particularly at the siege of Plymouth, from 15th September, 1643, to 25th December following; during which period he was one of the chief commanders of his majesty's forces. For thus acting against the parliament, he was made to pay, beside a fine, a composition for his estate of £280 per annum. He m. twice: first, Penelopy, daughter and co-heir of Emorbe Johnson, esq. of Wigborow, in the county of Somerset, by whom he had an only son,

1. THOMAS, of Wigborow, who m. Amy, daughter of Thomas Luttrell, esq. of Dunster Castle, in Somerset, by his wife, Jane, daughter of Sir Francis Popham, of Littlecot (see BURKE'S Commoners), but died at Wigborow, v. p. 13th November, 1665, s. p. devising that estate, by will, to his wife for life, with remainder to his brother Henry. His widow re-married George Reynell, esq. (See BURKE'S Commoners).

Sir Thomas Hele's second wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Curson, of Oxfordshire, by whom, who died in 1646, and was buried in Holberton Church, 14th March in that year, he had two sons (to survive youth) and two daughters, viz.

1. SAMUEL (Sir), heir to his father. 11. HENRY (Sir), heir to his brother.

1. Elizabeth, m. at Ermington, in October, 1655,
Richard Fowell, esq. of Black Hall and Dipt-
ford Down, in Devon, (see BURKE'S Com-
moners, vol. iv.) and by him, who d. v. p. in
September, 1669, aged forty, and was buried
in Diptford Church, Elizabeth Hele, who d. in
November, 1690, and was there buried on the
13th of that month, had a son and heir,
William Fowell, of Black Hall and Diptford
Down, who on the death, in 1692, of Sir
John Fowell, of Fowellscomb, third ba-
ronet of that family, M.P. for Totness,
unm. became heir male of his family,
(see FOWELL Baronetcy,) and on the
death in April, 1677, s. p. of Sir Henry
Hele, of Fleet, third baronet, represen-
tatives of the Heles, baronets,
ancestor, through daughters and heiresses
of Smyth of Tavistock, Newton of Craba-
ton Court, in Devon, and Digby of Red
Hall, in Lincoln, of the late

He was

John Digby Fowell, of Black Hall and Diptford Down, who d. in 1829, leav ing by his wife, Sarah, second daughter and co-heir, by Henrietta Kirkham, daughter and co-heiress of a branch of the Kirkhams of Blackdon and Pynhoe, in Devon, of Peter Knowling, esq. of Washbourne House, in that county, surviving issue three sons and three daughters,

1. John-Digby Fowell, b. at Black Hall, 29th January, 1796, m. 12th August, 1819, Frances, only daughter of Samuel Cumming, esq. of Totness, of the family of CUMMING, of Coulter, baronets. 2. Francis-Kirkham Fowell, b. at Blackhall, 18th July, 1798, m. in 1830, Anne, second daughter, by his wife, Elizabeth, fourth daughter of Charles Coxwell, esq. of Ablington House, in the county of Gloucester, of Richard Estcourt Cresswell, esq. of

Pinkney Park and Bibery, in that county, formerly M. P. for Cirencester.

3. William-Newton Fowell, b. there, 5th June, 1803, a lieutenant R. N. unm.

1. Henrietta-Digby Fowell, b. there, m. to Richard Samuel Sprye, a captain in the Indian army, Madras presidency, second surviving son, by Anne, his wife, daughter of Sampson Crapp, of Trevollard House, in the county of Cornwall, of the Rev. John Sprye, vicar of Ugborough, in Devon, (see BURKE'S Commoners, vol. iv.) and has surviving issue five sons and five daughters,

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11. Honor Hele, bapt. 25th March, 1639, m. first, 1st January, 1661, to Gregory Huckmore, esq. of Buckland Baron, in Devon; and secondly, Sir Richard Bonithorn, knt. of Carclew, in Cornwall, whose wife she was in 1683, and d. in 1710, aged seventy-six, leaving an only daughter and heiress,

Jane Bonithorn, m. to Samuel Kemp, esq. of Penryn, in Cornwall.

Sir Thomas Hele d. in November, 1670, intestate, and was buried in the church of Holberton, on the 16th of that month, and was succeeded by his sixth son,

II. SIR SAMUEL HELE, of Fleet, who m. 28th April, 1668, at St. Martin's in the Fields, London, Mary, daughter of Anthony Hungerford, esq. of Farley Castle, and sister of Sir Edward Hungerford, K. B. thereof, by whom, who d. 1672, and was buried in Holberton Church, 18th January in that year, he had an only daughter,

JANE, m. to Sir Arthur Shene, bart. only son of Sir James Shene, knt. who was created a BARONET 7th February, 1662, but d. s. p. Her husband, who survived her, d. 24th June, 1725. Sir Samuel died in February, 1672, and was buried in Holberton Church. By his will, dated 4th March, 1671, and proved 4th January, 1675, he entailed Fleet House and estates on the male line of his family, viz. after his brother, on his cousin, Richard Hele, before named, with remainder to Thomas Hele, of Babcombe, who was named executor, but died before probate, and others. He was succeeded by his only remaining brother,

III. SIR HENRY HELE, of Fleet, b. about 1664, m. at

St. Germans, in the county of Cornwall, 13th July, 1676, Susan, daughter of John Eliot, esq. of Port Eliot, of the family of the Barons Eliot and Earls of St. Germans; but d. in April, 1677, s. p. when the BARONETCY became EXTINCT, its representation devolving upon his nephew, William Fowell, esq. of Black Hall, but Fleet and its estates passed, under the will of Sir Samuel, to the heir male,

RICHARD HELE, before named, in holy orders, and rector of St. Helen's, in Cornwall, who removing to Fleet, died there, 29th July, 1682, leaving issue by his wife, Judith, daughter of George Carey, D.D. of Clovelly, in the county of Devon, Dean of Exeter, who d. in May, 1704, one son and one daughter,

RICHARD.

Ann, m. to J. Woolcombe, esq. of Pilton, in the
county of Devon, but d. s. p.

The son,
Richard Hele, esq. of Fleet, M. P. for West
Looe in 1762, d. in December, 1709, leaving issue an
only child,

JAMES MODYFORD HELE, who d. a minor in London, in August, 1716, the last of the male line of Fleet, when Fleet and its estates passed, as a mark of private friendship, under the will of his father, who had inherited it solely from the wish of the second baronet, that it should continue in the name, as well as blood of the family, from the right heirs of the original purchaser as well as of the baronets, the Fowells of Black Hall, to James Bulteel, esq. of Membland, in the county of Devon, an entire stranger in blood, whose grandson and heir is the present John Bulteel, esq. of Fleet, whose eldest son and heir apparent, John Crocker Bulteel, esq. of Lyneham, in Devon, formerly M. P. for the south of that county, m. Lady Elizabeth Grey, third daughter of Earl Grey, K.G. and has issue. (See BURKE's Peerage.)

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first, a daughter of John Hales, one of the barons of the Exchequer, by whom he had a son, THOMAS, his heir, and Elizabeth, widow of William Coke, of Lon don. He m. secondly, Elizabeth Bellingham, of Sussex, by whom he had a son, John, of Wales. Sir Walter was s. by his son,

THOMAS HENDLEY, esq. of Coursehorne, who m. first, Anne, daughter and heir of Henry Bowyer, esq. of Cuckfield, in Sussex, by Elizabeth, his wife, daughter and heir of Thomas Vaux, clerk comptroller of Henry the Eighth's Hospital, and had issue,

THOMAS, his heir.

Francis.

Margery, m. to Francis Handbury, of Lymington. He m. secondly, Mary, daughter of Walter Roberts, esq. of Glassenbury, and had by her three sons. His son and heir by his first wife,

SIR THOMAS HENDLEY, knt. of Coursehorne, high sheriff of Kent, was living in 1619. He m. Elizabeth, daughter of John Wilford, esq. of Enfield, and had, with several daughters, one of whom, Ann, m. in 1629, Thomas Taylor, of Godmersham, four sons, viz.

Bowyer, aged twenty in 1619.
Thomas, aged nine in 1619.
WALTER, of whom presently.

John, b. in 1617, who m. Priscilla, daughter of Thomas Fludd, esq. of Gore Court, and was ancestor of the HENDLEYS of Gore Court, in Kent. Sir Thomas Hendley's son or grandson,

1. WALTER HENDLEY, esq. of Cuckfield, in Sussex, was created a BARONET in 1661. He m. Frances. daughter and co-heir of Sir Thomas Springett, bart. of the Broyle, in Sussex, but died without male issue about 1675, when the title became EXTINCT.

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orle or.

* Her sister, Dorothy Cary, m. Thomas Harris, esq. of the Close of Salisbury, ancestor of the Earl of Malmesbury.

+ No family has been more unfortunate in the loss of property to which they were heirs at law, or bequeathed to them by will, than the Black-Hall Fowells. În addition to the loss of Fleet, as here shewn, in order that it might go to the heirs male, the last of which kin left it to a stranger, they lost Fowellscomb, to which they were the heirs male, and which was bequeathed to them orally or by will by the three last owners of it of their family, owing to some informality in the will of Sir John Fowell, the last baronet, whereon that seat and estates went to the families of Parker, of Boringdon, and Champer

HENE, OF WINKFIELD.

CREATED 1st Oct. 1642.-EXTINCT after 1697.

Lineage.

The manor of Folijohn, in Winkfield, Berks, was granted in 1630 to

1. HENRY HENNE, esq. who was created a BARONET in 1642. He m. Dorothy, daughter of Henry Staple ford, esq. of Paul's Walden, Herts, and dying about 1668, was s. by his son,

II. SIR HENRY HENE, of Winkfield, who m. Muriel, daughter of Sir John Corbett, bart. of Adderley, in Shropshire, and had issue,

RICHARD, his heir.

PENELOPE, co-heir to her brother, who sold her moiety of the estate, in 1735, to Mr. Bennet, from whom it was, in 1744, purchased by Lord Henry Beauclerk.

noune, of Dartington, into which the sisters of the last baronet married. (See that title.) While, again, in a still more recent period the whole of the large property of the late James Digby, esq. of Red Hall, in Lincoln, heir male of the North Luffenham branch of the noble house of Digby, passed, contrary to every expectation of the family, by will made very shortly before Mr. Digby's decease in 1811, from his nephew and heir-at-law, the late John Digby Fowell, of Black-Hall, to Mr. Digby's younger sister, Henrietta, Mrs. Pauncefort, whose only surviving child, Philip Duncombe Pauncefort-Duncombe, esq. of Brick Hill Manor, in the county of Bucks, succeeded to it on her death intestate. (See DUNCOMBE family, BURKE's Commoners.)

ROBERT HENLEY, esq. of Henley, in the county of Somerset, high sheriff in 1613, was grandfather of

SIR ROBERT HENLEY, knt. bencher of the Temple, and master of the King's Bench, who m, first, Mrs. Rivett, and by her had a son, ancestor of the Henleys of Grange, in Hampshire. He m. secondly, Anne, second daughter of John Eldred, esq. of Saxham, in Suffolk, and had by that lady three sons, ANDREW, John, and Robert. Sir Robert died in the possession of an estate worth £4000 a-year. His eldest son by his second wife,

I. ANDREW HENLEY, esq. of Henley, was created a BARONET by King CHARLES II. Sir Andrew m. Mary, daughter of Sir John Gayer, knt. of London, and had issue,

ROBERT, his heir.

ANDREW, successor to his brother.

Catherine, m. to Carleton Whitelocke, esq.
Mary.

He died about 1675, and was succeeded by his elder

son,

11. SIR ROBERT HENLEY, M.P. for Andover in 1681. This gentleman died unmarried about 1680, leaving the estate £20,000 in debt, and was succeeded by his brother,

III. SIR ANDREW HENLEY, who continuing the extravagant course of his brother, soon run out and sold the estate. He m. a daughter of Mr. Ball, of Yeatly, in Hampshire, and had (with two daughters) his suc

cessor,

IV. SIR ROBERT HENLEY, who appears to have been in comparatively humble circumstances. It is stated that he first went with the queen's letter to sea, and was afterwards customer in the port of Sandwich. He m. Mrs. Bowles, of Camberwell, but died without issue about the year 1740, when the BARONETCY became EXTINCT.

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Lineage.

THE HON. SIR EDWARD HERBERT, knt. of Red Castle, in the county of Montgomery (afterwards called Powis Castle), second son of William, first Earl of Pembroke, m. Mary, only daughter and heir of Thomas Stanley, esq. of Stenden, in Hertfordshire, master of the Mint in 1570, and was s. by his eldest son,

SIR WILLIAM HERBERT, K.B. so created at the coronation of King JAMES I. who was elevated to the peer age in 1629, as Baron Powis, of Powis Castle. He m. Eleanor, daughter of Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland, and had (with two daughters) a son and heir,

1. PERCY HERBERT, of Red Castle, who, in the lifetime of his father, and before that gentleman was raised to the peerage, was created a BARONET 16th November, 1622. Sir Percy m. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir William Craven, knt. alderman of London, and had issue,

WILLIAM, his successor.

Mary, m. to George, Lord Talbot, eldest son of
John, Earl of Shrewsbury.

He inherited the barony of Powis on the decease of his father in 1655, and dying in 1666, was s. by his

son,

II. SIR WILLIAM HERBERT, third Lord Powis, who was created, in 1674, Earl of Powis, and on the accession of King JAMES II. Viscount Montgomery and Marquess of Powis. His lordship, following the fortunes of his royal master, withdrew into France at the Revolution, and was subsequently created Marquess of Montgomery and Duke of Powis. He was afterwards outlawed for not returning within a limited time and submitting to the new government. He m. Lady Elizabeth Somerset, daughter of Edward, Marquess of Somerset, and dying at St. Germains, 2nd June, 1696, was s. by his only son,

III. SIR WILLIAM HERBERT, who was restored to the honours enjoyed by his father prior to the Revolution, and was thus fourth Lord Powis, and second Earl and Marquess. His lordship m. Mary, daughter and co-heir of Sir Thomas Preston, bart. of Furness, in Lancashire, and had two sons, viz.

WILLIAM, his heir.

Edward, m. Henrietta, daughter of James, first Earl Waldegrave, and dying in 1734, left by that lady (who m. secondly, Mr. Beard, the comedian,) a posthumous child,

BARBARA HERBERT, who m. first, Henry-Arthur Herbert, created Baron Herbert, of Chirbury, in 1743.

The marquess died in 1745, and was s. by his elder

son,

IV. SIR WILLIAM HERBERT, third Marquess of Powis,

who died unmarried 8th March, 1748, when all his honours, including the BARONETCY, became EXTINCT; and his estates devolved, under his lordship's will, upon the husband of his niece, Henry-Arthur, Lord Herbert of Chirbury. •

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and secondly, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Gervase Cutler, knt. and relict of Henry Edmunds, esq. of Yorkshire. Sir Thomas was s. at his demise by his son,

II. SIR HENRY HERBERT, who fixed his residence in Yorkshire, and married Anne, daughter of Sir Thomas Harrison, knt. of Allerthorpe, in that county. Sir Henry appears to have died without issue, and the BARONETCY is supposed to have EXPIRED with him. Arms-As HERBERT OF RED CASTLE.

HERBERT, OF BROMFIELD.

CREATED in 1660.-EXTINCT in 1669.
Lineage.

FRANCIS HERBERT, esq. of Dolgiog, in Montgomeryshire, son of Matthew Herbert, esq. (uncle to the celebrated Lord Herbert of Chirbury), by Margaret, sister of Francis Foxe, of Bromfield, in Salop, had two sons, namely,

1. MATTHEW, his heir.

11. Francis, of Oakley Park, whose son,

RICHARD, of Oakley Park, a magistrate and deputy-lieutenant for Salop, married Florentia, daughter of Richard, second Lord Herbert of Chirbury, and had

FRANCIS, whose son,

HENRY-ARTHUR HERBERT, esq. was created Baron Herbert of Chirbury, 21st December, 1743, and in three years after advanced to the EARLDOM OF POWIS, having espoused Barbara, niece of William Herbert, last Marquess of Powis. His lordship's son and successor, the second Earl of Powis, dying s. p. in 1801, the honours became extinct, while the estates passed to his sister, LADY HENRIETTA ANTONIA HERBERT, wife of Edward, Lord Clive.

George, who m. in 1693, Martha, daughter of John Newton, of Heightley, and relict of Richard Owen, and had a son, FRANCIS, M.P. for Montgomery, who m. Mary, daughter of Rowland Baugh, esq. by Mary, his wife, daughter and co-heir of Thomas, Lord Folliott, and had George, Henry, and Mary, who m. Captain Frederick Cornewall, of Diddlebury, and was mother of the late Bishop of Worcester.

The elder son of Francis Herbert of Dolgiog,

1. MATTHEW HERBERT, esq. of Bromfield, in Shrop shire, high sheriff thereof in 1655, was created a BARONET in 1660. He m. Mary, daughter of Sir Thomas Lucy, of Charlecote, in Warwickshire, but d. s. p. in 1669, when the BARONETCY became EXTINCT.

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HERBERT, OF TINTERNE.

CREATED 3rd July, 1660.-EXTINCT

Lineage.

1. THOMAS HERBERT, esq. of Tinterne, in the county of Monmouth, created a BARONET at the Restoration, m. first, Lucy, daughter of Sir Walter Alexander, knt.;

This family, anciently written HAIRUN, HEYRUN, and HEIRUN, was long of eminence in the county of Northumberland. One of its members, William Heron, who had license to castellate his house at Ford, was summoned to parliament as a baron in the time of EDWARD III. and another, Sir Richard Heron, was similarly dignified by RICHARD II. (See BURKE'S Extinct Peerage.)

SIR JOHN HAIRUN, one of the soldiers of the ConQUEROR, possessed Ford, with a very good estate, and acquired Chipchase by marriage with the daughter and heir of its Saxon lord, Sir William Chipches, of Chipches Castle. From Sir John we pass to his lineal descendant,

1. CUTHBERT HERON, esq. of Chipchase Castle, in the county of Northumberland, who was created a BARONET by King CHARLES II. 20th November, 1662. Sir Cuthbert m. first, Elizabeth, third daughter of Sir Richard Graham, bart. of Netherby, and had, with five daughters, three sons, namely,

1. CUTHBERT, his heir, who m. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Mallory, knt. of Studley, in the county of York, and dying in the lifetime of his father, left an only child, his heir, ELIZABETH HERON, living in 1693, m. to Ralph Jennison, esq. of Walworth.

II. JOHN, successor to the baronetcy. 111. CHARLES, heir to his brother.

Sir Cuthbert m. secondly, Miss Thompson, daughter of George Thomson, esq. of Yorkshire, and by that lady had another son,

IV. CUTHBERT, who m. Catherine, daughter of Rich. ard Myddleton, esq. of Offerton, in Durham, and dying in 1738, left a son,

THOMAS, who succeeded as fifth baronet.

1. Dorothy.

11. Mary.

III. Henrietta.

IV. Elizabeth, m. to - Fenwick, esq. of Northum berland.

v. Catherine, m. to Mr. Smith, of Southampton. He was s. at his decease, in 1688, by his eldest sur viving son,

II. SIR JOHN HERON, who m. Anne, daughter of

John Heron, esq. of Brampton, in Huntingdonshire, and left an only daughter and heir,

HENRIETTA HERON, m. to Mr. Huxley, of London. His wife, who survived him, died 29th October, 1713, and was buried in the Abbey Church of Bath. He was 8. at his decease, about the year 1693, by his brother,

III. SIR CHARLES HERON, who m. Catherine, daughter of Sir William Poultney, knt. of St. James's Street, Middlesex, and had one son, Harry, and three daughters, of whom two died young, and the third, Cathe rine, m. Mr. Panton, of Banff, in Scotland. He was s. at his decease by his son,

IV. SIR HARRY HERON, an officer in the Guards, who m. Elizabeth Coventry, but dying without issue in 1749, was s. by (the only surviving son of Cuthbert Heron, esq. his uncle by the half-blood), his cousin,

V. SIR THOMAS HERON, who inherited the estates and assumed the surname of his maternal uncle, Francis Myddleton, esq. of Offerton. He m. first, Margaret, daughter of Ralph Finlay, esq. of Carrickfergus; and secondly, Elizabeth, daughter of Alexander Arbuthnot, esq. of Fortree, in Scotland. By the former, who died in 1753, he had an only daughter,

MARY, who sold the estate of Grinkle Park to her cousin, Robert Wharton Myddleton, esq. She m. Captain Baron, of Alnwick, and had two daughters, viz.

Elizabeth Baron, who died in 1796, aged six

teen.

MARY BARON,m. to George Lynn, esq. of Southwick House, in the county of Northampton.

Sir Thomas dying thus without male issue, 27th May, 1801, the estate of Bowlby, &c. passed to his cousin, Robert Wharton, esq.+ of Old Park, in the county of Durham, who assumed the surname and arms of MYDDLETON. At the decease of Sir Thomas the BARONETCY is said to have become EXTINCT, but has been assumed by Cuthbert Heron, esq. of Newcastleupon-Tyne.

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HERVEY, OF Kidbrooke,

to the emperor's court at Ghent, left by his second wife, Bridget, daughter and heir of Sir John Wiltshire, of Stone Castle, in Kent, and widow of Sir Richard Wingfield, two sons, the elder of whom,

HENRY HERVEY, esq. was father of

1. SIR WILLIAM HERVEY, of Kidbrooke, in Kent, who acquired high military reputation in the reigns of ELIZABETH, JAMES I. and CHARLES I. He first signalized himself against the Armada, having boarded one of the galleons, and killed the captain, Hugh Monçade, with his own hand; he was afterwards knighted and employed in Ireland, where continuing his eminent career, he was created a BARONET 31st May, 1619, and the next year raised to the peerage of that kingdom, as Baron Hervey of Ross, in the county of Wexford. He was subsequently made a peer of England, in the dignity of Baron Hervey, of Kidbrooke. He m, first, Mary, relict of Henry, Earl of Southampton, and daughter of Anthony, Viscount Montacute, and secondly, Cordelia, daughter and coheir of Brian Anslow, esq. of Lewisham, in Kent. He had three sons, William, killed in Germany, John, died in Ireland, and Henry, who died young, beside an only daughter and eventual heir,

ELIZABETH HERVEY, who m. John Hervey, esq. of Ickworth, and d. s. p. Mr. Hervey's estates devolved upon his brother, Sir Thomas Hervey, knt. whose eldest son,

John Hervey, became Earl of Bristol.

His lordship outliving his sons, died in 1642, when all his honours, including the BARONETCY, became

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ROBERT HEWET, esq. a gentleman of ancient extraction, possessed a considerable estate at Killamarch, in Derbyshire, temp. HENRY VIII. and had two sons, Robert, who d. s. p. and his successor,

WILLIAM HEWET, esq. who d. in 1599, aged seventy. seven, and was buried in St. Paul's Cathedral, London he left four sons, JOHN, his heir, Solomon, Thomas, and William; from the three last sprung the families of Hewet, of Pishobury, Herts, the

There was a SIR WALTER HEWET, who made a distinguished figure in EDWARD III.'s wars in France.

Of the saine family was SIR WILLIAM HEWET, lord mayor of London, 1559, but whether brother to this Robert is not certain; of him we find the following circumstance related in Srow's Survey of London:

"Sir William Hewet, clothworker, mayor, 1559, son of Edmund Hewet. He d. 6th February, 1566. His wife was the daughter of Leveson, of Kent. This mayor was a merchant possest of a great estate valued at £6000 per annum, and was said to have had three sons, and one daughter; to which daughter this mischance happened (the father then living upon London bridge). The maid