the king should render to every man his right. At the breaking out of the baronial war, it was no marvel then, that he should be found one of the most forward of the discontented lords, and so distinguished, that he was chosen with his brother, Roger, amongst the twenty-five celebrated barons appointed to enforce the observance of Magna Charter. In the reign of HENRY III., adhering to the same cause, he was at the battle of Lincoln, and taken prisoner there, when his lands were seized, and bestowed upon William Mareshal, the younger, but he was subsequently allowed to redeem them. After which he appears to have attached himself to the king, and was with the royal army at the siege of Bitham Castle, in Lincolnshire. He m. Agnes, dau, of the Earl of Arundel, and dying in 1222, was 8. by his elder son, NIGEL DE MOWBRAY, who, in the 8th HENRY III., paying £500 for his relief, had livery of his lands. He m. Maud, dau. and heiress of Roger de Camvil, but dying s. p. in 1228, was s. by his brother, ROGER DE MOWBRAY, then in minority. This feudal lord had several military summonses to attend King HENRY III. into Scotland and Wales. He m. Maud, dau. of William de Beauchamp, of Bedford, and dying in 1266, was 8. by his eldest son, ROGER DE MOWBRAY, who, in the 6th EDWARD II., upon making proof of his age, had livery of his lands. He was engaged in the wars of Wales and Gascony, and was summoned to parliament as a Baron, from 23 June, 1295, to 26 August, 1296. His lordship m. Rose, great grand-dau. of Richard de Clare, Earl of Hertford, and dying in 1298, left two sons, Joнs, his heir, and Alexander, who went to Scotland. The son and heir, JOHN DE MOWBRAY, 2nd baron, summoned to parliament from 26 August. 1307, to 5 August, 1320. This nobleman during his minority, was actively engaged in the Scottish wars of King EDWARD I., and had livery of all his lands before he attained minority, in consideration of those services. In the 6th EDWARD II., being then sheriff of Yorkshire, and governor of the city of York, he had command from the king to seize upon Henry de Perey, then a great baron in the north, in consequence of that nobleman suffering Piers de Gaveston, Earl of Cornwall, to escape from Scarborough Castle, in which he had undertaken to keep him in safety. The next year Lord Mowbray was in another expedition into Scotland, and he was then constituted one of the wardens of the marches towards that kingdom. In the 11th of the same reign he was made governor of Malton and Scarborough Castles, in Yorkshire, and the following year he was once more in Scotland, invested with authority to receive into protection all who should submit to King EDWARD. But afterwards taking part in the insurrection of Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, he was made prisoner with that nobleman and others at the battle of Boroughbridge, and immediately hanged at York, anno 1321, when his lands were seized by the crown, and Aliva, his widow, with her son, imprisoned in the Tower of London. This lady, who was dau. and co-heir of William de Braose, Lord Braose, of Gower, was compelled, in order to obtain some alleviation of her unhappy situation, to confer several manors of her own inheritance upon Hugh le Despencer, Earl of Winchester. In the next reign, however, she obtained from the crown a confirmation of Gowerland, in Wales, to herself and the heirs of her body by her deceased husband, with remainder to Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford and Essex, and his heirs. Lady Mowbray m. 2ndly, Sir R. de Peshale, Knt,, and d. in the 5th EDWARD III. Her ladyship's son, JOHN DE MOWBRAY, 3rd baron, was summoned to parliament from 10 December, 1327. to 20 November, 1360. This nobleman found much favour from King EDWARD III., who, in consideration of the eminent services of his progenitors, accepted of his homage, and gave him livery of his lands before he came of full age. He was subsequently the constant companion in arms of his martial sovereign, attending him in his glorious campaign in France, where he assisted at the siege of Nantes, and the raising that of Aguillon. He was likewise at the celebrated battle of Durham (20th EDWARD III.), and at one time was governor of Berwick-upon-Tweed. His lordship m. the Lady Joane Plantagenet, dau. of Henry, Earl of Lancaster, by whom he had issue, JoHN, his successor. Lord Mowbray, who was styled in the charters, Lord of the Isle of Axholme, and of the honour of Gower and Brember, d. in 1361, and was s. by his son, JOHN DE MOWBRAY, 4th baron, summoned to parliament from 14 August, 1362, to 20 January, 1366, as “John de Mowbray of Axholme." This nobleman in the lifetime of his father was in the wars of France; and he eventually fell, anno 1368, in a conflict with the Turks, near Constantinople, having assumed the cross, and embarked in the holy war. His lordship m. Elizabeth, dau. and heiress of John, Lord Segrave, by Margaret, Duchess of Norfolk (dau. and eventually sole heiress, of Thomas Plantagenet, of Brotherton, Earl of Norfolk -see that dignity), whereby he acquired a great inheritance in lands, and the most splendid alliance in the kingdom. By this lady he had two sons, JOHN and THOMAS, and several daus., of whom one m. Roger, Lord De la Warr; and another m. John, Lord Welles; and a 3rd, Anne, was abbess of Barkyng His lordship was s. by his elder son, JOHN DE MOWBRAY, 5th baron, who was created EARL OF NOTTINGHAM, upon the day of the coronation of King RICHARD II., anno 1377, with a special clause in the charter of creation, that all his lands and tenements whereof he was then possessed, should be held sub honore comitali, and as parcel of this earldom. His lordship d. two years afterwards, still under age, and unmarried, when the Earldom of Nottingham expired, but the Barony of Mowbray and his great possessions devolved upon his brother, THOMAS DE MOWBRAY, as 6th baron, then seventeen years of age, who was created EARL OF NOTTINGHAM, as his brother had been, by charter, dated 12 February, 1383, and three years afterwards was constituted EARL MARSHAL, by reason of his descent from Thomas, of Brotherton; his lordship being the first who had the title of earl attached to the office. In the 10th RICHARD II. his lordship participated in the naval victory achieved by Richard, Earl of Arundel, over the French and Spaniards, and the subsequent conquest of the castle of Brest. In the 16th of the same reign he was made governor of Calais, and in four years afterwards obtained the king's charter of confirination of the office of earl marshal of England to the heirs male of his body, and that they, by reason of the said office, should bear a golden truncheon, enamelled with black at each end, having at the upper end the king's arms, and at the lower, their own arms engraven thereon. Moreover, he stood in such favour, that the king, acknowledging his just and hereditary title to bear for his crest a golden leopard, with a white label, which of right belonged to the king's eldest son, did, by letters patent, grant to him and his heirs, authority to bear the golden leopard for his crest, with a coronet of silver about his neck, instead of the label; and the same year appointed him justice of Chester and Flintshire for life. In the 18th RICHARD he attended the king into Ireland, but afterwards siding with the parasites, who controlled that weak and unfortunate prince, he not only aided in the destruction of his father-in-law, Richard, Earl of Arundel-being one of the chief persons that guarded the unhappy nobleman to the place of executionbut he is also accused of being an accomplice in the murder of Thomas, of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester, the king's uncle. Certain it is that he was at this period in high estimation with the prevailing party, and obtained a grant of all the lands of the unfortunate Lord Arundel, with those of Thomas Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, which had also vested in the crown, by forfeiture. These grants bore date 28 September, 1396, and the next day he was created DUKE OF NORFOLK (his grandmother, Margaret, Duchess of Norfolk, being still alive). Prosperous, however, as this nobleman's career had hitherto been, it was doomed eventually, to a disgraceful termination. Henry, Duke of Hereford (afterwards HENRY IV.), having accused his Grace of Norfolk, of speaking disrespectfully of the king, a challenge ensued, and a day was named for the combat, when the lists were accordingly set up, at Gosford Green, Coventry, and the king and court were present; but just as the combatants were about to engage, and the charge had been sounded, RICHARD interfered, and by the advice of his council, prohibited the conflict, banishing the Duke of Hereford for ten years, and the Duke of Norfolk for life-who, thereupon going abroad, d. at Venice, of the pestilence, but according to Sandford, of grief, in 1400. The duke, who, along with his other great honours, was a knight of the Garter, m. 1st, Elizabeth, dau. of John, Lord Strange, of Blackmere, but had no issue; he m. 2ndly, Lady Elizabeth Fitz-Alan, dau. of Richard, Eal of Arundel, sister and co-heir of Thomas, Earl of Arundel, and widow of William de Montacute, by whom he had issue, I. THOMAS, who simply bore the title of Earl Marshal. II. JOHN, of whom hereafter, as restored Duke of Norfolk. 1. ISABEL, m. 1st, Henry, son and heir of William, 5th Lord Ferrers of Groby, and had an only child, Elizabeth, heiress of Groby, b. 1419. Isabel, m 2ndly, James, 5th LORD BERKELEY, and had a son William, whom EDWARD IV. made a viscount in 1481, RICHARD III. advanced to the Earldom of Nottingham, and HENRY VII. promoted to be Earl Marshal and Marquess of Berkeley. II. MARGARET, m. Sir Robert Howard, Knt. This lady became eventually co-heiress of the Mowbrays, and her son, Sir John Howard, Knt., was created DUKE OF NORFOLK, and Earl Marshal, and became ancestor of the illustrious house of Howard, Dukes of Norfolk. III. ELIZABETH, . 1st, Nicholas. Lord Audley, who d. 1391; THOMAS DE MOWBRAY, 7th Baron Mowbray, was but fourteen years of age, at the decease of his father, and never had the title of Duke of Norfolk, but was simply styled EARL MARSHAL. He was beheaded at York, in 1405, for participating in the conspiracy of Richard Scrope, archbishop of York, against HENRY IV. His lordship m. Constance, dau. of John Holland, Duke of Exeter, but having no issue, was s. by his brother, JOHN DE MOWBRAY, 8th Baron Mowbray, who was restored, 3rd HENRY VI., in the parliament then held at Westminster, to the dignity of DUKE OF NORFOLK, having previously used only the titles of Earl of Nottingham, and Earl Marshal. This nobleman was engaged in the French wars of King HENRY V., and was only prevented by indisposition, from sharing the glories of Agincourt. His grace, who was a knight of the Garter, m. the Lady Katherine Nevil, dau. of Ralph, Earl of Westmoreland (who subsequently m. Thomas Strangways, Esq., and after his decease, John, Viscount Beaumont, and lastly, Sir John Widvile, Knt.), and dying in 1432, was s. by his son, JOHN DE MOWBRAY, 3rd Duke of Norfolk. This nobleman attained majority in the 14th HENRY VI., and in three years afterwards was sent ambassador into Picardy, to treat of peace, with the King of France. In the 23rd of the same reign, upon obtaining a confirmation of the Dukedom of Norfolk, he had a place assigned him in parliament, and elsewhere, next to the Duke of Exeter. His grace m. Eleanor, dau. of William, Lord Bourchier, and dying in 1461, was 8. by his son, JOHN DE MOWBRAY, Earl of Warren and Surrey (so created 29 March, 1451), as 4th Duke of Norfolk, and Earl Marshal. This nobleman, in the 14th EDWARD IV., was retained to serve the king in his wars in France, for one year, and he was made a knight of the Garter. His grace m. the Lady Elizabeth Talbot, dau. of John, Earl of Shrewsbury, by whom he had an only dau., Lady Anne Mowbray, contracted to Richard, son of King EDWARD IV., but d. before consummation of marriage. The duke d. in 1475, when all his honours, except the Baronies of Mowbray and Segrave, EXPIRED; but those, on the decease of Lady Anne Mowbray above-mentioned, fell into ABEYANCE, amongst the descendants of the Ladies Isabel Berkeley and Margaret Howard (refer to issue of Thomas, 1st Duke of Norfolk), and so continued until the suspension of the Barony of Mowbray was terminated by the summoning of Henry Howard, son, and heir apparent of Thomas, Earl of Arundel, Norfolk, and Surrey, to parliament, 13 April, 1639, as BARON MOWBRAY. The eldest son of that nobleman was restored to the Dukedom of Norfolk, and the barony merged in that dignity, until the death of Edward, 11th duke, in 1777, when, with several other baronies, it again fell into ABEYANCE, between the two daus. and co-heirs of Philip Howard, Esq., younger brother of the said duke, namely, Winifred, m. to Charles-Philip, 15th Lord Stourton, And it still so remains with their representatives, the Lords Stourton and Petre. The Barony of Segrave, never having been called out of ABEYANCE, continues yet in a state of suspension, between the descendants of the Lady Margaret Howard (the Lords Stourton and Petre, as heirs-general,) and the representative of the Lady Isabel Berkeley. Arms-Gu., a lion rampant, arg. MULTON-BARONS MULTON, OF EGRE MONT. By Writ of Summons, dated 26 February 1297. Lineage. In the time of King HENRY I., THOMAS DE MULTON, so called from his residence at Multon. in Lincolnshire, bestowed at the funeral of his father, in the Chapter House, at Spalding (his mother, brothers, sisters, and friends, being present), the church of Weston, upon the monks of that abbey. After this Thomas, came LAMBERT DE MULTON, who, in the 11th HENRY II., residing then in Lincolnshire, was amerced 100 marks. In the 9th and 10th of King Jous, flourished another THOMAS DE MULTON, who at that period was sheriff of the co. Lincoln, and in the 15th of the same reign, attended the king in his expedition then made into Poictou. This Thomas gave 1,000 marks to the crown for the wardship of the daus, and heirs of Richard de Luci, of Egremont, co. Cumberland, and bestowed those ladies afterwards in marriage upon his two sons, Lambert and Alan. In the 17th JoHN, being in armis with the rebellious barons, and taken at Rochester Castle, he was committed to the custoly of Peter de Mauley, to be safely secured, who conveyed him prisoner to the castle of Corff, but in the 1st HENRY III., making his peace, he had restitution of his liberty and his lands. The next year having m. Ada, dau. and co-heir of Hugh de Morvill, widow of Richard de Lacy, of Egremont, without the king's license, command was sent to the archbishop of York, to make seizure of all his lands in Cumberland, and to retain them in his hands until further orders. Multon giving security, however, to answer the same, whensoever the king should require him so to do, he had livery of all those lands which had been seized for that transgression, with the castle of Egremont. In three years afterwards he paid £100 fine to the king, and one palfrey for the office of forester of Cumberland, it being the inheritance of Ada, his wife. In the 17th HENRY III., he was sheriff of Cumberland, and remained in office for several succeeding years. Moreover, he was one of the justices of the king's Court of Common Pleas. from the 8th HENRY III., and a justice itinerant for divers years, from the 9th of the same reign. He m. twice, by his 1st wife he had issue, LAMBERT, m. Annabel, dau. and co-heir of Richard de Lucie. Alan, m. Alice, dau. and co-heir of Richard de Lucie, and had a son, THOMAS DE MULTON, who assumed the surname of LUCIE (see LUCY, of Egremont). Thomas de Multon m. 2ndly, Ada, dau. and co-heir of Hugh de Morville, and had, by that lady, THOMAS (see MULTONS, of Gillesland). This celebrated feudal lord, who was a liberal benefactor to the church, is thus characterized by Matthew Paris: "In his youth he was a stout soldier, afterwards very wealthy, and learned in the laws; but overmuch coveting to enlarge his possessions, which lay contiguous to those of the monks of Crowland, he did them great wrong in many respects." He d. in 1240, and was s. by his eldest son, LAMBERT DE MULTON, who, as stated above, m. Annabel, the elder dau. and co-heir of Richard de Lucy, of Egremont, and in 1246, obtained by large gifts from the Pope, an extraordinary privilege; namely, that no one should have the power to excommunicate him, but by a special mandate from his holiness. But he, who had this liberty, saith Matthew Paris, riding with rich trappings very proudly, from a trial at law, no sooner alighted from his horse, but (meriting God's judgment) was suddenly smitten with a grievous disease, of which falling to the ground, he died before his spurs could be taken off, being then at his house at Multon, in Lincolnshire. By his 1st wife, he had a son, THOMAS, his successor. He m. 2ndly, Ida, widow of Geoffrey de Oilli, but had no issue. His death occurred in 1247, when he was s. by his son, THOMAS DE MOULTON, designated of Egremont, who was in arms against the king, in 49th HENRY III., with the rebellious barons of that period. In the 22nd EDWARD I., he had a grant of free warren in all his demesne lands, at Egremont, and dying in 1294, was s. by his son, THOMAS DE MULTON, who was summoned to parliament as BARON MULTON, of Egremont, from 26 January, 1297, to 15 May, 1320. During which interval, he was almost constantly engaged in the Scottish wars. His lordship d. in 1322, and was s. by his son, JOHN DE MULTON, 2nd baron, summoned to parliament from 27 January, 1332, to 24 July, 1334. This nobleman m. Annabel, dau. and heiress of Laurence de Holbeche, but dying s. p., in 1334, his estates, including the manors of Thurstaneston, in Suffolk, and Egremont and Cockermouth, in Cumberland, were divided amongst his three sisters, thus, viz., JOANE, wife of Robert, Baron Fitz-Walter, had for her share the Castle of Egremont, with the third part of that manor and the third part of other manors. ELIZABETH, wife of Walter de Bermichan, had certain lands at Gosford, parcel of the manor of Egremont, and a propoction of other manors. This Elizabeth was 1st . to Robert, son and heir of John, 1st Lord Harington. MARGARET, wife of Thomas de Lucy, had certain lands in Cumberland, parcel of the manor of Egremont, besides a proportion of other estates. while the Barony of Multon, of Egremont, fell into ABEYANCE amongst those ladies, as it still continues with their descendants and representatives. Arms-Arg., three bars, gules. MULTON-BARON MULTON, OF GILLESLAND. By Writ of Summons, dated 26 August, 1307, Lineage. THOMAS DE MULTON, Lord of Multon, in Lincolnshire, who d. 1240 (see MULTON of Egremont), m. for his 2nd wife, Ada, dau. and co-heir of Hugh de More ville, and had, with a dau., Julian, who m. Robert de Vavasour, a son, THOMAS DE MULTON, who inherited the office of forester of Cumberland from his mother, and in the 36th HENRY III., paid a fine of 400 marks to the crown, for trespassing in the forests there, and for the future enjoyment of all the privileges which his ancestors had possessed with the forestership. In the 42nd of the same reign, he had a military summons to march with the other northern barons into Scotland, for the purpose of rescuing the Scottish monarch, King HENRY's son-in-law, from the restraints imposed upon him by his own subjects: and again in the 55th, to take up arms against the Welsh. This feudal baron m. MAUD, only dau. and heiress of HUBERT DE VAUX, Lord of Gillesland, and with her acquired that lordship. He d. in 1270, and was 8. by his son, THOMAS DE MULTON, who doing his homage, had livery of his lands, and the ensuing year, upon the death of Helewise de Levinton, widow of Eustace de Baliol, was found to be her heir as to a moiety of the Barony of Burgh upon the Sands (ie already enjoyed the other moiety by inheritance), and divers other considerable manors. He d. in 1293 (his mother, the heiress of Gillesland, being still alive), and was 8. by his son, THOMAS DE MULTON, who doing his homage the same year, had livery of his lands, but d. in two years afterwards, being then seized of the manor of Donham, in Norfolk; of Burgh upon-Sands; of Kirk-Oswald; and of the Barony of Gillesland, with divers other estates, all in the co. Cumberland. He was 8. at his decease in 1295 (his widow, Isabel, m. Sir John de Caster) by his son, THOMAS DE MULTON. This feudal lord having been engaged in the Scottish wars, in the 31st and 34th EDWARD I., was summoned to parliament as BARON MULTON, of Gillesland, upon the accession of EDWARD II. from 26 August, 1307, to 26 November, 1313. After which we find his lordship again upon the theatre of war, in Scotland, in the 3rd and 4th years of the new monarch: and he subsequently obtained some immunities from the crown, in the shape of grants for fairs and markets upon his different manors. He d. in 1313, leaving by Margaret, his wife, an only dau. and heiress, MARGARET DE MULTON, who m. Ranulph de Dacre, Lord Dacre, of the North, and conveyed her great estates with the Barony of Multon, to the DACRE family (see DACRE, of Gillesland). Arms-Az., three bars, gules. • RANULPH DE MESCHINES, in the time of the CONQUEROR, gr. nted the Barony of Gillesland' to a Norman called HUBERT, who was ever afterwards denominated either HUBERT VAULX, or "HUBERT DE VALLIBUS." He was 8. by his son and heir, ROBERT DE VAUX, who m. Ada. dau. and heir of William Engaine, and widow of Simon de Moreville, and was s. by his elder son, ROBERT DE VAUX. This baron outliving his only son, was 8. at his decease, by his brother, RANULPH DE VAUX, who was father of ROBERT DE VAUX, one of the barons who took up arms against King JOHN. He was . by his son, HUBERT DE VAUX, who left at his decease, an only dau. and heir, MAUD DE VAUX, who m., as in the text, THOMAS DE MULTON, and conveyed to him the BARONY OF GILLESLAND. Gill, in the provincial dialect of Cumberland, signifies a MUNCHENSI-BARON MUNCHENSI. By Writ of Summons, dated 24 December, 1264. Lineage. It was not long after the Norman Conquest, that HUBERT DE MUNCHENSI, made grants of lands to the monks of Eye and Thetford, in the cos. of Suffolk and Norfolk. "It is said that this Hubert," observes Dugdale, "had issue, WARITE DE MUNCHENSI, and he another Hubert, which is likely enough to be true; for in the 33rd HENRY II., it appears that Hubert de Munchensi was in ward to the bishop of Ely, with his land at Stratford, part of the honour of Henry de Essex. At the same time also Agnes de Munchensi (widow of Warine, as I guess) dau. of Payne Fitz-John, then sixty years of age, had three sons, viz., Ralph and William, both knights, and Hubert, a clerk; as also two daus., the one m. to Stephen de Glanvile, and the other to William Painell, her lands at Holkham, in Norfolk, being then valued at £11 per annum." His son and heir, WARINE DE MUNCHENSI, was father of HUGH DE MUNCHENSI, living in 1186. The next member of the family upon record is WILLIAM DE MUNCHENSI, who d. about the 6th JOHN, and was 8. by his son, WILLIAM DE MUNCHENS1, who was 8. at his death 8. p. in about seven years afterwards, by his uncle, WARINE DE MUNCHENSI, a person of military reputation, temp. HENRY III. He m. Joan, dau. and heir of William Marshall, Earl of Pembroke, and had issue, WILLIAM, his successor. Joane, m. to William Valence, the King's half brother, Warine d. 1255, and was 8. by his son, WILLIAM DE MUNCHENSI. This feudal lord was one of the leading persons who took up arms against HENRY III., and one of the chief commanders at the battle of Lewes. After this victory he was summoned to parliament 24 December, 1264, by the baronial government, acting in the name of the king. His lordship was subsequently made prisoner at Kenilworth, and his lands being seized, were transferred to his brother-in law, William Valence. They were soon, however, restored upon his making the necessary submission. He was eventually slain anno 1289, in battle, by the Welsh. He left a dau. and heiress, DYONISIA MUNCHENSI, who m. Hugh de Vere, younger son of Robert, Earl of Oxford. This dignity can hardly be deemed, however, an inheritable barony. A younger brother of Warine de Munchensi, William de Munchensi, m. Beatrix, dau. and co-heir of William de Beauchamp, Baron of Bedford, and d. in 1286, leaving William, his son and heir, who d. in 1302, leaving male issue, but none of this branch were ever summoned to parliament. Arms-Or, three escutcheons, barry of six, vair and gu. MURRAY-EARLS OF ANNANDALE. By Letters Patent, dated 13 March, 1624-5. SIR JOHN MURRAY, Knt., youngest son of Sir Charles Murray of Cockpool, by Margaret, his wife, eldest dau. of Hugh, 5th Lord Somerville, rising high in favour with JAMES VI., was appointed master of the horse, and upon his Majesty's accession to the throne of England, accompanied his royal master to London as one of the gentlemen of the privy chamber, and was created VISCOUNT ANNAND, ani LORD MURRAY, of Lochmaben. On 13 March, 1624-5, he obtained the EARLDOM OF ANNANDALE. His lordship, who 8. his brother, Sir Richard Murray, Bart, in the old family estate of Cockpool, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Sir John Schaw, Knt.; and dying, September, 1640, was s. by his son, JAMES MURRAY, 2nd Earl of Annandale, who inherited the VISCOUNTY OF STORMONT, under the limitation in the patent, at the decease of Mungo, the 2nd viscount. His lordship dale or valley, which corresponds with the Latin word, vullis, joined Montrose after the battle of Kilsyth, and upon that whence the French derived their term, Vault. heroic chieftain's defeat, retired to England, where he d. 28 December, 1658. He m. Lady Elizabeth Carnegie, eldest dau. of James, 2nd Earl of Southesk, but by her (who m. 2ndly, in 1659, David, 4th Viscount Stormont) had no issue. At Lord Annandale's decease, the titles of Annandale, Annand, and Murray of Lochmaben, became EXTINCT, and those of Stormont and Scoon devolved on David, 2nd Lord Balvaird. Arms-Az., a crescent, between three stars, all within a double tressure, flory, counterflory with fleurs-de-lis, arg.; and a dexter canton of the 2nd, charged with a thistle, vert, crowned, or, as an augmentation. MURRAY-EARL OF TULLIBARDINE. Lineage. JOHN MURRAY, eldest son of John, 1st Marquess of Athole, was appointed in 1695, one of the principal secretaries of state for Scotland, and in the following year (27 July) created EARL OF TULLIBARDINE, VISCOUNT OF GLENALMOND, and LORD MURRAY, for life. In 1703, he s. his father as 2nd Marquess of Athole, and was raised to a dukedom shortly after. His grace d. 14 November, 1724, when the dignities which had been conferred on him for life, of course became EXTINCT, but his hereditary honours devolved on his son, JAMES, 2nd Duke of Athole. SIR THOMAS MUSGRAVE, one of the commanders in the van of the English army that gave battle to, and totally defeated DAVID, King of Scotland, at Durham, 20th EDWARD III., was summoned to parliament as a Baron from 25 November, 1350, to 4 October, 1373. His lordship appears to have been generally employed upon the borders in resisting the incursion of the Scotch. He was made (21st EDWARD III.) governor of Berwickupon-Tweed; and sole justiciar through all the lands in Scotland, whereof the king had then possession. He was afterwards sheriff of Yorkshire and governor of the castle of York. His lordship m. Isabel, widow of Robert, son of Robert, Lord Clifford, and dau. of Thomas, Lord Berkeley; but the barony did not continue in his descendants, nor have any of those been deemed barons of the realm. Descended from his lordship are the three existing houses of Musgrave, Baronets, viz., The MUSGRAVES of Eden Hall, in Cumberland, created Baronets 29 June, 1611. The MUSGRAVES of Hayton, created baronets in 1638. The MUSGRAVES of Tourin, co. Waterford, created baronets of Ireland, in 1782. Arms-Gu., six annulets, or. MURRAY-VISCOUNTESS BAYNING, OF FOXLEY, CO. WILTS. By Letters Patent, dated 17 March, 1674. Lineage. The HON. ANNE BAYNING, 2nd dau. of Sir Paul Bayning, Bart., 1st VISCOUNT BAYNING, of Sudbury, co. Suffolk, and sister of Paul, 2nd Viscount Bayning, was created for life, after the decease of the latter lord, without male issue, and the extinction of the honours of her family, VisCOUNTESS BAYNING, of Foxley, co. Wilts, 17 March, 1674. She had previously m. Henry Murray, Esq., one of the grooms of bedchamber to King CHARLES I. Her ladyship d. in 1698, when the dignity of course EXPIRED. Mr. Murray's eldest dau. and co-heiress, by Lady Bayning, The Hon. Elizabeth Murray, m. General Randolph Egerton, and had a dau., ANNE EGERTON (sole heiress of her father), who m. Lord William Paulet, 2nd son of Charles, 1st Duke of Bolton, by whom she had an only dau., HENRIETTA PAULET heiress of her father), who m. the CHARLES TOWNSHEND, who was created BARON BAYN- MUSGRAVE-BARON MUSGRAVE. By Writ of Summons, dated 25 November, 1350. The MUSGRAVES are said to have come originally from Germany, and to have been MUSGRAVES, or Lords Marchers there. Banks tells the following story of their good fortune in obtaining an alliance with the imperial family:-"The emperor had two great generals, who made court to his daughter at the same time; and as he had experienced singular services from both, did not care to prefer one before the other. But to decide the matter, ordered the two heroes to run at the ring for her (an exercise then in use): it so happened that this Musgrave (one of the contending generals) had the fortune to pierce the ring | with the point of his spear; by which action he gained her for a reward of his gallantry and dexterity, and had six annulets, or,' given him for his coat of arms; and for his crest, two arms in armour, holding an annulet. From this marriage issued that MUSGRAVE, who being a man of an enterprising genius, accompanied WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR into England, and was the founder of the Musgraves in this country." NANSLADRON-BARON NANSLADRON. By Writ of Summons, dated 29 December, 1299. Lineage. In the 29th EDWARD I., SERLO DE NANSLADRON, or LANSLADRON, was in the expedition then made into Scotland, and had summons to parliament as a Baron, from the 28th to the 34th of the same reign, but never afterwards, and of his lordship nothing further is known. Arms-Sa., three chevronels, arg. NASSAU-EARLS OF ROCHFORD. By Letters Patent, dated 10 May, 1695. FREDERICK DE NASSAU, natural son of Henry-Frederick de Nassau, Prince of Orange (grandfather of King WILLIAM III.), by the dau. of the Bourgue Mestre d'Emmeric, was endowed by his father with the lordship of Zuylestein, and thereupon assumed that surname. He subsequently commanded the infantry in the service of the States-General, when his country was invaded by the French, in 1672. In that gloomy conjuncture, when the Prince of Orange was elected Stadtholder, his highness's first action was an attack on Naerden; in furtherance of which, he detached General Zuylestein to take up a position between Utrecht and the object of the prince's operations; whereupon the Duke of Luxemburgh marched to relieve the besieged, and fell, with between 8,000 and 9,000 men, on General Zuylestein, who bravely met the assault, and repulsed his assailant. The town was afterwards bombarded, and reduced to such extremity, as to be compelled to offer terms of capitulation; in which interval the Duke of Luxemburgh, having been reinforced, marched through swamps guided by peasants to Voordam, and re-attacked General Zuylestein, who, after a gallant resistance, fell, sword in hand, 12 October, 1672. The son of this brave soldier (by Mary, his wife, dau. of Sir William Killigrew, Bart., Chamberlainto Queen Catharine, consort of CHARLES II.), WILLIAM-HENRY de ZuvlesTEIN, confidential friend of WILLIAM III., accompanied that prince to England, and was elevated to the peerage 10 May, 1695, as Baron of Enfield, Viscount Tunbridge, and EARL OF ROCHFORD. His lordship m. Jane, dau. and heiress of Sir Henry Wroth, of Durans, co. Middlesex, by whom he had four sons and five daus. He d. at Zuylestein, in 1708, and was s. by his eldest son, WILLIAM-HENRY DE NASSAU, 2nd earl. This nobleman was a military officer of considerable renown, and participating in the triumphs of the Duke of Marlborough, was the bearer of the despatches announcing the glorious victory of Blenheim 2 August, 1704. His lordship fell at the battle of Almanza, in Spain, 27 July, 1710; and, as he d. unm., the honours devolved upon his brother, |
