[Illustration] Lineally descended from Robert "Borowe," noticed by
Leland in his Itinerary, which Robert died in 1418, and was father
of Robert surnamed de Stokeden, Lord of Erdborough in the county of
Leicester.
Chetwynd was purchased by Thomas Borough, Esq., in 1803, the family
having been previously for many years resident at Derby.
See Glover's History of the County of Derby, 8vo. 1833, vol. ii. p.
558, who refers to the genealogy of the family in the College of
Arms, 4 Norfolk, p. 189; Nichols's Leicestershire, ii. 528; and
Morris MSS.
ARMS.--_Gules, the stem and trunk of a tree eradicated, as also
couped, sprouting out two branches argent_. In 1702 a frightful
modern coat founded on the preceding, with the shield of Pallas
dependent from an oak-tree or, was granted by the College of Arms.
Present Representative, John Charles Burton Borough, Esq.