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mentioned by the Rev. George Bellct at page 183 of 

 the " Antiquities of Bridgnorth." Mr. Bcllet, speak- 

 ing of another mansion of the Foresters at Bridg- 

 north, says, " One could wish, as a mere matter 

 of curiosity, that a remarkable building, called 

 * Forester's Folly,' had been amongst those which 

 escaped the fire; for it was built by Ptichard 

 Forester, the private secretary of no less famous a 

 person than Bishop Bonner, and bore the above 

 appellation most likely on account of the cost of its 

 erection." William Baxter, who, it will be seen, 

 was a descendant of the Foresters, has an interesting 

 passage in his life referring to the circumstance.* 



We believe that the Forester pedigree hi the 

 MS. collection of Shropshire pedigrees, now in 

 possession of Sidney Stedman Smith, Fsq., com- 

 piled by that careful and painstaking genealogist 

 the late Mr. Ilardwick, fully confirms this, and 

 shows that the Foresters of Watling Street, the 

 Foresters or Forsters of Sutton Maddock, and the 

 Forsters or Fosters of Evelith Manor were the same 

 family. The arms, like the names, differ ; but all 

 have the hunter's horn stringed ; and if any doubt 

 existed as to the identity of the families, it is still 

 * Appendix D. 



