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"Young Henry Schaftan he is hurt, A souldier shot him with a bow."* CUTHBERT FOLLIOTT, second or younger son of Sir John Folliott, had issue,

THOMAS FOLLIOTT, who is said to have first assumed the surname of SHAFTO, from his residence at Shafto-Crag, in Northumberland. From him sprung, sixth in descent,

WILLIAM SHAFTO, esq. who left by his wife, heiress of Bavington, in Northumberland, a son and successor,

EDWARD SHAFTO, esq. of Bavington, who m. Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Swinburne, esq. of Nafferton, in the county of Northumberland, and had, with other issue, CUTHBERT, who s. at Bavington, and marrying Isabel, daughter and co-heir of Roger Bertram, esq. was ancestor to the Shaftos of Bavington, now represented by

ROBERT-INGRAM SHAFTO, esq. of
Bavington.

Alexander, who m. Anne, daughter of
Fenwick, esq. of Little Harle.

MARK, of whom presently.

The third son,

MARK SHAFTO, esq. of Newcastle-uponTyne, served the office of mayor of that city in 1548. He m. Margaret Riddell, and had issue,

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Robert Shafto's second surviving son,

MARK SHAFTO, esq. barrister-at-law of the Honourable Society of Gray's Inn, and recorder of Newcastle in 1648, purchased Whitworth, in the county of Durham, in 1652. He m. Mary, daughter of Thomas Legard, of Newcastle, merchant, and had issue,

ROBERT (Sir), his successor.

Thomas, a Hamburgh merchant.
Jane, m. 10th January, 1652, to William
Strother, esq. of Fowerby, in the
county of Northumberland.
Mary.

Mark Shafto d. 25th February, 1659, and was s. by his eldest son,

SIR ROBERT SHAFTO, knt. of Whitworth, in the county of Durham, barrister-at-law, EDWARD, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne,mer-who, being appointed recorder of Newcastle chant-adventurer, whom. Isabel Ogle, and left at his decease, in 1576, several children.

Mark, alderman of Newcastle, who
served the office of sheriff of that city
in 1573, and mayor the subsequent
year. He d. s. p. in 1593.
NINIAN, of whom hereafter.
Leonard, d. unmarried, 6th Dec. 1594.
Launcelot, d. s. p.

Elizabeth, m.to William Greenwell, esq.
The third son,

NINIAN SHAFTO, esq. of Newcastle, m. Anne, daughter of Henry Brandling, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and dying in 1581, was s. by his eldest son,

ROBERT SHAFTO, esq. alderman and sheriff of Newcastle in 1607, who m. Jane, daughter of Robert Eden, esq. of that place, and had surviving issue,

ROBERT, to whom his father devised
Benwell Tower, in the county of
Northumberland, ancestor of the
SHAFTOS OF BENWELL.

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in 1660, received the honour of knighthood at Whitehall, 26th June, 1670. He was constituted serjeant-at-law in 1674, and in 1685 resigned the recordership, to which situation he was a second time chosen, at the Revolution in 1688. He m. in 1661, Catherine, daughter and co-heir of Sir Thomas Widdrington, knt. of Cheeseburn Grange, in the county of Northumberland, serjeantat-law (by Frances, his wife, daughter of Ferdinando, Lord Fairfax, of Cameron), and left at his decease 21st May, 1705, an only son and successor,

MARK SHAFTO, esq. of Whitworth, b. in 1662, who served the office of high sheriff (by patent) of the county of Durham in 1709. He m. Catherine, eldest daughter of Sir John Ingleby, of Ripley, bart. and eventually co-heir in blood of her nephew, Sir John Ingleby, bart. and had issue,

ROBERT, his heir.

JOHN, successor to his brother,

Catherine, m. 31st January, 1715, to Sir John Eden, of Windlestone, bart. and left issue.

Mr. Shafto d. 28th December, 1723, and was s. by his elder son,

ROBERT SHAFTO, esq. of Whitworth, M. P. for the city of Durham, 1st GEORGE I. who m. Dorothy, fifth daughter of Henry Dawney, second Lord Viscount Downe, by whom (who married after his decease, Rev. Thomas Eden, D. D. Prebendary of Durham, fourth son of Sir Robert Eden, of Windlestone) leaving no issue, the estates devolved upon his only brother,

JOHN SHAFTO, esq. of Whitworth, M.P. for the city of Durham, from 1729 to 1742. This gentleman m. Mary, daughter and heiress of Thomas Jackson, esq. of Nunnington, in the county of York, town clerk of the city of London, by whom (who remarried after his decease Wynne, esq. and d. in 1768) he had issue, ROBERT, his successor. Thomas-Goodfellow, D.D. Rector of Brancepeth and Canon Residentiary of Christ Church, Oxford, d. unmarried 17th October, 1797, and was buried in Christ Church Cathedral. Dorothy, m. 19th April, 1763, to Wilmot Vaughan, Earl of Lisburne, and d. in 1805.

Margaret, d. unmarried, in 1818.

and sole heiress of Thomas Duncombe, esq. of Duncombe Park, in the county of York (by Diana, his wife, youngest daughter of Henry Howard, fourth Earl of Carlisle, coheir of her mother, Frances, his wife, only child of Charles Spencer, third Earl of Sunderland, by his Countess, Arabella, youngest daughter and co-heir of Henry Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle), and had issue, JOHN, his successor.

ROBERT-EDEN-DUNCOMBE, present pro

prietor.

Thomas, b. 23rd August, 1777. This gentleman, who represented the county of Durham in parliament from 1760 until 1768, and subsequently the borough of Downton, for several years, d. 24th November, 1797, and was s. by his eldest son,

JOHN SHAFTO, esq. of Whitworth, at whose decease, unmarried, in July, 1802, the family estates devolved upon his next brother, ROBERT-EDEN-DUNCOMBE SHAFTO, esq. present representative of this branch of the family.

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Estates At Whitworth, Bishop's Close, Byer's Green, North Bedburn, Bitchburn,

Mr. Shafto d. 3rd April, 1742, and was s. by and Witton-le-Wear, in the county of Dur

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SHIRLEY, EVELYN-JOHN, esq. of Eatington Park, in the county of Warwick, b. in 1788, m. in 1810, Eliza, daughter of Arthur Stanhope, esq. cousin to the Earl of Chesterfield, and has issue,

EVELYN-PHILIP, b. in 1812.

Arthur, b. in 1813.

Sewallis, b. in 1816.

George-Edward, b. in 1817.

Walter-Devereux, b. in 1829.

Selina.

Louisa.

Mr. Shirley, who represented the county of Monaghan for sometime in parliament, and who is a trustee of Rugby school, inherited the estates upon the demise of his father, 17th May, 1810.

Lineage.

This is a branch of the noble and ancient family of Shirley, Earls of Ferrars, springing from

SIR ROBERT SHIRLEY, knt, first EARL OF FERRARS, who m. first, Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Lawrence Washington, esq. of Caresden, in Wiltshire, and had, with several other children,

1. ROBERT, who predeceased his father, leaving one son and a daughter, viz. ROBERT, who also d. vitâ patris, unmarried.

Elizabeth, who m. James, fifth Earl of Northampton, and succeeded, as heiress of her brother, to the baronies of Ferrers, of Chartley, Bourchier, and Lovaine.

2. WASHINGTON, who s. his father as second Earl of Ferrers, but d. s. p. m. when the honors devolved upon his brother.

3. HENRY, third earl, at whose decease, unmarried, the title passed to his nephew.

4. Lawrence, who left three sons, viz. LAWRENCE, fourth Earl of Ferrers, d. s. p.

WASHINGTON, fifth earl, also d.without issue.

ROBERT, sixth earl, who had issue, ROBERT, his successor, as seventh earl.

WASHINGTON, PRESENT EARL, (see Burke's Peerage). The (first) earl espoused, secondly, in 1699 Selina, daughter of George Finch, esq. and had issue,

1. Robert,M.P. for Stamford, whod.s.p.
2. George, d. young.

3. GEORGE, of whom hereafter.
4. Sewallis, comptroller of the house-
hold to Queen Charlotte, M.P. for
Callington; who m. Margaret, Coun-
tess Dowager of Orford, but d. s. p.
5. John, d. unmarried, in 1768.
6. Selina, m. to Peter Bathurst, esq. of
Clarendon Park, Wilts, and d. leav-
ing issue.

7. Mary, m. to Charles Tryon, esq. of
Bullwick, in the county of North-
ampton, and d. in 1771.

8. Anne, m. to Sir Robert Furnese, and d. in 1779, leaving a daughter,

d. unmarried.

9. Frances, 10. Steuarta, The third, but, eventually, eldest surviving son of the second marriage,

The Hon. GEORGE SHIRLEY, of Eatington, in the county of Warwick, a captain in the first regiment of foot guards, m. Mary, daughter of Humphrey Sturt, esq. and had two sons and two daughters, viz.

GEORGE, his successor.

EVELYN, who inherited upon the demise
of his brother issueless.
Selina, m. to Sir Thomas-George Skip-
with, bart.

Margaret, m. to John Smith, esq. of
Comb Hay.

Mr. Shirley d. 22nd October, 1787, and was s. by his eldest son,

GEORGE SHIRLEY, esq. of Eatington, who twice; but dying s. p. in 1793, the estates devolved upon his brother,

m.

EVELYN SHIRLEY, esq. of Eatington, who espoused Phillis-Byam, daughter of Charlton Wollaston, esq. and had issue,

EVELYN-JOHN, present proprietor.
Charles, b. 15th November, 1792; m.
7th December, 1819, Anne-Charlotte,
second daughter of the Hon. and Rev.
George Bridgeman.

William, b. 23rd March, 1794.
James, in holy orders, b. 15th Jan. 1802.
Horatio, b. 8th December, 1805.
Arthur-George-Sewallis, b. in 1810.

Selina.

Mary, m. to George Morant, esq.
Frances.

Emily-Harriet, m. to Lord Suffield. Mr. Shirley d. 17th May, 1810, and was s. by his eldest son, EVELYN-JOHN SHIRLEY, esq. now representative of this branch of the family.

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Crest-The bust of a Saracen, side-faced and couped, ppr. wreathed about the temples, or and az.

Motto-Honor virtutis præmium. Estates-In Warwickshire; and in the county of Monaghan, Ireland.

Seats-Eatington Park, in the county of Warwick; and Lough Fea, in the county of

Selina, m. to Sir Edward Dering, bt. Monaghan.

VAVASOUR, OF WESTON.

VAVASOUR, WILLIAM, esq. of Weston Hall, in the county of York, m. Sarah, daughter and co-heiress of John Cooke, esq. of Swinton, in the same shire, by whom he has no issue. Mr. Vavasour succeeded to the estates of his family, and the representation of the ancient house of VAVASOUR, upon the decease of his brother in 1795. 6.75,

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Lineage.

The eminent family of VAVASOR, or VALVASOR (as Camden has it), derived their name from their office, being formerly king's valvasor, a degree then little inferior to the baronial. "There are," says Bracton, "for the civil government of mankind, emperors, kings, and princes, magnates or VALVASORS, and knights."

SIR Mauger le VAVASOR is mentioned in Doomsday Book, as holding in chief of the Percys, Earls of Northumberland, considerable manors and estates in Stutton, Eselewood, Saxall (Saxon), &c. He was father of another

SIR MAUGER LE VAVASOR, father of

SIR WILLIAM LE VAVASOR, lord of Haselwood, judge in the reign of Henry II. and one of the witnesses to the charter of the abbey of Sawley, in Yorkshire, refounded by Matilda de Percy, Countess of Warwick. To this abbey he himself also made a considerable donation of land. He was s. by his son,

SIR ROBERT LE VAVASOR, who in 21st Henry III. was high-sheriff of Nottingham and Derby; and from 31st of the same

reign having served for eight years successively. He had likewise the custody of the honor of Peverell. He m. Julian, daughter of Gilbert de Ross, of Steeton, by whom he had issue,

1. JOHN (Sir), his successor.

2. Maude, m. to Theobald, brother of Hubert, Archbishop of Canterbury, from whom descended the family of Butler, dukes, marquesses, and earls of Ormonde; and from whom also descended her majesty, Queen Elizabeth, by her grandfather, Sir Thomas Boleyne, created Earl of Wiltshire and Ormonde.

Sir Robert d. 38th Henry III. and was s. by his son,

selwood, who gave to the abbot and convent SIR JOHN LE VAVASOR, knt. Lord of Haof Thornton, to the church and canons of St. Peter in Howden, stone from his quarry in Theves-dale (now called Jackdaw Cragg), near Tadcaster, to build their churches, and repair other edifices. He m. Alice, daughter of Sir Robert Cockfield, knt. by whom he had, with a younger son, MALGER, of whose descendants we are about to treat,

Sir William le Vavasor, who s. his father at Haselwood, which he had license to castellate from King Edward I. in whose reign he was employed in the Gascoigne and Scotch wars; and was so esteemed, that he had summons to parliament among the barons, from 28th Edward I. to 6th of Edward II. He gave to the archbishop and chapter of York, from the abovementioned quarry in Theves-dale, the stone of which the noble edifice, the Minster, was erected. He also made and founded St. Leonard's Chapel, in his castle at Haselwood, which, on the foregoing

account, was made extra-parochial by the archbishop: the king's charter for the chapel is dated 29th April, 1286, Edward I.: the confirmation is dated 5th June, 1452, being the 31st of Henry VI. Sir Thomas Vavasor, the lineal descendant of this baron, so distinguished himself, with others of the nobility, by raising forces and equipping vessels to defend Queen Elizabeth against the Spanish armada, that the queen, in reward of this zeal, and out of particular regard for one of her maids of honor, who was a Vavasor, and acknowledged by her majesty as her kinswoman, would never suffer the chapel at Haselwood to be molested, where the Roman catholic rites still continue to be celebrated. Lord Vavasor m. Nichola, daughter of Sir Stephen Wallis, knt. of Newton, by whom he had issue three sons,

1. Robert, second Lord Vavasor, who was likewise employed against the Scots, and also had summons as a baron, 7th Edward II. He married, and left issue two daughters,

1. Elizabeth Vavasor, m. Sir Robert Strelly, of Nottinghamshire, in whose heirs it is supposed this barony still exists.

2. Ann.

Robert, Lord Vavasor, dying without issue male, was s. at Haselwood by his next brother, II. Sir Henry le Vavasor (second son of William, Baron Vavasor), who was the direct ancestor of Sir Thomas Vavasour, of Haselwood Castle, who was created a baronet in 1628, which dignity expired with the late Sir Thomas Vavasour, in 1826. The estates at Haselwood, &c. devolved by will upon his cousin, the Hon. Edward Marmaduke Stourton, (second son of Charles-Philip, sixteenth Lord Stourton, by Mary, daughter and co-heiress of Marmaduke, fifth and last Lord Langdale), who, changing his name to Vavasour, and being created a baronet, is the present Sir Edward-Marmaduke Vava

sour, of Haselwood, in the county of York.

III. William, of Deneby (now Danby), in Yorkshire, ancestor to the family (Scroop) in that place. Sir John le Vavasor of Haselwood was s. in his estates at Denton and Askwith by his second son,

SIR MALGER LE VAVASOR, knt. of Denton and Askwith, who m. Alice, daughter of William Duston, esq. and had issue,

1. MAUGER (Sir), who lived about the
3rd of Edward III. (1328), m. and left
issue,

1. William Vavasor, of Denton,
m. Agnes, daughter of Roger
Grymston, esq. and had issue,
Sir Mauger Vavasor, who left
issue by his wife Margaret,
Agnes Vavasor, m. Sir
Bernard Brocas, knt.
(from whom she was di-
vorced, and afterwards
m. Hen. Langfield, esq.)
by whom she had issue,
Sir Bernard Brocas,

knt. chamberlain to
Queen Anne, wife
of Richard II. He
was attainted and
executed for high
treason, 1st Henry
IV. and is buried in
St. Edmund's cha-
pel, in Westmin-
ster Abbey. He
left issue,

William Brocas, his son and heir,who made over his estate of Denton by deed of feoffment to Wil

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