JWvp'H-' n. s / V ft O y DUKE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY w xxtMhxxm; OR HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL MEMOIRS or THE jfamtlg of Bufut, FROM THE CONQUEST TO THE PRESENT TIME, IN THE COUNTIES OF LINCOLN, WESTMORELAND, WILTS, CAMBRIDGE, AND BUCKINGHAM, COMPRISING Cfje Rouses of <®raj>risa, f^artfjant, ^teoplo=JKIorU on apleshurp, ant 8®j>combe, WITH THE SEVERAL ANCIENT FAMILIES FROM WHOM THEY DESCEND; BY 0 0 ^ SIR G? F. DUCKETT, BART., F.S.A. [Anus of Sir R. Duket of Grayrigg, M.P. for Westmoreland 5th Hen. IY. a.i>. 1403.] ' .Is great is the me of Anns, so this especially to preserve the memories of the dead. Many a dumbe” ‘ monument, which through time or sacriledge hath lost his tongue, the epitaph; yet hath made such signes by" “ lhe Scutcheons about if, that Antiquaries have understood who lay there entombed." (Fuller’s Holy Warre, Book V. chap. 24). LONDON: J. RUSSELL SMITH, SOHO SQUARE. 1869. FEINTED BY TAYLOE AND CO., LITTLE QUEEN STEEET, LINCOLN’S INN FIELDS. ?a9, £ a The following collection of valuable evidence is the result of more labour and pains than might be supposed by the general reader. It has been undertaken with a specific object, the verification of existing pedigrees, an end, which it is to be hoped, will be admitted to have been attained. I have abstained from indulging in any conjecture, till it became in my own mind an established fact; an error into which mere Pedigree compilers are often unguardedly betrayed, led away by a desire to explain difficulties arising from some trifling inaccuracy in the sources of their information. Where difficulties, and counter-statements or positive contradictions have rendered the testimony doubtful, I have endeavoured to weigh evidence impartially, to compare probabilities, and to give the opinion, I was best able to form, after consulting the various Documents, which experience and long research had led me to consider trustworthy. Much no doubt is yet to be discovered, by future researches iu public records. Still it is satisfactory to have rescued from oblivion, any memorials of families, once wealthy and distinguished in their several locations. How often indeed would these “ memorials have perished with them,” were it not that curiosity called forth by the ruined tower, the monumental brass, or the sculptured shield, has led to further enquiry, and thus wonderfully revived the memory of names, all but forgotten in the very districts, where of old they were so honoured and well known. The sites of Glrayrigg, Lambrigg, and Docker, are no longer to be traced; the ancient castle of the Hodmans may still bear evidence of its former feudal grandeur and importance, the church of Harwood the former splendour of its elaborate tombs; but years have passed since the manor house of Morden survived its owners, that of Hartham too has been swept away, leaving the massive iron entrance gates, surmounted by the Duckett arms, alone to tell its tale: “Until some Herald asks the Ducketts’ fate,” “ Heading their blazon on the Hartham gate.” G. F. D. Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2018 with funding from Duke University Libraries https://archive.org/details/duchetianaorhist01duck > Bucfutt, f^artljam auto Cotsljam, tn tfjc Count;* * of ffiklilts.'* !S) teateti Baronet, 3unc 21 , 1791. The chief object of the following genealogical memoir is to trace and verify the descent of the Ducket family, namely, of the branches of Westmoreland, Wiltshire, and Cambridgeshire, but especially of the two former, being in direct line of ancestors of the present baronet, and to place on record every authentic document or incident of family interest connected with the same. Inseparable from this investigation, it becomes necessary to take a family of good note in Yorkshire, from whence he is in immediate descent on the side of his paternal grandfather, the Jacksons of Richmond and Thirsk, claiming a common ancestor with the Jacksons of Hickleton, created baronets temp. Charles I. 1 ) lu ) The result of this inquiry will show that the confusion existing generally in almost all ancient pedigrees, which seldom agree in every point with the “ Inquisitiones post mortem ” or other authentic instruments, where such can be found, is singularly wanting in the Duckett pedigree, — a remarkable fact in a family coming within scope of the ancient Border contests, in which, as a rule, the burnings and desolation caused by the Scots involved the destruction of much family record, tracing back, in this instance, to such a very early period. * The authorities of this memoir are : —Baronets’ Pedigrees in the College of Arms; MS. Genealogy of the Ducketts of Hartham (dated 1582), in possession of present Baronet; sundry Wills, dating from 1545 ; Administrations and Pa¬ rochial Registers ; Visitations of Wilts, Yorkshire, Berks, Bucks, Dorset, and different counties, in the Harleian Collec¬ tion of the British Museum (1533, 1566, 1575, 1584, 1664, etc.) ; Visitation of Westmoreland, in 1615, by Sir Richard St. George, Norroy; Visitation of Surrey, a.d. 1662 (Add. MSS.) ; Visitation of Wilts, in 1623, by Henry St. George, Richmond : Visitation of London, a.d. 1568 ; the Heraldical MSS. of the Lansdowne Collection (British Museum) ; pe¬ digrees of Yorkshire and Wiltshire families, Philpot MSS., etc., in Heralds’ College ; Inquisitiones post mortem from Henry III. to 20 Charles I.; the Liberate Rolls and Rolls of Chancery (or Patent, Charter, Close, and Fine Rolls) in Public Record Office ; the Pedigree of the Ducketts of Steeple Morden, Cambridgeshire, as given in Cole’s MSS., British Museum ; History of Westmoreland, by Burn (Dr. Burn namely, the learned historian, the same who wrote ‘ Burn’s Justice,’and of singular accuracy) ; Hutchins’s ‘ History of Dorsetshire ’ ; with other authorities quoted throughout the account. Of these foregoing records, the “ Escheat Rolls,” or “ Inquisitiones post mortem ” (whenever they can be found), are the most authentic evidences, next to wills, of the descent of families and property, commencing with the reign of Henry III. and ending with 20 Charles I. They were taken by writs, directed to the escheators, to summon a jury of the county on oath, who were to inquire what lands any man of fortune died possessed of, and their value, by what tenure or services the same were held, who and of what age his next heir was, in order “ to ascertain the relief and value of the primer seizin, or the wardship and livery accruing to the King thereon.” ’) See Baronets’ Pedigrees in College of Arms. u ) The surname of Jackson has its equivalent in a noble family in Normandy, “ Jacquesson,”—who bear for arms, Sable, an eagle or,—which, although strictly speaking Anglice “ Jameson,” we are disposed to consider originally as the same name. (Migne, Dictionnaire heraldique, Encyclopedic Theologique, vol. xiii.) Sir George Jackson, the first Baronet, in his memorial in 1791, for a confirmation of the arms of Jackson of Hickle¬ ton, uses these words ,—“ that your memorialist and his an¬ cestors have long borne for armorial ensigns, as a branch (according to family tradition) of the ‘ Jacksons of Hickleton,’ in the county of York, Baronets,” etc. (See Baronets’ Pedi¬ grees in College of Arms, vol. i. p. 203.) We have elsewhere remarked as to the careless and indif¬ ferent manner in which the records and family documents of the Jacksons have been handed down, few having been pre¬ served. We, therefore, give the following extract from a family Bible of 1746, in Mr. (afterwards Sir George) Jack¬ son’s own hand ;— “ My first son was born 3 d Janr 1746 ; baptized y e 22 d by ” “ the name of Robert—Lady Clanrickard Godmother" : and ” “ Commiss 1 Osborn and Coz. Thos. Spencer Godfathers.” “ died 9 Nov r 1747. “ My second son was bom 14 ,h May 1748 & christened 4” “June following by the name of William — Coz. Fra 8 Vin- ” “ cent* & M r Spencer Godfathers—M rs Pennington God- ” “mother. Died 15 th June following. “ My third son was borne 7 June 1749 and baptized same ” “ Hester, daughter of Sir Henry Vincent, Bart., and wife of John Smyth, Earl of Clanrickard. * Sir Francis Vincent, seventh Baronet, of Stoke d’Abernon. B 9 The Jacksons of Richmond are a branch of the family, afterwards styled “ of Hickleton,” and have used the same arms with them for several generations ; but it is not very clear from which “ brother ” (or ancestor) of Sir John Jackson (temp. Eliz. and James I.) they deduce their descent,—indeed, the family records have been kept with such want of care that no more can be gathered from them than what follows. 1. GEORGE JACKSON, of Thirsk, co. York, Esq., married-daughter of -Kitchingham, or Kitchingman, of- (near Thirsk aforesaid 1 ), by whom he had William. He had also two other wives, Snowden and Scarlet, both of good families, and by each had issue. The son by his first wife: 2. WILLIAM JACKSON, of Thirsk, married-daughter of John Pybus, Esq., of Thirsk. By her he had one son, and one daughter, married to- Routh, Esq. ; (his will was proved 28th September, 1707). The son, 3. GEORGE JACKSON, of Richmond, in the county of York (born 1GS6, died 1757, aged seventy-one, and was buried at Gisborough), married Hannah, seventh daughter of William Ward, of Gisborough, Esq. 2 ) 3 ) (she was sister to the well-known Dr. Joshua Ward, 4 ) 4a ) and died 1769, aged seventy, being also buried at Gisborough 40 ). Their issue was numerous, viz. William, eldest son, who died young ; Edward, second son, who lost his life in the ‘ Northampton ’ East India ship, which foundered at sea; George (created Baronet in 1791) 50 ) ; and Ralph, of Normanby, co. York, who married Mary, daughter of Richard Lewin, of Eltham, in Kent, Esq., by whom he had issue, William Ward Jackson, “ Evening by the name of Thomas Spencer —died 12 th of The ” “ same month, “ My fourth child a daughter was born 19 th of Oct r 1751 ” “ and christened 15 th Xov r 1751 by the name of Mary—M r ” “ Spencer Godfather. My Aunt Gansell and M rs Turnpenny ” “ were Godmothers. “ My fifth child a daughter was born 18 th of July 1753 ” “ and christened 20 th Aug. following by the name of Ca- ” “therine. —M rs Ward & M rs Blair were Godmothers—M r ” “ Phipps Godfather.® “ My sixth child was born 4 th April 1755 and christened ” “ 3 d May following by the name of Elizabeth. —Miss Yincent ” “ and M rs Spencer were Godmothers. — M r Lane Godfather.” 2 ) Erom a monument in Ay ton Church (See note 50 ), we find George Jackson described, in 1755, as of “Hill House, Richmond.” This residence seems to have belonged to the D’Arcv family, many of whom served in Parliament for Richmond. 3 ) William Ward, of Gisborough, here named, was son of William Ward, a man of considerable landed property in the immediate vicinity of Bishop Auckland and Woodhouse, in the county of Durham, by Dorothy, his wife, whom he mar¬ ried in 1646. (The family have a ring given to this Mr. Ward, in 1683, by the then Earl of Ilchester.) William Ward, the son aforesaid, was born in 1648 (ob. 1718), and was the first person who conceived the practicability of ma¬ nufacturing alum from the rocks or mountains in the neigh¬ bourhood of Gisborough ; the great alum-works in that neighbourhood eventually coming into the possession of his grandson, the late Mr. Ward Jackson, of Normanby. He married, in 1672, Mary, daughter of Thomas and Margaret Rood, and by her (born 1650) had John, his eldest son (born 1675), Thomas, Edward, William, Ralph, George, and Joshua (the celebrated physician), and six daughters, —Dorothy, Margaret, Esther, Margaret, Ann, and Hannah (born 1699). Of these, William married Frances, daughter of Sir Francis Yincent, of Stoke Dabemon, co. Surrey, Bart. ; Margaret married David Gansell, of Low Layton and Donyland, in Essex, Esq. ; Dorothy married -Spencer ; Anne married - Manly; Hannah married George Jackson, of Richmond, Esq.: the others died unmarried. The eldest son was John c Geo. Phipps, of Oxford, Esq. Ward of Hackney, who married Rebecca Lascelles, one of the Harewood family, not then promoted to the peerage. He was M.P. for Weymouth, 1724, and connected with the South Sea Company scheme, in all the disasters of which he was involved. By her he had issue, Knox Ward (Clarencieux King of Arms, 1726 ; married to Elizabeth Nettleton, of Hais, Yorkshire), and was father of Ralph Ward (married to Anne Cooke, of Shropshire), whose daughter, Elizabeth Ward, married Yice-Admiral Nicholas Tomlinson, the father of the Rev. J. P. Tomlinson, married to Emily Agnes, daughter of Lady Lucy Taylor and granddaughter of William, first Earl of Chatham. Mary Ward, wife of William Ward, of Gisborough, was living 1683 ; the sampler or embroidery, her work, (in pos¬ session of Mr. Ward Jackson, of Normanby), bears this date. A letter also to her daughter, Margaret Gansell, on her marriage, is also extant. The Wards of Gisborough were probably a branch of the Wards of Bishop Middleham, in the county of Durham. We can find nothing to connect them with the Wards of Consett, in that county. In 1606, John Ward of the Bishop Middleham family, (carried two generations higher, viz. to Roger Y ard, fifth brother of Sir Christopher Ward, of Grin- dale, co. York, Knt.), acquired of Robert Brandling certain property in Stodhoo or Stodday (Fine, 3 James.) The same John Ward died 1632, seized of a fourth of the manor of Stodhoo, leaving his granddaughters, Frances and Anne, his coheirs (Inq. p. m., 8 Car. I.) If we connect this with the fact that Ayslaby and Stoddo are referred to in the executors’ account of William Ward’s Estate and in his will, we have strong grounds for supposing William Ward junior, of Gis¬ borough, to have been in some way allied, remotely or other¬ wise, to the aforesaid John Ward. Of one of these Wards of Bishop Middleham it was said, that he was a “ gentleman of more ancientry than estate and as antiquity of family has always been attributed to the Wards of Gisborough, this may add to that supposition and further incline to the belief that the hereditary estate had become alienated. During the time they were settled at Gisborough, they appear to have been tenants, on a long lease, of the manor-house belonging (then and still) to the Chaloners. *) The following is a published notice of Joshua Ward (whose statue may be seen in the hall of the Society of Arts, 3 of Nonnanbv, Esq. (born 1777, ob. 1842), married to Susanna Louisa, daughter of Edwin Martin Atkyns, of Kingston-Lisle, Berkshire, Esq., and was father of the Eev. William Ward Jackson, now of Xormauby, Ralph, M.P. for Hartlepool, and other children. Ralph Jackson died 1789 and was buried at G-isborough, and his wife some time before. 5 ) There were besides six daughters,—Mary, the eldest, Esther, second daughter living 1791, Hannah, and Ann, who all died unmarried; Rachael, wife of William Wilson (or Commodore Wilson) 50 ) of Avion, in Cleveland, Yorkshire, Esq. (whose granddaughter, Elizabeth Rachel, married the Rev. Peter Eraser, Rector of Kegworth, Leicestershire, and died 1863) ; and Dorothy, the youngest, married to Jeffery Jackson, of Woodford Bridge, in Essex, Esq. 4aa ). presented, in 1792, by Ralph Ward):—“ Dr. Joshua Ward ” “ was one of the younger sons of an antient and respectable ” “family settled at Gisborough, in Yorkshire, where he was ” “ born sometime in the seventeenth century. He seems, ” “ from every description of him, to have had small advan- ” “tagesfrom education, though indisputably, he possessed” “ no mean natural parts. In the year 1717 he was returned ” “M.P. for Marlborough, but by a vote of the House of” “ Commons, dated May 13, was declared not duly elected. ” “ He subsequently practised as a physician, and with such ” “ reputation that be was exempted, by a vote of the House” “of Commons, from being visited by the censors of the” “ College of Physicians, and was even called in to the assis-” “tance of King George the Second, whose hand he cured,” “ and received, as a reward, a Commission for his nephew, ” “the late General Gansel, 2lr ). After a continued series” “of success, he died December 21, 1761, at a very ad-” “ vanced age, and left the secret of his medicines to Mr. ” “Page, M.P. for Chichester, who bestowed them on two” “charitable institutions. His will is printed in the ‘Gen-” “ tleman’s Magazine ’ for 1762, vol. xxxii. p. 208.” It would appear from another source, (the testimony of the Rev. J. P. Tomlinson, one of his immediate descendants, in whose possession is the following document), that Joshua Ward was concerned in the Pretender’s Rebellion of 1715, and made his escape to France, passing many years in exile abroad, where it is supposed he acquired that knowledge of medicine which made him afterwards so celebrated as a phy¬ sician. It would not seem that he was one of those who were pardoned by the Act of Grace iu the year following. Copy of pardon granted to Dr. Joshua Ward, by Writ of Privy Seal, dated 6 December, 7 George II.:— “ George the second by the Grace of God of Great Bri- ” “tain, France and Ireland Kine, Defender of the Faith,” “ and so forth To All to whom these presents shall come ” “ greeting Know Yee that wee being moved with compas- ” “ sion of our especial grace certain knowledge and meer” “motion Have pardoned remitted & released and by these” “presents for us our heirs and successors Do pardon remit” “ & release to Joshua Ward late of the parish of S' Martin ” “in the fields in the county of Middlesex Gentleman or” “ by whatever other name or sirname or addition of name ” “or sirname profession place or mistery the said Joshua” “Ward might be deemed called or known or was lately” “ deemed called or known all treasons by him committed in ” “levying war against our late Royal Father King George” “ the first and all treasons misprisions of treason felonies ” “ crimes and offences whatsoever and of what nature or ” “ kind soever committed or perpetrated either by himself” “ alone or with any other person or persons whatsoever be- ” “ fore the one and twentieth day of November in the year of” “ our Lord one thousand seven hundred thirty and three al- ” “though the said Joshua Ward be or be not indicted im-” “ peached imprisoned convicted adjudged outlawed con- ” “ demned or attainted of and concerning the premisses or” “ any of them And also all and singular indictments im- ” “ peachments inquisitions informations suit3 plaints exi-” “gents judgments attainders outlawrys convictions execu- ” “ tions pains of death pains corporal imprisonments pains ” “ penalties forfeitures & demands whatsoever for or by rea- ” “ son of the premisses or any of them which wee now have ” “or can claim or have had or which wee our heirs or sue- ” “ cessors may hereafter in any manner or wise have or claim ” “against the said Joshua Ward And wee do by these pre- ” “ sents give and grant to him our firm peace thereupon And ” “further wee will and by these presents grant to the said” “Joshua Ward that these our letters patent or the inroll-” “ ment thereof and this our Pardon remission & release and ” “ all and singular matters and things therein contained shall ” “ & may be good firm valid sufficient & effectual in the law ” “ although the treasons misprisionsof treason felonies & other” “ crimes offences & other the premises aforesaid or either of” “ them are not specified or not particularly named or uncer- ” “ tainly specified And further wee strictly command all and ” “singular Judges Justices and all others whatsoever that” “ this our present free and general pardon shall be construed ” “expounded and adjudged in all our courts and elsewhere” “ by the general words clauses and sentences abovesaid in the ” “ largest & most beneficial sense and for the most full and ” “firm discharge of the said Joshua Ward according to our” “ true intention expressed in these our letters patent without ” “any ambiguity question or delay whatsoever and without” “ any writ of allowance what soever obtained or to be obtained ” “ from us our heirs or successors and in as beneficial a man- ” “ ner and form to all intents and purposes as if the said trea- ” “sons misprisions of treason felonies crimes and offences &” “other the premisses or either of them had been pardoned” “ and released by apt express & special words and notwith- ” “ standing any misrecital nonrecital repugnancy or other de- ” “ feet contained in these our letters patent or any other mat- ” “ter cause or thing in anywise notwithstanding In Witness ” “ whereof we have caused these our letters to be made pa- ” “ tent Witness ourselfe at Westminster the sixth day of De- ” “ cember in the seventh year of our Reign.” “By writt of Privy seal” (Seal attached.) “ Bisse & Beat.” 4o ) The following inscription to the memory of George and Hannah Jackson is at Gisborough, in Yorkshire: — “ Georgius Jackson, Gen Vir Pietate minime fueata, modestia singulari Moribus denique integerimus Apprime spectabilis Obiit Maii die quinto A.D. MDCCLYII JEtat 71 Juxta Patrem obdormit Anna filia Augusti die quarto A.D. MDCCLIY HU tat 16 defuncta ; Quam prseter, Gulielmum, Mariam, Edwardum, Estheram, Georgium, Hnnnam, Rachelem, Dorotheam, Radulphum, suscepit Pater optimus Ex Hanna lectissima conjuge, Gulielmi Ward de Gisborough in com. Ebor. generosi filia Quse die decimo nono Augusti 1769 apud Gisborough defuncta, juxta parentes Ibidem sepulta quiescit.” B 2 4 Sir George Jackson, Bart., 1 ) lo ) 50 ) 50J ) 50c ) married first, 24th September, 1745 (at St. Bennet’s, Paul’s Wharf, London),his cousin Mary, only child and heir of William Ward, Esq. (son of William Ward, of Gisborough, co. York), by Frances, second daughter of Sir Francis Vincent, of Stoke Daberon, co. Surrey, Bart, (she died 1754). By her he had three sons,—Bobert, William, and Thomas Spencer,—who died young, and three daughters—Mary, Catharine, and Elizabeth (all baptized at St. Olave’s, Hart Street). Mary, the eldest, married General Matthews, 5m ) as his second wife, and, on his death, Kobert Church, Esq., one of the Supreme Council of Bombay (she was born 1750; ob. 7th November, 1787) ; Catharine married in 1772, Francis Longe of Spixworth Park, Norfolk, Esq. (bom 1752, ob. 1825); Elizabeth married, 3rd May, 1774, Thomas Berney, of Bracon Hall, Norfolk, Esq. (born 1754, ob. 1839). Sir George’s second wife, Grace (widow of Robert Neale, of Shaw House, Melksham, Wiltshire, Esq.), being heiress of the “ Duckett family,” he obtained, in 1797, the Royal Licence to take the name and use the arms of that ancient family, pursuant to the will of Thomas Duckett, of Hartham, Wiltshire, Esq., his wife’s maternal uncle. 14 *) 23e ) 51c ) 4 " a ) Dorothy Jackson was living 1766. The will of Jeffrey Jackson, her husband, was proved 28th August, 1802, by his executor and residuary legatee, George Duckett (“ my late wife’s nephew ”), second Baronet. Legacies of £1000 are bequeathed to all the nieces of his late wife. In 1769 he is called “ of the Inner Temple.” 4li ) As this licence verifies much of the latest part of the family pedigree, it is given verbatim :— “ Sir George Jackson Bar' License that he and his Issue may ” “ take and use the Surname and bear the Arms of ” “ Duckett. ” “ George R.” “ George the Third by the Grace of God King of Great ” “Britain France and Ireland Defender of the Faith &c. To ” “ Our Bight Trusty and Bight Entirely Beloved Cousin ” “ Charles Duke of Norfolk Earl Marshal and Our Heredi- ” “tary Marshal of England Greeting: Whereas Sir George” “Jackson of Hartham in the Parish of Corsham in the” “ County of Wilts Baronet hath by his Petition humbly re- ” “ presented unto Us, That Thomas Duckett late of Hartham ” “aforesaid Esq r deceased, maternal Uncle of Dame Grace” “Jackson, wife of the Petitioner, did by his last Will and” “Testament bearing date on or about the 27 th day of Fe-” “ bruary 1764 devise his real Estates at Hartham aforesaid ” “ unto his Brothers William Duckett, Lionel Duckett, and ” “ Skinner Duckett and the Heirs Male and Female of their ” “ Bodies in Succession respectively, and, in default of such ” “ Issue, unto his Niece Grace Goldstone Spinster, and the ” “Heirs of her Body, with Bemainder to his Niece Grace” “ Horne Spinster, with like Bemainders, and with Bemain- ” “ der to his Own right Heirs: in which said Will is con- ” “ tained a Clause directing that when any of the Daughters ” “ of the said William Duckett, Lionel Duckett, and Skinner ” “Duckett, or the said Grace Goldstone,or Grace Home, or” “either of their Issue Male or Female, shall respectively” “ come into Possession of or become entitled to the said Es- ” “fates so therein limited, and when any of them shall be” “ married or marry, that then such Daughter and Daughters ” “ of the said Grace Goldstone, and Grace Home, and their” “Issue Male or Female so coming into possession, and the” “ Husbands of such of the Females as shall be married or” “marry respectively, do and shall, within One Year next” “ after he she or they shall come into possession of such Es- ” “tates, and in case such person shall have attained the age” “of twenty One Years, take upon herself himself and them- ” “selves the Surname of Duckett and the entire Coat of” “ Arms belonging to the Testators Family and in default of” “ compliance with the injunction contained in the said Clause, ” “ the Estates by the said Will devised to devolve upon the ” “next in remainder; That the said Testator died without” “revoking his said Will, and The Petitioner being, in right” “ of his Wife the said Dame Grace Jackson formerly Grace ” “ Goldstone, become entitled to and now in possession of the ” “ said Estates, in virtue of the Limitations of the said Will, ” “ he is desirous of complying with the said Injunction. The ” “ Petitioner therefore most humbly Prays Our Boyal License ” “and Authority that he, and the said Dame Grace Jackson ” “ his Wife and their Issue may take and Use the Surname of” “Duckett, and also bear the Arms of Duckett, such Anns” “ being first duly exemplified according to the Laws of Arms ” “ and recorded in the Heralds Office. Know Ye that We ” “ of Our Princely Grace and special Favor have given and ” “ granted and by these presents Do give and grant unto him ” “ the said Sir George Jackson and the said Dame Grace Jack- ” “ son his Wife Our Boyal License and Authority that they ” “ and their Issue may take and use the Surname of Duckett, ” “ and also bear the Arms of Duckett, such Arms being first” “ duly exemplified according to the Laws of Arms and re- ” “ corded in the Heralds Office, otherwise this Our License ” “ and Permission to be void and of none Effect. Our Will ” “ and Pleasure therefore is, that You Charles Duke of Nor- ” “ folk to whom the cognizance of matters of this nature doth ” “properly belong do require and Command that this Our” “ Concession and Declaration be recorded in Our College of” “ Arms to the end that our officers of Arms and all others ” “ upon occasion may take full notice and have knowledge” “thereof. And for so doing this shall be Your Warrant. ” “ Given at Our Court at Saint James’s the Third day of Fe- ” “ bruary 1797 In the Thirty Seventh Year of Our Beign.” “ By His Majesty’s Command ” “ POBTLAND.” “ Becorded in the College of Arms London in the Begister ” “ I 35 pursuant to a Warrant from the Most Noble Charles ” “ Duke of Norfolk Earl Marshal and hereditary Marshal of” “England and Examined therewith this twentieth day of” “February 1797.” “ Geobge Habbison Norroy & Begister.” 5 ) The Normanby estate, formerly belonging to the Consett family, was purchased of them, in 1748, by Balph Jackson, Esq. *") In Ayton Church, Yorkshire, is a monument to the me¬ mory of Commodore Wilson, Commander-in-Chief of the Marine Force of the English East India Company, and dis¬ coverer of Pitt’s Straits and the eastern passage to China. He was born 1715, and married, in 1755, Bachael, third daughter of George Jackson, of Hill House, Biclimond, Yorkshire, and died 5th June, 1795, aged eighty. In 1744, being in command of the “ Great Britain,” he captured a Spanish sloop-of-war, and soon after fell in with and engaged three French West Indiamen, furnished with letters of marque, mounting from thirty to twenty-four guns each, capturing two of them, after sustaining considerable damage in his 5 Cl )t Bucfeftts of ?i?aitljant, comprising ti)e extinct Rouses of #iagttS3, J3>ttej)le=itflt>rtien, ajfiesfiurp, anti ©DicWjam. The family of Duchet, Ducet, or Duket, is presumed to derive from that of “ de Duchet ,” seated at the time of the English Conquest in the ancient Duchy of Burgundy (a province at that period not remote from Normandy). Of this there can scarcely be a doubt, as not only the name of this ancient family indicates a continental origin, but the fact of its being found in England contemporaneous with, or soon after, the Norman invasion, plainly demonstrates that it took part at the Conquest, or became seated in England in consequence of that event. The surname of Duchet (to which, both in France and England, sometimes we find the prefix “de”), does not appear in Domesday Book, neither in the so- called Battle Abbey Boll; but Stowe has the name in the list of the Conqueror’s attendants, headed “ Cognomina Conquisitorum Anglise cum domino Gulielmo Duce Normannise et Conquestore Anglise,” 54 ), and it is seen in the oldest record or roll now remaining next to Domesday, namely, “ the Great Boll of the Exchequer,” sixty or seventy years after the Conquest, commonly called the Great Boll of the fifth year of King Stephen, but which is now known to have belonged to the earlier reign of King Henry I. (a.d. 1131)® w ) (Hardy.) ship’s rigging. In 1757, in company with the “ Houghton” and “ Godolphin ” Indiamen, he engaged and beat off the French man-of-war “ Compte de Provence,” of seventy-four guns, andthe “Sylphide” frigate, of thirty-six guns ; (Graves’s History of Cleveland, p. 203.) iaa ) He commanded the army, sent by order of the Council of Bombay against Seringapatam, in which expedition he was supposed to have been betrayed. He was taken prisoner, and killed by order of Hyder Ally. By his first wife (a Miss Cotgrave, who died in childbed) he had one daughter, Cots- ford, who married Bowland Burdon, of Castle Eden, Esq., M.P. for the county of Durham. 6 “'"') The following is the account of this abbey as given in Migne’s Dictionnaire des Abbayes et Monasteres :—“ Es- ” “chaalis (Esehaleium) Diocese de Sens, Yonne (France),” “ Abbaye de l’ordre de Citeaux, fille de Fontenay sous Clair- ” “ vaux, fondee sous l’invocation de la Sainte Yierge, avant” “l’an 1131, a quatre lieues environ de Joigny, par Vivien,” “ chevalier de la Ferte Loperia, qui donna au pretre Etienne ” “ et a ses compagnons Thibaut & Warmer le lieu d’Eschaa- ” “lis pour la construction d’uu monastere. Willelme, son” “troisieme abbe, transfera ensuite celui d’Eschaalis dans un” “ autre lieu plus commode. Suivant la Gallia Christ, on peut ” “placer la fondation de cette abbaye a l’an 1120 ou 1125.” ,b ) Stowe, who wroteliis ‘Chronicles or Annals of England’ in 1580, thus expresses himself:—“ Heere followetli the sir-” “ names of the cheife noblemen and gentlemen, which came” “ into England with William the Conquerour, according as ” “I found them set down in a very auncient Role, which” “ Role I received of Maister Thomas Scriven Esquire, in ” “ whose handes it remayned at the publication of this Booke.” It is headed, “ Cognomina conquisitorum Anglioe cum domiuo Gulielmo Duce Normannise & conquestore Anglise,” and after enumerating the names in alphabetical order, in succession appear those of “ Darcy, Dunsteruile, Douchampe, Despenser, Duredent, Driuall, Duket, Delamare, Demcourt,” etc. In continuation, Stowe proceeds thus:—“And now because” “ those houses may not be unremembered, unto whom King ” “ William disposed the landes and possessions of this realme ” “ for their good service, I have thought good to publish the ” “ names of those, as heretofore I have done, out of the Chro- ” “nicies of Normandie, gathered by William Tayleur of” “ Rhoane ; To wit, Odo Byshoppe of Baion (Bayeux) ; Ro- ” “ bert Earl of,” etc. After giving the list, he continues,— “Thus farre out of the Chronicles of Normandy, the other” “following are taken out of a Table some time in Battaile” “ Abbey ; Aumele, Arundell, etc., besides a very great num- ” “ ber of knights and squires that were under them.” (See “ Annales or Generali Chronicle of England, begun first by ” “ Maister John Stow (1580) and after him continued and” “ augmented with matters foreyne and domestique, auncient ” “ & moderne, unto the end of the present yeere (1614) by ” “ Edmond Howes, gentleman, p. 107.)” Wace, the historian, from whom the chief list of the Nor¬ man conquerors is derived, confesses his inability to give all theu- names. Brompton and Stowe might do the same. Wace says :— “ Ne sai nommer toz les barons ” “ Ne de toz dire les somoms” “ De Normandie et de Bretaigne ” “ Que li Dus out en sa compagnie ” “ Mult out Mansels et Angevins ” “ Et Toarceis et Pettevins.” S46) Fuller observes, in his ‘Worthies’ (p. 51), that the 6 A recent authority, in his ‘ Conquerants de l’Angleterre,’ positively assumes Jean and Eanulfe de Duce, Lords of Duce, near Avranches in Normandy, who were in the immediate train of the Comte de Mortain, and Count Hugo of Avranches, to have been the progenitors of the Duehets or Dukets; but with much more certainty, we think, may the family be traced to the Burgundian Sire or Seigneur de name “ Yilliers ” is written fourteen different ways; Thoresby enumerates nineteen ways in which the ancient name of “ Gascoine ” is varied (p. 178) ; and that of “ Duckett ” is found, at different periods, in nine different modes of spelling. Iu all the rolls and documents therefore, quoted in this me¬ moir, Duchet, Duket, and Dueet will be found to be used synonymously. Ascut or Ascoit Husard (Musard in Eng¬ land, and Misoard or Misoir, in Normandy), one of the Conqueror’s followers, is an instance how little the Norman pronunciation suited itself to the Saxon tongue; indeed, the orthographical variations iu proper names at that period are unlimited. Hardy, after stating how Resaham, Ryffiiam, Refham, and Besham, the same name, is found in four different ways, re¬ marks on the ambiguity of proper names,—“ The same name ” “ in being pronounced by a German, an Italian, a Norman, ” “ or an Englishman, inevitably became subjected to a varia- ” “tionin its sound , consequently, if a scribe were writing” “ from oral instruction, he must have been very apt to spell ” “ the name falsely, being guided by the manner in which the ” “ word was articulated, and not according to its proper or- ” “thography; and this is, probably, the reason why proper” “names are often disfigured by additions, retrenchments, or” “changes of letters, to say nothing of misspellings, which” “ may have been owing to the negligence or inadvertence of” “ the writers.” Quoting, in continuation, the following :— “ Scriptores diplomatum ac chartarum pagensium medio ” “ sevo nomina propria personarum seque ac locorum diversi- ” “ modo ac distorte ssepe et nonnunquam in uno eodemque ” “ documento vario referunt.” (Hardy’s Close Rolls ; Hergott, Genealogia Diplomatica Gentis Habsburgise Prolegomen, p. 8.) And to this we may add that no name seems to have suffered more in the hands of scribes than Duchet. A very copious account of a Norman family named Duce, —progenitors of the Ducketts, according to the author of the “ Conquerants de 1’Angleterre,”—is to be seen in the “Annales Civiles et Militaires du pays d’Avranches.” The name Duce is undoubtedly found as witness to two charters of grants to Clerkenwell Nunnery, founded 1 Hen. I., a.d. 1100; one of these being from Lucy de Munteney, the founder’s daughter, confirming her father’s grants (Dugdale’s ‘ Monastieon An- glicanum ’) ; but the name of Duchet is seen equally early, and the orthography of the name inclines us to accept this as the most probable, indeed, certain founder of the family. Rannulfe Duchet is named in the Great Roll of the Exche¬ quer, seventy years after the Conquest, 5444 ) in conjunction with the Lady Abbess of Winchester, the Bishop of Salis¬ bury, the Earl of Warren, the Earl of Leicester, the Bishop of Winchester, the Earl of Gloucester, the Sheriff of War¬ wickshire, Adam of Ely, and others,—having reference to the accompts of the King’s revenue for Hampshire; and this roll is the oldest extant record we have, next to Domesday. Hardy, in his preface relative to this record, says, “We” “ may collect from it a more authentic list of the distin- ” “ guished persons of England sixty or seventy years after the ” “Conquest than without it could be made, and a kind of” “ Battle Abbey list of surnames, more to be depended upon ” “ than the lists so called,—names, which were great in Eng- ” “ land iu the first century after the Conquest.” (Magnus Ro- tulus Pipfe de anno tricesimo primo Regis Henrici Primi.) Those of Count Mortain (Earl of Cornwall) and the Count d’Avranches (Count Ealatine of Chester) are of repeated oc¬ currence in this roll. Rannulf Duchet would thus seem to be one of the first in England of whom we have authentic mention. The son of this Rannulf was Nichole Duket or Duchet (of whom pre¬ sently) 4 ') 5e ). Afterwards, A.D. 1225, we find John Duket, of Kent 5444 ); Richard, Roger, and Dulcia Duket named in the Hundred Rolls for the county of Oxford ; Walter and his daughter Alice Duket, together with John Duket, holding lands in Somersetshire, a.d. 1257 and 1262 4444 ) 51cc ), and the Judge Richard Duket, temp. Hen. III., from whom com¬ mences the descent of the Ducketts of the present memoir. To the deed bearing the seal of the ancient collegiate church of St. John at Chester, as one of the witnesses, fur¬ ther occurs the name of “Duket” (a.d. 1218), and to the same deed is that of “ Peter, Clerk of the Count ” of Chester (and Avranches), as follows :—“ Hijs testibus: Magistro ” “Johanne Officiate Cestrie, Domino Petro clerico domini ” “ comitis Cestrie, Philippo capellano Decani, Willielmo cle- ” “ rico cive Cestrie, Willielmo Saraceno, Germano Dubbel- ” “ dai, Roberto darmentario, Rogero de Leicestria, Thurstano ” “ Duket, Johanne de Novo Castro, Willielmo filio Osberti, ” “ et multis alijs.” (Gentleman’s Mag., 1808, vol. lxxviii. p. 970.) Hugh Duket, a priest, was Rector of Hathern, in Leicester¬ shire, a.d. 1298, and his arms are in the east window of the chancel, “ having glazed the same.” (Nicholl’s “ Leicester¬ shire,” vol. iii. and iv. pp. 613, 845.) The fact that Nichole Duket, mentioned as endowing the priory of Lesnes in Kent, A.D. 1178, was the son of the above named Rannulfe Duchet or Duket (living a.d. 1131), shows this last to have been, in all likelihood, one of the immediate successors of the Sire de Duchet. Contemporaneous with the English family of Duchet or Duket, we find a.d. 1408, another descendant, Nicholas (Nichole) Duchet, 47th Abbot of St, Basle in the diocese of Rheims, an abbey of the order of St. Benedict. The same Abbot Nichole Duchet was translated, in 1417, to the abbey of St. Nicaise, of the same order, and diocese of Rheims, of which he became 36th Abbot, and dying in January, 1430, was buried in the choir there. “ Nicolaus Duchet sedebat” “ an. 1408 ; transiit anno 1417 ad abbatiam S. Nicasii.” Again, as Abbot of St. Nicaise :—“ Nicolaus Duchet sacer- ” “ dotiorum auceps, camerario S. Remigii, ex prceposito Mon- ” “ tanse, Senucensi priore, turn abbate S. Basoli rerum Ni- ” “ casianarum potitus, etc. . . . Extinctus demum xi Cal. ” “ Januar. anno 1430 pone aquilam Cliori sub nigro lapide” “ compositus est.” Gallia Christiana, vol. ix. pp. 201, 217. Of the abbey of St. Nicaise, Migne has as follows :—“ St. ” “Nicaise de Reims, abbey of the order of St. Benedict. In ” “ the eleventh century it belonged to Thibaut III. Comte ” “de Champagne. A series of forty-seven abbots ended in” “ Henri de Loraine, Archbishop of Rheims, who, in 1634, ” “ incorporated it with that of St. Maur.” (Migne, ‘ Diction- naire des Abbayes et Monasteres, Encyclopedic Theologique,’ vol. xvi.) 6 444 ) The following entry in the Great Roll of the Exchequer of the 31 Henry I. (a.d. 1131) has reference to the accompts of the revenue of Hampshire :— “ Et idem Yicecomes redd’ compot’ de Q*t. xx. li’ de ” “ auxilio civitatis. In thesauro . xx. li’ & xiii s.” (Here follows “in pardon by writ,” apparently fines for land alienated without permission.) “ Et In p’don’ p’ br. (1 Wil- ” “ lelmo Maledocto . xxij. s’ . Roberto de Limesia . x. s’ . ” “ Ernest & Ansfr’ de Wintonia . xx. s’ . Warwicscirse Vice- ” “ comiti xvi. s’. Comiti de Mellent xxv. s’. Emme filie Rai- ” “inundi iiij. s’Michaeli ostiario iij. s’. Hugoui de Win-” “ tonia . xx. s’. Roberto Duisnello . x. s’ . Comiti de Leices- ” “ trescir* xxxv. s’ . Comiti de Waren’a xvi. s’ . TJxori Wil- ” 7 Ducket, two of whose immediate descendants, Landri and Godfrey de Ducket, are named sixty years after the English Conquest, in the charter of foundation of the monastery of Eschaalis, in Champagne, a.d. 1120. This monastery of the Cistercian order, in the diocese of Sens (to which Thomas a Becket fled for protection in 1164 to escape the wrath of Henry II.), was founded by Vivien, chevalier de la Ferte Loperia, and as a principal benefactor appears the above Landri de Ducket, the sons of whom are likewise named as sanctioning and approving their father’s grants, endowing the monastery with certain lands at Fontaines :—“ Fromuudus de Carneto, laudante uxore sua, vulgo vocatur Belet, et filio eorurn ” “ Itherio : et Landricus de Ducheto, laudantibus filiis ejus Hatone, Warnerio, Willelmo, Walterio, Ful- ” “ ckone, dederunt monachis Scarleiarum pro animabus suis et parentum suorum quidquid habebant apud ” “ Fontanas.” The witnesses to this grant are named in the charter. Godfrey de Ducliet is mentioned in the same charter as witnessing the deed of confirmation by Elizabeth Fuisnard, of the grant made by her husband, Baldwin de Fuisnard, to the same monastery of Eschaalis:—“Balduinus Fuisnardus pro ” “salute animse suae et antecessorum suorum dedit ecclesue Sanctae Marise de Scarleis omnem suam " “partem de Tillers, quidquid scilicet terra; et nemoris in territorio illo habebat . . . Donum Balduini ” “ laudavit postea Elisabeth uxor ejus, unde sunt testes: Paganus Lisiardus, Willelmus Brisus, Gau-' “ fridus de Ducketo, et Dominus Milo de Curtiniaco.” (See Fundatio Scarleiarum, circa 1120; Gallia Christiana, by Sainte Marthe, chap. xxiv. col. 24, vol. xii. pp. 25, 26.) 5a “ n ) From the reign of Henry I. down to that of Henry VII., 544 ) (as a first period), and from that again to the time of Elizabeth, the name is found varied in different ways, according as the Saxon orthography and pronunciation came in time to prevail over the Norman, and to re-appear as the common language of the country. “ Duchet, Ducet, Duccet, Decliet, Duket,” belong to the earliest period ; “ Doket, Dokkytt, Ducket, and Duckett ” to subsequent dates. Ancient records prove some of the Dukets to have been seated in Somersetshire, Kent, and Oxford¬ shire ; but the original or parent stock of the Duket family of subsequent times, was settled in Lin¬ colnshire previous to the reign of King John, holding Fillingham, Haydore, Aisby, and other manors in that county, besides lands in the county of Norfolk. Subsequently, in the reign of Richard II. (by the marriage of John Duket of Fillingham, with the heiress of Grayrigg, Margery de Windesore), the Lincolnshire family became transplanted into Westmoreland, and continued in that county, holding the family estate in a regular hereditary succession of males for twelve generations, becoming extinct in the year 1695, (about which time the estate was alienated to Sir John Lowther, Bart., ancestor of the present Lord Lonsdale). “ vitus et per procellam fugatus illv.c devenit contra gratum ” “ suurn Et ideo vobis mandamus quod sacramentum illud ” “capiatis per xij probos et legates homines sicut predictum ” “ est si illud facere voluerint quo capto mandatis Jacobo ” “ Maynard et Willielmo Alard qui vina ilia arestaverunt apud “ Winchelse per literas vestras testificantes quod predictum ” “ sacramentum cepistis quod predicto Johanni vina sua de- ” “liberent et similiter has literas nostras eis mitt.atis quibus ” “mandavimus quod ex quo hujusmodi literas vestras simul ” “ cum hijs literis nostris perceperit predicta vina ipsi Jo- ” “ hanni deliberent Teste me ipso apud Westmonasterium ” “ vij die Decembris Anno regni nostri x°.” “ Et mandatum est Jacobo Maynard et Willielmo Alard ” “ quod ex quo constabularius Dovor signaverit cis per li- ” “ teras suas quod cepit sacramentum xij proborum et lega- ” “lium hominum de Dovor testificantium quod Johannes” “ Duket cujus vina arestavit eo quod duxit navem suam us- ” “ que Rupellam ad terram contra dominum Regem guerrinam ” “ quam ibidem vinis carcavit quod ipse invitus et per pro- ” “ cellam fugatus illuc divertit contra gratum suum tunc ” “eidem Johanni vina sua deliberari faciant Teste ut ” “ supra.” The following further appears on the Fine Roll of 41 Hen . III. (a.d. 1257) : — “ Alicia filia Walteri Duket dat’ di’ marc’ ” “ p’ uno br’i ad terminu’. Et mandatum est Yicecomiti So- ” “ merset.” — and on that of 46 Hen. III. (a.d. 1262), for the same county (Memb. 4) : — “ Johannes Duket et Rogerus de ” “ Uppedag’ te’ dat’ dimidium marc® p’ uno pone h’ndo ad ” “ bancu’ . . . quia prsedictus David duxit in ux’ nepta’ Wil- ” “ l’mi de Insula Vicecomitis Somers’ p’pter quod idem ” “ Will’mus fovet partem suam. Et mandatum est Viceco- ” “ miti Somerset.” “ lelmi de Artenai . j. m’. arg'. Adamo Camerario xx. s’ . “ Rogero deTolcha iiij. s’ . Bretello de Amberer vi. s’ & viij. “ denarios . Erturo fratri Warini x. s’ . Adamo de Ely j. “ m’. arg’ . Roberto filio Siwardi iij. s’. Anselmo Yicecomiti “xxv. s’ . Abbatiss® de Wintonia xx. s’ . Episcopo Win- “ tom® xij. li’ . Willelmo filio Odonis vel Othonis xj. s’ . “ Episcopo Sarum vi. li’ & xv. s’ & viij. d’ . Cancellario . c “& xviij. s’. Nigello nepoti Episcopi . xxij. s’. Comiti Gloe- “ cestrescir® . c. & xvi. s’ & viij. d’ . Gaufrido de Clinton . “ xlviij. s’ & viij. d’ . Willelmo de Pontearc’ . vi. li’ & vij. s’ “& viij. d’. Gervasio filio Osberti xxxix. s’ . Turstino cle- “ rico vij. s’ . Aldwino forbat’ xij. d’ . Rannulfo Duchet “iij. s.” “ Suma . 1 vij. li’. & xvi. s’ . Et debent xxxj. s.” Rotulus magnus Scaccarii iv (Ilamteseira) de anno tri- cesimo primo Regis Henrici primi. Of the foregoing, Willelmus Maledoctus has the following entry against his name in another part of the Roll: —“ debit ” “ xl. m’. arg’ pro terram patris sui in Normannia et pro dote ” “matris sue in Anglia” : thereby showing that he accounted for holdings in Normandy also. John Duket is thus noticed in the Close Rolls, vol. ii. fol. 86 (10 Henry III., a.d. 1225) :— “ De sacramento capiendo “per Johannem Duket de “ Dovor qui fuit cum nave “ sua in terra contra “ dominum Regem ‘‘ guerrina. “ Rex Galfrido de Scrland ” Constabulariode Dovor salutem ” Sciatis quod concessinius Jo- ” hanni Duket de Dovor cujus ” vina sunt arestata apud Win- ” chelse eo quod duxit navem ” “ suam usque Rupellam ad terram contra nos guerrinam ” “ quam ibidem vinis carcavit quod capiatis sacramentmn xij ” “ proborum hominum Dovor testificantium quod idem in- ” 8 A branch of this stock settled about the time of Henry VII., first at Flyntham in Nottinghamshire, and lastly, temp. Eliz., at Cauleston (and Hartham) in the co. of Wilts. Another branch of the Westmoreland line (or house of Grayrigg), held Steeple Morden in Cambridgeshire, for fifty or sixty years, becoming extinct about the end of the seventeenth or beginning of the eighteenth century. 21 -'") Lastly, a junior branch of the Ducket family was seated at Aylesbury and Wickham for three or four descents, and became extinct in Buckinghamshire, probably about the same time. aicc ) The Duckets of Westmoreland (and Wiltshire) are lineally descended from John Duket, temp. Richard II., and through him (on his father’s side) after five generations, from Richard Duket or Ducet (judge temp. Hen. III.). From Margery de Windesore, the wife of John Duket aforesaid, they deduce their descent from King William the Conqueror. In tracing the descent of the Duckett family, it may chronologically be more convenient to begin with Margery Duket and the Windesore family, and afterwards to take the immediate ancestors of her husband, John Duket. Margery de Windesore, one of the sisters and coheirs of William de Windesore (who died 8 Richard II.), held the manor of Grayrigg, which (as before observed) first brought the name and family of Duket into Westmoreland. The manor of Grayrigg belonged originally to the Barons of Kendal, and was granted by William de Lancastre or Taillebois (of whom presently) to Alexander de Windesore (son and heir of William de Windesore), to hold in frankmarriage with his daughter Agnes. 8 ) The said Alexander de Windesore had a son William, who was a juror in several inquisitions post mortem in the reign of King Edward I., which William had a son Alexander, who levied a fine of the manors of Grayrigg and Morland in the 11 Edward II. (a.d. 1317). This last Alexander de Windesore had a son William de Windesore, who was Knight of the shire for Westmoreland, 28 Edw. III. (a.d. 1354), and was sheriif of Cumberland in the 41 & 42 of the same King (a.d. 1367). By the Westmoreland inquisition, after the death of Joan, wife of Sir John de Coup¬ land, in 49 Edw. III. (a.d. 1375), he appears to have held of the said Joan, on the day on which she died, the manors of Heversham, Morland, and Grayrigg by homage and fealty, and the service of thirteen shillings and fourpenee a year, as of her manor of Kirke- by. Margery, the heiress of William de Windesore, married, as above, John Duket, as seen by the inquisition post mortem taken upon William de Windesore, S Richard II. 9 ) 9 *) William de Talebois, or Lancaster, Baron of Kendal aforesaid, the first of that name (who by licence of King Henry II- took the name of Lancaster), was second husband of Gundreda, whose first husband was Roger de Newburgh, Earl of Warwick. This Gundreda was daughter of William de AVarenne (Earl AVarren), second Earl of Surrey, by his wife Isabel, daughter of Hugh the Great, Earl of A 7 ermandois, and widow of Robert, Comte de Meulant (in Normandy) and Earl of Leicester (in England), and her father, William, Earl Warren (first Earl of Surrey), married Gundreda, fifth daughter of King AAilliam the Conqueboe, by his wife Maud, daughter of Baldwin, Count of Flanders.—See note 9a . (The arms of de Lancastre were; Argent, two bars gules, on a canton of the last a lion passant guardant or; those of Winde- sore, Gules, a saltire argent, between twelve cross crosslets or). The descent of John Duket (Lord of Grayrigg, temp. Rich. II.) 9 ), from Richard Duket (judge temp. Hen. III.), and the subsequent succession of the family from the former of these, is authenticated, not only by certified pedigrees in the Herald’s College, which it has been the object of the present memoir to verify, but by three ancient pedigrees of the Duket family, two of which (one older than the other) the antiquarian Cole availed himself of in 17—•, in his ‘ Parochial Antiquities of Cambridgeshire,’ when giving the descent of the Ducketts of Steeple Morden in that county (a younger branch of the house of Grayrigg), the third being an ancient one of the Ducketts of Hartham (the Wiltshire branch), dated 1582, and vir¬ tually the same as those quoted by Cole, making no mention, however, of the Steeple Morden line, and omitting some of the grandsons of Richard Duket (the judge), of whom alone the Cambridgeshire pedi¬ grees take note. As these pedigrees were ancient at the time Cole obtained them, and accepted as authentic, the two branches, the elder and the younger, of Grayrigg and Steeple Morden, having only become extinct in that century, their authenticity is beyond doubt, besides which, they are verified in the course of this memoir by every document necessary to establish their truth, namely, inquisitions post mortem, wills, heraldic visitations, suits in chancery, rolls of Parliament, parish registers, etc. The immediate ancestor of Richard Duket (the judge, temp. Hen. III.), is a point open to discussion; but according to Foss (who wrote the lives of the judges), he was probably the son of Nichole Duket, 9 whom we know to have been the son of Ranulf Duchet (living a d. 1131), the connection of both with the courts of Richard, King John, and Henry III., and especially with the county of Lincoln, making it more than probable. The succession, however, of the family from the judge’s descendant, John Duket, and Margery de Wyndesore, of the Westmoreland, Wiltshire, and Cambridgeshire branches, is incontestable, and in one hereditary and unbroken line from father to son. We will lastly observe that two important facts have been omitted in all the Duket pedigrees. Those quoted and used by the antiquarian Cole omit all mention of Richard Duket’s eldest son and heir, Sir Hugh Duket, 7 ®) passing at once to the youngest son (progenitor of the family) and heir to his brothers; and Dr. Burn, the historian of Westmoreland, does not allude to the attainder of Sir Richard Duket during the wars of the Roses, temp. Edw. IY. The reversal of this attainder was made not later than 1 Hen. VII., but restitution of the estates for¬ feited was undoubtedly obtained earlier, if indeed they ever were forfeited, the same being held in tail. Estates entailed under the statute de don is, were not at that period liable to forfeiture for high treason beyond the tenant’s life ; indeed, we have an additional proof in Thomas, the son and heir of Sir Richard Duket, who was slain at Edgcote in 1468, on the side of the Lancastrians, bein^ in all deeds and pedi¬ grees named as “ of Grayrigg.” (S. note 13# .) The earliest presumed descendant of the Seigneurs de Duchet, whom we fiud authentically men¬ tioned in England, is, RANULPH DUCHET, 5 *) 5ii ), whose name appears in the ‘ Great Roll of the Exchequer,’ in the 31st year of the reign of King Henry I. (a.d. 1131), referring to the revenues of Hants, and he was the father of NICHOLE DUKET (or DUCHET), who, at the end of the reign of Richard I. (a.d. 1199), 5c ) executed the office of chamberlain of the city of London, and was sheriff of London a.d. 1191 and 1196, and appears to have been bailiff of the city of London, 9 Richard I. (28th September, 1197) 5rf ). In the ‘ Charter Rolls’ of the 7 King John (a.d. 1206), he is styled “filius Ranuljii Dulcet de Lond.," being mentioned in a grant of land by him for the endowment of the priory of Lesnes in Kent, founded a.d. 1178, and confirmed by King John, a.d. 1206. 5 *) In the ‘Patent Rolls’ of the 8 John (6th May, 1207), his name again occurs,V), as well as in the ‘ Great Rolls of the Exchequer,’ a.d. 1202 (the Roll of the Sheriff’s accounts for the third year of King John), in connection with the counties, both of Lincoln and Middlesex, 5 ^) and mention is again made of him, a.d. 1200, in one of the ‘ Liberate Rolls’ of the 2 John. 5 ^) oc ) “ In the tenth year of K. Richard I, Gervase di Alder- ” “ manbiry rendred an account of theChamberlainship of Lon- ” “ don from Whitsontide in the 8tu year of K. Richard I. to ” “ the feast of SS. Philip and James next before the coronation ” “ of King John,except nine weeks, whilst Nicholas Duket and ” “ Peter le Clerk had the custody of that Chamberlainship.” The original runs thus :—“Compotus Gervasii de Alderman- ” “ nesbiria de ministerio Camberlengarise de Londonia, a Pen- ” “ tecoste octavi anni regni Regis Ricardi, usq.ad festum Apo- ” “stolorum Philippi et Jacobi proximum ante coronationem ” “ Regis Johannis, prsoter ix septimanas per quas Nicolaus ” “ Dulcet et Petrus Clericus habuerunt custodiam praedicti mi- ” “ nisterij, scilicet a festo Ascensionis anni prreteriti usq. ad ” “ festum S. Grimbaldi; dc quibus novem septimanis praedieti ” “ Nicolaus et Petrus debent respondere, sicut praedictus Ger- ” “ vasius dicit.” (Mag. Rot. 10; R. 1.; Rot. 12, b; See Madox’s ‘ Exchequer,’ vol. i. chap, xviii. p. 776, and vol. ii. Index.) M ) See Maitland’s ‘ London,’ vol. ii. p. 1262; Allen’s ‘ History of London,’ vol. ii. p. 273 ; Grafton’s ‘ Chronicle,’ vol. ii. 5 ') The Abbey of Westwood in Lesnes, in the parish of Erith in Kent, called also Lesnes Priory, was founded by Richard de Luci, Chief Justice of England a.d. 1178 ; there are three charters having reference to it. The third is the charter of confirmation by King John, and runs thus :— Carta Johannis Regis—Johannes Dei gratia Rex Anglia;, etc. Archiepiscopis, etc. Sciatis nos pro amore Dei, et pro salute nostra, et pro animabus omnium antecessorum et haredum nostrorum, concessisse et prsesenti chart ii nost ra confirmasse Deo et ecclesiae beati Tlvoma; martiris de West- wuda, in Liesnes, et canonicis ibidem servientibus, locum C ipsum in quo eadein ecclesia fundata est, cum tota terra et bosco et marisco quae Ricardus de Luci, qui ecclesiam iUam fundavit eis dedit in elemosinam, et carta sua confirmavif, per divisas et metas, qua; in eadein carta distinguuntur.— Concessimus etiarn eidem ecclesia; et canonicis . . . Praeterea concedimus eisdem canonicis, et hac carta nostra confirma- mus, ex dono Nicolai Duket filii Ranulphi Duket de Lond. quadraginta solidatas quieti redditus in Lond. . . . Testibus, domino J. Norwicensi episcopo et cancellario electo, P. Win- toniensi episcopo, Joscelino Bathoniensi electo, G. filio Petri comitis Essexi®, W. Comite Sarum &c. Datum per manus llugonis de Well. Archidiaconi de Well, apud Dovere, quarto die Aprilis anno regni nostri septimo.” (Dugdale, ‘Monasticon Anglicanum,’ vol. vi. p. 456. ‘Rotuli Chartarum,’ p. 164.) bJ ) As follows:—Rex omnibus &c. Mandamus vobis et finniter precipimus quod non implacitetis aut implacitari permit tatis Nicolaum Duket de Londoni de aliquo tenemen- torum suorum nisi coram nobis velcapitalijusticiario nostro. Teste Reginaldo de Cornliull apud Lamehithe vi die Maij anno regni nostri viij°. [The King to all, etc. We com¬ mand and firmly enjoin you that you do not implead or suffer to be impleaded Nicholas Duket of Loudon concern¬ ing any of his tenements except before ourselves or our chief justice. Witness Reginald de Cornhill at Lambeth the 6th day of May, in the eighth year of our reign.] (a. d. 1207) (Rotuli Literarum Patentium, K. John, fo. 71.) ■w) “London and Middlesex.”—“And to the Constable of” “ the Tower and to William de St. Michael and Nicholas ” “ Duket 12 pounds five shillings and fourpence for scarlet, ” “ and for three cloaks of stags’ skins, and one pelisse of grey, ” 10 Next in point of date, and, probably in succession to Nichole Duket, (presumed by “ Foss” to have been his son ) was,— 1. RICHARD DUKET or DUCET (styled also Richard de Duket and Sir Richard Duket, “ Dominus Ricardus Duket”), who held Fillingham, Wellingore, and other manors in the county of Lincoln, and was one of the justices itinerant in the reign of Henry III. In the early part of King John’s reign he held an office at court, and was the “ King's Secretary ,” his name frequently appear¬ ing in this capacity as a counter-signature to grants, etc., from 5 to 8 John inclusive (1203-1206). 6a ) “ and one robe of green and other necessaries for the Queen’s ” “ use, by the aforesaid writ of the King.” [Londinum et Middlesex.—Et constabulario de Turn et Willielmo de sancto Michaele et Nicolao Duket xij libras et v. solidos et iiij denarios pro scarlato et tribus penulis de bissis et j pelicia grisea et j roba de viridi et alijs necessariis ad opus Regine, per predictum breve Regis.] (Rotulus Cancellarii vel Antigraplmm magni Rotuli Pip* de Tertio anno Regni Regis Johannis, a.d. 1202.) “ Bishopric of Lincoln.”—“ Ilugo Bard renders an ac- ” “ count of 400 pounds which are noted above. In treasure ” “ nothing. And to William de St. Michael and to Nicholas ” “Duket one hundred and seventy-seven pounds fourteen slid- ” “ lings and eight pence to buy fat hogs for the King’s use.” [“ Episcopatus Lincolnie.—Hugo Bard reddit compotum de ” “ cccc libris que supra annotantur. In thesauro nihil. Et” “ Willielmo de sancto Michaele et Nicolao Duket c etlxxvij ” “ libras et xiiij solidos et viij denarios ad emendum bacones ” “ ad opus Regis.”] (Ibid.) 5 se) Rex etc. vicecomiti Londini etc. Fac habere consta¬ bulario de Turri et Willielmo de sancto Michaele camerario Londini et Nicolao Duket precium xij ulnarum de scarlato et trium penularum de bissis et unius pelizonis gris de ix fessis et unius robe de viridi vel de burneta de r ulnis cum penula de euni’ et iiij or paria botarum ad feminas quarum j par furretur de gris et unius nine de nigra burneta ad caligas et quatuor wimpliarum albarum et bonarum que ipsi miserint apud Merleberg’* ad opus Regine uxoris nostre per preceptum nostrum et eomputabitur tibi ad scaccarium. Teste G. fil Petri Comitis Essexiae apud Fekenham viij die Novembris. per Petrum de Rupibus. Liberate Roll, 2 John (a.d. 12C0) fol. 9. 6 ) In the Testa de Nevill, (compiled about the year 1240), containing principally an account of fees holden either im¬ mediately of the King or of others, who held of the King in capite, and if alienated whether the owners were enfeoffed ab antiquo or de novo, Richard Duket is shown to have “ held the fourth part of a fee in Fillingham of the new feoff- ” “ ment,” and “ a half fee beyond the fifth part in Haydore ” “ and Aseby of the ancient feoffment,” both in the county of Lincoln, thus:— Com’ 1 Ricardus Duket tenet iiij t * m partem i feodi in Lincoln'. J Fillingham de novo feoff’. Feodum Petronilli de Cromy. Com’ 1 Ricardus Duket tenet dimidium feodum extra Lincoln’. J quinta parte in Haydore et Aseby de veteri feof- famento. Testa de Nevill, pp. 309, 304. The same authority makes himself or his grandson to ac¬ count for one knight’s fee in Eltham, in Kent, which he held in dower of the Earl of Gloucester. Com’ 1 Ric's Duket unu feod’ in Elteli’m quod de dote. Kancia'. J Testa de Nevill, p. 206. and another fee, held of the same Count Richard in Kent:— Heredes Hamon’ de Bleu tenent feodii unius militis de comite Ric’o in Kancia. Ric'us Ducet unu feodu. (Book of Knyghts’ Fees in Off. Rememb. in Excheq.) * Merleberg’ [Marlborough, Wilts.] Again, by an inquisition as to the extent of his lands, he seems to have held of the King in capite ten bovates of land at Willingham in Lincolnshire, by the service of the tenth part of a knight’s fee, [a bovate or oxgang being as much land as one ox could plough in a year, commonly ac¬ cepted as fifteen acres], and by the Patent Rolls, 17 Hen. III., he obtained from the King a grant of land at Walling- haire (Wellingore?), in Lincolnshire, which runs thus:— “ Rex concessit Ric’o Duket in feodo totam terr’ in Walling-” “ haire nuper Ranulphi de Yiry.” (Patent’ de anno 17° Regis Henrici Tertii, a.d. 1233.) 6a ) There is every reason to believe that the appellation of the “ King's Clerk” was in the reign of Henry III., synony¬ mous with the “ King’s Secretary,” and that he was so called until the middle or close of that king’s reign. A strong proof of this is, that in July, 1253, when Henry III. made his will, he appointed Henry de Wengham one of his executors by the description of “ my Clerk” and that it was not used in that document in an ecclesiastical sense is plain, since the King had already mentioned his Chaplain, and de Weug- liam’s name follows that of Steward of the Household. It was an office of considerable importance, as the counter-sig¬ nature of this functionary to mandatqp and writs of a private nature issued by the King, manifestly shows. The ‘ Close Rolls ’ (or Rotuli Literarum Clausarum), commencing with the sixth year of King John (a.d. 1204), record all such mandates, letters and writs, and the counter-signature of Ri¬ chard Duket is repeatedly seen appended to several. The Liberate Rolls also, which record similar mandates relating to the royal expenditure, commanding sheriffs and other public functionaries to pay money lodged in their hands for the erection and repair of the King’s castles, for articles of food, dress, and miscellaneous expenditure, were issued in a similar manner, and countersigned by the King's Secretary. The following are instances taken from both rolls :—“ Order ” “ William the treasurer to pay William de St. Michael 9£," “ which he laid out on the robe of brother Theodore le ” “ Ties (Theodoric le Tees) by the King’s command, when he ” “was knighted. Windsor, 2nd November, 1205.” [Rex, etc. W. th’au’r, etc. Liberate W’llo de S’co Mich, ix libr’ q"s ip’e posuit in roba fr’is Theodor’ le Ties, p. p’cept’ n’rm qn’ ip’e f’cus fuit miles. T. me ap’d Windesor’ ij die Nove. p. Ric. Duket.] Again. “The King to the Sheriff of York.—We order” “ you to make all the leading or drawing of stone and lime for ” “ the repair of our castle at York, and that you cause such ” “ drawing to be made by water as far as Ulleskelf, that you ” “ place this before or submit it to the view and testimony of” “ honest and lawful men, and it shall be reckoned to you at ” “ the Exchequer. Witness William, 3d August.” “p. Ric. Duket.” [Rex, etc. Vicecomiti Eboraci. Precipimus quod omne attractum quod facere poteris, de lapide et calce facias ad firmandum castellum nostrum de Eboraco, et attractum ilium venire facias super aquam usque Usskel’ (Ulleskelf), et quod in hoc posueris per visum et testimonium legalium hominum ; eomputabitur tibi ad scaccarium. Teste Gulielmo, filio Petri, apud Oxon’ iij die Aug.] p. Ric. Duket. Another, dated at Oxford :—“ Ap’ Oxon’ xxvij die Marc’. ” “p. Ric’ Duket.” (a.d. 1205.) The three following are taken 11 In the latter year (a.d. 1207), retaining the same office and styled, “Clericus nosier,” he received a grant of an annual pension of five marks out of the abbey of Whitby, 64 ). From this time until the (3 & 7 Henry III. the records are silent with regard to him, when he appears to have been Sheriff of the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, 6iJ ). In June (9 Henry III.) a.d. 1225, Simon de Hale and he were placed at the head of the justices itinerant commissioned to the counties of Essex, Hertford, Cambridge, Huntingdon, Bedford, (of which accord¬ ing to Dugdale, he was archdeacon), Buckingham, Norfolk, Suffolk, Northamp¬ ton and Rutland, being granted twenty marks for his expenses, and afterwards ten more, as appears in the Close Roll of that year, 6e ). While performing this duty in Norfolk and Suffolk, he was summoned to the King on the 20th day of August of the same year, to undertake an embassy to the Court of Rome, whither he proceeded with Philip de Hadham, having a grant of a hundred marks for their expenses, 6• Duket et socijs suis Justiciarijs Ac. in comi- Norwicensi. ) tatibus Norfolcie et Suffolcie quod omnes assisas nove disseisine et omnia placita corone tangeneia feoda et dominica P. Norwicensis Episcopi existentis in curia Romana in servicio domini Regis per preceptum suum quas quidem assisas et que placita corone idem Epi- scopus damat capi et terminari in curia sua racione libertatis sue quam clamat inde habere ponant in respectum usque ad adventum aliorum justiciariorum itinerantium in partes illas. Teste Rege apud Winton’ x die Julij Item mandatum est eisdem eodem modo et pro eodem hoc apposito tangeneia etc. ecclesiam Nonvie et postea quas quidem assisas etc idem Episcopus vel Prior clamavit capi etc ut supra. Close Rolls vol. ii. fol. 151 (a.d. 1226) Line In 1 ® ex viceeomiti Lincolnie salutem. Sum- / mone per bonas summoniciones omnes Arehi- episcopos Episcopos Abbates Priores Comites Barones mi- lites et libere tenentes de tota balliva tua et de qualibet villa iiij or legales homines et prepositum et de quolibet burgo xij legales burgenses per totam ballivam tuam et omnes alios qui coram Justiciarijs itinerantibus venire solent et debent quod sint apud Lincoln in octavis Saucti Johannis Bap¬ tists? coram dilectis et fidelibus nostris Abbate de Burgo Johaune de Lascy Constabulario Cestrie M. de Path’ H’ de Braibroc Willielmo de Insula et Ricardo Duket, quos justi¬ ciaries nostros constituimus audituri et facturi preceptum nostrum Facias etc, etc. Teste M. de Muletonapud West¬ monasterium xxvij die Maij. Close Rolls, vol. ii. fol. 202 (a.d. 1227) : — • Pro Ricardo 1 Dominus Rex postea concessit illud Ri- Duket. J cardo Duket habendum et tenendum per 13 Henry III.), because at this time his son Sir Hugh, (styled “ Hugo filius et hceres Bicardi Dulcet ”) “paid ten shillings for his relief and did homage for his lands in Lincolnshire, “).” Sir Richard Duket 74 ) married Beatrice 7e ), by whom he had Sir Hugh, (“Dominus Hugo ”) his son and heir aforesaid, (S. p. 416, vol. i. Robert’s Excerpta e Rotulis Finium [or Fine Rolls] temp. Henry III.), 744 ), 7d ) , 7c ); Adam, unum annum et unum diem sicut dominus Rex id per eundem terminum habere deberet. Teste Rege apud West- monasterium, xij die octobris. '“) The following document on the Fine Roll of the 30 Hen. III. (a.d. 1245), contains the enrolment of the homage performed by Hugh Duket as heir, on account of his inherit¬ ance, and the fine paid by him for his relief or grant of livery:— Pro Hugone 1 Rex eepit homagium Hugonis filij et Duket. J heredis Ricardi Duket de omnibus terris et tenementis que idem Ricardus tenuit de Rege in capite et mandatum est Yicecomiti Lincolnie quod accepta securitate a predicto Hugone de x solidis pro relevio suo Regi redden- dis de omnibus terris et, tenementis de quibus idem Ricardus fuit seisitus ut de feodo die quo obijt et que ipsutn Uugonem jure contingunt hereditario ei plenam seisinam habere faciat. Teste ut supra [apud Merton xxvij die Decenibris.] (S. Excerpta e Rotulis Finium (Robert’s), vol. i. p. 416.) (“Tenants in capite” were, in the time of the Conqueror those who held their lands immediately from the King.) ‘ b ) In the following charter or quit-claim of William, son of Ranulph le Flemyng de Bucceshale in favour of Richard Duket of • Fillingham, we find him styled Sir Richard, “ Dominus Ricardus ” :— Seiant p’sentes & fut’i qd ego Wll’s fll’ Ranulfi le Fle- meng’ de Bucceshale concessi remisi & quiete clamavi Domino Ricardo Duket quindecim den’atas reddit’ cum p’tinenc’ in Filli’geham de decern & octo den’atis reddit’ q a s id’e Ric’ mihi reddere ’suevit pro t’ra q a m de me tenet in Filli’ge¬ ham que est de feodo de Risses q“m idem Ric’ h’t de dono Rob’ti de Gislingeham Ita qd n’o solvet m‘ & heredibz meis nisi solm’ tres denar’ p’ annu’ in festo se’i Michael’ ubi reddere ’suevit dece’ & octo denar’ p. annu’ habendas & ten’das dicto Ric’ & heredibz suis vel cui assignare voluit quietas de me & de heredibz meis in p’petuu’ sine aliquo impedimento mei vl’ heredum meor’ Hanc aut’ ’cessione’ remissione’ quietam clamantiam p’dcavu’ quindecim dcn’at reddit’ cum p’tinenc’ Ego W’lls & heredes mei warrantiza- bimus d’co Ric & h’edibz suis vel cui assignare voluit contra omnes homines & p. hac ’cessione remissione & quieta claman- tia & warrantia dedit m‘ pd’cus Ric unam marcam argent! p’ manibz Hijs testibz Robto de Furneus Adam Trench- eglice de Totstoke Alexandro de Crevequeor W’llo de Gis- lingham Hen’ Carbonell Roberto de Spina Roberto de Diccon Gilb’to Curtehose Henr’ Longo Mansero de Code¬ ham Johann Carbon’ll Ricardo fll’ Galfr’ & m’ltis alijs. (Brit. Mus., Harleian Cliarters, 50, c. 32, with portion of mu¬ tilated seal.) The same title is also given him by Ralph Neville, Dean of Lichfield (afterwards Bishop of Chichester), in a letter (written before November, 1222), to G. Salvage, in which he writes:—‘‘ Radulplius de Neville, decanus Lichefeldensis, ” “ fideli suo G. Salvage salutem. Seiatis quod locutus sum ” “ cum Domino Ricardo Duket , quod faciet mihi habere quin- ” “ que millia allccis et ducenta eerie et unam penulam de bissis,” “ et de ferro et ascere ad carucas meas, etideo vobismando” “ quod quam cito poteritis ad eum aceedatis, et de his omui- ” “ bus eum conveniatis.” He is styled elsewhere also “ Ri¬ chard de Duket.” (Original letters [royal and historical] in public record office.) In Dugdale’s ‘ Monasticon,’ we find him mentioned as witnessing the deed of assignment, by Hugh de Wake and Johanna de Stutevil his wife, of certain lands in Yorkshire to Byland Abbey, founded a.d. 1134, and as witness to a grant by Robert de Ros of his manor of Ripston in York¬ shire to the Hospital of St. John .of Jerusalem. (Dugdale’s ‘Monasticon Anglicanum,’ vol. ii. pp. 557, 775-6.) ~ 44 ) The Patent Roll of the 36 Hen. III. (a.d. 1246), re¬ cords the following privilege accorded to Hugh (Sir Hugh) Duket by the King :— Pro Hugone 1 Rex omnibus &c. salutem. Seiatis quod Duket. J concessimus Hugoni Duket quod toto tem¬ pore vite sue habeat hanc libertatem videlicet quod non pona- tur in assisam juratam vel recognicionein aliquibus. In cujus rei testimonium &c. Teste Rege apud Windesoram xi die Aprilis. [The King to all greeting.—Know ye that we have granted to Hugh Duket that during his whole life he may enjoy this privilege, viz. that he shall be exempt from sitting upon any assize or jury, etc. In witness of which, etc. Witness the King at Windsor, the 11th day of April.] 7444 ) The annexed contract or agreement (27 Hen. III.) refers to the payment of 35 marks of silver to the executors of the will of Mary Duket:— Anno Regni Reg’ Henr’ fil’ Joh’is Reg’ AngT xxvij die sc’i Swithuni facta est hee conventio inter Walterum & Hugonem capellanos Alanum le Wayder & Dionisiam ux- orern Walteri le Bufie executores testamenti Marie Duket & etiam Idoneam filiam Robert! Durant ex una parte & Radulfum Hardel ex altera Scilicet quod dictus Radulfus Hardel vel ej’ herecles aut assign’ solvent dictis executoribus triginta & qtiinque marcas argenti a festo s’ci Michael’ p’x p’ coufectionem huj’ sc r pti usq’ in unu’ annu’ co’plet’ ad q’etum redditum emendum ad opus Idouee p’d’ce p’ consiliu’ dc’or executor’ una cu’ consiho Simo’is fil’ Mar’ et Joh’is Durant junioris quem redditu’ d’ea Idonea annuatim p’cipiet orni’bz diebz vite sue lib’e & quiete Et p’ deeessum ip’i’ Idonee dc’s reddit’ dist r buet r s) By the following inquisition post mortem, taken on Edmund,* Earl of Lancaster, brother of King Edward I., as to the value and extent of his lands in Lincolnshire, we find that “ William Duket held of the said Earl by homage and ” “ suit, the third part of one knight’s fee in Fillingham, of the ” “ annual value of one hundred shillings in all issues.” Note * Surnamed Crouchback, on account of his personal de¬ formity ; created also Earl of Derby. 15 3) RICHARD DUKET, 7 ') who was the father of Adam Duket and 4) HUGH DUKET, who had Adam, and another son, his successor, 5) JOHN DUKET, living temp. Richard II. (a.d. 1378), who married Margery de Windesore, sister and heir of William de Windesore, with whom he obtained the manors of Grayrigg, 8 ), 9 ), 9a ), Hever- 7c ) proves the elder brother, however, to have had restitution of other lands in Lincolnshire, part of the paternal estate (Ilaydore, etc.), some of which may, or may not, have de¬ scended to his younger brother, the above-named William, for the records are silent on this point. Inquisitions post mortem (Chancery), 25 Edward I. No. 51 B. (m. 23):— Lincoln. Inq's’ sup’ valorem feodor’ militii que fu’nt d’ni Edmudi f’ris d’ni Reg’ Edward’ Com’ Lane’ defucti in Com’ Line’ facta apud Line’ octavo die Febr’ Anno Regn’ Reg’ Edward’ vicesimo septi’o p’ Rog’ de Stokes de Wadington’ Rob’ Walger de eade Ph’m de Thistelword de Colebv Hu- gone fr’ Olif de eade W’llm Hwytlieved de Boby H’nr le Messeg’ de eade W’llm Cade de Stratton’ Joh’em Amy de eade Simeon’ a la sale de Donyngton’ Ric’ in lc Wro de eade Thom 0 a la sale de eade et Rog’ Bully de Bokeuhale Jur’, qui d’nt p’ sac’rm suu q’-; Ite d’nt q’ Will’s Duket ten’ in Filingh°m t’cia p’te j. feod’ mil’ p’ homag’ et secta ad Rec’ Com’ [Line’] et redd’ ad warda p’d’cam [castr’ Lane’] iij. s’, iiij. d’. et valet p’ ami’ in om’ibz exitibz c. s’.” “ Lincoln. Inquisition on the value of the knights’ fees of” “Edmund, Earl of Lancaster, deceased, brother of King” “ Edward, in the county of Lincoln, taken at Lincoln 8th ” “ day of February, 27 Edw. by Roger de Stokes of Wad- ” “ dington etc. etc. etc. jurors, who say on their oath, that ” “ etc. etc.” “ Also they [the jurors] say, that William Duket held in ” “ Fillingham the third part of one knight’s fee by homage ” “and suit [i. e. suit of court] upon the [sheriff's] return for ” “ the county, and reuders to the said warden of the castle of ” “ Lancaster 3s. 4d., and it is valued, per annum, in all ” “ issues at 100s.” 7h ) See MS. pedigree of the Ducketts of Steeple Morden, in Cambridgeshire, Cole’s MSS., vol xi.; Burn’s History of Westmoreland, vol. i. p. 111. '■) This Richard Duket, is in all probability the same, men¬ tioned in a parliamentary writ (dated 4th March a.d. 1309), as manucaptor (or surety) for Willielmus de Hanynfeld, knight of the shire returned for Essex, 2 Edw. II. (In ancient times, all members of the House of Commons were obliged to find manucaptors or sureties for the performance of their duty, and their constituents paid them salaries, ac¬ cording to the length of time during which they were em¬ ployed in the public service.) In the reign of King Edw. I., Richard Duket accounted for one knight’s fee in Eltham, Kent, which he held in dower of the Earl of Gloucester, as given in the Testa de Nevill. p. 206. (S. Book of Knights’ Fees in Off. Remembr. in Exclieq.; Hasted, ‘History of Kent,’ vol. i. p. 57.) “ Ricardus Duket unum feodum in Elteham quod de ” “ dote.” (Com’ Kancia.) 8 ) The manor of Grayrigg belonged to William de Lan- castre, Baron of Kendal, and was granted by him to Alexan¬ der de Windesore, (son and heir of William de Windesore), to hold in frankmarriage together with his daughter Agnes. The deed of grant runs thus :—“ Willielmus de Lancastre, ” “omnibus amieis et omnibus probis hominibus suis, tarn” “ futuris quam pra;sentibus, salutem et amorem. Sciatis me ” “ concessisse, et cum assensu W illielmi de Lancastre, filii mei ” “ et hceredis, prsesenti charts confirmasse Alexandro de Win- ” “ desore, simul cum Agnete filia mea, et ha?redibus suis, in ” “ liberum maritagium quidquid liabeo in Havershame, Gray- ” “ rigge, et Morlande, cum omnibus pertinentiis suis ; con- ” “ cessi etiam prsefatis Alexandro de Windesore, simul cum “ Agnete Alia mea, et hseredibus eorum, libertatem firmandi” “ stagna et molendina super meum dominicum, ubicunque ” “ locum competentem invenient ad usum suum ; ac etiam ” “ libertatem assartandi, et faciendi, et habendi assarta sua “ in boscis suis ubicunque voluerint infra divisas suas. “ Quare volo, quatenus prsenominati Alexander et Agnes ’ “ filia mea, et lieeredes sui, liabeant et teneant prsedictas “ terras et preenominatas libertates, cum omnibus aisia- “ mentis, de me et ha;redibus meis, sicut liberum rnarita- ” “ gium, in feodo et haereditate, bene et in pace, libere et “quiete, et honorifice, et plenarie, in bosco et piano, in ” “ pratis et pasturis, in viis et semitis, in mossis et mariscis ” “et montanis, in molendinis et stagnis, in pannagiis et as-” “ sartis, et in omnibus libertatibus, sicut liac charta mea ” “ confirmavi.” (Rawlinsou.) On the subject of entailed estates, Blackstone alludes to those in frankmarriage, or liberum maritagium, now grown out of use. These he defines to be, “ where tenements are given ” “ by one man to another, together with a wife, who is the' “ daughter or cousin of the donor, to hold in frankmarriage, ” “such donees being thus made tenants in special tail (to’ “ the fourth degree).” (‘ Commentaries,’ ch. 7, book ii.) This estate therefore being conveyed by frankmarriage, created a species of entail, which probably after three or four generations would cease to be special, so that the tenure by frankmarriage had just died out when Margery de Wyndesore inherited Grayrigg, not as heir under frank¬ marriage title, but as coheiress of her brother, on division of estate and blood. 9 ) Inquis. post mortem, Chancery Series (8 Ric. II., No. 38) taken upon “William de Wydesore, Chivaler,” ob* 15 Sep.f 8 Rich. 2 (a.d. 1385). Sistu s and I Cristina, wife of Sir W. Morers,J Knt. set. 60. ie ! l s “ le L Margery wife of John Duket set. 50. said W. de J Isab | 1 ^ ynd e S ore, set. 60. In the Bucks Inquisition Isabel 38, Cristina 34, Mar¬ gery 32 ; also so stated in the London Inquisition, but he held no lands in the city or suburbs. The Welsh Inquisition mentions that this W. de \\ indesore before his death, enfeoffed his cousin ( consangumeus ) John Wyndesor in the castle and manors of Maynesbyr and Pe- naly in the co. of Pembroke. In all there are twelve Inquisitions upon W. de W ., sewn together with the writs attached. According to Burke, Sir William de Windesore was con¬ stituted bv Edward III. Lieutenant of Ireland, and sum¬ moned as a baron to Parliament by King Richard II, from August 22nd, 1381, to March 3rd, 1381, when the title be¬ came extinct, (this last date is at variance with the above in¬ quest taken on his death), having married Alice Perrcrs, a celebrated beauty, by whom he had no issue. His descent by Burke, differs also materially from that given by Dr. Burn, the Westmoreland historian. At the time of his death he held large possessions in divers parts of the king¬ dom, as shown by the inquisitions post mortem; (the manor of Litton with the hundred and manor of Poorstock etc. in * Thursday next, after the feast of the exaltation of the Holy Cross. f The Wiltshire Inquisition states 15th October. J Moreux (and Morleaux) in some of the Inquisitions. 16 * sham and Morland, in Westmoreland. By Margery, 9 *) the heiress of Windesore, John Duket had a son and heir; 6. RICHARD DUKET, Lord of Grayrigg, Heversham, and Morland in Westmoreland, who married a daughter of Sir Rickard Redman (or Redmayne), of Redman in Cumberland, and Over Levins in Westmoreland, Ivnt., 9 “ a ) 15 J) and by her had issue: Dorsetshire ; other manors in county Somerset, etc. etc.) (Hutchins’s Dorsetshire, vol. ii. p. 202 ; Burn’s History of Westmoreland, vol. i. chap, vi.) 9# ) The descent of Margery de Windesore, deduced from the foregoing, is as follows : — Kino William the Conqueroe=pM:uu1, daughter of Bald- I win, Count of Flanders. Gundreda (5th daughter).-pWilliam, Earl Warren and 1st Earl of Surrey. William de Warrenne, Earl =j=Isabel, daughter of Hugh the Warren, 2nd Earl of Surrey. Great, Earl of Yermandois. ltoger de = Gundreda. Newburgh, Earl of Warwick (1st hus¬ band). = William de Tale- =Roger de bois (or Lancas- Gian (3rd ter), Baron of husband). Kendal (2nd husband). William de Windesore. .Agnes de Talebois.-j-Alexander de Windesore. William de Windesore (living temp. Edward I., a.d. 1272).=j= Alexander de Windesore (11 Edw. III. a.d. 13l7).=f= Cristina, or Isabell \A illiam Margery de Windesore, Christiana. (unmar- de AYin- sister and heir (by whom ried). desore, the manor of Grayrigg, Sir W. Mor- ob. s. p. co. Westmoreland), leaux, Knt. — John Duket, of Filling - ham, co. Lincoln. u ) Lappenberg, in his ‘ History of England under the Norman Kings,’ referring to William the 1st and his family, writes as follows : — 1 His consort, Matilda, died a few years ” “ before him (3rd November; 1083 at Caen. She had borne ” “ bun four sons,—Robert, Richard, William, and Henry. ” " Of his daughters we know of Cecilia, an Abbess at Caen; ” “ Constance, married Fergant, Count of Brittany and Earl” “ of Richmond, who died childless ; Agatha, first betrothed ” to the Anglo-Saxon King Harold, and afterwards to" “ Alphooso, King of Gallicia, but died before her mar-” “ 1- iage; Adela married to Stephen, Count of Blois ; Adeliza, ” “who died a nun; and Gundrada, married to William of ” “ Warenne, Earl of Surrey.” lii Domesday, vol. i. foi. 49, mention occurs of a daughter of William, named Matilda,—Goisfridus, filie regis carne- rarius, tenet de Rege Heche . . . Goisfridus vero tenet earn de Rege, pro servitio quod fecit Mathildi ejus filie. Of a daughter thus named we find no trace in the chronicles; but Mr. Blaauw (Archoeolog., vol. xxxii. p. 119) suggests that Gundrada and Matilda may be the Dano-Norman and Flemish names of the same individual, the components of either name being synonymous with those of the other, though in inverse order. In a charter (Monast., vol. v. p. 12 ; Rymer, vol. i. p. 3). William calls Gundreda his daughter; and William of Warenne, on the occasion of his founding the priory at Lewes, dedicated to St. Pancras, names Queen Matilda as her mother. Documentary evidence of their posterity exists in the Charter of Castleacre Priory in Nor¬ folk (See Monast. Angl., vol. v. pp. 49, sg.). Sir H. Ellis, in his introduction to Domesday, vol. i. p. 507, says “ Gundreda was really a daughter of the Con- ” “ queror. William de Warrenne’s second charter of founda- ” “ tion granted to Lewes Priory, in the reign of Rufus, states ” “ this fact distinctly :—‘ Volo ergo quod sciant qui sunt et ” “ qui futuri sunt, quod ego Willielmus de Warrena, Surrei® ” “ conies, donavi et confirmavi Deo et Sancto Pancratio et ” “ monachis Cluniacensibus, quicumque in ipsa ecclesia Sancti ” “ Pancratii Deo servient in perpetuum, donavi pro salute ” “ anim® me® et anim® Gundreda: uxoris mere et pro anima ” “ domini mei Willielmi regis, qui me in Anglicam terrain ” “ adduxit, et per cujus licentiam monachos venire feci, et qui ” “ meam priorem donationem confirmavit, et pro salute ” “domin® me® Matildis regin®, matris uxor is mere, et pro” “ salute domini mei Willielmi regis, filii sui, post cujus ad- ” “ ventum in Anghcam terrain banc cartam feci, et qui me” “ comitem Surregi® fecit.’ ” Gundreda is also acknowledged by the Conqueror himself as his daughter, in the charter by which he gave to the monks of St. Pancras the manor of Walton, in Norfolk, the original of which is preserved in the Cott. MSS. Vesp., F. iii. fol. 1. He gives it, “ pro anima domini et antecessoris mei Regis ” “ Edwardi . . . et pro anima Gulielmi de Warrena et uxoris ” “ su® Grundreda, filice mete, et li®redibus suis.” Again, in the Ledger Book of Lewes are these words :— “ Iste (William de Warenne) primo non vocabatur nisi so-” “ lumrpodo Willielmus de Warren, postea vero processu ” “ temporis, a Willielmo Rege et Conquestore Angli®, cujus ” 1 ‘filiani desponsavit, plurimum honoratus est,” etc. (Watson’s ‘ House of Warren,’ vol. i. p. 36.) Gundreda died in childbed at Castleacre in Norfolk, May 27, 1085, three years before her husband, and was interred in the chapterhouse of Lewes Priory. Her tomb was found in 1775 in Isfield Church in Sussex (forming the upper slab of the monument of Edward Shirley, cofferer to Henry VIII.) whither it was supposed to have been removed at the dissolution of Lewes Priory. It was taken in that year to the church at Southover. It was ornamented in the Nor¬ man taste, and the inscription was obscure and mutilated ; the names of Gundreda and St. Pancras, however, appeared upon it. (S. Sir W. Burrell’s Collections for the History of the Rape of Lewes, in Sussex, MS. Donat. Brit. Mus.) William de Warenne himself died June 24, 1088. The register of Lewes Priory (MS. Cott. Vesp. A. HV.) preserves the epitaph which was formerly upon his tomb, also at Lewes. The following is from the ‘Atlien®um,’ No. 940:—“On” “ Tuesday morning, as the workmen employed by the Brigli- ” “ ton, Lewes, and Hastings Railway Company were removing ” “ the earth in the Priory grounds at Lewes, their progress ” “ was arrested by a stone, on the removal of which they clis-” “ covered two cists or coffers, side by side. On the lid of one, ” “ was the word ‘ Gundreda,’ perfectly legible, and on the ” “ lid of the other ‘ Will’us.’ On removing the lids, the ” 17 7. SIR RICHARD DUKET, of Grayrigg, Knt., who married Mabel, daughter of Sir Roger (or Robert) Bellingham, of Burneshead, Knt., and in the 5 th year of the reign of Henry IV th , (a.d. 1403), represented the county of Westmoreland in Parliament. In the 8 Henry Y. (1421) we find him in com¬ pany with the Earl of Suffolk, employed by the King in France, as given in the Gascon Roll of that date 12 *). In the reign of Edward IV. he became attainted, as an adherent of the house of Lancaster; but this attainder was certainly reversed not later than the first year of the reign of Hen. VII. (1485), at the time those of all others who had espoused the Lancastrian cause were remitted, and it is more than probable that the attainder was removed previously, on account of the entail, estates-tail not being liable to forfeiture, longer than for the tenant’s life. Indeed, Burn, in his ‘ History of West¬ moreland,’ and account of the Duckett family, dwells with much stress on the fact, “ that for twelve generations in succession none of the issue male of the Ducketts, possessors of the family estate, were ever in ward, but lived until his heir was above twenty-one years of age.” The chronicle of William of Worcester, from the unique MS. in the Heralds College, as well as the Rolls of Parliament, give the names of those attainted at the same time. 12 *) By Mabel Bellingham, Sir Richard Duket had Thomas, of whom hereafter 10 ) ; Alice, who married William Stanley, of Dalegarth, co. Cumberland, 11 ) ; and Andrew Duket, at whose intercession, Mar¬ garet of Anjou, wife of Henry VI th , obtained licence of the same King to build Queen’s College, Cambridge, in 1448, and purchased lands of the yearly value of d6200 for the endowment thereof; dedicating the same to the honour of St. Margaret and St. Bernard, but she died, and left it unperfected 12a ) “remains appeared to be quite perfect, and the lower jaw of” “William, Earl of Warren, in extraordinary preservation.” “ The cists in which the bodies were deposited were not more ’’ “than three feet in length and about two feet wide, and” “ there is no doubt that they had been removed from some ” “ other place and reinterred, and, according to tradition, ” “the bodies of William de Warenne and Gundreda, his” “ wife, were reinterred two hundred years after their de- ” “ cease. These interesting and ancient relicts were re- ” “ moved to Southover Church, in which there is a very an- ” “ cient tablet to the memory of Gundreda, and it is intended ” “ to place the remains near this tablet.” (Lappenberg, p. 217.) 9 “") Bum says that the manor of Heversham, or Evers- liam “ did not go to the Dukets, or, at any rate did not ” “ continue, long in their possession, for it appears after- ” “ wards, or a great part of it, to have belonged to the Ab-” “ bey of St. Mary’s, York.” (Burn’s ‘ History of Westmore¬ land,’ vol. i. p. 199.) 10 ) See Visitation of Westmoreland, in 1615, by Sir Richard St. George, Knt., Norroy King of Arms, and pedigree in Coll, of Arms, in 1595, by Lee, Clarenceux. 10 *) Robert Worseley or Workesley of Boothes, who m. Mabell, d. of Richard Duket of Grayrigg, and relict of John Whittyngton of Barwicke, was son of Arthur Worseley, by Elizabeth, d. of Sir Geffrey Worseley. His first wife was Eleanor, d. of Roger Hutton of the Park, in Lancashire, and her grandson Robert was lord of Boothes in 1580. His an¬ cestor Robert Worseley, was Lord of Boothes in 1292. In 1500 (15 Hen VII.) the manor of Barwicke (or Ber¬ wick) was held by Thomas Whittington by the 10th part of a knight’s fee (Duchy Records, vol. iii. n. 47), and in 1512 (3 Hen. 8) it had passed to John Whyttyngton of Le Hirst House, juxta Docker Wharton, who died seized of the manors of Berwyk, Whytington, Tatham etc., as by inquisition post mortem of that date, (Duchy Records, vol. iv. n. 43). Ma¬ bell Worseley, (relict of John Whittington of Barwicke her first, husband) by inquisition post mortem, died seized of messuages, land etc. at Barwick (13 Hen. 8) 1522; (“ Ma- bella Worseley — Barwyk messuag ’ terr' bosc' &(c. — Lancastr.”) Robert Worseley by mq. p. m. (15 Hen. 7) 1500, held the manor of Boothes as of his manor of Worseley, and liis suc¬ cessor Robert Worseley, died seized of Boothes, Worseley, and other lands in Lancashire, 27 Hen. VIII. (1536). Barwick, in Warton parish, Lancashire, is indifferently spelt Berwick, Borwick, Barwyk and Berwyk; Records of Duchy of Lancaster, vol. i.-iv. ; Baine’s Lancashire, vol. iv. p. 582; Visitation of Lancashire, 1567. (See note 13# for Worseley of Kempnouglit.) The following extracts verify the above :— Harleian MS. 2076, fol. 14. Rob' Worsley of Bowthe had to his first wife El’nor doughter to Roger Hutton of the p’ke & they hadd yssue Rob’t Adam Gylbert Gyles Clemence & other. The said Rob’t hadd to his 2 d wife Mabell doughter to Ric’ Docket of Grayrigg in Westrn’- land & they have yssue Thom’s. Rob' sonne to Rob' maried Alice doughter & one of the heyres to Hamlet Massye of Rigeston & they have yssue Rob' w ch maried Alice [The arms of Worseley doughter to Thurston of Tyllesley. were, Argent, a chief Clemence is maried to John of gules. (Harleian Redyshe. (Harleian MSS.) MSS.)] Sir Geffrey Worseley. i _ i Arthur Worseley.-r-Elizabeth. _ ! i Eleanor, d. to=Robert Worseley,=pMabell, d. to Richard Roger Hutton, of Boothes. Duket, of Grayrigg, of the Park. ' Westmoreland. i Thomas. (Visitation of Lancashire, 1567.) D 18 Quartering Duket, Bellingham, Burnishead, and Windesore ; (Visitation of Westmoreland, by Richard St. George, Nor- roy. Harleian MSS., 1435, fo.‘ 11.) The same Andrew Duket was Rector of St. Botolpb’s, in Cambi'idge, some time Principal of St. Bernard’s Hostell, and the first President (or, as some affirm, founder) of Queen’s College, Cambridge. He was formerly a Carmelite (according to others a Franciscan) friar, and “ had gathered of divers persons so much money, as bought a piece of ground, called Goose Green, whereon the College stands.” “ Afterwards he purchased, and be¬ queathed unto this college, the same Hostell of St. Bernard, and by his own money, and help of others, bought certain other tenements, and (as Stow observes) built the college; he gave much in lands and moneys, procuring gifts from divers great personages ” (as may be seen by the College records). 12 ) 12 °) 12J ) Vibi ) 8. THOMAS DUKET, Esq., son and heir of Sir Richard, married Elizabeth, 13 ), daughter of Thomas Middleton, of Middleton Hall, Esq., by Mabell, daughter of Sir Richard Musgrave, of Hartley Castle. This Thomas, who also sided with the house of Lancaster, in the civil wars of that time, was slain at the battle of Banbury or Edgecote-field, in the viii th year of Edward IY. (a.d. 1468) 12# ). He had issue 13 ), Thomas, ob. s. p. ; Richard, his heir; and Jane, m. William Allennys, Esq. u ) Representative of a family seated in the parish of Pon- sonby, co. Cumberland, before the Conquest; from whom spring the Earls of Derby and other Stanleys. He appears to have been living temp. Hen. VII. 12 ) Vide Speed’s ‘ History of England,’ p. 1063-4. 1So ) The name of Andrew Duket usually appears to be written “ Docket or Doket,” at this time ; thus as rector of St. Botolph’s, Cambridge, in the following entry :—“ 1470, ” “ Andr. Docket, Preses Col. Regin. resignat & post Inquisi- ” “ tionem de Patronata admissus est, Aug. 22, John Chap- ” “ man.” — He was 40 years President of Queen’s College and was buried in the “ ante-chapel ” there. A representation of his monument is given at p. 23 of Cole’s MS., vol. ii., with this description :—“ Directly in y e middle of y e antichapel ” “ and close by this last ” (viz. the stone of “ Martin Dunstan ” “ servus M n Andr. Doket ”) “ lies an old gray marble with ” “ a small brass figure on it, of a priest in a praying posture, ” “ but y e inscription at his feet is worn away; this I have ” “heard belonged to Andrew Duket, the first president here” “ & who died 6th Nov r 1484, y e figure is almost plain being ” “ constantly trampled on by y e feet of those who go into ” “ the chapel.” In Carter’s History of Cambridge however, it says that on his tombstone his portrait was represented in brass, in a doctor’s habit, without mitre or crozier. The following is taken verbatim from Cole’s MS. relative to the benefactors of Queen’s College, Cambridge:—“ The fol- ” “ lowing list of benefactors is taken from the old book in the ” “ lobby. As there are many names there which do not oc- ” “cur in our commemoration paper, nor in other accounts of” “ our benefactors, it is supposed that they were the names ” “ of persons who were benefactors to the fabric of the col- ” “lege;” “ Nomina omnium benefactorum Collegii Reginalis Sane- ” “torum Margaretse et Bernardi, in Universitate ” “ Cantabrig. vivorum et mortuorum.” “ Imprimis Magister Andreas Docket, primus Prsesidens, ” “ ac dignissimus Fundator liujus Collegii.” “ In the original, a line is drawn with a pen through the ” “words ‘ ac dignissimus Fundator,' but he may truly and” “ properly be so called, for he was not only the procurer of” “the foundation, but gave estates & money towards it;” “whereas the two Queens, who are honoured'with the title” “ of Foundresses, only lent their names & patronage, & per- ” “ haps used their interest with their husbands in procuring” “ the charters of foundation.” “ (Remark of Dr. Plumtree, ” “President of Queen’s Col. 1780.)” “ Margareta Regina Angliae, prima Fundatrix liujus Col- ” “ legii, et sponsus ejus ” “ Henricus sextus Rex Anglia?.” (“ No better proof need be produced of the justness of the ” “ Master’s observation, that Andrew Docket (whose name is ” “ spelt thus in many original deeds which I have seen in ” “ Benet College Library), was the true, real, & proper ” “founder, than by his name being placed before the King” “ and Queen’s names in this list, made even in their time. ” “ This is in fact a Bede-Roll, not a proper list of benefac- ” “ tors, but a roll of parchment, as I guess, on which the ” “names of those benefactors and those who were desirous” “ of the prayers of the society were enrolled. W. Cole, ” “ 1780.)” Edwardus Quartus Rex Anglia? D’na Elizabetha, Regina Anglise Dux Clarentia? (a benefactor to the building) “ Then follow the names of” Richard Plantagenet (afterwards King Ric. 3) George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence Isabella Neville, Duchess of Clarence Edward Earl of Salisbury, 1477 Anna Boleyn, Henry Beaufort, Cecily Neville, Duchess of York, Lady Anne Neville, Duchess of Gloucester, Cardinal of Winchester, John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster etc. etc. Before his death, (which occurred 6th Novr, 1484), he ex¬ pressed a desire, which was complied with, that the fellows should elect Thomas Wilkinson as his successor. Cardinal Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, followed next as 3rd President, by whose invitation, the ever famous Erasmus, continued his studies at the college for some time. (Cole’s MSS.) 12i ) The following history of the foundation of Queen’s College, is taken from Fuller’s History of Cambridge, p. 80; Henry’s History of England, vol. 5, p. 433 ; Dyer’s History of the University of Cambridge, vol. 2, p. 150 ; and Cam¬ den’s Britannia, vol. 2, p. 132. “ Queen Margaret of Anjou, the active ambitious consort ” “of Henry VI. (head of the Lancastrian party), founded” “ Queen’s College, Cambridge. This college was involved ” “in the misfortunes of its foundress and in danger of pe-” “ rishing in its infancy, for the civil wars, which soon after ” “ its foundation commenced, interrupted the task, but the ” “care and prudence of Andrew Duket, (Principal of St.” “ Bernard’s Ostle), whom Queen Margaret had chosen ” “ ‘ Master,’ so conciliated the favour of the House of York, ” “ that, besides obtaining benefactions for his college from ” “ George Plantagenet, Duke of Lancaster, Lady Cicely ” 19 9. RICHARD DI7KET, of G-rayrigg, married Eleanor, daughter of William Harrington, of Kendal, and Wreysham or Wessham, in Lancashire (by Anne, daughter of Sir Thomas a’ Parre), and had considerable possessions both in Lancashire and the barony of Kendal, 13 *), 13 **), 10 ). He had issue Richard 14 ), his heir; William, who settled at Flintham, Notts, and was the direct “ Duchess of York, and the illustrious ladies, Margaret ” “ Roos, Joanna Inglethorp & Joanna Borough, he effectu- ” “ ally persuaded Elizabeth Widville or Grey, Queen of Ed- ” “ ward the IV lh , to complete what her professed enemy had ” “begun; Fuller says; he so” “ poised himself in those danger- ” “ ous times betwixt the succes- ” “sive Houses of Lancaster &” “ York, that he procured the fa- ” “ vour of both ; indeed by his ” “ assiduous solicitations, he pro- ” “ cured the college so many be- ” “ nefactions, that he may, with ” “ great propriety, be esteemed ” “ its preserver and second foun- ” “ der.” In the Rolls of Parliament, 27 Hen. YI. a.d. 1449, we find An¬ drew Duket assigning to the King a messuage in Cambridge,— “ quod quidem messuagium ” “ cum p’tin’, nup’ liabuimus ex ” “dono et concessione Hugonis ” “ Tapton & Anclree Dokett, ” “ Clicor’.” 12J *) Royal Letters Patent were addressed to various indi¬ viduals, in different counties in 3 Hen. V. (29th May, 1415-16), “ De arraiatione facienda,” and amongst those named for Westmoreland and Yorkshire, were Sir Richard Duket, of the former, and Sir Richard Redman, of the latter. (Rymer’s Federa, vol. iv. p. 124.) I2# ) At the Parliament held at Westminster in November, of the year following the coronation of Edward IV (a.d. mcccclxi), the Chronicle of William of Worcester gives the names of those who were attainted, to the number of 153:—“Ad parliamentum tentum apud Westmonas- terium - die Novembris attincti sunt de proditione, quorum nomina hie sequuntur; videlicet, Henricus Rex sextus, Regina Margarets, Edwardus filius eorum, Henricus Dux Exonife, Henricus Dux Somercetise, Thomas Courtney comes Devonise, Henricus nuper comes Northumbrue, Jasper comes Pembrochhe, Thomas Dominus de Roos, Johannes Dominus Clifford, Robertus Dominus Ilungyrforde, Leo nuper dominus Wellys, Willielmus vicecomes Beaumonte, Johannes nuper dominus Nevylle, Th. dominus de Rugenon de Gray, Radulphus nuper dominus Dacre, Thomas Nevylle, Thomas Mannynge clericus, Johannes Whelpdale, Johannes Lax, Frater Ro. Gasle, Johannes Prestoun, Uumfridus do¬ minus Dacre miles, Radulphus Bygott miles, Philippus Went- worthe miles, Johannes Fortescu miles, Jacobus Lotterelle miles, Baldwynus Fulforde miles, Alexander Hody miles, Wyllelmus Taylboys miles, Edmundus Mountford miles, Th. Tresham miles, W. Catisby miles, W. Vance miles, Ro¬ bertus Balthorp miles, W. Gascoyn miles , Edmund Hamden miles, Th. Fynderne miles, Johannes Courtney miles, Hen¬ ricus Lewys miles, Ricardus Tempest miles, W. Care miles, Th. Fulforth miles, Nicolaus Latomer miles, Walterus Note- hylle miles, Henricus Cliff miles, Johannes Heron de Forde miles, Rogerus Clyfford miles, Ricardus Tunstalle miles, Henricus Belyngham miles, Ricardus Dukett miles, Willielmus Lee miles, Robertus Wythyngham miles, Johannes Ormond miles, Willielmus Mylle rniies, Symon Hannys miles, Rogerus Warde miles, Johannes Sykdmore miles, Willielmus Raryng- ton miles, W. Holond miles, Thomas Eueryngham miles, Henricus Rocs miles,—Humfridus Nevylle armiger, iEgidius Sauntlow armiger, Edwardus Ellysmyr arm., To. Meryfyu arm, Tho Philipps arm, Tho. Brampton arm, Jo Audley arm, Thos. Tonstall arm, Willielmus Tonstall arm, Thomas Crafford armiger, Johannes Scliakylde arm, Wyllielmus Jo¬ seph arm, Jo Lynche arm, Ricardus Watyrton arm, Haw- kyn Chernok arm, Johannes Roughe arm, Robertus Bolyng- ham arm, Johannes Penycoke arm, W. Grymsby armiger— Thomas Stanle, nuper de Carleile gentilman, Edwardus Thornburghe nuper de eadem gentilman, Gawanus Lamplow gentilman, Johannes Catmille gentilman, W. Farour gentil¬ man, Thomas Whetwoode gentilman, Johannes Maundevylle gentilman, Th. Elwvke gen, W. Cailfere gen, W. Sampson, gen, W. Bifelde gen, Thomas Ormond gentilman, Antonius Nothchylle, Johannes Walys, W. Speke, Thomas Danyel, Johannes Dowbyggvng, Edwardus Dygby, Ricardus Kyrkebv, Thomas Danvers, Tho. Cornewall, Thomas Mylkby, Johannes Dawnson, Thomas Littele, Henricus Spencer, Johannes Snotyng, Thomas Sergenson, et xlij plures &c. ad numerum personarum c.liij.” The annal of the year preceding, re¬ marks that many of the northern members did not attend the Parliament:—“etiam multi de borealibus non venerunt.” (Chronicles and Memorials of Britain, vol. ii. p. 778; Willielmi Wyrcester Anuales Rerum Anglicarum ex Au- tographo, in Bibliotheca Collegii Armorum, Londini, p. 778.) The attainder of the aforenamed Lancastrians, was reversed in the first year of the reign of Henry VII., with those of all other adherents of the House of Lancaster, but in some in¬ stances the estates were restored before, when the same were held in tail, and this was the case with the Dukets of Gray- rigg. It occurs frequently, as may be seen in the Rolls of Parliament, that the attainder is “ not to affect the heir as to entails, or be prejudicial to any of the heirs of the blode of the person attainted, as towards any tailled land.” In the 18 Hen. VI. (1439) the heirs of the Earl of Worcester, or any other attainted, were “ not to be barred of lands entailed upon them,” but “ to have due recovery thereof,” etc. etc. (Rolls of Parliament, vol. v., vi. pp. 273, 461.) Blackstone, in his “ Commentaries,” on the subject of entail, has the following :—“ Estates-tail were not liable to forfei- ” “ ture longer than for the tenant’s life ; ” and further on again, “ the nobility were always fond of this statute [the statute de donis conditionalibus, 13 Edw. I.], because it preserved their family estates from forfeiture.”—“ Edward IV. observing (in ” “the disputes between the Houses of York and Lancaster) ” “how little effect attainders for treason had on families,” “ whose estates were protected by the sanctuary of entails, ” gave his countenance to the application of “ common reco¬ veries ” (12 Edw. IV.) for the purpose of abridging estates- tail with regard to their duration, whilst other expedients were invented to strip them of their privileges. That which was first attacked, was their freedom from forfeiture for treason. —“Notwithstanding the advances made by ‘reco¬ veries,’ in about 60 years, towards subjecting the lands to forfeiture, Hen. VIII. finding them frequently resettled in a similar manner to suit the convenience of families, procured a statute (26 Hen. VIII., c. 13), whereby all estates of in¬ heritance (including estates-tail) were declared to be forfeited to the King, upon any conviction of high treason.” (Black- stone’s Commentaries, Book II. pp. 112, 116.) The following appears in the “ Gascon Roll,” (Catalogue des Rolles Gascons, Normans et Francois) (8 Hen. V.) a.d. 1420, pars. 2, m. 11 :— d 2 [The arms of Andrew Duket, first President of Queen’s College, are thus given in Cole’s MS., quartering those of Queen’s College.] 20 ancestor of the Ducketts of Hartham, AYilts; Eobert, (in. and had issue, Biclmrd 15rf ) ; Anne, wife of Thomas de Weshyngton or Wessington of Hallhead (or Hulled), in Westmoreland, and Mabel, wife of John Whittyngton of Barwicke, in Lancashire, afterwards married, as her second husband, to Eobert Worselev of Boothes in the same county, (by whom she had a son Thomas), 10 ) 10# ). The second son, De protectione ~| Ricardus Duchet qui in obsequio Re- Duchet l gis in comitiva Willielmi Comitis Suf- [De protectione pro | folcie capitanei ville Regis Davrenches Ricardo Duket], J in partibus Normannie super salva cus- todia ejusdem ville moratur habet literas Regis de protectione cum clausula volumus per unum annum duraturas, presenti- bus &c. Teste Rege apud Paris’ vj die Decembris. Per breve de privato sigillo. Richard Duket, who, in the King’s service, in company with Win. Earl of Suffolk, Captain of the King’s town of Avranches, in Normandy, is now residing upon the safe cus¬ tody of the said town, has the King’s writ of protection “ cum clausula volumus ,” for one year to endure. Witaess the King at Paris, the 6th day of December. By writ of Privy Seal. (William, Count of Suffolk, was appointed Admiral of Nor- mandy, 7 Hen. Y. (1419). '-**) Edgecott near Banbury in Northamptonshire. The battle fought there in 1468, between the partisans of Ed¬ ward IT. and the Lancastrians, in which the former were defeated and the Earl of Pembroke and his brother taken prisoners and beheaded, is described by Grafton, in his “ Chronicle,” published in 1569 (vol. ii. p. 16). The spot is marked by 3 small mounds in a triangular position. The Lancastrians having gained the advantage in some imme¬ diately preceding conflict, Grafton goes on to say : — “ King” “ Edward being nothing abashed of thys small chaunce, sent ” “ good wordes to the Erie of Pembroke, encouraging and ” “ bydding liym to be of good chere, promising him not only ” “ ayde in a short tyme, but also he hlmselfe in person royall, ” “ would folow him with all his puyssaunce and power. The ” “Yorkshire (northern) men beyngglad of this small victory ” “ (gained at Cottisliold) [Cotswold] were well cooled and ” “ went no farther southward, but took their way towards ” “ Warwicke, looking for ayde of the Erie, which 'was lately ” “ come from Calais, with the Duke of Clarence, his sonne in ” “ law, and was gathering and raysing of men, to succour his ” “ friends and kinsfolke. The King likewise assembled people ” “ on everie side, to ayde & assist the Erie of Pembroke and ” “his company. But before any part received comfort or” “ succor, from his friend or partaker, both the armies met ” “by chaunce, in a fayre playne, near to a towne called” “Hedgecot, three myle from Banbery, wherein be three” “ hils, not in equall distaimce, nor yet in equal quantitie, ” “ but lying in maner, although not fully triangle: the ” “ Welschmen gat first the West hill, hoping to have re- ” “ couered the East hill : which if they had obtained the ” “ victorye had bene theirs, as their unwise prophesiers pro- ” “mised them before. The Northern men ineamped them-” “ selves on the South hil. The Erie of Pembroke and the ” “Lord Stafford of Southwike, were lodged at Banbery the” “day before y e field, which was S. James day, & there the” “ Erie of Pembroke, put the Lord Stafford out of an Inne ” “ wherein he delighted much to be, for the love of a damo- ” “ sell that dwelled in the house ; contrarie to their mutual ” “ agreement by them taken, which was, that whosoever ob- ” “ teyned fii’st a lodging, should not be deceyued nor re- ” “ moued. After many great wordes and crakes had between ” “these two captaynes, the Lord Stafford of Southwyke, in ” “ great despite departed with his whole company and band ” “of archers, leauing the Erie of Pembroke almost desolate” “ in the towne, which with all diligence returned to liys hoste, ” “ lying in the field, impurueyed of archers, abiding such ” “fortune as God would seude and prouyde. Sir Henry” “Neuell sonne to the Lorde Latimer, tooke with him cer-” “ taine light horsemen and skirmished with the Welschmen ” “ in the evening even before their campe, where he did ” “ diuers valyaunt feates of armes, but a little to hardy, lie ” “ went so farre forward that he was taken and yeelded, and ” “yet cruell slayne : which unmercifull act, the Welschmen” “ sore rued the next day or night. For the Northern men ” “ being inflamed and not a little discontented with the death ” “ of thys noble man, in the mornyng valyauntly set on the ” “ Welschmen and by force of archers caused them quickly ” “ to descend the hill into the valey, where both the hostes ” “ fought. The Erie of Pembroke behaued liimselfe like a ” “ hardy Knight, and an expert capitaine, but his brother ” “ syr Richard Herbert so valiauntly acquited liimselfe, that ” “ with his Pollax in his liande (as his enemies did after- ” “ wards report), he twise by fine force passed through the” “ battaile of his adversaries, and without any mortall ” “ wounde returned. If euery one of his felowes and com- ” “ panions in armes had done but halfe the actes, which he ” “ that day by his noble power achieued, the Northern ” “ men had obteyned neyther safetie nor victorie.” “ Beside this, beholde the mutabilitie of fortune, when ” “ the Welschmen were at the very poynt, to have obteyned ” “ the victorie (the northern men being in a maner discom- ” “ fited) John Clappam Esquire, seruant to the Erie of War- ” “ wike, mounted up the side of the East hil, accompanied ” “ only with flue C. men gathered of all the rascall of the ” “towne of Northampton and other villages about, liauyng” “ borne before them the standard of the Erie, with the ” “ white Beare, criying a Warwike a Warwike. The Welsch- ” “men thinking that the Erie of Warwicke had come on” “ them with all his puyssaunce, sodaiuly as men amased ” “fled; the Northern men them pursued and slue without” “ mercy, for the crueltie that they had shewed to the Lord ” “Latymer’s sonne. So that of the Welschmen there were” “ slaine aboue flue thousand, besyde them that were fled ” “ and taken.” “ The Erie of Pembroke, syr Richard Herbert his brother ” “and diuers gentlemen were taken, and brought to Ban-” “bery to be behedded, much lamentaeion and no less en-” “ treatie was made to saue the lyfe of syr Richard Herbert, ” “both for his goodly personage, which excelled all men” “ there, and also for his noble cliiualrie, that he had shewed ” “ in the fieldes the day of the battaile, insomuch that his ” “ brother the Erie, when he should lay downe his head on ” “the blocke to suffer, sayde to Sir John Corners and Clap- ” “ pam : Maisters, let me die for I am olde, but saue my ” “ brother, which is yong, lustie and hardie, mete and apte” “to serue the greatest prince of Christendome. But Syr” “John Corners and Clappam remembryng the death of the ” “young knight Syr Henry Neuell, eosyn to the Erie of” “ Warwike, could not lieare on that syde but caused the ” “ Erie and his brother, with diuers other gentlemen, to the ” “ number of 10, to be there behedded. The Northampton- ” “shyre men, with diuers of the Northern men by them” “ procured in this fury made them a capitaine and called ” “ him Robin of Riddisdale, and sodaiuly came to the manor ” “ of Grafton, where the Erie Riuers, father to the Queene ” “ then lay, whom they loued not, and there by force toke ” “ the sayd Erie, and syr John his sonne, and brought them ” “to Northampton, and there without judgement stroke off” “theyr hedde3, whose bodies were solemnly interred in the” “ black Friers at Northampton. When King Edward was ” “ aduertised of these unfortunate chaunces, he wrote in all ” 21 10. WILLIAM DUKET or DUCKET, of Flintham, in the county of Nottingham, Esq., married Jane, daughter and heir of-Redman of Over Levins in Westmoreland, and Harwood Castle in Yorkshire W), by whom he had issue, Lyonel and John, both engaged in commerce. Lyonel 16 ), the eldest son, attained the dignity of Lord Mayor of London, II Elizabeth 1572. 11. JOHN DUCKET, of Flintham, in the county of Nottingham, Esq., second son of William Ducket, married, [as seen by his will, dated 27 Septr. 37 lien. VIII. (ad. 1545)] Thomasyne, daughter of John Copynger Esq., who had property and lands in co. Suffolk [See his will dated 4th May, 1534 17 *), 17 "), i; ' w )], and beyond doubt was one of the Copyngers of Buxhall in Suffolk (of whom was Sir W. Copynger, Lord Mayor of London 1513). By Thomasyne, (who was also the step-daughter of Robert Longe Esq. 1 ''*), 17i ), he had Stephen, his heir, Thomas, and Martha. In 1542 he became “free” of the Mercers’ [Harleian MS.] “haste ta the Shriefes of Somersetshyre and Devonshyre, ” “that if they could by any meane take the Lord Stafford” “ of Southwike, that they upon paine of theyre lyues, ” “ shoulde without delay put him in execution, which ac- ” “ cordyngly to the Kinges commandement after long in-” “ quirie and serche made, found him hid in a village in ” “ Brentmarclie called . . . where he was taken and brought ” “ to Bridgewater, and there cut shorter by the head. This ” “ was the order, maner, and ende of Hedgecot field, com- ” “ monly called Banberie field, fought the morow after ” “Saint James day in the viij yere of King Edward the” “fourth, the which bataille ever synce hath bene, and yet” “ is a continual grudge between the Northern men and the ” “ Welschmen.” (Grafton’s Chronicle, vol. ii. p. 1G.) I3 ) Vide Visitation of Westmoreland in 1615 by Sir Richard St. George, Knt., Norroy King of Arms. See also the Vin¬ cent and Philpot pedigrees in Heralds Col., from which the following are extracts :— Thomas Middleton, of =pMabel (or Isabel), d. of Sir Richard Middleton Hall, co. Musgrave, of Hartley Castle, Westmoreland. in the reign of King Henry VI. Elizabeth. Margaret. Mabell. Thomas Duket, Richard Redman, Sir Roger Belling- of Grayrigg, Esq., of Over Levins, Esq., ham, of Burneshead, co. Westmoreland, co. Westmoreland, Knt., co. West- and Harwood Cas- moreland. tie, co. York. Jane Duket, d. of-p William Allennys, Thirteen Thomas Duket, of , Esq. children. Grayrigg, Esq. John William Thomas Alexander Jane Anne Mabell. 13 *) The family of Parre of Kendal, were anciently Lords of the manor of Parr in Lancashire, in the parish of Prescot, West Derby Hundred, and the name seems to have been variously written, A Parre, A’Pare, Parre, De Par, aparre, it Parr, del Parre, Parr, and Par. Sir Thomas Parre (of whom presently), by inquisition taken 10 Hen. VIII., was found to have held the messuages, lands, woods, and rents of Parre, the manor of Thumam, and other estates in Lanca¬ shire. A branch of this same family, the Parres of Kernp- nought in Lancashire, married the heiress of Worseley; (Ri¬ chard Parre, of Kempnought, m. Helen, d. and sole heir of Richard Worseley). Sir William del Parre married Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Thomas de Ross or Roos (who died 1391). The jurors on the inquisi¬ tion of this William del Parre knight, (who survived his wife, and died 6 Hen. IV., 1105), find, that John Parre knight was his son and heir. By inquisition on John Parre Kt., 9 Hen. IV., he was succeeded by his son Sir Thomas Parre , who, in the 7th of Henry VI., ap¬ pears by an inquisition of knights’ fees, to have held one fourth part of the manor of Kirkby-in-Kendal, by the service of the 4th part of a knight’s fee. He died in the 4 Edw. IV. (1464), leaving two sons, William and John; and it is presumable also that Anne, the wife of William Harryngton of Wreysham, and grand¬ mother to Richard Duket of Grayrigg, was the daughter of this Sir Thomas a Parre (mentioned in the Ducket Pedigree of 1595, by Lee, Clarencieux, Col. of Arms). Sir Henry Bel¬ lingham of Burneshead being attainted in the time of King Edward IV., his lands were granted to the above-named John and William, sons of Sir Thomas Parre knight of Ken¬ dal. Sir William Parr kt., heir of Thomas, married Elizabeth, one of the 3 sisters and co-heirs of Lord Fitzhugh. He was made a knight of the garter by Edward IV., and knight of the shire for Westmoreland in the 6th and again in the 12th of that reign. He appears to have been living 22 Edw. IV. He had two sons, Thomas, the elder, and a younger son, Sir William Parre of Horton in Northamptonshire, who d. 1548, and probably the Sir William a Parre, keeper of the king’s park and warren of Moulton, co. Northampton (33 Hon. VIII., 1541). He was knighted at Tournay, “ in the church after the King came from the mass,” 25th Sep¬ tember, 1513. (Harl. MSS., 6069, fo. 112.) The eldest son, Sir Thomas Parr, succeeded his father. He was master of the wards, knight of the body, and comp¬ troller to Henry VIII. He married Maude, d. and coheir of Sir Thomas Green, by whom he had one son and two daughters, viz. William Parr, successively created Lord Parr and Ross, Earl of Essex, and Marquis of Northampton, Anne married to William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke, and Cathe¬ rine, last wife of King Henry VIII. These two brothers, Sir Thomas (Hither of Queen Catherine) and Sir William A Parre, are constantly mentioned from 1510 to 1518 in the Calendar of State Papers, temp. Hen. VIII. The arms of Parre were, Argent, two barulets azure, within a bordure engrailed sable ; those of Harrington, Sable, a frett argent. The Harringtons were attainted in the 4 Hen. VII. 22 Company 16 **). He was buried in the church of St. Lawrence, Jewry, afterwards burned down in the great fire of London, and was born at Flyntham in Notts. 12) STEPHEN DUCKETT, of Calstone (or Caulstone), in the county of Wilts, Esq., son & heir of John Duckett; M.P. for Caine 27 Eliz. (a.d. 1585), and again in the following parliament of 1586, (Whittaker’s Richmondsliire ; Records of the Duchy of Lan¬ caster, vol. v.; Baines’s Lancashire, vol. iii. p. 146; Ni¬ cholson’s Annals of Kendal, pp. 74-76, 92, 93 ; Acts of Privy Council, 33 Hen. VIII; Burn’s History of Westmore¬ land, vol. i. pp. 40-45 ; Harleian MSS., 2086, fo. 101; Ca¬ lendar of State Papers, temp. Hen. VIII.; Inq. p. mortem, 7 Hen. VI.) n##) jj urn gays that a younger brother of Harrington of Wreysham, in Lancashire, was seized of Ubery or Ubarrow Hall in Westmoreland, through a daughter of Leybourne, and that it continued in his family for several generations. In 28 Car. 2, one of the Harringtons paid to Queen Katha¬ rine, a free rent of Is. for Ubarrow Hall (Burn’s Westmore¬ land, vol. i. p. 133). From which branch the Harringtons of Wreysham descend, is not clear. Sir William Harrington of-fell at Wakefield, fighting on the part of the House of York, and was attainted 36 Hen. VI., but that party prevailing soon after, his estate was not confiscated. Sir James Harrington, who succeeded to the manor of Farlton, was attainted 1 Hen. 7 for having sided with the House of York. Sir Robert Harrington was attainted for the same cause. Sir Thomas Parre, (who seems to have been a partisan of Edw. IV.) was attainted 1460 (38 Hen. VI.). 13«) xhe two following inquisitions p. in., refer to a cer¬ tain Richard Duket (or Doket), whom we find about this time, born 11 Hen. VII. (a.d. 1496), who was under age at his father’s decease, and in ward to Richard Duket of Gray¬ rigg. Henry Duket of Lancaster, Bolron (hodie Bolton on the Sands), and Scotford (Scotforth), died 21 Hen. VII., was father of the said Richard, and held aforesaid lands in right of his wife Margaret, who died 16 Hen. VII. The Duchy Records No. l7, have her Inq. p. mort. 20 Hen. 7. “ Margareta qua: fuit uxor Henr’ Doket.” Elizabeth Duket, (one of the sisters and coheirs of Robert Duket of Skels- mergh, mentioned in note 51cc ), would, very probably from the date, have been the “ godmother,” named in the follow¬ ing inquisition. Duchy of Lancaster, Inq. p. mort. vol. v. No. 20, (a.d. 1520) ll Hen. viij :— Inq. taken at Preston in Amoundeness, on Thursday next before the feast of S* Matthew the apostle, in the eleventh year of King Henry viij, upon the death of Henry Duket Esq. The jurors declare, that the afores'i Henry and Margaret his wife, were seized in their lifetime in fee, in right of the s d Margaret late his wife, and late daughter and heir of Thomas Bolran, of mess, lands & tent s in the town of Lancaster & Bolran and in Scotford &c., and had issue, one Richard Duket &c. &c. The aforesaid Margaret died on the feast of Corpus Christi, Anno 16 Hen. vij. (a.d. 1501). Henry Duket died on Tuesday next before the feast of S' James the apostle, A° 21 Hen. vij. (a.d. 1507). Richard Duket, son of the afores d Henry and Margaret, is the son and next heir of the s d Margaret, and on the day of taking the Inquisition, was of the age of 21 years and more. Vol. v. No. 22. Probatio etatis.—Proof of age of Richard Duket. Satur¬ day next before the feast of S‘ Matthew the apostle, 11 Hen. viij. (a.d. 1520). The jurors say, that he was born on the feast of Corpus Christi, A° 11 Henry vij. at Exeter, co. Devon, & was bapt. in the church of S' Mary there, and that now he is 21 years of age and upwards. Ralph Standish, a:t. 60 years and upwards, deposes, that on the s d day of Corpus Christi, he was present at Lancaster*, when Elizabeth Duket was godmother [com¬ muter] of the same Richard Duket; Henry Chamok, at. 60 years and upwards, was his godfather. The “ writ ” recites, whereas Ricli d Duket, son and heir of Henry Duket, is of full age and prays livery of his lands, which are of his inheritance, “ being in the wardship of Rith- ard Duket of Grayryk,” and that the s d Richard, son of Henry, was born at Exeter in the co. of Devon. Tested 16 Sept. 11 Hen. viij. In the 15 Hen. VIII. a.d. 1524, he “made claim for re¬ spite of homage ” for certain lands in Lancashire,—Bolron or Bolrun, and Scotforth in the parish of Lancaster. Viaa) Xlie following pedigree is from Tonge’s Visitation of Yorkshire:—“ This ys the Pedigree of Thomas Brakynbery of Denton.—Thomas Brakynbery of Denton, married Eliza¬ beth, doughter to Cuthbert Rogerley esquyer, and by her he had issue Rauff. Rauff Brakynbery, son of Thomas, mar¬ ried Margery, doughter of Richard Doket of Grarik in Ken- dale ; and by here he had issue, Antony son and lieyre; Martyn ij de sone ; Stephen iij de son. Antony Brakynbery, son & lieyre of RautF, married Agnes, doughter and quo lieyre of Raulf Wyclyff, esquier, and by her lie had issue, Cuthbert son & lieyre ; William ij de son; Thomas iij de son ; Henry iiij th son; Margery, Katlieryn, Margaret & Jane. Cuthbert son & heyre to Antony” (left female issue only, and in 1575 his brother Henry was head of the house, and d. 1602). (Tonge’s Visitation of Yorkshire, 1530; Dur¬ ham Visitation, 1575.) The Rolls of Parliament 19 Hen. VII. (a.d. 1503), give the name of Richard Duket in a commission for an assess¬ ment of aid, granted to the King for divers expenses, but it is not clear whether father or son, is the Richard therein named, as one of the commissioners for Westmoreland. Roger Bellyngeham Knyght Ambrose Crakenthorpe Geffrey Lancaster John Rygge Thomas Wharton John Flemyng Thomas Lamboume Richard Dokkytt Walter Strykland Edward Redman Esquyer I4 ) The succession of the family of Duket of Grayrigg, in Westmoreland 14 *), was as follows 10) RICHARD DUKET, of Grayrigg, Esquire, the eldest son, married Agnes (or Anne), daughter of John Flemyng, of Rydal, in Westmoreland, Esq. He had issue, Anthony, James, Walter, Randolph, and two daughters, Elizabeth and Dorothy, the latter of whom was married to-Salkeld, of Rosgill (or Rosegill), near Shap, in Westmoreland (an ancient family, which for many generations were sheriffs of Cumberland, 1444 ). In — Hen. VIII. he received a grant of the manor of Docker. He appears, from the “ Correspon¬ dence relating to the Borders” [State Papers, 1543], to have had a pension from the crown, and to have died a.d. 1539 or 1540, 14ao ). Agnes Duket (his widow?) was living 15 Eliz. a.d 1573, 144 ). According to Tonge’s Visitation of Com. Westmorl. < i ccli. * Evidently a clerical error for Exeter. 23 “was on the 7th June, 1582, seized of the hereditaments as tenant in tail, of Calstone, Caine, etc.” He married Anne, daughter and co-heir of Humphrey Baskerville, alderman of London 18 ), (and step-daughter of his uncle Sir Lionel Ducket), by whom he had issue; Jane [See Lionel Ducket’s will], married to Henry Hayne of Condover, in the co. of Salop, Esq. 18a ) ; Mary, wife of Thomas Nelson of Chaddleworth, in the co. of Berks, Esq. 19 ) ; Lionel his heir; John (who succeeded his brother) ; Henry (ob. 1583) ; and Margaret, married to Walter Parker (Snaith) Esq. He eventually succeeded to a very consider¬ able portion of his uncle’s large estates, on the demise of Dame Jane Ducket, widow of Sir Lyonel Ducket, and we may infer from the fact of his having “taken up his freedom” of the Mercers’ Company in 1573 16## ), that at some 1530 and the Durham Visitation of 1575, he would appear to have had another daughter, Margery, married to Ralph Brackenbury of Denton 1300 ). 11) ANTHONY DUKET (or DUCKET) of Grayrigg, Lambrigg, and Docker, Esq , son and heir of Richard, mar¬ ried Dorothy, 13 ), ' ia ), Ua ‘), ls ), one of the daughters and coheirs of Sir Robert Bellingham of Burnshead, and by her had [Ilarleian MSS.] [Harleian MSS.] issue, Richard (his heir), Charles, Jasper, William, Gabriel, and Katherine. To his second wife he married Alice, daugh¬ ter of Thomas, Lord Daere, of Gilsland, and by her had issue, Lionel, Alan (or Allen) and Agnes. In the 6 & 7 Eliz. (a.d. 1564) he was constituted escheator for the coun¬ ties of Westmoreland and Cumberland 11 ''), and by inquisition p. m. held at Kirkby Kendal 23rd Oct. 14 Eliz. (a.d. 1572), it was found “ that Anthony Ducket, on the day before his ” “ death, was seized in fee [die ante mortem suam ffuit sei- ” “ situs in dominico suo ut de feodo de &e.] of the manor ” “ or lordship of Grayrigg, and of the manor of Docker with ” “ appurtenances, and of messuages, lands, & tenements in ” “ Kirkbie Kendall, and of lands &c. in Overton or Orton ” “ m the county of Westmoreland, that the aforesaid An- ” “ thony Ducket by his last will, gave and bequeathed to ” “ Richard Ducket his son and heir apparent, all the afore- ” “ said manors &c. Grayrigg, Docker, Kirkbie Kendall, Whyn- ” “ fell and Orton, to have and to hold to the said Richard ” “ Ducket, & the heirs of his body lawfully begotten, and ” “in default of such issue, remainder to the right heirs of” “ the said Anthony for ever. And moreover the said jurors ” “ say, that the said manor of Grayrigg with appurtenances, ” “ was held of the Queen in free socage, as of the Castle ” “ of Kendall [tenebantur de d’na regina in libero socagio ” “ ut de eastro de Kendall], and the manor of Docker, etc. 11 “ was held of the Queen in capite by the 20 th part of a ” “ knight’s fee, and the annual rent of 28 shillings and 6 ” “ pence,and the aforesaid lands &e. in Kirkbie Kendall, were ” “ held of the Queen and Alan Bellingham esquire in free ” “socage, and the lands etc. in Whynfell and Orton in free” “ socage, but of whom held the jurors are ignorant, and ” “ further the jurors say, that the manor of Grayrigg is of the ” “ annual value of £35 I s beyond all outgoings, Docker £12 ” “ 13 s besides all reprises, Kendall £7 6 s 6 d , Whynfell k Or- ” “ ton 49 sh. & . .. pence besides all reprises, that the aforesaid ” “Anthony Ducket died on the 20< h day of March last past” “ [before the date of this inquisition] [vicesimo die Martij ” “ ultimo p’terito obijt], that the aforesaid Alice his wife sur- ” “ vived him, and is seized of the manor of Docker for and ” “ in the name of jointure, and that Richard Ducket is the ” “ son and heir of the said Anthony, and of full age, namely ” “upwards of 30 years,” [S. Inq. p. m. 14 Eliz. No. 175.] With regard to this Anthony, Dr. Burn, in his History of Westmoreland, relates an anecdote, which, as it also concerns his descendant James Duckett of Grayrigg, will be found in the account of him and at note 14 *). By his first wife, Do¬ rothy Bellingham, he obtained the manor of Lambrigg, near Kendal. His second wife Alice, is thus mentioned in Ni¬ cholson’s Annals of Kendal, p. 181.—“Alice Ducket’s cha- ” “ rity, 1616.—Alice Ducket of GravriggHall, widow of An- ” “thony Ducket, and daughter of Thomas, Lord Dacre of” “ Gilsland, by will dated 27 Nov r 1616, bequeathed a mes- ” “suage or tenement and lands thereto belonging, situate ” “ in Skelsmergh [now divided into two parts, called Oak- ” “ bank estate, and Redmayne tenement), with certain ex- ” “ ceptions to William Newby for life, and after his decease ” “to be disposed of for the use of the poor of Skelsmergh,” “ Kendal, and Strickland in equal parts, and we find that ” “ Strickland, Skelsmergh, and the treasurer of the corpora- ” “ tion of Kendal, now receive the following annual pay- ” “ ments, Strickland 24 s , Skelsmergh 24 s , and the corpora- ” “tion £5. 10 s .” Of the issue of his first wife, Gabriel Duket, was admitted a fellow of St. John’s College, Cambridge 31st March 1563, and Katharine married (as his first wife) Alan Bellingham of Hel- sington, Esq r . She died s. p., and in Kendal church is a mo¬ numental brass, representing the effigy of Alan Bellingham in armour, with this inscription : “ Here lyeth the bodye of Alan Bellingh’m Esquier, who ” “ maryed Catlieryan daughter of Anthonye Duket Esquier, ” “ by whom he had no children after whose decease he maryed ” “ Dorothie daughter of Thomas Sandford Esquier of whom ” “ he had ” “ vij sonnes & eight daughters, of 5 sonnes and 7 daughters ” “ with y e ” “ said Dorothie are yeat lying. He was thre score and one ” “yeares of age and dyed ye 7 of Maye A. dm. 1577.” Of the issue of his second wife, Lionel, was a fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge a.d. 1585, and a great benefactor to that college, at which there is a monument to him, with this inscription “ Lionell Ducket ” “ Wcstmorlandiensis, e generosis ortus parentibus, collegii ” “ divi Johannis olim alumnus, Academia; Cantabrigiensis ” “ quondam procurator ; Sancta: Theologite baccalaureus ; ” “et nuper hujus Collegii Jhesu senior socius. Obiit Apri- ” “lis 5° anno Domini 1603, adatis suse 39.” 15i ) u,Jd ) Agnes, married John Miller of the Temple, London, and one of the Crown Office, and Alan, married Joyce, d. of Harry Hungate of Saxton Hall in Yorkshire, Esq r , from 24 part of his life, he was engaged with his uncle Sir Lionel in commercial pursuits. At the time of his death, he appears, from his will and inq. p. m., to have rented of the Blake family their residence of Pinhills, near Caine. The inquisition post mortem on Stephen Duckett, taken at Caine by the Queen’s escheator of the county of Wilts, 8th June, 33 Eliz. (a.d. 1591) by virtue of a writ of diem clausit which Alan, the Ducketts of Steeple Morden descend. [”*), >«), «')> 1B **), 16M ), 2,/ ), 21// ), 21r ).] He died 1601. Alan Ducket’s widow remarried Nov. 2d 1602, Adam Washington Esq r , (whose will was proved 1604), and lastly John Norton Esq r (who died 1612). By her first husband she had Thomas Duckett, who settled at Steeple Morden, in Cambridgesliire. (See her will dated 1650, ,6t ). (By this intermarriage with the Hungates of Saxton, the Duckets be¬ came connected with the Howards, Earls of Carlisle, etc.). Alan Ducket would appear to have been brought up to com¬ merce, and was admitted to the “ freedom ” of the Mercers’ company a.d. 1584. 12) RICHARD DUCKETT, of Grayrigg, Lambrigg and Docker, Esq r . son and heir of Anthony, was, (as by the afore¬ named inquisition), upwards of 30 years old when his father died. He married Catherine, daughter of Sir James Lex - borne, (or Layboume) of Cunswick, Westmoreland, Knt., and by her had issue, Francis and Margery. By inquisi¬ tion p. mortem taken at Kirkby Kendal in Westmoreland, 21st day of Feb. (35 Eliz.) a.d. 1603, it is seen that he died 27th Oct r (34 Eliz.) 1602, on which inquisition “ they ” “(thejurors) say on oatii, that the said Richard Duckett” “Esq r was seized in Ms demesne, as of fee, of and in the” “manors or lordships of Grayrigg, Lambrigg, & Docker” “ with appurtenances in the said county, and of & in 30 ” “messuages or tenements with appurtenances in Whinfell, ” “ and of & in 12 burgages or tenements with appurtenances ” “in Kendal aforesaid, [fuit seisitus in dominico suo ut de ” “ feodo de et in manerijs sive domiuijs de Grayrigge Lamb- ” “rigge et Docker cum p’tinencijs in dicto comitatu West-” “merland ac de et in tric s messuagijs sive etc.], and that so” “ seized, the said Richard Duckett executed a deed, dated ” “ 2 d Oct r (23 Eliz.) for the uses of Francis his son and heir ” “apparent, & of Marion his wife, sister of James Belling-” “ ham [ad opus et usum ffrancisci Ducket tunc filii et ha-re- ” “ dis apparentis ipsius Ricardi Ducket et Marione uxoris ” “ ejusdem ffrancisci et sororis prefati Jacobi Bellingham] ; ” “ that at the tune of the death of the said Richard Duckett, ” “the manor or lordship of Grayrigg was held of the Queen” “ as of her manor of Kendal in free socage [tenebatur de ” “ d’na Regina ut de manerio suo de Kendal in libero soca- ” “ gio] and was worth by the year £35. 5 s . ll d . besides all ” “ reprises, that the manor or lordship of Docker was held ” “ of the Queen in capite, by the 20th part of a knight’s fee, ” “and worth by the year £12. 13 s . l d ., and that the manor” “ of Lambrigge was held of the Queen in free socage, as of ” “ her manor of Kendall, worth by the year besides all re- ” “ prises £10 etc. etc. ; that the said Richard Ducket died ” “ the 27 ,h day of October last past before the taking of this ” “inquisition [obiit vicesimo septimo die Octobris ultimo” “preterito ante captionem hujus Inquisitionis], and that” “the aforesaid Francis Ducket is the son and heir of Ri- ” “ chard Ducket, and was of full age when his father died, ” “namely, 38 years old & upwards.” Richard Ducket was escheator of Westmoreland A Cum¬ berland, and the patent of the escheatorship is dated Jan. 14,1592, at Westminster, with dedimus potesta/em to Geo. Salkeld, John Myddleton, A Thos. Brathwaite to take his oath [Calendar of State Papers 1594]. 13) SIR FRANCIS DUCKETT, of Grayrigg, Lambrigg, & Docker, knight, son and heir of Richard, married Marian, daughter of Alan Bellingham, of Helsington, near Kendal in Westmoreland Esq., by his second wife Dorothy. (This Alan Bellingham was a bencher of the Middle Temple A one of the King’s council at York for the northern parts; was M.P. for Westmoreland a.d. 1570 A d. May 7th 1577, aged 61). By her he had issue two sons, Anthony and Wil¬ liam, and four daughters ; Alice, married to John Fleming, of Rydal, Esq., whose marriage portion was £666. 13s. 4d. (a large sum in those days); she had no issue and d. March 23 14 Jac. 1. The other three daughters, Frances, Cathe¬ rine, and Jane, all died unmarried. Sir Francis, to his se¬ cond wife, manned Jane, one of the daughters and co-heirs of John Bradley, of Bradley in Lancashire, and Betliam, in Westmoreland, Esq., and widow of William Leyborne, of Cunswick, Esq. He was born a.d. 1564 and died 24th Oct. 1636, and the inquisition thereupon, taken [“ before Sir Henry Bellingham, knight and baronet” 4 May, 12 Charles 1 (a.d. 1637) “quarto die maii anno reg. nostr. dom. Car. duode¬ cimo”], “ finds, that he died, seized of the manor of Gray- ” “ rigg, holden of the King in capite as of his manor of Ken- ” “dal, called the Richmond fee; and of the manor of” “Docker, holden of the King in capite, by the service of” “the 20th part of one knight’s fee; and of the manor of” “ Lambrigg, holden of the King as of his manor of Kendal, ” “called the Marquis fee, by knight’s service, and of the” “rectory of Beetham, 15c ) holden of the King, as of the” “ manor of East Greenwich, in free socage, and by the ” “rent of £25 a year; and of one messuage, with 20 acres” “ of land in Whinfell, worth by the year 2s. 6d.; and of ” “ three burgages in Kendal, and four acres thereto belong- ” “ ing, holden in socage, worth by the year 5s., “ that the ” “aforesaid Francis Duckett died “ vicesimo quarto die Oc-” “tobris last past, and that Anthony Duckett was his son” “ and heir of full age ” namely “ quinquaginta et IT. annos ” “ et amplius ; ” [54 years A upwards], Margery (sister of Sir Francis), is said (as per Burn’s Westmoreland), to have married Ralph Brackenbury Esq. of Denton, but the statement of this marriage of Ralph Bracken¬ bury with Margery Ducket, is recorded in Tonge’s Yisitation of Yorkshire, a.d. 1535, A it is repeated in the Durham Yisi¬ tation of 1575, by which it is clear the Margery, sister of Sir Francis, must bean accidental transposition, A that she must be added to the progeny of one of the earlier Richards of the house of Grayrigg, the date of Sir Francis Duckett’s Inqui¬ sition (12 Car. 1) rendering such a marriage impossible, for Brackenbury of Denton had at that date passed away; [S. note J3oa )]. (This inquisition on Sir Francis Duckett, states that Gray¬ rigg is held of the King in capite, whereas the inquisitions on his father and grandfather find that it is holden in free socage. Likewise as to the manor of Lambrigg, one inquisi¬ tion finds that it is held in capite, another in free socage. Probably in both cases it would imply, that all the lands were holden of the King in capite, some by socage tenure, others by knight-service.) [See Inquisition p. m. on Anthony Ducket, (14 Eliz., No. 175); Inq. p. m. on Richard Duckett, (35 Eliz., 2 pt. 123) ; Inq. p. mort. on Sir Francis Duckett (12 Car. 1, 1 pt. No. 102 ).] 14) ANTHONY DUCKETT, Esq. of Grayrigg, etc., son of Sir Francis and Marian Bellingham, married Elizabeth, daughter of James (or William) Leyborne, of Cunswick, Esq., being “aged sixty eight yeares and upwards” on the 9th Feb. 1652 15 "), as seen by his examination taken temp. Cromwell, before the commissioners for sequestrations for the county of Lancaster, in the matter of signing and wit¬ nessing an indenture between his father and John Fleming extremum , finds : “ that he died, seized in his demesne as of fee, of the manors or lordships of CauJs/one, ” “ Bowers, & of the hundred of Caine, in the co. of Wilts, of the manor of Calstone Wylie or Willing ton ” “ with the appurtenances, of the manors or lordships of Trowbridge and Dauntesey in the said ” “ county of Wilts, and of the manor of Cotton in the county of Somerset with the appurtenances, and ” of Rydal, 43 Eliz. 1601. He was called upon with other Royalists to make a return of his property “ as a delinquent,” (24 May 1649 and appears to have been heavily fined by the sequestrators for his loyalty to King Charles. (8. Royalist Composition Papers, vol. xxv. p. 751.). (This part of the pedigree of the Ducketts of Grayrigg, is verified by an extract from a Chancery suit of May 1639. (See note He died in 1661-2, leaving issue : 15) JAMES DUCKETT, of Grayrigg, Lambrigg, and Docker, & Betham, Esq r , who was of the age of 50 years at Dugdale’s Visitation, in 1664. He was thrice married. His first wife was Magdalen, daughter of Sir Henry Curwen, of Workington, in Cumberland, knt., by whom lie had Anthony, his eldest son and heir, and Margaret, wife of John Girlington, of Thurland Castle, in Lancashire, Esq. To his second wife he married Mary, daughter of William Saunders, of Sutton Court, in the county of Middlesex, Esq., and by her had William, Richard, Elizabeth, and Bridget. To his third wife he married Elizabeth, daughter of Christopher Walker, of Workington, and by her had Thomas, John, Christopher, Marian, Ellen (or Eleanor), and Anne ; after his death, she married to her second husband, Thomas Hilton, a younger son of — Hilton, of Murton (or Morton). This James Duckett was one of the “Intended Knights of the Royal Oak,” and the value of his estate was given at the time, at £800 p r ann, his name being returned as “fit anil qualified to be so made” 154 ), liaaa ), 15an ), 21 °). Janies Duckett’s three daughters by his last wife, being named in our account of Betham, with their ancestor Anthony Ducket of Grayrigg, reference may be made to note 14 * on that head. 16) ANTHONY DUCKETT Esq. of Grayrigg, etc., son and heir of James, married Elizabeth, daughter of John Dalston, of Acorn Bank, in Westmoreland Esq , (son and heir of Sir Christopher Dalston, and d. Apr. 13, 1692, aged 86; mon* in Kirkby Tliore Church, n r Appleby). At Sir William Dugdale’s visitation aforesaid, lie was 28 years of age, and had issue, Margaret, (named in her grandfather’s petition to the commissioners for compounding with delinquents, temp. Cromwell). In the time of this Anthony, there was a suit in Chancery between him and the tenants of Grayrigg, Lamb¬ rigg, and Docker, the tenants setting forth in their bill, That in II. Car. I. a decree had been obtained in the Court of York, for the Northern parts, by the tenants, against Anthony Duckett, Esq., son of Sir Francis, whereby the tenants were to pay one year’s moderate value, for a fine both general and special, and that the widows were to pay the general fine, but no fine upon their admission; but only the best beast; that fines not assessed and demanded before the tenant died should be lost; and that all boons and duties to the King were to be reprised: That the said Anthony was succeeded by his son Janies, and that the like decree was obtained against him in the court of Chancery in 1662 : That James was succeeded by the present Anthony his son, and they claimed, in like manner, according as had been de¬ termined by the aforesaid decrees. They claimed likewise underwood, and wood for all necessary boots, and loppings of timber trees, and other w ood, for which they paid green- hew. And it was decreed in the year 1670, that they should pay for a fine, one clear yearly value that the tenement would let for, above the lord’s rent and other reprises. The de¬ termination concerning the wood was referred till the York assizes. The reason why these lords stood not to their former decrees, as they alledged, was, because they were not bound thereby, for that they came in by entail, and not by descent. A copy of this decree was found amongst the writings of the late John Kitching, of Cowperhouse, Gent. From other Chancery proceedings, dated 10 Feb. 1671, (Duckett v. Duckett) it is seen, that there was an endeavour on the part of Anthony, complainant, to eject Elizabeth Duckett defen¬ dant, (liis father’s widow) and her children, from the family mansion, after the death of James Duckett, and these chil¬ dren were all living in 1673. (B. A. Ham. 1673, 7 th p'. 109.) Not long after this, (about 1690) the said Anthony sold the estate to Sir John Lowther, of Lowther, baronet, from whom it descended to the present Earl of Lonsdale, and died with¬ out issue male ; all his brothers also died without issue male, and the name and family of Duckett, in Westmoreland, which had flourished at Grayrigg from the time of Richard II., for twelve generations, is now extinct. About the year 1695, the aforesaid Sir John Lowther enfranchised the tenants of Grayrigg, Lambrigg and Docker, excepting some few who were not able to purchase their enfranchisement. Burn, in his History of Westmoreland, has the following with reference to the Ducketts of Grayrigg :—“ The lon¬ gevity of this family was remarkable, for during the course of 12 successions, being the whole time that they lived at Grayrigg Hall, not one of them (as before observed) was ever in wardship, the heir being always of the age of 21 or upwards, at the time of the death of his ancestor.” (p. 220. vol. i. Burn’s Westmoreland & Cumberland). 14# ) Grayrigg, Lambrigg, Docker, & Beetham.—In Brit¬ ton’s Beauties of England & Wales, vol. xv. p. 206, is the following :—“ Docker was given by the second William de ” “ Lancastre to the Hospital of S' Peter or of S' Leonard’s, ” “ York, and at the dissolution of the religious houses, was “granted to the Duckets of Grayrigg, or rather a licence” “ of alienation was given to one Richard (or Henry) Wash- “ ington to convey the manor of Docker to Richard Ducket, ” “of Grayrigg, whose descendant Anthony Duckett, Esq r ’’ “about the year 1690, sold the same, with the manors of” “ Grayrigg and Lambrigg, to Sir John Lowther Bart., an- ” “ cestor of the present Earl of Lonsdale.” “Lambrigg, excepting its park, was granted by Thomas” “de Chenage to Gilbert de Bronolnisheade (or Burneshead) ” “in the 11 Edw. I., and before that time it belonged to ” “ Lambert de Bussey. By the heiress of Gilbert de Burnes- ” “head, Margaret, who married Richard Bellingham of” “ Bellingham in Tindale, Northumberland, the same came ” “to the Bcllinghams, and by one of the daughters and ’ “ coheirs of the last Bellingham of Burneshead to Anthony ” “Ducket Esq r of Grayrigg, whose descendant Anthony” “ sold the same to the aforesaid Sir John Lowther, in whose ’ “family it still continues. Lambrigg Park House had no- ” “thing left [in 1777] but strong and extensive foundations. ” “ Its park is mostly covered with heath, and has been girt ” “with a strong high wall, parts of which are still remain-” “ mg [i. e. in 1777]. There is no remembrance or tradition ” “of any deer having been kept in Lambrigg park, or any” “other place belonging to the Duckets; although so con-” “ siderable a family in ancient times Was seldom without.” (Burn’s Westmoreland.) Gravrigg, (spelt also Grayrik, Grayryk) was granted by the second William de Lancastre with his daughter Agnes to Alexander de Windesore, whose descendant Margery de Windosoiv, in the reign of Richard 11. married John Duket of Fillingham in Lincolnshire. The manor of Grayrigg E 2G “ that the said Stephen Duckett, being living and seized of all & singular the said premises, did, by ” “ will dated 29th April last past, as touching these last named manors of Trowbridge, Dauntsey, Sf ” “ Gotton, devise in the words following: — ffirst forasmuch as some partes of my said landes & tenem ts ” “ ben liolden of o r said sov’aigne ladie the Queue by knights’ s’vice in cheife, and for that my enten’con ” lies in the north of the parish of Kendal. Grayrigg Hall being the ancient manor house, was embattled, and a place of considerable strength and size, as its ruins show, in a quadrangular form and adapted for defence more than convenience. It was totally in ruins in 1777, its lead and timber having been removed and employed in building Low- ther Hall. It stands in a mountainous country abounding with fine oak. (S. Burn’s History’ of Westmoreland, chaps, iv. & vi., vol. i. p. 110, 111.) Beetham (or Betliam). — The grant of the rectory of Beet- ham in Kendal barony, co. Westmoreland, appeai’3 to have been made to Sir Francis Duckett of Grayrigg, temp. James, I. (Feb. 19 ,h 1607). (Ind.'Wt. Bk., p. 55.) (Calendar of State Papers, p. 349.) From Sir Francis, Betliam descended to James Ducket, Esq r , who sold the great tithes of Farleton to the Wilsons of Underly. William, his eldest son by his 2‘* wife, who had the great tithes of Whatside, sold them to John Girling- ton, of Thurland Castle, in Lancashire Esq r . The residue he settled in trust on his three daughters by his 3 d wife, who afterwards married Tho s . Hilton Esq r . One of these daugh¬ ters, Mariana, d. unmarried ; Anne 2 d m. a Mr. Gandy ; Eleanor the 3 d m. Thomas Sheppard of Kendal Esq r . These three sisters of the Ducket family dying one alter another, and the furniture which was divided among them having been sold at different sales, the goods came into the hands of divers housekeepers within the parish. At Hangbridge, there is now [1777] an ancient picture of one of this family, which had been drawn on a table or board, & now converted into a clock-case. The venerable face of this ancestor is in front, and an inscription partly in front & partly on the side, hav¬ ing be<*n cut through by the saw. As near as can be-made out, the inscription is thus : Quos fortuna premit, patientia tollit in altum, Hon nisi mentis inops nimboso turbine cedit. Sic mea vita fuit: sed nunc donabitur setas, Et placido vento sulcabit aequora tuto, Sicut acu dempta pannus contexitur inde, Sic cadesti ardens depelht amorque timorem, Et velut omissis multis, nugisque relictis, Grandia concurrunt (demptis florentibus annis) Sic mea sors repetit, repetet pars optima vitae. At the bottom appears his age & the year of our Lord viz. aetatis 74, anno 1597. [There is a slight discrepancy in this date, which does not agree with the Inq. p. in., but this may be assigned to the mutilated state of the picture]. The purport of this inscription, is, “ That having been tossed in troubles & vanities in his youth, now be is become old he is engaged in greater and more important concerns.” Ac¬ cording to the course of chronology, this must be the pic¬ ture of Anthony Duket, grandfather of Sir Francis, which Anthony had a son Lionel Ducket, at that time fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge, who (most likely) accommodated his father with this inscription, [p. 220, vol. i. Burn’s His¬ tory- of Westmoreland]. See note > 5a!! ), in which the value of the park and manor of Beetham are given, as returned by Anthony Duckett to the commissioners for compounding with delinquents, during the Commonwealth. Betliam Hall itself, was anciently a large handsome build¬ ing, but now [1777] in ruins. Like all other old houses in the northern parts, it was built for defence as well as orna¬ ment. In all of them was one large room, called the hall, where all business was transacted, and, according to the laudable practice of hospitality, the owners entertained and feasted their friends and dependants, hence came the pro¬ verb, ‘ ’Tis merry in the hall when beards wag all.’ College halls, & halls of trading, have some remains of these ancient customs. h*#) Other members of the Ducket family would appear to have been living about this time (and earlier), whose con¬ nection with that of Grayrigg is uncertain. James Duket, of Skelmessar? (Skelsmergh or Skelsmeresergh), who died be¬ fore 22 Hen. VII., & Robert, his son. This James had issue Robert, & 4 dau’rs, of whom one, Johanna, married William Philipson, of -. Robert Duket, son & heir of James, succeeded to his father’s estate at Skelmessar (Skels¬ mergh), held of the King in capite, and his relief and hom¬ age are set forth in the following document, 22 Hen. VII. (a.D. 1508) (1). He does not seem to have long retained possession, his sisters and coheirs obtaining licence of entry, as by the annexed document 23 Hen. VII. (1509) (2). (1) Originalia Roll 22 Hen vij. (a.D. 1508) rot 39. Westmorl ] Rex omnibus ad quos &c. salutem. De homagio I Sciatis quod nos de gracia speciali ac ex fidelitate et [ certa sciencia et mero motu nostris con- relevio. J cessimus et licenciam dedimus pro nobis et heredibus nostris quantum in nobis est Roberto Dulcet de Skelsmergh in comitatu Westmorelandie gentilman filio et heredi Jacobi Duket nuper de eisdem villa et comitatu gen¬ tilman qui de nobis tenuit in capite die quo obijt quod idem Robertas qui plene etatis existit &c. &c. &c.” (2) Patent Roll 23 Hen. vij pars. 1. m. 11. De terris ] R om’ibz ad quos &c. sal’t’m Sciatis qd liberandis ^ nos de gr’a n’ra sp’ali ac ex c’ta scientia’t mero Duket. J motu n’ris concessim’ ’t licenciam dedim’ p’ nob’ ’t. heredibz n’ris quantum in nob’ est Margarete Duket Elizabeth Duket ’t Mabelle Duket sororibz ’t tribz hered’ Roh'ti Dulcet nup’ de Skelsmergh in com Westm’i’ armig’i n’ defuncti que plene etatis existuut necnon Margarete Philip¬ son consanguinee’t uni quatuor hered’ ejusdem Roh'ti Duket videl’t filie Willi’ Philipson ’t Johanne ux’is ejus quarte so- rorum d’ci Rob’ti Duket similit’ defuncte que quidem Alar- gareta Philipson infra etatern existit qd prefate Margareta Duket Elizabeth Mabella ’t Margareta Philipson incontinente et absq’ probatione etatum suarum &c. [The King to all to whom &c. greeting Know ye that we of our special grace and of our certain knowledge and mere motion have granted and given licence for us and for our heirs as much as in us lies to Margaret Duket Elizabeth Duket and Mabel Duket sisters & three of the heirs of Robert Duket late of Skelsmergh in the county of Westmore¬ land Esq r deceased who are of full age as also to Margaret Philipson cousin and one of the four heirs of the said Ro¬ bert Duket that is to say the daughter of William Philip¬ son and Joan his wife the fourth of the sisters of the said Robert Duket likewise deceased the which Margaret Philip¬ son is under age that the aforesaid Margaret Duket Eliza¬ beth Mabel and Margaret Philipson immediately and with¬ out proof of their ages, &c. &c. &c.] [The Elizabeth Duket, named in the preceding Patent Roll, is very probably (from the date), the same mentioned in note 13 *]. The family of Philipson, of Hallinghall and Calgarth, co. Westmoreland, were noted afterwards as staunch Royalists, a singular anecdote being to this day related of one of the family, as occurring in Kendal Church. They bore for arms : “ is to leave one thirde p’te of my said lands and tenem" to my heire, by w ch her Ma t,e shall be truely ” “ answered of the wardshipp lyverye & primer seisin dewe unto her, Therefore I leave & suffer to ” “ descende in fee simple to my sonne & heyre, the lordshipps or manors of Trowbridge Sf Dauntseg in ” “the countye of Wilts, and all my lands and tenem‘ s & hereditaments whatsoever in Trowbridge 8f" Gules, a chevron between three boars’ heads couped er¬ mine. Another, Anthony Ducket of Garlick House in Strickland Ketle, near Kendal, the inquisition post mortem upon whom records, that he died on the 16 th March 17 Jac. 1 a.d. 1619, & sets out that the s' 1 Anthony, long before his death, was seized of a tenement called Garlick House, in Strickland Ketle in the co. aforesaid, and divers lands in Strickland Ketle, and that being so seized the s d Anthony, by inden¬ ture bearing date the 37 th of Eliz. (1595), did give and grant to John Braken &c. &c. This John married Jane, dau’r of the said Anthony, and the indenture alluded to would seem to have been the marrs e settlem 1 . Another deed is quoted, dated 20 Jan. 6 Jac. I., conveying to Anthony Todd, his cousin or kinsman (consanguineutn meum), Gar¬ lick House to the use of the said Anthony Duckett, and after to the s d Anthony Todd and his heirs &e. He leaves dau’rs and coheiresses, viz. Anne Todd widow, Margaret Armstrong, wife of Rich 1 ' Armstrong, Jenet Arm¬ strong, wife of Francis Armstrong, all a;t 40 years and up¬ wards. [Reference Y.O. 17 Jac. I. No. 56.] 14a ) Anthony Duket’s name appears on the list of gentle¬ men subject at that time to Border-service, and called out by Sir Thomas (afterwards Lord) Wharton (34 Henry viii. a.d. 1543); the proportionate value of his estate being estimated at 30 horse. Those, on this occasion, who were so called out were, amongst others; Walter Strickland of Sizergh, 200 horse. Sir John Lowther, 100 horse & 40 foot. Sir James Leyburne of Cunswick, 20 horse. The son of Sir Jeffrey Middleton of Middleton Hall, 20 horse. Anthony Duket of Grayrigg, 30 horse. Thomas Sandford of Askham, 80 horse & 20 foot. Lancelot Lankaster of Barton, 20 horse & 20 foot. Some idea of the achievements performed in this kind of warfare, may be formed by the following extracts from Haiue’s State Papers ; the total amount whereof, in one inroad or foray, from the 2 lld July to the 17 th Nov r 1544, is thus com¬ puted : Towns, towers, stedes, parish churches &c. cast down & burned. 192 Scots slain. 403 Prisoners taken. 816 Nolt (i. e. horned cattle) taken.10,386 Sheep.12,492 Nags & Geldings.1,296 Goats. 200 Bolls of Corn. 890 Insight (i. e. household furniture) not reckoned. Nicholson’s Annals of Kendal, p. 27. The Lord of Sizergh (Strickland) could bring into the field, during the Border wars, a force of two hundred and ninety bowmen and billmen, the greater portion of which was “ horsyd and harnyssd,” but “ Ages have passed since the vassal horde ” “ Rose at the call of their feudal lord,” “ Serf and chief, the fetter’d and free,” “ Are resting beneath the greenwood tree,” “ And the blazon’d shield and the badge of shame,” “ Each is alike an empty name.” i4aa ) In the State Papers (Correspondence relating to the Borders a.d. 1543)—“ Parr to the Council with the King,” we find the following record of Anthony Duket (or Ducket) ; “Andalsoo Sir Thomas Wharton enfourmeth me that on An¬ thony Duket, a squier of Westmerlande, wlios father had a pension of the Kingis Highnes, and is dede thre or foure yeres past, liathe sithens the dethe of his fader, without having any pension, as willinglie and diligentlie attended upon the daies of trues and other the Kingis Majesties services within those Marches, as other the pensioners of the same have done, and is of himself a right forvvarde propre and actif man. Where¬ fore the said Sir Thomas Wharton required me to bee meane to the Kingis Majestie, that it might pleas the same tadmyt. the said Anthony Duket to his father’s pension, if it might be, from the dethe of his said father. And as it shall seme your good Lordshippis, that this my suete for the said An¬ thony and all other the said pensioners shall stande with good reason and the Kingis Majesties pleasure, soo I liumblie require you to preferre the same.” (Calendar of State Papers, vol. 5, p. 298, Henry viii.). U4) “ Agnes Duket widow, holdetli the manor place of Ducket’s lands called Gilthwait Rigg, consisting of a dwell¬ ing house, & outhouses & 58 acres of land.” — 15 Elizabeth (139 Burn’s Westmoreland vol. 1). U44) xhe Salkelds, of Rosgill in Westmoreland, whose heiress married Christian, were descended from a younger son of the Salkelds of Corby. They bore for arms ; Vert, fretty argent. l4d ) See Appendix 11 to 10 “ Report of Deputy Keeper of Public records ” p. 19, which runs thus : “Compotus Anthonii Dukkett Annigeri Escaetoris Regiue”; then follows, “ In- quisitioncs captce coram eodern.” ls ) Dorothy Duket’s father, Sir Robert Bellingham, Kt. in the time of Henry VIII., (son of Sir Roger Bellingham knight banneret, by his l 5t wife Mabell d. of Thomas Mid¬ dleton of Middleton Hall), was disinherited by his father, and married Anne d. of Sir James Pickering of- Knt. The ancient family of Leyburne of Cunswick, became ex¬ tinct in John Leyburne of Cunswick, who died 1737, having forfeited his estate by joining in the rebellion of 1715. See also Visitation of Westmoreland in 1615, by Sir Richard S‘ George, Norroy. 15 “) Royalist Composition Papers, Interregnum 1 st Series Vol. 25 p. 751. Examina’cons tacken at Preston y c 9 th day of Febr. 1652 before y e Com rs for Sequ’ons for y c County of Lane r by vertue of an ord r from y e Com" for removeinge obstruc’ons, dated v e 5 1 ' 1 of Jan. 1652. Anthony Duckett of Gray Rigg in y e County of Westmo’- land Esq r , aged sixty eight yeares & upwards, swornc & exa’ied deposeth & s' 1 *, y' he was by & p’sent when John Fleminge of Cuniston in y c county of Lanc r Esq r did seale signe & execute one Ind’re beareinge date y c 6 th day of June in y° 43 yeare of y c raigneof y c late soveraigne Lady Elizabeth, made between > l: s d Francis Duckett on y c one part, and John Flemynge of Co- niston in y e county of Lanc r aforcs' 1 Esq r on y c other part, which Ind’re is now shewed unto him, whereuppon y e com" for sequ’ons, or some of them, liaue endorsed their names And that y e name Anthony Duckett endorsed uppou y c backe of y c s d lud’re, is this examin" p’per handwriteinge, which hee endorsed as a witnesse of y c sealinge & delivere- inge thereof accordingly. And y e saide Ind’re was soe sealed within one weeke or thereabouts of y c day of y c date thereof. And further s ,h , y* Tho. Braithwavte of Burniside deceased, Tho. Bethom, Adam Walker, Iiobt Crosfeild and others, E 2 28 “ Dauntsey aforesaide, savinge that I will that my eldest sonne shall have & reeeave out of the same, ” “ sixe pounds thirtene shillings ffoure pence of lawfull money of Englande yerely duringe his minori- ” “tve towards his mayntenance. It’m I will & devise unto my soune John Duckett, all my lands and” “ tenem ts in Gotton in the parish of W Monkton in the countie of Som’s’, To have & to holde unto him ” whose names are endorsed on y e backe of y e s d Ind’re, did likewise y e same time endorse their names as witnesses of y e sealeinge and executeinge of y e s d Ind’re, & are all of them since dead. And this examin* further s th y‘ hee did very well know John Duckett, whose name is endorsed on y e backe of one other Ind’re now alsoe shewne unto him, beareinge date y e 10 th dav of Sept’ in y e s d 43 veare of y e s d Queenes Raigne, made betweene y e s d John Fleminge of y e one pt and y e s d Francis Duckett, James Bellingham, Tho Salkeld, and others on y c other part, whereuppon y e s d com” for sequ’ons or some of them have alsoe endorsed their names. And hee doth very well know y e name of John Duckett to bee y e p’per hand- writeinge of him y e s d John Duckett, & y e reason hee soe well knoweth y e same, is because hee was servant to y e saide Fran¬ cis Duckett this exa’int s father for many yeares together, & thereuppon doth very well know his liandwriteinge. And y* y e s d John Duckett dyed thirty yeares since And hee fur¬ ther s th , y* hee doth very well know y e mann r of Rydall in \Vestm r land & Cunistou in Lancashire, and doth know y* y e same, after y e deatli of W m Fleminge father of John afores d , came to y e poss’ion of y e s d John Flemynge, who dyed about 12 yeares since, by and after whose death, W m the sonn and heire of John Fleminge afores d , was intituled to y e s d mann rs of Cuniston and Rydall & of Beckermouth in Cumberl d , but y e s d W m Flemynge, sonn of John, dyed about y e moneth of May in y c yeare 1649 & was about twenty yeares of age and had not attained to y e age of one and twenty yeares. (signed) Antho. Duckett Taken and sworne at Preston y e 9 th day of Febr. 1652 before us John Sawry Cop ex d Robt Cunlilfe Edw Noell Daniell Fleming Esq maketh oath, that this is a true copie of the originall compared by this Depon' w th the s d originall at Woreest' House (signed) Daniel Fleming Sworne before the Com” for Com¬ pounding the 6 th of Sept 1653 R. W. 15 “) Roy. Comp. Papers, 2 d Series Vol. 38 p. 807 to 815. Anthony Duckett of Grayrigg in the County of Westmorland Esq” & James Duckett. His delinquency, that he assisted the forces raised against y e P’liam'. He peticoned here the 5 th of Febr. 1648. He compounds upon a particular, delivered in under his hand, by w ch he submitts &c. and by w ch it appears, ins 1 ' l 9 s 1 That by virtue of a conveyance, made by him- J selfe the 9 ,b of June, 14 Car., he is seised of a freehold for the tearme of his life, the Rem to James Duckett his eldest sonne for his life, the Rem to Anthony Duckett sonne of the said James, and the heires male of his body, the Rem in fee to the right heires of the Compounder and James, of and in y e mannor of Grayrigg with the appurtenances, and divers lands tenements & hereditam” in Grayrigg, Docker, & Lambrigg, in the said county of Westmorl’ of the yearly value before these troubles, over and above a chiefe rent 28 s ...108 11 12 s That he is seised of a like estate of and in the rec- 52 u | tory of Beetham, in the said county, of the yearly value over and above y e fee farme rent of 25 n to the crowne and 13 li p’ aim. to y* viccar reserved by the originall Lres Patents in 4'° Jacobi.62 u 9 -ii 0 s gd 1 That he is seised of a lease for 3 lives of the J demeasne & parke of the mannor of Beetham aforesaid, of the yearly value over and above the rent of 20 * reserved upon the lease to the Earle of Darby, & a yearly rent of 2 11 13 4 to ye Crowne. 27 v ' 6 s 8 d Out of w ch he craves allowance of 1000 a debt to Thomas Hutton Esq re , for payment whereof the said rectory of Beet¬ ham is mortgaged to the said Thomas Hutton for 60 years, & redemised to y e Compounder with promise to be voyd, upon payment of y e said 1000 11 , by deed dated 3 Dec. 8 ° Car. He saith that v e said mannor of Grayrigg is charged w’ h the payment of 600 1 * to Margaret Duckett, y e Compounders grandchilde. (signed) D Watkins 24 May 1649 Jo Brading 488 1 ’ A particular of the estate of Anthony Duckett of Grayrigg, in the county of Westmerland Esq”. He is seised of an estate for life of and in the demeasne of Grayrigge w th the appurtenances, worth before theese troubles yearly . . . •.50 H 0 0 He is seised of the like estate of severall sraale tenements messuages & landes in Docker & Lambrig in the sayd county of Westmerland, off the yeerly vallew before theese troubles off.60 K 0 0 He is seised off the like estate of the rectory of Beetham in the sayd county of Westmerland, worth before theese troubles yeerly. 100 11 0 0 He hath an estate for three lives in the demeasne of Beet¬ ham, worth yeerly before these troubles . . . 5b 1 ' 0 0 He prayes to be allowed a cheiffe rent issuing to the Croune for ever out of Docker off.I 1 ' 8 0 A rent of twenty pdes reserved on the demeasne of Beet¬ ham, reserved to the Lord Craven off 20 li , & too pds thirteene shillinges fouer pence for ever to the Croune, in all 22 1 ' 13 4 And out off the rectory of Beetham a rent off thirty eight pdes, payable to the duchy yeerly for ever ... 38 0 0 lOOQii 1 The rectory off Beetham is leased to Thomas / Hutton & Richard Brathwaite, for threescore yeere, in consideracon off a thousand pdes, and afterwards leased backe by Hutton & Brathwaite for fifty nine yeeres to the Compounder, paying fourscore pdes p’ ann. A sta¬ tute off sixteene hundred pdes for performance off this, and an affidavit that the thousand pdes is still owing, which he prayes an allowance off. 1000 1 ' The demeasne of Grayrigg, is chardged with six hun¬ dred pdes to Margaret Duckett, the Compounders sonnes daughter. This is a true particular of his estate, which he doth sub- mitte to such fine as shall be imposed by this bonno ble Co- mittee. (signed) An. Duckett. M r Ducketts Petition To the right hon ble the Com” for Com¬ pounding w th delinq” The humble Peticon of Anthony Duckett of Grayrigg in the county of Westmerland Esq” Sheweth That your pet r adheared unto & assisted the forces raised ag' the parliam 1 in the last warre, for w cb delinquency his es¬ tate is under sequestracon. He humbly prayes he may be admitted to a favourable composition for his sayd estate & delinquency. And he shall pray &c. “ the saide Johne & to the heires of his bodye lawfully begotten ”-, “ that the said Stephen Duckett ” “ died in London on the 3 d of May last past, before the date of this inquisition, leaving Anne his wife ” “ surviving. And the jurors further say that the manors of Calstone <$f Bowers Sf hundred of Caine, are ” “ held of the Queen in capite by Knight’s service, worth by the year £7 7 s 8 d beyond all outgoings, ” Rec' 1 5° Febru. 1648 & referred to the subcomittee. (signed) Jo. Leech. Beetham } I liij s iiij d p’ me ' E. Pollarde Rec r Rec d the xxij' h day of No-1 vember Anno Rex Caroli An- | glie &c. xx m0 of Anthony Duckett Esq re j for a free rent issueing out there and due to the Kings Ma tie for one whole yere ended at the feast of S' Michael Thareh- angell last past, I say rec d to the use of his Ma t,e and the Comonwealth the some of Doekar 1 Eec ‘‘ the XX ’J th da - V of No ‘ j vember Anno R. Caroli An- glie &c. xx m0 of Anthony Duckett Esq re for tenthes reserved there and due to the I xxviij® vj fine 488 H at j Issues fee a debt charged The next paper which follows, is dated Sept 27 1649, and is a release & discharge of the estate of the s d Anthony & James Duckett from sequestration, the fine having been paid. Vide Vol. 296 fol. 56 Interregnum Papers 15 """) Some of the chancery suits throw much light upon family history. The following suit is curious, as relating to the customs of the manors of which the Ducketts were owners, and the imposing of an arbitrary fine. Chancery Bills and Answers Cha. 1 D. d. 32, 59. date 7 May 1639 PI'. Anthony Duckett of Grairigge co. Westmoreland Esq ; “ —Sir Francis Duckett K' (living ab' 4 years since,) deceased yo r orators late father, was seised of the manors or lordships of Grairigge, Lambrigge, and Docker, in the said co.—” Anthony Duckett, comp” great grandfather^ i __ Rich d Duckett, grandfather to comp'-p Sir Francis Duckett, father to comp' Def' Henry Jopson, and several others; the names of seve¬ ral of the tenants occur. These chancery proceedings, with those given at note 15W , verify the descent of the Ducketts of Grayrigg for six suc¬ cessive generations, & establish the correctness of Burn, the historian of Westmoreland. Other chancery suits, as the following, verify the pedigree in the same way. One, D. d. 42, 3, 20 Nov 1626 gives some account of Anthony Duckett of Grayrigg Esq r , sending a man up to London to sell some “gold borders and bracelets.” —A suit, Duckett v. Duckett (1657), gives father, son, A grandsou (Anthony, James=Mary, Anthony) and relates to an assignment of Grayrigg; how Anthony Duckett suffered in the civil wars in his estate, and particulars of marriage settlement.— Another, Duckett v. Girlington (1675), verifies a marriage of this part of the pedigree, and relates to the last male heir of Grayrigg, Anthony D., (whose sister Margaret married John Girlington), and to the manor of Docker, co. Westmoreland. 136) p rom MS of Peter le Neve Esq r Norroy (Brit. Mus.) 1.366) Xliis part of the Duckett pedigree is fully corrobo¬ rated by the annexed descent & family details, abstracted from the following suit in chancery. Portion of chancery proceedings, date inscribed thereupon 10 Feb. 1671, appearing to be a demurrer to a decree.— B. A. Ham. 1673, 7' h p' 109. Sir Francis Duckett, great-j-Dame Jane grandfather to Compl' Anthony Duckett, grandfather to Compl', had-rEliz‘ h the manors of Grayrigge Lamrigge & Docker &c. ob. 1662. * Eliz' h D.a widow,=p def 1 ; [marr d before 1662 (3 d wife)]. I James Duckett eld r= pMagdalcn, dam¬ son and heir; dead of Sir Henry at date of proceed- Curwen Kn' ings. [marrS'settlem' 14 Car. 1 (l sl wife).] One of the Defendants. 30 “ that the aforesaid manor of Trowbridge is held of Edward Earl of Hertford as of his manor of Trow- ” “ bridge, by fealty in free socage, & is of the yearly value of xiii u viij‘ ij d beyond reprises, that the ” “ manor aforesaid of Gotton is worth by the year five pounds, four shillings & four pence, but of whom ” “held the jurors are ignorant, and that the manor of Calstone Willington is held of the Queen, as of” Anthony Duckett, Comp' a> - J Bridget, Eliz th , & Rich d Duckett all living at date are also ment d ; (issue of James, by of this demurrer. 2 d wife). 15d ) S. Cole’s MSS, Yol. 19, p. 154; and at p. 376, Vol. 49 Cole’s MSS, is Robert Duket, probably of the same family, mentioned in the commemoration book of S' John’s College, Cambridge. He founded two scholarships, and gave twenty shillings per annum for the celebration of his exequies there; V. p. 26 Cooper’s Athenae Cantabrigiensis, Vol. 1. He was rector of Chevening in Kent, & died in or about 1521. Of this family was in all likelihood, Sir Robert Ducket, priest, whose will dated 1538, mentions Newark. lidd ) Lionel Ducket was born about 1564, was admitted a scholar of St. John’s College, on the lady Margaret’s foun¬ dation 5 th Nov r 1579, and personated the Earl of Nor¬ thumberland, on the representation, at S' John’s, of Dr. Legge’s latin tragedy of “ Ricardus Tertius,” at the bache¬ lor’s commencement 1579-80.—He proceeded B.A. 1582-3. —In 1585 he was elected a fellow of Jesus College, & in 1586 commenced M.A. In 1595 he served the office of proctor, and in 1596 proceeded B.D. He died 5 April 1603 and was buried in the chapel of Jesus College. On the wall, near the south east angle of the south transept, is a brass inscribed with the above recorded epitaph, having these lines immediately beneath that inscription ; “ Yicturus moritur, sic vixerat ut moriturus, Cujus mors docuit vivere, vita mori, Angelus est faetus, tumulus fuit angulus iste, Quam premis lisec terra est ingeniosa, premia, Caelum erat in terra, in ca*lo nunc terra quiescit, Terra fuit, caelum est, cadica terra fuit.” His will is dated 20 March 1603.—The coat of arms, nearly obliterated, is quarterly of six ; 1, S. a saltire a (for Duckett) ; 2 ... a bend.3 . . . . gutte .... 4 .... a saltire between 12 crosses patee .... (for Windesore), 5 . . . . . bugle stringed .... (for Bellingham) . . . 6 . . three bend- lets ... on a canton a lion rampant (Burneshead) . . . im¬ paling .... 3 escallops .... (Dacre) ; crest, a garb. 354, Yol. 2, Cooper’s Athense Cantabrigiensis; Baker’s MSS xxv, 110.* 15 ') The grant of the rectory of Beetham in Kendal Ba¬ rony, appears to have been made to Sir Francis Ducket, Eeb. 19 th 1607 (Calendar of State Papers p. 349). 15 Q In the Vincent pedigrees of Yorkshire & Wiltshire, in the College of Arms, (taken a.d. 1584 & 1623), she is put down (under “ Gascoine” (York") and “ Ducket ” (Wilts), as “ Jana filia et hares Redman de Horuiode Castle ,” therefore it is presumable that “ Gulielmus Ducket,” was her first hus¬ band. One of the Gascoine pedigrees by Glover, Somerset Herald, in 1584, calls her “ daughter and heyre of Henry Red¬ man.” Jane (or Johanna) Redman is said to have married Marmaduke Gascoine of Caley, 4 th son of Sir William Gas¬ coine, of Gawthorpe, Knt.—The following are extracts from the different attested pedigrees of Duckett & Gascoine in Heralds Col. Visitation of Wilts 1623. ( Vincent Pedigrees, Col. of Arms p. 67.) I . I 1) William Ducket=Jana filia et hseres Mabell uxor de Flintham in Redman de Har- Rob' 1 Worseley Com. Nott. wood Castle de Boothes. 2) Richard Duket d. of Fleming of Ridal Will™ Ducket = Jane d. & Mabell m. of Flyntham heir of Rob'Wors- Notts Redman ley of of Har- Boothes wood 3) Jana filia Redman de Harwood=Gulielmus Duckett Castle ( Vincent Pedigrees, Yorkshire, 10, p. 92). 4) William D. of=Jane dau’r & heir Mabell m to Ro- Flyntham co. to Redman of bert Worseley of Notts Harwood Boothes ( Vincent , London if Midxx, p. 231.) 5) William Gascoine of Gawthorpe=p Marmaduke Gascoine of=Jane daughter and heire of Red- Caley 4 sonne man of Harwood Castell (Vincent Pedigrees, Yorkshire, p. 6) Henry Redman=j= son & heir Jane m. to Marmaduke Gascoine 4 son to Sir W m G. (Vincent Yorkshire Pedigrees, p. 54, made by Clover 1584). 7) Tlios. I)uckett=pElizabeth Middleton d. of Thomas Mid¬ dleton of Middleton Hall by Mabell d. of Sir Richard Musgrave Richard Duckett=pF.leonore d. of William Harrington of Wresham in Lancashire by Anne d. to Sir Thomas a parre William Duckett married Jane d. Mabell ux. John \\ hit - to Redman of Harwood Castle tington of Barwick (1595 by Lee, Clarcncieux). Sir Richard' Duckett -Mabell d. Thomas Mid =fMabell d. of to Roger dleton of Sir R. Mus- Belling- Middleton grave of Hart- ham Hall ley Castle Thomas=pElizabeth d. of William Harring— r Aune d. to Duckett Thomas Mid¬ dleton of Mid¬ dleton Hall ton of W reysham in Lancashire Syr Tlios. Aparre Dacre of Gilsland bore, Gu. 3 escallop-shells ar. 31 “ her castle of Devizes, in free socage, worth by the year seven pounds ; and the jurors moreover say, ’’ “ that the aforesaid Lionel Duckett is the son & heir of the aforesaid Stephen, and at the date of the ” “ death of his father was 15 years, G months, & 2 days old [ quod p'd'cus Lionellus Duckett est films ” “ heres p'fat' Stephi', et qdp'd’cus Lionellus tempore mortispfat' Steph'ifuit etatis quindecim annos sex" 1 . 1 Thomas obiit Jana uxor Guiel- s. p. mus Allennys 1 Richard-] Duckett i -Elconore 7 children Richard Rob' Mabell W m Duckett Thomas=Anne Duckett ux r John married Jane Wessitig- = Whitting- d. & h. of- ton of Anne d. ton of Redman of Halhed in to John Barwicke Harwood West' 1 ffleminge 1 Castle 1 i . Elizabeth 1 1 Mary=S r Lionell= John Duckett m. y e Duckett d. of Copynger. (* 1G, 102, Philpot, * Col. of Arms). 9) Sir William Gascoine of Gaw-=pAlice d. of Sir Richard thorpc, Knt. ffrognall Marmaduke Gascoine of=pJane da. & hey re of Redman of Caley 4 sonne I Harewood Castle Geo. 2a son William G, now living 1585 Dorothy, m. Visitation of Yorkshire 1581—1585, hi/ Robert Glover , Somerset Herald. In another Visitation by Glover, it occurs “ d & kevre of Richard Redman of Harewood.” In Ilarleian MSS 4630 fo. 483 is as follows : Henry Redman of Hanvood and Levens Esqr, son & heire of Edward, married-d. of & had issue Jane, his daughter & heire, married to M r Marmaduke Gascoine of Caley near Otley, third son of Sir William Gascoine of Gawthorpe, Knt.” The castle and honour of Harwood (Harwode), or Hare¬ wood, with all its dependencies, came to the Redmans of Levens, co. Westmoreland, by their intermarriage with the co-heiress of Aldburgh. Sir Richard Redman (or Red- mayne) of Levens, knight (4 Hen. IV.) (1403;, married Elizabeth Aldburgh, elder of the two sisters and coheirs of William Aldburgh, Lord of Harwood, Baron Aldburgh, (only son and heir (anno 2 Ric. II.) of Sir William de Aid- borough, Baron Aldburgh, &c. seized of Harwood Castle & manor 38 Edw. III., by feoff¬ ment of Robert Lord Lisle de Rougemonte, whose daughter he married). His descendants seem to have made Harwood their chief residence, till the end of the reign of Queen Elizabeth. In the 21 of that Queen, they disposed of it to the Gascoines of Gowthorpe. The arms of de Aldborough were, Gules, a lion rampant ar¬ gent, charged on the shoulder rm , „• . with a fleur de lis azure, and are [ ongos is. aiono still to be seen over the castle en- Aorkslure, 1530], trance> and castle chapel of n ar . wood. A portrait by Hans Holbein of Sir Lionel Ducket, has on a ring the quarterings of Duket, Windesore, Redman, and Aldburgh. The aforesaid Sir Richard Redman was thrice high-slieriff of the county of York, in 4 th & 5 th of Hen. IV., & again in the 3 d year of Hen. V., and sheriff of Cum¬ berland 13, 17, & 21 Richard II. and again 12 Hen. IV. Of this family, (which held Harwood during eight de¬ scents), was Richard Redman, Bishop of Ely, and on his tomb in Ely cathedral, is the paternal coat of Redman quar¬ tering or impaling Aldborough. He was the 2 d son of Sir Kichard Redman, who married the heiress of Aldborough. The connection of his family with Levens, caused him to be placed as a young man in the abbey of Shap, co. Westmore¬ land, where he became abbot in 1471, having been previously appointed by Edward IV. in 1468, for his zeal in the interest of the House of York, to the see of S* Asaph ; in 1495 he was made Bishop of Exeter, & in 1501 was translated to Ely. Cole, in Vol. XLI. p. 113 of his MSS., gives the following description of Bishop Redman’s tomb in Ely cathedral; “ On the south side of the altar tomb are three coats; 1. Gules, two keys endorsed and a sword run through them, all en sal¬ tire or, the original arms of the see of Exeter; 2 d , in a larger shield, the arms of Bishop Redman, 1 st & 4 th Gules, 3 cushions ermine, tassels or, 2 d & 3 d Gules, a lion rampant argent; 3 d , Gules, 3 coronets or, for the see of Ely. At the foot of the altar tomb, a very small coat of Ely bishopric. On the other side of it half Redman, viz. 3 cushions and a lion ram¬ pant under them, impales Exeter as before; oil the other side half of Redman, as before, impales Ely.” [Cole’s MS. Br. Mus.] [Cole’s MS. Br. Ms.] One of the Redmans, Sir Mathew, was governor of Ber¬ wick a.d. 1387, between whom and Sir James Lindsay, du¬ ring the Border wars, a mutual act of generosity is recorded by Ridpath, p. 358 of his Border History; and another, Edward Redman, was sheriff of Cumberland 9 Hen. VII. Grafton also, in his Chronicle, has the following anecdote : — “ In the 4 Richard II. (1381) Sir Mathew Redmayn, Cap- ” “tain of Berwicke, refused to allow the Duke of Lancaster” “into the town. The Duke of Lancaster and his people” “ went to Barwike, wenyng to the Duke to have entered into ” “ the towne, for when he passed that way, he left all his pro- ” “ vision behind him. But the capteyne of the towne, Sir Ma- ” “ thew Redmayn, denyed him to enter, & closed in the gates ” “against him and his, saying he was so commanded bv the” “Erie of Northumberland, and when the Duke heard these ” “ words, he was sore displeased and sayde, ‘ Howe commeth ” “this to passe, Mathew Redmayn?, is there in Northum-” “ borland a greater sovereign than I am, which should let” “me passe this way where all my prouision is with you?” “ what meaneth these newes ?’ By my fayth Sir, sayde the ” “ knight, this is true that I say, and by the commandement ” “ of the King, and Sir, this I do to you is right sore agaynst ” “ my will, but I must nedes do it, and therefore for Goildes ” “ sake holde me excused, for I am thus commanded upon ” “ menses Sfc \”—This inquisition further recites a deed, dated June 7 (1582) 24 Eliz., between the said Stephen Duckett on the one part, & Sir Edward Bayntun Id of Bromeham co. Wilts, Sir Lionel Ducket “ paine of my life, that I shall not suffer you, nor none of” “ yours to enter into the towne. Then the Duke not say- ” “ ing all that he thought, brake out of this matter and ” “ sayde ‘ Sir Redmayn, what tydynges out of England?’” “ and he sayde, he knew none, but that the countries were ” “ sore moued, and the King had sent to all this country to ” “ be in redinesse whensoever he should send. Then the ” “ Duke mused a little, and sodainly turned his horse and ” “bid the knight farewell, and so went to the castell of” “ Rosebourgli, and the constable receyued him.” (Grafton’s Chronicle p. 428, vol. i.) Nearly the last of the Red¬ mans who held Harwood, was Mathew Redman, who mar¬ ried .Bridget, daughter of Sir William Gascoine of Gaw- thorpe knt., A widow of Robert Ryther, and was in the 2’ 1 year of King Edward YI. (1548) “seized of the manor of” “ Levens, and other lands in Kendal in Westmoreland, and ” “ of Harwode castle in Yorkshire, A this account of his es- ” “tatewas delivered by himself to the then escheator of” “ lorkshire.” (Harleian MSS , p. 484-4630). Among the many armorial bearings, formerly in the castle, castle chapel, and parish church of Harwood, in stained glass, and “graven in stone on the walls in the chappell,” were, (as given by Glover, Somerset Herald in his Visitation of York¬ shire, as in his time 1585), some of which still exist, the fol¬ lowing: Redman and Daincourt, Aldborough, Baliol, Ry¬ ther, button, Constable, Yipont, Galloway, Gascoine & Mow¬ bray, Nevill, Stapleton, Thwenge, and a coat in the church, beyond doubt that of Duket (who bore Sable, a saltire ar.), [though mis¬ taken by Glover, for that, of Ryl- stone, (who bore the same), and assumed by Whittaker as the arms of Windesore*], Redman, Hud¬ dleston, and some others. " The tomb of Sir Richard Red¬ man & Elizabeth (Aldburgh), is in Harewood church, with that of Sir William Gascoine, of Gaw- tho'rpe, knt.., Lord Chief Justice of England, who d. 6 Dec. 1412 (14 Hen. 1Y.) and Elizabeth his wife, d. & coheir of Sir William (Alexander) Mowbray of Kirk- lington. The family of Gas¬ coine, intermarried in several instances with the Redmans of Harwood, and ultimately became Lords of Harwood ; the ultimate history of which is however involved in con¬ siderable obscurity, (as also remarked by Whittaker) . S. Whittaker (Thoresby’s) Leeds, p. 166, vol. 2; Har- leian MSS. 1394, fo. 329. Glover gives the annexed coat of Redman & Aldburgh as formerly “ in the great [Harleian MS.] chamberof Harwood castle,” as in his time (1584). The two following inquisitions post mortem, will serve to rectify errors as to the deaths and succession of some of * Roth Rylston A Duket bore for Arms ; Sable, a saltire ary. Duket married the heiress of Windesore. Hence the probable error. [Mowbray of Kirkling- ton, bore Gules, a lion rampant ar., within a jordure engrailed ar. & az.] the Redman family, after their succeeding to Harwood, with the genealogical abstract deduced therefrom, (being in substance the same in both): Elizabeth, d. of= Sir W m Gas¬ coine of Gaw- thorpe 2d wife =Sir Richard Redman^pElizabeth Aldburgh of Levens, (sheriff of Yorkshire 4 & 5 Hen. IV. & 3 Hen. V.) [a.d. 1403, 1404, 1415] ob. 5. Hen YI (1427) (qucefuit uxor Ri- cardi Redman militis); Inq. p. m. 12 Hen. YI. [a.d. 1434] first wife Sir Matthew Redman s. & h.=p Richard (Mathams Redman miles qui obiit A° 7 Hen. 5. 1420 [Inq. p. m. 17 Hen. YI.]). (1439). Sir Richard Redman^Ellen (Inq. p' mort. taken at Harwood, co. Ebor 16 Edw. IY. 1476, on the death of-; ob. 21 Mar. last past) (filius et hceres Ma- thcei Redman militis , filii Ricardi Redman et Elizabethce uxoris ejus, [17Hen. Yl.pro- batio etatis]) (1439). Walter Sir W m Redman, (d. seized of=Margai%t Edw' 1 Levens, Harwood, Otley etc. [ob.1511] 22 Edw. IY.1483) son & heir, set 30. =Huddleston The will of this Sir William Redman, (son of Sir Rich¬ ard), (in the Archbishop’s Registry York), is dated 10 Sept r 1482. In it he mentions his brothers, Edward A Walter Red¬ man. The Inq. p‘ mort taken upon W m Redman at Kirby Kendal 14 Oct. 22 Edw. IV., (in which James Duket was one of the jurors), commences by setting forth that Sir Richard Redmayn was seized of Levens. The said Richard had issue Matthew, which Matthew had issue Richard, and died in the lifetime of Richard his father, the which Richard the father died of such estate so seized, and the inheritance descended to Richard, as son & heir of Matthew. This last named Richard, had issue, William Redman, in the writ named, and also.a son Edward, and gave parcel of the said manor to W m his son and Margaret his wife, & the heirs male Ac. Ac. W m being under the age of 20, after whose death s. p. it descended to Edward Redmayn as brother A heir. [These two inquisitions post mortem contain in substance the same descent.] Inq. p' mort taken at Warley co. Ebor, 14 Nov. 2 Hen. viij, (1511) on Edward Redman, ob. 27 Sept r last past; had the moiety of the manor and castle of Harewood; quotes a trust deed (date 11 March 1 Hen. 7), probably a marriage settle¬ ment, (naming John Huddleston of Milium Castle, Cumber¬ land, Walter Redmayn clerk, Elizabeth Liglie (Leghe) widow, A others) ; by this inquisition Johanna Redmayn is declared the kinswoman (consanguinea) and heir of Edward Redman, that is to say, the daughter of Henry Redman, son A heir of the said Edward, set. one year A more. — This is further confirmed by the “ Inquisition taken 29 Oet r last at Don¬ caster, before the escheator, on the death of Edw. Redeman ” [Pat. 5 Hen. VIII., p. 2, m. 22] ” by which it was found, 33 kt & alderman of London, lately deceased [modo defunct’], Thomas Owen serjeant at law, and Edward Lambert of Boyton, co. "Wilts, Esq 1 ' on the other, being apparently the marriage settlement of Stephen Duckett’s wife, Anne Baskerville, d. of Humphrey Baskerville, whose widow afterwards married Sir Lionel Ducket. that the said Edw' 1 was seized in his demesne as of fee, of a moiety of the manor of Harwood, York; lands in Otley, Pole, Holynghall, York; & lands in Harwood; — that the manor of Harwode is held of the King, the manor of Holynghall is held of the heir of John Thwaites, and the tenement of Pole is held of the heir of Etc. Goldesborough ; and that Joan Rede¬ man is kinswoman and heir of the said Edward, viz. daugh¬ ter of Henry, son of the said Edward, & is upwards of 3 years old ; and that he died 27 Sept r 2 Hen. VIII. (1511). — Westm. 11 Nov r 1513.—Again confirmed by Pat. 5 Hen. VIII., p. 1, m. 16, and Pat. 4 Hen. VIII. p. 2. m. 12, m. 15 d., which re¬ cite the “Wardship of Joan, kinswoman & heir of Edward Redemayn of Ilarwode, York ; viz. d. & heir of Henry, s. & h. of the said Edward Redemayn ’’ ; Greenwich 17 Jan. 4 Hen. VIII. ; Del. Westm. 18 June 5 Hen. VIII. [S. p. 616. Vol. 1 Calendar of State Papers 1509-1514]. From the foregoing, and the will of this Edward Redman (dated a.d. 1510), given below, is deduced the following ge¬ nealogical abstract; Edward Redman ob 27 Sep.=pd. of Sir John Huddlestone 2 Hen. VIII. a.d. 1511 Heury-pAlice Richard-pElizabeth d of Sir Magdalene | W m Gascoine Knt. ob s. p. _ ! * i Jean (or Johanna) Rcdeman d & h.= In Dei No’ie, Amen. The viijth daie of Septemb’r, the yere of o r Lorde a thousand v hundreth and ten. I, Edward Redeman, in a full and hoole mynd, make my will in this maner. First, I wil my Soule to God Almightie, o r Lady Sant Mary, and all the Company of Hevyn, my body to be buried in a chapell w'in the church of Harwood, called Redeman chapell. Also I bequeth, in the name of my mor¬ tuary, my best whick 1 ) goods. Also it is my will that my wifi' shall have, r’ceyve 2 ), and take to her owne use during hir liffe all manors, lands, and tent’s, and other the p’mis’s, and all the p’fetts and issues, except xx u yerly going out of land’s and tent’s in Harwod p’ish 3 ), which shuld grow to Richard Redeman, my soune, and Elsab’h his wiffe, and to theires male of his body lawfully begotten. And I will that Thoms Stray and Harv Diks make a lawfull joyncto r accord¬ ing to the coveiPnts of the Indentur made bet wixt S r William Gascoing knight, and me, for the mariage of my said sonne Richard and Elsab’h, doghter to the said S r William Gascoing. Also I will that the said maners, landes, and tent’s, w 1 all of the p’mis’s and all the profetts and issues thereof aft r the (le- cesse of my wiffe shall remayn to my said sonne Richard, and to theires male of his body lawfully begotten, and for defaute of such issew, I will that all the p’mis’s shall come and grow to Magdalene Redmayn, my doghter, and to theires male of hir body, begotten by any of the sonnes of ooiv*) William Redeman, of twisleton ; and for defautof such issew I will that all the p’mis’s shall come and grow to thuse 5 ) and possession to Jean Redeman, doghter to my sonne Herry Redeman, and to theires male of hir body lawfully begotten by any that hight 6 ) Redeman, and for defaut of such isshew all the p’miss to remayn to my nevew, Thomas Preston, and to theires male of his body lawfully begotten; and for the *) living. -) receive. 3 ) parish. 4 ) one William Redman, of Twisleton, co. York. 5 ) the use. °) Hight means called. defaut of such issew I will that all the p’miss shall remayn and growe to theires of my bodie; also where that 1 have resuyd') xl li of lands for terme of yeres, lyve or lyves, to be disposed and orderd at my will by indentures of couen a nts made betwixt S r William Gascoyng, knyght, and me for the mariage of my sonne Richard and Elsab’h, doghter to the said S r William Gascoing, I will that the foresaid xl li of landes so resued 8 ), be ordo r d 9 ) and disposed for the well of my soule and mariage of my doghter Magdalene at the sight of my wiff. Thoms Stray and Herry Diks be recond afor Robt Rede and his felows. Also I will that my doghter Alice Redeman have an anuyte of the yerly valew of xx ui"rks of the said xl li of landes so resuyd 8 ) during hir liff, soe that she delyver or cause to be deliverd the indento r , made betwixt my lord Archbishop Sauage and me, of the mariage of my sonne Herry and the said Alice. Also I will and make my wiff and my sonne Richard myn executors, aud have the hole disposition of all my goods for the well of my soule and the payment of my detts. Also I bequeth to my house¬ hold s’u"nts 10 ) a certayn of my moveable goods at the sight of my wiff and my sonne Richard. Also 1 desir my brod r S r John Hiuldelston to be good brod r to my wiff and good maister to my s’lihits 10 ), and desir hym to have the oversight to the p’fo r mnce of my will. These witnes, Henry Diks, John Stodelay preist, Robert Sherman, and William Cowper. Facta fuit co’missio decano ib’m ad p’band d’em test’m. 1G ) He afterwards became Sir Lionel Ducket, knt., and was associated with Sir Thomas Gresham in building the Royal Exchange. He purchased large estates in several counties in England, and was a man of such wealth, that he is reported to have given the sum of 8000 marks to each of his four step-daughters ; an enormous sum in those days, but deemed so inferior to what his known riches could have entitled him to have given, that he is said to have answered to some one, who questioned him upon it, that it was not be¬ coming in him to give more, since his Royal Mistress (Queen Elizabeth) had only received 10,000. His portrait by Hans- Ilolbein, is in the possession of the present Sir George Duckett, Bart., representing him in his robes as Lord Mayor of London, with a ring on his finger, quartering the arms of Duket, Redman, Aldborough, & Windesore. He married first Mary, daughter of Hugh Leighton, of Leighton, in the county of Salop, Esq., by whom he had a son, George, who died young; and to his second wife, Jane, 1 '’''), daughter of Humphrey Packington, Esq., and relict of Humphrey Bas¬ kerville, alderman of London, by whom he had an only son, Sir Thomas Duckett, knt., who married Margaret KelsonW), and died without issue. Sir Lionel’s will, from the Preroga¬ tive Court of Canterbury, is dated 16 ,h March, 1585, 1M ) and proved 20 F’eb. 1587 by Lady Jane Duckett, his re¬ lict and executrix. He lived during the reigns of Henry VIII. Edw. VI., Mary & Elizabeth, and appears 10 *) to have been elected sheriff of London 7 th Sept r , 1564, (6 Eliz.) Grafton’s Chronicle Vol. 3), and an alderman the year following. The annexed seal of Sir Lio 1 Ducket, is a facsimile of one attached to deed dated 12 Sept r 1566 (8 ”) reserved. 8 ) reserved. 9 ) ordered. 10 ) servants. F 34 By liis will we find, that he held also the manor of Street in Somersetshire, and that of Barcot, near Buckland, in co. Berks [See his will 1 ' dd ]. This last manor was in possession of the family of the Ducketts, from before 1566 [(1532) See Visitation of Berks] to the early part of the 17 th century, when it became alienated to the “ Holeot ” family, and is now the property of Sir Bobert Throckmorton B'— Stephen Duckett’s will is dated 29 April 1591— 1/c ), B/), 18 ), 14 ) Alan (or Allen) Duckett (ob. 1601/2 and buried 3d Feb. at S' Leonards, East-cheap), son of Anthony Duckett of Grayrigg, co. Westmoreland, by Alice d. of Thomas, Lord Dacre of Gillesland, married Joyce d. of Harry Hungate of Saxton Hall, Yorkshire, by whom he had Thomas Duckett of Steeple-Morden in Cambridgeshire, Mary d. Aug 1597, Mary bap' at S' Leonards, Eastcheap 9 April 1598 and bur' 1 there 16 Jany 1601/2, and Anne, m. 1620 to John Beale of Maidstone, (whose son, Sir John Beale of Farningham Court in Kent, was created a baronet 1660); (See Extracts from will of Adam Washington 104 *). The name of Alan Ducket appears as legatee, in the wills of Sir Lionel Ducket, and of his widow, Dame Jane Ducket 16d ), 16, ‘), being described therein as their “ kinsman,” (which in the phraseology of the time would imply “ cousin ”) ; Stephen Duckett of Calston calls him “cozen.” [Note 21r gives a copy of Alan Duc¬ ket’s administration.] His widow, Joyce, remarried Nov r 2d 1602 (at All Hallows, Barking, London) Adam Washington Esqr of Brent Pelham, Herts, who d. and was buried 17 March, (at St Leonards, Eastcheap), (will dated Mar. 2 1604, wherein is a bequest to the poor of Grayrigg and Kendal) ; by him she had a posthumous son, Adam Washington of Brent Pelham, (afterwards barrister of Lincoln’s Inn), b. Sept 7 1604, m. to Eliza eld. daur of Francis Floyer of Lon¬ don, by whom he had 12 children, of whom one, Adam, d. & was buried 13 July 1647 at Brent Pelham); at his decease she married thirdly, Thomas Wight or Wright 16 June 1607, and subsequently, John Norton Esqr, who d. 1612. She, Joyce Norton, died 1650. — See her will, 104 (dated 16 March 1642 ; Prob. Nov 7 1650), in which she makes a bequest to the poor of Steeple-Morden, & desires to be buried at Brent Pelham, co Hertford or Steeple Morden co Cambridge. (’*, iM\ 16 *^ 1 Idd^ 21 /^ 21 //) 1st h. Allen : Duckett Mercer. Bur d 3 Feb 1601/2 at St Leo¬ nards East- cheap. : Jo ice : daur of Hun¬ gate of Saxton ob. cir¬ ca 1650 2d h. : Adam Washing-; ton cit & mercer of London marr' 1 at All Hallows Barking 2 Nov 1602 Bur' 1 at S' Leonards Eastcheap 17 March 1603/4, will dat. March 2 1604 Prob July 20 following ; free of Mercers Company 1585 3d h. = Thos Wight marr d at S' Leo¬ nards East- cheap 16 June 1607, of S' Duns- tan in the West 4th h. = John Norton ob. 1612 (will dat 21 May 1612, Prob 10 Jan y 1612/13). Thomas Duckett of Stee¬ ple Mor¬ den Camb. Mary Mild- may Anne J. Beale Mary Duc¬ kett B ur d at S' Leo¬ nards East- cheap 10 Aug 1597 Mary Duc¬ kett Bapt at S' Leo¬ nards East- cheap 9 Apr. 1598 & bur d there 16 Jan 7 1601/2 Adam Washington 1 posthumous child Bapt at S' Leo¬ nards Eastcheap 16 Sept 1604 (ob. circa 1666/7 Will dated 1665. Prob 1667) Barrister of Lincoln’s Inn. Arms ; Gules, 2 barrs ar. in chief 3 mullets of the 2 d : Eli z eld. dau of Fra 8 Floyer of Lon¬ don mer¬ chant * Twelve children The following extracts certify to the foregoing : Married, 1602, Nov. 2, Adam Washington & Joyce Duckett (Extract from the parish Reg r of All Hallows, Barking, London). Married, 1607, June 16, Thomas Wight of S' Dunstans in the West and Joice Washington, widow, of this parish. Baptized, 1598, Apr. 9, Mary, daur Allen Duckett. 1604, Sept 16, Adam, s. of Adam Washington, mercer. Buried 1597, Aug 10, Mary, daur. Allen Duckett. 1601/2, Jan 16, Marie, daur Allen Duckett. 1601/2, Feb 3, Allen Duckett, mercer, householder. 1603/4, March 17, Adam Washington, mercer, house¬ holder, set 46. (Extracts from the Parish Register of S' Leonard’s East- cheap.) Buried, 1647, 13 July, Adam, son of M r Adam Washington. (Extract from Parish Register of Brent Pelham, Herts.) 16 **) Extracts from will of Adam Washington 1604. “ Item, whereas by a contract or bond I myself and the said Joice, my wife, agreed or became bounde that hir children Thomas Duckett and Anne Duckett, shoulde have of theire late father’s goodes the some of eighte hundred and twentie poundes ; for payment of three hundred poundes whereof, to the use of the said children, there are suerties put in to the chamber of London, according to the custome of the said cittie. Nowe I doe hereby declare, that my will and minde is that, ageordinge to the meaninge of the said agreement or bond, the said children shall have the residue of the said eight hundred aud twentie poundes of their said deceased father's 40 [Visitation of Wilts by ]Ten y S' George, Richmond, a.d. 1623; (with Visitation taken a.d. 1563). Harl. MS. 1165. fo. 81 & 1054.] 1581, died Oct. 1648, and was buried at Caine. The arms of John Duckett, in Visitation of Wilts, are, Sable, a saltier arg. charged with a mullet of the field for difference ^'■) 17/*) 20 ^ 20 #^ 20 aa^ 20 auu^ 15) WILLIAM DUCKETT, Esq., M.P. for Caine a.d. 1658-59, 1660, 1673, was one of the “ Intended Ivnights of the Royal Oak,” and a member of the (Con¬ vention) Parliament, which restored the King. He removed to Hartham house, in the parish of Corsham, in the county of Wilts, Calston-House near Caine, having been burnt down (or destroyed) during the civil wars. He married to his first wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Henshaw, of Kensington, in Middlesex, Esq. (gen¬ tleman of the privy chamber to King Charles, and King James II., who died 2 Jan 1699, and was buried at Kensington, where is a monumental inscription to his memory- 2 ) ; and to his second wife, in 1655, Anne, daughter of George Knight, Esq., of Bristol, and relict of Walter Chapman, Esq r , 2 - ,# ) by whom he had one daughter, Jane, born Oct. 28, 1657, died Jan. 30, 1712, set. 55, and buried at Cors¬ ham ; (she married, as2 d husband Thomas Stubbs of Kington St. Michael, 2044 in the goocles. And further I give and bequeath, out of my own estate and substance, unto the said Thomas Duckett fortye poundes, to be paid unto him at the accomplishment of his lawfull age of twentie and one yeare3 ; and to the said Anne Duckett fortye-poundes, likewise to be paid unto her at her lawfull age of twentie and one yeares or marriage, which shall first come or be * * * * * And overseers hereof I doe nominate and appoint my friendes John Duckett and William Hungate &c. &c. &c.” 16 *) The following is Joyce Norton’s will : Will of Joyce Norton, of St. Martins, Dulwich, widow. Proved 1650. The sixteen daie of March, in the yeare of our Lord God 1642, according to the account of England, I, Joice Norton, at present of St. Martins Dulwich, London, widdow, being reasonable well in health of bodie and in perfect mind and memory, God bee praysed therefore, doe make and ordaine this my last will and testament in manner and forine fol¬ lowing, that is to save, first and principallie I committ and commend my soule into the hands of ^lmightie God, my creator, assuredly hopeing and beleeving that after this mor- tall life ended, 1 shall bee raysed into eternall life onely by and through the precious death, passion, and merritts of my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. My bodie I will shall be buried in comely and decent manner iu the parish church of Brent Pelham, or Steeple Morden, or elsewhere, where itt shall please God to take me, according to the discretion of my executors hereafter named. And for my worldly goods, which God of his goodness hath bestowed upon mee, my debtes and funerall charges being payd, I dispose of as fol- loweth :—First, I give and bequeath unto my sonne Duckett the somme of five hundred poundes, besides the land of Stee¬ ple Morden, household stulfe in the said house, plate, and stock upon the ground there, formerly by mee given him. Item I give to my daughter Duckett my bason and ewre of silver. Item to my sonne Duckett’s fowre children, Thomas, Mary, John, and Edward, one hundred and fifty pound a piece. Item I give to my sonne Ad. Washington the summe of seaven hundred pownds, one great guilt cupp at my sonne in lawe’s house, John Beale, one iron chest, and the chest wherein my plate lay att London, and my best bed with rugg and blanketts. two pillowes, and bolster, being there allsoe, and other tliinges remaineing and beeing at Beeches, not be¬ queathed by this will, besides the household stuffe and plate which I gave him in my life time alsoe. Item 1 give him all remainder of yeares yett to come the house and land att Chertsey, by the mannor of Bowsas. Item I give to my daughter Washington a spout pott of silver, a stone pott tipped with silver, and three white silver boules. Item to Elizabeth Washington, my goddaughter, one hundred and fifty poundes. Item to Mary Duckett and Elizabeth Wash¬ ington, my goddaughters, my chaine of gold, to bee parted equally between them. And whereas I have two diamond rings, I will and bequeath them between my daughter Duc¬ kett and my daughter Washington, my daughter Duckett to have the elecc’on of w ch shee will have. Item a ruby ring w ch was my grandmother’s,* as allso my diamond hatband, to Mary Duckett, my goddaughter. Item to Martha Washing¬ ton, my sonne’s second daughter, one hundred and fifty pounds. Item all such rings as are in the too little boxes at Beeches, Morden, or London, I give to my grandchildren, Elizabeth Washington & Martha Washington. Item to the three sonnes of my sonne in law, John Beale, two hundred and fifty poundes a peece, to be payd when they attaine the age of one and twentie yeares. Item to my sonne in lawe, John Beale, three hundred pound. Item to my brother, Barthollemew Hungate, twenty pounds. And whereas hee oweth mee twenty pownd by bill, my mind and will is that if, after the death of his now wife, he marry not, that my execu¬ tors demand not nor aske the said summe of him ; but if hee marry, that then they may sue him for the money due upon the said bill. Item to Mary Brookes, widdow, for ought I knowe, the daughter of Margery Illing, fourty pound, upon condie’on she marry not againe without the consent of my executors. Item to Ralph Hide, minister of God’s word, tenn pounds; and to his nowe wife tenn pounds. Item to Lucy Kenill, my daughter in law, fifty pound, out of my love and affeetione, provided that if shee shall ever aske or stirr for the two hundred pound given by my husband, John Nor¬ ton, which I payd her husband, Henry Kenil, and if ever hee or shee shall make any question of the same, then I will that this my legacie bee voyd and of none effect; and for the hun¬ dred pownd payd into the shopp at Queenehith, for the use of her, I will and ordaine that shee shall never bee asked for the same. And I will and ordaine that her husband, Henry Kenil, bee never payd any of the same money given by this will to her, but that my executors, or whosoever shall have the keeping of the said fifty pownds, shall pave unto her fifty shillings a yeare during the life of her husband, Henry Kenill, and after his decease, the whole fifty pownd to bee paid unto her. Item to Margery Tabor, my sister, twenty pownd, and to Grace Illing, her daughter, twenty pownd. Item to my nephew, Henry Hungate, sonne of Robert Hungate, five pound. To my neece, Susan, now T wife of Henry Harvv, gent, five pound. To my sister Hungate, now wife of Bar¬ thollemew, three pownd to buy her a ring. Item to the poor of the parish of Chertsey, in the county of Surrey, five pound, to bee distributed by my executors as they shall thinke fitt. To three prisones in London, namely Ludgate and the two Counters, three pownd a peece, to be payd for poore men that lye there for small debtes at the discretion of my execu- * Dame Jane Ducket, wife of Sir Lionel Ducket. 41 county of Wilts Esq 1 ', having first married, in 1674, John Lawford of Alveston & Bristol, and of the Inner Temple, Esq r ). Anne, the aforesaid wife of William Duckett, died in 1667. He married tors. Item to the poore of the parish of S l Stephen’s, Cole¬ man Street, London, five pownd, to bee distributed at the will of my executors. Item to the poore of the parish of Steeple-Morden, in the county of Cambridge, five pownd, to be distributed by the parties aforesaid. Item to the poore of Brent-Pelham, in the countie of Hartford, five poundes, to be distributed by the parties aforesaid. Item to Frances, my servant, if shee shall be dwelling with mee at the time of my decease, five pownd. To Henry Leech, my servant, three pownd. Item to John Lismer, servant to my sonne Duckett, three pownd, if he shall be dwelling with my said sonne att the time of my decease. To George Brooks, now servant to my sonne Duckett, forty shillings. Item to ns many maid servants, not formerly bequeathed unto, in both my sonnes houses at Morden and Pelham, as my executors shall thinke fitt, twenty shillings a peece. Alsoe to as many men servants there, not formerly bequeathed, as my executors shall thinke fitt, twenty shillings a peece. Item to Blikones wife and Maudlin Barber, which were my servants, twenty shillings a peece. To David Bobinson, a poore boy in my sonne’s house at Pelham, to place him forth with a master to learne some trade, at the discretion of my sonne Washing¬ ton, five pownd. Item to M r -, of Brent Pelham, in the county of Hertford, minister, tenn pownd. Item to M r Sher- win, of Ashwell, in the same county, five pownd. Item I will and appoint that there shall be bestowed upon my funerall two hundred pound, which I pray may bee done in decent and comely manner. And I doe nominate and appoint my sonne Duckett and my sonne Washington executors of this my last will and testament, unto whom, after my debtes, legacies, and funerall charges are discharged, I bequeath the residue and remainder of my estate, chargeing them, as they will answeare it.t att the last day, when all things shall be layd open, to see all things herein contained to bee performed and in all pointes executed according to my mind and mean¬ ing herein sett downe in three sheetes of paper. And I do nominate and appoint my sonne in lawe, John Beale, to bee overseer of this my last will and testament, praying him to bee assistant with his best advise and councell for the per¬ formance of this my last will and testament, and have sett my hand and seale the day and yeare above written. Item to M rs Stanton three pownds, to buy her a ring. The marke of M rs Joyce Norton. Sealed, subscribed, and published as the last will and tes¬ tament of Joyce Norton, widowe, in the presence of us, whose names are hereunder written :—Ascanus Hickes, George Nighingall (Nightingale). Memorandum, that befor the publishing heereof, the en¬ terlining was in the 17 and 18 th line of the first slieete, and one addicon of a legacie in the last sheet, after tlieis words, “ the day and yeare above written.” Proved at London, 7 Nov., 1650, by the executors therein nominated, viz. Thomas Duckett & Adam Washington, to whom administration, &c. &c., was granted. I7 ) See Lionel Duckett’s Title to the manors of Calstone, Caine,and lands thereto belonging (dated 12 th June, 174-2) 20 **); comprising the manors of Caine, Calstone, Calstone-Wyly or Willington, Calstone-Bower, the hundred of Caine, and ad- vowson of Calstone; Hartham in the parish of Corsham, Bidson (Biddestone), Ilatt in the parish of Box' 254 ), Studley, Blaeklands, Comerford (Quemerford), Cherhill, Stock & Stoekley, all in the parishes or neighbourhood of Calstone & Caine. 1; *) The family of Copinger were originally, and at a very early period, seated at Farcing Hall, in the parish of Buxhall or Bukessala, hundred of Stow, Suffolk, and were lords of that manor. They were so famed for hospitality, that “ to live like Copinger,” became a proverbial expression throughout the county of Suffolk. The common ancestor of this ancient, & highly respectable house, appears to have been Walter Copyn- ger of Farcing (or Fasbourn Hall, as now called), in Buxhall parish; whose eldest son William Copynger Esq r , was Lord Mayor of London, & received the honour of knighthood. He died a bachelor in 1513, during his mayoralty ; (will proved 1513). Walter Copynger gent, his brother, married Bea¬ trix, daughter of-Asherst & had issue, John and Tho¬ mas. This Walter was the personage, to whom Henry VIII, in the 4 ,h year of his reign, granted licence “ to wear his bonnet in his presence, as elsewhere, at his liberty, without challenge, disturbance, or interruption.” He died in 1522, Beatrix his wife in 1512 ; they were both interred at Buxhall parish church. John his son, married first Anne, only daughter of John Sorrel, from whom he inherited the manor of Buxhall. Ilis second wife was Jane, d. & coheir of William Bond Esq r , Clerk of the Green Cloth to King Henry VTI. He died before his father in 1517, and was interred in Buxhall church, where the following inscription, (as given by Weever), was placed to his memory, “John Copynger Esqr, Lord &” “ Patron, Anne & Jane, his wives, who had vii children, & ” “ dyceased in 1517.”—Henry Copynger the eldest son, suc¬ ceeded his father at Buxhall. He married Agnes, 7 th daughter of Sir Thomas Jermyn of Rushbrooke, Knt., by Anne his wife, daughter of Thomas Spring of Lavenham, Esq r , and had issue 11 sons. Henry, the 4 lh son, was born 1550, was prebendary of York, & master of Magdalen College, Cam¬ bridge. The arms of Copynger were : Bendy of six, or and gules, on a fess azure 3 plates. Crest, a chamois deer’s head sable. —S. p. 523-524, Page’s Supplement to the Suffolk traveller; Gentleman’s Magazine for 1831, part 1, pp. 12, 109-112. 17##) Sir Roger Wynter (or Wintour) seems to have been one of the first named of this family, in the forest of Dean in Gloucestershire. The following extracts from Rudder's History of that county, & other sources, show that the Win¬ ters took an active part as Royalists. One account, quoting “ Corbet’s Military Government,” relates, how “ before the siege of Gloucester happened, the forces raised by the Earl of Worcester and his son, Lord Herbert, attacked a regiment of the Parliament’s army under Colonel Berrowe at Colford in Newland, which had been made a kind of loose garrison for the defence of the forest of Dean. Here the Welch fell on, says he, but their officers, with strange fury, drove our party before them, which was borne down by their multitudes, yet with a greater loss on their part. Divers officers were slain, & with the rest, their commander in chief, Sir Richard Lawdy, major general of South Wales. Of ours few were slain, but lieutenant colonel Winter , with some inferior officers, with about forty private soldiers, were taken prisoners, p. 26.”—Sir John Wintour of Lidney, had at this time the entire com¬ mand in the Forest of Dean. He was nephew to the Marquis of Worcester, and a catholic, and a most zealous asserter of the Royal cause. He had been secretary to the Queen, & was particularly obnoxious to the Parliament, and before the siege of Gloucester he had fortified his house at Lidney, & made it almost inaccessible. Lidney had been granted to the Winters by Queen Elizabeth, as a reward for the services of Sir William Wintour, who opposed the Spanish Armada, and the family had since received from the Crown an exten¬ sive grant of coppices & waste lands, quarries, and mines in the Forest of Dean. In May 1644, the Parliamentarians having gained some advantage over a part of Sir John Wintour’s force, who was at the time with Colonel Mynne at Colford; Massey their commander, encouraged by his absence, marched on to Lidney House, which he summoned G 42 thirdly, Margaret, fourth daughter of Sir Henry Moore, of Pawley, Berkshire, baronet 20 *) (she died 1693/4, and was buried at Caine). The will of William Duckett is dated Nov 1, 1686, 20A ). He was to surrender. To this summons, Lady Wintour gave the fol¬ lowing reply : Sir, M r Winter’s unalterable allegiance to his King & Sove¬ reign, and his particular interest to this place, hath by his Majesty’s commission put it into this condition, which can¬ not be pernicious to any, but to such as oppose the one & invade the other ; wherefore rest assured, that in these rela¬ tions, we are by God’s assistance resolved to maintain it, all extremities notwithstanding. Thus much in M r Winter’s absence you shall receive from Mary Winter. It is told of Sir John Wintour, that his force having been defeated at Tidenham, he himself being hard pressed, made his way most unaccountably down some of the rocks that form the barrier of the Wye, & it is said by leaping his horse down from the rocks into the river ; but most probably he escaped down the timber shoot or pass between the rocks at Lancaut; whether true or not, the feat has given the name of “Winter’s Leap” to that place. After the death of the King he was excepted from pardon, & imprisoned in the Tower.— The arms of Winter were: Sable, a fess er min e. Colford was called also Coleford & Covert. P. 568, 527 Rudder’s History of Gloucestershire; Wash- bourn Bibliotheca Gloucestrensis. 1 ' 0 ) John Duckett appears as a benefactor, in conjunc¬ tion with Sir Ralph Warren & others, in founding the school of S' Paul’s (Colet’s), London, in the beginning of the reign of Henry Till. He also left £200 to be lent, “whereof £100 to one young man and the other to two ditto.” His will is dated 27 Sept r 1545, and was proved 23 Jan 1545-6 by his brother Sir Lionel Ducket. The following verbatim copy, is taken from the original in the prerogative Court of Canterbury; In the name of God. Amen. The xxvij th day of Septembre, the yere our Lorde God a thousand fyve hundred forty-five, and in the xxxvij' h yere of the raigne of our soveraigne Lorde Henry the eight, by the grace of God, Kynge of Englond, Fraunce, and Irelond, defender of the faith, and in earth su¬ preme hedd of the church of Englond and Irelond. I, John Dokett citizen and mercer of the citie of London, being of hoole mynd and in good and perfytt memory, lawde and prayse be unto Almyghti God, make and ordeyne this my present testament, conteynynge herein my last will, in maner and forme folowing, that is to witt:—First and princypally, I com’end my soule to Almyghtie Jesu, my maker and re- demer, in whom and by the mery tes of whose blessed passhon, is all my hoole trust and clere remyssion and forgevenes of my sin’es, and my body to be buried within the parishe church of saynt La wrens, in the old Jury of London. Item, I bequeth to the higli aulter of the parishe churche of Saynt Lawrence aforesaid, where I am a perishner, for my tithes forgotton and as neclygently withholden, xij d . Item, I will that all sucli dettes and duties as I owe of right or of con¬ science to any person or persones be well and trewly con¬ tented and paid by myn executor herafter named, or els or- deyned for so to be paid withowt delay or contradiction ; and after my dettes payed and funerall expences performed, I will that all my goodes, eattalles, and dettes shalbe devided in thre equall porcyons, whereof I will that Thomasyn, my wief, shall have one equall part or porcion to her own proper use in name of her preparte, and reasonable part to her of all my saide goodes, catalles, and dettes, after the lawdable cus- tome of the citie of London belonginge; and the second eqall part or porcion of my said goodes, cattelles, and dettes I gyve and bequethe to Martha and Stephen, my cliilderue, and to the ehilde now being in my said wief wombe, eqally amongest my said childerne, to be devided and to be delyvered to them when they and every of them shall severally acom- plish and come to his, her, or there lawfull age of one and twenty yeres or els be maryed ; and if it shall fortune any of my said childern to deceas or to depart this mortall worlde before they or any of them shall accomplysh and come to his, her, or ther said ages of one and twenty yeres or els be maried, than I will, geve, and bequeth his, her, or ther said part of them so deceasing to the other of them then surviv¬ ing eqally amongest them, to be devided and to be delyvered to him, her, or them so surviving when he, she, or they shall accomplish and come to ther said age or els be maryecl; and yf yt shall fortune all my said childern to decease or depart this world, as God it defend, before they shall accomplyshe ther said ages, and before that tyme be not maryed, than I will that all my said childernes partes and porcions shalbe devided into two equall partes and porcions, whereof I will that Thomasyn my wief, yf she be then lyvinge, shall have one moytie or eqall part thereof to her owne proper use, and the other moietie or part of all my said childerns porcions I will, gyve, and bequeth unto my brother, Lyonell Ducket, citizen and marcer of London, to his owne proper use; and it is my mynd, will, and intent that my said wief shall have the custody, kepinge, and bringenge up of one of my said childern, together with the part and porcyon to him or her belonginge, as well by the custome of the said citie of Lon¬ don as by my legacy hereafter specified, untill such tyme as lie or she shall accomplysh and come to his or her said age of xxj yeres or els be maryed; and also that my said brother, Lyonell Ducket citizen and marcer of London, shall have the custody, kepinge, and bringinge up of the other and re¬ sidue of my said children, together with ther partes and porcyons to them appertayning, as well by the custome of the said citie of London as by my legacy hereafter specifyed, untill suclie tyme as they shall sevarally come to ther lawfull age of one and twenty yeres or els be maried, they and either of them puttinge in sufficient surtyes to be bounde to the chamberleyn of London for the tyme beinge, for the sure pay¬ ment and delivere of my said childerns partes and legacyes in manner and forme as I have willed, devised, and bequetlied the same, by this my present testament to be paid and de¬ livered ; and the thirde eqall part of all my said goodes, cat- talles, and dettes I reserve unto my selfe and to my executor hereafter named, therewith to performe my legaces and be¬ quest es hereafter specified, that is to witt: Fust, I gyve and bequeth to the said Thomasin, my wief, all my leasse, right, title, and tearrne of yeares that I have, or ought to have, to, of, and in all that mesuage or tenement wherein I nowe en- habite with the apurtenances, sett and being in the parish of saint Lawrence aforesaid; and also I will, gyve, and be¬ quethe to the said Thomasyn, my wief, to her owne use, all my implementes and stuff of howshold remayning and being within my said liowse at tyme of my deceas, my silver plat only excepted. Item, I gyve and bequeth to every of my said childern the some of one hundreth markes sterlinges, to be paied and delivered unto them in maner and forme as I have before willed, devysed, & bequetlied; that ther said owne partes and porcions to them by the custome of the said citie appertayning shall be payed or delyvered, and with like remaynder and remaynders therof as ar before by me also made and devised for ther said partes and porcions, if any of my said childern deceasse unmaried, before they come to them said ages. Item, I will, gyve, and bequeth to the man¬ age of ix pore maydens the some of thre li, that is to witt, to every of them vjs viijd. Item, I bequeth to the pore people dweUyng within the parishe of Flyntham, in the county of Nottingham, ivhere I was home, the some of iiij li sterling, 43 baptized May 23, 1624, died 1 st Nov 1 ', and was buried 5 th Nov 1 ', 1686, at Caine. 17 ) 17aa ) 17c ) 20 ““) 20c<: ) 21a j 216) 21 d) 21 21/). to be payed and delyvered to them by the discression of myn executor; and to the pore people dwelling in the townes and parishes of Sibthorpe, Sereton (Screveton), Kneeton, and Sy- erston, in the said countie of Nottyngliam, to be distributed in every of the said townes or parishes, the some of xx s sterlinges by the discression of myn executor. Item, I bequeth to and amongest the poure people of the said parishe of saint Law¬ rence, in the olde Jury aforesaide, and other tlier nigh aboutes the same perishe, being most needy and poure persons, the some of fyve markes sterlinges, to be distrybuted by myne executor shortly after my deceasse. Item, I bequeth to Wil¬ liam Mody of Flyntham, a gowne, a jaekett, a dublett, a peire of hoose, a shert, and a cappe of myne, at the discression of my said executor, and over that I bequeth to the said Wil¬ liam Mody xl s in redy money. Item, I bequeth to every of M r Thacker of Hull, Mistres Baker, wyef of John Baker, late of the custome house, my coseyn More, my coseyn Tho¬ mas Redman, my uncle Redman, Sir Robert Perott, priest, Henry Mody my kynsmar., and his brother William, a ring of golde, waying xx s sterlinges in gold, to wear for the retnein- braunce of me. Item, I bequeth to John Platt (or Plate), citizen and mercer of London, xl s and a gowne. Item, I bequeth unto Robart Ducket, citizen of London, fyve poundes sterlinges. Item, I bequeth unto Elizabeth, my mayed servant, xx s . Item, I bequeth unto Sampson Wal¬ den, John Smythe, and Richard Gosling, myne apprentices, lij li sterlinges, that is to saye, to every of them, xx s . Item, I bequeth to William Hudson, servant unto my said brother Lionell Ducket , xx s . Item, I bequeth unto Edmunde Red¬ man xx 3 . Item, I bequeth to Nicholas Caldecott, mercer, X s . Item, I will, give, and bequeth unto my said brother, Lyonell Ducket, all the warres and goodes that of right to me doth appertayne and belong, as now ar remayning in the warehouse and shopp wherein I nowe do inhabite and dwell, to his owne proper use and behouf for ever, any legacye or bequest above specified to the contrary notwithstanding ; and also my will and my minde and intent is, that my saide bro¬ ther shall frely occupye and enjoy all the saide shopp and warehouse to his owne use, untill the feast of the biretli of our Lorde God next comyng, after the date of this present testament, the residue of all my goodes, cattalles, and dettes, after my dettes paide, my funeralles exspences performed, and thes my legacies conteyned in this my present testament fulfylled, I hoolly gyve and bequeth to my brother, Lyonell Ducket, before named, to his owne proper use, the whiche Lyonell, my brother, of this my present testament and last will I make and ordeyne my sole executor, and of the exe- cucion of the same I make and ordene my welbeloved father in lawe, Robart Longe, citizen and mercer of London, and the said Maister Baker myn overseers. And I bequeth to either of them for ther labour and paynes taking in that be- halfe xl s , a ringe of golde waying xx s in golde, and a blake gowne. And I utterly revoke and adnull all and every other former testamentes, willis, legaces, bequestes, executor, and overseers by me in any wise before this tune made, named, willed, and bequethed ; and I will that this my present tes¬ tament stande, remayue, and abyde for my very testament and last will, together with all the legacies, bequestes, exe¬ cutor, and overseers by me herein made, named, willed, and bequethed, and non other nor other wise. In witnesse whereof to this my present testament and last will, I, the said John Ducket, have sett my seale. Yeven the day and yere above written. These wittnesses here after named, by me specially required to testifi the same, that is to witt, Ro¬ bart Ducket, citizen of London, Thomas Avenell, clerke and prest of the parishe churche of saynte Lawrence aforesaid, and Peter Baker, servant unto William Carkeke, notary. Per me, John Ducket, mercer, of London. By me, Robart Duket. By me, Thomas Avenell, prest. By me, Peter Baker. Probatum fuit suprascriptum testamentum xxiij tio Januarij, anno domini millesimo quingentesimo quadragesimo quinto juramento Lionelli Ducket, executoris in hujusmodi testa- mento nominat’, etc. commissaque fuit administracio omnium et singulorurn bonorum juriutn et creditorum dicti defuncti et etc. etc. [The above written will was proved on the 23' 1 day of Janu¬ ary, in the year of our Lord 1545, by the oath of Lionel Ducket, the executor in the will after this sort named, etc. and administration of all and singular the goods, rights, and credits of the said deceased was granted, &c. &c. &c.]. 17aa ) See parish registers of Corsham and Caine co. Wilts, of which the following are extracts : — 1624. Gulielmus filius Joliannis Duckett armigeri et Janse uxoris ejus. Bap. Maii 23. 1626 Stephen son of John Duckett and Jane his wife buried Nov 11 th . 1657 Jane the d. of William Duckett & of his wife born Oct 28 th . 1686 William Duckett Esq r deceased Nov 1 & buried at Caine Nov 5. 17 '') John Ducket, in his will, styles him “father in law.” He resided at Wandsworth, co. Surrey, became free of the Mercers’ company in 1538, and was a man of large property, holding divers lands in the counties of Essex, Surrey, Salop, and London. By his inquisition post mortem, taken 16 th Nov r (6 Edw. VI.), we find that he died 12 Jan 5 Edw. VI, leaving 3 daughters, Mary, Martha & Magdalen, his co¬ heiresses, by Cicely his wife (relict of John Copynger). By his will [dat d 12 Dec r 1551, proved 20 Feb 1551/2], is seen that he was born at Lavyngton or Littleton, co. Wilts, making mention in it of his sons-in-law, William & Walter Copynger, and his brothers in law Richard Seacote & Robert Smyth. Cecilie (or Cicely) Longe appears as a benefactor for £150, to buy coals for the poor, Oct 6 th 1559. l7c ) S. Willis’s Notitia Parliamentary, Vols. 3 & 5 ; Old¬ field’s Representative History of Great Britain, Vols. 1-6; British Parliamentary Register; Carter’s Honor Redivivus, p. 175, Lon 1673; Parliamentary History (1762); Journals House of Commons; Beatson’s Chronological Register of Parliament Vols. 1-2, p. 291; Political State of Great Bri¬ tain, Vols. XLIV & LVII, p. 343. W) The following is the copy of Stephen Duckett’s will: Will of Stephen Duckett, of Pinhills, co. Wilts, Esq. 1591. In the name of God, Amen. The nyne & twentieth daie of Aprill, in the three and thirtieth yeare of the raigne of our soveraign Lady Elizabeth, by the grace of God, &c. &c. I, Steven Duckett, of Pinhills, in the co. of Wiltes, Esq r , being sicke in bodie, but neverthelesse of good and perfect minde & memorie, lawde and praise be therefore given to Almightie God, doe make and declare this my present testament and last will, as well for and concerning the disposition of all and singular my lands, tenements, and hereditaments whatsoever within the realme of England, as also of all my goods and chattells whatsoever in maimer and forme followinge, that is to saie, First, forasmuch as some part of my said lands and tenements, binne holden of our s d soveraign Ladie the Queen by knights service in cheife, and for that, my intention 44 The issue of his first wife, 16) LIONEL DUCKETT, of Hartham, Esq. M.P. for Caine, a.d. 1680,1689, 1693, born March 4, is to leave one third part of my said lands and tenements to my heire, by which her Majesty shalbe trulie answeared of the wardshippe, liverie, and primer seisin due to her; There¬ fore I leave and suffer to descend in fee simple to my sonne & heire the lordshipps or manors of Trowbridge & Dauutesey in the co. of Wiltes, and all my lands, tenements, and heredi¬ taments whatsoever hi Trowbridge and Dauntesey aforesaid, savinge I will that my eldest sonne shall have and receyve out of the same, sixe poundes thirteene shillings fower pence of lawfull money of England yeerlie duringe liis miuoritie to- wardes his maintenance. Item, I will and devise unto my sonne, John Duckett, all my lands and tenements in Gotton, in the parish of Moncton, in the co. of Somersett, to have and to holde to him, the s d John, and to tlT heires of his bodie lawfully begotten, and forasmuch as I have fyve other children, for whom, as yet, I have made noe provision, and alsoe my wife is now with childe; And whereas I have con¬ veyed hi trust unto my cozen, Allen Duckett, a lease of the fee farrne, and dyvers lands and tenements in Cawne (Caine), in the co. of Wiltes, for certaine yeares yett to come; and whereas also I am possessed of a lease for divers yeares yet [to] come of a mansion house, called Pynnells, with tli’ ap¬ purtenances, and dyvers lands call Penn,* in the same coun¬ tie ; And whereas there is a lease conveyed in trust to my brother, Thomas Duckett, of divers lands and tenem ts which I late purchased of M r Emley in the same countie; my will and meaning is, that the rents, yssues, & profitts of all the s d leases shall goe and be to and amongest all my younger children, as well that which is yet uuborne as the other now lyvinge, untill they and everie of them, with the same rentes, yssues, and profittes, and with such other goodes and ciiat- telles as by this my will shalbe appointed and disposed unto them, shall receyve and have paied to them tlieise sommes followinge, that is to saie, everie daughter one thousand markes in money, and everie of my younger sonnes three hundred poundes in money a peece, and the cliilde with which my wife nowe goeth, be it sonne or daughter, one thousand markes in money; and my meaning is that my eldest daughter, and soe the rest in order, by the good discre¬ tion of my executrix, shalbe preferred in the receipt of the same theire portions. And I will also that my lease in Kente shall goe and be after tenne yeares to the use, purpose, and intente aforesaid, for and dureinge the terme of thirteene yeares then next following, and after, I will and give the same lease to Senrie Duckett, my third sonne, and his assignes, du¬ ringe the residue of the yeares then to come in the same. And whereas there is a lease of the ferme of Cawston, in the same countie, conveyed in trust to divers persons; my wille and mindo is, that the same and all the profits thereof shall whollie goe, remayne, and bee to Anne my wife duringe her life, and after her decease, I will that the same shall goe and bee to the uses aforesaid, while and untill my said cliildrens porcions shalbe fully answered and paid as aforesaid; and also I will that the yssues and profitts of my lands and te- nem ts assured to my s d wife for her jointure shall, immediate- lie after her decease, goe and be to the uses al'ores d until! the portions afores d be fully paid; and afterwards I will the same lands to remayne to my sonne and heir and to the heires of his body, and afterwardes to my right heires; And because my cliildren’s portions shalbe sever paid, as well the childe yet unborne as the other, I do devise, bequeathe, and give to them for the same purpose, tlieise goodes and chat¬ tels hereafter followinge, that is to say, my plate, which I esteme worth© four hundred poundes, one' debte by obli- gac’ons of Sir Henrie Unton and others of six hundreth fortie and five poundes, one debt of John Sadler, of Wolver- ton, in the countie of Sommerset, of six hundreth poundes, for which I have good assurance, my parte of the lease of the mannor of Streate (Street), in the countie of Somersett, valued worth three hundreth poundes, all my stocke of cat- tell in my owne possession, to the value of fowre hundreth and twentie poundes, the stocke of corne and other goodes in the handes of George Grey, to the value of one hundreth poundes, and my stocke in the handes of Bishopp and Whitehorse, to the valewe of one hundreth poundes. Item, I give to my said wife all my jewells of golde and liowshold stuff whatsoever to her owne use; and I ordaine, constitute, and make the said Anne my wife sole executrix of this my present testament & last will. Item, I give to Thomasine Farmer sixe poundes thirteen shillinges fower pence, to Ste¬ phen Orrell my servant, five markes, to my servantes, John Sparling and William Lilford, fortie shillinges a peece, and to Katherine Pulson, my maiden servant, fortie shillinges, and to Beyuolde Browne fortie shillinges, to be paid within three yeares next after my decease. And I constitute and make overseers of the same, my verie good lovinge brother in lawe, M r Thomas Owen, Esquire, seijeant at the Lawe, my brother Thomas Duckett, and my cozen Allen Duckett, desir- inge them and everie of them to be aiding, helping, and as¬ sisting to my said executrix in the due execution of this my present testament, as my trust is in them. And I give and bequeath to everie of them, for their paines therein to be taken, twentie poundes in money a peece ; provided always that if my said wife shall fortune to decease during the mi- noritie of my children, then I will and also do ordaine the said Thomas Owen, Thomas Duckett, and Allen Duckett exe¬ cutors of the same my said testament, during the minoritie of my said children, prayinge and desiringe them and everie of them, that they will take upon them the execution of the same, and see it performed in manner and forme and accord- inge to my trewe meaninge, before expressed. In wituesse whereof to this my present and last will, I, the said Stephen Duckett, have put my hande and seale. Teoven the daie and yeere first above written, per me, Steph. Duckett. Witnesses hereunto, William Brobebancke Scr’, William Swadden, Allen Duckett. Proved at London on the 8 th day of May, 1591, by the proctor for Anne Duckett, executrix in the said will named. l ~S) Being under age at the death of his father, his ward¬ ship is thus recorded in the “ Court of Wards & Liveries ” of that day. Court of Wards & Liveries, Yol. 11. Com. Wiltes. Stephen Duckett, Esquie r , deceased,tercio die May laste paste, before the finding of th’ office, &c., and Lyonell Duckett is his sonne and nexte heire, being of the age of Lionell xv yeares and vj monethes and two daies Duckett, at the deathe of his said father, as by an office thereof, found at Cable, in the coun¬ tie of Wiltes’, viij die Junij, anno xxxiij Eliz. R’ne, &c., appeareth, the landes being of the yearlie value of . . . xxxix 1 * iij s ij d obq. 26 Junij, 1591. The wardship and marriage of the s d Lionell Duckett, w lh an exhibicion of vj 1 ' xiij s iiij d for the educac’on of the warde, is solde to Anne Duckett, the mother, for fortie poundes. To be paid x u in Michas * Pinhills farm ; & High Pen farm (Caine). 45 1651, married Martha -25 ), 25 °) daughter of Samuel Ash, of Langley, (or Langley Burrell) in the couuty of Wilts, Esq., by whom he had William (who July 8, 1721 married Mary, daughter and co-heir of terme, x H in Hillarie terme, x u in Easter terme next coming, and x H in Michas terme, 1592 . xl» Court of Wards & Liveries, Yol. 106. Wiltes. Anne Duckett, of Pinhills, in the com of Wiltes r , widowe, w th others, stande in fower obligac’ons of x 1 ' a peece, dat xxvi Junij, a 0 pred’,* for payin’ of xl 1 * in every condic’on, Lyonell us followeth, viz., x n in Michas terme, 1591, Ducket, in Hill, terme 1591 x n , in Ester terme 1592 x h , in Michas terme 1592 x u , for the wardshipp of Lionell Duckett, sonne of Stephen Ducket, w lh th’ exhibic’on of vj u xiij s iiij d p’ feod.xl H , &c. * Anno xxxiij Eliz. 17S ) Lionell Duckett’s will is dated 25 th Nov r 1609. His half-brothers and sisters mentioned in it, viz. Humphrey, Thomas, Lucy & Alice Edwardes, were direct ancestors of the present Sir Henry Hope Edwardes, B‘. Of these, Hum¬ phrey had a seat in the Long Parliament (S. Regicides, p. 200) & Thomas was created a baronet by Charles, I. The will of Lionel Duckett of Calstone is as follows : Testamentum Lionelli Duckett, a.d. 1609. In the name of God, Amen. The five and twentieth of November, a thousand six hundred and nine, I, Lyonell Duckett , of Caine, in the countie of Wiltess, Esquior, being sick in body, but praysed be to God of good and perfect memory, doe ordayne and make this my last will and testa¬ ment in manner and forme followinge : First, I bequeathe my soule to the Allmighty God, my maker, and to Jhesus Christe, my Redeemer, by whose death and passion I fully assure my self of my salvation. Item, I give and bequeath to the poore people of the parish of Caine, to be distributed at my de¬ cease, six poundes thirteene shillinges fower pence. Item, I give and bequeath to remayne in stocke for ever to the parish of Caine, to be lent yereiv to six artificers or craftes-men without any use taking, the somme of thirtie poundes, to be delivered within fower yeares after my decease. Item, I give and bequeath unto Dame Margaret Ducket tenn pounds, to be payd within one yeare after my decease, and my gray gelding. Item, I give and bequeath to my sister Mary and to my sister Margaret, to ech of them two hundred poundes a peece, to be payd so soone as my heire can rayse the same of the yssues and profittes of my landes without sale of any of the same. Item, I give and bequeathe to my sister Jane one hundred poundes, to be payd within five yeares after my decease. Item, I give and bequeath to my brother in lawes and sister in lawes, Humfrey Edwardes, Thomas Edwardes, Lucie, and Alice Edwardes, ech and every of them tenn poundes, to be payd at their yeares of one and twentie, yf they shalbe then living. Item, I give and bequeath to my cozen Jenninges tenn poundes. Item, I give and beaueathe to Henry Hungate yearely dureing his lief, to be payd out of my mannor of Colston, six poundes thirteene shillinges fower pence. Item, I give and bequeathe to Anthony Cornell my tursell of a goshawke. Item, I give and bequeathe to Wil¬ liam Baker all such debtes as he oweth me, which weare sometime the debtes of Richard Watson. Item, I give and bequeath to Edward Lovelocke twentie shillinges. Item, I give and bequeathe to Fortune Nookes thirtie shillinges. Item, I give and bequeathe to John Pratt twentie shillinges. Item, I give and bequeathe to Elizabeth Griffin and Mary Tucker ech of them thirtie shillinges. Item, I give and be¬ queathe to Alice Brookes thirteene shillinges fower pence. Item, I give and bequeathe to Franke Clarke thirteene shil¬ linges fower pence. Item, I give and bequeathe to Anthony Davies five shillinges; all those legacies given to the ser- vauntes of Barcott house* to be paid within one yeare after my decease. Item, I give and bequeathe to Thomas Clarke five poundes, to be payd at his age of one and twenty. Item, I give and bequeathe to Fred Davies three poundes, to be payd at his age of one and twentie. Item, I give and be¬ queathe to William Androwes fortie shillinges, to be payd within one yeare after my deceasse. Item, I give and be¬ queathe to Henry Parsons fyve powndes, to be payd within two yeares after my decease. Item, I give and bequeathe to William Howells twentie shillinges, to be payd within one yeare after my decease. Item, I give and bequeathe to Wil¬ liam Goddard twentie shillinges, to be payd within two yeares after my decease. Item, I give and bequeathe to Richard Jones twentie shillinges, to be payed within two yeares after my decease. Item, I give and bequeathe to William Morti¬ mer, vicar of Caine, fortie shillinges. Item, I give and be¬ queath to M r Bates, the vicar of Buckland, twentie shillinges. Item, I give to Stephen Orrell tenn poundes, to be payd within two yeares after my decease. Item, I gyve and be¬ queath to Lyonell Norman, Lyonell Orrell, Lyonell Whit¬ church, and to Lyonell Whittcott, ech of them fortie shil¬ linges, to be payd at their full age of one and twentie yeares. Item, I give to Bartholomewe Browne fortie shillinges, to be payd at his age of one and twentie. Item, I forgive James Fley, for my godsons sake his sonne, all such debtes as he oweth me. Item, I give and bequeath to Humfrey Wilkes fortie shillinges, to be payd at his full age of one and twen¬ tie. Item, for the naturall love I beare to my only brother, John Ducket, I devise to him and to his heires for ever all my landes, tenementes, & hereditamentes whatsoever within the countie of Wiltess, or elsewhere within the realrae of England. And I ordayne, make, and constitute the said John Duckett, my brother, sole executor of this my present testament and last will. And I constitute and make over¬ seers of the same my very loving cosens, Thomas Baskerfeild\ and Robert Dene, gent., desiring them to be ayding, helping, and assisting to my said executor in the due execution of this my present testament, as my trust is in them. And I give and bequeathe to either of them for their paynes therein to be taken a mourning cloake. In witnes wherof to this my present testament and last will, I, the sayd Lyonell Duckett, have put my hande and seale. Yeven the day and yeare firste above written, Lyonell Duckett. Witnesses, Henry Hungate, Anthony Cornell, John Jones, Stephen Orrell. Memorand. That whereas Edward Bayntun, of Haslond,J within the parish of Bremhill, gent., doth owe me the somme of tenne pouudes without any specialtie; my will and intent is, that my executors shall have the same towardes the per¬ formance of my legacies. Lyoneil Duckett. Proved at London on the 14’ 11 day of December, 1609, by the oath of John Duckett, brother of the deceased, and exe¬ cutor in the above will nominated, to whom, &c. &c. * 7 *) By inquisition post mortem taken at Caine, 10 lh April 8 James 1, it is shown, that “he died, seized of the manors ” “ of Calston & Bowers, and Calston-Willington near Caine, ” “and of the manors of Trowbridge, & Dauntsey, in the” “county of Wilts, etc; that he died 30 Nov r (7 James 1) ” * Near Buckland, in Berkshire. + Baakerville. J Hazeland. 46 Thomas Turberville, Esq. [representative of an ancient family which flourished at Bere Begis, Dorset, temp. Hen III] & o. s. p), 26 ) ; George (his heir) ; AVilliam (Colonel) M.P. for Caine (1727-1741) ; 17-n Bv articles of agreem* 4 partite, 28 March, 1/11. , , d n 6 -n i d r 1 . ... , „ • betw: v e s d George Duckett of y e Articles on the marriage T , •, . b , , , J of Georee Ducket with 1 > Rlchard Bm g ham , Awnsham Grace Skinner Churchill, John Hopkins, & W» ^ ace oKinner. Mownjoy, Esq” of y* 2 d ; George Trencliard, Sydenham Thornhill, Esq' 5 of y c 3 d ; & Thomas Skinner, Esq r , & Grace Skinner, his daughter, of the 4 th ; reciting a marriage intended betw : y e s d George Duckett & Grace Skinner; the s d Geo: Duckett, in cons: of such mar¬ riage & £3000 marriage portion, covenanted with Thomas Skinner within 6 months after y e marr: to settle & assure unto y e s d Tlio: Skinner, Rich d Bingham, Awnsham Churchill, Jno Hopkins, & W m Mownjoy, & their heirs, All y‘ his ffarm 4' lands called Eartham farm, in y e parish of Corsham 4' Bidson, cf all y' his farm a ) He was brother to Sir Joseph Ashe (or Ash), created a baronet 1660 by Charles 2, in consideration of his services to the Crown, (extinct 1734), & descended from an ancient family seated in Wiltshire and Somersetshire from the Con¬ quest. (S. Liol Duckett’s Title to Calstone 1742 20aa ). 2o4) ijjjg ]j s tate of Halt was, (by will dated 9 th Dec. 1682), devised to Lionel Duckett by Sir George Speke of Hazel- burv, co Wilts, Bart; (created 1660, extinct 1682). Lionel Duckett is named also in the will of Francis Speke of Chenies (Cheney) Court. (S. their wills 2644 ; also indenture, bearing date 29 th March 1682, (34 Charles, 2.) between Sir Geo Speke and Robert Powell of Hatt; and Lionel Duckett’s Title to Calstone, dated 1742 20aa ). Cheney Court, Hazlebury, & Hatt are all in the parish of Box, Wilts. 2544 ) r p| 10 following are the wills of Sir George Speke of Hazelburv, bart, & of Francis Speke of Cheney Court, co Wilts, Esqr. Will of Sir George Speke, Bart. [1683] In the name of God Amen. I S r George Speke, of Hasel- bury, in the county of Wilts, Barronet, being sicke and weake in body, but of sound and perfect minde and memorie (thankcs be given to God for the same), doe make and ordaine this my last will and testament in writing, revokeing all former wills by mee heretofore made. First, I give and be¬ queath my soule into the hands of Almightie God my Crea- t-our. And as to my worldly estate, which it hath pleased Almighty God to lend mee, I give and dispose thereof as fol¬ io weth (videlicet):—Whereas I, the said S r George Speke, in and by my deed in writing, under my hand and seale, bearing date the thirteenth day of November, in the seaven and twen¬ tieth yeare of the reigne of our soveraigne Lord the King’s Majesty, that now is, reciting that whereas by two severall deeds indented of lease and release, one bearing date the five and twentieth day of October, and the other the six and twentieth day of October last past, before the date of the said recited deed, made betweene mee, the said Sir George Speke, of the one part, and Robert Tompkins, of Beaconsfeild, in the countie of Bucks, Esquire, and Walter Graut, of Farley, in the countie of Wilts, gent, of the other part, did give, graunt, bargaine, sell, alien, release, enfeoffe, and confirme unto the said Robert Tompkins and Walter Grant all those his mannours of Haselbury (Hazlebury), Box, Agard* & Ditcheridge, with theire and everie of theire appurtenances, within the said county of Wilts, and all messuages, landes, tenementes, hereditamentes, and premisses to the said man¬ nours or anie or either of them belonging, or in anie wise appertayning or therewith held, used, or enjoyed, as part, parcell, or member thereof, and all other the mannours, mes¬ suages, landes, tenementes, and premisses of mee, the said S r * Jaggards’ in Corsham parish. I 58 Having (with his father) in 1798, cut oft’ the entail of the Hartham estates, he disposed of the same by sale, in 1825, to the 1 st Lord Methuen. George Speke, in Haselbury, Box, and Diteheridge aforesaid, or elsewhere within the countie of Wilts, and the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders thereof, to holde to the said Robert Tompkins and Walter Grant, theireheires and assignes, to the use and behoofe of mee, the said S r George Speke, for terme of my naturall life, without im¬ peachment of waste, and after my decease to such person or persons as I should by deed in writing or by my last will and testament limitt, direct, and appoynte; and for want of such limitation, to the use of Francis Speke, of Haselbury afore¬ said, Esquire; and for want of such issue, to the use of George Petty, of London, haberdasher; and it was thereby declared that the said Robert Tompkins and Walter Grant did stand seized of the mannours and premisses aforesaid, to the use of me, the said Sir George Speke, for my life, and afterwards to such uses as I by my deed in writing or by my last will and testament should limitt, direct, and appoynte, as by the said deed more at large appeareth. And whereas I, the said Sir George Speke, by my deed under my hand and scale, bearing date the second day of December, Anno Domini 1675, reciting that Dame Anne Speke, and I the said Sir George Speke, did covenant to levie a fine to Francis Speke and Thomas Smith of all and singular the mannours, messuages, landes, & tenementes, in the severall parishes of Staplehurst, Rumney Marsh (Romney Marsh), Old Rumney, New Rumney, Peasaridge, Heritsham, Burkslade, Wickham, Frittenden, Suave, Chariton, Lydden, Little Iden, Marden, lvychureli, Hope All S ,s , and S' Mary’s Poltneys, in the county of Kent, and all other the lands and tenementes whatsoever of them, the said Dame Anne Speke and Sir George Speke, within the county of Kent aforesaid, which said fyne was acknowledged and declared to bee to the use of mee, the said Sir George Speke, for life, and after to such uses as I by deed in writing, under my hand and scale, or by my last will and testament in writing, should by will 'direct and appoynte, as in and by the said deed more at large ap¬ peareth. Now for the better setling and disposeing of the said lauds mentioned in the said recited deeds, I doe give and dispose thereof as followeth :—Inprimis, 1 give and bequeath all my said mannors, messuages, lands, and tenements men¬ tioned by the recited deed to be scituated in Kent, unto George Petty, of London, haberdasher, to hold to him, his heires and assignes, for ever, subject and lyable to the yearly annuity or rent charge of three hundred poundes per annum to my mother. Dame Anne Speke, of Haselbury, aforesaid, widow, for and during the terme of her naturall "life. Item, I give and bequeath unto Lionell Duckett Esquire, the re¬ version and interest of my farme, called Hatt Farme, which I lately purchased of Mast r Thomas Kenion, to hold to him, his heires and assignes for ever, immediately from and after the death of my said mother, Dame Anne Speke. All the rest ot my mannours, landes, tenementes, and hereditamentes scituate within the countie ot Wilts, I give and bequeath unto my said mother, Dame Anne Speke, to hold to her and to her heires and assignes for ever. Item, I give to my deare wife, Dame Rachell Speke, all my plate, jewells, rings, coach horses, and coach, cow r es, and while horse. Item, 1 give to Robert Tompkins, Esquire, the summe of fiftie poundes, to be paid within six moneths after my decease. Item, I give to Mast r lliomas Eyre my black Marshfeild gelding, and the summe of fiftie,* to be paid in six monethes after my decease. I give unto Mast r Henry Redman the summe of eight and fortie poundes, to be paid at the tyme aforesaid. All the rest and residue of my landes, tenementes, goodes, and cliat- * This stands so in the original will. tells, not herein before disposed of, I give and bequeath unto my deare mother, Dame Anne Speke, wliome I make execu¬ trix of this my last will and testament; and I doe desire and appoint Robert Tompkins, Esquire, to bee overseer of this my will. In witnesse whereof, I have to this my last will and testament, contained in two sheets of paper, sett my hand and seale the nynth day of December, Anno Domini 168^- Geo. Speke. Signed and published in the presence of Richard Kemm, Edward Lewes, Thomas Rogers, Elizabeth Eyre, Ehz. Griffetli. Proved 5 th April, 1683, by the oath of the Lady Anne Speke, mother of the said deceased, and executrix in the above. Will of Francis Speke, gentleman. (1683) In the name of God Amen. I, Francis Speke, of Clieynies Co rt , in the county of Wilts, gent, being of sound mind and perfect memory, praised bee God, doe make, ordaine, and declare this my last will and testament in manner and forme following, revokeing and adnulling all my former wills and testaments whatsoever:—First, being penitent and sorry from the bottom of my heart for all my sinns past, most humbly begging forgivenesse for the same, I give and com- mitt my soule unto Almighty God my Creator, liopeing through the merritts of his dearly beloved son, Jesus Christ, my only Saviour and Redeemer, to have full remission and forgivenesse of all my sinns, and bee saved; and my body to the earth, to bee buried in a decent manner where my execu¬ trix hereafter named shall appoint. And now for the settle- ing of my temporall estate, which it hath pleased God to bestow upon mee, I doe give and dispose the same in manner and forme following, that is to say :—First, I will that all those debtes and duties as I owe unto person or persons whatsoever bee well and truely contented and paid within convenient time after my decease. Item, I give and bequeath unto my cousin John Speke, and to my good freinds Cap* Eyre of Neatston, M r Tho. Goddard junior, M r Walter Long of Wrexhall (Wraxall), M T Lionell Duckett, M r George Petty and his wife, D r Rernm and his wife, M rs Cicily Waller, M rs Jane Bolwell, widdow, and M r Henry Redman, one mourning ring a peece of the value of twenty shillinges a peece. Item, 1 give and bequeath to the poore, aged, and distressed of the parishes of Box, Haselbury (Hazlebury), and Diteheridge (Ditteridge), twenty poundes to be distributed amongst them by discret ion on the day of my funerall or within six monethes after. Item, I give and bequeath to Fortune Wieherley, wife of Anthony Wieherley, tenne pounds. Item, I give to Wil¬ liam Love and to Israel his sister five pounds a peece. Item, 1 give and bequeath unto Edward Lewis and his wife, and to all the meniall servants of the Lady Anne Speke which shall bee dwelling at Cheynies Court (Cheney Court), in the parish ot Box and county of Wilts, at the time of my decease, the severall and respective summes of twenty shillinges a peece, except to Mary Lewis, to whom I give five poundes. Item, I give and bequeath unto my most deare freind the Ladle Anne Speke (whom I doe hereby make my sole executrix of this my last will and testament) the residue of all my goodes, chattells, and debtes. In witnesse whereof, I have hereunto sett my hand and seale the sixteenth day of October, Anno Domini one thousand six hundred eighty three. Francis Speke. Signed, sealed, and published, in the presence of Celia Waller, Peter Rainalls, Michaell Sumpsuon. Proved 17 November, 1683, by the oath of the Lady Anne Speke, the ex 1 . 59 In a literary and general point of view, lie was a man of most varied information and learning, being not only a classical scholar of the very highest order, but having a perfect knowledge of the principal 26 ) Colonel William Duckett of the Horse Grenadier- Guards, represented Caine in parliament in 1727, 1734, 1737-1739. In Henry the Seventh’s Chapel, Westminster Abbey, at the eighth stall on the left on entering the Chapel, his arms are seen as Esquire to Lord Monson as Knight of the Bath, installed 17 th June MDCCXXV. The London Magazine for June 1739, records the following: Duckett, Colonel, William (Caine), voted lor the Con¬ vention with Spain ; (his salary estimated at 800 p r anil:) and again; Promotions Civil and Military ; William Duckett, Esq., made Colonel of the Regiment late Colonel Lanoe’s; Brigadier Elliot, Lieut.-Colonel of the second Troop of Gre¬ nadier Guards in his room. It would appear that in 1721, Col Duckett (as seen by the Wilts Magazine Vol. IV. 279), was a colonel of militia : Extract from a paper by the Rev' 1 Canon Jackson, relative to the History of the priory of Monkton Farley. Noticing an old MS. diary, he proceeds to quote from the same, under date of Friday, June 22, 1721. “After dinner I went to M r Webb’s of Farley, the report ” “ being that his house had been searched for arms. At my ” “ coming there I found one M r Gibbs, that is Mayor of” “ Westbury, and a farmer that had taken part of M r ” “Webb’s estate, and M r Webb told me that the day be-” “fore, M r Duckett (of Hartham), had been there with a” “warrant to search, signed by himself, M r Montague (of” “ Lackham) and Mr. Long (of Rowden), three Justices and ” “Deputy Lieutenants. M r Duckett had come in a very” “ civil manner and so behaved himself whilst there, he is ” “ also a colonel of the militia. The ground of this matter ” “was, that one John Taylor, a woolcomber of Melksham,” “ made oath before M r Montague, that he heard another ” “person, viz one Ealy, that is a clothworker also at Melk-” “ sham, say, that he saw arms enough for five hundred men” “in M r Webb’s house. V T e had some talk with pleasure of” “ the matter, and I returned in the evening. It is to be ” “ noted that the government has had some notice of plots ” “ and conspiracies now, or lately, on foot, and so has or- ” “deredall the forces to encamp in severall places, as in” “ Hide park, by Salisbury, Hounslow Heath, near Hunger- ” “ ford, and in our neighbourhood by Chippenham, in seve- ” “ ral small encampments. The Duke of Norfolk has been” “ seized, and Habeas Corpus suspended.” This was one of the alarms to which George I was periodi¬ cally subject from the favourers of the Pretender, so that the search for arms at Monkton Farley may fairly be taken to indicate that the politics of M r Webb’s family were Jacobite. Col. W. Duckett died 12 Dec r 1749, and in the north tran¬ sept of Petersham Church, Surrey, is this inscription ; “ Here “ lieth the body of Colonel William Ducket, who departed ” “this life 12 h Dec r 1749. Also M rs Mary Duckett, wife of” “ William Duckett Esq re , late of Ham, Surrey, who dyed” “Feb ye 3 d 1780 aged 80.” [She was a Turberville of Bere Regis, Co. Dorset.] Gen. Mag, p. 572 Vol. 19; Political state of G* Britain, Vol. 57. Manning’s Surrey, Vol 1, p. 443. Among the eminent persons, native or belonging to Wiltshire, George Ducket is described as a “ Poet.” He lived on terms of intimate friendship with Addison and Ed¬ mund Smith, both frequent visitors at Hartham, of whom the latter died whilst on a visit there in 1710, and the cir¬ cumstance is noticed in Johnson’s Lives of the Poets. The Poet Addison was born in Wiltshire, and died 1719, and his miniature set in gold, the only known one existing, having been sent to be cleaned, in 1845, was stolen from the premises of the person to whom it was confided. By a pamphlet against the Iliad, which he wrote in con¬ junction with Burnet, son of Bishop Burnet, George Ducket, figures conspicuously in Pope’s Dunciad, a perfor¬ mance says Dr. Johnson, “ in which the poet endeavours to ” “ sink into contempt all writers by whom he had been at- ” “ tacked. “ Those who were assailed,” he adds, “ vented ” “their resentment in the newspapers by epigrams and in- ” “ vectives, many more grumbled in secret ”—“ Ducket, in- ” “deed, being mentioned as loving Burnet with pious pas-" “sion, pretended his moral character was injured, and for” “some time declared his resolution to take vengeance with ” “a cudgel. But Pope appeased him by changing pious” “ passion for cordial friendship and by a note, in which he” “ vehemently disclaims the malignity of meaning imputed ” “to the first expression.” As Pope however at one time would appear to have satirised even Addison, no great stress need be laid on the manner in which he attacked Ducket and others, in fact if the lives of Pope and Addison be read at¬ tentively, it will be clear that there was a literary quarrel going on at the time, which drew in of necessity many others. (S. notes 24 ), 29 ), and p. 88, 253, V. 2 & 4 Johnson’s Lives of the Poets. Vol. 5. of Pope’s works gives the following; “ List of Books, papers, and verses, in which the poet was abused, before the publication of the Dunciad, with the true names of the au¬ thors from which only are taken those having reference to G. Ducket. Homerides, or a letter to Mr. Pope, occasioned by his in¬ tended translation of Homer. By Sir Iliad Dogrel [Tho. Burnet and G. Ducket, Esquires], printed for W. Wilkins, 1715, price 9 d . An epilogue to Powel’s puppet show, hv Col. Ducket (for which he is put into the Dunciad). Pope Alexander’s Supremacy and Infallibility examined &c, 4*° by George Ducket and John Dennis. The lines of the Dunciad, in retaliation for the above, are these: Behold yon Pair, in strict embraces joined ; How like in manners, and how like in mind! Fam’d for good nature, Burnet, and for truth, Ducket for pious passion to the youth. Equal in wit, and equally polite, Shall this a Pasquin, that a Grumbler write; Like are their merits, like rewards they share, That shines a consul, this commissioner.” to which, as notes, are appended these remarks ; “ The first of these was the son of the late Bishop of Salis¬ bury, author of a weekly paper called The Grumbler, as the other was concerned in another called Pasquin, (a paper writ¬ ten in defence of Government), in which M r Pope was abused with the late Duke of Buckingham, and Bishop of Rochester. They also joined in a piece against his first un¬ dertaking to translate the Iliad, intitled Homerides, by Sir Iliad Dogrel, printed 1715. M r Curl gives us further ac¬ count of M r Burnet, “ He did himself write a letter to the E. of Hallifax, informing his Lordship (as he tells him) of what he knew much better before; and he published in his own name several political pamphlets ; “ A certain informa- ” “ tion of a certain discourse “ A second tale of a tub,” &c. All which, it is strongly affirmed, were written by Colonel Ducket (brother to Geo. Duckett). Curl, Key, p. 17. The Author of the “ Characters of the Times,” tells us, the political I 2 GO modern European languages, and as a layman, was quite unequalled in his theological researches. It was said of him, by a member of the Church of England, that “ he was a standing test of the truths of” pieces were not approved of by his own father, the Beverend Bishop.” “ The union of these two authors gave occasion to this epi¬ gram by Pope: Burnet and Ducket, friends in spite, Came hissing forth in verse; Both were so forward, each w-ould write, So dull, each hung an- Thus Amphisbaena (I have read) At either end assails ; None knows which leads, or which is led, For both its Heads are Tails ” (Translation;— “ May you recover, gracious Duke, to whom your ability, not inconstant fortune, your virtue, not the favor of your sovereign, has given titles ”). Ad Dominu’ Mutabl’ Anglica non placuit conjux Tibi Galle superbi Atque gravis nimium foemina nostra fuit Gallica tande’ Uxor solita te prole beatum Eeddit & in solito tempore ponit onus Quae pariens modd se graviore’ prsestitit aequo Sat spero levis est foemina tute gravis. “ The verse—“ for pious passion to the youth,” is a literal translation of Virgil (iEn. 5). Euryalus, forma insignis viridique juventa, Nisus arnore pio pueri. and here, as in the original, applied to Friendship; That be¬ tween Nisus and Euryalus is allowed to make one of the most aimiable episodes in the world, and surely was never inter¬ preted in a perverse sense; etc. (Pope’s Dunciad, Book III).” The following are some of the many miscellaneous entries met with in the pocket books of George Ducket for 1711 & 1714. quaint and characteristic of the day, furnishing also specimens of poetry, but without any exact clue to their au¬ thorship. September 16 th 1711 George Duckett his Book Dewlish in Dorsetshire or at M r Lawrence’s next door to Grange Court in Little Lincolns Inn Fields, London or at Nando’s Coffeehouse near Temple Bar. If any one finds this Book, he is desired to deliver it as above directed and shall be thankfully gratifyd for so doing by Geo Duckett George Duckett his Book If any person should chance to find this book (being lost) He is desired to send it to the owner aforesaid, either at Dewlish in Dorsetshire or his House at Hartham in Wiltshire, and he shall be gratefully rewarded -by G Duckett Trindar of Oxfordshire Elder Brother to Sergeant Trindar of the Temple kept a Kegister Book in Xing James y e 2 ds time wherein people personally subscrib’d to popery and wherein may be seen the fists of some hundreds of Parsons who now (if alive) are violent supporters of y e Church. This I was informed of by a Gentleman who has seen the very Book. (1711.) G Duckett These following verses were deliver’d to y e Duke of M- [Duke of Marlborough] Mens tua non vaga sors virtus non gratia regis Nomina cui tribuit Dux bone convaleas. The Dimensions of H House (Hartham House). The Hall 23 long 17 foot wide the Parlour on y e Bight hand 17 foot square the Parlour or withdrawing room on y e left 17 foot square, The great Parlour behind y e hall 28 foot and half long, 16 foot and half wide, and all elev’n foot high. Mem dm My son Lionell was born on Thursday Jan>' 3 d 171) about 2 of y e Clock in y e morning. There is a Band of souldiers armed w 1 3 sorts of weapons, Pikes, Halberts and Guns. The halberts and guns put to¬ gether are double so many as y e Pikes and y e Pikes and guns together are 8 times as many as y e halberts, and y c guns by themselves alone are in number more than both y e other weapons by 55. Quaere The number of soldiers in y e Band, & y e number of every weapon. Answer Pikes . . . 165 Halberts . . 55 Guns . . . 275 Total . . . 495 Proof 55+275 = 330 = 165 & 2 165+275 = 440 = 55 8 275 = 165+55+55 To y e Duke of Malbrough Since thanks was grudg’d y u for y r past success, May y u do more y‘ they may thank you less. Mem. My son Thomas was Born on Tuesday the 10 ,h of February about half an hour after one in the morning, 171f/ . Beceipts Decern. 21 1710 P d Duke Townsend as appears by his receipt being expences for y e Try all at y e Com’ittee of Privileges . • • • • • . 58 18 00 A Beceipt of my B r Wil Ducket’s for . ■ 500 00 00 M r Owen’s Beceipts are in my old leather Letter case as likewise are Parry’s Audit Beceipts And Chandelers y e Pe- ruque makers. Debtors to me A mortgage on y c Turnpike at Caine is in M r Weeks hand. A note of X g Charles 1 st . 11 s d 200 00 00 100 00 00 61 “ Christianity, for he had investigated the subject in a manner sceptics will not do.” His translations of “ Michaelis’s Burial & Resurrection of Our Saviour,” from the original German, and “ Herder on” Paid December 1711 For five Operas with y e symphonies . 03 4 6 for a flute. .00 5 00 for strings & musick books . . 3 6 for cravats. 16 0 for 1 p r of Shoes. 5 0 for a sword . . * . 9 0 Paid on y e Road and fare . . . 2 10 00 p d for washing my linen .... .00 3 00 for a Hat. .00 10 09 Penknife. .00 1 00 Hungary water. .00 2 6 Chair for a week. .01 1 6 Subscrib’d for Udales Philip de Comines . .00 5 00 March 10 Sold to John Hews of Calston a paddock of two acres called Claypits (which fell into hands some time ago) for twenty guineas. Received . . . . 21 10 00 Jan 18 171f Received 12 pounds Interest for 200 pounds lent the Turnpike. 12 00 00 November 21 1713 Receiv’d of M r Long his whole year Rent for Ilatt House due at Last Lady Day. 15 00 00 Mem.: This Lady Day 1713 M r Long left Hatt after having done what spoil he coud. 1714 Letter fro’ my B r in Flanders. May 6. 1714 Memorand. Now I enter’d on the Farm of Hartha’ my self G.D. Cozen J. Michel’s accounts. An Account of y e Plate at Dewlish. [Colonel William Duckett to George Duckett of Hartham.] Kensington graved pits November 11 th 1714 Dear Brother Since my last my Indisposition is mightily abated and w ,h in these 6 or 7 days I have gain'd pretty deal of strength and some flesh, so hope if you come to Town so soon as you mention in y r last, that I shall be able to go down w ,h y u , I have had no Phisician these 10 days, all that is to be fear’d is that this doth not leave something on my lungs but as yet I have no symptoms. Coll" Bayntun has been to see me but he has no notion of my illness as having never been sick himself. M r Ash has likewise done me the lion' of a visit. Honest T Burnet came and staid w th me a whole day, he was very agreeable in every respect even in his eating and drinking for Tom’s condem’d to wine and water and weak diet. He brought Rob: Manning’s Collections of Songs, Oct er 5, Methinks they are to come out too late that tis like draw¬ ing one’s sword on a dead man. Indeed they may serve for diversion in a private society and I think there are some of the songs were better left out as having no wit and very little sense, I hear y u have 2 of the half g a Books, Tis too oblige Manning who I fear has outrun his circumstances. Pray lett me know if y u come to Town and when, direct y ur Let¬ ters for me att M r Lawrence’s & they allways know where I am. I design to move the Lodgings where I am nearer Ken¬ sington Town as soon as I gett a little more strength. I am D r S r y r most affec ,e Bro r Will Duckett. To George Duckett Esq r Att Hartham Near Chippenham Wilts George Duckett Esq" D r March 26 1711 For a Brillron Ring sett round w th 2 crtts j sr Gold and Fass. 20 0 0 Paid the Coachman For carriage & porter ...030 £20 3 0 Dr. Sacheverel’s Text on Sunday March 21. at 2' 1 chap 1 st of Kings, 15 th verse “Thou knowest that y e Kingdome was “ mine and that all Israel set t r faces on me that I shoud “ reign, Howbeit the Kingdome is turned away, & is my “ brothers, for it came to him of the Lord.” N. B. This was so often quoted & usd, that most people thought it to be his text, which really was 2' 1 of Chronicles, 9 th Ch. 7 th & 8 tb Verses. Henry Norman waggon r puts up at the Swan on Holborn bridge His Horses at the 3 Cups in Breadstreet. Verses on the Earle of Essex, then L d Treasurer, in Osborns traditional memoirs on the Reign of K. James. Here lyes thrown for the worms to eat Little bossive Robin yt was so great Not Robin good fellow, nor Robin Hood But Robin - Who seem’d as sent from ugly fate To spoil the Prince & Rob y e State Owning a mind of dismal Ends As Traps for foes, & Tricks for friends. 1714 On Monday the fifteenth day of the present month of February about fifteen minutes after nine in the Evening, my wife was brought to bed of a Girl. March 1714 On Tuesday the 16 th day of this month my daughter was baptizd by the name of Grace Duckett 310. Com. Wilts. Anno Regni Regime ANNAS Magnse Britannia;, etc. 12° Annoque Dom. 1713 For a coppice Received of George Ducket Esq r in Corsham the sum of O' 6 s 4' 1 being one hallo Years Rent, due at Lady day the year abovesaid I say Received .... 6j 5 iiij d The Audit for 1713 will be Octob 20 p Nath Parry At which time this Rent is to be paid, d* R‘ J H or else at the House of Tho. Rudge Esq, in the Fish-Yard, near to Westminster Hall. That due at Lady Day, in Easter- Term ; and that due at Michaelmas, in Michaelmas-Term yearly, in a forenoon, which will prevent further trouble Octob. 1714. Paid my Broth; Tho: Skinner 200 Guineas. Ditto. Paid him one Guinea more. 62 “ the Bevelations of S l John,” are -well known works, and “ Luther’s Preface to S f Paul’s Epistle to ” “ the Eomans,” or “ the Doctrines of the Beformation in opposition to those of Eoinanism ” (also from Memorandums against I go into M ilts At Saru’ To buy some fidle strings ditto Shoes Ditto Horse Memorandums for Tom when he goes into "Wilts To goe to Michael Chappels for some good pens To get 2 or 3 fidle Bridges of Lovelock. [The Wiltshire property of George Duckett appears in the articles of agreement on his marriage with Grace Skinner, in Lionel Ducket’s Title to Calstone & Caine; 20 » a ]. i9 ) About 1784, “Hartham” was rented bj Sir Benjamin Hobhouse (father of Lord Broughton), afterwards by General Kerr and Walter Long Esq r . It is thus described in Yol 4 of National Portraits; —‘’Hartham House, a country seat” “ belonging to the Duckett family, celebrated for the visits ” “of Addison, and the death of Edmund Smith, author of” “ Phaedra & Hippolytus.”—The circumstance of his death is mentioned in Johnson’s life of that poet. “He was” (it says) “in June 1710, invited by Mr. Geo. Ducket to his” “ house at Hartham in Wiltshire. Here he found such op- ” “portunities of indulgence as did not much forward his” “ studies, and particularly some strong ale too delicious to ” “ be resisted. He eat and drank till he found himself pie- ” “thorick, and then resolving to ease himself by evacuation,” “ he wrote to an apothecary in the neighbourhood a pre- ” “ scription of a purge so forcible, that the apothecary found ” “ it his duty to delay it till he had given him notice of its ” “danger. Smith not pleased with the contradiction of a” “shopman, & boastful of his own knowledge, treated the” “notice with rude contempt and swallowed his own medi-” “cine, which in July 1710 brought him to the grave. He” “ was buried at Hartham (or rather Biddestone).” Johnson’s Lives of the Poets, Yol IY, p. 253. Hartham appears in Domesday book as Heortham and Hertham, thus ; “ Terrse Hugonis comitis (Lands of Earl ” “Hugo). 1. Comes Hugo tenet Retmore, 2 Idem Comes” “ tenet Wiflesforde, 3 Idem comes tenet Heortham et Ed- ” “ wardus de co. T.R.E. (tempore Regis Edwardi) geldabat ” “pro 2 hidis. Terra est carucatse. De hac terra una hida” “ est in dominio et ibi 2 carucatse et 2 servi. Ibi 1 miles ” “ et 3 coscez. Et 5 acrse prati Et 3 acne silvse Et 12 ” “aerae pasturse. Yalet 20 solidi.” [The same earl holds Heortham (or Hartham) and Edward us under him. It was assessed in the time of Edward The Confessor at 2 hides. Here are 3 ploughlands and 2 servants. Here is one military man and 3 cottagers. Here are 5 acres of meadow, 3 acres of wood, and 12 acres of pasture. It is worth 20 shillings)— Again Turchitil holds a hide of land of Edward in Hertham. Two military men held it T.R.E. &c.J sd ) S. Grace Duckett’s Will, dated 1749 and proved 1759 ; her brother Tho. Skinner’s "Will, dated Aug 2 d 1756, proved 5 ,h Nov r 1756 ; Papers relating to Lio 1 . Duckett, 1751-1752, etc. Thomas Skinner, (Grace Duckett’s father), was buried in B unhill fields, where she also in her will, desires to be buried. 33 “) Grace Skinner, on her mother’s side, was descended from the ancient family of the Binghams of Bingham’s Mel- combe, co Dorset. From the pedigree of the Binghams, “ as set forth and signed by Robert Cooke, Esq r , Clareneieux, a.d. 1580,” we find that from John de Bingham in the reign of Henry I., and a long line of ancestors, descended Robert Bingham Esq r (d. 1561), whose son, Robert Bingham, died 1593, 35 Eliz, and a third son, Sir Richard, (of whom here¬ after) d. 1598 aged 70; the fourth brother was Sir George, knight marshall of Ireland, ancestor of the Earls of Lucan, and the Lords Clanmorris and other Binghams of Ireland. Ro¬ bert Bingham had a son Robert, who died 1587 (in vita patris). He married, Anne d. of William Chaldecot of Quarrelstone, who, 32 Eliz, re-married John Strode of Parnham. » The son of this Robert, Richard Bingham Esq r , died 1656, & married Jane, daughter of Sir Arthur Hopton of Witham Abbey, co Somerset, knight, & d. 1635. Their son, John Bingham Esq r , M.P. for Dorset in the Long Parliament, & Governor of Guernsey & Poole, who died 1673, married Frances, daughter & co-heir of John Trenchard of Warmwell Esq r , and had 5 daughters, Eliza¬ beth, Jane, Penelope (m. to John Mitehel of Kingston Russell, Esq r ) ; Frances, and Grace mar¬ ried to Thomas Skinner of Dive- lisli, Esq r , whose d. Grace married George Duckett of Hartham. Thomas Skinner, (brother to Grace Duckett), married 1733, Barbara, d. of — Opie Esqr of Stoke Newington, Middx, & Up¬ ton Gray, co. Southampton, & o. s. p. 1756. He is buried at Quarrelstone, where, above the monument to his memory, are the arms of Skinner, quartering Bingham, Turberville, Chaldecot, & Trenchard. The annexed tabular pedigree, (with that given at Note M ), show the descent of Grace Skinner and other Binghams, from a common ancestor in Robert Bingham. Rob' Bingham, of Bingham’s-pAlice Coker, of Mapouder, Melcombe ob. 1561. I Dorset. Rob 1 Bingham ob. 1593 I Rob' ob. 1587. in Sir Rich d; Gov r of Con¬ naught &c. ob. 1598. : Sarah, dau’r of John Heigham Esq. mar. 1588. Sir ^Cecily George Martyn. ob. 1595 I Sir John ob. s. pr. vita pa¬ tris. a dau’r. 1 Sir Henry-rMiss John Bing- Kicharcl ob.~j~J sue Hop* b. 1573 Byrne, ham, of Fox- 1656 1 ton. cr. Bart. ford, co. 1632. Mayo, whose 1 gr < gr* John-rFranees Strode —I—Sir Greo. -p grandson Tren- Bingham, w'as Henry chard. Rich d Bart. Bingham of of Mel- Newbrook 1 1 1 | | combe. Sir Henry Sir co. Mayo: Eliz. ob. s. pr. George, who mar d Jane Rich d 1 Letitia Penelope Michel r 1 Daly & his Frances. eldest son Grace Skinner. Sir Jolm-p-Anne John, b. M.P. for Yesey. 1762. was 1 s 1 co. Mayo cr. Baron Rich d ob. W- n Cha s ob. Clanmorris s. p A- A' 1749. 1800. 63 the German), has gone through many editions. As an occasional speaker when in parliament, he was of no mean order, striking those who heard him as a successful follower of the style ot Canning. In Sir John M.P. Sir Cha s M.P. co. for co. Mayo : Mayo, cr. Baron ob. 1752 Lucan 1776.— c®lebs. Earl of Lucan, 1795 ob. 1799. * A curious old MS record has been handed down by Grace Skinner, relative to her grandmother, Lady Hopton, which, with certain sheets mentioned in the document, has been preserved in the Ducket family with great care. A precisely similar record is in possession of the Binghams, of Bingham’s Melcombe, co. Dorset. The account runs thus, & is given verbatim. “ An Account of Lady Hopton,”—“ I will give ” “you as good an account as I can remember of our wise” “and good grandmother—Hopton who I think was one” “ Hall’s daughter of Devonshire without Title, & had an ” “ elder Brother without child, who said to his younger bro- ” “tiler’s wife (who was then with child), if she wou’d come” “to his House and lye in he wou’d give his Estate to the” “ child if a daughter & if a son it shou’d fare never the ” “ worse so she had my Grandmother and he bred her up ” “ and marry’d her to Sir Arthur Hopton of Somersetsh e , ” “who had £4000 p. annum, and she as much. By him she” “had 18 children, 10 daughters marry’d whose names were” “ Lady Bacon, Lady Smith, Lady Moreton, Lady Banister,” “and Lady Fettiplace, Bingham, Baskett, Cole (4 last of” “ Dorset) Thomas & Ernie Their daughters and their ehil- ” “ dren have made a numerous company of relations.” “The Duke of Richmond & Lord Maynard marry’d our”j “Aunt Banister’s two daughters & heiresses one to Rogers” “ the other to Banister.” [Lady Bannister’s first husband was Sir John Rogers of Bramson, by him she had the Duchess of Richmond, who was heiress to him. She had another daughter by Sir Robert Bannister, who was heiress to him, who married Lord Maynard] “Fettiplace, which” “ was also L' 1 Jones’s daughter and heiress, marry’d Lord” “Lumley, now Scarborough; Cole’s heir to Pophkmf of” “ Wilts ; & Hungerford & Warnford marry’d Jones,J & some ” “ Mack worth & Wyndham, & in Wales some Morgan &” “Cornish (Kerneys) & Kern and many others that 1 have” “ forgot. The sons were S r Tho., S r Arthur, & Robert. ” “ Robert had one son which was Lord Hopton of great ” “ worth, who married Lord Lewin’s widow & had no child ” “so the Estate went to the daughters, but our grand-” “ father Hopton having so good an Estate thought he might ’ “live as high as he pleas’d and not run out, but one day ” “he was goeing from home, but cou’d not go, He told his” “ Lady she wou’d be left in a great deal of trouble for ” “ the great debts he had made on his Estate and that he ” “ knew he shou’d live but a few days and wou’d not dye in ” “peace to think what affliction he shou’d leave her in, She ” “ desired him to be noways concerned about his debts, for “ he owed not a penny to any one so died of a Gangreeu in “ his toe in a few days. Now she had set up an Iron-work ” “and paid all he owe’d unknown to him & she marry’d all” “ her daughters to great Estates & familys, her eldest I ” “think to Smith who was a younger son & Sent Factor to” “ a merchant in Spain. He had a very sever master & was ” “very mallancholly & walk’d one morning in Spain intend- “ingtosell himself a gallyslave to the Turks but an old” “ man met him and asked him why he was so melancholy ’ “ bid him cheer up himself & not go about what he in- “ tended for his Elder Bro r w'as dead & letters were coming ” “to him to return to his Estate bid him consider & believe ” “ what he said & when he came to England the first House “ he came to after his arrival he wou’d marry the Gentle- ’ “ man’s Eldest Daughter which he did. Lady Hopton’s ” “ maner of living was very grand, she had 100 in her Fa-’ “ mily, all sorts of trades & when good Serv ts . marry’d she ” “kept their Familys & bred them up in several Trades.’’ “ She rose at 6 o’clock herself, went to her Iron-work & “ came back at 9 then went with all her family to Prayers “and after dinner she and her children and great grand- “children went to their several works with her in the din-’ “ing room where she spun the finest sheets you have; “ every year she had all her children ami grandchildren “ with her at her house & before they went away won d “ know if any little or great animosities were between any “ of them, if so 'wou’d never let them go till they were ” “ reconciled, each of her daughters had a pair of these ” “ sheets without a seam. These sheets were spun in Lady “ Hopton’s own house.” The foregoing account is verified by the annexed Pedigree of Lord Hopton, from the Visitation Book of Co. Somerset, 1623, and a MS. entitled the “ Black Book ” in Coll, of Arms. Sir Arthur Hopton, of Witham, co. Som 1 ., Knight of the Bath.=pRachell, daughter of Edm. Hall of Gratford, co. Lincoln. Robert -i-Jane, Sir Owen= ^Dorothy, 3 Henry. Dorothy, Kathe¬ Selina, 4th Mary, Philadel¬ Marga¬ Hopton, daughter Hopton, daughter 1st daugh¬ rine, 2nd daughter, phia, ret, mar¬ ried Sir of Wi¬ and sole of Ould- and sole 4 Thomas. ter, mar¬ daugh¬ married married tham, heir of court, co. heir of ried Wil¬ ter, mar¬ Henry Bo- John John Esq., Rowland Hereford, Sir Ro- 5 Arthur, liam Smith, ried denham, Hussey, Rogers, living Keymisli, Knt., 2nd bert ob. s. p. ] of Borow George and 2udly, of co. of Bram¬ 1623. of the Vaudrey, in co. Mon¬ mouth, and widow of Sir Henrv Joanes, of the Vaud¬ rey, Knt. son. Hopton, 1650.* . Knt., who was Mar- 6 George, slial to Queen 7 Ralph, Eliza- ob. s. p. beth. Castle, co. Norfolk, and 2ndly, to Sir Nicholas Bacon, Lord Keeper. Moorton, of Clyn- san, co. Dorset. to Robert Baskett, of Duielisli, (Divelish or Dewlish) co, Dorset. Wilts. son, or Brian- stone, co. Dorset, Knt. * This (Sir) Arthur Hopton died about the year 1650. The title of his nephew, Lord Hopton, had been entailed upon him, but he predeceased him issueless. •f Cole of Nailsea, near Bristol (1582), had a great nephew Richard Cole, who m. Anne Hopton, by whom he had Sam 1 (ob 1626 ag. 12) & Dorothy, m. 1635 Alexander Popham, & d. 1643, without surviving issue. J There would seem to be some mistake here; the same reading occurs in both the Bingham & Duckett copies of the MS. 64 politics, Sir George was a Tory of the old School, and a member of the “ Pitt Club,” which flourished at the beginning of the present century. He died 15 th June, 1856, in his 79 th year, and was buried in Kensal Green Cemetery. Eacliel, Sir Ralph = Elizabeth, Mary, 2nd 3 Katherine, eldest daugh- Hopton, daughter of daughter, married ter, married Knt., son Sir Arthur married John Wind- lst, David and heir, Capell, of Henry ham (ances- Kemish, (or living 1623 ; Hodenham Mackworth, tor of the Kemeys) of created Ba- (or Hadham) son and heir Earls of Eg- Kevanmably ron Hopton, co. Herts, of Sir Tho- remont). co. Glam, of Stratton, Knt., and mas Mack- Esq., and 4 Sept., 20 widow of Sir worth, Bart. 4 Margaret, 2ndly, Tho- Car. I.; ob. Justinian & secondly married Sir mas Morgan, s. p. in Sept. Lewin, Knt. Sir Thos. Baynham 1652. Hartopp Throckmor¬ ton, Bart. Willouglibie, Frances, Anne, Kachell, Jane, married Kichard Bingham, of Mel- combe, co. Dorset. “ The most eminent person of the Bingham family how¬ ever, & one of the best officers of that age, was the Sir Ki¬ chard Bingham aforesaid. In 1578 with many other volun¬ teers he went to the Netherlands, & was lieutenant to Colonel Henry Cavendish, and behaved with great valour in the ac¬ tion of Kijmenam, near Mechlin, against John of Austria, who had then received a total defeat, had it not been for the bravery and conduct of Alexander Famese, Prince of Parma. In 1585 he was made Governor of Connaught in Ireland, where he much distressed the rebels under Thomas O’Kourke. He was in 1598 sent back to Ireland with the title of Mar¬ shall of Ireland and General of Leinster, but died at Dublin, soon after his arrival. He was brought over and interred in Westminster Abbey in the south aisle, where near Sir Cloudesley Shovel’s monument, against the back of the Choir hangs a tablet, charged with this inscription : To the Glorie of the Lord of Hosts Here under resteth S' Kichard Bingham, Knight" of the auncient family of the Binghams, Of Bingham Melcombe in the countie of Dorset, who, from his youthe trayned vp in militarie affairs, served in the time of Qvee: Ma: at S' Quintins, in the westerne Isles of Scotland, and at Conqvet in Britanie. In the time of Qvee: Eliza: at Leetli in Scotland, In the Isle of Candy, under the Venetians ; At Cabro Chio And the famous Battaille of Lepanto against the Turks ; In the civil wars of Fravnce ; In the Netherlands, and at Smerwick where the Komans and Irish were vanquished. After, hee was made Governor of Connaght where he overthrew the Irish Scots, expelled the traitor Orovrke, suppressed divers Kebellions, And that with smale charges to her Ma tie , maintaining that Province in a florisliinge state by the space of 13 yeares. Finallie, for his good service, was made Marshall of Ireland, & General of Leinster ; Where at Dublin, in an assvred Faith in Christe, He ended this transitory Life, the 19 of Janvarie, Anno Dni 1598 iEtat 70 This is done by S' John Bingley, sometime his servant. Camden gives him the following character “ Vir genere” “ claro et antiquo in agro Dorsetensi, sed veteran® militise” “gloria clarior. Ad S 11 Quintini conquestum in Armo-” “ riea, ad Leitham, in Hebridibus Scotise, Cretse insula, ad ” “ Chium contra Turcas, in Gallia et Belgio, militavit, et” “ qu® dixi in Hibernia gessit ” (Camd. ann. Eliz. annis 1578, 1585, 1586, 1588, 1590, 1593, 1598. Tom, 1. p, 274, 378, 381, 480). There is in the house at Bingham’s Melcombe a three quarter length portrait of him, in buff waistcoat, his trun¬ cheon in his right hand, and on his left before him a book, compasses, etc.” The replica of this portrait had been also up to 1832 in the Duckett family, when with other pictures it passed by sale into other hands. See Hutchins’s Dorsetshire ; Neale’s Westminster Abbev, Vol 2, p. 251. Fuller, who wrote his “worthies of England” in 1662, speaks thus of Sir Bichard Bingham ; “ Sir Kichard Bing- ” “ ham was born at Bingham’s Melcombe in this county ” “ (Dorset), of as ancient a family as any therein, having my- ” “ self seen an inquisition of land taken out of the Tower ” “ Rolls, which William de Bingham his ancestor, held in ” “Dorsetshire in the reign of King Henry III. In his” “ youth he traced most parts of the world, to search for ” “service and find fit objects for his valour. He was at the” “siege of Saint Quintin in France, the sacking of Leith in ” “Scotland, served in Candia under the Venetian against” “ the Turk ; then returned into the Netherlands, being ob- ” “ served to be fortis <§' fielix in all his undertakings. His ” “judgement was much relied on in Eighty eight, about or- ” “ dering the Land Army in Tilbury Camp. After long ” “ travelling his feet were fixed in Ireland, where he was not” “bebogg’d (as some otherwise his equals) with ill success,” “ but being president of Connaught, conquered & drove ” “ away O’Rorke, that most dangerous rebel. Sir William ” “ Fitz Williams, Lord Deputy of Ireland, was offended at” “ that service, though he could find no fault therewith, save ” “ that it was not done by himself. Indeed Bingham met” “with that which all men of merit must expect, (except” “ they be surprized unawares), envy from others, suspecting ” “that their own bays did wither, because his did seem so ” “ verdant. Hereupon they accused him of cruelty to the ” “ Queen and her council, who being employed in Connaught ” “ (the very Ireland of Ireland in that age) was necessitated ” “ into severity for his own security. For this cause he was ” “brought over into England, ousted (sic) his offices, and” “ kept for some time in restraint, all which he being inured ” “to hardship, bore with invincible courage. But neglected ” “ worth will come into fashion once in seven years. Tv - ” “rone begins to trouble Munster, and none found fit to” “ order him but Sir Richard Bingham, who is sent over ” “ with more honour and power, Marshal of Ireland and ” “ General of Leinster, to undertake that service, whereof he ” 21) SIR GEORGE FLOYD DUCKETT, Bart, (born 27 th March, 1811) ; married Isabella, daughter of the late Lieut.-General Sir Lionel Smith (now Gordon) Bart., G.C.B. and G.C.IT., “ had no doubt given a good account, had not death ” “ overtaken him in Dublin. Wherever buried, he hath ” “a monument of mention in the south side of West-” “minster Abbey.” [p 280, 281, Fuller’s Worthies of Eng¬ land]. 34) “The Skinners (or Skynners) obtained the manor of” “ Divelish (or Dewlish) by purchase in 1663 from the Bas- ” “ ketts, a family who held it for several generations ; (one ” “Eobert Baskett who d. 1661 in. Selina d. of Sir Arthur” “Hopton of Witham). Thomas Skinner Esq re married” “ Grace, daughter & coheir of John Bingham of Bingham’s ” “ Melcombe & Quarrelston, by whom he had, Thomas, and” “ Grace (who married Geo Duckett of Hartham, co. Wilts). ” “ Thomas, the brother, died without issue 1756, & left the ” “ Dewlish estate to David Robert Mitchel, of Kingston ” “ Russel Esq r , and Quarrelstone and Hungerhill to his ” “nephew,-Ducket. This family were buried in Quar- ” “relstone aisle, in the church of Winterbourne Strickland.” “ The manor of Quarrelstone (or Quarleston) is thus de- ” “ scribed : the heiress of Chaklecot, brought it to Bing- ” “ ham, which family possessed it and resided here for two ” “generations, and were buried at Strickland. John Bing-” “ ham left it by will to Grace, his daughter and co-heir, ” “who brought it to her husband, Thomas Skinner of Di-” “relish. His son & heir died without issue in 1756, and” “his sister, Grace, married Geo Duckett Esq r , and Grace” “ the d. of Goldstone, married Sir Geo. Jackson, who lately ” “ sold the manor & farm of Quarrelstone to Henry William ” “ Portman Esq r (ancestor of the present Lord Portman). ” “Quarrelstone was the burial place of the Binghams, &” “since that of the Skinners of Divelish.” [Hutchins’s Dor-” setsliire MDCC'XCVI.] North Hungerhill is also thus mentioned: “a farm ly-” “ ing about 2 miles & a half north west of Wareham. In” “Richard III, it belonged to William Chaldecot of Quar-” “ relstone ; the heiress of that family brought it to the ” “ Binghams of Melcom' e, from whom it passed to the ” “Skynners of Divelish, & now belongs to the heir of the” “ late Thomas Skinner of Divelish, his nephew—Duckett. ” —[p. 53, Yol 1, Hutchins’s Dorsetshire.] Again Sir R. C. Hoare in his “ Modern Wiltshire ” gives a similar account, in other words. “The ancient owners of” “this property were the Binghams of Melcombe in Dorset- ” “shire. Grace dau’r & co-heiress of John Bingham of” “ Quarrelstone, Dorset, married Thomas Skinner of Dive- ” “ lisli (or Dewlish) in Dorset, Esqr, by whom she had a son ” “ Thomas, who died without issue, and Grace an only ” “ daughter, who married George Duckett of Hartham Esqr, ” “one of the Commissioners of Excise, & M.P. for Caine” “ 1722 ” — Hoare’s Modern Wiltshire. 36 ) See Thos. Duckett’s Will, 1764, 54 ) ; and his agreement for sale of the manor and advowson of Calstone, and the hun¬ dred of Caine, etc. 14th Feb. 1763 to the Earl of Shelburne (now represented by the Marquis of Lansdowne). He mar¬ ried Mary, d of — Fferrier of Haverfordwest Esq r . 39 ) “Caine,” (says the “Times” of 1852,) “is a close bo¬ rough, which without a day’s intermission has returned to Parliament the heir apparent of the family which rules it.” The borough of Caine, Wilts, first sent members to parlia¬ ment in the 23, Edw. 1; discontinued 2, Edw. 2, and restored 34 Edw. 2.; discontinued again 37, Edw III, and restored again 2, Richard 2. This borough* was represented by the Ducket family for nearly 200 years, viz : * The Town arms of Caine, are, a Tower, surmounted by another, between two ostrich feathers. 1585 by Stephen Ducket 27 Elizabeth 1586 do do 1601 Lionel Duckett 43 Elizabeth 1620 John Duckett 18 James, 1. 1623 do do 21 James, 1. 1658 William Duckett 11. Car. 2 1659 do do 1680 Lionel Duckett 1681 do do 1693 do do 1707 George Duckett 1708 do do 1710 do do 1722 do do 1727 W m Duckett. (Col. Grenadier Guards) Horse 1734 do do 1737 do do 1739 do do 1741 do do 1754 Thomas Duckett 1762 do do 1765 do do Of the foregoing, “ 1601 Lionell Duckett,” has the follow¬ ing related of him at p. 245 of the “Life of Sir Walter Ra¬ leigh,” by Tytler. In some confusion that took place in a division in the House of Commons, the Ayes being ordered to go out, a gentleman comjilained that one of the Ayes, when going out, had been plucked back by the sleeve. Raleigh observed, (as a joke)—“ It was a small matter to ” “make a stir about, for he had himself often pulled a friend ” “ by the sleeve.” But some others made a great fuss about it, and a discussion followed. Townshend, (Collections p. 321), concludes his account of the discussion with this quamt note: “There was another gentleman (a No) pulled out, ns well” “ as y e other who wa3 kept in; & therefore, it had hap- ” “pened even as before; howsoever M r Edward Johns &” “ M r Barker pulled M r Lionel Ducket out.” The influence which prevailed at Caine down to 1765, was still that of the Duckett family, until Thomas Duckett hav¬ ing sold the estate, or the greater part of it, to the Earl of Shelburne, the borough & its patronage passed into the hands of the Marquis of Lansdowne. With regard to this transaction, the late Sir Geo (Jack- son) Duckett has left the following memorandum, to whom the remaining part of the property having eventually come by marriage, had occasion to go into the matter.— “ This is a material paper, so far as concerns the history ” “of.the Caine & Calstone estates, ” “ which in my humble opinion should ever remain in me- ” “ mory, while there is a descendant of the Duckett family. ” “ —The arts used by.and.(the agents) subse- ” “ quent to the contract, in complicating the circumstances ” “of the transaction, (that such might be pleaded in case of” “ its being afterwards litigated), particularly in marrying the ” “ poor man, all show it to have been of a nature eonsum- ” “mately wick’d. The following anecdote which I had from” “ his sister, my mother in law*, a mild sensible and con- ” “ sciencious woman, very fully establishes me in the opinion. ” “ —When she heard what her brother had done, she went to ” “ him and said, “ Brother I hear you have disgraced yourself” * M" Goldstone, nee G race Ducket. K. 66 GrOYernor-Greneral of Jamaica. He is a deputy-lieutenant for the county of Middlesex, and was formerly an officer iu the army, having attained the rank of major. He had conferred upon him the “ and sold Caine.” He was in a state so infirm he could not ” “ express himself in correct words, but made himself to be un- ” “ derstood that he had not done so, and with a degree of ex- ” “ ertion assured her lie would, on no account, sell the pro- ” “ perty, that had been iu the family for so many years. She ” “ has often further tokl me that she said to him, “ I hear you ” “ are marry’d.” He answered he was not marry’d, and when ” “ the woman was brought to him by ... . who told him she ” “ was his wife, it excited his passion and drew from him these ” “ words, “ Take the woman away I do not know her.” “William Ducket who succeeded Thomas Ducket, (the” “instrument of the above described misfortune to the fa- ” “ mily), was a weak indiscreet man, always distressed in ” “ money affairs, therefore not a likely man to dispute the ” “ contract or the subsequent will—The two surviving sisters ” “ had an interest that was at a distance toofarfrom the chance ” “ of benefiting, in case of setting both aside. The wicked- ” “ ness of the transaction, was on these accounts submitted to. ” “ —The family have now nothing left but to look back to it ” “ with regi’et, and submit to the loss of property, as well as ” “ that rank & importance in the county, which Caine & Cal- ” “ stone estates gave them. Among other circumstances to ” “ be lamented is the loss of the borough of Caine, which ’till ” “ the estate was sold had alw'ays been in the influence of the ” “ Ducketts; Sic transit gloria mundi!” “ I have written this solely for my son’s curiosity : not ” “ wishing him to make . . . ..an enemy, by an ” “ incautious promulgation. It may however induce him, ” “seeing how.became the owner,” “ to watch the possession & the enjoyment of it in his fa- ” “ mily. To explain the ideas which often arise in my mind, ” “ in consequence of this & similar transactions, would pro- ” “ bably excite a suspicion of enthusiasm.” April 11, 1802. G. D. The history of the foregoing case, is fully shown by the annexed document, tending further to verify all this portion of the pedigree of the Wiltshire branch. (Mr Bowman’s Abstract & observations). 1711, 28 March.—By articles previous to y e marriage of George Ducket Esq r with Grace, the daughter of Thomas Skinner, in cons’ of 3000£ y e s d Grace’s portion, s d Geo. co¬ venanted within 6 months after the marriage, to settle and assure to Trustees therein named, all his manors etc. in the county of Wilts, in the articles particularized. (Here follow articles) 1732 6 Oct r .—The s d Geo: dyed without having made any settlem’, leaving Grace his widow, and 5 sons and 2 daugh¬ ters, viz Lionel his eldest son, Tlio s , George, William & Skin¬ ner his younger sons, and Grace and Martha, his daughters. 1742. —Lionel entered into possession of the premises in¬ tended to be settled, and in 1742 suffered a Kecovery, and by deed dated 12 June 1742, declared the uses to be to himself his lien - and assignee for ever, subject to the mother’s jointure. 1743, 24 Dec.—He made a mortgage in fee of the premises to John Edwin, for securing 4500£ & interest, out of which he paid the younger children’s portions, in manner following, (viz). 17 52, 28 Mar.—The said Lio 1 & Thomas, his 2 d Bro r , en¬ tered into articles, whereby Lionel agreed before 31‘ Oct then next, to convey the premises to Thomas, & that he sho d re¬ ceive y e rents as from Michaelmas preceding, and Tho s agreed to pay y c mother 300£ yearly, during her life, and to the s d Lio 1 250£ a year, during y e joint lives of the s d Lio 1 & y e mother, and from her death 400£ a year to s d Lionel during his life, and also to pay 7100£, viz To Edwin 4500£ & interest—to Grace the mother, y e arrears of her annuity, some debts of the s d Lionel, and the remainder thereof to the s d Lionel. N.B. y e Premises agreed to be conveyed were worth 45000£. 1753, 24 Feb.—By Indenture of this date, the s d Tho s conveyed the premises to Tho s Parker for 99 years, for se¬ curing Lionel’s annuity. Soon after execution of this deed, Grace the mother dyed. The mortgage for 4500£ unpaid, as it is now—so that the whole Tho s really paid, (the annuities excepted), was 750£ to y e mother, 200£ a debt of the s d Liol s , making together 950£, which added to the s d 4500£ and 1650£ to be p d to Lionel (as mentioned in a codicil, hereinafter set forth), make up 7100£ cont. money. 1755.—In the year 1755, the Earthquake happened at Lisbon, and Thomas having connexions there, was a great sufferer, and being about to marry a lady with a great for¬ tune, and Lionel desirous of promoting the match, agreed to relinquish his rent charge on the estate, and take s d Thos’ 8 bond for payment of the annuity. 1755, 3 July.—By deed of this date, the s d Lionel released the s d Tbo s & his heirs from payment of y c annuity of 400£, and extinguished y e 99 years term created for payment thereof. The marriage in view never took place, and Lio 1 for some years had no security for his annuity, but at last got a bond from Tho s for payment of 300£ p. annum. 1763. —In 1763 by the management of.& .the s d Tho s was prevailed upon to sell his manors of Caine Sf Calston to Lord Shelburne. 1763 Feb.—Contract with L d Shelburne for sale of those manors at a valuation agreed on, so that it’s supposed the consideration w d am 1 with Int* to ab‘ 28,000£—Lord Shel¬ burne entered into possession immediately, but has paid only ab' 3000£. 1764 27 Feb.—The s d Thomas, by his will reciting the contract with L d Shelburne, and another with John Bull for sale of certain closes in the parish of Caine, directs these contracts to be carried into execution, devises his manors of Caine & Calstone to.& y e survivor in trust to receive y e purchase money from L' 1 Shelburne & John Bull, and convey the purchased premises, and directs in what way the purchase money s d be applied [See Tho s Ducket’s will]. The said Thomas at the time he executed tins will & con¬ tracts to Lord Shelburne and John Bull, was in a weak state of body and mind, owing to paralytick disorder, and entirely under the influence and guidance of the. .who is likewise.to Lord Shelburne. ■—Soon after executing the will the s d Thomas was prevailed upon by .... to go to.• • • • •. where he had another attack of the paralytick kind, which rendered him worse than before. Upon this attack he made the following codicil. 1764, 17 Sept r .—By codicil gives to his bro r Lionel 2000£, to be p d by his executors out of his personal estate & effects, in satisfaction of a debt of 1650£. Gives to his friend John Bull, his heirs &c. Sis manor of Corsham in com. Wilts, which he held by lease from the Crown, for the remainder of the lease, in testimony of the many obligations he owed to him. Gives to his friend John Allen (a), all sums s d Allen owed to him on any account. (a) John Allen of Dale, co Pembroke Esq r , m. Mary d. of Sir John Stepney, Bart. 67 “ Great gold Medal of Science” by the Emperor of Austria (in 1850), the “ Government gold medal” by the Emperor of the French (in 1854), and the “ Great gold medal of Science and Art ” by the late Directs liis Extors to give to his serv' W ,n Davies, and such other persons as had been attendant upon him during his illness, 300JE. Soon after, by the contrivance of. .a marriage was negociated between the said Tho 8 and one.a young woman in the neigh¬ bourhood, under 20 years of age, without a shilliug fortune, & her family under great distress. Before the marriage he was prevailed upon to give a bond to the lady's bro r ,.in 8000£ penalty, for se¬ curing to her an annuity of 400£. Soon after y e marriage they came to testator’s house at Hartham in com. Wilts, and there he was prevailed upon to make the following codicil. 1765, 4 July.—(See his codicil in which he confirms the 400£ annuity unto “ his dearly beloved wife Mary, and de¬ vises to her his manor-house & demesne-lands of Hartham, & his lands at Hatt for her life, and in failure of issue of his body, unto his brother Lionell and his heirs for ever, & ap¬ points his s' 1 wife and his friend John Allen, guardians of the children he might have by his s d wife.”] 1766, March.—The testator dyed without leaving any issue. Some time after the testator’s death, the executors of the will were cited to prove the will and codicils or renounce, whereupon they both renounced. Upon a true state of testator’s affairs it appeared, that his whole real & personal estate would not pay his debts, and secure 400£ p. ann. for his widow and Lionel’s annuity. The family were therefore determined to dispute every act done by him, upon the footing of incapacity and imposition, & particularly by the last codicil, but after several treatys they came to the following agreement. 1767, 30 May.—Agreement between Lionel & W m Ducket of y e one part, & the said Mary Ducket of the other part. It was agreed. That W m should take out administration with the will & codicils annexed. That as soon as L d Shelburne’s contract sho d be compleated, and the purchase money p d , s' 1 W m sho d pay to s d Mary 4000£ & 400£ p r ann. And tho s d Mary covenants with Lionel & W m , on pay¬ ment of s d 4000£ & 400£ annuity, to release to s d Lionel or William, or such of them as should then be intituled, the mansion-house at Hartham & furniture, aud the lands at Hartham and Hatt &c &c. Since execution of s d Agreement, Lionel is dead. Skinner Ducket is likewise since dead. William is now the only surviving brother, George the other bror being long since dead in Jamaica. Martha the sister is dead, leaving Grace Horne testator’s niece mentioned in his will. Grace the sister is living, and has a dau’r Grace Gold- stone* testator’s niece, mentioned in his will, under age. W m the bro r , has taken possession of the estate at Hart- ham & Hatt, and has taken out administration with the testator’s will and codicils annexed. The debts of Tho s Ducket y° testator, including mort¬ gage etc. amount to 27,000£ or more. The personal estate is not 1000£, so that the greatest part of what will be com¬ ing from L d Shelburne & M r Bull will go in payment of the debts, & there will be little or nothing left to be realised ac¬ cording to the will. * Mother of my son George. G D. W ra Ducket is desirous to avoid litigation, but wo d be glad to know how he sho d act in this complicated case. In continuation, the foregoing document, states that “ the family are not inclined to controvert the will or codicils of the testator, but abide thereby, and also by the agreement of the 30 May 1767 with M rs Ducket.” The same were even¬ tually carried into execution. 30 Oct 1770.—Lord Shelburne being considerably in ar- rear for the interest of his purchase money, [settled in 1763 at £27494.16.4], by an order of this date, it was ordered that the several sums mentioned in his answer [amounting to 5100£] should be applied to the discharge of the interest, and if the parties dillered, it was ordered that it s d be re¬ ferred to Master Harris to ascertain the same etc. 21 Jan 1771.— Master Harris made his reports, and cer¬ tified &c. &c. 40 ) The following letters, characteristic of the times, to & from Thomas Duckett, M.P. for Caine, show the custom of the borough, and the state of his own finances. Caine 5 th Aug 8 ' 1754. Sr M r Northey designs very soon to give a ven’son ffeast to y e burgesses according to annual custom ; do you intend to give us a buck, & some wine to drink y r health ? Ten guineas have been usually allow’d on the like occasion for the whole, w’ch if you approve of, I’ll discharge. M r Forman my bro’ steward ha3 y e jaundice in a great degree, therefore won’t be with us ; he has a phisitiati to attend him, and I hope he’ll get over it, tho’ his age is against him ; all other ffriends are pretty well. I am For Sr Thomas Duckett Esqr, Y r most obed' ser' Member of Parliament, John Bull. Wallbrook, London. [Answer to the above.] the 7 h Aug, 1754. Sir, I might justly be styled an ingrate, now that my turn is served, were I to refuse to give y c burgesses a buck feast. But that is not my motive for desiring tire continuance of that laudable custom, my inclination really being to do every thing that might prove agreable to that worthy society, w’ch 1 shall as often as called upon by them be ready to give proofs of, & I beg that y e usual sum of ten guin 8 may be applied to y e above purpose, w ch I wish you all much mirth in, & beg you would render my complim' 8 to all that honour¬ able body, being very sorry to hear that your bro’r steward M. r Forman is so much indisposed as not to be able to be present at your said dinner. Pray God remove his disorder soon, w ch will be most agreable news to me to learn. I had the satisfaction of seeing Mr George Bull yesterday very well. Thomas Duckett [The next letter has reference to the payment of his brother’s annuity.] Bush Lane Cannon S' Wednesday morning the Dear Sir 7 h June 1761. I have receiv’d I believe y c sundry Letters you have been pleas’d to write me, & am equally uneasy as you can be that it has been & is still out of my power to assist you, owing not to want of desire to pay you, but to heavy losses by captains & baukrupcies, which quite disenables me, & has almost half ruined me, & y e little K 2 68 King of Prussia (in 1852), in recognition of a Technological Dictionary (of which he was the Author). He has in his possession an ancient badge of Ulster, (worn by Sir Thomas Frankland, Bart., of Thir- money that is owing me here there is no getting it in, every body pleading poverty, & I believe not without reason, & as for ihe estate I have not seen a shilling from it time imme¬ morial, & am forced to pay y e interest on y e £24,500 my .... that cursed mill that fell in hand which I was .... some hun¬ dreds for, has cost me repairing upwards of three hundred pounds, & I have had two tenants of it run away to above three years rent at 30£ p r annum, & now I am forced to let it for 18£ p r annum, besides I have been at great charges in y e country in repairs & building & removing of bams, now I am repairing y e market house which will cost me two hun¬ dred pounds, & I have been obliged to lend to y e Caine & Chippenham turnpikes some hundreds of pounds ; this has put me backwards in y e world & quite prevented me from being so punctual in paying your annuity, as hitherto, but be assured that y e first money I get in, you shall have it & more I can’t say, save my being very truly Much yours To T.D. M r Duckett, at M r Gambiers’s nest door to Mr Blake’s a cooper in Clerkenwell Close. 42 ) He was buried in Marylebone Church, where also his widow was buried, and was the last of the sons who came into possession of Hartham. His wills are respectively dated 26 th June 1769, 54 ) & 27 th Oct r . 1779. A few weeks before his death he remarked, that his widow (Elizabeth Duckett, then aged 44) could not survive him 6 months; she lived 27 years after him, dying 4 th May 1807. See her release of Hartham dated 1796. The following is copy of his last will. In the Name of God Amen. I, William Duckett, of Hart¬ ham, in the Parish of Corsham, in the County of Wilts, Esquire, being in good Health of Body and of sound Mind, Memory, and Understanding, praised be Almighty God for the same, and considering the certainty of death, but the un¬ certainty of the time thereof, do make and declare this my last Will and Testament in manner following, that is to say, First and Principally, I commend my Soul to Almighty God who gave it, hoping for Mercy through the Remission of my Sins; and my Body I commit to the Earth, to be in¬ terred at the discretion of my dear and loving Wife, Eliza¬ beth Duckett. And as to that Worldly Estate it has pleased God to bestow on me, I do dispose of the same as hereinafter mentioned. And in order to prevent as much as possible the decreasing or incumbering such Worldly Estate, and to prevent the inconveniences I have experienced by Family Litigations and amusing Compromizes of such Liti¬ gations, I do hereby give, devise, and bequeath unto my said Dear Wife, Elizabeth Duckett, all my Real Estate and Estates whatsoever and wheresoever situate, standing, or being, which I am or shall at the time of my decease be any ways seized or possessed of, interested in, or entitled unto, whether in Possession, Reversion, Remainder, or Expectancy, and every part, with then- and every of their Rights, Members, and Appurtenances, and also all my Goods, Chattels, Stock, Funds, Moneys, Mortgages, and Securities for Moneys, and all other my Personal Estate and Effects whatsoever and wheresoever, and of what nature, kind, or quality soever the same may be, and every part thereof and all my Interest therein, To hold the same unto my said Dear and Loving Wife, Elizabeth Duckett, her Heirs, Executors, Administra¬ tors, and Assigns, to and for the only proper Use, Benefit, and Behoof of my said Dear Wife, Elizabeth Duckett, her Heirs, Executors, Administrators, and Assigns, for ever, Subject only to the Payment of 3uch Debts as I shall owe at the time of my decease, and to the Payment of the several Legacies following, that is to say, To my Sister, Grace Walton, the Wife of John Walton, Gentleman, the Sum of Ten Guineas for a Ring. To my Niece, Grace Neale, Widow of Robert Neale the younger, Esquire, the Sum of Ten Guineas for a Ring. To my Niece, Grace Bennett, Wife of Thomas Leigh Bennett, the Sum of Ten Guineas for a Ring; and to John Dawson, of West Drayton, in the County of Middlesex, Esquire, the Sum of one hundred and fifty Pounds. And I do hereby make, constitute, and appoint my said Dear Wife and the said John Dawson joint Executors of this my last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all former and other Wills and all Codicils at any time heretofore made. And I do hereby publish and declare this only to be my last Will and Testament. In Witness thereof, I, the said Wil¬ liam Duckett, have to this my last Will and Testament, con¬ tained in one Sheet of Paper, subscribed my Hand and set my Seal this Twenty seventh Day of October, in the Year of Our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Seventy nine. W m Duckett. Signed, Sealed, Published, and Declared, by the above named William Duckett, as and for his last Will and Testa¬ ment, in the presence of Us, who have hereunto signed our Names as Witnesses thereto, in the Presence of the said Tes¬ tator, the Words “John Dawson,” in the twenty seventh Line, being first wrote on an Erasure. R J Collett Jun r , Breams Buildings, Chancery Lane; Row d Wimburn, Will™ Cleater, Clerks to M r Collett. Proved at London 24 th Oct r , 1780, before the Worshipful Andrew Coltee Ducarel, D r of Laws and Surrogate, by the Oaths of Elizabeth Duckett, Widow, the Relict, and John Dawson Esq r , the Executors, to whom Adm’con was granted having been first sworn duly to administer. 4S ) Her name is thus noticed, p. 164, V. 15 Gentleman’s Magazine 1745 ; “ March 2 d Tho. Horne of Enfield Esq' to Miss Duckett.” Grace Horne, her daughter, married ll lh April 1764, the Rev d Thomas Leigh Bennett, (sou of John Bennett of Aylsham, co Norfolk, Esq r ), and d. 8 May 1797 aged 50.—Their eldest daughter Martha, m. the Rev d Mor¬ ton Rockcliffe, of Woodford, in Essex, and d. 6 April 1808, aged 42. The third daughter, Harriet Eliza, m. John Leigh Bennett of Thorpe Place, co Surrey, Esq., and was mother of the present Rev d Henry Bennett of Thorpe Place.—Sybella- Martha, d. of the above Morton Rockcliffe, m. 1809 Sir Tho¬ mas Harvie Farquhar B‘, and was mother of the present Sir Walter Rockcliffe Farquhar, m. to the Lady Mary Somerset; (she died Apr. 1869). The monuments in Thorpe Church, near Chertsey, to the Bennett family, record these dates, and the following tabular pedigree gives the descent of the last three or four generations : Mary Leigh=pJohn Bennett (of I Aylsham, Norfolk) John Wool- : Leigh ley d. Leigh young Rachael Copps I I Mary Eliza- = beth John Waceof Sylves- Wrox- ter ham, Rich- Norfolk mond Thomas IIorne-pMartha of Enfield Esq. | Duckett I I Rev d =pGrace Thomas Leigh Bennett Horne 69 kelby [1664], and known as ‘ the IVankland Badge”), upon which the Committee of Baronets found their right to adopt and revive the “Ulster Badge” as a personal distinction. John ^Harriet Leigh Eliza Bennett of Thorpe Place, Surrey Rev' 1 Henry Leigh = Bennett of Thorpe Place (living 1869) Barbara Caroline Thomas Leigh Frances Willock Rev d Mor~r-Martha ton Rock- cliffe of Woodford, Essex [ob. Apr. 6, 1808; aged 42] Sir Tho’ Harvie=ySybella Farquhar B' Martha [ob. 1869, aged 84], Lady Mary Somer-=Sir Walter Rock- set d of Duke of cliffe Farquhar B' Beaufort (living 1869) 47 ) Upon his demise, she married John Walton, of Kens¬ ington, in the county of Middlesex, Esq. Her portrait is in possession of the family, and the following document has been left by her, relative to the peculiarities of her daughter’s hus¬ band, Robert Neale, Esq r ., of Shaw Ho.—“ Extracts from Mrs. Walton’s Memoranda”—“The first money she ask’d “ him for after marriage, he gave her two guineas to keep “ house with and for pocket money ; when he first carried “ her to Shaw House, it was no better than a Workhouse, but “ one candle burnt, a small bed chamber with' either window “ curtains or carpet for her apartment, no window curtains “in the House.—Having no Jack a Turnspit Dog was much “ wanted, and a poor man offered one for half a crown, he “ wo d give but a shilling, so the Serv‘ s were obliged to turn “y e spit by Hand for 3 weeks.—Great difficulty in prevailing “ upon him to let her come to Town to lie in of her first “ Child, tho’ ho had solemnly promised to have a House in “ Town.—A few minutes after his wife was bro' to bed he “ was in a g' Rage with y e Maid who was attending her Mis- “ tress, because she did not go down into y e Kitchen to see “ that a piece of Flank Beef had fair play from the Servants. “ —During the Lying in heard of nothing but his being “ ruined by so large a Family, and so many boiled Chickens. “—On her coming to Town to lie in of her 2 d Child much “greater difficulties than before, a joint attack by Father and “ Son too gross for Bargemen, she threatened to complain to “ her Friends, was told that nobody but her Friends censured “their conduct, they despised her Friends, her Husband was “ reckoned a pretty Gentleman by everybody but her Friends. “ —Soon after y e Birth of y e 2 d Child it was announced that “the Doctor had ordered Chicken Broth, the Husband was “sure it was impossible as y e Doctor had hinted to him it “ was necessary she sho d live low, upon the Doctor’s Orders “being confirmed by Evidence, John the fav’rite Servant was “ dispatch’d to pick up a cheap Fowl in some of y e country “ markets. A stale Fowl was brought, the cook remonstrated, “at last, if we must be ruined we must, and John was dis- “ patched to the Poulterer for a Chicken.—-The above Lying “ in was in Rathbone Place, a very noisy Street.—Straw in y e “ Street was recommended, greatly lamented by the Husband “ that a Lady over y e way who was big with child had not “been bro' to Bed at y e same time, because then they might “have joined in y c Expenee of y c Straw,—however as dirty “ Straw wo d do very well for y c Street, some Horse Litter was “ strew’n before y e door. Ab' six days after her being bro' “ to Bed he came into her Chamber at one o’clock in y* “ morning thinking that he was dying of an inward bleeding. “—She dispatch’d his country Serv' s with the best directions “ she co d give for Doet r Fotliergill and a neighbouring Apo- “ thecary.—While they were gone, desired she wo d speak to “ his Father to allow John his Fav’rite 40 1 p. ann. but that “he thought out of her large Jointure she might afford to do “it,—that a Lawyer in her Family had taken care she slio d “be well provided for.—Lock’d up a Tub of Wiltshire Salt “ Butter and kept the Key during y e Lying in,—the Cook “ said she had rather go to Hell than ask her Master for But- “ter he made such a Fuss ab' it.—The Nurses obliged to “ drink their Tea with' Bread and Butter.— When his Wife “ came out of her Room he ordered half a pound of fresh “ Butter for himself, made his Wife eat y e Salt Butter w ch “ was grown very rank.—A few pickles were by accident “carried out of y e parlour into y e kitchen, the whole House “ in an uproar.—A Dispute with his Landlady who sho d find “ a mop and a dishclout, this was settled by some friends in- “terfering.—A Tallow Chandler’s Bill was paid, and an odd “3 d was not abated, this caused a very melancholy Evening. “ —Dr. Fotliergill on his being sent for was in Bed, but “ wrote from the Serv' s description of y e case, and called the “ next morning. The prescription was made up by a neigh- “ bouring Apothecary, he took a few Bottles and was better. “—The Apothecary attended him twice a day during the “taking of y e Doctor’s prescription. His Bill was ask’d for, “ w ch amounted to 18 or 19 shillings, including 5 s for bleeding “ him at 1 o’clock in the morning. He was thought to be “ very extravagant in his demands.—Being ill again, and ab' “going out of Town the D r was desired to attend him again. “ He did so, gave him a great deal of advice as to his manner “ of living and ordered him to go on with his former pre- “ seription, but did not write a 2 d time. The D r taking his “ G a with' writing, was look’d upon to be as exorbitant as the “ Apothecary, however he got y e former prescription f m the “ D r (having p d a G a for it), in order to have it made up in “y‘ country. Not going out of Town so soon as he first in- “ tended, he went to a little paltry Chymist’s in Oxford Street “ and ask’d him w' he wo d make up the prescription for. He “ask’d 3 s but at last they settled it at half a crown. The “ other Apothecary had charg’d 3 s 6 d or 4 s , here was a clear “ saving of I s 6 d or I s a Bottle. He took it and being made “ up of stinking Oil and bad materials it made him exceeding “ ill, however having paid for it and it being very cheap he “took y e whole, tho’ it made him sick ev’ry time.—A Day or “ two before he left London a Chicken w as boiled down for “ Broth, w ch being tasted by the Wife was thought to taste “ of copper and y c Saucepan being produced was found to “ want tinning, however he wo d not suffer y e Broth to be lost “ but had it for his dinner the next day.—The Danger of “ Poison was nothing to y e Saving of £ a crown.” 47 ") A bequest in her mother’s will, (dated 24 th March, 1749), runs thus; “ I give to my daughter Grace, either ” “my best diamond ring, or my diamond buckle, which she ” “shall think proper to take, and to my said daughter” “ Martha, either my best diamond ring, or my diamond ” “ buckle, which my said daughter Grace shall not take.” •* 9 ) The “Sun” newspaper, of March 5 th , 1798, gives the following : “Yesterday died Lady Duckett, wife of Sir George Duckett, Bart., of Upper Grosvenor St., in the 49' 11 year of her age, after a lingering illness which she bore with Christian fortitude and resignation. She was first married to Robert Neale, Esq. of Shaw house, near Melksham, Wilts, by whom she had issue two daughters ; the elder married to Sir Harry Burrard-Neale, Bt., the younger to Mr. Gawler. In her second union with her present surviving husband, 70 which continued near twenty-three years in the most perfect harmony, she had issue a son, and daughter, who join him in deploring her loss with the sincerest sorrow and gratitude, inspired by her uniform conduct as the most tender, indul¬ gent, and affectionate wife and mother ; whilst her other re¬ lations and friends regret her untimely separation, being truly beloved and esteemed by them for her exemplary vir¬ tues and amiable qualities.” [Her miniature (by Nixon), is in possession of the present baronet]. The following has been recorded of her, in her husband’s own words & writing : “ In memory of Lady Duckett, a wife near 23 y’rs to Sir George Duckett, Bar*, Who never once saw her ruffled with anger, Or heard her utter ever a peevish word, Whether pained or injur’d, the same good woman In whose mouth, as in whose character, was no contradiction, Resigned, gentle, courteous, affable, Without passion, Tho’ not without sense She took offence as little as she gave it, She never was or made an enemy, To servants mild, to relations kind, To the poor a friend, to the stranger hospitable. Always earing how’ to please her husband, Yet not less attentive to the one thing needful ; How few will be able to equal. What all should endeavour to imitate.” The death of her daughter Esther occurred shortly after, and is thus announced: “July 16 th , at his house in Upper “ Grosvenor S', in her 19 th year, Miss Duckett, daughter of” “Sir George Duckett, Bart.”—Gentleman’s Magazine Yol. 08. p. 626, 636. m ) He was a distinguished officer, well known in our naval annals, and Equerry to George III. When in command of the San Fiorenzo, under Lord Bridport, in June, 1797, he was mainly instrumental to the breaking up of the “ Mu¬ tiny of the IS ore,” for which he was created a Knight of the Bath. He represented the borough of Lymington in several parliaments. His marriage with Miss Neale, took place in 1795. s0 ) He was early introduced into the civil line of the naval department, and acted for many years as Secretary to the Navy Board and to the Admiralty, (in the time of the Earl of Sandwich). The following announces his appointment: “List of promotions for the year 1758; Mr. Jackson,” “Secretary to the Navy Board,” [p. 293, v. 28, Gen. Mag. 1758.] In consequence of the result of Admiral Keppel’s trial in 1779, and the resolution by the House of Lords, tending to criminate the Admiralty office, for not exhibiting a specific charge against Vice Admiral Sir Hugh Palliser, M r Jackson retired from office with the Earl of Sandwich, retaining the appointment of Judge Advocate of his Majesty’s fleet. He was subsequently thrice offered by Mr. Pitt the Secretary¬ ship of the Admiralty, at the time Lord Spencer presided at that Board. He was a zealous friend and early patron of the celebrated navigator Captain Cook, who, in order to per¬ petuate the sense of his obligations to the baronet, (then M r Jackson), named after him “Point Jackson” in New Zealand, and “ Port Jackson” in New’ South Wales. Inheriting the same love for public improvement, which had distinguished his maternal grandfather, William Ward of Gisborough, he carried out in 1766, at his own expense, the patriotic undertaking of making the river Stort navigable, along the borders of Essex to the town of Bishop Stortford in Hertfordshire 51 ). He represented the boroughs of Weymouth & Melcombe Regis, in the 12 th Parliament of Geo. Ill, from Nov r 1762- 1768. In 1788, the 10 ,! * Par' of the same reign, he contested Colchester, but was “not duly elected,” and the chairman of the committee appointed to try this election, (a double re¬ turn), reported to the House (6 lh April 1789) “ that George Tierney Esq r was duly elected and that Geo Jackson Esq r was not didy elected.” He was returned however for Col¬ chester in the 17 th Parliament & sat from 1790 till 1796. In 1791 George Tierney Esqq the unsuccessful candidate at this election, petitioned against the return of Geo Jackson & Robert Thornton Esq r . On the ballot of the committee, March 31, to try the merits of the petition, the counsel for M r Jackson informed the House, that the sitting members had distinct interests, and that the charges contained in the petition were distinct, that against M r Thornton being for bribery, & that against M r Jackson that he w r as ineligible on account of liis holding a pension from the Crown ; that the sitting members had no communication with each other, & that therefore they desired to appear as separate parties on distinct interests. April 4, 1791 the chairman reported to the House, that the sitting members were duly elected, & that the petition was frivolous & vexatious. The state of the poll in 1790 was as under ; Robert Thornton Esq r polled 818 votes Geo Jackson Esq r 796 Geo Tierney Esq r 638 [P. 479, Beatson Parliamentary Register ; Cromwell’s His¬ tory of Colchester Yol 1-2]. He was created a Baronet, June 21, 1791, was born 24 h Oct r 1725, and died Dec r 15 u 1822 in his 98 h year, and was buried at Bishop Stortford, Herts. Sir Geo. Jackson’s por¬ trait by Dance, and his miniature by Copley, (father of the 1 st Lord Lyndhurst), are in possession of the present baronet. At the time of his death he was the oldest householder in London, dating from the year 1745. He remembered being close to Lord Balmerino, who suffered for the rebellion of that year, & he has repeatedly declared his grandfather’s per¬ sonal know ledge of “ Henry Jenkins,” and of his having seen that extraordinary man, (who was born in 1502 and lived to the age of 169* years, dying Dec r 1670), standing up to his breast in the river Swale, near Richmond in Yorkshire, fishing for trout. This fact is also mentioned in the Annual Register for 1822, at p. 304. The following is the above named debate which took place in the House of Lords, relative to Admiral Keppel, as re¬ ported in the Morning Chronicle of April 1, 1799. On the 31st March 1779, after the Sewers Bill & other mat¬ ters had been debated, the Duke of Richmond “rose” (ac¬ cording to the Morning Chronicle of April 1), “ and began a ” “ very long speech, by apologizing for his stirring a question ” “which related to the Admiralty Board in the absence of” “ the First Lord ; he said he should have held it highly in- ” “decent to have agitated the business he was about to” “ speak to when the noble Earl was absent, and partieu- ” “ larlv so under the distressful circumstances in which the ” “ noble Earl’s family were at present involved, could he ” “possibly have avoided it, and if the circumstances of the” “ case would have admitted of delay; the nature of the ” “business however was different, it was extremely pressing, ” “ and if it were not immediately taken under consideration, ” “ it would not be in the power of the House to prevent what ” “ struck him as a very great irregularity, and an instance ” “either of gross injustice, or of a mockery of justice.” “ What he adverted to, was the impending trial of Sir ” “ Hugh Palliser, as to the form, grounds, & manner of it. ” “The Duke declared, that the only person who could be” “ the proper accuser of the Vice Admiral, was M r Keppel; ” “ but that M r Keppel, having long ago forgiven Sir Hugh ” “ Palliser, did not wish to go back from that forgiveness, ” “and had declared both verbally & in writing, that he did” “ not mean or wish to prefer any complaint against Sir ” “ Hugh Palliser, neither had he ever mentioned the matter, ” “ but when he was indispensibly obliged to mention it in ” 71 “ the other House of Parliament. He could not therefore ” “ (his Grace said) see any good reason for trying Sir Hugh ” “ Palliser, nor could he conceive what benefit even an ac- ” “ quittal could do to that unhappy man, because though an ” “ acquittal might exempt him from the guilt of disobedi- ” “ ence of orders (if such a charge were imputed to him) it” “could not disprove that he had been a malicious & false” “ accuser. He was for this reason a good deal amazed at ” “ any trial being ordered ; much more amazed was he at ” “ the very extraordinary and the very suspicious manner, ” “ in which that trial was to be held. His Grace read the ” “ several letters from Sir Hugh Palliser to the Admiralty ” “ Board, M r Stephen’s replies, the letter from the Admi- ” “ralty Board to M r Jackson, the Judge Advocate, order-” “ ing him to collect the evidence and send a list of wit- ” “ nesses proper to be summoned to the Lords Commission- ” “ ers of the Admiralty, and M r Jackson’s letter, enclosing ” “ the list required ; the Duke commented on them sepa- ” “ rately as he read them. It appeared from Sir Hugh Pal- ” “ liser’s first letter, that he begged an Enquiry into his con- ” “ duct, and that the Admiralty sent him word they meant ” “ to institute an enquiry, but in a subsequent letter in- ” “ formed him they had ordered a court martial. His ” “ Grace took particular notice of this change of ground in ” “ the Admiralty Board. The copy of M r Jackson’s reply ” “ to the Admiralty was read, but as the list it referred to ” “ was not presented, the Duke said, he had given M r Jack- ” “ son notice to attend, in order to tell their Lordships why ” “he had not complied with the order of the House in that” “ instance. His Grace having gone through the papers ” “ which were on the table, went into a general consideration ” “ of the subject, and renewed his arguments of last week, ” “ relative to the suspicious colour of the whole proceeding, ” “ declaring that as it stood, it was liable to a double con- ” “struction, either side of which was highly censurable, and” “ incumbent upon the House to do that in them lay to re- ” “ move. The construction it was liable to, was, either that ” “ the trial was so ordered, that justice could not be done to ” “Sir Hugh Palliser or the publick ; or, that it was so fa-” “sbioned collusively, and was meant to be a mock trial.” “ In proof of this assertion, his Grace stated the utter im- ” “ possibility of any man’s being able to make a defence, ” “ where no specific charge was alledged against him ; and ” “ said that it certainly would be fair for a gentleman so ir- ” “ regularly brought to trial, to make it his argument for re- ” “ fusing to plead, that there w r as no charge made against ” “ him and that it was impossible for him to offer any de- ” “fence or to prepare for any, unless he knew the nature” “and extent of the accusation. His Grace mentioned the” “ very different manner in which M r Keppel had been ” “brought to trial, and asserted that there was not to be” “ found, in the scope of his reading at least, a precedent for ” “ so loose, so irregular a proceeding as the manner in which ” “ Sir Hugh Palliser was to be tried ; no charge being made ” “ but a declaration that the charge wa3 to be collected from ” “the minutes of a former trial. He had looked to several” “ books likely to afford information on the subject, but he” “ could meet with none which did not contradict the pro- ” “ ceeding in question. In the Journals of the House of” “ Commons he had found an account of what that House ” “ thought proper for them to do in the year 1744, respect- ” “ ing Admiral Lestock. He read what he alluded to from ” “ the Journals; the substance was, that the House had in- ” “stituted an enquiry, and the result of that enquiry was,” “they ordered a prosecution in a regular manner against ” “ Admiral Lestock, Admiral Matthews, and a great many ” “ Captains employed in the fleet which blocked up the ” “French & Spanish fleets in Toulon harbour, and that a ” “ charge might be made out & exhibited. His Grace also ” “ read the warrant from the Board of Admiralty in 1756, ” “to the Deputy Marshal, ordering him to take into his ” “custody the person of Admiral Byng, till his trial on a” “charge of breach of instructions, and for not having done ” “his utmost to sink, burn, and destroy the ships of the” “enemy, was over, and his fate determined. His Grace” “contended that these two instances were irrefragable” “proofs of his assertion that bringing an officer to trial, ” “without the previous exhibition of any specific charge” “against him, was not more alarming and liable to suspi- ” “ cion than novel and unprecedented. After descanting ” “ for some time on this point, and contending that it be- “ hoved their Lordships to take some step to clear away ” “every doubt, and if Sir Hugh Palliser was to be tried, to” “ let him come to trial fairly and in such a manner that ’ “justice might be done to him & to the publick, he called ” “ for M r Jackson ; as soon as that gentleman came to the ” “ Bar, his Grace interrogated him as to the reason of his ’ “not presenting the list of witnesses, which was mentioned ” “hi his letter to the Admiralty Board, with the other” “papers laid before the House.” “M r Jackson said, that similar papers had been moved’ “for in the other House of Parliament, but as the list of” “ witnesses could give no information to the House, from a ” “motive of delicacy the list was not delivered; the same” “reasons had induced him to forbear delivering it to their” “ Lordships, but that he had not withheld it from any [if!- ” “ legible ] which he had alledged ; that for fear it should be ’ “asked for by the Bight Honorable House be had brought ” “ it in his pocket when he delivered the papers, and he now ” “had it in his hand, and he submitted it entirely to their” “ Lordships whether he should present it or not.” “ Being interrogated further on this head, he gave as one ” “ reason for not presenting it, with the other papers, that ” “during the trial of Admiral Keppel at Portsmouth, Sir” “ Hugh Palliser had wrote to him, and desired he would ” “send him a list of such witnesses as Admiral Keppel” “ meant to call in his defence ; he said, he felt the request ” “as a very unpleasant one; that he immediately wrote” “word of it to Admiral Keppel & asked whether he chose” “ that he should comply with the requisition of the Vice ” “Admiral, and that an exchange of lists was agreed on. ” “ The same idea of delicacy which swayed his mind then, ” “operated on his mind now, and to that, and to that alone, ” “ their Lordships were to impute his having declined de- ” “liveringtlie list of the witnesses which he had pointed” “ out in his letter to the Admiralty, as proper to be sum- ” “ moned on the trial of Sir Hugh Palliser.” “The list of witnesses was ordered up and was read. It” “consisted of the names of all the officers who spoke most” “strongly to such points as tended, in any shape, to crimi- ” “nate the conduct of Sir Hugh Palliser on the 27 ,h & 28 ,h ” “ of July last.” “M r Jackson after this underwent a very long examina- ” “ tion, extending to a great variety of points, which had no ” “reference or analogy whatever to the particular circum- ” “ stance, to answer to which he was professedly called to ” “ the bar. The examiners were the Duke of Bichmond, ” “ Lord Camden, Lord Effingham, the Duke of Manchester, ” “the Duke of Grafton, Lord Ferrers, and Lord Fortescue. ” “ Their questions chiefly went to an enquiry, whether M r ” “Jackson was impowered to form the charge upon which ” “ Sir Hugh Palliser was to be tried ? who was to form it ?, ” “what was his duty as Judge Advocate?, whether he ever” “ knew an instance of an officer being tried without a speci- ” “ fic charge being exhibited, and that the charge was col- ” “ lected from the minutes of the proceedings ot a former ” “ Court Martial, and whether he had received any particu- ” “ lar instructions from the Lords of the Admiralty relative ” “to the impending trial of Sir Hugh Palliser?” “The answers given by M r Jackson were remarkably” 72 “ clear, satisfactory and explicit: they were substantially ” “ as follow “ That he was totally unapprized of being questioned ” “generally, and therefore hoped to be indulged with their” “Lordships candid consideration of what he said, since of” “ necessity he could not speak with that degree of recollec- ” “ tion and precision which he wished ever to exhibit, while ” “ he was under au examination by that Eight Honorable” “House; that he did not consider it as his duty to form” “the charge against Sir Hugh Palliser ; that his duty was” “to propound such questions as struck him during the” “ trial to be proper, let them either tend to establish the ” “ charge, or support the defence of the party tried; that ” “his conduct was to be perfectly neutral; that the original” “ minutes of the proceedings on M r Keppel’s trial were to ” “ be sent to the President of the Court Martial appointed ” “ to try the Vice Admiral, and were to be by him laid be- ” “ fore the Court, who were to interrogate witnesses to such ” “ points as appeared to criminate Sir Hugh Palliser; that ” “ he had known an instance of an officer’s being tried with- ” “out any specific charge being exhibited against him, and” “ the instance was this,—in 1771 Admiral Spry, then com- ” “mander of the fleet at Plymouth, received an anonymous” “letter informing him, that a Lieutenant of the Somerset” “man-of-war had on board a quantity of stores concealed,” “ which he meant to embezzle; that the Admiral sent up ” “ the letter to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, ” “ who immediately ordered a court-martial on the Lieuten- ” “ ant of the Somerset, who was found guilty ; that in the ” “ course of the trial it appeared, that the stores had been ” “ conveyed to the Lieutenant by the Boatswain of another ” “ ship, a Court Martial was therefore ordered on the Boat- ” “swain, & no specific charge was exhibited, the minutes of” “ the former Court Martial being laid before the court which ” “ tried the Boatswain, & they collecting the charge from ” “ those minutes, the Boatswain was found guilty. This in- ” “ stance lie thought had occurred since the Earl of Sand- ” “ wich presided at the Admiralty Board, but he could not ” “ positively say who was the Judge Advocate at that time; ” “ he believed M r Francis Stephens acted in that capacity on ” “ both trials. That in summoning the evidence to attend ” “ on Sir Hugh Palliser’s trial, he had governed himself by ” “ the minutes of the former trial, & selected those witnesses ” “ who spoke most strongly to matters, which, on their face,” “ wore the appearance of Crimination of the Vice Admiral; ” “ that he did not consider the list lie had sent to the Board, ” “and a copy of which he had just delivered to the Right” “ Honorable House, as a preclusion from his summoning ” “ any others, whose attendance upon his better recollection ” “and more mature judgment, he might think necessary ; ” “ that he had that very morning wrote to the Admiralty ” “ Board, intimating, that he thought Admiral Keppel ” “ought to be summoned; that he should yet suggest such” “others as might appear to him to be necessary, and that” “ after all, and even when the trial was in progress, if it ap- ” “ peared, that other officers who were not summoned, were” “ capable of giving requisite testimony, the Court had it in ” “ their power to order their immediate attendance, it being ” “inherent in all Courts Martial to call for what witnesses,” “the Court deemed necessary, as them object was the dis-” “ eovery of truth, and they holding the right to command ” “ every information likely to forward that discovery. Mr ” “Jackson declared he had no converse or communication ” “ whatever with any of the Lords of the Admiralty respect- ” “ ing the impending trial of Sir Hugh Palliser ; he acknow- ” “ ledged the case w as in some degree novel, and in reply to ” “a question from Fortescue, said he presumed the jet of” “ the charge was a disobedience of orders.— In answer to a ” “question from Lord Ferrers, as to his opinion of the dif-” “ ference of the two trials, that of Admiral Keppel, which” “ was over, and that of Sir Hugh Palliser, he begged leave ” “to decline giving any reply, declaring that the late Court” “ Martial had laid it down as a rule, that no witness was ” “ obliged to give his private opinion on any fact, and that ” “ he might decline it, if he thought proper; a liberty which ’ ’ “he humbly hoped the Right Honorable House would in-” “ dulge him in the exercise of.” “ The House with their wonted liberality accorded, and ” “ M r Jackson was at length suffered to withdraw.” “ The Duke of Richmond (who had employed himself in ” “penning a motion, while other Lords were interrogating” “ M r Jackson) then resumed his speech, and in very strong ” “ terms reprobated the idea of bringing Sir Hugh Palliser ” “to trial, without previously exhibiting some specific charge ” “ against him. He repeated his former argument, that it ” “ was not possible to do justice to that gentleman, or jus- ” “ tice to the publick, according to the present plan of pro- ” “ ceeding, and declared it looked as if the trial was intended ” “ to be a mere matter of form, a mock trial. His Grace ” “ said he was the rather inclined to adopt the latter opinion, ” “ because he really considered the Admiralty Board to be ” “ the instigators of the trial of Admiral Keppel, and when ” “ he summed up the account of the two proceedings, that ” “ against M r Keppel and that against Sir Hugh Palliser, he ” “ could not but see the strongest grounds to suspect a col- ” “ lusion in favour of the latter. He declared most solemnly ” “ that he did not mean to urge any thing likely to encrease ” “ the danger of the last mentioned gentleman ; that Ids real ” “ w'ishes were, that he should not be tried at all; that he ” “ saw no possible good either to him or to the publick, that ” “ could result from his being tried; but that if he was to be” “ tried, he ought to be tried fairly, and upon such grounds ” “ as were likely to procure real and substantial justice. He ” “said, he spoke as the Advocate of the Vice-Admiral, as” “ well as for the sake of the publick ; that he had reason to ” “ believe the impending trial was merely brought forward ” “ to afford the Admiralty new grounds for aspersing M r ” “ Keppel; that he thought so 01 of the Admiralty, that he” “ verily believed, though Sir Hugh Palliser had been insti- ” “gated by them, to accuse Admiral Keppel, and had been” “ their instrument, that if he were found guUty upon the ” “ impending trial, they would suffer him to be executed ” “ without remorse. After pushing his argument on this ” “ head to a considerable extent, the Duke said he had very ” “ hastOy drawn up a motion, which he meant to submit to ” “ the consideration of the House; the hurry in which he ” “ had written it, rendered it less correct, and not so well ” “ adapted to the purpose as he could have wished, but such ” “ as it was, he would offer it to their Lordships’ considera- ” “ tion, and hoped it would be favorably received, as it ” “tended to shew that the House would not sanctify a pro-” “ceeding apparently founded in gross injustice; his Grace” “ then read his motion which was as follows: ” “ That it is the opinion of this House that it would ” “ be equally contrary to any principles of justice, and ” “to every purpose of the intended prosecution, that” “ Vice Admiral Sir Hugh Palliser should be tried, as ” “from the papers laid before the House it seems to” “be intended, without some specific charge being” “ exhibited against him.” “ Lord Le Despenser rose to reply and said he was a good ” “deal concerned to hear the noble Duke in the absence of” “ his noble friend, the first Lord of the Admiralty, make a ” “ long speech, and at the end of it produce a motion, both ” “immediately tending to criminate the noble Earl. He” “ mentioned the candour with which the Duke of Manches- ” “ ter had behaved the preceding evening, when applied to ” “ by the first Lord of the Admiralty, to know if his intended ” “motions concerned his Department? when the noble” “Duke had declared they did not, and had at the same” 73 “ time said, he would never move any thing tending to attack ” “ the office at which he presided, but in his presence. The ” “ proceeding of this day was, the more uncandid and the ” “ more ungenerous, because, the noble Earl who was absent, ” “ had yesterday professed himself to be exceedingly indis- ” “ posed, and to be under the greatest distress of mind. ” “That distress must necessarily be now much increased, as ” “ it was well known that the noble Earl’s daughter in law, ” “Lady Mary Hinchinbroke, had died that morning. His” “ Lordship said, were there no other objection to the mo- ” “ tion but what he had mentioned, he should certainly vote ” “against it, but that he saw many other objections which” “ during the noble Duke’s speech struck him very forcibly, ” “though his memory did not serve him to recollect them” “ at present; it was needless however, even if he had them ” “at command, to urge them, because he trusted the hu-” “ manity of their Lordships would sufficiently induce them ” “ to negative the motion for the reasons he had first men- ” “ tioned.” “The Duke of Richmond rose again, and declared, he” “ felt himself greatly hurt at the noble Lord’s applying the ” “words uncandid and ungenerous to his conduct. He” “begged the noble Lord and the House to recollect what” “he had said in the opening of his speech, in which he la- ” “mented being obliged to agitate a matter which had refer-” “ ence to the Board of Admiralty in the absence of the first ” '‘Lord. His Grace declared, he hoped it was no part of” “ his character, to make accusations against any persons ” “ behind their back ; that he was forced to act as he had ” “ done that day, because the trial, to which his motion re- ” “ ferred, was to take place in the holidays.” “The Lord Chancellor in a very long speech replied to” “ every thing that had been said by the noble Duke, and ” “ used a multiplicity of arguments to convince the House ” “ that the motion was highly improper, and that to accede ” “ to it, would be to assume the command and government ” “ of the impending trial, and to assume a power which did ” “not belong to any one branch of the Legislature, much” “less did it belong to their Lordships. He began with de-” “ daring, his first object of rising, was to defend an absent ” “ man ; that he thought it exceedingly unworthy of the ” “ noble Duke to assert, that the Admiralty Board were the ” “ instigators of the conduct of Sir Hugh Palliser, respect- ” “ ing Admiral Keppel, when he had no proof of the founda- ” “ tion of the assertion, and especially when the noble Lord ” “ at the head of the Admiralty Board was not present to de- ” “ fend himself, and reply to an insinuation extremely in- ” “ jurious, and extremely unwarrantable. He went over the ” “ ground of the whole business, and instanced the Vice- ” “ Admiral’s express declaration, that he had consulted no ” “ person whatever relative to his urging his charge against ” “ Admiral Keppel, inferring from that, and from the con- ” “duct of the Admiralty Board, that there was not a colour” “ of suspicion of collusion on their part; and that every ar- ” “ gument and every imputation of there having been col- ” “ lusion practised, was equally impossible to be proved, and ” “equally unjust. Having done away the attack upon the” “ Admiralty Board, his Lordship took into his considera- ” “ tion the Duke’s motion, and what had passed in the ” “ course of the day. He said he hoped he might call Sir” “ Hugh Palliser an unhappy man, for surely if that epithet” “belonged to any person, it belonged to a gentleman so to-” “ tally ruined as Sir Hugh Palliser was. He hoped, how- ” “ever, that the issue of the impending trial would shew” “that the failure of the success of the action of the” “27 of July, was not imputable to the guilt of any man, ” “ but was ascribeable to unavoidable accident. Sir Hugh” “Palliser was to be tried very shortly on a charge arising” “from what came out upon the trial of M r Keppel; ought” “not Sir Hugh Palliser to be sent to his trial in the most” “ candid manner, unaccompanied by any prejudices, or any “ opinion of his conduct, tending to aggravate what might “appear against him? Would any noble Lord say, that “ it either became their Lordships to prejudge him in any “ shape whatsoever, to come to a resolution indicative of “ their sense of his criminality, or to interfere at all with a “ process which did not by any means in its present stage “come under the cognizance of that House of Parliament? “ A Witness, if M r Jackson might be deemed a witness, had “ been called to their Lordship’s bar, with a view to be exa- “ mined to a particular point. Had the examination been “ confined to that point ? On the contrary, had it not been “ extended to a most minute and circumstantial enquiry “ into a great variety of matters generally referable indeed “ to the impending trial, but not in the least analogous to “ the matter respecting which alone M r Jackson had been “called to the bar? Not that he meant to blame noble “ Lords for having extended the examination. He was “ perfectly aware that strict regularity must often give “ way to expediency, and in the present case he had not “ attempted to call the House to order, or to check the ir- “ regular enquiry, because he had the satisfaction to see it “tended to prove that the Judge Advocate, in whose hands “ a material part of the business of the impending trial was “lodged, was a most intelligent and judicious gentleman. “ He bad given his evidence (if he might so phrase it) dis- “ tinctly, clearly, and in a manner which did him great “ credit, while it afforded the House abundant information “ and abundant satisfaction. M r Jackson had proved that “ it was not a new matter to send an officer to his trial “ without what the noble Duke in his speech and in his mo- “tion called a specific charge , and had explicitly declared “ tliat he knew a case where the charge upon which a per- “son accused was tried, was collected from the minutes of “ a Court Martial which had sat upon another officer. His “Lordship asserted that the instances cited from the Jour- “ nals of the House of Commons, instead of supporting the “ noble Duke’s argument, went against it; particularly that “ of Admiral Byng’s case, which he had therefore been “ much surprized to hear quoted. He enlarged a good “deal on this point, and gave many weighty reasons in “ proof of his positions, that the House had no right to in- “ terpose their authority on the present occasion, and that “even if they had, there were not sufficient grounds to “ warrant such an interposition.” “ The Earl of Bristol said he had a great many argu- “ ments to adduce in support of the motion, but as the first “ Lord of the Admiralty was absent, he should narrow his “ reasoning, because he scorned to censure an absent person. “His Lordship then strongly justified himself for joining “ in the assertion that it was unprecedented and unfair to “ try Sir Hugh Palliser unless a specific charge was exhi- “ bited against him.” “ Lord Mansfield most eloquently showed that the pre- “ sent motion was most extremely improper to be adopted “ by their Lordships. He grounded his argument on two “ points ; the one was, that the motion itself wanted foun- “ dation ; the other, that if it were founded, it was not con- “ sonant with the forms of that House to interpose its au- “ thority in regard to an impending trial. With respect “to the first, the charge against Sir Hugh Palliser was not “ less specific than the charge against Admiral Keppel, or “ the charge against Admiral Byng. The Martial Law dif- “ fered most essentially from the Common Law ; by the “ latter a specific charge was made out in the form of an “ indictment, and the party accused was tried upon a spe¬ cific allegation of criminality. Courts Martial on the “contrary, left off where the Common Law Courts com- “ menced their criminal process. It was the duty and the “ practice of Courts Martial to be ordered to enquire and L “ try. Tliey in consequence first went into an Enquiry, ” “ the result of which Enquiry formed the criminal charge, ” “ if any thing criminal came out, and upon that charge, the ” “ Court tried the party so criminated, and passed sentence ” “accordingly. In Admiral Byng’s case this matter was” “ most clearly exemplified. The Court Martial were or- ” “ dered to enquire into the Admiral’s conduct, and try him ” “ upon it. There was no specific charge before them. They ” “ began their Enquiry with taking evidence of his conduct ” “ at S' Helens ; his conduct in his passage to the Straits ; ” “ his return to Gibraltar, and every relative circumstance ” “ in all that long course of proceedings. They came to a ” “ great variety of resolutions, some not in the least crimi- ” “nal, others criminal. Upon their very last resolution,” “ the last of 36, they founded their charge and their sen- ” “ tence. The matter was referred to opinion of the twelve ” “judges, who declared the whole proceeding to be perfectly” “legal. His Lordship said he had only once read the” “ charge against Admiral Keppel, and that when the copy ” “ was first brought down to the House ; that he spoke from ” “ a stale memory ; but if he recollected right, no specific ” “criminal charge was contained in the five articles, the” “ only part which tended to criminate, being worded in so ” “ vague a manner, that the import and meaning were to- ” “ tally lost. He meant the saying, that the Admiral did ” “ not do the utmost, instead of his utmost to take, sink, ” “ burn, and destroy the French fleet. The utmost meant” “ nothing ; Julius Caesar, Alexander the Great, in all their” “ wars never did the utmost ; it was impossible for any ” “ commander to do the utmost.” “ His Lordship spoke also of the code of Martial Laws, ” “ which he declared he was concerned in carrying through ” “ the other House of Parliament many years since, and said ” “ it was drawn up, and brought in under the advice, sup- ” “ port, and authority of the late Lord Anson, and the late ” “ Duke of Cumberland. He likewise answered several as- ” “ sertions of the noble Duke, in a most satisfactory manner, ” “ but we have not leisure or opportunity to follow him fur- ” “ ther.” “The Duke of Richmond replied, answering the strong” “ parts of the speeches of the Lord Chancellor and Lord ” “Mansfield, and at length withdrawing his motion, but at” “ the same time saying, that if the order to the President ” “ of the Court Martial directed him to try Sir Hugh Pal- ” “liser for his conduct on the 27 th July only, he should” “still suppose it was meant to be a mock trial. His Grace” “saida sailor’s day began at twelve at noon; that after” “that hour of the 27 th July, a sailor deemed it to be the” “ 28 th of July. He also owned he had violent suspicions ” “of the partial conduct of the Admiralty respecting Sir” “ Hugh Palliser, and declared, it was his misfortune, that ” “he could not give up those suspicions.” “ Lord Bristol likewise replied to Lord Mansfield, and ” “ said he was totally mistaken in his statement of Admiral ” ‘ Byng’s trial.” “ Lord Mansfield and the Duke of Richmond were up ” “more than once each to explain.” “Lord Eortescue recited a question he had put to Sir” “John Moore when examined at the bar of that House in” “ 1756, as one of the Court Martial who begged to be ab- ” “ solved from his oath of secrecy, and the answer he had ” “ received. His Lordship said he then declared the execu- ” “ tion of Admiral Byng to be a murder, and he thought so ” “still.” “ The Duke of Manchester, as it was so late an hour, ” “ said he would not trouble the House with his motions, ” “which he gave their Lordships to understand referred to” “an expedition France had fitted out from one of her” ‘ Southern ports, against one of the most valuable posses- ” “ sions of Great Britain.” (Vide Morning Chronicle, April 1 1779) 5l ) In a letter to Lord Hawkesbury in 17S9 M r Jacksorf states—“In 1766 I obtained an Act of Parliament to make the river Stort navigable along the borders of Essex to the town of Bishop Stortford”—The “Public Ledger” News¬ paper, Aug. 30, 1770, and Gentleman’s Magazine of 1769 (p. 508, Vol 39), record the opening of the same : “ Stort River ” “ opened—Tuesday 24 th Oct r .”—“ The new navigation of the river Stort being finished, the first barge came this day to Bishop-Stortford, with colours flying, drums beating, at¬ tended by a band of music. On this occasion, M r Plumer, member for the county, gave an ox, and M r Adderly who for¬ merly kept the Crown at Hockerill a pipe of wine.”—The “ Public Ledger ” newspaper has the following ; “ A corre- ” “spondent lately returned from the Norfolk tour, informs ” “ us that he had great pleasure during his stay at Bishop ” “ Stortford in Hertfordshire, in viewing the improvements ” “ made there, by a navigation opened into the river Thames ” “for barges of 40 tons burden. He observes, it has been” “ opened about six months only, yet the direct communica- ” “ tion with the metropolis has already drawn to it a con- ” “ siderable trade,” &c. The works on this navigation occupied three years, the diary for which is extant in Sir Geo (then M r Jackson’s) hand¬ writing. The following is extracted therefrom, on the occa¬ sion of opening the river. Oct r 14 th “ Stay’d at B. Stortf 4 , consulted on many points “ to be observed on 24 th , when it is agreed to open the river to “ B. Stortford.—M r Plumer* had made an offer of a bullock “ to be roasted on this day. Returned to town the 15 th . “16 th Oct r Went to Lirneho: ordered 36 firr poles, 50 “ 21 inch deal for the purpose of hoisting colours, building a “ booth &c. To Eade & Wilson to request the loan of guns “ & colours. To Curtis &c for an order for a load of malt, that “ a barge may return fully loaded directly. They were so “kind to promise. Sent to Baynes to wait on them with “ samples. From this to 24 th must necessarily employ my- “ self in sending notices & preparing for y e exhibition. Gave “ notice in writing to 26 of the comm" (being all the gen- “ tlem’ living near the river whose names I could recollect), “ that the river wo' 1 be opened, & barges arrive at Stortford “ the 24 inst. “ 20 Oct r , went to B Stortf d , having my daughter Eliz ,b .f “ with me. “ 21 st My other daughter’s sister M rs Ward, & M r Fisher “ came to me to be present at the opening of the river. “22 d Attended my family and friends to church. “ Having spent these three days in considering on the bu- “ siness to be done, & the ceremonial to be observed on the “ arrival of the barges, I gave orders early this day “ 23 d , & attended the clearing away the orch d , hedges &c “belonging to Greggs Ho: & White House —building a booth “ in N th Street, erecting poles for colours, planting a battery “ for 21 guns. It was the general opinion that the assembly “ of people would be great.— The booth was covered & made “ large enough to dine 150, & as many open tables were pre- “ pared for the populace as the place wo’d contain. “ 24 th Hoisted two colours at the door of our friend Ad- “ derly, in respect to him as the origin of the navigation, & as “ a small token of our acknowledgements for the many civi- “ lities & helps by adv% rec d from him in our progress in the “ execution : placed also at his door 11 small brass cannon, “mounted on carriages — Hoisted the royal standard on the “ church steeple— Two colours on Castle Hill— One at the “ head of cut on the Stortford side. — The barges appointed “ to arrive were the Adderly, Melecent (so called in com- “plim* to our good M rs Adderly) and the Hope— Each was “ dressed with jack, ensign, & pendant. Their approach * M.P. for Co. Herts. t Afterwards M rs Berney, wife of Thomas Berney Esq r of Bracon Hall, Norfolk. “ was preceded by the skiff, having colours fore & aft, rowed “ by M r Glyn Jun r carrying his father, who had executed the “ work, & M r Yeoman the engineer : The skiff arrived at “ 12°, and M r Yeoman announced the expected arrival of the “ barges ; the N° of spectators was exceeding great indeed— “ many gentlemen of rank in the two counties of Essex & “ Herts ; the battery of 21 guns was placed to command the “river downwards & the openings on the sides of Hockerill “ & Stortford — On Yeomans announcing the coming of the “ barges, & congratulating the multitude around the battery, “ observing that now the town of Stortford is open to all the “ ports of the world, he was return’d with three huzzas — The “ two first barges were supposed to have had each 500 pas- “ sengers — These came first, and one moored in each cut. “ Then followed the barge with 15 chaldron of coals—on this “ barge passing, the 21 guns were fired : & the huzzas sounded “ to the skies —The firing was return’d by the guns at M r “ Adderly’s door.—-This being over, measures were then taken “ to collect the victuals that were provided — Almost every “ house which had convenience, had taken something to roast “ or boil.—It was difficult on acco' of the crowd to get all “ together. There were three oxen dressed, one of which “ was given by M r Plumer, Eh* of the shire, who was present “ on the occasion, weighed 176 stone the four quarters ; seven “ large hams were also dressed. The whole, with turnips, “ carrots, greens & bread was supposed to be sufficient to “ dine 6000, allowing ea. a pound. The table in the booth “ was scarce well cover’d & the company sat down, before the “ crowd broke in & took all the meat away — It became a “ scramble after that. It was with great exertion I saved “ the wine. Wheu this was a little appeazed, the bread was “ cut in lumps and given to the people : and after this the “ ale, being hogsheads, was filled into large tubs & car- “ ried into the streets, where the people might drink that “ could —Some getting drunk soon, & giving room to fear a “ riot, & one of the tubs when full being thrown over, de- “ sisted from serving out the rest. About 100 gent: retired “ to the George to drink the wine, where every thing was “ regular. There was a ball for the ladies at M r Jos. Smith’s. “ The town was much illuminated. The day having proved “ windy, which extended the colours their whole fly, it was “ allowed that the view on the church, Castle Hill, the head “ of the river & the three barges in the different openings “ was exceedingly agreeable. New songs had been prepar’d “ for the occasion in honour of the navigation. The whole “ confusion was ended without the smallest accident or quarrel “ that I have heard of. “ 25 th Oc r 1769, left Stortford, carrying with me the noise “ of bells, music, singing, roaring & dancing, all together “ making such a head ache, that I was more indulged in the “ quiet of my sister’s* house than I was ever before sensible “of.” 51c ) The name of Goldstone, Goulston, or Golston appears to be of very remote antiquity. The following are some of that name. Thomas Goldstone was prior of Christ Church, Can¬ terbury, April 16, 1449. He was prior 19 years, & was buried 6 th Aug 1468 in the chapel “ to the honor of the Virgin Mary,” which he erected himself. Leland says, “ Prior Goldstone the first, five .priors before the Secunde, buildid the stone Tour yn the Westeende of the chyrche,” Itin. Yol VI. f 3. p. 5.— Thomas Goldstone, S.T.P. the second of this name, succeeded as prior of Christ Church on the 1 st Jan 1495, and was much in favour with King Henry VII, who sent him ambassador to Charles, the French King. He was prior 23 yrs, and dying Sept r 16,1517, was buried by his immediate predecessor in the priorship (\Y m Selling). The brasses of the tomb¬ stones have long since been purloined, but Somner has given * Dorothy Jackson m. to Jeffery Jackson of Woodford Bridge. the inscription, as in his time; “ Hie jaeet reverendus Pater ” “Thomas Goldstone, hujus sacrosanct® Ecclesise Prior, ac ” “ Sacra: paginse Professor, qui postquam hanc Ecclesiam ” “per annos 24, 8 men’s & dies 16 optime gubernasset, mi- ” “ gravit ad Dominum, 16 Sept. Anno Dom. 1517. Cujus ” “ anime propitietur Deus. Amen.” (Hasted’s History of Kent, p. 557 Vol IV.)—Another, Sir John Goldstone of Ivy-Church, (by his will proved in 1503), willed to be buried in the choir of Asliford church, Kent, and devised sundry costly ornaments & vestments for the use of it. Hastecl’s Kent Vol iii, p, 263.) Goldstone in Shropshire.—The feodaries of 1284-5 concur in making Goldstone a part of Ercall. In after times it was considered as belonging to Cheswardine, in which parish it was at all times situated. Kicliard de Goldston occurs at this place about 1240, and Thomas de Goldston in 1300. (Eyton Antiquities of Shropshire). [Extract from pedigree in Col. of Arms], Edward Goulstone of Goulston,=p. . . . dau’r of co Salop, ob. ante 1760 I — Price. Grace Duckett=Gwyn Goldstone Edward A daur Esq r . o. s. p. o. s. p. The surname Floyd seems, in all old documents & MSS, to be written indiscriminately “ Floyde or Fludd.” A Kentish family of that name, (the original ancestor of which was David Fludd (alias Floyd), from the co of Salop, father of John Floyd of Morton in Shropshire,) was seated at Gore Court and Milgate in Kent, in the early part of the reign of Queen Elizabeth, of which was Sir Thomas Fludde (or Floyde) M.P. for Maidstone (35 Eliz 1592) and treasurer of war to Queen Elizabeth.—Again George Floyd, D.D. a fel¬ low, says Godwin, of Magdalen College, was Bishop of Sodor & Man, and afterwards in 1604 of Chester (p. 27. Vol 2 His¬ tory of Cambridge) ;—Richard Floyd was M.P. for Montgo¬ mery (1 Mary 1554) (Willis’s Notitia Parliamentaria p. 39), and in the Calendar of State Papers Nov 22 1615, we read: “Newmarket (James 1) 54 [Sir R Winwood to the Lord Chancellor], The King has pricked Richard Floyd of Mar- ington, as Sheriff for Montgomeryshire, in lieu of Sir John Hayward, who is unfit, from not having lands in the county.” - — Ffloyde of Walton, Staffordshire, appears to have been a Royalist, and as a “ delinquent ” had his estate sequestered. The name of Floyd figures on many other occasions in the ranks of the royalists. The Visitation of Hertfordshire and Surrey, made in 1572, gives a pedigree of Floyd of Battersea (from Calais) : Hugo Floyd de Caleys-p Peter Floyd=pElizabetha filia de Caleys I Johes Floyd de Batrichsey iu Co Surrey, jam superstes A 0 . 1623; seeundarium in compu- tario, Wood S* London. Willi. Dryseley de Caleys, ar. Elizabetha, uxor Edric. Burnarn de London, Post¬ master of the Court, temp. Eliz. Regin. In two or more instances the name of Duckett (Duket) is connected with remarkable longevity.—In a MS in the Cotton Library (Domit VII, 2) intituled “ Liber vita:,” con¬ taining a list of the bonefactors to the church of Durham, and in which are interspersed a few historical notices, occurs the following authentic instance of longevity, not noticed by writers on that subject, “ Mem. A 0 1431 obiit Joh’es Duket ” “ de Softlev, dictus senex, rixit enim anno cxxti et septem, ” L 2 76 “excepto spatio inter purificationem Beate Marie et Fest ” “ Barnabe Ap’li.” (p. 698, Vol. 78, Gen. Mag 1808). At Cumley, in the parish of Cardington, co Salop, died 29 th Aug 1797, aged 106, Catherine Duckett, (p. 803 Gen. Mag Vol. 67). D r Burn also, in his history of Westmoreland, alludes to the extraordinary longevity of the Ducketts of Grayrigg. 51cc ) Reference to this note will be sought in pages 82 & seq. 52 ) The following order or award, made in the Court of Exchequer, (temp. Eliz), relates to the manor of Cherill, and common of pasture in Quemerford adjoining. Exchequer; Special Commission, Wilts ; (Eliz), 2422. An end and order taken by S r John Danvers knight and Lawrence Huyde Esquier, betwene John Cranage and Walt 1 Stapleford and other hir Ma tics Ten a ntes of Cheryell in the Countye of Wilts Compl ts , and Stephen Duckett Esquier and other Ten a ntes of Quem’ford defendts, for and concerninge the com’en of pasture for sheepe and beastes, in Quem’ford sowthe feilde, claymed and vsed by the saide Teir’ntes of Cheryell, by v r tue of hir Ma ties Comission owt of hir highe Cowrt of the Exchequier to them directed, & hereunto an¬ nexed, by thassent and good likinge of all the p’ties as ffollowithe, viz. They have ordered that the saide Stephen Duckett shall on this side the feast of S' Michaell Tharchaungell next, by measure allot! out of Quem’ford northe fedde a full thirde part, and also owt of Quem’ford sowthe feilde a foil third part, by metes and boundes next adjoyninge to Cheryell ffeildes, in w ch twoe third partes the Tenantes of Cheryell shall have com’en to their owne behoves yerelie for ever, for their Cattail and sheepe immediatly after the corne or croppe growinge in the saide twoe thirde partes slialbe by the saide Stephen Duckett, and the rest of the Ten a ntes of Quem’ford yearely taken awaye, w th owt any sheepe or beastes of the saide Stephen Duckett, or any other of the Ten a ntes of Quem’ford pasturinge or feadinge w lh them in the saide twoe third partes. Also they have ordered that if the sheepe or beastes of the saide Stephen Duckett, or of the Ten a ntqs of Quem’ford doe breake into the saide towe thirde p’tes of Quem’ford feildes, before allotted to hir Ma' ies Ten“ntes of Cheryell, that they slialbe quietlie & neighebo'lie putt backe againe w lh owt impoundinge, and in like man’er if the beastes or sheepe of the Ten a ntes of Cheryell, happen to breake into the rest of Quem’ford feildes they shall also be quietly & neighbourly put backe againe w th owt impoundinge. Also they have ordered that it slialbe lawfull for the Ten a ntes of Quem’¬ ford to folde their sheepe uppon their lande in Cheryell feildes, or w th in the said towe third partes w th owt any lett denyall or disturbaunce of the Ten a ntes of Cheryell, and in like man’er they have ordered that it slialbe lawfull for the Ten a ntes of Cheryell to folde their sheepe uppon their lande in Quem’ford feildes w‘ h owt any lett denyall or disturbaunce of the said Stephen Duckett, or of any other of the Tenfotes of Quem’ford. Also they have ordered that the Ten a ntes of Quem’ford shall have & use their weys over Cheriell feildes to their feildes as heretofore hathe bene accustomed w ,h owt lett denyall or disturbaunce of the Ten a ntes of Cheryell, and in like manner they have ordered that the tenhites of Cheryell shall have and use their wayes over Quem’ford feildes to their feildes as hathe bene accustomed w'fowt let denyall or disturbaunce of the saide Stephen Duckett or of any of the Ten a ntes of Quem’ford. And finally they have awarded that yt slialbe lawfull for hir Ma tics ten a ntes of Cheryell to dryve their Cattell to the water over the sowthe feilde of Quem’ford when the same sowthe feilde shall lye fallowe, w th owt lett denyall or disturbance of the saide Ste¬ phen Duckett or of any other of the Ten a ntes of Quem’ford. In witness whereof the saide S r John Danvers and Laurence Huyde have to theis p r sentes set their Seales. Teven the thirtieth daye of August in the fyve & twentieth yeare of the raigne of o r Sovraigne Ladye Elizabetlie by the grace of God of England ITraunce and Ireland Queue Defendo' of the faith &c. Jo. Danvers Laurence Huyde. The record following refers to the manor of Calston, and parts of Stockley, Chalfield, Westbury, and other manors in Wilts, showing the same to have been alienated to Sir Lionel Duckett without licence from the Crown. It further recites the deed by which he came into possession, after having satisfied the penalty or fine consequent on obtaining the lands specified without Royal authority. (S. p. 89). Memoranda Roll. (Exchequer, Lord Treasurer’s Remem¬ brancer.) 21 Elizabeth. Trinity. Commuuia de T’rm’o S’ce Trinitat’ anno vicesimo primo Regine Elizabeth. Adhuc Recorda. [N° 113.] Wiltes’ D man’ Regine nunc amove’d’, de') Memorandum q’d cum man’io de Cawlston’ al’s Calston I nuper comperto in qui- t’al’ cum p’tinen’, in man’ D’ne | busdam extract’ script’ R’ne r’one alienaco’e inde sine indent’ coram D’na Re- licen’ fact’ capt’ et sei’t’, ac gina nunc Elizabeth in Lionello Duckett militi et Thome | cancellar’ sua irrot’lat’, Owen lib’and’. J Q’d Will’ms Meredith gen’os’ p’ quandam indenturam geren’ dat’ decimo nono die Decemb’r anno regni sui quintodecimo barganizaverunt et vendiderunt iut’ alia Lionello Duckett aldermanno London’ et Thome Owen et hered’ diet’ Thome maneriu’ de Cawlston’ al’s Calston, ac terciam p’tem man’ior’ de Stockeley Bowers Chapmanslade Goddesfeild et Westburie cum p tinen’ in com’ p’dicto, prout in indentur’ p’dict’ inter alia plenius con- tinet ur , Et quia p’missa p’dict’ cum p’tinen’ de p’fata D’na Regina nunc tenent ur in capite, prout in s’cdo libro cedul’ folio CCCxxvj 0 eid’m D’ne Regine constat de record’, quodque ali- enac’o p’d’ca de p’missis p’dict’ fact’ et li’ita foit licencia ip’ius D’ne Regine inde prius non obten’, prout p’ aliquod scrutinen’ rot’lor’ bujus Scc a ii comp’iri potest, Ideo p’ceptum foit Vic’ Com’ p’dict’ p’ br’e p’fate D’ne Regine nunc hujus Scc a ii datum duodecimo die Novembr’ anno regni sui decimo nono, q’d non omitt’ t’c’ quin earn t’c’, et q’d p’ p’bos et leg’les homines de balliva sua scire faceret p’fatis Lionello et Thome q’d essent coram baron’ hie in octab’ S’ci Hillarii tunc p’xime sequen’, ad ostendendum et p’ponendum si quid p’ se li’eant vel dicere sciant quare p’missa p’dict’ cum p’tinen’ in manus p’fate D’ne Regine nunc r’one alienac’onis eorun- d’m sine licen’ ip’ius D’ne Regine ut prasmittit ur fact’ capi et seisiri ac eid’m D’ne Regine de exit’ et proficuis inde a dicto tempore alienacionis predict’ hucusq’ et deinceps respondere non debe’t, et q’d id’m nup’ Vic’ h’eret hie tunc nomina eor’ p’ quos eis scire fecerat et br’e p’dc’m. Ad quern diem Joh’nes Hungerford miles retorn’ br’e p’dc’m sibi in p’mis¬ sis directum, et mandavit p’ indorsamentum ejusd’m br’is q’d p’fati Lionellus Duckett et Thomas Owen niehil adtunc h’uerunt in maner’ p’dict’ cum suis p’tinen’ p’ quod eis scire facere potuit, Super quo p’ceptum foit eid'm nup’ Vic’ diet’ com’ Wiltes p’ aliud br’e p’fate D’ne Regine mine hujus Sec a ii dat’ xij die Februarii anno regni sui vicesimo, q’d non omitt’ t’c’ quin earn t’c’, et q’d p’ probos et leg’les homines de diet.’ balliva sua scire faeeret tenentibus pnemissorum q’d essent coram p’fatis baron’ hie in c a stino CTi Pasclie, ad ostendendum et p’ponendum in forma sup a d’ea. Ad quern diem p’fat’ Joh’es Hung’ford miles tunc Vic Com’ p’dict’ retorn’ br’e p’dc’m sibi in p’missis directum indorsatum sic, Virtute istius br’is michi direct’ scire feci Stepli’o Duckett tenen’ man’ii de Cawston al’s Calston ac tercie p’tis maner’ de Stockley Bowers Chapmanslade Chadfeild et Westburie cum p’tinen’ infrascript p’ Thomam Morrice et Antoniu’ Baker p’bos et leg’les homines de balliva mee q’d sit coram baronibus infrascript’ ad diem et locum infracontent’, ad ostendendum et p’ponend’ prout istud br’e in se exigit et re- quirit, quiquid’m Stephanus licet ad diem ilium et ad plures dies postea eod’m t’mino solempniter vocat’ ad ostendend’ in p’missis non venit sed defaltam fecit, Super quo p’ceptum fuit Vic’ Com’ p’dict’ p’ aliud br’e p’fate D’ne Regine hujus Scc a ii dat’ decimo quinto die Novemb’r d’co anno regni sui vicesimo, q’d non omitt’ t’c’ quin earn t’c’, et q’d cap’et maner’ p’dict’ et cetera p’missa cum p’tinen’ in manus p’dict’ D’ne Regine nunc, et q’d ill’ salvo t’c’ Ita q’d de exit’ et p’ficuis inde p’ven’ eid’m D’ne Regine respond’ donee aliud t’c’, Et q’d constare faceret p’fatis baron’ hie in octab’ Sc’i Hillarii de die capc’onis eorund’m in manus p’fate D’ne Regine nunc, Et q’d interim tam p’ saer’um p’bor’ t'c’ q a m omnibus aliis viis t’c’ diligenter inquireret quid videl’t et quantum p’missa p’dict’ cum p’tinen’ valent p’ annu’ in om¬ nibus exit’ ultra repris’, Ita q’d inquis’ inde coram eod’m vie’ capt’ h’eret coram p’fatis baron’ liic ad diem p’dc’m sub sigillo suo et sigillis eor’ p’ quos t’c’. Ad quern diem Henri- cus Knyvett miles vie’ com’ p’dict’ retorn’ br’e p’dc’m sibi in p’missis directum unacum quadam inquis’ eid’m br’i annex’, Per quatnquid’m inquisic’onem int’ al’ compertum existebat, q’d maner’ p’dict’ et cetera p’missa cum p’tinen’ valeb’ p’ annu’ in omnibus exit’ ultra repris’ tres libras sex solid’ et octo denar’, Et q’d id’m vie’ decimo tercio die Januarii anno regni p’fate D’ne Regine nunc vicesimo primo cepit et seisii’i fecit in manus diet’ D’ne Regine nunc maner’ et terciam p’tem maner’ p’dict’ cum p’tinen’ prout p’ id’m br’e sibi tunc p’ceptum fuit. Quoquid’m retorn’ p’ p’fatos barones liic viso et intell’co, consideratum tunc fuit p’ eosd’m barones q’d p’missa p’dict’ cum p’tinen’ in man’ ejusd’m D’ne Regine nunc reman’ quousq’ t’c’. Et nichilominus modo scil’t in octab’ Sc’e Trinitat’ hoc t’mino venerunt hie p’fati Lionellus Duckett miles et Thomas Owen gen’os’ tenentes p’dict’ maner’ de Calston ac tercie p’tis p’dict’ maner’ de Stockeley Bowers Chapmanslade Goddesfeild et Westburic cum suis p’tin’ in com’ p’dc’o p’ David Sympson attorn’ suum, et petunt auditum p’missor’ et eis legunt ur , Qui- bus lectis ac p’ ip’os auditis et intell’cis iid’m Lionellus et Thomas querunt ur p’missa p’dict’ cum ptinen’ in manus p’fate D’ne Regine nunc p’ p’fatum Henricum Knyvett niUitem vie’ com’ p’dict’ colore p’cessus p’dict’ ei inde direct’ capt’ forent et sei’t’, eosdemq’ Lionellum et Thomam a possessione sua inde tenere et hoc minus juste, Quia dicunt q’d diu anteqhn ip’i aliquid h’uerunt in p’missis p’dict’ cum p’tinen’, p’fati Willm’s Meredethe et Martha ux’ ejus fuerunt inde sei’ti, videl’t ead’m Martha in d’nico suo ut de feodo in jure suo p’prio, et p’fatus Willm’s in d’nico suo ut de lib’o ten’to in jure ip’ius Marthe, ipsisque Will’mo Mercdithe et Martha uxore ejus sic inde ut p’d’cm est sei’t existen’, per predict’ indentur’ suas geren’ dat’ decimo nono die Decemb’r p’d’co anno regni p’fate D’ne Regine nunc quintodecimo, int’ ip’os Will’m Meredethe et Martham ux’em ejus per nomina Will’mi Meredithe de Newington Grene in com’ Midd’ gen’os’ et Marthe ux’is ejus ex unap’te, et p’fatos Lionellum Duckett et Thomam Owen per nomina Lionelli Duckett D’ni Majoris Civitatis London’ et Thome Owen de Lyn- colnes Inne in diet’ com’ Midd’ gen’os’ ex altera p’te confect’, iid’m Willm’s Meredith et Martha ux’ ejus p’ et in considc- racione eujusdam pecunie sum’e sibi solut’, p’ easd’m inden¬ tur’ clare et absolute alienaverunt barganizaverunt et vendi- derunt p’ et ab eisd’m et liered’ suis, p’fatis Lionello Duckett et Thome maner’ p’dict’ cum suis p’tinen’ ir.t’ alia per no¬ mina tocius illius man’ii sive d’nii de Cawlston’ al’s Calstou in com’ Wiltes, ac eciam tercie p’tis manerii sive d’nii de Stokeley iu diet’ com’ Wiltes, ac eciam tercie p’tis man’ii sive d’nii de Bowers in diet’ com’ Wiltes, ac tercie p’tis man’ii sive d’nii de Chapmanslade et Goddesfeilde in eod’m com’ Wiltes, necnon terciam p’tem manerii sive d’nii de West- burie in p’dicto com’ Wiltes’, necnon tercie p’tis orn’u et sin- g’lor’ rues’ molendin’ dorno’ terr’ tenemen’ prat’ pastur’ pasc’ boscor’ subboscor’ reddituu’ rev’c’ s’vic’ jampnor’ bruerar’ morarum marisc’ eo’iarum curiae letaevisus franciplegii wardar’ maritagii escaet’ rel’ior’ herriettorum extrahurae lib’tat’ fran- ches’ p’ficuor’ emolument’ethereditamen’quorumcumquecum p’tineu’ in villis campis p’oehiis sive hamelettis de Cawleston’ Stokeley Bowers Chapmanslade Goddesfeild et Westburie p’ dict’aut alibi diet’ terc’ p’t’ maner’et ceter’ p’missis spectan’ sive aliquo modo p’tinen’. Que omnia et sing’la p’missa cum omnibus et sing’lis suis p’tinen’ inter alia desccndebant et de- venerunt p’fate Marthe, ut consangn’ et uni us proxim’ co¬ hered’ cujusd’m Thome Longe nup’ de Trucbridge* iu diet’ com’ Wiltes defunct’, habendum et tenend’ omnia et sing’la diet’ maner’ sive domi’nu’ de Calston al’s Cawlston’, ac totam p’d’cam terciam p’tem om’iu’ et sing’lo’ man’io’ sive d’nio’ p’dict’ ac ceteror’ p’misso’ cum p’tinen’ p’fat’ Lionello Duckett et Thome Owen ac liered’ et assign’ diet’ Thome Owen’ imp’p’m, prout in una p’te indentur’ p’dict’ sigillis p’fator’ Will’mi Meredithe et Marthe ux’is ejus sigillat’ mani- busq ’suis p’priis subscript’, ac in dors’ claus’ Cancellar’ D’ne Regine p’dict’ vicesimo septimo die Februarii anno regni dicte D’ne Regine nunc Elizabeth’ quintodecimo supra- dicto irrot’lat’, curieq’ hie ostens’ inter alia plenius hquet et apparet. Quarurn quidem indentur’ p’dict’ p’textu ac irro- tulamen’ earund’m, p’fati Lionellus Duckett miles et Thomas Ow r en fuerunt de p’dict’ man’io sive d’nio de Cawlston’ al’s Calston et ceteris omnibus et sing’lis p’missis cum suis p’tinen’ sei’ti, videl’t id’m Thomas m d’nico suo ut de feodo et p’fatus Lionellus in d’nico suo ut de lib’o ten’to, prefatisq’ Lionello Duckett milite et Thoma Owen sic inde in forma p’d’ca se’it’ existen’ p’fata D’na Regina nunc Eliza¬ beth’ p’ l’ras suas paten’ sub magno sigillo suo Anglie confect’, quarurn datum est apud Westm’ vicesimo die Maii anno regni sui vicesimo primo, recitans p’ easd’m, Q’d cum p’fati Lionellus Duckett et Thomas Owen p’ p’d’cam indentur’ geren’ dat’ decimo nono die Decemb’r anno regni p’fate D’ne Regine nunc quintodecimo, adquisiverint sibi et liered’ ip’ius Thome de p’dict’ Will’mo Meredithe et Martha ux’e ejus totum p’d’cm maneriu’ sive d’miu’ dc Cawlston’ al’s Calston ac p’d’cam terciam p’tem manerii sive d’nii de Stockeley, necnon p’d’cas tereias p’tes mauerior’ sive d’nior’ de Bowers Chapmanslade Goddesfeild et Westburie cum p’tinen’ in p’dict’ com’ Wiltes, que de ead’m D’na Regina tenent ur in capite, li’endum et tenendum eisd’m Lionello et Thome ac hered’ et assign’ ip’ius Thome, quequid’m alienacio facta fuit licen’ p’fate D’ne Regine inde prius non obtent’, ead’m D’na Regina de gr’a sua sp’iali ac p’ quinque libris solutis Firmario suo virtute l’rarum suar’ patencium p’donavit et remisit non solum transgressionem in ea p’te factam verum etiam redditus exitus et proficua predicto’ manerio’ sive d'nio’ messuagio’ terr’ tenemen’ et cetero’ p’misso’ cum p’tinen’ eid’m D’ne Regine forisfact’ debit’ computand’ sive solvend’ in Sccho ejusd’m D’ne Regine, eo q’d alienac’o p’dict’ fact’ fuit sine licen’ p’fate D’ne Regine. Et ulterius ead’m p’ easd’m l’ras suas patentes p’ se hered’ et successoribus suis quantum in ead’m D’na Regiiia tunc fuit, p’fatis Lionello et Thome q’d ip’i p’dict’ maner’ ac cetera omnia p’missa cum p’tin’ h’erent et tenerent sibi ac liered’ et assignat’ ip’ius Tliome de p’fata D’na Regina nunc hered’ et successoribus suis p’ s’vicia inde debit’ et de jure consuet’ imp’p’m, absq’ impetic’one sive molestacione ejusd’m D'ne Regine aut aliquor’ vie’ ballivor’ seu ministro’ suo’ quorumeumq’, prout in eisd’m l’ris paten’ plenius continet ur , quarurn quidem l’rar’ paten’ tenor sequit ur in liec verba,— “ Elizabeth’ Dei gr’a Anghe Fran- cie et Hib’nie Regina Fidei Defensor t’c’ omnibus ballivis et fidelibus suis ad quos p’sentes Fra p’venerint salt’m. Cum Lionellus Duckett et Thomas Owen per quandam inden- turam geren’ datam decimo nono die Decembris anno regni * This would probably be Tlio s Longe of Troubridge, a descendant of the Longs of Wraxall, who received a grant of arms 1561 (s. p. 89). 7S n’ri quintodecimo adquisiverint sibi et liered’ ip’ius Thome de WiU’mo Meredithe et Martha uxore ejus inter alia totum illud maneriu’ sire domin’u’ de Cawlston’ al’s Calston ac terciam p’tein manerii sive d’nii de Stockeley ac terciam p’tem manei-io’ sive d’nio’ de Bowers Chapmanslade Goddes- feilde et Westbnrie cum p’tinen’ iucom’ n’ro Wiltes, necnon terciam p’tem omnu’ messuagior’ molendinor’ domo’ edificio terr’ tenemen’ prat’ pastur’ pasc’ boscor’ subbosco’ reddituu reversionu’ s’vicior’ viar’ pisca’ jampn’ bruer’ mora’ marisco co’iarum cur’ let’ visus franciplegii wardarum maritag’ escaet rel’io’ herriett’ extrahur® waviatomm bono’ et catall’ felonu’ et fugitivo’ advocac’onu’ donac’onu’ p’seutac’jur’ pr’onat’ glebar decima’ libertat’ franckes’p’ficuor’emolument’ et kereditamen quo’cumq’ cum p’tinen’ in rilks campis p’ocliiis sive hamelet tis de Cawlston’ Stockeley Bowers Chapmanslade Goddes feilde et Westburie p’dict’ aut alibi diet’ tercie p’ti manerio sive d’nio’ et akis p’missis spectan’ sive aliquo modo p’tinen’ in com’ n’ro Wiltes’ p’dict’, que de nob’ tenent ur in capite ut dicit ur , kabend’ et tenend’ eisd’m Lionello et Thome ac hered’ et assignat’ ip’ius Thome imp’p’m, que quid’m alienacio facta fuit kcencia n’ra regia hide prius non obtenta, Sciatis igit ur q’d nos de gr’a n’ra sp’iak ac pro quinque libris solutis Fir- mario n’ro virtute l’rar’ n’rar’ patencium, p’donamus et re- mittim’ non solum transgressionem in hac p’te factam, verum etiam redditus exitus et p’ficua p’dict’ maner’ sive d’nio’ messuag’ terr’ tenemen’ et ceterorum p’missor’ cum p’tinen’ nob’ forisfacr’ debit’ computand’ sive solvend’ iuScc a io n’ro, eo q’d akenacio p’dict’ fact’ fuit absq’ kcencia n’ra regia ut p dieitur, Et ultcrius concessimus ac pro nob’ hered’ et suc- cessoribus n’ris quantum in nob’ est, p’ p’sentes concedimus p’fat’ Lioneko et Thome q’d ip’i p’dc’m man’iu’ de Cawlston ac p’d’cam terciam p’tem p’dictor’ man’ior’ Stockeley Bowers Chapmanslade Goddesfekd et Westburie et cetera omnia p’missa cum p’tinen’ h’eant et teneant sibi ac hered’ et assign’ ip’ius Thome de nobis hered’ et successoribus n’ris p’ s’vicia inde debit’ et de jure consuet’ imp’p’m, absq’ impeticione molestacione vexaeione impedimento seu gra- vamine n’ri aut hered’ vel successo’ n’ro’, aut aliquo’ jus- tic’ escaet’ viceeom’ bahivo’ seu ministro’ n’ro’ aut dido’ hered’ vel successor’ n’ror’ quo’cumq’, In cujus rei testi- moniu’ has l’ras n’ras fieri fecimus patentes. Teste me ip’a apud Westm’ vicesimo die Man anno regni n’ri vicesimo primo ”—Que omnia et singula p’fati Lionckus Duckett mhes et Thomas Owen parati sunt verificare prout curia t’c’. Unde non intendunt q’d dicta D’na Begina nunc ip’os ulte- rius de aut in p’missis impetere seu occ’onare vekt, et petunt judicium q’d manus p’dict D’ne Kegine nunc a possessione sua p’dict maner’ et ceteror’ p’missor’ cum p’tinen’amoveant ur , ac q’d ip’i p’fati Lionehus Duckett et Thomas Owen ad possessionem suam p’missor’ cum suis p’tinen’ una cu’ exit’ et p’ficuis eorund’m a p’d’co temp’e akenac’ois p’dict’ liucusq’ et deinceps unde ead’m D’na Begina nunc nondiun est re- spons’ restituant ur , ac q’d tarn ip’i p’fati Lionekus Duckett miles et Thomas Owen q’m p’fatus Henrieus Knyvett mkes vie’ com’ p’dict’, ac omnes et sing’li alii nup’ nunc et qui imposterum errnit vie com’ ikius de quibuscumq’ exit’ et p’ficuis inde a p’dicto temp’e alienacionis p’dict’ hucusq’ et deinceps provenien’ erga p’fatam D’nam Bcginam nunc ex- Juditiu’ f on’ent 01 et quieti inde existant, et eor’ qukib’t reddit’ < quietus et exon’at existat, et visis premissis p’ salvis t’c’ |_ barones, kabitaq’ matura delib’ac’one inde inter eosd’m, consensum est p’ eosd’m barones, q’d manus p’dict’ D’ne Begine nunc a possessione sua p’dict’ maner’ et ceteror’ p’missor’ cum p’tinen’ amoveant ur , ac q’d ip’i p’fati Lionellus Duckett et Thomas Owen ad possession’ suam p’missor’ cum suis p’tin’, una cum exit’ et proficuis eorundem a p’d’co temp’e alien’ p’dict’ hucusq’ et deinceps unde ead’m D’na Begina nunc nondum est respons’ restituant ur , ac q’d tarn ip’i p’fati Lionekus Duckett et Thomas Owen q’m p’fatus Henrieus Knyvett miles vie’ com’ p’dict’, ac omnes et sing’h alii qui imposterum erunt vie’ com’ ikius de quibuscumq’ exit’ et p’ficuis inde a p’d’co temp’ alienaco’is p’dict’ hucusq’ et dein¬ ceps p’venien’ erga p’fatam D’nam Beginam nunc exon’ent ur et quieti hide existant, et eorum quihb’t quietus et exou’at’ existet, p’textu p’missorum salvis p’fate D’ne Begine nunc lio- magio et fidelitat’ eid’m D’ne Begine p’ p’missis debit’, Et sup’ hoc’ p’s vie’ com’ p’dict’ q’d non omitt’ t’c’ quin earn t’c’, Et qd’ distring’ p’fatos Lionekum Duckett mi- K' Se’ri. htem et Thoinam Oweu p’ terr’ t’c’, Ita t’c’, in oetab’ Sc’i Mich’is ad faciend’ p’fate D’ne Begine nunc liomagiu’ et fidelitatem p’ p’missis. Ideo non fiat hie ulterius execucio. The annexed document refers also to the manor of Calston (and hundred of Caine), and would seem to be a claim made by W m Duckett before the Barons of the Exchequer, or pos¬ sibly some court held on his behalf as Lord of Caine manor in capite, (probably during the Interregnum, or early part of Charles II). “ M r Ducket’s Clayme.” “Ah w ch saide Hundred, & ak the profits thereof, y c ” “ profits of y e fayres and markets & also the saide water- ” “ grist mkls, are in y c tenure & occupation of Wih: Ducket” “ Esq r , or his assignes, who clames to hold the same, as ” “ his auntient inheritaunce, but did p’duce no pattent for ” “ the same, ouely he did shew an Inquisition of an auncient. ” “ date, w ch did set forth that y e same was held of the ” “ Crowne in capite, and also one paper entituled out of the ” “ escheators bundle 27 Edw 1 by an inquisition taken at ” “ Caine, the Thursday before S nt Peeter Le Cathedra, w ch ” “ did set forth that Miksent* of the high Mountaine, was ” “ leased in fee farme of y e hundred of Caine, and of part of” “y e bourrough of Cahie, and other things for w ch was payd” “yearly the summe of 15 lb into the Exchequer at Easter” “ and Michk: in equall portions.” lb s d “ The totall som of y e profits together w ,h y e rent of y e mills is valued at .64 iij 7 ” M ) Proceedings in Parliament, March 14 th 1808 : * Mkiseut of the High Mountain, or Miksent de Montalt, (for whose history see Jackson’s Aubrey, p. 32, C. IV) ; “ was leased ” i. e. was lessee of (or held under the Crown) by fee farm-rent the manor of Caine. She was eldest dau. & coheir of Wikiam, Lord Cantilupe, & married 1 st John de Montalt (de Monte alto) & 2 nd Eudo la Zoucke (from which latter marriage descended the Lords Zouche of Harvng- wortk). The inquisition referred to in the above claim, was taken at Caine, on Thursday next before “the Feast of S‘ Peter’s Chair,” 22 Feb. 27 Edw 1 (a.d. 1300). [Chancery ; Inq. p. m. 27 Edw. 1. N° 50 Wiltes. Calstone. Inquis’ f’ca ap’d Caine die Jovis p’x a ante f’m s’ci Petr’ q’d d r Catliedr’ anno regni Bg Edwardi xxvij , de terr’t ten’ de quib’z Mkiseut de Monte Alto fuit seisita in d’nico suo ut de feod’ in com. WUtes &c. &c.] By a previous inquisition taken at Marlborough 3 Edw 1. (1275) on Monday next after S' Gregory’s day (Mar. 12), it appeared : “ that King John originahy gave the manor of” “Calstone to Fulke de Cantilupe, that Yvo la Zouche now” “holds it in right of his wife Miksent, that the hundred of” “ Caine is in the hands of the same Yvo la Zouche, and with ” “ the borough is worth by the year xvuj pounds.” Hundred’ de Caine Dicunt quod manerium de Caleston exceptis duab’z car’ t’re q a s Bogerus de Caleston nunc tenet, solebat esse in mi¬ nibus Begu’ p’decessorum Beg’ nu’c pertinens ad Coronam, donee Bex Johannes dedit ikud manerium cuida’ Fulchoni de Cantkupe, q’d manerium Yvo la Zuclie nunc tenet p Mikcenciam uxorem suam. D’nt q’d hundr’ de Caine est in manu Yvonis la Zuclie, q’d hundr’ de Cal’ cum burg’ valet pr annum xviij lib’. Bot. Hundredorum, ann° 3° Edw. 1. X° 4. 79 In the Commons the same day, on the third reading of the Mutiny Bill, Sir Francis Burdett proposed a clause for preventing officers from being dismissed from the army by any other means than the sentence of a court-martial. He forcibly urged the justice and expediency of giving to mili¬ tary men the same protection for their property and charac¬ ter, that was enjoyed by other classes of the subject. The Secretary at War, General Fitzpatrick, and Colonel Duckett, opposed it as unnecessary, no abuses under the ex¬ isting system having been established; they thought the dis¬ cipline of the army required that summary and awful power should be vested in the head of it, etc, etc. p. 347. Yol 78. Gent" Mag. 1808. 54 ) Will of Lionel Duckett Esq r of Hartham, 16 th October, 1693. In the name of God Amen ; This nineteenth day of Octo¬ ber Anno Dni 1693, and in the fifth year of the reigne of their Majesties King William and Queen Mary, &c, I Lionell Duckett of Hartham in the parish of Corsham, in the county of Wilts, Esq r , considering the certainty of death, and that the time thereof is uncertain, and being of a sound and per¬ fect mind, memory, and understanding, am willing and de¬ sirous to make and constitute my will and testament, and make a provision for my younger children, out of and by that estate which God hath blessed me witliall, And there¬ fore revoaking all other or former wills which I have or may have made, I doe declare and ordaine this present writing to be and containe my true and last will and testament in man¬ ner and forme following, that is to say, First, and principally I commend my soul to God who gave it, hoping for salva¬ tion by the merits of my Saviour Jesus Christ. My body I committ to the earth to be decently buried in Christian buriall at, the discretion of my executrix herein after named. Imprimis I doe hereby give, devise, and bequeath unto my trusty friends John Jacob of the Bocks, in the parish of Marshfield, in the county of Gloucester, Esq r , and William Mountjoy of Biddestone, in the county of Wilts, gent, and to their heires for ever, all that my farm or tenement called Hatt farme, and all and singular messuages, cottages, lands, medows, pastures, woods, grounds, commons, and heredita¬ ments whatsoever, with the appurten’ces thereunto belong¬ ing or therewithall liolden and enjoyed, situate, lying, and being, in the parish of Box, in the county of Wilts, To have and to hold the said farme, lands, and premisses with the appurteu’ces unto the said John Jacob and William Mount- joy their heirs and assignes for ever; Upon this speciall trust and confidence notwithstanding, and to the intent and purpose, that they the said John Jacob and William Mount- joy their heires and assignes, and the heires and assignes of the survivor of them, shall and may receive, perceive, and take the rents, issues, and profits of my said ffarme, tene¬ ments, lands, and premisses hereby particularly given and devised for the use of, and in trust for William Duckett and Henry Stephen Duckett, my two younger sons, and the sur¬ vivor of them, and for the maintenance, benefit, and prefer¬ ment of my said two younger sons, and the survivor of them, for and untill George Duckett my eldest son and heire, shall attaine his age of two and twenty yeares; And in case of, and immediately after the death of my said son George Duckett (he dying within his age of two and twenty yeares, so that other my mannors, messuages, lands, and tenements, of which I shall dye seized, shall descend and come unto my said son William Duckett), Then for the use of, and in trust for the said Henry-Stephen Duckett my youngest son, and for his maintenance, beuefitt, and preferment only. Pro¬ vided always, and it is my true intent and meaning, That if my said eldest son George Duckett shall, at any time, before he shall attaine his age of two and twenty yeares, pay unto the said John Jacob and William Mountjoy, my trustees and their heires, or the heires of the survivor of them, the sumrne of two thousand pounds of lawfull money of England, for the use of, and in trust for William Duckett and Henry- Stephen Duckett, my said two younger sons and the survi¬ vor of them ; or in case of the death of George Duckett my said eldest son and heire, (he dying within his said age of two and twenty yeares, and that other my said mannors, messuages, lands, and tenements, of which I shall dye seized, shall descend and come unto my s ;id son William Duckett), If then my said son William Duckett shall at any¬ time before he shall attaine his age of two and twenty yeares, pay unto the said John Jacob and William Mountjoy and their heires, or the heirs of the survivor of them, the said sumrne of two thousand pounds of lawfull money of Eng¬ land, for the use of, and in trust for the said Henry-Stephen Duckett my youngest son only, Then, and in such case, the estate hereby limited to the said John Jacob and William Mountjoy, and their heires, and the trust hereby iu them and their heires reposed, shall cease and determine ; And thereupon, and immediately from the time of such payment of the said surne of two thousand pounds, within the time, and according to the contingencies, and in manner aforesaid, The estate, title, and interest hereby devised, of, in, and to the said ffarme, lands, and premisses, hereby particularly given and devised unto the said John Jacob and William Mountjoy, and their heires, shall become utterly void, and of none effect, anything herein contained to the contrary' not¬ withstanding : And then and in case of payment of the said sumrne of two thousand pounds, as aforesaid, I doe give, de¬ vise, and bequeath my said ffarme and premisses herein be¬ fore particularly mentioned, unto such of my said sons and heires, unto whom other my said mannors, messuages, lands, and tenements shall descend and come upon my death, and who shall pay the said two thousand pounds as aforesaid. And my further express will and meaning is, that if the said sum’e of two thousand pounds shall not be paid before George, my said eldest son and heire, shall attaine his said age of two and twenty yeares, or in case of his death, before my said son William shall attaine his said age of two and twenty yeares in manner aforesaid, Then I doe give and de¬ vise my said ffarme and premisses hereinbefore particularly mentioned to the said John Jacob and William Mountjoy and their heires, and unto the survivor of them, and his heires, to be sold in fee simple, and the money to be thereby raised by such sale, to be paid unto the said William Duck¬ ett, and Henry-Stephen Duckett my said two younger sons, and unto the survivor of them. And I doe hereby give, de¬ vise, and bequeath unto my deare and loveing wife Martha Duckett all my ready money, goods, and chattells, both real and personall whatsoever, whom also I make and constitute, ordaine, and appoint sole Executrix of this my last will and testament. And I doe desire my said friends John Jacob and William Mountjoy to be assistant unto her in the execution thereof, ffor which and for the care and trouble of the trust by them to be undertaken, I give and bequeath unto them severally the sumrne of twenty pounds sterl: And my fur¬ ther will and desire is, that my said wife Martha Duckett shall have the care of the education of all my children ; de- sireing her to see them bred up in the Protestant Keligion, according to the orthodox, reformed, Episcopall Church of England, of which communion I profess myselfe. In wit¬ ness whereof I have to this my last will and testament con¬ tained in this sheete of paper sett my hand and seale the day and yeare first above written. Lio: Duckett. Signed, sealed, published, and declared by the testator Lionell Duckett as and for his last will and testament in the presence of us, who have attested the same, as witnesses thereto in his presence. George Fox, Thomas Gamlyn, \\ ill: Roach junr, John Valler Scr r >'. Proved at London, on the 9 th of December, 1693, by the 80 oath of Martha Duckett, the executrix in the above will no¬ minated. The will of Thomas Duckett, of Hartham, Esq r is dated 27 lh Feb r r 1764, from which we extract the following, with its codicils. This is the last will and testament of me Thomas Duckett of Hartham in the county of Wilts, Esquire. Whereas I have entered into certain articles of agreement with William Earl of Shelburne for the sale of my manors of Caine and Calston in the county of Wilts, and of part of my real estates there, for the consideration therein mentioned ; And whereas I have also entered into articles of agreement with John Bull of Caine in the county of Wilts for the sale of some closes and lands in the parish of Caine aforesaid to liim for his consideration therein mentioned, And it being my will and mind that the said sales should be compleated and both the said articles carried into execution, I give and bequeath my said manors and all my messuages, lands, tenements, and hereditaments and real estates whatsoever situate lying, and being at Caine and Calston aforesaid unto John Allen of Vere Street, Cavendish Square, in the county of Middlesex Esquire, and Daniel Bull of Caine aforesaid Esquire &c upon the trusts following: &c. &c. &c. [Here follows way in which purchase money should be applied, etc.] . . . Provided always nevertheless and my mind and will is that when and as often as any of the daughters of the said William Duckett, Lionel Duckett, or Skinner Duckett, or the said Grace Goldstone or Grace Horne or either of their issue, male or female, shall respectively come into possession of or become intitled to the manors, messuages, lands, tene¬ ments, or hereditaments so hereby limited or directed to be limited to them as aforesaid, and when any of them shall be married or shall marry, then such daughter and daughters, and the said Grace Goldstone and Grace Horne, and their issue male or female so coming into possession, and the hus¬ bands of such &c. &c., shall within one year next after they shall come into possession &c. &c. take upon herself, himself, or themselves the surname of Duckett, and the entire coat of arms belonging to my family &c. &e. and lastly I do here¬ by nominate, constitute and appoint the said John Allen and Daniel Bull executors of this my last will and testament, hereby revoking all former wills by me made &c &c declaring this to be my last. In witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seal this twenty seventh day of ffebruary in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty four. Tho s Duckett. Signed, scaled, published, and declared &c &e in the pre¬ sence of us, who &c &c have subscribed our names as wit¬ nesses thereunto ;[David Allen, Bernard Baine, John Stewart. Whereas I Thomas Duckett of Hartham in the county of Wilts Esquire, have made my last will and testament in writing, bearing date on or about the twenty seventh day of ffebruary one thousand seven hundred and sixty four, now I do by this my writing, (which I declare to be a Codicil to this my Will, and direct to be taken as part thereof), will and direct in manner following. Item I give and bequeath unto my Brother Lionel Duckett the sum of two thousand pounds, to be paid him by my executors iu my said will mentioned, out of my personal estate and effects, in satisfac¬ tion of a certain deht of one thousand, six hundred and fifty pounds which I owe him. Item I give and devise unto my worthy friend John Bull of Caine in the said county of Wilts Esquire, and unto his heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns all that my manor of Corsham in the said county of Wilts, which I hold by lease under the Crown, for and du¬ ring the remainder of the said lease, and which I give him in testimony of the many obligations I lye under to him, and whereas there are some accounts that remain unsettled, be¬ tween me and my worthy friend John Allen Esquire, one of the executors of my said will, How I do hereby give and be¬ queath unto him all such sum or sums of money, that may appear to be due to me from him, it being my will and in¬ tention that he shall not be accountable for the same. Item I desire and direct my said executors of my said will to give and dispose of unto my servant William Davies, and to such other person or persons as have been attendant on me during my illness, and as a reward for the same, such sum or sums of money not exceeding in the whole the sum of three hun¬ dred pounds to be distributed in such manner, as to my exe¬ cutors shall seem meet, and I do hereby ratify and confirm my said will before mentioned, and all the gifts, devises, be¬ quests, matters and tilings therein mentioned, and not here¬ by altered and revoked. In witness whereof the said Tho¬ mas Duckett has hereunto set his hand and seal the 17 Ih day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand, seven hundred, and sixty four. Tho s Duckett. Signed, sealed, published, and declared by the said Tho¬ mas Duckett, as & for a codicil to and to be taken as part of his last will and testament, in the presence of us, who have subscribed our names in his presence, and in the presence of each other;—Margaretta Eleanora Stepney ; Mary Lloyd; Hugh Allen. Whereas, I Thomas Duckett of Hartham, in the county of Wilts, did on my marriage with my dearly beloved wife Mary Duckett give my brother John Fferrier a bond of eight thousand pounds in trust for the security of four hun¬ dred pounds a year annuity unto my dearly beloved wife, I do hereby confirm the same, and do charge my real and per¬ sonal estate with the payment of the same, and being desir¬ ous of making a further provision for my dearly beloved wife, in failure of issue of my body, or if any that she shall sur¬ vive such issue, I do hereby revoke that part of my will re¬ lative to the devise therein made of my manor-house and de¬ mesne-lands of Hartham, and my ffann-lands of Hatt, and I give, devise, and bequeath unto my dearly beloved wife Mary Duckett my manor-house of Hartham, together with the ffurniture therein, and my demesne-lands of Hartham, and all my ffarm and lands of Hatt, all which are situated in the county of Wilts, To hold the same for and during her natural life, and in failure of issue of my body, unto my bro¬ ther Lionel Duckett and his heirs for ever. I do appoint my dearly beloved wife Mary Duckett, and my much esteemed friend John Allen Esquire of the county of Pembroke Guar¬ dians of my child or children that I may have by my dearly beloved wife Mary Duckett, and tis my will and desire that this my Codicil shall be part and shall be annexed unto my Will. In witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seal this 4 th day of July 1765. Tho Duckett Signed, sealed, published, and declared by the above writ¬ ten Thomas Duckett to be a codicil to be annexed to his will in our presence, and we in his presence, and at his request have attested the same. Geo Vaughan; Will m Brewer; Dan 1 Vaughan. [The substance of the above will and codicils is given at p. 66, and commented upon by M r Bowman in his “ Obser¬ vations ;” the executors therein named having renounced the probate thereof, refusing to act or complete L d Shelburne’s & M r Bull’s purchase, administration was taken out by de¬ ceased’s brother W m Duckett]. Will of William Duckett of Hartham, Esq r , 1769 (brother of Thomas aforesaid). This is the last Will and Testament of me William Duck¬ ett of Hartham in the parish of Corsham in the county of Wilts Esquire made this twenty sixth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty nine.I give, devise, and bequeath, all that my capitall messuage or mansion house called Hartham House in the county of Wilts, with the gardens, stables, outhouses, and appurtenances thereunto belonging, and all my farm and 81 lands with the appurtenances situate lying and being at Hartham aforesaid, and in the parishes of Corsham and Bid- son in the said county of Wilts now in the possession of Farmer Godwin his undertenant or assigns, and late in the possession of Farmer Kington his undertenant or assigns. And all that my messuage tenement or cottage called Collets Bottom otherwise Butlers Bottom with the appurtenances. And all that my messuage tenement or cottage called Dukes Hill with the appurtenances now let on lease to M r Mount- joy . . . together with all other my messuages cottages farms lands tenements woods coppices woodlands, and here¬ ditaments whatsoever situate lying and being in the towns parishes fields precincts or teritorys of Hartham Corsham & Bidson aforesaid . . . And all my farm and lands with the appurtenances called Hatt farm situate lying or being at Hatt and Ashley in the parish of Box in the said county of Wilts now in the possession of Farmer Lavington his undertenants or assigns. And all my messuage or tenement with the appurtenances called the Horse & Jockey now let on lease to Robert Spencer victualler, together with all other my messuages cottages farms lands tenements woods cop¬ pices woodlands and hereditaments whatsoever in the parish of Box aforesaid. . . And all other my messuages, lands tene¬ ments hereditaments and real estates whatsoever in the said county of Wilts or elsewhere with their appurtenances unto my sister Grace Walton (wife of John Walton Esquire) for and during her natural life for her own sole and separate use exclusive of her husband. . . And from and after her de¬ cease I give devise and bequeath the same unto the said John Walton and his assigns for and during his natural life. . . And from and after the several deceases of the said John Walton and Grace his wife and of the survivor of them. Then I give devise and bequeath the same unto my niece Grace Goldstone (daughter of my sister Grace Walton by Gwinn Goldstone deceased) her heirs and assigns for ever. ... I direct that my plate, books, pictures, clocks, and all my furniture whatsoever in my said capital messuage called Hartham House, shall remain there during the lives of my said sister Grace Walton and the said John Walton, and the life of the survivor of them, for her and his use, when they shall respectively be in the possession of the said capital mes¬ suage by virtue of this my will. . . And after the several de¬ ceases of my said sister and her said husband and the survi¬ vor of them. . . I give and bequeath the same unto my said niece Grace Goldstone her executors administrators or as¬ signs. All the rest residue and remainder of my personal estate of what nature or kind whatsoever, I charge and make chargeable with the payment of my just debts and funeral expenees and the charges of the probate of this my will.. and so charged and chargeable ... I give and bequeath the same unto my said sister and her said husband equally betwixt them . . . And I direct that her moiety thereof shall be for her sole and separate use exclusive of her said husband and shall be at her own disposal, notwithstanding her coverture. . . . I hereby constitute and appoint the said John Walton and my said sister Grace his wife executor and executrix of this my will ... In witness whereof I the said William Duckett have to this my last will & testament set my hand and seal the day and year first above written. W m Duckett. Signed and sealed by the above named William Duckett and by him published & declared as & for his last will & tes¬ tament in the presence of us . . . who have hereunto sub¬ scribed our names as witnesses thereto in his presence and in the presence of each other Sam 1 Salt Henry Atherton of Lincoln’s Inn Henry Gardner of the Strand 55 ) Rob* Bingham ob. 1561,-j-Alice Coker. 1 Rob 1 Bingham=pJane Wil- 3 Sir Richard, & o’r sons, ob. 1593 | liams. —J r~ Rob* Bingham ob. 1587=pAnn Chaldecott. in vitd patris Sir Arthur=p Rachel, dau’r of Hoptou, Edm 11 Hall of Gratford, co. Lincoln, Esq r . r J r J Richard Bingham ob. 1656.-i-Jane Hopton. 2 Jane=l John Bingham^l Frances Nor- M.P. for Dor- Tren- wood. set in Long chard. Parliament, Gov r of Guernsey & Poole. Strode Bingham, 7 th son, & only one hav¬ ing male issue; from whom descend the present Binghams of Bingham’s Mel- combe. 1 Eliza¬ beth coelebs. 2 Jane ccel. 3 Pene—pJohn 4 Frances 5 Grace-pTho s Skin- lope Michel, coelebs. ob. 1681. * Tho s Skinner Esq. ob. s. p. 1756. I Grace= ner Esq r of Dew- lish : George Duckett, Esq. ob. 1732. Lionel ob. s. p. Tho s ob. s. p. George ob. s. p. I W" ob. s. p. Skinner ob. s. p. 1 Gwyn=pGrace Duckett,=2 Walton. Gold- I 1 st dau’r stone, | i__ Rob 1 Neale =Grace Gold-=pSir Geo. jun r Esq r stone, only I Jackson of Cors- dau’r | Bart, ham, Wilts. d'- Martha, 2 n<1 -pHorne dau’r. Rev 1 * Tho s =Grace Bennett Horne. We have stated in the outset of this memoir, that the name of Duket had existed at a very early date, in the counties of Oxford, Somerset, Kent, & Nottingham, (irrespective of the Lincoln and Norfolk line, progenitors of the Ducketts of G-rayrigg, Steeple-Morden, and Hartham), and having in the fore¬ going pages derived the descent of the still existing line of Hartham up to the present time, with the two Houses of G-rayrigg and Steeple-Morden until their extinction by failure of issue, we will add in conclusion such brief notice as we are able to give of other branches, and isolated members M 82 of the same, whose connection with the existing and extinct families is involved in obscurity, or a matter of conjecture.* Some of the following have already been noticed, hut for the sake of chronological reference, we will recapitulate them, in order of date. A.D. 1119-46 Herbert Duchet (or Duket); of whom mention is made p. 86 ("). 1197 Eichard Duchet; for whom S. page 90. 1218 Thurstan Duket ; named as witness to a deed of that date, bearing the seal of the ancient col¬ legiate church of S 4 John at Chester (p. 6). 1226 John Duket of Dover, Kent; noticed in the Close Eolls (10 Henry III) (s. p. 7). 1243 Marie Duket; who died before 27 Hen III ; (reference to her will is made at p. 13). 1257 Walter Duket, and his daughter Alice; appear on the Fine Eoll (41 Hen. Ill) for the county of Somerset; “Alicia filia Walteri Duket dat’ di’ marc’ p’ uno br’i ad terminu’ Et mandatum est Yicecomiti Somerset,” (Eoberts’ Excerpta e Eotulis Einium, Yol 2, pp. 258, 382). 1262 John Duket ; named in the Fine Eoll (46 Hen III) for the county of Somerset; “ Johannes Duket et Bogerus de Uppedag’ te’ dat’ dimidium marcse p’ uno pone lm’do’ ad bancu’ &c. Et mandatum est Yicecomiti Somerset’.” 1275 Lawrence Duket; is named in Hundred Eolls (3 Edw. I; membr. 1, no. 1) referring to the city of London. 1279 Eichard, Eoger, and Dulcia Duket ; appear in the Hundred Eolls (7 Edw I; m. 10, no. 1) for the county of Oxford, possessed of freehold-lands in Enstone, Chadlington hundred. 1284 Lawrence Duket; [the above named, or another of that name], was found hanged in the steeple of S 4 Mary Bowe (S 4 Mary-le-Bow) in Cheapside; whither he had fled to take sanctuary, having dangerously wounded oue Balpli Crepin, in its vicinity. The friends of this latter repaired by night to the steeple, & hanged the said Lawrence Duket iu one of the windows, in such a way as even to deceive the coroner’s jury, who having sat upon the body, brought in a verdict of self-murder, (p. 389 Fabyan’s Chronicle ; p. 66, Maitland’s History of London). 1298 Hugh Duket; a priest, was rector of Hathern in Leicestershire, and his arms were in the east window of the chancel, “haring glazed the same”; (Nickoll’s Leicestershire, Yols. 3 & 4, pp. 613, 845) (s. p. 93). 1307 Eobert Duket (or Doket); held 40 acres in Haughnes & Houghton, Beds, (1 Edw II), for the Prior of Chicksand in that county. 1325 John Duket; named (18 Edw II) in matters relating to Middx; [Placita coram Domino Eege apud Westm’ de term’ Sc’e Trinitat’ anno regni Beg’ Ed’ filii Beg’ Ed’ decimo octavo]. 1326 Osbert Duket ; held of the abbot of Hyde, Hants, one virgate of land &e. in Micheldever in the same county. “ Osbertus Duket tenet de eodem abbate in Mucheldeve’ j virg’ terre & 1 ” “ croftam p v s per liberum serritium.” (Testa de Nevill). 1347 Eoger Duket of Nottingham, who died (21 Edw III), aud had property in Nottingham, and other parts of Notts; aa ). 1368 Lawrence Duket; appears by Inq. p. mortem taken (41 Edw III) to have died seized of certain tenements in the parishes of S 4 Martin & S 4 Michael, city of London ; [Laureneius Duket.— London, tenementa in paroclT Sancti Martini et Sancti Mic-h’is de Paternostercliercke, Middx ; (p. 452 Calendarium Inquis. post mortem, num 11)]. 1371 Eichard Duket; appears in the Issue Eoll of Wed y March 20 th (44 Edw. III). The following entry is translated from the original roll: “ To William Chapman, a courier, sent to Norfolk ” “ with a letter of privy seal, directed to Eichard Duket. In money delivered to him for his ” “wages— 6 s 8 d .” [This same courier’s name appears in other Issue Eolls on similar duties with letters of privy seal to the Bishop of Durham, & Archbishop of York, and receives for his wages, 10 s .] Brantingham’s Issue Eolls, p. 223, 4S6. It is highly probable that the Norfolk branch of the Duket family had, with that of Lincolnshire, a common ancestor in the Judge, Sir Eichard Duket, who (6 & 7 Hen III) was Sheriff for Norfolk & Suffolk (S. page 11). To this branch belong the two of Norfolk presently named. 1382 Walter Duket; was Sheriff of the city of London (5 Eic. 2). 1417 Eichard Doket (or Duket); was “official” to the archdeacon of Norfolk. (659, Y. 3, Bloom¬ field’s Norfolk). * We have mentioned at p 25 of this Memoir, that the Westmoreland or elder branch of the Ducket family, namely the House of Grayrigg, had become extinct in that county about the end of the 17 th century. It will have been seen that there existed in those parts, contemporaneously with the Grayrigg family, two other families of the same name, one at Skelsmergh, the other at Sedbergh, all undoubtedly related. An Irish family of the name of Duckett, claims, (we believe), a common descent from one of these branches. 83 1429 Richard Doket; appears as witness to deed, dated Monday next before the feast of S l Thomas the Apostle (8 Hen VI), by which John Sampson of Berkhamstead, and others, demise certain lands in Bentley and Belstead Parva,co. Suffolk, to Hilbert Debenham. (9701, Add. Charters: Brit. Mus.). 1431 John Duket of Softley, ob. 1431 aged 120 (s. p. 75). 1448' Richard Duket (or Doket) ; was lord of the manor of Wramplingham, in Norfolk. 1450 Richard Duket (or Doket) ; witnesses deed dated 22 d Feb y (28 Hen VI), relative to certain lands, etc. in the county of Suffolk. (Add. Charters 9717 ; Brit. Mus.). 1459 Henry Duket (Doket). Letters of attorney from Alice, Duchess of Suffolk, Sir John Fortescue and others, to give him seisin of the manor of Leckhamstead; with 7 seals attached. (37 Hen VI) (Harl. Charters 54, J. 16) “Noverint universi per presentes, nos Aliciam Ducissam “ Suffolciaj, Johannem Fortescu militem, &c. &c. attornasse et in loco nostro posuisse dilectos “ nobis in Christo Johannem Colyns et Henricum Duket conjunctim et divisim, nostros veros “ et legitimos attornatos, ad recipiendum pro nobis &c seisinam et possessionem de manerio de “Lekhamsted &c. In cujus rei testimonium huic presenti scripto nostro sigilla nostra apposui- “ mus. Datae sexto decimo die Marcii anno regni Regis Henrici tricesimo septimo.” 1464 John Duket (or Doket), late of Ashyill (Ashill), co Norfolk, is named with others apparently in a bond (4 Edw 4). 1469 John Dokett; his bond or obligation for 20 marks (9 Edw IA T ) ; [Obligatio Johannis Dokett & Thomse Elyot Johanni Ashfeld, Reginaldo Ashfeld, & Willielmo Crosse pro 20 marcis]. (Harl. Charters 49, F. 20 ; sine sig). 1509 John Duket (or Doket) was Sheriff of London, 22 April 1509 (1 Hen VIII). 1518 Robert Dokket; held a moiety of the manor of Perry, Preston, Kent, in the 9 th Hen VIII. 1534 Sir Robert Duket priest; was rector of Glenfiekl in Leicestershire (25 Hen VIII), the patron being the Prior of Ware, as proctor for the Abbot of S l Ebrulph, in Normandy, (p. 613, Vol 4 Nicholl’s Leicestershire). His will is given page 87( 4 ). From the mention of Newark therein, he was probably one of the Nottinghamshire family. 1540 John Duckett of London, merchant, married Margaret Heath, by whom he had Ralph Duckett, & other issue, as seen by the tabular pedigree and monumental inscription in Roydon church, given at page 85. 1583 Henry Ducket of Barnard’s Inn, died about 1583, to whose will his brother John administers ( c ). 1586 Ralph Duckett of Roydon, co Essex, gent; will dated 18th Feb. 15S6/7 [Mrs Margaret Colte, mother of testator; Frances Swift, sister of testator; mentions my uncle and aunt Blad- well] S. p. 85. 1603 Sir Francis Ducket of Berkshire; was knighted July 23, being one of those who received the honour of knighthood by summons ; (p. 214 Vol 1, Nichol’s Progress of James, 1). 1603 Sir Francis Ducket of Shropshire; was knighted by King James, on the occasion of his enter¬ tainment at Newark. 1604 Anthony Duckett; admitted to Gray’s Inn, 1604. (Harl. MS. 1912 fo. 28). 1605 John Duckett of Lawood House, co Durham ; grant of pardon to him May 28 th 1605, for causing the death of one Margaret Botcherby (Calendar of State Papers, p. 220, temp James 1). 1615 Edward Ducket; becomes bound to Thomas Benet, alderman of London, in the sum of one thou¬ sand pounds of lawful money of England ; dated 24 Aug., 13 Jac. 1. [“ Scriptum (anglice voca- ” “turn Statute Staple), quo Edwardus Ducket, civis et mercer, London, obligatin’ Thoma) ” “Benet de eadem, aldermanno, in mille libr. legalis monetm”] ; with four seals of red wax, one of which bears a shield of arms,—a chevron, between 3 mullets, with a crescent for difference ; crest, a bird. (6221, Add. Charters, Brit. Mus.). 1619 William Duckett; admitted to Grav’s Inn, 1619. (Harl. MS. 1912, fo. 28). 1625 John Duckett, whose Inq. p. m (6 Car. 1) is given p. 88. Thomas is named as his brother & heir. 1648-49 Mary Duckett, widow, and M rs Jane Duckett, appear in the “ List of delinquents, whose estates have been sequestered, within the Barony of Kendal ”; the latter returned as a “ Papist.” [Clearly belonging to the Westmoreland family of Grayrigg]. 1645 William Duckett of Gray’s Inn Esq 1 '; admitted to the degree of “Ancient,” 23 d June 1645; may be identical with William Duckett admitted to this Inn of Court a.u. 1619. [S. Harleian MS. 1912, fo. 449, 770; “Alphabetical list of gentlemen admitted to Gray’s Inn, with the “ dates of their admission from 1531-1674].” The following Visitation of Surrey (1662), gives his armorial bearings. (One of the rules of this Inn was (1003), that “none but gentlemen bv descent bee admitted to the Society of Grav’s Inn.”) M 2 S4 1683 Joseph Ducket; to whom by indenture dated 14 Feb. 1683, the corporation of the town of North¬ ampton, lease certain waste land, in a place called the backside AYestons, in the parish of All Saints, in the town of Northampton, together with a trench or watercourse running near, and a house & tenement for 99 years; with certain conditions. The common seal of the corporation is appended. (6132, Add. Charters; Brit. Mus). The Visitation of Surrey, made in 1662, gives the arms of William Duckett of Gray’s Inn, carrying those of Dalling on an escutcheon of pre¬ tence. [This William was in all likelihood descended from a second son of one of the Grayrigg family, the mullet shewing that he was a third son of such second House]. [Sa., a saltier arg, a crescent for diff: Duckett ; with an escutcheon of pretence, Erin., on a bend sable, 3 acorns or ; Dalling. Crest, a lavender garb per fess azure & vert, banded or, & charged with a crescent & mullet in pale. (Add. MSS. 5533, fo. 157.)]. The Visitation of Buckinghamshire, made An. Dom. 1575-1634, (Har. MSS. 1533 fo. 93), gives the following pedigree of Duckett of Aylesbury and Wyckham (Wycombe). [From some of the names occurring in it, and from the coat, we should be disposed to infer a close relationship with the Ducketts of Flintham], George Duckett^ - d. of . . . . Merry. John Duckett of Alesbury, in com. -j-Anne d. & coheire of . . . Walshe of Buckingham. 1 ... in com. NorfF. I William = Elizabeth d. Christo- Cicely, ux. Duckett & eolieire of pher Thom, of the Richard Al- Duckett Bryan of Inner len, son of of Ales- Alisbery. Temple & Thurstan—, bury, of W ick- of W estone ham in in com. com. Buck. Darby, m. to his Arms, Or, a 2 wiffe . . . bend. gul. d. of S r betw. 3 Jerom leaves vert. Horssey of Risbo- rough, in com. Bucking¬ ham. [Allen.] Dorothey, Joyce, ux. Elizabeth Mary, ux. W m Will’m ux. . . . ux. Cock of Harding of Thom. Chesham in Alisbery. Warner com. Buck- of Buck¬ ingham. land in com. Buck. [Quart. 1 & 4, Sa. on a saltire arg. a mullet for diff: Duck¬ ett ; 2 & 3, Sa. a bend betw. 3 billets arg: Walshe. Crest out of a ducal coronet or, a plume of 5 ostrich feathers gul.]. 85 The annexed pedigree, with the monumental inscription in Roydon church, give Ralph, the son and other issue of John and Margaret Ducket, and three descents of the Swyfte family. [Swift of Roydon; Gu. a chev erm, betw. 3 ty- gers beads erased arg, maned or. Crest, a pe- gassus courant vert, winged & unguled or.] 1 st Husb d 2 d Hus John Ducket of ^Margarett, d. & heire=John Swift of Roy- London, mar- cbaut. of John Heath ; re- nupt Henery Colt. Shee ob. 5 of May, 1600. don, in com Essex ; Auditor, ob. 31 Oc¬ tober, 1570. [MSS Harl. 1541. fo. 200 b ] 3 d IIusb d =p. ... d of =Henry Colt of ... (1 w ife) Nether Hall, near Roydon, co. Essex. Rafe, (Ralph) Duckett of Roydon, co Essex, [will dated 18 Feb. 1586/7 ; mentions my uncle and aunt Blad- well] ; ob. s. p. William, ob. Joane Duck- ffrances d of John =pRichard Swilt, of s. p. ett, Duckett, by the d Roydon ; ob. 22 & heire of Heath. Sept r 1601. S r Francis Swift (or Swyfte) of Roydon & of Tackley =pElizabeth d. of Sir Edward (Takeley) in com. Essex, Knight Grevill of Harrolds, co. Essex. James Thomas Dorothy Margaret Elizabeth Joane ffulca ux. James Horssey of Honingham in com. Warwick ; ffrancis Swift 13 Mary Mildred (she d. 7 th June, 1654, aged 44) ; mon' in church there. yere old 1624. Heere by lyeth buried the bodie of Margaret Colt, the daughter of John Heath Esq r . She was first married to John Ducket, citizen and merchant of London, by whom she had issue Will 1 " and Ralfe her sons, who died without issue, and Frances and Joane her daughters, and after the death of the said John Ducket, she was married to John Swift Esq r , by whom she had no issue, and after his death she was married to Henry Colt Esq r , whose widow she long lived, and having virtuously spent many years in chaste wedlock and sober widowhood to the honor of her said matches, and comfort of her family, she departed this lyfe in peace the fifth day of May in the year our Lord 1600. Heere also to this place lyeth buried the bodies of the said John Swift and Richard Swift Esq r his eldest son. This John was the late worthy Queen Elizabeth’s servant and trusted by her in the audit of a great part of Her Highnes’s revenues, which he performed with great faithfulness and skill. The said Richard, was by his said father brought up in learning, and became a man of great reading and judgment in all knowledge and extraordinary seene in the learned tongues. He married the said Frances Ducket, the eldest dau’r of the said Margaret and had by her a great posterity, and having spent the time he lived here in honest life and vertuous studie, he died the 22 d day of September iu the year of our Lord, 1601.* To these foregoing pedigrees, we may, in continuation, add some further notices of the families of Grevill, Horsey, * The remains of Nether Hall in the parish of Roydon, formerly belonging to the Colt family, form perhaps one of the finest ruins in the kingdom. and Colte, and their manors Risborough, Honingham, and Harrolds. In Honingham church is this monumental inscription: “ Here lyeth the body of Fouke Elizabeth Horsey, who departed this life, the 7 th June 1654. She was the daughter of Sir Francis Swift Knight, By his wife, Elizabeth, one of the daughters of S r Edward Grevil, Knight, & wife of James Horsey of Huningham in the county of Warwick. She lived many years a widdow, to the great comfort of neighbours, friends, & relations, & died infinitely lamented by all that knew her, neare the 44 yeare of her age.” [358, Vol. 1, Dngdale’s Antiquities of Warwickshire], [The above James Horsey was octat 8, 1 st Oct r ann° 1619 at Visitation of Warwickshire 1619] (Harl. MS. 1100). Sir Jerome Horsey of Great Kimble & Risborough, was sheriff of Bucks, a.d. 1610. He married Elizabeth, dau’r of Griffith Hampden of Hampden, (M.P. for co Bucks, 1585, & sheriff of Bucks, 18 Eliz, 1575), by Anne d. & h. of An¬ thony Cave Esq r of Chicheley. [The manor of Risborough, is contiguous to those of Great Kimble and Hampden], In 1541 (33 Hen VIII), the manor or lordship of Ris¬ borough was granted to Francis Bryan and his heirs for ever. In 1581 we find it in possession of Robert Wake, citizen & mercer of London. We have shown, p. 34, that Sir Lionel Ducket, had the advowson of Risborough. In 1585 “ the Queen on the petition of Sir James Crofts, ” “comptroller of her household, grants to John Walton, &” “John Cresset, gen. inter ah one acre and two great lands” “ in Alscotfield, in Risborough, in the occupation of Lionel ” “ Duckett, appointed to maintain a light in Risborough ” “ church.” (Rot. Patent. 28 Eliz. Test. 12 April). Harrolds park 4 near Waltham Abbey, iu Essex, would seem 8G to have come to Sir Edward Grevill, through the family of Denny, one Sir Anthony Denny, gentleman of the privy cham¬ ber to Hen. VIII, held it 1547. (43, Morant’s Antiquities of Essex, Vol. 1). The following gives part of the Grevill descent: -pSir Edward Grevill of Mileote, co Warwick, Kt i- 1 Sir Fulke Grevill (ob.^pElizabeth, gr. d. & coheir of Robert, 1559 ; bur. at Alces- Lord Willoughby de Broke ; (ob. ter) 1560, bur d at Alcester) Anne d. of-i-Sir Fulke Ralph Earl of West¬ moreland. Grevill; (knighted 7 Eliz. ob. 1606.) Elizabeth, d. of John; Lord Grey, bro r to Hen r . v Duke of Suf¬ folk, & widow of Henry Denny Esq r : Sir Edward Grevill of Harrolds park, co Essex, Et Sir Fulke Grevill K.B. cr. Baron Broke, of Beauchamp Court, co Warwick. The Grevills of Mileote bore for their arms: Sable, on a cross within a bordure engrailed or five pellets. Crest; Out of a ducal coronet gules, a demi swan with wings expanded argent, beaked sable. The arms of Horsey, were: Azure, three horses’ heads couped in armour or. Those of Colt: Erin., a fesse betw. three colts in full speed sable; sometimes blazoned, Argent, a fesse azure be¬ tween 3 colts in full speed sable. [512, 321, Vols 2 & 3 Clutterbuck’s Hertfordshire; Berry’s Encyclopedia Hcraldica ; Morant’s Essex, Vol 2, p. 492]. Fuller, in his Church History, (v. VI. p. 317), tells a story concerning one of the Colt family, the substance of which is, “ That Sir Henry Colt of Netherhall in Essex, much in fa- ” “ vor with King Henry VIII. for his merry conceits, came” “ late one night to Waltham abbey, where being informed ” “by his letters, that some of the monks of Waltham were” “ harboured in Cheshunt nunnery, he pitched a buck-stall ” “ in the narrowest part of the marsh or meadow, where ” “ they were to pass over, leaving some of his confederates ” “ to watch the same, and enclosed them as they were re- ” “ turning in the dark to their convent. He brought them ” “ and presented them the next morning to King Henry ” “ VIII, who often had seen sweeter, but never fatter veni- ” “ son.” This story is somewhat damaged by critics, by its being affirmed that there was no Sir “Henry,” in those days, though the Christian name would scarcely invalidate its au¬ thenticity. ( a ) We have stated Ranulph Duchet, at p. 9, to have been the earliest of the family authentically recorded, but we are furnished through the “ Chronicles or records of S‘ Alban,” with another still earlier, Herbert Duket, (living a.d. 1119), whose surname we infer to have been “ Duchet,” from the incident related of him, though the passage is ob- squre. Indeed, it is not altogether impossible, (did we not believe “Duket” to be a Saxon corruption of the French “ Duchet ”), that we may herein find the origin of the altered orthography, for although we ourselves put not the slightest faith in the miracle recorded, still the superstition of those ages might have caused the story to be credited, (however improbable), and with it, the change (or curtailment) of the name. The Herbert Duket alluded to, seems to have been coeta- neous with Geoffrey de Gorham, the 16 th Abbot of St. Al¬ ban’s, during whose government of that Abbey, the transla¬ tion of the body of the protomartyr St. Alban took place, 2 Aug. 1129. The remains of the Saint being removed from an ancient tomb in which they had been deposited, on a day appointed for the performance of the solemnity, were, in the presence of Alexander, Bishop of Lincoln, Walter, Abbot of Ensham, together with some other Abbots, & the whole con¬ vent, examined and transferred to the shrine destined to receive them. “ Pra'sentibus itaque Alexandro Lincolniensi episcopo, et ” “ abbatibus Waltero Egneshamnensi, quondam priore Saneti ” “Albani, &c. cum toto conventu monasterii, necnon et ali-” “ orum religiosorum et elericorum &c. patefacta est Beati ” “ Martyris theca antiquissima.” The bones of this Martyr, in proof of their genuineness, are asserted to have performed miracles for many years after his death. Amongst others cited, his re-appearance to many of the brethren, and the following miracles, wrought on the above named Herbert lor Herebert) Duket, in the time of King Stephen. Being a man hostile to the possessions of S' Alban, and a spoiler of the well-endowed abbey, probably also without any great faith in the genuineness* of the re¬ mains of the saint, he happened by chance to pass before the high altar of the Abbey, upon which he became reduced to such pygmean or dwarfish proportions, as hardly to re¬ tain the dimensions of a monkey, from having before been a person of great and elegant stature. Repenting however in due course of his evil ways, and promising in all sincerity to make amends to God and the holy martyr, he was found de¬ serving to be restored to his former height and form. The original Latin version of the writer of the history of the ab¬ bey, runs thus : “ Notandum quidein quod, ut supra hoc du- ” “ bitantes certificaret, multis fratrum pluries apparuit &c. ” “Utautem, de multis multa prafieriens, taceam veritatis” “ indicia, et perhibeat Herbertus Duket, qui in prtesentia ” “ sua usque ad simialem decrevit staturam, evidens testi- ” “ monium, et alii quam plures, unum duxi huic opusculo ” “ inserendum ; ” again; “ Et circa eosdem dies, Herbertus ” “ Duket, possessionibus Saneti Albani infestus, ante majus ” “ altare dum forte veniret, adeo in Pygmseam brevitatem ” “decrevit, ut vix simise retineret quantitatem, qui antea” “ elegantis et magnse fuerat staturse : ita quod nomini ejus” “ hoc cognomentum, “Duket,” per contrarium adjieeretur. ” “ Veruutamen in amaritudine psenitentiae ad se reverses ” “ promittens se in veritate Deo et Sancto Martyri satisfac- ” “ turmn, se sibi meruit restaurari. Crebrescentibus igitur” “ miraoulis et fama religionis, meruit Domus Saneti Albani ” “tarn in temporalibus quam in spiritualibus felix suscipere” “ diurn uni incrementum.” [Gesta Abbatum monasterii Saneti Albani, (MS. Cotton, Claudius E. IV.) (pp. 73, 86, 118, Vol 1)]. (“*) It would appear from the following document, (Origi- nalia; 3 Ric II.; membr. 18) that the name of Duket had ex¬ isted in Nottinghamshire at a very remote period, certainly prior to Edward II. Roger Duket of Nottingham, who died 29 th August, 21 Edw. III. [a.d. 1347], was seized of lands and tenements in Nottingham, Carlton on Trent, & Gedling, and his son & hen- Roger, employed in the King’s service in foreign parts, at the time of his father’s death, being of full age, had respite of homage for his father’s lands until his return to England, as appears by the annexed writ from Richard II, directing the escheator of the county of Nottingham, to deliver him seizin of lands, which in the meantime had been taken into the King’s hands. These facts would seem to warrant a belief, that the same family had permanently continued in that county, up to the time of William Duket of Grayrigg settling at Flyntham in the following century, temp Hen ATI, (about a hundred years afterwards), and that there was probably an acknowledged connection between the two houses, prior to his so doing. * The monks of Ely persistently pretended they were in possession of the genuine remains. 87 Not’ Rex dilecto et fideli suo Hugoni Neumarcbe, escaetori suo in com’ Notyngh’ sal’t’m. Cum Dominus Ed- wardus [Edw III] nuper Rex Angliae, avus noster, undecimo die Decemb’r anno regni sui quadragesimo octavo [1374], comperit per iriquisitionem per Joh’em Foucher, tunc escae- torem ejusdem avi nostri in com’ pradieto, de mandato dicti avi nostri captain et in cancellar’ sua retornatam, quod Ro- gerus Duket de Notyngham, qui obiit die Lunse* in fcsto Decollationis Sc’i Joh’is Baptiste anno regni ejusdem avi nostri vicesimo primo [1347], tenuit de prsefato avo no3tro in capite, die qtio obiit, octo cotagia et sex rodas terra 1 cum pertinentibus in Notyngham per servitium essendi ballivus errans in dicto com’ et in com’ Derb’, et ununi messuagium et quatuor acras terra; cum pertinentibus in Carleton [Carl¬ ton on Trent], et viginti acras terra et unam acram prati cum pertinentibus in Gedelyng [Gedling], de aliis quam de pradieto avo nostro, et quod Rogerus Duket, films ejus¬ dem Rogeri Duket, est haeres ejus propinquior et tunc plense etatis, De gratia sua speciali et pro eo quod idem Rogerus, filius Rogeri, in obsequio ejusdem avi nostri in partibus transmarinis tunc extitit, homagium et fidelitatem sua’ eidem avo nostro in hac parte debita’ usque adventum ipsius Rogeri, filii Rogeri, in Angl’ respectuaverit, et ei terras et tenementa ilia cum pertinentibus reddiderit, et per breve suum prece- perit praefato nuper escaetori, quod eidem Rogero filio de om¬ nibus terris et tenementis pradictis cum pertinentibus de quibus idem Rogerus pater suus fuit seisitus in dominico suo ut de feodo in balliva tua dicto die quo obiit, et qute per mortem ipsius Rogeri patris capta fuerunt in manum ejus¬ dem avi nostri, plenam seisinam habere faceret, Salvo jure cujuslibet, et salvis eidem avo nostro exitibus de terris et tenementis pradictis a tempore mortis pradicti Rogeri patris, perceptis ab ipsis qui inde de jure onerandi forent lcvandis, necnon maritagio ejusdem Rogeri filii, si ad prafatum avum nostrum de jure deberet pertinere, sicut per inspect ion em ro- tulorum Cancellar’ ejusdem avi nostri nobis constat, Et quia jam eepimus homagium ct fidelitatem ipsius Rogeri, filii Ro¬ geri, nobis pro terris et tenementis pradictis, quae de nobis sic tenentur in capite debita, tibi praecipimus quod eidem Rogero filio omnes terras et tenementa pradicta cum pertinentibus in balliva tua una cum exitibus inde a pradieto undecimo die Decemb’r perceptis, si nondum liberata existunt, sine dila- tione deliberari facias, Salvo jure cujuslibet, et salvis nobis exitibus de terris et tenementis pnedictis a tempore mortis pradicti Rogeri patris usque ad dictum undecimum diem Decemb’r, perceptis ab ipsis qui inde de jure onerandi fuerunt, necnon maritagio ejusdem Rogeri filii, si ad nos de jure de¬ beat pertinere. Teste Rege apud Westm’ xvi die Febr’. [Originalia; 3 Ric. II.; membr. xviij] [Notts.—Tlie King to his beloved & faithful Hugh New- marclie, his eschaetor in the county of Nottingham greeting. Whereas the lord Edward, late King of England our grand¬ father, on the 11th day of December in the 48th year of his reign, found by Inquisition, taken by command of our said grandfather by John Foucher, then the eschaetor of the same our grandfather in the said county, and returned into his Chancery, that Roger Duket of Nottingham, who died on Monday in the feast of the beheading of St. John the Bap¬ tist, in the 21st year of the reign of the same our grand¬ father, held of our aforesaid grandfather in capite, on the day on which he died, eight cottages and six roods of land with the appurtenances in Nottingham, by the service of being a Bailiff errant (or itinerant) in the said county and county of Derby, and one messuage and four acres of land with the appurtenances in Carleton (Carlton on Trent), and twenty acres of land and one acre of meadow with the ap¬ purtenances in Gedclyng (Gedling), of others than of our aforesaid grandfather, and that Roger Duket, son of the same Roger Duket, is his nearest heir and then of full age, Of his special grace and for that the same Roger, son of Roger, was then in parts beyond the sea in the service of the same our grandfather, had respited his homage and fealty due to the same our grandfather in this behalf, until the coming of the same Roger son of Roger to England, and had restored to him those lands & tenements with their appur¬ tenances, & by his writ had commanded the aforesaid late eschaetor to give full seisin to the same Roger the son of all the aforesaid lands & tenements with their appurtenances, of which the same Roger his father was seized in his demesne as of fee in your bailiwick, on the said day on which he died, and which by the death of the same Roger the father were taken into the hands of the same our grandfather, saving the right of every one and saving to the same our grand¬ father the issues received of the lands and tenements afore¬ said from the time of the death of the aforesaid Roger the father to be levied from those who were lawfully charged therewith, and also the marriage of the same Roger the son, if of right it ought to belong to our aforesaid grandfather, as appears to us by inspection of the rolls of the Chancery of the same our grandfather, And because now we have taken the homage and fealty of the same Roger son of Roger due to us, for the lands and tenements aforesaid, which are thus holden of us in chief, we command you that without delay you cause to be delivered to the same Roger son of Roger, all the lands and tenements aforesaid, with their appurten¬ ances, in your bailiwick, together with the issues thereof re¬ ceived from the aforesaid eleventh day of December, if not already delivered, saving the right of any one, and saving the issues to us from the lands and tenements aforesaid from the time of the death of the aforesaid Roger the father, until the said eleventh day of December, received from those who were lawfully charged therewith, and also the marriage of the said Roger the son, if it ought lawfully to belong to us. Witness the King at Westminster on the 16th day of Febru¬ ary], ( b ) In the name of God, Amen. I, Sir Robert Dokett, preest, being in good mynde and memory, thankyd be Al¬ mighty God, make and ordeyne this my present testam 1 and last wyll in maner and fourine following : ifirst, I bequethe my soule to Almighty God, our lady Saynt Mary, and to all the liolie company of hevyn, and my body to be buryed in the collegiate churche of Newarke, in leicestr.* Item, I give to eu’y chan’non of the college a colte or a stere. Item, I give to eu’y vicar of the saide college iij s iiij d . Item, to Peter Olmer the value of vi u xiij s iiij J . It’m, I give to John Caresley & to Robert Caresley, eu’y of them, the value of vj 1 ' xiij* iiij d . Item, I give to Joane Goldsmyth, Elizabeth Oliu’, and Agnes Ducket, to eu’y of them the value of vi n xiij’ iiij d . It’m, to Thomas Heres and Elizabethe Armestrong, to eu’y of them xl s . Item, to Robert Thompson two kvne. Item, to John Walker on kowe. Item, to Alice White, my suster, v m'kes. Item, to Margaret Fillers oon Cowe. Item, to Mau de Kyd- der an heyfer calf one yere olde. The residue of my goodes moveable above not bequethed, I do give and bequethe to M r Deane, of Newarke, and Master John Osbourne, whome I do mak myn Executours, they to dispoas y t for the welthe of my soule, as to them shalbe seen good. Hereto bearyng wytnes, m’ Nicolas Bradsha’, sir J olm Cap’, sir William Willson, John Villers, & John Parke, vicar of sainte Maryes. Item, I give to my brother p’son a colt. Item, to Ivirkby, to Braun- ston and Glenfield, to eu’y of the saide churches a quarter of malte. Item, I give to my brother Thomas a colt. Item, I give to eu’y one of myne executours oon colt. Item, to Thomas ffelles v m’kes. As co’cernyng my dettes to my re- # 21) August falls on Wednesday, 21 Edward 3. (Evidently a clerical error for Notts.) membraunce I owe nothing, and as towching the dettes owing to me, be thes ffurst; thexecutours of m’ Sachev’ell ouethe me aboute xx m’kes, as it apperith by a bill, the whiche shall go to the p’fourmance of my wyll. Item, my lorde of Huntingdon* oweth me xx 1 ' or therabout, the whiche he paye one half, and I forgive thother. Proved 20 May, 1538, by John Osbourne, one of the Exe¬ cutors named in the s d will. Court of Probate, Doctors Commons. Crumwell 9. ( c ) Administration Act Book Court of Probate London a.d. 1583 Henricus 1 Decimo secundo die Aprilis emanavit Com- Duckett j missio Johanni Duckett, fratri naturali et legi- timo Henrici Duckett, nuper de Barnardes Inne, in comitatu Middlesexie generosi, defimcti, habentis &c ad administran- dum bona jura et credita ejusdem, de bene &e ad sanct’ Dei evangel’ jurato. Extract from Inquisition post mortem taken at Billesden, co Leicester, on the 22 day of July 6 Car. 1 on the death of John Duckett. The lands which he held of the King in capite in the s d co., are described as one messuage, one cottage, 3 virgates of land &c. &c., in Tkurmaston. The s d John Duckett died on the 22 day of Dec r Anno 1. Car. 1. Thomas Duckett is described as the brother and heir of the s d John Duckett, and was aged 22 years and upwards, at the date of the death of his brother Inquisition post mortem (Miscellaneous Chancery) Part 19. No. 20. (This John D may have held ocher property not of the King in capite) * Baron Hastings created Earl of Huntingdon, 1529. (“ [Redman and Aldborough.] In the great chamber of Harwood castle1584) [See Armorial bearings, formerly in castle, castle-chapel, & parish church of Har¬ wood ; p. 167. Whitaker’s Leeds, Yol. 1; Harl. MSS. 1394, fo. 329]. 89 ARMS—The Ducketts of Hartham bear and quarter, as follows : Quarterly ; 1, Duket, Sable, a saltire argent; 2, Jackson, Gules, a fess ar. between three sheldrakes ppr. [from 1791 Azure, a fess erminois, between three sheldrakes ppr] ; 3, Ward (of Grisborough), Ermine, a cross flory between 4 annulets azure ; 4, Grand-quarter, quarterly, viz. 1 st & 4 th Duckett, 2 d & 3 d Goldstone ; for Duckett, Sable, a saltire argent; for Goldstone, Azure, on a fess or, between 3 sal¬ tires argent, an annulet sable ; 5, Windesore, Gules, a saltire argent, between twelve cross crosslets or ; 6, Lancaster (or Taillebois), Argent, two bars gules, on a canton of the last a lion passant guardant or; 7, Redman (of Levens & Harwood), Gules, three cushions ermine, two and one, tasselled or; 8, Aldborough (or de Aldburgh) (of Harwood), Gules, a lion rampant argent, charged on the shoulder with a fleur-de-lis azure; 9, Bellingham, Argent, three bugles or hunting-horns sable, stringed gules ; 10, Burneshead, Argent, three bendlets gules, on a canton of the second a lion rampant of the first ; 11, Baskerville, Argent, a chevron gules, between three heurts ; 12, Skynner (of Divelish), Sable, a chevron or, between three griffins heads erased argent; 13, Bingham (of Bingham’s Melcombe), Azure, a bend cotized, between six crosses pattee or; 14, Turberville (of Bere Regis), Ermine, a lion rampant gules crowned or; 15, Chaldecot (of Quarrelstone), Azure, three arrows erect or; 16, Tren¬ ch ard (of Warm well), Per pale, paly of six argent and sable and azure; sometimes blazoned, Per pale, arg. & azure, on the first 3 pallets sable. [Of these, the three last are quarterings of Bingham, & came by the heiress of Bingham into the Skynner family; for the same reason Burneshead was a quartering of Bellingham; Aldborough of Redman, and Lancaster was brought in by Windesore, to which might be added many other coats, which the ancient families of Baskerville, Bingham, Turberville and Trenchard are entitled respectively to quarter.] Crests — Out of a ducal coronet or, a plume of five ostrich feathers ar ; another, a garb of lavender vert, flowered az, banded or. Motto—je veux le droict. Supporters —Two parrots, vert. The “Jacksone” arms in Constable’s Roll (a.d. 1559) (Lansdowne MS. 205. fo. 205) are blazoned thus:—Gules, a fess between three shovellers proper (sable shaded with ar¬ gent). This was the coat borne anciently by the Jacksons of Hickleton, and these arms were also borne by the Jacksons of Richmond and their predecessors, and as Sir Geo Jackson, then’ descendant, when created a baronet in 1791, affirmed, in his memorial for a grant of the same arms, “had been long borne by his ancestors as a branch of the Jacksons of Hickleton.” The heralds of that day confirmed them only changing the colours to, Azure, a fess erminois between 3 sheldrakes proper collared gules. The arms of the Richmond family, being the same as those of the Hickleton branch, [See old Jackson family plate dat¬ ing from the beginning of the last century ; also shield of arms (of Geo & Grace Jackson) a.d. 1775, and a much ear¬ lier coat, both blazoned with the arms of Jackson of Hickle¬ ton ; sundry armorial book plates, etc], it has been thought proper to retain the original bearing. The crest borne by the Ducket family down to 1623, and later, was a “ garb of lavender,” (as seen in Visitation of Wilts by Henry S' George, Richmond Herald, a.d. 1623 ; Visitation of same county, 1563 ; and Visitation of London, 1568). Another crest, borne by Ducket of Barcot in 1566 (Sir Lionel Ducket), was “a plume of five ostrich feathers gules, issuant out of a ducal coronet,” seen in the Visitation of Berks of 1566. The latter crest, appears with the coat of Sir Lionel Ducket, (certified by Henry S' George, Rich¬ mond), in an old book of arms belonging to the Mercers’ company, and is the crest, in the Visitation of Bucks, 1575, of Duckett of Aylesbury and Wyckham. The same is also seen with the Duckett arms in Henry VII chapel, Westmin¬ ster Abbey, as that of Colonel William Duckett (M.P. for Caine), “Ecuyer to Lord Monson as Knight of the Bath,” in 1725. As regards the supporters, the first evidence we have, is that they were borne by George Duckett (M.P. for Caine), who succeeded to the Hartham and other Wiltshire estates in 1693, and are to be seen with his armorial bear¬ ings on an old leaden cistern, formerly at Hartham, (bearing date 1706), and must have been of recognized usage long prior to tbat date, whether on the authority of family tra¬ dition, or by grant, is not clear, but most probably by descent from de Windesore. [See engraving, p. 97.] The arms of Lancastre (or Taillebois), came from Lancas¬ ter, Baron of Kendal, & grandson of William The Conqueror, first to Windesore, and afterwards to Duket, They are to be seen on the seal, appended to the Baron of Kendal’s let¬ ter to Pope Boniface, in 1300, published by the Society of Antiquaries; the same being given as the coat of John of Lancaster, a commander at the siege of Caerlaverock Castle. [Antiq. Repos, Vol 2, p. 136; Watson’s House of Warren, Vol 1, p. 114]. The motto of the Redmans was, “ Sans sang nul vic- toire”; that of De Aldburgh, “Vat sal be sal,” which, in old medireval characters, is still to be seen over the entrance portal of Harewood castle, in Yorkshire. N 90 SUPPLEMENTARY. The sale and conveyance of the Calstone and other manors in Wilts, (given at pp. 76, 78), on the part of William and Martha Meredith, to Sir Lionel Ducket and Thomas Owen, would appear to have been very much the result of a previous family relationship. William Meredith held the same in right of his wife, Martha, one of the daughters & coheirs of Eobert Longe, (for whose connection with the Ducket family reference can be made to pp. 21,43). Stephen Ducket and Thomas Owen, both named at p. 77 in the Calston transaction, became possessed of some of the Meredith property in Esses, probably in like manner. The manor of West Thurrock, in Chafford hundred, co Essex, was in 1551 held by Eobert Longe, who died possessed of it, 12 th Jan of that year. His widow Cecily enjoyed it after him, till her death, 13 th Oct r 1559. By inq. p. m. (2 Eliz. n. 37) it is seen, that at the time of her decease, the said Cecily held the manor or lordship of West Thur¬ rock, West Hall or Le Yynyard, also 9 messuages or tenements, 317 acres of arable, 319 acres of pasture, 87 of wood, 307 acres of marsh in West Thurrock, Orsett, Stifford, Greys, Alvithley, and Duddinghurst. Mary, wife of Henry Yyner; Martha wife of William Meredith ; Magdalen w. of Eoger Sadler, were the said Eobert Longe’s dau’rs & coheirs (S. Pedes Fin. 1 Edw VI. & Inquis. 6 Edw VI. & Inquis. 2 Eliz, March 7). Meredith & his wife by licence, dated 20 April, 1583, alienated their part to Eichard Smyth and others. Magdalen Sadler dying March 17, 1574 left her son—John Sadler, gent (Inq. 25 Eliz. Oct 3), who by licence, dated 7 May, 15S3, sold his mother’s moiety to Thomas Owen Esq r & Stephen Ducket. (Morant’s History & Antiquities of Essex, 93 A 7 . 1). Thomas Longe of Trowbridge, of whom Martha Meredith (p. 77) is named as “ consanguinea ” (cousin) and next heir, was probably the same, who, (an ancestor of the Longs of Whaddon), had assigned him the following coat: Sable, semee of cross crosslets, a lion rampant arg., all between two flaunches erm. We have stated that the French “ Duchet,” and Saxon corruption “Duket,” were the indiscrimi¬ nate spellings of the same name. It is satisfactory to find this orthography corroborated, from different sources. We have an instance in one of the Cottonian MSS. Brit Mus (Tiberius, A. x), relative to Eichard the Judge (temp. Hen. Ill), whose name is usually spelt “ Duket.”—The -writer of the “Annals of the priory of Dunstable” (Annales Prioratus de Dunstaplia), alluding to the number of robbers that infested the country, and the general insecurity, states this especially to have been the case in Bedfordshire, where in the summer of 1225, Simon de Hale & Eichard Duket were commissioned as justices itinerant, and many were hanged.—“ Et in eadem aestate, per omnes provincias Angliae, ” “latrones ideo abundabant; et non solum transeuntes bonis spoliabant, sed etiam innocentes occide-” “ bant. Ita quod nemo securus in villa dormiebat &c. Ob quam .... missi sunt justiciarii itiner- ” “ antes per omnes provincias Angliae. . . . qui per Angliam multos suspenderunt; . . . Quo tempore ” “ in nostro comitatu justiciarii fuerunt Simon de Ales et Bicardus Duchet.” In the time of Alexander, the fourth Abbot of Meaux a.b. 1197-1210, there arose a dispute with another of the name, Eichard Duchet, respecting tithes of land occupied by the convent, recorded in the register or chartulary of the abbey. Eichard Duchet, an ecclesiastic, who enjoyed the friendship and protection of Geoffrey Fitz-Peter (Fitz-Piers), earl of Essex, laving claim to the tithes of Hesell (Hessle), entered forcibly into the enclosure of the abbey’s grange of Myton, & laying violent hands on certain lay-brethren and servants living there, carried off upwards of forty waggon loads of corn. The Abbot appealed to Eome, as usual in all ecclesiastical controversies and disputes at that period, and obtained the Pope’s anathema against those who had taken part in this outrage, but not until after much expense from protracted litigation, was a settlement of the matter, in the form of a compromise, arrived at. Eichard Duchet consented to restore the Abbot’s grain, and to send the guilty parties, according to custom, to make atonement at the doors of the distant abbey, whilst the Abbot on his part, agreed to pay 20 shillings yearly for the tithes in dispute. “ Eo quoque tempore Eicardus Duchet clericus fuit, et familiaris Galfridi filii Petri comitis Essexiae. ” “ Qui cum ecclesiam de Hessellia adeptus fuisset, in cujus paroehia terrse ipsse consistunt, mota est con- ” “ traversia inter nos et ipsum super decimis ipsarum terrarum nostrarum, quas propriis manibus aut ” “ sumptibus in paroehia dictse ecclesife excoluimus, &c &e. Postmodum autem, idem Eicardus cum ” “ magna armatorum multitudine clausuram grangise nostrae de Mytona irreverenter irrupit, et manibus ” 91 “ violentis in quosdam conversos et servientes nostros ibidem ab eisdem praesumptoribus ejectcs, de” “ blado nostro 40 quadrigatas et tres carectatas asportavit &c &c.” (De vexatione nostra pro decimis de Mytona; Cbroniea Monasterii de Melsa; Yol 1 p. 311). Some of the lands certified to be held in Lincolnshire, by Rickard Duchet the judge, having been omitted, we will here recapitulate them. The same were held partly de veteri feoffamento, (or of the old feoffment, viz. of which his ancestor was enfeoffed before the death of Henry I, Dec r 1 st a.d. 1135), and partly de novo, (or of the new feoffment, whereof he had been enfeoffed since that time). Eicardus Dulcet tenet de Rege in capite 10 bovat’ terr’ in Willingham per servitium decimal partis unius feodi militis (9 Hen. 3). [Escheata in com’ Lincoln’ temp Hen 3; Harl. MSS 62S9]. Feodum Petronill’ de Croum : Eicardus Duket tenet dimidium feodi, excepta 5 ta parte in Haydore et Aseby de veteri feoffamento [Testa de Nevill; Add MSS Br. Mus 6118] Item Eicardus Duschet tenet ibidem cli’ feod’ milit’, excepta quinta parte feodi de Henr’ Camerar’, & idem H. de Petronilla de Croum, & ilia P. de d’no Eege, & inde elem’ est matrici eccl’ie Line’ iiii bovat’ p’ Walt’m de Rudestayn. Ita q’d nichil solvit & ecl’ie de Haydore iii bovat’, & nichil solvit & hosp’ Line’ dimid’ bovat’ de veteri feoffamento. [Testa de Nevill; Lincoln’]. Fcoda de Honore Lancastrise: Eicardus Duket tenet 4 partem unius feodi in Fillingham de novo feoffamento. [Add MSS 6118, Brit Mus]. Feoda Cestrise: Eicardus Duket tenet 4 partem 1 feodi in Hermeston (Harmston). Item Eicardus Duket tenet in Wadington 18 bovat’ terr’ in dominico, et 6 bovatas in homagio de comitissa Cestrise pro quarta parte 1 feodi militis de novo feoffamento. Item Eicardus Duket tenet in Welinglioue (TVellingore in the wapentake of Boothby), 31 bovat’ terr’ de rnarit’ uxoris sue de veteri feoffamento. Item idem Eicardus tenet ibidem 11 bovat’ terr’ de dono Domini Regis de novo feoffamento (as recorded in the following grant). [Testa de Nevill]. Eex om’ibz ad q°s t’c’ salt’. Sciatis q’d co’cessim’ et dedim’ dil’co et fideli n’ro p’ Ric’o Duket [ Eic’o Dulcet’ totam t’ram ilia’ cu’ p’tin’ i’ Welinghour ’, quam Eanu’ de Yyrv de ball’o d’ni J. R’ t’c’. Habenda’t’ tenenda’ de nob’ et h’ed’ n’ris eide’ Ric’o et h’ed’ suis, faciendo inde nob’ et h’ed’ n’ris debitu’ serviciu’, salvo h’edibz AVill’i de sc’o Britio jure suo q’d dic’ut se hab’e i’ p’d’ca t’ra. In cuj’ et cuj’ t’c’. T’ E’ ap’d Westm’ j. die Febr’. Eic’s Duket’ que’ Rex misit ad p’tes Hib’n i’ serviciu’ suu’, habet lit’as de p’tecto’e pat’ dur’ q a diu ibid’ fu’it i’ servic’o E’ cu’ hac claus’, Yolum’ et q’d ip’e et o’ia d’nica sua int’im sint quieta de sectis com’ et hundr’ et de o’ibz placitis et q’rel et assisis, ex' is assisis nove diss’ et ult’ p’sent’ et p’l de dote unde nich’ li’t. T’ ut s a . [Patent Roll, 17 Hen. III. m. 6.] Eicardus Duket unum feodum in Elteh'm ( Fltliam , in Kent), quod de dote. Eicardus Ducet tenet feodum unius militis de comite Ric’o in Kancia. [Testa de Nevill]. [Testa de Nevill]. Extract from the Chartulary of Bolington (or Bullington) Priory in Lincolnshire, An 0 10 Hen III. (founded temp K. Stephen). Finalis concordia facta in A° reg. Regis Henrici fil Regis Joh’is decimo, coram Alexandro Abbate de Burgo (Peterborough), Joh’e de Lasey Constab. Cestr., Martino de Pateshull, Henrico de Braibroc, Will’mo de Insula, Eic. Duket, justiciariis itinerantibus &c. inter Will’m fil’ Ilugonis petentem, et AVill’m petentem, et AVill’m Priorem de Bulington tenentem de quinq’ bovatis terr® et tribus p’tibus unius bovatse terr’, et duobus toftis et duabus p’tibus unius tofti cum p’tinentiis in Ingham. [Add MSS 6118] X 2 92 Sheriff’s account extracted from Pipe Roll 11 John, relative to Barlings (or Oxeney), in Lincoln¬ shire; (founded a.d. 1154). Abbas de Berlinges debet 3 partem de 15 marc’ pro Justic’ Bicardo Duket ut reddat ei 15 marcas. [Add MS. 6118 Brit Mus.]. The arms of Andrew Duket, first President of Queen’s College, Cambridge, are given in Cole’s MS. impaled with those of the College. The coat of Queen’s College, however, as given by Cole, is in fact but one quartering of the six, which make up the College coat, all within the same bordure. Arms, Quarterly of six.— 1 st . Barry of eight argent & gules; {Hungary). 2 Azure, semee of fleur de lis or, a label of 3 points throughout gules ; {Naples). 3 Argent, a cross potent, cantoned with four crosses or; {Jerusalem). 4. Azure, semee of fleur de lis or, within a bordure gules ; {Anjou). 5 Azure, semee of cross crosslets or, two barbels hauriant, and endorsed of the last; {De Barre). 6. Or, on a bend gules, three alerions displayed argent; {Lorraine). The whole (6 coats) within a bordure vert; being the arms of Margaret of Anjou, Queen to Hen : Fuller in his Hist y of the University of Cambridge, [p. 122.] says, under Queen’s College:— “No college m England hath such exchange of coats of arms as tliis hath, giving sometimes the arms ” “of Jerusalem (with many others quartered herewith), assigned by Queen Margaret their first” “ foundress.” “ It giveth also another distinct coat: namely a crosier and pastoral staff in saltier, passing thro’ a ” “ boar’s head in the midst of the shield ” (seen also in Speed’s map of Cambridgeshire). “ This I humbly ” “ conceive bestowed upon them by Rich d III,” (when undertaking the patronage of this foundation), “ in allusion to the boar which was his crest, and wherein those church-implements “ disposed in sal- ” “ tire ”, or in form of S l Andrew’s Cross, might in their device relate to Andrew Duket, so much ” “ meriting of this foundation. However at this day the College waves the wearing of this coat, lay- ” “ing it up in her wardrobe, and makes use of the former only.” In one of the hall windows (in the oriel), is. a badge, the white & red roses issuing from one stem, or (it may be) the stems crossed in saltier, and over, this motto Floreat domus. Fuller’s Histy of the Holy war, Book Y. C. 24 “Queen’s College in Cambridge (to which I ow ” “ my education for my first seven yeares in that Universitie), giveth for parcel of her arms, amongst ” “ many other rich coats, the cross of Jerusalem : as being founded by Queen Margaret, wife to King ” “ Henry the sixth,” and daughter of Bene, Duke of Anjou, and titular King of Naples, Sicilie, and Jerusalem. [Arms of Andrew Duket, impaling • those of Queen’s College.] In the east window of the chancel of Hathem church, stood, in the time of Nicholls, the historian of Leicestershire, the arms of Hugh Duket the rector (a.d. 1298) ; Quarterly, Argent and sable, a bend gules.—Hathern was under the patronage of the abbey of Leicester, in the chartulary or register- 93 book of which, is this entry: “ Hathern ; Mem’, quod pencio ecclesie de Hathurn, soil’ xls &unius” “petre cere, recuperata fuit per sententiam datam coram judice ordinario; cum condemnatione ” “ domini Hugonis Duket, tunc rectoris ibidem, anno Domini M° CC° nonogesimo octavo, ut patet in ” “ condemnatione ejusdem domini Hugonis. Nota taxationem decimarum & sententias diffinitivas pro ” “ dicto pensione.” (Charyte’s Eentale, fol. lxi.) The coat in question has now disappeared, furnishing an additional instance of the manner, in which, under the name of restoration, such relics of antiquity are violated and destroyed. This coat of Hugh Duket, (which savors more of “foreign” heraldry than any other of the Ducket bearings), or the coat semee with martlets, ascribed to Duchet, may have been the original family bearing, until abandoned for the saltire argent.f Thus to the Ducketts of Steeple Morden, we find these two different coats assigned; Sable, a saltire argent, (the present acknowledged Duckett bearing), and, G-ules (or Sable) semee de martlets or, (the coat of Duchet). The various coats ascribed to the Ducketts, are here enumerated: Gules, semee de martlets or, (the coat of Duchet) ; Sable, semee de martlets or; Sable, an orle of martlets or; Sa., a cross betw. four martlets or; Gules, a saltire arg. between twelve cross crosslets or, (the Windesore bearing); Sa., a cross crosslet arg, between four martlets or; Gules, ten martlets or, four, three, two, and one, (the coat of Duchet, sometimes so blazoned). Quarterly, Argent and sable, a bend gules, (the coat of Hugh Duket of Hathern, and existing formerly in several Lincolnshire Churches) ; Sable, a saltire argent; At this distance of time, we cannot state at what period the original arms of Duchet (or those of Duket) may have been abandoned. The former would appear to have been temporarily re-assumed by the Steeple Morden line, but with this exception, the Westmoreland, Wiltshire and Aylesbury branches have uniformly borne, since the marriage of the Windesore heiress, the saltire argent. [As a general rule, the use of different coats by the same family, or families springing from one stock, is easily explainable, for if two brothers (or relations) descended from the same individual, obtain for themselves a grant of arms perfectly distinct both in color and bearing, the family identity will be kept up, though their arms may have nothing in common]. [Arms of Duchet.] Since the foregoing was in type, we have met with some important notices of the Wyndesore family in the “ Chronicles of the Abbey of S l Alban,” as well as with the seal of W m de Wyndesore (to which we shall refer hereafter). The former corroborate, in the most satisfactory manner, all details relative t We are the more disposed to this belief, from the fact that the same arms, (Quarterly, Arg & sable, a bend gules) existed in different church windows in Lincolnshire, as late as 1640, [“ Memorabilia in ecc’liis com’ Lincoln,” Harl MSS, 6829]. First, in the chancel of S' Mary’s, Wigford, Lincoln, (“ In fenestra cancelli ecclesie sc’e Marie in Wikford, Lin- colne ”) ; again in the church of S' Peter, in Eastgate, Lincoln, (demolished 1643) ; in that of Nocton, impaled with Darcy quartering Wymbish; again in the church of S' Mary, Barton upon Humber; and lastly at Louth in the same county, (in S' Mary’s, no longer existing) was Sable, a saltire argent, (the present Duckett bearing) in juxta-position with the arms of Everinghnm, one of the earliest matches in the Ducket pedigree. In the MS. in question, the various coats are, for the most part, named, but to the foregoing no name is added, (a proof of their antiquity.) 94 to the Inquisition post mortem held at his death, verifying in the fullest their hearing on the Ducket pedigree, and especially the heirship of William de Wyndesore, (husband of Alice Perers), of -which genealogists would not seem to have been thoroughly aware. We may here also observe, that in comparing the descent of the Windesore family, as given by Collins, Nicholas, and others, with the different authentic “ Windesore ” entries, in the Patent, Charter, Pine, & Hundred Polls, Post mortem Inquisitions, and those ad quod damnum, such palpable discrepancies are manifest, that we can only assume the parties named in these records to have be¬ longed to distinct families, whereas in most instances they clearly belong to one and the same. Our object, (in corroboration of Burn, the Westmoreland historian, whom we have followed & largely quoted), has been to identify with Westmoreland , the ancestors of the Ducketts of Grayrigg, namely Alexander de Windesore, and his above named descendant William, & the present would seem an appropriate time to furnish a few concluding instances for this purpose. First however, we extract from the above named “ Annals,” what appears to establish the heirship of William de Wyndesore. This is clearly shown in the dispute and protracted litigation which took place between John de Wyndesore & Thomas de la Mare, 30 th Abbot of S' Albans, regarding the right of the Abbey to divers lands & tenements in Oxhey in the county of Hertford, as to which the Abbot sued an assize against the said John and others. This manor had been granted to the Abbey in the time of Abbot Thomas, & various acquisitions of messuages & land made through the munificence of John de Whitewelle. By deed of feoffment, Johanna, widow of John de Whitewelle, conveyed to the Abbey a.d. 1374, certain lands in Watford and Oxhey Wall-round, and the following are the proceedings which occurred thereon.—Thomas Fitz- john asserted his right to the said tenements and entered into possession; whereupon re-entry was made by the Abbot and Convent.—The tenants thereof attorn to the Abbot and Convent.—Thomas Fitzjohn re-entered, and made feoffment to Alice Perers and others. (This Alice Perers, had been the mistress of Edward III in his last years, and had subsequently married W m de Wyndesore).— The tenants were directed to attorn to Alice Perers.—The Abbot fearing her influence, desisted for a time from prosecuting his claim, but re-entered a.d. 1376.—By order of Parliament Alice Perers is banished a.d. 1377, and the King’s escheator in the counties of Hertford & Essex is commanded to seize her possessions.—In the year following, a.d. 1380, King Richard II grants to Sir William de Wyndesore, husband of Alice, all her possessions forfeited to him, for reasons mentioned in the deed. The lands of Oxhey are named in the grant, but the Abbot retains possession until July 1381.— In that month we find forcible possession taken of the land in behalf of Sir W m de Wyndesore, alleged to have been done in virtue of a writ directed to the King’s escheator. “ Deinde Dominus Rex Ricardus quinto decimo die Martii, anno regni suo tertio, per literas ” “ suas patentes concessit Willelmo Wyndeshore militi, tunc viro dicta Alicia, omnes terras et tene- ” “ menta, possessiones et reversiones, quas pradicta Alicia forisfecit virtute judicii pradicti, qua in ” “ manus ipsius Regis ea de causa fuerunt seisita, tenenda sub certis conditionibus, prout patet per ” “ easdem literas.” Upon this the Abbot levies an assize of Novel Disseisin against W m de Wyndesore, and adduces testimony in support of his title, a.d. 1384.—Sir W m de Wyndesore dying, his nephew John de Wyn- desore continues to hold possession of the lands. “ Hiis igitur sic se habentibus, Willelmus Wyndesore pranotatus morte quasi repentina sublatus ” “est, constituens suum haredem Johannem Wvndesore, nepotem suum, virum utique superbum et ” “ protervum, qui possessionem suam in pradictis terris manu forti continuavit, donee per Assisam ” “ specialem, per supplicationem Domini Abbatis a Domino Rege, Duce Lancastria mediante, conces- ” “ sam, fuisset impeditus. Cujus supplicationis tenor, sequitur in hac verba.” (Here follows the Abbot’s petition to the King that he may be granted an assize for the establishment of his right.)— Whereupon a commission is issued to certain justices to hold an assize of Novel Disseisin thereon. —John de Wyndesore obtains a protection under the great seal in delay of the same. The Abbot now petitions the King that the assize may be forthwith taken notwithstanding, and a writ is issued, enjoining that the said assize be forthwith proceeded with, the protection granted to John de yndesore notwithstanding a.d. 1386.—The assize being held, John de W. appears by attorney, and the letter of attorney signed by John de Wyndesore, is in words following: “ Literas attornatae Johannis de Wyndeshore. — Omnibus hoc scriptum visuris vel audituris, ” “Johannes de 11 yndesore, salutem in Domino. Noveritis me assignasse, fecisse, et loco meo posu-” “isse, dilectum mihi Nicolaum de Bryastanes attornatum meum ad lucrandum vel perdendum, in” “ quadam Assisa Novae Disseisinae, per* Thomam Abbatem Sancti Albani versus me, et alios in brevi ” “dictae assisae nominates arrenata, de diversis terris et tenementis in Oxheye, in comitatu Hert-” 95 “ fordiac; ratum et gratum babiturum quicquid praedictus Nicolaus nomine meo fecerit in praemissis. ” “ In cujus rei testimonium, buic praesenti scripto sigillum meum apposui. Et quia sigillum meum ” “ pluribus est incognitum, sigillum Majoritatus Londoniarum buic scripto apponi procuravi. Datum ” “ Londiniis, primo die Aprilis, anno Regni Regis Ricardi secundi nono.” Tbe next step in tbe matter was, that the justices refused to admit the attorney and proceeded with the assize, and in the following exemplification under the great seal of the said assize of Novel Disseisin, we have the several coheirs of W m de Wyndesore distinctly portrayed. Breve Regis. “ Ricardus, Dei gratia, Rex Anglia? et Francise, et Dominus Hibernia?, omnibus ad quos praesentes ” “literae pervenerint, salutem. Inspeximus tenorem recordi et processus cujusdam Assisse Novae Dis- ” “ seisinae, quam dilectus nobis in Christo Abbas de Sancto Albano arrenavit coram dilectis fidelibus ” “nostris Johanne Holte et Johanne Hervy, nuper Justiciariis nostris ad Assisam illam, una cum ” “ Roberto Bealknappe, Willelmo Skipwith, David Hannemere, Willelmo Burghe, Johanne de Monte ” “acuto juniore, Willelmo Croyser, Johanne Charletone, Johanne Charteseye, et Johanne Bretton, ” “ capiendum assignatis per breve nostrum, versus Willelmum Cary, Johannem Hanney clericum, ” “Nicolaum Bonney clericum, Johannem Bretby clericum, Willelmum Moreys chivaler, et Cristianam” “ uxorem ejus, Johannem Duket, et Margeriam uxorem ejus, Isabellam de Wyndesore, Aliciam quae fuit ” “uxor Willelmi de Wyndesore chivaler, Robertum de Wyndesore, Johannem de Wyndesore, Willel-” “ mum Meg, Rogerum Daye de Busshey, Johannem Totenhale de Busshey, Ricardum Broun de ” “ Busshey &c. de tenementis in Oxeye, Walrounde et Rikemersworth; quos coram nobis in Cancel- ” “ laria nostra venire fecimus, in haec verba.—Dominus rex mandavit &c.” The opening of the said assize taking place at Hertford, before the justices appointed, a.d. 1386, the names appear again in the writs addressed to the justiciaries. “ Ricardus Dei gratia, &c.” “Hertford—Assisa venit, &c.;—recognoscere si Willelmus Cary &c &c &c ;— Willelmus Moreys" “chivaler , et Christina uxor ejus, Johannes Dulcet, et Margeria uxor ejus, Isabella de Wyndesore, Alicia” “ que fuit uxor Willelmi de Wyndesore chivaler, Ilobertus de Wyndesore, Johannes de Wyndesore, &c., ” “injuste &c disseiserunt Abbatem de Sancto Albano de libero tenemento suo in Oxheye Walrond ” “ in Rikemersworthe, post primam &c.” [G-esta Abbatum Monasterii Sancti Albani, a Thoma Walsingham, regnante Ricardo secundo, ejusdem Ecclesise precentore compilata; (Cotton. MS. Claudius E. IV).] (edited by T. Riley, of the Inner Temple). We now proceed to the same family in the North.— Windesore, Windesor’, Windlesor’ Wyndesor’, Wyndlesore, Wyndelsore, Windeshoure, is found in all these variations, and the annexed are further instances of its connection with Westmoreland, Grray- rigg and Kendal. The deed of grant by which William of Lancaster, Baron of Kendal, gave in frank-marriage with his daughter Agnes, the manors of Grayrigg, Heversham, and Morland, to Alexander de Windesore (son & heir of William de Windesore), has been mentioned at p. 8 of this memoir. In the time of this Alexander, a partition was made of the wood at Morland, recorded in the char- tulary of the priory, between him and the Prior of Wetherall,* (in the library of the Dean & Chapter of Carlisle). The agreement is also given by Dugdale, in his Monasticon, (Excerpta e cartis variorum donatorum ; num xxxvi, p. 289 (Monasticon V. 3. p. 596), & runs thus: “ Omnibus Christi fidelibus ad quorum notitiam praesentes literae pervenerint. W. Prior de ” “Wederhaleet Alexander de Wyndesore salutem aeternam in Domino. Noverit universitas vestra, ” “quod de communi et unanimi assensu mei et domini Alexandri de Wyndeshover, boscus de Mor-” “ land, qui ad nos utrosque pertinebat in communi, partitus est in hunc modum: viz. Quod totus ” “boscus proprior villae de Morland qui vocatur Linstouc, remanebit domino Alexandro et haeredibus” “suis in perpetuum, usque ad quendam sikettum qui dividit Mechilrig (Methelrig) et Linstouc” “ (Linstom), sicut cursus illius siketti se extendit in longum inter boscum de Mechilrig et Linstouc. ” “ Totus autem boscus, qui dicitur Mechilrig, et totus boscus a Mechilrig versus orientem, remanebit ” “Priori et successoribus suis in perpetuum, usque ad aquam de Lyvcnnet (Lyvennet rivulet). Ita ” “ quod licebit dicto Priori et successoribus suis ineludere partem suam pro voluntate sua, et redigere ” “ ad culturam sicut melius sibi viderint expedire, siue impedimento aliquo pracdicti Alexandri et haere- ” “ dum suorum. Similiter autem licebit predicto Alexandro et haeredibus suis ineludere partem suam ” “ pro voluntate sua, et redigere ad culturam sicut melius sibi viderint expedire, sine impedimento ” * Wetherall (or Wedderlmll) ; Benedictine priory ; a cell to the abbey of S' Mary, York; lying on the river Eden ir. Cumberland, three miles above Carlisle; (Dugdale’s Monasticon). 96 “ dicti Prioris vel successorum suorum. Ita tamen quod dictus Alexander et liseredes sui habebunt ” “communam herbagii ad propria animalia, tantum in boseo prioris et successorum, quantum remane-’ 5 “ bit incultum, sine nocumento dicti Prioris et successorum suorum. Et dictus Prior et successores ” “ sui habebunt communam herbagii, tantum in bosco Alexandri et haeredum suorum, quantum remane- ” “bit incultum, sine nocumento dicti Alexaudri et heredum suorum. Dictus autem Prior et succes-” “ sores sui respondebunt libere tenentibus de parte sua bosci. Et dictus Alexander et haeredes sui ” “ respondebunt libere tenentibus suis de parte sua bosci. Sciendum est autem, quod q me dam ” “pars bosci de Morland in praedicta partione non continetur, viz. Boscus a via de Appeltreholme,” “ usque ad Amselbergile. Et iste boscus in perpetuum erit communis dicto priori et succes- ” “ soribus suis, et dicto Alexandro et haeredibus suis, ad estoveria sua capienda ibidem. Nec ” “aliquis sine altero aliquid inde dare poterit vel vendere. Et uterque persona tactis sacrosanctis ” “ juraverunt, quod nunquam venient per se vel per alias personas contra tenorem istius scripti. Et ” “ ut ista partitio ex utraque parte rata et stabilis sit in perpetuum, Prior pro se et successoribus suis, ” “ et dominus Alexander pro se et haeredibus suis, sigilla sua hinc inde huic scripto apposuerunt. ” “ Hiis testibus, Domino J. de Yeteriponte; Domino R. Priore et W° Official’ Karl’; Thoma filio” “Willelmi; Thoma filio Johannis; Will 0 de Daker; Waltero de Stirkeland; Johanne Mauchael;” “ Roberto de Askeby; Thoma de Louther; Alano Pincerna; Eoberto de Neuby; Michaele et Wal-” “ tero vicariis de Morland et de Appelby ; Waltero de Mebrym; Adamo de Soureby; Johanne de” “ Xeubigging, et aliis.” (Eegistrum Prioratus de Wetheral) (Yol I, p. 446 Burn’s Westmoreland). The above named Alexander (8 Edw 1) obtained a grant of a market & fair at Heversham, which (in 1777) and all along seem to have been held at Milnthorpe, originally parcel of the same manor of Heversham. The said Alexander had a son, William de Windesore, who had a son, Alexander de Windesore, who 11 Edw 2, levied a fine of the manors of Grayrigg & Morland. The Pine Eolls 2 Edw 1. (m. 24) (a.d. 1274) allude to this William de Windesore (son of Alex¬ ander), with reference to a mill at Grayrigg. “ De molendino levato ad exhseredationem Margaret® ” “ de Eos (quae fuit uxor Eoberti de Eos de Werk’, soror et una haeredum Petri de Brus defuncti).” “ Willielmus de Windeshoure levari fecit unurn molendinum in villa de Grayrig' in Kendale, in ” “ praejudicium domini Eegis, et exhaeredationem predict® Margaret® dum terr® et tenementa Petri ” “ de Brus, cujus pr®dicta Margareta fuit soror et una h®redum, fuerunt in manu domini Eegis Hen- ” “rici, nomine custodi®.” [Roberts’ Calendarium Genealogium p. 226, Yol 1]. This last named Alexander had a son William, who 28 Edw III (a.d. 1355) is found by inquisition to have held the manor of Morland of William de Coucy or Councy,* by cornage, wardship & relief. In 36 Edw III (a.d. 1363), he had a grant of a market & fair at Morland, (which as Burn remarks, if ever established have been long since lost by disuse). In 49 Edw III, by inquisition after the death of Joan de Coupland, he was found to have held of the said Joan, on the day on which she died, the manors of Heversham, Grayrigg, and Morland. The Patent Roll 8 Richard II (a.d. 1385) (prima pars; m. 32) makes mention of the following licence to W. de Wyndesore, shortly before his death, relative to inclosing certain land at Holme, near Burton in Kendal. “ Quod Willielmus de Windesore possit imparcare mille acras terr® bosci et pastur® in Holme in" “ Kendale in com’ Westmerland.” Of this last named William,f Margery Duket was one of the sisters and coheirs. He was knight of the shire for Westmoreland 28 Edw III, & sheriff of Cumberland 41 & 42 of the same king. * Will’us de Councy. Inq. p. m. 28 Edw III; No. 66. f William de Wyndesore, previous to his marriage with Alice Perers, one of Queen Philippa’s maids of honour, (on whom, as seen by Patent Roll 47 Edw III, (m. 23) the King had bestowed for her own use all the jewels lately belonging to the said Queen), had been appointed the King’s Lieutenant (or Viceroy) in Ireland. The Patent Roll for the 43 Edw III has the following : “ Intentio Regis declarata super commissionem suam de potestate “ conccssa Will’mo de Windesor, locumtenenti Regis in Hibernia.” • [prima pars ; m. 25]. Another entry upon the Patent Roll, 47 Edw III, shows that he undertook the custody of that part of the kingdom for £11,213, 6 s , 8 d .—“Will’us de Windesore, gubemator et custos Hiberniee, per unum annum integrum, convenit cum Rege” “ ad inveniendum ducent’ homines ad arma et quadraginta sagittarios armatos bene arraitos, pro quo et suis Res concessit ” “ eidem Will’mo pro dicto anno undecim mille ducent’ et tresdeeim libras sex solidos et octo denarios, ultra quingentas ” “ marcas e Scaccario Reg’ in Anglia,” etc. [secunda pars ; m. 24], By Patent Roll, 50 Edw III we find Maurice Fitz Thomas, Earl of Kildare, to have been appointed Chief justice in Ireland, during the absence of W. de Wyndesore. [prima pars ; m. 35]. The same Rolls now allude to him as husband of Alice Perers, whose forfeited estates were restored to him and to her: Di- 97 The annexed armorial seal of William de Wyndesore, is given in Boutell’s English Heraldry, and no one can fail to be struck with the complete identity of the Wyndesore arms, crest, and supporters, with the Ducket coat. Had we not grounds for believing, that the Duket family had used the sable field and saltire argent at an earlier date, we should have concluded that the family had adopted the arms of de Wyndesore as their family coat, for the field in one case Gules, and the other Sable, would not oppose this supposition, but at any rate we have here direct evidence whence the family “ crest and supporters” were derived, if not the present arms. The identity of the bearing is so remarkable, that it seems very probable the cross crosslets were added by W m de Wyndesore’s descendants, thus to mark the difference between tbe different branches of the de Wyndesores, inasmuch as colours were not represented by lines at the date of Sir W m de Windesore’s seal. That seal almost exactly accords with the date of the marriage of the co¬ heiress of Wyndesore into the Duket family. The same supposition would hold good with regard to Windsor, Earl of Plymouth, the cross cross- lets added to the simpler coat would show that he was of a different branch. Nevertheless among many earlier Windesor coats we find the cross crosslets, (viz. that of Sir Kichard de Wyndesore temp Edw. 1, Harl MS. 6137), and again we see them wanting, and Sable, a saltier argent, the very coat of Duket, given to Windsore, (tradition having confounded Gules and Sable). The mullet in the arms of Sir Lionel Ducket’s portrait by Hans Holbein, both on the Dulcet and Windesore quartering, shows him to have descended from a third House of Duket alias de Wyndesore, and Duket quartering Windesore, (as evidenced by all existing bearings), are uniformly the arms borne by Duket of Grayrigg, since the marriage with Margery de Windesore. This solves the question as to the later members of the Duckett family taking the plume of feathers crest, (tinctured Gules in Sir Lionel Ducket’s arms, Visitation of Berks), and using the parrot-like but really hawk supporters, and the seal is thus far evidence that these last have been no recent assumption, but have been borne from the time specified, first by the elder branch, (the Ducketts of Grayrigg), up to the time of their extinction in 1695, (or about that date), and since that time by George Duckett of Hartham of the Wiltshire line, who then became representative of the Duckett family. [Seal of W m de Wyndesore, from an impression appended to deed, dated 1381, in the possession of Winchester College.] “ Diversa maneria, terra? et tenements restituta Will’mo de Windesore militi, et Aliciae ux’ ejus et Aliciae in feodo, qua; “quidem Alicia per nomen Aliciae de Perers attincta fuit per parliamentum in anno 1 hujus regni” [Patent Roll, 3 Richard 2 ; tertia pars ; m. 2]. 0 9S Partial collateral (and other) pedigrees occurring in the foregoing memoir. PAGE William de Warenne, Earl of Surrey and Gundreda, his wife . 16 Windesore . 16, 94, 95, 96 Parre (of Kendal Castle) . 21 Worseley (of Boothes) . 17 Worseley (of Kempnought) . 21 Whyttyngton (of Barw"yke) . 17 Brackenbury (of Denton) . 22 Middleton (of Middleton Hall) . 21, 30 Redman (of Levens and Harwood) . 30, 31, 32, 33 Gascoine (of Gawthorpe) . 30, 31, 32 Mildmay (of Danbury) . 53, 54 Copynger (of Buxhall) . 41 Washington (of Brent Pelham) . 39 Swyfte (of Roydon) . 85 Hopton (of Witham Abbey) . 63, 64, 81 Bingham (of Bingham’s Melcombe) . .. 0 . 62,63,81 Goldston (of Goulston) . 75 Ward (of Gisborough) . 2 Ward (of Hackney) . 2 Ward (of Bishop Middleham) . 2 Leigh Bennett (of Thorpe place) . 68, 69 Parquhar, Bart (of Surrey) . 68, 69 Eloyd of Calais . 75 Floyd of Millgate, Kent . 75 Capell of Herts . 53 Grevill (of Milcote, &c) . 85, 86 Longe (of West Thurrock, Wandsworth, &c) . 43, 90 PERSONS, PLACES, ETC. Abbas de Burgo, S. Peterborough. Abbatissa, de Winton’, 7. Abbess, of Winchester, 6, 7. Abbey, of St. Alban, 86, 93 ; St. Basle (France), 6 ; Battle, 5 ; Byland, 13 ; Cistercian, 5; St. Ebrulph, 83 ; Es- chaalis, 5, 7 ; St. Mary, York, 17, 95; Leicester, 92; St. Xicaise, 6; Wal¬ tham, 85, 86; Westminster, 59; Westwood, 9 ; Winchcomb, 82 ; Whitby, 11. Abbot, of St. Alban’s, 86, 94 ; of Barl¬ ings, 92 ; St. Basle, 6 ; St. Ebrulph, 83 ; Ensham, 86; Heaux, 90 ; St. Xicaise, 6 ; Peterborough, 12, 91; St. Peter’s, Westminster, 35. A Becket (Thomas), 7. Adam (Chamberlain), 7 ; ■ — Duket, 13, 14 ; — of Ely, 6, 7 ; — de Evering- ham, 14. Addison, (Poet), 46, 57, 59, 62; (his miniature), 59. Adela (Princess), 16. Adeliza (Princess), 16. Admiral, Byng, 74, 73, (executed 1757); Sir Harry Burrard, 70 ; Kep- pel, 70 et seq.; Lestock, 71; Mat¬ thews, 71; Sir Hugh Palliser, 70 et seq.; Spry, 72. Admiral of Normandy, 20. Admiralty, (Board), 70. iEgidius (Giles), 17, 19. Agatha (Princess), 16. Agnes, de Taillebois, 8, 15 ; — de Wyndesore, 15. Aisby, (Aseby) (Line), 7, 10, 91. Alan le Wayder, 13. Aland, Charles (1667), 51; James — (of Langley Burrell), 51. Alard, W”, 7. Alban, St., 86 ; translation of remains of the martyr — , 86 ; abbey of —, 86, 93. Alcester (Warw.), 86. Aldborough (Aldburgh) (Baron —), 31; (Sir W m de —), 31; Elizabeth — , 31, 32; arms of —, 31, 32, 33, 50, 89 ; motto of — , 89. Aldermanbiry (Gervasius de —), 9. ♦ Alderton (Wilts), 115. Aldwinus (forbat’), 7. Aldworth (Robert — of Bristol), 49. Alexander, de Windesore, 8, 94, 95, 96. Alice Perers, 15, 94, 95, 96, 97. Allen (Richard — of co Derby), 84 ; (Thurstan —), 84 ; Elizabeth —, 84 ; (arms of —), 84. Allen (John — of Dale), 66, 80; Da¬ vid, 80; Mary, 66. Allennys (William —), 18, 21; (Jane — ), 18, 21; (John, W m , Tho s , Alex r , Jane, Anne, Mabell —), 21, 31. Alphonso (King of Gallieia), 16. Alscotfield (Bucks), 85. Alveston (Glou), 41. Alvithley (Essex), 90. Amberer (Bretellus de —), 7. Amesbury (Wilts), 46. Amy (John — de Stratton), 15. Angevin, 5. Anjou (Duke of), 12, 92; (Margaret of —), 17, 18, 92 ; arms of — , 92. -(Earl of), 12. Annals (of St. Alban’s) 86, 94; (Dun¬ stable) 90 ; (of England), 5. Anne (Queen) (Tax-gatherer’s receipt temp) 61. Anselmus (Yicecomes), 7. Anson (Lord), 74. il Parre, (a Pare, a Parr, aparre), 19, 21, 30. -(Sir Thomas — ), 21, 30 ; S. Parr. Appleby (West) (Walter, vicar of), 96. Aquitaine, 12. Archbishop (of Canterbury'), 34, 35; (— Savage, of York, 1501-1507), 33. Archdeacon (of Beds), 11; — (of Xor- folk), 12. Archduke Charles (1573), 35. Ardeme (Arden), Thomas de, 11. Armorial seal (of W. de Wyndesore), 97 ; S. Seals, —• Bookplates, 89. Arms, of Allen, 84; Anjou, 92; Ald¬ borough, 31, 32, 50, 88, 89; Ashe, 56 ; Baliol, 32 ; Baskerville, 23, 89 ; Barr (De Barre), 92; Bellingham, 23, 89; Bumeshead, 23, 89; Bing¬ ham, 62, 89 ; Caine, 65 ; Chaldecot, 62, 89; Constable, 32; Colt, 86; Copinger, 41; Dacre of Gilsland, 30 ; Daincourt, 32 ; Dalling, 84 ; Darcy, 93; Duchet, 93 ; Duckett (Geo. of Aylesbury), 84; Ducket (Sir Lionel), 33, 34, 89; Duckett (William of Hartham,) 50, 115; Duckett (Will m of Gray's Inn), 83, 84; Duckett (Col W m [in West¬ minster Abbey]), 89 ; Duket, 50, 89; Duket (Andrew) (1470), 92; Duket (Hugh) (1298), 6, 82, 93; Everingham, 93; Galloway, 32; Gas- coine, 32 ; Grevill, 86 ; Harrington, 21; Henshaw, 55 ; Horsey, 86 ; Hud¬ dleston, 32 ; Hungary, 92; Jacques- son, 1; Jerusalem, 92; Kipping, 55; Lancaster, 8, 89; Long, 90; Lor¬ raine, 92; Queen Margaret of An¬ jou, 92; Mowbray, 32 ; Xaples, 92 ; Xeville, 32; Queen’s College, Cam¬ bridge, 92; Parre (of Kendal), 21 ; Philipson, 27; Redman (of Har¬ wood), 32, 50, 88, 89; Bishop Red¬ man impaling Ely, 31; do. impaling Exeter, 31; Rylston, 32; Ryther, 32; Salkeld, 27 ; Skynner, 62, 89 ; Stapleton, 32; Sutton, 32; Swyfte, 85; Thweng, 32; Trenchard, 62, 89; Turberville, 62, 89 ; Walshe, 84 ; Washington, 39; Worsley, 17; Worsley quartering Massye, 17; Wymbish, 93 ; Wyndesore, 8, 50, 89, 93, 97 ; Wynter, 42 ; Yipont (Vete- ripont), 32. Armstrong, (Richard, Francis, Jenet, Margaret), 27 ; Elizabeth, 87. Artenai (William do), 6, 7. Arundell, 5. Aseby (Line), 7, 10, 91. Ascuit (Ascoit), Musard, 6. Ash (Ashe) (Samuel, of Langley, Wilts), 45, 47, 51, 55, 57; Martha — , 45, 55; Sir Joseph —, (1660), 47, 57 ; arms of — , 56. Ash, 61. Asherst, 41. Ashill (Xorf.), 83. Ashley (Wilts), 81. 100 INDEX OF PERSONS, PLACES, ETC. Askeby (Robert de), 96. Atherton, 81. Atkins (Anne), 56. Atkyns (Edward Martin — of Kingston Lisle), 3 ; Susanna Louisa — , 3. Attainder, 9, 19, 97. Audley (John), 19. Aumele, 5. Avery (Benjamin), 56, 57. Avranehes (Normandy), 6, 20; Count Hugo of — (Earl of Chester), 6. Axford (Wilts), 49. Aylesbury (Bucks), 84. Aylsham (Norf.), 68. Ayslaby (Dur), 2. Ayton (York), 2, 3, 4. Bacon (Sir Nicholas, Lord Keeper), 63 ; Lady — , 63. Baden (Lady Cecilia, Marchioness of), 35. Baddow, Little (Esses), 54. Bailiff (of city of London), 9; — er¬ rant or itinerant, 87. Bailiwick (Balliva), 11, 12, 76, 87. Baker, 43; Henry — of Chippenham, 51. Balduinus Fuisnardus, 7. Baldwin de Fuisnard, 7; — (count of Flanders), 8. Balmerino (Lord) (1745), 70. Balthorp (Sir Robert), 19. Banbury (Battle of), (1468), 18, 20. Banister (Sir Robert), 63; Lady —, 63 ; Margaret — , 63. Bank note (of K. Charles 1), 60. Barcot (Berks), 34, 45. Bard (Hugh), 10. Bardolfe (W m ), 14 ; Hugh —, 14. Barking (Essex), 54. Barnard's Inn, 83, 88. Bame (Lord Mayor), 35. Baron (of Kendal), 8, 15, 89. Barons (rebellious) (Hen. Ill), 14. Baronets’ (Badge of Ulster), 68; — pedigrees (Col. of Arm), 1. Barwic-k (Lan), 17, 30. Barwyk (Lan), 17, 30. Baskerfeelde (Hugh), 37. Baskerfeild (Tho s ), 45. Baskerfilde (Hugh), 39. Baskerville (Humphrey), 23, 33; Anne — , 23, 33; Anne —, 33; Hugh — , 37, 39 ; Elizabeth —, 38 ; Martha —, Mary — , 38; Thomas — , 45 ; (arms of — ), 23, 89. Basket (of Dewlish), 63, 65; Selina —, 63, 65. Bates (Vicar of Buckland), 45. Bathoniensis electus, 9. Batsford (Glou), 48. Battaile (Battle) abbey, 5. Battle (of Banbury), 18 ; (of Edgecote field), 18; (of Lepanto), 64; (ofRij- menam), 64 ; (of Evesham), 14. Battle abbey roll, 5. Bayeux (Odo, Bishop of), 5. Bavntun (Sir Edw d , of Bromeham), 32 ; Sir Henry — (col. of Wilts militia), 37, 46, 47, 51; Colonel —, 61 ; Ed¬ ward — (of Hazeland), 45. Beale (John, of Maidstone), 39, 40, 53 ; Sir John — (of Famingham Court), 39, 53. Bealknappe (Robert), 95. Beatrice Duket, 13, 14. Beatrix, 13, 14. Beauchamp Court (War), 86. Beaufort (Henry), 18; Duke of —, 69. Beaumonte (W m , Viscount), 19. Beaconsfield (Bucks), 57. Beckermouth (Cum), 28. Becket (Thomas a), 7. Beeches,* 40. Belet, 7. Bellingham (Northumb.), 25. Bellingham (Richard, of Bellingham), 25 ; (Sir Henry — ), 19 ; (Sir Henry — Kt. and bart.), 24 ; (Sir Roger — of Bumeshead), 17, 21, 22, 27, 30; (Mabel —), 17, 21; (Sir Robert —), 27 ; (Anne —), 27 ; (Sir Robert — of Bumshead), 23 ; (Dorothy — ), 23; (Alan, of Helsington), 23, 24; (Katherine -—), 23 ; (James — ), 24, 28 ; Marian—, 24 ; (arms of —), 18, 23, 89. Belyngham (Sir Henry), 19, 21. Belstead Parva (Suff.), 83. Belvoir (Lord Roos &), 53. Benet (Thomas, alderman), 83. Bennet (Mr. Secretary) (1660), 50. Bennett (Leigh, of Thorpe place, Sur¬ rey), 68 ; (John — of Aylsham), 68 ; (John Leigh — ), 68; (Woolley Leigh —), 68 ; (Mary —), 68 ; (Eli¬ zabeth —), 68 ; (Thomas Leigh —), 68, 81 ; Grace — , 68, 81 ; (Rachel —), 68; (John Leigh — of Thorpe place), 69; .(Harriet Eliza —, Bar¬ bara —, Caroline —), 69; (Thomas Leigh — , Martha ■—, Sybella-Mar- tha —), 69 ; (Rev d Henry Leigh — of Thorpe place), 69. Bennett Swayne (of Milford), 48. Bennett Redman, 37. Bentham (D r Joseph, prebendary' of Lincoln), 53 ; Anne — , 53. Bentley (Suff.), 83. Bere Regis (Dor), 46. Berkhampstead (Herts), 83. Bernard (St. - ’s Hostell), 18. Bemey (Thomas, of Bracon Hall), 4, 74; (Elizabeth —), 4, 74. Berrowe (Col.), 41. Berwick (Governor of) (Castle of), 31. Berwyck (Lan.), 17. Besham, 4. Betham (Beethom) (West d ), 24, 26, 28, 29, 30. Bethom, S. Betham. Bethom (Thos), 27. Biddestone (Bidson) (Wilts), 41, 47, 48, 49, 62, 81. Bidson, S. Biddestone. Bifelde (W.), 19. Billesden (Lei), 86. Bingham (of Bingham’s Melcombe), 62, 64, 65; (John — of Bingham's Melcombe), 47 ; (John de — ) (Hen. 1), 62; (William de — , Hen. Ill), 64; (Robert —), 62, 81; (Robert — ), 62, 81; (Robert —), 62, 81; (Sir Geo —, Sir John —, Sir Henry —), 62 ; (Sir Richard — ), 62, 64, 65, 81; (monument to — , in Westminster Abbey), 64 ; (his portrait), 64 ; (John — of Foxford), 62; (Henry — of Newbrook), 62 ; (John — cr. Baron Clanmorris), 62; (Sir Geo — bt.), 62; (Sir John — M.P.), 62; (Sir John — ), 63; (Sir Charles — M.P., cr. Baron Lucan), 63 ; (Richard — ), 62, 81; (John — M.P.), 62, 65, 81; (Richard — ), 62; (William — , Charles — ), 62 ; (Strode —), 62, 81; (Alice, Anne, Sarah, Cecily, Fran¬ ces), 62, 81; (Eliz. Jane, Penelope, Frances), 62, 81; (Jane — ), 62, 64, 81; (Grace —), 47, 48, 57, 62, 65, 81; (Richard — ), 48; (arms of —), 62, 47, 89; (arms of — quartering Turberville), 47. Bingham’s Melcombe (Dor.), 47, 62, 64. Bishop (of St. Asaph), 31; (Bath), 9, 11; (— of Bayeux), 5 ; (— of Chi¬ chester), 13; (of Exeter), 31; (of London), 34, 35; (Alexander — of Lincoln), 86; (— of Ely), 31; (of Rochester) (1715), 59; (of Norwich), 9, 12; (of Salisbury), 6, 7, 57, 59; (of Winchester), 6, 7 ; (— Redman), 31; (— Burnet), 57, 59, 60. Bishop’s Auckland, (Dur), 2. Bishop Stortford (Herts), 70, 74, 75. Blackburn (Elizabeth Rachel), 3. Blacklands (Wilts), 41, 47, 48, 49. Blackstone (Commentaries), 15, 19. Bladwell, 83, 85. Blair, 2. Blake (of Pinhills), 24. Blakenham (Blakeham) (Norf), 11. Blen (Hamo de — ), 10. Blois (Stephen, Count of — ), 16. Boby (Hugh de — ) 14; (Wm. Hwy- theved de —) 15 ; (Henry le Messeg’ de —) 15. Bodenham (Henry), 63. Bolde (Philip), 35. Boleyn (Anna), 18. Bolington (Bullington) priory (Line), 91. Bolran (Lan.), 22. Bolran (Tho s ), 22; (Margaret), 22. Bolwell (Jane), 58. Bolyngham (Robert), 19. Bond (W m ) temp Hen VII, 41. -Jane d. & ch. 41. Boniface (Pope), 89. Bonney (Nicholas — , priest), 95. Boothby (Line), 91. Border-service, 27. - contests, — wars, 1, 27. Borough (Johanna), 19. Borwick (Lan) 17. Botcherby, 83. Botolph (St. — , Cambridge), 18. Bovate, 10, 91. * “ Beech Hill,” ? near Reading, or Burnham Beeches ” ? near Slough. INDEX OF PERSONS, PLACES, ETC. 101 Bower (Bowers) Wilts, 29, 47, 48, 76, 77, 78. Bowman, 66. Bowsas, 40. Bowthe (Lan), 17. Box (Wilts), 41, 48, 57, 58, 81. Boyton (Wilts), 33. Brackenbury (of Denton), 22, 24. Brakynbery, 22; (Ralph — ) 22, 24 ; (Anthony, Martyn, Stephen, W m , Tho s , Cuthbert, Margaret, Jane) 22. Bradley (Lan.) 24. Bradley (John — of Bradley & Be- tham), 24; (Jane —) 24. Bradshaw (Justice), 56 ; (Nicholas — ) 86. Braibroc (Henry de —) (Just. Itin. 1224-1227) 12, 91. Braybroc (Henri de —), S. Brai¬ broc. Bramson, 63. Brampton (Tho s ), 19. Brathwaite (Thos), 24 ; (Richard) 29. Braithwayte (Thos — of Burnside) 27. Braunston (Lei) 87. Bremhill (Wilts), 45. Brent Pelham (Herts), 39, 40, 41. Bretaigne, 5. Bretby (John), 95. Bretton (John), 95. Brewster (Sam 1 ) 54, 55 ; (John — ) 55 ; (Mary — ) 54, 55. Brewys, 53. Brianstone (Dors), 63. Bridport (Lord) (1797) 70. Bridgewater, 21. * Bristol (Earl of — , 1779), 73. Brisus (Willelmus —), 7. Brittany (Count of —), 16. Broke (Baron — , of Beauchamp), 86 ; (Lord Willoughby de — ) 86. Brook (Sir Robert — M.P. 1666) 51. Brooke (Sir Robert — ) (1667) 54; (Edw — , John —, Martha — ), 37. Brookes (Mary) 40. Bronolmsheade (Gilbert de —), 25. Broun (Richard — , of Bushey), 95. Browne (Reginald —), 39. Bruces (Brewys) (Cambs), 53. Brus (Peter de —), 96. Bryan (Thos — , of Bucks), 84 ; — (of Aylesbury), 84 ; (Francis — , of Itis- borough), 85. Bryastanes (Nicholas do — ), 94. Bucceshal, 3. Buckingham (Duke of — , 1700), 59. Buckland (Berks), 34, 38, 45 ; — (Bucks), 84. Bufle (Walter le —), 13. Bukessala, 41. Bull (Dan 1 ), 66, 80 ; (John —), 66, 67, 80 ; (George ■— ), 67. Bullington Priory (Line), 91. Bully (Roger— de Bokenhole), 15. Bunhill Fields (Lond.), 62. Burdon (Rowland — , of Castle Eden, M.P.). 5 ; (Cotsford — ) 5. Burgh, S. Peterborough. -(Abbot of —) (abbas de Burgo), 12. Burghe (William), 95 Burghley (Lord Treasurer —, temp Ehz), 34. Burgo (Abbas de — ) (Alexander Hol- demess, abbot of Peterborough, 10 Hen III), 12, 91. Burgundy, 5. Burn (Historian of Westmoreland) 15, et passim.* Bumam, E (temp Eliz), 75. Burneshead, 17, 23, 25 ; (Margaret —) 25 ; (Gilbert de — ), 25 ; (arms of —) 18, 23, 89. Burnet (Thomas —, Bishop of Salis¬ bury), 57, 59; (William, Gilbert) 57; Thomas (Sir Thomas), 57, 59, 61 .f Burnley (Rich" 1 ) (Capt of Wilts Mi¬ litia), 46. Bumshead, 23. Burnside, 27. Burrard (Isabella) (Lady B.), 54. Burrard-Neale (Sir Harry — B 1 ) 48, 69, 70. Burton-in-Kendal (West), 96. Bushey (Herts), 95. Bush Lane (Cannon S', London), 67. Bussey (Lambert de — ) 25. Butery (William), 11. Butler’s Bottom (Wilts), 81. Buxhall (Suff.), 41. Bygott (Sir Ralph — ), 19. Byland abbey (York), 13. Byng (Admiral) 73, 74 ; (Court Mar¬ tial on — 1757) 74 .X Byrne, 62. Cade (W m . de Stratton), 15. Caen (Normandy), 16. Caerlaverock, 89. Cailfere (W m ), 19. Calais (Calevs) 75. Caldecott (Nicholas), 43. Caleston (Calestone), 33, 36. Caleston (Roger de — ) (1275), 79. Caleys, 75. Caine (Wilts) (Hundred of, Borough of—), 29, 41, 45, 47, 48, 65, 66, 78, 79, 80 ; (arms of), 65 ; (members of parliament for — borough), 65. Calston (Calstone) Wilts, 8, 29, 36, 40, 41, 45, 47, 48, 49, 51, 65, 66, 76, 78, 79, 90 ; (advowson of — ), 41, 47, 48, 49, 65. Calstone-Bower (Wilts), 41, 45, 47, 48. Calstone-Willington (Wilts), 30, 41, 45, 47, 48. Calthropp (John), 35. Cambridge, S. Colleges. Camden (Lord) (1779), 71. Cancellarius (31 Hen 1) 7, 11; ( — Londoni), 11. Cantilupe (Fulke de—), 78; (William, Lord — ), 78. Cap’ (Capel) (Sir John), 87. Capell (The family of — ), 53 ; (Sir Henry — , Katherine — ) 53; (Mary — ), 53, 54 ; (Sir Arthur — of Had- ham) 64 ; Elizabeth, 64. Capellanus (Hugo — ) 13. Capite (in), 13, 24, 26, 29, 43, 87, 91. Carbonell (Henry — , John —), 13. Cardinal Beaufort, 18; —Fisher (Bp of Rochester) 18; (of Winchester), 18. Care (Sir W — ), 19. Caresley (John ■— •, Robert — ), 87. Carlisle, 95 ; (Prior of — ) 96 ; (chan¬ cellor of the diocese of -— ) 101. Carlton-on-Trent (Notts), 86, 87. Carnet, 7. Carrell (Rich d ), 35. Cary (W- —) 95. Castle (of Berwick), 31 ; (of Devizes), 31; (of Kendal), 23; (of Harwood) 31, 32, 89; (of Salisbury) 11; (of York) 10. Castleacre Priory (Norf), 16. Castro (Johannes de novo —), 6. Catele (Line), 14. Catisby (Sir W — ), 19. Catteley Priory (Line), 14. Catmille (John), 19. Cauleston (Wilts), 8, 36. S. Calston. Cave (Anthony — , of Chicheley), 85 ; (Anne — ), 85. Cavendish (Col. Henry — , 1578), 64. Cecilia (Abbess of Caen), 16. Cecilia (Lady — , Marchioness of Ba¬ den), 35. Chaddleworth (Berks), 23, 46. Chadlington (Oxon), 82. ChafFord (Essex), 90. Chaldecot (Chaldecote) (W ra — , of Quar- relstone), 62, 65; (Anne —), 62, 65, 81; (Arms of—) 62, 89. Chaifield, 76, 77. Chalford (Wilts), 77. * D r Richard Bum was bom at Winton, in Westmoreland, and educated at Queen’s College, Oxford, which Univer¬ sity afterwards conferred on him the honorary degree of doctor of laws. In 1736, he was presented to the living of ('rton, in Westmoreland. He was the author of the History of Westmoreland, and two other works, one, on the office of a Justice of the Peace (Bum’s Justice), the other, on Ecclesiastical Law. He was made by Bishop Lyttelton, chancellor of the diocese of Carlisle, and was a magistrate for the counties of Westmoreland and Cumberland. f Thomas Burnet was bom 1694 ; entered himself at the Middle Temple 1709 ; wrote with George Ducket of Hartham a travestie of the first book of the Iliad. Sent by the whigs as Consul to Lisbon, and in 1729 (20 years after his admission to the Middle Temple), he resumed his original profession. & was knighted 1745. He died unmarried, Jan 5, 1753 of gout in the stomach, and was buried with his father, the Bishop, in St. James’s Church, Clerkenwell. (Foss’s Judges of Eng¬ land.) t Tried at Portsmouth (for misconduct in an engagement off Minorca), Jan 1757, and shot by sentence of Court Martial, Mar 14, 1757. 102 Chaloner (of Gisborough), 2. Chamok (Henry —), 22. Champagne, 7, 6. Chancellor (Lord) (1779), 73. Chancery, S. Suit. Chapel (Hen VII — Westminster Abbey), 89; (Castle — of Harwood), 31, 32, 88. Chapman (Anne), 40, 56; (Geo, Wal¬ ter, Anne, W m ), 56 ; (Walter — ), 40. Chapmanslade (Wilts), 76, 77, 78. Charles (King -—), 55 ; (note of —), 60. Charles (Second) 51, 52. Charletone (John), 95. Charter Rolls, 9. Charteseye (John), 95. Chatham (W m ., Earl of — ), 2. Chenage (Tho s . de — ), 25. Chenies Court (Cheney Court) (Wilts), 57. Cherill (Cherhill) Wilts, 41, 47, 48, 49, 76. Chemok (Hawkyn — ), 19. Cheitsey (Sur), 40, 68. Chesham (Bucks), 84. Cheshunt Nunnery (Herts), 86. Chester (Earl of), 6 ; (Constable of —) 12, 91; (Church of St. John), 6; (Count of — and Avranches), 6. Cheswardine (Salop), 75. Chevening (Kent), 30. Chicheley (Bucks), 85. Chichester (Bishop of —), 13. Chicksand (Prior of — ), 82. Chippenham, 51, 115. Chiriel, S. Cherill. Chisick (Martha), 56. Chiver (Chivers) Roger, 36. Christian, 27. Christiana de Morers, 15, 95. Christ’s Hospital (Lond.), 36. Church (Robert —, Mary —) 4. Churchill (Awnsham —) 48. Cistercian (abbey, monastery, order, etc.) 7. Clanmorris (Lord), 62. Clanrickard (Clanricarde) (Earl of — , Countess of —), 1. Clappam (Clapham) John (Edw IV), 20. Clarence (Duke of —) 18, 20 ; (Duchess of—), 18. Clericus, 11, 90. Cliff (Sir Henry), 19. Clifford (Clyfford) Sir Roger, 19; (John, Lord —) 19. Clifton (Sir John — , Will™ —), 37. Clinton (Godfrey de — ), 7. Close Rolls, 10, 11. Clotworthy (John), 52. Club (Pitt —) 64. Clutterbuck (Rich d —) 54, 55 ; (Jasper —) 55. Clynsan (Dor) 63. Cock (of Chesham) 84. Cockayn (Thomas), 55. Codeham (Henri Longo Mansero de —), 13. Coker (of Mapouder) 62, 81 ; (Alice) 62, 81. Colchester (Essex) 70. INDEX OF PERSONS, PLACES, ETC. Cole (of Nailsea), 63; (Richard, Anne, Sam 1 , Dorothy) 63; (Thomas — of Bristol, 1675) 49 ; (Rev d . W. — an¬ tiquarian) 8, 52; (Humphrey —), 37. Coleby (Line), 15. Coleford (Glou) 42. Colet (John), 35, 42. Colford (Glou), 37, 41, 42. Colleges (Cambridge); S. Emmanuel, 53; Jesus, 23, 26, 30; Magdalene, 41; Queen’s, 18,19, 92 ; St.John’s, 30. Collet’s Bottom (Wilts), 81. Colt (Colte) (of Netherhall, Essex), 85, 86 ; (Henry — , Margaret — ), 85 ; (Sir Henry —) 86 ; (anecdote of — ) 86 ; (arms of —) 86. Collingboume-Kingston (Wilts), 49. Colyns (John), 83. Comerford (Quemerford) Wilts, 41, 47, 48, 49, 76. Comes de Warenna, 6 ; (de Leicestre- sciae), 6; (de Mellent), 6; (Gloeces- trescirm), 7 ; (Sarum) 9 ; (Surregia;) 16. Comines (Philip de) (Udale), 61. Commissioner (of excise) 46; — (of array) 19. Composition, 25. - (Royalist — Papers) 25, 27, 28. Compounder, 25, 28, 51, 52. Compton (W m ) 35. Comte de Champagne, 6 ; ( —■ d’Av¬ ranches), 6; (Mortain), 6 ; (— de Meulant), 8 ; ( — de Provence, man- of-war) 5. Condover (Salop), 23, 46. Corners (Sir John), 20. Coniston (Lan.) 27, 28. Connaught (Governor of — ), 64. Conqueror (William the) 8, 16. Conquest of England, 5. Consanguineus, (Consanguinea), 15, 26, 27, 90. Constable (of Chester) 12, 91; (— the Tower), 9, 10. Constable’s Roll, 89. Constance (Countess of Brittany), 16. Convention (with Spain) 59. Convention-Parliament, 51. Conway Whithome, 48, 49. Cook (Captain —, circumnavigator) 7 0 ; ( —■ of Shropshire) 2 ; (Sir An¬ thony — ) 35. Cooke (Herald), 62. Copley (miniature-painter), 70. Coppinger (Copynger) (of Buxhall) 21, 41; (Sir William —, lord mayor), 21, 41; (Jane, Beatrix, Henry, Agnes, Anne, Thomas, Walter) 41; (Wal¬ ter —) 41, 43 ; (licence to remain covered in the king’s presence) 41; (W m ) 43 ; (Henry — prebendary of York), 41 ; (John — ) 21, 41; (Tho¬ mas vne) 21; (Cicely or Cecilie — ) 43 ; Arms of — , 41. Copps (Rachel), 68. Comage, 96. Cornell (Anthony) 45. Come wall (Thomas) 19. Cornhill (Reginald de —) 9. Cornwall (Earl of —), 6. Corsham (Wilts), 37, 40, 41, 47, 48, 49, 79, 80, 81. Cotgrave, 5. Cotsford Matthews, 5. Coucy (W m de — ), 96. Councy (William de — ), 96. Counter (Prison, Lond.) 37, 40. Count (of Flanders), 8, 16; (of Essex), 9, 10 ; (Palatine of Chester), 6. Coupland (Sir John de — ) 8 ; (Joande — ) 8, 96. Court of Rome, 11, 12. -(of Wards & Liveries), 44, 45. -(Suit of —), 15. -(County —), 12. -(Court-Baron), 78. - Martial (on Admiral Byng) (1757), 73, 74 ; (on Admiral Keppel) 72, 74 ; (on Sir Hugh Palliser) 72, 74. Courtney (Sir John — ), 19 ; (Thomas, Earl of Devon) 19. Covert (Glou), 42. Cowper (W m ), 33. Crafl'ord (Thos.), 19. Crakenthorpe (Ambrose —), 22. Cresset (John) 85. Crest (of Richard III), 92; (of Duckett) 89, 97, 115; (Redman of Harwood) 88 ; (Copinger) 41; (Swyfte), 85. Crevequeor (Alexander de — ), 13. Crofts (Sir James — , temp Eliz.), 85. Crossfield (Rob 1 ) 27. Croum (Petronilla de —) 10, 91. Croyser (W m ) 95. Cumberland (Duke of —), 74. Cumley (Salop), 76. Cunlifle (Rob 1 ), 28. Cunswick (West), 24. CurcelT (WandrilT de —), 11. Curl, 59. Curthose (Gilbert de — ), 13. Curtiniaco (Dominus Milo de —), 7. Cur wen (Sir Henry —, of Working- ton) 25, 29 ; (Magdalen —) 25, 29. Dacre (Ralph, Lord —), 19 ; (Thomas, Lord — of Gilsland), 23, 30, 39 ; (Sir Humphrey — 19) ; arms of — , 30. Dagenham (Essex), 54. Dalegarth (Cum), 17. Daker (W m de —), 96. Palling (Arms of —), 84. Dalston (John — , of Acom Bank, West d ) 25 ; (Sir Christopher — ) 25. Daly (Letitia), 62. Danbury (Essex), 54. Dance (portrait by —), 70.* Danvers (Tho s ), 19 ; (Sir John —temp. Eliz), 76. Danyel (Tho s ), 19. Darcy (D’Arcy) 5; ( — of Nocton) 93 ; (of Hill House, Richmond), 2. Dauntsey (Wilts) 26, 44, 45. Daventry (Baron of — ) 54. Daventry (Npton), 51. Dawson (John), 19; (John —), 68. Daye (Roger —, of Bushey), 95. Dean (of London), 12; (— of Lich¬ field), 13. * Took the name of Holland, and was created a baronet. INDEX OF PERSONS, PLACES, ETC. 103 Dean (Forest of —) (Glou), 37, 41. Deane (of Newark), 87. Debenham (Gilbert —), 83. Dechet, 7. De Duket (Richard —), 10. De Duchet, 5, 6; (Landry, Godfrey, Hato, Warner, William, Walter, Fulke — ) 7. S. Duchet, Duschet. Do Forde, 19. De la Fontaine, 50. Del Parre, 21; (Sir William— ) 21. S. A’Parre, Parr. Delamare, 5. Demcourt, 5. Dene (Robert), 45. Denman (Thos), 20; (Thomas — ) 48, 49. Denny (Henry —, Elizabeth —), 86; (Sir Anthony — of Harrolds, temp. Hen. VIII) 86. Denton (York), 22, 23. De Par, 21. S. A’Parre, Parr. Deputy-lieutenant (of Wilts), 46, 50, 51; (of Herts) 57 ; (of Middx), 66. Derby (Earl of — ), 14. Despenser, 5 ; (Lord le —) 72. Devon (Earl of — ), 19. Dewlish (Dor) 46, 47, 60, 63, 65. Diccon (Robert de — ), 13. Digby (Edw d ), 19. Diks (Dyks) Henry, 33. Dionisia le Bufle, 13. Dirrington (Lino) 14. Ditcheridge (Ditteridge) Wilts, 57, 58. Divelish (Dors), 47, 63, 65. Docker (West), 22, 25, 26, 28, 29. Docker-Wharton (Lan), 17. Docket, 7, 17, 18. S. Doket, Duket, Ducket. Doket, 7, 18, 22, 82, 83, 87; (Andrew —) 18. S. Duket (Andrew) ; (Ro¬ bert — , 1307), 82 ; (Richard — , 1417) 82; (Richard — , 1429), 83; (Richard — , 1448), 83 ; (Richard — , 1450), 83; (Henry — , 1459), 83; (John — , 1464), 83 ; (John — , 1469), 83 ; (John — , sheriff of Lon¬ don, 1509), 83 ; (Robert — , 1518), 83; (Sir Robert — , priest, 1538), 87. Dokkytt, 7, 22, S. Doket, Duket. Domesday Book, 5, 6, 16, 35, 36. Dominus Ricardus Duket 10, 13, 14; ( — Hugo Duket) 13, 14; ( — Hugo Duket) 93. Donis (Statute de — ), 9, 19. Donyngton (Simeon a la sale de —), 15 ; (Thomas a la sale de —), 15. Douchampe, 5. Dover (Kent), 6, 7. Dowbyggyng (John — ), 19. Draycot-Cerne (Wilts), 51. Drivall, 5. Dubheldai, 6. Ducarel (Andrew Coltee —), 68. Duccet, 7. Duce (Normandy), 6. Duce (Family of — ), 6; (Jean, Sei¬ gneur de — , Ranulfe de — ), 6. Ducet, 5, 6, 8, 10, 91, S. Duchet, Duket. Duche, S. Duchet. Duchess (Lady Cicely, — of York), 18; (Anne Plantagenet, — of Exe¬ ter) 53 ; (— of Clarence), 18 ; (— of Gloucester), 18; (of Richmond), 63. Duchet, 5, 6, 7, 9, 20, 86, 90, 93; (Ra¬ nulfe — Ranulph —) 6, 9, 86 ; (Nic¬ hole — , Nicholas — , Abbot of St. Basle), 6 ; (Nichole —, Chamberlain of London) 6, 8, 9,10; (Richard — or Duket, Just Itin. Hen III), 10, 90, 91; (Richard—, priest, 1197) 82, 90 ; (Herbert —, 1119) 82, 86; (Arms of —), 93. Ducket, 7. S. Duket. Ducket (Duckett) of Hartham, 5, 8, 20, 51, 52, 81, 89; (arms of—) 89, 93, 115. Ducket (of Grayrigg), 5, 8, 25, 29, 52, 81, 82, 94, 97. Ducket (of Steeple-Morden) 5, 8, 15, 24, 52, 81, 93; (Arms of — ), 53, 93. Ducket (of Aylesbury & Wycombe) 5, 8, 84, 89 ; (Arms of —), 84. Ducket (of Westmoreland), 8, 52, 94; (of Wilts), 8, 51, 52, 89; (of Cam¬ bridgeshire), 8, 52, 94; (of Skels- mergh), 22, 26, 82; (of Notts), 86; (of Flmtham), 19, 21, 86; (of Sed- hergh), 82. Duckett (John — , of London, 1540) 83, 85; (Margaret — , ob. 1603) 83, 85; (Ralph — of Roydon, 1586) 83, 85 ; (William, Joanne, Frances), 85. Ducket (Agnes — , 1538), 87. Duckett (Anthony — , of Garlich House, West d ) 27. Duckett (Mary — , Jane, 1648), 83. Duckett (George —, of Aylesbury, John, Anne, William, Elizabeth, Christopher, Cicely, Dorothy, Joyce, Elizabeth, Mary —), 84. Duckett (Henry — , of Barnard’s Inn, (1583), John —), 83, 88. Duckett (Sir Francis — , of Berkshire, 1603), 83. Duckett (Sir Francis — , of Shropshire, 1603), 83. Duckett (Anthony — , of Gray’s Inn), 83. Duckett (W m — , of Gray’s Inn, 1619), 83. Duckett (W m —■, of Gray's Inn, 1645), 83 ; (Arms of — ), 84. Duckett (John — , of Thurmaston, Leic; Thomas — , of Thurmaston —), 83, 88. Duckett (of Sedbergh), 82. - (John —) 40. ——- (Robert —) 43. - (Thomas —- of Cambridgeshire, discoverer of certain inventions), 52, 53. -(Edward —) (1615), 83. - (Joseph — , 1683), 84. - (Major —), 52; (Capt. Charles —) 52 ; (Major —), 52. -(Catherine —) (1797), 76. Duckett (Thomas —, of Steeple Mor- den, Cambridgeshire), 39, 40, 41, 52, 53; (an intended knight of Royal Oak) 52 ; (sheriff for Cambridge¬ shire), 53; (arms of —) 53, 93 ; (Anne —) 39, 40, 53; (Mary—), 39, 40 ; (Thomas —), 40, 53. 54 ; (Mary —), 39 ; (John —), 40, 53 ; (Edward —), 40. Duckett (Thomas —, of Steeple Mor- den), 40, 53, 54, 55; defendant in Chancery suit) 54 ; (Anne —) 53 ; (Anne, Mansell, James —), 53, 55. Duckett (Richard —, of Grayrigg, Lambrigg, & Docker), (Escheator of Cumberland & West d ) 23, 24, 29; (Catherine —) 24 ; Margery 22, 24. Duckett (Sir Francis —, of Grayrigg, etc.), 24, 26, 28, 29, 30; (Marian [Marion], William, Alice, Frances, Catherine, Jane —), 24, 26, 29. Duckett (Anthony —, of Grayrigg, &c), 24, 28, 29. Duckett (James —, of Grayrigg, &c) 25, 28, 29; (Magdalen, Margaret, Mary, W m , Richard, Elizabeth, Bridget, Elizabeth, Thomas, John, Christopher, Marian, Ellen, Eleanor, Anne •—), 25, 29, 30. Duckett (Anthony — of Grayrigg, &c) 25, 28, 29, 30; (Elizabeth —) 25, 29 ; (Margaret —), 25, 28, 29. Duckett (William —, of Flyntham, Notts), 19, 21, 30, 31, 86; (Jane—), 21, 30, 31. Duckett (John —, of Flyntham), 21, 22, 31, 35, 42, 43; (will of —), 42; Thomasyne, 21, 31, 42. Duckett (Sir Lvonel —, Lord Mayor of London, temp Eliz), 21, 31, 32, 33, 34, 42, 43, 76, 77, 78, 85, 89, 90, 97; (will of —) 36; (portrait of —) 31, 33; (arms of —, seal of —) 31, 33, 34 ; (Mary — ) 31, 33 ; (Geo —, Tho¬ mas) 33; (Dame Jane — ), 33, 37, 38, 40; (Sir Thomas —) 33, 36, 37, 38; (Dame Margaret —), 33, 39, 45, 46. Duckett (Stephen —, of Calstone, Wilts), 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 42, 46, 47, 65, 76, 77, 90; (will of —) 43; (Anne —) 33, 37, 38, 44, 45, 46; (Henry) 44; (Thomas — ) 21, 44; (Jane, Mary, Margaret —) 23, 45; (Mar¬ tha —) 21, 42. Duckett (Lionel —, of Calstone & Barcot), 23, 35, 37, 39, 44, 45, 46, 47, 65; (will of —) 45; (anecdote of — as M.P.) 65. Duckett (John —, of Calstone & Hart- ham) 23, 28, 36, 37, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 49, 50, 56, 65; (captain of mi¬ litia) 37, 46 ; (miniature of — ) 50 ; (arms of —) 40; (sheriff of Wilts) 38 ; (Elizabeth — ) 36 ; (Stephen — ) 37, 43 ; (Jane —) 36, 43. Duckett (William — , of Hartham), 40, 41, 42, 43, 47, 49, 50, 51, 52, 56, 65 ; (his information relative to Fire of London) 51; (miniature of — ) 50 ; twill of — ) 49 ; (aims of —), 50, 115 ; (justice of the peace) 51; (militia officer) 51; (Elizabeth —) 40, 47 ; (Anne —) 40, 41, 43, 56 ; her will 56 ; (Jane —) 40, 43, 49, 56 ; (Mar¬ garet —), 42, 47. 49, 50 ; her will 49. Duckett (Lionel — , of Hartham), 44, 101 INDEX OF PEBSONS, PLACES, ETC. 47, 48, 49, 55, 56, 65, 79; (will of — ) 79; (Martha —) 45, 47, 48, 55, 57, 79 ; (William — ), 45, 59; (Mary —j 45, 46, 59; (Colonel William —) 46, 55, 57, 59, 60, 61, 65, 79, 89 ; (arms of —, in Westminster Abbey), 89; (John—, Lyonel —)46; (Henry- Stephen — ) 46, 55, 79. Duckett (George — , of Hartham &c.), 46, 48, 55, 57, 59, 60, 61, 62, 65, 66, 81, 89, 97; (wrote pamphlet against the Iliad), 59; (named in Pope’s Dunciad), 59; (D r Johnson’s remarks thereon), 59; (various entries in pocket books of — 1711-1714), 60; (Grace —), 47, 48, 57, 62, 66, 81; (William —), 47, 81; (Lionel —), 47. 48, 62, 66, 67, 81; (Thomas —), 47, 57, 60, 65, 66, 67, 68, 79, 80, 81; (his letter to John Bull Esq r ) 67; (George —), 47, 67, 81; (Wil¬ liam—), 47, 66,67, 68, 80, 81; (Skin¬ ner —), 47, 66, 67, 80, 81 ; (Grace —), 47, 48, 61, 65, 67, 80, 81; (Mar¬ tha — ), 47, 66, 67, 81 ; (Catherine —), 48; (Elizabeth —), 68 ; (Mary —), 67, 80. Duckett (Sir George (Jackson) — , Bart) 4. 65, 66, 70, 81; (Grace —) 4, 49, 51, 65, 67, 68, 70, 81; (Esther —) 51, 70. Duckett (Sir George), 50, 52, 53, 57, 70; (Isabella — ) 53. Duckett (Sir George Floyd), 54, 65; (Isabella —), 54 ; (Isabella — ), 65. Duddinghurst (Essex), 90. Dugdale, Sir W m (Herald), 11, 25. Duielish, 63. Duisnellus (Robertus —), 6. Duke (of Normandy), 12 ; (Richard Plantagenet, — of York), 53 ; (— of Beaufort), 69 ; ( — of Richmond, am¬ bassador to Denmark), 56; (— Townsend, 1710), 60; (— of Rich¬ mond), 63; (—of Richmond, 1779), 70, 72. Duke’s Hill (Wilts), 81. Duket, 5, 6, 7,86,90. S. Duchet, Ducket. Duket (Herbert or Herebert — , 1119), 82, 86; (Lawrence —, 1275), 82; (Lawrence — , 1284), 82 ; (Hugh —, priest, 1298), 6, 82, 92, 93; (Robert — , 1307), 82; (John — , 1325), 82; (Roger —, of Notts, 1347) 82, 86, 87 ; (Roger — of Notts) 86, 87 ; (Lawrence — , 1368), 82; (Oshert — , 1326), 82; (Richard —, 1371), 82 ; (Walter — , 1382) 82 ; (Richard —, 1417), 82; (John —, of Softley, 1431) 82; (Richard — , 1448), 83; (Richard — , 1450) 83; (Henry — , 1459), 83 ; (John —, 1464) 83; (John -—, 1509), 83; (Sir Robert, priest, 1534), 83, 87; (Thomas—, 1538), 87 ; (John —, of London, 1540), 83, 85 ; (Ralph — , of Roydon. S. Duck¬ et) ; (James — , 1482) 32. Duket (Nicholas — ) (chamberlain of London), 6, 8, 9, 10; (John — of * Was invited to Cambridge by his f 1448). Dover), 6, 7, 82; (Richard, Roger & Dulcia of Enstone, Oxon), 6, 82; (Walter — , co Somerset), 6, 7, 82; (Alice —), 6, 7, 82; (John — , So¬ merset) 6, 82 ; (Thurstan — ), 6, 82 ; (Richard —•, judge Hen III) (Du¬ chet, de Duket, Duschet), 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 82, 91, 92; (Sir Hugh —) 9, 13; (Beatrice), 13, 14; (Adam —), 13, 14, 15; (Marie, Mary) 13, 82 ; (Stephen —), 14 ; (Margaret —,) 14 ; (William — , of Fillingham) 14, 15 ; (Richard —), 15 ; (Hugh —) 15. Duket (Robert —, of Skelsmergh) 22, 26 ; (James —, of Skelsmergh), 26 ; (Margaret, Elizabeth, Mabel, Johan¬ na), 26 ; (Henry — , of Bolron, Scot- ford, & Lancaster) 22; (Richard — , of Bolron, &c. 22 ; (Elizabeth —) 22. Duket (John — , of Fillingham) 7, 8, 15, 16, 25, 95 ; (Margery — , heiress ofWyndesore) 8, 15, 16, 25, 95, 96, 97 ; (Richard —, of Grayrigg &c), 16. Duket (Sir Richard —), of Grayrigg, M.P. Westmoreland), 9, 17, 18, 19, 20, 30; attainted (1461) 19; com¬ missioner of array, 19 ; (Mabel —) 17, 30; (Andrew —, President of Queen’s College, Cambridge) 17, 18, 19, 92 ; (Alice —), 17 ; (Thomas — ) 17, 18. Duket (Thomas — , of Grayrigg), 9, 17, 18, 30 ; (Jane —), 18, 31 ; (Eliza¬ beth — ) 18, 30; (Thomas —, Rich¬ ard —) 18. Duket (Richard —, of Grayrigg) 18, 19, 30 ; (Eleanor — ) 19, 30. Duket (Richard —, of Grayrigg & Docker), 19, 22, 23. 30, 31; ‘(Robert, Richard, Anne, Mabel, Margery — ), 20, 22, 30, 31. Duket (or Ducket) (Anthony —, of Grayrigg, Lambrigg, & Docker) (Es- eheator of West" 1 & Cum d ) 22, 23, 29, 39, 52; (Alice — ) 23, 39; (Agnes — ) 22, 27 ; (Dorothy — ) 23 ; (James, Walter, Randolph, Elizabeth, Doro¬ thy — ) 22 ; (Charles, Jasper, W ra , Gabriel, Catherine — ), 23; (Lionel — , fellow of Jesus Col. Cambs.) 23, 26, 30; (Alan or Allen —), 24, 35, 37, 38, 39, 44, 52, 55 [from whom the Ducketts of Steeple Morden]; (Agnes — ), 23; (Joyce —) 23, 24, 39,52,55; (arms of —) 89, 115. [For further succession of the House of Grayrigg, S. Duckett (Richard, &c.)]. Dunciad (Poem), 57, 59, 60. Dunstable (Priory of —; Annals of —) 90. Dunstan (Martin), 18. Dunsterville, 5. Durant (Robert, Idonea, Simon, Mary, John, John), 13. Duredent, 5. Durham (Bishop of - —), 82. Duschet, (Richard — ) 91. S. Duchet, Duket. snd Cardinal Fisher; made Queen’s Co Dutch Fleet (Victor}’ over —), 51. Dygby (Edw.), 19. Dyks (Henry), 33. Dymoke (John), 35. Dyrington, 14. Earthquake (Lisbon), (1755), 66. Eastgate (Lincoln), 93. Eastmont (John), 56, 57. Eaton (Thomas), 35. Ebrulph (Abbot of St. — , Normandy), 83. Ecuyer, 89. Edgcote (Edgecott, Hedgecot) (Battle of—, 1468) 9, 18, 20, 21. Edmund (Earl of Lancaster), 14. Edward (King) I., 8, 14. -II, 8. -Ill, 8, 31, 87, 94. - IV, 9, 18, 19, 20, 21, 31, 53. -VI, 32, 35. Edward (Prince), 19. Edwardes (Sir Henry Hope — bt), 45, 46; (Sir Thomas —, temp Charles I.) 45 ; (Humphrey —, regicide) 45 ; (Thomas, Lucy, Alice) 45. Edwardus (thesaurarius), 11, 12. Effingham (Earl of — ) (1779), 71. Elizabeth (Queen) 7. Elizabeth (Queen of Edward IV), 18. Elking-ton (Elizabeth), 36. Ellesmere (Ellysmvr) (Edw — ), 19. Elliot (John) 35 ; (Brigadier — ) (1739), 59. Elston (Notts) 37. Elteham, 15. Eltham (Kent), 10, 15, 91. Ely (Adam of —) 6, 7 ; (Monks of — ), 86 ; (Arms of the see of — ) 31. Elwyke (Thos), 19. Emmanuel College, (Cambridge), 53. Ennestan’ (Enneston’) (Oxon), 82. Ensham (Abbot of —), 86. Enstone (Oxon), 82. Entail, 15, 19. Episcopus (Winton’), 7, 9. Erasmus (celebrated Dutch scholar and reformer)* 18. Ercall (Salop), 75. Erith (Kent), 9. Ernie, 63. Ernley (of Wilts), 44. Erturus (frater Warini), 7. Eschaalis (Abbey of —) (Champagne) 5, 7 ; (William, Ahbot of —), 5. Eschaleium, 5. Escheat Rolls, 1. Escheator, 1, 24, 27, 87. of Herts & Essex), 94. of Westmoreland & Cumh.) 23, 24. Essex (G. Fitz-Peter, Earl of — , 1206) 9, 10; (Geoffrey Fitz-Peter, Earl of —) (1197-1210) 90; (Earl of — , Lord Treasurer), 61; (W. Parr, Earl of—) 21. Estates-Tail, 19. Eudo La Zouche, 78. Eustace (Archdeacon of Lewes), 11. >ge the place of his study (26 Hen VI, INDEX OF PERSONS, PLACES, ETC. 105 Evelyn (author of memoirs), 56. Everingham (Sir John de — ), 14; (Margaret de — ) 14 ; (Sir Thomas —) 19 ; (Adam de —) 14; (Anns of — ), 93. Eversham (Westm), 17. S. Heversham. Evesham (Battle of — ■), 14. Exeter (Henry, Duke of —) 19 ; (Arms of the see of —) 31. Exonia (Exeter), 19. Eyre (Thomas) 58; (Capt — of Nes- ton), 58; (Sir William — , Wilts) 46 ; (William —, of Corsham), 49. Fairfax (Sir Thomas — , parliamentary general temp Cromwell), 52 ; (Lord —) (1650) 51. Farcing Hall (Suff), 41. Farleton (Westm), 26. Farley (Farleigh) Wilts, 57, 59. Farmer (John, Richard, Martha, Eliza¬ beth — ), 37 ; (Thomasine — ■), 37, 44. Farningham Court (Kent), 39. Famese (Alex r ) (Prince of Parma), 64. Farour (W), 19. Farquhar (Sir Thomas Harvie — ), 69 ; (Svbella Martha, Lady —) 69 ; (Sir Walter Rockcliffe —) 69; (Lady Mary —) 69. Fasboum Hall (Suff.), 41. Fealty, 85, 86, 87. Fekenham, 10. Felles (Thomas) 87. Feoda Cestrise, 91 ; (— Lancastriae), 91. Feoffamentum, 91. Feoffment, 31, 94. Feoffment (old — ; new — ), 10, 91. Fergant (Count of Brittany), 16. Ferrers (Earl) (1779), 71. Ferrier (of Haverfordwest), 65, 66, 67, 80 ; (Mary — ), 66, 67, 80. Fettiplace, 63 ; (Lady -— ) 63. Fiddington (Fydyngton) (Glou), 34. Fillingham (Line) 7, 10, 25, 91. Finch (Heneage, Lord —), 54. Fine, 25, 29. Fine Rolls, 13, 96. Fiorenzo (San), 70. Fire of London (1666), 51. Fisher, 74 ; (John — , of St. Andrew’s Holborn), 54, 55; (Cardinal —, Bishop of Rochester), 18, 104. Fitz Geoffrey (Richard —), 13. Fitzhugh (Lord — ), 21. Fitz-John (Thomas), 94, 96. Fitz Peter (Geoffrey — ) (Earl of Essex) 9, 10, 11, 90. Fitz Thomas (Maurice —) (Earl of Kildare), 97. Fitzwalter (family of — ), 53 ; (Earl -) 54. Fitzwilliam (Thomas), 96. Fitzwilliams (Sir W m ) (Lord Deputy of Ireland), 64. Flanders (Count of —), 16. Flaxwell (Line), 14. Fleetwood, 37. Flemyng (Ranulph le —, de Bucce- shale), 13. Flemyng (Fleming), 22, 24, 25, 27, 28; (Daniel —), 28 ; (John — , of Rydal) 22, 24, 25, 30, 31; (Agnes —, Anne —) 22, 31 ; (Alice — ), 24. Flemynge (Flemyng) (John —, of Coniston), 27, 28 ; (William —, of Rydal and Coniston) 28 ; (Daniel —) 28. Flintham (Flyntham) (Notts) 8, 19, 30, 37, 42, 86. Flitwood, 37. Floyd, Floyde (or Fludde), 75. Floyd (Geo —, Bishop of Sodor and Man), 75; (John — , of Morton, Salop) 75 ; (Richard —, M.P.) 75 ; (Richard —, of Marington), 75 ; (— of Walton, Staff.) 75 ; (Hugh —•, of Calais) 75 ; (Peter -— of Calais, John — of Battersea, Elizabeth), 75 ; (John — of Gore Court, Kent), 75. Floyde (Sir Thomas — , of Milgate), 75. Floyer (Francis —, of London), 39 ; (Eliza —), 39. Fludde (David) 75 ; (Sir Thomas —•, of Milgate, M.P.), 75. Flyntham (Notts), 8, 19, 30, 37, 42, 86. Fontaine (De la — ), 50. Fontaines (Burgundy), 7. Forde (Sir John Heron de — ) 19. Forman, 67. Fortescue, 53 ; (Sir John—, 1459), 83 ; (Baron — ) (1779) 71; (Sir John — ), 19. Fothergill (Doctor), 69. Foucher (John — ) (Escheator of Notts, 48 Edw III, 1374), 87. Founder (of Queen's Col, Camh.) 18 ; (— of Emmanuel Col, Camb), 53. Frankland (Sir Thomas —, of Thirkel- by, 1664), 69. Frankmarriage, 8, 15, 95. Fraser (Peter —, Rachel Elizabeth), 3. Freeman (Richard — , of Batsford) 48 ; (Right Honble R. — , Lord Chan¬ cellor of Ireland), 48. Frobisher (Martin) (temp Eliz), 34. Frognall (Sir Richard —), 31. Fromundus de Cameto, 7. Fuisnard (Baldwin de —), 7 ; (Eliza¬ beth de — ), 7. Fuisnard us (Balduinus), 7. Fulcho de Duchet, 7. Fulford (Sir Baldwin —) 19. Fulforth (Sir Thomas —), 19. Fumens (Robert de — ), 13. Fydyngton (Line). S. Fiddington. Fyndeme (Sir Thomas —), 19. Gansell (of Low Layton and Donyland) 2, 57 ; (Margaret — ; General —), 2, 3, o t. Gardner, 81. Garlick House (Kendal), 27. Garret, 35. Garth (Richard — , of Morden), 36. Gascoine (of Gowthorpe), 6, 30, 31, 32, 33 ; (Marmaduke — , of Caley), 30 ; (Sir W m — , of Gowthorpe), 30, 33 ; (Jane — ), 30, 31; (Geo, W m , Doro¬ thy), 31; (Bridget, Elizabeth), 32; (Sir W m — of Gowthorpe) (Lord Chief Justice), 32 ; (his tomb) 32. Gascoing (Gascoyng), 33. S. Gascoine. Gascon Roll, 17. Gascoyn (Sir W —), 19. S. Gascoine. Gasle (Rob‘), 19. Gaufridus de Ducheto, 7. Gaunt (John of —), 18. Gawler (Henry — , Lydia Frances —), 49. Gawthorpe (or Gowthorpe) (York), 30, 31. Gedling (Notts), 86. George (The First), 59. George (The Second), 3. George (The Third) 70. Gibbs, 59. Gilbert de Curthose, 13. Gilsland (Gillesland), 30, 39. Gilthwait Rigg (Westm.), 27. Girlington (John —, of Thurland Castle), 25, 26, 29. Gisborough (York), 2 ; (Ward of — ; Chaloner of —), 2. Gislingham (Robert of —; W m of —), 13. Gian (Roger de —), 16. Glenfield (Leic) 83, 87. Gloecestrescirae (comes — ), 7, 10. Gloucester (Siege of —) 41 ; (Earl of —), 6, 7, 10, 15. Glover (Herald), 30, 31, 32. Goddard (Tho s ) 58. Goddesfield (Wilts), 76, 77, 78. Godfrey de Clinton, 7 ; (— de Duchet), 7. Godolphin (Indiaman), 5. Godwin, 81. Goisfridus, 16. Goldesborough (Rich"*), 33. Goldsborough (Tho s ), 54. Goldsmyth (Joanne), 87. Goldstone (Salop) (Goulston) 48, 75. Goldstone (Thomas —) (1449), 75 ; (Thomas — ) (1495) 75; (Richard de —) (1240), 75; (Thomas do — ) (1306) 75; (Sir John — , of Ivy Church, Kent), 75 ; (Gwyn — , of Goulston), 48, 75, 81 ; (Grace — ) 48, 65, 75, 81 ; (Grace —), 48, 65, 81 ; (Barbara — ), 49; (Edward —, of Goulston) 75; (Edward — ), 75; (Arms of — ) 48, 89. Golston (or Goulston) (Salop), 75. Gonstone (Mary — ), 38. Gonxhul (Peter de — •), 14. Goose Green (Camb), 18. Gordon (Sir Lionel — ), 65. Gore (Thomas — , of Alderton, Wilts), 115. Gorham (Geoffrey de — ) (Abbot of St. Albans), 86. Gorges (Edward, Lord — ), 49. Gosling (Rich d ), 43. Gotton (Somers.) 26, 30, 44. Goulston, S. Golston. Governor (of Guernsey and Poole), 62 ; ( — of Connaught), 64. Grafton (Duke of — ) (1779), 71. Grant (Walter — , of Farley), 57. Gray (Thomas, Lord Rugenon de —), 19. Grayrigg (Westm.), 7, 8, 26, 27, 2S, 29, 82, 96, 97; (heiress of —), 7, 93, 96 ; (manor of —), 8, 15, 25, 26, 96. Grayrik, 22. S. Grayrigg. P 10G INDEX OF PERSONS, PLACES, ETC. Gray’s Inn, 83, 84. Great Britain (man-of-war), 4. Green (Sir Thomas — ), 21. Grele (Robert de — ), 14. Grene (William de la — de Dyrington) 14 ; (Ralph de la — de Haydore), 14. Gresham (Sir Thomas —) 33, 34, 35. Grevill (Grevil, Greville) (Sir Edward — , of Milcote), 86; (Sir Fulke —, 1559), 86 ; (Elizabeth, Sir Fulke (1606), Anne, Elizabeth —) 86 ; (Sir Edward — , of Harrolds) 85, 86 ; (Sir Fulke —, [cr Baron Broke]), 86 ; (Arms of — ), 86. Grey (John, Lord — 86) ; (Lord —, temp Mary), 35 ; (Elizabeth —, Edw. IV), 19 ; (Richard de —), 14. Greys (Essex), 90. Grumbler, (Paper edited by T. Burnet), 59. Grymby (W.), 19. Guernsey, 62. Gundreda (d. of W. de Warrenne), 8, 16; (—, d. of William the Con¬ queror), 8, 16. Hadham (Philip de —) (Just. Itin.), 11, 12. Hal (or Hale) (Simon de —) (Just. Itin.), 11, 12, 90. Hale (Simon de —) 11, 12, 90. Hale (Sir Matthew — ) (Lord Chief Justice), 49.* Haliday, 54. S. Holliday. Halifax (Earl of — ), 59. Hall (Edm d —, of Gratford), 63, 81 ; (Rachel —, Lady Hopton) 63, 81. -(Doctor —), 56. Hallhead (Hulled) (Westm.), 20. Halsey (Tho 8 — , of Great Gaddesden ; Anne —), 55. Hamden (Sir Edmund — ), 19. Hampden (Bucks), 85. Hampden (Griffith — , of Hampden) 85 ; (Elizabeth —), 85. Hangbridge (Westm), 26. Hannemere (David), 95. Hanney (John —, priest), 95. Hannys (Sir Simon —,) 19. Hans Holbein (portrait by —), 31, 33, 97. Hanynfeld (William de —) (M.P. Essex, 2 Edw II.) 15. Hardel (Ralph —), 13. Harding (of Aylesbury), 84. Hardwicke (Earl of —), 53. Hare wood (Family of —), 2. Harewood. S. Harwood. Harmston (Line), 91. Harold (King), 16. Harrington (W m —, of Kendal & Wreysham), 19, 22, 30; (Anne —), 19, 30; (Sir W“ —), 19; (— of Ubery) 22 ; (Sir W m , Sir Henry, Sir Robert) 22 ; (Arms of —) 21. Harris, (Master in Chancery) (1771), 67. Harrolds Park (Essex) 85, 86. Harte (Elizabeth), 38. Hartham (Wilts), 5, 8, 40, 41, 47, 57, 59, 60, 62, 67, 80, 81, 115; (dimen¬ sions of — House), 60. Hartley Castle, 18. Hartopp (Sir Thomas —), 64. Harvey (Henry — , Susan —), 40. Hai-vy (John) (Just.) 95. Harwood (Harwode, Harewood), 31; (— church, — castle, — castle-cha¬ pel), 31, 32, 88. Haryngton (Sir W. — ) 19. S. Har¬ rington. Haryngworth, 78. Hascoit Musard, 6. Haselbury. S. Hazlebury. Hastings (Baron) (Earl of Hunting¬ don), 88. Hathem (Leic), 6, 82, 92. Haton de Duchet, 7. Hatt (Wilts) 41, 47, 48, 57, 58, 67, 80, 81. Haughnes (Beds), 82. Haverholm Prior} - (Line), 14. Hawkesbury (Lord), 74. Hazeland (Wilts), 45. Hazlebury (Haselbury) (Wilts), 57, 58. Haydore (Haydoure) (Line) 7, 10, 14, 15, 91. Hayne (Henry — , of Condover, Jane —) 23. Hayward (Sir John —), 75. Heath (John — , Margaret —), 83, 85. Heigham (John, Sarah —), 62. Heneage, Lord Finch (Lord Chancel¬ lor), 54. Henri de Lorraine (Archbishop of Rheims), 6. Henricus Camerarius, 91. Henry I, 7, 9. — II, 7. -m, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14. — IV, 21, 31. - V, 19, 20. - VI, 17, 18, 19, 21. -VII, 7, 8, 9, 89, (Chapel of — , Westminster Abbey), 59, 89. - VIII, 19, 21, 86. Henshaw (Tho 8 — , of Kensington) (gentleman of the privy chamber to King Charles; ambassador to Den¬ mark), 40, 55, 56; (Elizabeth —), 40, 55 ; (Anne —) 55 ; (Arms of — ) 55. Henstead (Suff.), 55. Heortham, 62. Heralds, S. Cooke, 62; Dugdale, 25 ; Glover, 30, 31, 32; Lee, 21, 30; Le Neve, 52; Philpot, 21, 31, 34; St. George, 18, 21, 40, 89; Tonge, 24, 31; Vincent, 21, 30. Herbert (Lord) (temp. Ch. 1), 41 ; (Sir Richard — , beheaded 1468), 20. Herder, 61. Hertford, 95. Hertford (Earl of —) (Lord Lt. of Wilts & Somers.) 37, 46, 47, 51. - (Edward, Earl of —, 1591), 30. Hertham, 62. Hervy, 95. Hessle (York), 90. Heversham (Westm.) 8, 15, 16, 17, 95, 96. Hickleton (Jackson of —) 1, 2, 89. Hide (Ralph) 40. Hide. S. Hyde. Highbury (Middx.), 54. Hill House (Richmond), 4. Hilton (Tho 8 —, of Murton), 25, 26. Hinchinbroke (Lady Mary —), 73. Hobhouse (Sir Benjamin —) (1784), 62. Hockerill (Essex), 74. Hody (Sir Alex r —), 19. Holbein (Hans) 31, 33, 97. Holcot (family of — , Berks), 34. Holdemess (Alexander de — ) (Abbot of Peterborough, Just. Itin. 1226), S. Burgo (abbas de —). Holliday (Haliday) (Sir Leonard — ), 54 ; (Anne — ) 54; (Margaret — , [Lady Margaret Hungerford]), 53, 54 ; — Mildmay 54. Holman (Lionel), 39. Holme (Westm.), 96. Holond (Sir W. —), 19. Holte (John) (Just.) 95. Honingham (Huningham) (Warw.) 85 ; (mont. in church) 85. Homage, (Homagium) 13,14, 15, 86, 87, 91. Homerides, 59. Hopkins (John), 48. Hopton (of Witham Abbey) 62, 63. Hopton (Sir Arthur — •, of Witham, K.B.) 62, 63, 65, 81 ; (Rachel —), 63, 81; (Robert —, of Witham, Jane, Sir Owen — of Ouldcourt, Dorothy, Hemy, Thomas, Sir Henry, George, Ralph, Dorothy, Katherine) 63 ; (Selina —) 63, 65 ; (Mary, Philadelphia, Margaret), 63 ; (Willoughbie, Frances, Anne, Ra¬ chel), 64; (Jane —) 62, 63, 64, 81; (Sir Robert —), 63 ; (Sir Ralph — , cr. Baron Hopton of Stratton), 63, 64 ; (Sir Owyen — , temp Eliz.) 35. Home (Tho* — , of Enfield) 47, 68, 81 ; (Martha —), 47, 67, 68, 81; (Grace —), 67, 68, 80, 81. Horse Grenadier Guards, 59. Horssey (Horsey) (James -— , of Ho¬ ningham, Warw.), 85 ; (Fulk — ), 85 ; (Sir Jerome —, of Risborough, Bucks), 84, 85 ; (Elizabeth — ), 84 ; (Arms of —), 86. Horton (Npton) 21. Hospital (Christ’s) (London), 36; (of St. John of Jerusalem), 13. Houghton (Beds), 82; — (Indiaman),5. Hounslow Heath (Middx), 59. House of Lords (Debate on Sir Hugh Palliser, 1779), 71-74. House of York, — of Lancaster, 19. Howard (Hon ble Charles —), 52, 53. Huddleston (Sir John—, of Milium Castle), 32, 33. Hugh de Boby, 14. * Sir Matthew Hale, m. Anne, d. of Sir Henry Moore of Fawley, in Berks, and grandchild of Sir Francis Moore, the celebrated serjeant at law in the reign of James, 1. (p. 115, V. 4, Foss’s Judges of England). INDEX OF PERSONS, PLACES, ETC. 107 Hugh de Wake, 13. Hugh de Nevill, 11. Hugh The Great, Earl of Yermandois, 8, 16. Hugo Capellanus, 13. Hugo, filius Ricardi Duket, 13. Hugo Bard, 10. Hugo (Comes), 62 Hulled (Hullhead) Westm., 20. Hundred of Caine. S. Caine. - (of Chippenham), 115. West Derby, Lane) 21. of Poorstock, Dors.), 15. Hundred Rolls, 13, 14. Hungate (of Saxton), 23, 24 ; (Harry —,) 23, 37, 38, 39, 52; (Joyce — ) 23, 38; (Robert, Henry, William, Bartholomew — ) 40 ; (Jane — ) 37 ; (Henry —) 37, 40 ; (Henry — ) 45. Hungerford (Berks & Wilts), 59. Hungerford, 63 ; (Sir John — , sheriff of Wilts, temp Eliz), 76; (Robert, Lord — ), 19; (Sir Edward—, 1663), 50; (Dame Margaret — , 1657, 1672), 53, 54, 55 ; (Giles — ), 54, 55 ; (—, captain Wilts Militia), 46. Hungerforde. S. Hungerford. Hungerhill (Dors.), 65. Huningham (Warw.), 85. Huntingdon (Earl of — ) (cr. 1529), 88. Hussey (John), 63; (Philadelphia —), 63. Hutton (Roger —■, of the Park, Lanca¬ shire), 17 ; (Thomas — ), 29. Huyde (Lawrence) (temp Eliz), 76. Hyde (Hants), 82 Abbot of —), 82. Ralph), 40. Hyde Park (Lon), 59. Hyder Ally, 3. Ida. S. Idonea. Idonea Durant, 13. Ilchester (Earl of — ) 2. filing (Margery — , Grace —), 40. Ingham, 91. Inglethorpe (Joanna), 19. Ingoldsby (Colonel) (parliamentary of¬ ficer, temp Cromwell), 51, 52. Inns of Court, 83. Inquisitio post mortem (on Edmund, Earl of Lancaster) (1297), 14. -(Milisent de Montalt) (1300), 78. -(William de Councy).... (1355), 96. —-— (Lawrence Duket) .... (1368), 82. -(Joan de Coupland) .... (1375), 8, 96. - (William de Wyndesore) (1385), 15, 94. Sir W m del Parre) (1405), 21. Sir John Parre) (1408), .... 21. - (William Redman of Harwood) (1483), 32. -(Henry Duket, of Bolran), (1507), 22. -(Mabel Worsley) (1522), 17. Inquisitio post mortem (Edward Red¬ man of Harwood) (1511), 32. -(Whittington of Barwick) (1512), 17. -(Richard Duket of Bolran), (1520), 22. -(Robert Longe of Wandsworth) (1551), 43. -(Cecily Longe) .... (1559), 90. - (Anthony Duket of Grayrigg) (1572), 23. -(Magdalen Sadler) .... (1574), 90. -(Stephen Ducket) (1591), .... 24. - (Richard Ducket of Grayrigg) (1603), 24. - (Lionel Duckett of Calstone) (1610), 45. - (Anthony Ducket) .... (1619), 27. - (John Duckett of Thurmaston), (1631). 88. - (John Ward)_(1632), 2. -(Sir Francis Ducket of Grayrigg) (1637), 24. Inquisitiones post mortem, 1. Insula (William de —) (Just. Itin.), 7, 12, 91. Interregnum Papers, 29, 52. Isabel de Meulant, 8. Isabella de Wyndesore, 15, 16, 95. Iseny (John de — ), 14. Isfield (Suss.), 16. Islington, 54. Itinerant (justice — ) 10, 11, 14, 90. - (Bailiff — ), 87. Ivo La Zuche, 78. Ivy Church (Ivechurch) Kent, 75. Jackson (George — , of Thirsk, W m — of d°, Geo — , of Richmond, Sir John — , of Hiekleton) 2; (W m , Edw d , Ralph, Mary, Esther, Han¬ nah, Anne, Rachel, Dorothy, W m Ward — , Catherine, Elizabeth, Jef¬ fery ■— •, of Woodford Bridge), 1, 2, 3, 4 ; (Sir Geo — ), 1, 2, 4, 50, 65, 69, 70, 71, 81, 89 ; (Secretary to the Ad¬ miralty, 70 ; Judge Advocate of the Fleet 70; M.P. for Colchester, 70; makes River Stort navigable, 70); (Mary, Grace, Esther, George), 4, 50, 51, 81. Jacob (John —, of the Rocks, Glou.), 79. Jacquesson, &c (arms of ) 1. Jaggards’ (Wilts), 57. James (King — II) 55, 60. Jenkins (Henry (1502-1670), 70. Jennings, 45. Jerrnyn (Sir Thomas — , of Rushbrooke ; Agnes, Anne — ), 41. Jerusalem (King of Sicily & —), 88 ; (arms of —) 88. Jesus College, (Camb.) 23, 30. Jewel office, 53. Joanes (Sir Henry —), 63. Johanna de Stuteville, 13. ■—— Inglethorpe, 19. -Borough, 19, Johannes (Magister — Cestrige), 6. --(de Novo Castro), 6. John (King), 7, 9. John (of Austria), 64. John (of Lancaster), 89. John (of Gaunt) (Duke of Lancaster), 18. John (Sir John St. — , Wilts), 46. John St. — College, (Camb.), 23. Johnson (Matthew — , Elizabeth —), 50 ; (D r — ) 59. Joigny (France), 5. Jones (Henry), 37. Joseph (W m ), 19. Judge Advocate of the Fleet, 70, 72. Justice itinerant (or of assize), 10, 11, 12, 13, 90, 95. Kegworth (Leic.), 3. Kelby (Line), 14. Kellaways (Wilts), 51. Kelleby (Kelby) (Line.), 14. Kelleby (Roger de — ), 14. -(Adam de —), 14. - (Robertus de — de Ilaydore), 14. Kelsoy (Lt. Col, temp. Cromwell), 52. Kemeys. S. Keymish. Kempnought (Lane.), 21. Kendal (Baron of — ), 8, 89. -(Kirkby in —). S. Kirkby. Kendal Barony (Westm.) 26, 83. Kenill (Henry —, Lucy —), 40. Kenion (Thomas — , of Hatt), 58. Kensington Church (Monuments in —) 46, 55. Kensington Gravel Pits (1714), 61. Keppel (Admiral) (1779), 70, 71, 72, 73, 74.* Kerr (General), 62. Kevanmably (Glam.) 64. Kevmish (or Kemeys) (Rowland) 63, 64. - (David — , of Kevanmably) 63, 64. Kifford (Thos.), 54, 55. Kildare (Earl of —) (1377), 96. Kimble (Great) (Bucks), 85. King. S. Edward, Henry, John, &c. - Charles, 25, 55, 60. -James, II, 55, 60. -William, 55. -George I, II, III, 3, 59, 70. - Christian Y (of Denmark) 55. - -- of Sicily & Jerusalem, 92. King’s Clerk, 10. King’s Secretary, 10. Kingston Russel (Wilts) 62, 65. Kington, 81. Kington St. Michael, (Wilts), 40. Kipping (Robert — , of Tewdley, Kent), 55 ; (Anne —) 55 ; (arms of —), 55. Kirkby (Kirby) (Leic) 87. Kirkby (Kirkeby) (Westm) 8, 21. S. Kirkby Kendal. Kirkby-Kendal (Westm.) 21, 23. Kirkby-in-Kendal, 21, 23. Kirkby-Thore (Westm.), 25. * The Hon ble Augustus Keppel, cr. Viscount Keppel; ob. 1786; accused by Vice Admiral Sir Hugh Palliser of miscon¬ duct in an action off Ushant 27 July 1778; tried by Court Martial & honourably acquitted. See Debate in House of Lords, pp. 70 et seq. p 2 10S Etching (John —, of Cowperhouse), 25. Kitchingham, 2. Etchingman, 2. Kneeton (Notts), 43. Eiight (Geo —, of Bristol), 40; (Anne — ) 40. 41. 49, 56. 57 ; (Isaac) 57 ; (Sir John —, of Bristol), 49, 56; (John —), 49 ; (Francis —), 56. Knight’s Fee, 10. 15, 23, 24, 91. Knyvett (Sir Henry —, Sheriff of Wilts, temp Eliz), 77, 78. Lackham (Wilts), 59. Lacy (John de —) (Constable of Ches¬ ter, and Earl of Lincoln; Just. Itin. 1226) 12, 91. Lambert (Bichard —, of Boyton, Wilts), 33. Lambert (General) (1660 &c.), 51. Lambeth, 9. Lamboume (Tho s ), 22. Lambrigg (Westm.), 23, 25, 28, 29. Lamehithe Lamitha), 9. S. Lambeth. Lamplow (Gawen —), 19. Lancaster (Edmund, Earl of — ) (bro¬ ther to Edw I), 14. - (Duke of — ) (John of Gaunt), 18. - (Duke of — ) (1381), 31; (Duke of — ) (1384), 94. Lancaster (John of — ) 89; (arms of —) 89. Lancaster (Lancastre) (William de —), (Baron of Kendal), 8, 15, 16, 25 ; (arms of — ) 8, 89. - (W m de — ) (the third), 12. Lancaster (Geffrey), 22. - S. Lankaster. Lancaster (House of —), 18, 19. Lancastre (W“ de — , or Taillebois, Baron of Kendal), 8. Laneastria (Feoda de Honore Lancas- trne), 91. Lancastrians (Lancastrian party), 9, 19. Landericus de Duchet, 7. Landri (Landry) de Duchet, 7. Lane, 2. Langley-Burrell (Wilts) 45, 51. Lankaster (Lancelot — , of Barton), 27. Lanoe (Colonel) (1739), 59. Lascelles (Bebecea -—), 2. Lascy (Lasey) (John de — ) 12, 91. S. Lacy. Latimer (Latomer) (Sir Nicholas — ), 19. -- (Lord — ) (Edw IV), 20. Laurence (1711) 60, 61. Lavington (Lavyngton) (Wilts), 43. Lavington, 81. Lawdy (Sir Bichard — ) (Major Gene¬ ral), 41. Lawford (John —. of Bristol and Alves- ton) 41, 49 ; (John —, of the Inner Temple ; Jane —), 41. 49 , (Thomas —, of Stoke Gifford), 49. Lawood (Dur), 83. Lawrence of London, 11. Lawrence (Saint) Jewry, 21, 35, 36, 42. Lax (John —), 19. Laxe (Joseph —), 55. Leckhampstead (Berks or Bucks) 83. INDEX OF PEBSONS, PLACES, ETC. Le Despencer (Lord), 72. Lee (Herald), 21, 30. - , (Bob') 37 ; (Sir William — ) 19. Legh (Elizabeth), 32. Legier (Leger) (Sir Thomas St. — ), 53. Le Hirst, 17. Leicester (Simon, Earl of —, temp Hen IQ), 14. - (Earl of—) (1131), 6, S. - (Earl of —) (1576), 34. Leicester (Abbey), 92. Leicestrescirae (Comes de —), 6. Leicestria (Boger de — ) 6. Leigh, 68. Leigh-Bennett, S Bennett. Leighton (Hugh — , of Leighton), 33; (Mary —), 33. Leinster (General of —), 64. Le Neve (Herald), 52. Lepanto (Battle of — ) (1571; Turks defeated) 64. Lesnes (Kent) Priory of —, 6, 9. Letlev (Hants), 47. Letter of attorney, 82, 94. Levens (Over—) (orLevens) (Westm.) 16, 89. Le Yynyard (Essex). 90. Lewes (Sussex) 16 ; (— Priory), 16. - (Eustace, Archdeacon of — ), 11. Lewin (Bichard — , of Eltham; Mary 2 - . Lewin (Sir Justinian —) 63, 64. Lewys (Sir Henry —), 19. Lexington (Bobert of — ) (Just. Itin.), 11. Leybome (Leybume) of Cunswick, 27 ; (James —), 24 ; (Sir James — ; John -), 27. Leyboume, 22, 24, 27. Leybume. S: Leybome. Liberate Bolls, 9, 10. Liberum Maritagium, 15. Lichfield (Dean of -—), 13. Lidney (Lydney) (Glou), 41, 42; ( — House), 41. Lighe (Elizabeth), 32. Limesia (Bobertus de —), 6. Lincoln. 91. - (Alexander, Bishop of — ), 86. -(Earl of —). S. Lacy. Lindsay (Sir James —), 31. Linstone (Linstouc) (Westm.), 95. Lisiardus (Paganus —), 7. Lisle (Bobert, Lord — de Bougemonte), 31. Little (Thos) 19. Little Baddow (Essex), 54. Littleton (Wilts), 43. Litton (Lutton) (Dors.). 15. Liveries (Court of Wards k —), 44, 45. Livery, 1, 13, 27. London (Henricus Cancellarius —i), 11. - (Dean of —), 12. - (Chancellor of), 11. London (Fire of—) (1666), 51. Long (Walter —), 62. - (of Bowden), 59. - (of Trowbridge) (an ancestor of the Longs of Whaddon), 77, 90. - (Walter — , of Wraxall), 58; (Arms of — ) 90. Long (Col. J. — ), 51. -, 61. Longe (or Long) (Bobert —, of West Thurrock, Wandsworth, &c), 21, 43, 90; (Cicely, Man - , Martha, Magda¬ len), 43, 90; (Thomas —, of Trow¬ bridge) 77, 90. -- (Francis — , of Spixworth Park, Norf; Catherine —) 4. - (Bobert —), 21. Long Parliament, 62. Lonsdale (Earl of —), 7, 25. Loperia (Vivien, Chevalier de la Ferte -) 5, 7. Lord Chancellor (1779), 73. Lord Treasurer (Burghley) (temp Eliz), 34. Lords (House of — ) (Debate on Sir Hugh Palliser, 1779) 71, 74. Lorraine (Henri de —, Archbishop of Bheims), 6. Lorraine (Arms of —), 92. Lotterelle (Sir James —), 19. Louther (Lowther) Thomas de —, 96. Love (William —, Israel —), 58. Lovelock, (celebrated violin maker, 1710), 62. Lowther Hall (Westm.), 26. Lowther (Sir John —), 7, 25, 27. S. Louther. Lucan (Earls of —), 62. Lucar (Emanuel —), 35. Luci (Bichard de — ) (Chief Justice of England), 9. Ludgate (Prison) 37, 40. Lumley (Lord), 63. Lutton (Litton) (Dors), 15. Lydney. S. Lidney. Lymington (Hants) (borough of —), 56. Lynche (John), 19. Lyvennet (Westm), 95. Lyttele (Tho s ) 19. Mabel Bellingham, 17. Mabella Worseley, 17. Mackworth (Sir Thomas — ) 64; (Henry —), 63, 64 ; (Mary —), 64. Magdalene College (Cambridge), 41. Maldon (Essex), 54. Malduit (Gunfridus —-), 36. Maledoctus (Willelmus —), 6. Mallory (Bichard), 35. Manchester (Earl of— ) (1660), 51. - (Duke of — ) (1779), 71. Mandeville (John), 19. Maningham (Bichard), 37. Manly (Anne), 2. Manners (Thomas) (Lord Boos, and Earl of Butland), 53 ; Sir George — (Lord Boos and Belvoir) 53 ; (Kathe¬ rine —), 53. Ma nnin g (Bob') (1714), 61. Mannvng (Tho ! ), 19. Mansel, 5. Mansell (Sir Edward —, of Muddles- combe) 53 ; (Anne — ) 53. Mansell Duckett, S. Duckett of Steeple Morden. Mansfield (William Murray, Earl of — ), 73, 74. (Speech in House of Lords*) 73, 74. INDEX OF PERSONS, PLACES, ETC. Mapouder (Mappowder) (Dor), G2, 81. Marchioness of Baden (temp Eliz), 35. Mare (Thomas de la — , Abbot of St. Alban’s), 94. Margaret of Anjou, 17, 18, 19, 92 ; (Arms of — ) 92. Margaret Roos, 19, 96. Margaret de Ros, 96. Margaret (Lady — foundation, Camb.), 30. Margery Duket, 95, 97. Margery de Wyndesore, 8, 15, 16, 95, 96, 97. Mariscis (Willielmus de — ), 11. Maritagium, 87, 91. Maritagium (Liberum — ), 15. Marks (Essex), 54. Marlborough (Merleberg) (Wilts), 10, 50, 51, 78. Marlborough (Duke of — ) (Verses ad¬ dressed to him), 60. Marmion (Marmyon) (Philipde—) 14. + Marshal of Ireland, 64. Marshfield (Glou), 79. Marshfield gelding, 58. Martin (Roger), 35. Martin de Pateshull (Archdeacon of Norfolk, Just. Itin.) 12. Martin (Saint), 82. Mary (Saint — Magdalene) 36. Marylebone Church, 68. Massey (temp Cromwell), 41, 52. Massye (Hamlet — , of Rigeston), 17. Matilda (Queen), 16. Matthews (Lieut) (temp Cromwell), 52. Matthews (General —■ ; Mary — ), 4, 5. Mauchael (John), 96. Maud (d. of Baldwin, Count of Flan¬ ders) 8, 16, Maundevylle (John), 19. Mam- (Saint), 6. Maxentio (W. de Sancto —), 11. Maye (Martha), 38. Maynard (James), 7 ; (Lord — ), 63. Maynesbyr (Wales), 15. Meaux or Melsa (York) (Abbey of —) 90 ; (Alexander, Abbot of —) 90. Mebrun (Walter de — ), 96. Mechilrig (Methelrig) (Westm.), 95. Meg (William), 95. Melcombe Regis (Dor), 70. Melcombe (Bingham's —) (Dor), 62, 64, 65. Melksham (Wilts), 4, 59, 69. Mellent (Comte de — ) (Earl of Glou¬ cester), 6. Melsa. S. Meaux. Mercers’ Company, 21, 23, 35, 89. Meredith (Meredeth) (W m ■—, of New¬ ington, Middx) 77, 90. -(Martha — , coheir of T. Longe of Trowbridge) 76, 77, 90. Merfyn (Thos.), 19. Merleberg, 10. S. Marlborough. Merry, 84. Merton, 13. Mervin (Sir James —) (Wilts), 46. Meulant (Comte de — ), 8. Michael (vicar of Morland), 96. Michael (William de Saint —•), 9. —— (S*), 82. Michaelis (ostiarius), 6. — -— (German Divine), 61. Micheldever (Hants), 82. Middleton Hall, 18, 21, 30. Middleton (of Middleton Hall) (Thomas — ) 18, 21, 27, 30 ; (Elizabeth —), 18, 21, 30; (John — ), 24 ; (Sir Jef¬ frey —, of Middleton Hall), 27; (Margaret —, Mabel —), 21, 27. Milcote (Warw.), 86. Mildmay (Humphrey — -, of Danbury, Essex), 53, 54 ; (Sir Walter —, privy counsellor to Queen Eliz), 53 ; (Mary —), 53, 54 ; (Sir Henry — •, master of the jewel office, James I), 53, 54 ; (Lady Anne —, 1656), 53, 54 ; (Lady Jane — ), 53 ; (Wm —, of Great Ilford, Essex), 53, 54, 55; (Anne Margaret —, Henry — of Gray’s Inn), 53, 54, 55 ; (Sir Humphrey —, John, Anthony), 54 ; (Holliday —), 54, 55 ; (Letitia — Humphrey — , Carew — of Marks, Anne — , Sir Wm — of Moulsham) 54 ; (Mary —) 54, 55. Milford (Wilts), 48. Milicencia, 78. Milisent de Montalt, 78. Milk Street (London), 35, 36. Miller (John), 23. Milium Castle (Cumb), 32. Milnthorpe (Westm.), 96. Milo (Doininus — de Curtiniaco), 7. Mitchel (John —, of Kingston Russel, Wilts) 62, 81 ; (John — ), 61 ; (Pe¬ nelope — ), 62, 81 ; (David Robert —)» 65. Mitton (Humphrey — ), 38. Mody (Moody) 37, 43 ; (Wm — , Henry — , of Flintham), 43 ; (Joan — , or Moodye), 37. Monkton Farley (or Farleigh) (Wilts), 59. Monson (John, Lord — ), 59, 89. Montague (John de — ), 95. Montague (of Lackham), 59. Montalt (or de Monte alto) (John de — ), 78 ; (Milisent de —), 78. Montfort (Simon de — ) (Earl of Lei¬ cester), 14. Monumental inscription (Roydon Church) 85 ; (Collingboume) 49 ; (Honingham, Warw.) 85 ; (Kensing¬ ton) 55 ; (Chaddlcworth), 46 ; (West¬ minster Abbey), 64 ; (Jesus College, Camb.), 23, 30. Moody, S. Mody. Moore (Adm 1 Sir John — , oh. 1779), 74. Moore (Sir Henry — , of Fawley, Berks, Bart) 42 ; (Margaret — ), 43, 47, 49, 50 ; (John — ), 50 ; (Sir St John — ), 49, 50 ; (Sir Henry — , of Fawley), 49, 106. 109 Morden (Steeple-Morden, Camb.), 8, 40. Morden (Surr.), 34, 35. Mordune (Mordone) (Surr), 35. More (Moore), 43. Morers, Murrers, Moreys, 15, 95. Morers (or Moreys) (Sir Win—), 15,95. Moreton, Moorton, Morton (Geo — , of Clynsan) 63 ; (Lady —) 63. Moreux (Sir W — ), 15, 95. S. Morers. Moreys (Sir William — , temp Ric. II) 95 ; (Christiana de — ), 15, 95. S. Morers. Morgan (Thomas), 63, 64. Morland (Westm.) 8, 15, 16, 95, 96. Morleaux (Sir Wm —), 15, 95. S. Mo¬ rers. Morrall (Thomas — , of Shrewsbury), 46 ; (Anne — ) 46. Mortain (Comte de — ), 6. Mortimer (W m ), 45. Morton, 63. Motto (of Duckett), 89, 115 ; (of de Ald- burgh) 89 ; (Redman) 89 ; (Queen’s Col. Camb.), 92. Moulsham (Essex), 54. Moulton (Npton), 21. Mountford (Sir Edmund — ), 19. Mounjov (Mountjoy) (W m — ), 48. •-- (W m —, of Biddestone), 79. - 81. Mowbray (of Kirklington), 32; (Sir William — , Sir Alex r —) 32 ; (arms of —), 32. Muddlescombe (Wales), 53. Muddyman (Henry), 50, 51. Muleton (Thomas de — ), (Just. Itin. 1219), 11 ; (M. de — ), 12. Munteney (Lucy de —), 6. Murrers (Morers or Moreys) (Sir W m ) 15, 95. Musard (Misoard, Misoir), 6. Musard (Ascoit [Hascoit]), 12. Musgrave (Sir Richard — , of Hartley Castle), 18, 21, 30. —- (Mabell —) 18, 21, 30. Mylkby (Thomas), 19. Mylle (Sir W m ), 19. Mynne (Colonel) (1644), 41. Myton (Hull, York), 90, 91. Nando (London Coffeehouse of —, 1711), 60. Navy Board, 70. Neale (Sir Harry Burrard — ), 48, 70; (Grace Elizabeth, Lady — ), 48, 68, 70 ; (Lydia Frances — ), 49. Ncalo (Robert — , of Shaw House, Wilts), 4, 48, 69, 81; (Grace — ), 4, 48, 68, 69, 81. Nelson (Thomas — , of Chaddle worth) 23, 46 ; (Mary — ), 23, 46 ; (Dorothy —), 46; (William — of Chaddle- worth), 46. Nelson, 37 ; (Margaret —), 33, 37. Neston (Neatston) in Corshum parish, co Wilts), 58. Netherhall (Nether Hall) (Essex) 85,86. * Parliamentary history contains few of his speeches, the prohibition against reporters being rigidly enforced; (Foss). f A faithful adherent to Hen III; d. 20 Edw I, and left no male issue. Joanne, one of his dau'rs and coheirs inherited the manor of Scrivelsby ; (Foss v. i. p. 97). 110 ENDEX OF PERSONS, PLACES, ETC. Nettleton (Elizabeth), 2. Neubigging (John de —), 96. Neuby (Robert de —), 96. Nevell (Sir H ■ — ), 20. Nevill (Hugh de —), 11. Nevill (Testa de —), 10, 91. Neville (Sir Henry —, Edw IV.), 20. Neville (Ralph de — ) (Dean of Lich¬ field ; Bishop of Chichester; Keeper (1218); Chancellor (1226); Just. Itin. (1226)), 13. - (Isabella —, Duchess of Clar¬ ence), 18. -(Lady Anne —, Duchess of G), 18. -(John, Lord ■—) 19. -(Thomas —; Humphrey —), 19. Newark (Notts) 83, 86, 87. Newburgh (Roger de —, Earl of War¬ wick), 8, 16. Newgate (Prison of —), 37. Newington Green, 77. -(Stoke — ), 62. Newland (Glou), 41. Newmarche (Hugh), (Escheator of Notts, 1380), 87. Nicolaus Duchet, 6. -Duket, 6. Nigel (Episcopi nepos), 7. Nixon (miniature by —), 70. Nocton (Line), 93. Norbome (Walter —, of Studley, Wilts) 47, 52 ; (Compounder), 52. Norfolk, 82. -(Archdeacon of — ), 82. Norman Invasion, 5. Normanby (York) 4. Normandie, 5. -(Chronicles of —), 5. Normandy (Duke of — ), 5, 12. Northampton (Marquis of —), 21. Northey (of Caine), 67. Northumberland (Henry, Earl of —, Edw IV.), 19. Earl of—, 1381), 31. Earl of—, 1570), 34. Norton (John) 24, 39, 52. - (Joyce — ), 24, 39, 40, 41, 52, 53; (will of —) 40. Norwicensis Episcopus, 9, 12. Norwich (Bishop of — ) 9, 12. Norwood (Jane), 81. Notehylle (Sir Walter —) 19; (An¬ thony — ), 19. Notechy lie (Anthony), 19. Nottingham, 86, 87. Novel Disseisin, 12, 94, 95. Nuncius Regis, 12. Nunnery (Cheshunt — ), 86. Oak (Royal —) (Knight of), 25, 40, 51, 52, 53. Odo (Willelmus, filius — nis), 7. Odo (Bishop of Bayeux) (Earl of Kent), 5. Oliver (Peter) 87 ; (Elizabeth —), 87. Opie (of Stoke Newington & Upton Gray), 62. Ormond (Sir John —) 19; (Thomas „ 19 - O Rourke (Irish rebel, 1585), 64. Orrell (Stephen), 39, 44, 45. Orsett (Essex), 90. Orton (Westm), 23, 101. Osbertus, 6, 7, 82. -- (Gervasius filius — i), 7. Osborn (Commissioner), 1. Osbourne (John), 87, 88. Ostiarius (Michaelis —), 6. Otho, 7. Otley (York), 33. Ouldcourt (Heref.), 63. Over-Levins (Westm.), 16. Overton (Orton) (Westm.), 23, 101. Owen (Thomas — ) (Serjeant at law), 33, 37, 44, 76, 77, 78, 90; (Robert —), 37 ; (Jane — ), 38, 39 ; (Mary), 56. Oxeney (Abbey) (Line), 92. Oxey — Wallround (or Wiggenhall, in parish of Watford), 94, 95. Oxeye (now Oxheye) (Herts) 94, 95. Oxeye Walrond (Herts) 94, 95. Oxford Street (Lond.), 69. Oxgang, 10. Oxhey (Herts) 94, 95. Packington (Humphrey — ), 33 ; (Jane -), 33. Paganus Lisiardus, 7. Page (M.P. for Chichester) 3. Palliser (Sir Hugh — , bart, Vice ad¬ miral), 70, et seq.* Palmer (of Stoke), 50. - (Geffrey —), 50; (Robert —) 50. Par, 21. S. Parre. Parish Registers, (of Corsham & Caine) 43, 47 ; (All Hallows, Barking), 39 ; (St. Leonard’s, Eastcheap), 39 ; (Brent Pelham), 39. Parke (John), 87. Parker (Walter — ), 23. Parliament (Long —), 62; (Conven¬ tion — ) 40, 51; ( —’s Army) 41; ( — held at Westminster, 1461), 19; (Members of —) 17, 56, 65, 70. Parma (Alexander Famese, Prince of -), 64. Parmentarius, (R.), 11. Parnham, 62. Parr (Parre) (Lan), 21. Parr (a Parr) (Sir William —, K.G. & M.P. Westm.) 21; (Elizabeth —) 21. -(Sir Thomas —, Comptroller to Hen. VIII), 21. S. Parre. Parr C William, Lord — & Ross) 21. -(Queen Catherine —), 21. Parre (of Kendal), 21, 30. -(of Kempnought), 21. Parre (Parr, a Parre, del Parre, aparre) (Sir W m — of Horton), 21; (Sir Thomas —), 21, 22; (Sir W m del —), 21; (Sir John —, Sir Thos — , Sir W m —) 21 ; (Rich 4 — of Kem- nought), 21. a Parr, 21, 30. - (Sir William —) 21, 30. a Parre (Sir Thomas —), 19, 21, 22, 30 ; (Arms of —), 21. Parsons (John —, of Stockley, Wilts), 46. Pasquin, 59. Paston (Sir William —, of Paston, Norfolk), 53. Patent Rolls, 9, 10, 11, 94. Paternostercherche, 82. Pateshull (Simon de —,) - (Walter de —,) -(Martin de—) (Just. Itin.), 12, 91. Pedigrees (collateral, &c) S. p. 98. Pelham (Brent —) (Herts), 39, 40. Pembroke (Earl of —) 20 ; (Jasper, Earl of — , Edw IV.), 19 ; (W”> — Earl of —, temp. Hen VIII), 21 ; (Anne, Countess of — ), 21. Pen (Penn) (Wilts), 44. Penaly (Penalley) (Pemb.), 15. Pennington, 1. Penvcoke (John), 19. Perers (Perrers) (Alice —), 15, 94, 95, 96, 97. Perott (Sir Robert — ), 43. Perry (Kent), 83. Peter le Clerk, 9. -Clerk of Count of Chester, 6. Peterborough (Abbot of — ) Abbas de Burgo; (Just. Itin, 1226), 12. Petersham (Surr), 59. Petronilla (or Petronella) de Croum, 10, 91. Petrus (Dominus — , clericus comitis Cestriae), 6. Pettivin, 5. Petty (Geo), 58. Philip de Hadham, 11; (sent on an embassy to Rome) 11. Philip de Marmion, 14. Philippa (Queen), 96. Philipps (Thos.) 19. Philippus (Capellanus Decani), 6. Philipson (of Hallinghall & Calgarth), 26 ; (Johanna — , W m —, Margaret —), 26 ; (arms of —), 26, 27. Philpot, (Herald), 21, 31, 34. Phipps, 2. Pickering (Sir James — ), 27; (Anne —) 27. Pile (Sir Francis — , Gabriel —, Lady — , Elizabeth), 49, 50 ; (Gabriel —, Francis — , Mary — ), 50; (Sir Sey¬ mour — , of Axford, Wilts), 49 ; (monument to — family), 49. Pincema (Alan), 96. Pinchen (Mary) (of Chippenham), 49. Pingle (Richard), 37. Pinhills (Pennels, Pinnills) (Wilts), 24, 43, 44, 45, 46. Pitcame, 55. Pitt (William) (Statesman), 70. Pitt Club, 64. Pitt’s Straits, 4. Placita quo Warranto, 14. Plague (1666), 55. Plantagenet, Richard (Ric. Ill), 18. - , George (Duke of Clarence), 18. -, Richard (Duke of York, 1460), 53. -, Anne (Duchess of Exeter), 53. Plate (John) 35, 43. Platt (John) 35, 43. * Second in command of the grand fleet in 1778; tried for misconduct and acquitted; (Bcatson’s Political Index). INDEX OF PEKSONS, PLACES, ETC. Ill Plumer, (M.P. Herts, 1769), 74. Plymouth (Windsor, Earl of —), 97. Plympton (Devon), 56. Point Jackson (New Zealand), 70. Pole (York), 33. Ponsonby (Cumb.) 18. Pontearc (William de —), 7. Poole (Sir Henry —) (Wilts), 47. Poole (Dor) (Governor of —), 62. Pooley (Henry) 49; (Miss — ) (Dame St. John Moore), 49. Poorstock (Dor), 15. Pope Boniface (1300), 89. -, 90. Pope (poet) (Dunciad), 57, 59. Popery, 60. Popham (Alexander), 63. Port Jackson (N. S. W.), 70. Portman (Henry William —), 65 ; (Lord ■—), 65. Powell (Robert —, of Hatt), 57. Prescot (Lane.), 21. President (of Queen’s Col. Camb.), 18. Preston (Thomas) 33; (John—), 19. Preston (Kent), 83. Price, 75. Primer Seizin, 1, 27. Prior (of Riselip), 11; ( — of Chick- sand), 82 ; (— of Ware), 83 ; ( — of Wetherall), 96; (— of Sempring- ham, Line.) 14. Priory (Castleacre — ,Norf.), 16; (Lcsnes, Kent) 6, 9; (St. Helen’s, London), 13; (Haverholm, Line.) 14; (Catte- ley, Line.) 14 ; (Dunstable), 90 ; (Bo- lyngton, Line), 91. Private Secretary (King’s), 11. Protection (of the King ; Writ of —), 20, 91. Pyhus (John), 2. Quarleston (Dor.), 47, 62, 65. Quarrelston aisle, (in Strickland Church, Dor.), 65. Quarrelstone (Dor), 47, 62, 65, 89. Queen Margaret of Anjou, 17, 18, 19; 92 ; (arms of —), 92. -Matilda, 16. -Philippa (Edw III), 96. -Elizabeth (Edw IV), 18. -Catherine Parr (Hen VIII), 21. - Elizabeth. 35, 53; (“ free sis¬ ter” of the Mercers’ Company), 35 ; (letter to Sir L. Ducket, Lord Mayor), 34; (ratifies charter of Mercers’ Company), 35. -Anne, 61. Queen’s College, (Cambridge), 17, 18, 92. Quemerford (Wilts) 41, 47, 48, 49, 76. Quo Warranto (Placita —), 14. Raimundus, 6. Raleigh (Ralegh) (Sir Walter — , temp Eliz) 65; (anecdote of —), 65. Rannulf Duchet, 6, 7, 9, 86. Rannulfus Duchet, 7, 9. Rathhono Place (Lond.), 69. Rebellion (of 1715), 3. - (of 1745), 70. Redman (Cumb.), 16. Redman (Redmayn, Rodmayne, Rede¬ man) (of Levens and Harwood), 21, 31, 32, 43; (motto of —) 89 ; (Arms of—) 31, 32, 50, 89. Redman (Sir Richard — , of Over Levins, Hen IV) 16, 31, 32; (Elizabeth —), 31, 32 ; (tomb of—) 32. Redman, Jane (Jean or Johanna) 21, 30, 31, 33. Redman (Richard) 21; (Margaret), 21; (Richard —, Bishop of Ely) 31; (his tomb in Ely Cathedral), 31. Redman (Sir Matthew —) (Governor of Berwick. 1387), 31. Redman (Sir Matthew —), 32; (Ed¬ ward —, Hen VII) 31; (Richard __^ 32 . Rodman (Sir Richard —), 32 ; (Ellen, Walter, Sir W m —, Margaret, Ed¬ ward) 32, 33. Redman (Edward —), 22, 31; (Henry —), 30, 31, 33 ; (Richard — ), 31, 33 ; (Matthew —, Bridget —, Alice —, Elizabeth —, Magdalene —), 32, 33. Redman (W m — , of Twisleton & Thom- ton-in-Lonsdale), 33. Redman (Thos —, Edmund —), 43 ; (Bennett —) 37, 38 ; (Henry —), 58. Redmayn (Sir Richard —) 16, 31, 32. Redmayne, (of Over Levins), 16. S. Redman. Redyshe, 17. Reed (Robert), 33. Refham, 6. Regicides, 45, 51, 53. Regis (Nuncius —), 12. Registers. S. Parish registers. Reims (France), 6. Relief, 1, 13, 96. Remm, 58. Rene (Duke of Anjou), 92. Resaham, 6. Restoration (1660), 51. Rex (Nuncius Regis), 12. Raines. S. Reymes. Reymes (Roger de —), 11. Rheims, 6. Rich (Colonel of Horse, temp. Common¬ wealth), 52. Richard II, 7, 8, 31, 96, 97. Richard de Luci, 9. Richmond (York), 70; (Hill House -)’ 2 - -(Jackson of —) 1, 2, 89. Richmond (Sylvester — ), 68; (Eliza¬ beth — ), 68. Richmond (Fergant, Earl of- — ), 16. -Duke of —, (ambassador to Den¬ mark (17—■),) 56. - (Duke of — ), 63; (Duchess of —), 63. - (Duke of—) (1779), 70, 71, 72, 73. Rickmansworth (Herts), 95. Riddisdale (Robin of —) (during the wars of the Roses), 20. Riddlesdom (Stephen), 37. Rigeston, 17. Rijmenam (action of), 64. Ripston (York), 13. Risborough (Bucks), 34, 38, 84, 85. Riselip (Rouselep, Russelep, Rullepe) (Middx) (an alien priory), 11. - (Prior of — ), 11. Risses, 13. Rivers (Earl) 20. Robarts (Lord) (1660), 51. Robin of Riddisdale (Edw IV), 20. Rochester (Bishop of —), 18. Rockclifie (Rev d Morton —, of Wood¬ ford), 69 ; (Martha —, Sybella Mar¬ tha —), 69. Rogerley (Cuthhert —), 22. Rogers (Sir John —, of Bramson), 63 ; (Margaret — ), 63. Roll (Chancellors’) 10; (Close —) 10, 11; (Constable’s —) 89; (Fine —) 13, 96 ; (Gascon — , Norman — ), 17, 19 ; (Escheat —), 1; (Hundred —),. 13, 14, 94; (Pipe —), 92; (Charter —), 9 ;. (Patent —), 9, 10, 96 ; (Li¬ berate —), 9, 10; (Great — of the Pipe), 6; (Great — of the 5th of King Stephen) 5 ; (Great — of the Exchequer) 5, 6, 9. Roll (Battle abbey —), 5. Rome, 12, 90; (Court of—), 11. Rood (Thomas, Mary, Margaret), 2. Roos (Lord —), 53; (Lord — & Bel- voir), 53. - (Thomas, Lord de—) (Edw IV), 19. - (Thomas de —), 21; (Elizabeth de —), 21. Sir Henry —), 19. Margaret —), 19. Ros (Robert de — ), 13. - (Robert de —), 96 ; (Margaret de —), 96. Roses (Wars of the —), 9, 18. Ross (Thomas de — ), 21. Rougemonte (Robert, Lord Lisle de -), 31. Roughe (John—), 19. Rouselep. S. Riselip. Routh, 2. Rowden (Wilts), 59. Royal Exchange, 33. Royal Oak (Knight of —), 25, 40, 51, 52, 53. Royalist Composition papers, 25, 27, 28, 29. Roydon (Essex) 85; (monumental in¬ scription in — church), 83, 85. Rovston (Camb.) 55. Rudestayn (Walter de —), 91. Rullepe. S. Riselip. Rupibus (Peter de —), 10. Ruskington (Line), 14. Russelep. S. Riselip. Rutland (Earl of — ), 53. Itydal (Westm), 22, 24, 25, 28, 30. ltyffham, 6. Rygge (John), 22. Rylston (Arms of — ), 32. Ryskintone (Line.), 14. Ryther (Robert — ), 32. Sacheverell (1500), 88. - Rev d D r (1710), 61. Sadler (Roger —•, Magdalen — , John — ), 90. Sadler (John — , of Wolverton), 44. Saint ( — Martin) 82 ; (— Michael) 82 ; (— John, Church of — , Chester) 6 ; (— Basle Abbey) 6 ; (— Bene- 112 INDEX OF PERSONS, PLACES, ETC. diet, order of —) 6; (—Nicaise, [Rheims]) 6; (— Maur, [Rheims]), 6; ( — Michael, W m de — ) 9 ; (— John of Jerusalem) 13 ; (— S within), 13 ; ( — Thomas), 13, 83 ; (— Helen), 13 ; ( — Pancras), 16; ( — Mar¬ garet), 17 ; ( — Bernard), 17, 18 ; ( — John's College, Camh) 23 ; (— Peter, York [Hospital of — ]), 2.5 ; (— Leo¬ nard’s, York [Hospital of —]), 25 ; ( —John’s, Camh), 30; (— Lawrence, Jewry), 35, 36; (— Peter’s, Cheap), 35, 36; (— Mary Magdalene), 36; ( — Leonard’s, Eastcheap) 39 ; ( — Stephen’s, London), 41 ; ( — Paul, School of — ) 42; (— Peter’s, Lin¬ coln), 93; ( — Peter le Cathedra, feast of), 78; ( — Ebrulph, Nor¬ mandy), 83; (— Mary’s, Wigford, Lincoln), 93; ( — Mary’s, Louth, Lincoln), 93; (— Mary's, Barton- on-Humber), 93 ; ( — Gregory), 78. S' George (Herald), 18, 21, 40, 89. S' John (Sir John — ) (Wilts), 46. S' Legier (Sir Thomas —), 53 ; (Anne — ). 53. Salkeld (Geo), 24. - (of Corby), 27. - (of Rosgfil), 22, 27 ; (Arms of — ), 27. -- (Thomas —), 28. Salisbury (Earl of —, 1477), 18. - (Earl of —), 9. -- (Bishop of —), 6. Salisbury Castle, 11. Salt, 81. Salvage (G.), 13 ; (Letter to —, from Dean of Lichfield), 13. Sampson (W m ) (Edw IV), 19. - (John), 83. San Fiorenzo, 70. Sandford (Thomas), 23. - (Thomas —, of Askham), 27. Sands (Wilts), 48. Sandwich (Earl of —, 1758), 70. Saracenus (Willelmus — ), 6. Sarum (Salisbury) (Bishop of — ), 7. - (Comes — ), 9. -— (Castle of—), 11. Saunders (Will m — , of Sutton Court, Middx), 25. Sauntlow (Giles — ) (lEgidius) (Edw IV), 19. Savage (Archbishop —, of York, 1501- 1507), 33. Sawry (John), 28. Saxton (York), 23, 52. Scarborough (Earl of —), 63. Scarleise (Burgundy), 7. Sehakylde (John), 19. Scotford (Scotforth) (Lan), 22. Screveton (Notts), 43. Scriven (Tho s ), 5. Seacote (Richard), 43. Seal (armorial of —■ W m de Wyndesore, 1381), 97 ; (of Lord Mayor of Lon¬ don, 1384), 95 ; (of Lancaster, Baron of Kendal), 89; (of Sir Lyonel Ducket, Lord Mayor), 33 ; (of Wil¬ liam Duckett of Hartham, M.P.), 50. Secretary (King’s), 10. -(French —, to King Charles), 55. Secretary (Mr — Williamson) 50, 51. - ( — of the Admiralty), 70. Sedbergh (York), 82. Seigneur de Duchet, 6, 9. Seizin (Seisin) 27, 86, 87. Selling (Prior of Christ Church, Can¬ terbury) (1490), 75. Sempringham (Semperingham) Line. (Prior of —), 14. Sens (Champagne), 5, 7. Sereton (Notts), 43. Sergenson (Thomas), 19. Seringapatam, 5. Serjeant at law, 33, 60, 106. Serland (Geoffrey de — ) (Constable of Dover, 1225), 7. Seymour (Charles) (son of Lord Sey¬ mour) (1663), 50. - (Sir Edward —) (Earl of Hert¬ ford), 47. -(Edmond — , of Inholmes), 55. Shales (Charles), 53. Shaw House (Wilts), 4, 69. Shelburne (Earl of — ) 65, 66, 80. Sheppard (of Kendal), 26. Sheriff (Vicecomes) 9, 14, 15, 92; (— of Warwickshire), 6; (— Somer¬ set') 7, 21; (— Cumberland), 8, 22, 96 ; (— London) 9, 82 ; ( — York) 10; (— Norfolk) 11, 82; (— Suf¬ folk), 11, 82 ; (— Wilts), 11, 76, 77, 78; ( — Herts) 11, 57; (— Essex) 11; (— Westmoreland) 12, 96; (—- Kent), 12; (— Lincoln) 12, 13, 14; (— Devon') 21 ; (— Bucks), 85 ; ( — Montgomeryshire), 75. Sherman (Rob 1 ), 33. Sherwin (of Ashwell), 41. Shirley (Edw d ) (Hen VIII), 16. Shovel (Sir Cloudesley - —), 64. Sibthorpe (Notts), 37, 43. Simon de Hale (Just. Itin.) 11, 12, 90. Singer (W m — , of Trowbridge), 49. Sire de Duchet, 6. - de Duket, 6. Siwardus, 7. Sizergh (Westm), 27. Skelsmeresergh (Westm.) 26, 82. S. Skelsmergh. Skelsmergh (Westm), 22, 23, 26, 82. - (Duket of —) 22, 26. Skinner (Skynner) (Thomas —, of Dewlish, Dorset), 47, 48, 62, 65, 66, 81 ; (Grace —), 47, 62, 63, 65, 81 ; (Grace —), 47, 48, 62, 65, 66, 81 ; (Thomas —), 61, 62, 65, 81 ; (Barbara — ) 62 ; (Arms of —) 62, 89. Skip with (Wm), 95. Smith (Edmund) (poet), 57, 59, 62. Thomas —), 58. of Borow Castle, Norf), 63; (Lady — ), 63. —— (L, General Sir Lionel —), 65. Smyth (John —, Earl of Clanricarde), 1. Smythe (Smith) (John —, Robert —), 43. Snaith (Walter Parker —), 23. Snotyng (John), 19. Socage Tenure, 23, 24. Society of Arts, 2. Society of Antiquaries, 89. Softley (Dur), 75, 83. Somerset (Protector — ), 47. - (Henry, Duke of —) (Edw IV), 19. - (Lady Mary — ), 69. Somersetshire, 6, 7. Sorrel (John —, of Buxhall, Suffolk), 41; (Anne —), 41. Soureby (Adam de —), 96. Southover (Sussex), 16, 17. South wick (Hants), 11. Southwike (Lord Stafford of — ) (Edw IV), 21. Spanish Armada, 41. Speke (W) (Edw IVj, 19. - (Hugh —, of Hazlebury), 47 ; (John —), 58; (Sir George — , of Hazlebury, bart), 48, 57, 58 ; (will of —) 57; (Francis — , of Chenies (Cheney) Court), 57, 58 ; (will of —) 58 ; (Dame Anne —) 58. Spencer (Henry) (Edw IV), 19, —— (Earl) (Admiralty), 70. Spencer (Thomas — , Dorothy —) 1, 2. - (Robert —), 81. Spina (Robert de — ), 13. Spring (Thomas — , of Lavenham), 41 ; (Anne —), 41. Spry (Admiral), 72. Stafford (Lord ■—, of Southwyke, Edw IV), 20, 21. Stanle (Thos) (Edw IV), 19. Stanley (Thos, of Carlisle, Edw IV), 19. -(William — , of Dalegarth ; Alice -, 17. Steeple-Morden (Camb.), 5, 8, 40, 41, 53, 81, 93. S. Duckett (of Steeple- Morden) . Stephens (Francis) (Judge Advocate) 71, 72. Stifford (Essex), 90. Stirkeland (Strickland) (Walter de —), 96. Stodday (Dur), 2. Stoddo (Dur), 2. Stodhoo (Dur), 2. Stoke D’Abemon (Surrey), 2, 4. Stokes (Roger de — de Wadington), 15. Standish (Ralph —), 22. Statute Staple, 83. Steele, 57. Stepney (Sir John —), 66 ; (Mary — ), 66 ; (Margaretta Eleanora —), 80. Stock (Wilts), 41, 47, 48, 49. Stockley (Wilts), 41, 46, 47, 48, 49, 76, 77, 78. Stodelay (Priest), 33. Stoke-Gifford (Glou), 49. Stort River (Herts), 70, 74, 75. Stortford (Bishop’s — ) (Herts), 70, 74, 75. Stow (Suff.), 41. Stratton (W m Cade de —), 15. - (John Amy de —), 15. Stratton (Com.) 64. Street (Somers.), 34, 38, 44. Strickland (Walter —) (1503) 22. -(Walter —, of Sizergh) (1543) 27. INDEX OF PERSONS, PLACES, ETC. 113 Striekland-Ketle (Westm), 27. Strickland (Winterbourne —) (Dors), 65. Strykland, 22. Strode (John —, of Parnham), 62. Strode Bingham, 81. Stubbs (Thos — , of Kington S, Michael), 40, 49; (Jane •—), 40, 49. Studley (Wilts), 41, 47, 48, 49. Sudwic’ (Sudvie’, Suwic’), 11. Suffolk (William, Earl of — , 1419), 17, 20. - (Earl of—) (1621), 53. - (Henry, Duke of — ), 86. - (Alice, Duchess of — , 1459), 83. Suit, Suit of Coiu-t; (service of doing suit at the county court of . . .), 15. - (Chancery — ), 8, 25, 29. Supporters (of W« de Wyndesore), 89, 97. - (of Duckett) 89, 97. Surrey (Earl of — ), 8, 16. Sutton Court (Middx), 25. Swale River (York), 70. Swayne (Swaine) (Bennett —, of Mil¬ ford, Wilts), 48. Sweden (King of — ) (1573), 35. Swift (Swyfte) (of Roydon, Essex), 85 ; (arms of —) 85. Swift (John —, of Roydon) (Auditor temp Eliz) 83, 85; (Margaret — ), 83, 85 ; (Richard, Frances, Sir Fran¬ cis — , of Roydon and Takeley, Eliza¬ beth, Fouke, Francis, Mary, Mil¬ dred, James, Thomas, Dorothy, Mar¬ garet, Elizabeth, Joanne) 85 ; (monu¬ ment to — , in Roydon Church), 85. Syerston (Notts), 37, 43. Sykdmore (Sir John —) (Edw IV), 19. Sylphide (man of war), 5. Tabor (Margery), 40. Taillebois (William de — , Baron of Kendal; Agnes de —), 8, 16; (arms of —), 8, 89. Takeley (Essex), 85. Tapton (Hugh) (Edw IV), 19. Tatham (Lane.), 17- Tax Collector (Receipt of — ) (temp Q. Anne), 61. Taylboys (Sir William — ) (Edw IV), 19. Tayleur (W m of — Rhoane (Rouen),) 5. Taylor, 2. Tees (Theodore le — ) 10. Tempest (Sir Richard —) (Edw IV), 19. Temple (Lond.) 23, 60. Tenure (Socage —) 23, 24. — — (by Knight’s Service), 23. Testa de Nevill 10, 15, 91. Tewdley (Kent), 55. Thacker, 3. Theodore le Ties, 10. Theodoric le Tees, 10. Thetford (Norf), 55. Thibaut (Comte de Champagne), 6. Thirsk (York), 1, 2. Thistlewood (of Coleby), 15. Thomas, (Abbot of St. Alban’s) 94. Thompson (Robert), 87. Thornburgh (Edw a —, of Carlisle, Edw IV), 19. Thornhill (Sydenham —), 48. Thornton (Rob<), 70. Thornton, (Thornton-in-Lonsdale), (York), 33. Thorpe Place (Surr.), 69. Throckmorton (Sir Robert —), 34. - (Sir Bavnham —•) 64 ; (Margaret —), 64. Thurland Castle (Lane.), 25, 26. Thurmaston (Leic), 88. Thumam (Lane), 21. Thurrock (West - —) (Essex), 90, 98. Thiu-stan Allen, 84. Thurstan Duket, 6. Thurston (of Tyllesley), 17. Thwaites (John), 33. Thweng, (Arms of —), 32. Tidenham (Glouc), 41. Tierney (Geo) ’(M.P.), 70. Ties (le —), 10. Toarceis, 5. Todd (Anthony —, of Garlick House), 27 ; (Anne —), 27. Tolcha (Roger de —), 7. Tomlinson (Vice Admiral Nicholas — ) 2; (Elizabeth, Rcv d J. P., Emily Agnes) 2, 3. Tompkins (Robert —, of Beaeonsfield) 57, 58. Tonge (Herald), 24, 31. Tonstall (Thos —, W m — ) 19. Totenhale (John —, of Bushey, Herts), 95. Tower (Constable of the — ), 9, 10. Townsend (Duke) (1710), 60. Treason (High —), 9, 19. Treasurer (Lord — ) temp. James, 61. -Lord — of England (Burghley), 34. Trenchard of Warmwell, 62 ; (arms of —), 64, 89. - (John —, of Warmwell) 62 ; (Frances — ) 62, 81; (George — ), 48. Trencheglice (Adam — de Totstoke), 13. Tresham (Sir Tho 3 — ) (Edw IV), 19. Trial (of Admiral Byng), 72, 73, 74 ; — (of Admiral Keppel), 71, 74; — (Sir Hugh Palliser), 71, 74. Trindar (Serjeant) (1711), 60. Trowbridge (Wilts), 26, 30, 44, 45, 77. Trys (John — , of Ilaydour), 14. Turchitil, 62. Turnpenny, 2. Tunstall (Sir Richard —) (Edw IV) 19; (Thomas—; William— ), 19. Turberville (family of), 46 ; (Arms of — ) 47, 62, 89. -(Thomas — , of Bere Regis, Dor¬ set) 46 ; (Mary —), 45, 46, 59. Turstinus (clcricus), 7. Twisleton (York) 33; (Redman of —) 33. Tyllesley, 17. Tynedale (Northumb.), 25. Ulleskelf (York) 10. Ubery (Ubarrow) (Westm), 22. Ulster (Baronets’ Badge of —), 68. Underly (Underley) (Westm.), 26. Unton (Sir Henry —) 44. Uppedag’ (Roger de — ), 7. Vallibus (John de —), 14. Vance (Sir W*» —, Edw IV), 19. Vasconia (Gascony), 11. Vaudrey (Monm.), 63. Vaughan (Sir Walter —) (Wilts), 47. Vaughan (Michael), 38. Vermandois (Earl of—) 8, 16. Vesey (Anne), 62. Veteriponte (Veteripont, Vipont) (Ro¬ bert de —) (Sheriff of Westmore¬ land) 11, 12. --(John de —), 96. Vicecomes. S. Sheriff. Villers (France), 7. Villers (Margaret —-, John —), S7. Villiers, 6. Vincent (Herald), 21, 30. Vincent (of Haydore) (1281), 14. Vincent (Sir Francis —, of Stoke Da- beron), 1, 2, 4 ; (Sir Henry —, Hes¬ ter —) 1 ; (Frances —, Miss —) 2, 4. Vipont. S. Veteripont. Viry (Ranulph de —), 10, 91. Visitation (of Berks, Bucks, Dorset, London, Surrey, Yorkshire, West¬ moreland, Wilts), 1, et passim. Vivien, (Chevalier de la Ferte Lope- ria), 5, 7. Vyner (Henry —, Mary —), 90. Wace, 5, 68. Wadington (Waddington) (Line) 15, 91. - (Walger de —), 15 ; (Stokes de -), 15- Wagstaff (Capt. — temp. Cromwell), 52. Wake, 37, 39. Hugh de —), 13. Robert — , of Risborough), 85. Walden (Sampson —), 43. Walger (Robert — , de Wadington), 15. Walker (Christopher — , of Working- ton), 25. Walker (Adam — ), 27. Wallbrook (Lond.), 67. Waller (Edward) (1647), 52. — — (Cicely), 58. Wallinghaire. S. Wcllingore. Walrond (Oxeye —) (Herts), 94, 95. Wallround (Wall-round) (Herts), 94. Walshe (of Norfolk) 84; (Anne —), 84 ; (Arms of — ) 84. Walsingham (Thomas) (Precentor of St. Alban’s), 95. Walter (Chaplain), 13. Walter de Duchet, 7. Walter (Vicar of Appleby), 96. Walter de Mebrun, 96. Waltham Abbey (Essex) 85, 86. Walton (Norf), 16. Q 114 INDEX OF PERSONS, PLACES, ETC. 'Walton (John —, of Kensington), 48, 68, 69, 81; (Grace —) 48, 68, 69, 81; (portrait of —), 69. -(John —), 85. Walys (John —) (Edw IV) 19. Ward (Sir Christopher —, of Grin- dale), 2 ; (Roger —), 2. Ward of Consett (Dur.), 2. -of Bishop Middleham (Dur), 2. Ward (John —, of Stodhoo or Stod- day), 2 ; (Frances —, Anne —), 2. Ward (William —, of Bishop Auckland & TVoodhouse (Dur),) 2; (Dorothy -), 2. TV ard (W m — of Gishorough) 2, 4, 57, 70; (John—, Thomas, Joshua, Ed¬ ward, Geo, Hannah, Ralph, William, Edward, Margaret, Esther, Dorothy, Anne, Elizabeth, Mary), 2, 3. - (William —), 4 ; (Frances —), 4 ; (Mary —) 4. - (John —, of Hackney), 2; (Re¬ becca —, Knox —, Ralph —), 2. -(Arms of —), 4, 89. Ward, 74. Warde (Sir Roger —, Edw IV), 19. Wards and Liveries (Court of —), 44, 45. Wardship, 1, 27, 33, 44, 96. Wareham (Dor.), 65. Warm well (Dor), 62, 89. Warner (of Buckland), 84. Warner de Duchet, 7. Wamford, 63. Warren (Sir Ralph —), 42. Warren (Willielmus de —) 16. Warren (Earl) (1 st Earl of Surrey) 8, 16, 17. —— (Earl) (2 d Earl of Surrey), 8,16,17. Warren (House of —) 89. Warenna (Willielmus de —), 16. —— (Comes de —), 6. Warrenno (William de—) (Warenne), 8, 16. Warton (Lan.), 17. Warwick (Roger de Newburgh, Earl of—), 8, 16. -(Earl of —, Edw IV), 20. —— (Earls of —), 34. Earl of —, 1576), 34. Earl of —, temp. Cromwell), 52. Warwickshire (Sheriff of —), 6. Wasconia (Vasconia) (Gascony) 11. Washington (of Brent Pelham) (Adam —), 24, 39, 52; (will of —) 39 ; (Joyce —), 24, 39, 52; (Adam—), 39, 40, 41; (Richard, Henry —), 25; (Eliza —) 39 ; (Elizabeth, Martha), 40 ; (Aims of —) 39. Watford (Herts), 94. Watson (R d ), 45. Watyrton (Richard) (Edw IV.) 19. TVayder (Alan le —), 13. Webb (of Farley), 59. Well (Hugh de —) (Archdeacon of —), 9. TVellingore (Line.), (Welinghoue’, AVelinghour’ AVelinghure), 10, 91. Wellys (Leo, Lord —) (Edw IV), 19. Wengham (Henry de —) 10. TVenlock (Richard), 37. Wentworth (Lord) (1572), 35. Wentworth (Hon blc Thomas —, 1698), 35. - (Sir Philipp —, Edw IV), 19. Weshyngton (Thomas de — ) (or Wes- sington) of Hulled, 20, 31; (Anne -), 20, 31. Wessham, 19. TVessington (of Hulled, Westm.) 20, 31. West Hall (Essex), 90. West Thurrock (Essex), 90. TVestbury (Wilts) 76, 77, 78. Westminster Abbey, 59, 64, 65, 89. Westmonasterium (Westminster) 12. Westmoreland (or Westmorland) (Ralph, Earl of —), 86. -(Earl of —), (1585), 37. Westmorland. S. Westmoreland. Weston (TVestone) (Derb.), 84. Westwood (Kent) (Abbey of —) 9. TVestwud, 9. TVetherall (Cumb.) (Priory of — ), 95. Weymouth (Dors.), 70. Whaddon (Wilts) 90. -Long (of —) 90. Wharton (Thomas), 22. Lord —), 27. Sir Thomas —), 27. Wharton (Lane), 17. Whatside (TVestm.), 26. Whelpdale (John), 19. Whetwoode (Thomas), 19. Whinnfell (TVestm.), 23. TVhitby (TViteby) (York) 11. Whitchurch, (Edward), 35. White (Alice), 87. Whitewelle (John de—), 94 ; (Johanna de —), 94. Whitchcott (Sir Jeremy —, of Hen¬ don), 54. - Benjamin (Doctor of Divinity) —, of London, 54. Whithome (Conway —), 48, 49. Whittington (or TVhytington of Bar- wicke), 17, 20, 30. -(Thomas —, of Barwicke), 17. -(John —, of Barwicke) 17, 30, 31; (Mabell — .) 17, 30, 31. Whynnfell (Westm.), 23. Whythyngham. S. TVythyngham. TYhyttington (of Barwicke) 20, 30. TVieherley (Anthony—, Fortune —), 58. Wickham (Wyckham, Wycombe, West Wickham) (Bucks), 84. Widville (Elizabeth) (Edw IV), 19. TViflesforde, (Wivelsford, TVilsford) (Wilts), 62. TVigford (Lincoln), 93. Wight, 39 ; (Joyce —), 39. Wikford, 93. Wilbraham (Thomas), 35. Wilkinson (Thomas) (President of Queen’s Col., Camb), 18. Will of (Marie Duket) (1243), 13. - (Sir William Redman (1482), 32. - (Edward Redman of Harwood) (1510), 33. Sir John Goldstone) (1503), 75. Sir Robert Duket) (1538), 87. -John Ducket (1545), 42. - (Sir Lionel Ducket) (1585), 33, 36, 37. Will of (Ralph Duckett, of Kovdon) (1586), 83, 85. - Dame Jane Ducket (1589), 38, 39 - - Stephen Duckett (1591), 43. -Adam Washington (1604), 39. -Lionel Duckett (1609), 45. -Humphrey Mildmay (1613), 54. -Joyce Norton (1650), 40. - Lady Anne Mildmay (1656), 53. -Anne Duckett (1667), 56. -Sir George Speke (1683), 57. -Francis Speke (1683), 57. -TV m Duckett of Hartham (1686), 49. -Lionel Duckett (1693), 79. -Margaret Duckett (1694) 50. - Grace Duckett (1749), 69. -Thomas Skinner (1756), 62. -Grace Duckett (1759), 62. -(Joshua Ward) (1762), 3. -Thomas Duckett (1764) 65, 79. -(William Ward) 2. -William Duckett (1769), 80, 81 ; (1779), 68. Willelmus (Willielmus). -- (de Sancto Britio), 91. William (The Conqueror), 5, 8, 16, 89. - de Duchet, 7. -de St. Michael, 9. - (son of Ranulph le Flemyng), 13. : -de Warenne, 8. -of Lancaster (Baron of Kendal), 8. - de Windesore, 8, 15, 16,89, 95, 96, 97. - of Worcester, 19. Williams (Jane), 81. Williamson (Willyamson) (Joseph —) 50, 51. -(M r Secretary —), 50, 51. Willingham (Line), 10, 91. TVillock (Frances), 69. TVilsford (Wilts), 62. Wilson, 35. - (Sir William — ), 87. - (TV m — of Ayton; Rachel —) 3, 4. -(of Underly, TVestm), 26. Wiltshire Militia (Officers of —). S. Bayntun, Burnley, J. Ducket, TV. Ducket, Eyre, Mervin, St. John, Hungerford, Vaughan, TVroughton. Winchester (Bishop of —), 6. -(Abbess of — ), 6. - (Cardinal of — ), 18. -(— College) 97. -S. Wintonia. Winchcomb, TVinchelcomb (Glou) (Abbey of—) 82. Windesora (Windsor), 12, 13. TVindesore (Windesor, Windlesor’, Wyndesor’, TVyndesore, AVyndle- sore, TVyndelsore, Windelshoure, TVyndeshover), 89, 93 et seq. -(Sir Richard de — ), 97. -William de — , Alexander de — , William de —, Alexander de — ), 8 , 16. -(Alexander de —), 8, 15, 16, 25, 94, 95, 96. -(Agnes de —) (Agnes de Taille- bois), 15, 16, 95. INDEX OE PEESONS, PLACES, ETC. 115 Windesore (William de — ) 8, 15, 16, 89, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97. - (John de —), 15, 94, 95, 96. - (Robert de —), 95. -(Margery de —) (Margery Dulc¬ et), 7, 8, 15, 16, 25, 89, 93, 95, 96. - (Isabella de — ) 15, 16, 95. - (Christina, or Christiana de —) 15, 16, 95. -(Anns of—) 8, 18, 31, 89, 97. Windham (John —) 63, 64 ; (Kathe¬ rine —), 64. Windsor (Windesora), 12, 13. Windsor (Earl of Plymouth), 97. Winter (Wynter) (William — , of Col- ford), 36, 37 ; (Jane —), 36 ; (Eliza¬ beth — ), 49; (Sir Roger —), 41; (Colonel — , 1644), 41 ; (Sir William — , of Lydney (1588),) 41; (Sir John — , of Lydney, 1644) 41, 42; (Lady —), 42; (Arms of —) 42. Winter’s Leap, 42. Winterbourne Strickland (Dor), 65. Wintonia, Winton’ (Winchester), 6. Abbatissa de —) 6, 7. Episcopus —), 7, 9. —— (Ernest, Ansfr, Hugo de —), 6. Wintoniensis Episcopus, 9. Wintour (Winter) (Sir John — , 1644), 42. - (William —, of Colford), 36. -(Elizabeth — ), 49. Winwood (Sir R —) (1615), 75. Witeby. S. Whitby. Witham (Somers.), 63. Wolverton (Somers.) 44. Wood Street, St. Peter’s. London, 35. Woodford (Essex), 3, 68, 75. Woodhouse (Dur.), 4. Woodman (John) (of Kellaways, Wilts), 51. Worcester (William of —), 19. Worcester (Earl of—) (1439) 19. -(Earl of — ) (Charles 1), 41. - (Marquis of —), 41. Workesley (of Boothes), 17. S. Worse- ley. Workington (Cumb.), 25. - (Curwen of —), 25. -(Walker of —), 25. Worseley (Arthur —) 17 ; (Sir Gef¬ frey —), 17 (Elizabeth — ; Robert —, of Boothes), 17. Worseley (Robert —, of Boothes), 17, 20, 30; (Mabell —), 17, 20, 30, 31. Worseley (Eleanor — ) 17; (Thomas —), 17, 20 ; (Robert, Adam, Gylbert, Gyles, Clemence), 17; (Richard—; Helen —), 21. Worseley (Arms of — ) 17, 21. - (Manor of), 17. Wramplingham (Norf), 83. Wraxall (Wilts), 58, 77- Wreysham (Lan.), 19. Wright 39 ; (Joyce—), 39. Wroth (Sir Thomas —), 35. Wroughton (Sir Giles —, Wilts), 46. Wroxham (Norf.), 68. Wycliff (Ralph), 22. Wye (river), 41. Wylson, 35. Wymbish, 93 ; (arms of —) 93. Wyndham (Windham) (John —), 63, 64; (Katherine —), 64. Wynter (Winter, Wintour) 37, 41. Wyteby. S. Whitby. Wythyngham (Sir Robert —, Edw IV), 19. Wyndesore (William de —) (King’s Lieutenant (or Viceroy) of Ireland) 96, 97. S. Windesore. -Margery de —, &c. &c. S. Win¬ desore. -(Armorial Seal of —), 97. - (William de —, Alexander de —, William de —, Alexander de —), 16. S. Windesore. Yeoman (civil engineer, 1760), 75. York Castle, 10. -(Archbishop of —) 33, 82. - (Richard Plantagenet, Duke of —), 53. -(House of —), 19, 31. Yvo la Zouche, 78. Zouche (Eudo la —) 78. -(Milisent —) 78. -(Lord —, of Haryngworth), 78. Zuche (Yvo la —), 78. ADDENDA. Page B9, 97.— In Gore’s “ Alphabet of Blazon ” of Wiltsshire families, a.d. 1G63, (Add. MSS. 28020), we have the following entry of the family bearings of the Ducketts of Hartham at that date; the garb or and the feathers gules (as borne by Ducket of Barcot, direct ancestor of the Hartham branch), prove the present colours to be different from the original tinctures. The title is as follows: “ An alphabet of blazon of the paternall coates, crests, and mottoes of all (or the major part of) ” “the gentry in the county of Wiltes : by Thomas Gore of Altrington or Alderton in the said county ” “ Esq r .” Anno Domini 1663. “ Duckett of Hartham, in the hundred of Chippenham : Sable, a saltier argent.” “ The crest is twofold “ 1 st . a Garb or ; which is most usually borne.” “ 2. Five estridge (sic) feathers gules, within a florall crown or: and this crest is in ( stained ) glass at Hartham.” “ The motto is : Je veux le droict.” (The Latin version of the above is thus given by Gore, on the opposite page of his MS.) “ Crux decussata argentea, in solo scuti zibellino. Hanc tesseram habet familia Duckettorum de Hartham.” “ Galeae apex : 1. Spiearum fascis aureus.” “2. Penme struthio-cameli quinque miniatae, emergentes e corona florida aurea." “ Lemma epigraphum: Je veux le droict.” 116 CORRIGENDA. Page 1, column 1, 1. 4, for “ 1545,” read “ 1510.” 5, c. 1,1. 3, for “ Oompte,” read “ Comte.” 6 , c. 2, 1. 49, for “Loraine,” read “Lorraine.” 7, c. 1, 1. 23, for “ 1225,” read “ 1226.” 7, 1. 23, after “Kent,” add “Nottinghamshire.” 10, c. 1, 1. 45, for “ Petronilli de Cromy,” read “ Petronillse de Croum.” 10, c. 1, 1. 46, for “feodum,” read “feodi.” 12, c. 1, 1. 33, for “ Acquitaine,” read “ Aquitaine.” 13, c. 2,1. 4, after “III,” add “ (m. 10). 14, c. 2,1. 23, 53, for “ Waranto,” read “ Warranto.” 14, c. 2, 1. 26, for “ faceret,” read “ faeiat.” 14, c. 2, 1. 35, for “haberet,” read “liabeat.” 15, c. 1, 1. 31, for “to the said warden,” read “for the said guard.” 15, c. 2,1. 41, for “cousin,” read “nephew.” 15, c. 2, 1. 57, after “Litton,” add “ (or Lutton).” 19, c. 1, 1. 23, for “ quartering,” read “ impaling.” 21 , 1. 10, for “ 17",” read “ 17 { .” 22, c. 1,1. 38, for “ 51",” read “ 14**.” 25, c. 2, 1. 60, for “ second,” read “ first.” 30, c. 1,1. 36, for “ patee,” read “ pattee.” 43, 1. 1,/or “20",” read “20 c .” 46, c. 1,1. 29, for “ Chadlewcrth,” read “ Dhaddleworth.” 58, c. 2, 1. 36, after “Neatston,” add “ (Neston).” 64, c. 1, 1. 23, for “ Marshall,” read “ Marshal.” 76, c. 2, 1. 11, for “89,” read “90.” 77, c. 2, 1. 68, for “Troubridge,” read “Trowbridge.” 77, c. 2, 1. 69, for “ descendant of the Long3 of Wraxall,” read “ ancestor of (he Longs of Whaddon.” 77, c. 2, 1. 70, for “89,” read “90.” j^ B.—Throughout this memoir the spelling, “ Westmorelaml,” lias been adopted in preference to “ A\ estmorland.” Burn in his History of the county has “Westmorland,” the Heraldic Visitation by St. George, “ Westmorland.” In like manner, for “ Harewood ” wdll he found “ Harwood.”