bury, in the custody of the city of Worcester, and five years afterwards was constituted governor of Warwick Castle, then vested in the crown, by reason of the minority of the Earl of Warwick. His lordship m. Margaret, dau. of the Lord Furnival, and had a son, GUY, who m. Margaret, one of the daus. of Thomas de Beau champ, Earl of Warwick, but d. v. p., 8. p. Peter, Lord Montfort, d. in 1367, when the barony fell into ABEYANCE between his sisters (refer to children of John, 1st lord), as it still continues amongst their representatives. ADAM MONTGOMERY, 4th Laird of Braidstane (great-grandson of Robert Montgomery, brother of Alexander, 2nd Lord Montgomerie, father of the 1st Earl of Eglinton), m. the eldest dau. of Colquhoun of Luss; and d. about 1550, leaving two sons, namely, ADAM, his heir. Robert, ancestor of the Montgomerys of Grey Abbey, co. Down, now represented by Hugh Montgomery, Esq. of that place. (See BURKE's Landed Gentry.) The elder son, ADAM MONTGOMERY, Esq., 5th Laird of Braidstane, m. the dau. of John Montgomery, of Haselheads, and had four sons: the 2nd, George, was bishop of Meath, and left an only dau. and heir, Jane, wife of Nicholas St. Lawrence, Earl of Howth. The eldest, GOMERY, Esq., of Ballylissan, m. Jane, dau. of Rev. Archibald Mary, m. to Sir Robert Maclellan, Lord Kirkcudbright. HUGH MONTGOMERY, 2nd Viscount Montgomery, colonel of a regiment during the rebellion of 1641, m. in 1623, Lady Jean Alexander, eldest dau. of William, Earl of Stirling, secretary of state for Scotland, and by her (who m. 2ndly, Major-General Monroe), he left at his decease, in 1642, a son and successor, HUGH MONTGOMERY, 3rd Viscount Montgomery, a gallant royalist during the period of the civil war, and consequently a severe sufferer in those times of confiscation and oppression. His lordship survived, however, to witness the Restoration, and was created, 1661, EARL OF MOUNT ALEXANDER. He m. 1st, in 1648, Mary, eldest sister of Henry, 1st Earl of Drogheda, and 2ndly, Catherine, dau. of Arthur Jones, Lord Ranelagh, and widow of Sir William Parsons, Bart., by the latter he had two daus., Catharine, wife of Sir Francis Hamilton, Bart., and Elizabeth, wife of Raphael Hunt, Esq., of Dollardstown, and by the former he left at his decease a son and successor, HUGH MONTGOMERY, 2nd Earl of Mount Alexander, b. in 1650; master of the Ordnance and brigadier-general; who m. 1st, in 1672, Catharine, eldest dau. of Carey, Earl of Roscommon; and 2ndly, Eleanor, dau. of Maurice Berkeley, Viscount Fitzhardinge; but d. without surviving issue, 12 February, 1716, and was 8. by his brother, HENRY MONTGOMERY, 3rd Earl of Mount Alexander; who m. Mary, eldest dau. of William, Lord Howth; and was s. by his son, HUGH MONTGOMERY, 4th Earl of Mount Alexander; who m. in 1703, Elinor, dau. of Sir Patrick Barnewall, Bart., of Crickstown; but dying 8. p., 27 February, 1744, was 8. by his brother, THOMAS MONTGOMERY, 5th Earl of Mount Alexander; who m. Manoah, dau. of Mr. Delacherois, of Lisburn; but d. s. p., April, 1757, when the honours became EXTINCT. RALPH DE MONTHERMER, "a plain Esquire," having m. the Lady JOANE PLANTAGENET (commonly called Joane of Acres), dau. of King EDWARD I., and widow of Gilbert, Earl of Clare, Gloucester, and Hertford, had the title of EARL OF GLOUCESTER AND HERTFORD, in her right, and was summoned to parliament as "Comiti Gloucester' et Hertf." from 6 February, 1299, to 3 November, 1306. In the 26th EDWARD I., his lordship was in the expedition then made into Scotland, and behaved so valiantly, that the king rendered to him and his wife, the said Joane, the castle and honour of Tonebrugge with other lands in Kent, Surrey, and Sussex; as also the Isle of Portland, and divers other estates belonging to the said Joane, which had being seized by the crown in consequence of her marriage without license with the said Ralph; and the king became eventually much attached to his son-in-law, to whom he had been reconciled through the intercession of Anthony Beke, the celebrated bishop of Durham. In the 31st, 32nd, and 34th of his father-in-law, the earl was again in Scotland, and in the contest with BRUCE, King EDWARD conferred upon him the whole of Anandale, with the title of Earl of Atholl, the Scottish nobleman who held that dignity, having espoused the fortunes of BRUCE. But it was not long after this that Joane of Acres departed this life (viz., 1st EDWARD II.), and he never, subsequently, obtained the title of Earl of Gloucester and Hertford although he lived for several years; in a grant of considerable landed property made to him and his sons in two years afterwards, he is styled Ralph de Monthermer only. Nor WILLIAM MONTGOMERY, Esq., of Rosemount, whom. Isais he otherwise denominated, in the 5th EDWARD II., at which bella, 3rd dau. of John Campbell, of Mamore, 2nd son of time, for recompence of his service in Scotland the king gave Archibald, Duke of Argyll, and d 1743, leaving issue. him 300 marks, part of the 600 marks which he was to have George, of Ballylissan, whose grandson, HERCULES MONT-paid for the wardship of John ap Adam, a great man of that SIR HUGH MONTGOMERY, Knt., 6th Laird of Braidstane, settled in Ireland, and was raised to the peerage of that kingdom, 3 May, 1622, as VISCOUNT MONTGOMERY, of the Great Ards. co. Down. His lordship m. 1st, in 1587, Elizabeth, 2nd dau. of John Shaw, Laird of Greenock, and 2ndly, Sarah, dau. of William, Lord Herries, and widow of John, 1st Earl of Wigtoun; by the latter he had no issue; but by the former he was father of three sons, and two daus., viz., HUGH, his heir. James, (Sir, Knt.) of Rosemount, will dated 6 June, 1651; proved 16 July, 1661; who left by Katharine, his wife, dau. of Sir William Stewart, Knt., a son William Montgomery, Esq., of Rosemount, father of James Montgomery, Esq., of Rosemount. who m. Elizabeth, dau. of Archibald Edmonstone, of Duntreath, and was father of age. Nor in two years afterwards, when again in the wars of Scotland, he was made prisoner at Bannockburn, but he then found favour from his former familiarity with the King of Scotland, at the court of England, and obtained his freedom without paying ransom. He was, however, summoned to parliament as a Baron from 4 March, 1309, to 30 October, 1321. His lordship m. 2ndly, Isabel, widow of John de Hastings, and sister and co-heir of Aymer de Valence, Earl of Pembroke, by whom he had no issue. But by his 1st wife, the Princess Joane, he had two sons, viz., THOMAS, his heir. EDWARD, who was summoned to parliament as a Baron, 23 April, 1337, 11th EDWARD III., but never afterwards, and nothing further is known of him or his descendants. Ralph, Lord Monthermer, d. 19th EDWARD II., and was 8. by his son, THOMAS, LORD MONTHERMER, who was constantly employed in the military service of the crown, his name does not therefore occur in the enrolment of the summonses to parliament. He was killed in a sea fight with the French in 1340, leaving by Margaret, his wife, an only dau. and heiress, MARGARET DE MONTHERMER, who m. Sir John de Montacute, 2nd son of William, 1st Earl of Salisbury, and conveyed the Barony of Monthermer to the family of Montacute. Her eldest son, JOHN, Baron Montacute and Monthermer, s. as 3rd Earl of The Barony of Monthermer is now in ABEYANCE between the MARQUESS OF HASTINGS (as representing Katherine, Countess of Huntingdon, elder dau. and co-heir of Henry, Baron Montacute), and WILLIAM LOWNDES, Esq., of Chesham, Bucks, and WILLIAM-SELBY LOWNDES, Esq., of Whaddon, in the same co., as representing, Winifred, Lady Barrington, the other dau. and co-heir of the said Henry, Baron Montacute. gu. Arms-Or, an eagle displayed, vert, membered and beaked, MONYPENNY-LORD MONYPENNY. Lineage. The family of MONYPENNY is of great antiquity in North Britain, and has at various periods produced many eminent persons. Its present representative is David Monypenny of Pitmilly, one of the lords of Session; and from the Pitmilly line also descend the MoNYPENNYS of Kent. SIR WILLIAM MONYPENNY, son of Sir William Monypenny, Knt., by Margaret, his wife, dau. of Philip Arbuthnott, of Arbuthnott, acquired the lands of Conquersall, in France, and a considerable portion of the Earl of Ormond's forfeited estates in Scotland. This distinguished personage, who was next in remainder to his kinsman, William Monypenny, of Pitmilly, came as ambassador from France to England in 1471, and acting a conspicuous part in the public transactions of his time, was created a peer of Scotland by JAMES II. His son, ALEXANDER MONYPENNY, 2nd Lord Monypenny, exchanged, in 1495, the Barony of Earlshall, in Fifeshire, with Sir Edward Bruce, for his lands called Escariot, in France. His lordship d. 8. p. m., and with him the peerage EXPIRED. Arms-Or, a dolphin, az., finned, gu. MOORE-EARL OF CHARLEVILLE. Barony, by Letters Patent, dated 22 October, 1715. Earldom, by Letters Patent, dated 16 September, 1758. Lineage. The Right Hon. JOHN MOORE, of Croghan, M.P. for the King's co., (sprung from Sir Thomas Moore, younger son of John Moore, Esq., ancestor of the noble house of Drogheda,) was elevated to the peerage of Ireland, 22 October, 1715, as Baron Moore, of Tullamore, and obtained a reversionary grant of the office of muster-master-general of Ireland. His lordship m. 1st, in 1697, Mary, dau. of Elnathan Lunn, Esq., banker, of Dublin, by whom he had an only surviving son, CHARLES, and one surviving dau., Jane, who m. January, 1794, William Bury, Esq., of Shannon Grove, co. Limerick, and had, with other children, JOHN BURY, Esq. Lord Tullamore m. 2ndly, Elizabeth, widow of Sir John King, Bart. He d. 8 September, 1725, and was 8. by his son, CHARLES MOORE, 2nd baron, governor of the King's co., and muster-master-general of Ireland, who was created EARL OF CHARLEVILLE, 16 September, 1758. His lordship m. in 1737, Hester, only surviving child of James Coghill, Esq., LL.D.; but d. s. p. 17 February, 1764, when his lordship's honours EXPIRED, while his estates passed to his nephew, JOHN BURY, Esq. of Shannon Grove, father of CHARLES WILLIAM, 1st EARL OF CHARLEVILLE, of the new ereation. Arms-Az., on a chief, indented, arg., three mullets, gu.; a crescent for difference. MORAY-EARL OF STRATHERN. (See MALISE, Earl of Strathern.) MORDAUNT-EARLS OF PETERBOROUGH, VISCOUNTS MORDAUNT OF AVALON, EARLS OF MONMOUTH. Earldom of Peterborough, by Letters Patent, dated 9 March, 1628. Viscounty, by Letters Patent, dated 10 July, 1659. Lineage. It appears from the records of this family, collected in the reign of King CHARLES II., and printed at the charge of Henry, Earl of Peterborough, that SIR OSBERT LE MORDAUNT, & Norman knight, was possessed of Radwell, in Bedfordshire, by the gift of his brother, who derived it from the CONQUEROR, in recompense of his own and his father's good services. Sir Osbert's grandson, EUSTACH LE MORDAUNT, m. Alice, eldest dau. and co-heir of Sir William de Alneto, modernly called Dauney, and acquired by her the lordship of Turvey, in Bedfordshire. He was s. by his son, WILLIAM MORDAUNT, who became Lord of Turvey, Radwell, Asthull, and other manors. He was 8. by his son, WILLIAM MORDAUNT. This feudal lord had license (1297) to inclose a park at Turvey. He m. Rose, dau. of Sir Ralph Wake, and was s. by his eldest son, ROBERT MORDAUNT, who was knight of the shire for the co. Bedford, in the parliament held at Westminster in the 15th EDWARD III. From this gentleman we pass to his descendant, WILLIAM MORDAUNT, Esq., of Turvey, temp. EDWARD IV., who m. Margaret, dau. of John Peeke, Esq., of Cople, and had, with other issue, JOHN, his heir. William, ancestor of the Mordaunts of Warwickshire, now The elder son, SIR JOHN MORDAUNT, Knt., of Turvey, co. Bedford, was one of the royal commanders at the battle of Stoke, 16 June, 1484. Being likewise learned in the law, he was constituted king's serjeant in the 11th HENRY VII., justice of Chester in four years after, and subsequently chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster, and was made one of the knights of the sword at the creation of Henry, Prince of Wales, 18 February, 1502-3. Sir John d. in the 21st year of HENRY VII., and was s. by his eldest son, WILLIAM MORDAUNT, Esq., who d. s. p., when the estates devolved upon his brother, SIR JOHN MORDAUNT, who was sheriff of Bedford and Bucks in the 1st year of HENRY VIII., and in the 5th of the same reign was one of the commissioners, appointed by act of parliament, for assessing and collecting the poll-tax. He was knighted before, 4 June 1520, when he was one of those appointed to attend the queen at the interview with FRANCIS I. of France, and in May, 1522, he waited upon the king at Canterbury, at his second meeting in England with the Emperor CHARLES V. In 1530 he was appointed, with others, to inquire into the landed possessions of Cardinal Wolsey, and he was summoned to parliament, as a Baron, from 4 May, 1532, to 5 November, 1558. In the year 1551, a great dearth of provisions being in the nation, his lordship was the first in commission, with other persons of rank, in the county of Bedford, to prevent the enhancing the prices of corn, &c., and to punish offenders therein, as also to supply the said county. He m. Elizabeth, dau. and co-heir of Sir Henry Vere, Knt., of Drayton and Adington, co. Northampton, and had issue, JOHN, his successor. William, m. Agnes, dau. and heir of Charles Booth, Esq. George, of Oakley, co. Bedford, m. Cecilia, dau. and co-heir of John Harding, Esq., of Harding, in Bedfordshire, and was father of Edmund Mordaunt, Esq., of Thundersley, in Essex. Anne, m. 1st. to James Rodney, Esq., and 2ndly, to John, son and heir of Sir Michael Fisher. Elizabeth, m. to Silvester Danvers, Esq., of Dauntsey, Wilts. Winifrid, m. to John Cheyney, of Chesham-Boys. His lordship d. in 1562, and was s. by his eldest son, JOHN MORDAUNT, 2nd baron, summoned to parliament from 11 January, 1563, to 8 May, 1572. This nobleman, in the lifetime of his father, was made one of the knights of the Bath at the coronation of Queen ANNE BOLEYN, 1st June, 1553, and was sheriff for Essex and Hertfordshire, in 1540. At the demise of EDWARD VI., he was one of the first in arms on behalf of Queen MARY: whereupon he was sworn of the privy council; and in her Majesty's reign served in four parliaments for Bedfordshire. His lordship m. 1st, Ellen, cousin and heir of Sir Richard Fitz-Lewes, of West-Thorndon, in Essex, by whom he had issue, LEWIS, his successor. Elizabeth, m. to George Monnoux, Esq., of Walthamstow. Margaret, m. to William Acklam, Esq., of Moreby, in Yorkshire. Ursula, m. to Edward, son of Sir Nicholas Fairfax, of Gilling Castle, co. York. Lord Mordaunt m. 2ndly, Joan, dau. of Robert Wilford, Esq., of Kent, but had no issue by that lady. He d. in 1572, and was 8. by his son, LEWIS MORDAUNT, 3rd baron, summoned to parliament from 8 February, 1576, to 24 October, 1597. This nobleman received the honour of knighthood from Queen ELIZABETH, in 1567, and was one of the peers who sat in judgment upon Thomas Duke of Norfolk, and upon Queen MARY, of Scotland. His lordship m. Elizabeth, dau. of Sir Arthur Darcy, Knt., 2nd son of Thomas, Lord Darcy, and had issue, His lordship d. in 1608, and was 8. by his son, JOHN MORDAUNT, 5th baron. summoned to parliament from 30 January, 1620, to 17 May, 1625. This nobleman, was advanced to the dignity of EARL OF PETERBOROUGH, by letters patent, dated 9 March, 1628. He m. Elizabeth, only dau. and heir of William Howard, Lord Effingham, son and heir of Charles, Earl of Nottingham, by whom he had (with Elizabeth, who m. Thomas, son and heir of Edward, Lord Howard, of Escrick), two sons, viz., HENRY, his successor. JouN; this gentleman obtained great fame by his zeal in the cause of King CHARLES II., and stood a trial during the usurpation for his exertions in behalf of the exiled monarch, but upon which he was acquitted, by the connivance chiefly, as stated by Lord Clarendon, of the celebrated John Lisle, the presiding judge. The other judges were equally divided as to the guilt or innocence of Mr. Mordaunt, and the presi dent gave the casting vote in his favour. He subsequently made several daring but fruitless attempts to restore the king, and for all those faithful services was, eventually, elevated to the peerage, 10 July, 1659, as BARON MORDAUNT, of Rygate, co. Surrey, and VISCOUNT MORDAUNT, of Avalon, in Somersetshire. His lordship and Sir John Grenvile, were the bearers of the letters which the king, prior to his restoration, addressed to Monk, to parliament, and to the corporation of London. His lordship, after the Restoration. was constituted constable of Windsor Castle, and appointed lord lieutenant, and custos rotulorum of co. Surrey. He m. Elizabeth, dau. and sole heiress of Thomas Carey, 2nd son of Robert, Earl of Monmouth, by whom he had five sons and three daus., 1 CHARLES, his successor. 2 Harry, M.P., lieutenant-general in the army, and treasurer of the ordnance, to which last office he was appointed in 1699. General Mordaunt m. 1st, Margaret, dau. of Sir Thomas Spencer, of Yarnton, co. Oxford, Bart, by whom he had, with other children, John (Sir), K.B., a general officer in the army. Eliza-Lucy, m. to Sir Wilfrid Lawson, Bart., of Isell, in General Mordaunt m. 2ndly, Penelope, dau. and heir of Penelope, m. to Sir Monnoux Cope, Bart, of Hanwell. 3 Lewis, a brigadier-general in the army, who d. 2 February, 1712-13, leaving issue by two wives. One of his daus. AnneMaria, m. the Right Hon. Stephen Poyntz. of Midgham, co. Berks, and another, Sophia, m. Sir Roger Martin, Bart. 4 Osmond, slain at the battle of the Boyne. 5 George, in holy orders. This gentleman m. thrice, and left by his 2nd wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Sir John D'Oyly, Bart., a dau., Anna-Maria (co-heiress), m. to Jonathan Shipley, D.D., bishop of St. Asaph, ancestor by her of the ShipleyConwys, of Bodrhyddan, co. Flint, and of the Shipleys of Twyford House, Hants. and by his 3rd wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Colonel Collyer, he was father of two daus., Mary, m. to Valentine Morris, Esq., of Piercefield, Monmouthshire. Elizabeth, m. to Sir William Milner, Bart. 1 Charlotte, m. to Benjamin Albin, Esq. 2 Sophia, m. to James Hamilton, Esq., of Bangor, in Ireland. 3 Anne, m. to James Hamilton, Esq., of Tollymore, in Ireland. His lordship d. 5 June, 1675, and was s. by his eldest son, CHARLES MORDAUNT, 2nd viscount, who was created EARL OF MONMOUTH, 9 April, 1689, and 8. to the EARLDOM OF PETERBOROUGH, at the decease of his uncle, in 1697. The Earl of Peterborough was general of ordnance, and colonel of a regiment of foot, in the army raised in 1642, by order of parliament, under the command of Robert, Earl of Essex. His lordship d. in the same year, and was 8. by his elder son, HENRY MORDAUNT, 2nd Earl of Peterborough. This nobleman was distinguished during the civil wars by his zeal in the royal cause. He raised a regiment at his own expense, was wounded at the battle of Newbury, and often imprisoned for his loyal exertions. In 1648, he was in the rising with the Earl of Holland to release the king from his confinement; and on their defeat, though Holland was taken and beheaded, Peterborough, with his brother, escaped, but they were voted traitors to the commonwealth and their estates sequestered. His lordship was, after the Restoration, of the privy council to King CHARLES II., and entrusted with several honourable embassies. At the coronation of King JAMES II., he carried the sceptre with the cross, and was elected in the same year a knight of the Garter. After the accession of WILLIAM and MARY, the commons resolved (26 October, 1689,) that the Earl of Peterborough, and the Earl of Salisbury, should be impeached for high treason, for departing from their allegiance, and being reconciled to the church of Rome; but the impeachment was dropped. His lordship m. Penelope, dau. of Barnabas, Earl of Thomond, in Ireland, by whom he had issue, Elizabeth, d. unm. MARY, who became sole heiress, m. 1st, Henry, Duke of Norfolk, from whom she was divorced in 1700, and then m. Sir John Germain. Bart., but had issue by neither. Her ladyship inherited the Barony of Mordaunt, of Turvey, at the decease of her father, but the dignity again attached to the Earldom of Peterborough, at her own decease, in 1705. Her ladyship bequeathed her whole estate to her 2nd husband. The earl d. in 1697, when the Barony of Mordaunt, of Turvey, devolved upon his only surviving dau., as stated above, and the Earldom of Peterborough passed to his nephew (revert to issue of the 1st earl), CHARLES MORDAUNT, 1st Earl of Monmouth, as 3rd Earl of Peterborough. This nobleman, who had distinguished himself IV. Louisa, m. to Charles, 2nd Marquess Cornwallis, and d. 5 as a military character prior to the Revolution, was, upon the accession of WILLIAM and MARY, sworn of the privy council, and made one of the lords of the bedchamber, and in order to attend at their coronation as an earl, was raised to the Earldom of Monmouth, having, the day before, been constituted first lord commissioner of the Treasury. In 1692, his lordship made the campaign of Flanders, under King WILLIAM; and soon after the accession of Queen ANNE he was declared general and commander-in-chief of the forces sent to Spain; in which command he acquired great military fame, by the capture of Montjovi-by driving the Duke of Anjou, and the French army, consisting of 25,000 men, out of Spain, with a force not exceeding 10,000, and by acquiring possession of Catalonia, of the kingdoms of Valencia, Arragon, Majorca, &c. His lordship was, however, recalled from the scene of those gallant MORDAUNT-VISCOUNTS MORDAUNT, OF achievements, and his conduct subsequently examined by par- AVALON, EARLS OF MONMOUTH. liament; when a vote passed the House of Lords, 12 January, 1710-11, that during the time he had the command in Spain "he performed many great and eminent services;" and his lordship received the thanks of the house, through the lord chancellor. In 1710, and 1711, he was employed in embassy to the court of Turin, and other Italian states, on special missions; and in 1713, he was installed knight of the Garter. In the reign of King GEORGE I., his lordship was constituted general of all the marine forces in Great Britain. The earl m. 1st, Carey, dau. of Sir Alexander Fraser, of Dotes, N.B., and had issue, John, Lord Mordaunt, a military officer, colonel of the grenadier guards, at the celebrated battle of Blenheim, 13 August, 1704, wherein he lost one of his arms. His lordship m. Lady Frances Powlett, dau. of Charles, Duke of Bolton, and dying of the small-pox, 6 April, 1710, left two sons, CHARLES, Who 8. his grandfather in the honours of the family. John, a lieutenant-colonel in the army, M.P., m. 1st, in ALEXANDER, 4th Duke of Gordon, who, upon the decease of (See MORDAUNT, Earls of Peterborough.) MORETON, or (more correctly,) DE BURGO, who both accompanied their illustrious brother in his expedition against England, and were aggrandized after his triumph. ODO, being created Earl of Kent, and ROBERT DE MORETON, Earl of Cornwall, with a grant of 793 manors. In the time of WILLIAM RUFUS, this nobleman joining his brother, the Earl of Kent, raised the standard of rebellion in favour of Robert Curthose, and held the castle of Pevensey for that prince. He delivered it up, however, upon its being invested by the king, and made his peace. His lord His lordship m. 2ndly, in 1735, Anastasia Robinson, the cele-ship m. Maud, dau. of Roger de Montgomery, Earl of Shrewsbrated public singer, of whom Dr. Burney gives an interesting account in his History of Music. The earl d. on his passage to Lisbon, 25 October, in the same year. At the decease of his lordship's cousin, Mary, Baroness Mordaunt, of Turvey (revert to issue of 2nd Earl of Peterborough,) he inherited that ancient dignity of the family. He was 8, in all his honours by his grandson, CHARLES MORD AUNT, 4th Earl of Peterborough, and 2nd Earl of Monmouth. His lordship m. 1st, Mary, dau. of John Cox, Esq., of London, and had issue, Frances, who m. the Rev. Samuel Bulkeley, D.D., of Hatfield, The earl m. 2ndly, Robiniana, dau. of Colonel Brown, and CHARLES-HENRY MORDAUNT, 5th Earl of Peterborough, and 3rd Earl of Monmouth, b. in 1758, who d. unm. in 1814, when the Earldom of Peterborough, and the Earldom of Monmouth, with the Viscounty of Mordaunt, and Barony of Mordaunt, of Ryegate, became EXTINCT, while the Barony of Mordaunt, of Turvey, devolved upon his lordship's half-sister, Lady MARYANASTASIA-GRACE MORDAUNT, as Baroness Mordaunt, and at her ladyship's decease, unm., in 1819, it passed to ALEXANDER GORDON, 4th DUKE OF GORDON, as heir-general of Charles, 3rd Earl of Peterborough. He d. 17 June, 1827, and was s. by his son, GEORGE GORDON, 5th Duke of Gordon, and 13th Lord Mordaunt, who d. 8. p. 28 May, 1836, when the Barony of Mordaunt fell into abeyance amongst his sisters or their representatives. Those ladies, the last Duke of Gordon's sisters, were, 1. Charlotte, m. in September, 1789, Charles, 4th Duke of Richmond, and d. 5 May, 1842. Her grandson, Charles Gordon-Lennox. Duke of Richmond, is senior co-heir of the Barony of Mordaunt, of Turvey. 11. Madelina, m. 1st, to Sir Robert Sinclair, Bart., and 2ndly, to Charles-Fyshe Palmer, Esq., of Luckley Park, Berks, who d. in January, 1843. Lady Madelina d. in June, 1847. Her grandson, Sir Robert-Charles Sinclair, Bart., is co-heir of the Barony of Mordaunt. III. Susan, m. to William, Duke of Manchester, and d. 26 August, 1828. Her grandson, William-Drogo, Duke of Manchester, is a co-heir of the Barony of Mordaunt. bury, and had issue, WILLIAM, his successor, and three daus., whose christian names are unknown; the eldest m. Andrew de Vitrei; the 2nd m. Guy de Val, and the youngest m. the Earl of Thoulouse. The time of the Earl of Cornwall's death has not been ascertained, "but if he lived," says Dugdale, "after King WILLIAM RUFUS so fatally lost his life by the glance of an arrow in New Forest, from the bow of Walter Tirell, then was it unto him, that this strange apparition happened, which I shall here speak of; otherwise, it must be to his son and successor, Earl William, the story whereof is as followeth. In the very hour that the king received the fatal stroke, the Earl of Cornwall being hunting in a wood, at a distance from the place, and left alone by his attendants, was accidentally met by a very great black goat, bearing the king all black and naked, and wounded through the midst of his breast. And adjuring the goat by the Holy Trinity to tell what that was he so carried; he answered, I am carrying your king to judgment, yea, that tyrant, WILLIAM RUFUS, for I am an evil spirit, and the revenger of his malice which he bore to the church of God; and it was I that did cause this his slaughter: the protomartyr of England, St. Alban, commanding me so to do; who complained to God of him for his grievous oppressions in the Isle of Britain, which he first hallowed. All which the earl soon after related to his followers." His lordship was 8. by his son, WILLIAM DE MORETON, 2nd Earl of Cornwall, in England, and Earl of Moreton, in Normandy. This nobleman being from childhood of an arrogant and malevolent disposition, envied the glory of King HENRY I.; and not contented with the great honours he had derived from his father, demanded the Earldom of Kent, which had been borne by his uncle ODO; giving out secretly, that he would not put on his robe, unless the inheritance, which he challenged by descent from his uncle, might be restored to him. In this demand the king refusing to acquiesce, the earl fled to Normandy, and with Robert de Belesme reared the standard of revolt in the Duchy, which caused HENRY to seize upon his possessions in England, to raze his castles to the ground, and to banish him the king. dom. He subsequently led the van at the battle of Tenerchebray, and, after displaying great personal valour, fell into the hands of his opponents, and was sent prisoner to England, lordship m. twice: by his 2nd wife, Anne, dau. of Edward, Lord Despencer (by Elizabeth de Burghersh, his wife), and widow of Sir Hugh de Hastings, Knt., he had no issue, bat by his 1st wife he had a son, where he was treated with great cruelty, the king causing his | from the different ports, in order to proceed to France. His eyes to be put out, and detaining him in captivity for life. His honours became, of course, FORFEITED. The period of his decease has not been recorded; nor does Dugdale mention either his wife or issue-but in Archdale's edition of Lodge's Peerage of Ireland (vol. I., in the article regarding the house of Clanricarde), it is stated that the unfortunate earl left two sons, viz., ADELM, from whom the noble house of Clanricarde derives. JOHN, who was father of the celebrated Hubert de Burgo, Earl of Kent, justiciary of England, temp. HENRY III. Arms-Erm., a chief indented, gu. MORLEY-BARONS MORLEY. By Writ of Summons, dated 29 December, 1299. Lineage. In the 25th EDWARD I., WILLIAM DE MORLEY was in the expeditions made in that and the next year into Scotland, and had summons to parliament as a Baron, from 29 December, 1299, to 3 November, 1306. His lordship was 8. by his son, ROBERT DE MORLEY, 2nd baron, summoned to parliament, from 20 November, 1317, to 15 February, 1357. This nobleman was one of the eminent warriors, of the martial times of King EDWARD III. In the 13th of that monarch's reign, after previously distinguishing himself in the wars of Scotland, he was constituted admiral of the king's whole fleet, from the mouth of the Thames northwards, and the next year achieved the greatest naval victory, up to that period, ever won over the French, near Sluce, in Flanders; subsequently sailing to Normandy, he burnt fourscore ships of the Normans, with three of their sea-port towns, and two villages. The next year (16th EDWARD III.), being still admiral, he was in the great expedition then made into France, and in four years afterwards, his banner waved amongst the victorious upon the plains of Cressy. His lordship continued admiral several years afterwards, and in each successive year reaped fresh laurels. In the 29th EDWARD III., he was made constable of the Tower of London. In the 33rd, he was again in arms on the French soil, and d. there the next year, while in immediate attendance upon the king. His lordship m. Hawyse, dau. and heir of Sir William Mareschall, Knt., and had issue, WILLIAM (Sir), his successor. He m. 2ndly, Joane, dau. of Sir Peter de Tyes, and had, with other issue, ROBERT (Sir), who, in the 41st EDWARD III., attended Prince Edward into Aquitaine; and in the reign of RICHARD II. was in the wars of France. Sir Robert had issue, SIR ROBERT MORLEY, father of SIR THOMAS MORLEY, whose dau. and heiress, His lordship d. 1360, and was s. by his eldest son, SIR WILLIAM MORLEY, 3rd baron, summoned to parliament from 4 December. 1364, to 3 December, 1378. This nobleman, in the time of his father, was in the wars of France, with Robert de Ufford, Earl of Suffolk; and in the 38th EDWARD III., he had license to travel beyond sea; as also to grant the office of marshal of Ireland (which he had inherited from his mother) to Henry de Ferrers, to hold during good conduct. His lordship m. Cicily, dau. of Thomas, Lord Bardolph, and had an only son, THOMAS, his successor. Lord Morley d. 30 April, 1379, and by his last testament, bequeathed his body to be buried in the church of the Friers-Augustines, at Norwich. Appointing that two of his best horses should be disposed of for mortuaries, viz., his best black horse to those friers, on the day of his funeral; and, his palfrey, called Don, to the rector of the church of Hallingbury. He likewise left large sums for masses for his soul, as all the great personages of that period were in the habit of bequeathing. He was s. by his son, SIR THOMAS MORLEY, 4th baron, summoned to parliament from 16 July, 1381, to 3 September, 1417. This nobleman in the 4th RICHARD II., arriving at Calais, with divers other English lords, rode with his banner displayed. And in the 15th of the same reign (being marshal of Ireland) was in the expedition then made into France, as he was again in the 3rd HENRY V.; and the next year he was appointed lieutenant and captain-general of all the forces assembled at London THOMAS, OF ROBERT, who d. v. p., 3rd HENRY V., leaving by Isabel, his wife, dau. of John, Lord Molines, a son, THOMAS, successor to his grandfather. He d. in 1417, and was s. by his grandson, THOMAS MORLEY, 5th baron, who was summoned to parliament from 15 July, 1427, to 5 July, 1435, in the 6th HENRY V., being then marshal of Ireland. he was in the expedition made into France, and so likewise, in the 9th of the same reign. His lordship being in the service of King HENRY V., when that gallant prince d. in France, bore one of the banners of saints, which were carried at the monarch's solemn obsequies. His lordship m. Lady Isabel de la Pole, dau of Michael, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, and dying in 1435, left issue, two daus., Elizabeth, m. to Sir John Arundel, and Anne, m. to Sir John Hastings, and a son, ROBERT MORLEY, 6th baron, summoned to parliament, 3 December, 1441. This nobleman m. Elizabeth, dau. of William Lord Roos, and dying in 1442, left an only dau. and heir, ALIANORE MORLEY, æt. twenty-three, 6th EDWARD IV., who m. WILLIAM LOVEL, 2nd son of William, Baron Lovel, of Tichmersh, and he was summoned to parliament, jure uroris, as LORD MORLEY. Of this marriage there were issue, HENRY LOVEL, Lord Morley, who d. s. p. ALICE LOVEL, m. to Sir William Parker, Knt., standard bearer to RICHARD III. Upon the death of her brother, this lady inherited the barony, and her son, HENRY PARKER, was summoned as LORD MORLEY, from 15 April, 1523, to 28 October, 1555 (see Parker, Lords Morley). Upon the decease of this Robert, last Lord Morley, the male line of that family EXPIRED; while his dau., ALIANORE MORLEY, carried the Barony of Morley into the family of LOVEL, whence it passed, as stated above, to that of PARKER (see Parker, Lords Morley). Arms—Arg., a lion rampant, sa., crowned, or. The first of this name upon record, ROGER DE MORTIMER, is deemed by some to have been son of William de Warren, and by others, of Walter de St. Martin, brother of that William. Which Roger was founder of the abbey of St. Vietor, in Normandy. "It is reported," says Dugdale, "that in the year 1054 (which was twelve years before the Norman Conquest), when Opo, brother of HENRY, King of France, invaded the territory of Evreux, Duke William sent this Roger, then his general (with Robert, Earl of Ewe, and other stout soldiers), to resist his attempts; who meeting with Odo near to the castle of Mortimer, gave him battle, and obtained a glorious victory. It is further observable of this Roger, that he was by consanguinity allied to the Norman duke (afterwards king, by the name of WILLIAM THE CON. QUEROR), his mother being niece to Gunnora, wife of Richard, Duke of Normandy, great grandmother to the CONQUEROR." The presumed son of this Roger, RALPH DE MORTIMER, accompanying the Duke of Normandy in his expedition against England, was one of his principal commanders at the decisive battle of Hastings; and shortly after, as the most puissant of the victor's captains, was sent into the marches of Wales to encounter Edric, Earl of Shrewsbury, who still resisted the Norman yoke. This nobleman, after much difficulty, and a long siege in his castle of Wig *Lady Isabel, widow of Lord Morley, in her will dated 1464, and proved 1466, mentions her nephew, John, Duke of Suffolk, her sister Dame Katherine, abbess of Berkyng, her son-in-law, John Hastings, and her dau. Anne, his wife, her granddau, Isabel Boswell, &c. |