1. Mary. II. Anne, m. 6th January, 1760, Peter Thellusson, esq. of Plaistow, in the county of Kent, and of Broadsworth, in the county of York, by whom she was mother of Peter-Isaac, first Lord Rendlesham. The eldest son, I. SIR RALPH WOODFORD, of Carleby, in Lincolnshire, British resident at the Hans Towns, and minister-extraordinary to the court of Denmark, was cre ated a BARONET 21st June, 1791. He m. Gertrude Reesen, a co-heiress, and had issue, RALPH JAMES, second baronet. Elizabeth, m. 14th June, 1801, to John Hammet, esq. eldest son of Sir Benjamin Hammet, knt. M. P. for Taunton, by Louisa, his wife, daughter of Sir James Esdaile. Sir Ralph d. 26th August, 1810, and was s. by his only The family of Worsley (or De Workesley, as it was anciently written), derives from Sir Elias de Workesley, lord of the manor of Workesley, near Manchester, at the period of the CONQUEST. He is mentioned in an old chronicle as attending Robert, Duke of Normandy, in his expedition for the recovery of the Holy Land, and tradition affirms that he was buried at Rhodes. From this remote era, the Worsleys continued to hold large possessions in Lancashire, until the year 1377, when Elizabeth, daughter of Geoffrey Workesley, being found by an inquisition to have been born out of marriage, the lordship came to Sir John Massey, who had married the sister of Sir Geoffrey, but the estate was again taken possession of by Robert Worsley; and Thomas Brereton, esq. of Cheshire, who married the daughter and heiress of Sir John Massey, recovered it from Robert Worsley by a suit in Chancery. Worsley became, afterwards, by purchase, the property of Lord Chancellor Egerton, and from him it descended to the great Duke of Bridgewater, who made the canal from the mill in the township of Worsley, over the river Irwell, at Barton Bridge, to convey coals from his mines to Manchester. The WORSLEYS OF HOVINGHAM HALL, in Yorkshire, who diverged from the parent stock, about the year 1307, still possess quit and chief rents over the townships of Worsley, Bedford, Astley, &c. in Lancashire. (See BURKE's Commoners, vol. iv.) Another branch of the family continued lords of Worsley Hall, in that county, until the 3rd HENRY VIII. (1512) when SIR JAMES WORSLEY, knt. of Worsley Hall, son of Hugh Worsley, esq. of Worsley, by Anne, his wife, daughter of Ralph Standish, of Standish, married the heiress of Appuldercombe, in the Isle of Wight, viz. Anne, daughter and co-heir of Sir John Leigh, or Lye, of Leigh, in Dorset, by Agnes, his wife, daughter and co-heir of John Hacket, esq. of Knighton. Sir James, who was captain of the Isle of Wight, died in 1538, leaving two sons, 1. RICHARD, governor of the Isle of Wight, who m. Ursula, second daughter of Henry St. Barbe, esq. of Ashington, in Somersetshire, and had two sons, JOHN and George, who were both blown up with gunpowder at Appuldercombe, 6th September, 1557. Richard Worsley died 12th April, 1565. His widow wedded, secondly, Sir Francis Walsingham, the famous secretary of state. II. JOHN, of whose line we have to treat. The second son, JOHN WORSLEY, esq. of Appuldercombe, in the Isle of Wight, m. Jane, daughter of Richard Meux, esq. of Kingston, son of Sir William Meux, knt. and dying in 1580, left a son and successor, THOMAS WORSLEY, esq. of Appuldercombe, born in 1563, educated and brought up under the celebrated Sir Francis Walsingham. He m. in 1585, Barbara, daughter of William St. John, esq. of Farley, Hants, and had issue, I. RICHARD, his heir. 11. Thomas, b. in 1587. III. John, b. in 1589, was of Gatcombe, in the Isle of Wight. He m. Cicely, daughter of Sir Edward Richards, knt. of Yaverland, and had a son, SIR EDWARD WORSLEY, knt. of Gatcombe, a firm and devoted royalist, who attempted at the greatest personal hazard, the deliverance of CHARLES from his imprisonment in the Isle of Wight. He m. Jane Barker, and had a son and successor, JOHN WORSLEY, esq. of Gatcombe, b. in 1653, who wedded Anne Urry, of Freshwater, in the Isle of Wight, and had two sons, namely, EDWARD, his heir. David, of Stenbury, whose son, The Rev. FRANCIS WORSLEY, rector of Chale, m. Anne, daughter of Henry Roberts, esq. of Standen, and died in 1808, leaving with several daughters, seven sons, James, in holy orders, vicar of Thorley; Henry, a major general in the army; David, d. unm.; Francis, who also d. unm.; Robert, of Edinburgh; Charles-Cornwall Seymour, of Newport; and Thomas, of Liverpool. John Worsley d. in 1727, and was s. by his son, EDWARD WORSLEY, esq. of Gatcombe, who m. in 1708, Miss Jane Leigh, of Idlecombe, and was s. by his son, • Now represented by WILLIAM WORSLEY, esq. of Hovingham Hall, a magistrate and deputy lieutenant for the North Riding of Yorkshire. SIR EDWARD WORSLEY, knt. of Gatcombe, James, rector of Gatcombe, who m. Thomas, M.A. d. unm. John, lieut. in the army, d. unm. Jane, m.to the Rev. Arthur Hodgkinson, Anne, m. to Admiral R. R. Bligh. Sir Edward died in August, 1762, and was s. by his son, He m. EDWARD-MEUX WORSLEY, esq. of Gatcombe, JANE, m. to Col. Alexander Campbell, younger son of Patrick Campbell, esq. of Ardchattan Priory, and had issue. Thomas Worsley died in 1604, and was s. by his eldest son, 1. RICHARD WORSELEY, esq. of Appuldercombe, who was created a BARONET 29th June, 1611. He m. Frances, daughter of Sir Henry Neville, knt. of Billingbere, in Berkshire, and had issue, HENRY, his heir. Richard, died unm. Thomas, who m. Sarah Roe, of Shropshire, and was father of GEORGE WORSLEY, esq. who m. Miss Lisle, of John, b. in 1617, died unm. Anne, m. to Sir John Leigh, knt. of Bury, in Suf Elizabeth, m. to Sir John Meux, bart. of Kingston. Sir Richard d. 27th June, 1621, and was s. by his son, 11. SIR HENRY WORSLEY, of Appuldercombe, b. in 1612, high sheriff of Hants in 1658, who m. in 1634, Bridget, daughter of Sir Henry Wallop, knt. of Fairley Wallop, afterwards Lord Lymington, and had issue, Henry, died young. ROBERT (Sir), knighted at Whitehall, 29th December, 1664, successor to his father. JAMES (Sir), knt. of Pilewell, Hants, born 1645, who married, in 1688, Mary, daughter of Sir Nicholas Stuart, bart. of Hartley Maudiut, and had issue, JAMES, who succeeded as fifth BARONET. Charles, a bencher of the Middle Temple, d. unm. in 1739. Stuart, died s. p. Sandys, m. to Peter Bettesworth, esq. of Sir James died 17th March, 1695. Bridget, m. to John Williams, esq. of Luel, Dor- Jane, m. to Sir George Brown, knt. of Woolverton, Sir Henry died 11th September, 1666, and was s. by his son, III. SIR ROBERT WORSLEY, of Appuldercombe, born in 1643, who m. in 1667, Mary, daughter of James Herbert, of Kingsey, Bucks, second son of Philip, Earl of Pembroke, and had issue, ROBERT, his heir. Henry, M.P. for Newton, in the Isle of Wight, envoy to the court of Portugal, in 1714, and governor of Barbadoes in 1721. He d. unm. 15th March, 1747. Jane, m. to Sir Nathaniel Napier, bart. of Critchill. Sir Robert died in 1676, and was s. by his son, IV. SIR ROBERT WORSLEY, of Appuldercombe, b. in 1669, who m. in 1690, Frances, only daughter of Thomas, first Viscount Weymouth, and had issue, Robert, b. in 1695, died unm. in 1714. FRANCES, m. to John, Lord Carteret, afterwards Robert, Earl of Granville. Grace, m. to Lionel, Earl of Dysart. Louisa, m. to Thomas, second Viscount Wey mouth. Frances, m. to John, fourth Marquis of Tweed- Georgiana-Caroline, m. first to Henry John Sir Robert died in August, 1747, and having outlived his sons, was s. by his cousin, V. SIR JAMES WORSLEY, of Pilewell, member in nine parliaments for the borough of Newton. He m. 15th February, 1714, Rachael, daughter of Thomas Merrick, esq. and dying in 1756, was s. by his son, VI. SIR THOMAS WORSLEY, of Appuldercombe, b. 22nd April, 1728, who m. in 1749, Elizabeth, daughter of John, Earl of Cork and Orrery, and by her ladyship, who died 16th January, 1800, had issue, RICHARD, his heir. Henrietta-Frances, b. 10th July, 1758, m. in 1784, the Hon. John Bridgman Simpson, second son of Henry, first Lord Bradford, and had an only daughter, HENRIETTA-ANNA-MARIA-CHARLOTTE, heiress to her maternal uncle, Sir Richard Worsley. She m. 11th August, 1806, the Hon. Charles Anderson Pelham, present EARL OF YARBOROUGH, and died 30th July, 1813, leaving issue. Sir Thomas d. 23rd September, 1768, and was s. by his son, VII. SIR RICHARD WORSLEY, of Appuldercombe, b. 17th March, 1751, M.P. for Newport, and clerk of his majesty's privy council. He m. in 1775, Seymour Dorothy, daughter and co-heir of Sir John Fleming, bart. of Brompton Park, Middlesex, and had a son and daughter who both died unmarried. Sir Richard died himself 5th August, 1805, leaving his niece his heiress, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his kinsman, VIII. THE REV. SIR HENRY-WORSLEY HOLMES, LL.D. b. in December, 1775, who m. Elizabeth Troughear, eldest daughter of Leonard, Lord Holmes, and widow of Edward Meux Worsley, esq. of Gatcombe, and had by her, who died in January, 1832, two sons and a daughter, viz. LEONARD THOMAS, his heir. Richard Fleming, M.P. for Newport, b. in 1791, Sir Henry died 7th April, 1811, and was s. by his son, IX. SIR LEONARD THOMAS-WORSLEY HOLMES, b. 16th July, 1787, M.P. for Newport, who m. 5th June, 1813, Anne Redstone, daughter of John Delgarno, esq. of Newport, and niece of Leonard, Lord Holmes, and had issue, ELIZABETH, M. 3rd October, 1833, to the Hon. Sir Leonard d. 10th January, 1825, when the title be SIR THOMAS WORTLEY, of Wortley, in Yorkshire, son of Nicholas Wortley, by Isabel, his wife, daughter and heir of William Tunstall, of Thurland, and representative of the ancient family of Wortley, was a distinguished personage in the times in which he lived, and knight of the body to four successive sovereigns EDWARD IV., RICHARD III., HENRY VII., and HENRY * VIII. "And also (we quote the old illuminated pedigree of Wortley) Sir Thomas did serve them with great credite in their wares, having great government in this commonwealthe, being as it may appeare in great trust with the said kinges; for as yet ther remaineth a great number of letters in the house of Wortley, which were sent by the aforesaid kinges to the said Sir Thomas, sealled with their private sig nates; the which letters were for the exsecusion of theire lawes, musters, collections, and commissions, with other and divers services of great truste and credit, as the only man in these parts. And also had of the said princes gyft the stewardship of Midlame Castell, withall thinges thereunto belonginge, with the puttinge in of all the officers into the said Castell. And also he had and was steward of Kimberworth, with all the commodytes therunto belonginge...... Nowe to speake of his recreation. First he was much given to showtinge in the long bowe, and many of his men were cuninge archiers, and in them he did muche delite. Also he had muche delite in huntinge, that he did builde in the middest in his forest of Wharnclife, a house or lodge, at which house he did lye at, for the most part of the grease tyme; and the worshipfull of the countrye did ther resorte unto hime, havinge ther with hime pastime and good cheare. Many tymes he would go into the Forest of the Peake and set up ther his tent with great provision of vitales, having in his company many worshipfull persones, with his owne familye and would remaine ther vii weeks or more huntinge and makinge other worthy pastimes unto his companye. "The said Sir Thomas had such a kinde and brede of hounds, and their cuninge in huntinge it was such, that the fame of them went into Scotland, so that the kinge of Scots did write his letters desieringe hime to have some of his houndes; at the which request he did send him x copple, with his own huntsman, which did remain ther ii whole yeares. Thus I leave to speak of the worthy fame of this knight, omittinge many thinges worthy to be spoken off." This doughty knight m. first, in 1463, Catherine, daughter of William Fitz William, of Sprotborough, by whom he had a son, Nicholas, who d. s. p. and a daughter, Isabel, wife of John Talbot. He wedded, secondly, Joan, daughter and heir of William Balderston, and widow first of Thomas Langton, and secondly of Sir John Pilkington, by which lady, whom he divorced, he had no child. He m. thirdly, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Richard Fitz William, of Alder Park, and widow of John Fitz William, esq. of Sprotborough, by whom he left at his decease in 1514, (being buried at Hemsworth,) a son and successor, THOMAS WORTLEY, esq. of Wortley, whose short life was harassed by expensive lawsuits with the Talbots. He m. Margaret, daughter of Sir John Savile, of Tankersley and Thornhill, by whom, who wedded, secondly, Richard Corbet, esq. he left at his decease, 11th April, 1543, a son and heir, FRANCIS WORTLEY, esq. of Wortley, who according to the illuminated pedigree before referred to,“ was brought up in learning at the Inns of Court, and was well versed in the laws, being on the queen's majesty's council of the North parts: he was also justice of the peace and justice of Coram, and custos rotulorum, and had great government in this West Riding, and was of singular great wisdom and manhood." A similar cha racter is given of him by the Earl of Shrewsbury, in a letter to Walsingham, 1582, which mentions him as “a gentylman bothe wise and of very good credytt in the country;" and in another communication of the same nobleman, addressed to Burleigh, he is stated to be "of greate lyving and accounte." Mary Stuart was at that time a captive in Sheffield Castle, and the Earl of Shrewsbury her keeper, who then meditated a journey to London, proposed to commit the custody of the queen to Mr. Wortley. He m. first, in 1559, Mary, daughter and co-heir of Robert Swyft, esq. of Rotherham and Broomhall, and secondly, Frances, daughter of Thomas Burdet, esq. of Burthwaite, which lady survived and wedded, secondly, Francis Foljambe, of Aldwark. By his first wife, who died in 1581, Mr. Wort ley had issue, RICHARD, his heir. John, of Langley, in Durham, b. 1st November, FRANCIS (Sir), his heir. Edward (Sir), knt. m. Elizabeth, daughter of William Eldred, and widow of Sir Samuel Tryon, but d. s. p. Thomas (Sir), knt. d. s. p. Mary, m. to Henry Baron, of Hilton. Anne, m. first to Sir Rotherham Willoughby, and secondly to Sir George Morton. Elizabeth, m. to Sir Henry Crofts. Eleanor, m. first to Sir Henry Lee, secondly to Edward, Earl of Sussex, thirdly to Robert, Earl of Warwick, and fourthly to Edward, Earl of Manchester. Sarah, m. to Sir Sutton Coney. Sir Richard died 25th July, 1603, was buried in St. George's Chapel, Windsor, and succeeded by his son, 1. SIR FRANCIS WORTLEY, knt. of Wortley, created a BARONET 29th June, 1611. At the outbreak of the civil wars, Sir Francis, whose devotion to the royal cause shone conspicuous among the most faithful of the cavaliers, fortified his house at Wortley, and raised a troop of horse, with which he maintained a guerilla warfare, extremely harassing to his opponents. In 1644, he was taken prisoner at Walton House, near Wakefield, his estate sequestered, and he himself sent to the Tower, where he remained in captivity for many years, solacing the hours of his long confinement by literary occupations to which he was much He wrote several small tracts principally attached. connected with the occurrences and controversies of the times, and one larger work to prove that episcopacy is pure divine. The most curious of the former productions is, his "Characters and Elegies." Sir Francism. first, Grace, daughter of Sir William Brouncker, of Melksham, Wilts, and had by her, FRANCIS, his heir. Margaret, m. to Sir Henry Griffiths, bart. of Burton Agnes, but d. s. p. He m. secondly, Hester, daughter of George Smithies, alderman of London and widow of Alderman Eyre, of Coleman Street, by whom he had a daughter, Sarah, m. to Roger Battridge or Battergh, esq. Sir Francis d. in London, and was s. by his son, 11. SIR FRANCIS WORTLEY, of Wortley, aged twentytwo, 13 CHARLES I. He m. Frances, daughter and coheir of Sir William Faunte, of Freeston, in Leicestershire, but by her, who survived him, he left no issue, at his decease 14th March, 1665, when the BARONETCY became EXTINCT. With Sir Francis expired the line of Wortley, of Wortley, which had flourished through more than five centuries. His great inheritance passed under his will to his illegitimate daughter, ANNE NEWCOMEN, alias WORTLEY, who m, the Hon. SIDNEY MONTAGUE, second son of Edward, first Earl of Sandwich, and had with other issue, a son, EDWARD WORTLEY MONTAGUE, one of the lords commissioners of the Treasury, and ambassador to the Porte, m. LADY MARY PIERREPOINT, the celebrated Lady Mary Wortley Montague, eldest daughter of Evelyn, Duke of Kingston, and had a daughter and heir, MARY WORTLEY MONTAGUE, m. to John Stuart, Earl of Bute, and was created a peeress in her own right as Baroness Mount Stuart, of Wortley. Her ladyship's grandson, the present proprietor of the Wortley estates, is JAMES ARCHIBALD STUART WORTLEY, LORD WHARN Mr. Wortley Montague disinherited his only son, Edward Wortley Montague, who had manifested very extraordinary excentricities, and whose varied life is well told in a work entitled “Literary Anecdotes of the 18th Century." 583 Leonard, of Adwick, in Yorkshire, died 23rd August, 1590, leaving issue. The eldest son, SIR CHRISTOPHER WRAY, of Glentworth, born at Bedale, in Yorkshire, was educated at Magdalen College, Cambridge, and having studied at Lincoln's Inn, was called to the bar, at which he attained such eminence, that he became eventually (16 ELIZABETH) lord chief justice of the Queen's Bench, and presided over that court with the highest reputation for seventeen years. An old writer describes him as an upright judge, who respected every man in his proper station, when he was off the bench, but when he was upon it, he had no such regard for the greatest of men, so as to bias his judgment; and Lloyd thus speaks of Sir Christopher, "Five particulars, I have heard old men say, he was choice in: 1. his friend, who was always wise and equal: 2, his wife: 3. his book: 4. his secrets: 5. his expression and garb. By four things, he would say, an estate was kept; 1. by understanding it: 2. by spending not until it comes: 3. by keeping old servants: 4. by a quarterly audit. He was mindful of what is past, observant of things present, and provident for things to come. No better instance whereof need be alledged, than his pathetic discourses in the behalf of those two great stays of this kingdom, husbandry and merchandize; for he had a clear discerning judgment, and that not only in points of law, which yet his arguments and decisions in that profession manifest without dispute; but in matters of policy and government; as also in the little mysteries of private manage, to which, when you add his happy faculty of communicating himself, by a free and graceful elocution, to charm and command his audience, assisted by the attractive dignity of his presence, you will not admire that he managed his justiceship with so much satisfaction to the court, and that he left it with so much applause from the country for these two peculiarities he had, that none was more tender to the poor, or more civil in private; and yet none more stern to the rich, I mean, justices of the peace, officers, &c. or more severe in public. He delighted indeed to be loved, not reverenced; yet knew he well how to assert the dignity of his place and function, from the approaches of contempt." Sir Christopher had served for Boroughbridge in all the parliaments called by Queen MARY, and was chosen speaker of the House of Commons in the next reign. He m. Anne, daughter of Nicholas Girlington, esq. of Normanby, in Yorkshire, and had issue, WILLIAM, his heir. Isabel, m. first to Godfrey Foljambe, esq.; secondly Frances, m. first to Sir George St. Paul, bart. of Sir Christopher died 8th May, 1592, and lies buried in the chancel of the church of Glentworth, under a splendid monument, whereon is the effigies, in full proportion, of a judge in his robes, with his lady by him, and this inscription: The only son of this great lawyer, 1. SIR WILLIAM WRAY, of Glentworth, M. P. for Grimsby, and afterwards for Lincolnshire, was knighted by Queen ELIZABETH, and created a BARONET by JAMES I. in 1612. He m. first, Lucy, eldest daughter of Sir Edward Montague, knt. of Boughton, and had by her, who died in 1599, a numerous family, of whom the only sons that left issue were JOHN, his heir. Edward, groom of the bedchamber to CHARLES 1. Sir William wedded, secondly, Frances, relict of Sir Nicholas Clifford, and daughter of Sir William Drury, knt. of Hawsted, in Suffolk, lord deputy of Ireland, by whom he had issue, CHRISTOPHER (Sir), knt. of Ashby, in Lincolnshire, M. P. married Albina, second daughter and co-heir of Edward Cecil, Viscount Wimbledon, third son of the Earl of Exeter, and had issue, I. WILLIAM (Sir), of Ashby, created a BARO- CHRISTOPHER (Sir), his heir, second ba- } who d. s. p. Margaret, m. to the Rev. Dr. Jeffries, prebendary of Canterbury. Tufton, m. to Sir James Montague, knt. 11. Edward, whose son, BAPTIST-EDWARD, succeeded as fifth baronet of Glentworth, III. DRURY, who s. as sixth baronet. IV. Cecil, who m. the daughter of Mr. Cressy, of Brigsley, in Lincolnshire, and had a |