ELIZABETH, of whom hereafter. Anne, m. to the Rev. Nathan Haines, D.D. vicar of St. Mary's Nottingham, and died in 1811, leaving an only child, Nathan-Tempest Haines, who d. at Lambeth in 1837, s. p. Henrietta, d. unm. in 1823. Sir George died in 1745, and was succeeded by his eldest son, III. SIR HENRY TEMPEST, who married Maria, eldest daughter of Francis Holmes, esq. of Wegston, in the county of Leicester, and dying 3rd November, 1753, was s. by his only son, IV. SIR HENRY TEMPEST, who married Sarah-Pritchard, only child of Henry Lambert, esq. of Hope End, in Herefordshire, and thus acquired that estate. Sir Henry d. 29th January, 1819, when the BARONETCY EXPIRED. The estate of Tong, with the representation of the family devolved upon his cousin, ELIZABETH TEMPEST, who wedded Thomas Plumbe, son and heir of William Plumbe, esq. of Wavertree Hall, and of Aughton, both in the county of Lancaster, and had a numerous family, of whom, her eldest son and heir, having assumed the additional surname and arms of Temple, is the present (1838) JOHN PLUMBE-TEMPEST, esq. of Tong Hall, Yorkshire, and of Aughton, in Lancashire, colonel of the first royal Lancashire militia. 1. SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE, (elder brother of Sir John Temple, speaker of the Irish House of Commons, ancestor of the VISCOUNTS PALMERSTON,) had a reversionary grant, after his father's decease, of the Mastership of the Rolls. He was created a BARONET 31st January, 1665, and sworn of the privy council. Sir William established a very high reputation for learning and abilities, and his writings on various subjects are greatly esteemed. He m. Dorothy, second daughter of Sir Peter Osborn, and had an only son, PETER, who married a French lady, and left two ELIZABETH, M. to John Temple, esq. of Moor DOROTHY, M. to Nicholas Bacon, esq. of Shrub- Sir William Temple d. in January, 1699, when the title became EXTINCT. Arms Arg. two bars sa. each charged with three martlets or. I. FISHER TENCH, esq. of Low Leyton, in Essex, (only surviving son of Nathaniel Tench, esq. of Low Leyton, who died 2nd April, 1710, aged seventy-eight,) served the office of sheriff of Essex in 1712, and was created a BARONET 8th August, 1715. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Bird, esq. and had issue, NATHANIEL, his heir. JANE, married to Adam Soresby, esq. of Chesterfield, in Derbyshire, but died s. p. 18th May, 1752. Sir Fisher d. 31st October, 1736, aged sixty-three, and was s. by his son, II. SIR NATHANIEL TENCH, of Low Leyton, at whose decease unm. 2nd June, 1737, aged forty, the BARO NETCY became EXTINCT. 1. WILLIAM THOMAS, esq. of Folkington, in Sussex, married Barbara, daughter and heir of Sir Herbert Springett, bart. of the Broyle, in Sussex, and was created a BARONET in 1606. He died, however, without issue in 1706, aged sixty-five, when the title EX PIRED. Arms-Sa. a chev, and canton erm. 1. JOHN THOMPSON, esq. of Haversham, in the county of Bucks, son of Maurice Thompson, esq. of Haversham, and descended from Maurice Thompson, esq. of Cheston, Herts, was created a BARONET 12th December, 1673. Sir John was a leading member of the House of Commons, and having devoted himself zealously in the promotion of the Revolution, was raised to the peerage as BARON HAVERSHAM, in 1696. He married first, Lady Frances Annesley, daughter of Arthur, first Earl of Anglesey, and widow of John Wyndham, esq. of Fellbrigge, by whom he had issue, MAURICE, his successor. George, d. s. p. Helena, m. to the Rev. Thomas Gregory, rector of Frances-Annesley Gregory, m. to Robert Elizabeth, m. to Joseph Granger, esq. Altharina, m. to Mr. Priaux. His lordship married secondly, Martha Grahme, a widow lady, but had no other issue. He d. 22nd May, 1709, and was s. by his elder son, II. SIR MAURICE THOMPSON, Second Lord Haversham,* colonel in the guards, and officer of distinction, m. first, Elizabeth, daughter and heir of John Smith, esq. of Hertfordshire, and by her had two daughters, namely, I. ELIZABETH, m. 19th May, 1724, to John Carter, esq. of Weston Colvile, in Cambridgeshire, and had issue, JOHN CARTER-POLLARD, who died at Paris, Anne Sophia, who d. unm, in June, 1797. In early life, his lordship was one of the pages to Sophia, Electress of Hanover. He subsequently served as a volunteer in King WILLIAM's army, and for his singular gallantry at the siege of Namur, was rewarded by This was a younger branch of the family of THORNYCROFT, of Thornycroft, in Macclesfield Hundred, in Cheshire. JOHN THORNYCROFT, esq. barrister-at-law, second brother of Edward Thornycroft, esq. of Thornycroft, d. 25th September, 1687, aged seventy-one, leaving by Dorothy, his wife, daughter of Sir John Howel, knt. a son and heir, 1. JOHN THORNICROFT, esq. of Milcombe, in the county of Oxford, who was created a BARONET 12th August, 1701.* He married Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Josiah Key, gent. of Milcombe, and had issue, JOHN, his heir, b. in 1691. ELIZABETH, M. to Roger-Peter Handasyd, esq. of Gains, in the county of Huntingdon, M. P. for the town of the same name, brigadier general in the army, and colonel of a regiment of foot. Dorothy, d. unm. Sir John d. 8th December, 1725, and was s. by his son, II. SIR JOHN THORNICROFT, who married Terceira, daughter of Andrew Bonnell, merchant, but d. without issue, 23rd June, 1743, aged fifty-two, when the BARONETCY EXPIRED. Arms-Vert, a mascle or, between four cross crosslets argent. SIR JOHN THORNYCROFT, Soon after his creation, delivered the following petition to the lords of the Treasury, whereby he obtained a privy seal pursuant to his request. To the Rt. Hon. the Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury. The humble Petition of Sir John Thornicroft, of Milcomb, in the county of Oxon, Bart. Sheweth, That his Majesty having been graciously pleased to confer the dignity of a Baronet of this Kingdom upon your Petitioner, and the heirs male of his body, by letters patent dated 12th day of August, last past; and there Lincoln, represents in the senior branch, is one of great antiquity in that county, and has had at different times four baronetcies conferred upon it, of which one alone remains, three others having become extinct. SIR RICHARD THOROLD, knt. of Selby, in the county of York, living 42 EDWARD III. married Joan, daughter and heir of Robert de Hough, of Marston, in the county of Lincoln, (son of Alexander de Hough, by Maud, daughter of Michael, and sister and co-heir of Robert de Marston,) and was s. by his son, JOHN THOROLD, of Selby, and of Marston, living 2 RICHARD II. who married the daughter of William Morfield, and left a son and heir. RICHARD THOROLD, of Marston, living 16 HENRY VI. who by Isabel, daughter of Ralph Birnand, of Knaresborough, in the county of York, had a son and heir, WILLIAM THOROLD, living 13th EDWARD IV. married Joan, daughter and heir of William Brerehaugh, of Selby, and by her (who re-married 22 EDWARD IV. Ralph Malhome,) had a son, JOHN THOROLD, of Marston, and of Westburgh, living 12 HENRY VII. married Alice, daughter of Thomas Staunton, esq. of Staunton, in the county of Nottingham, and issue, WILLIAM, his heir. Jane, m. first to Robert Winter, esq. of Swineshed, and secondly to Richard Arnold, esq. of Colby, both in Lincolnshire. His son and heir, WILLIAM THOROLD, Lord of Marston and Blankney, in the county of Lincoln, was sheriff of that county in the 5th and 6th of PHILIP and MARY, and part of the first of Queen ELIZABETH, and died 24th November, 1569. He married first, Dorothy, daughter of Thomas Leeke, esq. of Hallom, in the county of Nottingham, and by that lady had ANTHONY (Sir), his heir, ancestor of the THOROLDS of Marston, now represented by SIR JOHN CHARLES THOROLD, bart. WILLIAM. RICHARD, of Morton, in the county of Lincoln. Alice, m. first to Thomas Pell, esq. of Barleston, and secondly to- Porter, of Siston, in Lincoln shire. He married secondly, Margaret, daughter of Sir Robert Hussey, knt. of Halton, in Lincolnshire, and widow of Henry Sutton, esq. of Wallenger, in the same county. By her he had two other sons, viz. Edmond (Sir), of the High Hall, in Hough, who being the sum of one thousand ninety-five pounds payable to his Majesty, in respect of that dignity, Your Petitioner humbly prays your Lordships, that a privy seal may be granted to him, in order to his being discharged from the said sum of one thousand ninety-five pounds, as is usual in the like cases, and your Petitioner shall ever pray, &c. + This SIR RICHARD THOROLD, in an old parchment pedigree of the family, drawn up in or about 1642, is made to be the first who bore for his arms, "Sable, three goats salient, argent;" before Sir Richard, the coat was, "Barry of six, argent and sable, on a canton sable, a martlet or." By Jane, his wife, daughter and sole heir of Alexander Haugh, esq. of the Haugh. Robert, of the Low Hall, in Hough, m. Agnes, second daughter and co-heir of William Audley, of Hough, which lady married secondly, Augustine Earle, esq. of Straglethorpe. The second son of the first marriage, WILLIAM THOROLD, obtained from his father, about the time of EDWARD IV. the lands of Harmeston, in the county of Lincoln. He was also of the city of London, where he married Margaret, daughter and heir of Mr. Baldock, citizen of London, and had two sons, William, m. Rose, daughter of Rowland Sherrard, esq. of Lobthorpe, in the county of Lincoln, but d. s. p. THOMAS, who continued the line. The younger son, THOMAS THOROLD, esq. of Harmeston, married first, Rebecca, daughter of Thomas Green, of the city of London, and by her had one surviving son, CHARLES. He married secondly, Prudence, daughter of Mathew Bedell, also of London, and had Matthew and Elizabeth. The son and heir, CHARLES THOROLD, esq. of Harmeston and the city of London, of which city he was chosen sheriff, and fined for alderman. He married first, Anne, daughter of William Wheat, esq. of Glympton, in Oxfordshire, and had one son, Thomas, who died at Smyrna, unmarried. He married secondly, Anne, daughter of Mr. George Clarke, of the city of London, and by that lady had surviving issue, CHARLES (Sir), received the honour of knighthood 5th April, 1704, and in 1706 served the office of sheriff for London. He was likewise alderman of cordwainers ward, where he died 1st April, 1709, unm, and was buried with his father at St. Andrews Undershaft. GEORGE (Sir). SAMUEL, Who s. his brother George. The second son of the second marriage, 1. SIR GEORGE THOROLD, of Harmeston, received the honour of knighthood 10th May, 1708, and on Midsummer-day, 1710, was elected sheriff of London, having previously succeeded his brother as alderman. He was created a BARONET by Queen ANNE, 9th September, 1709, with remainder, default of male issue, to his brother, Samuel. Sir George was LORD MAYOR in the memorable year 1720. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir James Rushout, bart. of Northwick, in the county of Worcester, but died s. p. 29th October, 1722, when the baronetcy devolved, according to the limitation, upon his brother, II. SIR SAMUEL THOROLD, who d. issueless, 1st of January, 1738, when the title became EXTINCT. Elizabeth, m. to Walter Brockett, esq. of Brockett He m. secondly, Jane, daughter of Edward Ellis, esq. of Chesterton, in Cambridgeshire, and had Edmund, of Friston, in Lincolnshire, Anne, the wife of - Walsall, and other daughters. His eldest son, NATHANIEL THOROLD, esq. of Grantham, in the county of Lincoln, and of Gray's Inn, in Middlesex, m. Anne, daughter of George Lascels, esq. of Elston, Notts, and had two sons, RICHARD, his heir, who m. Dorothy, daughter of Nathaniel, of Grantham, living in 1667. He d. in 1655. His younger son, EUBULUS THOROLD, esq. married first, Elizabeth, daughter of Doctor Barbor, of Lincoln, by whom he had no issue. He married secondly, Mary, daughter Hodgskin, of Barston, in the same county, and by that lady left a son, of JOHN THOROLD, esq. who married Anne, daughter of John Alcock, gent. of the county of Lincoln, and left a son, 1. NATHANIEL THOROLD, esq. who it would appear inherited the estate of Harmeston, at the decease of his kinsman, Sir Samuel Thorold, in 1738, and was created a BARONET 24th March, 1741. Sir Nathaniel d. unm. at Naples, in August, 1764, when the BARO NETCY EXPIRED. Arms-As THOROLD OF HARMESTON. THOROLD, OF THE HAUGH. CREATED 14th June, 1644.-EXTINCT 2nd Dec. 1706. Lineage. WILLIAM THOROLD, lord of the manor of Marston and Blankney, in the county of Lincoln, married for his second wife, Margaret, daughter of Sir Robert Hussey, knt. of Halton, and by her had two sons, EDWARD (Sir), of the High Hall, and ROBERT, of the Low Hall. The younger, ROBERT THOROLD, esq. of the Low Hall, in the county of Lincoln, married Agnes, second daughter and heir of William Audley, esq. of the Haugh, by whom (who married secondly, Augustine Earle, esq. of Straglethorpe,) he had a son and heir, ANTHONY THOROLD, esq. of the Haugh, who married Catherine, daughter of Edward Haselwood, esq. of Maidwell, in Northamptonshire, and was s. by his son, 1. ROBERT THOROLD, esq. of the Haugh, who was created a BARONET 14th June, 1644. Sir Robert married first, Anne, daughter of Henry, and sister of Sir Henry Carvil, knt. of St. Mary's, in Norfolk, but by that lady had no issue. He wedded, secondly, the Honourable Katherine Roper, daughter of Christopher, Lord Teynham, and was s. by his son, II. SIR ROBERT THOROLD, who married Catherine, daughter of Sir Henry Knollys, of Grove Place, Hants, and dying about 1695, was s. by his son, III. SIR ROBERT THOROLD, who d. s. p. 30th Novem ber, 1706, when the BARONETCY EXPIRED. JOHN THROCK MORTON, was lord of the said manor, about sixty years after the Conquest, A. D. 1130, which leaves little room to doubt that the family pos sessed it, at the entrance of the Normans, or long before, the etymology of the name being either British or Saxon; from this John we pass to his descendant, another JOHN THROCK MORTON, Lord of Throckmorton, in 13 EDWARD III. anno 1339, who had in marriage Agnes or Anne, daughter and heir of Sir Richard Abberbury, of Abberbury, in the county of Oxford, and was s. by his son, THOMAS THROCK MORTON, who was of the retinue of Thomas Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, in 20 RICHARD II. was escheator of Worcestershire in 3 HENRY IV. and in the 6th of the same king, constable of Elmley Castle. He m. Agnes Besford, an heiress, and left a son and heir, JOHN THROCKMORTON, who made a distinguished figure in the times of HENRY V. and HENRY VI. in the latter reign he bore the title of Under Treasurer of England. He made his will at London, 12th April, 23 HENRY VI. which date it bears, and bequeathed his body to be buried in the parish church of St. John the Baptist, at Fladbury, appointing that his executors should provide a marble stone, of such largeness, as might cover as well the graves of his father and mother as his own, and his wife's, in case she should determine to repose there. points Rauf Boleter, Lord England, his overseer. Of this testament he apSudley, then Treasurer of He died in the same year, as appears by the probate, leaving Eleanor, his wife, surviving, who was daughter and co-heir of Sir Guy de Spineto, Lord of Coughton, in the county of Warwick by this lady he had issue, THOMAS, bis heir, ancestor of the present SIR JOHN. Eleanor, m. to Richard Knightly, esq. of Fawsley, in the county of Northampton. Maud, m. to Sir Thomas Greens, of Norton, in the same county. Margaret, m. to John Rous, esq. Agnes, m. to John Winslow, esq. Elizabeth, m. to Robert Russell, esq. The younger son, JOHN THROCK MORTON, esq. became proprietor of a fair estate in Gloucestershire, by marriage with Isabel, daughter and co-heir of Edward Bruges, esq. of Lone, in that county, and dying in 1436, was s. by his son, JOHN THROCKMORTON, esq. who m. first, Anne, daughter of Thomas Scargill; and secondly, a daughter of Nanfan. By the first wife he had a son, CHRISTOPHER THROCKMORTON, esq. who was sheriff of Gloucestershire in 5 HENRY VII. He m. a daughter of Sir John Harley, of Herefordshire, and was s. by his eldest son, WILLIAM THROCK MORTON, Esq. sheriff of Gloucestershire in 21 HENRY VIII, m. Margaret, daughter and co-heir of Sir David Matthew, knt. of Ruyder, and thus acquired the manor of Totworth. He had three sons and three daughters, from Anthony, the second son, descended the Throckmortons, of Cheston, in Hertfordshire. The eldest son and heir, SIR THOMAS THROCK MORTON, knt. was sheriff of Gloucestershire in 5 PHILIP and MARY, and resided WILLIAM DE SPINETO, who m. Idonea, daughter of Sir Simon de Cocton, knt. the lineal heir male of Ralph, son of William de Cocton, lord of the manor of Coughton, before the reign of HENRY II. |