Title: High Sheriff of Lancaster
Name: Sir Gilbert de Southworth
Herald date: 1323-1326
Argent, a chevron between three crosses crosslet Sable (shown botony).
From Southworth near Warrington, Gilbert married Alicia Dewyas in about 1322, the year of the Bruce’s sacking of the north- which included the Dewyas family home. Gilbert was the builder of Salmesbury Hall, which was to remain the family seat until 1678.
