JOHN MAYNE, who was born in 1512, d. | Quash, and by her, who died at Exeter, in in 1565, leaving three sons and one daughter, | 1650, had two sons, namely, namely, Walter, b. in 1542, d. in 1576, aged thirty-four. Cuthbert, b. in 1548, M.A. This learned divine was the first seminary priest from the English College at Douay that fell a victim to religious persecution. Holles, in his MS. History of Exeter, p. 358, observes, that "At the assizes kept at Launceston, 16th September, 1577, one Trejean and Thomas Harrys, schoolmaster, were condemned in a premunire for their popish belief, also Cuthbert Mayne, a priest, was attainted of high treason for a like reason." Cuthbert Mayne was chaplain to Francis Trejian, esq. of Golden, near Truro, and was hung, drawn, and quartered, and afterwards burnt at Lauceston, 29th November, 1577. His skull is preserved with due respect at Lanherne. " ALEXANDER, of whose line we have to treat. Alicia, b. in 1550, died 1616. The youngest son, ALEXANDER MAYNE, esq. of Hatherleigh, b. in 1549, sheriff of Exeter in 1597, died in 1617, and was interred at St. Petrochs, in that city. He had two sons and a daughter, viz. RICHARD, his heir. Jasper, b. in 1604, died and buried at Christchurch, Oxford, in 1672. Dr. Jasper Mayne was a learned and pious divine. He gave £500 towards rebuilding St. Paul's Cathedral.* Elizabeth, b. in 1599, m. in 1620 to Robert Trelawney, esq. of Plymouth. The elder son, RICHARD MAYNE, esq. b. in 1594, married at St. Mary's Taunton in 1618, Elizabeth, *The lives of these two divines, Dr. Jasper Mayne, and his nephew, the Rev. Zachary Mayne, are given in the "Athenæ Oxonienses," and by Prince in his "Worthies of Devon." See also Sir Richard Hoare's Wiltshire. "Of the very ancient family of Hele, fruitful as the county of Devon is known to have been in distinguished houses, it may with truth be stated, that it was one of the most eminent, the most widely spread, and the most affluent which even that quarter of England could boast of. When Matthew Hele, esq. of Holwell, served as sheriff of Devon, at the time of the Restoration, the branches of the family were so numerous, and all of such good estate within the county, that he assembled a grand jury, representing the body thereof, and seldom under twenty, all of his name and blood, gentlemen of estate and quality; "which made the judge observe when he heard Hele of Wisdom, esq. called, a gentil seat in the parish of Cornwood, that he thought they must be all de JOHN, his heir. Zachary, in holy orders, M.A. b. in 1631, m. at Honiton in 1662 Katharine, daughter and co-heir of Gabriel Barnes, esq. of that place, and dying at Exeter in 1694, left three sons, viz. GABRIEL, bapt. at Honiton in 1663, m. in 1692, Margaret, daughter and co-heir of Walter Hele, † esq. of Exeter, and dying in 1714, was buried at St. Martin's, ExeHe left three sons, ter. 1. WALTER, bapt. at St. Martin's aforesaid in 1700, m. in 1724, Mary, daughter of George Tillman, esq. of Devon, and dying in 1735, was buried at South Molton. He had issue, THOMAS, of whom hereafter as heir male of the family. John, b. in 1727, whose only son died s. p. Gabriel, b. at Colyton in 1732, died in London in 1788, leaving three sons, Gabriel, Thomas, and George. 2. Samuel, bapt. at St. Martin's in 1712, m. Esther Saunders, of Exeter, and d. in 1743, leaving a son, Samuel, born at Exeter, in 1738, m. in 1762, Mary, Hutchins, and d. in 1781, leaving issue,‡ 3. John, bapt. in 1709, settled in Maryland, North America. Joel, b. at Dalwood, in Dorset in 1674, m. Mary Waters, and died at Colyton, in Devon, in 1757, scended from Wisdom, in that they had acquired such considerable fortunes." [BURKE'S Extinct Baronetage, to which refer for ample particulars of the family of Hele, in all its branches.] The children of Samuel Mayne, by Mary Hutchins, his wife, were John Mayne, b. 1777, who m. at Madras in John-Chalmers, b. in London in 1818. Mary Mayne, m. in 1788, to John B. Cress- aged eighty-two, leaving a son, Samuel, (who had a son, Joel,) and two daughters, Catharine and Mary. Samuel (Dr.), b. at Dalwood in 1676, died and buried at Northampton in 1750, near Hannah, his wife, and John, his infant son. Richard Mayne died in 1643, and was buried at St. Petroch's, Exeter. His elder son, JOHN MAYNE, b. at Exeter in 1623, m. Faith Ceely, of Plymouth, and by her, who died in 1679, left at his decease in 1680, (being buried at St. Petroch's,) a daughter, Elizabeth, who died s. p. in 1703, and a son, CHRISTOPHER MAYNE, esq. b. at Exeter in 1655, who purchased in 1679, the estate of Teffont Ewyas, in the county of Wilts. He | m. Mary, daughter and co-heir (with Dinah, wife of Sir William Walrond, of Bradfield,) of Sir Thomas Mompesson, knt. by whom he acquired the adjoining manor, with a considerable estate at Chicks-grove, and had several children who all died unmarried, with the exception of Elizabeth, wife of John Smith, esq. of Oxenwood, Berks, who died s. p. and one son, West, London, Isabella, only daughter of Samuel Raymond, esq. of Belchamp Hall, Essex, but died without issue in 1785. His widow wedded secondly in 1788, Archibald, ninth Earl of Dundonald. Upon the demise of Mr. Mayne, the male representation of the family devolved on his kinsman, (the descendant of the Rev. Zachary Mayne, uncle to the purchaser of Teffont,) viz. on THOMAS MAYNE, who was b. at Colyton in 1725. He m. in 1748, at College Royal, London, Mary Chappell, and by her, who died in 1782, aged fifty-nine, left at his decease in 1787, with other children, who all d. s. p. a son, THOMAS MAYNE, born at Enfield, in Middlesex, in 1749, bapt. at Teffont. He m. in 1786, at St. Clement's Danes, London, Margaret, daughter of Robert Davis, of Carnarvon, and dying in 1819, was buried at Teffont, leaving a son, the present JOHN THOMAS MAYNE, esq. of Teffont. Arms Arg. on a bend engr. sa. three dexter hands couped at the wrists of the first; but the ensigns of the elder branch of this family were formerly "Gu. a fess arg. between four hands or." Crest-Out of a mural coronet or a dra JOHN MAYNE, esq. of Teffont Ewyas, b. there in 1688, who m. in 1722, Elizabeth, daughter, of Christopher Batt, esq. of Ken-gon's head erm. sington, and by her, who died in 1768, aged seventy-three, left at his decease in 1726, a son and successor, JOHN MAYNE, esq. of Teffont Ewyas, b. there in 1723, who m. at St. Dunstan's in the Motto-Anciently" Await the day." Modern "Virtuti fortuna comes." Estates-In Wiltshire. Seats - Teffont Ewyas Manor House, Wilts, and Halstead, Essex. SPENS, OF CRAIGSANQUHAR. SPENS, JAMES, esq. of Craigsanquhar, in the county of Fife, b. 5th November, 1761; m. first in 1787, Isabella-Elizabeth, daughter of John Macleod, esq. of Macleod, the nineteenth chief of that distinguished clan; secondly in 1797, Frances, youngest daughter of Sir John Stuart, bart. of Allanbank, in Berwickshire; and thirdly in 1804, Elizabeth-Joanna, second daughter of the late John Davidson, esq. of Ravelrig, in Midlothian, by Hannah, his wife, sister of the late Henry Mackenzie, author of the "Man of Feeling." By his first two wives, Col. Spens had no child, but by the third he has surviving issue, NATHANIEL, of Edinburgh. John, M.D. fellow of the Royal College of Physicians at Hannah. This gentleman was formerly lieut.-col. of the 73rd regiment. He is a justice of the peace and deputy lieutenant for the shire of Fife. Lineage. This is a scion of the very ancient stock of Spens, of Lathallan. (See p. 168.) THOMAS SPENS, the 16th laird, in succession, of Lathallan, in the county of Fife, m. Janet, daughter of Sir Robert Douglas, bart. of Glenbervie, and had issue, THOMAS, his heir, of Lathallan. Robert, who died unm. in the twenty- Janet, m. to John, eldest son of John NATHANIEL SPENS, M.D. of Edinburgh, purchased in 1792, the estate of Craigsanquhar, in Fifeshire, which anciently formed part of the Lathallan property, but had been disunited in 1524. Dr. Spens m. Mary, second daughter of the late James Milliken, esq. of Milliken, in Renfrewshire, by his wife sister of the late Colonel William Macdowall, of Garthland, and had issue, HARVEY, OF ICKWELL BURY. HARVEY JOHN, esq. of Ickwell Bury, in the parish of Northill, in the county of Bedford, and of Finningley Park, in the county of York, born 14th November, 1815, and succeeded his father, 20th June, 1819. Lineage. bridgeshire, as appears by the records thereof and Hervey, of Lyons, who in the reign of STEPHEN came into England and assisted that monarch in his wars with the Empress Maud. He held out the castle of Devizes for King STEPHEN, against the Earl of Gloucester, till he was forced to deliver it to the empress and retire beyond sea. HARVEY DE LEON, or de Montmarsh, delivered his castles in France to HENRY II. and went over to the first conquest of Ireland, (as appears by Camden's Observations on Ireland,) HENRY his son was in the wars with RICHARD I. and held in much esteem by King JOHN, (as appears by the grant of the forestership of New Forest, and Achilles Garth, and other lands, given him by that king.) From him descended This family is of great antiquity in England, being descended from Robert Fitz Harvey, (or de Hervé) a valiant soldier who came into England with WILLIAM the Conqueror, as appears by the chronicles of Normandy and England; of the same lineage was also Hervey (or Harvey,) first bishop of Ely, who founded the monastery of Thorney, in Cam JOHN HERVEY (or HARVEY), of Risley in Bedfordshire, who lived in the latter part of EDWARD III.'s reign, and m. Joan, daughter and heiress of John Hammond, (or Harmand,) of Thurleigh, in the said county, and became possessed of the lands of her inheritance. From him the Harveys of Thurleigh directly descended. This John was elected knight of the shire for the county of Bedford, in 1386. In the 4th year of HENRY IV. he was enabled by a license from that king to found a collegiate church at Northill, instead of the parish one, the license (a copy of which is now in the possession of John Harvey, esq. of Ickwell Bury,) was granted to Sir Gerard Braybrooke, knt. and others, to celebrate divine service and pray for the souls of Sir John Traylly, knt. and Reginald, his son, deceased. This church is the burial place of the Harveys of Ickwell Bury, and contains several handsome monuments of that family. He had two sons, JOHN, his heir, and Peter, from whom descended the Northamptonshire Harveys, of which line was Sir Francis Harvey, judge of the Common Pleas in the reign | of JAMES I. the son of whose younger brother was Martin Harvey, captain of a troop of horse in the reign of CHARLES I. and slain in his service. From the elder son, JOHN HARVEY, of Thurleigh, came the family of the present MARQUESs of Bristol, and that of the Harveys, of Cole Park, in the county of Wilts, of which latter about the year 1637, ROBERT HARVEY, m. Sarah, sister of Hugh Audley, esq. of the Inner Temple, and of Cole Park, in the parish of Malmsbury, in the county of Wilts. The issue of this mar The moated scite of an ancient castle still remains at Thurleigh, which tradition assigns as the ancient residence of this John Harvey. (Vide LYSON'S Britannia.) This Hugh inherited Cole Park, and had issue, John, buried in Malmsbury Abbey, the inscription on whose monument is as follows: "Sub hoc marmore reponuntur exuvia mortales Johannis Harvey de Cole Park in Paroch Malmesburiensi. Com. Wilts Armigeri. Nati Cantabrigiæ de familia ejusdem nominis in agro Bedfordiensi non minus antiqua, quam honorabili. Denati ædibus in Suis, in Magnum, et Suorum et proximorum omnium mærorem 27 die Februarii A. D. 1712. Etat. 44." The male issue of this branch becoming extinct, Cole Park became the property of John, eldest son of the aforesaid John Harvey, of Ickwell Bury, who in 1710, contested the county against Lord Russel and Mr. Gostwick, and in 1715, was returned together with Sir Pynsent Charnock, bart. The manor of Ickwell Bury was formerly the property of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, and was confiscated in the reign of HENRY VIII. as appears by the original grant now in possession of the present proprietor. A very handsome silver-mounted couteau de chasse was presented to this gentleman by the Prince of Hesse Cassel, in 1701, in consequence of his having saved the prince's life when exposed to imminent danger in a boar hunt; it is still in the possession of the family. | riage was Audley, (a cavalier in the reign of CHARLES I.) JOHN and Hugh,† (of the University of Cambridge.) The second son, JOHN HARVEY, esq. became possessed of the estates of Ickwell Bury, in the county of Bedford and Finningley Park, in the county of York. He married Mary Vassal, widow, and had issue, JOHN, b. 1667. Robert. William. Edmond. Samuel. The eldest son, JOHN HARVEY,§ esq. of Ickwell Bury, born in 1667, contested the county of Bedford in 1710, against Lord Russel and Mr. Gostwick, and in 1715, was returned with Sir Pynsent Chernock, bart. He m. Sarah Gore, widow, daughter and co-heir of Sir John Robinson, bart. of Farming Woods, in the county of Northampton, and had issue, JOHN, who m. Beatrice, daughter of JAMES, of whom presently. Ann, m. to Samuel Ongley, esq. of Old Warden, in Bedfordshire. The only son to leave issue, A singular circumstance likewise occurred during his life, at Finningley Park, which is thus described in the parish register: "These are to certifie, that I William Rowley, of Burton, county Lincoln, was parish clerk of Finningley, when the Rev. Mr. Barnardiston was rector of the same, and was an eye-witness of the following transaction, which happened (as I remember) on or about the month July, in the year of our Lord God, 1707, viz. Zechariah Bolton riding with his gun, on Mr. Barnardiston's bay horse, into Awkley Colt Field, found 5 staggs herded' about 200 yards west from bottom of the Long Hedge; he fired among them, and disabled one in the hinder parts, then quitting his horse, he caught the stagg by the hind leg, and called to Sarah Wood and myself (who were not far off) for help; but the stagg struggling and braying, the horse took him by the neck and beat him with his fore feet till he lay still, then we took him alive, laid him on the horse, and carried him to the parsonage house at Finningley, into the little court before the kitchen door, where he was killed and drest by order of John Harvey, esq. of Ickwell Bury, who was there present, and had before given us an order to go about the said transaction. The truth of this I am ready to attest upon oath if so required. Witness my hand this 25 day June, WILLIAM ROWLEY." 1739. There is a deer park at Finningley belonging to John Harvey, esq. William, d. unm. Edmond, rector, first, of Willian, James, in holy orders, who m. Catherine, daughter of the Rev. Henry Venn, rector of Yelling, in Huntingdonshire, and had one son, Edmond, and four daughters. Elizabeth, m. to Gervas Woodhouse, esq. of Owston House, in Lincolnshire, and had a son, the Rev. Gervas Henry Woodhouse. The elder son, JOHN HARVEY, esq. inherited the family estates from his uncle, became of Ickwell Bury, and served as high sheriff of Bedfordshire in 1781. He m. Sarah Silcock, and had issue, JOHN, his heir. Sarah, m. to William Astell, esq. of Everton House, Bedfordshire. (See vol. i. p. 540.) The only son and successor, JOHN HARVEY, esq. of Ickwell Bury, and Elizabeth, m. to Thomas Kington Bayly, Mr. Harvey was a deputy lieutenant for Bedfordshire, and served as its high sheriff in 1795. At the period of the French revolution, he raised, and supported chiefly at his own expense, a troop of volunteers called the Dismounted Bedfordshire Horse Artillery. He died 20th June, 1819, and was s. by his son, the present JOHN HARVEY, esq. of Ickwell Bury, and Finningley. Arms—Or, on a chev. gu. between three leopards' heads of the first, three trefoils, ppr. Crest-A leopard passant bezantee, gorged with a ducal coronet and chained, or, holding in his dexter paw a trefoil slipped, ppr. Motto-Recte faciendo niminem timeas. Estates-In the counties of Bedford, Herts, Middlesex, York, Lincoln, and Nottingham. Seats-Ickwell Bury, Bedfordshire, and Finningley Park, Yorkshire. PHIPPS, OF LEIGHTON HOUSE. PHIPPS, THOMAS-HENRY-HELE, esq. of Leighton House and Charlford, in the county of Wilts, b. 30th November, 1777; m. in 1799, Mary, only daughter and heir of R. Leckonby, esq. of Eccleston Hall, Lancashire, and has issue, THOMAS-HENRY-HELE, of Butleigh Court, Glastonbury, Richard-Leckonby, capt. 68th light infantry. Edward-James, in holy orders, rector of Devizes. Charles. Emma. Mr. Phipps, who succeeded his father, 10th September, 1790, is a magistrate and deputy lieutenant for the counties of Wilts and Somerset. He served the office of sheriff in 1804, and has been chairman of the Wilts quarter sessions, at Warminster, since 1808. |