condly, in March, 1719, John Godwin, esq. of Week, in the county of Hants, and had a daughter, Elizabeth Godwin, married 12th July, 1744, at St. Edmund's church, New Sarum, to John Blackall, of St. Dionis, London, merchant. v. Mary, born 10th March, 1693, died 7th March, 1751. vi. Jane, born 31st January, 1694, m. Mr. Stephen Fry, of Ashgrove. VII. Sarah, born 1696, died young. VIII. Sarah, born 16th December, 1700, died 27th October, 1748. IX. Lucy, born 16th May, 1702, died unmarried 14th September, 1787, aged eighty-five. The third son, WALTER LONG, esq. of the city of New Sarum, of Preshaw, in Hampshire, and of Muchelney, in the county of Somerset, born 30th April, 1690, married, first, 26th December, 1717, Mary, daughter of Robert Morley, gent. of Hursley, in the county of Hants, and by her, who died 11th April, 1723, had issue, 1. Walter,* of Lincoln's Inn, and of Muchelney, county of Somerset, born 11th January, 1722. He was a bencher of Lincoln's Inn, and, for forty-five years judge of the Sheriff's Court, in London. He d. unmarried, 20th March, 1807, aged eighty-four, and was buried in the cathedral church of New Sarum. 1. Mary, died 5th May, 1723, aged four years, buried at St. Thomas's, New Sarum. 11. Elizabeth, died 4th May, 1723, aged two years. III. Anne, died 11th December, 1721, aged five months. 15th January, 1769, aged seventy-eight, and was buried in St. Thomas's church, New Sarum. Philippa, his wife, died 16th March, 1798, aged ninety, and was buried in St. Thomas's church, New Sarum, leaving, by her said husband, Walter Long, II. JOHN, of whom presently. III. Samuel, esq. of New Sarum, born IV. Henry, born 1738, d. the same year. IV. Philippa, born 1729, married John v. Elizabeth, born 1730, married 10th July, 1759, Edward Rudge, esq. of Abbey Manor, Evesham, county of Worcester, and of the city of Bath. She died 1820, aged ninety, was buried at Walcot church, Bath, and left issue. VI. Anne, born 1732, married Mr. Kersley, and died without issue, at a great age. VII. Lucy, died 17th November, 1762, buried at St. Thomas's, New Sarum. VIII. Eleanor, born 7th September, 1736, died unmarried, aged eightyseven, 15th March, 1824, and was buried at St. Thomas's church, New Sarum. The eldest son of the second marriage, JOHN LONG, esq. of Preshaw, in the county of Hants, born in 1728, married, 4th Oc Mr. Long m. secondly, 13th April, 1727, at Allhallows church, Barking, London, Philippa, daughter of John Blackall,† of Lon-tober, 1779, at St. Edmund's church, in New don, merchant, by Elizabeth, daughter of Charles Michell, of Chitterne, esq. Mr. Long was a deputy-lieutenant for the county of Wilts, and served the office of high sheriff for that county in the year 1745. He died Walter Long, of Lincoln's Inn, esq. devised his estates in Somersetshire, to his half-brother, William Long, esq. and to his heirs male; in default thereof, to his half-brother, Samuel Long, esq. and his heirs male; and in default thereof, to his nephew, Walter Long, the son of his late half-brother, John Long, esq. and the heirs male of his body, &c. &c. + John Blackall, of London, merchant, by his wife, Elizabeth Michell, beside the above Philippa (with other children, who died unmarried) had John Blackall, also of London, merchant, who, Sarum, Ellen, only surviving daughter and eventual heiress of Robert Hippisley Trenchard, esq. of Stanton Fitzwarren, in the county of Wilts, and of Abbott's Leigh, in the county of Somerset, relict of John Ash by his wife, Elizabeth Godwin, had an only son, John Blackall, who, upon the death of Thomas Blackall, of Haseley, in the county of Oxford, esq. without issue, in 1786, the last descendant of the elder branch of that family, succeeded, by the will of the said Thomas Blackall, to the Oxfordshire estates, in which he was succeeded by his only surviving son, John Blackall, esq. of Haseley Court, county of Oxford, who, in 1816, barred the entail, and died without issue, in 1829, aged thirty-six, when the estates passed to his heir at law, Walter Long, esq. the present possessor, the grandson of the above Philippa Long. fordby, esq. of Cheshunt, in Hertfordshire. She died November, 1788, aged forty-three, and was buried in the church at Corhampton, in the county of Hants. He died 10th May, 1797, aged sixty-nine, was buried in the same church, and was succeeded by his only son, the present WALTER LONG, esq. of Preshaw. Crest-Out of a ducal coronet or, a demilion rampant arg. Motto-Pieux quoique preux. Estates-Hampshire, Somersetshire, Dorsetshire, Oxfordshire, and Middlesex. Town Residence-52, Montagu-square. Seats-Preshaw House, near Bishop's Waltham, Hants, and Haseley Court, near Arms-Sable, semée of cross-crosslets Tetsworth, Oxfordshire. and a lion rampant arg. TRENCHARD, OF STANTON. TRENCHARD-ASHFORDBY, The Rev. JOHN, D.C.L. of Stanton, in the county of Wilts, b. in 1771, m. first, Martha, daughter of William Croft Cooke, esq. of London, and has had by her, who d. in 1832, two sons and four daughters, viz. JOHN-TRENCHARD-CRAVEN, in holy orders, M. A. of Trinity College, Oxford, b. in 1800. Walter, in holy orders, M.A. of Trinity College, Oxford. Ellen, m.to the Rev. Edward Rowden, vicar of Highworth, Wilts, and d. in 1834, leaving a daughter. Frances, d. in 1831. Emma, m. to the Rev. Anthony Crowdy. He wedded secondly, in 1834, Miss Brooks, of Kingham, Dr. Trenchard, whose patronymic is ASHFORDBY, assumed by royal license the additional surname and arms of Trenchard on the death of his maternal uncle, John-William Hippisley-Trenchard, esq. of Abbotts Leigh, in the county of Somerset, to a moiety of whose estates he succeeded in 1801. He inherited Stanton, Marston, &c. at the decease of his father in 1778. Frances, m. to Matthew Michell, esq. of Chilterne, captain and commodore in his majesty's navy, and left one son, Matthew Michell, esq. of Chilterne, and a daughter, Anne, m. to Sir Richard Onslow, bart. Mary, who was burnt to death. Mr. Ashfordby died in 1747, and was s. by his only son, JOHN ASHFORDBY, esq. of Cheshunt, b. in 1726, who m. 22nd December, 1766, Ellen, daughter and eventual heiress of Robert Hippisley-Trenchard, esq. of Stanton, in | Wilts, and of Abbotts Leigh, in Somersetshire, and dying in 1778, aged fifty-two, left an only son and successor, the present REV. JOHN ASHFORDBY-TRENCHARD, D.C.L. of Stanton. His widow wedded, secondly, John Long, esq. of Preshaw, and was mother of the present Walter Long, esq. of Preshaw. Arms-Party per pale; the dexter side axe. Motto-Nosce teipsum. Estates-In the counties of Wilts, Hereford, Hertford, and Oxford. Seat-Stanton House, near Highworth. Family of Trenchard, of Borset and Wilts. Baldwin de Ripariis, Earl of Devon, granted Hordhill, in the Isle of Wight, unto PAGANUS TRENCHARD and his heirs; unto which deed are witnesses, amongst others, Robert, Alexander, and Hugh Trenchard, grandsons of Paganus Trenchard. This Baldwin lived in the time of King HENRY I. His son and heir, WILLIAM TRENCHARD, was witness to a deed of Galfridus de Insula concerning some lands in Schaldflint, time of King HENRY I. He had three sons, ROBERT, his heir. Alexander,} d. s. p. The eldest son, ROBERT TRENCHARD, is witness to a grant made unto the commons of Christchurch by Richard de Redvers, Earl of Devon, which earl died 8 King HENRY II. (1161). He was also a witness unto the grant of Galfridus de Insula, son of Jordan de Insula, made unto the abbey of Quarrara, in the Isle of Wight, of his mill of Schaldflint. He had a son and successor, HENRY TRENCHARD, of Hordhill, who is a witness unto the grant of William de Rivers (called Vernon), Earl of Devon, made unto the abbey of Quarrara, in the Isle of Wight, of the service of eighty-eight acres of land in his manor of Welford; unto which grant Mabell, Countess of Devon, was also a witness, which Mabell died 8 King JOHN. Henry Trenchard and Henry, his son, granted half a hide of land in Carleton unto John Carlton, his fuer man, to hold of him and his heirs, paying yearly ten shillings sterling, for the term of four years; which grant, Henry, the son, confirmed by another deed unto Walter, son of John Carlton, expressing the grant of Henry, his father. Test. William Spillman, Thomas Lernesay, John de Campannia, Richard de Farnhall, and others. Henry Trenchard had issue three sons, Henry, Baldwin, and William. The eldest, SIR HENRY TRENCHARD, knt. confirmed unto Walter le Francois land in Lingwood, which Henry, his father, had formerly granted. To his grant unto Carlton is annexed his seal manual. He granted unto Baldwin, his brother, the land in Schaldflint which William, his brother, formerly held, the same which Geoffry, their uncle, held; likewise to Walerand, his son, the land which Baldwin, and William the vicar, his brothers, held formerly in the manor of Schaldflint; to which grant are witnesses, Dom. Walterus de Titchborne, Reginald de Cunde, Adam de Compton, Richard de Affeton, and others. This Henry Trenchard, knt. married the daughter and heiress of Walerand, and left issue, I. JOHN, his heir. 11. Walerand, m. ———. 1. Eleanor, m. Robert le Gaston. Margaret, who released the part of her JOHN TRENCHARD, of Hordhill, married dowry unto Walerand Trenchard, by deed dated 13 King EDWARD II. He was s. by his son, RICHARD TRENCHARD, who by deed dated 17 King EDWARD II. and by another deed dated 22 King EDWARD II. granted Henry Trenchard, son of John and brother to Richard, together with a plaid of land in Schaldflint unto Adam Gunibald, vicar of SchaldThe' manor of Schaldflint was entailed by flint, by deed dated 1 King EDWARD II. fine unto Henry Trenchard and Eleanora, his wife, and the heirs of their bodies, 4 King EDWARD II. Richard m. and left issue, RICHARD TRENCHARD, called le Grandiver, who married Margaret, daughter and co-heir of Sir William Damarell, knt. of Hinton. The said Richard granted Schaldflint unto John, his son, and Sibell, his wife, daughter of William Moleins, by deed dated 30 King EDWARD III. Richard held a court at Hord hill 30 and 31 King EDWARD III. Margaret held her first court at Hordhill 34 EDWARD III. They left issue, JOHN TRENCHARD, who married Sibella, daughter and co-heir of William Moleins, by Margaret, daughter and co-heir of Robert Cotes, of Fairoke, in the county of Somerset, and relict of William Walleis, by whom he left a son, RICHARD TRENCHARD, who married Margaret, and by her, who wedded, secondly, Robert Dingle, had a son, HENRY TRENCHARD, who s. his elder brother Baldwin. This Henry recovered lands in the Isle of Wight at an assize held at Winton 3 King HENRY VI. He had a son, HENRY TRENCHARD, of Hordhill, who m. Christiana, daughter and heiress of John * Mohun, esq. of Ham Mohun, by Joanna, daughter and heir of John Jordan, esq. of Wolverton, and thus acquired Wolverton and Ham Mohun. Henry Trenchard's name is found in deeds dated 39 King HENRY VI. and also 15 King EDWARD IV. shortly after which time he died. By his marriage he brought a great addition of estate, and had a son and successor, SIR JOHN TRENCHARD, knt. of Wolverton, high sheriff in 1509, who married, first, Margarita, daughter of John Wyke, of Byndon, Devon, who d. s. p. ; and secondly, Eleanora, daughter of John Philiole, of Woodland, Dorset, by whom he had issue, I. THOMAS, his heir. II. Henry, who m. Ama, daughter of James Russell, of Barwick, Dorset, and had a son, Thomas, of Lichet Maltravers, who m. Hawissa, sister and co-heir of George de la Lynde, and left a WILLIAM MOHUN, third Baron of Dunster, fortified and held his castle on the part of the Empress MATILDA against King STEPHEN in 1132: from his eldest son, Reginald de Mohun, Baron of Dunster, descended the successive barons of the family; and from a younger son, John de Mohun, sprang the Mohuns of Ham Mohun, of whom John Mohun, esq. of Ham Mohun, wedded Joanna, daughter and co-heir of Thomas Norris, of Normington, in Wilts, and widow of Sir Richard Turbervile, by whom he was grandfather of John Mohun, of Ham Mohun, who m. Joan, daughter and heir of John Jordan, esq. of Wolverton, and was father of Christiana, m. as in the text, to Henry Trenchard. + THOMAS TRENCHARD, esq. son and heir of Sir Thomas Trenchard, of Wolverton, by his second wife, Ann de la Lynde, married Eleanor, daughter of Sir Giles Strangeways, knt. of Ailesbury, and had by her (who wedded secondly, Thomas, son of John Carew, of Anthony) a son, THOMAS TRENCHARD, esq. of Wolverton, who m. Eleanora, daughter of Sir John Horsey, knt. of Clifton, and was s. by his son, SIR GEORGE TRENCHARD, of Wolverton, who was knighted by Queen ELIZABETH, in 1588. He m. first, Anna, daughter of Sir George Speke, knt. of Whitelackington, in Somersetshire, and secondly, Jane, daughter of Hugh Bamfield, and relict of Thomas Chaffin, of Folke. By the latter he had three daughters, Jane, m. to John Williams, esq. of Herringston (see vol. i. p. 616), Dorothy, m. to the son and heir of Arthur Champernoune, and Arundela, m. to John Freeke, esq. son of Sir Thomas Freeke, knt. of Sherston. By the former, Sir George had three sons and three daughters, viz. The elder son, SIR THOMAS TRENCHARD, knt. of Wolverton, in the 13 HENRY VII. with many other eminent gentlemen of the West, brought timely aid to the succour of the city of Exeter, then besieged by Perkin Warbeck and the Cornish rebels; and in the 21st of the same reign, Sir Thomas entertained at his house, Philip, King of Castile, who was compelled by tempest to put into the port of Weymouth; and the monarch remained at Wolverton until his departure for Windsor to visit the king. He m. first, Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Strangeways; secondly, Anna, daughter of Thomas De La Lynde; and thirdly, Editha, daughter of John Hyrdeford. By the second wife he had issue, 1. THOMAS, of Wolverton, ancestor of the TRENCHARDS, of Wolverton, Warmhull, Bloxworth, &c.t II. RICHARD, of whose line we have to treat. 1. THOMAS (Sir), his heir. II. John, of Warmwell, in Dorsetshire, who m. Jane, daughter of Sir John Rodney, of Stoke, in Somersetshire, and had one son, John, who d. unm. and five daughters, Penelope, d. unmarried. Frances, m. to Colonel John Bingham, Grace, m. to Colonel William Sydenham, III. George (Sir), who d. s. p. He m. first, Elizabeth Whitsan, of Bristol, and secondly, Lady Penelope D'Arcy, daughter and co-heir of Thomas, Earl of Rivers, who was left a widow at seventeen. She wedded secondly, Sir John Gage, knt. and thirdly, Sir William Hervey, knt. of Ickworth, in Suffolk. This fair lady and wealthy heiress was wooed by three suitors at the same time, and the knights as in chivalry bound, were disposed to contest the prize with targe and lance; but the lady herself forbade the battle, and menaced the disobedient knights with her eternal displeasure, promising jocularly that if they had but patience, she would have them all in their turns, and she actually fulfilled her promise, for she espoused first, Sir George Trenchard, of Wolverton, secondly, Sir John Gage, of Foile, and thirdly, Sir William Hervey, of Ickworth. 1. Grace, m. to Sir John Strangeways, knt. of Melbury, Dorset. WILLIAM TRENCHARD, esq. of Normington, who m. Jane, daughter of Maurice Rodney, esq. of Rodney Stoke, in the county of Somerset, and sister and co-heir of Sir John Rodney, knt. By this lady he left at his decease (his will was proved in 1591) four sons, namely, 1. FRANCIS, of Normanton, who d. 6th November, 1635. His only child, Elizabeth, died in infancy. II. Edward, of Mount Trenchard in 1621, d. s. p. Mount Trenchard was granted to Francis Trenchard by King JAMES I. 12th June, in the 10th year of his reign. III. JOHN, of whom presently. Speke, esq. of Whitelackington, and by her, who wedded, secondly, Daniel Sadler, left at his decease in 1694 (with three daughters, Elizabeth, m. to John Meech, esq. of Charminster; Mary, m. to Thomas Arnold, esq. of Portsmouth; and Anne, m. to John Bromfield, esq. of Haywood) four sons who all d. s. p. except the eldest, GEORGE, who wedded his cousin, MARY TRENCHARD, and of whom presently. 1. Elizabeth, m. to John Ivery, of Colhay, in Somersetshire. II. Anne, m. to Walter Erle, esq. of Charborough. III. Mary,m. to John Southby, esq. of Carswell. II. Elizabeth, m. to Thomas, son and heir of The eldest son, III. Grace, m. to William, son of Sir John Iv. Jane. v. Penelope. vi. Bridget. VII. Mary The eldest son, THOMAS TRENCHARD, esq. of Wolverton, married Hannah, daughter of Robert Henley, esq. of Bramshill, in Hampshire, and had issue, I. THOMAS, his heir. II. John (Sir), knt. of Bloxworth, who was sworn one of his majesties principal secretaries of state, and of the privy council, 23rd March, 1692-3. He had been engaged deeply with the Duke of Monmouth, and was at dinner with Mr. W. Speke, at Ilminster, when intelligence arrived of the defeat of his Grace's army at Sedgemoor. Mr. Trenchard immediately mounted his horse, and advised Mr. Speke to do the same, lest he should be seized and hanged for his at*tachment to the duke. Mr. Trenchard fled to Litchet; but instead of going to his house, concealed himself in the lodge of the park belonging to the keeper, whom he sent to secure him a passage on board a vessel at Weymouth. Tradition says, at the moment he was embarking, his friend Speke was hanging before his own door at Ilminster. He subsequently became the confidential friend of King WILLIAM, and on the accession of that monarch, was made chief justice of Chester. Hem. Philip, daughter of George THOMAS TRENCHARD, esq. of Wolverton,M.P. for Bridport, m. Anne, daughter of Thomas Erle, esq. of Charborough, and left, with a daughter, Mary, m. to Thomas Turberville, esq. of Bere Regis, in Dorsetshire, a son, COLONEL THOMAS TRENCHARD, of Wolverton, M. P. for Wareham in 1695 and 1698, for Dorchester 1689, and for Dorsetshire in 1700 and 1701. He m. Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Henning, esq. of Pokeswell, and by her who d. in 1725, left an only daughter. MARY TRENCHARD, of Wolverton, b. 20th April, 1694, who m. (in compliance with the testamentary injunction of her father) her cousin, George Trenchard, esq. and had issue, I. GEORGE, her heir, who m. Miss Mary Serjeant, and d. 12th October, 1763, leaving |