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He was the first Beresford to settle in Fenny Bentley (the Beresford family having originated at Berisford in Alstonefield parish, Staffordshire).Ĭherry Orchard farm is located opposite St Edmund's Church. Thomas is said to have fought at Agincourt in 1415 and is reputed to have raised a troop of horse at Chesterfield from his sons and their retainers in the Lancastrian cause during the Wars of the Roses. He married Agnes Hassall of Arclyd, Cheshire, who died in 1467. Thomas was the younger son of John Beresford and Elizabeth Bassett.

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'A General and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire, Vol. Hereinafter cited as 're: Beresford Family.'Īnd appears in other genealogical books such as Alan Tucker, 're: Beresford Family,' e-mail message to Darryl Roger LUNDY (101053), 17 December 2010.

Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition. Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 3, page 4086. He couldn't have raised a private army to fight in the Battle of Agincourt (as widely reported on the internet)because it occurred before his birth. Thomas Beresford lived at Bentley Hall & served in the French Wars of Henry VI.

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