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Excerpt from Collections for a History of Staffordshire, Vol. 20: 1899 Evidence was to convince us that some of Canon Bridgeman's conclusions could not be maintained, and it became necessary for us thoroughly to revise the whole, and virtually to re-write a large part, of that portion of the work which we had hoped was almost ready for the press. If it had not been for General Wrottesley's kind encouragement and promise of help in case of need, we should hardly have ventured to attempt so much larger and more responsible an undertaking than we had anticipated; and we desire to take this opportunity of expressing to him our grateful thanks for his valuable advice and ever ready help, of which we have not hesitated to avail ourselves. We have endeavoured to ensure accuracy to the best of our ability by verifying all references and by collating with the originals at the Record Office, the British Museum, and elsewhere all extracts from inquisitions and other documents which had not already been published, but even in this matter we cannot expect to be entirely free from errors, while we are fully conscious that in other respects the work falls very far short of what a parochial history should be. We can only hope that this volume will be regarded by the members of the Society as an honest attempt by Canon Bridgeman's sons to fulfil their father's promise and complete the. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.