third LORD ST. JOHN of Bletshoe: from him descended the extinct Earls of Bolingbroke and the present (1837) Lord St. John of Bletshoe. III. THOMAS. IV. Francis. The third son, THE HON. THOMAS ST. JOHN, was father of OLIVER ST. JOHN, esq. of Cayshoe, in the county of Bedford, who m. Sarah, daughter of Edward Buckley, esq. of Odell, in the same county, and had two sons, OLIVER, his heir, and John, who d. unmarried, with a daughter, Elizabeth. He was succeeded by his elder son, OLIVER ST. JOHN, esq. of Longthorpe, in the county of Northampton, who was of Lincoln's Inn, afterwards constituted solicitor-general by King CHARLES I. and finally made lord chief justice of the Court of Common Pleas. He married first, Johanna, only daughter and heir of Sir John Altham, knt. of Latton, in Essex, and by her had two sons and two daughters, viz. FRANCIS, his heir. William, d. unm. Johanna, m. to Sir Walter St. John, bart. of Catherine, m.to Henry St. John, esq. of Tandragee, The judge m. secondly, Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Cromwell, esq. of Upwood, in the county of Huntingdon, and had another son and daughter, viz. Oliver, who m. Elizabeth, daughter of Ham- Elizabeth, m. to Sir John Bernard, bart. of He m. thirdly, Mrs. Cockcraft, the widow of a London citizen, but had no other issue. His eldest son, FRANCIS ST. JOHN, esq. of Emanuel College, Cambridge, and afterwards of Lincoln's Inn, m. first, Mary, only daughter and heir of Dionysius Wakeringe, esq. of Kelvedon, in Essex, and by that lady had one son, Oliver, who died unmarried on his travels in France. He wedded, secondly, Mary, eldest daughter of Dannett Foorth, an alderman of London, and by her had issue, FRANCIS, his heir. William, d. young. Oliver, d. unm. Walter, a merchant in London. THOMAS DE ST. PAULE having married, about the time of EDWARD III. the daughter and heir of John de Snarford, of Snarford, in the county of Lincoln, became proprietor of that estate, which he made his principal residence, although he was possessed previously of Byron, in Yorkshire, which came to him by lineal descent from BRYAN DE ST. PAULE, who lived under King STEPHEN. He was s. by his son, WILLIAM ST. PAULE, esq. of Snarford, whose greatgrandson, GEORGE ST. PAULE, esq. was father of JOHN ST. PAULE, esq. of Snarford, who died without issue, and was s. by his brother, THOMAS ST. PAULE, esq. of Snarford, who had issue, GEORGE, his heir. Faith, m. to Sir Edward Tyrwhitt, bart. of Stainfield. He was s. at his decease by his son, 1. GEORGE ST. PAULE, esq. of Snarford, who was created a BARONET 29th June, 1611. Sir George m. Frances, daughter of Sir William Wray, knt. by whom (who wedded, secondly, Robert Rich, Earl of Warwick,) he had no issue. He d. in 1614, when the BARONETCY EXPIRED, and the estate devolved upon his sister Faith, Lady Tyrwhitt. Arms Arg. a lion rampant double queued gu. crowned or. This family is said to have been denominated from ST. QUINTIN, the capital of Lower Picardy, in France. SIR HERBERT ST. QUINTIN, one of the companions in arms of the Norman, acquired at the Conquest, as his division of the spoil, the manor of Skipsey, with the borough of Woodshall and Brandsburton, in Mapleton, sixteen oxgangs of land in Killing, the manor of Houlbridge, with the Fen and the Marsh, from the bank to the sea-dyke, and Carltown, in the county of Nottingham. Sir Herbert was father of The youngest son, SIR ALEXANDER ST. QUINTIN, obtained from his mother, in the time of EDWARD II. the lordship of HARPHAM, in the east riding of Yorkshire. He m. Margaret, daughter of Sir William Dealbano Justician, and was s. by his eldest son, SIR WILLIAM ST. QUINTIN, who wedded Joan, daughter of Sir John Routhe, and was father of SIR WILLIAM ST. QUINTIN, who m. the daughter of Sir John Hesterton, and had two sons, GALFRID, his heir, and John, who d. s. p. and a daughter, Costance, wife of Sir William Rochford, knt. His eldest son and heir, SIR GALFRID ST. QUINTIN, M. Alice, daughter of Sir William Rose, of Ingramthorp, and had two sons: the younger, Thomas, m. the daughter of Sir Simon Northrop, knt. and d. s. p. The elder, SIR GALFRID ST. QUINTIN, Succeeded his father, and m. in 1326, the daughter of Sir Robert Constable, knt. of Flamborough, and left an only son, SIR WILLIAM ST. QUINTIN, who m. in 1353, the daughter of Sir Marmaduke Thwenge, and was s. by his eldest son, SIR THOMAS ST. QUINTIN, living in 1370, who m. Agnes, daughter and heir of Robert Warrine, in whose right he was lord of Newbriggon, and had certain lands in Pickeringhathe. His eldest son, THOMAS ST. QUINTIN, living in 1399, m. Elizabeth, daughter of Nicholas Gascoigne, and was father of ANTHONY ST. QUINTIN, who m. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir William Franks, of Grimsby, and had a numerous progeny. His second son, WILLIAM ST. QUINTIN, who had succeeded his elder brother, was living in 1422. He m. the daugh ter of Herrington, and was father of SIR JOHN ST. QUINTIN, who m. in 1432, the daugh In 1134, Adeliza, or Alice St. Quintin, with the consent of her son, Sir Robert St. Quintin, founded a priory for nuns of the Cistercian order, in a place which Julian held near Appleton, in Yorkshire, and called it Nun-Appleton. It was commended to the patronage of St. Mary, and St. John, the apostle and evangelist. This laud lay on each side of the river Wharf, partly essarted, ter of Thomas Hohne, of Panelholme, and was s. by his son, JOHN ST. QUINTIN, who wedded Eleanor, daughter of Edmund Thwaites, and had four sons, 1. JOHN, his heir. 11. Edmond, master of the hospital of St. Sepulchre's, in the parish of Preston, in Holderness, at the time of its dissolution. 111. Herbert, d. unm. Iv. Walter,'} The eldest son and heir, JOHN ST. QUINTIN, living in 1485, m. Margery, daughter of Sir Robert Constable, of Flamborough, and was s. by his son, SIR WILLIAM ST. QUINTIN, who m. in 1509, Dorothy, daughter of Sir Bryan Hastings, and was s. by his eldest son, GABRIEL ST. QUINTIN, esq. who married in 1558, the daughter of Sir George Griffith, knt. of Wichmore, in the county of Stafford, and of Agnes Burton, in Yorkshire, and was s. by his son, GEORGE ST. QUINTIN, esq. living in 1584, who m. a daughter of William Creke, esq. of Cottingham, in the county of York, and had issue, WILLIAM, b. in 1579, his heir. Herbert, m. Etevill, second sister and co-heir of Gabriel. Alice, Dorothy, Mary, He was s. by his eldest son, 1. WILLIAM ST. QUINTIN, esq. of Harpham, in the county of York, who was created a BARONET by King CHARLES I. 8th March, 1641-2. Sir William m. Mary, eldest daughter and co-heir of John Lacy, esq. of Folkton, and had issue, HENRY, his heir. William, of Hayton, m. Margaret, daughter of Thomas Wood, esq. of Thorpe juxta Rudstown, in Yorkshire. Thomas, of Flamborough, m. Anne, second daugh- Dorothy, married to Sir William Cayley, bart. of Sir William d. about the year 1651, in the seventieth year of his age, soon after the assizes of York, when he officiated as high sheriff. He was buried at Harpham, and his sons erected a handsome monument to his memory. He was s. by the eldest son, II. SIR HENRY QUINTIN, who m. Mary, daughter of Henry Stapleton, esq. of Wighill, in the county of and partly not, which was confirmed by Thomas a Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Osbert, Archdeacon of York, was one of the witnesses to the foundation charter, made by Alice de St. Quintin, widow of Robert, son of Fulco, before she was married again to Eustace de Merch. Mary, m. to Mr. Aldride, of Beverley. Deborah, m. to Major Burch, of London. He was s. at his decease by his grandson, III. SIR WILLIAM ST. QUINTIN. This gentleman represented the borough of Kingston-upon-Hull in parliament in the reigns of King WILLIAM, Queen ANNE, and King GEORGE I. and was a commissioner of the customs, until the act passed disqualifying that commission from sitting in parliament, when he resigned his place, and continued a member of the House of Commons until his death. After resigning the commissionership he was twice appointed one of the lords of the treasury, and afterwards vice-treasurer and receiver-general of Ireland, which post he retained during the remainder of his life. He died "universally lamented by all who knew him, for his great abilities, probity, and love of his country, 30th June, 1723, unmarried, in the sixty-third year of his age," when he was s. by his nephew, IV. SIR WILLIAM ST. QUINTIN, M. P. for Thirsk, in the county of York, and sheriff in 1733. He m. Rebecca, daughter of Sir John Thompson, knt. lord mayor of London, and by that lady, who d. in October, 1757, had issue, WILLIAM, his heir. CATHERINE, M. to Christopher Griffith, esq. of WILLIAM THOMAS DARBY, esq. of Sunbury, in Middlesex, who assumed in 1795, the surname and arms of ST. QUINTIN, upon inheriting the estates of Scampston, in Yorkshire. He m. Arabella Bridget, daughter of Thomas Calcraft, esq. by Cecil Ann, his wife, sister of the late John Walker Heneage, esq. of Compton Basset, Wilts, and d. leaving issue. He d. in 1771, and was s. by his son, V. SIR WILLIAM ST. QUINTIN, who m. Charlotte, only daughter of Henry Fane, esq. of Wormsley, in the county of Oxford, by his first wife, Charlotte, only daughter of Nicholas Rowe, the poet, but by that lady, who d. 17th April, 1762, had no issue. Sir William d. 22nd July, 1795, when the BARONETCY EXPIRED. Arms-Or, a chevron gu. and a chief vaire. ROGER, his heir. Thomas, ancestor of the Salisburys of Dolbeliden, Sir Thomas lived to a great age, and was s. at his decease by his son, SIR ROGER SALUSBURY, knt. of Llewenny, father of SIR JOHN SALUSBURY, knt. of Llewenny, chancellor and chamberlain of Denbighshire, and M. P. for that county temp. HENRY VIII. and MARY. He was made one of the knights of the Carpet by royal mandate, 1 EDWARD VI. He m. Jane, daughter and coheir of David Middleton, esq. alderman of West Chester, and had, with two daughters, Jane and Elizabeth, six sons, viz. JOHN, his heir, who m. Catharine, daughter and heir of Tudor ap Robert, and died v. p. leaving two sons, Thomas, who was executed in 1586 for partici- Margaret, m. to William Norris, esq. of JOHN, successor to his grandfather. Thomas, who married Elena, daughter of Richard Hugh, who m. Anne, daughter of Sir George Roger, D. C. L. of Jesus College, Oxford, who m THOMAS SALUSBURY, esq. of Bachegraig, colonel in the army, m. Anne, daughter and heir of Thomas Perceval, esq. of North Wes • Whose elder brother, Thomas Fane, inherited in 1762, the EARLDOM of WESTMORELAND. ton, in Somersetshire, and relict of Evan Lloyd, esq. by whom he had, with a daugh ter, Elizabeth, two sons, THOMAS, of Bachegraig, who married his 1. JOHN, of Bachegraig, b. in 1710, Robert, who m. Margaret, daughter of Edward Sir John died 18th March, 1578, and was s. by his grandson, SIR JOHN SALUSBURY, knt. of Llewenny, surnamed the Strong, who represented the county of Denbigh in parliament 43 ELIZABETH. He m. Ursula, daughter of Henry Stanley, Earl of Derby, and had four sons and three daughters. He died in 1613, and was s. by the eldest son, 1. HENRY SALUSBURY, esq. of Llewenny, in Denbighshire, who was created a BARONET 18th November, 1619. He m. first, Hester, daughter of Sir Thomas Myddleton, knt. of Chirk Castle, by whom he had issue, Thomas, John, Ursula, and Elizabeth; and secondly, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Vaughan, Lord Carbery, by whom he had a daughter, Anne, wife of the Hon. Arthur Stanhope, son of Philip, first Earl of Sir Henry died 2nd August, 1632, and Chesterfield. was s. by his son, II. SIR THOMAS SALUSBURY, of Llewenny, the celebrated poet, D.C.L. and M.P. for Denbighshire. He m. Hester, daughter of Sir Edward Tyrrell, bart. of Thornton, Bucks, and dying in 1743, was s. by his only son, III. SIR JOHN SALUSBURY, of Llewenny, member for Denbigh in all the parliaments of CHARLES II. He m. Jane, daughter of Edward Williams, esq. of Wigg, but died s. p. 23rd May, 1684, when the BARONETCY became EXTINCT. His estates devolved upon his sister and heiress, HESTER, M. to Sir Robert Cotton, bart. of Com- Stapleton Cotton, VISCOUNT COMBERMERE (see Arms-Gu, a lion rampant arg. crowned or between three crescents of the last. This work was seized in the press by CROMWELL, but released through the medium of Mrs. Claypole, Oliver's favourite daughter, at whose suggestion it was dedicated to him on its publication in 1656. It is said, when Oliver perused it, he declared "that the gentleman had JAMES SAMWELL, esq. (of the Samwells of Cornwall) was father of JOHN SAMWELL, esq. whose second son, RICHARD SAMWELL, esq. of Cotsford, married Amy, daughter of Thomas Gifford, of Twyford, in Bucks, was father of FRANCIS SAMWELL, esq. who removed from Cotsford, in Oxfordshire, and settled first at Northamp ton, and afterwards at Rothersthorp. He was auditor to King HENRY VIII. and m. Mary, sister of the Rev. William Bill, D. D. of Ashwell, in Hertfordshire, almoner to Queen ELIZABETH. His son and heir, SIR WILLIAM SAMWELL, was auditor to Queen ELIZABETH, and received the honour of knighthood at the coronation of King JAMES I. He married Jane, daughter of Sir Henry Skipwith, knt. of Keythorp, in the county of Leicester, and had issue, 1. RICHARD (Sir), his heir. II. Arthur, of Morton Murrell, in the county of MARY. ANNE, m. to Francis Bagshaw, esq. of Culworth. III. Robert, d. unm. IV. Anthony, of Dean's Yard, Westminster, m. Anne, daughter of Heynes, of Chessington, in Surrey, and had, with a daughter, Elizabeth, wife of Robert Coke, esq. of Trusley, in Derbyshire, a son and heir, William Samwell, esq. of Deans Yard, and of Watton, in Norfolk, who m. Anne, daughter of Sir Denner Strutt, bart. of Little Warley, in Essex, and had an only daughter, ANNE SAMWELL, who married William Henry Fleming, esq. and conveyed to him the manor of Watton. She d. 28th April, 1728. Mr. Samwell d. in 1676, and his widow was afterwards married to John, third son of Sir Philip Wodehouse, bart. of Kimberley, in Norfolk, whom she also survived, and d. 19th August, 1720. 1. Frances, d. unm. 11. Jane, m. to Sir Sapcote Harrington, knt. of Exton, in Rutlandshire, and was mother of the celebrated JAMES HARRINGTON, author of "The Commonwealth of Oceana."* wrote it very well, but must not think to cheat him out of his power and authority; for what he had won by the sword he would not suffer himself to be deprived of by the pen." Margaret, m. to Thomas Catesby, esq. of Ecton, in Northamptonshire. Penelope, m. to Sir William Yorke, knt. of Lessingham, in Lincolnshire. Elizabeth, d. unm. Agnes, m. to Robert Codrington, esq. of Codring. ton, in Gloucestershire. Frances, m. to Sir Thomas Wagstaff, of Tachebrooke, in Warwickshire, and had a daughter, FRANCES WAGSTAFE, M. first, to Sir Edward Bagot, bart. of Blithfield; and secondly, to Sir Adolphus Oughton, bart. Mary, m. first, to Adolphus Oughton, esq. and was mother of Sir Adolphus Oughton, bart. who married his cousin, Frances, widow of Sir Edward Bagot, bart. and d. s. p. She m. secondly, Roger Pope, esq. Mr. Samwell was s. by his son, 1. THOMAS SAMWELL, esq. of Upton, in the county of Northampton, M.P. for that shire, who was created a BARONET 22nd December, 1675. Sir Thomas m. first, Elizabeth, daughter and heir of George Gooday, esq. of Bower Hall, in Essex, and by that lady had two surviving daughters, viz. ELIZABETH, M. to Sir John Langham, bart. of Cottesbrooke Park, in Northamptonshire. FRANCES, m. to Sir Richard Newman, bart. of Fifehead-Magdalen, in the county of Dorset. He wedded, secondly, Anne, daughter and heir of Sir John Godschalk, knt. of Atherston-upon-Stower, in Warwickshire, and by her had, with a daughter, Finetta, who d. young, an only son, his successor, at his decease in February, 1693, II. SIR THOMAS SAMWELL, M.P. for Coventry, baptized 14th April, 1687, who m. first, Millicent, daughter of the Rev. Thomas Fuller, D.D. rector of Hatfield, Herts, by whom he had issue, THOMAS, his successor. Millicent, d. unm. Frances, m. in 1740, to John Ashe, esq. of Langley Burrell, Wilts, and d. s. p. Anne, m. to Timothy Stoughton, esq. of Allesley, in Warwickshire, and d. s. p. Mary, m. to the Rev. Stephen Langham, fourth son of Sir John Langham, bart. and had four daughters, of whom the three youngest died unn. The eldest, Millicent, married William Drought, esq. and left one son and two daugh ters. Sir Thomas m. secondly, Mary, daughter of Sir Gilbert Clarke, knt. of Chilcot, in the county of Derby, and relict of William Ives, esq. of Bradden, in Northamptonshire, and by that lady had WENMAN, who inherited as fourth BARONET. son, esq. of Bedlington, in Northumberland, and by him (who d. in 1793) left at her decease in 1790, THOMAS-SAMWELL WATSON, of whom pre- WILLIAM-LANGHAM WATSON. Camilla-Matilda Watson. Charlotte-Felicia Watson, m. in 1792, to the Rev. Benjamin Tinley, B. D. of Whissendine, in Rutlandshire, and was left a widow, with a family, in 1804. Sir Thomas d. 16th November, 1757, and was s. by his elder son, III. SIR THOMAS SAMWELL, b. 28th February, 1710, d. a bachelor, 3rd December, 1779, and was s. by his half brother, IV. SIR WENMAN Samwell, b. in 1728, m. Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Smith, esq. of East Haddon, but died issueless 18th October, 1789, when the BARONETCY EXPIRED, and the estates devolved upon his nephew, THOMAS SAMWELL WATSON, esq. who in consequence assumed the additional surname and arms of SAMWELL. He d. s. p. in 1832, and was s. by his brother, WENMAN-LANGHAM WATSON, who in like manner assumed the surname and arms of SAMWELL, and is the present WENMAN-LANGHAM WATSON SAMWELL, esq. of Upton (refer to BURKE'S Commoners, vol. i. page 440). Arms Arg. two squirrels sejant addorsed. RALPH SANDERSON, esq. who was made a captain in the West Indies, by Sir John Harman, and was captain of several ships in the Dutch wars. He married Ephrim, daughter of - Garrett, esq. of Norfolk, and dying in 1699, was s. by his only son, 1. SIR WILLIAM SANDERSON, who had the honour of knighthood conferred upon him by King GEORGE 1. on board the Peregrine yacht, under the royal standard at Gravesend, before his majesty landed on coming to England to assume the crown, and was created a BARONET by the same monarch 19th July, 1720. He m. first, Drury, daughter and co-heir of Sir William Wray, bart. of Ashby, in the county of Lincoln, and had issue, |
