The History of the House of Stanley, From the Conquest to the Death of the Right Honorable Edward, Late Earl of Derby, in 1776

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Excerpt from The History of the House of Stanley, From the Conquest to the Death of the Right Honorable Edward, Late Earl of Derby, in 1776: Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of That Illustrious House, To Which Is Added, a Complete History of the Isle of Man, With a Comparative View of the Past and Present State of Society and MannersThe illustrious house I have undertaken to describe and treat of in the course of these memoirs, is allowed, by all the historians and records I have met with, to have been a family of great antiquity and renown, having in their several ages been distinguished and promoted, by royal fa vour, to the highest posts of honour and trust under sove reign princes, and always advancing in the front rank of our British heroes.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.