knt. of London. He m. Mary, daughter of John, Viscount Scudamore, and widow of Thomas Russell, esq. of Worcestershire, but leaving no issue at his decease (his son John having predeceased him in 1664), was s. by his brother,

1. RALPH DUTTON, esq. of Sherborne, M. P. for the county of Gloucester, who was created a BARONET by King CHARLES II. 22nd June, 1678. He m. first, Grizel, daughter of Sir Edward Poole, of Kemble, in the county of Wilts, and by that lady had one daughter, m. to William Green, esq. of London. Sir Ralph wedded, secondly, Mary, only daughter of Peter Berwick, M. D. to CHARLES II. and by her had issue, JOHN, his heir.

Ralph, d. s. p.

ANNE, M. to James Naper, esq. of Loughcrew, in the county of Meath, and had issue,

JAMES-LENNOX NAPER.

William Naper, d. unm.

Anne Naper, m. to Dillon Pollard, esq. of Castle Pollard, in the county of Westmeath. Mary, m. to Sir Thomas Reade, bart. of Shipton Court, in the county of Oxford, and was mother of SIR JOHN READE, fourth baronet, of Shipton Court, grandfather of the present SIR JOHN CHANDOS READE.

He d. about the year 1721, and was s. by his elder son, II. SIR JOHN DUTTON, bart. who m. first, Mary, daughter of Sir Rushout Cullen, bart. of Upton, in the county of Warwick; and secondly, Mary, daughter of Francis Keck, esq. of Great Tew, in the county of Oxford, but died issueless 1st February, 1743, when the BARONETCY became EXTINCT; while the estates passed, under Sir John Dutton's will, to his nephew, JAMES-LENNOX NAPER, esq. of Loughcrew, with an injunction to assume the name and arms of DUTTON, which he complied with. He m. first, a daughter of General Ingoldsby, and by her had an only child, John, who d. unmarried in 1771. He wedded, secondly, Jane, daughter of Christopher Bond, esq. of Newland, in Gloucestershire, and by that lady had, with younger children,

JAMES DUTTON, who inherited the English

estates, and was "of Sherborne," from which he took the title of BARON SHERBORNE when elevated to the in peerage 1784. (Refer to BURKE's Peerage and Baronetage.)

WILLIAM DUTTON, who, upon inheriting the Irish estates, resumed the original surname of Naper, and became "Naper of Loughcrew." (Refer to BURKE'S Commoners, vol. ii. p. 639.)

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DYCER, OF UPHALL.

CREATED 18th March, 1660-1.-EXTINCT circa 1676.

Lineage.

1. ROBERT DYCER, esq. of Uphall, Herts, was created a BARONET 18th March, 1660-1. He m. Dorothy, dau. of William Styles, esq. of Emingston, in Suffolk, and dying 26th August, 1667, aged seventy-two, was s. by

his son,

The family of Dyer was one of considerable antiquity and influence.

SIR RICHARD DYER, knt. one of the gentlemen of the privy chamber to JAMES I. son of Laurence Dyer, esq. and grandnephew and heir of Sir James Dyer, knt. chief justice of the Court of Common Pleas, married Maria, daughter of Sir William Fitzwilliams, knt. some time lord deputy of Ireland, and by her, who d. in 1601, he left at his decease in 1605, with other issue, a daughter, Anne, m. to Sir Edward Carre, knt. and a son,

SIR WILLIAM DYER, knt. of Great Stoughton, in the county of Huntingdon, living in 1613, who m. Catherine, daughter and co-heir of John Doyley, of Merton, in Oxfordshire, and had issue,

• Sir Ralph Dutton's estate was sequestered in the great rebellion, and he was forced himself to fly beyond sea; but being beaten back by adverse winds in his pas

sage from Leith to France, he was cast on Burnt Island, and died there in 1646.

Frances, daughter of Sir Edward Hartop, bart. of Buckminster, in the county of Leicester, and was s. at his decease by his grandson,

II. SIR RICHARD EARLE, Son and heir of John Earle, esq. who died v. p. This gentleman, having never married, was s. at his demise by his uncle,

III. SIR RICHARD EARLE, who m. Ellena, daughter of William Welby, esq. of Denton, in Lincolnshire, and by that lady, who wedded, secondly, Edward Payne, esq. of Hough, left at his demise, which oc curred about the year 1684, a son and successor,

IV. SIR RICHARD EARLE, at whose demise unmarried 13th August, 1697, aged twenty-four, the BARONETCY became EXTINCT.

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Mr. East was s. at his decease by his son,

1. WILLIAM EAST, esq. of Hall Place, in the county of Berks, b. 27th February, 1737-8, who was created a BARONET 5th June, 1766. Sir William m. 29th June, 1763, at Olveston, in the county of Gloucester, Hannah, second daughter of Henry Casmajor, esq. of Tokington, in that county, and had issue,

GILBERT, his successor, admitted of the Middle
Temple.

Augustus-Henry, b. 24th August, 1766, m. 22nd
December, 1792, Caroline-Anne, eldest daughter
of George Vansittart, esq.

Mary, b. 24th September, 1765.

He wedded, secondly, 28th July, 1768, Miss Jackson, and had another daughter,

Mary, who m. Sir William Clayton, bart. M.P. for
Great Marlow, and their second son is the pre-
sent EAST GEORGE CLAYTON EAST, esq. of Hall
Place.

Sir William d. 12th October, 1819, aged eighty-three, and was s. by his son,

11. SIR GILBERT EAST, bart. b. 17th April, 1764; m. Eleanor-Mary, eldest daughter of William Jolliffe, esq. but d. s. p. 11th December, 1828, when the BARONETCY became EXTINCT. His widow m. 31st March, 1834, the Hon. John-Craven Westenra, son of Lord Rossmore. Arms-Sa. a cheveron between three horses' heads erased arg.

EDWARDS, OF YORK.

Lineage.

This family was one of note for a considerable time in the city of London.

GILBERT EAST, of the parish of St. Botolph without Bishopsgate, was father of

WILLIAM EAST, esq. of the Middle Temple, admitted 14th March, 1675, who m. Elizabeth, only daughter of Jeremy Gough, citizen of London, and had by her (who was buried 22nd November, 1748, at Witham, in Essex,) two sons and one surviving daughter (three other daughters died infants), viz.

WILLIAM, his successor.

Gilbert, of the Middle Temple, admitted 22nd March, 1716. He was clerk of the assize for the northern circuit, and lord of the manor of Wenham, in Suffolk. He d. unm. Martha, m. to Sir Philip Parker-a-Morley, bart. and died 30th March, 1758, leaving two daughters,

MARTHA PARKER, m. to John-Thynne Howe, second Lord Chedworth.

ELIZABETH PARKER, m. to James Plunket,

esq.

He d. 4th March, 1726, and was buried at Witham, in Essex, in the church of which place, on the north side of the chancel, was erected a fine monument of white and grey marble, with a long Latin inscription to the memory of himself, his wife, and children. He was s. by his elder son,

WILLIAM EAST, esq. of the Middle Temple (admitted 23rd February, 1713). This gentleman was of Hall Place, in the parish of Hurley, in the county of Berks, and of Kennington, in Surrey. He m. Anne, only daughter of Sir George Cooke, knt. of Harefield, in Middlesex, chief prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas, and by that lady (who d. 1st April, 1762,) had issue,

WILLIAM EDWARDS, esq. of an ancient Welsh family, settled in Yorkshire, where he possessed about six hundred pounds a-year, and served as lieutenantcolonel in the civil wars under King CHARLES I. wherein he lost his life, and his lands fell into the hands of sequestrators. He m. the sister (or aunt) of Sir Solomon Swale, of Swale Dale, in the county of York, but does not appear to have had issue. His brother,

SIR JAMES EDWARDS, knt. was lord mayor of London in 1679, and lent King CHARLES II. thirty thousand pounds while that prince was in exile at Breda, which debt was honourably discharged after the restoration, when he received the honour of knighthood. He d. s. p. 13th February, 1690, was buried at Guildhall Chapel, London, and s. by his nephew,

1. JAMES EDWARDS, esq. who was created a BARONET 7th December, 1691. Sir James was of Reedham Hall, in Norfolk, of which county he was sheriff in 1696; he was also gentleman of the privy-chamber to the king. He m.first, a daughter of Mr. Alderman Wright, of York, and had

JAMES, his successor.

He wedded, secondly, Miss Howell, of Hackney, and by that lady had

NATHANIEL, in holy orders, heir to his brother.
Meriel.

The name of ELLYS is of old standing in the county of Lincoln, of which the parish church of Great Paunton bore evidence, that ancient structure having been erected by Anthony Ellys, esq. who had married a lady of the family of Ascough, as appeared by his and her arms, and the inscription on the tower of the church.

A younger branch of the family had formerly settled in Bedfordshire, and possessed the lordship of Norhill there, but that branch is long extinct.

SIR THOMAS ELLIS, who received the honour of knighthood from Queen ELIZABETH, was great grandfather of

1. THOMAS ELLYS, esq. of Wyham, in the county of Lincoln, who was created a BARONET 30th June, 1660, for his eminent services to the house of Stewart. Sir Thomas m. Anne, daughter of Sir John Stanhope, of Elvestan, and niece of Philip, first Earl of Chesterfield, by whom he had issue,

WILLIAM, his successor.

John, who d. at the age of twenty-four, unm. and lies buried in the Temple Church.

Jane, m. to- Strode, esq. of Barrington, in the county of Somerset, and had a son,

William Strode.

Sir Thomas was s. at his decease by his son,

II. SIR WILLIAM ELLYS, bart. who inherited like、 wise a considerable estate from his uncle, Sir William Ellys, an eminent lawyer in the reign of CHARLES I. afterwards, temp. CHARLES II. attorney-general, and one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas. The baronet m. Isabella, daughter of the Right Honourable Richard Hampden, sometime chancellor of the exchequer, and grandaughter of the celebrated JOHN HAMPDEN; by her he had five sons and five daughters, of whom only one son and two daughters married, viz.

RICHARD, eldest son and heir.

Anne, m. to Edward Check, esq. of Pergo.
Isabella, m. to Richard Hampden.

Sir William d. 6th October, 1727, aged seventy-four, and was s. by his eldest son,

III. SIR RICHARD ELLYS, bart. who m. first, Elizabeth, elder daughter and co-heir of Sir Edward Hussey, bart. of Honington, in the county of Lincoln, and secondly, Sarah, daughter and co-heir of George Gould, esq. of Ivor, in Buckinghamshire, but had no issue. He d. 14th January, 1742, when the BARONETCY be

came EXTINCT.

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* Of his daughters,

JOHN ELWES, the third son of alderman Geoffrey Elwes, was a citizen of London, and like his father attained the aldermanic gown. He was living in 1634, and marrying Elizabeth, daughter of Roger Hebbs, of Weybridge, in Surrey, was s. by his son,

SIR GERVASE ELWES, knt. of Woodford, in Essex, who m. Frances, second daughter of Sir Robert Lee, knt. of Billeslee, in the county of Warwick, and by that lady (who wedded secondly, Sir Richard Everard, bart. of Much Waltham,) had issue,

Sir Gervase was s. by his eldest son,

1. GERVASE ELWES, esq. of Stoke College, in the county of Suffolk, who was created a BARONET, by King CHARLES II. 22nd June, 1660. Sir Gervase m. Amy, daughter of Dr. Trigge, of Highworth, in Wiltshire, and had issue,

1. Trigge, who d. in his father's lifetime.
II. GERVASE m. Isabella, daughter of Sir Thomas
Hervey, knt. of Ickworth, and sister of the
first Earl of Bristol, and dying before his
father, left at his decease,

HARVEY, successor to his grandfather.
Amy, m. to Robert Meggot, esq. an eminent
brewer in the borough of Southwark,
grandson of Sir George Meggot, and had
issue,

JOHN MEGGOT, who assumed, in 1751, the
surname of ELWES, and inherited the
estates of his uncle, SIR HARVEY
ELWES.

ANNE MEGGOT, m. to John Timms, esq. and by him had a son,

II. SIR HERVEY ELWES, bart. M. P. for Sudbury, temp. Queen ANNE. This gentleman, who was of most parsimonious habits, died unmarried, 18th September, 1763, bequeathing his large estates to his nephew, JOHN MEGGOT, esq. who had previously assumed the additional surname of ELWES, and afterwards as "ELWES THE MISER," became so notorious by habits the most penurious, generosity the most disinterested, and integrity the most rigid. The baronetcy, at the decease of Sir Harvey, devolved upon his cousin,

III. SIR WILLIAM ELWES, bart. who resided in Lion Lane, Isleworth, upon a very limited income, and was buried there, 26th November, 1778. He appears to have left three sons,

1. SIR JOHN ELWILL, knt. of Exeter, (whose mother was heiress of Pole, of Exeter,) was created a BARONET by Queen ANNE, 25th August, 1709. He m. first, Frances, daughter of Sir John Bampfylde, bart. of Poltimore, in the county of Devon, but by that lady had no issue. Sir John m. secondly, Miss Leigh, daughter and heir of Leigh, esq. of Egham, and had, (with two daughters, the elder married to Mr. Pinder, of London, the younger to captain Emmerly,) two sons. He d. 25th April, 1717, and was s. by his elder son,

II. SIR JOHN ELWILL, bart. who m. Miss Style, daughter and heir of Humphrey Style, esq. of Langley, in Kent, but had no issue. He died 10th September, 1727, (his widow m. secondly, in 1730, Mr. Henry Bartlet), and was s. by his brother,

III. SIR EDMUND ELWILL, bart. who filled for several years the office of comptroller of Excise. He m. Anne, daughter of William Speke, esq. of Beauchamp, in Somersetshire, and dying 2nd February, 1740, was 8. by his only son,

IV. SIR JOHN ELWILL, bart. who wedded Selina, widow of Arthur, Earl of Raneleigh, and daughter of Peter Bathurst, esq. of Clarendon Park, Wilts, by the Lady Selina Shirley, his wife, daughter of Robert, first Earl Ferrers, and had an only daughter,

SELINA-MARY, m. first to Felton-Lionel Hervey, esq. and secondly, to the Right Honourable Sir William-Henry Fremantle, K. G. H. By her first husband she was grandmother of the present SIR FREDERIC H. BATHURST HERVEY, bart. He died the 1st of March, 1778, and leaving no male issue, the BARONETCY became EXTINCT.

proprietors, in the second year of King EGBERT, A.D. 803. In several pedigrees

HASCULFUS DE ENGLEFYLD, is first mentioned, as Lord of Englefyld, about the time of Canute, afterwards in the fourth year of HAROLD Harefoot, and again in the reign of HARDICANUTE. He died temp. EDWARD the Confessor. This Hasculf purchased a hide of land, in Englefeld, of Hasculf de Pinkeny, to which deed Hely Englefeld, son to another Hasculf Englefeld, was witness.

GUY DE ENGLEFYLD, son and heir of Hasculf, lived in the time of WILLIAM the Conqueror, and was father of

HELY DE ENGLEFELD, living temp. WILLIAM Rufus, who had two sons, WILLIAM and Peter: the elder,

WILLIAM DE ENGLEFELD, gave the parsonage of Englefeld, to the abbey of Reading, Joseph being then abbot in the reign of HENRY I, as appears by his deed, sans date, sealed with his seal, which deed recites that he gave the said parsonage to the said Joseph, and the convent there, and their successors, in consideration that his ancestors, in time past, had done so, long before his days. This gift of the Church of Englefeld, soon after is mentioned in a charter of King HENRY II. wherein he confirms the several donations to the Abbot of Reading, but without notice of the donor's name. This William had three sons, WILLIAM (Sir), who d. s. p. ALAN (Sir). Thomas.

The second son,

SIR ALAN DE Englefeld, was father of WILLIAM DE ENGLEFELD, who was living in the time of RICHARD I. and was s. by his son,

JOHN ENGLEFELD, of Englefeld, father of

SIR WILLIAM ENGLEFELD, presumed to be the person mentioned with Geoffrey de Leuknors, in an inquisition to enquire about lands, given by King JOHN to Margery de Lacy, to found the priory of Acornbury, in the county of Hertford, and by the name of William de Englefeld, is recorded as one of the justices itinerant for the counties of Sussex, Southampton, and Wilts, anno 1255, 39 HENRY III.; and for Norfolk and Suffolk, 41 HENRY III. 1262, for Bedford, Essex, Hertford, and Kent; and 47 HENRY III. 1263, for Southampton and Wilts. Sir William's son and heir,

SIR JOHN DE ENGLEFELD died in the 4th of EDWARD I. 1276. He was likewise Lord of Shiplake, Ascott, &c. His son and successor,

SIR WILLIAM DE ENGLEFELD, died in France, in the reign of EDWARD I. having had issue ROGER (Sir), Andrew, and William. The eldest,

SIR ROGER DE ENGLEFELD, was returned one of the knights for Berkshire, in the parliament 6th EDWARD II. 1313, and dying 36th EDWARD III. 1362, left by Joan, his wife, a daughter, Alice, the wife of Mortely, and two sons, PHILIP (Sir), and William, the elder of whom,

SIR PHILIP DE ENGLEFELD, enjoyed the ancient inheritance, and died 3 RICHARD II. 1380; by Joan his wife he had three sons,

1. JOHN (Sir), knight of the shire for Berks, 21st RICHARD II. He had posterity to the third generation, but the line expiring without male issue, the estate devolved upon the descendants of his next brother.

II. PHILIP. III. Nicholas, of Ricot, in the county of Oxford, comptroller of the household to RICHARD II. m. Jane, daughter and heir of John Clark, of Lanynton-Gernon, and d. 1st April, 1415, as appears by his epitaph in Ashdon Church,