By P. H. Ditchfield, M.A., F.S.A.
Cheshire, the “seed-plot of gentility,” as Speed loved to call his
native shire, can boast of many illustrious sons who have conferred
honour on their county. A large volume would be needed wherein to
chronicle all their achievements, their deeds of prowess, their
successes as poets, divines, lawyers, and philosophers. We can only
record the names of the most illustrious Cestrians who have achieved
fame in various professions and are worthy of a niche in these
memorials of the county.