co-heir of Richard de Camvile, Baron of Creeth, and had a son, ROBERT DE CURZON, of Croxhall, in the county of Derby, living temp. HENRY III. whose line terminated in an heir female, MARY CURZON, daughter and sole heir of Sir George Curzon, knt. of Croxhall, who m. Edward Sackvile, Earl of Dorset, K. G. This Richard conferred, in the 10th of RICHARD I. the town of Kedleston, in the county of Derby, upon his kinsman, THOMAS CURZON, who bore for his arms, "Vairy or and gules, on a bend sable, three popinjays, or." From which Thomas we pass to his descendant, JOHN CURZON, of Kedleston, living in the time of HENRY IV. who m. Margaret, daughter of Sir Nicholas Montgomery, knt. and had three sons, viz. 1. RICHARD, Capt. of Sandgate Castle, 11 HENRY JOHN, commonly called John with the White 11. WALTER, of whom presently. III. HENRY, whose line terminated in the time of HENRY VIII. The second son, WALTER CURZON, esq. m. Isabell, daughter of Robert Saunders, esq. of Harrington, in the county of Northampton, and had issue, RICHARD, his heir. Thomas. Gregory. Mary, m. first, to John Power, esq. of Bletchington, in the county of Oxford, and secondly, to William Bowen, of Edgecote, Bucks. Anne, m. to William Belson, esq. of Brill, in Buckinghamshire. The eldest son, RICHARD CURZON, esq. m. Anne, daughter of William Gifford, esq. of Cowley, Bucks, and had issue, VINCENT, his heir. Isabel, m. to Edmond Hampden, esq. of Bailes. Dorothy, m. to Ambrose Digby, esq. of Horton, Bucks. Catherine, m. to Edmund Townley, esq. of Royle, in Lancashire. He was s. by his son, VINCENT CURZON, esq. who m. Elizabeth, daughter of Roger Corbet, esq. of Morton Corbet, and was s. by his son, SIR FRANCIS CURZON, knt. who m. Anne, daughter of Judge Southcote, by whom he had three sons, JOHN, Francis, and Richard, and a daughter Mary, the wife of John Barney, esq. of London. His eldest son, SIR JOHN CURZON, knt. m. Mary, daughter of Robert, Lord Dormer, and had issue, Robert, who m. Lady Diana Tufton, daughter of Elizabeth, m. to Anthony Belson, esq. of Stoken- Frances. The only surviving son, 1. THOMAS CURSON, esq. of Water Perry, in the county of Oxford, was created a BARONET by King CHARLES II. 30th April, 1661. He m. Elizabeth, daughter of William Burrow, esq. of Burrow, in Leicestershire, and dying about 1681, (his widow died in 1687,) was s. by his only surviving child, 11. SIR JOHN CURSON, who m. first, Penelope, daugh ter and co-heir of William Child, esq. of the county of Worcester, and by her had FRANCIS, his heir. } died unm. Catherine, m. to Vaughan, esq. of Courtfield. Mary, m. to John Brinkhurst, esq. of the Moor, in the county of Bucks. He m. secondly, Anne, daughter of Robert Dormer, esq., sister of the fourth Lord Dormer, and widow of Edmund Powell, esq. of Sandford, in Oxfordshire, but by that lady had no issue. Sir John d. in Decem ber, 1727, and was s. by his eldest son, III. SIR FRANCIS CURSON, who m. first, Elizabeth, daughter of Francis Knollys, esq. of Winchingdon, in Bucks, by whom he had one son, who died at the age of fourteen. He wedded, secondly, the daughter of Edmund Powell, esq. of Sandford, but dying s. p. 28th May, 1750, the title became EXTINCT. The estate of Water Perry devolved, eventually, on Francis, present Lord Teynham, who assumed, in consequence, the surname of Curzon. Arms-Arg. on a bend sa. three popinjays or, callared gu. 1. SIR PATRICK CURWEN, of Workington, represen tative of the very ancient family of Curwen, so long seated in the county of Cumberland, (See BURKE'S Commoners, vol. i. p. 579) represented that shire in parliament, and was created a BARONET in 1626. He m. Isabel, daughter and co-heir of George Selby, esq. of Whitehouse, in Durham, but dying, issueless in 1664, the BARONETCY EXPIRED, while the estates devolved on his brother, THOMAS CURWEN, esq. at whose decease, unm. 25 ELDRED CURWEN, esq. sheriff of Cumberland, 3 Unerigg Hall, and was mother of the present, HENRY CURWEN, esq. of Workington, in Cumberland. Arms-Arg. fretty gu. a chief az. CUTLER, OF LONDON. CREATED 9th Nov. 1660.-EXTINCT 15th April, 1693. Lineage. 1. SIR JOHN CUTLER, of London, who was created a BARONET in 1660, m. first, Elisha, daughter of Sir Thomas Tipping, knt. of Wheatfield, in Oxfordshire; by whom he had a daughter, ELIZABETH, M. to Charles Bodville Robartes, Earl of Radnor. Hem. secondly, Elizabeth, daughter and co-heir of Sir Thomas Foot, bart. of London, by whom he had another daughter, m. to Sir William Portman, bart. of Orchard Portman. Sir John died without male issue in 1693, aged eighty-five, when the title EXPIred. CUTTS, OF CHILDERLEY. CREATED 21st June, 1660.-EXTINCT in 1670. Lineage. SIR JOHN CUTTS, knt. of Thaxted, in Essex, living temp. HENRY VIII. settled at Childerley, in the county of Cambridge, before the year 1516, and served the office of sheriff of that county. He m. a daughter of Sir John Hinde, and was grandfather of SIR JOHN CUTTS, knt. of Childerley, whose short name is said to have disgusted the Spanish Ambassador, whom Queen ELIZABETH had consigned to his care: his excellency found, however, as we are told, that what his host "lacked in length of name, he made up in the largeness of his entertainment." Sir John maintained a style of living more magnificent than prudent, and was obliged, in 1599, to alienate the manor of Thaxted to Thomas Kemp, esq. His son and suc cessor, 1. SIR JOHN CUTTS, of Childerley, the sixth of the same name in lineal descent, was created a BARONET by CHARLES II. a few weeks after the restoration. He died, however, unm. in 1670, when the title became EXTINCT, but the estate of Childerley devolved on a distant relative, JOHN CUTTS, esq. of Woodhall, in Essex, descended from Richard, brother of Sir John Cutts, the first of Childerley. He left two sons and three daughters, viz. Richard, died unm. JOHN, of Childerley, in Cambridgeshire, a gallant military officer under the Duke of Marlborough, created in 1690, BARON CUTTS, of Gowran. He married first, the sister of Sir George Treby; and secondly, a daughter of Sir Henry Pickering, of Whaddon, but died without issue in 1706-7, in Ireland, whither he had gone as one of the lords justices. The estate of Childerley was sold by his lordship in 1686 to FELIX CALVERT, esq. Anne, m. to John Withers, esq. of the Middle Temple. -,m. to John Acton, esq. of Basingstoke, Joanna, died unm. This family was originally of AETH, in Flanders, whence the surname, but was remotely settled at Charles Place, in Dartford. WILLIAM DEATH or D'AETH, gent. of Dartford, married, in the time of EDWARD VI. Anne, daughter and heir of Vaughan of Erith, and had several children, of whom the third, but eldest surviving son, THOMAS D'AETH, became his heir, and was living in 1615. This gentleman m. Joan, daughter of William Head, and was s. by his eldest son, THOMAS D'AETH, who m. Mary, daughter of Mr. Serjeant Barton, and had three sons, Adrian, Abell, and THOMAS, of whom the first and second died with. out issue; the third, THOMAS D'AETH, settled in the city of London, and was an eminent merchant there. He m. Elhanna, daughter of Sir John Rolt, knt. of Milton Earnest, in the county of Bedford, and was s. by his only surviving son, 1. THOMAS D'Aктн, esq. of Knowlton, in the county of Kent, who was created a BARONET on the 16th July, 1716. He m. first, Elizabeth, daughter of Admiral Sir John Narborough, knt. and sole heiress of her brother, Sir John Narborough, bart. of Knowlton. By this lady (who d. 24th June, 1721, in the thirtyninth year of her age,) he had issue, 1. NARBOROUGH, his successor. 1. Elizabeth, m. in 1740, to the Hon. and Rev. II. Elhanna, m. to Capt. Fitzgerald, of the French III. Sophia, m. in 1749, to William Champneys, esq. of Vintners, in Kent, and d. s. p. in 1772. IV. Bethia, m. first, to Herbert Palmer, esq. of v. Harriet, a minor in 1735, m. Josiah Hardy, esq. GEORGE-WILLIAM HUGHES, of whom Harriet Hughes, m. to George Leonard Charlotte Hughes, d. unm. 2. Elizabeth-Sophia Hardy, m. to Edward Markland, esq. of Leeds. 3. Priscella Hardy, m. to John Godby, esq. of Greenwich. 4. Louisa Hardy, m. to John Cooke, esq. captain of the Bellerophon, killed at Trafalgar. 5. Charlotte Hardy, m. to Lieut.-Colonel George John Hamilton, R.A. Sir Thomas m. secondly, Jane, daughter of Walter Williams, esq. of Dingeston, in Monmouthshire, and by that lady had another son, Francis, in holy orders, rector of Knowlton, d. unmarried in 1784. The baronet, who represented Canterbury in parliament in 1708 and Sandwich in 1714, d. 4th January, 1745, and was s. by his eldest son, II. SIR NAREOrough D'AETH, of Knowlton, in the county of Kent, who m. Anne, daughter and heir of John Clarke, esq. of Blake Hall, in Essex, and dying 8th October, 1773 (his will, dated 15th February, 1771, was proved 24th January, 1774), was s. by his only The family of Dallison or Dalyson was one of considerable importance, and is stated to have derived from William D'Alanzon, one of the companions in arms of the CONQUEROR. The representative of the family in the sixteenth century, WILLIAM DALYSON, esq. of Laughton, in the county of Lincoln, son of William Dallison and grandson of William Dalyson by a daughter of John Vavasour, of Spaldington, was sheriff and escheator of that county. He died 18th December, 1546, leaving by his wife, a daughter of George Wastneys, esq. of Haddon, in Notts, two sons and three daughters, viz. 1. GEORGE, his heir. II. William, who represented the county of Lincoln in parliament in 1554, and became subsequently one of the judges of the Court of King's Bench. He m. Elizabeth, only daughter of Robert Dighton, esq. of Sturton Parva, in Lincolnshire, and by her, who wedded, secondly, Sir Francis Ascough, knt. left at his decease, 8th January, 1558, four sons and five daughters. Of the former, the eldest, WILLIAM DALISON, esq. wedded, in 1574, Silvester, daughter of Robert Dean, of Halling, in Kent, and by her, who m. secondly, William Lambard, esq. left at his decease, 9th November, 1585, a son and successor, SIR MAXIMILIAN DALISON, knt. of Halling, who m. first, Paulina, daughter of Sir Michael Sonds, knt. of Throwley, by whom he had no issue; and secondly, Mary, daughter of Sir William Spencer, knt. of Oxfordshire, by whom he was father of WILLIAM DALISON, esq. of Halling, who m Elizabeth, daughter of Sir James Oxenden, knt. of Dean, and was s. at his de cease in May, 1642, by his son, MAXIMILIAN DALISON, esq. of Halling, whe m. Frances, only daughter and heir of Thomas Stanley, esq. of Hamptons, in Kent, and had issue, THOMAS, his heir. Charles, who died 24th February, 1721, leaving by Bennett, his first wife, daughter of Henry Sheafe, of Chatham, three sons and a daughter, Bennett, m. in 1709, to the Rev. Josiah Morgan. Elizabeth, m. to William Hodgkins, es of Hammersmith, in Middlesex. Mary, m. to Thomas Kirrill, esq. of Hadlow, in Kent. The elder son, THOMAS DALISON, esq. of Hamptons, #. first, Susan, second daughter of Sir Thomas Style, bart. of Wateringbury; and secondly, Elizabeth, third daughter of Sir Tho mas Twisden, bart. of Bradborne, but had issue only by the former, viz. THOMAS, his heir. Elizabeth, b. in 1686, m. John Boys, esq. of Hode Court, in Kent, and had a daughter and co-heir, ANNE BOYS, who m. Rev. Osmund of ELIZABETH BOYS, who m. Wil liam Hammond, esq. of St. HAMMOND, assumed the Thomas Dalison d. 1st July, 1736, and was s. by his son, THOMAS DALISON, esq. of Manton, in Lincolnshire, and of Hamptons, in Kent, & 5th October, 1684, who m. first, Jane, only daughter of Richard Etherington, of Essex, by whom he had two daughters, Jane, m. to Sir Jeffery Amherst, K.B. and d. s. p.; and Mary, who died unmarried. He m. secondly, in 1729, Isabella, daughter of Peter Burrell, esq. of Beckenham, and had WILLIAM, his heir. Thomas, in holy orders, M. A. died unmarried. Maximilian, d. s. p. FRANCES-ISABELLA, m. in 1768, to William-Daniel Master,esq. of Yotes Court, in Kent, butd. s. p. 21st December, 1818. Mr. Dalison d. in 1741, and was s, by his son, WILLIAM DALISON, esq. of Hamptons, lieu tenant colonel of the West Kent militia, b. in 1730, who died unmarried 11th Ja- wife of Kiddall. wife of Pierpoint. III. Anne, m. to Edward Tirwhitt, esq. of Stainfield. The eldest son, GEORGE DALLISON, esq. of Laughton, in Lincolnshire, living 3rd EDWARD VI. married the daughter of Robert Hopkinson, esq. of Kirmington, and had issue, WILLIAM, his heir. Anne, m. to John Wharfe. He d. in 1549, and was s. by his son, WILLIAM DALLISON, esq. of Laughton, living 21st ELIZABETH, who m. Anne, daughter of Robert Dighton, esq. of Sturton, and had issue, ROGER, his heir. Maximilian (Sir), knt. Gilbert. wood, whereof it continued a member until HENRY III. in the fourteenth year of his reign, disforested Englewood, and gave or sold it to Walter Malclerk, then Bishop of Carlisle and lord treasurer, whose successors in the see of Carlisle ever afterwards enjoyed the estate. The descendants of Robert de Dalston held, however, the old mansion house, with the manor and lordship, of Dalston Parva. Of those descendants, HENRY DE DALSTON, son of Reginald, gave Brownelston, part of his manor, to the priory of Carlisle. JOHN DE DALSTON, son of Robert, m. a daughter and co-heir of Kirkhide, with whom he had the estate at Kirk hide. THOMAS DE DALSTON had the manor of Ulndale, part of the barony of Utterdale, given him by King HENRY VIII. as a reward for the services he had rendered at the battle of Sollom Moss. From this Thomas descended the Dalstons of Acornbank, in Westmoreland, and SIR JOHN DALSTON, knt. sheriff of Cumberland in the 10th JAMES I. His son and heir, SIR GEORGE DALSTON, knt. was M. P. for Cumberland in the 16th CHARLES I. and was sheriff in the 16th of the preceding reign. This gentleman had a son, WILLIAM, and a daughter, Catherine, the wife of Sir Henry Fletcher, knt. of Hutton, in Cumberland. Elizabeth, m. to John Langton, esq. of Langton, Sir Henry fell at Rowton Heath, near Chester, fightin Lincolnshire. The family of DALSTON, one of great antiquity in the ounty of Cumberland, was founded by ROBERT, second brother of Hubert de Vallibus, Lord f Gillesland in the time of the CONQUEROR, who had he BARONY OF DALSTON Conferred upon him by his insman, Ranulph de Meschines, Earl of Chester; nd his posterity possessed it, in lineal descent, until King STEPHEN gave Cumberland to DAVID, King of cots. HENRY II. recovering the county, seized the arony of Dalston, and united it to the forest of Engle ⚫ Juliana, daughter and co-heir of SIR RICHARD DALros, of Acorn Bank, in Westmoreland, wedded Sin HARLES ALEN, ancestor of the present COLONEL LUKE LEN, C.B. representative of SIR THOMAS ALEN, bart. (St. Wolstans, and of the most ancient line of Alen, which, removing from England, where it had been set ing for King CHARLES I. in 1645, and his widow, who was a lady of great courage and resolution, endured sequestration, incarceration, plunder, &c. from the rebels with a brave and masculine spirit. She lived, however, to see her daughters married into some of the first families in the county. Sir George Dalston's only son and heir, 1. SIR WILLIAM DALSTON, knt. of Dalston, in Cumberland, was created a BARONET by King CHARLES I. 15th February, 1640-1, in which year he was M.P. for Carlisle. "When the rebellion broke out, both he and his father behaved themselves very bravely and dutifully towards the king, and were great sufferers for the royal cause; the latter being obliged to pay £700 and Sir William £3000 to the sequestrators." Sir William resided chiefly at Heath Hall, in Yorkshire (an estate which came into the family by marriage), and died 13th January, 1683, leaving issue, by Anne, the daughter of Thomas Bolles, esq. of Osberton, in the county of Nottingham, and Dame Mary Bolles, his wife, BARONETTESS OF NOVA SCOTIA,† GEORGE (Sir), who received the honour of knight- FRANCES, who m. first, John Jermy, esq. of JOHN (Sir), knighted at Whitehall 16th February, Mary, m. to Thomas, second son of Thomas Gent, esq. of Moyns, in Essex. The second, but eldest surviving son, became, at the death of his father, tled since the period of the CONQUEST, was established in Ireland temp. HENRY VIII. by ARCHBISHOP ALEN. See BURKE'S Commoners, vol. ii. p. 363. This is the only lady upon whom the dignity of BARONETTESS has ever been conferred. He m. secondly, Anne, fourth daughter of Sir Michael Wentworth, of Woolley, and widow of Sir Lion Pilkington, bart. of Chevet. By this lady (who m. thirdly, in 1730, John Maude, esq. of Alverthorpe Hall, in Yorkshire, see BURKE'S Commoners, vol. ii. p. 86,) he had another daughter, who died young and unmarried. He was s. at his decease by his son, IV. SIR GEORGE DALSTON, bart. who m. Anne, dau. of George Huxley, esq. but dying s. p. m. (his only daughter married a French gentleman named Dillon) 7th March, 1765, the title became EXTINCT. Four years before his death, Sir George sold his estate at Dalston to Monkhouse Davison, esq. after whose decease it was purchased by JOHN SOWERBY, esq. Arms-Arg. a chevron between three daws' heads erased sa. bills or. RICHARD D'ANVERS, of Cothorp, in Oxfordshire, said to be descended from ROLAND D'ANVERS, one of the companions in arms of the CONQUEROR, m. the daughter and heir of John de Brancestre, of Oxfordshire, and left a son and heir, JOHN D'ANVERS, of Cothorp, who wedded, first, Alice, daughter and heir of William Verney, of Byfield, and had issue, 1. ROBERT (Sir), of Ipwell, who purchased the estate of Culworth. Sir Robert was king's sergeant in 1443 and justice of the Common Pleas in 1450. Hem. Agnes,daughter of Richard Quatremains, of Rycot, in Oxfordshire, and dying in 1467, left three daughters, his co-heirs, viz. AGNES, m. first, to Hugh Unton, esq.; and secondly, to Sir Walter Denys, of Gloucestershire. ALICE, m. to - Burnaby, esq. of Watford, III. RICHARD, of whom presently. 1. Agnes, m. to Thomas Boldington. II. Alicia, m. to Henry Tracey. He m. secondly, Joan, daughter of William Bruly, esq. of Waterstoke, in Oxfordshire, and had by her who wedded, secondly, Sir Walter Mauntell, of Heyford, five sons and four daughters, viz. 1. THOMAS (Sir), of Banbury, in Oxfordshire, d. s. p. II. William (Sir), of Chamberhouse, in Berkshire, and of Upton, in Warwickshire, one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas temp HENRY VII. He m. Anne, daughter and her of John Pury, esq. of Chamberhouse, and wa ancestor of the DANVERS of Upton and Elis worth. III. Simon, d. s. p. IV. Edward, d. s. p. v. Henry, cofferer to HENRY VII, m. Beatrice, daughter of Sir Ralph Verney, and had isset. 1. Agnes, m. first, to Sir John Fray, lord chie baron; secondly, to John, Lord Wenlock; and thirdly, to Sir John Say, knt. II. Amicia or Margaret, m. to John Langston, est of Caversfield, in Oxfordshire. III. Elizabeth, m. to Thomas Poure, esq. of Bletch ingdon, Oxfordshire. IV. Jane, m. to Richard Fowler, esq. of Bucking ham, chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster John D'Anvers' third son, RICHARD D'ANVERS, esq. of Prescote, in Oxfordshire, purchased from his nieces the estate of CULWORTE He m. Elizabeth, daughter of John Langston, esq. f Caversfield, Buckinghamshire, and was s. by his son. SIR JOHN D'ANVERS, knt. of Culworth, sheriff of Northamptonshire 10th HENRY VII. This gentleman m. Anne, daughter of Sir John, and sister and heir of Sir Edward Stradling, knt. of Dantsey, in Wilts; by which marriage he acquired the estate of Dantsey, and had issue, 1. THOMAS, his heir, seated at Dantsey, who a Margaret, daughter of Sir William Courtenay, knt. of Powderham Castle, and was grandfather of SIR JOHN DANVERS, knt. whom. Eu CHARLES (Sir), who lost his life in the John (Sir), of Chelsea, in Middlesex, ANNE, m. first, to Sir Henry Lee, bart. of Ditchley, in Oxfordshire. and secondly, to Henry Wilat, first Earl of Rochester. Elizabeth, m. first, to Robert Vil * Knighted by HENRY VII. on the marriage of Prince ARTHUR. |