The Somerset Herald, Thomas Woodcock, described the Coat of Arms in his letter to me, dated 22nd February 1988.

In his letter the Somerset Herald canvasses the possibilities of connections with John Parker of Fallowes Hall in Alderley and co-heirs of John Snelson of Asle {sic} and Robert Dugdale a London cloth worker and Alice Snelson daughter of John Snelson of Foxbanck.

The subject of the letter is the Snelson Coat of Arms that were recorded in the Visitiation of London by the College of Heralds in 1633-1634. The arms displayed in the pedigree were registered to Roger Snelson.

Roger Snelson was born around June 1576 and died in October 1647. He signed his name as "Snelston" but the "l" letter has been crossed out.

The weakness in the claim is possibly the dotted line between Roger Snelson's father and his grandfather and this appears in the original. Interesting that the word "pretend" originally meant to "claim" ... Roger Snelson was indeed a great pretender.