Posthumous promotion? They were the Earl and Countess of Derwentwater, four strawberry leaves less but eight upraised pearls instead on their coronets. James, the earl's, clothes worn at his execution are in a display case in Ingatestone Hall. Lord Petre, the lord lieutenant of Essex, is one of his descendants. It was he who suggested that I contacted Frances Dickinson, who gave me most of the information in my article in "Acton Historian".
John Stuart Gallagher ● 1808d