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This family, genealogists deduced from a person of great power, and of knightly degree, namely,

SIR THOMAS MACKFEL, whose son,

SIR JOHN MACKFEL, assumed the surname of HANMER in the time of Edward I. from the town of Hanmer, in the county of Flint, where he resided, and which constituted part of his great possessions. He was constable of Carnarvon castle in the same reign, and is said to have married Hawes, daughter and heir of Enion ap Griffith, ap Gwinwinwin, Lord of Powis, a descendant from Bleddwyn ap Kynwyn, Prince of Wales. By this lady he had three sons, OWEN, surnamed Goch, from his being red, who succeeded to the lordship of Hanmer in 2nd EDWARD II., and dying issueless, divided his lands between his brothers, David and Philip. The latter at length becoming sole heir,

was

PHILIP HANMER, of Hanmer. He m. Agnes, daughter and heir of David ap Rice, ap Evans, ap Jones, and had issue,

DAVID, his heir. James.

Margaret, m. to Morgan Goch ap Griffith. Mirannoy, m. to Gruffe ap Howell, de Overton. The elder son and heir,

SIR DAVID HANMER, knt. of Hanmer, being a person learned in the laws, was constituted, for his fidelity to the English nation, one of the justices of the King's Bench, 26th February, 1383, 6th RICHARD 11., when he had the honour of knighthood conferred upon him. Sir David m. Angharad, daughter of Lhyvelin Dhu ap Griffith, ap Jorworth Voell, and had issue,

GRIFFITH, who m. Gwervill, daughter of Tudor ap Grono, of Anglesey, and left an only daugh ter,

ANGHARAD, M. to John Puleston, esq. of Emral. JENKIN or JOHN.

Margaret, m. the famous OWEN, surnamed GLYNDOWER, and had several sons and daughters. The second son,

SIR JENKIN Or JOHN HANMER, or HANNEMERE (as the name was then written), m. first, Margaret, daughter and heir of David, son and heir of Blethwyn Vy. chon, of Ockenbolt, lineally descended from Edwyn, Lord of Tregangle, alias Englefield. By this lady he acquired lands, and a mansion house called Llwyn Derwn, in Tregangle, and had a son, GRIFFITH. He m. secondly, Eve, daughter of David ap Grono, ap Jorwith, by whom he had three other sons, viz.

John, of Halton, whose grandson,

Sir Edward Hanmer, m. Margaret, daughter of

Sir Thomas Salisbury, knt. but died without
issue, when his sister,

Jane Hanmer, became his heir. She m. Sir
Roger Puleston, knt. of Emral.

EDWARD, of the Fens, in the county of Flint, from
whom lineally descends the present SIR JOHN
HANMER, bart. of Hanmer.

Richard, of Bettisfield, from whom the Hanmers of Bettisfield and Burbridge descended.

This Sir Jenkin or John Hanmer was slain in the battle of Shrewsbury, in the time of Henry IV. He had previously divided his property between his sons, GRIFFITH, and EDWARD of the Fens. The elder,

GRIFFITH HANMER, of Hanmer, m. Eleanor, daughter of Sir Peers Dutton, knt. and had issue,

RICHARD, his heir.

Elizabeth, m. to Ellis Eyton, of Eyton.
Alice, m. to David Lloyd.

Margaret, m. to David Eyton.

Janet, m. to William ap Rys, of Togingle.
Maud, m. to Lewes Yalle.

He was s. by his son,

RICHARD HANMER, esq. of Hanmer, who m. Margaret, daughter of Sir Roger Kynaston, knt. of Hordley, in the county of Salop, and had five sons, THOMAS, his heir, John, Christopher, David, and Humphry, and three daughters, viz.

Ermine, m. to Sir Edward Puleston, knt.

Dorothy, m. to Edward Brereton, esq. of Bur

sham.

Eleanor, m. to Richard Wicherley, esq. of Wicherley.

His eldest son and heir,

SIR THOMAS HANMER, of Hanmer, received the honour of knighthood at Bullogne from HENRY VIII.. and departed this life 10th February, 1545. He m. Jane, daughter of Sir Randolph Brereton, knt. of Malpas, and had five sons, THOMAS (Sir), his heir, Randle, John, Richard, and Humphry, with as many daughters, viz.

Eleanor, m. to William Hanmer, esq. of the Fens,
who by his last testament, bearing date 13th
January, 1570, the probat whereof is on the 9th
April following, bequeaths his body to be buried
in the chancel on the north side of the church
of Hanmer.

Elizabeth, m. to John Conway, esq.
Margaret, m. to David Bird, esq.
Catherine, m. to Peter Puleston, esq.
Mary, m. to Roger Kynaston, esq.

He was s. by his eldest son,

SIR THOMAS HANMER, who was made a knight by the king's royal mandate, 22nd February, 1st EDWARD VI. He m. Catherine, daughter and heir of David. son of Thomas Salter, esq. of Oswestre, in the county of Salop, and had, with a daughter, Margaret, m. first, to Roger Puleston, esq. of Emral, and, secondly, to John Puleston, esq. of Lleway Knottey, four sons. John, Thomas, William, and Randle, whereof the eldest,

JOHN HANMER, esq. of Hanmer, was M. P. for the borough of Flint in the 13th ELIZABETH, Hem. Jane, daughter of Sir John Salusbury, knt. of Lieweney, in the county of Denbigh, and was s. by his eldest son,

SIR THOMAS HANMER, knt, of Hanmer, who attended the Earl of Denbigh into France, in the 27th of ELZABETH, when the nobleman was deputed by her ma jesty to invest HENRY III. with the Garter. He was afterwards, 35th ELIZABETH, elected knight to serve

Cousin-german to this Richard was Sir Edward Hanmer, knighted in Scotland in the reign of HENRY VII. for valiant behaviour in the army, under the command of the Earl of Surrey.

in parliament for the county of Flint, and when King JAMES ascended the throne, he was honored with knighthood at Whitehall, 23rd July, 1603, previous to the king's coronation. In the 15th of that reign he was appointed, among others, of the council to William, Lord Compton, president of the marches of Wales, and departed this life 18th April, 1619. He m. first, Lady Anne Talbot, daughter of John, Earl of Shrewsbury, by whom he had an only daughter, Catherine, who d. an infant. Sir Thomas m. secondly, Catherine, daughter of Sir Thomas Mostyn, knt. and by that lady had

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Mary, m. to Sir Edward Lister, knt. of Rowton, in Shropshire.

Catherine, m. to Edward Kynaston, esq. of Ottley, in the same county.

Sir John, who was generally esteemed, died much lamented in the flower of his age, anno 1624, and was s. by his eldest son,

II. SIR THOMAS HANMER, bart. who m. first, Elizabeth,* daughter of Sir Thomas Baker, and sister and heir of Thomas Baker, esq. of Whittingham, in Suffolk. By this lady he had a son and daughter, viz.

JOHN, his successor.

Trevor, m. to Sir John Warner, knt. of Parham, in Suffolk.

Sir Thomas m. secondly, Susan, dau. of Sir William Hervey, knt. of Ickworth, also in Suffolk,+ and aunt of John Hervey, first Earl of Bristol, by her he had

William, who m. Peregrine, daughter of Sir
Henry North, bart. and sister and co-heir of Sir
Henry North, bart. of Mildenhall in Suffolk, to
whom he (Sir Henry) gave his whole estate.
By this lady Mr. William Hanmer had an only

son,

THOMAS, who succeeded as fourth BAROnet. Thomas (Sir), barrister-at-law, knighted by King CHARLES II. and made solicitor to Queen CATHERINE, d. young and unm.

Susanna, m. to Sir Henry Bunbury, bart. of Stanny Hall, in the county of Chester, and had, with other issue,

Sir Charles Bunbury, fourth and fifth baSIR WILLIAM BUNBURY, ronets of Stanny. The latter inherited the estate of Mildenhall on the decease of his cousin Sir Thomas Hanmer in 1746.

-,m. to Robert Booth, esq. of Chester, and d. s. p.

Sir Thomas, who represented the county of Flint in parliament, died in that honorable station in 1678, and was s. by his eldest son,

III. SIR JOHN HANMER, bart. a major general in the army, M. P. for the county of Flint temp. CHARLES II., and for the town of Flint in the reigns of JAMES II. and WILLIAM III. He m. Mary, daughter and heir of Joseph Alston, esq. of Netherhall, in Suffolk, but had no issue. Sir John, who served with great honour as commander of a regiment on the side of WILLIAM, at the battle of the Boyne, died in the year 1701, and was s. by his nephew (of the half blood),

IV. SIR THOMAS HANMER, bart. b. in 1676. This gentleman was returned to parliament, at the accession of Queen ANNE, for the county of Flint; elected, in 1707, by the county of Suffolk, and placed in the speaker's chair in 1712. In reference to that event is the following couplet of Dr. Johnson:

Illustrious age! how bright thy glories shone,

When Hanmer fill'd the chair, and ANNE the throne. Sir Thomas was distinguished in the literary as the political world, and a splendid edition of Shakspeare's plays, published by the university of Oxford, to which he presented the MS., testify to his refined judgment and critical acumen. He m. first, in 1698, Isabella, Dowager Duchess of Grafton, widow of Henry, first Duke of Grafton, only daughter and heir of Henry Bennet, Earl of Arlington; and, secondly, Elizabeth, only daughter and heir of Thomas Folkes, esq. of Barton, in Suffolk, but had no issue. Sir Thomas d. 5th May, 1746, when the BARONETCY became EXTINCT, The estate of Mildenhall, in Suffolk, devolved upon his cousin and heir-at-law, Sir William Bunbury, bart. and the estate of Hanmer passed to the heir male, and is now possessed by SIR JOHN HANMER, bart.

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One of the maids of honour to ANNE, queen consort of CHARLES I.

+ By Susan, daughter of Sir Robert Jermyn, knt. of Rushbrook, in Suffolk.

v. Edward.

1. Isabel, m. to William Atkyns, esq. of Thydmyngton, in Worcestershire.

11. Margaret.

The eldest son,

THOMAS HARBY, esq. of Adston, or Aveston, in Northamptonshire, married, first, Alice, daughter of John Fox, gent. of Bearford, in Oxfordshire; secondly, Margaret Malyn, of London, widow of John Marsh, gent. of London, and thirdly, Katharine, daughter of Clement Throckmorton, esq. of Hasely, in Warwickshire, third son of Sir George Throckmorton, knt. of Coughton. By his last wife, Thomas Harby had issue,

FRANCIS, of Adston, who m. Elizabeth, daughter of John D'Oyley, esq. of Chiselhampton, and died in July, 1607.

Clement, of London, m. first, Sarah, daughter

and co-heir of Ferdinando Poyntz, esq.; and secondly, a daughter of Robert Barker, printer to the king, and had issue. JOB, of whom presently.

Emma, m. to Robert Charlton, merchant, of Lon-
don, and d. 24th June, 1622.

Katharine, m. to Daniel Oxenbridge, M.D.
Anne, m. to Jeremiah Dole, of Over Dunsborne,
in Gloucestershire.

Mary, m. to John Sherborow, of London.
Susan.

The third son,

1. SIR JOB HARBY, knt. of London, merchant, one of the commissioners of the customs, purchased the manor and estate of Aldenham, in Hertfordshire, from Lucius Cary, Viscount Falkland, in 1642, and was created a BARONET in 1660. He m. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Richard Wiche, of London, and had issue, ERASMUS, his heir.

Elizabeth, m. in 1638, to Sir Edmund Hoskins, of
East Grinsted, in Surrey, sergeant-at-law.
Anne, d. 1669.

Rebecca.

Susan, m. to Roger Pocock, of London, merchant. Sir Job died in 1663, and was s. by his son,

11. SIR ERASMUS HARBY, of Aldenham, who m. Lady Frances Fane, daughter of Mildmay, second Earl of Westmoreland, but left no issue at his decease in 1674, when the title became EXTINCT. The manor and estate of Aldenham Sir Erasmus sold to Denzil Holles, Lord Holles, of Ifield.

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"The manor of Hardres, in Kent (saith Philpot) had long had owners of its own name. We read of them in Doomsday Book, where 'tis said Robertus de Hardres held half a plow land in Liminge, 20 Wil. I. He was ancestor of Philip de Hardres, who was one of the Recognitores Magnæ Assis, in King John's reign; his son, of the same name, was a man of great eminency under King Henry III., and married Grace,

daughter and heir of Stephen de Herengod, who set

tled on him the manor of Elmstede, and other lands."

Dart, in his Antiquities of Canterbury, speaking of the same family, says, " They have been of ancient continuance in this county ever since the Conquest, at which time Robert de Hardres held lands at Hardres; a descendant was a great benefactor to the convent at Canterbury. Philip de Hardres was a person of note in King John's reign. William de Ardres was member of parliament for Canterbury 1, 2, and 7 EDWARD II., as was his father under Henry III. Edmund and Thomas Hardres are in the list of gentry of this county, temp. Henry VI."

SIR ROBERT HARDRES, knt. (son and heir of Philip, who lived in the time of HENRY III.), was living temp. EDWARD I. He m. Margaret, dau. of Sir Richard Estangrove, knt. of Kent, and was s. by his son, SIR ROBERT HARDRES, knt. who m. Jane, daughter of Thomas Boughton, esq. of Kent, and left a son and heir,

HENRY HARDRES, whose son and heir, by Susan, daughter of John Stephens, esq.

PHILIP HARDRES, esq. m. Grace, daughter and coheir of Stephen Heringwood, esq. and was s. by his

son,

GEORGE HARDRES, esq. living in 1485, who m. the daughter and coheir of William Lucy, esq. and had a son and heir,

JAMES HARDRES, esq. This gentleman m. Alice, daughter of Robert Hill, and relict of James Aucher, esq. and dying in 1490, was s. by his son,

CHRISTOPHER HARDRES, esq. who m. Dorothy, daughter of Sir John Paston, knt. and was s. at his decease, in 1536, by his son,

THOMAS HARDRES, esq. who died in 1556, leaving by Mary, daughter of Edward Oxenden, esq. a son and heir,

RICHARD Hardres, esq. high sheriff of Kent in the 30th ELIZABETH, who espoused Mary, daughter of Sir Thomas Wroth, knt. of Durance, in Middlesex, and was s. by his son,

SIR THOMAS HARDRES, knt. who m. Eleanor, daughter and sole heir of Henry Thoresby, esq. of Thoresby, in the county of York, one of the masters in chancery, and had issue,

RICHARD (Sir), his heir. Thoresby, who left issue.

Peter, D.D. who had the canonry of the tenth prebend in the cathedral of Canterbury, and was deprived in the great rebellion, but restored at the restoration.

Thomas (Sir), of Gray's Inn, serjeant-at-law, author of a volume of reports of cases adjudged in the Exchequer from the year 1655 to 21 CHARLES II. He left issue by his wife Philadelphia. His descendant,

JOHN HARDRES, esq. of St. George's, Canterbury, was M. P. for that city temp. ANNE and GEORGE I.

Anne.

In Hardres church is a fair monument to Sir Thomas Hardres, and Eleanor his wife, who brought a great estate into the family. He was s. by his eldest son, 1. SIR RICHARD HARDRES, knt, of Hardres, who was created a BARONET by King CHARLES I. 3rd June, 1642. He m. Anne, daughter of Thomas Godfrey, esq.

of Lydd, in Kent, and was s. at his decease by his eldest son,

II. SIR PETER HARDRES, bart. who m. Phoebe, daughter of Edward Barry, esq. of Lydd, and dying about 1675, was s. by his son,

III. SIR THOMAS HARDRES, bart. who m. Ursula, daughter of Sir William Rooke, knt. and dying, aged twenty-eight, 23rd February, 1688, was s. by his son, IV. SIR WILLIAM HARDRES, bart. This gentleman was elected knight of the shire for Kent in 1710. He sat for Dover in 1714, and for the city of Canterbury in the first parliament of GEORGE II. He m. Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Thomas, esq. of Lumberhurst, in Kent, and widow of William Disher, of London, merchant, by whom he had issue,

WILLIAM, his successor.

Elizabeth, m. to the Rev. David Jones.

Sir William died at Hardres Court, of the gout in his stomach, 8th July, 1736. He was interred with his ancestors in the parish church of Upper Hardres, and s. by his son,

V. SIR WILLIAM HARDRES, bart. who m. Frances, daughter and coheir of John Corbet, esq. of Bourn Place, but dying issueless, aged forty-six, 31st August, 1764, when the BARONETCY became EXTINCT. He devised the manor of Hardres, &c. to his widow, in fee, at whose demise intestate, in 1783, it became vested in her heirs, who were the Rev. CHARLES BECKENHAM, A.M. (son of her sister Katherine); ELIZABETH, her sister, widow of the Rev. Thomas Denward; Ignatius Geoghegan, esq. (son of her sister Antonia), and William Hougham, jun. esq. (an only son of her sister Hannah.)

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Note-At the seat of the family, Hardres Court, in the parish of Great Hardres, in Kent, were, according to tradition, the gates of Bullogne, which were given by HENRY VIII. to a member of the family who had attended the king at the siege.

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SIR JOHN HARE, knt. m. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John de Ashton, and left a son and heir,

WILLIAM HARE, esq. who m. Anne, daughter of Sir Thomas Mydelton, knt. of Mydelton Hall, in Lancashire, and was s. by his son,

JOHN HARE, esq. who m. Agnes, daughter of Sir John Shirley, knt. of Whiston, in Sussex, and left a son and heir,

SIR THOMAS HARE, knt. who m. Julian Hussey, of Lincolnshire, and was s. by his son,

NICHOLAS HARE, esq. father, by Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas de Walingham, knt. of

RICHARD HARE, esq. who m. Elizabeth, daughter of John Seckford, esq. of Suffolk, and left a son and heir,

JOHN HARE, esq. who m. Jane Neville, and was s. by his son,

THOMAS HARK, esq. This gentleman m. Joyce, daughter of John Hyde, esq. of Norbury, and was father of

JOHN HARE, esq. who m. Catherine, daughter of Richard de Aunderson, and was s. by his son, NICHOLAS HARE, esq. father of

JOHN HARE, esq. who m. Elizabeth, daughter of Fortescue, esq. and had two sons, namely,

1. NICHOLAS (Sir), of Brusyard, in Suffolk, m.
Catherine, daughter and co-heir of Sir John
Bassingbourn, knt. of Woodhall, in Hertford-
shire, and had issue,

1. MICHAEL, m. first, Elizabeth, daughter of
Henry Hobart, esq. of Hales Hall, in
Norfolk, and secondly, Mary, fourth
daughter of Sir Thomas Brudenell, of
Dean, in the county of Northampton.
d. s. p.

3. Wobert, clerk of the Pells,} d.

William,

1. Anne, m. to Thomas Rous, esq. of Henham, in Suffolk.

2. Audrey, m. to Thomas Tymperley, esq. of Hintlesham, in the same county. 3. Thomasine, d. unm.

Sir Nicholas Hare was twice chosen speaker of the House of Commons, in the reign of HENRY VIII. and was master of requests and chief justice of Chester. He was sworn of the privy council, master of the rolls, and afterwards lord keeper of the great seal, temp. MARY. The estates of Sir Nicholas, his sons dying without issue, devolved upon his brother.*

II. JOHN.

The second son,

JOHN HARE, esq. having eventually inherited the estates of his brother, Sir Nicholas, became " of StowBardolph." The name of this gentleman's wife is not mentioned, but it appears he was father of ten children, viz.

1. NICHOLAS, a bencher of the Inner Temple. This gentleman rebuilt, in 1589, the mansion house at Stow Bardolph, at an outlay of £40,000. He also built a very spacious dormitory adjoining to the chancel of Stow-Bardolph church, for depositing the remains of himself and family. He d. in 1591, s. p. leaving his estate to his next brother.

bition to the county sheriff and his officers, to enter into the hundred to do any act of authority, on any pretence or occasion whatsoever, except in default of the lord paramount's bailiff. This is a very ancient franchise, having been granted by King EDGAR to the abbey of Ramsey, where it remained, until HENRY VIII. at the dissolution of the monasteries, granted it to Lord North, who sold it to Sir Nicholas Hare.

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VIII. John,* m. first, Lucia, daughter of — Barlow, esq. by whom he had no issue; secondly, Margaret, daughter of John Crouch, esq. of Cornbury, in Hertfordshire, and by that lady (who after his decease became the third Countess of Henry, first Earl of Manchester), had two sons, Nicholas, who d. s. p. and

HUGH HARE, created Lord Coleraine, 3rd August, 1625, m. Lucia, daughter of Henry, first Earl of Manchester.

1. Elizabeth. 11. Margaret.

The third son,

RICHARD HARE, esq. inherited the estates on the demise of his elder brothers, and became of StowBardolph. He m. Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Barnes, esq. and by her (who m. secondly, George Rotheram, esq. and thirdly, Sir George Perient, knt. and died 2nd December, 1655), had two sons, RALPH (Sir), and Richard. The elder,

SIR RALPH HARE, was created a knight of the Bath at the coronation of King JAMES I. 1603. He m. first, Mary, daughter of Sir Edward Holmden, knt. and by her had one son,

JOHN, his heir.

Sir Ralph m. secondly, Anne, daughter of John Crouch, esq. of Cornbury, by whom (who m. secondly, Edward, Lord Montagu of Boughton) he had no issue. Sir Ralph was very remarkable for his extensive charity to the poor. In 1603 he erected a row of six houses at Stow-Bardolph, for the reception of six poor persons, who were born in the parish, or had resided constantly there, for ten years at least, and endowed the said houses with lands to a considerable value, to be a maintenance for the poor inhabitants thereof for

ever.

He gave in his lifetime by deed, bearing date 30th April, 1623, to St. John's College, Cambridge, the globe, tithes, &c. of the impropriate rectory of Marham, in Norfolk, with the advowsons of the vicarage, which his grandfather, John Hare, had purchased from HENRY VIII. at the dissolution of the monasteries, to be employed in erecting a spacious library, and afterwards in maintaining thirty poor scholars in that college for ever. He died in August, 1623, and was s. by his only son,

SIR JOHN HARE, knt. who was distinguished in the lifetime of his father, having had the honour of knighthood conferred upon him at Newmarket, 4th December, 1617. He m. Elizabeth, only daughter of Thomas, Lord Coventry, lord keeper of the great seal, temp. CHARLES I. and had issue,

1. RALPH, his heir.

11. John, of Bromsthorp, in Norfolk, m. Susan,

daughter and co-heir of John Walpole, esq. of Bromsthorp, and left

John Hare, Richmond herald, who d. in 1720.

Elizabeth Hare, m. to Philip Bedingfeld, esq. of Bromsthorp.

Anne Hare, d. in 1724.

III. Hugh, d. unm.

IV. Nicholas, m. Catherine, daughter of William Gery, esq. of Bushmead, in the county of Bedford, and had a son,

Ralph Hare, of Harpham, m. Anne, daughter of Sir John Willis, bart, of Fen Ditton, in Cambridgeshire, and dying in September, 1728, left

1. Thomas, of Harpham, who d. in 1736, leaving by Mary, daughter of Joseph Sharpe, esq. a son, Hugh, and a daughter, Anne.

2. Ralph, of Bennet College, Cambridge. 3. John, LL.B. rector of Harpham and Wilby.

1. Mary, m. to Thomas Lobb, esq. of Great Cressingham.

2. Anne,

3. Susan,}

d. unm.

4. Elizabeth, m. to John Dethick, esq.
of Wareham, in Norfolk.

v. Thomas, d. unm.
1. Elizabeth, m. first, to Woolley Leigh, esq. of
Addington, in Surrey, and, secondly, to Sir
John Lowther, of Ackworth, in Yorkshire.
11. Anne, m. to Sir John Sydenham, bart. of
Brimpton, in the county of Somerset.

III. Mary, m. to Thomas Savage, esq. of Elmley
Castle, in Worcestershire.

IV. Susan, m. to Thomas Barrow, esq.

v. Sarab, m. to John Earle, esq. of Heydon, in Norfolk.

vi. Margaret, m. to John Corrance, esq. of Rendlesham, in Sussex. (See BURKE'S Commoners, vol. iii. p. 371.)

Sir John was s. by his eldest son,

1. RALPH HARE, esq. of Stow Bardolph, in the county of Norfolk, who was created a BARONET by King CHARLES I. 23rd July, 1641. Sir Ralph m. first, Mary, daughter and co-heir of Sir Robert Crane, bart. of Chilton, in Suffolk, by whom he had seven children, of whom THOMAS, his successor, alone survived infancy. He m. secondly, Vere, daughter of Sir Roger Townshend, bart. of Raynham, in Norfolk, but by her had no issue. He espoused, thirdly, Elizabeth, daughter of Chapman, esq. of Suffolk, and by that lady left a posthumous son, John, who died in infancy. Sir Ralph, who represented the county of Norfolk in parliament, d. in February, 1671, and was s. by his son,

11. SIR THOMAS HARE, bart. who m. Elizabeth, sister of Sir Robert Dashwood, bart. of Northbrook, in the county of Oxford, and had issue,

I. RALPH, his successor.

II. THOMAS, Successor to his brother.

111. GEORGE, major of Dragoons, succeeded as fifth baronet.

IV. Richard, d. in infancy.

1. Elizabeth, m. to Sir Thomas Robinson, bart. of Worlingham, in Suffolk.

II. MARY, m. to Thomas Leigh, of London, a Turkey merchant, and had a son,

From this John Hare descended the HARES of Docking Hall, Norfolk, an estate now possessed by HUMPHREY JOHN HARE, esq.

By Mary, second daughter and co-heir of Horatio, Lord Vere of Tilbury.

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