son,

RICHARD BASKERVILLE, of Erdisley, living temp. EDWARD III. m. Isabella, daughter and heiress of Sir Walter Caveley,* knt. by whom he had a son, his successor,

SIR RICHARD BASKERVILLE, knt. who sued out his livery in the 17th RICHARD II. He m. Joan, daughter of Adam de Everingham, of Laxton, and dying 16th September, 1395, was s. by his son,

SIR JOHN BASKERVILLE, knt. living in the reign of HENRY IV. This gentleman m. Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of John Brugge, of Letton and Slanton, and had issue,

JOHN (Sir), his successor.

Ralph, b. 21st October, 1410, who m.
Anne, daughter and co-heiress of Sir
John Blackett, knt. and left an only
daughter and heiress,

JANE, m. to Simon Milbourne, of
Tillington.

Sir John Baskerville was s. by his eldest

son,

SIR JOHN BASKERVILLE, knt. of Combe,

nington, of Westhide, in the county of Hereford. 3. Jane, m. to Thomas Pembruge, of Mansel Gamage, in the county of Hereford.

III. Henry.
IV. Humphrey.

v. Sibill, m. to Richard Rowden, of Rowden.

Sir John d. 23rd December, 1455, and was s. by his eldest son,

SIR JAMES BASKERVILLE, knt. of Erdisley, sheriff of Hereford, 38th HENRY VI.

4th EDWARD IV. and 14th HENRY VII.

which office had been frequently filled by his ancestors. This gentleman espoused Sibill, daughter of Walter Devereux, Lord Ferrers, of Chartley,* and had issue, 1. WALTER (Sir) his heir.

II. John, who espoused Alice, daughter and heiress of John Bridges, of Hereford, and had a son,

HENRY BASKERVILLE, who m. Anne, daughter of John Rufford, of the county of Gloucester, and had surviving issue,

1. SIR THOMAS BASKERVILLE, knt. of Goodrest, in the county of Warwick, general of the English army in Picardy, who m. Mary, dau. of Sir Thomas Throgmorton, of Troitworth, and dying in 1597, left a son and heir,

Through this alliance the Baskervilles derive from the blood royal.

1. JAMES (Sir), his successor. II. John, who wedded Eleanor, daughter and heiress of Thomas Holcot, of Wotton, and became possessed of that estate in right of his wife. He

was father of

William Baskerville, of Wotton, who left three daughters, his coheirs, viz.

1. Eleanor.

2. Joane, m. to Richard Mo

with other issue,

THE PRINCESS JOAN OF ACRES, (his second daughter), who espoused Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester, and had, inter alios,

LADY ELEANOR DE CLARE, eldest daughter and co-heir to her brother Gilbert, Earl of Gloucester. Gloucester, one of the hapless favorites of EDHer ladyship m. Hugh Le Despencer, Earl of she was mother of WARD II. by whom (who was beheaded in 1326)

SIR EDWARD LE DESPENCER, who m. Anne, daughter of Henry, Lord Ferrers, of Groby, and dying in 1342, left an only son,

HANNIBAL BAskerville, esq. lord of the manor of Sunningwell, in the county of Berks, whom. his first cousin, Mary, dau. of Capt. Michael Baskerville, and relict of John Morgan, esq. by whom he had sixteen

sons and two daughters. 2. CAPTAIN MICHAEL BASKERVILLE, an officer in the low countries, who m. Constance, daughter of George Huntley, esq. and left a daughter, Mary, m. to her cousin, Hannibal Baskerville, esq. 3. John,

4. Arnold, d.

d. s. p. III. Philip, who left issue, THOMAS, of Netherwood, from whom sprang the Baskervilles of Netherwood, now extinct. Edward.

James, of Kyre Park, in the county of Hereford, who espoused Izaed, daughter of Bulkeley, esq. of the county of Hants, and relict of Sir Francis Willoughby, by whom he had issue,

James, who was drowned in

the river Wye.

Catherine, m.to Richard Tom

liament as BARON DESPENCER, from 15th December, 1357, to 6th October, 1372, being also honoured with the Garter. His lordship m. Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Bartholomew de Burghersh, Baron Burghersh, and had, with other issue,

MARGARET LE DESPENCER, who m. Robert, Lord Ferrars, of Chartley, by whom she left at her decease, 3rd HENRY V. a son and successor,

EDMUND LORD FERRARS, of Chartley, who m. Eleanor, daughter and co-heiress of Sir Thomas de la Roche, knt. Baron of Roche, in the county of Pembroke, and was s. by his elder son,

WILLIAM LORD FERRARS, of Chartley, who m. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Hamon Belknap, knt. and dying 28th HENRY VI. left an only daughter and heiress,

ANNE FERRARS, who espoused Walter Devereux, esq. (who became Baron Ferrars, of Chartley, in right of his wife), and had issue,

JOHN, Lord Ferrars, of Chartley.

SIBELL, m. (as stated above) to SIR JAMES BASKERVILLE, knt. of Erdisley.

kyns, esq. of Moningtonupon-Wye.

m. to Hardwicke, esq.

of Hardwicke.

Mary, m. first, to John Scuadmore, esq. of Thrurpton; secondly, to James Garnons, esq. of Trelough; and thirdly, to William Parry,

esq. Honor.

Sir James Baskerville was s. by his son,

SIR WALTER Baskerville, knt. of Erdisley, sheriff of Hereford, 9th of EDWARD IV. who was created a knight of the bath, on the marriage of Prince ARTHUR, in 1501. He m. first, Anne, daughter of Morgan ap Jenkin ap Philip, of Pencoyd, and had issue, I. SIR JAMES BASKERVILLE, knt. of Erdisley, who m. Elizabeth, daughter and co-heir of John Breynton, of the county of Hereford, and had, with several daughters, five sons, viz. 1. JAMES (Sir), of Erdisley, sheriff of Hereford 34th of HENRY VIII. m. Catherine, daughter of Walter, Viscount Hereford, but d. s. p. in 1573.

2. JOHN, of Erdisley, whose male
line terminated in 1617, upon the
demise, issueless, of his great
grandson, SIR HUMPHREY BAS-
KERVILLE, knt. of Eardesley, she-
riff of Hereford in 1610.
3. THOMAS (Sir), of Brinsop, county
of Hereford, called in Nash's
Worcestershire, of Wolves Hill,
in the county of Worcester. This
gentleman m. Eleanor, dau. and
co-heir of Richard Abington,
esq. of Brockhampton, in the
county of Hereford, and relict
of John Dansey, esq. of Brinsop,
by whom he had an only daughter
and heiress,

ELEANOR, m. to John Talbot, esq. of Grafton, by whom she was mother of JOHN, tenth Earl of Shrewsbury. 4. Walter, of Erdisley, who m. Jane, relict of Thomas Thame, of Stovil or Stowell, but d. s. p. 5. HUMPHREY, of Aberedow and Lambedr, in the county of Radnor, which estates he acquired in marriage with Eleanor, dau. and heiress of John ap Gwillem. His

great-great-great grandson and representative,

THOMAS BASKERVILLE, esq. espoused in 1700, Sybill, daughter of Collins, esq. of Bryngwyn, in the county of Radnor, and was s. by his son, THOMAS BASKERVILLE, esq. of Aberedow Court, who m. Meliora, eldest daughter of Richard Baskerville, esq. of Richardston, in Wiltshire, by Jane, daughter of Sir William Gore, knt. and left at his decease an only daughter and heiress,

PHILIPPA, who m. in 1767, the Reverend John Powell, of Penland, in the county of Radnor, by whom (who d. in 1819) she had an only daughter and heiress, MELIORA, m. in 1787,

to PETER RICHARDS-MYNORS, esq. of Treago.

II. John, (second son of Sir Walter
Baskerville, by the daughter of Ap
Philip) who left a son Henry.

III. Thomas, of Pontrilas.*

IV. Elizabeth, wife of Kynard Delabere, or according to some, of Sanacre Delabere, of Kynardsley.

Sir Walter m. secondly, Elizabeth, daughter of Henry ap Melo ap Harry, of Poston, by whom he had further issue,

v. Philip. VI. Edward. VII. William.

• This gentleman left an illegitimate son, WALter Baskerville, of Pontrilas, who m. Jane, dau. and co-heir of Richard Monington, esq. of Westhide, and Joan, his wife, daughter and co-heir of John Baskerville, esq. of Wotton, by whom he had a son and successor, JAMES BASKERVILLE, of Pontrilas, of whom it is recorded, that by two wives he had thirty children, and nearly as many by concubines, and it is further related, that he shewed to King JAMES fifty stout sons. He m. Sybille, second daughter of Sir Humphrey Baskerville, of Erdesley, knt. and was s. by his son, WALTER BASKERVILLE, of Pontrilas, who m. Ann, daughter of Henry Vaughan, esq. of Moccas, and was s. by his son,

HUMPHREY BASKERVILLE, of Pontrilas, who m. Anne, daughter of Sir Thomas Aubrey, knt. and had two daughters, his co-heirs, viz.

1. MARY, m. first, to Sir Edward Morgan, bart. of Lantarnam, in the county of Monmouth, and secondly, to John Howe, esq. a privy-councillor and vice-admiral, of the county of Gloucester, paymaster-general of the guards and garrisons, by the latter of whom she had a son,

JOHN HOWE, elevated to the peerage 14th GEORGE II. as BARON CHEDWORTH, (see Burke's Extinct Peerage).

2. Cecil, m. to Bartholomew Games, esq. of the family of Aberbran, in the county of Brecon.

rive Grubbe of Potherne, and Ben

son of Salisbury.

5. Catharine, m. to Henry Grubbe, esq. 6. Elizabeth, m. to John, son and heir

of Sir John Lambe, knt. of Colston. 7. Anne, m. to John Polwhele, esq. of Polwhele, and from this marriage lineally derives the present

REVEREND RICHARD POLWHELE,

of Polwhele, the well-known antiquary of Cornwall and Devon. 8. Mary, m. to William Riven, esq. The only surviving son and heir,

FRANCIS BASKERVILLE, esq. b. in 1615, m. in April, 1635, Margaret, second daughter of John Glanvill, esq. of Broadhinton, in the county of Wilts, (afterwards Sir John Glanvill, knt.) by whom, who d. 28th March, 1696, he had, with four daughters, three sons, viz.

WALTER, d. s. p. in 1696.
THOMAS.

Francis, living in 1650.
The second son,

THOMAS BASKERVILLE, esq. m. Mary, daughter of Richard Jones, esq. of Hareham, in the county of Gloucester, and had, with veral other children, (who appear to have all d. issueless,)

RICHARD, eldest surviving son, and successor to his father.

George, of Winterbourne Basset, who
d. 20th May, 1755, at the age of se-
venty-three, leaving, with other issue,
a daughter,

Jane, m. to her cousin, Thomas
Baskerville, esq.

Thomas Baskerville was s. at his decease by his eldest surviving son,

RICHARD BASKERVILLE, esq. of Richardston, who espoused Jane, daughter of Sir William Gore, knt. of Barrow Court, in the county of Somerset, and widow of Raymond, esq. by whom he had issue,

1. THOMAS, his successor.

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1. PETER RICKARDS-MY-
NORS, esq. of Treago,
(see that family).
2. THOMAS BASKERVILLE,
of whom presently, as
successor to his relative,
Colonel Baskerville.
3. Meliora, m. in 1815, to
Hugh-Hovell Farmer,
esq. of Dunsinane, in
the county of Wexford,
and has issue.

Mrs. Rickards-Mynors espoused, secondly, Jaspar Farmer, esq. but dying in 1829, left no further issue. III. Jane, m. to Thomas Roding, esq. of Salisbury, and d. s. p.

Mr. Baskerville, of Richardston, d. 14th September, 1739, aged seventy-two, and was s. by his only surviving son,

THOMAS BASKERVILLE, esq. who espoused his cousin, Jane, daughter of George Baskerville, esq. of Winterbourne Basset, and left issue at his decease, in 1758, (with a daughter, Meliora, who d. unmarried, in 1773) a son and successor,

THOMAS BASKERVILLE, esq. lieutenantcolonel of the 60th regiment of foot, who m. first, Anne, only daughter of the Rev. James O'Neile, of Ballyshannon, in the county of Donegal, and secondly, Jane, youngest dau. of Thomas Bishop, esq. of Kinsale, but having no issue by either of these ladies, his estates devolved, at his decease in 1817, upon his cousin,

THOMAS - BASKERVILLE MYNORS, esq.

who assumed, in 1818, (as stated above,) the surname and arms of BASKERVILLE, of which very ancient house himself and his brother, Peter Rickards-Mynors, esq. are the representatives.

PHILIPPA, who m. in 1767, the Rev. John Powell, of Penland, and had an only daughter and heiress, MELIORA POWELL, who m. first, in 1787, PETER RICKARDSMYNORS, esq. of Treago, by whom (who d. in 1794) she had issue,

head

Crest-A wolf's head erased arg. holding in its mouth a broken spear; staff or, arg. imbued gu.

Motto Spero ut fidelis. Estates-In Wilts, Herefordshire, Hants, Dorset, and Berks.

Seats-Rockley House, near Marlborough, Wilts; and Clyro Court, in the county of Radnor.