Those barons, be it remembered, were each and all of them men of great individual power, and large territorial possessions. Hugh Lupus, Earl of Chester, was s. by his only son (then but seven years of age), RICHARD DE ABRINCIS, as 2nd earl. This nobleman, after he had attained maturity, attached himself faithfully to King HENRY I., and never subsequently swerved in his allegiance. He m. Maud, dau. of Stephen, Earl of Blois, by Adela, dau. of WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR, but had no issue-himself and his countess being soon afterwards amongst the victims of the memorable shipwreck (Dec., 1119), wherein the king's two Bons, WILLIAM and RICHARD, with their tutor Ottiwell, the earl's bastard brother, Geffery Riddell, his sister Geva's husband, and many others of the nobility perished. Upon the demise thus of Richard de Abrincis, 2nd Earl of Chester, the male line of the family becoming EXTINCT, the earldom passed to the deceased nobleman's 1st cousin, RANULPH DE MESCHINES, son of Ralph de Meschines, by Maud de Abrincis, sister of Earl Hugh Lupus (sce Meschines, Earls of Chester). Arms-Az., a wolf's head, erased, arg. AGAR-BARON CALLAN. By Letters Patent, dated 4 June, 1790. JAMES AGAR, Esq., of Gowran Castle, co. Kilkenny, M.P., son and heir of Charles Agar, Esq., of York, left by Mary, his 2nd wife (who d. 1771, aged 106), eldest dau. of Sir Henry Wemyss, Knt., of Danesfort, two sons and two daus., viz., 1. HENRY, of Gowran Castle, M.P., father of JAMES, 1st VisCOUNT CLIFDEN, and of CHARLES, 1st EARL OF NORMANTON. (See BURKE's Peerage and Baronetage.) II. JAMES, of whom presently. Her 1. ELLIS, m. 1st, March, 1726, Theobald, 7th Viscount Mayo; and 2ndly, 7 August, 1745, Francis, Lord Athenry. ladyship was created COUNTESS OF BRANDON, 1 August, 1758, but d. s. p. in 1789, when the peerage became EXTINCT. | Norfolk and other counties. Of these grants was the lordship of Bokenham, to be holden by the service of being BUTLER to the Kings of England on the day of their coronation, and in consequence we find this William styled in divers charters, "Pincerna Henrici Regis Anglorum." William de Albini founded the abbey of Wymondham in Norfolk, and gave to the monks of Rochester the tithes of his manor of Elham; as also one carucate of land in Achestede, with a wood called Acholte. He likewise bestowed upon the abbey of St. Etienne at Caen, in Normandy, all his lands lying in Stavell, which grant he made in the presence of King HENRY and his barons. He m. Maud, dau. of Roger Bigot, with whom he obtained ten knights' fees in Norfolk, and had issue, Nigel. Oliver. WILLIAM. Oliva, m. to Raphe de Haya, a feudal baron of great power. At the obsequies of Maud, William de Albini gave to the monks of Wymondham, the manor of Hapesburg, in pure alms, and made livery thereof to the said monks by a cross of silver, in which (says Dugdale) was placed certain venerable reliques, viz., "part of the wood of the cross whereon our Lord was crucified; part of the manger wherein he was laid at his birth; and part of the sepulchre of the blessed Virgin; as also a gold ring, and a silver chalice, for retaining the holy eucharist, admirably wrought in form of a sphere; unto which pious donation his three sons were witnesses, with several other persons." The exact time of the decease of this great feudal baron is not ascertained, but it is known that he was buried before the high altar in the abbey of Wymondham, and that the monks were in the constant habit of praying for his soul, by the name of "William de Albini, the king's butler." He was 8. by his eldest son, WILLIAM DE ALBINI, surnamed "William with the strong hand," from the following circumstance, as related by Dugdale: "It happened that the Queen of France, being then a widow, and a very beautiful woman, became much in love with a 11. Mary, m. to James Smyth, Esq., of Tinny Park, co. Wick-knight of that country, who was a comely person, and in the low. He d. 30 November, 1733; his 2nd son, JAMES AGAR, Esq., of Ringwood, co. Kilkenny, M.P. for Gowran, . 7 September, 1713, m. 6 July 1740, Rebecca, only dau. of William, Lord Castle Durrow, and by her (who d. 3 March, 1789,) had issue, GEORGE, his heir. Charles, b. 18 April, 1754, archdeacon of Emly, d. 8 p., 5 May, 1789. John, deceased. Mary, m. 30 August, 1761, to Lieut. Philip Savage (of General John Campbell's dragoons), and was mother of JAMES SAVAGE, Esq., of Kilgibbon, co. Wexford, whose only dau. and heiress, MARGARET, m. HARRY ALCOCK, Esq., of Wilton, co. Wexford. Mr. Agar (whose will is dated 20 October, 1761) d. 3 August, 1769, and was s. by his son, THE RT. HON. GEORGE AGAR, of Ringwood; b. 4 December, 1751, M.P. for Callan in 1789; who was raised to the peerage of Ireland, as BARON CALLAN, of Callan, co. Kilkenny, 4 June, 1790. His lordship d. however, without issue, 29 October, 1815, when the title became EXTINCT. Arm-Az., a lion rampant, or. AGAR-COUNTESS OF BRANDON. (See AGAR, Lord Callan.) AIRMINE-BARONESS BELASYSE. (See ARMINE.) ALAN, FERGAUNT, EARL OF RICHMOND. (See DE DREUX, Earls of Richmond.) ALBINI-EARLS OF ARUNDEL. WILLIAM DE ALBINI, surnamed Pincerno, son of Roger de Albini, and elder brother of Nigel de Albini, whose posterity assumed, and attained such eminence under the name of MOWBRAY, accompanied the CONQUEROR into England, and acquired extensive territorial possessions by royal grants in flower of his youth and because she thought that no man excelled him in valour, she caused a tournament to be proclaimed throughout her dominions, promising to reward those who should exercise themselves therein, according to their respective demerits; and concluding that if the person whom she so well affected should act his part better than others in those military exercises, she might marry him without any dishonour to herself. Hereupon divers gallant men, from forrain parts hasting to Paris, amongst others came this our William de Albini, bravely accoutred, and in the tournament excelled all others, overcoming many, and wounding one mortally with his lance, which being observed by the queen, she became exceedingly enamoured of him, and forthwith invited him to a costly banquet, and afterwards bestowing certain jewels upon him, offered him marriage; but, having plighted his troth to the Queen of England, then a widow, he refused her, whereat she grew so much discontented that she consulted with her maids how she might take away his life; and in pursuance of that designe, inticed him into a garden, where there was a secret cave, and in it a fierce lion, unto which she descended by divers steps, under colour of shewing him the beast; and when she told him of its fierceness, he answered, that it was a womanish and not a manly quality to be afraid thereof. But having him there, by the advantage of a folding door, thrust him in to the lion; being therefore in this danger, he rolled his mantle about his arm, and putting his hand into the mouth of the beast, pulled out his tongue by the root; which done, he followed the queen to her palace, and gave it to one of her maids to present her. Returning thereupon to England, with the fame of this glorious exploit, he was forthwith advanced to the EARLDOME OF ARUNDEL, and for his arms the LION given him." He subsequently obtained the hand of the Queen ADELIZA, relict of King HENRY I., and daughter of Godfrey, Duke of Lorraine, which Adeliza had the castle of Arundel in dowry from the deceased monarch, and thus her new lord became its feudal earl. The earl was one of those who solicited the Empress Maud to come to England, and received her and her brother Robert, Earl of Gloucester, at the port of Arundel, in August 1139, and in three years afterwards (1142), in the report made of King STEPHEN's taking William de Mandevil at St. Albans, it is stated-"that before he could be laid hold on. he underwent a sharp skirmish with the king's party, wherein the Earl of Arundell, though a stout and expert souldier, was unhorsed in the midst of the water by Walkeline de Oxeai, and almost drowned." In 1150, his lordship wrote himself Earl of Chichester, but we find him styled again Earl of Arundel, upon a very memorable occasion - namely, the reconciliation of Henry Duke of Normandy (afterwards HENRY II.) and King STEPHEN at the siego of Wallingford Castle in 1152. "It was scarce possible," says Rapin, "for the armies to part without fighting. Accordingly the two leaders were preparing for battle with equal ardour, when, by the prudent advice of the Earl of Arundel, who was on the king's side, they were prevented from coming to blows." A truce and peace followed this interference of the earl's, which led to the subsequent accession of HENRY after STEPHEN's decease, in whose favour the earl stood so high that he not only obtained for himself and his heirs the castle and honour of Arundel, but a confirmation of the Earldom of Sussex, of which county he was really earl, by a grant of the Tertium Denarium of the pleas of that shire. In 1164, we find the Earl of Arundel deputed with Gilbert Foliot, bishop of London, to remonstrate with LEWIS, King of France, upon affording an asylum to Thomas à Becket within his dominions, and on the failure of that mission, despatched with the archbishop of York, the bishops of Winchester, London, Chichester, and Exeter,-Wido Rufus, Richard de Invecestre, John William, Earl of Warren and Surrey, but d. s. p., in 1243, when' this branch of the great house of Albini expired, while its large possessions devolved upon the earl's sisters as co-heiresses -thus, Mabell Tateshall, had the castle and manor of Buckenham. Isabel Fitzalan, had the castle and manor of Arundel, &c., which conveyed the earldom to her husband. Nichola de Somery, had the manor of Barwe, co. Leicester. Cecilie de Montalt, had the castle of Rising, co. Norfolk. The earl had another sister, Colet, to whom her uncle, Ranulph, Earl of Chester, gave £30 towards her marriage portion, which gift was confirmed by King HENRY III. Arms-Gu., a lion rampant, or, armed and langued, az. ALDEBURGH-BARONS ALDEBURGH. Lineage. WILLIAM DE ALDEBURGH was summoned to parliament as a latter year his lordship died, leaving by Elizabeth, his wife, BARON, from 8 January, 1371, to 8 August, 1386, in which dau. of Robert, Lord Lisle of Rugemont, an only son, WILLIAM DE ALDEBURGH, 2nd baron, who dying s. p., 20 August, 1391, the Barony of Aldeburgh fell into ABEYANCE at his lordship's decease, between his two sisters, de Oxford (priests)-Hugh de Gundevile, Bernard de St. Valery, By Writ of Summons, dated 8 January, 1371, 44th EDWARD III. and Henry Fitzgerald, to lay the whole affair of Becket at the foot of the pontifical throne. Upon levying the aid for the marriage of the king's daughter, 12th of HENRY II., the knights' fees of the honour of Arundel were certified to be ninety-seven, and those in Norfolk belonging to the earl, forty-two. In 1173, we find the Earl of Arundel commanding, in conjunction with William Earl of Mandeville, the king's army in Normandy, and compelling the French monarch to abandon Verneuil after a long siege, and in the next year, with Richard de Lucy, justice of England, defeating Robert Earl of Leicester, then in rebellion at St. Edmundsbury. This potent nobleman, after founding and endowing several religious houses, departed this life at Waverley, in Surrey, on the 3 October, 1176, and was buried in the abbey of Wymondham. His lordship left by Adeliza, his wife, widow of King HENRY 1., four sons and three daughters, the eldest of whom, Alice, m. John, Earl of Ewe. The eldest son, WILLIAM DE ALBINI, 2nd earl, had a grant from the crown, 23rd HENRY II., of the Earldom of Sussex, and in the 1st of RICHARD I., had a confirmation from that prince, of the castle and honour of Arundel, as also of the Tertium Denarium of the county of Sussex. He d. 1196, and was 8. by his son, WILLIAM DE ALBINI, 3rd earl, who, in 1218, embarked in the Crusade, and was at the celebrated siege of Damietta, but died in returning, anno 1221. He m. Maud, dau. and heiress of James de St. Hillary, and widow of Roger de Clare, Earl of Clare, by whom he left issue, 1. ISABEL, M. to JOHN FITZALAN, Baron of Clun and Oswestry, ancestor, by her, of the FITZALANS, EARLS OF ARUNDEL (which see). II. MABEL, R. to Sir Robert de Tateshall, and was mother of ROSERT DE TATESHALL, b. in 1223; a participator in the wars of HENRY III., and subsequently in those of EDWARD 1.; summoned to parliament as BARON TATESHALL from 24 June, 1295, to 26 August, 1296. He m. Joan, 2nd dau. and co-heir of Ralph FitzRanulph, Lord of Middleham, co. York, with whom he acquired a considerable accession of property. His lordship d. in 1272, leaving a son and successor, ROBERT DE TATESHALL, 2nd baron, and it is supposed, on strong presumptive evidence, a younger son, JOHN DE TATESHALL, living 21st EDWARD I., ancestor of the TATTERSHALLS, of Wastede and Little Waltham, co. Essex, of Hilden, co. Kent, of Finckhampsted, co. Berks, and of Gatton, co. Surrey. I NICOLA, 1. to Roger de Somerie, Lord of Dudley, and had four daus., her co-heirs, viz., 1 Joan, m. to John Le Strange. 2 Mabel, m. to Walter de Sulcy. 3 Mand, m. to Henry de Erdington, and left a son, Henry, Lord Erdington, ancestor of the ERDINGTONS, of Erdington, co. Warwick, long since EXTINCT. 4 Margery, m. 1st, to Ralph Cromwell, of Tatshall (see CROMWELL, BARONS); and 2ndly, to William de Bifield. IV. CECILIA, m. to Roger de Montalt, a great feudal baron, and had two sons, John and Robert (whose issue became EXTINCT), and one dau., Leucha, m, to Philip de Orreby the younger. The earl was 8. by his elder son, WILLIAM DE ALBINI, 4th earl, who m. Mabel, second of the four sisters and co-heiresses of Ranulph, Earl of Chester, with whom he obtained great landed property. As he, however, died issueless in 1224, or, by some statements, in 1233, his honours devolved upon his only brother (then in minority), HUGH DE ALBINI, 5th earl, who gave 2,500 marks fine to the king for the possession of all the lands and castles which descended to him from his brother, and those which he inherited from his uncle Ranulph, EARL OF CHESTER. At the nuptials of King HENRY III. we find the Earl of Warren serving the king with the royal cup in the place of this earl, by reason he was then but a youth, and not knighted. He m. Isabel, dau. of 1. Elizabeth, who m. 1st, Sir Bryan Stapleton, of Carleton, co. York; and 2ndly, to Richard or Edward Redman. 11. Sybilla, m. to William de Ryther, of Harewood. Arms-Az., a fesse, arg., between three cross-crosslets, or. ALEXANDER-VISCOUNT AND EARL OF STIRLING. Viscounty, by Letters Patent, dated 4 September, 1630. This family is esteemed a branch of the Macdonalds, Lords of the Isles, one of whom, ALEXANDER MACDONALD, obtained the lands of Menstrie, in the county of Clackmannan, in feu, from the family of Argyll, where he fixed his residence, and his posterity assumed the surname of ALEXANDER, from his Christian name. THOMAS ALEXANDER, of Menstrie, was one of the arbiters betwixt the abbot of Cambuskenneth and Sir David Bruce, of Clackmannan, in a dispute concerning the marches of their lands, which was settled 6 March, 1505. His descendant (probably his grandson), ALEXANDER ALEXANDER, of Menstrie, living 1529, m. Elizabeth Douglas, of Lochleven, and d. 1545. He was great-grandfather of SIR WILLIAM ALEXANDER, of Menstrie (son of Alexander Alexander, of Menstrie, and grandson of Andrew Alexander. also of Menstrie,) was a celebrated poet. He accompanied the Earl of Argyll upon his travels, was knighted by King JAMES VI., and made master of requests. Henry, Prince of Wales honoured Sir William with particular notice, and brough him to court. by charter, dated 10 September, 1621, and the king gav He had a grant of the territory of Nova Scoti him permission to divide that territory into one hundre parcels, and to dispose of these tracts, with the title of BARONET, for the purpose of improving the colony. Sir William obtained about £200 from each purchaser; and he likewise had the privilege of coining a sort of base copper money, denominated "Turners," by which he acquired much wealth. He had charters of the lordship of Canada, in America, 2 February, 1628; and of the barony of Menstrie, 30 July following; of the barony of Largis, 11 April, 1629; and of the barony of Tullibody, 30 July, in the same year. He was sworn of the privy council, and appointed secretary of state in 1626; keeper of the signet in 1627; a commissioner of the exchequer in 1628; and one of the extraordinary lords of Session in 1631. He was created Lord Alexander, of Tullibody, and Viscount Stirling, by patent, dated 4 September, 1630, to himself and his heirs male bearing the name and arms of ALEXANDER; and was raised to the dignity of Earl of Stirling, Viscount Canada, and Lord Alexander, of Tullibody, by patent, dated 14 June, 1633, with the same remaindership His lordship m. Janet, dau. and co-heiress of Sir William Erskine, Knt., parson, of Campsie, commendator of the bishopric of Glasgow, and had issue, I. WILLIAM, Viscount Canada, who m. Lady Margaret Douglas, eldest dau. of William, 1st Marquess of Douglas; and dying in the lifetime of his father, in March, 1638, left issue, 1 WILLIAM, successor to the honours. 2 CATHERINE, m. Walter, Lord Torphichen, and left two daus., Anne, m. Robert Menzies, Esq., and had a dau., Katherine, m. to John Menzies, M.D., of Culterallers, and a son, Sir Robert Menzies, Bart., of Menzies, who m. Christian, dau. of Lord Neil Campbell, and had a son, Sir Robert, who d. s. p., and a dau., Christian, who also d. s. p., wife of Mackintosh, of Mackintosh. Catherine, m. to David Drummond, of Cultmalindie, s. p. 3 MARGARET, m. to Sir Robert Sinclair, Bart., of Long VI. Ludovic, d. 8. p. VII. James, left a dau., Margaret. 1. Jean, m. to Hugh, Viscount Montgomery, of Great Ardes, co. Down, and had a son, Hugh, created EARL OF MOUNT ALEXANDER. Mr. Alington, of Swinhope, narrates that after the Norman Conquest "The Kentish men, not well suffering the loss of their liberties, and the late loss of their Prince, conferred with Stigurd, archbishop of Canterbury, and others, to entrap the King, which they did at Swannercote, beside North Fleet, in Kent, and there took hostages of the King for the due performance of their liberties. After which Stigurd was sent into Normandie, and there pined in prison, and the lands of the others were confiscated; whereupon Medwaycester, one of the forfeited castles, was given to Sir Hildebrand Alington, Knt. The former proprietor, Sir John, had, however, a fair daughter named Emlyn, who as she sued earnestly for the life of her father, even so, Sir Hildebrand was as earnest a suitor to her for marriage, which taking effect, the inheritance was conferred again to the right heir." SIR ALAN DE ALINGTON, "who," to quote the same old pedigree, "was in great favour with WILLIAM RUFUS, and a great devisor of building, and was thought to be the chief doer for the building of Westminster Hall, which then was Palatium Regium, and by KING HENRY I. converted to the use it now is and much beautified by EDWARD III." His son, SIR SOLOMON DE ALINGTON, Knt., "was in great autho rity in the reign of HENRY I., and builded the Castell of Alington, where he erected one notable tower after his own name, called the Solomon's Tower." " His descendant, SIR WILLIAM ALINGTON, Knt., privy councillor to King HENRY VI., treasurer of Normandy in the time of HENRYS V. 11. Mary, m. 3 August, 1620, to Sir William Murray, Bart., of and VI., and also of Ireland, m. Joane, dau. and heir of Sir Clermont. The earl d. in 1640, and was 8. by his grandson, WILLIAM, 2nd earl; who d. in three months after, and was 8. by his uncle, HENRY, 3rd earl. This nobleman m. a dau. of Sir Peter Vanlore, an alderman of London; and dying in 1650, was s. by his son, HENRY, 4th earl; who m. Judith, dau. of Robert Lee, Esq.. of Binfield, Berks, and had four sons, who all d. 8. p., and two daus., viz., Mary, m. to- Phillips, Esq., and had a son, Berks, and had a son, WILLIAM TRUMBULL, who m. Mary, dau. of Montagu, Lord MARY, m. to the Hon. Martyn Sandys, and left an only MARY, who m. 1786, to Arthur, 2nd Marquess of Downshire, and was created BARONESS SANDYS in 1802, Her ladyshipd. 1 August, 1836, leaving several children, of whom the eldest, Arthur-Blundell-Sandys-Trumbull, 3rd MARQUESS OF DOWNSHIRE, K.P., was father of the present MARQUESS OF DOWNSHIRE, K.P. His lordship d. in 1690, and was s. by his eldest son, HENRY, 5th earl. This nobleman m. Elizabeth, widow of John Hobey, Esq.; but d. s. p. in 1739, since which time the Earldom of Stirling has remained unacknowledged, although it was claimed and borne by WILLIAM ALEXANDER, Commanderin-chief of the American forces, who d. 1795. There are several families of Alexander settled in Ireland who claim descent from the noble house of Stirling; among these are the ALEXANDERS, of Foyle Park, co. Derry, of Ahilly, co. Donegal, of Milford, co. Carlow, of London, of Portglenone, co. Antrim, of Forkhill, co. Armagh, and of Somerhill, co. Kent; the ALEXANDERS, Earls of Caledon, the ALEXANDERS, Baronets, and the ALEXANDERS, of Maryville, co. Galway. Of this lastnamed family, the first ancestor in Ireland, JAMES ALEXANDER, is stated to have been cousin-german of the 1st Earl of Stirling, and only son of James Alexander, of Lancarse, 3rd son of Andrew Alexander, of Menstrie, co. Clackmannan, the grandfather of the 1st earl. The present representative of the Alexanders, of Maryville, is ARTHUR ALEXANDER, of Maryville, only surviving son of the late John Alexander, Esq., of Mary ville: his heir presumptive is his cousin, the Rev. JOHN ALEXANDER, D.D., of Carne, co. Wexford. Arms-Per pale. arg. and sa., a chev., and in base, a crescent, all counterchanged. By Letters Patent, dated 5 December, 1682. SIR HILDEBRAND DE ALINGTON, Under Marshal to WILLIAM THE NORMAN at the battle of Hastings, had Alington Castle, by gift of the CONQUEROR, Wm. Burgh, lord chief justice of the Court of King's Bench, (2 RICHARD II.), and had a son, WILLIAM ALINGTON, of Horseheath, in Cambridgeshire, sheriff of Cambridge and Huntingdon (16 HENRY VI.), who had issue, 1. WILLIAM, of whom presently. 11. John, m. Mary, dau. and co-heir of John Anstys, and d. 8. p. III. Robert, of Bottlesham, m. 1st, Mary, dau. of Sir Robert Bruose, of Norfolk; and 2ndly, Joan, sister and heir of Joha Argentine. The eldest son, WILLIAM ALINGTON, Esq., high sheriff of the counties of Cambridge and Huntingdon, in the reign of EDWARD IV., m. Elizabeth, only dau. and heiress of John de Argentine, and acquired by her the manor of Wymondeley, in the co. of Hertford, held in grand serjeanty, by service of presenting the first cup at the coronation of the kings of England; which service was claimed and allowed at the coronation of King JAMES II., and has ever since been performed by the lords of that manor. From this William Alington and Elizabeth, his wife, derived SIR GILES ALINGTON, who m. Mary, only dau. and heiress of Sir Richard Gardiner, Knt., and had several children, of whom three of the younger sons, George, John, and Richard, were the founders of families; GEORGE ALINGTON, the 2nd son, being the direct ancestor of the ALINGTONS, of Swinhope, co. Lincoln, whose present representative, GEORGE MARMADUKE ALINGTON, Esq., of Swinhope, is also male representative of the family of the LORDS ALINGTON (see BURKE's Landed Gentry). Sir Giles was 8. by his eldest son, GILES ALINGTON, Esq., of Horseheath, co. Cambridge; high sheriff of that shire in the 22nd of HENRY VIII., and of Huntingdon in the 37th of the same monarch. Mr. Alington appears to have attended King HENRY VIII. as master of the ordnance at the siege of Boulogne, by the inscription of a clock which he brought from that siege, and affixed over the offices at Horseheath Hall, in which was the alarum bell of the garrison of Boulogne. He d. in 1586, and from him lineally descended WILLIAM ALINGTON, Esq., of Horseheath Hall, co. Cambridge, who was elevated to the peerage of Ireland, as BARON ALINGTON, of Killard, on 28 July, 1642. His lordship m. Elizabeth, dau. of Sir Lionel Tollemache, Bart., of Helmingham, by whom he had, with five sons, three daus.; viz., Elizabeth, m. to Charles, Lord Seymour, of Troubridge. Catherine, m. to Sir John Jacob, Bart., of Gamlinghay, co. Cambridge. Diana, d, unm, Lord Alington was s. by his 2nd, but eldest surviving son, WILLIAM ALINGTON, 2nd baron, who was created a peer of England on 5 December, 1682, by the title of BARON ALINGTON, of Wymondley, in the co. of Herts. His lordship m. 1st, Catherine, 2nd dau. of Henry Lord Stanhope, son of Philip, 2nd earl of Chesterfield, by whom he had no issue. 2ndly, Joanna, dau. of Baptist, Lord Campden, and had a dau., JULIANA, who m. Scroope, Lord Howe, and was grandmother of the famous RICHARD EARL HOWE, the great admiral, whose He m.. An old pedigree of the Alingtons, now in the possession of co-representatives are Earl Howe and the Marquess of Sligo. Tord 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 al 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. Jons 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, SIB 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 1. 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, co. 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 iaron Allen, of Stillorgan, and VISCOUNT ALLEN. His lord#ip m. in 1684, Mary, eldest dau. of Robert FitzGerald, Esq., and sister of Robert, Earl of Kildare, and had issue, 1. JOSHUA, his successor. II. Robert, M.P. for the co. Wicklow, d. in 1741, leaving, of several children, two surviving daus., 1 Mary, m. 1732, Robert Roswell, 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. um.), and a dau., Frances, m. in 1766, to Charles Tottenham, Esq., grandfather, by her, of CHABLES TOTTENHAM, Esq., of Ballycurry. 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 RYVES, Esq., of Ballyskiddane, co. Limerick. 11. 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, I JORN, 2 JOSHCA 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 hid, Joas, 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 8. 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. um., 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, 6. 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 8. 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, His and enrolling himself under the banner of Thomas, Earl of Elizabeth, m. to John, Lord Bardolph, by whom she had, THOMAS, Lord Bardolph, being attainted, the BARONIES 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 Eleanor, m. to John de Raleigh, progenitor, it is said, of the stretch of power, which proceeding afterwards constituted 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 111 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 s. 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 5th article of the impeachment of Lord Strafford. The charge 1. 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 8. 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 ÁNNES 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 |