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son, Francis, of Degsworth, a spendthrift, married Julia, one of 

 the daughters and coheirs of Sir Francis Boteler, Knt.,* of 

 Hatfield Woodhall, and the arms of Shallcrosse and Boteler {gu. 

 a fesse, cheqtiy or and sa. beiw. six crosses pattec ar.) are displayed 

 quarterly, in Hatfield Church, on the monument of their son, 

 Francis Boteler Shallcross, who died in i6if, aged 17 

 years. To' this Julia Shallcrosse her cousin. Dean Stanhope, 

 dedicated, in 1742, his edition of the Imitation. Humphrey's 

 fourth son, Henry, of Diggeswell, left an extant seal, 1695 ; red, 

 f in. by | in., oval shield. The male line of this family expired 

 with Thomas, of Digswell Manor House, who died in 1770, 

 aged 77 years. His seal, 1716, is preserved; red, en placard, on 

 tape, I in. by \ in. ; crest only, within oval shield. This 

 gentleman lies at Digswell, under an altar tomb bearing the 

 Shallcross arms. Many details are known about this branch. 



HI. — Jane, or Johanna, named after her aunt Johan Beresford, 

 married her neighbour, Edward Bagshawe, of Ridge Hall,t and 

 had issue, which continued that line. Her great-granddaughter, 

 Elizabeth Bagshawe, married Colonel Shallcross (XV.). The 

 arms of Shallcross were emblazoned with others at the Ridge in 

 stained glass, existing 17 10. if 



IV. — Elizabeth, married her cousin, Nicholas, son of 

 Edward Browne, of the Marsh Hall, a grandson of John (IX.); 

 vide a notice of him in the interesting Indictment Roll, under 

 John (VIII.) They had issue, Nicholas (Will of Leonard, 

 1605). A descendant, Edmund Bradburj', of Ollerset Hall, 

 married Helen Jodrell, of Yeardsley Hall, and had a son, 

 Edmund Bradbury, whose Godfather was Edmund Jodrell of 

 Yeardsley Hall. With him that line suddenly expired. 



V. — Agnes ; named after her aunt Agnes Beresford. In the 

 Widdrington Roll, where the arms are impaled, she married 

 Roger Jodrell of the family of Yeardsley Hall. 



* His wife was Anne, sister of Sir Aston Cokayne, of Ashbourne. 



t The late Mr. W. A. Carrington, of Bakewell, who descended from this 

 marriage, took much interest in the Shallcross family, and his widow 

 kindly allowed me to make the abstracts of Wills in this paper from his 

 valuable MSS. 



X Reliquary, vol. viii. Arms impaled in Widdrington Roll. 



