Sir Arthur Hesilrige, 7th Baronet, d. 1763 (Bernard Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage) presided over the demise of Noseley Hall, the family seat. The story of Hesilrige and his wife Hannah was one of several suggested as the original for Samuel Richardson's Pamela (1740-1).