thornes of Llwyntidman Hall.
The name is local, from Thornes in the parish of Shenstone, in the county of Stafford, where Robert, son of Roger de la Thornes, was resident early in the fourteenth century. He was elected burgess for Shrewsbury in 1357, a position subsequently filled by several of his descendants. The family also became seated at Shelvock in this county at an early period. Thomas Thornes of that place erected a mansion on the old family estate at Thornes in the reign of Edward IV., which estate was sold by his descendant Roger Thornes in 1507. Shelvock continued in the family until the extinction of the eldest branch of it in 1678. The present family descend from Nicholas Thornes of Melverley, great-uncle of Richard Thornes who was sheriff of this county in 1610.
See Sanders's History of Shenstone, p. 215; Blakeway, p. 101; and Morris MSS.
Arms.—Sable, a lion rampant guardant argent.