The family of Bolles, of long standing in the county of Lincoln, was resident there so early as the reign of HENRY III. Its principal seat seems to have been Bolle Hall, in Swineshead, until the close of the reign of EDWARD IV. when, by an intermarriage with the heiress of the family of Hough, the elder branch became settled at Hough, near Alford, in Lincolnshire; while a younger established itself at Gosberkirke, now Gosberton, in the same county, and from this branch descended the Baronets of Scampton.

JOHN BOLLE, sheriff 16 EDWARD IV. m. Katherine, daughter and co-heir of Richard Hough, esq. of Hough, in Lincolnshire, and had, inter alios,

RICHARD, of Hough, who m. Isabel, sister and heir of Richard Nansant, of Cornwall, and had issue. The descendant and representative of this line, JOHN BOLLE, esq. of Thorpe Hall, left at his decease one son and two daughters, namely, JOHN, d. s. p. in 1732, aged seventy-nine. ELIZABETH, M. to the Rev. Thomas Bosvile, B. D. Rector of Ufford, and had three daughters, namely,

MARGARET BOSVILE, b. in 1710, m. 1734,
to James Birch, esq. of Coventry,
and had issue,

1. Thomas Birch, of Thorpe Hall,
whose son, Thomas- James
Birch, It.-col. first life guards,
assumed the surname of Bos-
VILE, on inheriting Raven-
field Park, in Yorkshire. He
d. s. p. 22nd April, 1829.
2. James Birch, rector of Wishford,
Wilts, d. in 1823, aged eighty-
four.

3. Elizabeth Birch, m. to Robert
Lee, esq. of Louth and Little-
coates, in Lincolnshire, and
was grandmother of the pre-
sent THOMAS BOSVILE Bos-
VII.E, esq. of Ravenfield Park,
Yorkshire.

ELIZABETH BOSVILE, m. first, to Alexander Emerson, esq. of West Retford, Notts; and secondly, to the Rev. Stephen Ashton, vicar of Louth. BRIDGET BOSVILE, m. to Thomas Bosvile, esq. of Braithwell and of Ulverscroft Abbey, and had two sons, who both d. s. p. SARAH, m. to Henry Eyre, esq. of Bramley Hall, and had an only daughter and heir,

MARGARET EYRE, m. in 1726, to William Spencer, esq. of Attercliffe Hall, Yorkshire, and was greatgrandmother of the present REV.

BOL

WILLIAM PAKENHAM SPENCER, of Bramley Grange. (See BURKE'S Commoners, vol. ii. p. 389.)

Mary.

Anne, m. to George Antrobus, esq. and had an only daughter and heir,

Mary Antrobus, who m. John Hayes, esq. of Ashby-de-la-Zouche, and had an only surviving daughter,

MARY HAYES, m. to JOHN TURTON, M. D. of Birmingham.

Sir Robert Bolles, a munificent patron of the arts and literature, died in August, 1663, aged forty-four, and was s. by his son,

III. SIR JOHN BOLLE, of Scampton, who m. first, in November, 1663, Elizabeth, daughter of John Pynsent, esq, one of the prothonotaries of the Court of Common Pleas, by whom he had an only daughter, who died young; and secondly, in May, 1667, Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Sir Vincent Corbett, bart. of Morton Corbett, in Shropshire, by whom he had to survive him, JOHN, his heir. Sarah.

Sir John d. in 1685, and was s. by his son,

IV. SIR JOHN BOLLE, of Scampton, who represented the city of Lincoln in five successive parliaments, from 1690 to 1701, and is recorded to have lived in great splendour. He died unmarried in December, 1714, and was buried with his ancestors at St. Swithin's, London. At his decease the BARONETCY EXPIRED, and

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with him vanished all the grandeur and hospitality which the little village of Scampton had witnessed for more than a century and a half, during the existence of the much respected family of Bolle. Sir John dying intestate, the estate of Scampton vested in his sister, MRS. SARAH BOLLE, a maiden lady, who resided at Shrewsbury. On her demise, which occurred 7th November, 1746, the manor and estate of Scampton, together with a wood of about one hundred acres, called Ingleby Wood, descended to her three co-heirs,

of

WILLIAM BOND, of Buckland, in the county of Somerset, the first of this family who is mentioned in the pedigree proved at the visitation of London, in 1633, is there described as "descended of a younger house of Bond, of Cornwall." He m. a daughter of Hill, and had three sons, I. WILLIAM, of Crosby Palace, in the City of London, who was "a merchant adventurer, and most famous in his age for his great adventures both by sea and land." He was an alderman, and in 1568 sheriff of London. By Margaret, his wife, daughter of William Aldy, of Guildford, in Surrey, he had issue,

1. Daniel (Sir), who inherited Crosby Pa

lace.

2. William, of London, m. Margaret, daughter of Thomas Gore, esq. of London, and had issue.

3. Martin, of London, who was a captain at Tilbury camp, in 1588, and chief captain of the train bands of the city of London. In 21 JAMES I. he was M.P. for that city, and d. in May, 1645, aged eighty-five.

4. Nicholas.

5. Anne, m. first, to Robert King, and secondly, to William Whitmore, esq. of London.

11. Edward, who m. and had issue.

III. GEORGE (Sir), of whom presently.

1. Katherine, m. to Palmer, of Trull, in Somersetshire.

1. Avis, m. to Otte Wescombe.

111. Ann, m. to William Gifford. IV. Agnes, m. to — Cade.

The third son,

SIR GEORGE BOND, b. at Buckland, filled the civic chair of the city of London, in 1587. He d. in 1592, leaving, by Winifred his wife, daughter of Sir Thomas Leigh, knt. of London, issue,

1. WILLIAM (Sir), his heir.

II. George, of Bridgewater, m. Gertrude, daughter and heir of William Saunders, and left an only daughter and heir,

Mary, m. to Richard Musgrave, esq. of Nettlecomb.

III. Thomas (Sir), of Ogborn St. George, Wilts, received the honour of knighthood, and was secretary to the lord chancellor Egerton; m. Frances, second daughter of Edmund Bale, of Soddington, in Devon, and was father of George, of Ogborne, whose name appears in the list of those gentlemen, of the county of Wilts, who were qualified to become knights of the royal oak. He m. Elizabeth, daughter of Charles Hoskins, of Barrow Green, in Surrey, and had one son,

George, who d. 22nd September, 1712,

aged forty.

Alice, m. first, to Walter Vaughan, esq. of Pembray, and secondly, to William Ball, esq.

1. Alice, m. to Sir William Quarles, knt. of Lan

caster.

II. Ann, m. to Richard Martin.

III. Dronese, m. to Sir Henry Wenston, knt. of Standish, in Gloucestershire.

IV. Jane, m. to- Dare, of Devonshire.

v. Mary, m. to Hugh Hill, of Yard, near Taunton, Somersetshire.

VI. Rose, m. to William Hale, esq. of King's Walden, Herts, ancestor of the present

WILLIAM HALE, esq. of King's Walden.

The eldest son,

SIR WILLIAM BOND, knt. who was of Highgate, and received the honour of knighthood, 23rd July, 1603, m. Catherine, daughter and sole heir of John Povey, gent. of Barnard's Inn, Holborn, and had two sons, JOHN, who died without issue, and

THOMAS BOND, M. D. of Hoxton, in the county of Middlesex, who wedded Catherine, daughter and heir of John Osbaldeston, esq. of Harbens, in the county of Warwick, a younger branch of the Osbaldestons, of Chadlington, and had issue,

Lord St. Albans, was made comptroller of the household to the Queen Mother of King CHARLES II. and advanced to a baronetcy 9th October, 1658. This gentleman appears to have been a considerable person and in great favour with King CHARLES II., and several sums of money were remitted to him, for his majesty's use, during the civil war. He purchased a considerable estate at Peckham, in Surrey, of his brother-in-law, Sir Thomas Crimes, bart. He married Marie, daughter of Mons. Charles Peliott, Sieur de la Gard, of Paris, whose sister, Madmoiselle de la Gard, was one of the maids of honour to the Queen of CHARLES II. By her he had issue,

1. HENRY, his successor.

II. Thomas, of Bury St. Edmond's, county of Suffolk, who, by Henrietta his wife, second daughter and co-heir of Thomas, Lord Jermyn, of St. Edmondsbury, was father of

Henry Jermyn Bond, esq. of Bury, who
died 20th February, 1748, leaving, by
Jane his wife, daughter of Godfrey,
(who remarried 26th Dec. 1750, Thomas,
first Viscount Gage, and d. 1757), three
sons, viz.

Charles Jermyn, of Bury, d. s. p. 1760.
Henry, b. 1726.

James, b. 1724, who m. and left issue.
Judith, d. unm. 1793.

1. Mary-Charlotte, was brought up by Henrietta, Duchess of Orleans, daughter of King CHARLES I. and married Sir William Gage, bart. of Hengrave Hall, in the county of Suffolk. She d. in 1717.

The elder son,

II. SIR HENRY BOND, of Peckham, sold that estate, and lived chiefly in France. He married a French lady of the name of Noir, and had a son and successor, III. SIR THOMAS BOND, who espoused Dorothea, daughter of Wynne, of Wales, and dying in August, 1734, left issue,

IV. SIR CHARLES BOND, who is believed to have been the last baronet of this family. He was born in December, 1734, and was living 7th November, 1760, but the period of his death is unknown. He had an only sister, who was living unmarried 7th November, 1760.

Arms Argent on a chevron sable three bezants, in dexter chief a crescent gules.

THOMAS DE BOOTHS, to whom s. his son,

JOHN DE BOUTHE, living temp. Edw. II., who m. Agnes, dau. and heiress of Sir Gilbert de Barton, and was s. by his son,

SIR THOMAS BOUTн, of Barton, called "Tomalin of of the Boothes," m. Ellen, daughter of Thomas de Workesley, esq. of Workesley, now Worsley, in the county of Lancaster, and had issue,

JOHN, his successor.

Henry, left a son, John.
Thomas, left a son, Robert.

Alice, m. first, to William Leigh, esq. of Baguley, in the county of Chester, and secondly, to Thomas Duncalf, esq. of Foxwist.

Catherine.

Margaret.

Anne, m. to Sir Edward Weever. Sir Thomas was s. by his eldest son,

JOHN BOUTH, esq. of Barton, who lived in the reigns of RICHARD II. and HENRY IV. and m. first, Joan, daughter of Sir Henry Trafford, of Trafford, in the county of Lancaster, by whom he had issue,

THOMAS, who received the honour of knighthood in the 14th HENRY VI. Sir Thomas m. a daughter of Sir George Carrington, knt. and widow of Weever, and had issue,

Sir John Bouth, knt. to whom King HENRY
VII. granted an annuity of 10 marks ster-
ling for his good services. Sir John fell at
Flodden-Field in the 5th of HENRY VIII.
and his male line ceased with his great-
grandson, JOHN, who left, at his decease,
three daughters, co-heiresses.

Robert, of whom presently, as ancestor of the
Lords Delamere.

William, archbishop of York.

Richard, of Strickland, near Ipswich, in the county of Suffolk.

Roger, m. Catherine, daughter and heiress of Ralph Hatton, esq. of Mollington, near Chester, and had issue,

Robert Booth, esq. of Sawley, in the county
of Derby.

Isabel, m. to Ralph Nevil, third earl of
Westmoreland, and had issue,

ANNE, who m. William Lord Coniers.
John, bishop of Exeter, anno 1465; buried in the
church of St. Clement Danes, London, in 1478.
Ralph, archdeacon of York.

Margery, m. to John Byron, esq. of Clayton, in
the county of Lancaster.

Joan, m. first, to Thomas Sherborne, esq. of Stony-
hurst, in the county of Lancaster, and secondly,
to Sir Thomas Sudworth, knt.
Catherine, m. to Thomas Ratcliffe, esq. of Wim-
morley.

Alice, m. to Sir Robert Clifton, knt. of Clifton, in
the county of Nottingham.

Mr. Booth married a second wife, (but the lady's name is not known), and left a son,

Laurence Booth, who was chancellor of the university of Cambridge, bishop of Durham, and afterwards archbishop of York. His Lordship was appointed keeper of the privy-seal in the 35th of HENRY VI., and LORD CHANCELLOR OF ENGLAND in the 12th of EDWARD IV. He d. in 1480.

The line of Sir Thomas Bouth, the eldest son, terminating, as stated above, in co-heiresses, we proceed

with the second son,

SIR ROBERT BOUTH, knt. of Dunham Massie, in the

county of Chester, which seat he acquired by his wife, Douce, daughter and co-heiress of Sir William Ven-, ables, of Bollen, in the same shire; which Sir William was son of Joane, daughter and heir of Hamon Fitton, who was grandson of John Fitton, of Bollen, by Cicelie his wife, eldest daughter and co-heir of Sir Hamon de Massie, the sixth and last baron of Dunham Massie, one of the eight feudal lordships instituted by Hugh Lupus, Earl of Chester, in the time of the Conqueror. By this lady Sir Robert Bouth had no less than nine sons and five daughters. Of the former, WILLIAM, the eldest, inherited the fortune. Philip, the youngest, m. the daughter and heiress of Sir William Hampton, of Wellington, knt. The daughters were,

Lucy, m. to William Chauntrell, esq. of the Bache, near Chester.

Ellen, m. to Robert Legh, esq. of Adlington, in the county of Chester.

Alice, m. to Robert Hesketh, esq. of Rufford, in the county of Lancaster, ancestor of the baronets Hesketh.

Joan, m. to Hamond Massie, esq. of Rixton, Lancashire.

Margery, m. to James Scarebrich, esq.

Sir Robert and his eldest son had a grant of the office of sheriff of Cheshire for both their lives, and to the survivor of them, by patent, dated at Chester on the 8th of March, in the 21st of HENRY VI., with all fees appertaining to the said office, and to execute its duties, either personally or by deputy. Sir Robert died on the 16th September, 1450, and was s. by his eldest

son,

SIR WILLIAM BOTHE, who m. Maud, daughter of John Dutton, esq. of Dutton, in the county of Chester, by whom he had five sons and nine daughters, which daughters were,

Douce, m. to Thomas Leigh, esq. of West Hall,

in the county of Chester.

Anne, m. first, to John Leigh, esq. of Booths,
Cheshire, and secondly, to Geoffery Shakerly, of
Shakerly, in the county of Lancaster.

Ellen, m. to Sir John Leigh, of Baguley, in the
county of Chester.

Margery, m. John Hyde, esq. of Haighton, Lancashire.

Alice, m. to John Ashley, esq. of Ashley, in the
county of Chester.

Elizabeth, m. to Thomas Fitton, esq. of Pownall,
Cheshire.

Joane, m. to William Holt, esq.

Isabella.

Catherine.

Sir William d. in 1476, and was s. by his eldest son, GEORGE BOTHE, esq. This gentleman m. Catherine, daughter and heiress of Robert Mountfort, esq. of Bescote, in the county of Stafford, and of Monkspath, Warwickshire, by whom he acquired considerable estates in the counties of Salop, Stafford, Warwick, Leicester, Wilts, Somerset, Cornwall, and Hereford, and had issue,

WILLIAM, his successor. Laurence.

Roger.

Alice, m. to William Massie, esq. of Denfield, in the county of Chester.

Ellen, m. first, to Thomas Vaudrey, esq. and secondly, to Trafford, of Trafford.

Mr. Bothe d, in 1483, and was s. by his eldest son, SIR WILLIAM BOTHE, knt. who m. first, Margaret, daughter and co-heir of Sir Thomas Asheton, of Ashton-under-Lyne, in the county of Lancaster, and of his wife Anne, daughter of Ralph, Lord Greystock, by

Jane, m. first, to Hugh, son and heir of Sir Piers
Dutton, of Dutton, in the connty of Chester, and
secondly, to Thomas Holford, esq. of Holford,
in the same shire.

Dorothy, m, to Edward, son and heir of Laurence
Warren, esq. of Pointon, in the county of
Chester.

Anne, m. to Sir William Brereton, of Brereton, in
Cheshire.

Sir William d. 9th November, in the 11th HEN. VIII. and was s. by his eldest son,

GEORGE BOTHE, esq. who m. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas Boteler, of Beausey, near Warrington, and had issue,

GEORGE, his successor.

John, m. to Elizabeth, daughter of John Dutton, esq. and left four sons, William.

Robert. Edmund. Henry.

Robert, in holy orders, rector of Thornton-in-the-
Moors, in the county of Chester.

Ellen, m. to John Carrington, esq. of Carrington.
Anne, m. to William Massie, esq. of Podington.
Margaret, m. to Sir William Davenport, of Bram-
hall.

Elizabeth, m. Richard Sutton, esq. of Sutton, near
Macclesfield.

Dorothy, m. to Robert Tatton, esq. of Withen-
shaw.

Alice, m. to Peter Daniel, esq. of Over-Tabley.
Cecilie, d. unmarried.

Mr. Bothe died in the 22d HENRY VIII. and was s. by his eldest son,

GEORGE BOTHE, esq. who left, at his decease in 1548, a son and three daughters, viz.

WILLIAM, his successor.

Elizabeth, m. to William Chauntrell, esq. of the
Bache, near Chester.

Mary, m. to Randle Davenport, esq. of Henbury,
in the county of Chester.

Anne, m. to- Wentworth, esq. of the county of
York.

To this George Bothe, Queen Jane Seymour commanded a letter to be written, acquainting him with the birth of a son, (afterwards King EDWARD VI) bearing date, at Hampton Court, the very day of her delivery, October 12th, 29th HENRY VIII., in these words:

BY THE QUEEN.

"Trusty and welbeloved, we grete youe well. And for asmuche as by the inestimable goodness and grace

of Almighty God, we be delivered and brought in childbed of a prince, conceived in most lawful matrimonie between my Lord the King's Majestye and us, doubting not but for the love and affection which ye beare unto us, and to the commyn wealth of this realme, the knowledge thereof shud be joyous and glad tidings unto youe, we have thought fit to certifie youe of the To thintent ye might not only rendre unto God condigne thanks and praise for soo great a benefit, but also pray for the long continuance and preservation of the same here in this lief, to the honor of God, joy and pleasor of my Lord the King, and us, and the universall weale, quiet, and tranquillyty of this hole realme. Gevyn under our signet, at my Lord's manor of Hampton-Cort, the xii. day of October.

same.

"To our trusty and welbeloved,

"George Both,' Esq."

Mr. Bothe had also the honour of a letter from King HENRY himself, dated at Westminster, 16th February, in the 34th year of his reign, concerning forces to be raised to war against the Scotch. Mr. Bothe was s. by his son,

WILLIAM BOTHE, OF BOUTHE, who, being then but three years old, was in ward to the king. He received the honour of knighthood in 1578. Sir William m. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Warburton, of Warburton and Arley, in the county of Chester, and had seven sons and six daughters. Of the former.

GEORGE Succeeded his father.

John, m. to a daughter of Prestwick, of Hulme, near Manchester, and had several children. Richard, m. the daughter and heiress of Massie, of Cogshull.

The married daughters were,

Elizabeth, m. first, to William Basnet, esq. of
Eaton, in the county of Denbigh, and secondly,
to- Walsh, esq. of
Ireland.
-

Dorothy, m. to Ralph Bunnington, esq. of Bar
rowcote, in the county of Derby.

Alice, m. to- Panton, esq.

Susan, m. first, to Sir Edward Warren, of Pointon, in the county of Chester, and secondly, to John Fitton, esq. of the city of Chester.

Sir William d. on the 28th Nov. 1579, and was s. by his eldest son,

1. SIR GEORGE BOOTH, whose extensive estates were placed by Queen Elizabeth during his minority, under the guardianship of her favourite, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. In the latter end of her majesty's reign, Sir George received the honour of knighthood, and upon the institution of the order of baronet, he was amongst the first raised to that dignity, on the 22d May, 1611. Sir George Booth m. first, his second cousin, Jane, only daughter, and heiress of John Carrington, esq. of Carrington, in the county of Chester; by whom he had no issue, nor did he live long with her, yet he inherited the lands of her father; the same being strictly so settled by that gentleman, before the marriage of his daughter, to descend to the family of Booth; in which settlement, among other provisions, is one particularly worthy of notice: "That if she, the said Jane, should, after marriage, be detected of incontinency, the estate should remain to the family of Booth." After the decease of this lady, Sir George m. Catherine, daughter of Chief Justice Anderson, of the Court of Common Pleas, and had several children, of whom,

WILLIAM, the eldest son, m. Vere, second daughter, and co-heir of Sir Thomas Egerton, Viscount Brackley, LORD CHANCELLOR OF ENGLAND, and

predeceasing his father, (26th April, 1636,) left issue,

GEORGE, of whom presently, as successor to the baronetcy.

Nathaniel, m. Anne, third daughter of Thomas Ravenscroft, esq. of Bretton, in the county of Flint, whose line terminated with his great-granddaughter, Hannah Vere Booth,

in 1765.

Catherine, m. to Sir John Jackson, of Hickle

ton, in the county of York, baronet.

John, the youngest son, having actively espoused the cause of King CHARLES II. received the honour of knighthood after the restoration, anno 1600. Sir John m. Dorothy, daughter of Sir Anthony St. John, younger son of Oliver, Earl of Bolingbroke, and left several children at his decease, in 1678.

Alice, m. George Vernon, esq. of Haslinton, in the county of Chester.

Susan, m. Sir William Brereton, of Handforth, in the county of Chester, baronet.

Elizabeth, m. to Richard, Lord Byron, (his lord

ship's second wife,) and died without issue. Sir George Booth, who served the office of sheriff of Cheshire twice, and as often of Lancashire, d. on the 24th October, 1652, and was s. in his title and estates by his grandson (whose guardianship he had purchased from the crown for £4000.),

And

11. SIR GEORGE BOOTH. This gentleman was committed prisoner to the Tower of London during the usurpation, for his zeal in the royal cause, and his efforts to restore the exiled prince. He had the pleasure eventually, however, of being chosen one of the twelve members deputed by the House of Commons, in May, 1660, to carry to that prince the recall of the house, in answer to his majesty's letters. on Monday, 13th July, 1660, the House of Commons ordered, "that the sum of £10,000 be conferred on Sir George, as a mark of respect for his eminent services, and great sufferings in the public cause;" which order obtained the sanction of the House of Lords in the ensuing month. In addition to which honourable grant, the baronet was elevated to the Peerage, by letters patent, dated 20th April, 1661, as BARON DELAMERE, of Dunham Massie, in the county of Chester. His Lordship m. first, Lady Caroline Clinton, daughter and co-heir of Theophilus, Earl of Lincoln, by whom he had an only daughter, Vere, who d. unmarried, in 1717, in the 74th year of her age. He m. secondly, Lady Elizabeth Grey, eldest daughter of Henry, Earl of Stamford, by whom he had seven sons and five daughters, of whom,

HENRY, succeeded to the title.

George, m. Lucy, daughter of the Right Hon.
Robert Robartes, Viscount Bodmin, son and
heir of John, Earl of Radnor, by whom he had
an only son, Henry, who d. unmarried.
Robert, in holy orders, Archdeacon of Durham, in
1691, and Dean of Bristol, in 1708. This gentle-
man m. first, Ann, daughter of Sir Robert Booth,
chief justice of the Court of Common Pleas in
Ireland, by whom he had a son, Henry, who
died s. p. He m. secondly, Mary, daughter of
Thomas Hales, esq. of Howlets, in the county
of Kent, and had five sons and four daughters,
of whom,

NATHANIEL, the fourth and only surviving,
succeeded to the BARONY OF DELAMERE, but
of him hereafter.

Elizabeth, m. to Charlton Thrupp, esq. of
Hampstead, Middlesex.