Berkshire History: Heralds' Visitations 1566: Forster of
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Forster of Aldermaston
Heralds' Visitation of Berkshire, 1566
Humphrey Forster of Harpeden [Harpsden] in the county of Oxfordshire, esquire, married Alice daughter to Thomas Stonor of Stonor in the county of Oxfordshire, knight, and by her hath issue, Humphrey Forster, his eldest son.
Humphrey Forster of Harpenden aforesaid, esquire, eldest son and heir to Humphrey aforesaid, married Alice fourth daughter and one of the heirs of Sir Stephen Popham of Farringdon Popham in the county of Southampton, knight, and by her hath issue, George Forster, his eldest son.
Sir George Forster of Aldermaston in the county of Berkshire, knight, eldest son and heir to Humphrey aforesaid, married Elizabeth daughter and sole heir to John De La Mare son and heir to Sir Thomas De La Mare of Aldermaston in the county of Berkshire, knight, and by her had issue, Sir Humphrey Forster, knight, his eldest son; Thomas, second son; Anthony, third son; Giles, fourth son; John, fifth son; Arthur, sixth son; and Charles Forster, seventh son; Anne, Elizabeth & Dorothy.
Sir Humphrey Forster of Aldermaston in the county of Berkshire, knight, eldest son and heir to Sir George aforesaid, married Elizabeth daughter to Sir William Sandys, knight, Lord Sandys of the Vyne in the county of Southampton, and by her had issue, William Forster, his eldest son and heir; Elizabeth married to George Covert of ..... in the county of Sussex, esquire; Margaret, second daughter, married to Anthony Elmes of Bolney Haye in the county of Oxfordshire, esquire; Anne, third daughter, married to Edmund Brimsdon of New Inn, London, gentleman.
William Forster of Aldermaston in the county of Berkshire, esquire, eldest son and heir to Sir Humphrey aforesaid, married Jane daughter to Sir Anthony Hungerford of Down Ampney in the county of Gloucestershire, knight, and by her hath issue, Humphrey Forster, his eldest son and heir apparent; William Forster, second son; John Forster, third son; Walter Forster, fourth son; Edmund Forster, fifth son; George Forster, sixth son; and Richard Forster, seventh son; Dorothy; Eleanor; and Jane, all three unmarried.