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ATTHILL, OF BRANDISTON HALL.

ATTHILL, THE REVEREND WILLIAM, of Brandiston Hall, in the county of Norfolk, A.M. prebendary of Clogher, Rector and Vicar of the parishes of Fintona, in the county of Tyrone, and of Magheraculmony, in the county of Fermanagh, b. in April, 1776, m. 1st April, 1805, Henrietta Margaret Eyre, eldest daughter of the very Reverend George Maunsell, D.D. Dean of Leighlin, niece of Robert Hedges, esq. of Macroom Castle, in the county of Cork, and cousin to the Earl of Bantry, by whom he has issue,

WILLIAM, in holy orders, A.B. b. 11th July, 1807.
Robert, A. B. b. 9th February, 1810.

Richard, b. 11th August, 1811.

John-Grey-Porter, b. 31st December, 1812. .

Edward-Eyre.

Henry-Maunsell.

Lombe.

Henrietta-Elizabeth.

Emily.

Jemima-Grace.

This gentleman was elected in 1796, a fellow of Caius and Gonville College, Cambridge; whence removing to Ireland, he obtained the preferment above mentioned.

Lineage.

This family deduces its origin from the time of the Norman Conquest, at which period its first founder came over into England, and is said to have borne the name of DE-LA-How. His grandson having settled in the county of Berks, the surname originally signifying “Of the Hill," became corrupted At the Hill, and thence was shortened into ATTHILL. From this DELA-How lineally descended

RICHARD ATT'EHILL, of Bareworth, in the county of Berks, (whose name, &c. are recorded in the Abbreviatio Rotulo Originalium, 31st Edward I.) He m. Maude, daughter of Sir John Harley, of South Wales, and had issue,

SIMON, his successor.
Thomas, in holy orders.

SIMON ATT'EHILL, who died leaving an only daughter and heiress, who espoused in 1326, her cousin,

This gentleman was

JOHN ATT'Ehill. the first of his family who settled in the county of Norfolk, where his descendants have since continued to reside. He is mentioned among the benefactors of the Abbey of Lewes, and d. leaving issue, one son and a daughter. He was interred in the church of Geystwick, Norfolk, where a monument to his memory still remains, in the South aisle. He was s. by his only son, WILLIAM ATT'EHILL, esq. who m. in 1354, Catherine, daughter of Alger, esq. of the county of Norfolk, and had issue, two sons, Thomas and John, the latter of whom acquired the lands and tenements of

PETER, of Walpole, in the county of Harewell, in the county of Berks, and d.

Norfolk, who had a son,

JOHN, of whom presently.

Maude, d. unm.

without male issue.

THOMAS ATT'EHILL, the elder son, succeeded his father at Walpole. This gen

Richard Att'ehill, was s. at his decease by tleman was among the valiant followers

his eldest son,

of the chivalrous EDWARD III. and is re

corded to have displayed on several occasions, proofs of the greatest valour; for these and other services, EDWARD granted him estates to a considerable extent in Buckinghamshire, of which we find mention in the Calendarium Kotulorum Patentium, p. 152, in the following words:

"Rex confirmavit Thomæ Att'ehill, arm: in general' tallio, unum messuagium, vocat' Le Asprevil in Ailesbury, in com' Bucks, et alt' messuag' ibm ei dat', &c. &c."

He m. in 1377, Margaret, daughter of Sir
John Condoys, knt. and had issue,

THOMAS, his successor.
Richard, whose son,

HENRY, inherited the family estates
upon the demise of his uncle,
THOMAS.

William, in holy orders, D.D. rector
of Foxley, in the county of Norfolk,
to which living he was presented by
the Bishop of London, and other
feoffees of Reginald Grey, Lord
Ruthyn.
Catherine.

Margaret.

Thomas Att'ehill d. at an advanced age, and was s. by his eldest son,

THOMAS ATT'EHILL, at whose decease, unmarried, the family inheritance devolved upon his nephew,

HENRY ATT'ehill. This gentleman's name appears among the list of the gentry of England returned by the commissioners in the reign of Henry VI. He espoused in 1448, Mary-Therese, daughter of Sir Hugo de Montmorencie, a French officer, and by her, left with three daughters, HENRY, his successor.

THOMAS.

He was s. by his elder son,

HENRY ATT'EHILL, who fell in the wars of the Roses, leaving an only son, who d. in infancy. The family estates then devolved upon his only brother,

THOMAS ATT'HILL, who m. in 1471, Lucy, daughter of Sir Ralph Mordaunt, and had, with four daughters, an only son, his suc

cessor,

SIR RICHARD ATT'HILL, knt. who d. in 1505, leaving two sons and two daughters, and was interred in the church of Geystwick, where his effigy in brass still remains, with a tombstone, bearing the following inscription:

"Orate A. i. â Richardi Att'hill, esq.

qui obiit Septembris Anno D. MDV." Sir Richard was s. at his demise by his elder son,

ANTHONY ATT HILL, esq. The family residence having become dilapidated, this gentleman settled at Cawston, in the county of Norfolk, where his descendants continued to reside, until they removed to Brandiston, the seat of the present proprietor. He m. in 1540, and had issue, four sons and two daughters, of whom the eldest,

RICHARD ATT'HILL, esq. b. in 1545, succeeded his father, and marrying in 1569, had, inter alios, a son and successor,

EDWARD ATT'HILL, esq. a captain in the army of CHARLES I. who d. in 1676, and was s. by his only surviving son,

ANTHONY ATT'HILL, esq. of Cawston, who m. in 1684, Anne, daughter of Sir Thomas Lombe, knt. (maternal ancestor of the pre

Paul Joddrel, of Sall House, in the county of Norfolk, bart.) and left, besides several daughters, two sons, viz.

sent Earl of Lauderdale, and of Sir Richard

ANTHONY-LOmbe.

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Mary, m. to the Right Rev. John
Porter, D.D. Lord Bishop of
Clogher.

WILLIAM, the present representative of the family.

Arms---Arg. on a chevron gu. three cres

Mr. Atthill was s. at his decease in 1760, by cents or. his grandson,

16. ANTHONY-JOHN ATTHILL, esq. of Brandiston, who m. in 1773, Sarah, daughter of - Howlett, esq. of Marsham, in the county of Norfolk, and had issue,

WILLIAM.

Martha.

Crests---First; a demi griffin rampant. Second, a falcon or, ducally gorged azure, belled and leashed of the first.

Mottoes---Honorantes me honorabo; and Monte de alto.

Seats---Brandiston Hall, county of Norfolk. Ardress Rectory, county of Ferma

He d. in 1780, and was succeeded by his nagh; and Dundevea, in the county of only son,

Tyrone.

SNEYD-KYNNERSLEY, OF LOXLEY PARK.

KYNNERSLEY-SNEYD, THOMAS, esq. of Loxley Park, in the county of Stafford, b. 6th May, 1774.

This gentleman, whose patronymic is SNEYD, assumed in 1815, by sign manual, in compliance with the testamentary injunction of his uncle Clement Kynnersley, esq. the additional surname and arms of that family: when he succeeded to the Kynnersley

estates.

According to an old pedigree.

Lineage.

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ould gentleman that lived and was owner of Kynnardsley Castle, in com. Hereford: by name John de Kynnardsley, and by title a knight (if any knights were before the Conquest). This ould gentleman was blind, he had then liveing with him twelve sonnes, whom with himself he armed, and stood in his castle gate, his halberd in his hand, attending the coming of sheriffs and other comisss from ye king, who being arrived, demanded of him by what tenure he held his castle and lands; ye old knt replyed by his armes, shewing to them his halberd."

HUGO DE KYNNARDSLEYE is mentioned in several charters, in the time of HENRY III. and was seised of the manor of Newland, and other estates in the counties of Glouces"The family of the Kynnersleys is very ter and Hereford. This Hugh, a soldier of ancient, being seated long before the Con- the cross, accompanied Prince Edward to quest in com. Hereford, in a castle soe called the Holy Land, and received the honor of at present. In Doomesday Booke it is re-knighthood; upon which occasion he added corded, that when the Conqueror was pos- the Jerusalem crosses to his arms, which sessed of his newe kingdome of England, were before az. a lion rampant ar." hee sent his Comiss's throughout ye remote parts thereof, to know howe every man held his lands. In which tyme there was an

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JOHN DE KYNNARDSLEY, in the latter part of the reign of EDWARD II. or the beginning of that of EDWARD III. espoused Johanna,

and was s. by his grandson,

daughter and heiress of Thomas de Ferrers, | King's Bromley. He d. 30th HENRY VIII. of Loxley, in the county of Stafford, a younger branch of the family of Ferrars, Earls of Derby, and is written Dominus de Lockesleye. He had a son,

JOHN DE KYNNARDSLEYE, of Lockesleye, who m. Joan, daughter and heiress of Sir Robert Dethicke, knt. and dying 23rd EDWARD III. was s. by his son,

WILLIAM DE KYNNARDSLEY, of Lockesleye, who wedded Elizabeth, sister and heiress of Robert Salway, of Cannock, and had, with other issue,

ROBERT DE KYNNARDSLEY, of Lockesleye, who espoused, first, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Gyfford, of Chillington, knt. and had a son, JOHN, his successor. He m. secondly, Joane, relict of Sir Thomas Tam horne, by whom he had a son, Henry, of Brocton, in the county of Derby, and thirdly, Isabel, daughter of John Hynckley, of Aston. He d. 37th HENRY VI. and was s. by

his eldest son,

JOHN DE KYNNARDSLEY, of Lockesley, whom. Margaret, daughter of Robert Aston, of Tixal, and had, with other issue, who d. s. p.

THOMAS, his successor.

Margaret, m. to John Fitz-Herbert, of
Somersall.

Joan, m. to Thomas Langham.
John de Kynnardsley d. 13th Edward IV.
and was s. by his son,

THOMAS KYNNARDSLEY, of Lockesleye, who m. first, Margaret, daughter of John Agard, of Foston, in the county of Derby,

and had issue,

THOMAS KYNNARDSLEY, of Loxley, wedded
Dorothy, daughter of Sir Philip Draycot, of
Pensley, in the county of Stafford, and had
ANTHONY, his successor.

Ralph, of Bridgenorth, in the county of
Salop, who had a son, Francis, d. s. p.
Philip,
d. s. p.
Nicholas,
Edward, of Cleobury, Shropshire, living
in 1613, who m. Jane, daughter of
Richard Johnson, of Chester, and had
several sons and grandsons in the
service of the parliament.
Elizabeth,
Helen,
Elizabeth, m. to John Comes, esq.
Anne, wife of John Aron.

The eldest son,

} d. s. p.

succeeded to the estates in the 34th ElizaANTHONY KINARDSLEY, esq. of Loxley, beth. He m. Isabell, daughter and heiress of Lewis Walker, of Bramshall, and had issue, FRANCIS, his successor.

Edward, who m. Margaret, daughter of

William George, esq. and niece of Sir John George, by whom he had several children.

Mary, m. to Henry Mainwaring, esq. of Caringham, in Cheshire. Anthony Kinardesley was s. at his decease, in 1622, by his son,

FRANCIS KINARDESLEY, esq. of Loxley, who marrying Lettice, daughter of Richard Bagot, esq. of Blithfield, had, with other children, a son,

JOHN, who m. Dorothy, daughter and heiress of Petit, of Badger, in the county of Salop, and predeceasing his father, left, with other issue, THOMAS, successor to his grand-ter of Ralph Floyer, of Hints, in the county of Stafford, and had a son and successor, THOMAS KYNNERSLEY, esq. of Loxley, who m. first, Sarah, daughter of - Clarke, esq. of Watford, in the county of Northampton, by whom he had issue,

THOMAS KYNNERSLEY, esq. his successor, in 1634. This gentleman, who was sheriff of Shropshire in 1653, m. Elizabeth, daugh

father.

Francis, in holy orders, rector of Leigh and Blithfield.

Dorothy, m. to Humphrey Minors, of

Uttoxeter.

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THOMAS, his successor.
George, d. in 1657.
George, d. in 1660.

Sarah, d. young.

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Elizabeth, m. to Walter Horton, esq. of | Catton, in the county of Derby.

Mary.

Lettice, m. to Ralph Adderley, esq. of

Coton, Staffordshire. Mr. Kynnersley d. in 1662, and was s. by

his eldest son,

THOMAS KYNNERSLEY, esq. of Loxley, b. in 1654, who espoused Mary, daughter of John London, of Islington, merchant, and was s. upon his demise by his son,

THOMAS KYNNERSLEY, esq. of Loxley, who m. Barbara, eldest daughter of Sir Gilbert Clarke, of Chilcote, in the county of Derby, by whom (who d. in 1717) he had fourteen children, of whom six only survived infancy, viz.

CRAVEN, his successor.

THOMAS, who inherited from his brother.
Barbara, m. to Sir John Frederick,
bart. of Hampton, in the county of
Middlesex.

Mary, m. to-Kirby, esq. of Leicester.
Dorothy, d. unmarried, in 1759.

The elder son,

CRAVEN KYNNERSLEY, esq. of Loxley, was unfortunately killed in the park at Loxley, by the accidental discharge of his fowling-piece. He had m. Jane, daughter of Sir Edward Bagot, bart. of Blithfield, but dying thus in 1735, and leaving no issue, the estates devolved upon his brother,

THOMAS KYNNERSLEY, esq. of Loxley, an officer in the navy, who m. Penelope, only daughter of John Wheeler, esq. of Wootton, in the county of Stafford, and had issue, John, d. in 1756.

Thomas, d. in infancy.

CLEMENT, Successor to his father.
Penelope, who m. John, Sneyd, esq. of

Bishton, and afterwards of Belmont,
in the county of Stafford, and had,
with several older children, a son,
THOMAS, who inherited, by will,
from his uncle, Clement, the
Kynnersley estates, and assum-
ing that additional surname, is
the present THOMAS SNEYD-
KYNNERSLEY, esq. of Loxley.
Dorothy, m. first, to Thomas Byrche-
Savage, esq. of Elmley Castle, in the
county of Worcester, and secondly,
to Ralph Adderley, esq. of Coton.
Barbara, d. unmarried in 1782.
Mary, m. to Charles Augustus Louis
Frederick Baron de Bodè, and d. at
Moscow in 1814.

Catherine, d. unmarried, in 1815. Mr. Kynnersley d. in 1755, and was s. by his son,

CLEMENT KYNNERSLEY, esq. of Loxley, who m. Rosamond, daughter of Sir Wolstan

Dixie, bart. of Bosworth Park, in the county of Leicester, but dying issueless, in 1815, willed his property to his nephew, THOMAS SNEYD, who has assumed the additional surname of KYNNERSLEY, and is the present proprietor.

FAMILY OF SNEYD.

This is a branch of the ancient family of Sneyd, of Keel, in Staffordshire, springing from

WILLIAM SNEYD, esq. of Keel, and Bradwell, sheriff of the county of Stafford, 16th CHARLES II. who espoused Elizabeth, dau. of Robert Audeley, of Gransden, and had issue,

RALPH, of Keel.
WILLIAM.

The second son,

WILLIAM SNEYD, esq. of the Birches, in the county of Stafford, m. Sarah, daughter and heiress of -Wettenhall, esq. of Waterhouse, in the same shire, and had issue,

RALPH, his successor.
Wettenhall, d. in Ireland.

Richard, who m. Anne, daughter of
Charles Adderley, esq. of Chester-
field, but d. s. p.

Elizabeth, m. to Samuel Adderley, esq.
of Blakehall.

Mary, m. to Walter Chetwynd, esq. of
Brockton.

The eldest son,

RALPH SNEYD, esq. of Bishton, m. Elizabeth, daughter and heir of John Bowyer, esq. of Bishton, and had, with other issue, a son and successor,

WILLIAM SNEYD, esq. of Bishton, who espoused Susan, only daughter of John Edmonds, esq. of London, and had issue,

1. WILLIAM HEDGES, who d. unmarried, in 1757.

2. JOHN, who m. thrice, but had issue only by his first wife, PEnelope, daughter of THOMAS KYNNERSLEY, esq. of Loxley, with several other children,

WILLIAM, of Ashcomb, b. in 1767,

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