JOHN DE VILLERS, died seised of the manor of Brooksby and half a pound of pepper rent of assize issuing out of one virgate in Brooksby, which rent was parcel of the said manor. He m. Joau, daughter of William Meering, and died on the Feast of St. Catharine, 4 HENRY V. leaving his son and heir, JOHN DE VILLERS, then twelve years old. This John died in ward to the king, and was succeeded by his brother, WILLIAM DE VILLERS, who married Joan, sister and co-heir of John Beler, esq. and had, with other issue, JOHN, who died in his father's lifetime, leaving by Elizabeth, his wife, daughter of John Southill, esq. of Everingham, in the county of York, a daughter, Elizabeth, and four sons, viz. JOHN, heir to his grandfather. Thomas, who made his will 6 HENRY VII. and d. s. p. Christopher, of Burstal, sheriff of the counties of Leicester and Warwick 22 HENRY VIII. d. s. p. 5th August, in the 29th year of the same king, seised of the manors of Kilby, Cowdon Magna, and lands in Harborough, having settled in trustees the said manors, after his own life, upon his younger nephews, George and Thomas, and their heirs male for ever, as also the manor of Howby upon them and their brother William by a similar entail. William, in holy orders. Bartholomew, m. Margaret, daughter and co-heir He d. 20 EDWARD IV. and was s. by his grandson, Bartholomew,} d. s. p. Anthony, of Cotness, in the county of York, died possessed of that manor 1 EDWARD VI. He d. 2nd September, 22 HENRY VII. and was s. by his eldest son, SIR JOHN VILLIERS, knt. of Brokesby, sheriff of Leicestershire and Warwickshire 23 and 29 HENRY VIII. This gentleman, in the 30th year of the same king, was found cousin and next heir to his uncle Christopher aforesaid, in the manor of Bourstal, being then aged fifty and upwards. He d. 8th December, 36 HENRY VIII. seised of the manors of Brokesby and Howby, and the advowsons of those churches, having, by a fine levied 32nd of the same reign, between Alexander Villers and Richard Holme, querents, the said Sir John and Dorothy, his daughter and heir apparent (by Elizabeth, his wife, daughter of John Wingar), deforcients, settled the said manors and rent in Brokesby, Howby, and Sevelby, on himself in tail male; and, in default, to his brothers, GEORGE, THOMAS, WILLIAM, and LEONARD. He died seised also of lands and tenements in Rotherby, Tursington, &c. Dorothy, his daughter, the wife of Francis Brown, gent. being found heir to them, and aged twenty-eight years and upwards. The other lands devolved under the settlement upon his next brother, GEORGE VILLIERS, esq. of Brokesby and Howby, who was also seised of the manor of Siwolby in fee tail, and of the manor of Burstal upon the death of John Villers, alias Twyford. This George left issue, by Joane, his wife, daughter of John Harrington, of Bagworth, RICHARD, his son and heir, aged three years, died a minor; and a daughter, ELIZABETH, heir to her brother, wife of Sir Edward Waterhouse, who also died without issue; so that the estates passed to the next brother mentioned in the entail, THOMAS VILLIERS, esq. who left but one daughter, DOROTHY, the wife of William Smith, esq. of Leicestershire, when again, under the entail, the lands passed to the male heir, Thomas's next brother, WILLIAM VILLIERS, esq. of Brokesby, who m. Colletta, daughter and heir of Richard Clarke, esq. of Huntingdonshire (widow of Richard Beaumont, esq. of Coleorton, in the county of Leicester), and dying 1st November, 5 and 6 PHILIP and MARY, was s. by his son, SIR GEORGE VILLIERS, knt. of Brokesby, sheriff of Leicestershire 33 ELIZABETH, m. first, Audrey, daugh ter and heir of William Sanders, esq. of Harrington, in the county of Northampton, and by her, who died 29 ELIZABETH, had issue, He m. secondly, Mary, daughter of Anthony Beaumont, esq. of Glenfield, in the county of Leicester, which lady having survived her first husband,* was created Countess of Buckingham for life; by her he had JOHN, created BARON VILLIERS of Stoke and Vis- GEORGE, the celebrated favourite of JAMES I. and Susan, m. to William Fielding, Earl of Denbigh. Sir George d. 4th January, 1605, having entailed Brokesby, Howby, Godby Marward, and the Grange of Godby, upon the issue of his first marriage; and all the tythes of herbage, grain, and hay, and all other tythes arising in Cadwel and Wikeham, in the county of Leicester, upon the children of the second. eldest son, His I. SIR WILLIAM VILLIERS, of Brooksby, in the county of Leicester, sheriff of that shire 6 JAMES I. received the honour of knighthood from that monarch, and was afterwards created a BARONET, 19th July, 1619. He m. first, Anne, daughter of Sir Edward Griffin, knt. of Dingley, by whom he had no male issue; secondly, Anne, daughter of Richard Fiennes, Lord Say and Sele, which lady died issueless; and thirdly, Rebecca, daughter of Robert Roper, of Heanor, in the county of Derby. He d. 12th June, 1629, and was s. by his only son, Her ladyship m. secondly, Sir William Rayner; and thirdly, Sir Thomas Compton, K. B. + For details, refer to BURKE's Extinct Peerage. 11. SIR GEORGE VILLIERS, who m. Penelope, daughter and co-heir of Sir John Denham, knt. of Blechington, in the county of Oxford, and had WILLIAM, his heir. PENELOPE, M. to Sir William Jesson, of Newhouse, in the county of Warwick, and had two daughters, viz. PENELOPE JESSON, m. to George Hewet, esq. of Stretton, in the county of Leicester. ANNE JESSON, m. to Sir James Robinson, bart. and was great-great-grandmother of the pre sent SIR GEORGE-STAMP ROBINSON, bart. He died about the year 1682, and was succeeded by his son, II. SIR WILLIAM VILLIERS, M.P. for the county of Leicester, who m. Anne, daughter and heir of Charles Potts, esq. but died without issue 27th February, 1711, aged sixty-seven, when the BARONETCY EXPIRED. Sir William sold the manor of Brooksby to the Lord Keeper Sir Nathan Wright. To his other possessions his sister's daughters became his heirs. Arms-Arg. on a cross gu, five escallops or. VINER, OF LONDON. VITUS, OF LIMERICK. CREATED 29th June, 1677.-EXTINCT (unknown). Lineage. I. SIR IGNATIUS VITUS, otherwise WHITE, of Limerick, a count of the Holy Roman Empire, was created a BARONET in 1677, with remainder to his nephew, Ignatius Maximilian Vitus, alias White, who obtained the title of Marquis D'Abbeville from JAMES II. He m. first, a lady whose christian name was Mary; and secondly, a daughter of Patrick Fitz-Thomas, lord of Kerry, but of Sir Ignatius or of the subsequent destination of the BARONETCY we have not been able to ascertain further. 1. SIR THOMAS VINER, descended of a Gloucestershire family, filled the civic chair of the city of London in 1653, and was created a BARONET in 1660. He m. first, Anne, daughter of Richard Parsons, merchant; secondly, Honor, sister of Sir William Humble, bart.; and thirdly, Alice Robinson, widow of Mr. Alderman John Perrin, of London. Sir Thomas died 11th May, 1665, aged seventy-seven, and was s. by his son, II. SIR GEORGE VINER, who m. Abigail, daughter and co-heir of Sir John Lawrence, knt. alderman of London, and dying in 1673, was s. by his son, III. SIR THOMAS VINER, at whose decease, under age, the title became EXTINCT. Arms-Az. a bend or, on a chief arg. a saltier engrailed gu. between two Cornish choughs ppr. VINER, OF LONDON. CREATED 10th May, 1666.-EXTINCT 1680. Lineage. 1. SIR ROBERT VINER, lord mayor of London in 1675, was created a BARONET 10th May, 1666. He m. twice: his last wife, was Mary, daughter of John Whitchurch, esq. of Walton, Berks, and relict of Sir Thomas Hyde, bart. of Albury, Herts, but died without issue in 1688, when the title became EXTINCT, Arms-As preceding article. GEORGE (Sir), his heir. William, who m. Mary, daughter of Price, of Newtown, in Montgomeryshire, and had an only son, NATHANIEL, of Middlesex, who m. Elizabeth- NATHANIEL, a major in the army, who m. Frederick, of Bushey, Herts, a colo- p. 313.) Charles-Montagu, of Hampton Court, captain R. N. m. and has issue. Mary, m. to Stawell Chudleigh, esq. of Furze Place Farm, Hants. Harriet-Louisa, m. to James Grierson, esq. Elizabeth, married to Sir Edwin Sadleir, bart. of Temple Dinsley. Mary, m. first, to Henry Beaufoy, esq.; and secondly, to Arthur Weltden, esq. Martha, died unm. ELIZABETH, under age in 1690, m. to Brown, of Horsemonden, in Kent. SUSANNAH, who also married. BYNE, m. to John Spence, esq. of South Malling, Sussex, and of Lebury Manor, Herts, and dying in 1721, aged thirty-nine, left issue, LUKE SPENCE, a magistrate for Sussex, who HENRY SPENCE, b. 26th February, 1747-8, Harriet, m. to the Rev. R. Hare. Henry Spence, d. s. p. Byne Spence, married Thomas Beale, esq. of Shropshire, and had issue, Thomas-Henry, and Byne, wife of John Oakley, esq. Sir George Walker, having wasted his large property, died in the King's Bench prison in 1690, and was buried at St. George the Martyr's. His estate of Bushey Hall became, by purchase, the property of Sir Robert Marsham. Sir George's only son, II. SIR WALTER WALKER, who inherited his mother's estate, died unm, in his minority, when the title be came EXTINCT. Arms-Or, on a pile az. three gal traps of the first. WALTER, OF Saresden. John. Mary, m. to Sir John Cope, bart. Elizabeth, m. to Sir Francis Burdett, bart. Catherine. Margaret. Sir John m. secondly, Anne, daughter of William Wytham, esq. of Ledstone, in Yorkshire, and relict of Sir Thomas Bigges, of Lenchwike, in the county of Worcester, but had no other issue. He d. 18th November, 1630, and was s. by his eldest son, I. WILLIAM WALTER, esq. of Saresden, in the county of Oxford, who was created a BARONET by King CHARLES I. Sir William m. Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Lucas, esq. of St. John's, near Colchester, and dying 23rd March, 1674, was s. by his son, II. SIR WILLIAM WALTER, who m. first, Lady Mary Bruce, daughter of Robert, Earl of Ailesbury; and secondly, Lady Mary Tufton, daughter of John, Earl of Thanet; by the latter he had William, b. in 1671, died unm, aged twenty-one. ROBERT, heir to his brother. Mary, m. to Sir Robert Rich, bart. of Sunning, in He d. 5th March, 1693, and was s. by his son, III. SIR JOHN WALTER, M. P. for Oxford, clerk of the green cloth, m. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas Vernon, knt. by whom (who m. secondly, Viscount Harcourt,) he had no issue. He d. 11th June, 1722, and was s. by his brother, IV. SIR ROBERT WALTER, who m. Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Brydges, D.D. archdeacon of Rochester, and niece of James, Duke of Chandos, but died 20th November, 1731, without issue, when the BARONETCY became EXTINCT. Arms-Az. a fesse dancetté or, between three eagles displayed arg. WANDESFORd, of kirkLINGTON. CHRISTOPHER, his heir. William, of Woodel, in the county of Bedford. Sir Rowland Wandesford, knt. of Pickhay, ELIZABETH WHARTON, married Robert John, rector of Kirklington. Ellen, m. to Ambrose Lancaster, esq. of Westmoreland. Elizabeth, m. to Ralph Claxton, esq. of the county of Durham. FRANCIS WANDESFORD, esq. who m. Jane, second daughter and co-heir of John Fulthorp, esq. of Hipswell, and had by her CHRISTOPHER (Sir). John, died without issue. He was s. by his elder son, SIR CHRISTOPHER WANDESFORD, who was knighted and served as sheriff of Yorkshire in 1578. He m. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir George Bowes, of Streatham, and was s. by his eldest son, SIR GEORGE WANDESFORD, b. 20th May, 1573; knighted by King JAMES I.; and d. in 1610. He m. Catharine, daughter of Hansby, esq. of Beverley, and had issue, CHRISTOPHER, his successor. William, citizen and merchant taylor of London, to whom and his heirs his eldest brother, 30th June, 1637, gave £20 per annum, issuing out of the manor of Castlecomer, and payable upon Strongbow's tomb in Christ Church, Dublin. In 1639 he was member in the Irish parliament for Ballynekill, in the Queen's County. Nicholas, M.P. for Thomastown in the parliament of Ireland. Michael, in holy orders, successively dean of Limerick and Derry. Anne, m. to Mauger Norton, esq. of St. Nicholas, near Richmond, Yorkshire. Mary. The eldest son, CHRISTOPHER WANDESFORD, esq. being upon close habits of intimacy and friendship with Sir Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford, accompanied that eminent and ill-fated nobleman into Ireland when he was constituted chief governor of that kingdom, and was appointed in 1633 master of the rolls, at the same time being sworn of the privy council; of this office he had soon after a grant by patent for life. He was one of the lords justices in 1636 and 1639, and was appointed 1st April, 1640, lord deputy; but the fate of his friend Lord Strafford had so deep an effect upon him, that he died 3rd December, in that year. He m first, the daughter of William and sister of Sir John Ramsden, knt. of Byrom, in Yorkshire, but by that lady had no issue. He wedded, secondly, Alice, daughter of Sir Hewet Osborne, of Kniveton, in the same county, and had issue, GEORGE, his heir. CHRISTOPHER, successor to his brother. Catherine, m. to Sir Thomas Danby, knt. of Farn- He was s. by his eldest son, GEORGE WANDESFORD, esq. M. P. for Clogher in 1639, d. s. p. and was s. by his brother, I. CHRISTOPHER WANDESFORD, esq. of Kirklington, in the county of York, who was created a BARONET 5th August, 1662. He m. Eleanor, daughter of Sir John Lowther, bart. of Lowther Hall, in the county of Westmoreland, and had issue, CHRISTOPHER, his heir. George, who had issue. Charles, d. s. p. Christian, m. to Richard Lowther, merchant of Leeds, second son of Sir William Lowther, knt. of Swillington. Sir Christopher, who was member of parliament for Rippon, d. in February, 1686, and was s. by his eldest son, II. SIR CHRISTOPHER WANDESFORD, who was attainted by King JAMES's parliament in 1689, and had his estate sequestered; but on the Revolution he was sworn of the privy council by King WILLIAM, and again in 1702 by Queen ANNE, who advanced him to the peerage of Ireland in 1706, as Baron Wandesford and Viscount Castlecomer. He m. Elizabeth, daughter of George Montagu, esq. of Horton, in Northamp tonshire, and by that lady (who died 13th November, 1731,) had issue, CHRISTOPHER, his successor. GEORGE, of whom hereafter as heir to his nephew. Richard, d. unm. Henrietta, m. to William Maynard, esq. of Curry glass, in the county of Cork, M.P. and died 19th April, 1736. His lordship d. in London 15th September, 1707, and was s. by his eldest son, III. SIR CHRISTOPHER WANDESFORD, second Viscount Castlecomer, member in the British parliament in 1710 for Morpeth and in 1714 for Rippon. In the latter year he was sworn of the privy council to King GEORGE I. and the next year appointed governor of the county of Kilkenny. In 1717 he was constituted secretary-at-war, and died 23rd June, 1719, leaving by his wife, Frances, second daughter of Thomas, Lord Pelham, and sister to Thomas, Duke of Newcastle, an only child, IV. SIR CHRISTOPHER WANDESFORD, third Viscount Castlecomer, b. in 1717, who d. in London of the smallpox unmarried 8th May, 1736, and was s. by his uncle, v. SIR GEORGE WANDESFORD, fourth Viscount Castlecomer, who m. Susannah, daughter of the Rev. Mr. Griffyth, of Cork, by whom he had several children, of which but three survived, viz. JOHN, his heir. Susannah, m. to Thomas Newenham, esq. of Cool- He d. 25th June, 1751, and was s. by his son, VI. SIR JOHN WANDESFORD, fifth Viscount Castlecomer, who took his seat in the Irish House of Lords in 1751, and was created in 1758 Earl of Wandesford. He m. 11th August, 1750, Agnes-Elizabeth, daughter and heir of John Southwell, esq. of Enniscouch, in the county of Limerick, and had issue, JOHN, Viscount Castlecomer, b. 23rd April, 1753, ANNE, m. 26th February, 1769, to John Butler, esq. His lordship d. 12th January, 1784, and his son having predeceased him, all his honours, including the BARONETCY, became EXTINCT, and the estates devolved upon his only daughter, then LADY ANNE BUTLER. (Refer to BURKE's Peerage and Baronetage.) Arms-Or, a lion rampant az. SIR JOHN WARBURTON,* of Warburton and Arley, both in the county of Chester, one of the knights of the body to King HENRY VIII. Seneschal of Halton, and sheriff of Chester by patent under the great seal, for life, m. Jane, daughter of Sir William Stanley, knt. and was s. by his son, SIR PIERS WARBURTON, knt. who m. Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Richard Winnington, esq. of Winnington, in Shropshire, and was s. in 4 EDWARD VI. by his son, SIR JOHN WARBURTON, knt. who m. Mary, daughter of Sir William Brereton, of Brereton, in Cheshire, and dying in 1572, was s. by his eldest son, SIR PETER WARBURTON, knt. an eminent lawyer in the time of ELIZABETH, and one of the justices of the Common Pleas. He m. Mary, daughter of Sir John Holcroft, knt. and having daughters only, the representation of the family devolved upon the grandson of his brother, George Warburton, esq. of the Lodge, his great nephew, PETER WARBURTON, esq. of the Lodge, and of Arley, who married Eleanor, daughter of Robert, Viscount Kilmorey, but dying without issue, 1st August, 1641, was s. by his brother, 1. GEORGE WARBURTON, esq. of Arley, in the county of Chester, who was created a BARONET 27th June, 1660. Sir George married first, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas Myddleton, knt, of Chirk Castle, in Denbighshire, and had issue, PETER, his heir. George, who left issue. Eleanor, m. to Sir Francis Edwards, bart. of Shrewsbury. Hester, m. to Edward Domville, esq. of Lymme, in Cheshire. Mary, m. to William Grantham, esq. of Bury, in Lincolnshire. 11. SIR PETER WARBURTON, who m. Martha, daughter and heir of Thomas Dockwra, esq. of Puckeridge, Herts, and had issue, Anne, wife of Thomas Sloughter, esq. high sheriff of Cheshire in 1755. Their only son, THOMAS SLOUGHTER, captain 16th Light Dragoons, left, by Sarah, his wife, an only child, ANNE-WARBURTON SLOUGHTER, married first, to the Rev. Thomas Coupland, of the Priory, Chester; and secondly, to William Owen, esq. K.C. of Glansevern, in Montgomeryshire. That highly respected gentleman died deeply lamented in 1837, leaving to his widow the whole of his estates, including the beautiful seat of Glansevern. Peter, captain in the army. Martha, m. to- Fouks, esq. of London. He was s. by his son, III. SIR GEORGE WARBURTON, whom. Diana, daughter of William, second Lord Allington, by whom he had one surviving child, For his predecessors refer to BURKE'S Commoners, vol. ii. p. 1. |