The second son, JOHN WAYE, of Bridport, Dorset, died before 1680, leaving by Elizabeth, his wife, JOHN,* of Bridport, and BENJAMIN WAY, of Dorchester, vicar of Barking, Essex; who was ejected from his living in the time of the Commonwealth. He d. at Bristol in 1680, leaving with other issue, a son, sister of Sir Gregory Page, the last baronet, whose daughter m. Sir Gregory-Page Turner, bart. (See BURKE'S Baronetage), but this lady d. without issue, 2nd January, 1735. He wedded secondly, Philadelphia, second daughter of Nathaniel Newnham, esq. of Streatham, Surrey, and sister of Anne, the wife of Sir Dudley Ryder, lord chief justice, father of the first Baron Harber, 1737, he had no issue. He m. thirdly, Abigail, only daughter and heir of Edward Lockey, esq. of the Middle Temple, and Holme Hill, Hertfordshire, by Abigail, his wife, second daughter of Sir Roger Hill,† of Denham Place, Bucks, and had by her a son and daughter, viz. BENJAMIN, his heir, and Abigail, m. in April, 1767, to JohnHe Baker Holroyd Earl of Sheffield. married fourthly, Sarah, daughter of the Rev. Thomas Payne, vicar of Holme Lacy, Herefordshire, sister of Frances, Countess of Northampton, and by her who died 17th April, 1802, at the Old Court, Richmond, had an only son, BENJAMIN WAY, esq. who settled in Lon-rowby. By this lady, who d. 4th Septemdon as a merchant, and resided Walthamstow. He died at Bath in 1709, leaving by Elizabeth, his wife, daughter of Samuel Lewis, of the Island of Jamaica, two sons and two daughters, besides a numerous issue, commemorated on his monument in Bunhill fields. The eldest son, LEWIS WAY, esq. of Streatham, and the Old Court, Richmond, in the county of Surrey, built on part of the site of the ancient royal palace of West Sheen, was a member of the Inner Temple, director of the South Sea company, and president of Guy's Hospital. He died 24th January, 1771, having been four times married. He m. first, Sophia, second daughter of Sir Gregory Page, bart. of Greenwich, and * This JOHN WAY, of Bridport, left, inter alios, a son, THOMAS WAY, of Bridport, b. before 1678, who had two sons, JOHN, recorder of Bridport, temp. GEORGE I. whose issue is extinct; and ANDREW WAY, also of Bridport, who m. Elizabeth, daughter of Bull, esq. of the same place, and was s. by his eldest son, JOHN WAY, esq. of Bridport, who m. Elizabeth, only child of Joseph Way, esq. of Bradpole, and had with other issue, who d. s. p. a son, HOLLES BULL WAY, esq. of Bridport, who m. first, Anna-Maria, only daughter of Harvey Lillington, esq. of Stockley, in Dorsetshire, and had by her, Holles, d. young. Harvey-Ekins, who m. Anne, second daugh- Elizabeth-Ellen. Charlotte, m. to Charles Burt, second son of Frances. Mr. Way wedded secondly, his cousin, Frances Lee, only daughter of Samuel Way, esq. of Hackney, in Middlesex. + Sir Roger Hill, second son of Roger Hill, of Pounsford, near Taunton, Somerset, was seated at Denham Place, Bucks, built by him about 1696. He descended from John Hill, of Hounston, Somerset, made knight banneret by EDWARD III. whose descendants were seated at Spaxton Yarde, and Pounsford, in Somerset, and intermarried with many of the distinguished families of the west. He was born 19th January, 1642, knighted by CHARLES II. in 1668, sheriff of Bucks in 1673, and died 29th December, 1729; his monument is Gregory-Lewis, b. 1756, of Spencer at Denham. By Abigail, his wife, daughter of John Lockey, esq. of Holmes Hill, in the county of Herts, (m. 11th July, 1667), he had three sons and two daughters, Lockey Hill, b. 7th September, 1671, d. 6th February, 1729. He m. and had a son, Roger Hill, d. 1721, and a daughter Abigail, m. to Matthew Powell, esq. of Lantillo, Monmouthshire, who d. without issue. William Hill, who had one daughter, Mary, m. to William Denny, lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania, but had no issue; her father died before Sir Roger. Roger Hill, b. 6th July, 1685, m. Martha, daughter of Sir Isaac Shard, but died with out issue the same day as his father, 29th December, 1729. Hester, b. 5th July, 1669, m. Henry Probert, esq. of Penalt, Monmouthshire, died without issue, 22nd Feb. 1742, having bequeathed Denham to her sister Abigail and her heirs. Abigail, b. 26th February, 1673-4, m. first, Edward Lockey, esq. of the Middle Temple, and Herefordshire, (by whom, who d. 1711, she had an only daughter Abigail, the third wife of Lewis Way, esq. of Richmond), and secondly, Charles Edwin, esq. of Lincoln's Inn, from whom by a former alliance, are descended the Corbetts of Elsham, in the county of Lincoln, (see vol. iii. p. 188). She had no issue by the second marriage, and died 17th March, 1757. Sir Roger Hill in 1701, bequeathed his estates in default of heirs male to his eldest daughter Hester. Mr. G. L. Way, was the author of a selection of translations in verse, from the metrical tales of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, collected by Le Grand. Of his literary labours (still esteemed highly by the lover of elegant versification and early historical romance) and of himself, the faith only daughter of the Rev. William Lewis, of Spencer Farm, Essex, and Kate. John, of Spaynes Hall, Great William, lieutenant R.N. b. 7th Frances-Elizabeth, m. to the Rev. Mary, m. 24th June, 1833, to the The son and heir, BENJAMIN WAY, esq. b. in September, 1740, was possessed of Denham, and the estates of Sir Roger Hill, in pursuance of the will of Hester, his eldest daughter. He was M.P. for Bridport, 1765; sheriff of the county of Bucks, 1777; president of Guy's Hospital, sub-governor of the South Sea ful character will be found in vol. ii. of the work, p. 291, by his friend George Ellis, who after his decease, conducted the publication which first appeared in 1800. * Major-general Sir Gregory Way entered the army in 1797, and on his voyage to America to join his regiment the 26th, was taken prisoner by a French privateer, and carried into Nantz: at length released from imprisonment by an exchange, he was appointed in 1800, lieutenant of the 35th regiment, and was engaged at the siege of Valetta and capture of Malta. company, F.R.S. and F.A.S. He m. 10th Nov. 1767, Elizabeth-Anne, eldest dau. of the Very Rev. William Cooke, D.D. rector of Denham, provost of King's College, Cambridge, &c. and by her, who died in 1825, aged seventy-nine, and was buried at Denham, had seven sons and nine daughters, viz. 1. BENJAMIN, his heir. II. Lewis, in holy orders, m. 31st December, 1801, Mary, youngest daughter and co-heiress of Rev. Herman Drewe, rector of Comb Raleigh, Devon, seventh son of Francis Drewe, esq. of the Grange, Devon, by Mary, his wife, daughter and heir of Thomas Rose, esq. of Wooton Fitz Paine, Dorsetshire, and has issue, one son and five daughters, viz. 1. Albert. 1. Drusilla. 2. Anna-Mary. 4. Louisa-Catherine. 5. Georgiana Millecent. III. William, rector of Denham, and IV. Henry-Francis, b. 24th October, the gallantry of General Brenier. At Vimeira, the capture of Oporto, Talavera, Albuera, and almost every conflict of that eventful war, the 29th were engaged at the last, Major Way on the fall of his lieutenant colonel succeeded to the command, and in the midst of action was shot through the body and his left arm fractured, and compelled to quit the field. On his return in 1811, with the skeleton of the 29th reduced from their full number to about 100 effective force, Colonel Way, by considerable exertion re-formed the corps, and embarked a second time for the peninsular in 1813. But the heat of the climate, after the severe wounds he had re when his majesty GEORGE IV. conferred on him the honour of knighthood, with permission to assume the order of the tower and sword, presented to him by the King of Portugal; and the appointment of companion of the Bath. In 1802, he became captain of the 5th regiment, was in Lord Cathcart's expedition, and was wrecked off the Texel, and taken prisoner by the Dutch.ceived, made his return to England indispensable, He was afterwards in the expedition to Buenos Ayres, and led part of the light troops to the siege of the city and in 1808, being appointed major of the 29th regiment, proceeded to Portugal, in which country, as well as in Spain, that regiment highly distinguished itself. At Roleia, Major Way on gaining the plateau with a few men and officers of his regiment, had the blade of his sword shot away at the hilt, at which moment the small party being charged by the enemy, he was rescued from the bayonet of a French grenadier by He was subsequently appointed to the staff in North Britain, as deputy-adjutant-general, and on that situation being abolished in 1822, was named colonel of the royal veteran battalion, and raised to the rank of major-general on the accession of WILLIAM IV. BENJAMIN, his heir. vi. Bromley-Samuel-Lascelles, b. 24th | John Smyth, bart. of Long Ashton, GloucesJuly, 1782, died 23rd January, 1783. tershire, and had issue, VII. George, in holy orders, m. at Tours, 15th April, 1820, Susannah-Mary, daughter of Enos Smith, esq. and has issue, George-Enos-Gregory. Elizabeth-Gulielma. Caroline-Frances. Drusilla-Wilhelmina. Amelia-Georgiana. 1. Louisa-Abigail, d. 24th April, 1787. 11. Sarah-Anne, d. 10th January, 1770. III. Isabella. IV. Mary, d. an infant. v. Mary-Ann, m. to the Rev. Edward Whitby, of Cresswell Hall, in the county of Stafford, eldest surviving son of the Rev. Thomas Whitby, of Cresswell Hall, by Mabella, his wife, youngest daughter of John Turton, esq. of Orgrave Hall. VI. Anne-Frances. VII. Catherine, m. 26th March, 1826, to Sir Montague Cholmeley, bart. of Easton Hall, Lincolnshire. VIII. Charlotte. IX. Hester, d. unmarried in 1824. Mr. Way died 22nd August, 1808, aged sixty-seven, and was buried at Denham, and s. by his son, BENJAMIN WAY, esq. of Denham Place, b. 8th November, 1770, who served as high sheriff of the county of Bucks in 1822, and was lieutenant-colonel of the militia. He m. 31st March, 1798, Mary, sister of Sir Henry-Hugh, vicar of Henbury, Gloucestershire; m. Susan, second daughter of Thomas Daniel, esq. of that place, and has issue, John-Hugh, b. 26th July, 1834. Holroyd-Fitzwilliam, lieutenant 38th Gregory-Lewis, lieut. 29th regiment. HERCY, OF CRUCHFIELD. HERCY, JOHN, esq. of Cruchfield, Berks, b. 10th July, 1790, m. 21st November, 1815, Frances, daughter of Thomas-Joseph Moore, esq. of Stafford House, Chiswick, Middlesex, and has surviving issue, Mr. Hercy succeeded his father in 1823, and is a magis trate for Berkshire. Lineage. The family of Hercy was established in England by one of the companions in arms of the Conqueror, and the name of its patriarch is to be found inscribed on the Roll of Battle Abbey. In the reign of HENRY III. MALVEYSIN DE HERCY was constable of Tykhill. He espoused Theophania, daughter and co-heir, (with her sister Isabel,* wife of Sir William Rufus, knt.) of Gilbert de Arches, Baron of Grove, Notts, and thus acquired that estate, which became afterwards the designation of the family He had two sons, Robert, who died s. p. and SIR HUGH HERCY, knt. of Grove, in the county of Nottingham, who m. a daughter of John Heriz, Lord of Wingfield, and was direct ancestor of SIR HUGH HERCY, knt. of Grove, who m. Elizabeth, daughter and co-heir of Sir Simon Leeke, kut. of Cotham, Notts, by Joane, his wife, daughter of Sir John Talbot, of Swanington, and had a son and successor, HUGH HERCY, esq. of Grove, who m. Margery, daughter of Sir Richard Bingham, the judge, and had two sons, namely, HUMPHREY, of Grove, who m. Joan, Sir Hugh Hercy, as in the text. Sir John Talbot, who acquired great distinction by his valour and prowess, was son and heir of Philip Talbot, of Swanington, by Elizabeth, his wife, sister and co-heir of Richard de Freign, grandson of Alan Talbot, of the reign of EDWARD II. and great-grandson of William Talbot, Lord of Swanington, in Leicestershire, 6 EDWARD I. He m. Alice, daughter of Sir Robert Moton, knt. of Pickleton, and left at his decease, an only daughter and heir, Joane, wife of Sir Simon Leke, and mother of Lady Hercy daughter of John Stanhope, esq. of 1. John (Sir), knt. of Grove, 1. Katherine, m. to John Mering, esq. 2. Anne, m. to Nicholas Denman, esq. 3. Alice, m. first to Henry Hatfield, esq. and secondly to Robert Markham, esq. serjeant-at-law. 4. Jane, m. to Edmund Bussy, esq. 5. Barbara, m. to George Nevile, esq. who inherited GROVE. (See p. 235). 6. Ursula, m. to John, or Humphrey Littlebury. 7. Elen, m. to Francis Mackworth, esq. of Empingham, Rutlandshire. 8. Mary, m. to Sir Francis Hoham, knt. STEPHEN, of whose line we have to treat. The second son, STEPHEN HERCY, esq. was father of JOHN HERCY, esq. of Charlton, in the county of Nottingham, who married and left a son and successor, THOMAS HERCY, esq. of Charlton,whose son, JOHN HERCY, esq. of Charlton, m. a daughter of Okeham, and was father of JOHN HERCY, esq. of Cruchfield, in the county of Berks,who m. a daughter of Payne, of Sunnington, in that shire, and had a son and successor, JOHN HERCY, esq. of Cruchfield, who m. Ursula, daughter of Richard Lovelace, esq. of Hurley, in Berkshire, and sister of Richard Lovelace, created Lord Lovelace in 1627. By this lady he left a son and successor, JOHN HERCY, esq. of Cruchfield, who m. Mary, daughter of Henry Aungier, esq. of Cambridge, brother of Gerard, Lord Aungier, and dying in 1683, aged seventy-nine, was buried at Winkfield, Berks, leaving a son and successor, LOVELACE HERCY, esq. of Cruchfield, Berks, and of the Inner Temple, who m. first, (settlement before marriage 26th January, 1677,) Mary, daughter of Simon Ford, D.D. rector of Old Swinford, Worcestershire, and secondly, a lady whose Christian name was Rebecca. By the former, who was buried at Winkfield, 27th March, 1694, he left at his decease in 1730, a son and successor, WILLIAM HERCY, esq. of Cruchfield and of Wild Court, Berks, born 2nd January, | Portland Street, London, b. 1st February, 1692, who m. Elizabeth, only daughter and heir of James Matthews, esq. of Hampstead Norris, in the same county, and had issue, LOVELACE, his heir. Mary, m. to John Marshall, esq. of Rebecca-Sophia, who m. at Bray, Berks, 30th April, 1756, Henry Smallwood, esq. of the Strand, Westminster, and dying 20th July, 1758, left, by him who survived until 17th Nov. 1789, two sons and one daughter, namely, THOMAS-HERCY SMALLWOOD, heir to his uncle. 1756, who assumed the surname and arms of HERCY only by sign manual, 10th December, 1821. He m. at St. Martins-in-thefields, 23rd January, 1785, Bridget, daughter of Thomas Barker, esq. of Thornham, in Suffolk, and had issue, JOHN, his heir. Henry-Edward, born 23rd November, 1792, m. Miss Pugh, and has issue, Elizabeth, m. at St. Annes, Soho, to John Brydon, esq. of Welbeck Street, Cavendish Square. Bridget, m. to John Devey, esq. of Wolverhampton. Mr. Hercy d. in 1823, and was s. by his Henry-William Smallwood, d. eldest son, the present JOHN HERCY, esq. of unm. in 1788. Elizabeth Smallwood, m. in 1797, to Thomas Joseph Moore, esq. of Safford House, Chiswick, Middlesex. William Hercy died in 1743, was buried at Wink field, and succeeded by his only son, LOVELACE HERCY, esq. of Cruchfield, and of Newman Street, in the parish of St. Marylebone, Middlesex, banker, who m. Elizabeth, daughter of James Clark, esq. of London, and had by her, who died in 1802, an only child, Charles, who d. v. p. unm. Mr. Hercy died in May, 1794, and was s. by his nephew, THOMAS-HERCY SMALLWOOD, esq. of Great Cruchfield. Arms-Quarterly; 1st, HERCY, gu. a chief arg.: 2nd, ARCHES, erm. a chief az.: 3rd, LEKE, arg. in a saltier engr. sa. nine annulets or: 4th, TOWERS, sa. a castle or: 5th, STAVELEY, arg. a chev. between three lozenges: 6th, TALBOT, arg. semée of crosses crosslet fitchee three fleurs-de-lis gu.: 7th, DE FREIGN, erm. two bars gu. in chief a demi-lion of the 2nd. Crest-Out of a ducal coronet or, a man's head ppr. wreathed about the temples. Estates-In Berkshire, Suffolk, and Kent. Town Residence-20, Baker Street, Portman Square. Seat-Hawthorn Hill, Berks. GALWEY, OF LOTA. GALWEY, JOHN, esq. of Lota, in the county of Cork, succeeded his father in 1812, m. in 1813, Susan, daughter of John Grainger, esq. of the county of Meath, and widow of P. E. Arthur, esq. of Limerick, but by her, who died 16th May, 1836, has no issue. Lineage. JOHN DE BURGO, younger brother of Ulick de Burgo, ancestor of the Marquis of Clanrickarde, having accredited the bills of the citizens of Galway, was commonly known by the name of John, of Galwey, and for his signal services in defending Ball's Bridge, Limerick, against the great force of O'Brien, of Desmond, in 1361, received the honour of knighthood from Lionel, Duke of Clarence, the lord lieutenant of Ireland, by the name of SIR JOHN DE GALWEY, with permission to him and his heirs to carry in his arms the representation of Ball's Bridge, and the date, 1361, under the same, for ever. He also had granted to him and his heirs, the government of Limerick, with the privilege of being met at the bounds of the city by the mayor and corporation in their regalia, and the garrison with their arms and music to conduct him to his house. In addition, he received a grant of a house, garden, and mill, in every walled town in Ireland, and an entire street in Dublin, for |