Lineage. This family is a branch of that of Morton Hall, and descends immediately from THOMAS TROTTER, merchant and burgess of Edinburgh, who filled many responsible situations in the councils of Edinburgh, and in the year 1744 was a magistrate of that city. In 1745 he received particular instructions from the secretary of state, to provide stores and horses for the Duke of Cumberland and his army. He m. 1717, Mary, daughter of James Lorimer, Torryburn, by whom he had issue, Charlotte, daughter of David Knox,* sur- 1. THOMAS, major-general, royal ar- v. Robert, surgeon, Hon. E. India Co. VI. Charles, colonel commandant, Hon. E. India Co. service, d. in command of the Finnovelly district, at Palamcottah, 11th July, 1819. VII. WILLIAM, of whom afterwards. The youngest son, WILLIAM TROTTER, esq. of Ballindean, in the county of Perth, b. 10th November 1772, was several times (member of the towncouncil of Edinburgh, and, latterly, in the years 1826 and 1827, elected Lord Provost of that city. To him Edinburgh is indebted for many of its greatest improvements, and he was one of the most influential and res THOMAS, of whom hereafter. William, merchant and burgess of Edin-pected of her citizens. He was deputy-lieuburgh, John, (Reverend Dr.) minister of Ceres, Fife, and latterly of Swallow Street, London. The eldest son, THOMAS Trotter, esq. also a merchant and burgess of Edinburgh, b. 1724, was several times elected a member of the town council, and filled the situation of magistrate, or bailie, of that city, for several years. He m. WILLIAM KNOX, a branch of the family of Ranfurly, N. B. having purchased the property of Gifford, in East Lothian, gave that designation to his descendants. He married a lady of the name of Sinclair, (or St. Clair) by whom he had JOHN KNOX, the celebrated reformer, and WILLIAM KNOX, who was minister of Cockpen. WILLIAM, who succeeded him in Cockpen. The Rev. JOHN KNOX, minister of Melrose, was father of JOHN KNOX, afterwards minister of Bowden. This last JOHN KNOX, (minister of Bowden) had sons HARRY, chaplain to King CHARLES II., and The Rev. JOHN KNOX, minister of West Calder, and latterly of Leith, who was father of tenant, justice of the peace, and commissioner of supply for Perthshire. He m. 3rd June, 1801, his cousin-german, St. Clair Stuart, daughter of Dr. Robert Knox, physician in London, and had issue, 1. Thomas, d. young. 11. ROBERT KNOX, now of Ballindean. III. William-Thomas, Hon. E. India Co. civil service. IV. Francis-Arthur Skene, d. 1836. v. John, d. young. JOHN KNOX, garrison surgeon, Edinburgh Castle, who, having married Isabel, daughter of John Mack, had by her two sons, David and Thomas, and two daughters, Jane and Isabel. DAVID KNOX, the eldest, was a surgeon in Edinburgh: he married Isabel, daughter of Robert Hepburn, of Beanston, by Jane Calderwood, heiress of Whiterig, and had issue, 1st, JOHN, 2nd, ROBERT, of whom afterwards. 3rd, David, and six daughters, of whom Charlotte, the 5th, was married to THOMAS TROTTER. ROBERT KNOX, son of David Knox, and Isabel Hepburn, was physician to the forces, during the American war, and latterly physician in London. He died 1792, leaving by Sarah Rogers, his spouse, two sons, Granby-Robert, and Francis - Arthur Skene, and one daughter, St. Clair Stuart, who married her cousin-german, WILLIAM TROTTER of Ballindean. VI. Charles. Arms Arg. a crescent gules, on a chief 1. St. Clair Stuart, m. in 1836, Antoine az. three mullets of the field. Baron de Struve. 11. Charlotte Knox. III. Sarah-Jane. Crest-A horse trotting ppr. Motto-Festina lente. Estates-In Perthshire. WILLINGTON, OF HURLEY. WILLINGTON, KATHARINE, succeeded to the representation of the ancient family of Willington, upon the demise of her brother, Thomas Willington, esq. of Hurley Hall, in 1815, and will inherit the estates, should she outlive that gentleman's widow, the present possessor. Lineage. JOHN WILLINGTON, of Willington, in the county of Derby, lived at, or immediately after, the time of WILLIAM the Conqueror, since we find that his eldest son, NICHOLAS WILLINGTON, was contemporaneous with Robert, Abbot of Burton, in the reign of STEPHEN. This Nicholas was a liberal benefactor to the Convent of Repton of lands in Willington and elsewhere. He was succeeded by his son, NICHOLAS WILLINGTON, who appears also to have been a munificent benefactor to the same community. He was father of HUGO WILLINGTON, living 38 HENRY III, to whom succeeded the next in the male line, RALPH DE WILLINGTON, who settled in Gloucestershire, temp. King JOHN, and afterwards founded St. Mary's Chapel in the Abbey of St. Peter's at Gloucester, now called the Lady Chapel. He m. Olympias dau. and heir of William Franc, grandson and heir of Sir Humphrey Franc, knt. and was father of SIR RALPH DE WILLINGTON, living 37 HENRY III. who married Joane, daughter and heir of Sir William Champernowne, Lord of Umberleigh, in Devon, and hence his descendants took for their arms those of SIR RALPH De WillingtoN, of Umberleigh, in Devon, styled by Risdon, "a worthy warrior," was governor of the Castle at Exeter, 38 HENRY III. and sheriff of Devonshire 42nd of the same reign. He married Juliana, supposed to have been daughter and heir of Sir Richard de Lomen, Lord of Gittisham as the lands of Lomen came to her descendants, and had issue, JOHN, of Umberleigh, summoned to Parliament as a BARON from 3 EDWARD III. to 12th of the same reign, in which year he died, leaving by Joan, his wife, a son and successor, RALPH, of Umberleigh, summoned to Parliament 16 EDWARD III. This Ralph was in the wars of Scotland and France, and attained the high military rank of Banneret. He m. Eleanor, dau. of John, Lord Mohun, but died s. p. in 1349. REGINALD (Sir), knt. of Uplomen, died s. p. 29 EDWARD III. leaving his great nephew, Sir John Willington, his heir. HENRY (Sir), knt. of whose line we have to treat. THOMAS, living 22 EDWARD III. SIR HENRY WILLINGTON, knt. of Gittisham, knight-banneret, was, with his brother John, made prisoner at Bannockburn, and subsequently taking part with the Earl of Lancaster against the Spencers, was executed at Bristol in 1322. He m. Margaret, dau. of Sir Alexander Frevill, by Joane, his wife, a co-heiress of the Marmions of Tamworth, and left a son and successor, SIR HENRY WILLING TON, knt. of Gittisham, 23 EDWARD III. who held large possessions in the counties of Cornwall, Dorset, Gloucester, Wilts, Devon, and Oxford. He m. Isabel, dau. of Sir John Whalesborow, and was succeeded by his son, SIR JOHN WILLINGTON, knt. of Umberleigh, heir to his grand-uncle Sir Reginald Willington. He m. Matilda, dau. of Sir Walter Carminow, and had issue, RALPH, died s. p. 10th August, 1382. JOHN, of Willington Court, Gloucestershire, and Umberleigh, in Devon, d. s. p. 1397. ISABEL, co-heir, aged 25, 5 HENRY IV. m. to William Beaumont, son of Sir John Beaumont of Shirwell, Devon. MARGARET, Co-heir, m. to John Wrothe, son of Sir John Wrothe. The continuator of the name and male line was JOHN WILLINGTON, who, like his ancestors, held lands at Umberleigh, but did not inherit the great estates of the family, which passed to the Beaumonts and Wrothes. He resided at Todenham, Gloucestershire, and descended probably from a younger son of the second Sir Henry de Willington. By Margery, his wife, he left a son and suc cessor, WILLIAM WILLINGTON, of Todenham, whose will is dated 22 January, 1500. He was father of JOHN WILLINGTON, of Todenham, who had two sons, by different wives, namely, I. WILLIAM, of Barcheston and Brailes MARGERY, m. first, to Thomas Hoite, CATHARINE, m. first, to Richard II. THOMAS, ancestor of the Willingtons of Hurley. The second son, THOMAS WILLINGTON, esq. of Hurley, in the county of Warwick, who m. Joan, only daughter of Nicolas Nightingale, esq. and heiress of her mother, Joyce, who was sister and heiress of John Waldyve. By this lady, who was buried at Kingsbury, 7th January, 1599, Mr. Willington had issue, 1. WALDYVE, his heir. 11. John, of Whately, who married IV. Thomas, buried at Kingsbury, 1554. VII. George. VIII. James, baptized at Kingsbury, 1st March, 1555, m. a daughter of Crow of Mereden. 1. Joyce, baptized at Kingsbury, 1549. u. Elizabeth, m. to Hugh Grontwich, of the county of Stafford. Thomas Willington died in 1593, was buried JOHN WILLINGTON, of Whateley, by Isabel Litherland, his wife, had issue, ANTIKEL WILLINGTON, of Whateley, who had two sons, THOMAS and GEORGE. The elder, Thomas, was father of another Thomas, who by Mary his wife daughter of John Swinfen, esq. of Swinfen, M.P. for Tamworth, temp. CHARLES I., CROMWELL, and CHARLES II., had a son Thomas, JANE, of Whateley, who wedded Johm Skip, esq. who d. s. p. and a daughter and eventual heiress, MARTIN, esq. of Overbury, in Worcestershire, of Ledbury, and from that marriage descends JOHN M.P. forTewkesbury, present owner of the Whateley estate. GEORGE WILLINGTON, the younger son of Antikel, was father of Richard, and he of another Richard, whose son John Willington, of Tamworth, had, besides daughters, five sons, viz. John, of the Inner Temple; Bayly, lieutenant-general in the army, colonel-commandant of the second battalion of artillery; Richard; Thomas; and Francis, rector of Walton on Trent; all of whom are now deceased, without having left any issue male FRANCIS WILLINGTON, esq. of Tamworth, who m. excepting Thomas, who had a son, the present in 1825, Jane Anne, daughter of the late Henry James Pye, esq. of Faringdon House, and has two sons, Francis Pye Willington, and Waldyve Henry Willington. (See vol. i. p. 352.) at Kingsbury, on the 18th of June, and succeeded by his eldest son, WALDYVE WILLINGTON, esq. of Hurley, who m. first, Joyce, daughter of George Winter, esq. of Worthington, in Leicestershire, and by her, who died in 1560, had an only child, Elizabeth, died an infant. He married secondly, in 1563, Margery, sister and heir of Michael Bracebridge, esq. (see vol. i. p. 272,) and by her, who wedded, secondly, in 1571, Barnaby Easte, esq. had issue, 1. THOMAS, his heir. 11. Henry, baptized 1567. III. George, baptized at Kingsbury, 12th October, 1568. He resided in Ireland. 1. Elizabeth, m. to William Aston, esq. of Milwich in Staffordshire, uncle to Walter, Lord Aston of Forfar. Waldyve Willington, who was, in right of his second wife, lord of the manor of Wilnecote, where he held a court 8 ELIZABETH, was drowned at Sawley, and buried at Rowlston near Newark-upon-Trent, 3rd August, 1569. His eldest son, THOMAS WILLINGTON, esq. of Hurley, lord of the manor of Wilnecote, baptized at Kingsbury, 2nd February, 1566, married there 9th July, 1599, Alice, daughter of his uncle, John Willington, esq. of Whateley, and by her, who died 20th November, 1652, had issue, 1. WALDYVE, his heir. II. Hugh, baptized at Kingsbury, 5th 1. Judith. II. Mary, m. to Edward Glover, of III. Elizabeth, m. to Thomas Watts. v. Alice, m. to Richard Beresford. Thomas Willington died in 1652, and was s. by his son, WALDYVE WILLINGTON, esq. of Hurley Hall, a justice of the peace for Warwickshire, and lord of the manor of Wilnecote, baptized 18th April, 1600, who was an active parliamentarian in the days of Cromwell, and governor of Tamworth Castle. He m. 27th October, 1630, Joane Porter, of Edgbaston, and had issue, 1. WALDYVE, his heir. II. Thomas, of London, merchant, bap- 1. Sarah, m. to Thomas Berisford. Waldyve Willington died in 1676, and was s. by his son, WALDYVE WILLINGTON, esq. of Hurley Hall, baptized at Kingsbury, 3rd March, 1633, who m. 9th May, 1665, Susannah, dau. of Roger Jones, esq. of Hackney, and by her, who was buried 9th November, 1696, had issue, I. WILLIAM, his heir. II. THOMAS, of whom presently. III. Waldive, of Hurley Hall, lord of the manor of Wilnecote, born 26th December, 1677, who m. Martha, daughter of Richard Harvey, of London, and dying 10th September, 1733, left issue, WILLIAM, of Hurley Hall, lord of the manor of Wilnecote, d. s. p. 24th March, 1752. Susanna, m. to Charles Floyer, esq. of Hints in Staffordshire, and one of her grandsons, the Rev. Thomas Levett, of Packington, possesses a moiety of Hurley Hall, and an estate at Hurley. Catharine, lady of the manor of Wilnecote, eventually co-heiress of her father's estates; she m. the Rev. Richard Jackson, A. M. of Tarrington in Herefordshire, rector of Shelsley in Worcestershire, but died s. p. 1762. Her husband survived until 1782, aged 82. The estates of his deceased wife, which he took by settlement, he devised to that lady's cousin, Thomas Willington, esq. Mary, died unmarried, 1762. Her share of the estates went to the descendants of her sister, Susanna Floyer. 1. Sarah, m. to - Watkinson, esq. and after his decease, lived at Nottingham. Waldyve Willington died 2nd November, 1677, and was s. by his eldest son, WILLIAM WILLINGTON, esq. lord of the manor of Wilnecote, born 29th July, 1666, who died without issue, leaving Waldive, his youngest brother, his heir. His next brother, THOMAS WILLINGTON, esq. b. 13th June, 1674, died, and was buried at Kingsbury in April, 1718, leaving two sons, THOMAS and Waldive, who was buried at St. Mary's Nottingham, 19th December, 1756. The elder, THOMAS WILLINGTON, esq. of Nottingham, wedded Miss Mary Ashe, of Lincolnshire, and had issue, THOMAS, his heir. William, died a midshipman at sea. KATHARINE, present representative of the family. Mr. Willington d. in July, 1768, was buried at St. Mary's, Nottingham, and succeeded by his son, THOMAS WILLINGTON, esq. of Hurley Hall, devisee of the Rev. Richard Jackson, husband of his cousin, Catharine, one of the co-heirs of Waldyve Willington. In 1787, Mr. Willington sold the manor of Wilnecote. He m. Miss Mary White, of Nottingham, but had no issue. He died in 1815, aged seventy-one, and was buried at Kingsbury on the 30th December, leaving his Plump ton and Hurley property to his widow for life, with remainder to his sister, KATHARINE, the present representative of the family. Arms-Gu. a saltire vair, arg. and az. Crest-A pine tree vert, fruited or. Estates-Plumpton, and at Hurley, War wickshire. Seat-Hurley Hall. ANKETEL, OF ANKETEL GROVE. ANKETEL, WILLIAM, esq. of Anketel Grove, in the County of Monaghan, m. Sarah, daughter of John Waring Maxwell, esq. of Fin nebrogue, in the county of Down, and has issue, 1. MATTHEW, who served as high sheriff for the county of Monaghan, in 1834. 11. William. III. Oliver. IV. Fitzameline. v. Maxwell. VI. Moutray. 1. Anne, m. in 1833, to the Rev. Robert Loftus Tottenham, second son of Lord Robert Tottenham, Bishop of Clogher. II. Maria. III. Matilda. Mr. Anketel, who is a magistrate and deputy-lieutenant for the county of Monaghan, succeeded to the estates and representation of the ancient family of Anketel, upon the demise of his father, in 1828-9. Lineage. The family of which we are about to treat was of high station in the county of Dorset, at a very remote period, (its name appearing in Doomsday Book,) and so early as the reign of EDWARD I. we find FITZAMELINE ANSCHETIL, representing the borough of Shaftesbury in Parliament. Leland, in his Itinerary, mentions Roger Anketil as one of the jury on an inquisition concerning the forest of Gillingham, 6 EDWARD II. and in the 20th of the following reign, William Anketel held a fourth of a fee in Redlane hundred. For centuries after, the Anketils continued eminent in the South of England, intermarrying with the Filiols, the Penruddocks, the Phelips and other houses of distinction; taking a prominent part in the public transactions of their country, and enjoying considerable territorial possessions. During the civil wars, Colonel Anketel was governor of Corfe Castle, ex parte regis, and a curious narrative of its surrender is given in Hutchin's History of Dorset. The English family has long since passed away, but a scion of the ancient stem having planted a branch in the North of Ireland, temp. CHARLES I. the Anketels maintain in the land of their adoption, as distinguished a position as did their English progenitors, in the land of their extraction. The first ancestor of this line, MATTHEW ANKETEL, esq. acquired in 1636 a grant of land in the county of Monaghan, and emigrated to Ireland, where he married Matilda, daughter of Robert Moore, esq. of Garvy Castle, in Tyrone, and had a son, MATTHEW ANKETEL, esq. of Anketel Grove, who lost his life during the contest, between JAMES and WILLIAM in 1689. "At that time," we quote a writer of authority," nearly 3000 of the enemy being garrisoned in the fort of Charlemont, within five miles of Armagh, and attempting to plunder the Protestants, Henry, fifth Lord Blayney, had daily skirmishes with them in which he constantly prevailed to their considerable loss, until the 13th March, when being informed that his castle of Monaghan was taken by the Irish, and that all the forces of the country had retreated to Glaslough, where they were besieged by the enemy; that Sir Arthur Rawdon had quitted Longbrickland, and that the Irish army under General Hamilton had possessed that place, he called a council of |