General Notes

The BOLDS were seated, it is affirmed, before the Conquest, at Bold, in the county of Lancaster; and in the reign of HENRY III. we find in Testa de Nevil that MATTHEW DE BOLDE, the grandson of WILLIAM DE BOLDE, of BOLDE, was employed on an inquisition to make a return of the "Nomina villarum, serjeantes and knights fees," in the hundred of West Derby. They have ever since maintained the highest place among the great landed proprietors of the north of England, have constantly received the honour of knighthood, have represented their native shire in parliament, and have allied with its most distinguished families.