man of eminent scholastic and scientific attainments, a member of the British universities of Oxford and Cambridge, and Aberdeen, Dublin, Leyden, and others on the continent; at the last named of which he studied. He was also a member of the colleges of physicians of London and Edinburgh, M.A. candidate for divinity, doctor of philosophy, of laws, and of medicine, bachelor of music, &c. Dr. Sprye wrote, among other things, a dissertation on Small-pox and inoculation, published in quarto at Leyden, 1768; and several papers in the Philosophical Transactions, from the years 1755, to 1767; he d. at his residence, the Old Abbey, Plymouth, in Sept. 1795, aged sixtyeight, and was buried in the family burial ground at Maker, 3rd October: a portrait of him, engraved by Jehner, in 1785, is from an elaborate painting representing him in his study in doctor's robes, surrounded with philosophical apparatus, and intent upon botanical studies; but never have any been published, and only few copies distributed to relatives and friends, it has become with those of his father and nephew very scarce. Dying unmarried, he was s. by his only surviving brother, JOHN SPRYE, of Stoke Damarell, b. in 1733, who m. at Holberton, in Devon, Margaret, daughter of William Brooking, gent. of Pumphleet, in that parish, by whom, who was b. in 1739, d. at Plymouth, 11th February, 1803, and was buried at Maker, on the 16th, he had issue, (that survived youth), one son and one daughter, 1. JOHN, his heir. 1. Jane, m. there to Reuben Rendle, gent. of Plymouth, by whom, who d. at Plymouth, and was there buried in 1836, she has issue three sons, 1. Reuben-Sprye Rendle, of Jesus 2. Edmond Rendle, M.D. of Ply- William Rendle. Louisa Rendle. John Sprye d. at Plymouth, 3rd September, 1799, aged sixty-nine, was buried at Maker on the 9th, s. by his only surviving son, JOHN SPRYE, of Christ Church, Oxford, in holy orders, vicar of Ugborough, in the south of Devon, b. at Stoke Damarell, 29th May, 1764, baptized there the following month, who m. 13th January, 1788, Ann, Cannon, of Saltash, in the county of Cornof Sampson Crappe, esq. of Trevollard House, in the parish of St. Stephens, in that county, by whom, who was born 13th Oc tober, 1764, he has surviving issue, two sons and two daughters, 1. FREDERICK, a captain in the royal 11. Richard-Samuel, a captain in the 2. Courtenay-William-Hele-Fow- 1. Henrietta - Anne - Hele- Fowell Sprye, b. at sea, off the Cape de Verd Islands. 2. Isabella - Mary - Hele - Fowell Sprye, b. at Prince of Wales's Island, Straits of Malacca. 3. Frances Helen - Hele - Fowell Sprye, b. at Vizajapatam, northern division of the Madras presidency. 4. Sarah Emily Hele - Fowell Sprye, b. in Upper Berkeley street, London. Captain Sprye has for many years devoted considerable time to the collection of the histories and genealogies of the parliamentary_families of his native county, Devon, during the period of the civil war and commonwealth. These collections are very extensive and complete, abounding with local and parliamentary history of the period, hitherto unpublished, of a most interesting nature to the county. 1. Anne, born at the parsonage, Crediton. 11. Mary-Emily, b. at the parsonage, Crediton, m. at Ugborough, to the Rev. William - Baker Beare, of Emanuel College, Cambridge, M.A. in holy orders, vicar of Morebath, in Devon, and perpetual curate of Upton, in Somerset, second son (by his first wife, Anne, eldest daughter of the Rev. T. E. Clarke, of Trimlitt House, in the county of Somerset,) of Montague-Baker Beare, esq. of Morebath House, in Devon. FERRAND, OF ST. IVES. FERRAND, SARAH, of St. Ives, in the county of York, m. Currer Fothergill Busfeild, esq. of Cottingley Bridge, B.A. of St. Peter's College, Cambridge, youngest son of Johnson Atkinson Busfeild, esq. of Myrtle Grove, (see p. 702,) and by him, who died 30th June, 1832, aged fifty-five, has had issue, WILLIAM BUSFEILD, of Myrtle Grove, in the commission of the peace for Yorkshire, m. Sarah, daughter of J. Priestley, esq. captain in the army, and by her, who died in 1832, had issue, William. Sarah-Harriette. Walker Busfeild. Currer Busfeild. Johnson-Atkinson Busfeild, of Bradford, who m. Mary- Jane-Ferrand Busfeild, d. unm. in 1824. Sarah-Dale Busfeild, d. unm. in 1825. Katharine-Maria Busfeild, m. to Charles Priestley, esq. Elizabeth-Octavia Busfeild-Ferrand. Caroline Busfeild-Ferrand. Emily-Lucinda Busfeild-Ferrand. This lady, after the decease of her husband, Mr. Busfeild, assumed by sign manual, in 1837, her paternal name and arms of FERRAND only, in compliance with the testamentary injunction of her relative, Benjamin Ferrand, esq. on succeeding (by the death of her brother, the late Edward Ferrand, esq. without male issue,) to the valuable estates of St. Ives, Harden Grange, Cottingley House, Ryshworth Hall, &c. Her three unmarried daughters took, at the same time, the name of Ferrand, in addition to that of Busfeild. Lineage. The family of Ferrant or Ferrand, of Norman extraction, appears to have come into England under the protection of the ancient Earl of Albermarle, and held for many centuries the important office of warden of Skipton Castle. The representative of the senior branch in the 17th century, EDMUND FERRAND, esq. of Carlton, married Mary, daughter of Thomas Wentworth, esq. bencher of Gray's Inn, and had two sons, Thomas, killed at the battle of Preston, fighting for King CHARLES, and Edmund, who in conjunction with his father, sold the estate of Carlton in 1651, to Thomas Parkinson. Of the Skipton family, was RICHARD FERRAND, citizen of London, who lies interred in the minster of Beverley, with this epitaph on a brass plate in the nave: All you that read this writing apparent Of Robert Ferrant, he was the Sonne, RICHARD FERRAND, of Bingley, who died about the year 1643, leaving by Margaret, his wife, daughter of Henry Atkinson, of Bolton, in Boland, Yorkshire, 1. GEORGE, of Bingley, bapt. there 5th January, 1577, father of THOMAS, of Bingley, b. 25th March, 1625, whose will bears date 9th March, 1662. By Elizabeth, his wife, he had two sons, Stephen and Joshua. The elder, STEPHEN FERRAND, of Bingley, m. 18th February, 1672, Mary, daughter of Holings, of Allerton, and by her, who wedded, secondly, Abraham Binns, of Ryshworth, he left at his decease in 1684, an only child. THOMAS FERRAND, M. A. of Trinity College, Cambridge, and vicar of Bingley, bapt. there 9th June, 1680, who m. 2nd June, 1705, Martha, daughter of John Dobson, gent. of the Vicarage, and dying in 1740, left issue, JOHN, M.A. vicar of Messingham, in Lincolnshire, bapt. at Bingley, 5th November, 1706, m. Mary, daughter and coheir of Thomas Hatchett, of Edwinstow, Notts, and died in 1759, leaving a son, GERRARDTHOMAS, of Southwell, who d. unm. 10th July, 1779, aged twenty-se ven. Thomas, fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, bapt. at Bingley, 21st December, 1719, died unm. 1741. Benjamin, lieut. R.N. bapt. 30th November, 1713, killed at Porto Cavello, unm. Stephen, of Blythe, Notts, bapt. 6th March, 1717, d.unm. 5th March, 1788. Mary, died young. Sarah, bapt. at Bingley, 15th August, 1720, m. to John Siddal, gent. of Bingley. Anne, m. 1740, to the Rev. Joshua Waddington, M.A. vicar of Harworth and Walkingham,Notts. 11. EDMUND, of Bingley, bapt. 6th August, 1592, m. 14th August, 1620, Isabel Wood. III. ROBERT, of whom presently. IV. Stephen, of Harden, bapt. 8th June, 1600, m. 20th December, 1620, Mary Walters. 1. Agnes, bapt. 9th March, 1579, m. to John Bean, of Gilstead, Yorkshire. 11. Mary, bapt. 23rd March, 1581, m. to Samuel Holride, of Bingley. III. Alice, bapt. 24th February, 1586, m. to William Wiley, citizen and surgeon of London. IV. Anne, bapt. 5th January, 1594, m. to William Crawshaw, of Wilsden, Yorkshire. The third son, ROBERT FERRAND, esq. of Harden Grange, in the county of York, bapt. at Bingley, 6th November, 1597, entered his pedigree and arms at the visitation of 1665. He m. Anne, daughter of Thomas Newton, esq. of Daventry, in Northamptonshire, and by her, who died in 1667, had issue, 1. BENJAMIN, his heir. 1. Dorothy, m. to Ambrose Metcalfe, a merchant of Hull. II. Anne, m. first to Robert Milner, esq. of Pudsey, in Yorkshire, and secondly to Samuel Jenkinson, esq. of Horbury, near Wakefield. Robert Ferrand died in 1674, and was s. by his son, BENJAMIN FERRAND, esq. of Harding Beck, aged forty-one in 1665, who m. at Bingley, 18th December, 1645, Martha, daughter of Edward Brokesbank, esq. of Wilesden, and by her, who died in 1699, had issue, 1. ROBERT, his heir of Harden Grange, bapt. at Bingley, 9th December, 1647, a magistrate and deputy lieut. for Yorkshire, m. first, Barbara, daughter of Richard Bradgate, esq. of Ullesthorp, in Leicestershire, and secondly, in 1685, Anne, daughter of Hugh Currer, esq. of Kildwick, and widow of William Busfeild, esq. of Leeds. By the latter, who died in 1712, he had one son, Robert, of Harden Grange, who d. unm. in 1742; and by the former, who was buried at Bingley, 4th April, 1685, he left at his decease in 1711, two sons and two daughters, namely, 1. BENJAMIN, of St. Ives, in the parish of Bingley, b.9th September, 1676, capt. West Riding militia, m. first in 1707, Ann, daughter of Henry Currer, esq. of Kildwick, which lady died issueless in 1727, and secondly in 1728, Sarah, daughter and co-heir of Thomas Dobson, esq. of the Vicarage, near Bingley. By the latter, who wedded secondly, Gregory Rhodes, of Ripon, he left at his decease in 1731, one son, BENJAMIN, of St. Ives, lord of 20th October, 1803, aged 2. Bradgate, in holy orders, vicar of Bradford, bapt. at Bingley, 8th May, 1682, d. unm. 1. Mary, m. to Thomas Roebuck, esq. of Heath, near Wakefield. 2. Anne, m. to John Cockroft, esq. of Bradford. 11. EDWARD, of whom presently. III. David, major in the army, d. s. p. in 1699. IV. Samuel, in holy orders, rector of Todwick and vicar of Rotherham, bapt. at Bingley, 24th February, 1664, m. first, in 1687, Miss Anne Marsh, and secondly, Miss Dobson, but had issue only by the former, viz. six sons, 1. Benjamin, in holy orders, died 2. Philip, who both d. in the sea 6. Fytch-William, of St. James, 1. Anne, bapt. 18th June, 1650, m. 2nd 1. Mary, bapt. 25th January, 1658, m. Richard Pindar, esq. of Kendall, barrister-at-law. Benjamin Ferrand died in 1699, and was buried at Bingley, 14th February. His second son, EDWARD FERRAND, esq. of Harden Beck, bapt. at Bingley, 29th May, 1656, married Jane, daughter of William Richard son, esq. of Bierley, in the county of York, and by her, who died in 1716, had issue, RICHARDSON, of Harden a magistrate for the West Riding, bapt. at Bingley, 21st April, 1692, m. the 24th May, 1728, Mary, daughter of William Busfeild, esq. of Ryshworth, and died in 1745, leaving two surviving daughters, JANE, m. to Robert Stansfield, esq. of Esholt, and d. s. p. in 1772. MARY, m. first, in 1756, to Henry Currer, esq. of Kildwick, and secondly to Peter, son of Ralph Bell, esq. of Thirsk, but died without issue in 1771. JOHN, of whom presently. Jane, d. unm. Edward Ferrand died in 1742, and was buried at Bingley, 17th Dec. His younger son, JOHN FERRAND, esq. Stockton, bapt. at Bingley 29th April, 1697, m. Maria Hewdick, daughter of an eminent merchant of Rotterdam, and by her, who died 1st July, 1744, left at his decease in 1729, a son and heir, RICHARDSON FERRAND, esq. of Stockton, bapt. there 22nd November, 1723, who m. 14th February, 1745, Anne, eldest daughter of the Rev. George Walker, of Stockton, and by that lady, who died in 1771, had issue, EDWARD, his heir. Walker, of Harden Grange, magistrate and deputy lieutenant for the West Riding of Yorkshire, and M.P. for Tralee, m. first, Katharine-Maria, only daughter and heir of General William Twiss, col. commandant of the royal engineers, and secondly, Margaret, daughter of John Moss, esq. of Otterspool, banker, but died s. p. 20th September, 1835. Jane, b. in September, 1775, m. to the Rev. C. B. Charlewood, of Oakhill, in Staffordshire, and died in 1793, having had a son, Charles- Benjamin Charlewood, who died unm. aged twenty-one, and Sarah Charlewood, wife of Charles Martin, esq. grandson of the third Duke of Athol. SARAH, (widow of Currer Fothergill Busfeild, esq.) the present Mrs. FERRAND, of Harden Grange and St. Ives. Anne-Catherine, m. first, Edward Surtees, esq. of Seatonburn, in Northumberland, and secondly, George T. B. Monkland, esq. of Donhead Lodge, captain in the army, only son of George Monkland, esq. of Bath. By the former she has one son, WILLIAM-EDWARD SURTEES, esq. M.A. barrister-at-law. Mr. Ferrand died 7th February, 1790, and was buried at Sedgefield, in the county of Durham. His eldest son, EDWARD FERRAND, esq. of St. Ives, b. at Barnard Castle, inherited the estates of the senior branch of the family, and was a magistrate and deputy lieutenant for the West Riding of Yorkshire and for the county of Lancaster. He m. Francis, youngest daughter and co-heir of W. Holden, esq. of Baildon, and had an only daughter, FRANCES. Mr. Ferrand died 21st March, 1837, aged fifty-nine, and was buried at Bingley. His estates devolved on his sister, Sarah, the present Mrs. FERRAND, of St. Ives. Arms Arg. on a chief gu. two crosses patonce vairy. Estates-In Yorkshire. BUSFEILD, OF UPWOOD, BUSFEILD, WILLIAM, esq. of Upwood, in the county of York, m. 13th May, 1800, Caroline, eldest daughter of Capt. Charles Wood, R. N. of Bowling Hall, and sister of Sir Francis Wood, bart. Mr. Busfeild, who is a magistrate and deputy lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire, was returned to parliament by the borough of Bradford in 1837. ર Lineage. WILLIAM BUSFEILD, of Leeds, merchant, (son of James Busfeild, who died in January, 1613, by Helen his wife, who died the same day) m. 7th September, 1611, Elizabeth, eldest sister of Thomas Metcalf, alderman of Leeds, and had issue, James, b. 19th August, 1612, died 24th WILLIAM, of whom presently. John Loveland, a Spanish merchant. Isabel, born in Jan. 1621, m. first Rich ard Newby, of Leeds, merchant, and secondly Thomas Pulleine, esq. also of Leeds. By the former she had, with one son, Capt. Richard Newby, who died unmarried, a daughter Isa bella, wife of William Rookes, esq. mayor of Leeds; and by the latter, who died in Sept. 1705, a son, Thomas Pulleine, esq. high sheriff of Yorkshire in 1696. The son and successor, WILLIAM BUSFEILD, esq. of Leeds, bapt. 8th May, 1635, who served the office of mayor of that town in 1673, purchased a capital messuage and lands at Ryshworth, in the parish of Bingley, Yorkshire. He m. first, Miss Frank, by whom he had no issue; and secondly, 12th January, 1670, Ann, daughter of Hugh Currer, esq. of Kildwick, by whom, who wedded secondly, Robert Ferrand, esq. of Harden Grange, he left at his decease in 1675, a son and successor, WILLIAM BUSFEILD, esq. of Ryshworth, and of Gray's Inn, London, a magistrate for the West Riding of Yorkshire, who m. Elizabeth, dau. of Abraham Fothergill, esq. of London, descended from the Forthergills of Burghill near Richmond, and by her, who died in April, 1726, had issue, WILLIAM, his heir. Thomas, d. 4th November, 1772. Forthergill, of Manchester, d. in 1764. Charles, a merchant at Lisbon, d. 13th July, 1735, aged 27. Ann, m. 3rd Sept. 1723, Robert Stansfield, esq. of Bradford, and was mother of Anne Stansfield, the wife of Wm. Rookes, esq. of Esholt, and mother of Anna Maria Rookes, who |