QUARTERS, sa. a maunch arg. a canton or, | erased arg. charged with a trefoil vert, for for WHARTON. WHARTON. Crests---First, a savage man wreathed about the head with leaves, in the dexter hand an oak tree erased and fructed all ppr. for MYDDLETON: second, a bull's head Motto---Lesses dire. Estates---In Yorkshire, Durham, &c. Seats---Grinkle Park, near Bowlby, Yorkshire, and Old Park, in Durham. LANE, OF KING'S BROMLEY. LANE, JOHN NEWTON, esq. of King's Bromley Hali, in the county of Stafford, b. 4th December, 1800; m. 8th January, 1828, the Hon. Agnes Bagot, second daughter of William, Lord Bagot, by Lady-Louisa Legge, daughter of the Earl of Dartmouth, and has had issue, JOHN-HENRY-BAGOT, b. 24th February, 1829. Albert-William, b. in 1830, and d. in January, 1831. William, b. 14th February, and d. 15th April, 1832. Mr. Lane s. his father in 1824. ☆ Lineage. The ancient family of LANE came into England, according to Holinshed, with WILLIAM the Conqueror. Its pedigree commences with ADAM DE LONE, of Hampton, but that and the succeeding name are without date. RICHARD DE LA LONE lived at Hampton in the 9th of Edward II. anno 1315. His son, ANDREW DE LA LONE, living in 1337, was father of JOHN DE LA LONE, whose son, RICHARD LONE DE HALTON, m. in the 9th of EDWARD IV. Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Ralph de la Hyde, and left a son, JOHN LANE, of Bentley and Hyde, who m. in the 11th of HENRY VI. Margery, daughter of Randle Egerton, of Wrinehill. He was s. by his son, RICHARD LANE, whose son, RALPH LANE, d. in the 17th EDWARD IV. and left by Joyce, daughter of Ralph Cresset, a son and successor, RICHARD LANE, who m. in the 15th HENRY VII. Anne, daughter of John Harcourt, of Raunton, and was s. by his son, JOHN LANE, of Bentley, who m. Catherine, daughter of Thomas Patrick, of King's Bromley, and dying in the 19th ELIZABETH, was s. by his son, FRANCIS LANE. This gentleman m. Catherine, daughter of Richard Trentham, esq. and had issue, JOHN, his successor. Thomas. Richard, of Kiernes, in Monmouthshire. Cassandra, m. to Thomas Littleton, third son of Sir Edward Littleton. He d. in the 31st ELIZABETH, and was s. by his eldest son, William, from whom the Irish branch Sir Thomas d. in January, 1715, and was s. of the family derives. Richard, a groom of the bedchamber. JANE. This lady has become celebrated by her spirited conduct in saving the life of King CHARLES II. after the battle of Worcester; by riding behind the PRINCE, disguised, from Bentley, the ancient seat of the Lane family, in Staffordshire, to her cousin Mrs. Norton's house, near Bristol. She m. subsequently, Sir Clement Fisher, of Packington, in Warwickshire. Writhy, m. to Anne, m. to Edward Birch, of Leacroft. Mary, m. to Edward Nicholas, cupbearer to King James I. -- Peters. Mr. Lane d. in 1660, and was s. by his eldest son, COLONEL JOHN LANE, who saved King CHARLES after the battle of Worcester, and received him at his seat at Bentley; from which he was conveyed, in disguise, by Miss Lane, as stated above, to Mrs. Norton's, at Bristol. For these signal services pensions were granted, after the restoration, to the colonel and his sister (which were continued, with arrears constantly owing, to the time of Queen ANNE), and the family was moreover dignified with an especial badge of honor, viz. the arms of England in a canton, in augmentation of their paternal coat; and a crest, a strawberry horse, bearing between his fore legs the royal crown. There is a tradition in the family, that Colonel Lane was likewise offered a peerage, but declined it. He m. Athalia Anson, and had, with other issue, THOMAS (Sir), his successor. Frances, m. to William Offley, esq. by his only surviving son, JOHN LANE, esq. b. 12th December, 1669, m. 30th April, 1702, Mary, daughter and co-heir (with her sister Sybill, wife of the Rev. Dr. Birch) of Humphry Wyrley, esq. of Hampstead, in the county of Stafford, by Mary, eldest daughter and co-heiress, with her sister Jane, m. to William de Zutestein, Earl of Rochford, of Sir Henry Wroth, knt. of Durance, in the county of Middlesex.* By this lady Mr. Lane had issue, THOMAS, his successor. Mary, m. to--- Leigh, esq. of Aldridge. Jane, m. to John Birch Wyrley, esq. He d. 25th October, 1748, and was s. by his son, THOMAS LANE, esq. b. 28th April, 1703; m. first, Miss Anne Ansler, and had issue, JOHN, his successor. Thomas, who d. young. Mary, m. to John Taylor, esq. of Walsall. Anne, d. young. Elizabeth-Sybilla, m. to Roger Holmes, esq. of Walsall, Mr. Lane espoused, secondly, Miss Anne Thomas, in holy orders, rector of Hands- William, a colonel in the army, and for * By Anne, daughter of William, first Lord Maxwell. Sir Henry Wroth was great grandson of Sir Robert Wroth, knt. by Mary Sydney, eldest daughter of Robert, Earl of Leicester. m. Miss Camac, of Greenmount Lodge, in Ireland. Edward, d. in 1784. Jane, m. to John Freer, of Birmingham, surgeon, and had a son, The Rev. T. L. Freer, rector of Handsworth, m. Sarah, daughter of the very Rev. Doctor Wetherell, late dean of Hereford, and sister of Sir Charles Wetherell, barrister at law, M.P. Anne, m. in 1776, to George Birch, esq. of Harbourne, and Hampstead, in the county of Stafford, and had issue, Wyrley Birch, of Wrotham, in Norfolk, m. Sarah, daughter of Jacob Reynardson, esq. of Holywell, in the county of Lincoln, by Anne, sister of the first Lord | Brownlow, and daughter of the Right Honorable Sir John Cust, speaker of the House of Com mons. Mary-Anne Birch, m. to Richard Jane Birch, m. to William Durbin, Mr. Lane d. in 1775, and was succeeded by his eldest son, JOHN LANE, esq. b. in 1723, m. Sarah, daughter and co-heir of Richard Fowler, esq. of Penford, in the county of Stafford, and had issue, JOHN, his successor. 1. Thomas, who m. Mrs. Napier, d. s. p. 2. John, who succeeded his father, as clerk of the Goldsmith's Com pany, and in the Grange, Essex, m. Jane, daughter of the Rev. T. Williams, of Somersetshire. 3. Charles, in holy orders, b. in 1793, m. Frances, daughter of Doctor Sandford, titular Bishop of Edinburgh. 4. Richard, b. 2nd October, 1794. Mr. Thomas Lane d. in January, 1824. Mr. Lane d. 28th June, 1792, and was s. by JOHN LANE, esq. b. 25th December, 1752, Fellow of Queen's College, Cambridge, and barrister at law, m. in 1800, Sarah, only daughter of Thomas Lloyd, esq. and widow of John Amler, esq. of Ford Hall, in Shropshire, (by whom she had one child, Frances, m. to Sir Edward-Pretyman Tomline bart.) and had issue, JOHN-NEWTON, his successor. Thomas-Leveson, in holy orders, b. 28th September, 1802, rector of Withington, in the county of Gloucester. Mr. Lane d. 21st December, 1824, and was s. by his elder son, the present JOHN NEWTON LANE, esq. AYLMER, OF WALWORTH CASTLE. AYLMER, JOHN-HARRISON, esq. of Walworth Castle, in the county of Durham, b. 24th January, 1813, s. his father, General Aylmer, in 1831. Lineage. quarter sessions for the former shire, as JOHN-HARRISON, present proprietor. Grace-Anne, m. to the Rev. Charles Lieutenant General Aylmer dying univer- JOHN-HARRISON AYMLER, esq. Arms-Arg. a cross sa. between four Cornish choughs ppr. Crest-A Cornish chough, rising out of a ducal coronet, all ppr. Motto-Hallelujah. Estates At Walworth, parish of High bart. This gentleman espoused Jane-ington, and at Sunderland, and Bishopwear Grace, daughter of Sir John Freke, mouth, all in the county of Durham. Walworth Castle belonged formerly to the SIR GERALD-GEORGE AYLMER, bart. of that name, Ralph Jennison, esq. who was ancient family of Jennison, and the last possessor of Donadea Castle. ARTHUR. The second son, LIEUTENANT GENERAL ARTHUR AYLMER, an active justice of the peace, for the county of Durham, and for the North Riding of Yorkshire, was elected chairman of the master of the stag hounds of King GEORGE II. and who married one of the wealthy co-heiresses of Allan, of Allan's Flatts, in the county of Durham, sold the manor, castle, and estate of Walworth, to Matthew Stephenson, esq. who soon after conveyed it to John Harrison, esq. the father of the late General Aylmer's wife. The Jennisons retired to the continent about the year 1770, and their "ancient blood, says Mr. Surtees, is now widely For the early descent, see Burke's Peerage spread by intermarriage with the Noblesse of Baand Baronetage. varia and Austria." LENTHALL, OF BESSELS LEIGH. LENTHALL, KYFFIN-JOHN-WILLIAM, esq. of Bessels Leigh, in the county of Berks, and of Maynan Hall, Caernarvonshire, b. 12th October, 1789, m. 28th April, 1818, Mary Ann, eldest daughter of John Ashton, esq. of the Grange, in the county of Chester, and had issue, EDMUND-KYFFIN. Francis-Kyffin. Mr. Lenthall s. to the estates upon the demise of his father. He served the office of High Sheriff for Caernarvonshire in 1828. 344 Lineage. del, and underneath the following inscription: "HENRY IV. King of England, who laid the first stone of this house, and left this picture in it when he gave it to Lenthall.” a Sir Rowland espoused Margaret, daughter and eventually co-heiress of Richard FitzAlan, Earl of Arundel; upon which marriage, Lady Margaret being related to the king, Sir Rowland had given to him " thousand by the year," for the maintenance of them and their heirs, of which grant, says Leland, the town of Ludlow forms a part. Some years afterwards, the Lenthalls sold their possessions, in Herefordshire, to the Cornwalls, Barons of Burford, and settled The ancestor of this ancient and distin- at Latchford and Great Haseley, in Oxfordguished family, SIR ROWLAND LENTHALL, of Hampton Court, in the county of Hereford, was high in favour with King HENRY IV. to whom he was master of the robes. He was one of the lords-marchers, and for some time ambassador to the Parisian court. Sir Rowland accompanied HENRY V. to France, and having a command at the Battle of AZINCOURT, made so many prisoners in that celebrated conflict, that he completed, with the produce of their ransom, the new buildings at Hampton Court. In that mansion was preserved a picture, engraved by Vertue, and said to be an undoubted original of HENRY IV.; pendant from the neck is a chain and medallion, on which are depicted the arms of the Fitz-Alans, Earls of Arun shire, (which manors and estates they acquired in the reign of EDWARD IV. by marriage with the heiress of the Pipards,*) where they remained seated for many generations. In 1603, these estates were possessed by SIR EDMUND LENTHALL, who was one of those fined, under an act of parliament passed in the reign of JAMES I., for restraining persons of quality from residing so much of the year in London. Sir Edmund dying without issue, the line of the family was continued by his brother, *A member of this ancient family, baving gallantly distinguished himself in the Scottish wars, was summoned to parliament, as a baron, from the 6th February, 1299, to 24th July, 1302. Burke' Extinct and Dormant Peerage. |