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1. ROGER, who d. s.p.

2. Edmond, of whom Prince, in his worthies of Devon, gives the following account. "Being a younger brother he became servant to Edward, Marquess of Exeter, and a great sufferer for his inviolable fidelity to his noble master:-for when the Marquess of Exeter, and the Lady ELIZABETH, (afterwards Queen of England, of Glorious Memory), were committed to the Tower in Queen MARY's days, upon an accusation of being privy to Wyat's conspiracy, Mr. Edmund Tremayne was set on the rack, thereby to extort from him a confession of their guilt (prisoners were oft examined about her, and some were put to the rack to try if they could be brought to accuse that lady); wherein approving their innocency and his own fidelity, with invincible resolution, he was upon the Lady Elizabeth's advancement to the throne made one of the clerks of her Majesty's most honorable privy council. He had also an honorary salary settled upon him by the city of Exeter, for the good offices it had received and expected from him. He m. Eulalia, daughter of Sir John Saint Leger, and had two sons, named Francis, who both died issueless."

3. DORY, eventual successor to the

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was educated at Oxford, and became a fellow of Exeter College, in that University, which he retained until the accession of Queen MARY, when he was obliged from his zeal for the reformation to seek an asylum in Germany, having been deprived of his fellowship. Upon the elevation of ELIZABETH to the throne he returned from exile, and visiting his college had the honor of receiving both degrees of divinity at once on the 15th February, 1565. Doctor Tremayne subsequently removed to Gates Hall, and thence passed within a short period into his own county, being instituted Canon Residentiary of St. Peters, Exeter, and treasurer of that church. He was esteemed in his time a famous preacher, and he is styled by Carew-"Well born, learned, and well beloved." He m. Joan, eldest daughter of Sir Piers Courtenay, of Ugbrook, but d. s. p. in 1584.

5. John, twin with his brother Doctor Tremayne.

6. Nicholas twins, between these bro7. Andrewthers so great a resem

blance in person and sympathy of affection subsisted, as scarcely to have been paralleled in any other instance. Risden, in his survey of Devon, relates the following singular facts regarding them. "Nicholas and Andrew Tremayne were twins and younger sons of Thomas Tremayne, esq. of Cullacumbe, in this county; they were so like in all their lineaments, so equal in statures, so coloured in hair, and of such resemblance in face and gesture, that they could not be known the one from the other; no not by their parents, brethren, or sisters, but privately by some secret mark, or openly by wearing some several coloured ribond or the like which in sport, they would sometimes change to make trial of their friends' judgments, which would often occasion many mirthful mistakes. Yet somewhat more strange it was, that they agreed in mind and affection as much as in body; for what one loved, the other desired; so on the contrary, the loathing of the one was the dislike of the other. Yea!

such a consideration of inbred power and sympathy was in their natures, that if Nicholas was sick and grieved, Andrew felt the like pain, though they were far distant and remote from each other; this too without any intelligence given unto either party. And what is farther observable, if

Andrew was merry, Nicholas was so affected although in different places; which they could not long endure to be, for they ever desired to eat, drink, sleep, and wake together. Yea! so they lived and so they died. In the year 1564 they both served in the wars at Newhaven, in France (now better known by the name of Havre de Grace), where in this they something differed (though it being in that which was without them, was not much in them) that the one was a captain of a troop of horse, and the other a private soldier; but still with the same sympathy of affection. Being both to the last degree brave, they put themselves into posts of greatest hazard. At length one of the brothers was slain, and the other instantly stepped into his place, and there in the midst of danger, no persuasion being able to remove him, he was also slain.'

8. Robert, who died an infant. The two elder sons, ROGER and EDMUND, dying issueless, the estates eventually devolved upon the third son,

DIGORY TREMAYNE, esq. who thus became of Collacombe, and was s. by his son,

ARTHUR TREMAYNE, esq. of Collacombe. This gentleman m. in 1586, Mary, daughter of Sir Richard Greville knt., of Stowe, by whom he had a numerous family, and dying in 1634, was s. by his eldest son,

EDMUND TREMAYNE, esq. of Collacombe, who wedded Bridget, daughter of Sir John Cooper, of Dorsetshire, and had issue, John,

Thomas, both died unmarried.

JOHN, one of the most gallant and devoted of the CAVALIERS in the unfortunate civil wars. He endured much personal suffering and great losses by his fidelity to his royal master, and died in the life time of his father,

anno 1664.

Edmund, like his brother, a distinguished and faithful adherent of King CHARLES I. He d. unmarried in 1667.

Upon the monument of these extraordinary brothers the following lines are engraved. These liken'd twins, in form and fancy one, Were like affected, and like habit chose: Their valour at Newhaven siege was known,

Where both encountered fiercely with their foes; There one of both sore wounded lost his breath, And t' other slain, revenging brother's death.

ARTHUR.

The youngest son, eventually inheriting the estates, became

ARTHUR TREMAYNE, esq. of Collacombe. This gentleman was a colonel in the army. He m. Bridget, daughter of Nicholas Hatherliegh, esq. of Lamerton, and was father of

EDMUND TREMAYNE, esq. of Collacombe, who espoused Arabella, daughter and sole heiress of Sir Edward Wise, K.B. of Sydenham, in the county of Devon, (by Arabella, daughter and co-heir of Oliver, Lord St. John) by whom he had issue,

ARTHUR, his successor.

Edward-Wise, who appears to have
died issueless.
Arabella.
Bridget.

Mr. Tremayne was s. by his eldest son,

ARTHUR TREMAYNE, esq. of Sydenham, who m. Grace, daughter of Sir Halsewell Tynte, bart. of Halswell, and was s. by his

son,

ARTHUR TREMAYNE, esq. of Sydenham. This gentleman espoused Miss Hammond, of Wiltshire, and left an only child,

ARTHUR TREMAYNE, esq. of Sydenham, b. in 1775, who dying unmarried in December, 1808, devised the principal estates of the family to

the lineal heir and, after the decease of the The Rev. HENRY HAWKINS TREMAYNE, said Arthur, representative of the ancient house of TREMAYNE, (refer to issue of Richard, second son of John Tremayne, of Collacombe, by the daughter of Warr) Mr. Hawkins Tremayne espoused Harriet, daughter and co-heir of John Hearle, esq. of Penryn, sometime Vice Warden of Cornwall Stannaries, and left at his decease an only son, the present JOHN HEARLE TREMAYNE, esq. of Heligan and Sydenham.

Arms-Gules, three dexter arms, conjoined at the shoulders and flexed in triangle or, fists ppr.

Crest-Two arms, embowed, holding between their hands a man's head ppr. on the head a high crowned hat sa.

Estates-In the centre and west of Cornwall. In the north and west of Devon. Succeeded to the lands of the elder branch of the family by the will of the last possession in 1808. The rest, chiefly by inheritance, derived principally through marriages with Dart, Clotworthy, Hawkins, and Hearle. Seats-Heligan, Cornwall, and Sydenham, Devonshire.

HOWARD, OF CORBY.

HOWARD, HENRY, esq. of Corby Castle, in the county of Cumberland, b. 2nd

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July, 1757, m. first in 1788, Maria, daughter and co-heir of Andrew, Lord Archer, by whom, who d. in 1789, he had no issue. He espoused, secondly, in March, 1793, Catherine-Mary, second daughter of Sir Richard Neave, of Dagnam Park, in the county of Essex, bart. and has issue,

PHILIP-HENRY, M.P. b. 22nd April, 1801.

Henry-Francis, m. in 1830, Hon. Sevilla Erskine,
daughter of Lord Erskine.

Catherine, m. in 1829, to the Hon. Philip Stourton.
Emma, m. to William-Henry, present Lord Petre.
Adeliza-Maria, m. in 1830, to Henry Petre, esq.

Mr. Howard is high sheriff for the county of Cumberland,
in the present year (1832).

Lineage.

This is a branch of the ducal house of Norfolk, springing from the second son of Thomas, fourth duke,

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LORD WILLIAM HOWARD, who was restored in blood by act of parliament in 1603. He espoused Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas, and sister and co-heir of George, Lord Dacre, of Gillesland, and in her right became possessed of NAWORTH CASTLE, in the county of Cumberland, and of HINDERSKELL (where now stands Castle Howard,) in Yorkshire. By this lady his lordship left at his decease, five sons and three daughters, viz.

PHILIP (Sir), whose grandson,
CHARLES, was elevated to the peerage
in the dignities of Baron Dacre, of
Gillesland, Viscount Howard, of
Morpeth, and EARL OF CARLISLE,
by letters patent dated 20th April,
1661, and was ancestor of the pre-
sent earl.

FRANCIS (Sir), of whom presently.
William (Sir), d. s. p.
Charles (Sir), m. Dorothy, daughter of
Sir Henry Witherington, knt. and
left a son, William.

Thomas, m. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir
William Eure, knt. and had issue
(with a son, Thomas, who d. un-
married) two daughters, his co-heirs.
Frances, m. to- Fetherston, esq.
Mary.

Mary, m. to Sir John Wintour. Elizabeth, m. to Sir Henry Bedingfeld, knt.

Margaret, m. to Sir Thomas Cotton, bt. The second son,

SIR FRANCIS HOWARD, knt. of Corby Castle, in the county of Northumberland, m. first, Margaret, daughter of John Preston, esq. of the Manner, in Lancashire, and had issue,

Thomas, a colonel in the service of
CHARLES I. who fell at Atherton
Moor, in 1643.

Elizabeth, m. to Edward Standish, esq.
of Standish, in the county of Lan-

caster.

Sir Francis espoused, secondly, Mary,
daughter of Sir Henry Witherington, knt.
by whom he had issue,
FRANCIS.
Henry.
Thomas.
WILLIAM.

He was s. by his eldest son,

FRANCIS HOWARD, esq. of Corby, who m. twice, but leaving no male issue at his decease, in 1702, devised his estate to his fourth brother,

WILLIAM HOWARD, esq. of Corby Castle, who m. Jane, daughter of William Dalston, esq. of Acornbank, in the county of Westmorland, and dying in 1739, was s. by his son,

THOMAS HOWARD, esq. of Corby Castle, who m. first, Barbara, daughter of John, Viscount Lonsdale, by whom he had (with three sons, who d. infinfancy) three daughters, Mary, d. young.

Elizabeth.

Jane, m. to Francis Warwick, esq. of
Warwick Hall.

He espoused, secondly, Barbara, sister of

Sir Christopher Musgrave, and dying in 1740, was s. by his son,

PHILLIP HOWARD, esq. of Corby Castle, who m. Ann, daughter of Henry Wetham, esq. of Cliffe, in the county of York. He d. in 1790, and was s. by his son, HENRY HOWARD, esq. now representative of the family.

Arms-QUARTERLY OF SIX.

HOWARD, gu. on bend between six cross crosslets, fitché arg. an escutcheon or, charged with a demi-lion rampant, pierced through the mouth with an arrow within a double tressure flory, counter flory of the first. BROTHERTON, gu. three lions passant, guardant in pale, or, on a chief a label of three points arg.

WARREN Chequy, or and az.
MOWBRAY-Gu. a lion rampant, arg.
armed and langued az.
DACRE-Gu. three escallops ar.
GREYSTOCK-Barry of six arg. and az.
over all three chaplets gu.

Crest-On a chapeau gu. turned up er-
mine, a lion statant guardant, the tail ex-
tended or, ducally crowned arg. gorged with
a label of three points of the last.
Motto-Volo non valeo.

Estates-In CUMBERLAND, first possessed in 1626. In the county of DURHAM—ancient inheritance from the Barons of Greystock.

Town Residence-Lower Brook-street.
Seat Corby Castle, Cumberland.

WELD, OF LULWORTH.

WELD, His Eminence Cardinal THOMAS, of Lulworth Castle, in the county of Dor

set, b. 22nd January, 1773. This distinguished prelate, prior to taking orders in the church of Rome, espoused (in 1796) Lucy, daughter of the Honorable Thomas Clifford, by whom he had an only daughter,

MARY-LUCY, m. in 1818, to Hugh-Charles, present LORD CLIFFORD, of CHUDLEIGH, and died in May, 1831, leaving issue.

Upon the decease of his wife, Mr. Weld became a Roman Catholic clergyman, and was soon afterwards promoted to a bishopric. He obtained a cardinal's hat in 1829. His Eminence has for several years devoted his time, and large fortune entirely to the wants and services of the unfortunate, and has justly acquired the highest reputation for piety and benevolence. Mr. Weld is the first Englishman who has had a seat in the CONCLAVE since the pontificate of CLEMENT IX. He inherited his paternal estates at the decease of his father in 1810.

Lineage.

The family of WELD is presumed to de- | daughter of William Bostock, and was rive from EDRICK, surnamed WILD, or SYL-grandfather of VATICUS, who was nephew to Edric, Duke of Mercia, husband of Edina, daughter of King ETHELRED. From him descended

WILLIAM WELD, who settled at Eaton, in the county of Chester, and marrying Anne, daughter of Nicholas de Whitnall, was s. by

his son,

William WelD, who wedded Margaret,

EDWARD WELD, who espoused Margaret, daughter of Thomas Cotgrave, of the county of Chester. The grandson of this marriage, JOHN WELD, marrying Joanna, daughter of John Fitz Hugh, of Congleton, had three sons, viz.

1. ROBERT, of Eaton, who m. Elenora, daughter of Robert Oldton, of Wetten

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SIR HUMPHREY WELD, knt. took up his abode at Holdwell, in the county of Herts. He was sheriff of London in 1599, and LORD MAYOR in ten years afterwards. Sir Humphrey espoused Ann, daughter of Nicholas Wheler, esq. and left, with two daughters, at his decease in 1610, a son and successor, SIR JOHN WELD, knt. of Arnolds, in the county of Middlesex, who wedded Frances, daughter of William Whitmore, esq. by whom (who d. in 1656) he had issue,

1. Thomas, who d. young.
2. HUMPHREY, his heir.

3. John (Sir), of Compton Bassett, in
the county of Wilts, a knight ban-
neret. This gallant person m. in
1648, Mary, daughter of William,
Lord Stourton, and dying, 11th July,
1674, left an only son,

WILLIAM, who succeeded his uncle
HUMPHREY.

4. George, who m. Bridget, daughter
of Thimblethorp, esq. of the coun-
ty of Lincoln, and died in 1696, leav-
ing two daughters,

Cicely, m. to James Mahony, Viscount of Oldcastle, in Spain. Elizabeth, m. first to - Dickenson, esq.; and secondly, to Philip Stafford, esq.

5. Anne, m. to Sir J. Cutts, of Childerley.

6. Mary, m. to Thomas Allen, esq. of Finchley.

7. Frances, m. to

Martin, esq. of the

county of Buckingham.

8. Margaret, m. to William Bowyer, esq. of Denham Court, Bucks.

Sir John Weld d. in 1622, and was s. by his eldest son,

HUMPHREY WELD, esq. of Holdwell. This gentleman was governor of Portland Castle. He purchased in 1641, from the Howard family, the MANOR OF Lulworth,*

* The first possessors of this manor are said to have been the DE LOLLEWORTHS; but the powerful family of the NEWBURGHS held it as early as the reign of JOHN. CHRISTIAN, the sole heiress of SIR ROGER NEWBURGH, carried the estate in 1514, to her husband, SIR JOHN MARNEY, Lord Marney, and her second daughter, and eventual heiress, ELIZABETH MARNEY, marrying Thomas, Lord Howard, of Bindon, conveyed it, with several other considerable estates in Dorsetshire, amongst which was the manor of Bindon, to the HOWARDS, from whom, as stated above, it was purchased in 1641, by Humphrey Weld.

and divers other extensive estates in the county of Dorset. He m. Clare, youngest daughter of Thomas, Lord Arundel, of Wardour, by whom he had an only daughter, MARY, m. to Nicholas Taaffe, Earl of Carlingford. Mr. Weld died about the year 1684, and was buried in King HENRY VII'S chapel, Westminster. His nephew,

WILLIAM WELD, esq. succeeded to his estates, and thus became of "LULWORTH." This gentleman espoused in 1672, Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Shireburn, esq. of Stonyhurst, in Lancashire, by whom he had issue, John, who d. young.

HUMPHREY, his heir.

Mary, who m. Nicholas Fairfax, esq. nephew of Lord Fairfax, and after his decease, espoused Sir Francis Hungate, bart.; by the latter she had an only daughter,

MARY HUNGATE, who wedded Sir
Edward Gascoigne, of Parting-

ton.

Mr. Weld d. in 1698, and was s. by his only surviving son,

HUMPHREY WELD, esq. of Lulworth Castle, who m. in 1701, Margaret, only daughter of Sir James Simeons, bart of Chilworth, by whom he had issue,

Nicholas, who both predeceased their
James, father.
EDWARD, his heir.

Thomas, who assumed the surname of
SIMEONS. He m. Mary, daughter of
Thomas Fitzherbert, esq. of Swinner-
ton, by whom (who d. in 1767) he
had an only daughter,

MARY SIMEONS, who took the veil at Bruges, in Flanders.

Mary, m. in 1728, to Edmund Wid-
drington, esq. of Horsley, in North-
umberland, by whom (who d. in 1749)
she had an only daughter,

ELIZABETH WIDDRINGTON, heiress
of her father, who m. Thomas
Riddle, esq. of Swinburn Castle,
Northumberland.

Elizabeth, d. unmarried in 1791. Humphrey Weld d. in 1722, and was s. by his elder surviving son,

EDWARD WELD, esq. of Lulworth Castl b. in 1705. This gentleman espoused, first, in 1727, Catherine-Elizabeth, daughter of Walter, Lord Aston, of Forfar, but had no issue by that lady. He m. secondly, in 1740, Mary-Theresa, daughter of John Vaughan, esq. of Courtfield, by whom (who d. in 1754) he had

EDWARD, his heir.
John,
Joseph, S

both d. young.

THOMAS, Successor to his brother.
Mary, who became "a Poor Clare," at
Aire, in Artois.

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