battle fought without the south suburbs of Northampton. The Lord Fanhope took totally King HENRY's part. The Lord Grey, of Ruthyn, did the same in countenance; but a little afore the field, he practised with King EDWARD. Others saying that he had a title to the Lord Fanhope's lands at Antehille, and thereabout, or depraving him with false accusations, so wrought with King EDWARD, that he, with all his strong band of Walschemen, fell to King EDWARD's part, upon promise, that if EDWARD wan the field, he should have Antehille, and such lands as Fanhope had there. EDWARD wan the field, and Grey obtained Antehille, cum pertinentiis," &c.* His lordship | appears to have attained in a very great degree the favour of King EDWARD, who besides conferring the treasurership upon him, created him (he then bearing the titles of Lord Hastings, Wesford, and Ruthyn), EARL OF KENT, with limitation to his heirs male. Which dignity was confirmed by King RICHARD III., and afterwards by HENRY VII., so that his lordship seems to have played the part of the vicar of Bray, long before that celebrated divine is supposed to have existed; and to have reposed in equal security upon a bed of white or red roses. The earl m. Katherine Percy, dau. of Henry, Earl of Northumberland, and had surviving issue, Anthony, d. unm. v. p. GEORGE, his successor. John. SIR HENRY GREY, as 9th Baron Grey de Ruthyn, and 6th Earl of Kent. This nobleman was one of the peers on the trial of the unhappy Mary of Scotland (29th ELIZABETH), and " evinced," says Dugdale, "much more zeal for her destruction than befitted a person of honour." His lordship m. Mary, dau. of Sir John Cotton, and widow of Edward, Earl of Derby, by whom he had no issue, and dying in 1615, was 8. by his brother, CHARLES GREY, 10th Baron Grey de Ruthyn, and 7th Earl o Kent. His lordship m. Susan, dau. of Sir Richard Cotton, of Bedhampton, co. Hants, and had issue, HENRY, his successor. Susan, heir to her brother, m. Sir Michael Longueville, and her son, CHARLES LONGUEVILLE, was confirmed in the barony of Grey de Ruthyn, in 1640. His lordship d. in 1643, leaving an only dau. and heiress, SUSAN LONGUEVILLE, Baroness Grey de Ruthyn, who m. Sir Henry Yelverton, Bart., and from this marriage descended, BARBARA YELVERTON, Baroness Grey de Ruthyn, who Elizabeth, m. to Sir Robert Greystock, Knt., son and heir of The earl d. in 1625, and was s. by his son, Anne, m. to John, Lord Grey, of Wilton. His lordship d. in 1489, and was s. by his eldest surviving son, GEORGE GREY, 5th Baron Grey de Ruthyn, and 2nd Earl of HENRY (Sir), of Wrest, who inherited as 4th earl. He m. Anthony, of Branspeth, whose grandson, the REV. ANTHONY The earl d. in 1504, and was s. by his eldest son, RICHARD GREY, 6th Baron Grey de Ruthyn, and 3rd Earl of Kent, K.G. This nobleman attended King HENRY VIII., at the siege of Therouenne; but becoming an inveterate gamester, he wasted the whole of his estate, and d. in poverty at the sign of the George, in Lombard-street, within the city of London, anno 1523. He m. Elizabeth, dau. of Sir William Hussey, Knt., chief justice of the King's Bench, and sister of John, Lord Hussey, but having no issue, the honours devolved upon his half brother, SIR HENRY GREY, of Wrest, co. Bedford, who should have been 7th Baron Grey de Ruthyn, and 4th Earl of Kent, but from the narrowness of his estate he declined assuming the peerage. He m. Anne, dau. of John Blanerhasset, Esq., by whom he had an only son, HENRY, who d. in the lifetime of his father, anno 1545. This gentleman m. Margaret, dau. of John St. John Esq., of Bletsho, by whom he had issue, HENRY GREY, 11th Baron Grey de Ruthyn, and 8th Earl of Kent, who m. Elizabeth, dau. and co-heir of Gilbert Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury, but d. in 1639 s. p.; when the Barony of Grey de Ruthyn, devolved upon his sister, Susan, Lady Longueville, and has since been enjoyed by her descendants; while the Earldom of Kent passed according to the limitation to his distant relation (revert to children of George, 2nd earl), THE REV. ANTHONY GREY, rector of Burbache, co. Leicester, as 9th Earl of Kent. This nobleman resisted strenuously the claim of Charles Longueville, to the Barony of Grey de Ruthyn, upon the plea, "that when a barony by writ was once involved in an earldom, it should wait upon such earldom, and might not be subsequently transferred to another family, by a dau. and heiress, so long as the earldom continued in the male." But the decision was against his lordship, and it established the point, that an earldom, or other superior dignity, does not attract a barony in fee. The earl m. Magdelene, dau. of William Purefoy, Esq., of Caldecote, co. Warwick, by whom he had, with other issue, Elizabeth, m. to Banastre Maynard, 3rd Lord Maynard. The earl d. in 1651, and his lady, who, from her numerous acts of benevolence, was called the "Good Countess," lived to the advanced age of ninety-two, surviving her husband fortyseven years. The earl was s. by his only son, ANTHONY GREY, 11th Earl of Kent. His lordship m. Mary, dau. and heiress of John, 1st Baron Lucas, of Shenfield, co. Essex, which lady was created, 7 May, 1663, BARONESS LUCAS, of Slayton, Crudwell, co. Wilts, with remainder to her heirs male by the said earl; failing which, "the title not to be suspended, but to be enjoyed by such of the daus, and co-heirs, if any shall be, as other indivisible inheritances, by the common law of this realm, are usually possessed." The earl had issue by her ladyship, HENRY, his successor. Amabel, who d. unm. Sir Henry Grey d. in 1562, and was 8. by his grandson, REGINALD GREY, 8th Baron Grey de Ruthyn, and 5th Earl of Kent, which honours, having by frugality much improved his fortune, he assumed in 1571, and sat as one of the peers on the trial of the Duke of Norfolk in two years afterwards. His lordship m. Susan, dau. of Richard Bertie, Esq., and Katherine, Duchess of Suffolk, but dying 8. p. in 1572-3 was 8. by his brother, * This account seems however quite erroneous, for Lysons, in his "Magna Britannia," relates, that the Lord Fanhope d. in peace at Ampthill, 17 years before the battle. His lordship d. in 1702, and was 8. by his only son, HENRY GREY, Lord Lucas (a dignity which he had inherited at the decease of his mother in 1700), as 12th Earl of Kent. His lordship was created, 14 December, 1706, Viscount Goodrich, of Goodrich Castle, co. Hereford; Eurl of Harold, co. Bedford, and MARQUESS OF KENT. On 22 April, 1710, his lordship i obtained a dukedom, as DUKE OF KENT, and in three years afterwards was installed a knight of the Garter. At the demise of Queen ANNE. he was one of the lords entrusted with the administration of the kingdom, until the arrival of his majesty, King GEORGE I., by whom he was received with so much favour as to have several of the most honourable and important places and offices at court conferred upon him. Nor was he less esteemed by King GEORGE II., at whose coronation he carried St. Edward's staff, and was afterwards constituted lordlieutenant and custos-rotulorum of the county of Bedford. His grace m. 1st, Jemima, eldest dau. of Thomas, Lord Crewe, of Steane, by whom he had, with two other sons who both d. young, I. ANTHONY, Earl of Harold, who was summoned to parliament as Lord Lucas, of Crudwell, in 1719, and the next year appointed one of the lords of the bedchamber. His lordship Lady Mary Tufton, dau. of Thomas, Earl of Thanet; but d. s. p. in 1723. His death is mentioned as having arisen from an ear of barley which his lordship had inadvertently put into his mouth, by which he was choked. Henry, d. in the twenty-first year of his age, in 1717. 1. Amabel, m. John. Viscount Glenorchy, son and heir of John Campbell, Earl of Breadalbane; and dying in 1727, left an only dau.. Lady Jemima Campbell, who m. Philip, 2nd Earl of Hard- Amabel, who 8. as Baroness Lucas, and was created Mary-Jemima, m. to Thomas Robinson, 2nd Lord Gran- Thomas-Philip, EARL DE GREY, who d. 1859, leaving Frederick-John, created Viscount Goderich and Earl of II. Jemima, m. to John, 3rd Lord Ashburnham, and became great grandmother of Bertram, present Earl of Ashburnham. III. Anne, m. to Lord Charles Cavendish, brother of William, Duke of Devonshire. IV. Mary, m. to Dr. Gregory, dean of Christ Church. His grace m. 2ndly, Sophia, dau. of William, Duke of Devonshire, by whom he had a son, who d. in infancy, and a dau., Anne-Sophia, m. to the Right Rev. John Egerton, Lord Bishop of Du. ham. The duke having arranged the marriage of his grand-dau., Lady Jemima Campbell, with the Hon. Philip York, son and heir of Philip, Lord Hardwicke, was created MARQUIS DE GREY 9 May, 1740, with limitation to himself and his issue male; and in default thereof to the said Lady Jemima Campbell, and her issue male. His grace d. at Wrest House, in Bedfordshire, 5 June, in the following year, when all his honours became EXTINCT, Save the MARQUISATE DE GREY and the BARONY OF LUCAS, which devolved upon his aforesaid grand-dau., then Lady Jemima York, at whose decease, in 1770, without male issue, the MARQUISATE also became EXTINCT; but her ladyship's eldest dau., Lady Amabel York, who m. in 1772, Alexander, Lord Polwarth (created a British peer, as Lord Hume, of Berwick,) 8. to the BARONY OF LUCAS, and was created, 5 October, 1816, COUNTESS DE GREY, with remainder in default of male issue, to her sister, Jemima, Dowager-Baroness of Grantham, and her male issue. Arms-Barry of six, arg. and az.; in chief three torteaux. GREY-VISCOUNT GRANEY. By Letters Patent, dated 2 January, 1535. LORD LEONARD GREY (2nd son of Thomas, 1st Marquess of Dorset), marshal and lieutenant of the army in Ireland, was created VISCOUNT GRANEY, in the peerage of Ireland, 2 January, 1535; but in five years afterwards, 28 July, 1541, he was beheaded and attainted, and the title fell under the forfeiture. Arms-Barry of six, arg., and az., three torteaux, in chief, and a label of three points, erm. GREY-BARONS GREY, OF WERKE, EARL OF TANKERVILLE. Barony, by Letters Patent, dated 11 February, 1624. Earldom, &c., by Letters Patent, dated 11 June, 1695. Lineage. SIR THOMAS GREY, of Berwyke, co. Northumberland, m. Jane (or Anne), dau. of John, Lord Mowbray, and had issue, JOHN, from whom descended the Barons Grey de Powis (ses that dignity). THOMAS (Sir), of whom presently. Henry (Sir), of Ketteringham, in Suffolk. Maud, m. to Sir Henry Ogle, Knt. SIR THOMAS GREY, of Heton, descended, RALPH GREY, who m. Isabel, dau. and heir of Sir Thomas Grey, of Horton, and had issue, WILLIAM GREY, Esq., of Chillingham, who was created a baronet, 15 June, 1619, and elevated to the peerage, 11 February, 1624, as BARON GREY, of Werke, co. Northumberland. His lordship m. Anne, dau. and co-heir of Sir John Wentworth, of Gosfield, co. Essex, and had surviving issue, RALPH, his successor. Elizabeth, d. in 1668. Katherine, m. 1st, to Sir Edward Moseley, Bart., of Hough, co. Lancaster; and 2ndly, to Charles, eldest son of Dudley, Lord North. Lord Grey d. in 1674, and was 8. by his son, RALPH GREY, 2nd Lord Grey, of Werke, who m. Catherine, dau. of Sir Edward Forde, Knt., of Hartling, co. Sussex, and widow of Alexander, eldest son of John, Lord Colepeper, by whom he had issue, Catherine, m. to Richard Neville, Esq., and had issue, GREY, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Sir John Boteler, and d. s. p. in 1723. HENRY, who assumed the surname of Grey, and d. 8.p in 1740, leaving a widow, Elizabeth, who re-m. John Wallop, Earl of Portsmouth. Catherine, m. to Richard Aldworth, Esq, of Stanlake, co. Oxford, and dying in 1740, left a son, RICHARD, who assumed the surname and arms of Neville, RICHARD-ALDWORTH NEVILLE, who 8. as 2nd LORD His lordship d. in 1675, and was 8. by his eldest son, FORDE GREY, 3rd Lord Grey, of Werke. This nobleman joining in the rebellion of the Duke of Monmouth, commanded the horse at Sedgemoor, where he is accused of having treacherously deserted his post, and of flying at the first charge; certain it is, that he subsequently made terms for himself, and preserved his life by giving evidence against his associates. After the Revolution, his lordship obtained the favour of King WILLIAM, and was created by letters patent, dated 11 June, 1695, Viscount Grey, of Glendale, and EARL OF TANKERVILLE. He was afterwards a lord of the Treasury, sworn of the privy council, and in 1700, lord privy-seal. He m. Mary, dau. of George, Lord Berkeley, and had an only dau., Mary, m. to Charles Bennet, 2nd Lord Ossulston, who was created, after the extinction of the male line of the Greys, EARL OF TANKERVILLE. His lordship was great-great-greatgrandfather of the Earl of Tankerville. His lordship d. in 1701, when the Earldom of Tankerville and Viscounty of Glendale, became EXTINCT, while the Barony of Grey, of Werke, devolved upon his brother, RALPH GREY, as 4th baron. This nobleman attended King WILLIAM in most of his campaigns, and was made governor of Barbadoes, in 1698. He d. s. p. in 1706, when the Barony of Grey, of Werke, EXPIRED. His lordship devised a considerable estate to his cousin, William, Lord North and Grey, son of Charles, Lord Grey, of Rolleston. Arms-Gu., a lion rampant, within a border engrailed, arg. When the Lord Keeper Lyttleton deserted the House of Lords, in 1643, and carried the great seal to King CHARLES, at Oxford, this William, Lord Grey, of Werke, was elected speaker for the House at Westminster. GREYSTOCK-BARONS GREYSTOCK. By Writ of Summons, dated 23 June, 1295. Lineage. This barony the Earl of Ranulph de Meschines gave to one Lyolf, or Lynlphe, and King HENRY I. confirmed the same unto Phorne, son of the said Lyulphe, whose posterity took their surname from the place, and were called de Graystock. Phorne was 8. by his son Ivo, who was father of Walter; his son, RANULPH d. 12th King JOHN, and was s. by his son William, whose son and successor, THOMAS DE GREYSTOKE obtained a royal charter, 29th HENRY III., to hold a weekly market and yearly fair. This Thomas m. Christian, dau. of Roger de Viteripont, the first of that name of Appleby Castle, and was 8. by his son, ROBERT DE GREYSTOCK, who dying in the 38th HENRY III., was 8. by his brother, William de GreySTOCK, who paying £100 for his relief, and doing his fealty, had livery of the lands of his inheritance. This William had a military summons to attend the king at Chester, 42nd HENRY III., in order to restrain the hostilities of the Welsh. He m. Mary, the eldest dau. and co-heir of Roger de Merlay, an eminent baron of the north, by whom he acquired the manor of Morpeth, in Northumberland, and had issue, two sons, JOHN, and William, and a dau., Margaret, m. to Sir Robert de la Val, Knt. This feudal lord d. in 1288, and was s. by his elder son, JOHN DE GREYSTOCK, who in the 22nd EDWARD I., had summons with other great men, to attend the crown to advise upon certain important affairs of the nation, and in pursuance of that advice, went with the king into Gascony, the French monarch having then invaded those territories; where distinguishing himself in arms, he was the next year summoned to parliament as a baron, and subsequently to all the parliaments of his time. In two years afterwards, we find his lordship again in the wars of Gascony, and then in the retinue of Anthony Bec, bishop of Durham, and patriarch of Jerusalem, In the 28th and 29th EDWARD I., he was in the wars of Scotland. His lordship d. without issue in 1305, when he settled his manor and barony of Greystock upon his cousin, RALPH, son of William Fitz-Ralph, Lord of Grimthorpe, in Yorkshire, son of the baron's aunt, Joane; his brothers and uncles being then all dead, without issue male, which RALPH FITZ-WILLIAM, in the 10th EDWARD I., paid a fine to the king of 100 marks for license to marry Margery, widow of Nicholas Corbet, and dau. and heir of Hugh de Bolebec; and in the 24th of the same reign, as brother and heir of Geffery Fitz-William, of Yorkshire, had livery of the said Geffery's lands upon doing his homage. This nobleman was much engaged in the wars of Scotland; and in the 7th EDWARD II., we find him governor of Berwick, and joined in commission with John, Lord Moubray, and others, in the wardenship of the marches. He was the next year governor of Carlisle, and founded a chantry at Tinemouth, for the soul of John, Lord Greystock, his kinsman, and all his ancestors. His lordship d. in 1316, having had summons to parliament as a baron, under the designation of "Ralp Fitz-William," from 23 June, 1295, to 6 October, 1315. He was 8. by his 2nd but eldest surviving son, ROBERT FITZ-RALPH, 2nd baron, but never summoned to parliament, who m. Elizabeth, dau. of — Nevill, of Stainton, co. Lincoln, and dying the year after his father, was s. by his son, RALPH DE GREYSTOCK, b. 1298, which surname he assumed, and was summoned to parliament by that designation, from 15 May, 1321, to 17 September, 1322. His lordship, by virtue of a special dispensation from the Pope, m. Alice,* dau. of Hugh. Lord Audley, they being within the 3rd and 4th degrees of consanguinity; and had an only son, WILLIAM. Lord Greystock having been a principal in seizing Sir Gilbert de Middleton, in the castle of Mitford, for treason, was soon afterwards poisoned, while at breakfast, through the contrivance of that person. He was s. by his son, WILLIAM DE GREYSTOCK, 4th baron, b. 1321, summoned to parliament from 20 November, 1348, to 15 December, 1357. * Dugdale, in one place, calls this lady, "Alice de Audeley," dau. of Hugh, Lord Audeley, and in another, "Alice," dau. of Ralph, Lord Nevill. This nobleman served in France under the Black Prince. He obtained permission to make a castle of his manor house, at Greystock, and was constituted governor of Berwick; but during his governorship, being commanded to attend, personally, King EDWARD into France, Berwick fell into the possession of the Scots, whereupon the king was much offended; it being clearly proved, however, that Lord Greystock was absent on no other occasion, he obtained his pardon at the request of Queen Philippa. His lordship m. 1st, Lucy de Lucie, dau. of Lord Lucie, from whom he was divorced, without issue. He m. 2ndly, Joane, dau. of Lord Fitz-Hugh, by whom (who m. after his decease, Anthony de Lucie, and Sir Matthew Redman, Knt.), he had issue, RALPH, his successor, William and Robert, and a dau., Alice, m. Sir Robert de Harrington, and d. s. p. He d. 10 July, 1359, and was 8. by his eldest son, RALPH DE GREYSTOCK, 5th baron, summoned to parliament from 28 November, 1375, to 5 October, 1417, as "Radulfo Baroni de Greystok." This nobleman was constituted in the 50th EDWARD III., governor of Loughmaban Castle, in Scotland, and one of the commissioners for guarding the west marches. Moreover, in the 1st RICHARD II., he was joined in commission with Henry, Duke of Northumberland, and others, for guarding the east and west marches, and the next year he assisted the earl in taking the castle of Warwick, of which the Scots had possessed themselves, by surprise. In the 4th RICHARD II. his lordship had the direction of the military expedition against the Scots; but was made prisoner by George, Earl of Dunbar, at Horseridge, in Glendall. His ransom cost 3,000 marks. His brother William went as a hostage for him to Dunbar, and d. there of the pestilence. After his enlargement he was again constituted one of the commissioners for guarding the west marches. His lordship m. Catherine, dau. of Roger, Lord Clifford, and dying in 1417, had, with a dau., Maud, m. to Eudo, son and heir of John, 4th Lord Welles, a son, SIR JOHN DE GREYSTOCK, 6th baron, b. 1389, summoned to parliament from 24 August, 1419, to 5 July, 1435. This nobleman was constituted, 9th HENRY V., governor of Roxborough Castle, in Scotland, for four years, with an allowance of £1,000 per annum in time of peace, and £2,000 in war. In the 1st HENRY VI. he was joined in commission, with the bishop of London, and others, to treat of peace with JAMES, King of Scotland; and was twice subsequently in a similar commission. In the 13th of the same reign his lordship was one of the chief commanders sent with the forces to the relief of Berwick, then besieged by the Scots. He m. Elizabeth, eldest dau. and co-heir of Robert Ferrers, of Wemme, by Elizabeth his wife, sole dau. and heir of William Boteler, Lord of Wemme, and had issue, RALPH, his successor, with three other sons, William, Richard, and Thomas, and a dau., Elizabeth, m. to Roger Thornton, whose' only child and heiress, Elizabeth Thornton, m. Sir George Lumley, Lord Lumley, from whom the present Earl of Scarborough collaterally descends. Lord Greystock d. in 1436, and was 8. by his eldest son, SIR RALPH DE GREYSTOCK, 7th baron, summoned to parliament from 29 October, 1436, to 15 September, 1485. This nobleman, who was frequently in commissions to treat with the Scots, m. Elizabeth, dau. of William Fitzhugh, Lord Ravenswath, and had (with a dau. Elizabeth, who m. 1st, Thomas, 5th Lord Scroop, of Masham, and 2ndly, Sir Gilbert Talbot of Grafton) an only son, ROBERT (Sir), who m Elizabeth, dau. of Edmund Grey, Earl of Kent, and dying in the lifetime of his father, 1st RICHARD III., left an infant dau. and heiress, ELIZABETH, Who m. Thomas, Lord Dacre, of Gillesland, K.G., and conveyed the BARONY OF GREYSTOCK to her husband, when it became united with that of GILLES LAND. Lord Greystock d. in 1487, and was s. by his grand-dau., Elizabeth, who m. as stated above, Lord Dacre, of Gillesland by this marriage, as also stated above, the baronies of Dacre and Greystock became united, and so continued until the decease of George, 5th Baron Dacre, of Gillesland, and Baron Greystock, in 1569, when it fell into ABEYANCE between his lordship's three sisters and co-heirs, viz., Anne, m. to Philip Howard, Earl of Arundel, ancestor of the Dukes of Norfolk. Mary, m. to Thomas, Lord Howard, of Walden, and d. 8. p. Elizabeth, m. to Lord William Howard, ancestor of the Earls of Carlisle. And between the representatives of these co-heirs the Barony Those of Greystock is presumed still to be in ABEYANCE. representatives are, By a pedigree attested by Sir Richard St. George, and William Camden, it appears, that in the reign of EDWARD II., SIR JOHN GRIFFIN, of Gumley Ewing, 20th EDWARD III., m. Elizabeth, dau. and co-heir of John Favell, of Weston-Favell, co. Northampton, and left a son and heir, SIR THOMAS GRIFFIN, Knt., who m. Elizabeth, sister of Edward le Latimer, and heir to her brothers, and dying 33rd EDWARD IV., had issue, The eldest son, RICHARD GRIFFIN, m. Anne, dau. of Sir Richard Chamberlaine, of Coates, co. Northampton, and had, besides a dau. Margaret, wife of Richard Cheshull, two sons, John, cousin and heir to Edward, Lord Latimer, d. s. p. 22nd HENRY VI., and SIR NICHOLAS GRIFFIN, of Braybrook, heir to his brother, who m. Catharine, dau. of Sir Thomas Pilkington, Knt., and d. 15th HENRY VI., having had issue, JOHN, of whom hereafter. Richard, d. at Windsor. Edward, m. a dau. of - - Leigh, of Burton, and had two sons, Henry and Thomas. Isabel, wife of Thomas Nevil, of Rolleston. Katharine, wife of Sir John Digby, Knt., of Eye Kettleby. He m. 2ndly, Marina, dau. and co-heir of John Beler, Esq., of Eye Kettleby, and relict of Thomas Green, of Green's Norton, and by her had three daus., Elizabeth, wife of Sandford; Pinchbeck. Anne, wife of - Villiers; and Joan, wife of Nicholas Griffin d. 22nd EDWARD IV., and was 8. by his eldest son, JOHN GRIFFIN, who m. Emmote, dau.. of Richard Wheathill, of Calais, and by her, (who d. 13th HENRY VIII.) had issue, NICHOLAS (Sir), his heir. George. David. Mary, m. to John Touchet, Lord Audley. He d. 1st HENRY VII., and was s. by his eldest son, SIR NICHOLAS GRIFFIN, who was made one of the knights of the Bath at the marriage of Prince Arthur, eldest son of King HENRY VII., 17 November, 1501, and was sheriff of Northamptonshire in 1504. Sir Nicholas m. Alice, dau. of John Thornborough, Esq., and had, besides other issue, two sons, 1. THOMAS (Sir), who 8. his father, and was sheriff of the co. Northampton in the 26th and 36th HENRY VIII. Sir Thomas m. Jane, eldest dau. and co-heir of Richard Newton, Esq., of Weeke, and dying 1569, was 8. by his son, RICE (Sir), who m. Elizabeth, dau. of Sir Thomas Brudenel, Knt., of Dean, co. Northampton, and left an only dau. and heiress, MARY GRIFFIN, who m. Thomas Markham, Esq., of Allerton. Thus terminated this branch of the family. II. Edward. Sir Nicholas d. in 1509, his younger son, SIR EDWARD GRIFFIN, having pursued the study of the law, was constituted solicitor-general in the 37th HENRY VIII., and retained in that office till 6th EDWARD VI., when he was advanced to the attorney-generalship, which he continued to hold during the reign of MARY. Sir Edward m. 1st, Elizabeth, dau. of Robert Palmer, Esq., of Bowden, co. Northampton, by whom he had (with three daus., Frances, m. to Sir Gregory Cromwell, Knt., 2nd son of Henry, Lord Cromwell; Elizabeth, m. to Cecil, son of Arthur Hall, Esq., of Grantham; and Anne, m. to Sir William Villiers, Bart., of Brokesby), EDWARD, his successor. He m. 2ndly, Anne, dau. of Mr. Baron (John) Smith, of the Rice (Sir), of Bickmarsh, who left a son, Nicholas. Lucy. The attorney-general was 8. by his elder son, SIR EDWARD GRIFFIN, of Dingley, K.B., Lord of Gumley, 1612, who m. Lucy, dau. of Reginald Conyers, Esq., of Wakerly, by his step-mother, (the attorney general's last wife) and had issue, THOMAS (Sir) of Dingley and Braybrook, m. 1st, Catharine, Lucy, m. to Sir Richard Wiseman, Knt., of Torrel's Hall, EDWARD (Sir), of whom presently. Frances. Elizabeth. Sir Edward d. in 1620. His eldest surviving son, Anne. SIR EDWARD GRIFFIN, Knt., Lord of Gumley, m. Frances, dau. of Sir William Uvedale, Knt., of Wickham, and dying 5 May, 1681, was 8. by his son, SIR EDWARD GRIFFIN, lieut.-col. of the Duke of York's regiment of foot guards, (now called the Coldstream,) in the reign of King CHARLES II., who was advanced to the peerage, by letters patent, dated at Salisbury, 3 December, 1688, in the dignity of BARON GRIFFIN, of Braybroke. His lordship m. the Lady Essex Howard, only dau. and heiress of James, 3rd Earl of Suffolk, and Baron Howard, of Walden. Lord Griffin adhering to the fortunes of King JAMES II., attended that monarch on his abdication into France, and was outlawed. He remained abroad until 1708, when upon an intended invasion of Scotland, he embarked on the Salisbury man-of-war at Dunkirk, and was taken prisoner, with several others, by Sir His lordship John Byng, off the coast of North Britain. was then committed to the Tower of London, where he d. 10 November, 1710, and was 8. by his only son, JAMES GRIFFIN, 2nd Baron Griffin, of Braybroke, who m. Anne, dau. and sole heiress of Richard Rainsford, Esq., eldest son of Sir Richard Rainsford, of Dallington, co. Northampton, lord chief justice of England, by whom he had issue, EDWARD, his successor. James, d. unm. Richard, d. young. Elizabeth, m. 1st, to Henry Grey, Esq., of Billingbear, co. Berks, and 2ndly, to John Wallop, Earl of Portsmouth, but d. without issue in 1762. Anne, m. to William Whitwell, Esq., of Oundle, co. Northampton. This lady s. eventually as sole heiress of her brother, Edward, Lord Griffin. Her eldest son, JOHN GRIFFIN-WHITWELL, having obtained from his aunt, the Countess of Portsmouth, her share of the estate of Saffron Walden, in Essex, assumed the surname and arms of Griffin, and having his claim to the ancient Barony of Howard, of Walden, admitted, (as great grandson of Lady Essex Howard, only child of James, Earl of Suffolk and Lord Howard, of Walden,) was summoned to parliament in that dignity. He was afterwards created Baron Braybroke, with a special remainder, and that barony is now extant under the limitation. His lordship d. 31 October, 1715, and was s. by his son, EDWARD GRIFFIN, 3rd Baron Griffin, who, 1 February, 1726-7, took the oaths and his seat in parliament, having conformed to the established church. His lordship m. Mary, dau. of Anthony Welden, Esq., of Well, co. Lincoln, some time governor of Bengal, by whom he had an only dau., Essex, who d. unm. 20 September, 1738. His lordship d in 1742, when the Barony of Griffin, of Braybroke, became EXTINCT, and his estates devolved upon his sisters, as co-heirs (refer to the daus of James, 2nd baron). Arms-Sa., a griffin segreant, arg., his beak and forelegs, or. 1746, commanded the English troops against the CHEVALIER, and terminated that very formidable rebellion by his decisive victory of Culloden. The duke who was a knight of the most noble order of the Garter, d. unm. in 1765, when all his honours became EXTINCT. GUELPH, DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE: By Letters Patent, dated 9 November, 1706. Lineage. GEORGE-AUGUSTUS GUELPH, Prince Electoral of Hanover, only son of his Majesty King GEORGE I., was created a peer of Great Britain, 9 November, 1706, in the dignities of Baron Tewkesbury, of Tewkesbury, co. Gloucester, Viscount Northallerton, co. York, Earl of Milford Haven, and MARQUESS AND DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE. (His royal highness was created Prince of Wales, 22 September, 1714). The prince 8. to the throne as King GEORGE II., on the demise of his father, 11 June, 1727. GUELPH-DUKE OF YORK AND ALBANY. By Letters Patent, dated 29 June, 1716 His Majesty King GEORGE I. Soon after his accession to the throne, created his brother, PRINCE ERNEST AUGUSTUS, Bishop of Osnaburgh, DUKE of YORK AND ALBANY, in the peerage of Great Britain, and Earl of Ulster in that of Ireland. His royal highness was likewise invested with the Garter. He d. unm. in 1728, when his honours became EXTINCT GUELPH-DUKE OF YORK AND ALBANY. By Letters Patent, dated 1 April, 1760. PRINCE EDWARD AUGUSTUS, 2nd son of His Royal Highness Frederick, Prince of Wales, and brother of His Majesty King GEORGE III., was created DUKE OF YORK AND ALBANY, in the peerage of Great Britain, and Earl of Ulster in Ireland, 1 April, 1760, but at the decease of this promising youth in 1767, those honours became again EXTINCT. GUELPH, DUKE OF GLOUCESTER AND By Letters Patent dated 17 November, 1764. PRINCE WILLIAM-HENRY, 3rd son of Frederick Lewis, Prince of Wales, and younger brother of King GEORGE III., b. 14 November, 1743, K.G., was created DUKE OF GLOUCESTER AND EDINBURGH, in the peerage of Great Britain, and Earl of Connaught, in that of Ireland, 17 November, 1764. His royal highness m. 6 September, 1766, Maria, Countess-Dowager Waldegrave, and illegitimate dau. of the Hon. Sir Edward Walpole, K.B., by whom he left, at his decease in 1805, WILLIAM-FREDERICK, his heir. Sophia-Matilda, ranger of Greenwich Park, b. 20 May, 1773; d. 29 November, 1844. The only son, WILLIAM-FREDERICK, 2nd Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, b. at Rome, 15 January, 1776; K G., G.C.B., field-marshal in the army, &c.: who m. in 1816, his first cousin, the Princess Mary, sister of his Majesty King WILLIAM IV., and d. s. p. 30 November, 1834, when all his honours became EXTINCT. GUELPH-DUKE OF CUMBERLAND AND STRATHERN. By Letters Patent, dated 18 October, 1768. Lineage. PRINCE HENRY-FREDERICK, 3rd son of his royal highness Frederick, Prince of Wales, and brother of his Majesty King GEORGE III, was created a peer of Great Britain, as DUKE F CUMBERLAND AND STRATHERN, and of Ireland, as Earl of Dublin, 18 October, 1766. His royal highness was likewise installed a knight of the most noble order of the Garter. This prince, m. in 1771, the Lady Anne Horton, widow of Christopher Horton, Esq., of Catton Hall, co. Derby, and dau. of Simon Luttrell, 1st Earl of Carhampton. This marriage was received very unfavourably at court, and gave rise to the law soon after passed, known as the Royal Marriage Act, by which the subsequent marriages of the royal family were confined within specific limitations. His royal highness d. in 1790, 8. p., when all his honours became EXTINCT. GUELPH-DUKE OF CUMBERLAND. By Letters Patent, dated 27 July, 1762. Lineage. PRINCE WILLIAM AUGUSTUS, 2nd son of his Majesty King GEORGE II., was created a peer of Great Britain by his grandfather, GEORGE 1., 27 July, 1762, as Baron of the Isle of Alderney, Viscount Trematon, in Cornwall, Earl of Kennington, Marquess of Berkhampstel, and DUKE OF CUMBERLAND. His royal highness, who adopted early in life the profession of arms, attained a very high military reputation for courage, conduct and ability. He was with his father at the battle of Dettingen, and there displaying great gallantry, receiving a wound in the brunt of the engagement. In this conflict the British arms were victorious; but, subsequently, sustained a defeat under his royal highness at Fontenoy, owing, in a great measure, to the valour of the Irish Brigade, which formed the rear-guard of Marechal Saxe's army. It was upon that memorable occasion that the English monarch is said to have exclaimed in the bitterness of his fortune, "curst be those laws that array my own subjects against me." The duke, in GUELPH-DUKE OF KENT AND STRATHERN. By Letters Patent, dated 23 April, 1799 Lineage. Prince Edward, 4th son of his Majesty King GEORGE III., b. 2 November, 1767, was created a peer of Great Britain, as DUKE OF KENT AND STRATHERN, and of Ireland, as Earl of Dublin, 23 April, 1799. His royal highness was a knight of the Garter, and of St. Patrick, a knight grand cross of the Bath, a field-marshal in the army, and colonel of the 1st regiment of foot. The duke m. in 1818, her serene highness VictoriaMary-Louisa, widow of Emich-Charles, Prince of Leiningen, and dau. of Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfield, by whom (who d. 18 March, 1861), he had an only child, ALEXANDRINA-VICTORIA, who ascended the throne at the decease of her uncle, King WILLIAM IV., and is her present most gracious Majesty Queen VICTORIA. His royal highness d. deeply lamented, 23 January, 1820, when all his honours became EXTINCT. |