Jord Alington m. 3rdly, Diana, dau. of William Russell, 1st Duke of Bedford, by whom he had one surviving son, GILES, and two daus.; viz., Diana, m. Sir George Warburton, Bart., of Arley, co. Chester, and d. in 1705, leaving an only dau., DIANA, who m. Sir Richard Grosvenor, Bart., of Eaton, co. Chester, but had no issue. Sir Richard, who acquired a third part of the Alington estates with his wife, purchased the shares of Lady Howe and Sir Nathaniel Napier, and thus became possessed of the entire manor of Wymondley, which entitled him to present the first cup of silver at the coronations of GEORGE II. and GEORGE III. Catherine, m. to Sir Nathaniel Napier, Bart., of Middlemarsh Hall, co. Dorset. His lordship d. in 1684, and was 8. by his son, GILES ALINGTON, 3rd baron of the Irish creation, and 2nd of the English. This nobleman dying in his tenth year, anno 1691, the English peerage EXPIRED, while that of Ireland reverted to his uncle, The HON. HILDEBRAND ALINGTON, son of the 1st lord, as 4th baron; but his lordship did not inherit the fortune. William, the 2nd lord, having devised his estates, the most extensive in the co. of Cambridge, to his widow during the minority of his children, with a power of granting leases to raise portions for his daus., that lady, in consequence of an error in the will, found herself possessed of the power of leasing ad infinitum, and she accordingly made a lease of the whole to Henry Bromley, Esq., afterwards Lord Montfort, for 999 years; to whom, subsequently, Hildebrand, Lord Alington, also disposed of the small interest then remaining to him in the estates. His lordship dying 8. p. in 1722, the Irish barony of ALINGTON, OF KILLARD likewise became EXTINCT Arms-Sa., a bend engrailed between six billets, az. ALINGTON, IN THE PEERAGE OF IRELAND-BARON ALINGTON. (See ALINGTON, Baron Alington, in the Peerage of England.) ALLEN-VISCOUNT ALLEN. By Letters Patent, dated 27 August, 1717. JOHN ALLEN, a distinguished architect of the city of Dublin, who, with singular humility, styles himself " Bricklayer," in his Will, dated April, 1641, left by Mary, his wife, a son, SIE JOSHUA ALLEN, Knt., an eminent and opulent merchant of Dublin, who was lord mayor of that city in 1673, and was knighted. Sir Joshua completed the house at Mullynahack (near Dublin), began by his father, called Allen's Court. He 3. Mary Wybrow, of the co. Chester, sister of Capt. Richard Wybrow, by whom he had three surviving daus., viz., 1 ElizaLeth, m. to Anthony Shephard, Esq., of Newcastle, co. Longford. M.P.; 2 Elinor, m. 1700, to Henry Westenra, Esq., of Dublin; and 3 Mary, m to Arthur Cooper, Esq. of Markree, eo. Sligo; and one son, his successor, JOHN ALLEN, M.P. for the co. Wicklow, who was elevated to the peerage of Ireland, 27 August, 1717, in the dignities of baron Allen, of Stillorgan, and VISCOUNT ALLEN. His lordships. in 1684, Mary, eldest dau. of Robert FitzGerald, Esq., and sister of Robert, Earl of Kildare, and had issue, 1. JOSHUA, his successor. IL Robert, M.P. for the co. Wicklow, d. in 1741, leaving, of several children, two surviving daus., 1 Mary, m. 1732, Robert Boswell, Esq., of Ballycurry, co. Wicklow; and d. 1799, leaving a son, John Boswell, Esq. (whom. Frances Coote, sister of Charles, Earl of Bellamont, and left two daus. only, who both d. uim.), and a dau., Frances, m. in 1766, to Charles Tottenham, Esq., grandfather, by her, of CHARLES TOTTENHAM, Esq., of Bally curry. 2 Frances, m. 3 April, 1738, William-Paul Warren, Esq. of Grangebegg, co. Kildare; and d. 1763, leaving a son, Richard Warren, d. 8. p., and a dau., FRANCES, who m. FRANCIS RIVES, Esq., of Ballyskiddane, co. Limerick. IL Richard, M.P. for the co. Kildare, b. 16 July, 1696; m. Dorothy, dau. and co-heiress of Major Green, of Killaghy, co. Tipperary; and dying 14 April, 1745, left issue, 1 JOHN, 2 JOSHUA, successively viscounts. 3 Richard. 1 Elizabeth, m. 1767, to Captain Browne. His lordship d. 8 November, 1726, and was 8. by his eldest son, JOSHUA, 2nd viscount, b. in 1685; m. 18 October, 1704, Marraret, dau of Samuel Du Pass, Esq.. of Epsom, by whom he brd. Yous, his heir. ELIZABETH, m. 1750, John, 1st Lord Carysfort, and had a dau., Elizabeth, m. to Thomas-James Storer, Esq., and a son, John-Joshua, 1st Earl of Carysfort, father of GranvilleLeveson, EARL OF CARYSFORT. FRANCES, m. the Right Hon. Sir William Mayne, Bart., afterwards created Lord Newhaven, and had one child only, a son, who d. young. His lordship d. 5 December, 1742, and was s. by his only surviving son, JOHN, 3rd viscount. This nobleman being insulted in the public streets by some disorderly dragoons, 26 April, 1745, received a wound in the hand, which occasioned a fever, and caused his death 25 May following. As he d. unm., his sisters became his heirs, and the peerage devolved upon his first cousin (refer to children of the Hon. Richard Allen, youngest son of the 1st viscount), JOHN, 4th viscount, at whose decease unm., 10 November, 1753, the honours passed to his next brother, JOSHUA, 5th viscount, b. 26 April, 1728; m. in 1781, Frances, eldest dau. of Gaynor Barry, Esq., of Dormstown, co. Meath, by whom (who d. in 1833) he had a son and two daus., viz., 1. JOSHUA-WILLIAM, last viscount. 1. Frances-Elizabeth, d. u m., 31 January, 1826. II. LETITIA-EMILY-DOROTHEA, m. 17 May, 1806, the Hon. and Very Rev. William Herbert, LL.D., dean of Manchester, son of Henry, 1st Earl of Carnarvon, and by him (who d. 28 May, 1847), had, with other issue, 1 HENRY-WILLIAM-HERBERT, b. 7 April, 1807; d. 2 September, 1859. 2 Frederick-Charles-Herbert. 1 Louisa-Catherine-Georgina, m. Major-General GodfreyCharles Mundy; and d. 1860, leaving issue. 2 Cecilia-Augusta-Henrietta, m. to Col. A.-T. Ferguson. He d. 1 February, 1816, and was s. by his only son, JOSHUA-WILLIAM, 6th viscount, a military officer, who served under Wellington in the Peninsula. He d. 21 September, 1845, when the honours became EXTINCT. Arms-Arg., two bars, wavy, and a chief, az., the latter charged with an estoile, between two escallops, or. AMORIE-BARONS D'AMORIE. By Writ of Summons, dated 20 November, 1317. GILBERT DE AUMARI, in the 15th HENRY II., gave fifteen marks for livery of his lands at Winford, in the co. of Somerset: after this Gilbert came another, GILBERT D'AMORIE, who in the 22nd EDWARD I. was in the expedition made into Gascony. This Gilbert had three sons, viz., 1. ROGER (Sir), of whom presently. II. NICHOLAS, who, in the 6th EDWARD II., obtained a charter of free warren, in all his demesne lands within the manors of Bokenhall and Blechesdon, co. Oxford, and Thornebergh, co. Bucks. He was s. by his son, SIR RICHARD D'AMORIE, who was summoned to parliament RICHARD, 2nd baron. His lordship, who was engaged in MARGARET, whose only child, Isabel, m. Sir John Annes- III. RICHARD (Sir), continued the male line after the extinction of his elder brothers, and from him sprang. it is asserted, . the family of DAMER, EARLS OF DORCHESTER, now represented by Henry-John-Reuben Dawson-Damer, Earl of Portarlington. The eldest son, SIR ROGER D'AMORIE, was summoned to parliament as a This BARON, from 20 November, 1317, to 15 May, 1321. nobleman obtained in the 13th EDWARD II., from the crown, confirmed by the parliament then held at York, the manors of Sandall, in Yorkshire, Halghton, in Oxfordshire, and Faukeshall, in Surrey, as likewise 100 marks per annum to be paid out of the exchequer. His lordship was engaged in the wars of Scotland, and was governor at different times of Knaresborough Castle, the castle of Gloucester, and St. Briavel's Castle. He was also warden of the forest of Dene. He joined, however, in the confederacy against the Spencers, and enrolling himself under the banner of Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, marched on Burton-upon-Trent, and thence to Tutbury Castle, co. Stafford, where falling ill, he d. in 1322, and was buried in the priory at Ware, in Hertfordshire. His lordship m. Elizabeth, 3rd sister and co-heir of Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester (who had been previously twice a widow. 1st of John de Burgh, Earl of Ulster, and 2ndly, of Theobald de Verdon, she was also niece of King EDWARD 11.). By this lady he had issue, two daus., his co heirs, viz., Elizabeth, m. to John, Lord Bardolph, by whom she had, THOMAS, Lord Bardolph, being attainted, the BARONIES OF BARDOLPH AND D'AMORIE fell under the attainder and EXPIRED in 1404. Eleanor, m. to John de Raleigh, progenitor, it is said, of the celebrated Sir Walter Raleigh. Upon the decease of Lord D'Amorie, orders were given to seize all his lands as an enemy and rebel, and to make livery of them to Elizabeth de Burgh, his widow. This lady d. in the 34th EDWARD III., leaving, Dugdale says, Elizabeth Lady Bardolph, then above thirty years of age; Nicolas calls this Elizabeth the only dau. and heir of Roger, Lord D'Amorie; as such, she of course inherited the Barony of D'Amorie, and it EXPIRED as stated above, with that of Bardolph; but Banks mentions the other dau., who if Sir Walter Raleigh sprang from her, left descendants, amongst some of whom the BARONY OF D'AMORIE may yet be in ABEYANCE. One branch of this ancient house was long seated at Yatt, co. Gloucester; and another has migrated to America where, in the United States, the name and family of Amory are well known and esteemed. Arms-Barry of six, nebulée, az. and gu., a bend, az. ANGUS-EARL OF MORAY. ANGUS, EARL OF MORAY, was killed at Strickathrow, in Forfarshire, in 1130. ANNESLEY-EARLS OF ANGLESEY. By Letters Patent, dated 20 April, 1661. The ancient family of ANNESLEY, derived their surname from the town of Annesley, co. Nottingham, which was possessed in 1079, by RICHARD DE ANNESLEY, from whom lineally descended SIR JOHN ANNESLEY, Knight of Hedynton, co. Oxford, M.P. for Notts, temp. EDWARD III and RICHARD II. He m. Isabel, dau., by Sir John Ireland, and heir of Margaret, 3rd sister and co-heir of Sir John Chandos, K.G., Baron of St. Saviour le Viscount, in Normandy, whereby becoming interested in that barony, he cited Thomas de Caterton, who had been governor of the castle of St. Saviour le Viscount, into the Court of Chivalry, to appear before the Lord High Constable of England and others, at Westminster, on 7 May, 1380, to answer his delivering up to the French the said castle of St. Saviour's, a third part whereof being Sir John's property, in right of his wife. And the said Thomas, endeavouring to avoid the challenge by frivolous exceptions, John, Duke of Lancaster, 3rd son of King EDWARD III., swore, that if he did not perform what he ought to do therein, according to the law of arms, he should be drawn to the gallows as a traitor. The combat took place in the March following, in the Palace Yard of Westminster, and "Caterton," says Barnes, in his History of EDWARD III., "was a mighty man of valour, of a large stature, and far overtopped the knight, being also of great expectation in such matters. But, however, whether justice, or chance, or valour, only decided the business, the knight prevailed, and Caterton, the day after the combat (as some say) died of his wounds, though, considering the laws attending duels in such cases, I rather inclined to Fabian, who affirms he was drawn to Tyburn, and there hanged for the treason, whereof being vanquished he was proved guilty." The king taking into consideration the damage done to this Sir John Annesley, was pleased, 26 May, 1385, to grant to him, and Isabel his wife, for their lives, an annuity of £40 per annum out of the exchequer. He was 8. by his son, THOMAS ANNESLEY, of Annesley, co. Nottingham, M.P. for that shire, temp. RICHARD II., from whom descended ROBERT ANNESLEY, of Newport-Pagnel, co. Bucks, who d. 1st Queen MARY. And we pass to his great grandson, SIR FRANCIS ANNESLEY, Knt., of Newport-Pagnel, who was created a BARONET OF IRELAND, upon the institution of that order by King JAMES I. And filling the offices in the Irish government of vice-treasurer and secretary of state, he was elevated to the peerage of that kingdom, by letters patent, dated 8 February, 1628, as BARON MOUNT NORRIS, of Mount Norris, co. Armagh, having been created the year previously VISCOUNT VALENTIA, Co. Kerry, to hold immediately after the death of Henry Power, the then Viscount Valentia, in case the said Henry died without male issue, which dignity he accordingly enjoyed upon the decease of that nobleman. In the 19th JAMES I., Sir Francis, then one of the principal secretaries of state, was in commission with the lord deputy, the lord chancellor, and the archbishop of Armagh, to enquire into the clerical affairs of Ireland. During the lieutenancy of the Earl of Strafford, his lordship was, however, committed to prison, and sentenced to lose his head, by a most extraordinary stretch of power, which proceeding afterwards constituted the 5th article of the impeachment of Lord Strafford. The charge against Lord Mountnorris, upon which he was tried and condemned by a council of war, was thus set forth by the Lord Deputy himself:-" That within three or four days, or thereabouts, after the end of the parliament, it being mentioned at the Lord Chancellor's table, that after we, the Lord Deputy, had dissolved the parliament, being sitting down in the presence-chamber, one of our servants in moving a stool, happened to hurt our foot, then indisposed through an accession of gout; that one then present at the Lord Chancellor's table, said to the Lord Mountnorris, being there likewise, that it was Annesley, his lordship's kinsman, and one of our, the Lord Deputy and general's gentlemen ushers, had done it: whereupon the Lord Mountnorris then publicly, and in a scornful, contemptuous manner, answered, ' Perhaps it was done in revenge of that public affront which my Lord Deputy had done him formerly; but he has a brother that would not take such a revenge;'" which public affront the lord deputy thus explains:-"That his said kinsman (being one of the horse troop commanded by us, the Lord Deputy), in the time of exercising the said troop, was out of order on horseback, to the disturbance of the rest, then in exercising; for which we, the Lord Deputy, in a mild manner, reproving, as soon as we turned aside from him, we observed him to laugh and jeer us for our just reproof of him; which we disliking, returned to him, and laying a small cane (which we then carried) on his shoulders (yet without any blow or stroke then given him therewith), told him, that, if he did serve us so any more, we would lay him over the pate." And the Lord Deputy draws this inference thus against Lord Mountnorris:-" We conceive offence to contain an incitement to revenge in these words, but he has a brother that would not take such a revenge;' which incitement might have given encouragement to that brother, being then and now in this kingdom, and lieutenant of the said Lord Mountnorris's foot company." Upon this frivolous accusation Lord Mountnorris was found guilty, and adjudged "to be imprisoned, to stand from henceforth deprived from all the places, with the entertainments due thereunto, which he holds now in the army, to be disarmed, to be banished the army, and disabled from ever bearing office therein hereafter; and, lastly, to be shot to death, or to lose his head, at the pleasure of the general. Given at his Majesty's Castle of Dublin, 12th day of December, 1635." Although the extremity of this iniquitous sentence was not put into execution, his lordship was deprived, in conformity with it, of all his offices, and confined in the castle of Dublin for nearly a year and a-half. He lived, however, to witness the disgrace and public execution of his persecutor, the Earl of Strafford. Lord Mountnorris, who became Viscount Valentia, m. 1st, Dorothy, dau. of Sir John Philips, of Picton Castle, co. Pembroke, by whom he had, with other issue, I. ARTHUR, his successor. II. John, of Ballysonan, co. Kildare, m. Charity, dau. of Henry Warren, Esq., of Grange Begg, co. Kildare, and had issue. 1. Anne, m. to George Cook, Esq., of Pebmarsh, co. Essex. His lordship m. 2ndly, Jane, dau. of Sir John Stanhope, Knt.. sister of Philip, Earl of Chesterfield, and widow of Sir Peter Courteen, Knt., of Aldington, co. Worcester, by whom he had surviving issue, 1. Francis, of Castle Wellan, co. Down, who m. Debora, dau. of Dr. Henry Jones, bishop of Meath, and widow of John Boudler, Esq., of Dublin, and was s. by his son, Francis, M.P. for Downpatrick and for Westbury, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Sir John Martin, of London, by whom, with several other children, he had FRANCIS, ancestor of the ANNESLEYS, OF BLETCHINGTON, co. Oxford, now VISCOUNTS VALENTIA; and WILLIAM, ancestor of the EARLS ANNES LEY. 1. Catharine, m. to Sir Randolph Beresford, Bart., of Coleraine. The viscount d. in 1660, and was s. by his eldest son, ARTHUR ANNESLEY, 2nd Viscount Valentia. This nobleman was appointed in the lifetime of his father (anno 1645), first of the three commissioners then nominated by parliament to govern the kingdom of Ireland. And a little before the Restoration, in the year 1660, being president of the council, he evinced, according to Lord Clarendon, a strong disposition towards the exiled monarch, for which, and his subsequent adhesion to the restored government, he was sworn of the privy council, and created, 20 April, 1661, a peer of England, by the titles of Baron Annesley, of Newport-Pagnel, co. Bucks, and EARL OF ANGLESEY. His lordship subsequently held the office of privy seal. He was a person of learning-a distinguished statesman, and an able political writer. The earl m. Elizabeth, one of the daus. and co-heirs of Sir James Altham, Knt., of Oxey, co. Herts, one of the barons of the exchequer, by whom he had five sons and five daus., viz., JAMES-GEORGE, 2nd Lord Altham, at whose decease, in infancy, the dignity reverted to his uncle, the Hon. and Very Rev. III. RICHARD ANNESLEY, dean of Exeter, as 3rd Lord Altham, who d. in 1701, the year in which he succeeded to the peerage, and was s. by his son, ARTHUR, 4th Lord Altham, who m. Mary, illegitimate dau. of John Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham; but dying, as supposed, issueless, 16 November, 1727, the title devolved upon his brother, RICHARD, 5th Lord Altham, of whom hereafter as 6th EARL OF ANGLESEY. IV. Arthur. v. Charles. 1. Dorothy, m. to Richard Power, Earl of Tyrone. 11. Elizabeth, m. to the Hon. Alexander Macdonnell, 2nd son of the Earl of Antrim. In Frances, m. 1st, to Francis Windham, Esq., of Felbridge; and 2ndly, to Sir John Thompson, of Haversham, Bucks, Bart, afterwards Lord Haversham. IV. Philippa, m. 1st, to Charles, Lord Mohun; and 2ndly, to Thomas Coward, Esq., co. Somerset, serjeant-at-law. v. Anne, m. to- Baker, Esq. His lordship d. 6 April, 1686, and was 8. by his eldest son, JAMES ANNESLEY, 2nd Earl of Anglesey, who m. Lady ElizaLeth Manners, dau. of John, Earl of Rutland, and had issue, JAMES, Lord Annesley, JOHN. ARTHUR, } successively Earls of Anglesey. Elizabeth, m.to Robert Gayer, Esq., of Stoke Poges, co. Bucks. His lordship d. in 1690, and was s. by his eldest son, JAMES ANNESLEY, 3rd Earl of Anglesey. This nobleman m. 28 October, 1699, Lady Catherine Darnley, natural dau. of King JAMES II, by Catherine, dau. of Sir Charles Sedley, Bart., by whom he had an only dau. and heiress, Catherine, who m. William Phipps, Esq., son of Sir Constantine Phipps, Knt., lord chancellor of Ireland, and had issue, CONSTANTINE PHIPPS, created Baron Mulgrave, in the peerage of Ireland, a dignity inherited by his lordship's grandson, the present Marquess of Normanby. His lordship d. 18 January 1701-2, and having no male issue, the honours devolved upon his brother, JOHN ANNESLEY, 4th Earl of Anglesey, who, in the year 1710, was constituted vice-treasurer, receiver-general, and paymaster of the forces in Ireland, and sworn of the privy council. His lordship m. in 1706, Lady Henrietta Stanley, eldest dau, and co-heir of William, Earl of Derby, by whom he had an only dau., Elizabeth, who d. in infancy. The earl d. Is September, 1710, and was 8. by his only surviving brother, ARTHUR ANNESLEY, 5th Earl of Anglesey. Upon the death of Queen ANNE, this nobleman was chosen by King GEORGE I, to be one of the lords justices, until his Majesty's arrival from Hanover; after which he was sworn of the privy council. He was afterwards joint treasurer of Ireland, and treasurer at war. His lordship was also high steward of the University of Cambridge, which seat of learning he represented in three successive parliaments while a commoner. He m. Mary, dau. of John Thompson, Lord Haversham, but dying without issue, the honours were assumed by his kinsman, RICHARD ANNESLEY, 5th Lord Altham, as 6th Earl of Anglesey (revert to issue of Arthur, 2nd Viscount Valentia and 1st Earl of Anglesey). Soon after the assumption of the dignity by this Earl Richard, a claimant to the honours arose in Mr. James Annesley, who asserted himself to be the son of Arthur, 4th Lord Altham, by Mary, his wife, and a publication entitled "The Adventures of an Unfortunate Young Noble man," sets forth his case in a very curious and interesting narrative. In that statement it is alleged that Mr. Annesley is the true and lawful son and heir of Arthur, Lord Altham, and that he had been kidnapped and transported by his uncle Richard, to make room for his own accession to the honours and estates of the family. Mr. Annesley did more, however, to establish his legitimacy. He commenced a suit at law for the recovery of his property from his uncle, and after a trial in the Court of Exchequer in Ireland, James Annesley against Richard, called Earl of Anglesey, commenced 11 November, 1743, and continued by adjournment daily to the 25th of the same month, he obtained a VERDICT. But he does not appear to have made any effort for the peerage, for Richard survived the issue of the suit eighteen years, and was always esteemed Earl of Anglesey. [For a full narrative of the marvellous incidents in the life of James Annesley, as well as of the Annesley litigation, refer to BURKE's Vicissitudes of Families.] The earl m. 15 September, 1741, Juliana, dau of Rickard Donovan, Esq., and by her (who d. 1776) had issue, ARTHUR, heir to the Irish honours. Richarda, m. 1761, to Robert Phaire, Esq., of Temple Shannon, co. Wexford. Juliana, m. to Sir Frederick Flood, Bart. His lordship d. 4 February, 1761, when the legitimacy of his son was contested by the heir-at-law, John Annesley, Esq., of Ballysax, who petitioned the Irish parliament to be admitted to the honours of the family. The matter excited great public interest, and was pending in the Irish House of Lords nearly four years, when their lordships came to a decision establishing the marriage with Miss Donovan, and confirming the rights of her son, ARTHUR, as Baron Mountnorris, Baron Altham, and Viscount Valentia, and as a Baronet of Ireland, and his lord. ship took his seat accordingly when he came of age, anno 1765, in the House of Lords. He then applied for his writ to the English House of Peers, as Earl of Anglesey, but there the decision as to his legitimacy and the marriage of his mother, was against him, and the writ was denied; upon the decease, therefore, of Richard, Earl of Anglesey, in 1761, the Earldom of Anglesey was deemed to have EXPIRED, and the dignity has since been conferred upon another family. Arthur, Lord Valentia, continued, however, to sit in the Irish parliament (his case being again investigated and his right confirmed), and was created, 3 December, 1793, EARL OF MOUNTNORRIS, in the peerage of Ireland. His lordship m. 1st, in 1767, Lucy, only dau. and eventual heir of George, 1st Lord Lyttleton, by whom (who d. 1783) he had GEORGE, last earl. Juliana-Lucy, m. John, Lord Farnham; and d. s. p. 1833. Hester-Annabella, m. in 1801, Major-Gen. Norman Macleod and d. 14 August, 1844, leaving, with other issue, a son and heir, Arthur-Lyttelton Macleod, Esq., who changed his name for that of his maternal ancestors, and became ARTHURLYTTELTON ANNESLEY, Esq., of Arley Castle, co. Stafford The earl m. 2ndly, 20 December, 1783, Sarah, 3rd dau. of the Rt. Hon. Sir Henry Cavendish and the Baroness Waterpark, by whom (who d. 1849) he left at his decease, in 1816, Henry-Arthur, d. s. p. in 1818. Catherine, m. Lord John Somerset, and had issue. Frances-Caroline, m. in 1810, to Sir James-Webster Wedderburn, late of the 10th hussars; and d. 22 January, 1837. Juliana, m. 26 October, 1837, to Robert Bayly, Esq., of Bally. duff. The earl d. 4 July, 1816, and was 8. by his son, GEORGE, 2nd Earl of Mountnorris, F.R.S., F.S.A., b. 1769; m. 1790, Anne, 8th dau. of William, 2nd Viscount Courtenay, and by her (who d. 1835) had issue, GEORGE-ARTHUR, Viscount Valentia, b. 20 October, 1793; m. 21 October, 1837, Frances-Cockburn, only dau. of the late Charles-James Sims, Esq; and d. s. p. 16 March, 1841. Lady Valentia d. 27 January, 1856. William, in holy orders, b. 19 February, 1796; d. unm. 1 No vember, 1830. The earl d. 23 July, 1844, when the Earldom of Mountnorris became EXTINCT, and the VISCOUNTY OF VALENTIA passed to his kinsman, ARTHUR ANNESLEY, Esq., of Bletchington, co. Oxford. (See BURKE's Extant Peerage.) Arms-Paly of six, arg. and az., a bend, gu. ANNESLEY-EARLS OF MOUNTNORRIS, AND ANNESLEY-BARONS ALTHAM. See ANNESLEY, EARLS OF ANGLESEY. ANSON-BARON ANSON, OF SOBERTON, By Letters Patent, dated 13 June, 1747. The family of Anson has resided in the co. of Stafford for several generations; first, at Dunston; but since the time of JAMES I. at Shugborough, which manor was then purchased by WILLIAM ANSON, Esq., who had been an eminent lawyer in the previous reign. This William Anson m. Joan, dau. of Richard Mitchel, of Oldbury, in Warwickshire; and dying at an advanced age, about the year 1644, was 8. by his son, WILLIAM ANSON, Esq., of Shugborough, who m. Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Stafford, Esq., of Botham Hall, in Derbyshire, and was 8. by his son, WILLIAM ANSON, Esq., of Shugborough. This gentleman m. Isabella, dau. and co-heir of Charles Carrier, Esq., of Wirksworth, and had issue, Mr. Anson d. in 1720, and was s. by his elder son, THOMAS ANSON, Esq., of Shugborough, M.P. for Lichfield, who, at his decease, 8. p., bequeathed his property to his nephew, George Adams. Thomas Anson's younger brother, GEORGE ANSON, so celebrated for his voyage round the world, was soon after his return appointed rear-admiral of the Blue, and one of the lords of the admiralty. In April, 1745, he was made rear-admiral of the White, and in July, 1746, viceadmiral of the Blue. In 1747 (13 June), he was elevated to the peerage by the title of LORD ANSON, Baron of Soberton, co. Hants, and the same year appointed vice-admiral of the Red. In 1751, his lordship was constituted first lord of the admiralty; and he continued in that high office, with a very brief interval, until his death. This gallant and enterprising seaman m. Lady Elizabeth Yorke, dau. of Philip, 1st Earl of Hardwicke: but d. s.p. 6 June, 1762, when the Barony of Anson became EXTINCT, while his fortune devolved upon his nephew, GEORGE ADAMS, Esq., who subsequently inherited the estates of his elder uncle, THOMAS, and assumed, by signmanual, 30 April, 1773, the surname and arms of ANSON. His great-grandson is the present EARL of LICHFIELD. Arms-Arg., three bends engr., gu. AP-ADAM-BARONS DE AP-ADAM. By Writ of Summons, dated 6 February, 1299 Lineage. SIR JOHN AP ADAM, possessor in his own right of lands in Gorste and Betesle within Tidenham, co. Gloucester, having m. in the 19th EDWARD I., Elizabeth, dau. and heiress of John de Gurnay, Baron of Beverstone, co. Gloucester, by Oliva, his wife, dau. of Henry Lovel, Baron of Castle Cary, obtained considerable landed property in that shire by the alliance, and in five years afterwards, an accession of estates in Somersetshire, upon the decease of the lady's mother, Oliva. This John had a royal charter (in the 21st of EDWARD I.,) for a weekly market and a yearly fair to be holden at Beverstone, and another charter in the 26th of the same monarch, for a weekly market and annual fair to be holden at his manor of Netherwere. In this latter year he was engaged in the Scottish wars; and again, in eight years subsequently. He was summoned to parliament from the 25th of EDWARD I. to the 2nd of EDWARD II. inclusive. His lordship d. 4 EDWARD II., leaving in minority a son and heir, This SIR THOMAS AP-ADAM, whose wardship Ralph de Monthe rmer obtained, in consideration of 6,000 marks. Thomas arrived at maturity in the 18th of EDWARD II., and had livery of his lands upon doing homage. He was living in 1330, having then alienated the greater part of the estates he had inherited from the Gurnays, and sold the castle and inanor of Beverstone to Thomas de Berkeley and Margaret his wife: his three sons, Robert, Hamund, and John, all appear to have d. 8 p: but his only dau.-heiress to her brothers-and wife of Thomlyn Huntley ap Philipot, left a son and heir, JOHN HUNTLEY AP THOMLYN, who succeeded to his uncle Robert ap Adam's lands in Tidenham: by Johanna, his wife, this John ap Thomlyn left daus., his co-heiresses, of whom MARGARET was wife of Edmund ap Gwylyn ap Hopkin; and MARGERY, of Thomas Parker, of Monmouth, ancestor of the Powells of Llanllowel. Badamscourt, with the manor of Bettesley, and a third of the manor of Gorste, the last Gloucestershire fragment of the once great estate of the Baron ap Adam was purchased in 1580 from Dr. John Symings, an eminent London physician, by William Lewis, Esq., of St. Pierre, co. Monmouth, and after passing through the families of Williams, of Tidenham and Cosby, was sold to GEORGE ORMEROD, Esq., D.C.L., of Sedbury. There is a family of ADAMS seated at Middleton Hall, co. Carmarthen, which has assumed the surname of ABADAM, and claims to be descended from this baronial house. Arms-Arg., on a cross, gu., five mullets, or; in the old painted glass of Tidenham church, the mullets are "pierced of the field." ARCHDEKNE-BARONS ARCHDEKNE. By Writ of Summons, dated 15 May, 1321. THOMAS LE ARCHDEKNE, of Shepestall, co. Cornwall, petitioned the king, in parliament (35 EDWARD I.), soliciting that an investigation might he instituted, touching the seizure of his lands for neglect of service in the wars of Scotland, whereas neither himself nor his ancestors have been bound to perform such service, and praying for the restitution of the said lands. In the 6th of EDWARD II., this Thomas Le Archdekne was governor of Tintaget Castle, in the co. of Cornwall, and, in twelve years afterwards, a commissioner, with Ralph Lord Basset, of Drayton, and Arnold de Durefort, to receive all such persons, in the duchy of Aquitaine, into protection as should submit to the king's authority. He was summoned to parliament as BARON ARCHDEKNE, from the 15 May, 1321, to 13 September, 1324; and, dying, was s. by his son, JOHN LE ARCHDEKNE, 2nd baron-summoned to parliament on 25 February, 16th EDWARD III. This nobleman distinguished himself in the expedition to Flanders, in the 13th of EDWARD III., and, two years afterwards, was in Scotland, in the train of William de Many. In the next year we find him serving under Oliver de Ingham in the wars of Gascony; and, in the 19th of EDWARD III., upon the great expedition then made into France, he had summons to fit himself with horse and arms, so that he might be in readiness against the Feast of St. Lawrence to attend the king upon that enterprise. Again, in the 29th of the same monarch, Lord Archdekne attended Henry Duke of Lancaster upon another expedition against France. His lordship m. Cecilie, dau. and heiress of Sir Jordan FitzStephen Haccombe, of Haccombe, and was s. by his son, WARINE LE ARCHDEKNE, 3rd baron, who m. Elizabeth, one of the sisters and co-heiresses of John Talbot, of Richard's Castle, and had issue, 1. ALIANORE (or ELIZABETH), m. to Walter de Lucie, by whom she had, ARCHER-BARONS ARCHER, OF UM BERSLADE, CO. WARWICK. Created by Letters Patent, dated 14 July, 1747. The Archers of Umberslade were a family of considerable distinction, long antecedent to their elevation to the peerage. One line, deriving descent from Fulbert L'Archer, the Norman, was settled, at a very remote period, at Kilkenny, in Ireland; and its descendants may still be traced in that kingdom, one being the present GRAVES-CHAMNEY ARCHER, Esq., of Mount John, co Wicklow. ROBERT L'ARCHER, son of Fulbert L'Archer, who came into England with the CONQUEROR, obtained considerable grants from King HENRY I., whose tutor he had been, and acquired the lands of Umberslade, co. Warwick, as a marriage portion with his wife Sebit, dau. of Henry de Villiers, sewer to William de Newburgh, Earl of Warwick, all which possessions were confirmed by HENRY II. to his son, WILLIAM L'ARCHER, whose son, JOHN L'ARCHER, being champion to Thomas, Earl of Warwick, obtained special charter from that nobleman, granting to himself and his heirs the privilege of hunting and hawking everywhere within the territory of Taneworth, except the park, and of exercising all other liberties belonging to the earl within Monkspath and Omberslade, paying to the said earl and his heirs twelve broad arrow heads and a couple of capons yearly, at Whitsuntide, as an acknowledgment. This John d. in the 35th HENRY III., leaving four sons and two daus. The three younger sons appear to have been churchmen. Thomas, the 2nd, was prior of St. John's of Jerusalem, in England, temp. EDWARD II. The eldest son, JOHN ARCHER, purchased of William de Olenhale the manor of Monkspath, adjoining Omberslade. This John m. Margery, fan of Sir William Tracey, of Todington, co. Gloucester, and was 8. by his eldest son, JOHN ARCHER, who m. Isabel, dau. of Ralph Erscote, Esq., of Erscote, co. Warwick, by whom he had two sons and two daus.; and, dying in the 22nd of EDWARD III., was 8. by the elder son, THOMAS ARCHER. This gentleman m. Margaret, dau. and ro-heiress of John Malley, Esq., of Malley, co. Salop, and had issue, THOMAS, his successor. Gilbert, who, writing himself of Taneworth, had license from the crown, in the 16th RICHARD II., to give to the prior and convent of Kenilworth one messuage, with divers lands at Hitchenden, in the co. of Buckingham. Joane, . to William Shelly, Esq. This Thomas Archer's will is dated "Thursday next after the Feast of St. Thomas the Martyr, 1372," and he was s. in that year by his elder son, THOMAS ARCHER, one of the gallant soldiers of the martial reign of EDWARD III. In 1373 he had a command in the army of John of Gaunt, and fell into the hands of the French and Burgandians in a rencounter at Ouchy le Château, near Soissons, on 20 October in that year, being surprised when foraging with Sr Matthew Redmayn, Sir Thomas Spencer, Sir Hugh Brudenel, Sir John Bourchier, and several other knights and esquires. In the 49th of EDWARD III. we again find him in France under Thomas Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, from whom he received a pension for his services, dated at Worcester "20 Martii, 1 RICH. II.," in the 21st of which latter reign he received a special pardon dated 8 June, for all manner of transgressions, and for whatever he had acted contrary to his allegiance, &c. in behalf of Thomas, late Duke of Gloucester, Richard, late Earl of Arundel, and Thomas, Earl of Warwick; after which, in the same year, he was in commission for assessing and collecting a fifteenth and tenth, then granted to the King in parliament. This Thomas Archer m. Agnes, dau. of Sir Walter Cokesey, of Cokesey, co. Worcester, and grand-dau. of Hugh Cokesey and of Dionis his wife, one of the four sisters and co-heiresses of Edmund le Boteler, by whom he had three BODS. He died, after being bedridden for three years, in the 84th year of his age, on the Feast of Pentecost, in 1425, and was a. by his 2nd but eldest surviving son, RICHARD ARCHER, who was one of the persons of note in the County of Warwick summoned in the 7th of HENRY V. to serve the king in person for the defence of the realm, being, according to the writ, "one that did bear ancient arms from his ancestors." This gentleman m. 1st, Alice, dau. of William lugford, Esq., of Hugford and Middleton, co. Salop, sister and heiress of William Hugford, and widow of Sir Thomas Lucy, Ant, of Charlecote, by whom he had one son, Jons, who m. in the 25th HENRY VI., Christian, widow of Henry Sewal, of London, and only dau. and heiress of Ralph Blacklow, of the same city, and of his wife, Joan, only dau. and heiress of Thomas Coke, olios Malling, of West Malling, Kent, by whom he had an only son, JoHN. King HENRY VI., by his letters patent, dated 12 May, in the 8th year of his reign, retained this John Archer, Esq., by his factors or attorneys, to convey in ships all manner of provisions for victualling the town and fortress of Calais. Mr. Archer fell in battle in 1463, on the side of the Earl of Warwick, against King EDWARD IV. His widow remarried, in the 3rd of EDWARD IV., Henry Beech, Esq. Richard Archer 14. 2ndly, Margaret, relict of Thomas Newport, Esq., of Ercall, in Shropshire, ancestor of the Earls of Bradford, and 3rdly, Joane, dau. and heiress of William Ley, of Stotford, co. Stafford. In the 7th of HENRY VI. Mr. Archer had summons to attend the king in France, to be prent at his coronation there; Sir Ralph Bruce, Knt., Sir Edward Dodingfell, and Nicholas Burdett, with others of the county of Warwick, being also summoned. In the 19th of the same monarch, he served the office of sheriff for the county of Salop, and the next year that of sheriff for the county of Stafford, in which shire he resided at Stotford. He d. in the 5th year of his age, anno 1471, when his large estates in the Counties of Salop, Stafford and Bedford, devolved upon his grandson, JOHN ARCHER, Esq., b. in 1449; m. Alice, dau. of Sir Baldwin Mountford, Knt., of Coltshill, co. Warwick, and dying at Omberslade, 4 December, 1519, was s. by his only son, JOHN ARCHER, Esq., who m. Margaret, dau of Humphrey Strafford, Esq., of Blatherwicke, co. Northampton, by whom he had four sons and a dau. He d. in a year after his father, and was s. by his eldest son, RICHARD ARCHER, Esq., escheator of the co. of Warwick, in the 22nd of HENRY VIII., and justice of the peace for that shire. This gentleman m. Maud, 2nd dau. of Nicholas Delamere, Esq., of Little Hereford, co. Hereford, and co-heiress with her sister Susan, wife of John Dansey, Esq., of her brother Edmund Delamere, Esq., and had issue, HUMPHREY, b. in 1527, Miles, b. in 1530, Edward, b. in 1533, d. un., Francis, b. in 1534, Anne, b. in 1526, and Winifrede, b. in 1535. In the 32nd of HENRY VIII. Mr. Archer was appointed steward of the manor of Knole, co. Warwick, being then, as recited in the letters patent, one of the esquires of the king's body, and in two years afterwards, he was commanded to take the muster of all able men, as well horsemen as foot, that he could furnish both of the king's tenants, inhabiting upon farms whereof he had the stewardship, as also his own servants and tenants dwelling on his own lands, &c. He d. 5 October, 1544, and was 8. by his eldest son, HUMPHREY ARCHER, Esq., who m. 4th of EDWARD VI. (6 October) Anne, dau. of Sir Robert Townshend, Knt., chief justice of the Marches of Wales and Chester, and grand-dau. of Sir Roger Townshend, of Raynham, Norfolk, one of the justices of the Court of Common Pleas, ancestor of the Lords Townshend, by whom he had surviving issue, Margery, m. to John Colles, Esq., of Hatfield, co. Hertford. Elizabeth, m. to John Hereford, Esq., of Sufton, co. Hertford. Mr. Archer d. at Omberslade, 24 October, 1562, and was 8. by his eldest son, ANDREW ARCHER, Esq., who extended his territorial possessions by the purchase of large estates in the reigns of Queen ELIZABETH and King JAMES I. In the 7th year of which latter reign, he was sheriff of the co. of Warwick. He m. in 1580, Margaret, dau. of Simon Raleigh, Esq., of Farnborough, co. Warwick, and had issue, Thomas, who d. in his twenty-fourth year, before his father, unm. SIMON, Successor to the estates. Richard, m. Mary, dau. and sole heiress of Rowland Bull, Esq., of Neithropp, co. Oxford (with whom he acquired that estate), and had a son, Rowland. Mr. Archer d. 23 April, 1629, and was 8. by his eldest surviving son, SIR SIMON ARCHER, Knt., sheriff of Warwickshire, in the 3rd year of King CHARLES I. and member for Tamworth, in the parliament which assembled on the 30th April, 1640. This gentleman was distinguished as a man of letters and an antiquary, and Sir William Dugdale acknowledges himself greatly indebted to him in compiling his antiquities of Warwickshire. Sir Castle, co. Warwick, by whom he had surviving issue, Simon m. Anne, dau. of Sir John Ferrers, Knt., of Tamworth THOMAS, his successor. Anne, m. to Philip Young, Esq., of Keneton, co. Salop. Penelope, m. to Erasmus de Ligne, Esq., of Harlaxton, co. Sir Simon Archer was s. at his decease, by his son, THOMAS ARCHER, Esq. of Umberslade, who, at the commencement of the civil wars was a colonel in the parliament army, and raised a troop of horse at his own expense; but, so soon as he discovered the designs of the parliamentarians, he threw up his commission, and, emigrating, remained abroad until the restoration of the monarchy, when he represented the city of Warwick in parliament. He m. Anne, dau. of Richard Leigh, Esq., of London, and had issue, ANDREW, his successor. Thomas, groom-porter to Queen ANNE and to Kings GEORGE I. and II., d. s. p. in 1743. Leigh, d. unm. Elizabeth, m. Sir Herbert Croft, 1st bart., of Croft Castle, co. Hereford; and d. 1709, leaving three daus., Elizabeth, m. to A. Moseley, Esq.; Margaret, m. to Richard Oakeley, Esq., of Oakeley; and Frances, m. to Robert Dyer, Esq.; and two sons, Sir Archer Croft, 2nd bart., whose son, Sir Archer, d. 8. p. m.; and Francis, ancestor of the present SIR ARCHER-DENMAN CROFT, Part. Frances, m. to Sir Francis Rous, Bart., of Rous-Lench, co. Worcester. |