JOHN DUKE, of Brampton, m. Joan, daughter and heir of Spark, of Astacton, in Norfolk, and of Ickesall, in Suffolk, and was s. by his son, THOMAS DUKE, esq. of Brampton, who m. first, the daughter and heir of Woodwell, and by her had an only daughter, the wife of Normanville. He wedded, secondly, Margaret, daughter and heir of Henry Baynard, esq. of Speckshall, in Suffolk, and by that lady had WILLIAM, his heir. John, d. s. p. Robert, m. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Nicholas He was s. by his eldest son, WILLIAM DUKE, esq. who paid (23rd HENRY VIII.) twenty shillings aid to the Lord of Framlingham Manor. He m. Thomasine, daughter of Sir Edmund Jenny, of Knottishall, Suffolk, and was s. by his son, GEORGE DUKE, esq. of Brampton, who was buried at Frenshall; and by Anne, daughter of Sir Thomas Blenerhasset, knt. of Frenshall, left two sons, viz. EDWARD, his heir. George, of Honington, m. Elizabeth, daughter and co-heir of Austin Curtis, of the same place, and had issue, George, of Wandsworth, who, for services done to King CHARLES I. and King CHARLES II., had an augmentation to his arms, viz. "On an escutcheon azure, a fleur-de-lys crowned or;" with an alteration of his crest. He m. Catherine, daughter of Richard Braham, of Wandsworth, and had, with other issue, Edward, of Middlesex, doctor of physic, who m. Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Tollemache, of Helmingham, Suffolk, and heir of her brother Ptolemy, by which lady he left a son, Tollemache Duke, of Bentley, who m. Tollemache, who d, young. ELIZABETH. The elder son and heir, EDWARD DUKE, esq. of Brampton and Shadingfield, in the county of Suffolk, m. Dorothy, daughter of Sir Ambrose Jermyn, knt. of Rusbrook, in Suffolk, and had issue. This gentleman purchased Benhall, and dying in 1598, was s. by his son, AMBROSE DUKE, esq. of Benhall, who wedded Eliza. beth, daughter and co-heir of Bartholomew Calthorp, esq. of Suffolk, and by her (who d. in 1611) left at his decease in 1610 a son and heir, I. SIR EDWARD DUKE, of Benhall, in the county of Suffolk, who, having first received the honour of knighthood, was created a BARONET by King CHARLES II. 16th July, 1661. He m. Ellen, daughter and co-heir of John Panton, esq. of Brunslip, in the county of Denbigh, and had no less than twenty-nine children, of whom survived, This was a branch of the family of DUNCAN OF LUNDIE, immortalized by the celebrated ADMIRAL DUNCAN, "of Camperdown." ALEXANDER DUNCAN, esq. of Lundie, in the county of Angus, m. Isabella, daughter of Sir Peter Murray, bart. of Aughterlyne, and had issue, ALEXANDER, his heir, grandfather of ADAM DUNCAN, who fought and won the great naval battle off Camperdown, 11th October, 1797, and was created, in consequence, Baron Duncan, of Lundie, and VISCOUNT DUNCAN, of Camperdown. His son is now EARL OF CAMPERDOWN. (Refer to BURKE's Peerage and Baronetage.) WILLIAM. The younger son, 1. WILLIAM DUNCAN, M.D. physician-extraordinary to the king, was created a BARONET 14th August, 1764. Sir William m. Lady Mary Tufton, eldest daughter of Sackville, Earl of Thanet, but died without issue in September, 1774, when the BARONETCY became EX TINCT. Arms-Gu. two roses in chief and a bugle-horn in base arg. strung and garnished az. 176 Thomas, of Much Brickhill, Bucks, who m. Isabella, daughter of Thomas Saunders, esq. of Agmondesham, and was ancestor of the Duncombes of Brickhill, an estate now enjoyed by PHILIP DUNCOMBE PAUNCEFORT - DUNCOMBE, esq. of Great Brickhill. (See BURKE'S Commoners, vol. ii. p. 74.) Elizabeth, m. to William Dreyner, of Cranbrook. The elder son, ROGER DUNCUMB, esq. of Littington, in Bedfordshire, living in 1565, married Cecily, daughter of Edmund Conquest, esq. of Houghton Conquest, and had a son, GEORGE DUNCUMB, esq. of Weston in Albury, Surrey, who m. Judith, daughter of John Caryll, esq. of Tangley, in the same county, and had issue, 1. JOHN, b. 24th March, 1604; m. in 1626, Mary, daughter of Sir Edward Onslow, and had two sons and three daughters, viz. 1. George, b. in 1628, who m. Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Holt, esq. of Warwickshire, but d. s. p. 2. Roger, of Weston, who d. in 1678, having had by Anne, his wife, daughter of William Fell, of London, George, of Weston, d. s. p. about 1654. naby, esq. and d. s. p. 1. Letitia, m. to Robert Woodroffe, esq. of Poyle. II. Mary, m. to Daniel Caldwell, esq. III. Elizabeth, mt. to Thomas Merry, esq. George Duncumb died 21st March, 1646. son, His second GEORGE DUNCUMB, of Shalford, married Charity, daughter of John Muscott, of London, and by her, who died in 1677, had issue, I. JOHN, who m. Jane, daughter and co-heir of John Stynt, of London, and had two sons, namely, GEORGE, who m. Martha, daughter of Sir John Peyton, and died 24th May, 1719, having had issue, 1. GEORGE, b. in 1676, who m. Anne, daughter of Sir Henry Pollexfen, chief justice of the Common Pleas, and dying before his father, in 1706, left an only child, MARY, m. first, to John Butler; and secondly to Richard Uth watt. 2. HESTER, M. to Robert Woodroffe, esq. of Poyle, and had issue. 3. MARTHA, m. to Nathaniel Sturt, esq. and had issue two sons, who d. s. p. and a daughter, Frances, m. to John Chatfield, esq. Stynt, who m. Elizabeth, sister of Sir Richard Heath, of Clandon, and d. in 1690, leaving a son, John, of Wribbenhall, Worcestershire, George, of Kidderminster, whose Joseph, whose daughter and heir, Mary, m. to John Ingram, esq. of II. FRANCIS, of whom presently. III. Thomas, rector of Shere, who m. Ursula Lamb, of Oxford, and was father of George, rector of Shere, who m. Anne, daughter of Sir Richard Heath, of Clandon, and dying in 1743, left issue, 1. Thomas, rector of Shere, who m. Lucretia, daughter of Robert Pountney, of Kensington, and d. in 1764, leaving issue, Thomas, rector of Shere, who m. Ann Holland, and died in 1804, leaving Thomas, rector of Shere. John, m. Ann Webb, of Here fordshire, and had issue. IV. Henry. 2. Ann, m.to Edward Bray, esq. of Shere, in Surrey, and had issue. 3. Catherine, m. to the Rev. William Martin, rector of Rusper, in Sussex, and had issue. v. William, rector of Ashted. VI. Richard. VII. Anthony, d. in 1709. I. Charity, m. to William Street, esq. of Shalford. 11. Mary, m. to Henry Pollexfen, esq. The second son, 1. FRANCIS DUNCUMB, esq. of Tangley Park, was created a BARONET in 1661. He married Hester, daughter and co-heir of John Stynt, esq. and relict of John Caryll, esq. and by her, who died in 1675, left at his decease, 4th November, 1670, with five daughters, one son, II. SIR WILLIAM DUNCUMB, who m. Anne, daughter of Sir Ralph Baesh, K. B. knt. of Stanstedbury, Herts, but d. s. p. in 1706, when the title became EX TINCT. 1. DENNIS DUTRY, esq. a merchant of London and one of the directors of the East India Company, was created a BARONET by King GEORGE I. 19th June, 1716. Sir Dennis was of a family of consideration in Brabant, where his great-grandfather is stated to have been one of the prime ministers at the court of the Governante of the Netherlands, the Duchess of Parma. Sir Dennis m. Mary, daughter of Hillary Reneu, an eminent and wealthy merchant, but died without issue 20th October, 1728, when the BARONETCY became EXTINCT. His widow m. Gervase Vanneck. ODARD, kinsman of Hugh Lupus, Earl of Chester, was rewarded at the CONQUEST with the manor of Dutton, and thence the surname of his descendants; of those, SIR HUGH DUTTON, of Dutton, was father of another SIR HUGH DUTTON, knt. who m. Jane, daughter of Sir Robert Holland, and left a son and heir, SIR THOMAS DUTTON, knt. of Dutton, sheriff of Chester in 1268, who m. Eleanor, daughter of Sir Pierce Thornton, knt. and was father of EDMUND DUTTON, esq. who was s. by his son, HUGH DUTTON, esq. m. Petronilla, daughter and heir of Ralph Vernon, of Hatton, in Cheshire, and left a son, JOHN DUTTON, esq. who m. Margaret, daughter of Sir William Atherton, and was father of SIR PIERS DUTTON, of Dutton, who built in 1539 the New Hall at Dutton. He m. Isabell, daughter and co-heir of Robert Grosvenor, of Hulme. His successor, RICHARD DUTTON, esq. was grandfather of WILLIAM DUTTON, esq. who m. Agnes, daughter of John Conway, of Flintshire. His younger son, THOMAS DUTTON, esq. purchased the manor of Sher. borne, in the county of Dorset, from Sir Christopher Alleyn, and died in 1581. He m. first, Mary, daughter of Robert Taylor; secondly, Anne, daughter of Stephen Kyrton, alderman of London, and widow of Sir Thomas Wythers; he had a third wife, whose name is not mentioned. His son and heir, WILLIAM DUTTON, esq. of Sherborne, served the office of sheriff for the county of Gloucester in 1590 and 1601. He m. Anne, daughter of Sir Ambrose Nicholas, knt. lord mayor of London, by whom (who m. secondly, Sir Paul Tracey,) he had seven sons and seven daughters. He d. in 1618, and was s. by his eldest son, JOHN DUTTON, esq. of Sherborne, M. P. for the county of Gloucester. Of this gentleman, Anthony Wood says, "He was one of the knights for that county (Gloucester) to sit in the said parliament, 1640, but being frighted thence by the tumults that came up to the parliament doors, as other royalists were, he conveyed himself privately to Oxford, and sate there. He was a learned and prudent man, and as one of the richest, so one of the meekest men in England. He was active in making the defence and drawing up the articles of Oxon when the garrison was to be surrendered to the parliament; for which, and his steady loyalty, he was afterwards forced to pay a round sum in Goldsmith's Hall, London." He m. first, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Henry Baynton, of the county of Wilts, and had two daughters, his co-heirs, viz. ELIZABETH, m. to George Colt, esq. LUCY, m. to Thomas Pope, Earl of Downe, in Ireland, and was mother of LADY ELIZABETH POPE, sole heir of her father, who m. first, Sir Francis Henry Lee, of Ditchley; and secondly, Robert, third Earl of Lindsey. (See BURKE's Peerage.) He wedded, secondly, Anne, daughter of Dr. John King, Bishop of London, but by that lady, who outlived him and m. Sir Richard Howe, had no other issue. He d. in 1656, when Sherborne and other large estates devolved upon his nephew, WILLIAM DUTTON, who thus became "of Sherborne." He was elder son of Sir Ralph Dutton, gentleman of the privy-chamber-extraordinary to King CHARLES I. and sheriff of Gloucestershire in 1630, by Mary, his wife, daughter of Sir William Duncombe, knt. of London. He m. Mary, daughter of John, Viscount Scudamore, and widow of Thomas Russell, esq. of Worcestershire, but leaving no issue at his decease (his son John having predeceased him in 1664), was s. by his brother, 1. RALPH DUTTON, esq. of Sherborne, M. P. for the county of Gloucester, who was created a BARONET by King CHARLES 11. 22nd June, 1678. He m. first, Grizel, daughter of Sir Edward Poole, of Kemble, in the county of Wilts, and by that lady had one daughter, m. to William Green, esq. of London. Sir Ralph wedded, secondly, Mary, only daughter of Peter Berwick, M. D. to CHARLES II. and by her had issue, JOHN, his heir. Ralph, d. s. p. ANNE, M. to James Naper, esq. of Loughcrew, in the county of Meath, and had issue, JAMES-LENNOX NAPER. William Naper, d. unm. Anne Naper, m. to Dillon Pollard, esq. of Castle Pollard, in the county of Westmeath. Mary, m. to Sir Thomas Reade, bart. of Shipton Court, in the county of Oxford, and was mother of SIR JOHN READE, fourth baronet, of Shipton Court, grandfather of the present SIR JOHN CHANDOS READE. He d. about the year 1721, and was s. by his elder son, II. SIR JOHN DUTTON, bart. who m. first, Mary, daughter of Sir Rushout Cullen, bart. of Upton, in the county of Warwick; and secondly, Mary, daughter of Francis Keck, esq. of Great Tew, in the county of Oxford, but died issueless 1st February, 1743, when the BARONETCY became EXTINCT; while the estates passed, under Sir John Dutton's will, to his nephew, JAMES-LENNOX NAPER, esq. of Loughcrew, with an injunction to assume the name and arms of DUTTON, which he complied with. He m. first, a daughter of General Ingoldsby, and by her had an only child, John, who d. unmarried in 1771. He wedded, secondly, Jane, daughter of Christopher Bond, esq. of Newland, in Glouces tershire, and by that lady had, with younger children, JAMES DUTTON, who inherited the English estates, and was "of Sherborne," from which he took the title of BARON SHERBORNE when elevated to the peerage in 1784. (Refer to BURKE's Peerage and Baronetage.) WILLIAM DUTTON, who, upon inheriting the Irish estates, resumed the original surname of Naper, and became "Naper of Loughcrew." (Refer to BURKE'S Commoners, vol. ii. p. 639.) Arms-Quarterly, arg. and gu.; in the second and third quarters a fret or. The family of Dyer was one of considerable antiquity and influence. SIR RICHARD DYER, knt. one of the gentlemen of the privy chamber to JAMES I. son of Laurence Dyer, esq. and grandnephew and heir of Sir James Dyer, knt. chief-justice of the Court of Common Pleas, married Maria, daughter of Sir William Fitzwilliams, knt. some time lord deputy of Ireland, and by her, who d. in 1601, he left at his decease in 1605, with other issue, a daughter, Anne, m. to Sir Edward Carre, knt. and a son, SIR WILLIAM DYER, knt. of Great Stoughton, in the county of Huntingdon, living in 1613, who m. Catherine, daughter and co-heir of John Doyley, of Merton, in Oxfordshire, and had issue, LUDOVICK. Richard. Doyley. Anne. CATHERINE, M. to SIR EDWARD COKE, bart. The eldest son, 1. LUDOVICK DYER, esq. of Great Stoughton, b. in He m. 1595, was created a BARONET 8th June, 1627. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Henry Yelverton, knt. but dying without surviving issue in 1670, the title be came EXTINCT. Arms-Sa. three goats passant arg. attired or. EARLE, OF CRAGLETHORPE. I. SIR RICHARD EARLE, of Craglethorpe, in Lincolnshire, who was created a BARONET in 1629, married sage from Leith to France, he was cast on Burnt Island, and died there in 1646. Frances, daughter of Sir Edward Hartop, bart. of Buckminster, in the county of Leicester, and was s. at his decease by his grandson, II. SIR RICHARD EARLE, Son and heir of John Earle, esq. who died v. p. This gentleman, having never married, was s. at his demise by his uncle, III. SIR RICHARD EARLE, who m. Ellena, daughter of William Welby, esq. of Denton, in Lincolnshire, and by that lady, who wedded, secondly, Edward Payne, esq. of Hough, left at his demise, which occurred about the year 1684, a son and successor, IV. SIR RICHARD EARLE, at whose demise unmarried 13th August, 1697, aged twenty-four, the BARONETCY became EXTINCT. Arms-Gu. a fess between three sheldrakes arg. Mr. East was s. at his decease by his son, 1. WILLIAM EAST, esq. of Hall Place, in the county of Berks, b. 27th February, 1737-8, who was created a BARONET 5th June, 1766. Sir William m. 29th June, 1763, at Olveston, in the county of Gloucester, Hannah, second daughter of Henry Casmajor, esq. of Toking. ton, in that county, and had issue, GILBERT, his successor, admitted of the Middle Augustus-Henry, b. 24th August, 1766, m. 22nd Mary, b. 24th September, 1765. He wedded, secondly, 28th July, 1768, Miss Jackson, and had another daughter, Mary, who m. Sir William Clayton, bart. M.P. for Great Marlow, and their second son is the present EAST GEORGE CLAYTON EAST, esq. of Hall Place. Sir William d. 12th October, 1819, aged eighty-three, and was s. by his son, II. SIR GILBERT EAST, bart. b. 17th April, 1764; m. Eleanor-Mary, eldest daughter of William Jolliffe, esq. but d. s. p. 11th December, 1928, when the BARONETCY became EXTINCT. His widow m. 31st March, 1834, the Hon. John-Craven Westenra, son of Lord Rossmore. Arms-Sa. a cheveron between three horses' heads erased arg. EDWARDS, of York. Lineage. This family was one of note for a considerable time in the city of London. GILBERT EAST, of the parish of St. Botolph without Bishopsgate, was father of WILLIAM EAST, esq. of the Middle Temple, admitted 14th March, 1675, who m. Elizabeth, only daughter of Jeremy Gough, citizen of London, and had by her (who was buried 22nd November, 1748, at Witham, in Essex,) two sons and one surviving daughter (three other daughters died infants), viz. WILLIAM, his successor. Gilbert, of the Middle Temple, admitted 22nd the northern circuit, and lord of the manor of MARTHA PARKER, m. to John-Thynne Howe, second Lord Chedworth. ELIZABETH PARKER, m. to James Plunket, esq. He d. 4th March, 1726, and was buried at Witham, in Essex, in the church of which place, on the north side of the chancel, was erected a fine monument of white and marble, with a long Latin inscription to the memory of himself, his wife, and children. He was s. by his elder son, grey WILLIAM EAST, esq. of the Middle Temple (admitted 23rd February, 1713). This gentleman was of Hall Place, in the parish of Hurley, in the county of Berks, and of Kennington, in Surrey. He m. Anne, only daughter of Sir George Cooke, knt. of Harefield, in Middlesex, chief prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas, and by that lady (who d. Ist April, 1762,) had issue, WILLIAM, his heir. Anne, m. to Henry Norris, esq. of Hempsted, in Kent, son of Admiral Sir John Norris, knt. Elizabeth, ". to Sir Capil Molineux, bart. of Castle Dillon, in Ireland. WILLIAM EDWARDS, esq. of an ancient Welsh family, settled in Yorkshire, where he possessed about six hundred pounds a-year, and served as lieutenantcolonel in the civil wars under King CHARLES I. wherein he lost his life, and his lands fell into the hands of sequestrators. He m. the sister (or aunt) of Sir Solomon Swale, of Swale Dale, in the county of York, but does not appear to have had issue. His brother, SIR JAMES EDWARDS, knt. was lord mayor of London in 1679, and lent King CHARLES II. thirty thousand pounds while that prince was in exile at Breda, which debt was honourably discharged after the restoration, when he received the honour of knighthood. He d. s. p. 13th February, 1690, was buried at Guildhall Chapel, London, and s. by his nephew, I. JAMES EDWARDS, esq. who was created a BARONET in Norfolk, of which county he was sheriff in 1696; 7th December, 1691. Sir James was of Reedham Hall, he was also gentleman of the privy-chamber to the king. He m. first, a daughter of Mr. Alderman Wright, of York, and had JAMES, his successor. He wedded, secondly, Miss Howell, of Hackney, and by that lady had NATHANIEL, in holy orders, heir to his brother. |