Anne, d. s. p. Katherine, married to Edward Sheldon, esq. of Steeple Barton, in Oxfordshire, and died 30th Sir Philip lies buried at Steeple Barton Church, under a handsome monument, and this inscription: Here lyeth the Body of Sr. Philip of the Dorms with the house Sir Philip was s. by his eldest son, 11. SIR MARMADUKE CONSTABLE, bart. b. in 1619, m. Anne, daughter of Richard Sherborne, esq. of Stonyhurst, in Lancashire, and had (with two daughters, Anne and Elizabeth, both nuns), a son and heir, III. SIR PHILIP-MARK CONSTABLE, bart. of Evering. ham, b. 25th April, 1651, m. Margaret, daughter of Sir Francis Ratcliffe, bart. of Dilston, in Northumberland, afterwards Earl of Derwentwater, and had issue, He was s. at his decease by his elder son, IV. SIR MARMADUKE CONSTABLE, bart. of Everingham, who died abroad at the age of ninety, in July, 1746, and leaving no issue, the BARONETCY became EXTINCT. Everingham and the other estates devolved upon his great nephew, the grandson of his sister, Anne, WILLIAM HAGGERSTON, esq. who assumed the additional name of CONSTABLE. He m. Lady Winifred Maxwell, only surviving daughter and heir of John, Lord Maxwell, (who assumed the title of Earl of Nithsdale, at the decease of his father, the attainted Lord Nithsdale, in 1744, and inherited the estates, the forfeiture affecting the life interest of the attainted lord only). Mr. Haggerston-Constable had issue, Marmaduke-William-Constable-Maxwell, esq. of William, who assumed the surname of MIDDLETON. (For details of the families of Constable and Arms-Barry of six or and az. CONSTABLE, OF FLAMBOROUGH. CREATED 29th June, 1611.-EXTINCT 15th June, 16545. Lineage. This was the elder branch of the house of CosSTABLE, of Everingham, extinct Baronets, to which refer for the pedigree in full. SIR MARMADUKE CONSTABLE, knt. of Flamborough, in the county of York, m. first, Joyce, daughter of Sir Humphry Stafford, knt. and, by that lady, had, ROBERT (Sir), his successor. Marmaduke (Sir), from whom the CONSTABLES of William (Sir), of Hatfield. John (Sir), of Kinalton. Eleanor, m. first, to John Ingleby, esq. of Ripley, He wedded, secondly, Margery, daughter of Henry, Lord Fitzhugh, but by her had no issue. Sir Marmaduke was s. at his decease, by his son, SIR ROBERT CONSTABLE, of Flamborough, who received the honour of knighthood, 17th June, 1497, (12 HENRY VII.) at the battle of Blackheath, for his valorous conduct against the Cornish rebels. He was afterwards concerned in the risings about religion, in the 28th of HENRY VIII, and pardoned for the same; but being in the commotion in Lincolnshire, with John, Lord Hussey, and others, occasioned by the assessment of a subsidy, was attainted and executed at Hull. He left by his wife, Jane, daughter of William Ingleby, esq. of Ripley, in the county of York, a son and heir, SIR MARMADUKE CONSTABLE, who was high sheriff of Yorkshire, in the 1st and 24th of HENRY VIII., and siege of Teroven, and the battle which followed, when served the king in his wars; was with him at the he received the honour of knighthood, conferred upon him at Lisle, the king and court sojourning there. Advancing in the royal favour, he had a grant, by letters patent, dated 29th May, 32nd HENRY VIII., under the designation of "Sir Marmaduke Constable, of London, knt. son of Sir Robert Constable, of Flamborough, in Yorkshire," of the monastery and manor of Nuneaton, in Warwickshire, with all the lands in that county thereunto belonging. He was afterwards, in the first year of EDWARD VI, made a knight banneret in the camp of Roquesborough, by the Earl of Surry, general of the army. Sir Marmaduke resided chiefly at Nuneaton, where he died 20th April, in the 2nd year of ELIZABETH, leaving by Elizabeth, Sir Marmaduke lies buried on the North side of the chancel of the church of Nuneaton, under a fair tomb, whereon is the effigies of a knight in armour, lying on his back, his head resting on a pillow, his hands conjoined in prayer, and at his feet a lion couchant, with the following inscription round the verge : Here lyeth Sir Marmaduke Consta- his first wife, daughter of the Lord D'Arcy, two sons, ROBERT and Marmaduke, and eight daughters. He was s. by his elder son, SIR ROBERT CONSTABLE, thirty years of age at the time of his father's death, who was knighted by the Earl of Sussex, in 1570, being with that general, in the expedition that year into Scotland to aid the young king, JAMES VI. against the Hamilton faction. Sir Robert sold the monastery and manor of Nuneaton to Sir Ambrose Cave, in the 6th of ELIZABETH. He m. first, Dorothy, daughter of Sir William Gascoigne, knt. but by that lady had no issue. He wedded, secondly, Dorothy, daughter of Sir John Widdrington, knt. and relict of Sir Roger Fenwick, knt. by whom he left a son and heir, CONWAY, of Ragley. (See BURKE'S Extinct JAMES, of Soughton and Ruthin: the eventual CATHERINE CONWAY, m. the Rev. John Potter, JOHN-CONWAY CONWAY, LL.B. of Lower Henry, of Perth Kinsey, whose daughter, Kathe- The eldest son, 1. SIR WILLIAM CONSTABLE, of Flamborough, in the JOHN CONWAY, esq. of Bodrythan, m. Janet, daughter of Thomas Salusbury, esq. of Llyweny, and his descendants continued at Bodrythan, untitled, until fax, and became a great stickler for the liberty of the subject, and being imprisoned on account of ship money, adopted a decided part against the king. He was a colonel in the parliament's army, and his name appears in the warrant for the execution of the unhappy CHARLES. He died during the usurpation, 15th June, 1654-5, and thus escaped personally the resentment of the restored monarch; but his lands, &c. were especially excepted, in the general pardon, granted by CHARLES II. as likewise all pains, penalties, and forfeitures, as though the Act of Grace had never passed. Having no issue, the BARONETCY, at his decease, became EXTINCT. Arms-Barry of six or and az. 1. SIR HENRY CONWAY, of Bodrythan, was created a BARONET, 25th July, 1660. He m. Mary, daughter and heir of Richard Lloyd, esq. and dying about the year 1676, was s. by his son, II. SIR JOHN CONWAY, of Bodrythan, who m. first, Margaretta Maria, daughter and co-heir of John Digby, and secondly, a daughter of Richard Grenvile, esq. of Wotten Underwood, Bucks, but dying without male Arms-Sa. on a bend cottised arg. a rose gu. between two annulets of the first. CONYERS, OF HORDEN. CREATED 14th July, 1628. EXTINCT 15th April, 1810. The family of Conway was established in England by Sir William Conias, knt. one of the companions in arms of the Conqueror. JOHN CONWAY, of Bodrythan, who m. first, Ellen, daughter of Edmund Minshull, esq. and had by her a son, HUGH (Sir), treasurer of Calais. He m. secondly, Janet, daughter of Edward Stanley, esq. son of Sir William Stanley, knt. of Hooton, and had by her several children, of whom JOHN, was ancestor of the Bodrythan family. Lineage. Of this ancient family originally written COIGNIERS, styled from a place in France, was ROGER DE COIGNIERS, who came into England towards the close of the CONQUEROR's reign, and was constituted by the bishop of Durham (who d. in 1095), constable of Durham. The next of the family, and second of the name, ROGER DE COIGNIERS, was Lord of Howton Coigniers, and of Sokebourne, by the gift of Ranulph, of Durham, who died in 1128. The third of the same name, ROGER DE COIGNIERS, Lord of Howton Coigniers, in the county of York, and of Sokebourne, in Durham, was living in the 24th of HENRY II. His son and successor, ROBERT DE COIGNIERS, of Howton Coigniers and Sokebourne, living under RICHARD I. and King JOHN, direct progenitor of SIR HUMPHRY COIGNIERS, knt. of Sokebourne, living in the 5th HENRY III. who was father of SIR JOHN COIGNIERS, knt. who flourished in the reign of EDWARD I. He m. Scolastica, daughter and co-heir of Ralph de Cotam, and had two sons, JOHN, who had, by Elizabeth his wife, a daughter, ELIZABETH, the wife of Robert de Colvile, and mother of Sir William Colvile, knt. He had a second wife, Christian, and by her had also a daughter, Petronilla, who m. Robert Herle, and died s. p. ROGER. The younger son, ROGER COIGNIERS, living temp. EDWARD II. had two sons, Geoffrey, who died issueless, and SIR JOHN COIGNIERS, knt. of Sokebourne, living in 1334, who m. Elizabeth, widow of Sir William Place, knt, and third daughter and co-heir of Sir William de Aton, by Isabel, his wife, daughter of Henry Percy, and dying in 1395, was s. by his son, ROBERT COIGNIERS, of Sokebourne, who m. Isabel, daughter and co-heir of William Pert, esq. by Joane, his wife, daughter and co-heir of Stephen Scrope, and dying in 1433, left a daughter Johanna, m. to Sir Philip Dymoke, knt. of Scrivelsby, and a son, SIR CHRISTOPHER COIGNIERS, knt. of Sokebourne, who, by Mariora, daughter of Sir William de Eure, knt. had issue. The eldest son, WILLIAM (Sir), who m. Anne, daughter of Sir Ralph Bigott, knt. of Setrington, continued the main stem of the family, but it eventually failed in the direct male line, with WILLIAM CONYERS, esq. of Sokebourne, who died 11th September, 1635, leaving three daughters, Katherine. ANNE, m. to Francis Talbot, eleventh Earl of Shrewsbury, and had an only daughter and heir. MARY, m. to John Stonor, esq. of Stonor, in Oxfordshire. From a younger son of Sir Christopher descended RICHARD CONYERS, esq. (second son of Sir John Conyers, K. G. of Hornby, in Yorkshire, by Margaret his wife, daughter and co-heir of Philip, sixth Baron Darcy.) He m. Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Sir Robert Claxton, knt. of Horden, in the county of Durham, and obtaining that estate, became "CONYERS, of Horden." He was s. by his eldest son, ROBERT CONYERS, esq. of Horden, heir to his mother in 1507, who m. Margery, daughter of Bamforth, of Seham, in Durham, and was s. by his eldest son, CHRISTOPHER CONYERS, esq. of Horden, who m. Elizabeth, daughter of John Jackson, of Bedale, and was father of RICHARD CONYERS, esq. of Horden, who m. Isabel, daughter and co-heir of Robert Lumley, esq. of Ludworth, and was s. by his only surviving son, CHRISTOPHER CONYERS, esq. of Horden, who m. first, a daughter of Cuthbert Conyers, esq. of Layton, but by her had no issue. He m. secondly, 4th November, 1586, Anne, daughter, of John Hedworth, knt. of Harraton, in the county of Durham, and, by that lady, had 1. JOHN CONYERS, esq. of Horden, who was created a BARONET by King CHARLES I. 14th July, 1628. He a. about 1606, Francis, daughter of Thomas Groves, citizen of York, and had issue, CHRISTOPHER, his heir. John, bapt. at Easington, 26th September, 1622, d. 1687, leaving issue, from whom the tenth baronet derived his descent. Robert, of Nettlesworth, died 1684. Anne. Elizabeth. Troth, d. before 1663. Frances, m. to Richard Fairles. Mary. Philadelphia. Susanna. Timothea, d. 1656. Sir John dying in 1664, was s. by his son, II. SIR CHRISTOPHER CONYERS, of Horden, bapt. 28th March, 1621, who m. first, Elizabeth, daughter of Wil liam Langhorne, esq. of London, and sister of Sir William Langhorne, bart. of Charlton, in Kent, by whom (who d. 27th April, 1644,) he had a son, JOHN, his successor. He m. secondly, Julia, daughter of Richard, Viscount Lumley, and relict of Alexander Jermyn, esq. of Lordington, in Sussex, and by that lady had a daughter, Julia, m. first, to Sir William Blacket, bart. of Newcastle, and secondly, to Sir William Thomp son, knt. one of the barons of the Exchequer. Sir Christopher d. in October, 1693, and was s. by his son, III. SIR JOHN CONYERS, of Horden, who inherited the estates of his uncle, Sir William Langhorn, at the decease of that gentleman, in 1714, whereby he be came possessed of the seat and estate of Charlton, in Kent, beside other broad and fertile lands. He m. Mrs. Mary Newman, and with her had the estate of the Baldwins, at Great Stoughton, in Huntingdonshire. He had issue, BALDWYN, his successor. all d. issueless. Mary, m. to Edward Checkley, gent. of Alwalton, in the county of Huntingdon. Sir John d. 14th September, 1719, aged seventy-five, and was buried in Great Stoughton Church. He was s. by his only surviving son, IV. SIR BALDWYN CONYERS, who m. first, Sarah, only daughter and heir of Edward Conyers, esq. of Blaston, in the county of Leicester, by whom he acquired the manor of Bradley, in that shire, but had no issue. He m. secondly, Margaret, eldest daughter of Henry Nevil, esq. of Holt, and by that lady had JOHN, who d. unm. 4th September, 1729. Margaret, Frances, Elizabeth. nuns. Harriot, m. to Thomas Wollascot, esq. of Caversham, in the county of Berks. Charlotte, m. to John Baptist Guastaldi, resident from Genoa at the British court. Teresa, m. to Charles, fifth Earl of Traquair. Sir Baldwyn died 17th April, 1731, and was buried in Great Stoughton Church, where a marble monument was erected to the memory of himself and his son, thus inscribed: This Monument is erected in Memory Sr Baldwyn, dyed the 17th of April 1731 John Conyers, Esq; his only son, died the a Young Gentleman of Fine Parts, and whose Death Was lamented by all that Knew him. After the decease of Sir Baldwin, the manor of Hor den was sold by his co-heirs to Rowland Burdon, esq and the manor of Charlton, went by entail, first to William Langhorn Games, esq. and secondly, to the Rev. John Madryon, of the county of Essex, from whom it passed to his sister, Mrs. Weller, and from her to her daughter, m. to Sir Thomas Spencer Wilson, bart. of East Bourne, in Sussex. The baronetcy reverted to his cousin (son of John Conyers, of Chester, gent. who is stated to have been the son of John Conyers, the second son of the first baronet), V. SIR RALPH CONYERS, bapt. at Chester, 20th June, 1697, who m. Jane, daughter of Ralph Blakiston, esq. brother of Sir Nicholas Blackiston, bart. of Shieldsrow, in Durham, and had issue, BLACKISTON, his successor. William, bapt. at Chester, 14th July, 1735, major He d. 22nd November, 1767, and was s. by his eldest son, VI. SIR BLACKISTON CONYERS, captain of marines, and collector of the customs at Newcastle, d. unmarried in October, 1791, and was s. by his brother, VII. SIR NICHOLAS CONYERS, bapt. 27th July, 1729, comptroller of customs at Glasgow, who d. in 1796, and was s. by his son, VIII. SIR GEORGE CONYERS, who d. s. p. (his widow wedded, secondly, Mr. Campbell) when the Baronetcy reverted to his uncle, IX. SIR THOMAS CONYERS, bapt. 12th September, 1731, who m. Isabel, daughter of James Lambton, esq. of Whitehall, in the county of Durham, and had issue, JANE, M. to William Hardy, of Chester Le Street. ELIZABETH, M. to Joseph Hutchinson, of Chester Le Street. DOROTHY, M. to Joseph Barker, of Sedgefield. Sir Thomas died at Chester le Street, 15th April, 1810, when the BARONETCY became EXTINCT. Arms-Az. a maunch or. ELIZABETH, M. to Thornhagh Gurdon, esq. of Letton, in Norfolk, and had, with three daughters, a son, THORNHACH GURDON, esq. of Letton, grandfather of the present THEOPHILUS-THORNHAGH GURDON, esq. of Letton. (See BURKE's Commoners, vol. i. p. 395.) BRIDGET, m. to- Proctor, esq. of Langley, Norfolk, and left issue. AGNETA, m. to Charles Bedingfeld, esq. son of LETTICE, m. to John Gurdon, esq. of Assington, in Sir William Cooke died at Letton in 1708, and was buried in the parish church of Cranworth cum Letton, where a handsome monument was erected to his memory. With him the BARONETCY EXPIRED: the estates he ordered by will to be sold and the produce divided amongst his daughters. Arms-Gu, on a fess or, three trefoils az. in chief a lion passant arg. 1. SIR WILLIAM COOKE, of Brome Hall, in Norfolk, who was created a BARONET in 1663, m. first, Mary, daughter of Thomas Astley, esq. of Melton Constable; and secondly, the relict of William Stuart, esq. of Barton Mills, in Suffolk. By the former he left a son and successor, IL. SIR WILLIAM COOKE, of Brome Hall, who m. ane, daughter and co-heir of William Stuart, esq. of Barton Mills, and had seven daughters, viz. DOROTHY, M. to John Herne, esq. of Amering JANE, d. unm. MARY, M. to Richard Freeston, esq. of Mendham, Suffolk, d. s. P, Lineage. The family of COOKES came into England with the CONQUEROR. EDWARD COOKES, esq. of Bentley Pauncefoot, in the county of Worcester, son of William Cookes, of Norgrove, in the same shire, by Ann, his wife, daughter and co-heir of Humphry Jennets, esq. of that place, m. Mary, daughter of Nicholas Cotton, esq. of Hornchurch, in Essex, and niece of Richard Weston, Earl of Portland, by whom, who died 10th August, 1656, he had issue, 1. WILLIAM, his heir. 11. Henry, of Barbon, in Worcestershire, m. Mary, daughter of Richard Stanley, esq. of Stoke Prior, and d. in 1678, leaving a son, John, of London, living in 1707. He married Henry, b. 26th April, 1702, was father of DENHAM-JAMES-JOSEPH, rector of Stanford and vicar of Cliftonon-Terne, who m. Maria-Henrietta, daughter of Charles John stone, esq. and left, inter alios, a son and heir, the present THOMAS-HENRY COOKES, esq. of Bentley, M.P. III. Edward, of Powick, living in 1683, married, with issue. IV. Thomas, of Bidford Grange, Warwickshire, d. about 1670, leaving issue. 1. Ann, m. to Richard Amphlett, esq. of Clent, in Staffordshire. 11. Alice, m. to John Arris, esq. of Charingworth, Gloucestershire. Edward Cookes died 7th April, 1637, and was s. by his son, 1. SIR WILLIAM COOKES, of Norgrove, who was created a BARONET 24th December, 1664, for his zeal in support of the royal cause. He m. first, Anne, daughter and co-heir of John Cookes, esq. which lady d. s. p.; and secondly, Mercie, daughter of Edward Dineley, esq. of Charlton, in Worcestershire, and sister of Sir Edward Dineley, knt. By her, who wedded secondly, Mark Dineley, esq. he had issue, THOMAS, his heir. William, who m. Mary, daughter and co-heir of Mercie, m. in 1672, to Henry Winford, esq. of Sir William was s. by his son, II. SIR THOMAS COOKES, of Bentley Pauncefoot and Norgrove, Founder of Worcester College Or ford. This gentleman greatly augmented, by endowing with an annual sum, the schools of Bromsgrove and Feckenham. He m. Lady Mary Windsor, eldest daughter of Thomas, Earl of Plymouth, but died s. p. about 1701, when the BARONETCY became EXTINCT. Arms-Arg. six martlets gu. 3, 2, and 1, between two chevrons of the second. COOPER, OF WALCOT. CREATED 19th Feb. 1828.-EXTINCT 24th Dec. 1828. Lineage. 1. SIR JOHN-HUTTON COOPER, born 7th December, 1765, F. R. S. and F.S.A. of Walcot, in Somersetshire, lieutenant-colonel of the 2nd regiment of Somersetshire Militia and groom of the bedchamber to his late Majesty when Duke of Clarence, was fifth son of Benjamin Cooper, esq. of Sleaford, in Lincolnshire, by Anne, his first wife, daughter and heir of Robert Caudron, esq. of Great Hale, and grandson of the Rev. Benjamin Cooper, a clergyman connected with the Collegiate Church of Southwell. Colonel Cooper was returned to parliament by the borough of Dartmouth in 1825, and in 1828 was created a BARONET. He m. first, in 1790, Elizabeth-Mary, daughter of Edward Ellis, esq. of Anwick; secondly, in 1797, Phillis, daughter of William Neate, esq. of London; and thirdly, in 1821, Maria-Charlotte, only daughter of Sir George Baker, bart.; but dying issueless in December, 1928, the BARONETCY EXPIRED. He left two surviving brothers, Christopher Cooper, M. D. of Doncaster, and Benjamin Cooper, esq. of Stamford. This was a branch of the existing family of COPE of Bramhill Park, in the county of Oxford, baronets. (See BURKE'S Peerage and Baronetage.) ANTHONY COPE, esq. of Hanwell, was created a BARONET 29th June, 1611. He m. Frances, daughter of Sir Rowland Lytton, of Knebworth, Herts, and dying in 1615, was s. by his eldest son, SIR WILLIAM COPE, M.P. for the county of Oxford. who m. Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Sir George Chaworth, knt. of Wiverton, Notts, and had two sons, viz. JOHN, who became Sir John Cope, bart. of Hanwell, at the decease of his father in 1637, and continued that line. Anthony, m. Anne, youngest daughter of Sir Robert Dashwood, bart. of Northbrook, but left no issue. He was s. by his eldest son, 1. JONATHAN COPE, esq. of Brewerne, in the county of Oxford, who was created a BARONET by Queen ANNI 1st March, 1713. Sir Jonathan represented the be rough of Banbury in the last parliament of Quers ANNE and the first of King GEORGE I. He married Mary, youngest daughter of Sir Robert Jenkinson, bart. of Walcot, in the county of Oxford, and had issue, 1. JONATHAN, of Orton Longueville, in Huntingdonshire, who married first, 14th September, 1741, Lady Arabella Howard, eldest daughter of Henry, fourth Earl of Carlisle, K.G. and left by her, CHARLES, who s. his grandfather. Arabella, m. in 1763, to John Walker Heneage, esq. of Compton Basset, Wilts. Mr. Cope m. secondly, in 1752, Jane, daughter of Lieutenant-General Francis Leighton, of Wattlesborough, in Shropshire, and widow of Captain the Honorable Shaw Cathcart, and by that lady left From a younger son of Sir Anthony descended the Copes of Icombe, in Gloucestershire, now represented by the HOPTONS of Canon Frome. |