Curialia Miscellanea, or Anecdotes of Old Times / Regal, Noble, Gentilitial, and Miscellaneous: Including Authentic Anecdotes of the Royal Household, and the Manners and Customs of the Court, at an Early Period of the English History

by Samuel Pegge

[245] Vincent on Brooke.

[246] Camden's Britannia, col. 85.

[247] Ibid. col. 21.

[248] Pennant's Journey from Chester, p. 129.

[249] Camden's Britannia, col. 72.

[250] Collins, in his Peerage 1735, says, that Hamlake is the same as Hemsley in Yorkshire (North Riding).

[251] See Camden's Britannia, col. 315.

[252] There were two Barons of this Title existing at the same time; viz. Lord Dacre of the North, and Lord Dacre of the South. Both at length centered in Barrett-Leonard Lord Dacre.

[253] See Camden's Britannia, col. 14.

[254] On the death of Francis Earl of Godolphin, 1766, the Barony devolved to Francis, his first cousin; and on his death, in 1785, became extinct.