199. DYER, of TOTTENHAM, Middlesex.

Created Baronet, July 6, 1678.

1. WILLIAM DYER, Esq. was a younger brother of a family of this na me at Heytesbury, in Wiltshire *. He was bred to the law, and was of the InnerTemple, London; though he had a good paternal estate, which he increased by his industry. But the greatest accession to his fortune, was his marrying Thomasine †, sole daughter and heiress of Thomas Swinnerton, of Stanweyhall, in Essex, Esq. third son and heir of the famous Sir John Swinnerton, Knt. Lord-mayor of the city of London, a younger branch of the ancient and noble family of the Swinnertons, of Shropshire, formerly peers of this realm; this match brought above 30,0001. into the family. He was advanced to the dignity of a Baronet, 30 Car. II. and died Jan. 27, 1680, leaving behind him the character of a learned and religious gentleman; and was interred at Newnham, in Hertfordshire, where he had a seat. He had four sons, and three daughters ; of which only four survived him, two sons, Sir John Swinnerton, and William, and two daughters, Joanna, wife of Thomas Griffith, of Denbighshire, Esq. and Saralı, of John Hooke, of Gaunt's-house, in Dorsetshire, Esq. barrister at law. His lady, who survived, was afterwards, Aug. 8, 1693, the wife of John Hopwood, of Stanwey-hall, Esq, (descended from the ancient family of Hopwood, of Hopwood, in Lancashire). She was a very religious and charitable lady, and died Aug. 13, 1697, being, according to her desire, buried at Newnham church, near to the body of her first husband; where are monuments erected for them both ‡.

William Dyer, Esq. second son of Sir William aforesaid, had the estate at Newnham, in Hertfordshire, left him by his father, where he built a noble seat, and was high-sheriff of that county the latter end of the reign of King William. 1fc* married, first, Mary, daughter of Howard, Esq. with whom he had a considerable fortune, but by her had only one child, which not long survived her: he married to his second wife, Annet, youngest daughter of Sir Thomas Hooke, of Tangier-Park-House, in Hants, Bart. and one of the three coheiresses to her brother, Sir Hele Hooke; by her he had three sons, and two daughters. But to return to,

II. Sir JOHN-SWINNERTON DYER, Bart. eldest son and heir of Sir William, before-mentioned, who succeeded his father, lived at Newton-hall, and married Elizabeth, daughter of Rowland Johnson, of Gray's-Inn, Esq. by whom he had five sons, 1, John-Swinnerton, who died unmarried; 2, Sir Swinnerton; 3, Sir John-Swinnerton; 4, William; 5, Thomas; and four daughters, 1, Elizabeth; 2, Joanna; 3, Anne; and 4, Mary. He died May 17, 1701, aged 44, and lies buried in the church of Great Dunmow, under a marble monument.

III. Sir SWINNERTON DYER, Bart. (his elder brother, John, dying before his father, unmarried), succeeded to the title and estate. He was a gentleman-commoner of Bennett college, in Cambridge, and married Anne, fourth daughter of Edward Belitha, of Kingston-upon-Thames, in Surry, Esq. by whom he had only one daughter, Anne, wife of Paul Whitehead, Gent. His lady died, Aug. 21, 1714, aged thirty-three, and lies buried on the south side of the chancel of Dunmow church .

Sir Swinnerton married, secondly, Dec. 1727, a sister and heiress of John Kempe, of Spain's-hall, in Finchinfield, in Essex, Esq. by whom he had no issue. She died at Bath, Oct. 1730; and Sir Swinnerton, at Kensington, in March 4, 1735-6, and was succeeded by his next brother,

IV. Sir JOHN-SWINNERTON DYER, Bart. married Elizabeth, daughter of Major Jones, by whom he had two sons, Sir John-Swinnerton, the late Baronet; and Thomas, a clerk in the Treasury, who married daughter of

Grant, by whom he had three children, and died in 1800; and one daughter, Elizabeth. Sir John-Swinnerton Dyer died Sept. 1780, and was succeeded by his eldest son,

* Ex inf. Wil. Holman, de Halstead, com. Essex, Gen. 1741,

Under this Stone lies deposited the Body of
Anne, late Lady of Sir Swinnerton Dyer, Bart.
of Newton-hall, in the County of Essex, and
4th Daughter of Edward Belitha, of Kingston
upon Thames, in the County of Surry, Esq.

As she always shewed herself dutiful to her Parents,
So the Duties of Love and Obedience, Fidelity, Modesty, and
Chastity, Comfort, and Help, friendly and kind Society and
Conversation, she prudently paid to her Husband.
She died Aug. 21, 1714, Aged 33 Years; leaving her
disconsolate Husband only one Child, a Daughter,
named Anne,

+ Ibid.

V. Sir JOHN-SWINNERTON DYER, Bart. who was colonel in the army, captain of a company in the guards, and groom of the bed-chamber to his Royal Highness George, Prince of Wales. He married -, daughter of Vicary, by whom he had one son, Thomas-Richard-Swinnerton, his successor, and one daughter, Eleanor. June 1801, Sir John-Swinnerton Dyer was succeeded by his only son

VI. Sir THOMAS-RICHARD-SWINNERTON DYER, the present Baronet.

ARMS-Or, a chief indented, gules.

CREST-Out of a ducal coronet, or, a goat's head, sable, armed of the

first.

SEAT-At Spain's-hall, in Finchinfield, in Essex.

TABLE.

I. Sir WILLIAM DYER, 1680 THOMASINE SWINNERTON=J. HOPWOOD, 1697.

Sir John, in a fit of insanity, shot himself with a pistol. He had become melancholy, since the death of his only brother, about a year before, whom he affectionately loved. His melancholy increased by the absence of his son, who went out aid-de-camp to Sir Ralph Abercromby, in the expedition to Egypt. He was disappointed of letters, which he had, for some time, impatiently expected, and which did not arrive till two days after this unfortunate event. Sir John was formerly a colonel in the Guards. His character, as a master, a father, a brother, and a friend, was truly excellent and exemplary.

Mont. Mag. Jan. 1, 1801.

200. BECKWITH, of ALDBROUGH, Yorkshire.

Created Baronet, April 15, 1681.

1, HUGO DE MALEBISSE*, frater Ricardi, testis anno 3 Stephani, 1138, married, first, Emma, daughter and coheiress of William de Percy, and of Adalid de Tonbridge: he married, secondly, Maud, daughter of Knyveton,

of Knyveton, by whom he had no issue; but by his first wife he had three sons, 1, Hugo de Malebisse, 3 Ric. I. 1 John, Justiciarius ad assisas; 1 Hen. III. 1216, he paid twenty marks composition for the plea of the forest; he married two wives, but died without issue; 2, Richard, the second son of Hugo, was Justiciarius ad assisas, 4 John, 1203; 2 Ric. I. he paid twenty pounds to be forester, as he had been in the time of King Henry. 1 John, he paid five pounds for the farm of Gultres. He founded the abbey of Newbo, in Lincolnshire, of the order of Præmonstratensis, and gave to God, St. Mary, and the canons of Newbo, all his lands in the village of Newbo, with the churches of Acastor and Knyveton, &c. This Richard married, and had a numerous issue, which extended itself to many generations.

2, William, the third son of Hugo, had two sons, Richard, and Hugh, who does not appear to have issue; but,

3, Richard left one son,

4, Sir Simon Malby, or Malbiss, Knt. lord of Cowton, in Craven, who married daughter of John, Lord Methley, by whom he had three sons,

1, John; 2, Roger; 3, Hercules †.

daughter of Sir

5, Hercules, third son of Sir Simon Malby, married John Ferrers, lord of Tamworth, in the county of Stafford, by whom he had two sons, Sir Hercules, and Sir John Malby, of Stanton, Knt. who married Isabella, daughter of Sir, William Evers, of Witton Castle, Knt. by whom he had one son, Sir William Malby, of Stanton, Knt. who married ter of Henry Bacon Fitz-Hugh, of Ravensworth Castle, but had no issue.

daugh

*The account of this family is chiefly taken from the original pedigree, done on vellum, and finely illuminated, which is now in the possession of Sir Roger Beckwith, Bart. and was entered in the visitation of Yorkshire, April 9, 1666, at Doncaster, by Sir William Dugdale, Norroy King of Arms.

† John, the eldest, married

bie, lord of Cowton, who married

daughter of Sir Allen Zouch, Knt. by whom he had Sir John Malthe daughter of Sir John Audbrow, of Audbrow, by whom he had John Lord Malbie, who married —, daughter of Sir Edmund Walstrope, by whom he had three daughters; from the eldest, Margaret, 7 Edw. II. 1314, descended Thomas Fairfax, of Walton, Esq. 2, Roger, second son of Sir Symon, married daughter of Sir Hugh Haigh, by whom he had Ambrose, who married Timothea, daughter of Sir John Pensax, Knt. by whom he had Edward Malbie, who married -, daughter of Sir Hugh Copley, Knt. and died without issue.

6, Sir Hercules, eldest son of Hercules before-mentioned, married Dame Beckwith Bruce, daughter of Sir William Bruce, lord of Uglebarnby; when Sir Hercules was obliged, by marriage covenants, dated 10 Hen. III. to change his name to Beckwith. He left one son,

7, Nicholas, who married

whom he had one son,

-, daughter of Sir John Chaworth, Knt. by

8, Hamond, who was obliged to take the name of Beckwith, by virtue of the marriage contract between his grandfather, Sir Hercules, and Dame Beckwith Bruce, his wife, when it was agreed, he should either do that, or else his coat of armour; but he chose to retain the latter *.

This Hamon Beckwith, Esq. was seised of the lordship of Clint, bounding of the north side of Nid, juxta Hampesthwait, and of Uglebarnby, in WhitbyStrand, certain lands in Pickering and Roxbie, with the manor of Beckwith and Beckwithshaw, 13 Edw. III. 1339. He married daughter of Sir Philip Tilney, Knt. by whom he had three sons, 1, William Beckwith, of Beckwith, Esq. of whom hereafter; 2, Thomas; 3, John, from whom descended the Beckwiths, of Scough, now extinct also four daughters, 1, wife of Sir John Filiot, Knt.; 2, of Sir William Cathorp, Knt.; 3, Anne, of Williom Trevile, Esq.; 4, first, of William Constable, and secondly,

of William Banvile, Esqrs.

,

9, William Beckwith, of Beckwith, Esq. son and heir, married daughter of Si. Gerard Ufflet, of Wighill, in Yorkshire, Knt. by whom he had three sons, 1, Thomas; 2, Hercules, who married. -, daughter of Wil

liam Waldgrave, Esq.; 3, John, who married —, daughter of Sir John Ratcliffe, of Cresall, Knt. This William was seised of the manor of Beckwith and Beckwithshaw, 38 Edw. III. 1364, and was succeeded by his son, 10, Thomas Beckwith, who married

-, daughter of John Sawley, of

"Be it known to all nobles where this present writing shall come, be seen, or heard: Whereas Hammon Beckwith, Esq. son and heir of Nicholas Beckwith, was warned by the earl-marshal of England, by process, that was dated from the aforesaid earl-marshal's manor of Ryseing Castle, in the county of Norfolk, Jan. 18, in the 13th year of the reign of our sovereign lord the king, in the year of Our Lord 1339, that the said Hammon Beckwith should usurp, and take unto him, a coat of arms, which was appertaining unto John, Lord Malbie; for which better use, by virtue of this process, we charge you, that you will appear at the now mansion-house, and manor of Saymor, before us, and bring with you all such evidence and records of arms, that we may allow, grant, and set our hands to your teste and posterity for ever. And also, that your appearance shall be the 14th day of October next coming, in the aforesaid year above writ

ten.

"And the said orator did appear at the said day appointed, and did bring with him such evidence ; whereof one piece, bearing date from the 10th year of Hen. III. which was in the year of Our Lord 1226, from one Hercules Malbie, the third son of Sir Symon Malbie, Knt. which married the Lady Dame Beckwith Bruce, one of the daughters of Sir William Bruce, Lord of Uglebarnby, and certain lands in Pickering, that the said Hercules should change his name, or else his coat, and his poster ty for ever; and so it was that the said Hercules changed his name from Malbie to Beckwith, and did hold his coat: whereof I, the said earl-marshal, Peter Mawlam, Lord of de Luke, lord-chamberlain to our sovereign lord King Edward III. and Henry, Lord Percy, Sir Robert Boynton, Knt. and Sir William Acton, did see and allow of it in due proof, and the aforesaid coat to be his own, lineally descended, whereof we have set our hands and seals to the aforesaid teste, the day and year above written, in the presence of many."