Excerpt from Parsons' Family History and Record The Parsons family in England was one of great antiquity and merit long before their splendid exploits brought the grant of arms and title to Sir Richard Parsons, Earl of Rosse. The Leopard Faced Arms and Halbert Headed Crest of Parsons are not unknown to history for they stand for splendid honor and true aristocracy. 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.