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BATEMAN, JOHN, esq. of Knypersley Hall, county of Stafford, and of Tolson Hall, in the county of Westmoreland, b. 31st October, 1782, m. 30th May, 1810, Elizabeth, second daughter of the late George Holt, esq. of Redivals, in Lancashire, and has issue, an only son,

JAMES, b. 18th July, 1812.

Mr. Bateman served the office of High Sheriff for Staffordshire in 1830.

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of Westmoreland, (direct lineal descend- | Mr. Bateman d. in 1824, and was s. by his ant from, and inheritor of the estates of, elder son, JOHN BATEMAN, esq. present proRobert Branthwayt, of Carlinghill, keeper of prietor. the Tower of London temp. JAMES I. and se

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three crescents, issuant from each an estoile arg. the chemical character of Mars sa. Crest-A tower arg. issuant therefrom a demi-eagle, wings elevated sa. charged on the breast with the chemical character of Mars or; in the beak a wreath of oak, ppr. Estates In the townships of Strickland Kettle, Skelsmergh, and Burneside, Westmoreland, first acquired in 1622 and 1752. In the townships of Manchester, Salford, and Redivals, Lancashire, first possessed in 1793. In the townships of Knypersley, Up

per Biddulph (including the manor of Knypersley, the great tithes of the parish of Biddulph, and the perpetual advowson of the vicarage of Biddulph), Wolstanton Horton, Rushton Spencer, and Norton le Moors, Staffordshire, first possessed in 1809. In the township of Stroud, Gloucestershire, obtained in 1818; and in the townships of Congleton and Buglawton, Cheshire, acquired in 1823.

Seat-Knypersley Hall, in the county of Stafford; and Tolson Hall, Westmoreland.

WISE, OF FORD HOUSE.

WISE, AYSHFORD, esq. of Ford House, and Wonwell Court, both in the county of

Devon, b. 20th April, 1786, m. in June, 1809, Mary, daughter of the Reverend Thomas Whitby, of Creswell-Hall, in Staffordshire, (by Mabella, daughter of T. Turton, esq. of Orgreve, and sister of the late Mrs. Portman, of Bryanstone) by whom he has had issue,

JOHN-AYSHFORD, b. in 1810.

Henry-Whitby, b. in 1813, d. in 1828.
Reginald, b. in 1814.

Maribella.

Lucy.
Julia.

Philippa-Ferrers.

Mr. Wise succeeded his father, 19th May, 1809. He represented Totness in parliament, from 1813 to 1817.

Lineage.

This family, which resided in England | Thrusselton; which lands he inherited from before the NORMAN CONQUEST, deduces its the Viponts. He was s. by his son, descent from

WILLIAM WISE, OR GWISS, living about forty years after that great event. He was 8. by his son,

SERLONIUS FITZ-WISE, who had a daughter, m. to Fulford, of Fulford, and a son, his

successor,

OLIVER WISE, who was s. by his son, SIR JOHN WISE, Lord of Greston, father of

HENRY WISE, whose son,

WILLIAM WISE, held sixteen librates of land in Cornwall, in the 40th of HENRY III. (anno 1255). He was s. by his son,

THOMAS WISE, who had two sons,

JOHN.

Oliver, who left a daughter,

Thomasine, m. to Hugh, son and heir of Sir T. Beaumont.

The elder son,

JOHN WISE, inherited lands from the Trevages and Sydenhams, and was sheriff of the county of Devon, in the 5th of HENRY IV. His son,

THOMAS WISE, m. Margaret, daughter and heiress of Robert Brett, esq. of Slottiscombe, (descended from Alured de Brito). By this SERLONIUS WISE, lord of the manor of lady he acquired the manor of Stoke Dama

rell, where the Wises built a house, called Mount Wise. He had issue,

JOHN WISE, of Sydenham, in Devonshire, who m. Thomasine, daughter of Sir Baldwin Fulford, of Great Fulford, in Devonshire, and had issue,

OLIVER.

Alicia, m. to James Russell, esq. and was

mother of John, first Earl of Bedford.

He was s. by his son,

OLIVER WISE, of Sydenham. This gentleman m. Margaret, daughter of John Tremayne, esq. of Collacombe, in the county of Devon, and was s. by his elder son,

JOHN WISE, of Sydenham, who m. first, Maria, daughter of James Chudleigh, esq. of Ashton, in the county of Devon, by whom he had THOMAS, Nicholas, and Anna. He espoused, secondly, Dorothy, daughter of - Legh, of Legh, and had two other sons and a daughter. He wedded, thirdly, Anna, daughter of Sir George Mathew, of Rader, in Wales, and had one son, Leonard. He was s. by his eldest son,

JAMES WISE, of Sydenham, who m. Alicia, daughter of James Dinham, esq. of Wortham, in the county of Devon, and had, with other issue,

JOHN, his successor.

William (Sir). Of this gentleman the following quaint anecdote is related.

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Having one day lente HENRY VIII. his signet to seale a letter, which having powdered eremites on the seale, why how now, Wise, quoth the king, what, hast thou lice here? And if it like your majestie, quoth Sir William, a louse is a rich coate, for by giving the louse, I part names with the French king, in that he giveth the floure de lice. Whereat the king laughed heartily to heare how prettily so by ting a taunt (namely proceeding from a king) was so daintily turned to so pleasante a conceite." James Wise was s. by his eldest son,

JOHN WISE, of Sydenham, who m. Alicia, daughter of John Harris, of Hayne, serjeant-at-law to King HENRY VIII. and had, with other issue,

1. THOMAS, who m. Mary, daughter of Richard Buller, esq. of Shillingham, in Cornwall, and was s. by his son, SIR THOMAS WISE, who was made a Knight of the Bath at the coronation of King JAMES I. and was sheriff of Devonshire in the 9th

of the same monarch. He represented Beeralston in parliament in 1620, and following years. Sir Thomas built the seats of Sydenham House and Mount Wise. The former, says Westcote, "is the seat of the knightly and dignous family of Wise, and beautified with buildings of such height, as the very foundations are ready to reele under the burthen." Sir Thomas m. Margaret, daughter and heiress of Robert Stafford, esq. of Stowford, in the county of Devon, and dying in 1629, left (with a daughter, Margaret, m. to Sir Samuel Rolle, M.P.) a son and successor,

THOMAS WISE, of Mount Wise and Sydenham, who was sheriff of Devonshire in 1638 and representative of that shire in parliament anno 1640. Hem. the Lady Margaret Chichester, daughter of Edward, Earl of Donegal, by whom he had, with other issue, a daughter, Margaret, m. to Sir John Molesworth, of Pencarrow, and a son, his

successor.

SIR EDWARD WISE, K.B. b. in 1632, of Mount Wise and Sydenham. This gentleman supported the royal cause, and was member for Oakhampton, in the parliament which restored King CHARLES II. He m. first, in 1651, Arabella, daugh. and one of the co-heirs of Oliver, Lord St. John, and had issue, St. John, both d. s. p. Thomas, ARABELLA, m. in 1673, to Edward Tremayne, esq. of Collacombe. This lady, who was sole heir of her father, conveyed Mount Wise, Stoke Damarell, the manors

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* By Lady Arabella Egerton, daughter of John, first Earl of Bridgewater, and grandaughter of the Earl of Bolingbroke, by Elizabeth, daughter of William Paulet, grandson of Sir George Paulet, brother of William, first Marquess of Winchester.

2. John. The second son,

of Sydenham, Stowford, and other lands, to her husband. She d. 31st January, 1696.

Sir Edward Wise espoused, secondly, Radigund, daughter of J. Eliot, esq. of Port Eliot, and d. in 1675.

JOHN WISE, esq. who was of Totness, m. Emma, daughter of Richard Vavasor, esq. and was s. by his son,

WILLIAM WISE, esq. of Totness, b. in 1560, who d. in 1626, and was s. by his son,

JOHN WISE, esq. of Totness. This gentleman m. in 1631, Susanna, sister and co-heir of T. Prestwood, esq. and dying 6th September, 1670, was s. by his son,

JOHN WISE, esq. of Totness, who m. first, Mary, daughter of Lewis Full, esq. of Ash, in Devonshire, and had a daughter, Mary, m. in 1697, to A. Champernowne, esq. and afterwards to J. Sawle, esq. of Penrice Castle. Mr. Wise espoused, secondly, in 1684, Dorothy, daughter of J. Brookinge, esq. of Totness, and had issue,

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Samuel, d. in 1746.

Mary, m. to W. Payne, esq.

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John, his Majesty's consul-general in
Sweden.

Mr. Wise was recorder of Totness, and a deputy-lieutenant of the county of Devon. He d. on the 19th May, 1807, and was s. by his eldest son, the present AYSHFORD Wise, esq. of Ford House, and Wonwell Court.

Arms - Quarterly; 1. Sa. three chevronels, ermine. 2. Arg. guttée de sang, three copper cakes sa. 3. Gu. a cross pattée vaire. 4. Sa. on a fess or between two crosses pattée arg. as many pallets, gu. 5. Ar. three hawks gu. membered, beaked, &c. or. 6. Gu. a chev. per fesse indented ar. and az. between three martlets ar. 7. Arg. on a bend gu. three stags courant or. 8. Sa. a pelican in her piety or. 9. Arg. three bendlets gu. within a bordure charged with twelve bezants sa. 10. Gu. a fesse ar. betw. three escallops or. 11. Or, on a chev. gu. a crescent on the first. 12. Ar. three ash crops vert. betw. two chevronels sa. 13. Or, on a bend sa. three horse shoes or. 14. Gules, an arm in armour, holding a battle-axe, ar. Crest-The old crest of the Wises, of Sydenham, was a mermaid, ppr. In 1400,

John Wise d. 26th July, 1702, and was s. by a demi-lion rampant, gu. guttée ar. holding

his eldest son,

in his paws a regal mace, was granted to

JOHN WISE, esq. who d. in 1743, and was the family. Mr. Wise likewise bears the

8. by his brother,

crest of the Ayshfords-a Saracen's head in

LEWIS WISE, esq. who d. in 1744, and was profile, ppr. issuing out of a wreath of leaves s. by his nephew,

JOHN WISE, esq. of Totness, who m. Margaret, daughter and heir of John Ayshford, esq. of Wonwell Court, in the county of Devon, and had, with other issue,

JOHN, his successor.
George-Furlong, m. Miss Dacres, and
was father of Cap. W. Wise, and other
issue.

Elizabeth, m. to the Rev. B. Trist.
Dorothy, m. to M. Milbank, esq. of
Thorpe Hall, in the county of York,
father of the member for Camelford.
Margaret, m. to the Rev. D. Amyatt.

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Motto-Sapere aude.

Estates-Wonwell Court, and the Barton of that name, in the parish of Kingston ; manor of Skenbeny, near Modbury, and Bigbury Bay; all of which came into the family with the heiress of the Ayshfords. Manor of Little Totness. The great and small tithes of the parish of Totness, which came into the family in 1602. The Barton of Cot, in the parish of Darlington, acquired by the Wises about the same period.

Seats Ford House, near Newton Abbot, and Wonwell Court, both in Devonshire.

RICKETTS, OF COMBE.

RICKETTS, THOMAS-BOURKE, esq. of Combe, in the county of Hereford, b. 28th September, 1780, m. 4th August, 1804, Harriet, second daughter of the late General William Loftus, colonel of the second dragoon guards and lieutenant of the Tower of London, (a descendant of Adam Loftus, Archbishop of Dublin, temp. QUEEN ELIZABETH) and has issue,

GEORGE-CRAWFORD, an officer in the guards.
William-Loftus.

Thomas-Henry-John.

Harriet-Anne.

Elizabeth-Margaret.

Jane-Spencer-Perceval,

Frances-Spencer-Perceval, twins.
Louisa-Georgiana-Letitia.

Lineage.

This family, whose surname was origi- | and the Lady Elizabeth Grey, only daughter nally RICARDS, is of Norman extraction. The first person we find upon record is, RICARDS, esq. who d. leaving three

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of Arthur, fourteenth Lord Grey de Wilton, by his lordship's first wife, DOROTHY ZOUCH, (see Burke's Extinct Peerage) by whom (who d. in 1758, at the advanced age of 96) he had issue,

John, d. s. p.

William, of Ridgeland, in Jamaica, who
settled in the Jerseys of North Ame-
rica, and, having married Mary,
daughter of- Wallon, esq. of New
York, became the founder of the fa-
mily of RICKETTS, of North America.
Jacob, d. without issue.
GEORGE, of whom presently.
Benjamin, d. s. p.

Oswald, captain R.N. lost on the rocks
of Bermudas.

Violetta, d. unmarried.

Rachel, m. to Thomas Johnson, esq. and

had issue.

Captain William Ricketts d. in 1700, leaving his wife his executrix and sole guardian of his children. His fourth son,

GEORGE RICKETTS, esq. of Canaan, in Jamaica, major-general of the militia, d. in 1760, at the advanced age of 80, in consequence of fatigues occasioned by military duties during the rebellion of that year. He m. first, Sarah, daughter of Rayers Waite, esq. of Chertsey, Surrey, and grandaughter of Colonel Thomas Waite, M.P. for Rutlandshire, in the Long Parliament (Colonel

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