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Waite made the Duke of Hamilton prisoner
in the civil wars, and was one of the judges
who sat upon the trial of, and passed sen-
tence upon the unfortunate CHARLES I.) Mr.
Ricketts had no less than twenty-seven chil-
dren, of whom,

JOHN, the eldest, continued the line of
the family.
William-Rayers, R.N. was lost at sea.
Jacob, of Midgham, Jamaica, m. Han-
nah, daughter and co-heir of Joseph
Poyntz, esq. of Iron Acton, in the
county of Gloucester, and had an only

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Major-general George Ricketts, of Canaan, espoused, secondly, Sarah, daughter of Bennet, esq. and widow of John Lewis, esq. of Cornwall, in Jamaica, but had no issue. He wedded, thirdly, Elizabeth, daughter of William Cleaver, esq. of Westmoreland, in Jamaica, by whom he left a posthumous son,

George-William, b. in 1760, who inhe

rited by bequest of his father, the
estate of New Canaan, in St. James's,
Jamaica. He m. Letitia, co-heiress
of Carew Mildmay, esq. of Shawford,
Hants, and sister of Lady Mildmay,
of Dogsmerfield, in the same shire,
and had issue,

1, George-Robert-Goodwin.
2. Henry-William.

3. Edward.

4. Letitia.

5. Eliza.
6. Marianne.

Thomas-Waite, was killed in 1743 by a schoolfellow (William Chetwynd), at Clare's academy, Soho-square. Wil-Major-general Ricketts was s. at his decease liam Chetwynd was tried for the mur- by his eldest son, der, and found guilty. William-Henry, of Canaan, Jamaica, and of Longwood, Hants, a bencher at Gray's-inn, b. in 1736; m. in 1757, Mary, daughter of Swynfen Jervis, esq. of Meaford, Staffordshire, and sister of the late EARL ST. VINCENT, by whom he had issue,

JOHN RICKETTS, esq. of Prospect, who m. 4th March, 1750, Anne, daughter of Alexander Crawford, esq. of Crail, in Fifeshire, of the ancient Scottish family of Crawford, a lineal descendant in the male line from Sir Gregan Crawford, who saved the life of king DAVID I. when hunting; in commemoration of which event that monarch founded Holy1. WILLIAM-HENRY-JERVIS RICK- Rood Abbey, and granted particular arms to ETTS, esq. a captain R.N. drowned the family of his preserver, which ensigns by the upsetting of his barge in Mrs. Anne Ricketts and her descendants 1805. He espoused, 9th Novem- were, by the laws of Scotland, entitled to ber, 1793, Lady Elizabeth-Jane bear, upon the death of her brother without Lambert, only daughter of Rich-issue. By her mother, the daughter of Sir ard, sixth Earl of Cavan, and had Thomas Wiseman, she derived from Anne, two daughters, viz. sister of EDWARD IV. through the noble fa

GEORGE-CRAWFORD, his successor.
John, d. unmarried.

Martha - Honoria - Georgiana,milies of Rutland and Essex. By this lady
who m. in 1822, the late Os- he had issue,
borne Markham, esq. and
has assumed the surname of
JERVIS only.
Henrietta-Elizabeth-Mary, m.
in 1817, to Captain Edmund
Palmer, R.N.

2. EDWARD-JERVIS RICKETTS, pre

Alexander, b. 30th August, 1753; m.
Miss Waite, and had issue,

1. Henry-John, a major in the
army, who gallantly distinguished
himself in the Ashantee war, as

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Mr. Ricketts was s. at his decease, in 1767, by his eldest son,

6. GEORGE-CRAWFORD RICKETTS, esq. of Gray's-inn, who, being called to the bar in 1772, went out to Jamaica, where he practised as a barrister for many years, until appointed his majesty's attorney and advocategeneral, and a member of the honorable council of that island. Returning to England in 1802, he settled at Ayshford Hall, near Ludlow, and, in four years after, purchased the estate of Combe, in Herefordshire. He married, 19th March, 1775, Frances, youngest daughter of Nicholas Bourke,* esq. by Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Fearon, esq. for several years chief-justice of the island of Jamaica, and had issue,

George-Crawford, d. young.
THOMAS-BOURKE, his heir.
George, d. young.

George-William (Sir), one of the judges
of the supreme court of judicature at
Madras, who d. unm. 15th July, 1831,
on his passage from Madras to the
Mauritius, to which island he was
going for the benefit of his health,
and was buried at sea.
John-Bourke, m. Isabella, daughter of
Thomas Parker, esq.(by Eliza, daugh-
ter of Charles Pallmer, esq. and sister

This Nicholas Bourke was a member of the ancient Irish house of Bourke, or De Burgh, springing from DAVID BOURKE, of Money-Crower, esq. who left three sons,

EDMUND, ancestor of Nicholas Bourke, esq.
John, from whom the Earls of Mayo derive.
Miles.

of Charles-Nicholas Pallmer, esq.
Norbiton, late M.P. for the county of
Surrey), by whom (who d. in Novem-
ber, 1830) he has issue,

1. Frederick-St. Vincent.
2. Another son.

3. Isabella-Maria. 4. Caroline-Susan. Mary-Anne, d. young.

Mary-Bourke, m. in 1798, to Captain Roberts Anderson, of the 20th light dragoons, and d. 18th April, 1821, leaving issue,

1. William. 2. Frances. Eliza-Bourke, m. 29th August, 1803, to the Rev. Robert Fitzwilliam Hallifax, rector of Richards Castle, and son of the late Right Rev. Dr. Samuel Hallifax, lord bishop of St. Asaph, and left issue at her decease, 14th April, 1814,

1. ROBERT-DUMFRIES, a captain in the army.

2. Henry-Crawford, an officer in the army.

3. Catherine-Frances, m. to Sir
Charles Cuyler, bart. and has
issue.

4. Louisa-Eliza-Bourke.
5. Caroline-Charlotte.

6. Georgiana-Lukin.

7. Octavia-Gertrude.

Louisa-Frances.
Anne, d. in 1805.

Mr. Ricketts d. in 1811, and was s. by his eldest son, the present THOMAS-BOURKE RICKETTS, esq. of Combe.

Arms-Erminois, or, a chevron charged with two swords in saltire ppr. the dexter surmounting the sinister, hilts and pommels or, between three roses gu.

Crest-An arm embowed, habited, erminois, charged with two roses gu, cuffed az. the hand grasping a simitar ppr.

Motto-Quid verum atque decens.

Estates-Combe, in the hundred of Wigmore, Herefordshire, and Prospect Estate, in the parish of Westmoreland, and Lyndhurst, in the parish of Manchester, Jamaica. Seat-Combe, Herefordshire.

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MUNDY, OF MARKEATON.

MUNDY, FRANCIS, esq. of Markeaton, in the county of Derby, b. 29th August, 1771, m. 16th December, 1800, Sarah, daughter of John Leaper Newton, esq. of Mickleover, in the same shire, and has issue,

WILLIAM, b. 14th September, 1801, espoused 28th Oc-
tober, 1830, Harriot-Georgiana, eldest daughter of
James Frampton, esq. of Moreton, in the county of
Dorset.

Marian.

Laura.

Emily.

Constance.

Mr. Mundy, who represented the county of Derby for several years in parliament, succeeded to his estates at the decease of his father in 1815.

Lineage.

This eminent family is supposed to derive its surname from the abbey of MONDAYE, in the dukedom of Normandy.

JOHN MUNDY, living in the time of EDWARD I., m. Isabel, daughter of Robinget Eyre, of Hope, and left a son,

RICHARD MUNDY, who wedded Maryon, daughter of Sir John de Lalande, knt. and from this marriage lineally descended

SIR JOHN MUNDY, knt. of Chekenden, in the county of Oxford, who served the office of LORD MAYOR OF LONDON in 1522-3. This opulent citizen married twice, and left issue, by his second wife, Juliana, daughter of William Brown, esq. viz.

VINCENT, his heir.

George,

Christopher,

who both d. s. p.

Thomas, prior of Bodmin, in the time
of Henry VIII.

John, of Ryalton, in Cornwall.

Margaret, m. first, Nicholas Jennings,
alderman of London; and, secondly,
Edmond Howard, lord deputy of
Clays, (his second wife) and, thirdly,
Henry Mannox.

Eleanor, m. to John Harleston, esq. of
South Ockenden, in Essex.

Elizabeth, m. to Sir John Tyrrell, knt.
of Gypping, in the county of Suffolk.
Jane, m. to Sir Thomas Darcy, of Tol-
leshunt Darcy, county of Essex.

Mildred.

Sir John, who was seised of Markeaton, Mackworth, Allestry, &c. died in 1538, and by his eldest son,

was s.

VINCENT MUNDY, esq. of Markeaton; in the commission of the peace for the county of Derby anno 1558. This gentleman was father of

EDWARD MUNDY, esq. of Markeaton, who m. Jane, daughter of William Burnet, esq. of Winkbourne, in the county of Nottingham, and was s. at his decease, in 1607, by his eldest son,

FRANCIS MUNDY, esq. of Markeaton. This gentleman espoused Katharine, daughter of William Smyth, esq. of Quarndon, in Derbyshire, and had issue,

JOHN, his successor.

Edward, of Virginia, died, leaving issue. Adrian, of Quarndon; b. in 1608; m. Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Bruyn, esq. of the county of Derby, and had two daughters, viz.

1. Millicent, m. to John Musters, esq. of Colwick-hall, Nottinghamshire, and hence descends the present JOHN CHAWORTHMUSTERS, esq. 2. Catharine. William. Thomas.

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Francis, who d. s. p. in his father's
lifetime.

WILLIAM, successor to the estates.
Gilbert, who was sheriff of Derbyshire
in 1697, espoused Mary, daughter of
William Shenson, esq. and hence
descends,

EDWARD-MILLER MUNDY, esq. of
Shipley.

Edward, M.P. for Derby in 1710, died
in 1713.

Elizabeth, m. to Sir William Mydleton,

bart. of Belsay Castle, in the county of Northumberland (his second wife). Mr. Mundy was s. by his eldest surviving

son,

for the representation of the county of Leicester. He was s. by his eldest son,

WRIGHTSON MUNDY, esq. of Markeaton, D.C.L. in the university of Oxford, high sheriff for Derbyshire in 1737, and M.P. for the county of Leicester in 1747. He m. Anne, daughter of Robert Burdett, esq. and sister of Sir Robert Burdett, bart. of Fore

marke, by whom he had one son and four daughters, namely,

FRANCIS-NOEL-CLARKE, his successor.
Anne, m. to the Rev. H. Ware, D.D.
a descendant of the celebrated Sir
James Ware, and had (with a son,
Major Ware, who married Mrs. Tar-
rant) two daughters; the elder m.
to Sacheverel Chandos-Pole, esq. of
Radbourn - hall, in the county of
Derby; the younger to the Rev.
Samuel Crowther.

Mary, m. to Nicholas Heath, esq.
Millicent, m. to Capt. French.
Elizabeth, m. in 1799, to Robert, seventh
Earl Ferrers (his lordship's second
countess).

Mr. Mundy died before 1760, and was s.
his son,

by

FRANCIS-NOEL-CLARKE MUNDY, esq. of WILLIAM MUNDY, esq. of Markeaton, who Markeaton, who m. first, Elizabeth, daughwas succeeded by his son,

FRANCIS MUNDY, esq. of Markeaton. This gentleman m. Philippa, only daughter and heiress of Michael Wrightson, esq. of OsBASTON, by whom he acquired that estate. He was sheriff of Derbyshire in 1694, and was s. at his decease by his son,

FRANCIS MUNDY, esq. of Osbaston and Markeaton, who wedded Anne, daughter of Sir John Noel,* and had three sons and two daughters, viz.

WRIGHTSON, his heir.

ter of Ayrton, esq. but had no issue. He espoused, secondly, Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Sir Robert Burdett, bart. and had two sons, viz.

1. FRANCIS, his heir.

2. Charles-Godfrey, of Burton Hall, near Loughborough, in the county of Leicester (see Mundy, of Burton). Mr. Mundy was the author of two admired descriptive poems, NUDWOOD FOREST and the FALL OF NUDWOOD. He died in 1815, and the magistrates of his native county,

Francis, recorder of Tamworth in 1760. Derbyshire, caused his bust, by CHANTRY, John.

to be placed in the county hall, as a testi

Anne, m. to William Forrester, esq. of monial of the deceased's long and eminent

Hertfordshire.

Mary, d. s. p.

This gentleman, the friend of ADDISON, STEELE, and the other eminent literary men | of his day, died in 1720, only six months after standing successfully a severe contest

Great-grandson of Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Cleveland. (See Burke's Extinct and Dormant Peerage, article Wentworth, Marquess of Rockingham).

services, in the situations of justice of the peace, chairman of quarter sessions, &c. &c. He was s. in his estates by his elder son, the present

FRANCIS MUNDY, esq. of Markeaton.

Arms-Per pale; gu. and sa. on a cross engrailed arg. five lozenges purpure; on a chief or, three eagles' legs erased, a-laguise az.

Crest-A wolf's head erased sa. bezantée, fire issuing from his mouth, ppr.

Motto-Deus providebit. Estates-At Markeaton, Mackworth, and Allestree, all in the county of Derby. In the possession of the family since the early part of the reign of HENRY VIII. if not previously, as there is good reason to believe

from certain documents that the Mundys
possessed lands at Markeaton so far back
as the year 1399.

Town Residence-44, Queen Anne-street.
Seat-Markeaton, near Derby.

CHARLTON, OF LUDFORD.

CHARLTON-LECHMERE, EDMUND, esq. of Ludford, in the county of Hereford; of Witton Court, Shropshire, and of Hanley Castle, in the county of Worcester, b. 20th September, 1789, s. to the estates and representation of the united families of Charlton and Lochmere, upon the demise of his father.

Mr. Lechmere-Charlton is great-grand nephew and representative of Nicholas Lord Lechmere, of Eversham. (See Burke's Extinct Peerage.)

Lineage.

The family of CHARLTON* is of very ancient extraction,

SIR ALAN CHARLTON, knt. of Appley Castle, in the county of Salop, had issue,

1. JOHN (Sir), whom. Hawise, daughter and heiress of Owen ap Gryffith, the last Prince of Powys, and in her right acquired the feudal barony of POLE, held in capite from the crown; but in the next year, Gryffin de la Pole, uncle to the said Hawise, pretending a right to the castle of Pole, (after

Among its distinguished members we may enumerate Lud Charlton, bishop of Hereford; George Charlton, bishop of Landaff; and Guy Charlton, bishop of Chichester.

wards called RED CASTLE), raised a body of the Welsh, and regularly besieged it, his niece and her husband being at that time residing therein; whereupon the king directed his precept to Roger de Mortimer, then justice of Wales, to march thither for their relief and protection. Again, however, they were disturbed by the said Gryffin, who had summons to appear before the king, to answer for his proceedings: and to render John Charlton and his wife more secure in their title, they had a royal charter in the 7th of EDWARD II. confirmatory of all their lands and castles in NORTH WALES, SOUTH WALES, and Powys; in which year (26th July, 1313) John Charlton was summoned to parliament as BARON CHARLTON, and from that period to 25th July, 1353. His lordship was subsequently JUSTICE of Ireland, and dying in 1353, was s. by his son,

JOHN DE CHARLTON, second baron, who was s. by his son,

JOHN DE CHARLTON,third baron,

who was s. by his brother, EDWARD DE CHARLTON, fourth baron, who leaving daughters only, the title is supposed to have fallen into ABEYANCE, as it still continues. (See

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