This ancient and eminent family is traced by authentic records from the time of the early Plantagenets.

ROBERT DE TYNDALE, Baron of South Tyne-dale, and of Langeley Castle, both in the county of Northumberland, (whose predecessor held the former barony, temp. HENRY I. by the service of one knight's fee), died, leaving three sons,

ADAM, Baron de Tyndale and Langeley, living in the reign of RICHARD I., who, paying £100 for his relief, had livery of his lands in 1194. He left two daughters, his co-heirs, of whom the elder,

PHILIPPA, m. Adam, or Nicholas de Bolteby, and conveyed to her husband the barony of South Tyne-dale. The son and heir of this marriage was

ADAM DE BOLTEBY, Baron of South Tyne-dale, temp. EDWARD I. d. in 1291, leaving an only daughter and heir,

ISABEL, m. first, to Thomas de Molton; and secondly, to William Tunstall.

ROBERT, of whom presently.

John.

The second son,

ROBERT DE TYNDALE, settled at Tansover, in Northamptonshire, temp. EDWARD I. He had two sons, Sir William de Tyndale, of Tansover, who d. s. p. in 1293, and

ROBERT DE TYNDALE, living in 1293, who left, by Joan, his wife, a son and successor, SIR WILLIAM DE TYNDALE, knt. of Tansover, who m. Elizabeth, niece and heir of Sir Henry Deane, knt. of Deane, in the county of Northampton, and was father of

JOHN DE TYNDALE, living temp. RICHARD II., who espoused Catherine, daughter of Sir Humphrey Zouch, and had issue,

SIR WILLIAM DE TYNDALE, knt. of Deane, who m. Alana, only daughter and heir of Sir Symon Bigod, K.G. of Felbrigge, in Norfolk, (usually styled Sir Symon de Felbrigge, of Felbrigge,*) standard bearer of England, temp. HENRY V., by Margaret, his wife, daughter and heir of Semovitz, Duke of Teschen, in Silesia; she came into England with her cousin Anne, Queen of Richard II., and was (by her mother,) niece of Charles IV., the emperor and King of Bohemia, who was the son of John of Luxemburg, by his wife Elizabeth, Queen of Bo

* Sir Symon de Felbrigge, was the son of Sir Roger de Felbrigge, by Elizabeth his wife, daughter of Robert, third Lord Scales, by Catherine, sister and co-heir of William de Ufford, Earl of Suffolk.

hemia. Upon the death of her cousins, the Emperors Wenceslaus, and Sigismund, and Anne, queen consort of England, she became heir to the Bohemian sovereignty, upon which the states of Bohemia sent a deputation to her great grandson, Sir John Tyndale, of Hockwold, to offer him the crown; by her Sir William had a son, who succeeded him,

SIR THOMAS TYNDALE, knt. of Deane, who m. Margaret, daughter of Sir William Yelverton, K. B. chief justice, temp. EDWARD IV., by Agnes his wife, daughter of Sir Oliver Le Gross, of Crostwick, in Norfolk, and had, with three daughters, Anne, m. to Henry St. Germain; Jane, m. to John Blennerhasset, and Elizabeth, a son and suc

cessor,

SIR WILLIAM TYNDALE, K. B. of Hockwold, in Norfolk, who was created a knight of the Bath, when present at the marriage of Arthur, Prince of Wales, son of HENRY VII. in 1496. He m. Margaret, daughter and heir of Osbert Mundeford, or Montford, in Norfolk, and had issue,

1. JOHN, of Hockwold, K. B. to whom was offered the Bohemian crown, but on great considerations he refused the honour. He m. Amphillis, dau. of Sir Humphrey Coningsby, knight, and had, with four daughters, two sons, Thomas and Humphrey, of whom the elder,

SIR THOMAS TYNDALE, knight, of Hockwold, m. first, Anne, dau. of Sir William Paston, and had by her a son, William, who d. in 1591, leaving by his wife, a daughter of Sir Ambrose Germain, an only child, Felix, d. s. p. Sir Thomas wedded secondly, Anne, daughter of Sir Henry Fermer, knight, of Barsham, in Kent, and by her had six sons and five daughters. The fifth son, Humphrey, D.D. Dean of Ely, and president of Queen's College, Cambridge, d. in 1614. The eldest, who succeeded his father, was

SIR JOHN TYNDALE, knt. a master in chancery,ofGreat Mapplestead in Essex. He m. Anne, dau. of Thomas Egerton, esq. and widow of Sir William Deane, of Maplestead, and had three sons and three daughters. Sir John was murdered by John Bertram, in 1616, and s. by his eldest son,

DEANE TYNDALE, esq. b. in 1586, who m. Amye, daughter and heir of Robert Weston, esq. of Prested Hall, Essex, and had

Thomas, who, in 1565, had a grant of Eastwood Park, in the county of Gloucester, from the crown, to which it had reverted, on the attainder and death of Edward de Stafford, third and last Duke of Buckingham, of that family, by HENRY VIII., in 1521. Thomas Tyndale d. in 1571, and leaving no surviving issue, devised Eastwood Park to his cousin, Thomas Tyndale.

The second son, WILLIAM TYNDALE, esq. who d. in 1558, left, with two daughters, Jane and Faith,

one son,

THOMAS TYNDALE, esq. whom. Catherine, daughter of Sir William Lloyd, of Grismond Castle, Monmouthshire, and was father of

THOMAS TYNDALE, esq. to whom his cousin Thomas devised Eastwood Park. He m. Oriana, daughter of John le Bon, of Rouen, and niece and heir of Claudius, of Fornaux, in Normandy, and d. in 1619, and was buried at St. Andrew's Holborn, leaving four sons and three daughters. The eldest son,

THOMAS TYNDALE, esq. of Eastwood Park, in the parish of Thornbury, Gloucestershire, sold that estate, in 1628, to Sir Richard Rogers, of Bristol, and subsequently resided at the Priory, at Kington St. Michael, Wilts. He m. Dorothy, only daughter of William Stafford, esq. of Marlwood, in the parish of Thornbury, Gloucestershire, son of Sir William Stafford, knight, of Grafton, by Dorothy, his wife, daughter of Henry, tenth Baron Stafford, by Ursula, his wife, daughter of Sir Richard Pole, K.G. and Margaret Plantagenet, Countess of Salisbury, daughter of George Duke of Clarence, brother to King EDWARD IV. Dorothy Stafford was widow of Sir Francis Stafford, knight, of Bradfield, Berks, and by her Mr. Tyndale, had issue,

Stafford, who d. unm.
WILLIAM, of whom presently.

at Bathford, in Somersetshire. He was born in 1627, and d. s. p. in 1716. Orian.

Dorothy, d. unm. and was buried in St.
Margaret's, Westminster.

Frances, m. to John Bo Porrée, M. D. of Rouen in Normandy. Anne, m. Captain Doughty. Thomas Tyndale d. in 1671, and was s. by his son,

WILLIAM TYNDALE, esq. of Milbourne,near
Malmesbury, and of the Priory at Kington
St. Michael, Wilts, who m. Margaret, dau.
of Anderson Atcherley, esq. of Ludlow, in
Shropshire, and had issue five sons,
THOMAS, his heir.
George.
John.

Athelstan, b. 27th March, 1672.
Henry, b. 5th April, 1674.

He died in 1675, and was s. by his eldest son. THOMAS TYNDALE, esq. of Bathford, in the county of Somerset, b. on the 2nd June, 1667, who m. in 1699, Elizabeth, youngest daughter and co-heir of George Booth, esq. of Woodford, in Cheshire, and by her, who died 14th November, 1768, and lies buried at Bathford, had issue,

John, b. in 1701, d. s. p. in 1728.
GEORGE, his heir.
Martha-Maria, b. in 1700, m. to Richard
Phillips, esq. second son of Thomas
Phillips, esq. of Bremenda, in Caer-
marthenshire. She died in 1759,
and lies buried at Bathford.
Elizabeth, b. 7th November, 1702, and
d. unm.

Mary, m. first, to Robert Hudson, esq.
of Yorkshire; and secondly, to John
Peighin, Capt. R. N.

Arabella, b. in 1708, and d. the fol

lowing year.

Mr. Tyndale d. 18th October, 1747, and lies buried at Bathford. He was s. by his son,

GEORGE TYNDALE, esq. of Bathford, Somersetshire, b. 29th Jan. 1704, who m. 27th Nov. 1736, Vere, third daughter of the Hon. and Rev. Robert Booth, D. D. Dean of Bristol, (fifth son of George, Lord Delamere, by Elizabeth, his wife, eldest daughter of Henry Grey, Earl of Stamford), and by her, who d. 31st May, in 1753, and is buried at Bathford, he had a son,

GEORGE BOOTH, his heir. He m. secondly, 31st December, 1753, Margaretta, only surviving daughter of John Bampfylde, esq. by Margaretta, his wife, daughter and heiress of Sir Francis Warre, bt. of Hestercombe, in the county of Somer

George, who d. s. p.

John, the first of the family who settled

JOHN, who became possessed of the Hestercombe estates, and assumed the surname of Warre, pursuant to

the will of his maternal uncle, Coplestone Warre-Bampfylde, esq. who d. on the 29th August, 1791. He m. Elizabeth, daughter of John Farell, esq. of Bristol, and dying in 1819, left an only daughter and heir,

Elizabeth-Maria-Tyndale, now of Hestercombe. Thomas-Bampfylde, of Withiel-Flory, county of Somerset, an officer in the 14th regiment of foot, who m. Anne, daughter of the Rev. John Dennis, a minor canon of Christ Church, Oxford, and chaplain of Winchester College, and dying at Norton-Fitzwarren, 17th September, 1807, left three daughters,

Anna-Margaretta, m. to the Rev. Charles Taylor, and has issue. Louisa-Vere, m. to George Goppy, esq. formerly of Demerara, and late of Taunton, and has issue. Georgiana-Maria, m. to Charles

Corfield, esq. of Knoole House, near Taunton, and has issue. Margaretta, m. to Charles Hill, esq. late of Clifton, Bristol, and has an only daughter and heir,

Caroline, m. to Arthur Chichester, esq. of Devonshire, and has issue.

Elizabeth, a twin with her brother John, died unmarried.

Charotte-Maria, m. to Thomas Eagles, esq. of Bristol, who died 28th October, 1812, and has issue,

Edward.

John.

Mrs. Eagles died on the 20th February, 1814.

Mr. Tyndale died 24th February, 1771, and was buried at Bathford: he was s. by his son,

GEORGE-BOOTH TYNDALE, esq. of Bathford, barrister-at-law of the Inner Temple, b. 8th September, 1743, m. 20th June, 1771, Elizabeth, youngest daughter of the Rev. Martin Annesley, D.D. by Mary, his second wife, third daughter and co-heiress of William Hanbury, esq. of Little Marcle, in the county of Hereford, whose wife was Frances, sister and heiress of Sir John Cotton, bart. of Conington, in Huntingdonshire.* By her Mr. Tyndale had issue,

GEORGE-BOOтH, his heir.

* Mr. Tyndale is, through his mother Elizabeth Annesley, of founder's kin, at All Soul's College, Oxon. Elizabeth Annesley was daughter of Martin Annesley, by Mary, daughter of William Hanbury by Frances, grandaughter and heiress of Sir John Cotton, son of Margaret, daughter of Lord William Howard, of Naworth, in Cumberland, son of Thomas Duke of Norfolk, who was son of

John, b. 3rd June, 1774, at Bathford, who m. in 1813, Julian, daughter of R. H. Roope, esq. of Chipton, Dartmouth, and dying in 1819, had an only son,

John-Nash.

William, b. at Bathford, 18th February, 1776, who m. in March, 1810, Mary, youngest daughter of Zachary Bayley, esq. of Weston, in Somersetshire, (by Margaret, his wife, second dau. of Charlton Thruppe, esq. of Hampstead, Middlesex, whose wife, Elizabeth, was second daughter of the Hon. and Rev. Robert Booth, D.D. Dean of Bristol), and has an only child, Mary-Elizabeth-Vere Booth.

He d. in December, 1814, at Belle Vue, near Bath. Thomas-George, b. at Bathford, 17th June, 1777, who m. 22nd February, 1809, Mary-Anne, eldest daughter of Timothy Hare Earle, esq. of Swallowfield Place, Berkshire, by whom, who d. 21st July, 1826, he had

William, b. 1814.
Henry, b. 1816.
George.

Anne-Biscoe.
Elizabeth-Vere.

Mr. Thomas Tyndale, m. secondly, in September, 1829, Anne, daughter of the Right Hon. John Sullivan, formerly under secretary at war, but by her has no issue.

Elizabeth-Vere, m. 14th January, 1800, her cousin the Rev. Arthur Annesley, of Clifford, in the county of Gloucester, Hereditary Cottonian Trustee of the British Museum, and has issue. Francis, b. in 1800, in holy orders, m. in 1836, Charlotte, only daughter of the Rev. Henry Mogg, by whom, who d. in 1837, he has an only daughter. Arthur, b. in 1803. William, b. in 1804, in holy orders,

who m. Laura, daughter of General Jones, of Fonmon Castle, Monmouthshire.

George, b. in 1807, who m. Emily,

second daughter of Albert Foster, esq. of Upper Woburn Place, in Middlesex.

Frances, daughter of John de Vere, fifth Earl of Oxford, by his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Edward Trussel, knight, son of Sir William, by his wife, Bridget, daughter of William Kene, by his wife, Agnes, daughter of John, son of William, the younger brother of Henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury, and founder of All Soul's College, in 1437.

There is strong presumptive evidence of the descent of this family from the Fosters of Bamborough Castle, in Northumberland, but the link of connexion has not been precisely ascertained.

The immediate ancestor of the branch before us having forfeited his estates in England during the political troubles of the period in which he lived, joined the expedition of Penn and Venables, in 1655, and obtained a grant of a considerable tract of land in the island of Jamaica, which is now enjoyed by his descendants, the FOSTERS and BARHAMS. His son and successor,

COLONEL JOHN FOSTER, of the island of Jamaica, died there 30th August, 1731, aged fifty, leaving four sons and three daughters,

viz.

I. THOMAS, of the Grange.

JI. WILLIAM, of whom presently. III. SAMUEL, who married twice. IV. JOSEPH, who assumed the additional surname of BARHAM. (See FOSTER-BARHAM of Trecwn.) 1. Eliza, m. Richard Vassal, esq. of Jamaica, and had a daughter and heiress,

ELIZABETH VASSALL, M. first, to the

late Sir Godfrey Webster, bart. and secondly, to Henry, present Lord Holland.

11. Sarah, m. to his excellency, Wil-
liam-Matthew Burt, captain-general
and governor-in-chief of the Leeward
Islands, and had (with an only son,
Charles-Pym Burt, who died unm.)
a daughter,

Louisa Burt, m. to Major Richard-
Massey Hansard, of Miskin
House, Glamorganshire, and was
mother of

Eliza-Barham Hansard, m. in 1812, to JOHN-TAYLOR GORDON, M. D. (see p. 10.) III. Margaret, m. to Campbell, esq. and had one son, Colin Campbell, and two daughters, Margaret and Betsy. The second son,

first, the daughter of John Vassall, esq. of WILLIAM FOSTER, esq. b. in Jamaica, m. that island; and secondly, Dorothy, daughter of Colonel Gale, a descendant of the Gales of Yorkshire. By the latter he had issue,

I. THOMAS, of Elim Estate, St. Elizabeth's, Jamaica; of Grove House, in the county of Buckingham, and of St. Pol, Pyrenees.

11. Frederick-William, of the Bogne, Jamaica, bishop of the Moravian Church.

III. JOHN, of whom presently.

1. Eliza-Dorothy, m. to Weber, a Ger

man.

11. Sarah, m. to De Zetschivitz, a Saxon. III. Mary-Helen, m. to Roederer, a German.

Mr. Foster's third son,

JOHN FOSTER, esq. of Brickhill, in Bedfordshire, b. 21st June, 1765, married first, Margaret, daughter of Place, esq. of a family long resident in Yorkshire, and had by her a son, deceased, and a daughter, Margaret. He wedded secondly, 22nd June,