unto WILLIAM Lord STOWRTON.
Shee departed this life on the
5th day of January, an° dai

1662, at Darking. O. R. A.

Their sons were; first, Edward; second, John; third, William; fourth, Thomas; who all died in the lifetime of their father. William, married Margaret, daughter of Thomas Morgan, of Penrith in Cumberland.

EDWARD, the eldest, faithfully adhered to King Charles I. in the time of the great rebellion, and died in 1644, in the garrison of Bristol, in his father's lifetime; leaving issue by Mary his wife, daughter to Robert, Lord Petre, William, who succeeded his grandfather; and a daughter, Mary, who died unmarried.

WILLIAM, ELEVENTH LORD STOURTON, succeeded his grandfather, and married Elizabeth, daughter to Sir John Preston, of ' Furness abbey, in the county of Lancaster, Bart. and by her, who died in April, 1688, left issue six sons, (three others dying young) viz. Edward, Thomas, Charles, Botolph, William, and John; all of which died without issue, except Charles.

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EDWARD, the eldest, succeeded as TWELFTH LORD STOURTON; and in the reign of Queen Anne, sold to Sir Thomas Meres, Knight, the manor of Stourton, with the appurtenances; as also the advowson of the parish church of Stourton in com. Wilts, together with the manor of Stourton-Caundle, &c. in Dorsetshire, for the sum of 19,4007. This Edward, Lord Stourton, died at Paris, in October, 1720, having there married a daughter of Robert Buckingham, Esq who followed the late King James into France; but having no issue,

THOMAS, his brother, succeeded as THIRTEENTH LORD STOURTON, and died without issue March 24th, 1743.

CHARLES, the next brother, married Catherine, daughter of Richard Frampton, of Bitson in the county of Dorset, Esq. by whom he had three sons, and four daughters.

Charles and William, successively Lords Stourton.

,2 The above inscription is now remaining, June 23d, 1782, on a black ground stone in the chancel, all in capitals, with sharp U thus, V; and over it are cut these arms in a plain shield with a Baron's coronet, viz. Stourton impaling swan with a border engrailed.

á Now called Stourhead, and the seat of Sir Richard Hoare, Bart.

James, unmarried.

Mary, married to Jordan Langdale, of Cliffe in the East Riding of the county of York, Esq; Catherine; Jane, wedded to Anthony Kemp, of Slyndon in the county of Sussex, Esq.; Elizabeth, who, with her sister Catherine, were both nuns in the English convent at Liege; and several other children, who died infants.

CHARLES, Son and heir of Charles, succeeded as FOURTEENTH LORD STOURTON. He married on April 2d, 1733, Catherine, daughter of Bartholomew, and sister and sole heir of Francis Walmsley, of Dunkenhall in Lancashire, Esq. relict of Robert, Lord Petre; but, dying without issue, March 11th, 1753, was succeeded by his brother,

WILLIAM, FIFTEENTH LORD STOURTON, who, on October 11th, 1749, married Winifred, daughter of William Howard, of Buckenham in Norfolk, Esq. (brother to his Grace then Duke of Norfolk) by Winifred, his first wife, daughter of Thomas Stonor, of Stonor and Warlington park in Oxfordshire; by whom he had issue,

First, Charles-Philip.

Second, Catharine, born August 16th, 1750.

Third, Charlotte-Mary, born September 16th, 1751. Her Ladyship deceased July 15th, 1754.

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His Lordship died October 3d, 1781, at his seat at Withamplace in Essex, aged sixty-seven, and was succeeded by his only son

CHARLES, SEVENTEENTH LORD STOURTON.

His LORDSHIP married, June 15th, 1775, Mary, second daughter and coheir of Marmaduke Langdale, late Lord Langdale, and sister to Lady Clifford, by whom he has had issue,

First, William, son and heir apparent, born June 6th, 1776; married, in October, 1800, Catherine, daughter of Thomas Weld, of Lulworth Castle, Dorset, Esq.

Second, Constantia, born June 30th, 1777.

Third, Marmaduke-Charles, born and died in 1778.

Fourth, a daughter, born March 7th, 1782.

Fifth, a daughter, born June 28th, 1783.

Sixth, another daughter, born in 1784.

Seventh, a fourth, born January 4th, 1785, married, Noveniber

23d, 1802; Joseph, second son of Thomas Weld, of Lulworth castle, Dorsetshire, Esq.

Eighth, a daughter, born September 19th, 1787.

Ninth, a son, borr December 6th, 1790.

Title. Charles, Lord Stourton, Baron of Stourton.

Creation Baron Stourton, of Stourton in com. Wilts, by letters patent, May 13th, 1448, 14 Hen. VI.

Arms. Sable, a bend, or, between six fountains, proper.

Crest. On a wreath, a demi grey friar, habited in russet, girt, or, holding a scourge of three lashes, with knots, gules. Supporters. Two sea-dogs, proper, scaled on their backs, and finned, or.

Motto. LOYAL JE SERAI DURANT MA VIE.
Chief Seat.

WILLIAM DE HASTINGS, (son of HUGH de Hastings, of Fillonghley, son of WALTER de Hastings, owner of the manor of Ashele in Norfolk, and steward to King Henry I.; son of ROBERT de Hastings, Portgreve of Hastings, and said to be Lord of Fillonghley in Warwickshire, and steward to William the Conqueror) died in 1195, having had two wives.

His first wife was Maud, daughter of Thurstan Banaster, and widow of William Cumin, by whom he had two sons,

First, HENRY, who died s. p.

Second, WILLIAM de Hastings, a ancestor to the Earls of Pembroke; and to those formerly seated in Elsing in Norfolk, and Fenwick in Yorkshire.

a This WILLIAM de Hastings, who then succeeded to the estate, and was steward to King Henry II. married Margaret, daughter of Roger Bigod, Earl of Norfolk, and by her was father of Henry Lord Hastings, and of Ida, the wife of Stephen de Segrave.

HENRY, Lord Hastings, successor to William last mentioned, married Ada, fourth daughter of David, Earl of Huntingdon, by Maud his wife, daughter of Hugh, and sister and coheir to Ranulph, Earls of Chester; and also sister and coheir to John, surnamed Le Scot, Earl of Huntingdon and Chester and departing this life A. D. 1250, left by her another Henry, Lord Hastings, and two daughters; Margaret; and Hillaria, the wife of Sir William Harcourt, ancestor of the present Earl Harcourt.

The said HENRY, Lord Hastings, son and heir of Henry Lord Hastings, was knighted by Simon Montfort, Earl of Leicester; and adhering to that

His second wife was Ida, daughter of Henry, Earl of Ewe, by whom he had Thomas, ancestor to the Earls of Huntingdon, and to the present peer.

nobleman, and the other insurgent Barons, against King Henry III. was by them made governor of the castles of Scarborough and Winchester in 1264, and next year of Kenilworth-castle. This nobleman died A. D. 1268, and was buried in the church of the Grey Friars at Coventry; where also lies his lady, who was Joan, daughter of William, and sister and coheir of George de Cantalupe, Barons of Bergavenny. By the said Joan he had two sons, John, his heir, and Edmund de Hastings, who had summons to parliament December 29th, 1299, and in 1313; and also three daughters, Audra, Lora, and Joan. Contemporary with this Henry de Hastings was David de Hastings, who inherited the Earldom of Atholl in Scotland, from 1242 to 1269, in right of his wife Ferelith, daughter of Henry Earl of Atholl, great grandson of Donald VII. King of Scotland. This David Earl of Atholl's only child Ada, was married to John de Strathbogie, who, upon the death of his fatherin-law, became thereby Earl of Atholl. Douglas's Peerage of Scotland.

JOHN de Hastings, eldest son of Henry de Hastings, was Lord Hastings and Bergavenny, Seneschal of Aquitaine, and, in 1290, one of the competitors for the crown of Scotland, in right of his grandmother, Ada aforesaid, daughter of David, Earl of Huntingdon, brother to Malcolm IV. and William (styled the Lion), Kings of Scotland. He had summons to parliament from 1295 to his death, which happened on March 9th, 1312-13; and having nfarried Isabel, daughter of William, and sister and coheir of Aymer, or Audomar, de Valence, Earls of Pembroke, had by her (who died on October 3d, 1305, and lies interred with him at the Grey Friars in Coventry) two sons, and three daughters, viz. first, John, Lord Hastings and Bergavenny, his heir; second, Sir William de Hastings, who by his wife, left three sons, John, Edmund, and Henry, all buried at the Grey Friars in Coventy. The daughters were, Jane, wedded to William de Huntingfield; Elizabeth, to Roger Lord Grey of Ruthen; and Margaret. This nobleman had a second wife, Isabel, fifth daughter of Hugh Despencer, Earl of Winchester, and by her (who was secondly married to Richard Monthermer), had two sons, Sir Hugh Hastings, and Thomas; and a daughter, Margaret, married to William Martyn, of Wales. Sir Hugh was of Gressing-hall and Fenwick, in Norfolk, in right of his wife Margaret, daughter and heir of Sir Richard Foliet, Knight, whose male line terminated about the reign of Queen Elizabeth, in Sir Francis Hastings, of Stusthorpe, whose estate went among his four sisters and coheirs, viz. first, Anne, married to John Wentworth, of North Elmshall, Esq.; second, Dorothy, to Sir William St. Quintin, of Harpham in Yorkshire, Knight; third, Christian, to Francis Frobisher, of Altaff-Frobisher, Esq.; and fourth, Mary, to Philip Copley, of Doncaster, Esq.

JOHN, Lord Hastings, Bergavenny, aud Weishford, eldest son of John, Lord Hastings, was governor of Kenilworth-castle in 1323, and departed this life in 1325. He married Julian, daughter of Thomas Leyburne, and Lady of Eltham; and by her, (who + secondly married to Thomas le Blount, and after

* Collection of Pedigrees, &c. MS. penes meips. p. 43. +Dugdale's Warwickshire, p. 26, and Vincent's Baronage.