Southcote Lodge.
The Hales of Alderley in Gloucestershire claim descent from Sir Matthew
Hale, born and buried there. (See Atkins, p. 107.; Rudder, p. 218., and
Bigland, p. 30.) When Mr. Hale of Alderley was High Sheriff of
Gloucestershire in 1826, the judge then on circuit made a complimentary
allusion to it in court. The descent is in the female line, and the name
was assumed in 1784.