SIR ARTHUR GORE (second son), who settled at Newtown-Gore, in the county of Mayo, and was created a baronet 10th April, 1662. In 1666 he had a grant of the lands of Newtown, with the creation of the whole into the manor of Castle-Gore. Sir Arthur m. Eleanor, daughter of Sir George St. George, bart. of Carrick, in the county of Leitrim, and had, with other issue, 1. PAUL, ancestor of the Earls of Arran, d. vitâ patris. 2. Arthur. 3. WILLIAM, of whom presently. The third son, WILLIAM GORE, esq. of Woodford, in the county of Leitrim, represented that county in parliament. He m. Catherine, daughter of Sir Thomas Newcomen, bart. of the county of Longford, and had issue, 1. WILLIAM, his successor. 2. Robert, who m. Letitia, daughter of Henry Brooke, esq. of Colebrooke, i in the county of Fermanagh, and left, at his decease, in 1767, a son, WILLIAM, who succeeded his uncle. 3. Sarah, m. to Sir Arthur Newcomen, bart. of Mosstown. Mr. Gore d. in 1729, and was s. by his elder son, WILLIAM GORE, esq. of Woodford, M.P. for the county of Leitrim, who m. in 1733, Sarah, youngest sister of John, Earl of Darnley, and had an only son, William, who d. young. Mr. Gore d. in 1769, and thus leaving no legitimate issue, was s. by his nephew, WILLIAM GORE, esq. M. P. for the county of Leitrim, b. in 1744. This gentleman m. Frances-Jane-Gorges Gore, only daughter and heir of Ralph Gore, esq. of Barrowmount, M.P. for Kilkenny, and widow of Sir Haydocke Evans Morres, bart. and dying in 1815, left a son, WILLIAM, the present proprietor. FAMILIES OF OWEN AND ORMSBY. hwyvan, daughter of William ap Meredith ap Rys, and was s. by his son, OWEN AP ROBERT, of Bodsilin. This gentleman m. Ankaret, daughter and heir of David ap William, ap Griffith, ap Robyn, esq. and left a son, JOHN OWEN, esq. secretary to Lord Walsingham, who m. ELLEN, daughter and heir of WILLIAM-WYNNE MAURICE, esq. of Clenneney, by whom (who espoused, secondly, Hon. Sir Francis Eure, younger son of William Lord Eure, and d. in 1626) he had a son and successor, SIR JOHN OWEN,* knt. of Clenneney, a colonel in the army, and vice admiral of North Wales. This gentleman espoused Jennet, daughter of Griffith Vaughan, esq. of Corsygedol, and was, in 1666, s. by his Regali jam Sanguine imbutas Unde Supplex sese obsessum redimerat, famæ plus,quam vitæ, sollicito, tale λúčov displicuit. MEYRICK, Son of Llewellyn, lineally des- Voluerisq: fati tardavit alas, donec senex lætissimus cended from Hwfa ap Gyndellw, one of the fifteen patriarchs of North Wales, m. Margaret, daughter of Evan Vychan, son of Evan ap Adam, of Moyston, and left a son, JOHN AP MEYRICK, who m. Ankaret, daughter of Griffith ap Howell, ap David, ap Meredith, and left a son, ROBERT AP JOHN, who espoused Gwen Carolum secundum et sibi et suis restitutum viderat. expiravit, Atq: hic cum charissimâ conjuge Jonetta filia ELENA OWEN SIR ROBERT OWEN, knt. of Porkington and Clenneney, M.P. This gentleman m. Margaret, daughter and heir of Owen Wynne, esq. of Glynn, in the county of Merioneth, and was s. at his decease, in 1698, by his son, WILLIAM OWEN, esq. of Porkington, who m. Mary, only daughter of the very Rev. Henry Godolphin, dean of St. Paul's, and provost of Eaton, sister of Francis, last Lord Godolphin, of Helston, and dying in 1768, left two sons and two daughters, all of whom died unmarried, with the exception of the eldest daughter, MARGARET OWEN, who at length became heir, and in 1777, m. OWEN ORMSBY, esq. of Willowbrook, in the county of Sligo, and conveyed to him the estates of Porkington. (Mr. Ormsby was son and heir of William Ormsby, esq. M.P. for the county of Sligo, by Hannah, daughter of Owen Wynne, esq. of Haslewood, in the county of Sligo.) Mr. Ormsby d. in 1804, and his widow in 1806, leaving an only child and heiress, MARY-JANE ORMSBY, who represents name of ORMSBY, and is the present WILLIAM ORMSBY-GORE. Arms-First, quarterly; first and fourth gu. a fesse between three cross crosslets, fitchée or, for GORE. Second and third gu. a bend between six cross crosslets, fitchée or (a canton arg. charged with a rose of the field, for distinction, for ORMSBY). Second GORE. Third arg. a whirlpool az. for GORGES. Fourth, arg. a chevron sa. between three coots ppr. for COOTE. An escutcheon of pretence. First, ORMSBY, (without the canton.) Second, sa. three chess rooks arg. a chief or, a coat of augmentation. Third, gu. a chevron between three lions rampant or, for OWEN. Fourth, MAURICE. Fifth, LACON. Sixth, gu. an eagle displayed with two heads between three fleurs-de-lis arg. for GODOL PHIN. Crests-First, an heraldic tiger, rampant arg. ducally gorged or, for GORE. Second, a dexter arm, embowed, in armour, ppr. charged with a rose gu. holding in the hand a man's leg also in armour, couped at the thigh, for ORMSBY. the ancient NOBLE FAMILY OF GODOL- Motto-In hoc signo vinces. Estates-In Shropshire, Carnarvonshire, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire, Denbighshire, Sligo, Mayo, Leitrim, Roscommon, and Westmeath. Town Residence-Portland Place. MYNORS, OF TREAGO. MYNORS-RICKARDS, PETER, esq. of Treago, in the county of Hereford, b. in 1787, m. in 1817, Mary-Elizabeth, daughter of EdmundTrowbridge Halliday, esq. of Chapel Cleeve, in Somersetshire, (lineally descended from Sir Leonard Halliday, Lord Mayor of London), and has issue, ROBERT-BASKErville Rickards, b. in 1819. Walter-Baskerville, b. in 1826. Mr. Mynors s. his father in 1794, and served the office of Sheriff for the county of Radnor, in 1825. He is a deputy lieutenant and magistrate for Herefordshire and Radnorshire. Lineage. In the Roll of Battel Abbey, the name of | MYNORS, the founder of this family, appears as one of the esquires attendant upon the CONQUEROR, and TREAGO has been in their possession since the conquest. JOHN DE MINERS, of Triago, was sheriff of Herefordshire, in the 16th HENRY III. and was constituted by EDWARD II. keeper of the castle of St. Briavel, and of the forest of Dene. He was s. by his son, SIR ROGER MINERS, knt. who m. Joan, daughter of Sir Lawrence Bostock, knt. third son of Bostock, of Cheshire, and was s. by his son, RICHARD MINERS, who espoused Margaret, daughter and co-heiress of Sir Gerard de Furnival, and niece of the Lord Furnival, temp. Edward I. and was s. by his son, ROGER MINERS, who m. Margaret, daughter and heiress of John-de-la-Hay, ofWellington, and was s. by his son, PHILIP MINERS, who m. Alice, daughter of William ap Jenkin ap Jerworth, and was s. by his son, PAGANUS MINERS, who was s. by his * This gentleman had a grant for life from the crown, 12th September, 1626 (1 CHARLES I.) of the office and offices of master and worker of monies to be coined in the Tower of London; and, on the 8th of November following, an indenture was made between the king and Sir Robert, for coining the monies of silver and gold, according to his letters patent. To this office was annexed a salary After the of four thousand pounds per annum. king's murder, the parliament having ordered a new coin to be stamped, Sir Robert Harley refused JENKIN MINERS, who m. Eva, daughter to coin with any other stamp than that of the king: of John Michell, and left a son and successor, whereupon the parliament ordered a trial of the RICHARD MINERS, who was sheriff of pixe to be made at Sir Robert's expense, and reHerefordshire in 16th HENRY VII. (anno moved him from his place. While he had enjoyed 1500). He m. Joan, daughter of Gwillim ap | it, to the great improvement of our coin, he introThomas ap Llewellyn ap Howell ap Gy-duced the famous artist, Thomas Symonds, to be lough, and was s. by his son, engraver of the dies for the mint. son, CHARLES I. and was s. at his decease by his son, ROWLAND MYNORS, esq. who m. Theodosia, daughter of Sir Percival Willoughby, knt. of Wollaton, in Nottinghamshire, and dying in 1651, was s. by his son, ROBERT MYNORS, esq. b. in 1616; who m. in 1649, Eliza, daughter of James Oswald, esq. and had issue, ROBERT, his successor. Theodosia, who m. first, Roger Boulcot, esq. of Hereford, and had an only daughter and heiress, THEODOSIA BOULCOT, who m. Peter Rickards, esq. of Evenjobb, in Radnorshire, and left a son, PETER RICKARDS, esq. who m. Catharine Witherstone, daughter of Edward Witherstone, esq. of the county of Hereford, and dying in 1780, left a son, PETER RICKARDS, of whom presently, as inheritor of the estates of the MYNORS. Theodosia Mynors espoused, secondly, Richard Witherstone, esq. of the Lodge, and had a son, EDWARD WITHERSTONE, who m. Anne Barrett, and left at his decease an only daughter and heiress, CATHARINE WITHERSTONE, who espoused, as stated above, her kinsman, PETER RICKARDS. Mr. Mynors d. 23rd of August, 1672, and was s. by his son, ROBERT MYNORS, esq. b. in April, 1654, m. Eliza, daughter of William Adams, esq. of Monmouth, and was s. by his son, ROBERT MYNORS, esq. sheriff of Herefordshire in 1735, who m. Thomasine, daughter of Thomas Gouge, esq. of London, and dying 10th June, 1742, was s. by his son, dosia, daughter of Robert Mynors, fourteenth Lord of Treago). PETER RICKARDS, esq. who assumed, in 1787, the additional surname of MyNORS. He m. Meliora, daughter and heiress of the Rev. J. Powell (by Philippa, daughter and heiress of Thomas Baskerville, esq. of Aberedow, in the county of Radnor, by Meliora, daughter of Richard Baskerville, esq. of Richardston, in the county of Wilts), and had issue, PETER RICKARDS-MYNORS, present pro- Meliora, m. in 1815, to H. H. Farmer, Mr. Rickards-Mynors d. in 1794, and was s. by his eldest son, the present PETER RICKARDS MYNORS, esq. of Treago. FAMILY OF BASKERVILLE. The BASKERVILLES of Erdesley (the name of whose patriarch is to be found inscribed on the roll at Battel Abbey) were for many reigns champions to the kings of England, and were sheriffs of the county of Hereford twenty-one times. Camden, in his Britannica, in the account of Herefordshire, observes: Erdesley, where the famous and ancient family of BASKERVILLE have long inhabited, which bred in old time so many noble knights; they deduce their original from a niece of Gunora, that most celebrated Norman lady, who long ago flourished in this county and its neighbour Shropshire; and held the hamlet of Lanton in capite, as of the honour of Montgomery by the service of giving the king one barbed arrow as often as he came into those parts to hunt in Cornedon Chase." SIR ROBERT BASKERVILLE, knt. of Erdesley Castle, in the county of Hereford, m. the daughter of Rees, of Wallia, and was s. by his son, ROBERT MYNORS, esq. who served the office of sheriff of the county of Hereford in 1758. He m. Mary, daughter and heiress of Thomas Parry, esq. of Arkston, by whom (who espoused, secondly, Charles Morgan, esq. of Ruperra, second son of Thomas Morgan, esq. of Tredegar) he had no issue. He d. in 1765, when the estates and representation of the Mynors' family passed to his kinsman (refer to descendant of Theo-cendant, SIR RALPH BASKERVILLE, living temp. Henry II. from whom we pass to his des SIR RICHARD BASKERVILLE, one of the knights of the shire for the county of Hereford, to whom, in 1300, the writ was issued for the observation of the charter of forests. He was sheriff of Herefordshire in the 8th of EDWARD II. (anno 1315). He d. in the reign of EDWARD III. leaving by his wife Joanna, daughter of Sir Richard Poyntz, or Poynings, a son and successor, SIR RICHARD BASKERVILLE, whose son, SIR RICHARD Baskerville, was in ward to King RICHARD II. and attained majority in the 17th of that prince. He d. in 1395. His grandson, SIR JOHN BASKERVILLE, knt. espoused Eliza, daughter of John Touchet, Lord Audley, and was s. by his son, SIR JAMES BASKERVILLE, who was sheriff of Hereford in the 38th HENRY VI. He m. Sybella, daughter of Sir Walter Devereux, Lord Ferrers, of Chartley, and was s. by his son, SIR WALTER BASKERVILLE, who served the office of sheriff of Herefordshire in the 9th of EDWARD IV. and was made a Knight of the Bath at the marriage of Prince Arthur in 1501. He m. a daughter of Morgan John ap Phillips, of Pencote, and dying 4th September, 1508, was s. by his son, SIR JAMES BASKERVILLE, knt. who m. Elizabeth, daughter of John Abreyton, otherwise Breynton, and had issue, JAMES (Sir), who m. Katherine, daughter of Walter, Viscount Hereford, but does not appear to have had issue. John, whose line ceased with his greatgrandson, HUMPHREY BASKERVILLE, in 1617. Thomas (Sir), d. s. p. m. Walter, d. s. p. Humphrey. Sir James d. 13th November, 1546, and as the line of the family eventually proceeded from his youngest son, we pass at once to that person, HUMPHREY BASKERVILLE, who m. Eleanora, daughter and heir of John Aguilliam, of LAMBEDR and ABEREDOW, both in the county of Radnor, and was s. by his son, JOHN BASKERVILLE, whose great-greatgrandson, THOMAS BASKERVILLE, esq. m. Sybella, daughter of Collins, of Bryngwyn, and was s. by his son, THOMAS BASKERVILLE, esq. who espoused Meliora, daughter of Richard Baskerville, esq. of Winterbourne, and dying in November, 1740, left an only daughter and heiress, PHILIPPA BASKERVILLE, who m. the Rev. John Powell, and left an only daughter and heiress, MELIORA POWELL, who m. first, PETER RICKARDS MYNORS, esq. of Enjobb, in the county of Radnor, and was mother of the present PETER - RICKARDS MYNORS, esq. She espoused, secondly, Jaspar Farmer, esq. Arms-Sa. an eagle displayed or, on a chief az. bordured arg. a chev. between two crescents in chief and a rose in base of the second. |