11. SIR RICHARD SHERARD, who died also unm. 14th June, 1730, and was buried with his family in North Wytham Church, where a monument was erected to his memory with an inscription, concluding with these lines

Honour'd where known, endearing where allied; Much lov'd he liv'd, and much lamented died. He was s. by his only surviving brother,

III. SIR BROWNLOW SHERARD, who wedded Dame Mary Anderson, relict of Sir Richard Anderson, bart. of Penley, in the county of Hertford, and daughter of the Right Hon. John Methuen, Lord Chancellor of Ireland. By her he had an only son, BROWNLOW, his successor. He d. 30th January, 1736, aged sixty, and was interred in the family vault in North Wytham Church, and was s. by his son,

IV. SIR BROWNLOW SHERARD, of Lopthorp Hall, in Lincolnshire, and Newton Hall, Essex, who m. 16th July, 1738, Mary, eldest daughter of Col. the Hon. Thomas Sydney, of Ranworth, in Norfolk, and grandaughter of Thomas, Earl of Leicester, but died without issue, when the BARONETCY EXPIRED.

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The family of Sherburne was of great antiquity and distinction in the county of Lancaster, and possessed Stonyhurst from the time of the early Plantagenets. Under EDWARD I. Sir Robert Sherburn was seneschall of Wiswall and Blackburnshire, and in the martial reign of the third EDWARD, Sir John Sherburn, attending his royal master in his French wars, served at the siege of Calais. His direct descendant,

HUGH SHERBURNE, esq. son of Sir Richard Sherburne, of Stonyhurst, by Johanna, his wife, daughter of Henry Langton, of Walton, founded the chantry at Mitton, in Lancashire. He m. Anne, daughter of Sir Thomas Talbot, of Bashall, and had issue,

THOMAS SHERBURNE, esq. of Stonyhurst, who m, Jane, daughter of Sir John Townley, of Townley, and dying 28 HENRY VIII. left issue,

RICHARD, his heir.

John, who m. Katherine, daughter of Evan
Browne, and co-heir to her brother James
Browne, with whom he acquired the estate of
Ribleton.

Robert, a lawyer, reader to the Hon. Society of
Gray's Inn, who m. Dorothy, daughter and co-
heir of Thomas Catteral, of Little Mitton, and
thus acquired that property.

Grace, m. to Roger Sherburne, esq. of Wolfhouse. The eldest son,

RICHARD SHERBURNE, esq. of Stonyhurst, who died 26th July, 1594, m. first, Matilda, daughter of Richard Bold, esq. of Bold, and had by her,

RICHARD, who m. first, Katherine, daughter of Charles, Lord Sturton, secondly, Anne, daughter of Henry Kighley, and thirdly, Anne, daughter of Holden, of Chaighley. He died before the 2nd April, 1628.

Thomas, died young.

Hugh, m. a sister of Sir Roger Dyneley.

Margaret, m. to Lord Townley, of Barnside. Dorothy, m. to Thomas Fleetwood, esq. of Calwich. Mary, m. to John Edwards, esq. of Cheeke. Richard Sherburne m. secondly, Dame Isabel Wood, and had by her (with three daughters, Grace, wife of William Hoghton, of Grimsargh; Jane, m. to John Southworth, esq. of Samlesbury; and Isabel,) one son,

RICHARD SHERBURNE, esq. of Dunnow, near Slade burn, who m. Dorothy, daughter of Richard Ashton, esq. of Downham, and had issue,

Henry, who m. Anne, daughter of Francis, Lord
Dacre, and died without surviving issue, in 1612.
RICHARD, successor to his father.

Katherine, m. to William Pennington, esq. of Mun

caster.

The only surviving son,

RICHARD SHERBURNE, esq. of Stonyhurst, aged thirtyseven, 4 CHARLES I. m. first, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Richard Molyneux, of Sefton, by whom he had a daughter, Elizabeth, who died young, and secondly, Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Walmesley, esq. of Dunkenhalgh, by whom he left at bis decease, 11th February, 1667, a daughter, Anne, wife of Sir Marmaduke Constable, bart. of Everingham, and a son.

RICHARD SHERBURNE, esq. of Stonyhurst who m Isabel, daughter of John Ingleby, esq. of Lawkland, and had issue,

NICHOLAS, his heir.

Richard, of Wrigglesworth, who m. Anne, daugh ter of John Causefield, esq. and d. s. p. 6th April,

1690.

ELIZABETH. m. to WILLIAM, son and heir of S JOHN WELD, knt. of Lulworth, in Dorsetshire, and had issue.

Richard Sherburne died 16th August, 1689, and was s. by his son,

I. NICHOLAS SHERBURNE, esq. of Stonyhurst, who was created a BARONET 4th February, 1685. He m. Catherine, daughter and co-heir of Sir Edward Charlton, bart. of Hesleyside, in Northumberland, and had issue,

Richard-Francis, b. in 1693, died in 1702.

MARIA-WINIFRED FRANCISCA, . to Thomas, eighth
Duke of Norfolk.

Sir Nicholas died 14th December, 1717, when the BARONETCY EXPIRED. The estates devolving on his only surviving daughter the Duchess of Norfolk. Her grace d. without issue in 1754, and was succeeded in the possessions of the Sherburnes by the children of her aunt Elizabeth, wife of William Weld, esq. of Lulworth, and they are still enjoyed by the WELD family. (See BURKE'S Commoners, vol. i.) In 1794, the stately mansion of Stonyhurst, was fixed upon as the seat of an English Catholic College, the heads of which having been driven from their establishment at Liege, by the proscriptions of the French Revolution, were induced, in consequence of the judicious mitigation of the penal enactments in England against Catholic seminaries, to seek an asylum in their native country. A long lease was accordingly obtained of the house and of the college farm, on moderate terms, from the late Thomas Weld, esq. and the old baronial hall of the Sherburnes, with its towers and park-like grounds, converted into a seat of learning.

ROBERT SHIERS, esq. of Slyfield House, in Great Bookham, Surrey, son and heir of George Shiers, esq. of London, who purchased Slyfield in 1614, died 29th July, 1668, leaving by Elizabeth, his wife, six children. The eldest son and successor,

1. GEORGE SHIERS, esq. of Slyfield House, was created a BARONET 15th October, 1684. He m. Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Edmund Dickenson, M.D. of St. Martin's Lane, London, but had no issue. He died 18th July, 1685, aged twenty-five, when the title became EXTINCT. Sir George bequeathed £30 a year to the poor of Great Bookham, and £20 a year to those of Fetcham. The residue of his estates he gave to his mother, Elizabeth, who died 14th August, 1700, having been a most liberal benefactress to the poor, to whom, as her monumental inscription states, she adminis tered medicine with a skill equal to that of the most experienced physician. In 1693, Mrs. Shiers settled the estate of Slyfield and the manor farm of Tollimorres, with lands in Herts, on herself for life, with remainder to the Rev. Hugh Shortrudge and the heirs of his body, remainder to herself in fee, with power to revoke and appoint new uses. She subsequently made a will, and devised her estates to charitable uses, of which Exeter College, Oxford, was to have a considerable part. In consequence of infor

I. ANTHONY SHIRLEY, esq. of Preston, in Sussex, who was created a BARONET in 1665, was son of Thomas Shirley, esq. by Elizabeth, his wife, daughter of Drew Stapley, esq. of London, grandson of Thomas Shirley, esq. of Preston, and great-grandson of Anthony Shirley, who was second son of William Shirley, esq. of Wistenston, and lineally derived from the Shirleys of Staunton Harold. The baronet m. Anne, daughter of Sir Richard Onslow, knt. of West Clandon, in Surrey, and dying about 1683, left with a daughter, Elizabeth,

a son,

II. SIR RICHARD SHIRLEY, of Preston, b. about 1654, who m. Judith, sister of Sir James Bateman, knt. and had by her, who wedded, secondly, Sir Henry Hatsell, RICHARD, his heir; Anthony; Anne, wife of Thomas Western, of Rivenhall; Judith; and Mary. Sir Richard d. in 1692, and was s. by his son,

111. SIR RICHARD SHIRLEY, of Preston, at whose decease unm. in 1705, the BARONETCY became EXTINCT, his sisters being his co-heirs.

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SHIRLEY, OF OAT HALL.

CREATED 27th June, 1786.-EXTINCT 26th Feb. 1815.

Lineage.

WILLIAM SHIRLEY, esq. son of William Shirley, who died in 1701, by Elizabeth, his wife, daughter of John Goodman, derived (it is stated) his descent from the Shirleys of Wistenston. He m. Elizabeth, daughter of Francis Baker, of London, and had issue,

William, killed in America in 1755.
John, died at Oswego.

THOMAS, of whom presently.

Ralph, died young.

Elizabeth, m. to Eliakim Hutchinson, esq.
Frances, m. to William Bolland, of London.
Judith.

Harriet, m. to Robert Temple.

Maria, m. to John Erving, of Boston, New England.

The third son,

1. THOMAS SHIRLEY, esq. b. at Boston, New England, a major-general in the army, and governor of the Leeward Islands, was created a BARONET in 1786. He m.

This family (of very great antiquity in the county of Kent) was anciently seated at Romney Marsh, where there are lands now called Sidley's and Sidley's Marsh; they built afterwards, temp. EDWARD III. a mansion house at Scadbury, in Southfleet, in the same county. Philpot, in his Villare Cantiarum, takes notice that their arms were in the old hall there, and the date 1337.

JOHN SIDLEY, or SEDLEY, (as the name has been frequently written) auditor of the Exchequer to King HENRY VII. lord of the manor of Southfleet, and also of Mortimer, in Kent, m. first, Elizabeth, daughter and co-heir of Roger Jenks, of London; secondly, Elizabeth, daughter of John Cotton, esq. of HampstallRidware, in the county of Stafford; and thirdly, Agnes, daughter and heir of John Wyborne, esq. of Hakewell, in Kent, but left issue by the second only,

viz.

WILLIAM, his heir.

Martin, of Morley, in Norfolk, m. the daughter and heir of Mountney, of Mountnesing, in Essex.

The elder son,

WILLIAM SIDLEY, esq. of Scadbury, sheriff of Kent in 1597, m. Anne, daughter and heir of Roger Grove, or Greene, of London, and had issue,

JOHN, his heir.

ROBERT, m. Elizabeth, daughter of George Darrell, esq. of Calehill.

Nicholas, m. Jane, daughter and heir of William Isaac, esq. and was father of

PHILPOT says that this manor went from the Mortimers to the Englefields of Berks, and continued with them until the end of HENRY VII. when it was alienated to John Sidley.

By Mary, his wife, daughter and co-heir of Robert Waters, of Lenham, in Kent. Of this lady it is recorded, that at his decease she bad no less than 367 lawful descendants then living: 16 of her own body (by her only husband, Honywood), 114 grand-children, 228 in the third generation, and 9 in the fourth. See Ward's lives of the Professors of Gresham College, under the account of Sir John Croke, whose son, William, m. Dorothy, one of her daughters. The following singular story is related of the same remarkable woman: falling at one time in a low

SIR ISAAC SIDLEY, bart. of Great Chart.

Frances, m. to Thomas Hyde, esq.

Elizabeth, m. to John Culpeper, esq. of Wigshill, in Kent.

He was s. by his eldest son,

JOHN SIDLEY, esq. of Southfleet, who was high she riff of Kent 8 ELIZABETH. He m. Anne, daughter of John Culpeper, esq. of Ailesford, in the same county, and had issue,

WILLIAM, his heir.

JOHN. d. s. p.

Richard, lord of the manor of Northall, or Northhaw, in Hertfordshire, temp. JAMES I. which estate he purchased from Lord Russell. He m. Elizabeth, daughter of John Darrell, esq. of Calehill, founder's kin at All Souls College, Oxford, and left a son and heir,

WILLIAM SIDLEY, who married first, Anne, daughter and co-heir of Henry Botler, esq. of London, and that lady dying in 1647, he m. secondly, Mary, daughter of Sir Robert Honeywood, of Pett, in Charing, Kent. By the former he had issue,

ANNE SIDLEY, who m. John Nourse, esq. of Woodeaton, in Oxfordshire, and d. 30th August, 1669, leaving

MARTHA NOURSE, . to Robert Pitt, M. D. of Blandford, Dorsetshire, and her daughter,

MARTHA PITT, m. Sir George Brydges Skipwith, bart. ELIZABETH NOURSE, . to Charles Harris, esq. barrister-at-law, and her daughter,

ELIZABETH HARRIS, m. James Bourchier, LL.D. king's profes sor of law at Oxford, and had issue,

Thomas Bourchier.

ELIZABETH BORCHIER, m. to Joseph Smith, LL.D. of Oxford, and had issue, HARRIS SMITH, admitted to Winchester College, as founder's kin, about the year 1772, in right of his descent from John Sidley, and his wife, Anne Culpeper. Mary Smith, married to George Anson Nutt, esq. SUSANNA NOURSE, . to Dr. Thomas Craddock, rector of Slembridge, Gloucestershire.

MARY NOURSE, m. to Dutton Seaman, esq. of Rotherby, in Leicestershire. Her only son, Dutton Seaman, was comptroller of the city of London.

desponding state of mind, she was impressed with the idea that she should be damned; and exclaiming, is a paroxysm of the malady, "I shall be damned as sure as that glass is broken." She flung thrice with violence a glass which she happened to have in her hand on a marble slab, by which she was standing, but the glass rebounded each time, and did not break. The story adds, that the circumstance wrought a complete care, and had more effect in composing her mind than the reasoning of all the great divines whom she had com sulted; she is painted in the act of flinging the glass, according to the story. She died at Markeshall, in Essex, 11th May, 1620, in the ninety-third year of her age, and forty-fourth of her widowhood, and was buried at Reyton, the place of her birth.

1. WILLIAM SIDLEY, esq. of Aylesford, who purchased the other moiety of Nurstede, and was created a BARONET 29th June, 1611. Sir William m. Eliza. beth, daughter and co-heir of Stephen Darrell, esq. of Spelmander in Kent (widow of Henry, Lord Abergavenny). He was founder of the Sidleian lecture of natural philosophy at Oxford, in 1621, and he resided at the Friars at Rilesford, "the fair habitation," saith Doctor Holland, in his additions to Camden, "of Sir William Sidley, painfully and expensively studious of the common good of his country, as both his endowed house for the poor, and the bridge there, with the common voice do testify." He was s. by his son,

11. SIR JOHN SIDLEY, sheriff of Kent, 19 JAMES I. who m. Elizabeth, daughter and heir of the celebrated Sir Henry Savile, founder of the astronomy professorship at Oxford (was warden of Merton College, in that university, and provost of Eton), and had issue,

HENRY, his heir.

WILLIAM, successor to his brother.

CHARLES, who inherited as fifth baronet.

He died 13th August, 1638, and was succeeded by his eldest son,

III. SIR HENRY SIDLEY, who d. unm. in 1641, and was s. by his brother,

IV. SIR WILLIAM SIDLEY. Of this gentleman, Anthony Wood states, "that when he was a young man, he lived very high in London, with his friend, Robert Dormer, esq. of Rousham, in Oxfordshire (whose wife was Anne, one of the daughters of Sir Charles Cotterell, master of the ceremonies), and they endeavoured who should outvie each other in gallantry and in splendid coaches." He m. Lady Jane Savage, daughter of John, Earl Rivers, and relict of George, Lord Chandos, but by her ladyship (who m, after his decease George Pitt, esq. of Strathfieldsay) had no issue. He died in 1656, and was succeeded by his brother,

V. SIR CHARLES SIDLEY, b. in 1639, distinguished for his wit and gallantry. As a critic, too, he was so much admired, that he became a kind of oracle among the poets, and no performance was approved or condemned until Sir Charles Sedley had given judgment. King Charles used to say, that nature had given him a patent to be Apollo's viceroy. After a long course of profligacy and extravagance, Sir Charles began to apply himself to politics, and sat in several parliaments for the borough of Romney. He took an active part in promoting the Revolution, which at first excited astonishment, as he had received many favours from JAMES 11. but those had been cancelled by an intrigue which the monarch carried on with his daughter, afterwards created COUNTESS OF DORCHESTER. This elevation by no means gratified Sir Charles, and on being asked why he appeared so warm for the revolution, he is stated to have replied, " from a principle of gratitude, for since his majesty has made my daughter a countess, it is fit I should do all I can to make his daughter a queen." He married Catherine, third daughter of John, Earl Rivers, and had by her an only daughter,

CATHERINE, mistress to JAMES II. by whom she was created COUNTESS OF DORCHESTER for life. After the dissolution of her connexion with the king, she married Sir David Colyear, Earl of Portmore.

Sir Charles married secondly, (whilst his first wife was living,) Catherine Ayscough, of Yorkshire, by whom he had a son, SIR CHARLES SIDLEY, knt. who

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d. v. p. leaving by Frances, his wife, third daughter of Sir Richard Newdigate, a son, CHARLES, created a BARONET in 1702. Sir Charles Sidley d. 20th August, 1701, when the title became EXTINCT.

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SIDLEY, OF SOUTHFLEET. CREATED 10th July, 1702.-EXTINCT in 1781.

Lineage.

ELIZABETH, m. in November, 1739, Sir Robert Burdett, bart. of Bramcote, and was grandmother of the present (1838) SIR FRANCIS BURDETT. Amongst other legacies, Sir Charles left £400 to a schoolmaster at Wymondham and Southfleet, and £100 each to Merton and Magdalen Colleges, Oxford. He d. in 1727, and was s. by his son,

II. SIR CHARLES SIDLEY, who m. in 1718, Elizabeth, daughter of William Frith, esq. and acquired thereby the manors of Hayford and Harleigh. This gentleman exchanged his family estate of South and Northfleet, with the Rev. Thomas Sanderson, for the estate of Kirkby Beler, in Leicestershire. He sate in parliament for the town of Nottingham, in 1747, and dying 23rd August, 1778, left an only daughter and heir, Elizabeth-Rebecca-Anne, m. to Henry, third Lord Vernon. At Sir Charles's decease, the BARONETCY be

came EXTINCT.

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SIDLEY, OF GREAT CHART. CREATED 14th Sept. 1621.-EXTINCT

Lineage.

WILLIAM SIDLEY, esq. of Southfleet, sheriff of Kent in 1597, m. Anne, daughter of Roger Grove, of London, and had three sons, viz.

JOHN (Sir), from whom the Baronets of Ailesford. Robert, m. Elizabeth, daughter of George Darrell, esq. of Calehill.

Nicholas.

The yougest son,

III. SIR ISAAC SIDLEY, who married twice; by his first wife he had a daughter, who m. first, Sir Charles Houghton, knt. of Kent; and secondly, Sir George Prettyman, bart. of Lodington, in Leicestershire. Sir Isaac Sidley m. secondly, Cecily, daughter of Marsh, esq. and by her (who m. secondly, Leonard Peckham, esq. of Yaldham) left, with two daughters, Mary, m. to George Tomlyn, of St. Cleres, and Frances, an only son, his successor,

SIR JOHN SILVESTER, M.D. physician to the army in the Low Countries, 1744, knighted 1774. Hem. 1739, Catherine-Aletta-Everardina, daughter of Colonel Daulnis, of the Dutch service, and d. 2nd November, 1789, leaving issue by her (who d. 26th March, 1772) one son and one daughter, viz.

JOHN, his heir.

Mary-Rachael, b. 1741, m. April, 1772, Philip Car-
teret, esq. rear-admiral R. N. and d. May, 1815,
having had issue by him (who d. July, 1796)
one son and two daughters, viz.
PHILIP CARTERET.

Elizabeth-Mary, m. 10th March, 1818, to Wil-
liam Symonds, esq.

Caroline Carteret, m. to Cole St. George, esq. Sir John Silvester's son and heir,

1. JOHN SILVESTER, esq. was born September, 1745, bred to the bar, and elected in 1803, recorder of the

V. SIR JOHN SIDLEY, who m. Mary, daughter of Nichols, of Keirising, in Kent, and by her, who d. in 1701, had issue,

GEORGE, his successor.

He was s. by his son,

VI. SIR GEORGE SIDLEY, who was seated near Lewes, in Sussex. He had with a daughter, two sons, viz. GEORGE, his successor.

CHARLES, heir to his brother.

He was s. by his eldest son,

VII. SIR GEORGE SIDLEY, who d. unm. and was s. by his brother,

VIII. SIR CHARLES SIDLEY, at whose decease, without male issue, the BARONETCY became EXTINCT.

Arms-As SIDLEY OF AILESFORD.

his death. He m. December, 1793, Harriet, daughter of the Rev. Owen Davies, of Southampton, and widow of the Rev. John-Miles Speed, of Eling, Hants. He was created a BARONET 20th May, 1815, and 11th February, 1822, had a second patent with remainder, in default of issue male of his body, to his nephew, Philip Carteret, esq. Sir John d. without issue, 30th March, 1822, when the first creation EXPIRED, but in the second he was succeeded, pursuant to the limitation of the patent, by his nephew,

II. SIR PHILIP CARTERET, C. B. captain R. N. who assumed in consequence the additional surname and arms of SILVESTER. He died s. p. in 1828, when the patent also became EXTINCT.

second

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SIMEON, OF CHILWORTH.

SILVESTER, OF YARDLEY.

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CREATED 18th Oct. 1677.

EXTINCT 22nd Dec. 1768.

Lineage.

JOHN SIMEON, esq. of Baldwin's Brightwell, in the county of Oxford, which seat had been the abode of his ancestors for some generations before, m. Anne, daughter and coheir of Anthony Mollins, esq. and had (with three daughters*) two surviving sons, viz. GEORGE, who both received the honour of knightJOHN, S hood.

He d. 15th JAMES 1. possessed (beside several other estates) of the manor of Baldwin's Brightwell, Minigrove, Brittwell prior, Chilworth, and Stoke Talmage, as appears by the Inquisition, post mortem, taken at Watlington, 28th May, 16 JAMES I. He was s. by his elder son,

SIR GEORGE SIMEON, knt. who m. Mary, daughter of the Hon. George Vaux, eldest son (by his second wife) of William, third Lord Vaux of Harrowden, and sister and co-heir of William, 5th lord, and by that lady had two daughters, namely,

ANNE, who is presumed to have died unm.