The History of Oswestry / Comprising the British, Saxon, Norman, and English eras; the topography of the borough; and its ecclesiastical and civic history; with notices of botany, geology, statistics, angling, and biography: to which are added sketches of the environs

by William Cathrall

FOOTNOTES.

[124] When the Railway from Gobowen to Oswestry was made, this piece of land was sold to the Railway Company by the Churchwardens and Overseers for £232; and the money is now invested in their names, on security of the Oswestry Market and Fair Tolls, at 3½ per cent, payable half-yearly.

[178] [Footnote by transcriber, DP.] The table reads as follows:—

Alan of whom: William Fitz-alan and Walter Fitz-alan.

William Fitz-alan was progenitor of the Earls of Arundel, and Barons of Oswestry.

Walter Fitz-alan was progenitor of the Royal House of Stewart as follows:

Alan.

Alexander.

Walter.

Alexander.