SIR RICHARD DE HARCOURT, Knt. of Stanton-Harcourt, Ellenhall, &c., m. Arabella, dau. of Sayer de Quinci, Earl of Winchester, by Margaret his wife, dau. of Robert de Bellemont, and sister and co-heir of Robert, Earl of Leicester. By this lady, with whom he acquired the manor of Bosworth, &c., he had issue, WILLIAM (Sir), his heir; Sayer; and Maud, m. to Sir Giles Peneston, Knt. Sir Richard d. in 1258, and was 8. by his elder son and heir,

SIR WILLIAM DE HARCOURT, Knt., of Stanton-Harcourt, Ellenhall, and Bosworth, who m. 1st, Alice, dau. of Roger, and sister of Alan la Zouche, and by her had two daus., Margaret, m. to Sir John Cantilupe, s. p.; and Arabella, m. to Sir Fulke Pembrugge. Sir William m. 2ndly, Hillaria (or Eleanor), dau. of Henry, Lord Hastings, by Ada his wife, dau. of David, Earl of Huntingdon, and by her had an only son and successor, SIR RICHARD DE HARCOURT, Knt., of Stanton-Harcourt, &c., who m. Margaret, dau. of Sir John Beke, and sister and coheir of Walter Beke, Lord of Eresby, and dying 21st EDWARD I. (1293), was 8. by his elder son and heir,

SIR JOHN DE HARCOURT, knighted 1306, who m. 1st, Eleanor, dau. of Eudo la Zouche, by Milicent de Montalt his wife, dau. of William, and sister and co-heir of George, Lord Cantilupe; and 2ndly, Alice, dau. of Peter Corbett, of Causcastle, co. Salop, and by the former had a son and heir, WILLIAM (Sir). Sir John d. in 1330, and was 8. by his son,

SIR WILLIAM de Harcourt, who m. Jane, dau. of Richard, Lord Grey, of Codnor, and by her (who m. 2ndly, Ralph de Ferrers) had two sons,

Richard (Sir), who predeceased his father, leaving, by Juan his wife, dau. and heir of Sir William Skareshull. Knt., of Skareshull, co. Stafford, an only dau. and heir, Elizabeth, m. to Thomas Astley, Esq., of Neiston, co. Leicester (2nd son of Thomas, Lord Astley), from whom the Astleys of Patishull descend.

THOMAS (Sir), successor to his father.

Sir William d. 6 June, 1349, and was s. by his surviving son, SIR THOMAS HARCOURT, knighted in 1366, and M.P. for co. Oxford, 1376, who m. Maud (or Alice, according to the Monasticon, or Eleanor, according to the Visitation of co. Stafford), dau. of Robert, Lord Grey, of Rotherfield, and widow of Sir John Bottetort, of Woody, Lord Bottetort, and by her had issue. He d. 12 April, 1417, and was 8. by his eldest son.

SIR THOMAS HARCOURT, Knt., who m. Joan, dau. of Sir Robert Francis, of Formack, co. Derby, and by her had, with other issue,

ROBERT (Sir), his heir and successor, K.G. He m. Margaret, dau. of Sir John Byron, Knt., of Clayton, co. Lancaster, and, by her, had besides three younger sons, all of whom d. s. p., an eldest son and heir,

John (Sir), who m. Anne, dau. of Sir John Norris, Knt., of Bray, co. Berks, and d. 26 June, 1485, leaving an only surviving son,

Robert (Sir), standard bearer to King HENRY VII., at Bosworth, and K.B. He m. Agnes, dau. of Thomas Limericke, Esq., and by her had one son, John, who predeceased him, 8. p., and five daus., who became his co heirs, viz, Elizabeth, m. to Robert Gainsford, Esq., of Hampton Park, co. Oxford; Letitia, m. 1st, to Humphrey Peshall, Esq., and 2ndly, to Thomas Nevil, Esq.; Catherine, m. to Thomas Stonor, Esq.; Ellen, m. to Richard Beckenham, Esq., of Pudlicot, co. Oxon; and another dau. m. to William Cope, Esq, of Hanwell, co. Oxon.

RICHARD (Sir), of whose line we treat.

The 2nd son,

SIR RICHARD HARCOURT, Knt., of Witham, co. Berks, m. 1st, Edith, dau. and co-heir of Thomas St. Clere, of Wethersfull, co. Suffolk, and by her had issue,

CHRISTOPHER (Sir), of whom presently.

William d. 31 August, 8th HENRY VIII., leaving two sons, 1 Francis, of Witham, who d. 27th HENRY VIII., having had issue, Robert; Simon; and three daus., Elizabeth; Anne; and Margaret.

2 Richard, of Cornbury Park.

Anne, m. 1st, to Henry Fiennes, Lord Saye and Sele; and 2ndly, to John, son of Simon Montfort. Alice, m. to William Besilles.

Sir Richard m. 2ndly, Eleanor, dau. of Sir Roger Lewkenor, Knt., of Raunton, co. Stafford, and by her had, besides several daus.,

John, of Raunton, who m. Margaret, dau. of William Bracy, of Pembridge, co. Suffolk.

Thomas, of Raunton, who m. Isabel, dau. of Hugh Egerton, of Wrynhill, and d. 8 February, 1510, having had, besides a dau., Katherine, m. to John Pershall, two sons,

John, of Raunton, m. Anne, dau. of Sir Randall Brereton,
Knt., of Malpas, co. Chester, and by her, who m. 2ndly,
John Pershall, of Horsley, had besides three daus., five
sons,

Richard, of Church Eaton, m. and had two sons, Thomas, d. 8. p.; and Walter, of Tamworth, m. Mary, dau. of Humphrey Comberford, of Comberford, co. Stafford, and had two sons, Edward and Thomas.

Sir Richard m. 3rdly, Katherine, dau. and heir of Sir Thomas de la Pole, Knt. (son of Michael, Earl of Suffolk), and relict of Sir Miles Stapleton, of Bedale, and Ingham, co. York. The eldest son,

CHRISTOPHER HARCOURT, predeceased his father, having had by Jane his wife, dau. and co-heir of Sir Miles Stapleton, Knt., three sons, Miles, d. unm.; Richard, of Abingdon, Berks, who m. twice, but d. s. p., and

SIR SIMON HARCOURT, of Stanton Court, who received the honour of knighthood for his distinguished bravery at the sieges of Terouenne and Tournay, &c. He m. 1st, Agnes, dau. of Thomas Dayrell, of Scotney, and 2ndly, Elizabeth, dau. of Lord Darcy and Meynell, and relict of Sir Richard York, Knt., and by the former only had issue, JOHN (Sir). his successor; Edmund; and Florence, m. to Sir William Cottesmere, of Baldwin Brightwell, Oxon. Sir Simon d. in 1547, and was 8. by his elder son,

SIR JOHN HARCOURT, Knt., who m. Margaret, dau., and at length co-heir of Sir William Barentyne, Knt., of Hasely, co. Oxford, and by her had six sons and several daus. He d. 19 February, 1565, and was s. by his eldest son,

SIMON HARCOURT, who m. 1st, Mary, dau. of Sir Edward Aston, of Tixhall, co. Stafford, Knt.; 2ndly, Grace, dau. of Humphrey Fitzherbert, of Upsall, co. Hereford, and widow of William Robinson, Esq., of Drayton Bassett, co. Stafford; and 3rdly, Jane, dau. of Sir William Spencer, of Wormleighton, co. Warwick, Knt. (ancestor of the Duke of Marlborough), and reiict of Sir Richard Bruges, Knt., of Shefford, co. Berks. By the 1st wife, he had, with other issue, WALTER (Sir), his heir; John, who m. Mary, dau. of Walter Jones, of Witney, and had an only son, Essex; Elizabeth, m. to Richard Chamberlayne, of Astley, co. Warwick; Jane, m. to John Gray, of Envill, co. Stafford. The eldest son and heir,

SIR WALTER HARCOURT, was knighted by the Earl of Essex, at Rome, and was possessed of Stanton-Harcourt and Ellenhall. He m. Dorothy, dau. of William Robinson, of Drayton Basset, co. Stafford, and had issue, ROBERT, his heir; Michael, captain of a ship under Sir Walter Raleigh; Jane, m to Sir William Essex, Bart., of Lamborne; Elizabeth, maid of honour to Queen Anne, consort of JAMES I. The elder son and heir, ROBERT HARCOURT, Esq., joined Sir Walter Raleigh on a voyage of discovery to Guiana. He m. twice, 1st, Frances, dau. of Jeffrey de Vere 4th son of John, 5th Earl of Oxford; and 2ndly, Elizabeth, dau. of John Fitzherbert, of Norbury, co. Derby, but had issue only by the first, viz.,

SIMON (Sir), his heir. Francis. d. 8. p.

Vere, D.D., archdeacon of Notts, m. Lucy, dau. of Sir William Thornton, Knt., of Snailswell, co. Cambridge, by Mary his wife, dau. of Sir Thomas Eden, Knt., of Bollington Hall, Essex, and d. in 1683, having had issue.

Vere, m., and had a son, Vere, living in 1707. Simon, clerk of the Crown, who m. 1st, Elizabeth, only dau. and heir of Sir Richard Anderson, of Pendley, Bart, by Elizabeth his wife, one of the sisters of George, Viscount Hewet, of Ireland; and 2ndly, Elizabeth, dau. of George Morse, of Henbury, co. Gloucester, and relict of Sir Samuel Astry, Knt. By his 1st wife, with whom he acquired the estate of Pendley, Mr. Harcourt had with other daus., and a younger son, Simon, who d. unm., two other sons, Henry, who m. Sarah-Frances, dau. and heir of Nathaniel Bard, by Persiana his wife, dau. of Henry Bard, Viscount Bellamont, and d. in 1743, having had with younger issue, an elder son, Richard-Bard Harcourt, who m. Rachel, dau. of Albert Nesbit, Esq., and had an only son, Henry, and a dau., Elizabeth-Sophia, m. to Charles-Amadis Harcourt, a colonel in the French

HARINGTON-BARONS HARINGTON.

By Writ of Summons, dated 30 December, 1324.

Lineage.

The family of Harington derived their surname from Haverington, co. Cumberland, a lordship which they very anciently possessed; but from the time of EDWARD I. their chief seat and residence was at Aldingham, in Lancashire, which manor was acquired by

ROBERT DE HARINGTON, with his wife Agnes, sister and heir of William de Cancefield, or Cavefeld, son and heir of Richard de Cancefield, by Alice his wife, sister and heir of Michael Flameng, Lord of Aldingham. He had with a younger son, Robert, an elder son,

JOHN DE HARINGTON, who, in the 34th EDWARD I., amongst the rest of those stout young soldiers which were then to attend the king into Scotland, received the honour of knighthood, with Prince Edward, by bathing and other sacred ceremonies. Sir John had a military summons, in the 4th EDWARD II., for the Scottish wars. In the 12th of the same reign he had a charter of free-warren in all his demesne-lands in the cos. York and Lancaster, and in the 14th EDWARD III., a license to impark 600 acres of wood, moor, and marsh, within the precints of his lordship of Aldingham. He was summoned to parliament as a baron, from 30 December, 1324, to 13 November, 1345. His lordship m. Margaret, dau. of Sir Richard Barlingham, Knt., and had an only son,

ROBERT, who d. v. p., leaving issue, by his wife Elizabeth, one of the daus. and co-heirs of John de Multon, of Egre mond,

JOHN, successor to his grandfather.

Robert, from whom descended the Lords Harington, of
Exton.

Simon, ancestor of the Haringtons, of Bishton.

Lord Harington d. in 1348, and was 8. by his grandson,

JOHN DE HARINGTON, 2nd baron, summoned to parliament from 14 February, 1348, to 10 March, 1349. This nobleman d. in 1363, seized of the third part of the manor of Multon, co. Lincoln, of the manors of Aldingham, Thirnum, and a moiety of the manor of Ulveston, in Lancashire, of the manor of Austwyke, co. York, and of those of Millum, Mosearghe, Haverington, with its members, and a third part of the manor of Egremond, in Cumberland. He d. 1363, and was s. by his son, then in minority,

ROBERT DE HARINGTON 3rd baron, summoned to parliament from 4 August, 1377, during the remainder of his life. This nobleman received the honour of knighthood at the coronation of RICHARD II., and was the same year employed in that monarch's service at Calais. His lordship m. Isabel, dau. and co-heir of Sir Nigel Loryng, K.G., and had issue,

JOHN (Sir), his successor.
WILLIAM, Successor to his brother.

He d. in 1405, and was 8. by his elder son,

SIR JOHN DE HARINGTON, 4th baron, summoned to parliament under the misnomer of ROBERT,* from his accession to the peerage until 3 September, 1417. This nobleman was in the expedition made into France in the 3rd HENRY V.; and the next year, being retained by indenture to serve the king in those wars, he received £295 in hand, towards his wages, upon that account, But soon after, purposing to travel into foreign parts, he declared his testament, 8 June, 1417, bequeathing his body to be buried wheresoever he should happen to die, and leaving to Elizabeth his wife, one-half of all his silver vessels; after which he survived not a year, for the probate of that will bears date 27 April, next ensuing year. Leaving no issue, his lordship was 8. by his brother,

SIR WILLIAM DE HARINGTON, 5th baron, K.G., summoned to parliament from 26 February, 1421, to 6 September, 1439. This nobleman served the office of sheriff for Yorkshire, and was governor of the castle at York, in the 10th HENRY V., he was afterwards several years engaged in the wars of France in the reigns of HENRY V. and HENRY VI. His lordship m. Margaret,

The name of Robert de Harington occurs regularly in the summonses to parliament, from 1st RICHARD II. to 4th HENRY V.; but as Robert, the last baron d. in 1405 (twelve years before the latter period), and as Joha, Baron Harington, is stated in the rolls of parliament to have been present 22 December, 8th HENRY IV., 1406, it may be inferred that all the writs after the 7th HENRY IV. were directed to this baron, and that the christian name of Robert on the rolls, after that year, was an error.NICOLAS

the sister of Thomas, son of Sir Robert Nevil, of Thornby, Knt., and had an only child,

ELIZABETH (who d. v. p.), m. to William, Lord Bonville, and

had a son,

WILLIAM BONVILLE, who, in her right, became Lord Harington, d. v. p., leaving a dau.,

CECILY BONVILLE, who m. 1st, Thomas Grey. Marquess of Dorset, and 2ndly, Henry Stafford, Earl of Wiltshire. Lord Harington d. in 1457, leaving his grandson, WILLIAM BONVILLE, above-mentioned, his heir. CECILY BONVILLE, the dau. and heiress of the said William, having m. Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset, for her 1st husband, she conveyed the Baronies of Bonville and Harington to the noble house of Grey, where they continued until the attainder in 1554 of Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk, grandson of the said Cecily Bonville, and the said Thomas, Marquess of Dorset, when those dignities, along with his grace's other high honours, became FORFEITED. By her 2nd husband, Henry Stafford, Earl of Wiltshire, Cecily Bonville had no issue.

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HARINGTON-BARONS HARINGTON, OF

EXTON, CO. RUTLAND.

By Letters Patent, dated 21 July, 1603.
Lineage.

This is a branch of the ancient family of Harington, barons by writ, springing from

SIR ROBERT DE Harington, grandson of Sir John de Harington, who had been summoned to parliament in the reign of EDWARD II., and 2nd son of Robert de Harington, and his wife Elizabeth, dau. and co-heir of John de Multon, of Egremond. This Sir Robert left a son,

JOHN DE HARINGTON, who m. Agnes, dau. of Lawrence Flete, Esq., of Flete, co. Lincoln, and dying in 1421, was s. by his

son,

ROBERT DE HARINGTON, Who m. one of the daus. and coheirs of John de la Laund, and was s. by his son,

JOHN DE HARINGTON, who having m. Catherine, dau. and heir of Sir Thomas Colepeper, acquired thereby the manor of Exton, in Rutlandshire, and fixed his residence there. He was 8. by his son,

ROBERT HARINGTON, Esq., of Exton, who served the office of sheriff for the co. Rutland in 1492 and 1498. He m. Maud, dau. of Sir John Prisett, Knt., chief justice of the court of Common Pleas, and dying in 1501, was s. by his son,

SIR JOHN HARINGTON, Knt., of Exton, sheriff of Rutland, who m. Alice, dau. of Henry Southill, and was s. by his eldest son, SIR JOHN HARINGTON, Knt., of Exton, high sheriff of the co. Rutland, and treasurer of the army to HENRY VIII., at Boulogne, who m. Elizabeth, dau. and heir of Robert Moton, of

Peckleton, co. Leicester, and was 8. at his decease by his

son,

SIR JAMES HARINGTON, Knt., of Exton, who m. Lucy, dau. of Sir William Sidney, of Penshurst, and sister of Sir Henry Sidney, K.G., by whom he had three sons, viz.,

JOHN, his successor.

Henry (Sir).

James, of Ridlington, co. Rutland, who was created a baronet
29 June, 1611; a dignity now enjoyed by his descendant, Sir
John-Edward Harington, Bart., of Ridlington.
Mabel, m. to Sir A. Noel.

Sir James d. in 1592, and was 8. by his eldest son,

SIR JOHN HARINGTON, Knt., who was elevated to the peerage by letters patent, dated 21 July, 1603, as BARON HARINGTON, of Exton. His lordship was tutor to the Princess Elizabeth, dan. of King JAMES I., until her marriage with the Electoral-Palatine, when he attended her royal highness into Germany. He in. Anne, only dau. and heiress of Robert Kelway, Esq., surveyor of the court of wards and liveries, and had issue,

ing year (1614), the Barony of Harington, of Exton, became EXTINCT, and his lordship's estates devolved upon his sisters. The Countess of Bedford, Dugdale says, notwithstanding her large fortune, wasted by her profuseness, not only her own estate, but some portion of her husband's. Pennant, in describing the pictures at Woburne Abbey, notices "a full length of that fantastic lady, Lucy, Countess of Bedford, dressed in as fantastic a habit, with an immense veil distended behind her. Her ladyship was a patroness of literature, and there are several Epistles of Daniel, the poet, and the celebrated Doctor John Donne, dedicated to her."

Nicholas Stone, statuary to King JAMES I., made a tomb for her father, mother, brother, and sister, and for which the Countess paid him £1020, and had it erected at Exton.

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HARLEY-EARL OF OXFORD.

By Letters Patent, dated 24 May, 1711.

Lineage.

The family of Harley can be traced to a period antecedent to the Conquest, and its station was then so eminent, that the great house of Harlai, in France, deduces its origin from the Harleys of England.

SIR ROBERT DE HARLEY (eldest son of Sir Richard de Harley, Knt., who d. about the 13th EDWARD II.) m. Margaret, eldest dau. and co-heir (with her sister, Elizabeth, wife of Sir Richard de Cornwall, son of Richard, Earl of Cornwall, King of the Romans, brother of King HENRY III.) of Sir Bryan de Brampton; by which marriage he acquired a great estate and the seat of Brampton Castle, which continued for centuries the chief residence of his descendants. His greatgrandson,

SIR JOHN HARLEY, of Brampton Castle, received the honour of knighthood from EDWARD IV., on the field of battle, at

Gaston, near Tewkesbury, 9 May, 1471, and was sheriff of Shropshire in the 21st year of the same monarch. From him lineally descended

THOMAS HARLEY, Esq.,* of Brampton Castle, who was born about the year 1543, and obtained a grant from King JAMES I. of the honour and castle of Wigmore, co. Hereford. He m. Margaret, dau. of Sir Andrew Corbet, Knt., of Morton Corbet; and 2ndly, Anne, dau. of Walter Griffith, Esq., of Burton Agnes, and dying in 1631, was s. by his only surviving son,

SIR ROBERT HARLEY, K.B., M.P. for the co. Hereford. This

gentleman had a grant, 12 September, 1626, of the office of master and worker of moneys to be coined in the tower of London during his life, with a salary of £4,000 a-year; but, after the murder of the king. refusing to coin with any other than the die of the deceased monarch, he was removed by parliament. Sir Robert m. 1st, Anne, dau. of Charles Barrett, Esq., of Belhouse, Essex; 2ndly, Mary, dau. of Sir Francis Newport; by neither of whom, however, had he any issue to survive; and 3rdly, Brilliana (so christened from Brill, of which her father was governor at the time of her ladyship's birth), dau. of Edward, Viscount Conway, by Dorothy, dau. of Sir John Tracy, of Todington, co. Gloucester, and sister to Mary, wife of the celebrated General Sir Horace Vere, Lord Vere, of Tilbury (by which alliance the Harleys became connected with the Veres, Earls of Oxford, Holles's, Earls of Clare, and other ancient families). Lady Brilliana Harley was celebrated for her gallant defence of Brampton Castle, during the civil wars, when invested, in 1643, by the rebels, whom she forced to raise the siege after seven weeks of unavailing hostility. Her ladyship dying, however, in the October following, the besiegers returned to the castle, which, after a second gallant resistance, being forced to surrender, was burnt to the ground. Sir Robert Harley d. 6 November, 1656, and was 8. by his eldest son,

COLONEL SIR EDWARD HARLEY, member for the co. Hereford in the parliament which restored CHARLES II., by whom he was appointed governor of Dunkirk. Sir Edward m. 1st, in 1654. Mary, dau. of Sir William Button, of Parkgate, by whom he had two daus., Brilliana, wife of Alexander Popham, Esq., and Martha, wife of Samuel Hutchins, Esq.; and 2ndly, Abigail, dau. of Nathaniel Stephens, Esq., of Essington, co. Gloucester, by whom he had (with other issue),

*Jane, sister of this Thomas Harley, of Brampton, m. Roger Mynors, Esq., of Treago, ancestor of Peter Rickards-Mynors, Esq., of Treago.

ROBERT, of whom presently, as Earl of Oxford.

Edward. of Eyewood, co. Hereford, M.P., recorder of Leo. minster, and one of the auditors of the Imprest, m. Sarah, 3rd dan. of Thomas Foley, Esq., of Whitley, co. Worcester, and had,

EDWARD, who s. to the Earldom of Oxford.

Robert, M.P., recorder of Leominster, d. unm. in 1774. Abigail, m. to the Hon. John Verney, master of the Rolls. Colonel Sir Edward Harley d. 8 December, 1700, and was 8. by his eldest son,

ROBERT HARLEY, Esq., b. 5 December, 1661. This gentleman was first returned to parliament for Tregony, in Cornwall; and afterwards, in 1690, for the town of Radnor, which he continued to represent so long as he remained a commoner. On 11 February, 1700-1, Mr. Harley was elected speaker of the House of Commons. In 1704, he was sworn of the privy council, and constituted one of the principal secretaries of state, filling the speaker's chair at the same time. In 1710, he was appointed chancellor of the Exchequer. About this period Mr. Harley had a miraculous escape from assassination, having been stabbed with a pen-knife by the Marquess of Guiscard, then under examination before a committee of the privy council at Whitehall. On 24 May, 1711, the right hon. gentleman was elevated to the peerage, by the titles of Baron Harley, of Wigmore, co. Hereford, EARL OF OXFORD, and EARL OF MORTIMER, with remainder, in default of male issue, to the heirs male of his grandfather, Sir Robert Harley, knight of the Bath; and 29 May, in the same year, his lordship was constituted lord high treasurer of England. The earl m. 1st, Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Foley, Esq., of Whitley Court, co. Worcester, by whom he had,

EDWARD, his successor.

Abigail, m. to George, Earl of Kinnoul; and d. in 1750.
Elizabeth, m. to Peregrine Hyde, Duke of Leeds.

His lordship m. 2ndly, Sarah, dau. of Thomas Middleton, Esq., but had no other issue. On 10 June, 1715, Lord Oxford was impeached by the Commons of high treason, and was committed to the Tower by the House of Lords, where he suffered imprisonment until 1 July, 1717, when he was acquitted, after a public trial by his peers. His memory is celebrated by Pope in the following lines:

"A soul supreme, in each hard instance tried,
Above all pain, all anger, and all pride,
The rage of power, the blast of public breath,
The lust of lucre, and the dread of death."

The earl d. 21 May, 1724, and was 8. by his only son,

EDWARD, 2nd earl. This nobleman devoted himself much to literature; and the country is much indebted to him for the celebrated collection so well known as the Harleian Mis

cellany, purchased by parliament from the countess in 1754, after the earl's decease, and deposited in the British Museum. His lordship m. 31 October, 1713, Lady Henrietta Cavendish Holles, only dau. and heir of John Holles, last Duke of Newcastle of that family (the dignity expired in 1713), by whom in 1734, William, 2nd Duke of Portland. The earl dying withhe had an only dau. and heir, Margaret-Cavendish, who m out male issue, 16 June, 1741, the honours devolved, according to the reversionary clause in the patent, upon his first cousin,

EDWARD HARLEY, Esq., M.P. for the co. Hereford, as 3rd earl (refer to children of Col. Sir Edward Harley). His lordship m. in 1725, Martha, eldest dau. of John Morgan, Esq. of Tredegar, co. Monmouth, by whom (who d. in 1774) he left, 1. EDWARD, his successor.

11. John, D.D., bishop of Hereford, and dean of Windsor; b. 29 September, 1728; m. 23 February, 1770, Roach, dau. of Gwynne Vaughan. Esq. of Trebarry, co. Radnor; and dying 7 January, 1788, left,

1 EDWARD, who inherited as 5th earl.

2 John, in holy orders; b. 31 December, 1774; d. unm.
20 October, 1815.

1 Frances, d. 25 November, 1848, aged seventy-six.
2 Martha, d. 25 January, 1824.

III. Thomas, b. 24 August, 1730; an alderman of London, M.P. for that city, and lord mayor in 1768; m. 15 March, 1752, Anne, dau. of Edward Bangham, and had five daus., co-heirs to his fortune, viz.,

1 Martha, m. 30 December, 1779, to George Drummond, Esq.
of Stanmore: and d. in 1788.

2 Anne, m. to George, 2nd Lord Rodney; and d. in 1840.
3 Sarah, m. to Robert, 9th Earl of Kinnoull; d. in 1837.
4 Elizabeth, m. 8 October, 1783, to David Murray, Esq.;
and d. 9 July, 1824.

5 Margaret, . to Sir John Boyd, Bart.; and d. 20 Novem-
ber, 1830.

Alderman Harley d. 1 December, 1804; his wife d. 15 January, 1798.

IV. William, in holy orders, prebendary of Worcester; d. 8 July, 1769.

1. Sarah, d. unm., 1737.

PEMBROKE.

His lordship d. 11 April, 1755, and was 8. by his eldest son,

EDWARD, 4th earl, b. 2 September, 1726. His lordship m. 11 July, 1751, Susannah, eldest dau. of William Archer, Esq. of Welford, co. Berks; but d. without issue in 1790, when the family honours devolved upon his nephew (revert to the Hon. and Right Rev. Dr. John Harley, bishop of Hereford).

EDWARD, 5th earl, b. 20 February, 1773; m. 3 March, 1794, Jane-Elizabeth, dau. of the Rev. James Scott, A.M., rector of Stokin, co. Southampton, by whom (who d. 20 November, 1824) he had issue,

Barony, by Writ of Summons, dated 14 October, 1264. Earldom, by Letters Patent, dated 13 October, 1339.

Lineage.

1828.

ALFRED, last earl.

JANE, m. 17 August, 1835, Henry Bickersteth, Esq., afterwards Lord Langdale, and had a dau.. Jane-Frances, m. 16 December, 1857, to Alexander, Count Teleki de Szék. Lady Langdale resumed her maiden name of Harley, after the death of her brother, the last Earl of Oxford. Charlotte-Mary, m. to General Bacon.

Anne, m. in 1835, to the Cavaliére San Giorgio, deceased. Frances, m. in 1835, to Henry-Vernon Harcourt, Esq., who d. 25 February, 1853.

Louisa, d. young.

His lordship d. in January, 1849, and was s. by his son, ALFRED, 6th earl, b. 10 January, 1809; who m. 17 February, 1831, Miss Eliza Nugent, but d. 8. p. 19 January, 1853, when the honours became EXTINCT.

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HASTANG-BARON HASTANG.

By Writ of Summons, dated 19 December, 1311.

Lineage.

Of this family whose chief seat was at Lemington, co. Warwick, and thence called Lemington Hastang, was

ATROP HASTANG, who gave to the canons of Nostell, co. York, the churches of Lemington and Newbold; and bestowed on the canons of Kenilworth, the church of Whitnash. To this Atrop 8. his son,

ATROP HASTANG, who was 8. by his son,

HUMPHREY HASTANG, who, joining the rebellious barons against King JOHN, had his lands seized, but returning to his allegiance, they were restored in the 1st HENRY III. This Humphrey was 8. by his son,

ROBERT HASTANG, Who m. Joane, dau. and co-heir of William de Curli. This Robert gave a mark in gold, in 41st HENRY III., for respiting his knighthood. But afterwards taking part with Montford, Earl of Leicester, he was one of those who held out the castle of Kenilworth, for which his lands were seized, and given to Sir James de Aldithley and Sir Hugh de Turbervill. He had restitution of them, however, upon paying a fine under the "Dictum de Kenilworth." Robert de Hastang was 8. by his son,

ROBERT DE HASTANG, who in the 10th EDWARD II., was constituted one of the commissioners to treat with Robert de Brus, and his party in Scotland, upon a truce betwixt both realms; and was summoned to parliament as a baron in 5th EDWARD II.; his son,

JOHN DE HASTANG, 2nd baron, does not appear from the existing rolls, to have been summoned to parliament; his son, (it is presumed)

THOMAS DE HASTANG, 3rd baron, had summons 25 February, and 20 November, 1342, but his name does not afterwards occur in the list of summonses. His lordship m. Maud, widow of John Strange of Knockyn, and had a son,

SIR JOHN DE HASTANG, Who m. 1st., Blanch

but had

no issue, and 2ndly, Maud, dau. of Sir William Trussel, Knt., by whom he left at his decesse, 1360, two daus., his co-heirs, Maud, m. to Ralph de Stafford, of Grafton. Joane, m. to Sir Johne Salisbury, Knt.

In the representatives of those ladies, the Barony of Hastang is now vested.

Arms-Az., and a chief gu., over all a lion rampant, or.

taking charge of the naperie, (table linen,) at the solemn coronation of the kings of this realm. This Walter, by Hadewise, his wife, had a son,

HUGH DE HASTINGS, Lord of Fillongley, co. Warwick, who m. Erneburga, dau. of Hugh de Flamville, and niece and heir of Robert de Flamville, of Aston-Flamville, co. Leicester, by whom he acquired that manor, as well as Grissing, in Norfolk, and the stewardship of the abbey of St. Edmundsbury, and had two sons and a dau., viz.,

WILLIAM, his successor.

Richard, a priest, rector of Barewell, in Leicestershire. Mahant, to whom he gave the manor of Arke, in Devonshire, on her marriage with Robert de Wyford; from this lady descended,

Sir Geffery de Anke, or Hanke, who, temp. HENRY III., conveyed that estate, in marriage with his dau., to Michael Davyll.

Hugh de Hastings was 8. by his elder son,

WILLIAM DE HASTINGS, steward to HENRY II., who m. 1st, Maude, dau. of Thurstan Banaster, and had two sons,

1. Henry, who d. s. p.

II. WILLIAM, of whom we treat.

William de Hastings m. 2ndly, Ida, dau. of Henry, Earl of Ewe, and had a son,

THOMAS, ancestor of the Earls of Huntingdon. The 2nd son,

WILLIAM DE HASTINGS, m. 1st, Margery, dau, of Roger Bigot, Earl of Norfolk, and had, (with a dau. Ida, m. to Stephen de Segrave) a son,

HENRY DE HASTINGS, who, upon paying a fine of 50 marks, and doing his homage, had livery of his lands in the cos. WarThis wick, Leicester, Salop, Bedford, Norfolk, and Suffolk. Henry m. Ada, 4th dau. of David, Earl of Huntingdon, and of Maud, his wife, dau. of Hugh, and one of the sisters and coheirs of Ranulph, Earl of Chester; and through her he eventually shared in the great estates of the Earls of Chester. By this lady he had issue, HENRY, his successor, and two daus., Margery and Hillaria, who, at the time of his decease, were in the nunnery of Alneston, and their tuition was then committed to William de Cantelupe. This Henry de Hastings attending King HENRY into France, in the 26th of that monarch's reign, was taken prisoner at the great defeat which the English army then sustained at Zante, but was soon afterwards released. In a few years subsequently he accompanied Richard, Earl of Cornwall, with divers other of the principal nobility, into France, whither the said earl proceeded at that period with a splendid retinue, but for what purpose does not appear. About the close of the same year (1250) Henry de Hastings d. and was s. by his son,

HENRY DE HASTINGS, then in minority, whose wardship was granted to Guy de Lusignan, King HENRY III.'s half brother. This Henry, in the 44th HENRY III., had a military summons to be at Shrewsbury, with horse and arms, to march against the Welsh; and the next year had a similar summons to be at London. But very soon afterwards we find him in arms with Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester, and other turbulent spirits, against the king, and with those excommunicated by the archbishop of Canterbury. After which he became one of the most zealous of the baronial leaders, and distinguished himself at the battle of Lewes, wherein the king was made prisoner, received the honour of knighthood at the hands of Montfort; and was constituted governor of Scarborough and Winchester castles. This stout baron was s. at his decease in 1249, by his son,

HENRY DE HASTINGS, who m. Eve, sister, and at length coheir, of George de Cantilupe, Baron of Bergavenny, and had issue,