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 SHOWING DESCENT FROM JOIIN KINGDON OF COLERIDGE, 
 
 COUNTY DEVON, ENGLAND, ESQUIRE (1596), A CADET 
 
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THE KINGDON ARMS 
 
 Burke in his History oj the Commoners, 1S36, vol. ii., pp. 211-13, asserts that "Kingdon 
 of Launcells" bears the ancient arms of Kingdon of Trehunsey, co. Cornwall, quartered 
 with the ancient arms of Boughton. The right to the Boughton quartering was obtained 
 by the marriage of Richard Kingdon, Esq., to Rebecca, dau. and heiress of Rev. George 
 Boughton. Richard Kingdon 's oldest brother. Rev. John Kingdon, also married an 
 heiress, Jane, daughter of Rev. John Hockin; and Burke declares in a footnote that "the 
 branch of the Kingdon family descended from the marriage of the Rev. John Kingdon 
 with Jane, daughter of Rev. John Hockin, quarters the Hockin arms with those of King- 
 don." Burke also cites at length from Gilbert's Historical Survey of Cornwall what pur- 
 ports to be a lengthy extract from the grant of the Hockin arms. These facts were placed 
 before the College of Arms, London, eliciting the reply following: 
 
 College of Arms, London E. C. 
 Sir:— 11 Jan 1905 
 
 In reply to your letter of the 19th Dec. received this week I have to say that the family 
 of Kingdon descrilied in Burke's Hist, of the Conmioners, vol. 2, p. 211, is not recorded 
 in the official books. 
 
 The paragraph extracted from the grant to Hockin appears to be extracted from 
 the Registered Grant. 
 
 There being no recorded pedigree of Kingdon, I am unable to state whether there 
 exist persons who would be entitled to quarter Hockin if they had arms recorded for 
 Kingdon. . . . 
 
 I have the honor to be 
 
 Your Obt. Set. 
 
 W. A. LiNDSEY 
 
 Frank Allaben, Esq. (Kc. Windsor Herald) 
 
 A further report was subsequently communicated as follows: 
 
 College of Arms, London E. C. 
 Frank Allaben, Esq. 21 Feb 1905 
 
 Dear Sir: — In reply to your letter of the ith inst. I have to report. 
 
 1. That the family of Kingdon descriljed in Burke's History of the Commoners, vol. 
 2, p. 211, is not on record. 
 
 2. So precise a statement as that given by Burke certainly implies that the family 
 of Kingdon does represent the family of Hockin mentioned. 
 
 3. The arms mentioned as those of Hockin are on record. 
 
 The passage purporting to be quoted from the grant of arms to Hockin is inaccurate, 
 and as the original grant mentions several genealogical facts I have had an exact copy 
 made of it which I enclose. 
 
 The arms given for Kingdon in Burke's Commoners are, Argt a chevron sable between 
 3 magpies proper. They are attributed to Kingdon of Launcells, Cornwall, in the best 
 ordinary of British Arms, that of Papworth, on page 399. He gives as authority Pentyer 
 Harleian MSS. 1404 146, which is of course in the British Museum. They quarter Bough- 
 ton — Sable, three crescents or — also given in Papworth, p. 600, without any authority. 
 
 The result of all this is that probalily there existed at one time a family of Kingdon 
 having the arms given in Burke, but it has not been recorded. We have therefore no 
 
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10 KINGDON-GOULD 
 
 official knowledge that any living person of the name, or any person who has lived in the 
 last 400 years has or had right to the arms. There is no pedigree showing that a Kingdon 
 married a Hockin. 
 
 Believe me, Yours faithfully, 
 
 W. A. Lindsay. 
 
 Thus, while no Kingdon pedigree is on record in the College of Arms, Burke and 
 Papworth, with the authorities they cite, are authority for the right of Kingdon of Laun- 
 cells to the ancient arms of Kingdon of Trehunsey, which brings the same authority in 
 support of the right of the descendants of Rev. John Kingdon and Jane Hockin to the 
 same arms, as George Boughton Kingdon of Launeells, Esq., was the nephew of the Rev. 
 John Kingdon who married Jane Hockin. The copy of the grant of the Hockin arms 
 sent by Mr. Lindsay is as follows: 
 
 TO ALL AND SINGULAR, to whom these Presents shall come Stephen Martin 
 Leake, Esquire, Garter Principal King of Arms & Sir Charles Townley, Knt. Clarenceux 
 King of Arms of the South, East and West Parts of England from the River Trent South- 
 wards send Greeting: WHEREAS those ancient Badges or Ensigns of Gentility commonly 
 called or Known by the name of Arms have heretofore been and still are continued to te 
 conferred upon deserving Persons to distinguish them from the Common Sort of People 
 who neither can or may pretend to use them without lawful authority. AND WHEREAS 
 John Hockin, Clerk, Master of Arts, Vicar of Oakhampton, Rector of Lydford, in the County 
 of Devon, and Chaplain to the Right Honorable George Lord Lyttleton hath represented 
 unto the Right Honorable Henry Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire Deputy with the Royal 
 Approbation, to the Most Noble Edward Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshall and Hereditary 
 Marshal of England, That he is the only Son of Thomas Hockin of Caduscott in the parish 
 of Liskeard and County of Cornwall, Gentleman by Miriam his Wife, Daughter of James 
 Ellis of Camborn in the said County and grandson of John Hockin of Godrevy in the Parish 
 of Gwythian and County of Cornwall, aforesaid, and that he is desirous of having a Coat 
 of Arms and Crest granted which may allude to the following Event in his Family: In Time 
 of War with France, at the Beginning of Queen Anne's Reign a large French Privateer 
 cruising in the Bristol Channel came to an Anchor off an Estate called Godrevey then in 
 Possession of John Hockin his grandfather before mentioned who was one of the principal 
 Inhabitants of the parish, and it being conjectured that the Privateer's Intent was to 
 send in her boat to plunder the House, which stood alone, and carry off the Cattle from 
 the estate; The said John Hockin and his Family were alarmed and collected their Friends 
 and Neighbours to Keep Watch that Night on the Cliff or Beach. At Daybreak they all 
 dispersed, thinking the Danger over, but just as Thomas Hockin his Father aforesaid, 
 then a young man, was getting into Bed another Person whose Fears had led him out more 
 than once to take a View, came in a great Hurry and told him that a Boat full of Men was 
 making for the Shore as fast as they could row, on which the said Thomas Hockin slipped 
 on his Clothes and catching up a Gun and a Pole to feign the appearance of another, ran 
 out and down a steep hill to the Sea in sight of the Boat, from whence he was fired at several 
 Times, then got behind a Rock, which served him as a Breast work, and from thence with 
 his one Gun only fired on the Boat with so much Vigour and Effect as to prevent the Crew's 
 landing, and at last make them turn about and row back again to their Ship as fast as they 
 could; for preserving the memory of this brave action or rather Providential Deliverance, 
 The said John Hockin did request his Lordship's Warrant for our devising, granting and 
 assigning to him and his Descendants & to the Descendants of his said father Thomas 
 Hockin, his Brothers and their Descendants such Arms and Crest as may allude to the 
 above Event, and be lawfully borne by Him and Them; and that the same with his Family 
 No such Pedigree maybe register'd with the Gentry of this Kingdom in the Heralds 
 pedigree Office. And forasmuch as His Lordship duly considering the Premises did 
 registered. (,y Warrant under his Hand and Seal bearing date the Twenty Eighth day 
 of April last past order and direct Us to devise grant and assign such Arms and Crest 
 accordingly: Ivnow ye therefore that We the said Garter and Clarenceux in pursuance of 
 
KINGDON-GOULD 11 
 
 the Consent of the said Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire, and by Virtue of the Letters Patent 
 of Our Several Offices to each of Us respectively granted under the Great Seal of Great 
 Britain, have devised for and do by these Presents grant and assign unto the said John 
 Hockin the Arms following, that is to say Per Fess Wavy Gules and Azure, a Lyon passant 
 guardant Or, beneath his Feet a Musket lying horizontally Proper, and semy of Fleurs de 
 Lis confusedly dispersed of the Third, And for the Crest On a Wreath of the Colours a 
 Rock therefrom a Sea GuU rising Proper, with this Motto HOC IN LOCO DEUS RUPES, 
 as the same are in the margin hereof, more plainly depicted; to be borne & used for Ever 
 hereafter by him the said John Hockin, and his Descendants, and by the Descendants of 
 his Father Thomas Hockin, his Brothers and their Descendants, with their due and proper 
 Differences according to the ancient Practice and Custom of Arms, without the Let or In- 
 terruption of any Person or Persons whatsoever: In Witness whereof We the said Garter 
 and Clarenceux Kings of Arms have to these Presents subscribed Our Names and affixed 
 the Seals of our several Offices this seventh Day of May, in the fourth year of the Reign 
 of Our Sovereign Lord George the Third by the Grace of God King of Great Britain 
 France and Ireland Defender of the Faith, &c.: and in the year of our Lord one Thousand 
 Seven Hundred and Sixty four. 
 
 Martin Leake, Garter Charles Towni.ey, Clarenceux 
 
 Principal King of Arms King oj Arms. 
 
 A correct copy 
 
 W. A. Lindsay (Windsor Herald) 
 24 Feb. 1905. 
 
Cbc 33etJigree 
 
3Siingl)on(^ouHi 
 
 Arms: Quarterly; 1 and 4, argent, a chevron sable between three magpies 
 proper (Kingclon); 2 and 3, per jess, loavy, gules and azure, a lion pas- 
 sant guardant or, beneath his feet a musket lying horizontally proper, and 
 semy of fleurs-de-lis, confusedly dispersed, of the third (Hockin). 
 
 Crest: An eagle, displayed, with two necks and heads, sable. 
 
 Motto: Regis donum gratuni bonum. 
 
 Kyngdon of Trehunsey, Quethiock, co. Cornwall, England; 
 the twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth centuries.' 
 
 flourished in 
 
 Roger Kyngdon of Trehunsey, Esquire, died 3 March 1462-3;^= Joanna 
 commemorated by an ancient monumental brass in Quethiock 
 Church erected to his memory, that of his wife, Joanna, eleven 
 sons, and five daughters, with four armorial shields, one bearing 
 the Kingdon arms, Argent, a chevron sable between three magpies 
 proper.'^ 
 
 John Kingdon of Coleridge, co. Devon, England, Esquire;- 
 buried at Coleridge 12 Jan. 1596.= Will proved 3 Feb. 
 1596-7. 
 
 ■Joanc, buried at 
 Coleridge 15 
 Sept. 1601.' 
 
 Chris- 
 topher 
 King- 
 don, 
 bp. 
 at 
 
 Cole- 
 ridge 
 24 May 
 1564.' 
 
 John Kingdon of^ 
 East Lee, Gentle- 
 man; bapt. at Cole- 
 ridge 12 Mar. 1572,' 
 bur. there 25 Jan. 
 1671 as " John King- 
 don, Senior, Gent of 
 East Lee.'" Will 
 proved 4 May 1672.'' 
 
 = Agnes, 
 buried 
 at 
 
 Cole- 
 ridge, 
 3 June 
 16S1.' 
 
 Richard Ivingdon, 
 bp. at Coleridge, 
 20 Oct. 1575.' 
 
 Abraham King- 
 don, bp. at Cole- 
 ridge 1 May 1580.' 
 
 Joane, bp. at 
 Coleridge 29 Feb. 
 1567.' 
 
 Jane, bp. at Cole- 
 ridge 25 Feb. 
 1569.' 
 
 Mary, bp. at 
 Coleridge 2 Mar. 
 1577.' 
 
 Phillippa, bp. at 
 Coleridge 21 
 May 15S5.' 
 
 Christopher Kingdon, bapt. Roger Kingdon of Nimet Elizabeth, bp. at Cole- 
 at Coleridge 20 July 1634;' Rowland, Devon; bp. at ridge 5 June 1631.' 
 
 Coleridge 1 Mar. 1640-1;' 
 
 bur. there 11 Jan. 1685.' 
 
 Will dated 4 Jan., proved 
 
 10 Mar. 1685." 
 
 bur. there 6 Aug. 1635.' 
 Richard 
 
 Kingdon, bp. at 
 Coleridge, 23 April 1637;' 
 bur. there 8 Jan. 1673.' 
 
 A 
 
 Mary, bp. at Coleridge 
 21 Dec. 1643;' mar. 
 there Simon Cum- 
 mings 27 Jan. 1669.' 
 
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 KINGDON-GOULD 
 
 John Kingdon of East Lee, Gentleman, bapt. ; 
 at Coleridge, 5 Feb. 1623;' overseer of will of 
 his brother Roger;" bur. at Coleridge 2 Apr. 
 1691 as "John Kingdon of East Lee Gent.'" 
 Will proved 4 July 1691.^ 
 
 Jane, dau. of . . . 
 Rowe; mar. at Cole- 
 ridge 1 Dec. 1664;' re- 
 married there to Thomas 
 Pook 14 March 1696.' 
 
 Christopher King- John Kingdon of East Lee,: 
 
 don, bapt. at Cole- Gentleman, bapt. at Cole- 
 
 ridge 20 Nov. ridge 12 July, 1676;' bur. 
 
 1665;' bur. there there 1 Aug. 1710 as "John 
 
 21 Aug. 1685.' Kingdon Gent." ' 
 
 :Mary dau. of=John Vickery, 
 . . . Pook ; Curate of Cole- 
 mar.atCole- ridge; mar. 
 ridge, 10 there 3 Apr. 
 Jan. 1694.' 1713.' 2d hus. 
 
 Christopher 
 Kingdon 
 bp. at Cole- 
 ridge 2 3 
 Nov. 1697;' 
 bur. there 22 
 July 1779.' 
 
 John King- 
 don, bp. at 
 Coleridge 29 
 Oct. 1701.' 
 
 Roger Kingdon of^ 
 Bridgerule, co. Devon, 
 Gentleman; bp. at 
 Coleridge 20 Sept. 
 1704;' churchwarden 
 of the parish church 
 at Hols worthy 1750, 
 1751;' bur. at Bridge- 
 rule 1 Dec. 1778 as 
 "son of John King- 
 don of East Lee in 
 parish of Coleridge, 
 Gent.'"* 
 
 : Judith, dau. of 
 John Cory of 
 Holsworthy ; ' 
 mar. there 18 
 June 1733;" bur. 
 at Bridgerule 
 17 Aug. 1780.' 
 Will dated 22 
 Feb. 1779 (codi- 
 cil undated), 
 proved 23 Oct. 
 1780." 
 
 Richard Kingdon, 
 bp. at Coleridge, 
 6 May 1707.' 
 
 Thomas Kingdon, 
 bp. at Coleridge 
 6 . . . 1709.' 
 
 Mary, bp. at Cole- 
 ridge 23 Nov. 
 1697;' mar. there 
 Henry Reed 21 
 Feb. "l720.' 
 
 Rev. J o h n- 
 Kingdon of 
 Bridgerule 
 and Py- 
 worthy , co. 
 Devon, bp. at 
 Holsworthy 
 24 Nov. 1735;' 
 A.M. Oxford 
 21 April 
 1762;'" 40 
 years Vicar 
 of Bridgerule 
 and 27 years 
 Rector of Py- 
 worthy;" 
 
 Jane, dau. 
 and heiress 
 of Rev. 
 John 
 Hockin, 
 patron and 
 Vicar of 
 Okehamp- 
 t o n and 
 Rector of 
 Lydford; " 
 m. 1765'° 
 or 1766.'2 
 Arms: Per 
 jess, wavy, 
 gules and 
 
 Roger King- 
 don, bp. at 
 Hols worthy 
 8 Apr. 1746;' 
 bur. 12 Sept. 
 1753.' 
 
 Judith, bp. at 
 Holsworthy 24 
 Aug. 1738;' m. 
 John Dennis, 
 Esq. of Exeter, 
 
 Mary, mar. Dan- 
 iel Hewett, Esq. 
 23 June 1763;'' 
 2d]y, William 
 Doble, Esq. 27 
 
 4 May 1763.'' Apr. 1773." 
 
 Richard Kingdon of: 
 Holsworthy, co. De- 
 von, Esq., bp. at Hols- 
 worthy 11 Apr. 1741 ;" 
 Magistrate for co. De- 
 von;' bur. at Hols- 
 worthy 16 Dec. 
 1816.'« 
 
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 : Rebecca, dau. of Rev. 
 George Bough ton, of the 
 Boughtons of Lawford 
 Hall, CO. Warwick;'" 
 mar. 1770; '"bur. at Hols- 
 worthy 17 May 1838.=' 
 Arms: Sable, three cres- 
 ecnts or.'^ 
 
KINGDON-GOULD 
 
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 magistrate for 
 the counties 
 of Devon and 
 Corn wall;" 
 patron of the 
 advowsons of 
 Bridgerule, 
 Py worthy 
 and Hols- 
 worthy, CO. 
 Devon, and of 
 Whitostone 
 and Marham- 
 church, CO. 
 Cornwall;'^ 
 died 25 March 
 1808." 
 
 azure, a 
 lion pas- 
 sant guar- 
 dant or, be- 
 neath his 
 feet a mus- 
 ket lying 
 horizontal- 
 ly proper, 
 and seniy 
 of fleurs- 
 de-lis, con- 
 fusedly dis- 
 persed, of 
 the third}^ 
 
 Rev. Roger Kingdon 
 of Gascoigne Place, 
 Plymouth ; ' bp. at Hols- 
 worthy 10 Aug. 1773.-- 
 
 George Boughton King- 
 don of Launcells, Esq.;' 
 bp. at Holsworthy 11 
 
 May 1775." 
 
 John Kingdon, bp. 5 
 Jan. 1779;" bur. 10 Mar. 
 1780.=' 
 
 Dennis Kingdon, bp. 6 
 June 1780."" 
 
 Rev. John Kingdon, 
 Rector of Marham- 
 church and White- 
 stone, CO. Cornwall.^' 
 
 Richard Kingdon of 
 Lostwithiel, co. Corn- 
 wall, M.D.;' bp. 28 
 
 May 1782." 
 
 Cory Kingdon of 
 Broomhill and Pong- 
 hill, CO. Cornwall;' 
 bp. 13 May 1787.'* 
 
 Judith, bp. 3 June 
 1777;" mar. John 
 Braddon, Esq.'^ 
 
 Mary, bp. 11 May 
 1784;" m. Richard 
 Kingdon, Esq.'" 
 
 Rev. Thomas Hockin 
 Kingdon, Rector of 
 Py worthy. =' 
 
 Charles Kingdon, 
 Esq.'' 
 
 Richard Kingdon, 
 Esq." 
 
 Francis Kingdon, 
 Esq." 
 
 Captain Christopher 
 Kingdon. '° 
 
 Major Dennis Kingdon." 
 
 Elizabeth, m. Capt. Usher- 
 wood, R. N." 
 
 Bridget, bp. at Holsworthy 
 21 July 1767;'" m. John 
 Braddon, Esq." 
 
 Griselda Jewel, ob. s. p.' 
 
 Rev. Roger Kingdon, 2d son; patron and Rector of Hols-- 
 worthy, co. Devon;" died 20 Nov. 1857." Will dated 9 
 March 1852; codicil added 30 March 1855; proved 2 Dec. 
 1857." 
 
 :T h o m a s i n e 
 Ware of Dol- 
 tan, CO. De- 
 von.'^ 
 
 Richard Kingdon, Esq., 
 executor and trustee of 
 his father's will." 
 
 Rev. John Kingdon, 
 legatee of his father." 
 
 Francis Amelia, wife of 
 Henry Gilbert Cory, lega- 
 tee of her father. '' 
 
 Frederick Kingdon, 
 Esq., executor and trus- 
 tee of his father's will." 
 
 Dennis Kingdon, lega- 
 tee of his father.'' 
 
 Jane, legatee of her 
 father.'' 
 
 Charles Kingdon, Esq., 
 legatee of his father." 
 
 Eliza, wife of Samuel 
 Fry, legatee of her 
 father." 
 
 Sophie Herring, legatee 
 of her father." 
 
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 KINGDON-GOULD 
 
 Roger Kingdon of Holsworthy and ■ 
 Torrington, co. Devon, M.D. ; lega- 
 tee under his father's will.^^ 
 
 : Catherine Youden ;'* 
 mar. 1831;'' died 
 1852." 
 
 Emily, lega- 
 tee of her 
 father.'^" 
 
 William 
 Kingdon, 
 Esq., born 
 at Torring- 
 ton in 
 1832;" 
 died 1868." 
 
 Charles Kingdon of^ 
 Torrington and Hols- 
 worthy, CO. Devon, 
 and Brooklyn, New 
 York, Esq.; b. at Tor- 
 rington in 1834;" d. 
 in Brooklyn, N. Y.'' 
 
 :Mary, dau. of Walter Martha, 
 
 Robert Carter, Esq.; living un- 
 
 b. at Benwell, near married 
 
 Newcastle, Eng., 19 Oct. in London 
 
 1844;^ living in Lake- in this 
 
 wood, N. J., in this year year 1906. 
 1906.'' 
 
 Mary Cather- 
 ine, died in 
 infancy. 
 
 Emily 
 Margaret, 
 died in in- 
 fancy. 
 
 Edith Maughan: 
 Kingdon; mar. 
 14 Sept. 1886;'" 
 living in this 
 year 1906. 
 
 George Jay Gould of New 
 York City and Lakewood, 
 N. J., Esq. ; b. in New York 
 6 Feb., 1864;" Uving in 
 this year 1906. 
 
 Kingdon 
 Gould, b. 
 15 Aug. 
 1887;" liv- 
 ing in this 
 year 1906. 
 
 Jay Gould, 
 b. 1 Sept. 
 1888;" liv- 
 ing in this 
 year 1906. 
 
 Mar jorie, 
 b. 11 Sept. 
 1890;" liv- 
 ing in this 
 year 1906. 
 
 Vivien, b. 
 2 May 
 1892;'» liv- 
 ing in this 
 year 1906. 
 
 George Jay 
 Gould, Jr., 
 b. 28 Mar. 
 1896;" liv- 
 ing in this 
 year 1906. 
 
 Edith C, 
 b. 3 Aug. 
 1901;" 
 living in 
 this year 
 1906. 
 
 Gloria, b. 3 March 1906." 
 
3lut|)oritie0 
 
AUTHORITIES 
 
 1. John Burke, History o] The CommoncTs oj Great Britain, 1830, vol. ii. pages 211-1.3, 
 "Kingdon of Launcells. " 
 
 2. "The Kingdons are an old and respectable family of the counties of Cornwall and 
 Devon. Their most ancient residence of which there is now an authentic account was at 
 Trehunsey, in the parish of Quithiock, Cornwall, where they flourished in the 12th, 13th, 
 14th and 15th centuries. In the parish church at Quithiock is a cross aisle, on the southern 
 side, belonging to the ancient mansion and manor of Trehunsey, with the family vault 
 imderneath, near which stands an antique marble monument on which are the brass 
 effigies of Roger Kingdon (who died a.d. 1402), Joanna, his wife, and fifteen children, 
 viz., ten sons and five daughters, with four shields of arms, and the following inscription: 
 'Hie jacent Rogerus Kyngdon, Joanna, uxor ejus, fillii, filiai-que, ac omnes progenitores 
 eorum. Qui obiit tertio die mensis Marcii Ao. Dni. Meccclxij: Quorum animabus pro- 
 pitietur Jesus, Amen.' The arms of Kingdon — Arg. a chev. sa. between three magpies 
 ppr. appear on one of the shields. The younger sons of this numerous family dispersed 
 and branched forth into several parishes in the coimties of Cornwall and Devon." — Ibid. 
 Captain T. Donald Tod of New York informs us that Mrs. Charles Kingdon of Lakewood, 
 N. J., has a copy on parchment made directly from the (Juethiock monument which states 
 that Roger Kyngdon had eleven sons and five daughters, instead of ten sons and five 
 daughters as stated by Burke. In a letter to The Genealogical Department of THE 
 GRAFTON PRESS dated 10 February 1905 Rev. J. Augustus Wix, Vicar of Quithiock, 
 Liskeard, Cornwall, speaks of the monument as "the large brass in the floor," and declares 
 that "there is no old marble monument." He adds: "The arms' brasses have disappeared 
 — how or where I do not know." 
 
 3. Coleridge Parish Register, on the authority of Reginald M. Glencross, Esq. 
 
 4. Wills, Archdeaconry of Barnstaple, co. Devon, on the authority of Reginald M. 
 Glencross, Esq. 
 
 5. "29 (sic) Feb. 1507," says Mr. Glencross, citing the Coleridge Parish Register, which 
 also records the marriage of Joane Kingdon and Peter Glade 5 Oct. 1594. 
 
 6. Wills, Princ. Reg. Exeter, on the authority of Reginald M. Glencross, Esq. 
 
 7. Extracts from Parish Register oj Holsworthy, co. Devon, known as "Number Two 
 Book" made for The Genealogical Department of THE GRArTON PRESS m January 
 1905 by Rev. T. S. Kendall, Rector of Holsworthy. See note 17. 
 
 8. Bridgerule Parish Register, on the authority of Reginald M. Glencross, Esq. On 
 the church wall of St. Bridgets, Bridgerule, Devon, there is a white marble tablet in memory 
 of Roger Kingdon and his wife Judith. A copy of this, in the possession of Mrs. Charles 
 Kingdon of Lakewood, N. J., as communicated to The Genealogical Department of THE 
 GUAI<TON PRESS 2 February 1905 by Captain T. Donald Tod, reads: "In memory of 
 
 Roger Kingdon, of this parish, Gent, son of John Kingdon of East died Novbr. 27th 
 
 1772 aged 74. Also his wife Judith, daughter of John Cory of Holsworthy, mercer, who 
 died Octbr 15th 1780. Their social virtues of Hospitality, Beneficence, and exemplary 
 lives created real respect, and their departure has occasioned real sorrow." While the 
 above gives the date of death of Roger Kingdon as 27 Nov. 1772, Mr. Glencross cites the 
 Bridgeride Register for his burial in 177S. Mr. Glencross is no doubt right. If Roger 
 Kingdon was bom in 1704 (Coleridge Register), and died at the age of 74 (Tablet), his death 
 must have occurred in 1778. Again, Mr. Glencross says that Judith was buried 17 Aug. 
 1780, while the tablet inscription as just quoted gives the date of her death as 15 Oct. 
 
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 1780. A note accompanying the copy states, however, that when examined the tablet 
 was "much discolored by time and rendered rather Indistinct." 
 
 9. Parish Register oj Hohwurthy, No. 2 Book, on the authority of Reginald M. Glencross, 
 Esq., and of Rev. T. S. Kendall, Rector. The latter furnishes the following extract, 
 under "Marriages": " 1773, June 18th. Mr. Roger Kingdon and Mrs. Judith Cory. Tho. 
 Warren Curate." 
 
 10. "John Kingdon (s. Roger, by Judith d. of John Cory), bom Holsworthy 1735, 
 sojourner 27 Oct. 1755 to 6 July 1759, M. 29 Oct. 1755 age 19, Dev. 1760, vac. 1765 by 
 m. Jane d. of John Hockin V. of Okehampton; B. A. 13 June 1759, M. A. 21 Ap. 1762 V. 
 of Bridgerule, Devon (to which he annexed the great tithes) and R. of Pyworthy 1781 
 — both livings in his own gift; d. Bridgerule 25 Mch 1808; Lake Iv. 320, Lysons' Devon 
 71, 425, Coll Corn. 460, Athenaeum ed. Dr. Aiken, 1808 iii. 491." — C. W. Boase, Registrum 
 Colegii Exoniensis. Register oj the Rectors, Fellows, and Other Members on the Foundation 
 of Exeter College, Oxford, new ed., 1894, p. 148. 
 
 11. "In Memory of John Kingdon A.M.; formerly Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford; 
 forty years Vicar of this parish and 27 years Rector of Pyworthy; a Magistrate for the 
 counties of Devon and Cornwall; in each of which respective situations he acted with 
 integrity and zeal, and died March 25th 1808, aged 75 years. Also of Jane his wife, who 
 eminently shone in the discharge of every conjugal and maternal duty; aged 62."^ — In- 
 scription on marble tablet inside of the church of St. Bridgets, Bridgerule, Devon, from copy 
 in possession of Mrs. Charles Kingdon communicated to The Genealogical Department of 
 THE GRAFTON PRESS. See also the following note. 
 
 12. "Roger Kingdon, (son of Roger Kingdon, esq. descended from one of the sons of 
 the Trehunsey family) settled at Holsworthy in the county of Devon, about the year 
 1730, and engaged in commerce. He to. in 1733, Judith, daughter of John Cory, esq., and 
 had issue, I John, in holy orders, an active magistrate for the counties of Cornwall and 
 Devon, and patron of the advowsons of the parishes of Bridgerule, Pyworthy, and Hols- 
 worthy, in the west of Devon, and of Whitstone and Marhamchurch, in the north of Corn- 
 wall. He TO. in 1766, Jane, daughter of the Rev. John Hockin, patron and vicar of 
 Okehampton, and rector of Lydford, both in Devonshire, and chaplain to George, Lord 
 Littleton." — John Burke, Commoners, 1836, ii., pp. 211-13. Burke was in error, however, 
 in asserting that the grandfather of Rev. John Kingdon was Roger Kingdon. The father 
 of Rev. John Kingdon, Roger Kingdon of Holsworthy, was the son of John Kingdon of 
 East Lee, Coleridge, co. Devon. See pedigree above and note 8. 
 
 13. See note on the arms. 
 
 14. Rev. T. S. Kendall furnishes the following from the Holsworthy Parish Register, 
 No. 3 Book, p. 12: "The year 1763. No. 37. John Dennis Gent, of the parish of St. 
 Martins in the city of Exeter and Judith Kingdon Spinster of this parish were married 
 in this church by Licence the fourth day of May in the year one thousand seven hundred 
 and sixty three by me John Kingdon Minister. 
 
 "This marriage was John Dennis 
 
 solemnized between us Jud"""'* Kingdon, 
 
 in the presence of 
 
 "Richard Kingdon, 
 "Samuel Cory." 
 
 15. Rev. T. S. Kendall furnishes the following from the same page of the volume con- 
 taining the preceding item: "No. 39. Daniel Hevvett of this parish, Gent, and Mary 
 Kingdon of this parish Spinster were married in this church by Licence this twenty-third 
 day of June in the year one thousand seven hundred and sixty three by me, Samuel Cory 
 Minister. 
 
 "This marriage was Danl. Hewett, 
 
 solemnized between us Maky Kingdon. 
 
 in the presence of 
 
 "Parm. Peerce, 
 
 "WiLLM. ACUTT." 
 
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 16. Rev. T. S. Kendall furnishes the following from page 31 of the volume containing 
 the preceding item: "No. 95. William Doble of this parish gentleman single man and 
 Mary Hewett of this parish widow were married in this church by Licence this twenty 
 seventh day of April in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy three by me 
 Owen Lewis Mayrick Rector. 
 
 "This marriage was Wm. Doble, 
 
 solemnized between us Mary Hewett. 
 
 in the presence of 
 
 "Ann Bayly 
 "John Yeo." 
 
 17. Rev. T. S. Kendall sends to The Genealogical Department of THE GRAFTON 
 PRESS the following extracts from the Parish Register of Holsworthy, No. 2 Book : 
 
 "Christenings 
 "1735. Nov. 24rt, John, son of Roger and Judith Kingdon. 
 "1738. August 24lh Judith daughter of Roger and Judith Kingdon. 
 " 1741. April llth Richard son of Roger and Judith Kingdon. 
 " 1746. April Sth Roger son of Mr. Roger and Judith Kingdon." 
 
 18. Rev. T. S. Kendall furnishes the following from among "burials" on page 3 of the 
 Parish Register Book oj Holsworthy still in use in January 1905: "No. 63. Richard Kingdon 
 Town of Holsworthy Dec. 16th 1816. 75 years 10 months. Thos. Mayrick." 
 
 19. Burke, Commoners, as cited above. Burke refers to Rebecca's father, Rev. George 
 Boughton, in a footnote as follows: "This gentleman m. in 1743 Mary, daughter of Rev. 
 John Herring, of Beckleigh, cousin to his grace Thomas Herring, Archl)ishop of Canterbury. 
 The Boughton family has two coats of arms, viz.: on the ancient shield, sa. three crescents 
 or; secondly, by patent from King Henry VIIL, arg. on a chev. between three crosslets 
 botonn^ fitchy, sa. three stags' heads caboshed or, on a chief gu. a goat passant of the field." 
 
 20. Ibid. 
 
 21. From "burials," page 73 of the Parish Register Book of Holsworthy now in use, 
 Rev. T. S. Kendall furnishes the following: "No. 578. Rebecca Kingdon from Stratton 
 May 17(^ 1838 95 years. R. Kingdon Rector." Her son, George Boughton Kingdon, 
 Esq., was of Launcells House, near Stratton, Cornwall. 
 
 22. Rev. T. S. Kendall sends the following from the Holsworthy Parish Register, No. 
 2 Book : 
 
 "Christenings 
 
 "1773. August \Oth Roger son of Richard and Retecca Kingdon. 
 
 "1775. May lUh George Boughton son of Richard Kingdon and Rebecca his wife 
 Owen Lewis Meybrick Rector. 
 
 "1777. June 3rd Judith dau. of Richard and Rebecca Kingdon. 
 
 "1779. Jan. 5th John son of Richard Kingdon and Rebecca his wife (bom Sept. 
 5th 1778). 
 
 "1780. June &h Dennis son of Richard and Rebecca Kingdon. 
 
 "1782. May 28th Richard son of Richard and Rebecca Kingdon. 
 
 "1784. May llth Mary Dau. of Richd. and Retecca Kingdon." 
 
 Burke in his pedigree of "Kingdon of Launcell's {Commortcrs, ii., 1836, pp. 211-13) 
 gives all of the above children except the sons, John and Dennis. He also shows (as does 
 the above pedigree based upon the Holsworthy Parish Register) that George Boughton 
 Kingdon of Launcells, Esq., was the nephew of Rev. John Kingdon, Vicar of Bridgerule 
 and Rector of Pyworthy. The importance of this appears in the note on the arms. 
 
 23. Rev. T. S. Kendall furnishes the following, which appears under "burials" in the 
 Holsworthy Parish Regtster, No. 2 Book: "1780. March 10th John son of Richard and 
 Rebecca Kingdon." 
 
 24. Rev. T. S. Kendall furnishes the following from the Holsworthy Parish Register, 
 No. 3 Book : " Baptized in the year 1787 May 13th Cory son of Richard and Rebecca King- 
 don (Priv.) Reed, into Church Oct. ye 7th next following." 
 
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 25. Rev. T. S. Kendall furnishes the following from the Ifohworlhy Parish Register, 
 No. 5 Buok: "John Braddon Esquire of the parish of Bridgcrule in the County of Cornwall 
 widower and Judith Kingdon of this parish Spinster were married in this church by License 
 this 29th day of July in the year one thousand eight hundred and five by me. O. L. Mey- 
 rick Rector. 
 
 "This marriage was Jno. Braddon 
 
 solemnized between us Judith Kinodon 
 
 iu the presence of 
 
 "RlCHD. HOSKIN 
 
 "G. B. Kingdon." 
 
 26. Rev. T. S. Kendall furnishes the following from the Holsworthy Parish Register, 
 No. (5 Book, p.age 10: "No. 30 Richard Kingdon Esq. of the parish of St. Martyn Exeter 
 and Mary Kingdon of this parish of Holsworthy Spinster Daughter of Richard Kingdon 
 of Holsworthy Esquire were married in this church Ijy License this fifth day of June in the 
 year one thousand eight hundred and fifteen by me Rogr. Kingdon Clerk. 
 
 "This marriage was Richard Kingdon 
 
 solemnized between us Mary Kingdon 
 
 in the presence of 
 
 "Thos. Kingdon Vicar of Bridgerule 
 "G. B. Kingdon of Stratton Cornwall." 
 
 27. Burke's Commoners in 183G gave the following account of the children of Rev. 
 John Kingdon and Jane Hockin: 
 
 "1. John, in holy orders, patron and rector of the pari.shes of Marhamchurch and 
 Whitstone, in the hundred of Stratton, and county of Cornwall, in the commission of the 
 peace for that shire, m. Miss Marsh, sister-in-law to Richard Preston, Esq., barrister-at- 
 law, the eminent conveyancer, and has several children, one of whom, the Rev. William 
 Kingdon, married Miss Hawker, daughter of the Rev. Jacob Hawker, vicar of Stratton, 
 son of the late Rev. Dr. Hawker, D.D., of Plymouth. 
 
 "2. Roger, in holy orders, patron and rector of the extensive parish of Holsworthy, 
 in the west of Devon, m. the widow of the Rev. Leonard Herring, and has several children, 
 of whom one, the Rev. John Kingdon, is vicar of North Petherwin, in Devonshire. 
 
 "3. Richard, m. his first cousin, Mary, daughter of the late Richard Kingdon, Esq., 
 and has issue. 
 
 "4. Thomas Hockin, in holy orders, a magistrate for the counties of Cornwall and 
 Devon. This gentleman is patron and rector of Pyworthy, in the west of Devon. He 
 7)1. Miss Nicholson, daughter of Samuel Nicholson, Esq., late of Ham, and sister of George 
 Nicholson, Esq., liarrister-at-law, and has, with junior issue, a son, the Rev. Samuel King- 
 don, of Cambridge. 
 
 "5. Francis, m. Miss Palmer, daughter of the late very Rev. Dr. Palmer, dean of 
 Cashcll, and has several children. 
 
 "6. Dennis, late major in the 80th Regiment, m. Miss Herring, only child of the late 
 Rev. Leonard Herring. 
 
 "1. Elizalioth Dennis, m. to Captain Usherwood, R.N." 
 
 28. Charles Kingdon is not named by Burke among the sons of Rev. John and Jane 
 (Hockin) Kingdon. A marlile tablet inside the church of St. Bridgets, Bridgcrule, however, 
 bears the following: "Sacred to the memory of Charles Kingdon, E.sqr. of this pari.sh, 
 son of John Kingdon, vicar of this parish, and Jane his wife, who died suddenly on the 
 \7th of March 1850, aged 59, and was buried underneath this spot." 
 
 29. "Christopher Kingdon Captain in the 21si Regiment of Native Infantry, on the 
 Madras station in India, died June 10/^ 1816, at the age of thirty." — Brass slab in St. 
 Bridgets, Bridgcrule, co. Devon. 
 
 30. "Christenings. 1767. July 2\st Bridget, Daughter of the Rev. John Kingdon 
 and Jane his wife." — Furnished by Rev. T. S. Kendall from Holsworthy Parish Register, 
 No. 2 Book. 
 
 31. "Griselda Jewel Kingdon was drowned by an inundatione at Bridgerule bridge 
 
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 June lOlh 1786 in the fifth year of her age. Bridget, wife of John Rraddon of Newcott 
 Esqr. died August 27lh 1802, aged 35, bo(h daughters of Revd. John Kingdon and Jane 
 his wife." — Marble tablet, St. Bridgets, Bridgertile. 
 
 32. A complete copy of the will of Rev. Roger Kingdon, extracted from the District 
 Registry attached to the Probate Division of the High Court of Justice at Exeter, co. 
 Devon, has been before The Genealogical Department of THE GRAFTON PRESS in 
 compihng the above pedigree. The will is dated 9 March 1852, with a codicil dated 30 
 March 1855, and was proved 2 Dec. 1857. The document is endorsed: "Testator died 
 20th November 1857. Effects sworn under £6,000." 
 
 33. Upon the authority of her granddaughter. Miss Martha Kingdon, living in London, 
 England, in 1906. Burke (see note 27) says, "the widow of the Rev. Leonard Herring." 
 If both are correct, and Rev. Roger Kingdon was not twice married, his wife's maiden 
 name was Thomasine Ware, and her first husband Rev. Leonard Herring. 
 
 34. Upon the authority of Miss Martha Kingdon of London. 
 
 35. Upon the authority of Mrs. Charles Kingdon of Lakewood, N. J. 
 
 36. Furnished by Captain T. Donald Tod of New York City. 
 
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