JOHN (Sir). The younger son, SIR JOHN PRIDEAUX, espoused Joan, dau. and co-heir of Gilbert Adeston, of Adeston, in the county of Devon, and was s. by his son, GILES PRIDEAUX, of Adeston, M.P. for Totness, in the 42nd EDWARD III. This gentleman wedded the daughter and heiress of Gunston, and had a son and successor, SIR JOHN PRIDEAUX, of Adeston, who married thrice, and was s. by the son of his third marriage, (with Anne, daughter of John Shapton, of Shapton, in Devonshire), This WILLIAM PRIDEAUX, of Adeston. gentleman espoused Alice, daughter and heiress of Stephen Gifford, of Thuborough, in the county of Devon, to which place he subsequently removed his residence. He was s. by his son, FOULKE PRIDEAUX, of Adeston and Thuborough, who m. Joan, daughter of Sir Humphry Poyntz, of Langley, in Devonshire, and was father of HUMPHREY PRIDEAUX, of Adeston and Thuborough. This gentleman espoused Joan, daughter of Richard Fowel, of Fowelscombe, and widow of Sir Philip Courtenay, of Lough Torr, in the county of Devon, and left (besides daughters) four sons, viz. RICHARD, his heir. Adeston was sold William, of Gurland, in Cornwall. Thomas, who died a monk, in Flanders. The third son, ROGER PRIDEAUX, of Soldon, in the county of Devon, was sheriff of that shire in 1578. He m. Philippa, daughter of Sir Richard Yorke, serjeant-at-law, and left two sons, viz. NICHOLAS, his successor. Edmund, created a BARONET in 1622, a dignity enjoyed by his descendant, the present SIR JOHN WILMOT-PRIDEAUX, of Netherton, in Devonshire. The elder son, SIR NICHOLAS PRIDEAUX, knt. inherited Soldon, and erected PLACE, near Padstow, the present residence of the family, in 1592. He was one of the representatives of the borough of Camelford, in the 13th of ELIZABETH, and died in 1627, leaving issue, by his first wife, Thomasine, daughter and heir of John Hengscott, esq. of Hengscott, in Devon, a son, HUMPHRY, his successor at Soldon; and by his second wife, Cheston, dau. and co-heir of William Viall, esq. of St. Breock, in Cornwall, another son, JOHN, who inherited PLACE. The elder son, HUMPHRY PRIDEAUX, esq., of Soldon, wedded Honor, daughter of Edmund Fortescue, esq. of Fallopitt, in Devonshire, and had issue, NICHOLAS, who was his father's heir, EDMUND, of whom presently, as heir to Thomasine, m. to John Fortescue, esq. of Buckland Filbeigh. Elizabeth, m. to Sir William Morrice, secretary-of-state to King CHARLES II. The third son, EDMUND PRIDEAUX, esq. inherited, at the decease of his uncle JOHN PLACE, and the other Cornish estates. He m. Bridget, dau. of John Moyle, esq. of Bake, and had three sons, viz. cousin. Mr. Prideaux was sheriff of Cornwall in 1664. He d. 15th October, 1683, and was s. by his eldest son, JOHN PRIDEAUX, esq. of Place, at whose decease without issue, in 1728, the estates devolved upon (the only son of The Very Rev. Dean Prideaux) his cousin, EDMUND PRIDEAUX, who thus became "of Place." He wedded Hannah, daughter of Benjamin Wrench, esq. of the city of Norwich, and had issue, HUMPHRY, his heir. Rebecca, m. to Sir Horatio Pettus, bart. The elder son, HUMPHRY PRIDEAUX, esq. of Place, served the office of sheriff for Cornwall in 1750. He m. first, Mary, eldest daughter and co-heiress of Sir George Chudleigh, bart. of Haldon House, in the county of Devon, by whom he had an only son, GEORGE, who d. unmarried. He wedded, secondly, Jenny, second daughter of Neville Morton-Pleydell, esq. of Beer, in the county of Dorset, and left at his decease, CHARLES, in holy orders, present proprietor, and representative of the family. Humphry, who m. Elizabeth, daughter of the late Sir John St. Aubyn, bart. and d. s. p. Edmund, who m. Hebe, daughter of William-Brune, m. the widow of Capt. Thomas. Mary, m. to Thomas Ball, esq. of Seaford, in the county of Waterford, and left two daughters. FAMILY OF BRUNE. SIR WILLIAM LE BRUNE, knt. chamberlain to King EDWARD I., died in the 29th of that monarch's reign, leaving by his wife, Isolda, daughter and heiress of Philip Rockley, of Okenden, in Essex, and maid of honor to Queen ELEANOR, a son, SIR MAURICE LE BRUNE, knt. who m. Matilda, daughter and heiress of Sir Philip Rokelle, and dying in 1354, was s. by his SIR MAURICE BRUNE, knt. whose name appears in the list of the gentry of the county of Essex made in the 12th of HENRY VI., and he served the office of sheriff for that shire in the 12th, 14th, and 31st of the same prince. He m. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Henry Radford, knt. of Irby, and had two sons, viz. HENRY (Sir), who m. Elizabeth, daughter and co-heir of Sir Robert Darcy, and dying in the lifetime of his father, left two daughters, viz. JOHN BRUNE, esq. living in 1554, wedded Anne, daughter of Michael Tichburne, esq. of Tichburne, in Hampshire, and had, with a daughter, Elizabeth, m. to Henry Bickley, a son and successor, SIR JOHN BRUNE, knt. who m. Jane Bampfield, and was s. by his son, HENRY BRUNE, esq. This gentleman m. Elizabeth, daughter and co-heir of Nicholas Martin, of Athelhampton, (by Margaret, daughter and co-heir of John Wadham, esq. of Merrifield, in Somersetshire,) and had issue, JOHN, who m. Bridget, daughter of Sir CHARLES, whose descendants continued Elizabeth, m. to John Scope, esq. of Castlecomb, in the county of Wilts. Mary, m. to John Hall, esq. of Brad ford. Grace, m. to Sir Edward Lawrence, knt. of Creech Grange. Anne, m. to G. Daccombe, esq. of Corfe Castle. Mr. Brune held at his decease, 36th ELIZABETH, the manor of Charlton, a moiety of the manor of Athelhampton, the manor of Bardolperton, the manors and advowsons of West Tincleton and West Woodsford, with divers other lands and manors. His elder son, as stated above, died without issue, the younger, CHARLES BRUNE, esq. m. Mary, daughter of Robert Coker, esq. of Maponder, and had two sons, viz. JOHN, who died in 1645, leaving by Mary, daughter of Edward Hooper, esq. of Boveridge, an only daughter, MARY, m. to Sir Ralph Bankes, knt. of Corfe Castle. ALICE, m. first, to Robert Harleston, and secondly, to Sir John Heveningham. ELIZABETH, M. first, to Thomas Tyrrell, of Herons, and Okenden, in Essex; and secondly, to SIR WILLIAM BRANDON, knight, standard bearer of the Earl of Richmond, at Bosworth, and slain by the hand of RICHARD. By Sir William she was mother of the celebrated CHARLES BRANDON, Duke of Suffolk, brother-issue, in-law to King HENRY VIII. Her CHARLES. The younger son, CHARLES BRUNE, esq. wedded, first, Margaret, daughter of John Dennis, esq. of Pucklechurch, in Gloucestershire, and had JOHN, who d. s. p. Mary, m. to William Lewys, esq. of He m. secondly, Jane, daughter of Henry CHARLES, his successor. Jenny. Betty, m. to William Weston, esq. of Callow Weston. Mr. Brune purchased Plumber, and was s. at his decease by his only surviving son, CHARLES BRUNE, esq. of Plumber. This gentleman wedded Betty, daughter and sole heiress of Jeffery, of Bagborough, and had issue, CHARLES, who d. s. p. in 1770. John, } Henry, all d. s. p. James, esq. of Shitterton, and had with other issue, JENNY PLEYDELL, who m. HUм PHRY PRIDEAUX, esq. of Place, and was mother of the present Rev. CHARLES PRIDEAUX-BRUNE. Arms Quarterly; first and fourth, arg. a chevron sa. in chief a label of three points gules; adopted by the Prideauxs after the marriage with the heiress of ORCHARTON. Second and third, party per pale arg. and gules, three castles counterchanged, being the ancient arms of Prideaux, of Prideaux. Crest-A man's head in profile, couped at the shoulders, on the head a chapeau az. turned up arg. Estates-In the counties of Cornwall, Dorset, Hants, &c. &c. Seat-PRIDEAUX PLACE, in Cornwall, and BETTY, M. to Neville Morton-Pleydell, | PLUMBER, in Dorsetshire. GIFFARD, OF CHILLINGTON. GIFFARD, THOMAS WILLIAM, esq. of Chillington, in the county of Stafford, b. 25th March, 1789; inherited the estates at the decease of his father, 1st August, 1823. Mr. Giffard is major of the Staffordshire militia. Lineage. OSBORNE DE BOLEBEC, a noble Norman, in the time of ROBERT, father of WILLIAM the bastard, had two distinguished sons, 1. WALTER (Gualtier of the Norman Chronicles) Compte de Longueville, who assumed, for what reason has not been ascertained, the surname of Gyffarde. This gallant person acquired great renown in the armies of WILLIAM, achieving several signal victories for Normandy, in the war between that country and France. When the duke, upon the accession of Harold to the English throne, desired to invade this island, many, indeed most of the Norman nobles held cautiously back from proffering aid; being wearied and impoverished by the continued struggles in which WILLIAM had been engaged since his father's death. But a few staunch friends, amongst the foremost of whom was this Walter and his brother, coming nobly forward with offers of men, ships, &c. the laggards were thereby warmed to the undertaking, and the expedition was accordingly set on foot. In the subsequent success of his chief, the Compte de Longueville largely participated; he obtained no less than ONE HUNDRED AND SEVEN LORDSHIPS in the conquered country, and was constituted EARL OF THE COUNTY OF BUCKINGHAM (for the line of this nobleman, see Burke's Extinct and Dormant Peerage). 2. Osborne. The second son, OSBORNE GYFFARDE, having likewise aided in placing England under the yoke of the Norman, had of course his portion of the of Whiston, which is still n possession of the family. This Thomas was sheriff of Staffordshire, in 1411. At his decease he left an only child, spoil, and the fertile county of Gloucester was allotted as the locality of his reward. Here he held the extensive manors of Brimesfield, Rochemtune, Alderberie, and Stoche; upon the first named of which he settled, and there subsequently a great castle was built, (temp. STEPHEN) which continued to be the residence of the family until it was destroyed by the army of Edward II. in the Baronial war, anno 1322. This Osborne died about the year 1086, and was s. by his son, HELIAS GIFFARDE, who was s. by his son, another HELIAS GIFFARDE, who had two sons, 1. HELIAS, who carried on the line, and The younger son, ROBERT GIFFARD, of Chillington, who espoused, first, Isabella Blount, but by that | lady had no issue. He m. secondly, Cassandra, daughter of Thomas Humphreston, and was s. by his son, GILBERT GIFFARDE, was father of Peter GiffardE, who m. in the reign of HENRY II., Alice, sister of Peter Corbuchin, and thus acquired the manors of Chillington and Walton, in the county of Stafford. This Peter was highly distinguished for his military exploits in Ireland, under his kinsman | RICHARD DE CLARE, commonly called Strongbow, EARL OF PEMBROKE, and was rewarded by a grant of land in that kingdom. He was s. by his son, Peter GiffarDE, of Chillington, who m. Margaret de Chuddeley, and was s. by his son, SIR JOHN GIFFARD, who espoused Ada, daughter of Hugh Courtenay, Baron of Okehampton (the name of this Sir John occurs as Dominus de Chillington, in 1295). He died in 1329, and was s. by his son, SIR JOHN GIFFARD, of Chillington. This gentleman m. about the beginning of the fourteenth century, Catherine, daughter and heiress of Stafford de Marston; and in her right became possessed of the manors of Marston and Euson (near to the town of Stafford), which are still held by the family. He d. in 1371, and was s. by his only son, EDMUND GIFFARD, of Chillington, who wedded a daughter of Venables, Lord of Kinderton. This Edmund was living in 1378, but the time of his death is unascertained. He was father of JOHN GIFFARD, who was Lord of Chillington in 1394, and was s. by his son, THOMAS GIFFARD, of Chillington, who m. Joyce, daughter of Sir Robert Fraunceys, of Whiston, and had as her dowry the estate • STRONGBOW was great grandson, in the female line, of Walter Gyffarde, first Earl of Buckingham. SIR JOHN GIFFARD, of Chillington. This gentleman m. first, Joanna Hoorde, and had (with a daughter), THOMAS, (Sir) his successor. William, archbishop of Rheins. He wedded, secondly, Elizabeth Greyseley, and had a daughter, Frances, who m. Sir John Talbot, of Grafton. This Sir John Giffard was five times sheriff of his native county; and to him HENRY VIII. granted the dissolved monastery of the Black Ladies at Brewood in 1539. He d. in 1556, and was s. by his son, SIR THOMAS GIFFARD, who wedded, first, Dorothy, daughter and heiress of Sir John Montgomery, and had a daughter, Elizabeth, m. to Sir John Port, of Etwall. Sir Thomas m. secondly, Ursula, daughter of Sir Robert Throgmorton, of Caughton, by whom he had four sons and five daughters. He was sheriff of the county of Stafford in the lifetime of his father, in 1530 and 1553. He d. in 1560, and was s. by his eldest son, JOHN GIFFARD, esq. of Chillington. This gentleman espoused Joyce, daughter of James Leveson, of Lilleshall, by whom he had a large family. He was sheriff of Staffordshire in 1573,* and dying in 1612, was s. by his eldest son, WALTER GIFFARD, esq. of Chillington, who m. in 1579, Philippa, daughter of Henry White, esq. of Southwarnborough, in the county of Southampton, and was s. at his decease, 29th April, 1632, by his eldest son, PETER GIFFARD, esq. of Chillington. This gentleman wedded Frances, second daughter of Walter Fowler, esq. of St. Thomas, in the county of Stafford, and had, with five younger sons and seven daughters, WALTER, his heir. John, of Black Ladies, who m. Miss Catherine Hawkins, of the county of Kent, and the grandson of this marriage, Peter Giffard, esq. of Black Ladies, eventually succeeded to the estates and representation of the family. Mr. Giffard adhered with desperate fidelity to the falling fortunes of the CHARLESES, and several of his family took an active part in the escape of the younger after the From this period until 1829 the family was rendered incapable of holding office, by constantly adhering to the Roman Catholic religion. fight of Worcester. Boscobel was a lodge of the Giffards, the Pendrels being merely housekeepers, &c. and the tried loyalty of that celebrated family ought rather to be attributed to their attachment to their landlords and feudal superiors, than to any abstract sense of duty to the king. For this zealous devotion to his unhappy sovereign, the whole of Mr. Giffard's property was sequestered by the Drury House Commissioners, and at the advanced age of seventy he was himself obliged to seek a place of concealment. He lived, however, to witness happier days, and received (tardily though) from the restored monarch a royal grant, reinstating him in the whole of his noble possessions. A few months after this act of justice he executed a deed, by which he surrendered every thing to his son WALTER, reserving only for himself a small farm, and such maintenance (with two servants) as, saith the deed, "was becoming to a gentleman of his quality." He did not long, however, enjoy the calm this arrangement seemed to promise. He lived but to see his family replaced in the wealth, influence, and honour, which were their heritage, and died, "full of days," the 25th June, 1663. His successor, WALTER GIFFARD, esq. of Chillington, b. in 1611; m. first, Anne, daughter of Sir Thomas Holt, bart. of Aston, by whom he had JOHN, his successor, with two other sons and three daughters. He wedded, secondly, Anne, daughter of Thomas Huggeford, esq. of Solihull, but had no other issue. He d. in 1688, and was s. by his eldest son, JOHN GIFFARD, esq. of Chillington, b. in 1637; m. Francis, daughter of William Fitzherbert, esq. of Swinnerton, and dying in 1694, was s. by his only surviving son, THOMAS GIFFARD, esq. of Chillington, who wedded, in 1688, Mary, daughter of John Thimelby, esq. of Fornham, in the county of Lincoln, but dying without issue, in 1718, was succeeded by his kinsman, PETER GIFFARD, esq. of Black Ladies, (refer to John, second son of Peter, who suffered during the civil wars, and died in 1663), who thus became of CHILLINGTON, and representative of the family. He wedded, first, Winifred, daughter of Robert Howard, esq. of Horecross, but had no issue. He espoused, secondly, Barbara, daughter of Sir Robert Throgmorton, bart. of Caughton, and had, THOMAS, Successor to his brother Peter. John, who inherited his mother's estate of Plâs-Ucha. Catherine, m. to Francis Canning, esq. of Foxcote. He d. in 1746, and was s. by his eldest son, PETER GIFFARD, esq. of Chillington, who died in 1749, before he had attained his majority, when the estates devolved upon his half-brother, THOMAS GIFFARD, esq. of Chillington. This gentleman m. first, Barbara, daughter of Robert Lord Petre, by whom he had one daughter, Maria, m. to Sir John Throgmorton, bart. Mr. Giffard espoused, secondly, Barbara, daughter of Sir Robert Throgmorton, bart. and had a son, THOMAS, his successor. He wedded, thirdly, Frances, daughter of Stonor, esq. of Stonor, in the county of Oxford, by whom he left, Barbara-Denise. Caroline-Mallett, m. to John Mytton, Mr. Giffard d. 1st August, 1823, and was s. by his eldest son, the present THOMAS-WILLIAM GIFFARD, esq. of Chillington, who is twenty-first in the direct male line from WALTER GYFFARDE, first Earl of Buckingham. Arms-Quarterly, first and fourth, az. three stirrups with leathers, or, two and one (for CHILLINGTON); second and third, gules, three lions' passant, arg. (for BUCK PETER, his successor. Maria, m. to Sir Edward Smythe, bart. INGHAM). of Acton Burnell. Anna, m. to Weld, esq. Mr. Giffard m. thirdly, Helen, daughter of Robert Roberts, esq. of Plâs-Ucha, in the county of Flint, by whom he had two sons and a daughter, viz. Crests-A tiger's head couped, full faced spotted various, flames issuing from hi mouth, ppr. granted in 1513. A demiarcher bearded and couped at the knees, in armour, ppr. from his middle a short coat paly, arg. and gules. At his middle a quiver |