Ralph,

both naval officers, d. in the lifetime of Edward, their father, s. p. WILLIAM, his heir.

Tufton, m. first, to Captain Barrie; and secondly, to Alexander Horton, esq. of the Grove, Bucks. He married secondly, Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel Howe, esq. judge of the Admiralty, relict of Simon Degge, esq. of Derby, but by her had no child. Sir William, who was gentleman usher of the black rod, d. 17th May, 1727, and was s. by his only surviving

son,

II. SIR WILLIAM SANDERSON, gentleman usher of the black rod. This gentleman m. first, Mary, daughter of Captain Richard Cook, of Greenwich, and by her had a daughter,

Mary.

He wedded secondly, Mrs. Bignel, who d. s. p. 26th January, 1738-9. His third wife, whom he m. in June, 1730, was Charlotte, daughter of Sir Richard Gough, knt. of Chelsea, and by that lady left at his decease, 16th January, 1754, an only son, his suc

cessor,

III. SIR WILLIAM SANDERSON, who died aged fifteen, 30th October, 1760, when the BARONETCY became

EXTINCT.

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SIR RICHARD SANDFORD, knt. of Howgill Castle, who m. Anne, widow of Pennington of Seaton, and daughter of Henry Crackenthorpe, of Newbiggin, by whom he had a son and successor,

1. THOMAS SANDFORD, esq. of Howgill Castle, who was created a BARONET 12th August, 1641. He married Bridget, daughter of Sir George Dalston, knt. of Dalston, and had issue, RICHARD, George, William, Anne, Elizabeth, and Catharine. The eldest son,

II. SIR RICHARD SANDFORD, of Howgill Castle, m. Mary, daughter of Sir Francis Bowes, knt. of Thornton, in the county of Durham, and had issue, RICHARD, his heir.

MARY, . to Robert Honywood, esq. of Marks
Hall, Essex, and was mother of

GENERAL PHILIP HONYWOOD, of Howgill
Castle.

Sir Richard was murdered in the White Fryars, London, 8th September, 1675, by Henry Symbal and William Jones, who were executed shortly after. Sir Richard's son and successor,

III. SIR RICHARD SANDFORD, of Howgill Castle, said to have been born the hour of his father's decease, died unmarried 2nd April, 1723, when the BARONETCY became EXTINCT. The estates passed to his sister.

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RICHARD SANDFORD, esq. younger son of Sir Thomas Sandford, knt. of Askham, in Westmoreland, by Anne, his wife, daughter and co-heir of Anthony Crackenthorp, esq. of Howgill, in the same county, inherited that estate from his mother, and founded the Sandfords of Howgill. He m. Anne, daughter of John Warriner, esq. of Helsington, and had eighteen children, of whom the eldest,

SIR THOMAS SANDFORD, knt. of Howgill Castle, died without issue, and was s. by his brother,

Lineage.

ROBERT SANDYS, of St. Bees, in Cumberland, 1399 temp. HENRY IV. was father of

JOHN SANDYS, of Furnese-fells, in Lancashire, whose son and heir,

WILLIAM SANDYS, of Furnese-fells, was father of WILLIAM SANDYS, of Hawkeshead, who m. Margaret, daughter and heir of William Rawson, of Yorkshire, and left a son and heir,

WILLIAM SANDYS, father of

GEORGE SANDYS, citizen of London, who m. Margaret, daughter of John Dixon, of the same city, and was father of *

EDWYN SANDYS, an eminent divine in the time of ELIZABETH, and in succession (1559) Bishop of Worcester, (1560) Bishop of London, and (1567) Archbishop of York. Doctor Sandys was educated at Cambridge, and was vice-chancellor of the university at the decease of EDWARD VI. when, by order of the Duke of Northumberland, he preached against Queen MARY, and defended the right of Lady Jane Grey; for this line of conduct he was imprisoned a year, but then received a pardon. He retired subsequently into Germany, and openly professing the reformed re

ligion, remained abroad until the accession of ELIZABETH, by whom he was preferred in the manner stated above. He died in 1588, leaving behind a high reputation for learning, probity, and other Christian virtues. His grace m. Cecilia, daughter of Thomas Wilford, esq. of Cranbrook, in Kent, and had issue,

1. SAMUEL (Sir), his heir, of Ombersley, in the county of Worcester, high sheriff in 1619, ancestor of the LORDS SANDYS, of Ombersley. (See BURKE'S Extinct and Dormant Peerage.) II. EDWIN (Sir), ancestor of the Sandys of Northborne Court.

II. MILES (Sir).

IV. GEORGE, a traveller and poet, died in 1643. The third son,

1. SIR MYLES SANDYS, of Wilberton, in the county of Cambridge, received the honour of knighthood from King JAMES 1. and was created a BARONET 25th November, 1612. He m. Elizabeth, daughter of Edward Cook, gent. of North Cray, and had seven sons and a daughter, who all died issueless. Sir Miles repre

sented his native county in parliament 3 CHARLES I. and dying in 1644, was s. by his eldest son,

11. SIR MYLES SANDYS, who had received the honour He m. of knighthood in the lifetime of his father. Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Thomas Park, esq. of Wisbeach, in the Isle of Ely, but died without issue in 1644, when the BARONETCY EXPIRED.

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SANDYS, OF NORTHBORNE. CREATED 15th Dec. 1684.-EXTINCT 2nd May, 1726.

Lineage.

SIR EDWIN SANDYS, second son of Dr. Edwin Sandys, Archbishop of York, received the honour of knighthood from King JAMES I, and was distinguished as a politician in that king's and in the subsequent reign. "He was (says an old writer) a leading man in all parliamentary affairs, well versed in business, and an excellent patriot to his country; in defence of which, by speaking too boldly, he, with Selden, was committed into custody 16th June, 1621, and not deli

His son,

EDWIN SANDWYS, was father of

JORDAN SANDYS, esq. of Downehall, captain in the royal navy, buried at Downe 9th January, 1734, left by his wife, Deborah, daughter of George St. Quintin, of London, merchant, a son and heir,

HENRY SANDYs, esq. of Downehall, who m. Priscilla, eldest surviving daughter and co-heir of Sir Richard Sandys, bart. of Northborne Court, and acquired thereby the estate of Northborne: he left at his decease in 1726 a son and heir,

RICHARD SANDYS, esq. of Northborne Court and Canterbury, justice of the peace for the county of Kent, m. Susan-Crayford, daughter of Jaines Taylor, of London, merchant, and by her, who d. in 1777, had issue,

RICHARD, in holy orders, his heir.

Edwin-Humphry, m. first, Sarah, daughter of Sir
William Fagg, bart. but by her, who d. in 1782,
had no issue to survive infancy. He m. secondly,
Helen, daughter and heir of Edward-Lord Chick,
esq. and had by that lady

EDWIN, in holy orders, rector of Upper Har
dress, in Kent, b. in 1785; m. in 1816, Mary-
Lilias, daughter of William Lumsdaine, esq.
of Edinburgh, and has issue.
Charles, of Canterbury, b. in 1786; m. in 1815,
Miss Sedley-Frances Burdett, and has issue.

vered thence till the 18th July following, which was voted by the House of Commons a great breach of their privileges. He was treasurer to the undertakers for the western plantations, which he effectually advanced, was a person of great judgment, and, as my author saith, ingenio et gravitate morum insignis. He wrote while he was at Paris, anno 1629, Europe Speculum, or a View or Survey of the State of Religion in the Western Part of the World. He left £1500 to the university of Oxford for the endowment of a metaphysic lecture; and departing this life in the year 1629, was buried in the church of Northbourne, in Kent, where he bad a seat and fair estate." Sir Edwin m. first, Margaret, daughter of John Eveleigh, esq. of Devonshire, and by that lady had a daughter,

Elizabeth, m. to Sir Thomas Wilsford, knt. of
Heding, in Kent.

He wedded, secondly, Anne, daughter of Thomas
Southcott, esq.; thirdly, Elizabeth, daughter of Tho-
mas Nevinson, esq. of Eastrey: by the former he had
a daughter, Anne; by the latter, no issue.
He m.
fourthly, Catharine, daughter of Sir Richard Bulke-
ley, knt. of Anglesey, and by her (who d. in 1640)
had, with other issue,

EDWIN, his heir, a colonel in the parliament's army.

Richard, who purchased Downehall, in Kent, was, like his brother, a colonel in the parlia ment's army. He m. Hester, daughter of Edwin Aucher, second son of Anthony Aucher, esq. of Bourne, in the same county.*

The elder son,

EDWIN SANDYs, esq. of Northbourne Court, a colonel in the parliament's army, received a mortal wound at the battle of Worcester, and died in 1642, leaving by Catherine, daughter and at length heir of Richard Champneys, esq. of Hall Place, Kent, a son and heir, SIR RICHARD SANDYS, kut. of Northbourne Court, whom. Mary, daughter of Sir Henry Heyman, bart. and being accidentally killed by his fowling-piece in passing over a hedge, anno 1669, was s. by his son,

1. RICHARD SANDYS, esq. of Northbourne Court, who was created a BARONET 15th December, 1684. Sir Richard m. first, Miss Ward, daughter and heir of Prebendary Ward, of Salisbury; and secondly, Mary, daughter and co-heir of Sir Francis Rolle, kut. of Bicton, in the county of Devon, and left daughters only at his decease 2nd May, 1726, when the BARON

RICHARD SANDYS, in holy orders, m. first, Catherine, daughter of William Hougham, esq. and had by her RICHARD-EDWIN, lieutenant in the royal navy, killed in action off Copenhagen 2nd April, 1801, d. unm.

CATHERINA, Co-heir of her brother, m. in 1803, John Chesshyre, esq. captain in the royal navy. Mr. Sandys m. secondly, Lady Frances-Alicia Aslong, widow of William Aslong, and daughter of Charles, third Earl of Tankerville, by whom (who wedded, thirdly, the Rev. Edward Beckingham Benson, rector of Deal,) he had another daughter,

ALICIA-ARABELLA, co-heir of her half-brother, m. in 1801, to Francis Cockburn, esq. son of the late Sir James Cockburn, bart. of Langton. The Rev. Richard Sandys d. in 1782.

ETCY EXPIRED.

Of those daughters, ANNE, the youngest surviving, m. Charles Pyott, esq. of St. Martin's, near Canterbury, and d. in 1789; PRISCILLA, the eldest surviving, m. Henry Sandys, esq. of Downe Hall, and conveyed to him the estate of Northbourne Court, which passed to their son and heir,

RICHARD SANDYS, esq. of Northbourne Court,
whose granddaughters became eventually co-
heirs of the line, namely,

CATHARINA SANDYS, wife of Captain John
Chesshyre, R.N.

ALICIA-ARABELLA SANDYS, wife of Francis
Cockburn, esq. son of Sir James Cockburn,
bart, of Langton.

WILLIAM, his heir. Nicholas, of Erby and Gowk Hill Hall, Yorkshire, ancestor of the Saundersons of Stirrup, Sheffield, Blythe, Serleby Hall, &c. &c. Of the Blythe branch was Robert Saunderson, D.D. Bishop of Lincoln.

John, of Midhope, ancestor of the Saundersons of Pawhill, Midhope, Maltby, Thurlestane, &c. Robert, of the Ewes, near Sandbeck, married and had issue.

The eldest son,

WILLIAM SAUNDERSON, of Tick hill, in the county of York, whose son, by Jane Lamplugh, his wife,

WILLIAM SAUNDERSON, of Tickhill, called in some accounts Henry, m. Jane, daughter of Lambton, of Lambton, and had issue,

Robert, whose two daughters, Alice and Margaret, d. s. p.

NICHOLAS, of whom presently.

Margaret, m. to Hewett.

Alice, m. to Christopher Eyre, esq. of Highlow Padley, in the county of Derby, and had issue. The second son,

NICHOLAS SAUNDERSON, of Revesby, married Agnes, daughter of William London, and had, with two daughters, Dorothy, wife of Robert Trigott, and Maria, of John Kaym, several sons, of whom the youngest,

ROBERT SAUNDERSON, esq. purchased the estate of Saxby, in Lincolnshire, and erected the mansion of Fillingham. He d. 2nd November, 1583, aged sixtythree, leaving by Catharine, his wife, daughter of Vincent Grantham, esq. of St. Catharine's, Lincoln, with three daughters (of whom the eldest, Ann, m. Sir John Staingate, knt.), three sons, viz.

NICHOLAS (Sir), his heir.

Robert, d. s. p.

Thomas, of Gainsborough, in Lincolnshire; admitted of Lincoln's Inn In 1591; will dated 4th March, 1640, was proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury 3rd December, 1642: the preface to that document is curious for the mass of proverbial and other moral and religious remarks. He m. first, Jane, daughter of Denzil Holles, esq. by whom he had a son,

Robert, living in 1642, the father of several children.

He m. secondly, Dorcas, daughter of Sir Julius Cæsar, chancellor of the Exchequer; and thirdly, Dorothea, daughter of Richard Maddison, esq.

The eldest son,

I. NICHOLAS SAUNDERSON, esq. of Saxby, in Lincolnshire, M.P. for Gainsborough and afterwards for Lincoln, aged twenty-one at the death of his father, was created a BARONET 25th November, 1612, and raised to the peerage of Ireland, as Viscount Castleton, in His lordship m. Mildred, daughter and heir of John Elltoft, esq. of Boston, and had issue,

1628.

NICHOLAS, his heir. William (Sir), knt. m. Jane, daughter of Sir John Cooper, of Dorsetshire, and d. in 1642. George, of Thoresby Abbey Grange, Lincolnshire, who m. first, Elizabeth, daughter and sole heir of Thomas Bostock, of London; and secondly, Susannah, daughter of Sir George Fitzwilliam, of Mabblethorpe.

Robert, who had lands from his father at Frisk

ney.

Frances, m. first, to Edward Coppledike, esq. of Startington, in Lincolnshire; and secondly, to Sir Edward Waldegrave.

Anne, m. to Sir Philip Tyrwhitt, bart. of Stainfield, Lincolnshire.

Margaret, m. to Sir Peregrine Bertie.

Lord Castleton died about 1630, and was succeeded by his son,

II. SIR NICHOLAS SAUNDERSON, second Viscount Castleton, whose will, dated 2nd March, 1639, was proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury 1st January, 1641. His lordship m. Frances, daughter of Sir George Manners, knt. of Haddon, and had issue, NICHOLAS, his heir.

PEREGRINE, Successor to his brother.

GEORGE, who inherited as fifth viscount.

His lordship was s. by his eldest son,

III. SIR NICHOLAS SAUNDERSON, third Viscount Castleton, fifteen years old at his father's decease. He died intestate without issue, and was succeeded by his brother,

IV. SIR PEREGRINE SAUNDERSON, fourth Viscount Castleton, whose will was dated 4th November, 1649, and administration granted to his next brother,

V. SIR GEORGE SAUNDERSON, fifth Viscount Castleton, who m. first, Grace, daughter of Henry Bellasis, son and heir of Thomas, Lord Fauconberg; and secondly, Sarah, daughter of Sir John Evelyn, of West Dean, relict of Sir John Wray, of Glentworth, and of Thomas, Viscount Fanshawe. By the former his lordship had issue,

NICHOLAS, whose will, dated 7th November, 1691, was proved 6th March, 1692. He m. Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Sir John Wray, of Glentworth, and had an only son,

WRAY, who m. Mary, daughter of Lewis Watson, Earl of Rockingham, and died in the lifetime of his grandfather s. p.

Hugh, d. 18th January, 1655.

Charles, d. 20th May, 1684.

Samuel, d. young.

John, of Glentworth,
George,

both d. s. p.

Thomas, whose will was proved 18th July, 1707.
JAMES, heir to his father.

His lordship died at Sandbeck 27th May, 1714, and was s. by his only surviving son,

His

VI. SIR JAMES SAUNDERSON, sixth Viscount Castleton, who was created a peer of England in 1714, as BARON SAUNDERSON, of Saxby. In 1716 he was made Viscount Castleton, of Sandbeck, in Yorkshire, and in 1720 advanced to the EARLDOM OF CASTLETON. lordship d. s. p. in 1723, when the BARONETCY and all his other honours became EXTINCT. His great estate he bequeathed to his cousin on the mother's side, Thomas Lumley, third Earl of Scarborough, who thereupon assumed, by act of parliament, the additional surname of "SAUNDERSON."*

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Robert Saunderson, of Alford, in Lincolnshire, who died in 1741, aged sixty-seven, bore the arms of the Saundersons of Saxby, but his connexion with that family has not yet been exactly ascertained. He left two daughters, his co-heirs, viz.

ELIZABETH, m. to William Gonville, esq. of Alford, and had an only daughter,

FRANCES GONVILLE, m. in 1786, to Boardman Bromhead, esq. of Thurlby Hall, Lincolnshire, and was mother of SIR GONVILLE BROMHEAD, bart. of Thurlby Hall.

Of this family, whose chief abode for many generations had been at the castle of Frodsham, in Cheshire, and occasionally at another house more recently erected at Clifton, on the opposite side of the river, called Rock SAVAGE, was

SIR JOHN SAVAGE, a good and faithful ally of the Earl of Richmond, and one of the brave soldiers who placed that prince upon the throne as HENRY VII. Sir John was subsequently in the wars of France, and fell at the siege of Boloine. His son and heir,

SIR JOHN SAVAGE, knt. m. Lady Elizabeth Somerset, daughter of Charles, first Earl of Worcester, and was s. by his son,

SIR JOHN SAVAGE, knt, who m. Lady Elizabeth Manners, daughter of Thomas, first Earl of Rutland, and had two sons, JOHN and Thomas. The younger,

I. SIR THOMAS SAVAGE, knt. of Rock Savage, in the county of Chester, was created a BARONET (being the nineteenth from the institution of the order) 29th June, 1611. He m. Mary, daughter and co-heir of Richard Allington, esq. and left at his decease in 1615, with two daughters, Elizabeth, wife, first, of Thomas Manwaring, and secondly, of Sir Ralph Done, and Grace, wife of Sir Richard Wilbraham, bart, of Woodhey, several sons, of whom the eldest,

II. SIR THOMAS SAVAGE, of Rock Savage, who was raised to the peerage as Viscount Savage 6th November, 1626. He m. Elizabeth, eldest daughter and coheir of Thomas, Lord Darcy, afterwards Viscount Colchester and Earl Rivers, and had issue,

JOHN, his heir.

Thomas, who m. Bridget, widow of Sir Edward Somerset, and daughter and heir of William Whitmore, esq. of Leighton, by Margaret, his wife, sister and heir of Sir George Beeston, of Beeston, in Cheshire.. From this marriage descended the Savages of Beeston, in Cheshire. Francis.

Charles, whose daughter, Mary, married Jeremy Thoresby, of Leeds.

Jane, m. to John Pawlet, Lord St. John, afterwards Marquess of Winchester.

Dorothy, m. to Charles, Lord Andover.

Elizabeth, m. to Sir John Thimbelby, of Irnham, Lincolnshire.

BRIDGET, m. to Charles Beaty, gent. of Louth, and had three daughters,

MARY BEATY, m. to A. Pearson, esq.
ELIZABETH BEATY, m. to John Waterhouse, esq.
of Wellhead, Halifax, in Yorkshire, and had
issne.

FRANCES BEATY, m. to John Shaw, esq. of Lon-
don, and had an only daughter and heir, Eliza-
beth, m. to Benjamin Bond, esq.

Anne, m. to Robert Brudenell, Earl of Cardigan.
Katharine, a nun at Dunkirk.

Henrietta-Maria, m. to Ralph Sheldon, esq. of
Beoley.

His lordship, who was chancellor of the Queen's Court at Westminster, died in London in 1635, and was s. by his son,

III. SIR THOMAS SAVAGE, Second Viscount Savage, of Rock Savage, who succeeded to the EARLDOM OF RIVERS in 1639, His lordship m. first, Catharine, daughter of William Parker, Lord Morley and Mounteagle, by whom he had issue,

THOMAS, his heir.

John, d. s. p.

Richard, who m. Alice, widow of John Barnston, esq. of Churton, and daughter and heir of Thomas Trafford, esq. of Bridge Trafford, and had

a son,

JOHN, of whom presently as inheritor of the
family honours.

Elizabeth, m. to William, Lord Petre.
Jane, m. first, to Lord Chandos; secondly, to Sir
William Sidley; and thirdly, to George Pitt,
esq. of Strathfieldsay, Hants. Her grandson by
the last, George Pitt, esq. was created BARON
RIVERS in 1776.

Mary, m. to Henry Killigrew, esq. groom of the
bedchamber to James, Duke of York.
Catharine, m. to Sir Charles Sidley.

Lord Rivers m. secondly, Mary, daughter of Thomas Ogle, esq. and had by her a son, Peter. His lordship d. in 1654, and was s. by his son,

IV. SIR THOMAS SAVAGE, Earl Rivers, who m. first, Elizabeth, illegitimate daughter of Emanuel, Earl of Sunderland; and secondly, Arabella, daughter of Robert Bertie, Earl of Lindsey. The latter d. s. p. but by the former his lordship had issue,

THOMAS, Viscount Colchester, who predeceased his father, having had by Charlotte-Maria, his wife, daughter of Charles, Earl of Derby, an only daughter, Charlotte-Catherine, who d. s. p. RICHARD, successor to his father.

The elder son,

SIR JOHN SAVILE, knt. m. the daughter and heir of Rochdale, esq. and left a son,

JOHN SAVILE, who m. the daughter of Sir Robert Latham, knt. and was father of

SIR JOHN SAVILE, knt, who m. Jane, daughter of Matthew de Bosco, alias Wood, and had a son and heir,

JOHN SAVILE, who m. Margaret, daughter and coheir of Henry Rishworth, and was s. by his son,

SIR JOHN SAVILE, knt. who was sheriff of Yorkshire 3 and 11 RICHARD II: "and twice returned to parliament by the same county, in the 7th and 8th of the same king. He m. Isabel, daughter and heir of Thoof Eland, also in Yorkshire, and had mas Eland, esq. two sons,

JOHN (Sir), his heir, who m. Isabel, daughter of
Robert Ratcliffe, esq. and had issue,
JOHN (Sir), who m. Isabel, daughter of Sir
William Fitzwilliams, knt. but d. s. p.
ISABEL, heir of her brother, a. to Thomas
D'Arcy, son of Lord D'Arcy.

HENRY.

The younger son and eventual heir male,

HENRY SAVILE, esq. m. Elizabeth, daughter and sole heir of Simon Thornhill, esq. of Thornhill, in the county of York, and by that alliance he acquired the manor of Thornhill and other extensive estates. He left a son and heir,

+ Son and heir of SIR BRYAN THORNHILL, knt. a person of great note in the time of EDWARD III. having served in several parliaments as knight of the shire; he was descended from JORDAN DE THORNHILL.