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

Ussulston, Baron (Bennet).—From one of the Hundreds of Middlesex.

Arlington, Earl.—The Title was derived from Arlington in Middlesex, the Seat of Sir Henry Bennet, who was created Baron Arlington 1664, and Earl of Arlington in 1672. He died in 1685.

Thetford, Viscount (Bennet), Extinct.—In Norfolk.

Bridgewater, Duke (Egerton).—The Lord Chancellor was the founder of this Family, and was a Natural Son of Sir Richard Egerton, Knight, of Ridley in Cheshire, by the Daughter of one Sparks of Bickerton[256].

Grey de Wilton, Baron (Egerton).—The present Peer (Sir Thomas Egerton, Bart.) is descended from Bridget, sole Sister and Heir to Thomas Lord Grey of Wilton, a Female Barony, denominated from Wilton in the County of Hereford[257].

Hertford, Earl.—From the Town.

Beauchamp, Viscount (Conway).—Nominal and local, from a place in Normandy.

Scarborough, Earl.—From Scarborough in Yorkshire.

Lumley, Viscount (Lumley, with the additional name of Sanderson).—From Lumley Castle, in the Bishoprick of Durham.