m. Jane, daughter of William Saville, esq. and died in 1683, leaving an only daughter and heir, Jane, whọ d. the following year, unmarried. Mellicent, b. in 1664, m. to Thomas Powell, esq. of Parke, in Salop, who survived her, and sold the Flagg estate to Thomas Bagshaw, esq. of Ridge. They had three daughters. 3. Anne, m. to Sir William Bowyer, bart. of Knipersley, in Staffordshire. III. THOMAS. The third son, THOMAS DALE, esq. of Parwich, in the county of Derby, b. in 1603, married Mary, daughter of Thomas Platts, of Flagg, and had two sons and two daughters, namely, ROBERT, his heir. George, of Parwich, d. there unm. before 1710. Sythe, m. to John Cresswell, of Tideswell, in Derbyshire. Anne, d. unm. before 1710. The elder son, ROBERT DALE, esq. of Parwich, married first, Alice, daughter of German Buxton, of Brassington, in Derbyshire; and secondly, Anne, daughter of George Melward, of Alsop in the dale, in the same county. By the former he had two sons and as many daughters, namely, THURSTAN, his heir. Robert, aged forty in 1710, being then unmarried. Margaret, m. to the Rev. Luke Flint, M. A. minister of Somersall, in Staffordshire. Mary, living unmarried in 1710. Robert Dale, who was sixty-eight years of age in 1710, was s. by his elder son, THURSTAN DALE, of Bakewell and Ashborne, in the county of Derby, b. in 1668, who m. first, Dorothy, daughter of John Hayne, gent. of Ashborne, and heiress of her mother, Dorothy, dau. and heiress of James Bullock, of Brampton, and had three sons, ROBERT, his heir; John, buried at Bakewell in 1752; Thurstan b. in 1697. He m. secondly, Troth, daughter of Sleigh, of Ashborne, and widow of Charles Grammer, of the same place, but by her had no issue. His eldest son, ROBERT DALE, esq. of Ashborne, in the commission of the peace for Derbyshire, b. in 1693, married Tryphena, daughter of Charles Grammer, of the same place, and had two sons, THURSTAN, his heir; and Robert, d. unm. 20th May, 1795. Mr. Dale d. 20th September, 1765, and was s. by his son, THURSTAN DALE, esq. of Ashborne, who m. Elizabeth, daughter of Isaac Borrow, esq. of Castlefields, in the county of Derby, and by her, who was buried 15th March, 1781, left at his decease in July, 1761, a son and successor, ROBERT DALE, esq. of Ashborne, who served the office of high sheriff for the county of Derby in 1786, and was commandant of the late corps of Ashborne Volunteer Infantry. He m. 2nd May, 1773, Katharine, daughter of Richard Dyott, esq. of Freeford, in the county of Stafford, and by her, who died 6th July, 1831, had issue, ROBERT, lieutenant colonel of the 93rd Highlanders, killed in action at New Orleans in 1814. He m. Harriet, eldest daughter of Lieutenant Colonel Bainbridge, but died without issue. THURSTAN, heir to his father. Richard, a lieutenant of the 9th Foot, was on active service during the whole of the Peninsular war, died in camp, near Paris, September, 1815. Katharine, m. to Joseph Dalby, esq. of Leicester. Elizabeth. Anna, d. young. Mary-Frances. Mr. Dale d. 3rd January, 1835, and was succeeded by his eldest surviving son, the present THURSTAN DALE, esq. of Ashborne. Arms-Paly of six gu. and arg. a bend erm. on a chief az. three garbs or. Crest-A mount vert, thereon three Danish battle-axes, one in pale and two in saltire, ppr. the staves az. encompassed by a chaplet of roses alternately gu. and arg. banded by a ribband, or. Motto-Non arbitrio popularis auræ. Estates-In Derbyshire: Hough Grange purchased from Rowland Eyre, esq. of Hassop in 1701, and Carsington, purchased principally in 1730. Seat-Ashborne, Derbyshire. HANKEY, OF FETCHAM. HANKEY, JOHN-BARNARD, esq. of Fetcham Park, in the county of Surrey, b. 31st March, 1784, m. 9th June, 1807, the Hon. Elizabeth De Blaquiere, youngest daughter of John, first Lord De Blaquiere, and has issue, 豆 1. GEORGE-JAMES-BARNARD. II. William-Barnard. III. Frederick-Thomas-Barnard, R.N. IV. John-Bellingham-Barnard. v. Henry-Barnard. VI. Augustus-Barnard. 1. Mary-Barnard, m. to William Holme Sumner, esq. III. Frances-Elizabeth-Barnard. IV. Harriet-Barnard. Mr. Hankey succeeded his father in 1793. Lineage. The family of HANKEY was originally seated in the county palatine of Chester. In the 14th of ELIZABETH the right of bearing arms was conceded and granted to Henry Hankey, esq. mayor of the city of Chester. SIR HENRY HANKEY, an eminent citizen and alderman of London, m. 26th December, 1694, Anne, daughter of Joseph Chaplin, esq. of East Bergholt, high-sheriff of Suffolk, by Anne, his wife, daughter of Rice Price, of London, and had two sons, viz. 1. JOSEPH (Sir), knt. and alderman, b. 25th September, 1696, m. Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Johnson, of the Hermitage, Wapping, and died 28th June, 1769, leaving issue, 1. JOSEPH-CHAPLIN, of East Berg- JOSEPH CHAPLIN, d. unm. 7th Henry, James, both d. s. p. Harry, rector of North Wingfield, d. s. p. Richard (Sir), d. s. p. in 1817. Katherine, d. in 1832. Frances, m. to John Sweeting. Jane-Isabella, m. to Sir Edward Hyde East, bart. 2. Harry, rector of East Bergholt. 3. Henry. 4 Joseph, of Poplar, m. Anne, daughter of John Perry. 1. THOMAS, his heir. II. Robert, m. Miss Penton, and left one son, Augustus-Robert, who d. unm., and two daughters, Matilda, m. to Hartsinck, esq., and HenriHirst, esq. etta, to III. John, who m. the daughter of Andrew Thomson, esq. of Roehampton, and had three sons, namely, 1. JOHN-PETER, who m. Isabella, John - Alexander, m. Ellen, Sir Frederick wedded, secondly, 1. Jane, m. to Thomas Sutton, esq. of Moulsey, in Surrey, and had two sons, viz. Sir John Sutton, K.C.B. admiral R.N. who m. in 1797, his cousin, the Hon. Frances Hotham, and d. 8th August, 1825. Sir Thomas Sutton, of Moulsey, created a baronet in February, 1806. This gentleman m. Lucy, dau. of Thomas Ashton Smith, esq. and died in 1813, leaving two daughters, the elder, Lucy, m. to Colonel Sir George Berke ley, and the younger to an Ita- II. Susannah, m. in 1767, to Beaumont, Frederick Hotham, in holy orders, Henry Hotham (Sir), K.C.B. viceadmiral in the navy, m. in 1816, Lady Frances - Anne Juliana Rous, eldest daughter of John, first Earl of Stradbroke, and d. at Malta, while in command of the Mediterranean Fleet, in 1833, leaving issue. Frances Hotham, m. in 1797, to Admiral Sir John Sutton, K.C.B. Amelia Hotham, m. in 1798, to John Woodcock, esq. Louisa Hotham, m. first, to Sir Charles Edmonstone, bart., and, secondly, to Charles Woodcock. Sir Thomas died in 1770, was buried at St. Dionis, and succeeded by his eldest son, THOMAS HANKEY, esq. of Fetcham Park, who m. Miss Wyver, of an old Cheshire family, and had issue, 1. JOHN-BARNARD, his heir. II. Thomas, who m. his cousin, Louisa, Mr. Hankey d. 13th September, 1793, and was s. by his elder son, the present JOHN BARNARD HANKEY, esq. of Fetcham Park. Estates-In Surrey, &c. NORTHEY-HOPKINS, OF OVING HOUSE. HOPKINS-NORTHEY, RICHARD, esq. of Oving House, in the county of Bucks, a lieutenant-general in the army, b. in 1756, m. in 1777, Frances, daughter of John Wray, esq. of Monaghan, and by that lady, now deceased, has issue, WILLIAM-RICHARD, of Suffolk Lawn, Cheltenham, a deputy-lieutenant for Buckinghamshire, formerly a captain in the army, and aide-de-camp to his Grace the late Duke of Richmond, when lord lieutenant of Ireland, m. Anne-Elizabeth, daughter of Gerald Fortescue, esq. of the county of Louth, and has had Richard-Arthur-Fortescue, an officer in the army, Fanny-Elizabeth, m. 25th January, 1830, to the Geraldine. Adelaide-Grace. Antoinette. Eulalie-Emily. Anne. General Northey married a second time, and has children likewise by that marriage. He assumed, by sign manual, 8th May, 1799, the surname and arms of HOPKINS upon inheriting the estates of his maternal ancestors. Lineage. The eldest, RICHARD HOPKYNS, who had two sons, SAMPSON, his heir, and William, proprietor of the lordship of Shortley, 21 JAMES I. The elder, This family, through both lines, NORTHEY and HOPKINS,* establishes antiquity and emi- WILLIAM HOPKYNS, sheriff of Coventry in nence-through both, it has enjoyed for a 1557, and mayor in 1564, had been perselong series of years parliamentary rank-cuted for heresy in 1554. He wedded Agnes, through both it has served a succession of daughter of Thomas Riley, mayor of Covenmonarchs-through both acquired civic and try, and had a son and successor, military distinction. In the sanguinary wars of York and Lancaster, which for thirty years at least devastated the fair fields of England, and with ruthless impartiality swept away the chief adherents of both houses, the family of Hopkyns is traditionally stated to have taken a prominent part, and to have experienced the inevitable consequences-incarceration, decapitation, and confiscation: to pass, however, from rumour to record, we find soon after the pacification of the kingdom, (22 and 23 EDWARD IV.) one of its members, WILLIAM HOPKINS, chosen by the men of Coventry to preside over their city, then a place of consideration. This William was the father of three sons, WILLIAM, his heir. Richard, sheriff of Coventry in 1554. The name was originally written Hopkynsit was so spelt by John Hopkyns, who filled a civic office in the city of Coventry in 1567. SAMPSON HOPKYNS, mayor of Coventry in 1609, represented that city in parliament in the 12 and 18 JAMES I. He d. in 1622, leaving by Jane, his wife, three sons and one daughter, viz. 1. RICHARD (Sir), his heir. 111. Sampson, mayor of Coventry in 1640. and co-heir of John Button,* esq. of Buckland in Hampshire, by Mary, his wife, daughter of William Jesson, esq. mayor of Coventry in 1631, and had issue, RICHARD, his heir. Thomas, secretary to Lord Sunderland, Sarah, m. to T. Clough, esq. Jane, m. to the Rev. Francis Sir Richard, who was a faithful servant of SIR HENRY GOODRICKE, bart. b. in RICHARD HOSKINS, esq. who sat in parliament for the city of Coventry in 1660, 1669, 1678, 1689, 1696, and 1698. He m. Mary, dau. of Mr. Alderman Johnson, and sister of Lady Hale, by whom he had a son, EDWARD, his heir, and a daughter, Mary. Mr. Hopkins was a person of considerable importance in the time of JAMES II. and from the following facts mentioned by his son, the Right Hon. Edward Hopkins, was an active opponent of the court, and promoter of the revolution. Henry. Thomas-Francis-Henry, lieu- HARRY, prebendary of York, The family of Button, whose progenitor, SIR WALTER DE BUTTON, received the honour of knighthood from HENRY III. flourished for a long succession of generations in the county of Hants, maintaining a leading influence among the landed proprietors of that shire, and intermarrying with many distinguished houses. JOHN BUTTON, esq. of Buckland, in Lymington, representative of the family about the middle of the seventeenth century, and uncle of Sir William Button, bart. of Alton, m. Eleanor, daughter of Sir Bernard Drake, knt. of Ash, and was grand father of JOHN BUTTON, esq. of Buckland, who d. in 1679, leaving by Mary, his wife, daughter of William Jesson, esq. of Coventry, four daughters, his co-heirs, viz. ELIZABETH, m. to John Burrard, esq. + The report from the municipal authorities of Coventry, shows the great interest which Mr. Hopkins took in the affairs of the Duke of Monmouth. Coventry, 9th September, 1682. My Lord, The Duke of Monmouth's coming here gives us this occasion to present your lordship with this account following, of the manner of his reception, and what past thereupon; and first we must crave leave to begin at Saturday, the 2nd instant, which morning, at the post house in this citty, was the Lord Colchester, who then bespoake fourteen post horses for his grace his use, to be ready on Fryday morning, the 8th of this instant September. In order to his grace his reception, a feast was prepared, and was on Thursday last at the Starre Inn, in this citty, where most or all of the most considerable dissenters dined, and stayed his grace his coming, being introduced by Mr. Hopkins our late burgess, who went to Daventry to meet him, and brought him to toune about nine at night, the bells then ringing and some bonfires lighted in his way. He alighted at |