GEORGE DALLISON, esq. of Laughton, in Lincolnshire, living 3rd EDWARD VI. married the daughter of

wood, whereof it continued a member until HENRY III. in the fourteenth year of his reign, disforested Englewood, and gave or sold it to Walter Malclerk, then Bishop of Carlisle and lord treasurer, whose successors in the see of Carlisle ever afterwards enjoyed the estate. The descendants of Robert de Dalston held, however, the old mansion house, with the manor and lordship, of Dalston Parva. Of those descendants, HENRY DE DALSTON, son of Reginald, gave Brownelston, part of his manor, to the priory of Carlisle. JOHN DE DALSTON, son of Robert, m. a daughter and co-heir of Kirkhide, with whom he had the estate at Kirkhide.

THOMAS DE DALSTON had the manor of Ulndale,

WILLIAM, his heir.

Anne, m. to John Wharfe.

The family of DALSTON, one of great antiquity in the county of Cumberland, was founded by

ROBERT, Second brother of Hubert de Vallibus, Lord of Gillesland in the time of the CONQUEROR, who had the BARONY OF DALSTON conferred upon him by his kinsman, Ranulph de Meschines, Earl of Chester; and his posterity possessed it, in lineal descent, until King STEPHEN gave Cumberland to DAVID, King of Scots. HENRY II. recovering the county, seized the barony of Dalston, and united it to the forest of Engle

⚫ Juliana, daughter and co-heir of SIR RICHARD DALSTON, of Acorn Bank, in Westmoreland, wedded SIR CHARLES ALEN, ancestor of the present COLONEL LUKE ALEN, C.B. representative of SIR THOMAS ALEN, bart. of St. Wolstans, and of the most ancient line of Alen, which, removing from England, where it had been set

HENRY VIII. as a reward for the services he had rendered at the battle of Sollom Moss. From this Thomas descended the Dalstons of Acornbank, in Westmoreland, and

SIR JOHN DALSTON, knt. sheriff of Cumberland in the 10th JAMES I. His son and heir,

SIR GEORGE DALSTON, knt. was M. P. for Cumberland in the 16th CHARLES I. and was sheriff in the 16th of the preceding reign. This gentleman had a son, WILLIAM, and a daughter, Catherine, the wife of Sir Henry Fletcher, knt. of Hutton, in Cumberland. Sir Henry fell at Rowton Heath, near Chester, fighting for King CHARLES I. in 1645, and his widow, who was a lady of great courage and resolution, endured sequestration, incarceration, plunder, &c. from the rebels with a brave and masculine spirit. She lived, however, to see her daughters married into some of the first families in the county. Sir George Dalston's only son and heir,

1. SIR WILLIAM DALSTON, knt. of Dalston, in Cumberland, was created a BARONET by King CHARLES I. 15th February, 1640-1, in which year he was M.P. for Carlisle." When the rebellion broke out, both he and his father behaved themselves very bravely and dutifully towards the king, and were great sufferers for the royal cause; the latter being obliged to pay £700 and Sir William £3000 to the sequestrators." Sir William resided chiefly at Heath Hall, in Yorkshire (an estate which came into the family by marriage), and died 13th January, 1683, leaving issue, by Anne, the daughter of Thomas Bolles, esq. of Osberton, in the county of Nottingham, and Dame Mary Bolles, his wife, BARONETTESS OF NOVA SCOTIA,t

GEORGE (Sir), who received the honour of knight-
hood, and died in the lifetime of his father. He
m. Brown, eldest daughter of Sir William Rams-
den, knt. of Byrom and Longley, in the county
of York, and by that lady (who m. secondly,
Edward Andrews, esq. of Westminster; and
thirdly, Sir Richard Fisher, bart. of Islington;
and died at Turnham Green, aged eighty-seven,
15th March, 1739-40,) left an only daughter and
heir,

FRANCES, who m. first, John Jermy, esq. of
Sturton Hall, in Suffolk, and secondly, Sir
William Halton, bart.

JOHN (Sir), knighted at Whitehall 16th February,
1663, and eventually heir to his father.

Mary, m. to Thomas, second son of Thomas Gent, esq. of Moyns, in Essex.

The second, but eldest surviving son, became, at the death of his father,

tled since the period of the CONQUEST, was established in Ireland temp. HENRY VIII. by ARCHBISHOP ALEN. See BURKE'S Commoners, vol. ii. p. 363.

This is the only lady upon whom the dignity of BARONETTESS has ever been conferred.

He m. secondly, Anne, fourth daughter of Sir Michael Wentworth, of Woolley, and widow of Sir Lion Pilkington, bart. of Chevet. By this lady (who m. thirdly, in 1730, John Maude, esq. of Alverthorpe Hall, in Yorkshire, see BURKE's Commoners, vol. ii. p. 86,) he had another daughter, who died young and unmarried. He was s. at his decease by his son,

IV. SIR GEORGE DALSTON, bart. who m. Anne, dau. of George Huxley, esq. but dying s. p. m. (his only daughter married a French gentleman named Dillon) 7th March, 1765, the title became EXTINCT. Four years before his death, Sir George sold his estate at Dalston to Monkhouse Davison, esq. after whose decease it was purchased by JOHN SOWERBY, esq.

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RICHARD D'ANVERS, of Cothorp, in Oxfordshire, said to be descended from ROLAND D'ANVERS, one of the companions in arms of the CONQUEROR, m, the daughter and heir of John de Brancestre, of Oxfordshire, and left a son and heir,

JOHN D'ANVERS, of Cothorp, who wedded, first, Alice, daughter and heir of William Verney, of Byfield, and had issue,

1. ROBERT (Sir), of Ipwell, who purchased the estate of Culworth. Sir Robert was king's sergeant in 1443 and justice of the Common Pleas in 1450. Hem. Agnes,daughter of Richard Quatremains, of Rycot, in Oxfordshire, and dying in 1467, left three daughters, his co-heirs, viz.

AGNES, m. first, to Hugh Unton, esq.; and secondly, to Sir Walter Denys, of Gloucestershire.

ALICE, m. to- Burnaby, esq. of Watford,

III. RICHARD, of whom presently.

1. Agnes, m. to Thomas Boldington. 11. Alicia, m. to Henry Tracey.

He m. secondly, Joan, daughter of William Bruly, esq. of Waterstoke, in Oxfordshire, and had by her, who wedded, secondly, Sir Walter Mauntell, of Heyford, five sons and four daughters, viz.

1. THOMAS (Sir), of Banbury, in Oxfordshire, d. s. p.

II. William (Sir), of Chamberhouse, in Berkshire, and of Upton, in Warwickshire, one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas temp. HENRY VII. He m. Anne, daughter and heir of John Pury, esq. of Chamberhouse, and was ancestor of the DANVERS of Upton and Blisworth.

III. Simon, d. s. p.

IV. Edward, d. s. p.

v. Henry, cofferer to HENRY VII. m. Beatrice, daughter of Sir Ralph Verney, and had issue.

1. Agnes, m. first, to Sir John Fray, lord chief baron; secondly, to John, Lord Wenlock; and thirdly, to Sir John Say, knt.

II. Amicia or Margaret, m. to John Langston, esq. of Caversfield, in Oxfordshire.

III. Elizabeth, m. to Thomas Poure, esq. of Bletchingdon, Oxfordshire.

IV. Jane, m. to Richard Fowler, esq. of Buckingham, chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster. John D'Anvers' third son,

RICHARD D'ANVERS, esq. of Prescote, in Oxfordshire, purchased from his nieces the estate of CULWORTH He m. Elizabeth, daughter of John Langston, esq. of Caversfield, Buckinghamshire, and was s. by his son,

SIR JOHN D'ANVERS, knt. of Culworth, sheriff of Northamptonshire 10th HENRY VII. This gentleman m. Anne, daughter of Sir John, and sister and heir of Sir Edward Stradling, knt. of Dantsey, in Wilts; by which marriage he acquired the estate of Dantsey, and had issue,

I. THOMAS, his heir, seated at Dantsey, who m. Margaret, daughter of Sir William Courtenay, knt. of Powderham Castle, and was grandfather of

SIR JOHN DANVERS, knt. who m. ELIZA-
BETH NEVIL, youngest daughter and co-
heir of John, Lord Latimer, who died in
1577, and acquired by that lady (who m.
secondly, Sir Edmund Carey, knt.) the
castle of Danby, in Yorkshire. He had
issue,

CHARLES (Sir), who lost his life in the
insurrection of Essex temp. ELIZA-
BETH, and was attainted.
HENRY, created BARON DANVERS, of
Dantsey, in 1603, and in 1626 EARL
OF DANBY. He was afterwards made
a knight of the Garter. (See BURKE'S
Extinct Peerage.)

John (Sir), of Chelsea, in Middlesex,
M. P. for the university of Oxford,
one of the judges who sat on King
CHARLES I. His daughters and co-
heirs were

ANNE, m. first, to Sir Henry Lee, bart. of Ditchley, in Oxfordshire; and secondly, to Heary Wilmot, first Earl of Rochester.

ELIZABETH, M. first, to Robert Vil

liers alias Wright, Viscount Pur-
beck.

Anne, wife of Sir Arthur Porter, of
Newark, Gloucestershire.
Lucy, m. to Sir Henry Baynton, of
Bromham, in Wiltshire.
Eleanor, m. to Thomas Walmesley, esq.
of Dunkenhalgh, in the county of
Lancaster, and left a son and two
daughters,

Sir Thomas Walmesley, knt. of
Dunkenhalgh.

Elizabeth Walmesley, wife of Ri-
chard Sherburne, esq. of Stony-
hurst.

ANNE WALMESLEY, who m. first, William Middleton, esq. of Stockeld; and secondly, Sir Edward Osborn, bart.; by the latter she had

SIR THOMAS OSBORN, bart. created Duke of Leeds. Dorothy, m. to Sir Peter Osborn, knt. of Chicksand.

Elizabeth, wife of Sir Edward Hobby, of Gloucestershire.

Katherine, wife of Sir Richard Gargrave, knt. of Nostel.

11. WILLIAM, of whom presently.

11. John, living in 1537.

Mary, m. to Robert Barker, esq.

Dorothy, m. to Henry Sacheverell, esq. of Sading-
ton, in Leicestershire.

Anne, m. to George Blount, esq. of Wigginton, in
Oxfordshire.

He d. 20th June, 1544, and was s. by his son,

JOHN D'ANVERS, esq. of Culworth, who m. Dorothy, daughter and co-heir of Sir William Rainsford, knt. of Great Tew, in the county of Oxford, and had two sons and three daughters, viz.

I. SAMUEL, his successor.

11. Daniel, of Horley, in Oxfordshire, who m. 12th November, 1583, Susanna, daughter of - - Pope, esq. of Wroxton, in Oxfordshire, and had, with other issue, a son,

William, of London, father of

Daniel, of Northampton, M. D. who m.
Jane, daughter of the Rev. Thomas
Knightley, of Charwelton, and dying in
1699, left issue,

Knightley, barrister-at-law, deputyrecorder of Northampton, author of "Abridgement of the Common Law," d. in London, January, 1740. Jane, m. to John Rushworth, esq. of Northampton, and had, with other issue, a daughter, Alicia, wife of Charles Watkins, esq. of Daventry. 1. Temperance, m. to Anthony Dillon, esq. of Devonshire. 11. Justice.

III. Prudence.

son,

SAMUEL D'ANVERS, esq. of Culworth. This gentleman m. Anne, daughter of Leonard Piggot, esq. of Little Horwood, in Bucks, and was s. by his only surviving son,

SIR JOHN D'ANVERS, knt. of Culworth, baptized 10th October, 1580, who m. in 1604, Dorothy, daughter of Gabriel Pulteney, esq. of Misterton, in the county of Leicester, and had (with several daughters, of whom Margaret, m. Thomas Risley, esq. of Chetwode; Mary, m. Laurence Manley, esq. of Spratton; Susan, m. Edmund Bray, esq.; and Catherine became the wife of John Griswold, esq.) a son and successor,

I. SAMUEL D'ANVERS, esq. of Culworth, who was created a BARONET 21st March, 1642-3. He m. Lady Anne Pope, daughter and co-heir of Sir William Pope, Earl of Downe, in Ireland. Sir Samuel D'Anvers, who was sheriff of Northamptonshire the year of the martyrdom of King CHARLES, appeared at the assizes with his retinue in deep mourning, and was a great sufferer by his zeal in the royal cause. He died 27th January, 1683, and was s. by his son,

11. SIR POPE D'ANVERS, of Culworth, baptized 12th December, 1644, who m. Anne, daughter and co-heir of William Barker, esq. of Sunning, Berks, and had a large family, of which only three children survived, viz.

JOHN, his successor.

Daniel, of Eydon, m. in 1712, the daughter and co-heir of the Rev. Moses Hodges, D. D. of Sulgrave, and had two sons and a daughter, viz. 1. Barker, buried 7th September, 1741. 2. John, died unmarried in 1745.

1. MARTHA, m. at Thorpe Mandeville, 17th September, 1746, to Daniel Rich, esq. of the Temple, son of Sir Robert Rich, bart. of Sunning, Berkshire, and dying in 1753, Jeft issue,

Frances.

Daniel-Danvers Rich, colonel in the 3rd regiment of Foot Guards, died unmarried in 1783.

MARTHA RICH, devisees of Mrs. Meriel FRANCES RICH, Manor.

Danvers, of Culworth

He d. 4th May, 1712, and was s. by his son,

III. SIR JOHN D'ANVERS, of Culworth. This gentleman m. first, Meriel, daughter of Sir Robert Leicester, bart. of Nether Tabley, in Cheshire, by whom (who d. in 1701) he had an only child,

Samuel, b. in 1701, d. unm. in 1722.

He m. secondly, Susannah, sister and co-heir of Sir Edward Nicolls, bart. but by that lady (who d. in 1730) had no issue. Sir John wedded, thirdly, Mary, daughter of the Rev. John Hutchins, rector of Eydon, in Northamptonshire, and by her (who d. in 1784) had issue,

HENRY, his successor.
Anthony, d. young in 1735.

MICHAEL, Successor to his eldest brother.

MERIEL.

Mary, d. young in 1747.

Sir John d. 26th September, 1744, and was s. by his eldest surviving son,

IV. SIR HENRY D'ANVERS, of Culworth, who d. unmarried at the age of twenty-two, 10th August, 1753, and was s. by his brother,

v. SIR MICHAEL D'ANVERS, of Culworth, born 29th September, 1738, high sheriff of Northamptonshire in 1763, who died unmarried 20th August, 1776, when the

SAMUEL D'ANVERS, esq. m. Elizabeth Morewood, of Overton, in the county of Derby, an heiress, and was father of

1. JOSEPH D'ANVERS, of Swithland, in the county of Leicester, M.P. for Boroughbridge in 1722, and subsequently for Bramber and Totness, who was created a BARONET by King GEORGE II. 4th July, 1746. He m. Frances, daughter of Thomas Babington, esq. of Rothley Temple, in Leicestershire, and dying 21st October, 1753, was s. by his only child,

II. SIR JOHN D'ANVERS, bart. who m. Mary, daughter and heir of Joel Watson, esq. of Clapham, in Surrey. Sir John was sheriff of Leicestershire in 1755, and dying 21st September, 1796, aged seventythree, without male issue, the BARONETCY became EXTINCT. He left, however, an only surviving daughter and heiress,

ELIZABETH DANVERS, then the wife of the Hon. Augustus-Richard Butler (second son of Brinsley, second Earl of Lanesborough), who assumed the name and arms of Danvers in addition to those of Butler. She died in 1802, leaving two

ried Anne, daughter of Sir Thomas Tyrell, knt. of Heron, and had a son,

ANTHONY DARCY, of Tolleshunt, sheriff of Essex and Hertfordshire in 1511, who m. Elizabeth, daughter of Christopher Wilkinson, esq. and was father of

THOMAS DARCY, esq. of Tolleshunt, b. in 1511, married three wives; by the second, Anne, daughter of Sir John Munday, lord mayor of London in 1522, he had two sons,

ANTHONY, who left only a daughter.

THOMAS, sheriff of Essex in 1580, who m. Margaret, daughter of Eustace Sulyard, esq. of Runwell, and dying in 1586 left issue,

1. THOMAS, who m. Camilla, daughter of Vincent Guicciardine, of Florence, and by her, who wedded, secondly, Francis Harvey, esq. of Ickworth, he left six daughters,

Mary, m. to the Hon. Christopher Nevill, third son of Edward, Lord Abergavenny.

Elizabeth, m. to Sir Henry Mildmay,

knt. of Woodham Walter.

Bridget, m. to Sir George Fenner, knt. Frances, m. to Sir Henry Vane, knt. secretary of state to CHARLES I. Margaret, m. to John Browne, esq. 2. Eustace.

3. John, who d. s. p.

1. Bridget.

2. Dorothy.

3. Margaret.

4. Anne.

5. Mary, m. to Richard Southwell, esq. of Woodrising, in Norfolk.

6. Elizabeth, m. to Henry Maynard, esq. of Great Waltham,

By his third wife, Elizabeth, daughter of John Heydon, esq. and sister of Sir Christopher Heydon, of Baconsthorp, he left a son,

BRIAN DARCY, esq. of St. Osith and Tiptree, at which latter place he built a fine house out of the ruins of the priory. He served the office of sheriff of Essex in 1585, and died in two years after. He m. Bridget, daughter of John Corbet, esq. of Sprowston, in Norfolk, and was s. by his son,

JOHN DARCY, esq. of St. Osith and Tiptre, b. in 1560, serjeant-at-law, who m. Dorothy, daughter of Thomas Audeley, esq. of Berechurch, in Essex, and had a son and heir,

THOMAS DARCY, esq. of St. Osith and Tiptre, who m. in 1621, Mary, daughter of Sir Andrew Astley, of Writtle, and had by her, Mary, and a posthumous

JOHN, who m. Johanna, daughter of John Fettiplace, of Slifford, and dying v. p. temp. HENRY VIII. left a son,

EDWARD (Sir), successor to his grandfather. Sir Edward m. secondly, Mary, daughter of John, Lord Fitzwalter, by whom he had no issue; and thirdly, Alice Fly, of Sussex, by whom he had a daughter, Katharine, m. to Francis Choke. Sir Edward died 9th March, 21 HENRY VIII. and was s. by his grandson,

SIR EDWARD DARELL, knt. of Littlecote, who m. Alice, daughter of Sir Thomas Essex, knt. of Berkshire, and had issue,

WILLIAM, of Littlecote, living in 1587, who alien-
ated to SIR JOHN POPHAM the estate of Little-
cote, and d. s. p. in 1590. For the curious tra-
dition of the supposed murder at Littlecote
House, and of the consequent ruin of this branch
of the family, refer to BURKE'S History of the
Commoners, vol. ii. xii.
P.

THOMAS, of whom presently.

Eleanor, m. to Egremund Ratcliffe.

Lineage.

1. SIR THOMAS DARNELL, of Heyling, in Lincolnshire, who was created a BARONET 6th September, 1621, married Sarah, daughter of Thomas Fisher, esq. and sister of Sir Thomas Fisher, bart. of Islington, but leaving no son at his decease, which occurred about the year 1640, the title became EXTINCT.

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DAVERS, OF ROUGHAM.

I. ROBERT DAVERS, esq. having acquired a large fortune in Barbadoes, returned to England, and purchased Rougham, with other estates, in the county of Suffolk; and, in consideration of the sufferings of himself and his father in the royal cause, was created a BARONET by King CHARLES II. 12th May, 1682. Sir Robert d. about the year 1688, and was s. by his son, II. SIR ROBERT DAVERS, bart. of Rougham, who m. the Hon. Mary Jermyn, second daughter and co-heir of THOMAS, Second LORD JERMYN, and had issue,