NICHOLL, OF TREDUNNOCK. NICHOLL, JANE, of Tredunnock, in the county of Monmouth; b. 1st March, 1776; m. 26th Oct. 1800, Anthony-Montonnier Hawkins,* M.D. of the Gaer, in the parish of St. Woollos, in the same shire, by whom, who d. at his house in Upper Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, 22nd July, 1833, aged sixty-two, she had thirteen children, seven of whom still survive, namely, HENRY-MONTONNIER HAWKINS, b. 17th September, 1805; m. at Hartburn church, Northumberland, 17th February, 1835, Jane, only daughter of James Fenwicke, esq. of Longwitton Hall, in that county (see BURKE'S Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies), and has, by her, who died at Ross, in Herefordshire, 5th December, 1835, an only child, JANE-HENRIETTA, born at Ross. Anthony-Nicholl, of the Middle Temple, barrister-at-law, b. 14th April, 1809. Charles, b. 29th May, 1812. Robert-Ralph-Augustus, B. A. of Trinity College, Cambridge, and of Lincoln's Inn, b. 18th April, 1814. Jane-Frances. Florence-Rose. Mrs. Hawkins succeeded to the representation of this, the elder branch of the family of Nicholl, of Llantwitt Major, as well as to the representation of the Morgans of Tymawr, the Herberts of Magor, and the Perrotts of Llandegveth, at the decease of her father, the late William Nicholl, esq. in 1813. Lineage. The origin of the ancient family of Nicholl, written at various periods Nycol, Nicol, Nicoll, Nicolls, Nicholls and Nicholl, has been by antiquaries variously and largely treated upon. It is stated that, in the time. of Edward the Confessor, one Nicholas de Albini, alias Nigell, or Nicholl, came over from Normandy, and was the common an cestor of the Nicholl family. In the county HENRY HAWKINS, esq. of Mount Street, Grosvenor Square, London (descended from a junior branch of the ancient Catholic family of Hawkins, seated at Nash Court, in Kent, from the time of EDWARD III.) b. in 1712, m. 19th November, 1742, at St. Mary-la-Bonne church, by the Rev. John Nicholl, Margaret, daughter of Anthony Montonnier, esq. of Llanedarn, in the county of Glamorgan, and sister and heir of Anthony Montonnier,' esq. of Newport, in Monmouthshire, who died in September, 1788, aged seventy-three. By this lady, who was buried at Newport, 18th September, 1785, aged sixty-nine, he left at his decease, 20th May, 1749, aged thirty-seven, I. JAMES, b. 6th January, 1746; d. at New York in 1780. II. HENRY-MONTONNIER, of Newport, Monmouthshire, b. 10th December, 1747; m. 4th April, 1767, Florence, third daughter and co-heir of William Seys, esq. of the Gaer, in the parish of St. Woollos, high sheriff of Monmouthshire in 1738, a lineal descendant of Roger Seys, of Boverton Place, Glamorganshire, attorney-general of all Wales, temp. Queen ELIZABETH. By this lady, who was baptized 12th January, 1740, and died 2nd April, 1802, Mr. Hawkins left at his decease, in May, 1814, an only child, ANTHONY-MONTONNIER, M. D. of the Gaer, b. 19th February, 1771, m. as in the text, JANE 1. Mary-Catherine, b. 15th October, 1744; died unm. 11th October, 1816. 1. Margaret, b. 15th May, 1749; married and left issue. 1 This Anthony Montonnier, who came from France at the commencement of the 18th century, is stated to have derived from a junior branch of the ducal house of Montmorency. kenton to his youngest son Richard, his second son, Robert, having married Mabel, daughter of Robert Fitz-Nigell. John Fitz-Nicholas held courts in 1307, for the manor of Nichole, in the hundred of Hinckford, Essex, called in the rolls the manor of Nicolls, or Fitz-Nicolls. John Fitz-Nicholl held the same manor from 1327 to 1377. The Nicholls of Essex bore for their arms 66 sa. a pheon arg." ." In the county of Northampton, William Nicolls, esq. of Hardwick, who was born in 1479, carried " sa. three pheons arg." and was ancestor of the Nicolls, afterwards baronets,* who had the same arms confirmed and ratified in 1588, with the addition of a canton arg. Camden assigned similar arms to the Nicholls of Trewane, in Cornwall, with a crescent for difference; and the seal of John Nicholl, esq. of Llantwitt Major, Glamorganshire, whose will was proved in 1599, was "sa. three pheons arg." thus fully proving that the different families of Nicholl have in all ages borne the pheons for their coat armour. The precise date of the settlement of the Nicholl family in Glamorganshire is not known, but from the will of John Nicholl, dated in 1598, and proved the following year, it is very evident they were a family of consequence, from the property they then possessed. John desires to be buried by his father, Iltyd Nicholl, in Llantwitt church, which Iltyd it is natural to suppose was born at Llantwitt, having been christened after the patron Saint of Llantwitt, Saint Iltutus, or Iltyd. This ILTYD NICHOLL, esq. of Llantwitt Major, in Glamorganshire, left two sons, viz. JOHN, his heir. William, of Laleston, Glamorganshire. The elder son, JOHN ILTYD NICHOLL, esq. of Llantwitt Major, in the diocese of Llandaff, where he resided temp. ELIZABETH, held the lease of the Abbots' Rents. His will, dated 28th June, 1598, was proved 19th October, 1599. By Margaret, his wife, to whom he left for her life his mansion-house at Llantwitt Major, he had issue, ILTYD, his heir. property in Glamorganshire, lands in the county of Brecon. He m. Cecil, daughter and heir of Edmond Turberville, esq. of Llantwitt Major, descended from Sir Pain Turberville, one of Fitzhammon's knights, and had issue, JOHN, his heir, sometimes called JohnNicholl-Yeiltid, m. Katherine, dau. of Alexander Seys, esq. of the Gaer, in the parish of St. Woollos, and of Caerleon, in the county of Monmouth, second son of Roger Seys, esq. of Boverton Place, Glamorganshire, attorney-general of all Wales, temp. ELIZABETH. By this lady, John Nicholl, who d. v. p. 3rd Dec.1643, left, ILTYD-JOHN, s. his grandfather. Florence, m. to Mr. John Rees, and had many children. Cecil, m. to Mr. William Deere, and had issue. Edmond, whose will was proved at Llandaff, 21st March, 1661. He left several children, Iltyd, of the Ham, surgeon, ancestor of the NICHOLLS of the HAM, DIMLANDS, &c. (see page 478.) Iltyd Nicholl, whose will bears date 21st October, 1651, was s. by his grandson, ILTYD-JOHN NICHOLL, esq. of Llantwitt Major, who m. Anne, daughter of John Deere, esq. of Llanmaes, in Glamorganshire, by Mary, his wife, daughter of Richard Yorath, esq. of Llantwitt, and had I. ILTYD, his heir. II. William, who m. in 1693, Florence, only daughter and heir of William Morgan, esq. of Tymawr, in the parish of Tredunnock, niece and heir of Mrs. Elizabeth Reynolds, of the Garn, in the same parish, and was buried in Tredunnock church, 3rd January, 1703, leaving issue, 1. William, of Tymawr, b. 2nd April, 1697; buried 27th March, 1750, s. p. 2. John, of the Garn, baptized 25th March, 1701; m. Anne, only daughter and heir of Edward Herbert, esq. of Magor, in Monmouthshire,(descended from the Herberts of St. Julians, near Caerleon, see family of JONES, of Llanarth,) and by her, who d. 6th Jan. 1777, aged sixty-six, left at his decease in 1749, two sons and two daughters, viz. WILLIAM, of Tymawr and the Garn, who succeeded to the representation of the Ni See BURKE's History of the Extinct and Dormant shire, from whom also sprang the Morgans of Baronetcies. + The Morgans of Tymawr were a branch of the Morgans of Pen-y-coed Castle, in Monmouth Llantarnam (see BURKE'S Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies). By the marriage with the heiress of Morgan, the Nicholl family became resident at Tredunnock, in Monmouthshire. choll family upon the demise of his cousin, the Rev. John Nicholl. John, who resided at Caerleon, m. 6th April, 1785, Miss Mary Edwards, and d. 10th December, 1790, leaving two daughters, Mary, m. to Mr. James Hawkins, of Newport, surgeon, illegitimate son of the late Henry Montonnier Hawkins, esq. of the Gaer, and d. in 1838, leaving issue. Ann. Elizabeth, m. to William Jenkins, esq. of Trastra, Monmouthshire, and had, with other issue, a daughter, Elizabeth, wife of William Morgan, esq. of Newport. Florence, m. to Thomas, son of Walter Norman, esq. and left issue.* 3. Margaret, b. 21st October, 1698, m. to Charles, eldest son of Charles Griffith, esq. of Laneravon, Monmouthshire, and had three sons. HI. John, alive in 1663. * The issue of this marriage were two sons and two daughters, Thomas Norman, baptized 5th June, 1765. Herbert Norman, baptized 19th February, 1770. Ann Norman, who m. the Rev. Lewis Evans, 1. Thomas-Simpson Evans (Dr.), Pro- 2. Arthur-Benoni Evans, D.D. of Brit- and Emma. IV. Richard, living in 1669. v. Thomas, living in 1669. 1. Mary. II. Another daughter, m. to William Thomas, and had six children. Iltyd-John Nicholl, whose will dated 15th April, 1696, was proved at Llandaff 3rd November following, died in that year, and was s. by his son, ILTYD NICHOLL, esq. of Llantwitt Major, who held the lease of the Abbots' Rents. He m. 26th July, 1696, Mary, daughter of Edmond Lloyd, esq. and dying 8th October, 1702, aged forty-two, left three sons, Iltyd, Edmund and John. The two former died unm. The latter, The Rev. JOHN NICHOLL, of Llantwitt Major, baptized 5th May, 1703, known by the name of "Parson Nicholl," or "Black Jack," from his dark complexion, was rector of West Ham, in Sussex, and domestic chaplain to the Earl of Northampton. He died without issue, and was s. in the representation of the Nicholl family by his cousin, WILLIAM NICHOLL, esq. of Tymawr and the Garn, in the parish of Tredunnock, who served as high sheriff for Monmouthshire in 1775. He m. Jane, only daughter of the Rev. Gregory Perrott, and sister and heir of William Perrott, esq. of Llandegveth, + His property went, by will, to William Nicholl, esq. of Tredunnock, and at his death, without male issue, it passed to Sir John Nicholl, knt. of Merthymawr. The ancient family of PERROTT derived their name from Castle Perrott, in Britanny, built in 957, by William de Perrott, whose great-grandson, Sir Richard Perrott, Seigneur de Perrott in 1066, furnished William of Normandy with his quota of ships and men, accompanied the expedition to England, and settling in Somersetshire, commenced the building of a city, whose remains are north and south Perrott, between which the river Perrott rises and runs into the Severn. Sir Richard left issue by his wife, daughter of Sancho Ramyno, second king of Aragon, a son and heir, SIR STEPHEN PERROTT, who, growing too powerful in the lands he inherited in Somersetshire, King HENRY I. called him thence, and gave him as much territory as he could conquer in South Wales, which was then in confusion. He was thus forced to leave, with regret, the infant city his father had founded; and to which he had given the name of Perrott; but not being able to contest it with Henry, he went into Gloucestershire to raise forces. Not willing, however, to lead his troops into a country of which he knew nothing, he went to Wales in disguise, in order to view the state of it, and was there struck with the beauty of the Princess Helen, daughter and sole heir of Marchin, descended from Howel Dda, King of South Wales. She was no less charmed with his graceful stature, his amiable and majestic countenance, and most wonderful brilliant and piercing eye, which commanded reverence from all that beheld it. The conquest of and by that lady, who d. 25th July, 1812, left at his decease, being buried at Caerleon, 11th December, 1813, aged seventy-seven, an only daughter and heir, the present MRS. HAWKINS, of the Garn, &c. Arms-Quarterly, 1st, for Nicholl, sa. three pheons arg.: 2nd, for MORGAN, or, a griffin segreant sa.: 3rd, for HERBERT, party per pale az. and gu. three lions rampant, arg. 4th, for PERROTT, gu. three pears or, on a chief arg. a demi-lion issuant sa. armed of the field. There are about fifty minor quarterings. Estates The Gaer and Ty Gwynn Bach, in the parish of St. Woollos; the Great House, the Garn, Cefn Henlle, and Coed y fon, in the parish of Tredunnock; Court Perrott and Green Court, in the parish of Llaudegveth; Ty Captain, in the parish of Llanthewy Vach; and Ponthier, in the parish of Llangattock juxta Caerleon, all in the county of Monmouth. Town Residence-10, Montagu Place, Montagu square. this Princess, whom he married, gained him great Seat-The Gaer House, near Newport, Monmouthshire. The present house was modernised by the late Anthony Montonnier Hawkins, esq. in 1819, the old residence having been built by Alexander Seys, esq. temp. Queen ELIZABETH. It is situated near a Roman fort, the Welsh of which word being Gaer, gave the name to the property. Turberville, of Coyty Castle. This ancient and knightly family (the most powerful of all the Normans that settled in Glamorganshire) were, previous to their advent into that county, Lords of Crûg Howell (now written Crickhowell), in Brecknockshire, which they obtained at the conquest of Brecknock, from Sir Bernard Newmarch, the Norman knight, who, in the early part of William Rufus's reign, entered Brecknockshire, and won the lordship from the then possessor, Bleddyn ap Maenyrch, a Welsh Prince. SIR PAYN DE Turberville, was one of of Llandegveth, one son and one dau. The former, William Perrott, esq. of Llandegveth, b. 11th June, 1736, died unm. 19th March, 1779, aged fortythree, and was buried in Llandegveth church, leaving his sister, Jane Perrott, his heir, who died 25th July, 1812, having m. 4th July, 1769, William Nicholl, esq. of Tredunnock, as above. Arms of Perrott, of Llandegveth; gules, three pears or, on a chief argent, a demi-lion issuant sable, armed of the field. Crest, a parrot vert, holding in his dexter claw a pear or, with two leaves vert. Motto, Amo ut invenio. The arms as well as the crest alludes to the name, pear or, a golden pear. In the reign of Elizabeth a member of this family was one of the most powerful men of his day. Sir John Perrott, Lord of Haroldston and of Langhorn, which castle he built, he was likewise Lord of Carew and its castle, in Pembrokeshire, to which he added the fine part called Castle Perrott: he was lord-deputy, lieutenant-general, and general-governor of the kingdom of Ireland, admiral of England, a lord of the privy council, knight of the bath, &c. &c. he possessed an estate of £22,000 per annum : he was m. twice; by his first wife he had a son, Sir Thomas, created a baronet, 28th June, 1611, who died before his patent was made out; by his second wife he had a son, Sir James Perrott, who garrisoned Carew and Langhorn castles with 1130 men, all at his own expence, and offered them as places of security to his sovereign when his troubles increased; he was of the king's council, and such was his affection to him for his loyalty, that he ordered a warrant for a patent, creating him Marquis of Narbeth, Earl and Viscount Carew, and Baron Perrott. After the restoration CHARLES II. neglected this family, whose castles had been torn from them, their estates plundered, and some given to Oliver's adherents; themselves loaded with fines, and their houses and parks destroyed. ' David Williams left by Jane, his wife, a daughter, Mary Williams, who married the Rev. John Perrott, rector of Llanwarne, in the county of Monmouth. the twelve knights who accompanied Sir Robert Fitz Hammon to the aid of Jestin ap Gurgant, king of Glamorgan, against Rhese, prince of South Wales, about the year 1090.❘ Subsequently on the death of Rhese, Fitz Hammon, turning his forces against Jestin, and conquering his whole dominion, divided it amongst his followers. To the share of Sir Payn de Turberville, were allotted the castle and lordship of Coyty, and he confirmed his right by marrying by the heiress of the last possessor, a descendant of Jestyn ap Gurgant. Sir Payn had three sons, and was s. by the eldest, SIR SIMON TURBERVILLE, knt. who d. s. p. and was s. by his brother, SIR GILBERT TURBERVILLE, knt. of Coyty and Crûg Howell, who left by Agnes, his wife, a son and successor, SIR PAIN TURBERVILLE, knt, lord of Coyty and Crûg Howell, who had two sons, viz. GYLBERT, his heir, Ermerod (Sir), knt. had the lordship of The elder son, SIR GYLBERT TURBERVILLE, knt. lord of Coyty Castle, married Maud, daughter and heir of Morgan Garn, son of Morgan ap Cradoc ap Jestyn ap Gurgan, and was father of SIR GILBERT TURBERVILLE, knt. lord of Coyty, whose son, ŠIR RICHARD TURBERVILLE, knt. Lord Coyty, m. Agnes, daughter and heir of Sir Roger Wilcock, knt. and had two sons, PAIN and WILCOCK. The second son, WILCOCK TURBERVILLE, esq. m. Maud, daughter and heir of Hopkin ap Howell Ychan, of Tythegstone, in Glamorganshire, and had a son, HAMON TURBERVILLE, esq. of Tytheyston, or Tythegstone, m. a daughter of Tomkins, of Herefordshire, and was succeeded by his son, TOMKIN TURBERVILLE, esq. of Tythegstone, who m. Lucy, daughter and co-heir of Sir John Norris, knt. of Penlline Castle, Glamorganshire, and left, with a daughter Gwenllian, m. to Howel Button, esq. of Dyffryn Golywch, a son and successor, Jenkin, who m. Alice, daughter of Christopher Mathew, esq. of Llandaff, and had issue, a daughter Alice, wife of Thomas Griffith Goch, esq. and a son, CHRISTOPHER, of Penlline Castle, Glamorganshire, high sheriff in 1549 and 1568. His son and successor, JAMES, of Penlline Castle, had by his second wife, a daughter of Rees ap Rees, of Bridgend, two sons, 1. CHRISTOPHER, of Penlline Castle, sheriff in 1615, who m. Mary, daughter of Sir Edward Mansell, knt. of Margam, and had two sons, Anthony, who succeeded him at Penlline Castle, and Richard, who resided at Bolston. 2. EDWARD, who m. Jennett, daughter and heir of Jenkin Edward, esq. of Tregement or Clemenstone, by Denis, his wife, fifth daughter and co-heir of Robert Stradling, esq. second son of Sir Edward Stradling, knt. of St. Donats Castle, and had issue.† The elder son of Jenkin Turberville, of Tythegstone, RICHARD TURBERVILLE, esq. of Tythegstone, inherited the paternal estates, and in The issue of Edward and Jennett were, 1. Christopher Turberville, died s. p. II. Humphrey Turberville, who inherited Treglement, or Clemenstone, at the demise of his brother. He m. Mary Rees, third sister of Charles Price, esq. and had five daughters, his co-heirs, viz. 1. MARY, m. to John Curre, esq. and had a son, JOHN CURRE, of Clemenstone, sheriff of Glamorganshire in 1712, who m. Mary, daughter of William White, mayor of Bristol, and was father of |