shire, 23 ELIZABETH, and received the judges "with seven score men, in suitable liveries." He lived in great hospitality and esteem: an author, who seems not over favourable to his memory (Sir John Harrington) describes him as a man well spoken, properly seen in languages, had scarce an equal, and next to Sir Philip Sidney, no superior in England. Sir Robert m. first, Catherine, daughter of Sir Marmaduke Constable, of Everingham, knt. by whom he had HENRY, who succeeded his father at Wighill. MARTHA STAPLETON, who m. in 1783, General Philip. Jane, m. to Christopher Wyvill, esq. Sir Robert m. secondly, Olive, daughter and co-heir of Sir Henry Sherrington, knt. of Lacock, in Wiltshire (widow of John Talbot, esq. of Salwarp), and by that lady had BRYAN. Edward. Olive, m. to Sir Robert Dyneley, knt. of Bramhope, in Yorkshire. Ursula, m. to Sir Robert Baynard, knt. of Lack ham. Mary. Grace. The elder son of the second marriage, BRYAN STAPYLTON, esq. who was receiver-general to King CHARLES I. settled himself at Myton, near Borowbridge, in the county of York. He m. Frances, daughter of Sir Henry Slingsby, knt. of Scriven, and had issue, HENRY, his heir. Robert. Miles, m. Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. Hynde, of Oliva, m. first, to Sir William Vavasor, bart. of He was s. by his eldest son, 1. HENRY STAFYLTON, esq. of Myton, who was created a BARONET by King CHARLES II. 22nd June, 1660. Sir Henry married the Hon. Elizabeth D'Arcy, second daughter of Conyers, Lord D'Arcy, afterwards created Earl of Holdernesse, and had, with a daughter, Grace, the wife of Thomas Robinson, esq. of Holmby, a son and successor, at his decease, in 1679, II. SIR BRYAN STAPYLTON, who m. Anne, daughter of Sir John Kaye, bart. of Woodsome, in the county of York, and had surviving issue, JOHN, his successor. Anne. He d. 23rd November, 1727, and was s. by his son, A younger branch of which was SIR PHILIP STAPLETON, who purchased Warter in the Woulds, in the east riding, and was one of the five members of parliament demanded by King CHARLES I. when his majesty went to the House of Commons for that purpose. Sir John was nominated a candidate for the county of York, but died before the election came on, 24th October, 1733, when he was s. in his title and estates by his eldest son, IV. SIR MILES STAPYLTON, M. P. for the county of York. This gentleman m. in 1738, Anne, daughter of Edward Waller, esq. of Hall-Barn. Bucks, by whom (who d. 13th November, 1791,) he had an only child, ANNE, who d. unm. 9th June 1770. He d. 14th May, 1752, and was s. by his brother, V. SIR BRYAN STAPYLTON, who d. unm. 27th June, 1772, and was s. by his brother, VI. SIR JOHN STAPYLTON, a naval officer, who d. unm. in 1785, and was s. by his brother, VII. SIR MARTIN STAPYLTON, in holy orders. This gentleman m. Leeky, daughter of Mr. Love, a merchant of Bristol, and had issue, Francis-Samuel, d. in the lifetime of their father, unm. MARTIN, eventually heir. ANNE, m. in 1770, to the Rev. John Bree, rector of Markstay, in Essex, and had issue, MARTIN BREE, of whom hereafter, as heir to Anne Bree, d. unm. Sir Martin d. 21st January, 1801, and was s. by his only surviving son, VIII. SIR MARTIN STAPYLTON, who d. issueless, 2nd January, 1817, when the BARONETCY became EXTINCT, and the estates devolved upon his nephew, Martin Bree, esq. who in consequence assumed the surname and arms of Stapylton, and is the present (1838) MARTIN STAPYLTON, esq. of Myton. Arms Arg. a lion rampant sa. STAPYLTON, OF CARLTON. CREATED 20th March, 1661-2.-EXTINCT in 1707. Lineage. GILBERT STAPYLTON, esq. of Carlton, in Yorkshire, son and heir of Richard Stapylton, esq. by Elizabeth, his wife, daughter of Sir Henry Pierrepoint, and representative of the ancient family of Stapylton in the middle of the seventeenth century, m. first, Katherine, daughter of W. Hungate, esq. by whom he had no sur viving issue; and secondly, Ellen, daughter of Sir + One of those ladies m. Henry Waller, esq. M. P. for Wycombe, Bucks. For a detailed pedigree, refer to WHITAKER'S History of Leeds. This was an old Gloucestershire family, and very frequently during the seventeenth century gave sheriffs to that county. HENRY STEPHENS, of Frocester, in Gloucestershire, m. the daughter and co-heir of Edward Lugg, of the county of Hereford, and by her (who d. in 1552) had several children, of whom the eldest son, EDWARD STEPHENS, esq. purchased the manor of Eastington, in the same county, from Henry, Lord Stafford, in 1573. He m. Jane, daughter of Richard Fowler, gent. of Stonehouse, also in Gloucestershire, and had issue, RICHARD, of Eastington, executor to his father, in 1587, m. one of the daughters of Edward St. Loe, esq. of Knighton, in Wiltshire, and left issue. James, of Eastington, m. Catherine, daughter of Richard Browning, of Coley, in Gloucestershire, and had issue. He died 19th February, 1590. THOMAS. He d. 22nd October, 1587. His third son, THOMAS STEPHENS, esq. of Over Lipiate, in Gloucestershire, attorney-general to Prince HENRY and CHARLES I. sometime reader of the Middle Temple, d. 26th April, 1613, aged fifty-five. He m. Elizabeth, daughter and heir of John Stone, of Over Lipiate, and had issue, EDWARD, of Little Sodbury, in Gloucestershire, The youngest son, NATHANIAL STEPHENS, esq. of Horton and Cherington, both in Gloucestershire, m. Elizabeth, daughter and eventually heir of Robert Tiringham, esq. of Weston-upon-Favell, in Northamptonshire, and Barkby, in Leicestershire, and had two sons, viz. EDWARD, of Alderley, Horton, and Cherington, The younger son, TYRINGHAM STEPHENS, in holy orders, archdeacon of the diocese of Leicester, b. 16th May, 1635, married first, Isabel, fourth daughter of George Rayson, esq. of Leicester, by whom (who d. about 1668) he had one surviving daughter, Elizabeth. He m. secondly, Millicent, fourth daughter of William Inge, esq. of Thorpe Constantine, in Staffordshire, and by that lady had TYRINGHAM, d. in 1710, aged thirty-eight, Thomas, an officer in the army, NATHANIEL, in holy orders. Richard, m. but d. s. p. in 1745. Jane, m. to Thomas Foxon, esq. The fourth son, Jd.s.p. The Rev. NATHANIEL STEPHENS, was rector of Alphamstone, in Essex, b. in 1679, m. Ellis, daughter of Philip Deane, of Harwich, gent. by whom (who d. in 1762) he had issue, TYRINGHAM, a commissioner of the Victualling 1747. PHILIP. Grace, d. unm. in 1783. Millicent, b. in 1715, m. to William Howe, gent. of Mislethorne, in Essex, and had issue, William Howe, captain R. N. died unm. in 1760. Tyringham Howe, post captain R. N. m. but d. s. p. in 1783. Nathaniel Howe, d. young. Philip Howe, captain of Marines, m. Miss Mary-Anne Tongue, of Gibraltar, both living in 1795. Stephens Howe, aid-de-camp to the king, and lieutenant-colonel 63rd regiment, b. 10th March, 1759, M.P. for Yarmouth, d. unm. 9th July, 1796. Millicent Howe, m. first, to Thomas Wilkin son, esq. captain R. N.; and secondly, to Gabriel Mathias, esq. of Scotland-yard, in the county of Middlesex. Grace Howe, living unm. in 1795. The youngest son, I. PHILIP STEPHENS, esq. b. 11th October, 1728, of St. Faith's and Horseford, in Norfolk, and of Fulham, in Middlesex, was created a BARONET 17th March, 1795, with remainder to his nephew, Colonel Stephens Howe. Sir Philip was first secretary to, and afterwards, one of the lords of the Admiralty. He represented the borough of Sandwich in parliament. He died unm. 20th November, 1809, and his nephew, Colonel Stephens Howe, having predeceased him, the BARONETCY EXPIRED. Arms-Per chevron, az. and arg. in chief two falcons rising or. By Elizabeth, his wife, daughter and heiress of Thomas Tunsted, esq. of Tansted, in Derbyshire. The origin of this family is deduced from HENRY STEPNEY, esq. of Aldenham, in Hertfordshire, who was s. by his son, RALPH STEPNEY, esq. of St. Alban's, lord of Aldenham, who was interred in Aldenham Church 3rd December, 15-48. He left, by the daughter and heir of Cressy, a son and successor, WILLIAM STEPNEY, esq. lord of Aldenham, whose son and heir, THOMAS STEPNEY, esq. m. the daughter and heir of John Wynde or Wyld, esq. of Ramsey, in the county of Huntingdon, and had two sons, viz. ROBERT, whose son and successor, POOL STEPNEY, sold the lordship of Aldenham to Sir Edward Cary, knt. father of Lord Falkland. ALBAN. CHAUNCY, in his Antiquities of Hertfordshire, says, the manor of Aldenham coming to the crown upon the dissolution, King HENRY VIII. granted it, with the advowson, to HENRY STEPNEY, who died leaving issue RALPH STEPNEY, who held it of King EDWARD VI. in capite. + GEORGE STEPNEY, an English poet and statesman, who was born in London in 1663, is supposed to be a son of this Sir Thomas Stepney. He received his education at Westminster School, and was removed thence to Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1682, where, being of the same standing with Charles Montagu, afterwards Earl of Halifax, a strict friendship grew up between them. To this fortunate incident was owing all the preferment Stepney afterwards enjoyed, who is supposed not to have had parts to have reached any distinction without the powerful protection of Halifax. When Stepney set out in life he appears to have been attached to the Tory interest, for one of his first poems was an address to JAMES II. upon his majesty's accession. Upon the Revolution he was nominated to several foreign embassies, and was very successful in his negotiations. He died at Chelsea in 1708, and was buried at Westminster Abbey, where a fine monument was erected to his memory with a pompous inscription. SIR ANTHONY VANDYKE'S children, according to his pedigree, stood in proximity to the throne, which is thus Dorothy, m. to Sir Francis Mansell, bart. of Joan, m. to John Philipps, esq. of Nash, in Pem- Alban Stepney acquired a very plentiful estate by his two matrimonial alliances. He was s. at his decease by his eldest son, 1. JOHN STEPNEY, esq. of Prendergast, in Pembroke. shire, who was created a BARONET by King JAMES I. 24th November, 1621. Sir John m. Catherine, daughter of Sir Francis Mansell, bart. of Muddlescombe, in Carmarthenshire, and had issue, JOHN, his heir. Alban, d. aged twenty-one, unm. Thomas, m. Price, daughter and co-heir of Sir Henry Jones, bart. of Albemarles, and had JOHN, who inherited as third baronet. Charles, m. a daughter of Sir Richard Pryse, bart. of Gogarthan (she was the widow of Vaughan of Llanelthy), and had three sons and a daughter, viz. Richard, m. Miss Tancred, and d. s. p. Charles, paymaster of Waller's Marine Regiment, d. s. p. of wounds received at Cork in 1690. The first baronet d. in August, 1634, and was s. by his eldest son, 11. SIR JOHN STEPNEY, who m. Magdalen, daughter and co-heir of Sir Henry Jones, bart. of Albemarles, in Carmarthenshire, and had an only daughter and heir, FRANCES STEPNEY, who m. first, Henry Mansell, esq. of Llanelthy; and secondly, Captain Edward Mansell. Sir John leaving thus at his decease no male issue, the Baronetcy, with a portion of the estate, devolved upon his nephew, III. SIR JOHN STEPNEY, who m. Justina, daughter and heir of Sir Anthony Vandyke, the celebrated painter, and was s. by his only son, explained by Burnet in speaking of the Gowry conspiracy: "One thing which noue of the historians have taken notice of, and might have induced the Earl of Gowry to have wished to put King James out of the way; for upon the king's death, he stood next to the succession to the crown of England; for King Henry the Seventh's daughter, that was married to King James the Fourth, did, after his death, marry Dowglass, Earl of Angus; but they could not agree; so a precontract was proved against him, upon which, by a sentence from Rome, the marriage was voided, with a clause in favour of the issue, since born under a marriage de facto and bona fide: Lady Margaret Dowglas was the child so provided for. I did peruse the original bull, confirming the divorse: after that, the queen dowager married one Francis Steward, and had by him a son, called Lord Methuen by King James the Fifth. In the patent he is called Frater noster uterinus. He had only a daughter, who was mother or grandmother to the Earl of Gowry; so that by this, he might be glad to put the king out of the way, that so he night stand next to the succession of the crown of England. He had a brother, then a child, who when he grew up, and found he could not carry the name of Ruthen, which, by an act made after this conspiracy, none might carry, he went and lived beyond sea, and it was given out that he had the philosopher's stone. He had two sons, who died without issue, and one daughter, married to Sir Anthony Vandike, the famous picture drawer." IV. SIR THOMAS STEPNEY, M.P. for the county of Carmarthen, who m. Margaret, sister and co-heir of Walter Vaughan, esq. of Llanelthy, and dying 24th February, 1744, was s. by his son, V. SIR JOHN STEPNEY, who m. Eleanor, daughter and heir of John Lloyd, esq. of Buckleethwen, in Carmarthenshire, by whom (who died in 1733) he had one son and three daughters, viz. THOMAS, his heir. Margaret, d. unm. Mary, m. to John Allen, esq. of Dale, in Pembrokeshire. Justina, m. to Thomas Popkin, esq. of Forest, in the county of Glamorgan. He d. in 1748, and was s. by his son, VI. SIR THOMAS STEPNEY. This gentleman married Eleanor, only daughter and heir of Thomas Lloyd, esq. of Danyralt, in the county of Carmarthen, and by that lady (who d. in June, 1795,) had issue, JOHN, his heir. THOMAS, Successor to his brother. Elizabeth-Bridgetta, b. in 1749, m. Joseph Gulston, Justina-Maria, m. first, to Francis Head, esq. of St. Andrew's Hall, Norfolk; and secondly, to Colonel Cowel, of the Coldstream Guards. By her first husband she had a daughter, the widow of the Rev. George Herbert, and by her second, two sons. Sir Thomas d. 7th October, 1772, and was s. by his elder son, VII. SIR JOHN STEPNEY, M.P. for the borough of Monmouth, envoy-extraordinary in 1775 at the court of Dresden, and at Berlin in 1782. Sir John died at Vienna in October, 1811, unmarried, and was s. by his brother, VIII. SIR THOMAS STEPNEY, who married 8th June, 1813, Catherine, relict of Russell Manners, esq. and daughter of the Rev. Dr. Pollock, of Grittleton, Wilts, but d. s. p. 12th September, 1825, when the BARONETCY became EXTINCT. His widow, Lady Stepney, survives, and is the authoress of several works of fiction. Arms-Gu. a fess checky or and az. between three owls arg. 11. SIR JAMES STONHOUSE, of Amberden Hall, married Miss Blewet, of Holcombe, in Devon, and was s. by his elder son, III. SIR BLEWET STONHOUSE, who died unmarried, and was s. by his brother, IV. SIR GEORGE STONHOUSE, of Amberden Hall, who m. Miss Hamilton, and let a son and successor, V. SIR JOHN STONHOUSE, who m. Elizabeth, daughter of George Cole, esq. of Buckish, in Devon, and of Enstone, in Oxfordshire, and had issue, This family derived its name from STOCHE or STORE, in Surrey, and "TUN," the Saxon word for “inclosure." In the time of STEPHEN, Godwin de Stoctun resided at Stoctun, and in the 3rd of EDWARD III. HENRY DE STOCTUN had royal licence to empark there 160 acres of land. In the early part of the 16th century, the family became divided into two branches. The younger seating itself at St. John's, Warwick, a large and ancient mansion, originally the hospital of St. John the Baptist, remained there for a series of years, maintaining a leading position in the county, until the male line expired with George Stoughton, esq. of St. John's, who left an elder daughter and heiress, Eugenia, who m. JAMES MONEY, esq. of Pitsford, in Northamptonshire, and of Much Marcle, in Herefordshire, and thus the representation of the Stoughtons of St. John's has merged in the MONEYS. The elder branch continued at Stoughton, in Surrey, and its chief at the middle of the 17th century, 1. NICHOLAS STOUGHTON, Esq. of Stoughton, son of Anthony Stoughton, and grandson of Sir Laurence Stoughton, knt. was created a BARONET 29th January, 1660-1. He m. in 1662, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Henry Massingberd, bart. of Braytoft, in Lincolnshire, and dying 30th June, 1686, left (with several daughters, of whom Frances, m. Charles Ventris, esq. and Henrietta became the wife of Philip Neve, serjeant at-law,) a son and successor, 11. SIR LAWRENCE STOUGHTON, of Stoughton, who m. Mary, daughter of John Burnaby, of London, brewer, but died without issue, in January, 1602, when the BARONETCY became EXTINCT. At Sir Lau She m. secondly, Watkinson Payler, esq.; and thirdly, Thomas Turnour, esq. barrister-at-law. STR rence's decease, the mansion called Stoughton Place, situated on a delightful eminence near the middle of the manor, was pulled down, the site is now a ploughed field of about six acres, with part of the ancient moats remaining, and is known by the name of the "Stoughton Gardens." In the church of Stoke, at the east end of the noth aisle, is the Stoughton chapel. There are many ancient monuments to the family, with quaint and interesting descriptions. Arms-Az. a cross engrailed ermine. "This ancient and knightly family (says Collins) is extracted from the eastern people called Easterlings or Oosterlings, who dwelt near the Baltic Sea." SIR WILLIAM DE ESTERLING, the first that came into England, was one of the twelve knights who accompanied Robert Fitz-Hammon, Earl of Gloucester, to the aid of Justin ap Gorgant, King of Glamorgan, against Prince Rese, about the year 1090, temp. WILLIAM Rufus; and the said Robert Fitz-Hammon, on the death of Rese, turning his forces against Justin, and conquering his whole dominion, divided it amongst his followers. For his share of the spoil, Esterling had the manor and castle of St. Donats, which afterwards continued the chief seat of his descendants. His son and heir, SIR JOHN ESTERLING, m. Matilda, daughter and heir of Sir Robert Corbet, knt. and was father of SIR MORRIS ESTERLING, who m. Cicely, daughter and heir of Picot de Say, and was s. by his son (the first who abbreviated the name), SIR ROBERT STRADLING, knt. who married Howise, heiress of St. Donats Castle, daughter of Sir Hugh Brin, knt. and their great-great-grandson, SIR PETER STRADING, kut. having married Johan, daughter and sole heir of Thomas Hawey, acquired in the time of EDWARD I. the manors of Hawey and Alfreyands, in the county of Somerset, with Compton Hawey, in Dorsetshire. He was s. by his son, SIR EDWARD STRADLING, knt. of St. Donats, who married Eleanor, daughter of Sir Gilbert Stradling, or, by some accounts, Strongbow, and heir of her mother, a daughter of Richard Garnon, of whose inheritance he possessed two manors in Oxfordshire. He was s. by his son, SIR EDWARD STRADLING, who was returned by the county of Somerset to the parliament held at Westminster 17 EDWARD III. and had £12 allowance for thirty-nine days' expenses," coming, stay, and return • Sir Robert Fitts Hamon stiled himself thus,-" Sir Robert Fittshomon, by the Grace of God, Prince of Glamorgon, Earle of Corbaile, Baron of Thorigny and Granville, Lord of Gloucester, Bristow, Tewksbury, and Cardiff, Conqueror of Wales, ncare Kinsman unto the King, and General of his arms in France." He was son of SIR WILLIAM STRADLING, who performed a pilgrimHoly Sepulchre. He m. Isabel, daughter and heir of age to Jerusalem, and was there made a knight of the Sir John St. Barbe, knt. and was s. by his son, SIR EDWARD STRADLING, who accompanied his father to the Holy Sepulchre, and was also made, with him, knight of that order, about the beginning of the reign of King HENRY VI. He m. Jane, daughter of Henry Beaufort, (son of John of Gaunt,) afterwards made Cardinal of St. Eusebius, Bishop of Winchester, and Lord Chancellor of England. He left a son and heir, SIR HENRY STRADLING, who, in his passage from St. Donats to his seat in Somersetshire, was made prisoner by Colin Dolphin, a pirate of Britany, and his ransom was rated so highly-2200 marks-that he was compelled to sell for its liquidation his two manors in Oxfordshire, the castle and manor of Rogerstown, called in Welch Tre-Gwilym, together with the lordship of Sutton, in Monmouthshire. He went afterwards, according to the devotion of those times, and visited the Holy Sepulchre and other revered antiquities in Palestine, where he likewise received the order of knighthood of the Sepulchre; but in returning, died in the Isle of Cyprus, being under twenty-six years of age, and was buried in the city of Famagusta, leaving a son and heir, THOMAS STRADLING, esq. for whom the following cenotaphial memorial was erected in the chapel of St. Donats': "Here lyeth Thomas Stradling, Esq. son to Sir Harry Stradling, Knt. and Elizabeth, his wife (the daughter of William Thomas, of Ragland, in the county of Monmouth ), who dy'd at Cardife, in the Monastery of Preaching-Fryers, the 8th day of September, in the year of our Lord 1480; whose Bones, after the Dissolution of the said Monastery, Sir Thomas Stradling, Knt. his Grand-son, caus'd to be taken up and carry'd to St. Donats, and bury'd by his Son the 4th of June, 1537; and afterwards Sir Edward Stradling, Knt. the 5th of that Name, translated the said Bones out of the Chancel into the Chapel annex'd to the said Chancel, in the year of our Lord 1573; after whose Death, his Wife was marry'd to Sir Rees ap Thomas, Knight of the Garter, and dy'd at Picton, in the County of Pembroke, the 5th day of February, in the year of our Lord 1535, and was bury'd at Carmarthen, in the Church of the Monastery of Preaching-Fryers, with the said Sir Rees ap Thomas, her husband." This Thomas Stradling, by Janet, his wife, daughter of Thomas Mathew, esq. of Radyr, in Glamorganshire, had issue two sons, viz. EDWARD (Sir), who m. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir 1. THOMAS, Successor to his grandfather. ELIZABETH, M. to Thomas Turberville, Lord Hamon Dentatus, sixth Earl of Corbaile, in Normandy, descended from Rollo, Duke of Normandy. By his wite, one of the co-heirs of Payn de Turberville, lord of Castle Coity. And sister of the whole blood to William Herbert, first Earl of Pembroke. |