FORTESCUE, of wood.

CREATED 29th Jan. 1666-7.-EXTINCT in 1686.

Lineage.

This was another branch of the great house of FORTESCUE, descended from SIR HENRY FORTESCUE, chief justice of the Court of Common Pleas, in Ireland, by Joan, his first wife, heiress of Wood, in Devonshire. The male line of the original Fortescues, of Wood, failed, and the representation and estate were conveyed by a female heir, ELIZABETH FORTESCUE, to her husband LEWIS FORTESCUE, esq. of Preston, represen tative of another branch of the family. His direct descendant,

1. PETER FORTESCUE, esq. of Wood, was created a BARONET in 1666-7. He married first, Bridget, daughter of Sir John Eliot, of Port Eliot, in Cornwall; and secondly, Amy, daughter of Peter Courtenay, esq. of St. Michael, in the same county, and relict of Sir Peter Courtenay, knt. but as he left no male issue at his decease in 1686, the BARONETCY became EXTINCT.

This Anglo-Saxon family, traced on proofs for nine descents in the Visitation of 1620, is of very great antiquity, and is considered to have existed at Fowellscombe, in the parish of Ugborough, Devon, previously to the Conquest. (See BURKE's Commoners, vol. iv.)

JOHN DE VOCHIL, or DE FOGHILL, son and heir of ROGER, stated to have derived his descent from another John by the daughter and heiress of Coome, lived in the thirteenth century, and m. the daughter and heiress of TREVAZE, of Trevaze, in Cornwall, which manor remained with their descendants until the division of the estates of the elder branch of the family, in 1712, between the sisters of the last baronet. Their great-great-grandson and heir (through daughters and heiresses of WALLRONDE, HALLVELL, and —, Harburtonford, all in Devon), was

of

WILLIAM FOUHEL, esq. of Fouhelscombe, M. P. for Totness, 33 HENRY VI. (1455.) He married Elinor, youngest daughter, by his wife, Margaret, eldest daughter and sole heir of William Stighul, of Devon of Sir Walter Reynell, knt. Lord of Trumpington and Bad

• This Thomas Fowhill, of Fowhillscombe, m. secondly, Mawde, daughter of Bevyll, of Cornwall, by whom he hard three sons, Thomas, Robert, and William, one of whom, it is considered, originated the London branch of the family, a descendant of which is supposed to have

lingham, in Cambridgeshire, and of Malston, in Devon, ancestor of the Reynells, of that place, and of Ogwell, and of the Reynells, baronets. (See BURKE'S Peerage and Baronetage, and Commoners, vol. iv.) This William Fouhel, M. P. for Totness, died 23rd March, 1507, and his wife, Elinor, the 9th of April, the same year, and as appears by inscription on a brass plate in their vault, were interred in the Fowell aisle of the church of Ugborough. Their son and heir,

SIR RICHARD FOWHIL, knt. of Fowhilscombe, m. first, Blanch, daughter and co-heir of Hayes of Devon; and secondly, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Richard Edgcombe, knt. sheriff of Devon in 1487. By the former he had issue,

THOMAS, his heir, and

JOANE, married, first, to Sir Philip Courtenay, knt. of Loughter, second son of Sir Philip Courtenay, knt. of Molland, both in Devon, and had by him an only daughter,

Elizabeth Courtenay, married to Sir William
Strode, knt. of Newenham Park, in Devon,
ancestor, by her, of the present Strodes of
Newenham.

She wedded, secondly, Humphrey Prideaux, esq. of Thoughborough and Adeston, in Devon, ancestor, by her of the present Sir Edmund Pri deaux, bart. of Netherton, in that county. (See BURKE'S Peerage and Baronetage.)

The son and heir,

THOMAS FOWHILL, of Fowhillscombe, married Maria, eldest daughter, by his wife, Joane, daughter and coheir of Richard Whitley, esq. of Efford, of Richard Halse, esq. of Kenedon, both in Devon, and dying in 1544, was s. by his son and heir,

RICHARD FOWHILL, esq. of Fowhillscombe, who m. 27th January, 1541, Grace, second daughter, by his wife, Jane, daughter of Nicholas Dillon, esq. of Chimwell, in Devon, of John Somaster, esq. of Paynsford, in that county, and had issue three sons and one daughter,

1. ARTHUR, his heir.

11. William, of Blackhall and Diptford Down, in the adjoining parishes of North Huish and Diptford, b. at Fowellscombe in 1556, and m. Agnes, eldest daughter, by Anne, daughter of John Bligh, esq. of Bodmin, in Cornwall, of William Achym, esq. of Plenynth, or Plynt, in that county. His grandson and heir,

RICHARD FOWELL, of Blackhall and Diptford, m. in 1655, Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Sir Thomas Hele, bart. of Fleet Damarell, in Devon, M. P. sheriff of Devon, 1636, and co-heir of her brothers, Sir Samuel and Sir Henry Hele, barts.; on the death of the latter of whom, in 1677, s. p. that title (for which see that family, page 251), expired. Their son and heir, WILLIAM FOWELL, esq. of Black Hall and Diptford, born at Blackhall in 1659, became, at the decease of Sir John Fowell, the third baronet, in 1692, heir male of the family. He died in April, 1714, aged fifty-five, leaving issue by his wife, Susannah, daughter of John Smyth, esq. of Tavistock, in Devon,

been JOSEPH FоWELL, esq. of London, the successful Russia merchant, whose only daughter and heiress, Sarah, m. Isaac Buxton, esq. and was grandmother of

JOHN FOWELL BUXTON, esq. late M. P. for Weymouth, the philanthropic advocate of slave emancipation,

1. JOHN, his heir, b. in 1683, continuator of the Black Hall branch.*

2. Richard, M. A. fellow of Exeter College, Oxon, rector of Hilperton, and vicar of Corsham, in Wilts, b. at Black Hall, in October, 1695, m. in November, 1723, Anne, daughter of James Harris, esq. of the Close, in Salisbury, of the noble family of Harris, now Earls of Malmesbury, and died in 1750, aged fifty-five, leaving issue, of whom

JOHN FOWELL, his son and heir, fellow of Exeter College, Oxon, D. D. rector of Bishopsbourne, &c. in Kent, and co-chaplain with Bishop Porteus to Secker, Archbishop of Canterbury, left issue, by his wife, Susannah, daughter of Thomas Alkin, esq. of Canterbury, an only daughter and heir,

ULIANA-MARGARET - FOWELL, born at Bishopsbourne, 27th June, 1778, m. 23rd April, 1796, John Charles Tufnell, esq. of Bath, a major in the army, and lieutenantcolonel of the Middlesex militia, second son of George Foster Tufnell, esq. of Islington, in the county of Middlesex, by his wife, Mary, daughter of John Farhill, esq. (see BURKE'S Commoners) and has, with other issue, a son,

JOHN - CHARLES FOWELL TUFNELL, in holy orders, m. and has issue.

Fowell of Black Hall.

JOHN FOWELL, esq. of Black Hall and Diptford, b. in 1683, m. 21st October, 1729, Elizabeth, only surviving child and heir of John Newton, esq. of Crabaton Court, in Devon, and dying in November, 1758, aged seventyfive, was s. by his son and heir,

JOHN FOWELL, esq. of Black Hall and Diptford, b. at Blackhall, 30th October, 1735, who m. 28th February, 1763, Mary, eldest surviving daughter, and eventual senior co-heir, by his wife, the daughter and heiress of Warwick, of James Digby, esq. of Red Hall, in the county of Lincoln, heir male of the North Luffenham branch of the noble family of Digby (see BURKE'S Peerage and Commoners, vol. iv.), and was 8. at his decease, in 1820, aged eighty-seven, by his son and heir,

THE REV. JOHN DIGBY FOWELL, in holy orders, of Black Hall and Diptford, rector of Torbrian, in Devon, b. at Black Hall, 20th January, 1765. He m. 24th July, 1793, Sarah, second daughter and co-heir, by his wife, Isabella, daughter and co-heir of Kirkham, of Peter Knowling, esq. of Washbourne House, in Devon (whose sister, Mary, m. Miles Sandys, esq. of West Lyvingston, in Devon, and was mother of the present Sir Edwyn Baynton Sandys, bart.), and d. in 1829, aged sixty-four, leaving surviving issue,

JOHN-DIGBY, born at Black Hall, 29th January, 1796, m. 12th August, 1819, Frances, only daughter of Samuel Cumming, esq. of Totness, in Devon. Francis Kirkham, b. at Black Hall, 18th July, 1798, m. in 1830, Anne, second daughter, by Elizabeth, fourth daughter of Charles Coxwell, esq. of Ablington House, in the county of Gloucester, of Richard Estcourt Cresswell, esq. of Pinkney Park and Bi

1. Elizabeth, b. in February, 1693, m. 1716, Arthur Hele, esq. of Stert, in Devon, eldest son and heir, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of J. Prowse, esq. of Moore, in Devon, of Solomon Hele, esq. of Stert, and had issue. III. John, barrister-at-law, town-clerk of Plymouth, b. at Fowellscombe in 1557, m. Anne, daughter, by his wife, Agnes, one of the three daus. and co-heirs of John Servington, esq. of Tavistock, in Devon, of John Croker, esq. of Lyneham, in that county, and had issue three sons, of whom

EDMOND, eldest son and heir, M. P. for Tavistock, 1640 and 1658-9, and for Plymouth, 1672, was ancestor, by his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Anthony Barker, of Sunning, in Berkshire, knt. M. P. for that place, of the Fowells of Stoke Damarell, in Devon, and of Harewood and Letchley, in Cornwall.

1. Elizabeth, m. Edward Harris, esq. of Cornworthy Priory, in Devon, and had issue, Sir Thomas Harris, knt. serjeant-at-law, M. P. for Callington, Bossiney, and Truro, temp. Queen ELIZABETH, and father, by his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Pomeroye, esq. of Devon, of Sir Edward Harris, knt. of Cornworthy Priory, chief justice of Munster, in Ireland. ARTHUR FOWELL, esq. of Fowellscombe, b. in 1542, married 13th September, 1574, Maria, only daughter by his wife Agnes, daughter of John Southcote, esq. of Bovey Tracey, in Devon, of Richard Reynell, esq. of East Ogwell, in that county, M. P. for Ashburton, and sheriff of Devon, 1585, lineal descendant and heir of the above named Sir Walter Reynell, knt. Lord of Trumpington, and by her, who survived him, and married secondly, Sir Edmond Prideaux, bart. of Netherton, in Devon, had issue,

1. Richard, b. March, 1580, d. January, 1590.

berry, in that county, formerly M. P. for Ciren

cester.

William-Newton, b. at Black Hall, 5th June, 1803, a lieutenant R. N.

Henrietta-Digby, b. at Black Hall, m. Richard Samuel Sprye, a captain in the Indian army, Madras Presidency, and in 1833, deputy judge-advocategeneral of its Northern Division, second surviving son, by Anne, his wife, daughter of Sampson Crapp, esq. of Trevollard House, in Cornwall, of the Rev. John Sprye, vicar of Ugborough, in Devon, (see BURKE'S Commoners, vol. iv.) and has surviving issue, of five sons and five daughters, Reynell-Richard-Hele-Fowell Sprye. Courtenay-Edward-Hele-Fowell Sprye. Henrietta-Anne-Hele Fowell Sprye. Isabella-Mary-Hele-Fowell Sprye. Frances-Helen-Hele-Fowell Sprye. Sarah-Emily-Hele-Fowell Sprye.

Isabella-Georgiana, b. at Black Hall, m. Samuel Crapp, esq. of Boulogne-sur-Mer, in the kingdom of France, banker, only surviving child and heir of Benjamin Crapp, esq. of Plymouth, in Devon. Sarah-Knowling, b. at Black Hall, d. at the Vicarage, Ugborough, in October, 1829, unm. and buried in that church, in the Sprye vault.

Captain Sprye has been many years collecting materials for a history of the parliamentary families of his native county, Devon, at the interesting period of the Civil War and Commonwealth; and to his collection this work is considerably indebted for valuable assistance in Devonshire families.

II. ARTHUR, of Fowellscombe, b. August, 1582, drowned accidentally at his uncle's, Sir Richard Reynell, of Ford, in Devon, in 1612, aged thirty, unmarried.

111. EDMOND, heir to his brother.

1. Grace, m. first, Richard Barrett, esq. of Tregarthine, in Cornwall, by whom she had issue, two daughters his co-heirs, and secondly, Sir Richard Carnsew, knt. of Carnsew, in that county, the friend of Carew the Cornish historian.

The third son,

1. SIR EDMOND FOWELL, knt. of Fowellscombe, heir to his brother, Arthur, was born there in 1593, knighted at the Palace of Greenwich, 3rd November, 1619, and elected M.P. for Ashburton in the long parliament, and for the county of Devon in 1656. He was also one of the parliamentary committee and deputy lieutenants for that shire, and president of the committee for sequestration. He was created a BARONET 30th April, 1661. He m. in 1614, Margaret, eldest daughter, by his wife Catherine, only daughter of Henry, Lord Norreys of Rycote, of Sir Anthony Paulett, knt. of Hinton St. George, captain of the guard to Queen Elizabetн, and sister of John, first Baron Paulett, of Hinton, ancestor of the Earls Paulett. By her Sir Edmond had surviving issue, two sons and five daughters,

1. JOHN, his heir.

11. Edmond, of Panquit, in the adjoining parish of Modbury, b. at Fowellscombe in 1637, m. in 1659, Elizabeth, daughter by his wife Bridget, sixth daughter (by Bridget, daughter of Sir Thomas Burdet, bart.) of Thomas Erisley, esq. only son of Sir George Erisley, bart. of Drakelow, in the county of Derby, and Susan, his wife, daughter of Sir Humphry Ferrers, knt. of Thomas Brome, esq. of Ewithington, in the county of Hereford, and d. in 1681, aged fortythree, having had issue two daughters, Bridget and Elizabeth.

1. Maria, b. at Fowellscombe in 1615. II. Elizabeth, b. there in 1622, m. 2nd January, 1655, to Richard Cabell, esq. of Brooke, in Devon, sheriff of the county in 1664, son and heir of Richard Cabell, esq. of Brooke, and his wife Maria, daughter of George Prestwood, esq. of Whitcombe, in Devon, by his wife, the daughter of Sir Nicholas Martyn, knt. of Oxton, in that shire, M. P. for the county of Devon, in the long parliament, in whose daughter's house, in Watlin Street, London, the five members were concealed when King CHARLES followed them into the city. They had issue, which terminated in an heiress, who carried Brooke in marriage to the family of Fownes, of Stapleton, in Dorset. (See BURKE'S Commoners, vol. i.)

III. Grace, b. at Fowellscombe in 1627, m. 28th September, 1653, to Edmond Williams, esq. of Stowford, in Devon, descendant and heir of Thomas Williams, esq. thereof, speaker of the House of Commons in the reign of ELIZABETH, and had a son and heir,

John Williams, esq. of Stowford, who m. his kinswoman, daughter of Arthur Champernowne, esq. of Dartington House, in Devon, by his wife Margaret, second surviving daughter of Sir John Fowell,

second baronet.

IV. Anne, b. at Fowellscombe in 1629. v. Florence, b. there in 1634, m. Servington Savery, esq. of Shilston, in Devon, son and heir of Christopher Savery, esq. of Shilston, a colonel of foot on the parliamentary side, and father of Christopher Savery, esq. thereof, sheriff of Devon in 1693, and lieutenant-colonel of the militia.

Sir Edmond Fowell d. in October, 1674, aged eightyone. He made a settlement of his estates and property on the marriage of his eldest son and heir; but when on his death bed, his sons being reduced to two in number, the youngest of them having only daughters, and the eldest only one surviving son, Sir Edmond strictly enjoined them to settle Fowellscombe Park and other manors and lands, on the heir male, William Fowell, of Black Hall. He was s. by his son,

II. SIR JOHN FOWELL, of Fowellscombe, born there in 1623, colonel of a regiment of foot in the service of the Parliament, governor of Totness, mentioned in the letters of Fairfax to the parliament, after the taking of Dartmouth, and M.P. for Ashburton in 1658. He m. Elizabeth, daughter, by his wife Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Sir John Rayney, bart, of Sir John Chichester, of Raleigh, in Devon, knt. and bart. and had issue that survived him,

1. JOHN, his heir.

1. Elizabeth, m. in 1691, George Parker, esq. of Boringdon, in Devon, ancestor of the Earl of Morley, Viscount Boringdon, and d. in October, 1697, leaving issue a son,

Edmund Parker, esq. who attained his age in 1712, but was killed in the lifetime of his father, by a fall from his horse, while riding on the banks of the Lara, near Boringdon. He d. s. p.

11. Margaret, m. to Arthur Champernowne, esq. of Dartington House, in Devon, ancestor, by her, of the present Henry Champernowne, esq. of Dartington. (See BURKE's Commoners, vol. ii. p. 273.)

Sir John Fowell d. in 1676, aged sixty-two. In his will, dated 2nd June that year, he makes reference to the dying injunction of his father, to preserve Fowellscombe Park and estates in the male line of the family, and adds, "to which enjoinment of my said dear deceased father, I readily yield all dutiful obedience." He was s. by his son,

III. SIR JOHN FOWELL, of Fowellscombe, b. in 1665, M. P. for Totness, 1688, to his death, and one of the 151 members of the celebrated convention who voted against making the Prince of Orange king, but for declaring the Princess queen. He d. in 1692, aged twenty-seven, unm. when the BARONETCY became EXTINCT, and the heir maleship of the family devolved on the before named

WILLIAM FOWELL, esq. of Black Hall and Diptford, to whom this Sir John Fowell, in reference to the dying command of his grandfather, Sir Edmond, and the will of his father, Sir John, gave by his will, dated 4th November, 1691, Fowellscombe, with all his lands and possessions, making him his sole heir and executor. Owing, however, to the omission by the person who drew up the instrument and superintended its execution, of one of the three required attesting signatures, the intentions of the testator, and of his predecessors, were defeated, and the will set aside, by Parker and Champernowne, the husbands of his sisters, notwithstanding these had fortunes indepen

dently secured to them by their father, from other lands. By them Fowellscombe Park, with all the manors and estates not appropriated by the second baronet to their fortunes, were held in coparcenary until August, 1712, when a partition was made by George Parker, his wife, Elizabeth, being dead, and their son and heir apparent, Edmund Parker; and Margaret Champernowne, at that time a widow. Under this agreement, the manors and estates of Harburtonford and Ludbrooke, &c. which included Higher and Lower Whichcombe, were allotted to the Parkers; and Fowellscombe Park, Boulterscombe, and other lands, to Mrs. Champernowne, who removed from Dartington House to Fowellscombe, and there died, 13th March, 1729. By her will, dated 3rd January preceding, she gave £2000 to Arthur, the eldest son of her eldest son; £800 to her daughter, who had married her relative, John Williams, esq. of Stowford, and other legacies; after which she devised all her freehold manors and estates in Devon and Cornwall, including Fowellscombe Park, to her younger son, Heary. He also made it his residence, and died in 1757, without issue, when his nephew and heir, Arthur Champernowne, of Dartington House, heir also of his grandmother, Margaret Fowell, sold Fowellscombe to Mr. George Herbert, of Plymouth, by deed dated 9th January, 1759. His son and heir, George, banker of Plymouth, sold it on 13th March, 1784, to Mr. Thomas King, of Plymouth, who dying unm. 13th January, 1792, left it to his three brothers, John, Richard, and Robert. John d. also unm. 26th January, 1795, intestate, when his share devolved to Richard, as heirat-law: to him his brother Robert released his third, thereby enabling Richard, who d. 18th January, 1811, s. p. to entail the mansion and estates on his nephew. John, the eldest son of Robert, and his three brothers. This John King, esq. is the present owner; but he has not resided in the county of Devon for several years past, and during that period Fowellscombe, a battlemented mansion of Elizabethan date, originally erected in the form of the roman initial of the family name, has remained uninhabited. The park was in greater part divided off for tillage after its purchase by Mr. Herbert.

in the field from his royal master, who caused the crest which he then bore-a bead and lure-to be changed for the vigilant owl. From Sir Richard descended

JOHN FOWLER, esq. of Foxley, who m. the heiress of Loveday, and was s. by his son,

HENRY FOWLER, esq. of Foxley, who m. the sister and heir of John Barton, and left a son and heir,

SIR WILLIAM FOWLER, knt. of Ricote, in the county of Oxford. This gentleman m. Cecilia, only daughter and heir of Sir Nicholas Inglefield, knt. and had issue,

RICHARD, his heir.

Thomas.

Cecilia, m. to Thomas Rooks, esq. of Tatley, in
Bucks.

He was s. by his elder son,

SIR RICHARD FOWLER, who was knighted by EDWARD IV. and made chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster. He m. Jane, daughter of John Danvers, esq. of Colthorp, in the county of Oxford, and was s. by his elder son,

SIR RICHARD FOWLER, knt. who m. Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Windsor, and sister of Andrews, Lord Windsor, but dying without issue, was s. by his brother,

THOMAS FOWLER, esquire of the body to EDWARD IV. He married Margery Coleville, and was s. by his only

son,

ROGER FOWLER, esq. of Broomhill, in the county of Stafford. This gentleman m. Isabella, daughter and co-heir of William Lee, of Morpeth, treasurer of Berwick, and had issue,

1. ROWLAND, his heir, who m. the daughter of Bradshaw of Presteign, in the county of Radnor, and had two sons,

1. GEORGE, who both married, but died
2. Brian, S issueless.

1. Brian, of St. Thomas, in the county of Stafford,
m. Jane, daughter and heir of John Hanmer,
esq. of Bettisfield, in the county of Flint, and
left, with other issue, a son and heir,
Walter, of St. Thomas, who m. Mary, daugh-
ter of Ralph of Beoly, in the county of
Worcester, and from him descended the
Fowlers of St. Thomas's.

RICHARD FOWLER, esq. of Harnage Grange, m. Mary, daughter of Sir Edward Littleton, knt. of Pillaton Hall, in the county of Stafford, and was s. by his eldest son,

WILLIAM FOWLER, esq. of Harnage Grange, who . Anna, daughter of Richard Perks, esq. of Weddes

bury, in the county of Stafford, and had eight sons and a daughter. He was s. by the eldest son,

RICHARD FOWLER, esq. of Harnage Grange, who m. the Hon. Margaret Newport, daughter of Richard, first Baron Newport, of High Ercall, by Rachael, his wife, daughter of John Leveson, esq. of Haling, and sister and co-heir of Sir Richard Leveson, K. B. of Trentham, in the county of Stafford. By this lady Mr. Fowler had a numerous family. He was s. by his eldest son,

FRANCIS-LEVESON FOWLER, esq. of Harnage Grange. This gentleman m. Anne, daughter of Peter Venables, esq. baron of Kinderton, by whom he had a son, Richard, who died young, and a daughter,

FRANCES, who, on the death of her brother, became sole heiress. She m. first, Thomas Needham, sixth Viscount Kilmorey, and was mother of Robert, seventh viscount. Her ladyship m. secondly, in 1690, Theophilus, seventh Earl of Huntingdon; and thirdly, the Chevalier de Legonday, colonel of horse, one of the French prisoners taken with Count Tallard at the battle of Hocksted.

Mr. Fowler dying without male issue, the representation of the family devolved upon his brother,

1. WILLIAM FOWLER, esq. of Harnage Grange, in the county of Salop, who was created a BARONET by Queen ANNE, 1st November, 1704. Sir William m. Mary, daughter of Sir Robert Cotton, bart. of Combermere, in Cheshire, and had issue,

RICHARD, his heir.

William, who d. young.

Anne.

Mary, m. to John Dickens, esq. of Layton. Esther.

Elizabeth.

Sir William d. about the year 1717, and was s. by his

son,

II. SIR RICHARD FOWLER, bart. who m. Sarah, daughter of William Sloane, esq. of Portsmouth, and niece of Sir Hans Sloane, bart. by whom (who m. secondly, Francis Annesley, of the Inner Temple, son of Francis, Viscount Valentia,) he had issue,

WILLIAM, his heir.

Richard-Sloane, d. s. p.

HANS, who inherited as fifth baronet.

SARAH, M. to Colonel Hodges, of the Guards. Of this lady hereafter as heir of her brother Sir Hans.

He d. before 1737, and was s. by his eldest son,

III. SIR WILLIAM FOWLER, bart. who m. in 1728-9, a daughter of Brigadier-General Newton, and by her (who d. at Shrewsbury, 18th March, 1738,) had issue, WILLIAM, his heir.

Lucy, m. to Mr. John Jones, of London, distiller.
Letitia, m. to Launcelet Baugh, gent. of Lentuar-
dine.

Harriot, m. to Joseph Hughes, esq. of the Auditor's
Office.

He was s. at his decease by his son,

IV. SIR WILLIAM FOWLER, bart. cornet of Dragoons, who d. unmarried in Germany, anno 1760, and devised his estate in possession to his sisters; the Baronetcy reverted to his uncle,

v. SIR HANS FOWLER, bart. who, under the entail of his brother Sir William's will, was entitled to the other part of the estate on the death of his mother. He m. Miss Dibbs, of Dodington, in Oxfordshire, but d. without issue, 1st March, 1773, when the BARONETCY became EXTINCT, and the Welsh estates of Abbey-cwmhir, &c. devolved upon his sister,

SARAH HODGES, wife of Colonel Hodges, of the
Guards, by whom she had issue,

1. THOMAS HODGES, esq. of Abbey-cwm-hir,
who assumed the name of FOWLER. He

m. in 1803, Lucy, relict of Thomas Humphrey Lowe, esq. of Bromsgrove, elder daughter and co-heir of Thomas Hill, esq. of Court of Hill, M.P., and left an only daughter and heiress,

SARAH-GEORGIANA FOWLER, who m. the Rev. John Durand Baker, B. A. and is the present representative of the family. (Refer to BURKE's Commoners, vol. ii. p. 375.)

2. Sarah Hodges, who m. Colonel Hastings, of the Guards, father of the late Earl of Huntingdon.

Arms-Az. a cheveron arg. charged with three crosses formée sa. between three lions passant guardant or.

1. SIR THOMAS FOWLER, knt. of Islington (son of Sir Thomas Fowler, knt.), who was created a BARONET in 1628. He m. Elizabeth, daughter and heir of William Pierson, esq. of the Inner Temple, and had issue,

John, who m. Sarah, daughter of John Fowler,
esq. but d. v. p. and s. p.

SARAH, M. to Sir Thomas Fisher, bart.
JANE, m, to Richard Corbet, esq.
ELIZABETH, M. to Gerard Gore, esq.
MARTHA, d. unm.

Sir Thomas Fowler d. in 1656, when the title became