the latter part, without much doubt to be derived from the Echinghams; the stag may be taken from Whiligh of Whiligh in Wadhurst, who bore arg. a stag statant, gules charged with stars arg. horned or (Burr. MSS. 5691, p. 822), which may have had a common origin with an ancient coat of Byshe Gu. a hind trippant arg. The coat of Jefferay of Chiddingly fretty on a chief a lion passant guardant (20), Mr. Lower, in his 'Curiosities of Heraldry,' considers to be a derivation of Echingham, because the family held an estate in Bletchington of the Barons of that name; but as it more nearly resembles the St. Leger bearings, and as Jefferay was not an uncommon name of their race, it seems more likely that the Jefferays sprung from one of its scions, taking, as was frequently the case, the Christian name for a Surname, and charging the chief with a lion as a distinctive bearing.
De la Lynde and Dallingridge are identical. Sir Walter de la Lind, one of the bannerets before mentioned, bore de argent a une crois engrele de goules. His heiress married Sir John Dallyngridge, who adopted these arms, which was probably the first occasion of the use of any by this family, as they were previously of little note, taking their name from their property, called Lang-ridge, in West-Hoathly. There is no authority for the Sir John, his father, as given in the slight pedigree in Sussex Arch, Coll. vol. III, p. 93, nor for the statement that they came from Hampshire, which error arose from some of the family afterwards settling in that county, Richard Dallingridge being sheriff there, 28 Hen. VI.
The name of Dallingridge is formed similarly to that of Dallender. This was vulgarly corrupted from De la Ryver, a Yorkshire family, settled at Buckland, in Surrey. (Vide Manning and Bray.) A branch of the Dallenders lived at Chichester, and afterwards at Poynings, and bore vaire gules and arg. within a bordure az. bezantée, which were the arms of Sir — de la Ryver,
as it undoubtedly does enter into the formation of many names as a prefix, as Att-wood, &c.; but it is very questionable if it is ever so employed. Thus Cartwright, in his Hist, of Bramber Rape, says, Dennett was formerly written Denne-at; and Collins, in his Peerage, makes Leggatt equivalent to Legg or Legh-at (at the meadow); whereas the name is probably the same as legate, the pope's representative. The sylvan term Warren is disguised in a great many names having Warn for the first syllable, as Warnford (the ford at the Warren), Warnham (the ham in the Warren), Warner (warren-er, i.e., one who lives at the Warren), &c. The ancient castle and town of Warwick may have grown from a rural street in the Warren, to their present size and importance.
