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In 1397 Roger Forester de Wellington is described as 

 holding Wellington Hay and Chace. He died in 1402. 



Roger, his son and heir, was in 1416 appointed keeper 

 of the same haia by the Duchess of Norfolk and the Lady 

 Bergavenny, sisters and co-heiresses of the great Thomas 

 Fitz-Alan, Earl of Arundel. 



His son and successor, John, died 5th of Edward IV. 

 1465, seized of the lands, &c., in Wellington, and the 

 custody Df the forest of the Wrekin. He had two sons, 

 William and John, also a son Richard ; and William, 

 son of the above, appears to have been the father of 

 another John, the former John having died without 

 issue. John, in 1506, witnesses a deed of Thomas 

 Cresset, as John Forester the younger ; he married 

 Joice Upton, the heiress of Philip Upton, of Upton 

 under Haymond, and obtained the estate of that place, 

 which is still inherited by his descendants. 



This John Forester first resided in Watling Street, where 

 his ancestors for several generations had lived, in the old 

 timbered mansion, now occupied by Dr. Cranage, but he 

 afterwards removed to Easthope, whilst his son William 

 resided at Upton ; and Richard Forester, alias Forster of 

 Sutton Maddock, secretary to Bishop Bonner, who built 

 the old mansion in Bridgnorth, called *' Forester's 

 Folly," which was burnt down during the siege of the 

 castle, when the high town became a heap of ruins, 

 appears to have been a son of John Forester, of East- 

 hope ; and Anthony Forester or Foster of Sir Walter 

 Scott's novel, who was born about 1510, was a son of his. 



