bench, who, together with his wife, lies buried in the said church, by whom he had three sons, 1, John, who died young; 2, William, died 1675 †, and was buried in the Temple church; 3, Sir Thomas, of whom hereafter, and nine daughters, 1, Mary, was wife of William Quatermaine, Esq.; 2, Catharine; 3, Elizabeth, of Thomas Master, Esq. son of Sir William Master, of Cirencester abbey, in Glocestershire, Knt. ; 4, Bridget, lies buried in Waldron church; 5, Sarah; 6, Dorothy; 7, Bridget; S, Martha; 9, Lucy. Sir Thomas died Dec. 13, 1669, aged fifty-one, and his lady, May 28, 1695, aged seventy-six. I. THOMAS DYKE, of Horeham, Esq. the second son, was advanced to the dignity of a Baronet, of this realm, 29 Car. II. He was knight of the shire for Sussex, 1685, and member of parliament for East Grinsted, in Sussex, in 1688, 1690, and 1695; but, for many years before he died, he declined the honour of serving his country in parliament. He married Philadelphia, the eldest daughter and coheiress of Sir Thomas Nutt, of Mays, in the parish of Selmiston, in Sussex, Knt. by Catharine daughter of Sir Thomas Parker, of Ratton, in Sussex, Knt. ancestor to Sir Walter Parker, of the same place, Bart. by whom he had two sons and three daughters, Thomas and Catharine died young; Philadelphia was wife of Lewis Stephens, D. D. rector of Droxford, in Hamp. * To whose memories is the following inscription on marble there, viz. In this Alley lye the Bodys of Sir Thomas Dyke, of Sir John Bramston of Skreens, in Essex, Lord Chief Justice Stow's Survey, Vol. I. b. 3. p. 274. shire, archdeacon of Barnstable, archdeacon of Exeter, and canon-residentiary, and prebendary of York and Southwell; Elizabeth, who died Sept. 1739, of John Cockman, of Kent, doctor of physick, brother to Dr. Cockman, master of University college, Oxford, and left one daughter, the wife of Nicholas Toke, Esq. barrister-at-law; and Thomas. He died, Oct. 1706 *, and was succeeded by his only surviving son, II. Sir THOMAS DYKE, Bart. who married, May, 1728, Anne, relict of John Bluet, of Holcomb Regis, in Devonshire, and heiress of Percival Hart, of Lullingston, in Kent, Esq. (son of Sir Percival Hart, Knt. and grandson of Sir Henry Hart, K. B. at the coronation of Charles I. two of whose ancestors were knights of the body to Henry VIII.) by whom he had three sons; John, who died in his father's lifetime; Sir John-Dixon, the present Baronet; and Percival, who died July, 1740; and one daughter, Philadelphia, wife of William Lee, of Tokeridge, in Hertfordshire, Esq. son of the late lord chief justice. Sir Thomas died 1756, and his lady in 1763 †, and was succeeded by his only surviving son, * In Waldron church, on a monument, is the following inscription : Near this Place lies the Body of Sir Thomas Dyke, of Horeham, in this parish, Bart. who of Mays, in this County, Knight, by whom Elizabeth, and Thomas, who still survive; to whose Memory, Dame Philadelphia, his Relict, erected this monument, buryed near it. † On the north side of the chancel of Lullington church, Kent, is a very elegant mural monument, with her head in relievo, encircled with a palm branch, and supported by two cherubims on a pyramid of dove colour on each side are two fine urns of brown marble, and beneath is the following inscription : Sacred to the memory of Dame Anne Dyke, who III. Sir JOHN-DIXON DYKE, the present Baronet, who married Philadelphia, daughter of George Home, of East-Grinstead, in Sussex, Esq. by whom he had 1, Philadelphia; 2, Anne, one of which was wife of Colonel Hotham, cerns discreet and frugal; in all acts of hospitality mag- On the upper part of the pyramid are these arms, in a lozenge, viz. In the center, HART, party per chevron, azure and gules, three harts trippant, or. On the right, BLUET, Or, a chevron, argent, between three eagles displayed sable. On the left DYKE, Or, three cinquefoils, sable, with the arms of Ulster. N. B.-Sir Thomas Dyke erected, at his own expence, the window on the south side of the body of Lullington church, in the year 1754, it is of coloured glass, in the first pannel is the figure of St. Botolph, to whom the church is dedicated, beneath is the arms of DYKE, the arms of Ulster, and an escutcheon of pretence of HART, impaling forty-two quarterings. In the middle pannel is the ascension. In the third pannel is the figure of St. Luke; and under the arms as before. The other windows have likewise the arms of Dyke, &c. in 1790; 3, Thomas; 4, Percival-Hart, who, July 26, 1798, married daughter of Robert Jenner, of Chislehurst, Esq.; 5, Harriot, wife of Charles Milne, of Preston Hall, in Kent, Esq. ARMS-Or, three cinquefoils, sable. CREST-A cubit arm, in armour, proper, garnished, or and sable, holding a cinquefoil, slipped, as in the arms. SEAT-At Lullington Castle, in Kent. 195. COTTON, of CUMBERMERE, Cheshire. Created Baronet, March 29, 1677. THIS ancient family is descended from the Cottons, near Hodnet, in Shropshire, seated there before the Conquest*. 1, Sir Hugh Cotton, Knt. temp. King John, married Elizabeth, daughter of Hammond Titley, of Titley, in the county of Chester, Esq. and after several descents in a direct line, was †, 2, William Cotton, Esq. seated there temp. Hen. VI. married Agnes, daughter of William Young, of Cainton, in the said county, Esq.; by whom he had, 3, John Cotton, Esq. who married -, daughter of Mainwaring +, of Ightfield, in Shropshire, by whom he had six sons, 1, William, who left no issue male; 2, Sir George, of whom hereafter; 3, Sir Richard Cotton, Knt. of Bedhampton, in Hants, and Warblington, in Sussex, who married Jane, daughter of John Onley, Esq. cousin to Sir George's lady, and had a daughter, Susan, wife of Charles, Earl of Kent. This Sir Richard was a courtier, temp. Ed. VI. but outlived that King §, and was ancestor to Richard Cotton, Esq. who married Elizabeth, sister to Richard, the first Earl of Scarborough; 4, Ralph, of London; 5, Thomas; 6, Robert, buried at Richmond, in Surry. 4, Sir George Cotton, Knt. who was the first of that name, (temp. Hen. VIII.) that seated himself at Cumbermere ||, in Cheshire, (an abbey of Benedictine monks, founded by Hugh Malbane, Baron of Nantwich, A. D. 1133), was esquire of the body to King Henry VIII. He was likewise sheriff of Denbighshire; steward of Bromfield, Yale, Chirk, and Chirkland; keeper of the castles of Holt, and Chirk, with the park of Holt, and the black park at Chirk, with all fees thereto belonging; also vice chamberlain of the household of Prince Edward, son of King Henry VIII. Le Neve's MSS. Vol. III. Tibid. Ex inf. Dom. Rob. Sal. Cotton, Bar. 1727. § Ibid. p. 212. + Ibid. and of the privy council to that king. He married Mary, daughter of John * Onley, of Catesby, in Northamptonshire, Esq. and by her had, Richard, his only son and four daughters; Mary, wife, first, of Edw. Stanley, Earl of Derby, afterwards, of Henry Grey, Earl of Kent, but had no issue by either; 2, Elizabeth, of William Francis, of Tickill, in Derbyshire; 3, Dorothy, of Edward Torback, of Torback, in Lancashire; and 4, Winifred, of Thomas Deering, of Hampshire, Esqrs. 5, Richard Cotton, Esq. only son of Sir George, married † Mary, daughter of Sir Arthur Mainwaring, of Ightfield, sen. by whom he had George Cotton, who succeeded him, Arthur, and Andrew, who lived to a good old age, and never married; also a daughter, Mary, wife of Ralph Bulkeley, of Over, in Shropshire, Esq. He married secondly, Silliard, thirdly, -, widow of John Dormer, in Bucks, Esq. and by all had a numerous issue, of which, Philip was a captain, and killed in the service of King Charles I. (passing a river,) against the Scots; and a daughter, wife of Richard Cave, in Northamptonshire, Esq.. 6, George Cotton, Esq. son and heir of Richard, married § Mary, daughter of Sir George Bromley, chief-justice of Chester, and by her had Thomas Cotton, and many daughlers. 7, Thomas Cotton, Esq. son and heir, married || first, Frances, daughter of Robert Lord Viscount Kilmurry, and one son, George Cotton, Esq. who married Mary, daughter of Sir Thomas Smyth, of Haugh, in Cheshire, Knt. and had only one daughter, who died young, before her father; secondly, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir George Calveley, of Lea, in the county of Chester,. Knt.. by whom he had Sir Robert, Knt. and Bart. Charles, colonel of the cold-stream regiment of guards, in the reigns of King James II. and King William III. who married a daughter of Ady, of Kent, and had issue; and Lettice, who died. unmarried. I. Sir ROBERT COTTON was knighted at the restoration of King Charles II. and afterwards created Baronet by that Prince. He served in parliament for the county palatine of Chester thirty-six years, and married Hester, daughter of Sir Thomas Salusbury, of Llewenny, in Denbighshire, Bart. (sister and heiress of John Salusbury), by whom he had five sons; 1, John, died unmarried; 2, Hugh-Calveley, married Mary, the only daughter and heiress of Sir William Russel, of Langherne, in Carmarthenshire, Bart. by whom he had a daughter Catharine, wife of Thomas Lewis, of St. Pier, in Monmouthshire, Esq. and died without issue. Mrs. Cotton surviving her husband, became the wife of Arthur, second surviving son of Henry, Duke of Beaufort; 3, Robert, died young; 4, Sir Thomas, succeeded his father; 5, George, died unmarried. Sir Robert had also eleven daughters: 1, Hester, wife of John Lacon, of West-Coppice, in Shropshire, Esq.; 2, Mary, of Sir William Fowler, of Harnage-Grange, in the same county; 3, Elizabeth, of Sir William Glegg, of Gayton, in Cheshire, Knt.; 4, Charlotte, died unmarried, and was buried at Esher, in Surry; 5, Anne, was wife of Sir Thomas Taylor, of Kelles, in the county of Meath, in Ex inf. Dom. Rob. Sal. Cotton, Bar. 1727. || Le Neve, ibid. + Ibid. Ibid. Ibid. |