for Devizes, and left, with a daughter Catherine, wife of John Mortimer, esq. of Trowbridge, a son, JOSEPH HOULTON, esq. of Trowbridge, high sheriff of Wilts in 1696, who purchased from the Hungerford family, in 1700, the estate of Farleigh Hungerford, in Somersetshire. He m. first, a daughter of Cooper, of Beckington, and had by her a son, JoSEPH, his heir. He m. secondly, Mary, daughter of Isaac Ewer, governor of Carisbrook Castle, and colonel in the service of the parliament, temp. CHARLES I. by whom he had, with four daughters, a son, Robert, of Trowbridge, who d. s. p. Mr. Houlton died 1720, and was s. by his son, JOSEPH HOULTON, esq. of Farley Castle and Grittleton, a magistrate for Wiltshire, and high sheriff in 1724, who m. Anna, daughter of Abraham Hook, esq. of Bristol, and died in 1750, leaving an only daughter and heir, MARY HOULTON, of Farley Castle, who m. 20th August, 1746, James Frampton, esq. of Moreton, in Dorsetshire, high sheriff of that county in 1744, (see p. 196,) but died s. p. in 1762. The Houlton estates, at the decease of Mr. Frampton in 1784, passed to ROBERT HOULTON, esq. of Farley Castle and Grittleton, who m. Susannah, daughter of Thomas Tindal, esq. of Bristol, and dying in 1785, was s. by his son, JOSEPH HOULTON, esq. of Farley Castle, who m. first, Mary, daughter of Nicholas Green, esq. of Brook, in Wiltshire, M.P. colonel in the army of the parliament, andriano, esq. captain R.A. and had issue, had issue, JOSEPH HOULTON, esq. of Farley Castle, a captain in the army, who m. at Gibraltar, Dorothea-Sarah, daughter of Charles Tor JOSEPH, his heir. John, of Bristol, and of Monckton Nathaniel, of Bristol, d. s. p. in John, of Seagry and Grittleton, 1771. Mr. Houlton m. secondly, Priscilla, daughter of Walter White, esq. of Grittleton, colonel in the service of the parliament, and governor of the fort at Bristol. He died in 1731, and was s. by his son, JOHN, his heir. Robert, of Bath, capt. R. N. Joseph, lieut. 40th regiment of infantry, Samuel, capt. 11th regiment of native George (Sir), knt. capt. 43rd regiment, ensign of the yeoman of the guard, m. Anna, daughter of John Cruickshank, esq. of Bath. Mr. Houlton died in 1806, and was s. by his son, the present COL. HOULTON, of Farley Castle. BYTHESEA, OF THE HILL, FRESHFORD. BYTHESEA, SAMUEL-WILLIAM, esq. of the Hill, Freshford, Somersetshire, b. 14th July, 1801, m. his cousin Mary-Agnes Bythesea, younger daughter of the late Charles Brome, esq. of Malling House, West Malling, Kent, youngest and last surviving son of John Brome, esq. of the Manor House, Bishop's Stortford, Herts, by Mary, his wife, sister of Sir Charles Saxton, baronet, of Circourt, Berkshire, many years commissioner of Portsmouth. By this lady, Mr. Bythesea has one son, SAMUEL-WILLIAM-CHARLES-BROME, b. 9th April, 1831. Mr. Bythesea is in the commission of the peace for Wilts. Lineage. As the highly respectable family of Bythesea, of Wiltshire, of which the possessor of the Hill, Freshford, is a scion, (being grand- | son of the late John Bythesea, esq. of Week House and Chapmanslade, who died in 1796), has been detailed at length in vol. ii. pp. 663, 664, 665, we need merely, for the Bythesea pedigree, refer to that portion of the work. Arms-Arg. on a chev. eng. sa. between three crabs, the claws towards the dexter, gu. the Roman fasces erect, surmounting two swords in saltire, and encircled by a chaplet or, quartering CHIVERs, Bromley, DE CHETILTON, DE CLIFTON, VINER, LONG, BROC, &c. Crest-An eagle displayed arg. on the breast the Roman fasces erect, surmounting two swords in saltire, and encircled by a chaplet ppr. each wing charged with a cross crosslet fitchée gu. Motto-Mutare vel timere Sperno. Estates-In Wiltshire, inherited from his father in 1814, also in Somerset and MiddleResidence-The Hill, Freshford. sex. BROME, OF SALOP, HERTS AND KENT. BROME, CHARLES-JOHN-BYTHESEA, esq. of West Malling, Kent, b. in September, 1811, m. in 1833, Miss Æmilia Hill, of the Staffordshire family of Hill, and has issue, CHARLES-BYTHESEA, b. in 1833. Agnes-Mary. Mr. Brome succeeded his father in 1830. Lineage. The very ancient and eminent family of Brome lineally derives from the Earls of Anjou, who took the surname of Brome or Broome, after their pilgrimage to the holy land; Fulk, Earl of Anjou, having worn a sprig of the Broome plant, as the symbol of humility. Fulk was father of Geoffrey Plantagenet, who m. Matilda, daughter of HENRY I. and widow of Henry V. Emperor of Germany. For some time previous to the year 1300, the family, of which we are treating, resided at Broome in Salop, and acted a distinguished part in the days of our early monarchs, for we find, from the pedigree in the College of Arms, that SIR WILLIAM DE BROME, was standard bearer to EDWARD III. THOMAS BROME, secretary to HENRY VI.; and HENRY BROME, his son, a faithful adherent of the Earl of Richmond, in whose cause he fell at Bosworth in 1485. subsequent period, JOHN BROME acted as standard bearer to the gallant Sir Alan Zouch; and BARTHOLOMEW BROME allied himself to the celebrated Archbishop Cran At a mer, marrying the prelate's niece, Anne, daughter of Edmund Cranmer, archdeacon of Canterbury. While parent stock thus flourished, branches became established in various counties, and acquired considerable landed possessions. In the time of HENRY IV. JOHN BROME, a younger son of the family, wedding Joan, daughter and heir of Thomas Rody, of Baddesley Clinton, in Warwickshire, seated himself there. He had two sons, JOHN, the elder, of Baddesley Clinton, m. Beatrice, daughter of Sir Ralph Shirley, and was father of Nicholas Brome, of Baddesley, who d. 9 HENRY VIII. leaving a daughter, Constantia, wife of Sir Edward Ferrers, knight, to whom she conveyed Baddesley Clinton, (see vol. iii. p. 127). WILLIAM, the younger son, was of Halton, in Oxfordshire, and his descendants continued in high repute for several generations; until the male line failing, the estate of Halton was carried by an heiress, Ursula Brome, in marriage to Sir Thomas Whorwood, knight, of Sandal, Staffordshire. In the sixteenth century, the Broomes, or Bromes, of Broome, in Shropshire, migrated into Kent, and subsequently removed into Hertfordshire, in consequence of the marriage of JOHN BROME, esq. (son of William Brome, esq. and the lineal descendant of Sir William de Brome, standard bearer to EDWARD III.) with CORDELIA, daughter and co-heir of John Sandford, esq. of Herts, by Anne, his wife, daughter and co-heir of EDWARD DENNY, esq. of Bishop's Stortford. By Cordelia, Mr. Brome left at his decease, 30th November, 1734, aged fifty-nine, with other issue, a son, JOHN BROME, esq. of the Manor House, Bishop's Stortford, b. 12th November, 1717, who m. first, in 1739, Martha Osborne, by whom he had two children, a son and a dau. both d. s. p.; and secondly, in 1761, Mary, sister of Sir Charles Saxton, baronet, many years commissioner of Portsmouth, by whom he left, with other children who d. unm. a son, CHARLES BROME, esq. of Malling House, West Malling, Kent, b. in 1770, who m. in 1803, Cecilia, only daughter of William Bythesea, esq. of Blackheath, Kent, and Week House, Wilts, and dying in 1830, left issue, CHARLES-JOHN-BYTHESEA,†present re- Through the Dennys, the Bromes derive a direct descent from the Kings of England: : Margaret Wyndham, m. Sir Andrew Luttrell, of Dunster. Margaret Luttrell, m. Peter Edgecombe, esq. M.P. for Cornwall. Margaret Edgecombe, Maid of Honour to the Queen, m. Sir Edward Denny, knt. banneret, son of the Right Hon. Sir Anthony Denny. I 1. Sir Edward Denny, knt. of Tralee in co. of Kerry, ancestor of the present Sir EDWARD DENNY, bart. of Tralee Castle. Cordelia, daughter of Adam Hill, esq. of Spaldwick, Hunts. Anne Denny, dau. and co-heir, died 10th Sep-John Sandford, esq. d. 28th Nov. 1743. tember, 1747, aged 74. Cordelia Sandford, dau. and co-heir. John Broome, esq. as in the text. + Mr. Brome has in his possession many marks of royal favour, received at various times by his ancestors. Among others, “a large silver urne cup, a fan, &c. from Queen ELIZABETH; a Bible bound in richly embroidered green satin, from JAMES I. and a proclamation from CHARLES I. with his own signature, forbidding that any of the family should be "vexed, hurt, or molested." Mary-Agnes-Bythesea, m. to SamuelWilliam Bythesea, esq. of the Hill, Freshford. Arms Arg. a sinister hand erect in pale, couped at the wrist: quartering among many others, Sandford, Denny, Quilter, Hodges, &c. Crest-An arm vested gu. turned up arg. holding in the hand ppr. a slip of broom vert, flowered or. Motto-Domine dirige nos. Estates-In Hertfordshire, Yorkshire, and Kent. Residence-West Malling, Kent. WHALLEY, OF SOMERSETSHIRE. TOOKER-WHALLEY, HYDE-SALMON, esq. of Norton Hall, Somersetshire, and Hinton House, Hants, captain in the Somerset militia, b. 1st April, 1790, m. Elizabeth, only daughter of Merest, esq. of Suffolk, and has issue, This gentleman assumed, by sign manual in 1836, the surname and arms of Tooker, in addition to and after those of Whalley, in compliance with a direction contained in the will of his great uncle, JAMES TOOKER, OF NORTON HALL, esq. Lineage. The family of Whalley in Somerset claims to be descended from Wyamarus Whalley, who accompanied WILLIAM the Conqueror from Normandy, and was the standard bearer at the battle of Hastings. The Conqueror gave him the Lordship of Whalley in the county of Lancaster, in which shire as well as in the counties of Stafford and Nottingham, his descendants possessed extensive property. Edward Whalley, major-gen. in Cromwell's army, who signed the death warrant of King CHARLES, was of this family. He was first cousin to the Protector. On the return of CHARLES II. he fled to America, where he remained in concealment till his demise, which is supposed to have taken place about the year 1679. A curious account of his wanderings and death, and of his companion Colonel Goffe, is to be found in Hutchinson's History of Massachusets Bay. Sir Walter Scott in Peveril of the Peak introduces an anecdote of Edward Whalley, at this period, founded on fact. Other members of the family attached themselves to the royal cause, and at the Restoration, among those who were to have been invested with the proposed order of knighthood, to be called the Royal Oak, occurs the name of William Whalley of Norton, county of Leicester. The REV. JOHN WHALLEY, rector of Cosgrave, in the county of Northampton, d. in 1647, leaving a son, ARTHUR WHALLEY, who d. in 1692. His son, ROGER WHALLEY, died in 1727, leaving a son, The REV. JOHN WHALLEY, rector of Riddlesworth, in the county of Norfolk, who d. in 1739. He was father of The REV. JOHN WHALLEY, D.D. Master of Peter House, Cambridge, and Regius Professor of Divinity. He m. Mary dau. of Francis Squire, Chancellor of Wells, and d. in 1748, leaving issue, 1. JOHN, b. in 1737, an officer in the II. FRANCIS-EDWARDS, justice of peace, WORSLEY, WILLIAM, of Hovingham Hall, in the North Riding of the county of York, m. 18th January, 1827, Sarah-Philadelphia, fourth THOMAS-ROBINSON, b. 28th October, 1827. Sophia-Harriet.. Arthington. Catherine-Louisa. Mr. Worsley is Master of Arts of St. John's College, Cambridge, was many years in Lord De Grey's hussar yeomanry corps, is a magistrate and deputy lieutenant of the North Riding, and member of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society. He succeeded his uncle, Edward Worsley, esq. on the 21st March, 1830. Lineage. The family of Worsley, or De Workesley, as it was anciently written, is of high antiquity, being descended from Sir Elias De Workesley, lord of the manor of Workesley, (now Worsley) about seven miles from Manchester, at the time of the Norman conquest. He is mentioned in an old chronicle as attending Robert, Duke of Normandy, in his expedition for the recovery of the Holy Land, and is said to have been buried at Rhodes. This family continued to hold large possessions in the said county till the year 1377, in the reign of RICHARD II. when Elizabeth, daughter of Geoffrey Workesley, being found by an inquisition to have been born out of marriage, the lordship came to Sir John Massey, who had married the sister of Sir Geoffrey ; however, the estate was again taken possession of by Robert Worsley, and Thomas Brereton, esq. of the county of Chester, who married the daughter and heiress of Sir John Massey, recovered it from Robert Worsley by a suit in Chancery; it was afterwards disposed of to the Lord Chancellor Egerton, from whom it descended to the Duke of Bridgewater, who made the canal from the mill in the township of |