WILLIAM TRUSSEL, who m. Maud. dau. and heir of Warine Mainwaring, and from him descended SIR WILLIAM TRUSSEL, who m. Bridget, dau. of William Kene (by Elizabeth, dau. of William Chicele, and niece of Henry Chicele, archbishop of Canterbury, temp. HENRY VI.), and was father of SIR EDWARD TRUSSEL, K.B., m. Margaret, dau. of Sir John Dun, and had, John, d. s. p. 1499. ELIZABETH TRUSSEL, m. in the time of HENRY VIII., John Vere, Earl of Oxford. But the principal branch of the family remaining, according to Dugdale, was that some time resident at Cublesdon, of which was WILLIAM TRUSSEL, who, in the 22nd EDWARD I., A.D. 1294, received command to repair to the king, to consult upon the important affairs of the realm; and had subsequently a military summons to march into Gascony. He was 8. by (his supposed nephew) another WILLIAM TRUSSEL, who, in the 15th EDWARD II., A.D. 1322, being one of the adherents of Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, was exiled in consequence, but returned in five years afterwards with Queen Isabel and Prince Edward, at the head of a considerable force, against the power of the Spencers, one of whom being brought afterwards to trial, had judgment passed upon him by this William, who was at that time in such estimation with the commons in convention assembled, as to be chosen their organ to pronounce the deposition of the unfortunate EDWARD II., which duty he executed in the following words: -"Ego Will. Trussell, vice omnium de Terrâ Angliæ et totius parliamenti procurator, tibi Edwardo reddo homagium prius tibi factum et extunc diffido te, et privo omne potestate regiâ et dignitate." On the accession of EDWARD III, 1327, he was constituted escheator-general on the south of Trent, but soon after, being opposed as strongly to the influence of Mortimer as he had previously been to that of the Spencers, he was again obliged to fly the kingdom, and to remain in exile until the favourite's fall; when, returning, he was reinvested with the escheatorship. In the 13th EDWARD III., he was admiral of the royal navy, from the mouth of the Thames westward: and in two years afterwards, being then a knight, he was in the expedition made into Flanders, and the same year in the Scottish campaign. In the 16th, A.D. 1342, being in the great expedition made into France, he was summoned to parliament as a Baron, and constituted admiral of all the fleet, from the mouth of the Thames to Berwick-upon-Tweed, his lordship's residence being then at Cublesdon. For the two following years he continued employed in the French campaigns, and two years afterwards he sat in judgment with Sir William Thorpe, chief justice of the Court of King's Bench, at the Tower of London, upon the Earls of Fife and Monteith, when the latter nobleman was hanged, drawn, and quartered, but the former spared. His lordship appears to have had but one summons to parliament, and the barony at his decease, became EXTINCT. Arms Arg. frettée, gu., on each joint a bezant. NOTE. Besides the above, there was another WILLIAM TRUSSEL, who, in the 37th EDWARD III, 1363, was at the battle of Poictiers, in the immediate retinue of the Black Prince, and for his services, obtained from that gallant personage, a grant of £40 per annum for life, to be paid out of the exchequer at Chester. This William m. Idonea, sister of Edward de Boteler, and left an only dau., MARGARET TRUSSEL, who m. Fulk de Pembruge, and d. s. p TUDOR-EARLS OF RICHMOND. By Letters Patent, dated 23 November, 1452. Lineage. EDNYFED VYCHAN AP KENDRIG, Lord of Brynffenig, in Denbighland, and Krigeth in Efinoydd, chief counsellor, chief justice, and general of LLEWELyn ap IorweRTH, King of North Wales, was one of the most prominent historical characters of the period. Commanding in the wars between Llewelyn, Prince of North Wales, and JOHN, King of England, he attacked the army of Ranulph, Earl of Chester, and achieving a signal victory, killed three chief captains and commanders of the enemy, whose heads he laid at the feet of his sovereign. For this exploit he had conferred on him new armorial ensigns emblematic of the occasion, which continue to be borne by the LLOYDS of Plymog, and other families derived from him. He m. twice, 1st, Tangwystyl, dau. of Llowarch ap Bran, Lord of Menai, in Anglesey, cotemporary with Owen Gwynedd, Prince of North Wales, and by her had issue, 1. Tudor (Sir), ap Ednyfed Vychan, of Nant and Llangynhafal, one of the commissioners for the conclusion of peace between EDWARD I., King of England, and LLEWELYN AP IORWORTH. King of North Wales. He m. Adlais, dau. of Richard, son of Cadwallader, 2nd son of GRIFFITH AF CYNAN, King of North Wales, and was ancestor of 1. Morgans of Golden Grove; II. Williamses of Cochwillan: III. Williamses of Meilliony 44 and Ystymcollwyn; Iv. Williams-Bulkeleys of Penrhiya, Barts.; v. Williamses of Vaenol, Barts.; vi. Owens of Penmynydh: VII. Griffiths, Lords of Penrhyn; vIII. Hughes of Prestatyn and Feador; IX. Lloyds of Nant. II. Llewellyn ap Ednyfed Vychan, who had a moiety of Creuthyn in Yale III. KENDRIG AP EDNYFED VYCHAN, ancestor of the Lloyds of Plymog, co. Denbigh. IV Rhys ap Ednyfed Vychan, of Garth Garmon. v. Howel ap Ednyfed Vychan, consecrated bishop of St. Asaph, 25th HENRY III. VI. Rhys ap Ednyfed Vychan, of Garth Garmon, ancestor of the LLOYDS of Gydros. VII. Iorwerth ap Ednyfed Vychan, Lord of Abermarlais, in Glandowi, co. Caermarthen. 1. Angharad, m. Einion Vychan ap Einion, of Plas-yn-nant, in Llanganhafel, co. Anglesey. II. Gwenllian, m. Llewelyn the Great, Prince of North Wales. Ednyfed Vychan m. 2ndly, Gwenllian, dau. of Rhys ap Griffith, Lord of South Wales, representative of the sovereign princes of South Wales, by whom he had issue, 1. GRONO AP EDNYFED VYCHAN, Lord of Tref-Gastel. II. Griffith ap Ednyfed Vychan, of Henglawdd, father of Sir Rhys Griffith, Knt., whose son, SIR GRIFFITH LLWYD, received from EDWARD I. the honour of knighthood on bringing him intelligence of the birth of his son, Edward of Carnarvon. The eldest son of Ednyfed Vychan, by Gwenllian, his 2nd wife, GRONO AP EDNYFED VYCHAN, Lord of Tref-Gastel, ia Anglesey, chief counsellor of Llewelyn ap Griffith, Prince of North Wales, m. Morfydd, dau. of Meuric ap Ithel, Lord of Gwent, and had, with junior issue, TUDOR AP GRONO, of Penmynedd, who built the priory of Bangor, and did homage for his lands to EDWARD I. at Chester. By Angharad, his wife, dau. of Ithel Vychan, of Englefield, in Flint, he left at his decease in 1311, an only son, GRONO AP TUDOR, captain of twenty archers in Aquitaine, 43rd EDWARD III. He m. Gwervyl, dau. of Madoc ap David, Baron of Hendwr, co. Merioneth, and d. in 1331. The eldest son of this marriage, SIR TUDOR AP GRONO, Knt., of Penmynedd, who d. in 1367, m. Margaret. dau. and co-heir (with her elder sister, Eleanor, wife of Griffith Vychan, Lord of Glyndwrdwy, and mother of OWEN GLENDOWER) of Thomas ap Llewelyn Lord of South Wales, representative of the sovereign princes of South Wales, by Eleanor Goch, his wife, dau. and heir of Philip, Lord of Iscoed in Cardigan, by Princess Catherine, dau. and heir of Llewelyn, last Prince of North Wales. Of this alliance there was, with other issue, a son, MEREDITH AP TUDOR, who m. Margaret, dau. of David Vychan ap David Llwyd, of Anglesey, and was father of SIR OWEN TUDOR, who m. Queen Katherine of Valois, widow of King HENRY V. of England, and dau. of CHARLES VI. of France, by whom he had issue. 1. EDMUND, of whose line we now treat. II. JASPER, created Earl of Pembroke. (See next article). 1. Tacina, m. to Sir Reginald Grey, Lord Grey, of Wilton. Sir Owen Tudor, who was taken prisoner at the battle of Mortimer's Cross, fighting for the Red Rose, was beheaded in 1461. His elder son, EDMUND TUDOR, surnamed of Hadham, having been b. at that place in co. Bedford, was created by his half-brother, King HENRY VI., 23 November, 1452, EARL OF RICHMOND, with precedency of all other earls; and the same year he had a grant from the king, in fee, of the mansion-house of Baynard's Castle, in the city of London. He m. the Lady Margaret Beaufort, dau. and heiress of John, Duke of Somerset, and great-granddau. of John of Gaunt, by his last wife Catherine Swineford. It has been discovered, that in the original patent of legitimacy to the BEAUFORTS, the children of John of Gaunt, born before wedlock, of his last wife, Catherine Swineford (which, as it was ratified by parliament, parliament alone could alter), the exception of inheritance to the crown does not occur; the words "excepta dignitate regali," being inserted only by the caution of HENRY IV., in his confirmation ten years after. The Earl of Richmond d. in 1456, and his remains were interred in the cathedral of St. David's in Wales, with the following epitaph: "Under this marble stone here inclosed, resteth the bones of the noble Lord, Edmund, Earl of Richmond, father and brother to kings; the which departed out of this world in the year of our Lord, 1456, the 3rd of the month of November; on whose soul, almighty Jesus have mercy, Amen." The Countess of Richmond having outlived her husband, m. 2ndly, Henry, a younger son of Humphrey Stafford, Duke of Buckingham, and 3rdly. Thomas, Lord Stanley, afterwards Earl of Derby; but had issue by neither. Her ladyship provided in her last will, dated 6 January, 1508, for two perpetual readerships in divinity, the Margaret Professorships of Divinity, one at each of the universities; and she founded the school at Cambridge, called Christ's Church; she also left provision for "a perpetual preacher of the word of God," in the same university. This exemplary lady d. 29 June, 1509. At the death of the Earl of Richmond in 1456, he was s. by his son, HENRY TUDOR, 2nd Earl of Richmond, then but fifteen weeks old. This noble infant bring removed by his uncle, Jasper, Earl of Pembroke, into Brittany, remained there during the whole of EDWARD IV.'s reign, under the protection of Francis, Duke of Provence, notwithstanding various efforts made by the English monarch to obtain possession of his person. At one time, Polydore Virgil relates, the duke, confiding in the pledge of EDWARD, to marry the young earl to his dau., Elizabeth, and thus unite for ever the red and white roses, had actually delivered him up to the English ambassadors, and that they had conveyed him to St. Malo, on his way to England, but were detained by the earl's falling ill of a dangerous fever. In the interim, one John Chenlet, who had great influence in the ducal court, flew to the presence of the duke, and feelingly depicted the perils in which he had placed this last scion of Lancaster. To which his highness replied, "Hold thy peace, John, there is no such danger at all; for King EDWARD resolves to make him his son-in-law." But to this Chenlet instantly returned: "Believe me, most illustrious duke, he is already very near death; and if you permit him to be carried one step out of your dominions, no mortal man can preserve him from it." At which the duke, being not a little troubled, immediately despatched Peter Landose, his third treasurer, to St. Malo, with orders to bring the earl back. Peter, on hastening thither, is said to have detained the ambassadors with a long speech, while his servants conveyed the object of his care to a sanctuary in the city, whence he was soon after conducted in safety to his former residence. The subsequent contest between the Earl of Richmond and RICHARD III., our historians and poets have so minutely detailed, that it would be idle to pursue the subject here, further than to record the simple fa t, that the victory of Bosworth placed the crown of England on the head of Richmond, and terminated the wars of the ROSES. Upon the earl ascending the throne as HENRY VII., the Earldom of Richmond merged in the crown. Arms Quarterly: France and England, a border, az., charged with eight martlets, or. TUDOR-EARL OF PEMBROKE, DUKE OF BEDFORD. Earldom, 6 March, 1453. Dukedom, 27 October, 1485. Lineage. JASPER TUDOR, surnamed of Hatfield, the place of his birth, 2nd son of Sir Owen Tudor, by KATHERINE, Queen Dowager of king HENRY V. (see preceding article), was advanced by his halfbrother, HENRY VI., in the parliament held at Reading, anno 1453, to the EARLDOM OF PEMBROKE, at the same time that his brother, EDMUND, of Hadham, was made Earl of Richmond. This nobleman being afterwards one of the main pillars of the cause of Lancaster, was attainted and forced to fly when EDWARD IV. obtained the crown, and the Earldom of Pembroke was then conferred upon William Herbert, Lord Herbert, of Chepstow. Joining, subsequently, with the Earl of Warwick, he had a principal part in the temporary restoration of HENRY VI., and at that period he had the good fortune to find his nephew, Henry, Earl of Richmond, in the custody of William Herbert's (Earl of Pembroke) widow, and presenting the boy to King HENRY, that monarch is said prophetically to have exclaimed-"This is he who shall quietly possess, what we and our adversaries do now contend for." The total overthrow of the Lancastrians at Barnet Field, and the re-establishment of EDWARD upon the throne again, however, broke down the fortunes of Jasper Tudor, and forced him, after some hairbreadth escapes, to seek an asylum for himself and his nephew, at the court of Brittany. Here, during the remainder of the reign of EDWARD IV., protection was afforded them, and here, in the reign of RICHARD III., they planned the enterprize which led to the triumph of Bosworth. Upon the accession of his nephew, as HENRY VII., Jasper Tudor was created DUKE OF BEDFORD at the Tower of London, 27 October, 1485. He was next sworn amongst the chief of the privy council, and constituted one of the commissioners to execute the duties of high steward of England at the king's coronation. His grace was afterwards appointed justice of South Wales, and lord-lieutenant of Ireland for two years; he likewise obtained considerable grants from the crown, and was invested with the Garter. Upon the insurrection of the Earl of Lincoln in behalf of the Pretender Simnell, the Duke of Bedford was nominated joint commander with the Earl of Oxford, of the forces sent to oppose the Simnellites, and he ever enjoyed the entire confidence of the king. He m. Catherine, 6th and youngest dau. of Richard Wydeville, Earl Rivers, and widow of Henry, Duke of Buckingham, by whom (who m. after his decease Sir Richard Wingfield, K.G.,) he had no issue. He left, however, an illegitimate dau., Helen, who m. William Gardiner, citizen of London, and was mother of Stephen Gardiner, bishop of Winchester. He d. 21 December, 1495, when the Earldom of Pembroke and the Dukedom of Bedford became EXTINCT. Arms-Quarterly: France and England, a border, az., charged with eight martlets, or. TUDOR-DUKE OF YORK. By Letters Patent, dated 31 October, 1494. Lineage. HENRY TUDOR, 2nd son of King HENRY VII., was created 31 October, 1494, DUKE OF YORK, but at the death of his elder brother, Arthur, he s. to the Dukedom of Cornwall, and was created Prince of Wales. His royal highness subsequently ascended the throne as HENRY VIII., when all his honours merged in the crown. TUDOR-DUKE OF SOMERSET. By Letters Patent, anno 1499. EDMUND TUDOR, 3rd son of King HENRY VII., was created, in 1499, DUKE OF SOMERSET. He d. however, under five years of age, in 1499, when the dukedom became EXTINCT. TUFTON-BARONS TUFTON AND EARLS Barony, by Letters Patent, dated 1 November, 1626. Lineage. The surname of this family, TOKETON, as originally written, was derived from a place of that name in Kent, of which its remote ancestors were feudal lords. NICHOLAS TUFTON, of Northyam, co. Sussex, m. Margaret, dau. and heiress of John Heaver, of Cranbrook, in Kent, and dying 31 December, 1538, was s. by his son, JOHN TUFTON, Esq., of Hothfield, co. Kent, sheriff of that shire, 4th Queen ELIZABETH, who m. Mary, eldest dau. of Sir John Baker, of Sisinghurst, chancellor and under-treasurer of the exchequer, and left at his decease, 10 October, 1567, a dau., Cecily, m. to Sir Thomas Sondes, and an only son, SIR JOHN TUFTON, Knt., of Hothfield, high sheriff of Kent, 18th Queen ELIZABETH, who was created a Baronet, 19 June, 1611. Sir John m. 1st, Olympia, dau. and heiress of Christopher Blower, Esq., of Sileham, in Kent, and had three daus., viz., Anne, m. to Francis Tresham, Esq., of Rushton; Elizabeth, d. young; and Margaret, m. to Sir Thomas Carill, Kat., of Benton and Shipley, co. Sussex. He m. 2ndly, Christian, dau. and co-heiress of Sir Humphrey Brown, Knt., one of the justices of the Court of Common Pleas, by whom he had six sons and four daus. He d. 2 April, 1624, and was s. by his eldest son, SIR NICHOLAS TUFTON, Knt. This gentleman, being amongst those who met King JAMES I. at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, on his coming into England, received the honour of knighthood from that monarch, 13 April, 1603, and was elevated to the peerage, 1 November, 1626, in the dignity of Earon Tufton, of Tufton, co. Sussex, and created EARL OF THANET, 5 August, 1628. His lordship m. Lady Frances Cecil, dau. of Thomas, 1st Earl of Exeter, and had issue to survive, JOAN, his successor. Cecil, father of Sir Charles Tufton, Knt., of Twickenham. Diana, m. to Sir Robert Curzon, of Water Pery, co. Oxon, Christian, m. to William Milward, of Chilcote, co. Derby, son and heir of Sir Thomas Milward, of Eaton, co Derby, Knt. He d. 1 July, 1632, and was 8. by his eldest surviving son, JOHN TUFTON, 2nd earl, who m. 21 April, 1629, Lady Margaret Sackville, eldest dau. and co-heiress of Richard, 3rd Earl of Dorset, by Anne, Baroness Clifford, only dau. and heiress of George, Earl of Cumberland, and had issue, NICHOLAS, JOHN, RICHARD, THOMAS, Successively Earls of Thanet; Sackville; and George, buried at Raynham, 1670; Anne, d. young; Margaret, m. to George, Lord Coventry; Frances, m. to Henry Drax, Esq., of Boston, co. Lincoln; Cecilie, m. to Christopher, Lord Hatton; Mary, m. to William, son and heir of Sir William Walter, of Saresden, co. Oxon, Bart.; Anne, m. to Samuel Grimston, son and heir of Sir Harbottle Grimston, Bart., master of the Rolls. This nobleman was obliged to compound for his estate with the sequestrators of the rebel parliament at no less a sum than £9000, which, it is observable, is the largest compromise in the list of 1654. His lordship d. 6 May, 1664. His eldest son, NICHOLAS TUFTON, 3rd earl, b. 7 August, 1631, m. 11 April. 1664, Elizabeth, 2nd dau. of Richard Boyle, Earl of Burlington, by whom (who d. in 1725) he had no issue. In 1655, the earl was committed by Cromwell to the Tower, but soon afterwards released. He was, however, re-committed, in 1656, and detained for nearly two years. In 1678 he inherited the Barony of Clifford at the decease of his mother, but d. s. p. 24 November, 1679, when all his honours devolved upon his brother, JOHN TUFTON, 4th earl, b. 7 August, 1638, who had previously s. his mother, one of the co-heiresses of the Earl of Dorset, in the estates of Clifford, Westmoreland, and Vesey; and his cousin, Lady Alathea Hungerford, wife of Edward Hungerford, Esq., and only dau. and heiress of James, Earl of Northampton, by Isabella, youngest dau. and co-heiress of his grandfather, Richard, Earl of Dorset, whereby he became possessed of the whole inheritance of his grandmother Anne, only dau. and heiress of George, Earl of Cumberland, who m. 1st, Richard, Earl of Dorset, and after his decease, Philip, Earl of Montgomery and Pembroke. The Earl of Thanet dying unm. 27 April, 1680, all his honours and estates passed to his brother, RICHARD TUFTON, 5th earl, who d. unm. 8 March, 1683-4, when the honours devolved upon his brother, THOMAS TUFTON, 6th earl. This nobleman m. in 1684, Lady Catherine Cavendish, dau. and co-heiress of Henry, Duke of Newcastle, by whom he had three sons, who d. in infancy, and five daus., his co-heirs, viz, CATHERINE, m. to Edward Watson, Viscount Sondes, heirapparent of Lewis, Earl of Rockingham, and had issue, LEWIS, 2nd Earl of Rockingham; THOMAS, 3rd Earl of Rockingham; Edward, d. unm.; CATHERINE, m. to Edward Southwell, Esq., of King's Weston, and her son. EDWARD SOUTHWELL, inherited, in 1776, the Barony of DE CLIFFORD. ANNE, m. to James, 5th Earl of Salisbury. MARGARET, m. to Thomas Coke, Earl of Leicester, and was declared, in 1734, BARONESS CLIFFORD. MARY, m. 1st, to Anthony Grey, Earl of Harold, and 2ndly, to John, 1st Earl Gower. ISABELLA, m. 1st, to Lord Nassau Paulett, and 2ndly, to Sir F. Blake-Delaval, K.B. His lordship claimed the Baronies of Clifford and Vesey, in right of inheritance from his grandmother, and that of CLIFFORD was confirmed to him by the House of Lords, 12 December, 1691, when he assumed the additional title of Baron Clifford, which barony at his decease, in 1729, fell into abeyance between his daus. and co-heirs, and so continued until the crown, in 1734, interposed in favour of Margaret, Countess o 1Leicester, his lordship's 3rd dau.; but at her lady- | ship's decease without issue, in 1775, it relapsed into abeyance between her sisters, which abeyance the crown again terminated, in 1776, in favour of Edward Southwell, as stated above. The Earl of Thanet's other honours reverted to his nephew, SACKVILLE TUFTON, Esq., as 7th earl (eldest surviving son of the Hon. Col. Sackville Tufton, of the guards, by Elizabeth, his wife, dau. and sole heir of Ralph Wilbraham, Esq., of Newbottle, co. Northampton, 2nd son of Sir Thomas Wilbraham, Bart). This nobleman m. in 1722, Lady Mary Savile, youngest dau. and co-heiress of William, Marquess of Halifax, by whom he had surviving issue, His lordship d. 10 April, 1786, and was 8. by his eldest son, SACKVILLE TUFTON, 9th earl, b. 30 June, 1769; m. 28 February, 1811, Anne-Charlotte de Bojanovitz, a noble lady of Hungary, who d. s. p. in 1819. His lordship d. in January, 1825, when the honours of the family devolved upon his next brother, CHARLES TUFTON, 10th earl, b. 10 September, 1770, who dying unm., 20 April, 1832, was 8. by his only surviving brother, HENRY TUFTON, 11th Earl, b. 2 January, 1775. His lordship, who was lord lieutenant of Kent, and hereditary sheriff of the co. Westmoreland, d. unm., 12 June, 1849, when the title became EXTINCT. His nephew and representative is the Rev. Charles Henry Barham, of Trecwn. Arms-Sa., an eagle, displayed, erm., within a bordure, arg. TYES-BARON TYES. By Writ of Summons, dated 6 February, 1299. In the time of King HENRY III., HENRY DE TYES held Shireburne, in Oxfordshire, by the grant of Richard, Earl of Cornwall, and was summoned to parliament as a Baron, from 6 February, 1299, to 26 August, 1307. In the 28th EDWARD I., his lordship had free warren in all his demesne lands at Shireburne and Allerton, both in the co. Oxford. He d. in 1308, and was s. by his son, HENRY DE TYES, 2nd baron, summoned to parliament from 8 January, 1313, to 15 May, 1321. This nobleman was in the wars of Scotland, and for several years adhered faithfully to King EDWARD II., but afterwards joining in the insurrection of Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, he was taken prisoner at Boroughbridge, and being conveyed to London, was there beheaded for high treason, in 1321. His lordship d. s. p., leaving his sister, ALICE DE TYES, who m. Warine de L'Isle, his heir, in whose descendants this Barony of Tyes is now vested. Arms Arg., a chevron, gu. TYES-BARON TYES. By Writ of Summons, dated 6 February, 1299. In the 25th EDWARD I., A.D. 1297, Walter de TYES, in conjunction with Isabel, his wife, obtained numerous grants from the crown, lands in the cos Bedford, York, Essex, and Bucks, and having served in the Scottish wars, had summons to parliament as a Baron from 6 February, 1299, to 26 August, 1307. In the 11th EDWARD II., his lordship was joint governor of the city of York, with Robert de Hasting. He m. Isabel, dau. of John de Steyngreve, and widow of Simon Patshull, but d. s. p. in 1324, leaving MARGARET DE TYES, dau. of his brother, Roger, his heir, when this Barony of Tyes became EXTINCT. Arms-Arg., a chevron, gu. UFFORD-BARONS UFFORD, EARLS OF SUFFOLK. Barony, by Writ of Summons, dated 13 January, 1308. Earldom, by Creation in Parliament, dated 16 March, 1337. Lineage. Of this family, says Sir William Dugdale, which afterwards arrived to great honour, I have not seen anything memorable, until the 53rd HENRY III., when Robert, a younger son of John de Peyton, of Peyton, co. Suffolk, assuming his surname from the lordship of Ufford, in that shire, became ROBERT DE UFFORD. This Robert was justice of Ireland in the reign of HENRY III., and again in the reign of EDWARD 1. He m. Mary, widow of William de Say, and dying in the 26th of the latter king, was 8. by his son, SIR ROBERT DE UFFORD, Knt., who was summoned to parliament as a Baron from 13 January, 1308, to 19 December, 1311. His lordship was in the expedition made into Scotland, in the 34th EDWARD I. He m. Cecily, one of the daus. and co-heirs of Sir Robert de Valoines, Knt., Lord of Walsham, and had issue, ROBERT, his successor. John, archbishop of Canterbury, d. 1348. Ralph, justice of Ireland in the reign of EDWARD III. (see Ufford, Baron Ufford). Edmund. He d. in 1316, and was s. by his eldest son, ROBERT DE UFFORD, 2nd baron, K. G., summoned to parliament from 27 January, 1332, to 14 January, 1337. This nobleman was in the wars of Gascony in the reign of EDWARD II., and he obtained, in the beginning of EDWARD III.'s reign, in requital of his eminent services, a grant for life of the town and castle of Orford, co. Suffolk, and soon after, further considerable territorial possessions, also by grant from the crown, in consideration of the personal danger he had incurred in arresting, by the king's command, MORTIMER, and some of his adherents, in the castle of Nottingham. His lordship was solemnly advanced in the parliament to the dignity of EARL OF SUFFOLK, 16 March, 1336, "habendum sibi et hæredibus suis." Whereupon he was associated with William de Bohun, Earl of Northampton, and John Darcy, steward of the king's household, to treat with David Brus, of Scotland, touching a league of peace and amity. And the same year, going beyond sea on the king's service had an assignation of £300 out of the exchequer, towards his expenses in that employment, which was in the wars of France; for it appears that he then accompanied the Earl of Derby, being with him at the battle of Cagant. After which time he was seldom out of some distinguished action. In the 12th EDWARD III., being in the expedition made into Flanders, he was the next year one of the marshals when King EDWARD besieged Cambray; and his lordship within a few years subsequently was actively engaged in the wars of Brittany. In the 17th of this reign the Earl of Suffolk was deputed to the court of Rome, there to treat in the presence of his holiness, touching an amicable peace and accord between the English monarch and Philip de Valois, and he marched the same year with Henry of Lancaster, Earl of Derby, to the relief of Loughmaben Castle, then besieged by the Scots. Soon after this he was made admiral of the king's whole fleet northward. For several years subsequently his lordship was with King EDWARD in France, and he was one of the persons presented by that monarch with harness and other accoutrements for the tournament at Canterbury, in the 22nd year of his reign. In seven years afterwards we find the carl again in France, with the Black Prince; and at the celebrated battle of Poictiers, fought, and so gloriously won in the following year, his lordship achieved the highest military renown by his skill as a leader, and his personal courage at the head of his troops. He was subsequently elected a knight of the Garter. His lordship m Margaret, sister of Sir John Norwich, and widow of Sr Thomas Cailly, and had issue, ROBERT, Summoned to parliament 25 February, 1342, by writ directed Roberto de Urford le Fitz;" he m. Elizabeth, dau. of Richard, son of Richard, Earl of Arundel, and d. v. p., s. p. WILLIAM, his successor. Cecilie, m. to John, 3rd Lord Willoughby de Eresby; whose co-heirs-general are Lord Willoughby de Eresby and the Marquess of Cholmondeley. Catherine, m. to Robert, Lord Scales (see SCALES). Margaret, m. to William, Lord Ferrers, of Groby (see FERRERS). The earl's last testament bears date in 1368, and he d. in the following year. Amongst other bequests, he leaves to his son, William," the sword, wherewith the king girt him, when he created him earl; as also his bed, with the eagle entire; and his summer vestment, powdered with leopards." His lordship was 8. by his only surviving son, WILLIAM DE UFFORD, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, K.G., who had been summoned to parliament, as a Baron, in the lifetime of his father, 4 December, 1364, and 20 January, 1366. This nobleman was in the French wars at the close of EDWARD III.'s reign, and in the beginning of that of RICHARD II. In the 50th EDWARD he was constituted admiral of the king's whole fleet northward. At the breaking out of Jack Straw's insurrection, 4th RICHARD II., his lordship understanding that the common people contemplated torcing him into their ranks, and thus to represent him as one of their leaders, hastily arose iron supper, and pursuing an unfrequented route, reached the king at St. Albans, with a wallet over his shoulder, under the assumed character of servant to Sir Roger de Bois; but afterwards, being chosen by the Commons in parliament assembled, to represent to the lords certain matters of importance to the public welfare, the earl whi e ascending the steps to their lordships' house, suddenly fell down dead, to the amazement and sorrow of all persons, rich and poor, 15 February, 1381. His lordship m. 1st. Joane, dau. of Edward de Montacute, and grand-dau. maternally, of Thomas, of Brotherton, Earl of Norfolk. and 2ndly, Isabel, dau. of Thomas de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, and widow of John le Strange, of Blackmere, but as he left no issue, the Earldom of Suffolk and the Barony of Ufford fell into ABEYANCE, between his sisters and heirs, (refer to children of Robert, 1st earl), as it still continues amongst their representatives. Arms-Sa., a cross engrailed, or. UFFORD-BARON UFFORD. By Writ of Summons, dated 3 April, 1360. SIR RALPH DE UFFORD, brother (according to Dugdale and Nicolas,) of Robert, 1st Earl of Suffolk, having served in the wars of France and Flanders, in the martial reign of EDWARD III., obtained large grants of land from that monarch, in the co. Berks and Dorset. Subsequently (20th EDWARD III.,) being justice of Ireland, we are told "he landed in that realm, with a great number of men-at-arms and archers." This distinguished person m. 1st, Maud, widow of William de Burgo, Earl of Ulster, and dau. of Henry Plantagenet, Earl of Lancaster, by whom he had an only dau., MAUD, buried before 21st EDWARD III. He m. 2ndly (says Dugdale), Eve, dau. and heiress of John de Clavering, and widow of Thomas de Audeley, by whom he had issue, Jons, of whom presently. Edmund (Sir), who inherited the estates of the family at the decease of his brother. Sir Edmund m. Sybil, dau. of Robert or Simon Pierpont, and had issue, Robert (Sir), who m. Eleanor, dau. of Sir Thomas Felton, Knt., and left issue three daus., his co-heirs, viz., Ella, m. to Richard Bowet, Esq. Sybil, a nun at Barking. Joan, m. to William Bowet, Esq., brother of Richard, and Elizabeth, m. to Thomas, son of Thomas, 7th Lord Ralph de Ufford d. in 1346, and was 8. by his eldest son, Dugdale, followed by Nicolas, is the authority for this pedigree; but Vincent maintains that John de Ufford, summoned to parliament in 1360, was son of Thomas, a younger son of Robert de Ufford, by Mary de Say, his wife, and that Eve de Clavering was the wife of the said Thomas, and not of Ralph. (See ADDENDA.) Arms-Sa., a cross engrailed, or. UGHTRED-BARON UGHTRED. By Writ of Summons, dated 30 April, 1343. Lineage. Of this family, which was of great antiquity in the co. York, was ROBERT UGHTRED, Lord of Scarborough, who, in the 28th EDWARD I., obtained a charter for free warren, in all his demesne lands in that shire. He d. 3rd EDWARD II., and was 8. by his son, SIR THOMAS UGHTRED, K.G., who became a person of great note in his time, and was celebrated in the Scottish wars temp. EDWARD II. and EDWARD III. In the 10th of the latter reign, he was made admiral of the king's whole fleet to the northward, and for some years afterwards he was again in the Scottish wars, when he attained the rank of banneret, and was constituted governor of Perth. He was subsequently in the wars of Flanders, and had summons to parliament as a Baron, from 20 April, 1343, to 4 December, 1364. His lordship d. in 1365, leaving by Margaret, his wife, a son and heir, SIR THOMAS UGHTRED, who does not appear from the existing enrolments to have been summoned to parliament as a Baron. Sir Thomas, like his father, was a military man, and became eminent likewise in the wars of Scotland. In the 50th EDWARD III. he was made constable and chamberlain of Lochmaben Castle, and he was afterwards engaged in the wars of France. He d. 3rd HENRY IV., and was s. by his grandson, THOMAS UGHTRED (son of William), who had m. Margaret, dau. and co-heir of Sir John Goddard, Knt., by Constance, his wife, dau. and co-heir of Sir Thomas Sutton, of Holderness; and had issue, according to Banks, two sons, ROBERT and THOMAS (Sir), of whom the elder was ancestor of the UGHTREDS, of Kexby, co. York. Arms-Gu., on a cross moline, or, five mullets of the field. UMFRAVILL-BARONS UMFRAVILL, EARLS OF ANGUS. Barony, by Writ of Summons, dated 24 June, 1295. Earldom, by Writ of Summons, dated 26 January, 1297. Lineage. In the 10th year of his reign, WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR granted the forest, valley, and lordship of Riddesdale, in Northumberland, to his kinsman, SIR ROBERT de UMFRAVILL, Knt., otherwise Robert with the beard, Lord of Tours and Vian, to hold, by the service of defending that part of the country for ever, from enemies and wolves with the sword which King WILLIAM had by his side when he entered Northumberland. By this grant he had likewise authority for holding, governing, exercising, hearing, and judging, in all the pleas of the crown, as well as others occurring within the precincts of Riddesdale. The next of this fam ly we will mention is RICHARD DE UMFRAVILL, a feudal lord who appears, in the 7th RICHARD I., to have pledged his lands of Turney, to Aaron, a jew, for a debt of £22 68. In the 5th King JoHN he obtained the right of preventing all persons from grazing, hunting, or cutting down timber in the forest of Riddesdale; and in nine years afterwards, the times being then turbulent, he delivered up his four sons in hostage, with his castle of Prudhoe, as guarantee for his loyalty, upon the condition, that if he transgressed, the said castle became forfeited, and that he should himself be dealt with as a traitor; notwithstanding which, no sooner did the barons take up arms, than he appeared amongst them, when his lands were seized and granted to Hugh de Baliol. In the reign of King HENRY III., however, he made his peace, and had restitution of the castle of Prudhoe, &c., but he was nevertheless far from enjoying the confidence of that monarch, as we find the king soon after issuing a precept to the sheriff of Northumberland, directing a jury of twelve knights to be empanelled, to inspect certain buildings at the castle of HerLotil, which this Richard de Umfravill was then erecting, and to demolish all that bore the appearance of fortifications. His son, Gilbert de UmFRAVILL, Lord of Prudhoe. Redesdale, and Harbottle, Northumberland, according to Matthew Paris, "a This Robert de Umfravill, had a grandson, Robert, father of Gilbert, which last two adhered to DAVID I., King of Scotland, who gave Gilbert, Kinnaird and Dunipace, in Stirlingshire. famous baron, guardian and chief flower of the north," sh 1243, Maud, Countess of Angus, and d. in 1245, leaving his son and heir "of tender years," which son and heir, GILBERT DE UMFRAVILL, was committed to the guardianship of Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester, in consideration of 10,000 marks paid by that nobleman to the king. This Gilbert attained majority in the 43rd HENRY III., and in six years subsequently we find him in arms with the barons, but be made his peace prior to the battle of Evesham, and obtained then some immunities from the crown. In the 20th EDWARD L. he was governor of the castle of Forfar, and the whole territory of Angus, in Scotland, and appears to have borne the title of Earl of Angus, in right of his mother. He was summoned to parliament, however, in three years afterwards, as BARON UMFRA VILL only, but in the 25th of the same reign, and from that period to the 1st EDWARD II., his writ of summons was addressed "Gilberto de Umfravill, Comiti de Anggos." But this dignity the English lawyers refused to acknowledge (Angus not being within the kingdom of England,) until he had openly produced the king's writ in public court, by which he was called to parliament, under the title of EARL OF ANGUS. In the 27th EDWARD I., his lordship was constituted one of the king's commissioners for manning and fortifying the castles within the realm of Scotland, and to appoint wardens of the Marches. The next year he founded a chantry for two priests, to celebrate divine service daily in the chapel of our lady, within the castle of Prudhoe. The earl m. Lady Agnes Comyn, dau. of Alexander, Earl of Buchan, d. in 1308, and was 8. by his eldest surviving son, ROBERT DE UMFRAVILL, Summoned to parliament as Earl of Angus, from 4 March. 1309, to 30 December, 1324. This nobleman distinguished himself in the lifetime of his father in the Scottish wars, and soon after his accession to the title he was joined in commission with William, Lord Ros, of Hamlake, and Henry, Lord Beaumont, in the lieutenancy of Scotland. In the 11th EDWARD II., his lordship was appointed one of the commissioners to treat with Robert de Brus and his partisans for a truce between both realms. The earl . 1st, Lucy, dau. of Philip, and eventually heiress of her brother, William de Kyme, by whom he had issue, Robert (Sir), who d. 8 p. Thomas (Sir). of Harbottle Castle, m. Joane de Roddam, d. 1386, and left issue, 1 Thomas (Sir), b. 1364, d. 1301, who, by Agnes, his wife, left issue, Gilbert (styled "Earl of Kyme," probably from the tenure Elizabeth, m. Sir William Elmedon, and left four co- Joane, m. to Sir Wm. Lambert. Margaret, m. 1st, to William Lodington, and 2ndly, to John Agnes, m. to Thomas Hagerston. 2 Robert. K.G., lord high admiral temp. HENRY IV., d. 8. p. 27 December, 1436. Annora, m. to Stephen Waleys, son and heir of Sir Richard Waleys, The earl d. in 1325, and was s. by his eldest son, GILBERT DE UMFRAVILL, summoned to parliament, as 3rd Earl of Angus, from 27 January, 1332, to 26 August, 1380. This nobleman acquired great reputation in the Scottish wars, and was a chief commander at the battle of Durham, 20th EDWARD III., where DAVID BRUS, the Scottish monarch was totally defeated and made prisoner by the English. In the 25th EDWARD III., his lordship had permission, upon petition to the king and parliament, to transfer the prisoners, made within the liberty of Redesdale, whom he had the privilege of detaining, from his prison of Herbotil Castle (then in a state of dilapidation), to Prudhoe Castle, for the ensuing ten years His lordship m. Maud, sister of Anthony de Lucy, and next heir of Joane, dau. and heir of the said Anthony, by whom he had an only son, ROBERT (Sir), who m. Margaret, dau. of Henry, Lord Percy, and d. v. P., & P. |