In Amounderness in the County of Lancaster (Classic Reprint)

Probably in no parish in Lancashire were there in the seventeenth century so many families claiming descent from the ancient landed gentry as in Preston. At the Herald's Visitation made in 1664-65, by Sir William Dugdale, Knight, there were twenty-two of these entered their pedigrees, and it is a noteworthy fact that the junior representatives of these families were amongst the leading tradesmen Of the town. And probably in no small degree were contributing elements in Obtaining for it the title of Proud Preston.

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