Bridget, m. to John Patrickson, esq. of Calder Isabel, m. to Richard Lowther, esq. of Ingleton, Mary, m. to Sir John Lowther, bart. of Lowther. Catherine, m. to Thomas Lister, esq. of Gisborne, in Yorkshire. Winifred, m. first, to George Braithwaite, esq. of Warcop, in Westmoreland; secondly, to Sir Richard Dacre, knt.; and thirdly, to Christopher Lister, esq. of Thornton. Sir Richard was s. by his son, 1. HENRY FLETCHER, esq. of Hutton, in Cumberlaud, who served twice as sheriff of that county temp. CHARLES I. and was created a BARONET in 1640. This gentleman m. Catherine, daughter of Sir George Dalston, bart. of Dalston, and by her (who wedded, secondly, Dr. Thomas Smith, afterwards Bishop of Carlisle), had issue, RICHARD, who predeceased his father, unm. Henry, died young. Barbara, m. to Sir Daniel Fleming, of Rydal. At the commencement of the civil contentions of the reign of the unhappy CHARLES I. Sir Henry Fletcher raised, chiefly at his own expense, a regiment for the royal service, and fell fighting at the skirmish of Rawton Heath in 1645: when he was s. by his only surviving son, 11. SIR GEORGE FLETCHER, of Hutton, M. P. for Cumberland, who m. first, Alice, daughter of Hugh, Earl of Coleraine, and had by her one son and three daughters, viz. HENRY, his heir. LUCY, m. to Francis Bowes, esq. son of Sir Thomas Bowes. CATHERINE, M. to Lionel Vane, esq. of Long Newton, in Durham, and had issue, GEORGE VANE, whose only son, THE REV. HENRY VANE, was created a SIR HENRY VANE-TEMPEST, bart. whose FRANCES-ANNE, m. Charles William, LIONEL WRIGHT FLETCHER VANE, esq. of Hutton, was created a BARONET in 1786, and was grandfather of the present SIR FRANCIS FLETCHER VANE, bart. Lionel Vane, m. and had issue. Mary Vane, m. to John Spearman, esq. of ALICE, died unmarried. Sir George m. secondly, Mary, daughter of James Johnston, Earl of Hartfell, and relict of Sir George Graham, bart. and had by her George, a military officer, d. s. p. Thomas, a merchant in London, d. s. p. Susanna, died unm. Mary, died unm. Sir George Fletcher died 23rd July, 1700, aged sixtyseven, and was s. by her son, III. SIR HENRY FLETCHER, of Hutton, who retired, after having settled his estates upon a distant relative, Thomas Fletcher, esq. of Moresby, to Douay, in France, where he shortly after (19th May, 1712) died in a convent of English monks, and lies buried in a magnificent chapel there, which he built for the community at his own expense. With him the BARONETCY expired. At his demise, his sisters, as heirs at law, prosecuted their title to the whole estate, but after much litigation, it was agreed that Thomas Fletcher, esq. of Moresby should enjoy the demesne and lordship of Hutton for his life; and if he died without issue, then HENRY FLETCHER VANE, esq. should inherit the whole property. Mr. Fletcher, of Moresby, did die s. p. and the estates passed to the VANE family. Arms-Arg. a cross engr. sa. between four roundles of the second, each charged with a pheon of the field. By some accounts he is styled eldest son. III. Robert, from whom the Foleys of Stourbridge. IV. Samuel, father of three sons, 1. Samuel, Bishop of Down and Connor, in Ireland. 2. John, M. D. of Cheshire. 3. Solomon, in holy orders, D. D. v. John, a Turkey merchant, d. unmarried. The eldest surviving son, THOMAS FOLEY, esq. of Whitley Court, in the county of Worcester, m. Anne, daughter of John Browne, esq. of Spelmanden, in Kent; by the addition of whose great fortune to his paternal inheritance, he left, at his decease a very large estate in several counties: he had three sons, viz. 1. THOMAS, his heir, M. P. for the county of Surrey, father of THOMAS FOLEY, esq. M. P. for Worcester- THOMAS, Second baron, who d. unm. in son, THOMAS FOLEY, esq. of Whitley Court, was created Baron Foley, of Kidderminster, in 1756. (See BURKE's Peerage and Baronetage). III. PHILIP. The third son, PHILIP FOLEY, esq. of Prestwood, in the county of Stafford, M. P. m. Penelope, daughter of William Paget, fifth Lord Paget, and had two sons, 1. PAUL, of Prestwood, who m. Elizabeth, daugh- 11. ROBERT. WILLIAM, who d. unmarried. ELIZABETH, m. to Thomas Hodyetts, esq. of Shuttend, in the county of Stafford, and left one daughter, who d. issueless. The elder son, SIR GODFREY FOLJAMBE, knt. of Walton, in Derbyshire, representative of the ancient house of Foljambe, temp. HENRY VIII, was sheriff of the county of Derby twice in that reign. He m. Catherine, daughter of Sir John Leake, and had a son and successor, SIR JAMES FOLJAMBE, knt. of Walton, in Derbyshire, and of Aldwark, in the West Riding of the county of York, who was sheriff of Derbyshire 2 and 3 of PHILIP and MARY. He m. first, Alice, daughter and co-heir of Thomas Fitz-William, esq. of Aldwark, slain at Flodden in 1513, and had issue, GODFREY (Sir), knt. of Walton, who m. Troth, daughter of Sir William Tyrwhit, of Kettleby, and by her, who wedded, secondly, Sir William Mallory, left at his decease, 22nd December, 1584, an only child, GODFREY, of Walton, b. 21st November, 1558, Frances, m. to John Thorn, or Thomas. Sir James married, secondly, Constance, daughter of Sir Edward Littleton, knt. of Pillaton, and had by her, FRANCIS, of whom presently. Barbara, m. to Thomas Fletcher, esq. of Stafford shire. Anne. Jane. Catherine. Grace, m. to Henry Morgan. Sir James Foljambe died 26th September, 1558, and lies buried at Chesterfield, where a monument is erected to his memory. His son by his second wife, FRANCIS FOLJAMBE, esq. of Aldwark, m. Frances, daughter of Thomas Burdett, esq. of Birthwaite, and relict of Francis Wortley, esq. of Wortley, by whom be left at his decease, in 1600, a son, 1. FRANCIS FOLJAMBE, esq. of Walton and Aldwark, sheriff of Derbyshire in 1633, who was created a BARONET in 1622. This gentleman advanced the family in honours, but he weakened it by his extravagance. In the family history he is described as "a man of a profuse temper and excessive hospitality." He sold Walton and several other estates. Sir Francis m. first, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir William Wray, of Glentworth, by whom he had an only daughter and heir, FRANCES, m. first to Sir Christopher Wray, and secondly, to John Troutbeck, M.D. She died issueless. He wedded secondly, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir George Reresby, but by her, (whom. secondly, Edward Horner, esq. of Mells, thirdly, Sir William Monson, Viscount Castlemaine, and fourthly, Sir Adam Felton, bart. of Playford,) had no issue. He died at Bath, 17th December, 1640, when the BARONETCY became EXTINCT. Arms-Sa, a bend between six escallops, or. Alice, daughter and co-heir of Sir Stephen Popham, knt. and dying in 1500, left issue, SIR GEORGE FORSTER, K.B. of Aldermaston in the county of Berks,+ jure uxoris, sheriff of Berks, in 1516, married Elizabeth, daughter and heir of John Delamere, of Aldermaston, eldest son of Sir Thomas Delamere, knt.‡ and by her, who died 7th December, 1526, left at his decease, in 1533, a son and heir, SIR HUMPHRY FORSTER, knt. of Aldermaston, sheriff, 1532 and 45, married Elizabeth, daughter of William, Lord Sandys, of the Vine, and had issue, WILLIAM. Elizabeth, m. George Covert, of Sussex. Anne, m. Edward Bryansdon. Margaret, m. Anthony Elmes, of Bowlneday, in the county of Oxon. Sir Humphry died in 1555, and was succeeded by his son, WILLIAM FORSTER, of Aldermaston, sheriff of Berks, 1567, m. first, Jane, daughter of Sir Anthony Hungerford, knt. of Down Ampney, in the county of Gloucester, of whom he left at his decease, 10th January, 1574, a son and successor, SIR HUMPHRY FORSTER, knt. of Aldermaston, sheriff of Berks, 1579 and 1592, m. Margaret, daughter of John Barrett, of Stanford Dingley, in the county of Berks, and had issue, The family of Forster, or Foster, is of great antiquity in the county of Northumberland, and from Thomas Forster, a younger son of Anthony Forster, by Thomasine, daughter of Sir Edward Bray, descended the branch of the Forsters long seated at Aldermaston, in the county of Berks. The son or grandson of this Thomas married the daughter and heir of Harpden, of Harpden, in the county of Oxon, and from him descended HUMPHRY FORSTER, of Harpden, who married Alice, the daughter of Thomas Honor, of Honor, in the county of Oxon, by whom he had issue, SIR HUMPHRY FORSTER, knt. of Harpden, who m. * Sir Stephen Popham, and Sir John Popham the chief justice, were descended from the same common ancestor in the time of HENRY III. Sir Stephen was sheriff of Hants in the 6th and 19th of HENRY VI. He left four daughters his co-heirs. His grandfather married Sibill, the second daughter and co-heir of Laurence St. Martin, by Sibilla, daughter and heir of Sir John Lorty, which coats of arms are in consequence introduced in the windows at Aldermaston, as is also the coat of Zouche, of Dean, in consequence of another ancestor having married the daughter and heir of Olivia de Zouch. (Vide p. 196, vol. ii. BURKE'S Commoners.) + Anthony Forster, of Cumnor in Berks, so celebrated in the history of Leicester and Amy Robsart, was, as his monumental inscription shows, no relation to this family. Daniel, bapt. 1588, m. Margaret, daughter of Mabel, bapt. 1580, m. Sir Robert Dillington, of Sir Humphry died in 1601, and was succeeded by his son, SIR WILLIAM FORSTER, of Aldermaston, K.B. bapt. 1575, sheriff of Berks, 1607, m. 1594, Mary, daughter of Sir Mark Stewart, of the Isle of Ely, and by her, who died in 1661, had issue, HUMPHRY, his heir. Mary, m. first, Sir Edward Stafford, of Bradfield, in the county of Berks, and had issue; secondly, Thomas Hamlyn Bursuivant, third Sir Thomas Mainwaring; and thirdly, the celebrated antiquary, Elias Ashmole. Sir William died in 1618, and was succeeded by bis son, 1. SIR HUMPHRY FORSTER, knt. of Aldermaston, sheriff of Berks 1619, who was created a BARONET 1620. The descent of the Aldermaston property has never been distinctly traced, but there would appear to have been four generations of Richards, beginning with Richard the grantee, temp. HENRY I. and terminating in a daughter and heir, married to a Delamere, perhaps Sir Peter Delamere, and father or grandfather of Sir Thomas Delamere, knight of the holy sepulchre, and sheriff of Berks in 1473. He died in 1490, and being buried at St. Bridget's Sion, left by Elizabeth, his wife, a grandaughter and heir, Elizabeth, the wife of Sir George Forster. He had also a younger son, George, to whose son, John Delamere, Elizabeth Forster was in 1507 proved heir. Her mother was Jane, daughter of Sir Edward Darell, of Littlecote. She remarried Sir Edward Hungerford, of Farley, son of Walter, Lord Hungerford. FORSTER, OF BAMBOROUGH. William, d. 1677, aged twenty-five. John, killed in a duel, 1683, aged twenty-five. Anne, d. 12th January, 1664. ELIZABETH, M. William Pert, of Essex, and secondly, Henry Kelsey, and had issue by her first husband, Elizabeth Pert, who married first, Wil- William, bapt. 7th October, 1712, in Charlotte, bapt. 31st March, 1709, in Lady Stawell died in 1748. Edward, d. s. p. John, died 1674, s. p. George, bapt. 1630. Charles, bapt. 1631, d. 1698. Philip, bapt. 1634, d. s. p. Stewart, m. first, Miss Wilde, and had issue, Stewart, of the Phoenix frigate, d. s. p. before 1687. Humphry, of Yardly Bury, in the county of Herts, d. s. p. before 1693. He m. secondly, Elizabeth, daughter of Lord Henry Paulett, of Amport, but by her had no issue. He died 1680, aged forty-five. Frances, bapt. 1600. Anne, bapt. 1619, d. 16th May, 1638. Mary, d. 9th September, 1638. Bridget, d. 29th May, 1637. Margery, bapt. 1623. Margaret, bapt. 1626, m. Sir George Pratt, knt. of Coleshill, in the county of Berks, and had issue. Sophia, bapt. 1632, m. Laurence Halstead, esq. and had issue. Sir Humphry died in 1663, aged sixty-eight, and was succeeded by his grandson, II. SIR HUMPHRY FORSTER, bart. of Aldermaston, sheriff of Berks, 1704, who m. Judith, daughter and coheir of Sir Humphrey Winch, bart. of Haines, in the county of Bedford, and by her (who d. 1720) had issue, HUMPHRY, d. 1682. William, d. 1683, aged seven. Rebecca, d. 1676, aged two. 1. RICHARD FORSTER, esq. of Stokesly, in the county of York, who was raised to the degree of BARONET in 1649, married Joan Midleton, of Leighton, in Lancashire, and left at his decease, 17th January, 1661, a son and successor, II. SIR RICHARD FORSTER, of Stokesly, who m. Clare, daughter of Anthony Meynell, of North Kilvington, in Yorkshire, and left (with a daughter, Mary, m. to Collingwood, of Hetton-in-the-Hole, in the county of Durham) a son, III. SIR RICHARD FORSTER, of Stokesly, at whose decease, unm. before 1714, the BARONETCY became EX TINCT. This was a branch of the ancient stock of Fortescue of Devon, established by SIR RICHARD LE FORTE, one of the companions in arms of the Conqueror. See BURKE'S History of the Commoners, vol. ii. p. 541. LEWIS FORTESCUE, esq. (youngest son of John Fortescue, esq. of Spirelston, and lineal descendant of William Fortescue, of Winston, the common ancestor of all the branches of the family) having been bred to the bar, was successively one of the readers of the Middle Temple, sergeant-at-law, and a baron of the exchequer. He was raised to the bench about the close of HENRY VIIIth's reign. He m. ELIZABETH, daughter and heiress of JOHN FORTESCUE, esq. of FALLAPIT, by whom he acquired that estate, and had a son and successor, JOHN FORTESCUE, esq. of Fallapit, b. in 1525, m. Honoria, daughter of Edmund Speccott, esq. of Thornbury, and by her (who d. in 1606, aged seventy-eight) left at his decease, in 1595, a son and successor, EDMUND FORTESCUE, esq. of Fallapit, b. in 1552, who m. Mary, daughter of Henry Champernowne, esq. of Modbury, and sister of Sir Richard Champernowne, knt. by whom (who d. in 1611) he had issue (to survive infancy) viz. 1. JOHN, his heir. 11. Francis, b. in 1587. III. Nicholas, b. in 1596. 1. Honor, b. in 1583, m. to Humphrey Prideaux, esq. of Soldon, in the county of Devon. (See BURKE'S Commoners, vol. i. p. 204.) II. Elizabeth, born in 1584, married to John Nycholls, esq. Edmund Fortescue, who was sheriff for the county of Devon in 1623, d. in 1624, and was s. by his eldest son, JOHN FORTESCUE, esq. of Fallapit, who m. Sarah, daughter of Sir Edmund Prideaux, bart. of Netherton, by whom (who d. in 1628, aged forty-four) he had issue, 1. EDMUND, his successor. 11. John, b. in 1614. 111. Thomas, b. in 1615. iv. Peter, b. in 1617, who m. Elizabeth, daughter of John Bastard, esq. of Gerston, in Devon, and had issue, Peter, John, who all d. young. Peter, EDMUND, Successor to his cousin, and continuator of the line at Fallapit, of whom hereafter. Sarah, d. young orge, who d. in 1671, aged fifty-one. 1. Maria, b. in 1611, who m. Richard Wise, of Tot ness. II. Bridget, b. in 1619. John Fortescue died in 1649, aged sixty-three, and was s. by his son, SIR EDMUND FORTESCUE, knt. of Fallapit, b. in 1610, of whom Prince, in his Worthies of Devon, makes the following mention: "This gentleman having served King CHARLES I. with great courage, cost, and fidelity, as a justice of the peace, high sheriff of the county, and a brave commander in the wars, making as honourable articles for the surrender of Charles Fort, at Salcombe, Devon, whereof he was governor, as could be demanded; upon the fall of that king and his cause, fled beyond sea, and died in Holland." He was interred at Delph, where there was a monument erected to his memory. He m. Jane Southcote, of MohoonOttery, and by that lady (who died in 1642) had John, d. in infancy. Jane, who d. in 1641. Catherine, m. to Thomas Glanville, esq. Maria, m, to George Southcote, esq. of Buckland. Sir Edmund was s. at his decease by his son, SIR EDMUND FORTESCUE, knt. of Fallapit, who was created a BARONET 31st March, 1664. This gentleman m. Margery, daughter of Henry, fifth Lord Sandys, of the Vine, and left (with two daughters, Jane, married to William Coleman, esq. and Sarah, who died unmarried, in 1685, aged twenty-one) a son and suc cessor, SIR SANDYS FORTESCUE, bart. of Fallapit, b. in 1660, who m. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Lenthall, knt. of Basingsleigh, and having no son, but one only daughter, Elizabeth, the title became EXTINCT at his decease in 1682, and the estates passed to (the son of his grand uncle, Peter) his cousin, EDMUND FORTESCUE, esq. who m. Mary, daughter of Sampson Wyse, esq. of Dittisham, and by her, who died in 1722, had issue, 1. MARY, m. to the Right Hon. William Fortescue, of Buckland Filleigh, master of the rolls, and dying in 1710, aged twenty-one, left an only daughter and heir, MARY, m. to John Spooner, esq. but died II. ELIZABETH, d. in 1768, aged seventy-three. CATHERINE BURY, m. to the Rev. NA- EDMUND WELLS, who inherited FAL LAPIT from his great aunt, Elizabeth Fortescue, and assumed the surname and arms of FORTESCUE. His grandson is the present WILLIAM BLUNDELL FORTESCUE, esq. of Fallapit. v. GRACE, d. unm. in 1743-4. Arms-Az. a bend engr. arg. cotised or. |