PRYME, GEORGE, esq. of Cambridge, barrister-at-law, succeeded his father in 1784, m. in August, 1813, Jane, youngest daughter of Thomas Thackeray, esq. of Cambridge, and has issue, CHARLES DE LA PRYME, b. 15th June, 1815. Alicia, m. in March, 1837, to William Joseph Bayne, M.D. of Bury St. Edmunds. Mr. Pryme, who received his education at Cambridge, where he was highly distinguished, is at present professor of political economy in that university, and M.P. for the town in which he resides. Lineage. The family of PRYME, or Dela Pryme, is of continental origin. One branch pos 4. sessed a chateau and domain near Padubon, in Hesse Cassel, in the middle of the last century. The other, which was the original, resided near Ypres, of which city several of them were chief magistrates. ALEXANDER, the first of whom anything is known, followed Philip of Alsace to the second Crusades: and acquitted himself so well, that on his return he received a patent of gentility, and a grant of arms, viz. a poignard and cross quarterly; crest, a cross upon a wreath; motto, "animose certavit." His descendants, however, paid less deference to the Papal authority and embraced the reformed religion. During the persecution which Cardinal Richelieu renewed against its adherents, and the desperate resistance of those who were besieged in Rochelle, several families fled to England, Ꮓ Ꮓ and settled at Hatfield near Doncaster about took considerable pains to expose the imthe year 1628. Among them was CHARLES DE LA PRYME, who left an estate in Flanders, which his descendants in vain attempted to recover. He joined with Vermuyden, and other refugees, in draining Hatfield chase, under a grant from CHARLES I. The work was effective, but proved disadvantageous to the adventurers. He left two sons; of Abraham, nothing more is known, than that he died 23rd July, 1687, and was according to the account of his nephew an honest, learned, pious, wise, and understanding man."+ probability of preternatural appearances. In 1694, he took the degree of B.A. and returned to Hatfield, but finding that learning was not much esteemed there, he went back to Cambridge, and occupied himself in composing a volume which he entitles," Curiosa de se, or private thoughts of one inquisitive into the knowledge of nature and things." In 1695, he took orders, and settled successively upon several curacies in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire," it being my fate," says he, "to stay_commonly no longer in one place than till I have gotten the antiquiMATHIAS DE LA PRYME, the other, was b. ties thereof, and the view of what MSS. I 31st August, 1645, and m. in April, 1670, can meet with." In 1698 he went to York, Sarah, daughter of Peter Smagge, a rich to take priest's orders. The archbishop, Dr. Frenchman, that with his whole family was Sharp, who had seen a table of contents of forced from Paris by persecution for his his MS. history of Hatfield, expressed great faith, and was come to live also in these approbation, with promises of patronage levels." In 1680, he removed to Crewtrus which he never fulfilled. Dr. Gale the ceHall, a large house built in the levels by lebrated antiquary, then dean of that catheMynheer van Halhenburg, one of the origi- dral, also expressed a desire to become acnal drainers, where the family continued to quainted with him, an interview accordingly reside, till they quitted that part of York- took place, and they continued ever aftershire. He d. 29th July, 1694. From his wards in frequent correspondence and strong epitaph in Hatfield Church, it might be sup- friendship. Some of his papers which had posed that he was born at Ypres. The am- found their way into the Philosophical Tranbiguous expression may be accounted for sactions, induced Sir Hans Sloane to enter by the natural attachment which these emi- into a correspondence with him on subjects grants long entertained to the place of their of natural history, and to procure his elecorigin, and the cherished idea of return. tion as fellow of the Royal Society. In The French language was preserved among 1701, he was presented by the Duke of Dethem, and divine service performed in it at vonshire with the living of Thorne, in the the chapel of Santoft for two generations. West Riding of Yorkshire; but he did not ABRAHAM DE LA PRYME, the eldest son of long enjoy it, a consumption, occasioned Mathias, was b. 15th January, 1671. When probably by intense study, put a period only twelve years old, he began to write to his useful labours, 13th June, 1704. He "Ephemeris vitæ, or a diary of my own life, was never married, nor does it appear that containing an account likewise, of the most his pursuits ever allowed him leisure to be observable and remarkable things that I in love. His celebrity has been inferior to have taken notice of from my youth up his deserts. The publication of his larger hitherto." He was admitted at St. John's works, (which he perpetually deferred in College, Cambridge, in 1690. In addition hopes of rendering them more complete), to the usual classical and philosophical has never taken place, and his scientific pastudies, he applied himself to natural bis- pers in the Philosophical Transactions have tory, chemistry, and magic! been partly superseded by recent discoveries. His diary is written with considerable naïveté. It contains besides his antiquarian and topographical memoranda, much information on the state of the country; it abounds with illustrations and anecdotes of the manners, politics, and history of the times. property devolved at his death on his only brother, The ardent curiosity and inexperience of young minds made them yield easily to the superstitions of the times: it seems to have been then common among the more learned and courageous stndents; nor were even several of the fellows superior to these delusions. Abraham, with some of his friends, made several attempts to hold intercourse with the world unknown; and he expresses his mortification" that nothing appeared, quamvis omnia ritè peracta." His mind, however, soon became emancipated from every species of superstition; and on a future occasion, (the Surry imposture), he * See Philosophical Transactions, vol. iv. p. 212. Diary of my own Life, by the Rev. Abraham de la Pryme, MS. His PETER DE LA PRYME, who m. in 1695, Frances, daughter of Francis Wood, of the Levels. He d. 25th November, 1724, leavtwo sons, 1. ABRAHAM, b. in 1700, d. 6th October, 1740. James, his only son, sold the estate of Hatfield, and went to live in the Isle of Man, and d. about 1785. His son James returned to England, and resided in Ribblesdale, Lanca shire, where he died about ten years Alice, daughter of George Dinsdale, of ago. II. FRANCIS. The younger son, FRANCIS DE LA PRYME, b. in 1701, resided at Ferriby, seven miles west of Hull, and d. 7th July, 1769. In compliance with the antipathy which then prevailed to every thing French, he dropped the "de la," and had his only son, Christopher, registered by the name of Pryme. This CHRISTOPHER PRYME, born in 1739, m. Nappa Hall, in Winsleydale, Yorkshire, and d. in 1784, leaving an only child, the present GEORGE PRYME, esq. M.P. Arms A poignard and cross quarterly. Crest-A cross. Motto-Animose certavit. Estates-Chiefly at Woodwalton and Weston, in the county of Huntingdon. Residence-Cambridge. MANLEY, OF MANLEY HALL AND BRAZIERS. MANLEY, JOHN-SHAWE, esq. of Manley Hall, in the county of Stafford, and of Braziers, in Oxfordshire, m. Catherine-Emelin, only daughter of the late Sir William Clayton, bart. of Harleyford and Marden, and has five sons, 1. JOHN-CLAYTON. 11. Augustus-East. III. William-Campbell. IV. Robert-George. v. Henry-Francis. Mr. Manley succeeded his father, Admiral Manley, 14th October, 1837. Lineage. This family, one of the most ancient of the landed gentry of England, is mentioned in "Holinshed's Chronicles," as amongst the number of those who came over with WILLIAM the Conqueror, and the name is included in the Roll of Battle Abbey." The records and pedigree commence in the year 1157, and have been continued without interruption to the present time. The head of the family in the reign of HENRY II. (1157), ROGER MANLEY, was seated at Manley, in Cheshire, where his descendants con tinued to reside for many centuries, and are often mentioned in the histories of that county, as having filled the office of sheriff in the reign of EDWARD III. and in many subsequent reigns. About the year 1520, the Manleys removed from Cheshire to Erbistock, in Denbighshire, and resided there for about two hundred years, on a property which still belongs to the family; but the old hall, having become dilapidated, is now converted into a farm house. In the reign of JAMES I. SIR RICHARD MANLEY, (who is mentioned in "the Life of Lord Clarendon,") was controller of the household to HENRY Prince of Wales, and a member of the board of green cloth. In the reign of CHARLES I. SIR FRANCIS MANLEY, of Erbistock, one of the judges of Wales, married a daughter of Sir Gerard Eyton, of Eyton, and had one son, CORNELIUS MANLEY, who was made constable of Harleigh Castle by CHARLES II. He left an only daughter, Rebecca, who m. the Rev. J. Laurence, but died without issue. Sir Francis Manley had two brothers, Sir Roger Manley, a captain in CHARLES II.'s regiment of guards, and governor of Languard Fort, who died without issue, and JOHN MANLEY, esq. who was a major in Cromwell's army, afterwards M. P. for Bridport, and postmaster-general in the reign of WILLIAM III. He married Margaret, daughter of Isaac Dorislaus, who was murdered at the Hague, when he was ambassador to the States of Holland from the parliament. By this lady he had two sons, of whom the elder, JOHN, M.P. for Truro, then for Bossiney, and surveyor general to Queen ANN, died without issue. The younger, ISAAC MANLEY, esq. postmaster-general in Ireland, in the reign of WILLIAM III. m. Mary, daughter of William Newland, esq. of Nursells, Herts, and had a son and successor, JOHN MANLEY, esq. a commissioner of Customs, in London, who died 1743, leaving by Mary, his wife, second daughter of William Sedgwicke, esq. of London, one son, JOHN MANLEY, esq. barrister-at-law, and bencher of the Middle Temple, who m. Anne, daughter and co-heir of Thomas Hammond, esq. of London, and died in 1801, having had with two daughters, three sons, 1. JOHN, captain in the 33rd regiment, and during the first American war, on the staff of Lord Cornwallis, from whom he received the public thanks on several occasions for his gallant conduct. He m. Catherine Lisle, of Moyles Court, Hants, (a descendant of the unfortunate Lady Lisle, beheaded in JAMES II.'s reign,) but died without issue. 11. ISAAC GEORGE. III. Robert-Kendrick, an officer in the 33rd regiment, during the American war, m. Miss Catherine Soden, of the county of Sligo. The second son, ISAAC GEORGE MANLEY, esq. entered the royal navy in 1772, and sailed with Capt. Cook, during his first voyage round the world: he was a lieutenant on board the Fairy, in Lord Rodney's celebrated victory on the 12th April, 1786, and after passing through the various gradations, was promoted to the rank of Admiral of the Red in 1837. He m. Frances, second daughter and co-heir of Charles Pole, esq. of the Radbourn family, in Derbyshire, and had one son and one daughter, viz. JOHN-SHAWE, his heir. Ann-Frances-Pole, m. to Arthur Salwey, esq. fourth son of T. R. Salwey, esq. of the Lodge, Salop. Admiral Manley died 14th October, 1837, and was s. by his only son, the present JOHN-SHAWE MANLEY, esq. of Manley Hall and Braziers. Arms Arg. a dexter hand couped and erect sa. within a bordure engr. of the last. Crest-A man's head affrontée ppr. wreathed about the temples arg. and sa. Motto-Manus hæc inimica tyrannis. and Denbighshire. Estates In Staffordshire, Oxfordshire, Seats-Manley Hall, near Lichfield, and Braziers, near Henley. * The other daughters and co-heirs of CHARLES POLE, esq. were MILLICENT, m. to Sir Charles Van Notten, bart. of Wolverton Park, Hants, (father of the present Sir Peter Pole, bart.) and PHILIPPA, m. to William Cunliffe Shawe, esq. M. P. for Preston. (See vol. i. p. 672). DONOVAN, OF BALLYMORE. DONOVAN, RICHARD, esq. of Ballymore, in the county of Wexford, b. 21st April, 1781, m. 18th October, 1816, Frances, eldest daughter of Edward Westby, esq. of High Park, in the county of Wicklow, (see vol. iii. p. 119,) and has issue, RICHARD, b. 17th October, 1819. Edward-Westby, b. 6th September, 1821. Henry-George, b. 2nd February, 1826, bapt. at Clifton, Robert, b. 5th April, 1829, baptized at Clifton, 17th Phoebe. Frances. Anne. Mr. Donovan inherited the estates on the death of his father, 9th January, 1816, and served the office of high sheriff of the county in 1819. Lineage. This is a branch from the O'Donovans of the county of Cork, (see vol. iii. p. 398,) but when it removed into the county of Wexford is uncertain; traditionally, two brothers, Murrogh and Cornelius, (head of the family of Clonmore, and of which line Juliana Donovan, Countess of Anglesey, was descended,) came into Wexford from Cork, and the former marrying, as it is said, Jane, daughter and heiress of Colonel John Kiernan, the patentee under Cromwell of the estates of Fernes, Ballymore, &c. became the head of the Ballymore family, and was father of RICKARD DONOVAN, esq. of Fernes, &c., the first certain ancestor of this line, who on the 13th August, 1696, on the marriage of his son, made a deed of settlement of the castle, town, and lands of Upper Fernes, together with many other town lands, to trustees to the use of his son Murrogh, and the heirs male of his body lawfully to be begotten, and for want of such issue, to the heirs male of the body of the said Rickard Donovan, his father, lawfully to be begotten, failing, such remainder to the issue female of said Murrogh, and in failure of such remainder, to the right heirs of said Murrogh for ever. Rickard Donovan married Julian Carew, and dying before 1701, was succeeded by his son, MURROGH DONOVAN, esq. of Ballymore, whom. first, 13th August, 1696, Lucy Archer, by whom he had issue, RICHARD, his heir. Henry. He m. secondly, (settlement dated 23rd May, 1704,) Mrs. Anna Carew, by whom (whose will was proved in Dublin, in 1713,) he had issue, two sons, Robert, being one of them, and three daughters, of whom Catharine, m. the Rev. S. Hayden. Dying intestate in 1712, Mr. Donovan was succeeded by his eldest son, RICHARD DONOVAN, esq. of Ballymore, who in Trinity Term, 1731, suffered a common recovery of the estates, and thereby docked the several remainders, limited and created by the deed of 13th August, 1696, and shortly afterwards married Elizabeth, daughter of Rogers, esq. and had issue, EDWARD, his heir. Mary, d. unm. will proved 1805. Henrietta, d. unm. will proved 1795. Richard Donovan's will is dated 8th June, 1767, and he d. 15th July, 1768, his will being proved in Dublin same year. He was succeeded by his only son, EDWARD DONOVAN, esq. of Ballymore, barrister-at-law, who m. (the deed of settle Samuel Ogle died 10th March, 1718, and was succeeded by his eldest son, GEORGE OGLE, baptized 18th May, 1704, m. Frances, eldest daughter of Sir Thomas Twysden, bart. of East Peckham, in Kent. He died October, 1746, leaving by his wife, (who died 9th May, 1749,) an only son, George, who at his father's death, being then but seven years of age, was placed under the guardianship of Edward Donovan, esq. and inherited on his coming of age a noble fortune. This of Wexford, was born in 1739, and on the 29th GEORGE OGLE, esq. of Belle-vue, in the county December, 1769, was elected member for the county. He was also a governor of the county, and in 1784, appointed a member of the privy council, and register of deeds in Ireland. He married Elizabeth, sister to Lorenzo Moore, esq. late colonel of the battle-axe-guards, and M. P. for the borough of Dungannon, who died a majorgeneral, 18th March, 1857, at Dresden. Ogle died 1814, without issue, and the present Richard Donovan, esq. of Ballymore, was served his heir-at-law. Mr. Arms borne by the Ogle family-Argent, a fess between three crescents gules. Crest-An heraldic antelope's head erased ar. tufted, maned, and horned, gules. |