Stukeley: third, Thomas, who died July 17th, 1775; fourth, another son; fifth, a daughter.

Sixth, Elizabeth, born December 12th, 1733; died 1780. Seventh, Jane, born July 19th, 1735; married to Humphry Hall, Esq. and died July, 1799.

Eighth, Barbara, born September 19th, 1737; married George William, late Earl of Coventry, and died in 1800, leaving issue.

Ninth, Anne, born January 31st, 1739; married to Robert Cotton Trefusis, Esq. and died March, 1776, by whom she had Robert George-William, the late Baron Clinton and Saye.

Tenth, Henry, born June 1st, 1740, captain of the Torbay man of war; married Mary, who died November 6th, 1786, daughter of ....... Schuyler, Esq. of New-York, and died April, 1780, being killed in an engagement with the French while commanding the Intrepid man of war, April 17th, 1780, leaving issue a son, Henry, who married Miss Lagre.

Eleventh, Lettice, born December 7th, 1741; died October 19th, 1791.

Twelfth, Ambrose, born October 17th, 1743, was in holy orders, and died July 18th, 1775.

His Lordship dying June 24th, 1757, was succeeded by his eldest son,

JOHN, the ELEVENTH LORD, born November 15th, 1725; married, December 13th, 1755, Susannah Louisa, daughter of Peter Simond, Esq. merchant of London (who died October 17th, 1805), by whom he had issue

John-Peter, who died an infant, 1760.

Susannah, born September 18th, 1757; died July 12th, 1800.
Henry-Beauchamp, the twelfth Lord.

St. Andrew, the present Lord.

Matilda, born January 30th, 1761; married, January 12th, 1788, William (Lewis) Villiers, Esq.

Elizabeth-Barbara, born February 22d, 1762; married, March 31st, 1795, Henry Vaughan, M. D. physician extraordinary te his Majesty, by whom she has issue.

Charlotte, born March 15th, 1763; married, March 28th, 1787, to Joseph Yates, Esq. only son of the late Judge Yates, and had issue a daughter, married to George Perrot, Esq. and died July 24th, 1803.

George, born October 19th, 1764, a colonel in the army, and major of the seventy-third regiment of foot; married Lavinia, daughter of William Breton, Esq. who has since assumed the

name of Wolstenholme; and whose other daughter, Maria, married the Hon. Thomas Parker, only brother to the Earl of Macclesfield. The colonel, with his lady, and four children, were unfortunately drowned on board the Prince of Wales East Indiaman, captain Price, in 1804, on their passage from Bombay to England.

Louisa-Theodosia, born October 5th, 1765, died an infant. His Lordship dying in June, 1767, was succeeded by his son, HENRY-BEAUCHAMP, the TWELFTH LORD, born August 2d, 1758; married, December 2d, 1780, Emma, second daughter of the late Samuel Whitbread, Esq. of Cardington in Bedfordshire, and had issue,

First, Emma, born in January, 1782; married, in February, 1806, the Rev. G. Forster, vicar of Whitchurch.

Second, Augusta, born December 1782.

Third, Margaret, born October 31st, 1785.

Fourth, Barbara, born September 19th, 1789.

His Lordship died December 19th, 1805, without issue male, and was succeeded by his only brother,

ST. ANDREW, the present and THIRTEENTH LORD ST. JOHN OF BLETSHOE.

His Lordship married, July 16th, 1807, Louisa, eldest daughter of Sir Charles William Boughton Rouse, Bart.

Titles. Baronet.

St. Andrew St. John, Lord St. John of Bletshoe, and

Creations. Baronet, June 28th, 1660, 12 Car. II.; Baron St. John (the name of a family), of Bletshoe in com. Bedford, by letters patent, January 13th, 1558-9, 1 Elizabeth.

Arms. Argent, on a chief, gules, two mullets pierced, or. Crest. On a mount, vert, a falcon rising, proper, belled, or, and ducally gorged, gules.

Supporters. Two monkies, proper.

ELLIS, LORD HOWARD OF WALDEN.

IN vol. iii. p. 147, under the article of Howard, Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire, it has been already shewn that Lord THOMAS HOWARD, first Earl of Suffolk, was summoned to parliament as LORD HOWARD OF WALDEN. It appears that he was summoned by writ to the parliament which begun October 24th, 1597, 39 Eliz. and took his seat December 7th following. He died May 28th, 1626, leaving by Elizabeth, his second wife, daughter and coheir of Sir Henry Knevit,

THEOPHILUS, son and heir, second Earl of Suffolk, and seCOND LORD HOWARD OF WALDEN, who dying June 3d, 1640, left issue by Elizabeth, daughter and coheir of George Home, Earl of Dunbar,

JAMES, son and heir, third Earl of Suffolk, and THIRD LORD HOWARD OF WALDEN, who died in 1688, without issue male, having married two wives; viz. first, Lady Susan Rich, daughter of Henry, Earl of Holland, by whom he had a daughter and coheir, Lady Essex Howard.

He married, secondly, Barbara, daughter of Sir Edward Villiers, by whom he had another daughter and coheir, Lady Elizabeth Howard, married to Sir Thomas Felton, from which marriage is descended the present Lord Howard of Walden.

Lady ESSEX HOWARD, eldest daughter and coheir, married Edward Griffin, Esq. afterwards created Lord Griffin of Braybrooke, who died in the Tower November 10th, 1710.

He left issue by her an only son, and two daughters; Elizabeth, second daughter, born and baptized at Dingley, Nov. 28,

1669, died an infant; Frances, eldest daughter, baptized at Dingley, June 28 th, 166., buried May 19th, 1671.

JAMES, SECOND LORD GRIFFIN, baptized 1667, buried October 31st, 1715, at Dingley; represented the town of Brackly in Northamptonshire, in the parliament called by King James II. and married Anne, daughter and sole heir of Richard Rainsford, a Esq. eldest son to Sir Richard Rainsford, of Dallington in the county of Northampton, Lord Chief Justice of England, and by her, who was buried at Dingley, May 29th, 1707, had issue three sons; first, Edward; second, James, who died on the day he came of age, unmarried; third, Richard, who died young : also two daughters, Elizabeth and Anne.

EDWARD, the only surviving son, took the oaths and his seat in the house of peers, as THIRD LORD GRIFFIN, on February 1st, 1726-7, and, having married Mary, daughter of Anthony Welden, of Well in the county of Lincoln, Esq. sometime governor of Bengal in the East Indies, had issue one daughter, Essex, who died unmarried, September 20th, 1738, aged thirty-eight years. His Lordship did 1742, without surviving issue, whereby the title of Lord Griffin, of Braybrook, became extinct; and his two sisters became his coheirs.

ELIZABETH, the eldest sisfer, was first married to Henry Grey, of Billingbere in Berks, Esq.; secondly, to John, Earl of Portsmouth, and died without issue, 1762.

ANNE, the youngest sister, married William Whitwell, of Oundle, in Northamptonshire, Esq. by whom she had issue four

sons.

First, John-Griffin, Lord Howard of Walden.

Second, Matthew, one of the rear-admirals on the superannuated list, who first married, September 14th, 1749, Mary, daughter of James Deacon, of Portsmouth; she died at sea going to Virginia, June 3d, 1750; secondly, October 5th, 1751, Elizabeth, (who died at Chatham, October 22d, 1755), daughter of Theophilus Pugh, of Suffolk county in Virginia, relict of Philip Lightfoot, of York in Virginia; and, thirdly, August 5th, 1760, Margaret, daughter of John Champernowne, of Devonshire, but died at Exeter without issue, February 15th, 1789.

a Vinc. Oxon. 34, in Her. Coll.

c Coffin-plate.

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b K. 1-47, in Her. Coll.

d She married in January 1719, was born in 1695, and died March 20th, 1770.

Third, William, born 1723, and accidentally drowned in bathing, 1731.

Fourth, George, who died unmarried, at Calcutta in the East Indies, 1750.

Also five daughters; first, Elizabeth, born January 22d, 1717, and unfortunately burnt to death in her house in Maddox street, in 1776, unmarried.

Second, Anne, born March 27th, 1721, who was one of the maids of honour to the Princess of Orange, and married to Count Welderen, Knight of the Teutonick Order, and sometime envoy extraordinary from the States General of the United Provinces, but died at the Hague, 1796, without issue.

Third and fourth, Sophia and Mary, twins, who both died infants; and,

Fifth, Mary, born July 20th, 1728, married, May 3d, 1768, to the Rev. William Parker, D. D. one of his Majesty's chaplains in ordinary, and rector of St. James's, Westminster, but had no issue. She took the name and arms of GRIFFIN by King's licence, June 3d, 1797, and died s. p. in 1799.

JOHN-GRIFFIN (Whitwell) LORD HOWARD OF WALDEN, the eldest son, to whom, in 1749, his aunt, the Countess of Portsmouth, gave her share in the estate at Saffron Walden in Essex; upon which he, by virtue of an act of parliament of 22 Geo. II. took the surname and arms of Griffin; likewise became possessed of Audley-house, with its demesnes, on the death of the said aunt, who bequeathed it to him by her last will.

Having greatly distinguished himself in the war in Germany, upon his return home, he was made one of the Knights of the most honourable order of the Bath, and was installed in King Henry VII's chapel on May 26th, 1761, and was returned to several parliaments as representative for the borough of Andover.

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In 1784, he preferred his humble petition to his Majesty, stating his claim and pedigree, and praying that as the great grandson and sole heir of the Lady Essex Howard, the eldest daughter and only child of James, last LORD HOWARD OF WALDEN, by the daughter of Henry, Earl of Holland, his first wife, and one of the rightful heirs to the SAID BARONY, his Majesty would be graciously pleased to declare, allow, and confirm the said dignity, honour, and barony, to him the petitioner:" which petition his Majesty was graciously pleased to refer to his attorney general, who, having been attended by council, and had the evidence adduced before him, reported to his Majesty,