[Illustration] This family is descended from Thomas Lawley, cousin
and next heir to John Lord Wenlock, K.G. in the reign of Edward IV.,
who was slain at the battle of Tewkesbury. The Lawleys were
described as "of Wenlock" in the reign of' Henry VI., and until that
of Henry VIII., when Richard Lawley, Esq. ancestor of Lord Wenlock,
was written "of Spoonhill."
See Blakeway, p. 92; Wotton's Baronetage, ii. 261; and Morris MSS.
ARMS.--_Argent, a cross formée, checky or and sable_.
Present Representative, Beilby Richard Lawley-Thompson, 2nd Baron
Wenlock.