surname of ROBERTS; and having purchased certain lands in Goudhurst, called Winchet Hill, he there built a mansion, calling it Rookherst, after his own name. Here his descendants continued for 274 years, until the reign of RICHARD II. when

STEPHEN ROOBERTES marrying the daughter and heir of William Tyllye, esq. to whom the manor and lands of Glassenbury belonged, was, in her right, possessed thereof, and built" a fair sumptuous house" on the hill of Glassenbury, which came by lineal descent

to

WALTER ROBERTHE, esq. who, in the year 1472, caused the same to be pulled down, and the next year erected, at the charge of eighteen hundred pounds, another moated house in the valley of Glassenbury and parish of Cranebrook, which ever afterwards continued the abode of the family. This Walter became possessed of the whole estate by the death of his brother Stephen, who died without issue. He was a person much famed for his eminent qualifications and hospitality, as also for adhering to the Lancastrian interest, by which he became a great sufferer during the rule of RICHARD III. Having concealed Sir John Guldeford in his house at Glassenbury, where that person was seized by Sir Edward Stanley and Sir John Savage, he was attainted of treason, his lands seized, and forced himself to abscond until the accession of HENRY VII. when he was restored to his possessions. In the 4th of that reign he had a grant from the crown to impark six hundred acres of land and one thousand acres of wood in Cranebrook, Gowdehurst, and Ticehurst, in the counties of Kent and Sussex; as also that he and his heirs should have free warren in all his lands and woods, and fishing in his waters, in the parishes aforesaid, with all liberties and franchisements in such cases granted. He was sheriff of the county of Kent in the same year, and having lived under six kings, HENRY VI. EDWARD IV. EDWARD V. RICHARD III. HENRY VII. and HENRY VIII. departed this life at more than eighty years of age, A.D. 1522. This Walter m. first, 23rd October, 1463, Margaret, daughter and heir of John Penn, esq. of Penn's Place, Herts; secondly (his first wife dying 6th May, 1480), Isabel, daughter of Sir John Culpeper, kat.; and thirdly, Alice, daughter of Richard Naylor, esq. and widow of Lord Abergavenny: by those ladies he had no less than thirty children.‡ His son and heir,

THOMAS ROBERTES, esq. of Glassenbury, was sheriff of Kent 25 HENRY VIII. He m. Elizabeth, daughter of James Frammingham, esq. of Suffolk, and had issue,

WALTER, his heir.

Thomas, who died in 1567.

John, ancestor of the Roberts of Borzell Ticehurst,
and Stone House, Warbleton, Sussex.
Mary, m. to Thomas Cheney, of Woodley.
Jane, m. first, to Richard Burston; and secondly,
to Richard Love.

Dying in 1557, he was s. by his son,

WALTER ROBERTES, esq. of Glassenbury, who married Frances, daughter of Mr. Alderman John Maynard, of London (which lady was born when the Emperor CHARLES V. visited England, and had the honour

• The name was at different times written ROOBERTES, ROBERTES, ROBERD, ROBERT, ROBERTHE, and Ro

BERTS.

+ There were successively from WILLIAM ROOKHERST, alias ROBERTS, thirteen esquires of the name and progeny who dwelt in the parishes of Goudherst and Cranebrook to the year 1599, when Thomas Roberts, esq. of Glassenbary, erected a plain monument of black marble in the chancel of the church of Cranebrook, with an inscription

Frances, m. first, to John Hooper, esq. of Stock-
berry; and secondly, to Henry Crisp, esq.
Elizabeth, m. to Sir Alexander Culpeper, knt. of
Bedgbury.

Anne, m. to Thomas Crisp, esq. of Goudhurst. Sir Thomas is described as " hospitable without excess, and charitable without ostentation." It is farther stated, that" in all other respects he shewed himself a prudent and judicious gentleman, a lover of his country, and a good Christian; he valued the memory of his ancestors, and bore in his mind their good actions, as well as the care they had taken in preserving the estate entire for many generations; whereupon, in the year 1599, he caused an inscription to be set up in the church of Cranebrook, containing a memorial of his family, that his posterity, having it always before their eyes, might be induced to imitate their example, and preserve the credit and repute his forefathers had lived in." He d. 21st February, 1627, and was s. by his son,

II. SIR WALTER ROBERTS, who was knighted by King JAMES at Greenwich 7th May, 1624. This gentleman augmented his estate by marrying Margaret, daughter and heir of George Roberts, esq. of Brenchley, in Kent, and had five sons and three daughters, but none of them survived him. His eldest son,

THOMAS, m. Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Sir Matthew Howland, knt. and dying 23rd January, 1638, left two sons, viz.

HOWLAND, who succeeded his grandfather as
third baronet.

Walter, who assumed the name of HOWLAND
on inheriting the estate of Bristow Causey,
in Surrey, from his mother's family. He
m. Elizabeth, daughter of -
- Nutting, esq.
of Cambridge, but leaving no issue, his pos
sessions devolved upon his nephew, Sir
Thomas Roberts.

Sir Walter was s. at his decease by his grandson,
III. SIR HOWLAND ROBERTS, who m. Bridget, daugh-
ter of Sir Robert Jocelyn, knt. of Hyde Hall, in Hert-
fordshire, and had issue,

thereon setting forth the descent of his family as here related.

Of whom the following, mentioned in his will, survived to maturity: THOMAS, his eldest son, Clement, John, William, George, Edmund, and Martin; Elizabeth Hendley, Mary St.-Nicholas, Joan Horden, Elizabeth Tukke, Joan Leed, Dorothy St.-Nicholas. On those and their heirs male he entails his estates, remainder to William Ashburnham, of Ashburnham, and his heirs male.

THOMAS, his heir.

Jocelyn, b. 29th October, 1659; m. Hannah, second daughter of Joseph Harris, citizen and merchant taylor, of London, and left three daughters, viz.

1. BRIDGET, M. to Edmund Farrington, a Turkey merchant.

2. HANNAH, M. to Mr. Langton, of London, goldsmith.

3. REBECCA, d. unm.

Bridget, b. in 1657; m. 5th October, 1675, to Edmund Trench, of London.

Elizabeth, b. in 1661, d. young.

Dorothy, b. in 1662, after the decease of her father; m. to John Spence, esq. of Malling, in Sussex. Sir Howland d. in November, 1661, aged twenty-seven, and was s. by his elder son,

IV. SIR THOMAS ROBERTS, b. 2nd December, 1658, who was returned knight for the county of Kent in 1691, and again 7 WILLIAM III. He m. 31st May,

1683, Jane, daughter and co-heir of Sir John Beale, bart. of Farningham, in Kent, and had issue,

THOMAS, his successor.

WALTER, heir to his brother.

Jane, b. 5th April, 1684; m. Samuel Trench, of
London; and d. s. p. 20th October, 1706.
Bridget, b. 1st December, 1686; m. to Edmund
Trench, of London; and d. 9th June, 1720,
leaving a son,

Edmund Trench, who d. in 1725. Sir Thomas d. 20th November, 1706, in the forty-eighth year of his age, and was s. by his son,

V. SIR THOMAS ROBERTS, b. 27th June, 1689. This gentleman m. in 1714, Elizabeth, only daughter and heir of Samuel Newbery, citizen of London, but died s. p. 5th January, 1729-30 (his lady died 30th July, 1727), and was s. by his brother,

VI. SIR WALTER ROBERTS, who m. in 1726, Elizabeth, only daughter and heir of William Slaughter, esq. of Rochester, and had by her, who died 15th July, 1744, two daughters, viz.

ELIZABETH, who died in 1743, aged sixteen.
JANE, m. in 1752, to George, third Duke of St.
Albans, and d. s. p. in December, 1778.

Sir Walter died 7th July, 1745, when the BARONETCY
EXPIRED. The manor of Glassenbury was devised to
Sir Thomas Roberts, bart. of Ireland.

Thomas Burnaby, of Watford, in Northamptonshire, and had issue.

Edmund, d. unm.

Katherine, m. to Ciampenti Haliano, an Italian. Elizabeth, m. to Mr. Windoner, proctor of civil law.

Mary, d. unm.

The eldest son,

FRANCIS ROBERTS, esq. of Willesdon, m. Mary, eldest daughter and co-heir of John Barne, second son of Sir George Barne, knt. lord mayor of London, and had issue,

BARNE, who m. Mary, daughter of Sir William
Glover, knt. alderman of London, and dying
v. p.
30th January, 1610, left issue,

Barne, b. in 1605, d. at Eton College.
WILLIAM, successor to his grandfather.
Anne, m. to Dr. King, M.D. of St. Albans,

and was mother of Sir John King, knt. Robert, rector of Hinksworth, Herts, d. 11th May,

Sir William d, in September, 1662, and was s. by his

son,

II. SIR WILLIAM ROBERTS, of Willesdon, baptized 24th June, 1638, who died 8th March, 1687, leaving a son and successor,

III. SIR WILLIAM ROBERTS, of Willesdon, at whose decease unmarried 18th May, 1698, aged thirty-nine, the title passed to his cousin,

IV. SIR WILLIAM ROBERTS, of Willesdon, who Elizabeth, daughter of Francis, Lord Howard of

The son and successor,

IV. SIR WILLIAM-CHARLES COLYEAR, third earl, m. in 1770, Mary, second daughter of John, eighth Earl of Rothes, by whom he left issue,

THOMAS CHARLES, the present earl.

William, lieutenant-colonel in the army, aud equerry to the Duke of Cumberland, died s. p. Catherine-Caroline, m. 9th October, 1810, to Joseph Brecknell, esq.

His lordship d. in 1823, and was s. by his son,

V. SIR THOMAS-CHARLES COLYEAR, fourth Earl of Portmore, who m. first, 26th May, 1793, Lady MaryElizabeth Bertie, only child of Brownlow, fifth Duke of Ancaster, by whom, who died in 1797, he had a

Lineage.

1. ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, esq. (a descendant of the ancient family of Robertson, of Strowan, see BURKE'S Commoners,) was created a BARONET of England 20th February, 1677. He subsequently settled in Holland, acquired a considerable fortune there, and assumed the name of Colyear. Sir Alexander was s. at his decease by his elder son,

11. SIR DAVID COLYEAR, a military officer of high reputation, who distinguished himself in 1674, as commander of the Scots' regiment in the pay of the United States of Holland, and afterwards under the banner of the Prince of Orange, in the years 1689 and 1600, in Ireland. Sir David was elevated to the peerage of Scotland 1st June, 1699, by the title of Lord Portmore and Blackness; and created 13th April, 1703, Baron Colyear, Viscount Milsington, and EARL OF PORTMORE.

The earl m. Katharine, only child of Sir Charles Sidley, bart. of Southfield, in the county of Kent, (mistress to King JAMES II. by whom she had an only surviving daughter, Lady Catherine-Darnley, who m. first, James, Earl of Anglesea; and secondly, John Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham and Normanby,) who had been created 20th January, 1685, Baroness of Darlington and Countess of Dorchester, for life, with a pension of £5000 a year on the Irish establishment. His lordship d. in 1730, and was s. by his only surviving son,

111. SIR CHARLES COLYEAR, second earl, K.T. His lordship, m. in 1732, Juliana, daughter of Roger Hale, esq. and relict of Peregrine, third Duke of Leeds, and dying in 1785, left issue,

WILLIAM-CHARLES, his heir.

Juliana, m. Henry Dawkins, esq. of Sandlynch, and their son and heir, James Dawkins, esq. has assumed the surname of COLYEAR.

WILLIAM ROBINSON, an eminent Hamburgh merchant, who resided several years at Hamburgh, Lubeck, and other Hans town, settling at York in Queen ELIZABETH'S reign, was twice lord mayor of that city, and twice represented it in parliament. He m. first, the daughter of John Redman, of Fulworth, in YorkHe m. seshire, and had a son, WILLIAM, his heir. condly, the daughter of Thomas Harrison, of York, and by her had another sou, THOMAS. Between these two sons he fairly divided his property at his decease in 1616, aged ninety-four, leaving to the city of York £80 and a silver bowl doubly gilt, and to the Company of Merchants of the same city £40. The younger son, THOMAS, inherited the estates in Richmond, but he d. s. p. in 1625, when the whole fortune centred in the elder son,

WILLIAM ROBINSON, esq. This gentleman served the office of sheriff for the city of York in 1607. He was elected alderman in 1616, and lord mayor in three years after. He m. Margaret, daughter of Sir Henry Jenkins, knt. of Grimstone, and dying about 1626, was s. by his son,

SIR WILLIAM ROBINSON, M.P. for the city of York, who was knighted by King CHARLES I. at Edinburgh in 1633, and was sheriff of Yorkshire in 1639. He m. first, Mary, daughter and co-heir of Sir William Bam

burgh, bart. of Housam, in the county of York, and by her had a son, William, who d. s. p. He m. secondly, Frances, daughter of Sir Thomas Metcalfe, knt. of Nappa, and by that lady had two sons and three daughters, viz.

METCALFE, his heir.

Thomas, who m. Elizabeth, daughter of Charles Tancred, esq. of Arden, in Yorkshire, and had issue,

WILLIAM, heir to the estates of his uncle Metcalfe.

Tancred, of London, M.D. who lived to an advanced age, and had one son.

Elizabeth.

Margaret.

Elizabeth, m. to Philip Rycot, merchant. Margaret, m. to William Weddell, esq. of Erswick, in the county of York.

Frances, m. to Robert Bell, esq. of Overton, also in Yorkshire.

Sir William d. in 1658, and was s. by his elder son, 1. METCALFE ROBINSON, esq. of Newby, in the county of York, who was created a BARONET 30th July, 1660. He m. Margaret, daughter of Sir William D'Arcy, of Witton Castle, in the county of Durham, but left no issue. Sir Metcalfe represented the city of York in three parliaments, temp. CHARLES II. He d. 6th February, 1688-9, and was interred at Topcliffe, in Yorkshire; where, towards the east end of the north aisle of that church, is a handsome monument, railed in, with Sir Metcalfe Robinson's bust, encircled with a curious garland and ornamented with the trophies of At his decease the BARONETCY EXPIRED, while the estates devolved upon his nephew,

war.

The family of RODES is one of great antiquity, hav ing flourished for several centuries in the counties of Nottingham, Lincoln, York, and Derby, successively. Its patriarch,

GERARD DE RODES, a baron, the capital seat of whose barony was Horn Castle, in Lincolnshire, lived in the reigns of HENRY II, RICHARD I. JOHN, and HENRY III. from all of whom he received great favours, and by King JOHN was employed as an ambassador. His lineal descendant,

WILLIAM RODES, of Thorp juxta Rotheram, in the county of York, m. Anne, daughter and heir of John Cachehorse, esq. of Stavely Woodthorpe, in the county of Derby, and was father of

JOHN RODES, esq. of Stavely Woodthorpe, whose son,

JOHN RODES, esq. was father of

ROBERT RODES, esq. who m. Elizabeth Wasse, and left a son and heir,

JOHN RODES, esq. of Stavely Woodthorpe, who Attelina, daughter of Thomas Hewitt, esq. of Walles, in Yorkshire. He was sheriff of Derbyshire, and was s. at his decease by his son,

FRANCIS RODES, esq. of Stavely Woodthorpe, one of the judges of the Common Pleas in the time of EazaBETH. This learned person erected Barlborough Hail in 1583, but died at Stavely Woodthorpe a few years after its completion. He m. first, Elizabeth, daughter of Brian Sandford, esq. of Thorpe Salvine, in Yorkshire, and by that lady had

JOHN (Sir), his heir. Peter, of Hickleton.

absence in that capacity will account for his name t occurring on the roll of Magna Charta. BURKE's Com

moners.

ROD

He m. secondly, Mary, daughter of Francis Charlton, esq. of Appley, in Shropshire, and by her had

Godfrey (Sir), of Great Houghton, knighted in 1615, who married four wives, and left, with other issue, Elizabeth, the third wife and widow of the ill-fated Earl of Strafford, and a son and heir,

Sir Edward Rodes, knt. of Great Houghton, whose male line terminated with

WILLIAM RODES, esq. of Great Houghton, who died unmarried in 1740, leaving his two sisters his co-heirs, namely,

MARY, d. unm. in 1789.

MARTHA, m. to Hans Busk, esq. of
Leeds, and had, with other issue
who died issueless,

RACHAEL BUSK, who m. Richard
Slater Milnes, esq. of Fryston.

Frances, m. to Sir Richard Tempest, knt.
Judith, m. to Jonas Waterhouse, esq.

Bridget, d. unm.

The judge's eldest son,

SIR JOHN RODES, who was knighted at the Tower 15th March, 1603, served as sheriff of Derbyshire 36 ELIZABETH. He sold Stavely Woodthorpe to the Duke of Portland, and resided entirely at Barlborough. He m. first, Anne, daughter of George Benson, esq. of the county of Westmoreland, but by her had no issue; secondly, Dorothy, daughter of George Savile, esq. of Thornhill, by whom he had one son,

JOHN, of Horbury, who is said to have been disinherited by his father. There is the strongest presumptive evidence that this John Rodes was the founder of the Devonshire family of RODES of Bellair, now represented by George-Ambrose Rhodes, esq. of Bellair and Shapwick. (See BURKE'S Commoners, vol. iii. p. 566.)

Sir John m. thirdly, Frances, daughter of Marmaduke Constable, esq. of Holdernesse, and relict of Henry Cheek, esq. and by that lady had

FRANCIS, his heir, the elder son having been disinherited.

Henry, d. young.

Lennox, m. to Sir Marmaduke Langdale.
Catherine, m. to Sir John Hotham, bart.

He d. in 1639, and was s. by his son,

. 1. FRANCIS RODES, esq. of Barlborough, in the county of Derby, who received the honour of knighthood at Whitehall 9th August, 1641, and was created a BARONET on the 14th of the same month. Sir Francis m. Elizabeth, daughter and sole heir of Sir George Lassells, knt. of Sturton and Gateford, Notts, and by her (who m. secondly, Allan Lockhart, esq. and d. in 1666,) had issue,

FRANCIS, his successor.

Peter, a divine, slain at Winfield Manor. Clifton, of Sturton, who m. first, Lettice, daughter of Sir Gervase Clifton, bart. of Clifton, by whom he had a son, Gervase, who died an infant. He m. secondly, Elizabeth, daughter of John Scrimshire, esq. of Cottgrave, Notts, and had

John, who d. s. p.

ANNE, m. to Dr. Witringham, rector of Retford, Notts.

"Barlborough Hall," says Pilkington, " is a handsome mansion of the age of Queen ELIZABETH, having been built in her reign by Francis Rodes, one of the justices of the Common Pleas." The principal front of this 3 M

Sir Francis d. in 1645, and was s. by his eldest son, II. SIR FRANCIS RODES, who m. Anne, daughter of Sir Gervase Clifton, bart. of Clifton, and had, with a daughter, Frances, the wife of William Hussey, esq. a son and successor at his decease 3rd May, 1651,

III. SIR FRANCIS RODES. This gentleman wedded Martha, daughter of William Thornton, esq. of Grantham, in the county of Lincoln, and had one son and two daughters, viz.

JOHN, his heir.

Frances, m. to Gilbert Heathcote, M.D. of Cutthorp, in Derbyshire, and had issue,

1. Cornelius Heathcote, M.D. who m. Elizabeth Middlebrooke, of Thorn, in Yorkshire, and had

GILBERT HEATHCOTE, of whom presently as heir to his great-uncle, SIR JOHN RODES.

John Heathcote, who died aged twentyeight, leaving by Milicent Saterthwaite, his wife,

1. CORNELIUS HEATHCOTE, heir to his uncle GILBERT.

2. John Heathcote, d. unm.

1. Elizabeth Heathcote, m. to the Rev. Philip Acklom Reaston, rector of Barlborough, and had a son,

CORNELIUS-HEATHCOTE REASΤΟΝ, who succeeded his uncle, Cornelius Heathcote, in the estates of RODES.

2. Mary Heathcote, m. first, to Miers; and secondly, to Capt. Massey.

1. Martha Heathcote, m. to Benjamin Bartlett, esq. of Bradford.

II. Elizabeth Heathcote, m. to Peter Acklom,

esq. of Hornsey.