SIR WILLIAM GYSE, a younger brother of an illus trious Norman family, following the fortunes of Duke WILLIAM, came into England at the conquest, and obtained as his portion of the spoil, Aspley-Guise, with several other lordships, in the counties of Bedford and Buckingham. Sir William bore for arms, "ermine a cheveronel, gules." From this gallant person descended, ANSELME DE GYSE, who m. in HENRY II.'s time, Magotta, daughter of Hubert de Burgh, the great EARL OF KENT, and thus acquired the manor and royalty of ELMORE, in the county of Gloucester. He then assumed, (according to the custom of the age,) the arms of the said Earl, "gules seven lozenges vary three, three and one," with the addition of a "canton or, charged with a mullet pierced, sable;" from Anselme lineally descended, SIR WILLIAM GUISE, of Elmore, who was made a knight of the Bath, 5th HENRY VII. when the prince himself received the honour. He m. Mary, daughter of William Ratsey of Colemore, and had a son, JOHN GUISE, esq. who m. a daughter of Richard Pauncefort, esq. of Hasfield, and was s. by his son, SIR WILLIAM GUISE, knt. of Elmore, high sheriff of Gloucestershire, in the 6th of JAMES I. who m. Miss Ken, eldest daughter and co-heir* of Christopher Ken, esq. of Ken, in the county of Somerset, and was s. by his only son, WILLIAM GUISE, esq. of Elmore, sheriff, of Gloucestershire, in 1647. This gentleman m. Cecilia, daughter of John Dennis, esq. of Pucklechurch, and had issue, 1. CHRISTOPHER, his heir. 1 11. John, m. to Hester, daughter of Major Stratford. 111. William, died unm. IV. Henry, from whom descend the extant baronets, "GUISE of Highnam," in the county of Gloucester. (Refer to BURKE'S Peerage and Baronetage.) 1. Elizabeth,m. to Thomas Horton, esq. of Coomend. 11. Eleanor, m. first, to Lawrence Washington, esq. of Garesden, Wilts, and had by him, an only daughter, ELIZABETH WASHINGTON, (heir of her father,) who m. Robert, first Earl Ferrers. She m. secondly, Sir William Pargiter, of ngest daughter, ELIZABETH KEN, M. JOHN, EIT, of Hinton St. George, ancestor of it. Greetworth, in the county of Northampton, by whom she had a daughter, ELEANOR GREETWORTH, who m. first, Sir Henry Deering, knt. by whom she had no issue, and secondly, Charles Howe, esq. and had by him a daughter and heir, LEONORA-MARIA HOWE, who m. Pater Bathurst esq. of Clarendon Park, Wilts. 11. Frances, m. to John Codrington, esq. of Codrington, in the county of Gloucester. Mr. Guise was s. at his decease by his eldest son, 1. CHRISTOPHER GUISE, esq. of Elmore, in the county of Gloucester, who was created a BARONET by King CHARLES II. 10th July, 1661. Sir Christopher m. first, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Laurence Washington, knt. of Garsden, in Wilts, but by that lady had no issue. He m. secondly, Rachel Corsellis, of a noble Italian family, and was s. at his decease by his only son, II. SIR JOHN GUISE, bart. M.P. for the county of Gloucester, temp. CHARLES II. and WILLIAM III. He m. Elizabeth, second daughter of John Grubham Howe, esq. of Lagnor, Notts, and had issue, JOHN, his heir. Anne, m. to Edward Blount, esq. of Blagdon, Rachel, m. to Sir Roger Bradshaigh, of Haigh in He d. 19th November, 1695, and was s. by his son, IV. SIR JOHN GUISE, bart. M. P. for Ailesbury, and col, in the guards, He m. a daughter of Saunders, esq. of Buckinghamshire, and dying about the year 1769, left, with a daughter, Jane, m. to Shute Barrington, Bishop of Durham, a son, V. SIR WILLIAM GUISE, bart. who d. s. p. 6th April, 1783, when the BARONETCY became EXTINCT. WILLIAM GULDEFORD, (descended from William de Guldeford of Hemsted, sheriff of Kent 11 RICHARD II.) m. Joan, daughter and heir of John Halden, of Halden, and was grandfather of SIR JOHN GULDEFORD, who was comptroller of the royal household in the reign of EDWARD IV. Subsé quently espousing the cause of the Earl of Richmond, both he and his son were attainted in parliament, I RICHARD III. but on the accession of HENRY VII. Sir John had the attainder reversed, and was constituted of the privy council. He died in 1493, and was buried in the Cathedral of Canterbury. and heir, His son SIR RICHARD GULDEFOED, having fled on the attainder, returned with the Earl of Richmond, and received the honour of knighthood at Milford Haven. After the earl's accession to the throne, he continued to enjoy the royal favour, he was sworn of the privy council, constituted master of the ordnance, and made a knight banneret for his services against the Cornish rebels at Blackheath. In the 9th of the same reign, Sir Richard kept his shrievalty for Kent at his seat of Halden, and in that year had the knighthood of the garter conferred upon him. He was afterwards comptroller of the household. He m. twice; by his first wife he had issue, 1. EDWARD (Sir), knt. marshal of Calais, lord warden of the Cinque Ports, constable of Dover Castle, and master of the ordnance. He m. Eleanor, daughter of Thomas, Lord Delawarr, and had issue, RICHARD (Sir), knt. who d. in Spain, s. p. Henry, d. at the siege of Bologne. AMBROSE, EARL OF WARWICK. GULDEFORD, who m. the unfortunate LADY JANE GREY, and was attainted and beheaded. ROBERT, Earl of Leicester. Henry, slain at St. Quinton. Charles, died young. Mary, m. to Sir Henry Sidney, K.G. Catherine, m. to Henry, Earl of Huntingdon. 11. GEORGE, of whom presently. 1. Elizabeth, m. first, to Thomas Isley; secondly, to William Stafford; and thirdly, to Richard Shirley. 11. Philippa, m. to Sir John Gage, K.G. 11. Mary,m. to Christopher, son and heir of Thomas Kempe. IV. Frideswode, m. to Sir Matthew Browne, knt. Sir Richard wedded, secondly, Joane, sister of Nicholas, Lord Vaux, and had by her two sons, viz. III. HENRY (Sir), K.G. a person of considerable celebrity, who for his services against the Moors in the reduction of Grenada, received the honour of knighthood from King Ferdinand of Spain, and an augmentation to his paternal coat of arms of " a pomegranate slipped upon a canton," being the ensigns of that regained province. In his own country, Sir Henry had the office of bearer of the royal standard granted to him for life, was created a knight banneret, and constituted master of the horse. He m. twice, but died without issue 23 HENRY VIII. IV. Nicholas. Sir Richard's second son, GEORGE GULDEFORD, esq. was of Hemsted, in Kent, and kept his shrievalty there, 16 HENRY VIII. He m. Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Sir Robert Mortimer, of Mortimer's Hall, in Essex, by Isabella his wife, daughter of John Howard, Duke of Norfolk, and had issue, JOHN (Sir), his heir. Mary, m. to Owen West. Anne, m. first, to Walter Wadland, and secondly, to Richard Lyne, of Sussex. The son and heir, SIR JOHN GULDEFORD, knt. of Hemsted, sheriff of Kent 6 EDWARD VI. m. first, Barbara, daughter of Thomas, Lord Delawarr, and had by her three sons and four daughters, viz. I. THOMAS, his heir. 11. George. III. Henry. 1. Anne, m. to Walter Mayney, esq. of Biddenden. 11. Eliza, m. to William Cromer, esq. of Tunstall. III. Mary, m. to George Herlackenden, esq. of Woodchurch. IV. Dorothy, m. to Sir Thomas Walsingham, esq. of Scadbury. Sir John m. secondly, Mary, daughter of William Fitz William, of Northamptonshire, and relict of John Shelley, of Sussex, by whom he had a son, Richard, who died in 1586. Sir John was s. by his eldest son, SIR THOMAS GULDEFORD, knt. of Hemsted, who had the honour of entertaining Queen ELIZABETH at his mansion, on her majesty's progress into Kent, 10th August, 1575. He m. Elizabeth, daughter of John Shelley, esq. of Michel Grove, and had issue, 1. HENRY (Sir), his heir. 1. Mary, m. to John, son and heir of Sir Richard Baker, knt. of Sisinghurst. II. Elizabeth, m. to Thomas Gage, esq. of Firle. III. Eleanor. Iv. Barbara, m. to Sir Thomas Heneage, knt, of Lincolnshire. Sir Thomas was s. by his son, SIR HENRY GULDEFORD, knt. of Hemsted, who m. Lady Elizabeth Somerset, daughter of Edward, Earl of Worcester, and had a son, EDWARD GULDEFORD, esq. of Hemsted, who m. Catherine, daughter of the Hon. Thomas Petre, third son of John, first Lord Petre, and had issue, EDWARD, his heir. Joseph, living in 1712. Elizabeth, m. to John Brook, esq. of Maidley, in Catherine, m. to Thomas Bodenham, esq. of Mary, m. to Sir Samuel Tuke. The eldest son, EDWARD GULDEFORD, esq. of Hemsted, m. Anne, daughter of Sir Robert Throckmorton, bart. of Coughton, and dying in 1678, was s. by his son, 1. ROBERT GULDEFORD, esq. of Hemsted, who was created a BARONET 1 JAMES II. He m. Clare, daughter and co-heir of Anthony Monson, esq. of Northorp, in Lincolnshire, but left no issue at his decease, when the BARONETCY became EXTINCT. The manor of Hemsted was sold about 1718, to Admiral Sir John Norris, from whose grandson, John Norris, esq. it was purchased, in 1780, by THOMAS HALLET HODGES, esq. high sheriff of Kent in 1786. Arms-Or, a saltier between four martlets sa. a canton of Granada for augmentation. 1. SIR RICHARD GURNEY, alias GURNARD, knt. distinguished alike for his courage, loyalty, and sufferings, served the office of lord mayor of London in 1641, and was in that year created a BARONET by King CHARLES I. "The House of Commons," we quote Maitland, "not forgetting the great offence committed against them by Sir Richard Gurney, the lord mayor, in causing his majesty's commission of array to be proclaimed in divers parts of the city, preferred several articles of impeachment against him; for which he was, by the sentence of the peers, not only degraded from the office of mayorality, but likewise for ever rendered incapable of bearing any office and receiving any further honour, and also to remain a prisoner in the Tower of London during the pleasure of the House of Lords." Sir Richard did not long survive these misfortunes, but died a prisoner in 1647, when the BARONETCY became EXTINCT. He had been twice married, first to Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Sandford, esq. of Birchington, in the Isle of Thanet, and secondly, to Mrs. Elizabeth South, a widow, daughter of Richard Gosson, of London, goldsmith. SIR ROBERT DE HALES, knight, prior of the hospital of Jerusalem, and admiral of the North Seas of England, temp. EDWARD III. and constituted treasurer in the 4 RICHARD II. " in which year he had the hard fate, in the beginning of the insurrection under Wat Tyler, to be dragged from his habitation, and suffer death on Tower Hill, and his house at Hybury, built like another paradise, was utterly destroyed in that popu lar fury, as the chronicles testifie." His brother and heir, SIR NICHOLAS DE HALES, knt. was father of THOMAS DE HALES, of Hales Place, who had three sons, viz. JOHN, his heir. THOMAS, from whom the Hales of Coventry, in Warwickshire. HENRY, whose son, George, was of Ledenham, in Kent, and was father of Edward Hales, of Rumford, in Essex. The eldest son and heir, JOHN HALES, of Hales Place, was s. by his son, HENRY HALES, of Hales Place, who m. Julian, daughter and heir of Richard Capel, esq. of Lenden, in Tenterden, and had two sons, viz. THOMAS, father of SIR CHRISTOPHER HALES, a celebrated lawyer, attorney-general and afterwards master of the Rolls in the reign of HENRY VIII. m. Elizabeth, daughter of John Caunton, an alderman of London, and d. in 1542, leaving three daughters, his co-heirs, JOHN HALES, had a son and heir, JOHN HALES, who was a BARON OF THE Exchequer, and was seated at Dungeon, near Canterbury, which estate he purchased from Roger Brent, esq. temp. HENRY VIII. and was residing there when Leland visited Kent, in the 30th of that reign. He was acting steward for the Abbey of St. Augustine, in Canterbury, jointly with Sir Henry Guldeford, knt. comptroller of the king's house, and afterwards with Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk. Hem. Isabel, daughter and co-heir of Stephen Harris, and had issue, 1. JAMES (Sir) his heir, like his father, a lawyer of eminence, serjeant-at-law, temp. HENRY VIII. and one of the justices of the Common Pleas in the reign of EDWARD VI. Sir James was the only judge who refused to subscribe the king's will for disinheriting the Ladies Mary and Elizabeth, as against both law and conscience; yet in the next reign he was MARGARET PLANTAGENET, sole heir of her father, who was created DUCHESS OF NORFOLK. + Hasted calls her Harvey. committed to prison, and so severely treated by his keeper, that he made an attempt upon his own life: he was released soon after, but in so settled a melancholy, that he drowned himself near his house in Kent, anno 1555. His wife was the daughter and heir of Thomas Hales, esq. of Henley-upon-Thames, and by her he left issue two sons and a daughter.+ 11. THOMAS, of Thanington, in Kent, from whom the Hales of Beaksbourne. in. EDWARD. IV. William, of Nackington. 1. Mildred, m, to John Honywood, esq. of Seen, in Kent. The third son of Baron Hales, EDWARD HALES, esq. of Tenterden, m. Margaret, daughter of John Honywood, esq. of Seen, and had issue, 1. John, who m. Mary, daughter and co-heir of Robert Horne, Bishop of Winchester, but d. s. p. 11. Edward of Chelham, m. first, Mary, daughter and heir of Stephen Ford, of Tenterden, and secondly, Martha, daughter of Thomas Hales, but d. s. p. III. WILLIAM, heir to his father and brothers. 1. Jane, m. to Sir Thomas Honywood, knt. of Elmsted, in Kent. 11. Elizabeth, m. to William Austen, esq. of Tenterden. The third son, and eventual heir of his father and brothers, WILLIAM HALES, esq. of Tenterden, m. Elizabeth, daughter of Paul Johnson, esq. of Fordwich, in Kent, and had issue, EDWARD (Sir), his heir. Mary, m. to Simon Smith, esq. of Boughton- Elizabeth, m. to Robert Kenrick, esq. of King's He was s. at his decease by his son, 1. SIR EDWARD HALES, knt. who m. first, Deborah, daughter and heir of Martin Harlackenden, esq. of WOODCHURCH, in Kent, by which event he acquired a considerable estate. Sir Edward was created a • STRYPE, in his Memorials Ecclesiastical, says, "Sir James Hales, knt. of Kent, a pious and good man, and a just and able judge, under King HENRY and King EDWARD, was made a prisoner in the King's Bench, by the Bishop of Winchester, Lord Chancellor; and thence removed to the Counter, in Bread Street, and from thence to the Fleet; here, one Foster, a gentleman of Hampshire, laboured to persuade him to embrace the Popish doctrine, by his argument; That the error was without danger, but the truth full of peril. When it was known that Hales was inclinable to relent, Day, Bishop of Chichester, and Portman, a judge, came to him, (it being then the month of April, 1554,) and did so earnestly deal with him, that they overcame him at last, after his having lain three weeks in that prison of the Fleet. But the trouble that arose in his conscience for what he had done, filled him with great terror, and overwhelmed him with sorrow; so that he attempted, in the absence of his servant, to kill himself with his penknife. For being ill, and lying sobbing and sighing, he sent down his servant upon an errand, and in the mean time wounded himself in divers places of his body; but his servant came in on the sudden, and at that time prevented his death. But after his recantation, being dismissed home unto his own country and habitation, conquered with grief and despair, he drowned himself in a shallow pond near his own house, which is shewn to this day."-The family of Beaksbourne denied, however, that he so destroyed himself, and said, "That Sir James retiring to his seat at Thanington, near Canter BARONET, 29th June, 1611. He served in several parliaments, and being zealously devoted to the liberty of the subject, took part in the rebellion against King CHARLES I. He died in September, 1654, aged seventyeight, and was buried at Tunstall, under a noble monument, with the effigies cut in full proportion. He m. secondly, Martha, daughter of Sir Matthew Carew, knt. and relict of Sir John Cromer, knt. of Tunstall, in Kent, and by this marriage added another fine estate to his family, but by his second wife had no issue by the first he had I. JOHN (Sir), m. Christian, daughter and co-heir of Sir James Cromer, knt. of Tunstal, and dying in the lifetime of his father, left an only child, EDWARD, successor to his grandfather. 11. Edward, of Chelston, in Kent, m. a daughter of John Evelyn, esq. of Deptford, and left a son, Edward. 111. Samuel, m. Martha Horenden, and had a son and daughter, Christian, m. to J. Hugessen. IV. Thomas, d. s. p. Sir Edward was s. by his grandson, 11. SIR EDWARD HALES, bart. of Woodchurch, who in his younger years, risked life and fortune, in endeavouring to rescue King CHARLES I. from his imprisonment in the Isle of Wight, of which enterprize Clarendon gives the following details:-" Mr. L'Estrange [the famous Sir Roger] had a great friendship with a young gentleman, Mr. Hales, who lived in Kent, and was married to a lady of a noble birth and fortune, he being heir to one of the greatest fortunes in that country, but was to expect the inheritance from an old severe grandfather, who, for the present, kept the young couple from running into any excess; the mother of the lady being of as sour and strict a nature as the grandfather, and both of them so much of the parliament party, that they were not willing any part of their estates should be hazarded for the king. At the house of this Mr. Hales, Mr. L'Estrange was, when, by the communication which that part of Kent always hath with the ships which lie in the Downs, the report first did arise, that the fleet would presently declare for the king; and those seamen who came on shore, talked as if the city of London would join with them. This drew bury, amused himself with the pleasures of a country life, and crossing the river over a narrow bridge, as he was walking in his meadows, fell in accidentally, and was drowned, aged eighty-five." + The elder son and heir of SIR JAMES HALES, HUMPHREY HALES, esq. of the Dungeon, m. the daughter and heir of Robert Atwater, of Royton, near Lenham, and had issue, JAMES (Sir), his heir. Humphrey, who was York herald, left two sons, Samuel, m. Elizabeth, daughter of Edward Ham- Abigail, m. to Anthony Sampson, of Notts. The elder son, SIR JAMES HALES, knt. of Dungeon, m. Alice, daughter of Sir Thomas Kemp, knt, and one of the heirs of her mother, Cecilia, eldest daughter of Sir Thomas Cheyney, knt. and was 8. by his son, CHEYNEY HALES, esq. of Dungeon, who d. 18th March, 1596, leaving by Mary, his wife, daughter of Richard Hardres, of Hardres (who outlived him, and m. in her widowhood William Ashenden, and again becoming a widow, m. thirdly, George Waller, esq.) a son and heir, SIR JAMES HALES, knt. of Dungeon, living in 1619. many gentlemen of the country, who wished well, to visit the ships, and they returned more confirmed of the truth of what they had heard. Good fellowship was a vice spread everywhere; and this young great heir, who had been always bred among his neighbours, affected that which they were best pleased with; and so his house was a rendezvous for those who delighted in the exercise, and who every day brought him the news of the good inclinations of the fleet for the king; and all men's mouths were full of the general hatred the whole kingdom had against the parliament as well as the army. In this posture of affairs, Mr. L'Estrange easily induced Mr. Hales to put himself at the head of his own county, that was willing to be led by him; and his lady, who was full of zeal for the king, joining with him, the young gentleman resolved to do something for his majesty's service, at a juncture when the Scots were ready to march-into England, and most parts of the kingdom ready to rise; but being not enough conversant in the affairs of the world, he referred himself and the whole buness to be governed by Mr. L'Estrange, who wa believed by his discourse to be an able soldier: ccordingly letters were sent to particular gentlemen, ar warrants to the constables of hundreds, requiri g In his majesty's name, all persons to appear at a time and place appointed, to advise together, and lay hold on such opportunities as should be offered for relieving the king, and delivering him out of prison.' And meeting accordingly, they unanimously elected Mr. Hales for their general: a good body of horse and foot was in consequence drawn together at Maidstone, Mr. Hales having taken up, on his own security, nearly EIGHTY THOUSAND POUNDS to defray the expense; and they were so strong, that the commander of the parliament forces, sent to suppress them, wrote word that he durst not advance, On the news of this commotion (the first in the kingdom), the Earl of Norwich was dispatched to Kent, to command as general. Upon the news of another general being sent, Mr. Hales retired, with his friend, Mr. L'Estrange, to Holland, and lived beyond seas, on account of the great debts he had contracted in the king's service."-The lady alluded to in the above narrative, as Sir Edward's wife, was the Hon. Anne Wotton, youngest daughter and co-heir* of Thomas, second Lord Wotton of Marley, by his wife, Mary, * Lord Wotton died in 1730 (when the barony became extinct), leaving four daughters, his co-heirs, viz. 1. KATHERINE, who m. Henry, Lord Stanhope, and 2. HESTHER, M. to Baptist, Viscount Camden. This memorable case was argued by Sir Edward Northey, for the plaintiff, and Sir Thomas Powis, for the defendant; the Lord Chief Justice Herbert delivered the opinions of the twelve judges. Abstract from the Patent of Creation: "James the Second, by the grace of God, &c. "To our Archbishops, Dukes, &c.-Whereas it is a kingly act, and a singular testimony of our benevolence, to enoble those persons we find worthy of our favour, as well that others may see how grateful the faithful duty of our subjects is to Us, as that they themselves may be encouraged to endeavour at great matters. Whereas, therefore, the fidelity of our well beloved and most faithful counsellor, Sir Edward Hales, of Hackington, other He died in France, and was s. by his eldest son, III. SIR EDWARD HALES, bart. This gentleman enjoyed the favour of King JAMES II. under which prince he had a regiment of foot, was of the privy council, and one of the lords of the Admiralty, deputy governor of the Cinque Ports, and lieutenant-governor of the Tower. Sir Edward had an action brought against him by Arthur Godden, his coachman, for the penalty of £500, for neglecting to take the oaths of supremacy and allegiance, within three months after he had his regiment, grounded upon the act of the 25th CHARLES II. and was convicted at Rochester assizes for the same; but moving it into the King's Bench, pleaded the king's dispensing power, and had judgment given for him,t eleven of the judges being of opinion that the king might dispense in that case. At the Revolution he was confined for a year and a half in the Tower: on his release he went to France, and in consideration of his services was created by the abdicated monarch Earl of Tenterden, with limi tations to his brothers, John and Charles. Sir Edward m. Frances, daughter of Sir Francis Windibank, knt. of Oxfordshire, and by her, who d. in 1693, had issue, Edward, who fell at the Boyne, unm. wise St. Stephens, in our county of Kent, baronet, has been by various changes abundantly known to us, and likewise bring to our minds the ancient nobility of his family, as well on the father's as mother's side; and especially the great merit of Robert Hales, formerly Lord High Treasurer of our kingdom of England, and the Prior of the Hospital, who upon account of a most prudent advise which he gave to our predecessor, King Richard the Second, had, on a popular sedition by the fury of the mob, his head struck off; and his father's great-grandfather, who in a rebellion, by reason of their fidelity towards the most serene kings, our father and brother of happy memory; besides what they otherwise suffered by the loss of liberties and legal possessions: and his great-grandfather, Sir Edward Hales, of Tunstall, in the county of Kent, baronet, suffered five years emprisonment in the Tower of London; and his father, Sir Edward Hales, of Tunstal, aforesaid, suffered banishment and confiscation of goods. His mother sprung from the ancient Earls of Hereford, and from the sister of St. Edward the Confessor; and finally, the said Sir Edward Hales, by his wise administration of many offices, and for his fidelity to us and the Catholic church, has with great fortitude suffered by the present rebellion, &c. &c. "His eldest son, Edward, in the mean time, a youth, by the brightness of his wit, the politeness of his manners, the greatness of his mind, very dear to us, was killed in Ireland, at the battle of the Boyne, as he was courageously fighting against the enemy, &c. &c. "Know ye therefore." &c. &c. |