WILLIAM PYNSENT, esq. m. Anne, daughter and Sir Charles died about the year 1672, and was s. by co heir of John Lancelott, citizen of London, by whom his son, Where, on the north wall was placed a black marble tablet, supported by two black marble Corinthian pillars; above appear the arms-" Gules, on a chevron, engrailed, three stars, argent,"-underneath : Here lyes the Body of John Pynsent, Esq; one of the Prothonotaries of his Majesty's Court of CommonPleas, who departed this Life, the 29th of August, 1668. The meanest part of him is only told, In this Inscription, as this Tombe doth hold, (who survived him, and m. secondly, the Rev. Richard Knightsbridge, rector of Streatham, in Surrey), he had a daughter, Anne, who died young, and an only son, 1. WILLIAM PYNSENT, esq. of Erthfont, in Wiltshire (heir male of his uncle the prothonotary), who was created a BARONET by King JAMES II., 13th September, 1687. Sir William m. Patience, daughter of Mr. Alderman John Bond, of London, and had issue, WILLIAM, his heir. Lancelot. John. Robert, deputy clerk of the crown, died of the gout in the stomach, 19th September, 1738. Patience. Anne. Elizabeth. Sir William, who was sheriff of Wilts, in 1694, died about the year 1719, and was s. by his eldest son, II. SIR WILLIAM PYNSENT, who married Mary, widow of Edmund Star, esq. of New Court, and daughter and co-heir of Thomas Jennings, esq. of Burton, in Shropshire, and had issue, WILLIAM, his successor. He d. 15th June, 1754, and was s. by his son, III. SIR WILLIAM PYNSENT, who d. s. p. 8th January, 1765, and was s. by his cousin, IV. SIR ROBERT PYNSENT, in holy orders, at whose decease s. p. in 1781, the title became EXTINCT. Arms-Gu. a chevron ingrailed between three mullets arg. This doth embalme our Dead beyonde the art, 1. FRANCIS RADCLYFFE, esq. of Derwentwater, in the county of Cumberland, was created a BARONET 31st June, 1620. He m. Isabel, daughter of Sir Ralph Grey, knt. of Chillingham, in Northumberland, and was s. by his son, 11. SIR EDWARD RADCLYFFE, who m. Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Thomas Barton, esq. of Wenby, in the county of York, and was s. by his son, 111. SIR FRANCIS RADCLYFFE, who was raised to the peerage by King JAMES II., in 1688, as Baron Tyndale, Viscount Radcliffe and Langley, and Earl of Derwentwater. He m. Catharine, daughter and heir of Sir William Fenwick, of Meldon, in Northumberland, and had issue, FRANCIS, his successor. Thomas, an officer in the army. William. Arthur. Anne, m. to Sir William Constable, knt. of Flamborough, in Yorkshire. Catherine. Elizabeth. Mary. His lordship d. in 1696, and was s. by his eldest son, IV. SIR FRANCIS RADCLIFFE, second Earl of Der wentwater, who m. Mary Tudor, natural daughter of King CHARLES II. by Mrs. Davis, and had issue, JAMES, his heir. Francis, d. s. p. Charles, who m. Charlotte Maria Livingston, COUNTESS OF NEWBURGH, in her own right, and had with other issue, JAMES BARTHOLOMEW, third Earl of Newburgh. Mary, m. in 1755, to Francis Eyre, esq. of Francis Eyre, who inherited as sixth EARL Beyond Hay Castle, in Cumberland, the river Derwent falls into the ocean, which rising in Barrodale (a vale surrounded with crooked hills), runs among the mountains called Derwent Fells; wherein at Newlands, and some other places, some rich veins of copper (not without a mixture of gold and silver), were found; about which there was a memorable trial, between Queen Elizabeth and Thomas Percy, Earl of Northumberland, the lord of the manor; but in virtue of the royal prerogative (there being veins of gold and silver), it was determined in favour of the queen. Through these mountains the Derwent spreads itself into a spacious lake, wherein are three islands: one the seat of the family of Ratcliffe, knt. temp. HENRY V. who m. Margaret, daughter and heir of Sir John de Derwentwater, knt.; another Mary-Tudor. He d. 29th April, 1705, and was s. by his eldest son, V. SIR JAMES RADCLIFFE, third Earl of Derwentwater. This nobleman, with his brother Charles, joining in the effort made in 1715 to place the Chevalier St. George upon the throne, was made prisoner, sent to the Tower, and soon afterwards found guilty of high treason. In pursuance of which conviction he was beheaded upon Tower Hill, 24th February, 1716, when all his honours, including the BARONETCY, fell under the ATTAINDER. His lordship m. Anna-Maria, daughter of Sir John Webb, bart. and had issue, JOHN, Viscount Radcliffe, d. in 1731. Henry, of Ferrymore, in Yorkshire, who purchased from John Byron, esq. in 1569, the estate of Tyers Hill, in the same county. He m. in 1560, Alice Porter, and had two sons, GERVAS RAYNEY, esq. of Ferrymore, and FRANCIS RAYNEY, esq. of Tyers Hill, who m. 5th November, 1589, Margaret, daughter of James Green, esq. of Brierley, and was s. by his son, JOHN RAYNEY, gent. of Tyers Hill, who #. first, in 1613, Anne, daughter of William Wentworth, of South Kirkby; and secondly. Isabel, daughter of Nathaniel Eyre, of Bramley; by the former he left, with three daughters, Isabel, m. to John Carrington; inhabited by miners; and the third, supposed to be that wherein Bede mentions St. Herbert to have led a hermit's life.-BANKS. + CHARLES RADCLIFFE, implicated with his brother in the treason of 1715, was made prisoner at Preston on the 14th November in that year, and being transferred to London, was condemned to death, but effected his escape from Newgate, and retired into France. On the death of his nephew, John Viscount Ratcliffe, he assumed the title of Earl of Derwentwater. Still adhering to the fortunes of the Stewarts, he embarked, with his son, to join CHARLES-EDWARD, in 1745, but being made pri soner, he was committed to the Tower, and beheaded under his former sentence, 8th December, 1746. Jane, m. to Robert Arnold; and Mary, to HENRY, of London, b. in 1661, successor to his brother. Thomas, alderman of Doncaster, m. in Henry, d. s. p. in 1731. THOMAS, successor to his uncle. Mary. Ann, m. to John Smith, esq. Sarah, m. to Sir Henry North, bart. of Mildenhall, Susan, d. young. Alderman Rayney died 21st May, 1632, and was s. by his son, 1. JOHN RAYNEY, esq. of Wrotham and West Mal ling, in Kent, who received the honour of knighthood at the coronation of CHARLES I. and was created a BARONET 22nd January, 1641. He m. Catherine, daughter of Thomas Style, esq. of London, and had four sons and three daughters: John; Thomas; Richard; William; Susannah, m. to William Selby, esq. of Ightham; Elizabeth, m. to Sir John Chichester, bart.; and Martha, m. to Nathaniel Bonnel, of London, merchant. He m. secondly, Frances, daughter of Edward Gibbes, esq. of Warwickshire, and had by her a son, EDWARD, who had issue. Sir John Rayney, who served as sheriff of Kent in 1615, died 3rd March, 1660, and was s. by his son, II. SIR JOHN RAYNEY, of Wrotham and West Mal Elizabeth, m. to Christopher Dowson, of ling, who m. Mary, daughter of Jeremy Blackman, Arthington. The eldest son, THE REV. FRANCIS RAYNEY, M. A. of Tyers THOMAS RAYNEY, esq. at whose decease issue- MARY PEARSON, who m. 18th January, caster. Frances-Mary Bower, m. to the Rev. James Jackson, esq. and had issue. FRANCES-PRISCILLA, m. to Sir John Upon the demise of Dr. Pearson, 9th ROGER RAYNEY, esq. of Smethley, aged thirty-five, 1 PHILIP and MARY, m. Elizabeth, daughter of John Thornhill, esq. of Fixby, and had, with a daughter, Ellen, wife of Thomas Cutler, esq. of Stainborough, a son and successor, JOHN RAYNEY, esq. merchant and alderman of London, a most bountiful benefactor to the township of Worsborough, Yorkshire. This gentleman acquired West Malling, in Kent, by grant from JAMES I. and purchased Wrotham Place, in the same county, where he seated himself. He m. Susan, daughter of Walter Mann, esq. of Kingston, and had issue, JOHN, his heir. Elizabeth, m. to John Acton, esq. of Ipswich. esq. of Southwark, and dying about 1680, was s. by his son, III. SIR JOHN RAYNEY, of Wrotham and West Malling, b. in 1660, who m. first, Vere, daughter and coheir of Sir Thomas Beaumont, bart. of Gracedieu, in Leicestershire, and had by her Sir John m. secondly, Jane, eldest daughter and co- Catherine, m. to Edward Bettenson, esq. IV. SIR JOHN BEAUMONT RAYNEY, lieutenant-colonel in the army, who died unm. in 1716, and was s. by his brother, V. SIR THOMAS RAYNEY, at whose decease without issue in 1721, aged thirty-one, the BARONETCY became REEVE, OF THWAITE. CREATED 22nd Jan. 1662-3.-EXTINCT about 1688. Lineage. I. GEORGE REEVE, esq. of Thwaite, in Suffolk, was created a BARONET in 1662-3. He m. the daughter and co-heir of Robert Crane, esq. of Chilton, in the same county, and dying about 1679, was s. by his son, 11. SIR ROBERT REEVE, of Thwaite, who m. Marga ret, sister of Sir Richard Onslow, bart. of West Clandon, in Surrey, but died without male issue about the year 1688, when the title became EXTINCT. Annabella, m. to Sir William Ormesby, kut. of Elizabeth, married to Sir William Green, knt. of Cassandra, m, to Philip Bleasby. Jane, m. to Robert Cumberworth. Anne, m. to Sir John Somercotes, knt. His son and heir, ALEXANDER RERESBY, m. Amarilla Omfields, and had, with two daughters, Ursula, the wife of Sir Adam Thruskney, knt.; and Mary, of John Stayne, of Noblethorp, in Lincolnshire, a son and heir, ISIDORE RERESBY, who m. Amicia, daughter and co-heir of D'Eyncourt, and co-heir of Serle de Pies ley, by whom he acquired the manor of Plesley, and had issue, RALPH, his heir. Eleanor, m. to John Wickersley, esq. Jane, m. to Peter Frechville, esq. of Stavely, in the county of Derby. His son, RALPH RERESBY, was lord of the manor of Ashover. in Derbyshire, and knight for that shire 18 Edward II. with William Russell. He exchanged Plesley for Ashover, with Sir Robert Willoughby, and m. Margery, daughter of Ralph, and sister and heir of Ralph Normanville, lord of Thribergh. His son and heir, In 1810, the Rev. William Reade, rector of Tom-grang, in Cornwall, claiming to be descended from Sir Jobs Reade, the first baronet, assumed the title; and his son, as the eldest son of a baronet, received the hope of knighthood. SIR ADAM RERESEY, knt. lord of Thribergh, in the county of York, and of Ashover, in Derbyshire, had a daughter, Elizabeth, m. first, to Oakover, of Oakover, in Staffordshire; secondly, to Lowe, of Denbigh, in Derbyshire; thirdly, to Hallam, of Hallam; and fourthly, to Thomas Powtrell, of West Hallam, and a son and heir, RALPH RERESBY, esq. who married Dorothy, daughter of Thomas Bradborne, esq. of Bradborne, and had Issue, • Others call her daughter of Bosvile of Chete. + Viz. Elizabeth, the eldest, m. first, to John Bosvile, esq. of Newhall; and secondly, to Eyre, of Holme: the second, m. to Eure, of Belton, in Lincolnshire; the third, to Portington, of Barnby; the fourth, Agnes, to Robert Westby, of Ranfield; and the fifth, to John Baxter, of Bolton. From Godfrey descended Leonard Reresby, of Ecclesfield, whose daughter, Mary, m. in 1692, to William Sitwell, esq. of Sheffield, Godfrey. Arnold, married Thomasine, daughter of Thomas Margaret, m. to Ralph Bower, esq. of Betsworth. Mary, m. to John Lewes, esq. Jane, m. to Gervase Wastneys, esq. of Headon, Edith, m. to George Markham, esq. of Etton. THOMAS RERESBY, esq. of Tribergh, living in 1584, m. Margaret, daughter of Thomas Babington, esq. of Dethick, in the county of Derby, by whom he had (with younger sonst and four daughters, the latter married thus: Anne, to Thomas Trigot, esq. of South Kirby; Edith, to Michael Cookson, of Wadworth; Mary, to Sir Richard Harper, knt. of Little Over, in the county of Derby; and Margaret to Elland), a son and heir, SIR THOMAS RERESBY, knt. of Tribergh, justice of the peace for the West Riding, 40 and 41 ELIZABETH, m. in 1588, Mary, daughter of Sir John Monson, knt. of South Carlton, in Lincolnshire, and dying in 1619, left GEORGE (Sir), his successor. Gilbert, died in Ireland, leaving by his wife, Anne, daughter of Sir John Skinner, knt, an only daughter, his heir, MARY, m. to Sir John Fortescue, knt. Edward,} Adam, d. unm. Jane, m. to Sir John Shelley, bart. of Michel grove. Elizabeth, m. to Sir John Campbell. Mary, m. to Robert Stuart, esq. Bridget, m. to Neal Scot, gent. His son and heir, SIR GEORGE RERESBY, knt. m. Elizabeth, daughter and co-heir of John Tamworth, esq. of Sherville Court, and had surviving issue, JOHN (Sir), his heir. George. Tamworth (Sir), of Sherville. Elizabeth, m. first, to Sir Francis Foljamb, bart. of Aldwark, in the county of York; secondly, to Edward Horner, esq. son of Sir John Horner, knt. of Mells, in Somersetshire; thirdly, to William Monson, Viscount Castlemaine, in Ireland; and fourthly, to Sir Adam Felton, bart. of Playford, in Suffolk. Sir George d. 3rd February, 1638, and was s. by his eldest son, 1. SIR JOHN RERESEY, knt. of Thribergh, in the county of York, governor of Hull, who was created a This WILLIAM MONSON, who was second son of Sir Thomas Monson, bart. master falconer to JAMES I. was created by CHARLES I. Viscount Castlemain, in the peerage of Ireland; but being instrumental in the death of his royal master, he was degraded in 1661, and sentenced with Sir Henry Mildmay and Mr. Robert Wallop, to be drawn on a sledge, with a rope about his neck, from the Tower to Tyburn, and back again, to remain a prisoner for life. |