Lineage. The PHIPPS family has for a very long period been settled in the county of Wilts. NICHOLAS PHIPPS, living in 1568, had estates in the parish of Westbury, and was lord of the manor of Leigh. He left three sons, viz. I. NICHOLAS, father of William, who m. THOMAS PHIPPS, esq. of Heywood unm. 1775. esq. of Bruton and Hadspen, in the county of Somerset, two sons, viz. WILLIAM, sheriff of Wilts in 1754, who d. s. p. in 1770. Wilton, who died in 1742. THOMAS, of whom presently. The second son, THOMAS PHIPPS esq. of Leighton House, Wiltshire, a magistrate for that county, served the office of sheriff in 1734, and represented the borough of Westbury in parliament. He m. 21st March, 1705, Christian, only daughter of Thomas Warren, esq. of Warminster and Sutton Magna, in.Wiltshire, and dying in 1747, was s. by his son, THOMAS PHIPPS, esq. of Leighton House, receiver general for Wiltshire, during fiftyseven years, who was in commission of the peace for Wilts and Somerset, and served the office of sheriff in 1774. He m. Jane, daughter and co-heir of Henry Hele, esq. of Sarum, M.D. and had issue, THOMAS-HELE, his heir. Maria, m. to Bryan Edwards, esq. M.P. for Southampton, author of the History of Jamaica. Mr. Phipps was s. by his son, THOMAS-HELE PHIPPS, esq. of Leighton House, who m. Penelope, daughter of Lewis Clutterbuck, esq. of Widcombe House, near Bath, and by her, who wedded, secondly, Gilbert Trowe Beckett Turner, esq. of Penleigh House, Wilts, high sheriff in 1807, had issue, THOMAS-HENRY-HELE, his heir. Charles-Lewis, of Wans House, Wilts, Paul, lieut.-col. in the army, b. 18th Mr. Phipps d. 10th September, 1790, and was s. by his son the present THOMAS HENRY HELE PHIPPS, esq. of Leighton House. Arms—Sa. a trefoil slipped between eight mullets arg. Crest-A lion's jamb erect sa. holding a trefoil slipped arg. Estates Leighton House, Dilton or Dulton, the Broke House estates (which give title to Lord Willoughby de Broke) Storridge Lodgwood, &c. all in Wiltshire. Seat-Leighton House, Wilts. LYNES, OF TOOLEY PARK. LYNES, The Reverend JOHN, L. L. B. and F. S. A. of Tooley Park, in the county of Leicester, and of Hatton, in the county of Warwick; b. 24th February, 1782; m. 17th September, 1822, Caroline Sobieski, eldest daughter of John Wynne, esq. late of Garthmeilio, in the county of Denbeigh, by Sarah Anne his wife, only surviving daughter and heiress of the Rev. Samuel Parr, LL.D. of Hatton, and prebendary of St. Paul's Cathedral, and has issue, MB M Augusta-Sarah. Emma-Catherine. The Rev. John Lynes is the incumbent of Hatton, and a magistrate for the county of Worcester. Lineage. JOHN LYNES, of Corley, who, by his wife, (who was buried at Corley, 6th May, 1723,) had issue, 1. Thomas, baptized and buried in 1669. II. JOHN, of whom presently. 1. Mary, bapt. 29th December, 1670, m. 5th January, 1688, to John Stone, gent. of Allesley, in the county of Warwick. Families of this name have been resident | 1561,) several sons, from one of them deat Corley and Fillingley, in the county of scended, Warwick, from a very early period, and they are reputed to be descendants of LENINNUS, who lived at Fillingley in the Conqueror's time; for according to Doomsday Book, Fillingley was at that time rated at two hides, and possessed by several persons. Half a hide thereof the bishop of Constance had there, held by Leninnus, and valued at xxx3. whereof the woods extended to two furlongs in length, and one in breadth; and there is a tradition in this family, borne out by the earliest records they possess, that Woods in Corley and Fillingley were in their possession in the time of the Saxons. The one in Corley was sold some time ago, by the father of the present representative of the family, the same having been in the possession of his ancestor at the time of the Conquest, and had been from that period handed down from father to son, until it came into the possession of the late Mr. Lynes. The one in Fillingley was in possession of John Lynes, of Heigham, at the time of his decease in 1824. THOMAS LYNES, living at Corley, in the reigns of HENRY VIII. and Queen ELIZABETH, had by his wife, Christian, (whom he inarried at Corley, on the 10th November, 1. Anne, bapt. 2nd April, 1677, m. 13th May, 1695, William Ashbourne, gent. of Kearsley, within the city of Coventry, and left issue, 1. William, living at Kearsley in 1722. John Lynes was buried at Corley, 7th July, 1727, and was succeeded by his only surviving son, JOHN LYNES, of Corley, who was baptized there, 16th September, 1673, and married in October, 1698, Sarah, daughter and coheiress of William Weaman, gent. of Allesley, and had issue by her, (who was buried at Corley, 29th November, 1721,) JOHN, of Corley, of whom presently. William, of Kearsley, bapt. at Corley, 27th January, 1707, and by Mary, his wife, had issue, * See the pedigree of Dr. Parr, in Nicholl's History of Leicestershire, title Hinckley. The following arms were granted to the Rev. John Lynes, in behalf of his wife, Caroline Sobieski, and to her sister, Augusta Eliza Wynne, (now the wife of Captain Sir John Marshall, R. N. C.B. K.C.H.) as the two representatives of the Rev. Dr. Samuel Parr, "Ermine two bars azure, each charged with as many crosses patee or, a bordure engrailed sable, thereon four escallops and as many roses alternately argent." And for the crest of Parr, "On a wreath of the colours a mount vert, therefrom issuing in front of a pear tree, fructed proper, a rose tree vert bearing five roses gules, barbed and seeded, also proper." John, bapt. 14th April, 1733. A daughter married to Mr. Darby, | of Atherstone. A daughter, married to Mr. Gee, of Coventry. Thomas, bapt. May, 1712, and died at Coventry. He married Miss Kiss, of Red Hall, near Barwell, in the county of Leicester, (who was buried at Corley, 1st August, 1756,) and had issue, John, of Higham, in the county of William, bapt. 1755, and buried in 1756. Ann, bapt. 1699, and buried in 1700. Sarah, bapt. 5th April, 1701, married John Geary, gent. of Atterton in the county of Warwick, and had issue, 1. John Geary, of Atterton. John Lynes married secondly, 16th October, 1722, Miss Eliza More, of Coundon, and thirdly, Mary who survived him, and afterwards married Mr. Chater. He was buried at Corley, 10th March, 1747, and was succeeded by his eldest son, JOHN LYNES, of Corley, who was bapt. 4th April, 1702. He married in 1722, Mary, relict of Jeffery Dixon, gent. of Twycross, in the county of Leicester, and had issue, He married secondly, Miss Sarah Lant, of Coventry, and had Sarah, who married William Worthington, gent. of Norton by Twycross, and left issue. Mr. Lynes was succeeded by his only son and heir, JOHN LYNES, esq. of Corley and Kirkby Mallory, b. 25th March, 1749, married Sarah, daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Webb, gent. of Lillington, in the county of Warwick, (whom he survived,) and had JOHN, L.L.B. his heir. Thomas, of Great Oxenden, in the county of Northampton, born 14th May, 1794, married Francis, third daughter of the Rev. George Boulton, rector of Oxenden, (see vol. ii. p. 378,) and had issue, John. George-Boulton. Robert-French. Elizabeth, born 1st August, 1783, and died 8th September, 1801, unm. Mr. Lynes died 29th December, 1833, and was succeeded by his eldest son, the preHatton. sent REV. JOHN LYNES, of Tooley Park and Arms (Granted to John Lynes, esq. of Kirkby Mallory, son and heir of John Lynes, gent. of Corley.) Argent on a bend azure between two lions rampant, gules, a fleur-de-lis, between two gryphons' heads erased or. Crest-In front of a fleur-de-lis argent, a lion rampant gules. Motto-Foi, Roi, Droit. Estates-Tooley Park, (in Peckleton,) in the county of Leicester, an ancient park formerly connected with the castle of Earl Chilton, once the residence of the Earls of Mercia, and here the Boothby family lived in great splendour for a century, but the house has been recently pulled down by Mr. Lynes; Wymondham Hetherset, in the county of Norfolk, (of which he is lord of the manor,) at Fenny Crompton and Napton, in the county of Warwick, and Pinner, in the county of Middlesex. Residence-Hatton, near Warwick. BABINGTON, OF ROTHLEY TEMPLE. BABINGTON, THOMAS, esq. of Rothley Temple, in the county of Leicester, b. 18th December, 1758; m. in 1787, Jean, daughter of the Rev. Mr. Macaulay, M.A. minister of the church and parish of Cardross, in Dumbartonshire, and had issue, THOMAS-GISBORNE, b. 24th July, 1788, m. 27th April, 1814, Augusta, daughter of Sir Gerard Noel, bart. and the Baroness Barham, and by her, who d. 19th June, 1833, had issue. John, b. 6th September, 1791, in holy orders; m. in 1818, Maria-Francis, daughter of the Rev. J. S. Pratt, prebendary of Peterborough. Matthew, b. 5th September, 1792. George-Gisborne, b. 22nd January, 1794. Charles-Roos, b. 11th July, 1806. Lydia, m. 1st May, 1809, to the Rev. Joseph Rose, of Mr. Babington, who represented the town of Leicester in several parliaments, succeeded his father 20th June, 1776. Lineage. SIR JOHN BABINGTON, knt. of East Brigford, in the county of Nottingham, (grandson of Sir Bernard de Babington, Lord of Babington, in Northumberland, and son of Sir John de Babington, chief captain of Morlaix in Bretagne, under EDWARD III.), died in 1409, leaving, by Benedicta, his wife, daughter and heir of Sir Simon Ward, of Cambridge, I. THOMAS, his heir. 11. William, (Sir), knt. of Chilwell, in 1. WILLIAM, of Chilwell, sheriff of knight, and had two daughters, 3. Edward, died s. p. in 1498. SIR WILLIAM BABINGTON, knt. THOMAS BABINGTON, esq. of warden of the Fleet. He m. Anne, m. to Sir Avery Vnydale, knt. of Marick. Elizabeth,m.Foulke Haslewood, esq. of Weeke, in Worcestershire. Jane, m. to Richard Turvile, esq. of Thurleston. Mary, m. to William Brett, esq. of Rotherby. 1. Agnes, m. to Robert Leek, esq. of Kirketon, in Notts. 2. Margaret. 3. Joane, m. to Sir John Port, knt. 4. Elizabeth, m. to Sir Thomas Nevile, of Rolleston, Notts. III. Arnold, a citizen of Norwich, and merchant of the Staple. IV. Norman, of East Brigford, Notts. sheriff of Derbyshire and Notts. in 1428; m. Mary, daughter of John Lord Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk, but d. s. p. in 1437. v. John, of Aldrington, in the county of Devon, m. Emma, daughter and heir of Sir Robert Knowle of Knowle, in that shire, chief captain of the English adventurers into France, in the service of HENRY IV, and had, with two daughters, a son, John, of Knowle, ancestor of the Babingtons of Ottery St. Mary. 1. Sidonia, died 6th May, 1448. Sir John Babington's eldest son, THOMAS BABINGTON, esq. sold his patrimony of East Brigford to his brother, Sir William, and after serving with HENRY V. in the French wars, returned home, and purchased the manor of Kingston, Notts. The sword and bow he wore at Azincourt are still preserved. He m. Isabel, daughter and sole heir of Robert Dethick, of Dethick, in Derbyshire, and by her, who d. in 1435, left, at his decease in 1467, (being buried at Ashover), a son and successor, SIR JOHN BABINGTON, knt. of Dethick and Kingston, who was sheriff of the counties of Derby and Nottingham in 1480. He m. Isabel, daughter and heir of Henry Bradburne, esq. of the Hough, in the former shire, and by her, who d. 18th March, 1486, and was buried in Radcliffe Church, Notts. had issue, THOMAS, his heir. Beatrice, m. to Ralph Pole, esq. of Anne, m. to James Rolleston, esq. of Elizabeth, m. to Ralph Frauncis, esq. of Margaret, m. to Edmund Pilkington, Cecily, m. to Thomas Samon, esq. of Annesley Woodhouse, Notts. Sir John Babington was slain at the battle of Bosworth, by Sir James Blount, provost marshal, in 1485, and succeeded by his son, THOMAS BABINGTON, esq. of Dethick, sheriff of Derbyshire and Notts in 1498, who m. Editha, daughter of Ralph Fitzherbert, esq. of Norbury, and had issue, 1. Anthony, (Sir), knt. of Dethick, sheriff of Derby and Notts in 1534. He m. first, Elizabeth, daughter and coheir of John Ormond, esq. of Alfreton, by Joane, his wife, daughter and heir of Sir William Chaworth, and by her, who died 28th November, 1505, had issue, 1. THOMAS, of Dethick, who m. Catherine, daughter of Sir Henry Sacheverell, knt. of Morley, and dying, 21st April, 1560, left two sons and a daughter, namely, HENRY, of Dethick, b. in 1530, who m. first, Frances, dau. of Sir John Markham, and secondly, Mary, daughter of George, Lord Darcy, of Aston; by the latter he had no issue to survive; by the former, three sons, ANTHONY, of Dethick and Kingston, attainted in 1586:* by Margaret, his ANTHONY BABINGTON. This gentleman was attainted in the time of ELIZABETH for conspiring to release Mary, Queen of Scots, and is a conspicuous person at that period of our history. Sir Walter Scott describes him as "a young gentleman of good parts, large fortune, and an amiable disposition, but addicted to romantic ideas on the subject of love and friendship, and an unhesitating zealot in the cause of the Catholic religion." The plot originated with three Catholic priests, two of the name of Gifford, and the third Hodgson; and it contemplated the death of Elizabeth, with the consequent enfranchisement of Mary. It was first determined that Savage, an English Catholic, holding a commission in the Spanish service, should |