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Excerpt from The Family of Bayley of Manchester and Hope
The following account of the family of Bayley of Manchester and Hope was originally reprinted from the Transactions of the Antiquarian Society of Lancashire and Cheshire for 1889, and is now re-issued at the request of several members of the family. It has been rearranged and is so much enlarged that it is practically a new work. The author has to express his thanks to the members of the family who have kindly assisted him, and especially to Lady bayley, the widow of Sir edward clive bayley, Mrs. Edward bayley, Mrs. Macnamara, Mrs. John arthur fowler, Mrs. J. A. Harris, Sir steuart colvin bayley, Mr. Thomas bayley potter, m.p the late Dr. W. C. Henry, and Mr. Francis S. Bayley. Mr. W. A. Shaw, m.a., Mr. T. Cann hughes, m.a., and Mr. John owen have also rendered assistance. To Sir steuart bayley the author is also indebted for the Opportunity of reproducing, as a frontispiece, the View of Hope Hall as it existed in the time of Thomas Butterworth Bayley. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
