SIR RALPH DELAVAL, knt. of Seaton, sheriff of Northumberland in the 2nd and 19th JAMES I. This gentleman m. Jane, daughter of Thomas Hilton, esq. and had a numerous issue. He was s. by his eldest

son,

ROBERT DELAVAL, esq. of Seaton, who m. Barbara, daughter of Sir George Selby, knt. and was father of 1. RALPH DELAVAL, esq. of Seaton Delaval, who was created a BARONET by King CHARLES II. 29th June, 1660. Sir Ralph m. Lady Anne Fraser, widow of Hugh, Master of Lovat,* and daughter of Alexander Leslie, Earl of Leven, and had issue,

ROBERT, who died 1st August, 1682, aged thirty-
six, his father then being alive, and was buried
in St. George's Chapel at Windsor, leaving by
his wife,

RALPH, successor to his grandfather.
JOHN, third baronet.

He was s. at his decease by his grandson,

II. SIR RALPH DELAVAL, of Seaton Delaval. This gentleman wedded Diana, daughter of George Booth, Lord Delamere, by which lady (who m. secondly, Sir Edward Blacket, bart. of Newby, in the county of York,) he had

ELIZABETH, m. to William Blount, esq. of Kid-
more End, and was mother of

LISTER BLOUNT, esq. of Maple Durham. (See
BURKE'S Commoners, vol. iii. p. 168.)

He died in August, 1696, and having had no male issue, was s. by his brother,

III. SIR JOHN DELAVAL, who died in June, 1727, and was s. by his son,

IV. SIR THOMAS DELAVAL, but of himself or his descendants we have no particulars.

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Great Britain, 21st August, 1786, in the dignity of BARON DELAVAL, of Seaton Delaval, in the county of Northumberland. He m. first, Susannah, daughter

of R. Robinson, esq. and widow of John Potter, esq. by which lady (who d. 1st October, 1783,) he had issue,

John, b. in 1755, d. unmarried in 1775.
SOPHIA-ANNE, m. to— - Jadis, esq. and d. 24th July,

1793.

ELIZABETH, m. 19th May, 1781, to George, six-
teenth Lord Audley, and d. in 1785.
FRANCES, m. to John Fenton Cawthorn, esq.
SARAH, m. to George, Earl of Tyrconnel, and had
an only daughter (heiress of the earl),
LADY SUSANNA CARPENTER, who m. Henry,
second Marquess of Waterford.

His lordship m. secondly, Miss Knight, but had no other issue. He d. 21st May, 1808, when the BARON ETCY, with his higher honours, became EXTINCT.

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DELAVAL, of ford.

CREATED 1st July, 1761.-EXTINCT 21st May, 1808.

Lineage.

FRANCIS-BLAKE DELAVAL, esq. descended from the Delavals of Seaton Delaval, in Northumberland, m. Rhoda, daughter of Robert Apreece, esq. of Washingly, in the county of Huntingdon, by Sarah, daughter and heiress of Sir Thomas Hussey, bart. and left issue at his decease in 1752,

FRANCIS-BLAKE, who was installed a knight of the Bath in 1761. Sir Francis m. Isabella, widow of Lord Nassau Paulett, and daughter of Thomas, sixth Earl of Thanet, but d. s. p. in

1771.

JOHN-HUSSEY.

Edward-Thomas, d. unm.

Rhoda, m. to Sir Edward Astley, bart. of Melton
Constable, in the county of Norfolk.

Anne, m. first, to the Hon. Sir William Stanhope,
K.B.; and secondly, to Captain Morris.
Sarah, m. to John Savile, first Earl of Mex-
borough.

The second son and eventual continuator of the family, I. JOHN-HUSSEY DELAVAL, esq. of Ford, in the county of Northumberland, was created a BARONET 1st July, 1761, and elevated to the peerage of Ireland in 1782, as Baron Delaval, of Redford, in the county of Wicklow. His lordship was enrolled amongst the peers of

Lineage.

DELVES HALL, near Uttoxeter, in the county of Stafford, was the ancient seat and residence of this family in the 31st of EDWARD I. it was possessed by JOHN DE DELVES, father of

RICHARD DE DELVES, of Delves Hall, living in the times of EDWARD II. and EDWARD III.; in the latter reign he was constable of Heleigh Castle, near Betley. He was s. by his son,

SIR JOHN DE DELVES, who, in the 20th EDWARD III. was one of the four esquires who attended James, Lord Audley, Baron of Heleigh, K.G. in the French wars under EDWARD THE BLACK PRINCE, and who, for their services at the battle of Poictiers, were re warded with an annuity of five hundred marks among them, and were allowed an addition to their arms of a chevron, bearing a similitude to their captain the Lord Audley's coat. Delves afterwards received the honour of knighthood (36 EDWARD III.), the ensuing year had the wardship of the Duchess of Bretagne, and the year following was one of the justices of the King's Bench. Sir John de Delves founded a chauntry at Hondebridge, near Chester, and endowed it, in the 43rd EDWARD III. 1369, in which year he died and was interred at Audley, in Staffordshire. He m. Isabel, daughter and co-heir of Philip de Malpas alias Egerton, but having no issue male, was s. by his brother,

SIR HENRY DELVES, of Delves Hall, who m. first, Catherine, daughter of Sir John Arderne, and widow of William Chetilton and Ralph Wetenal, and se condly, Margaret, daughter of William Brereton. Sir Henry had a son and heir,

JOHN, M. P. for the county of Stafford, temp.

R

CHARD II., in which monarch's reign he was
also sheriff, and being escheator of that county,
of Salop, and of the marches of Wales, had a
grant of the lordship of Walton-upon-Trent. He
died the year before his father, 18th RICHARD II.
leaving

JOHN, successor to his grandfather.
Henry.
Hugh.

Matilda, m. to Edmund Basset, of Blore.
Ellen, m. to William de Egerton.
Beatrix, m. to Richard de Wibunbury.
Henry Delves dying 19th RICHARD II. was s. by his
grandson,

JOHN DELVES, esq. of Delves Hall, a soldier in the French wars, sheriff of Staffordshire 11th HENRY IV. died 7th HENRY VI. and was s. by his eldest son,

RICHARD DELVES, esq. who, for want of male issue, was s. by his brother,

SIR JOHN DELVES, of Delves Hall, who was sheriff of Staffordshire and comptroller of the petty customs at London, as also warden of the Mint, temp. HENRY VI. and having been knighted, was slain at the battle of Tewkesbury, and attainted by parliament for his adherence to the house of Lancaster. He m. Ellen, daughter of Ralph Egerton, esq. of Wrinehill, and had issue,

JOHN, who being with his father at Tewkesbury,

was beheaded 11th EDWARD IV.; he left two daughters, Elizabeth, m. to Sir James Blunt, and Ellen, the wife of Robert Sheffield, of Butterwick.

RALPH, successor to his brother.

Richard, a priest, canon of Lichfield and rector of
Warrington, where he was buried in 1529.
Henry, father of

SIR HENRY, Who s. his uncle Ralph, and con-
tinued the line.

Sir John was s. by his eldest son,

JOHN DELVES, esq. beheaded as stated above, and leaving no male issue, was s. by his brother,

RALPH DELVES, esq. who died without issue, and was s. by his cousin,

SIR HENRY DELVES, of Dodington, (son of Henry Delves, and grandson of John Delves, sheriff of Staf fordshire 11 HENRY IV.) He was twice sheriff of Cheshire in the time of HENRY VIII. was knighted, and sat in parliament for that county. He d. 6th August, 1559, was buried at Wibunbury, and s. by his son, JOHN DELVES, esq. who m. Mary, daughter of William Sneyd, esq. of Keel, in the county of Stafford, and dying 15th June, 1571, was s. by his son,

HENRY DELVES, esq. who m. Frances, daughter of Thomas Stanley, esq. of Alderley, in Cheshire, and was s. at his decease, 8th October, 1606 (he was buried at Wibunbury the 16th), by

1. SIR THOMAS DELVES, of Dodington, in the county of Chester, b. at Alderley 14th ELIZABETH, knighted 19th July, 1609, and created a BARONET by King JAMES 1. 8th May, 1621. He m. first, Mary, daughter

Thomas Wilbraham, esq. of Woodhey, and by that lady had HENRY, his successor, and Lawrence, Richard, and Thomas, who all died issueless. Sir Thomas m.secondly, Mary, daughter of Edward Baber, esq. of Chew, in Somersetshire, and widow of Sir Roger Wilbraham, but had no other issue. He served the office of sheriff of Cheshire in 1638, and was s. at his decease by his eldest son,

11. SIR HENRY DELVES, bart. b. in 1589, sheriff of Cheshire in 1649, m. first, Catherine, daughter and

co-heir of Sir Roger Wilbraham, one of the masters of requests to King JAMES I. and by her had

THOMAS, his successor.

Mary, m. to Sir Thomas Mainwaring, bart. of
Peover, in the county of Chester.

Catherine, m. to Edward Glegg, esq. of Gayton,
in the same county.

Grace, m. to Joshua Edisbury, esq. of Pentry yr
Claud, in Derbyshire.

He m. secondly, Mary, daughter of Randal Leicester, citizen of London, but had no other issue. He d. 23rd May, 1663, and was s. by his son,

III. SIR THOMAS DELVES, bart. of Dodington, b. 28th August, 1630, sheriff in 1665, m. first, Elizabeth, only daughter and heir of Hall Ravenscroft, esq. of Horsham, in Sussex, and had two sons,

THOMAS, his heir. Henry.

He m. secondly, Rachel, daughter of Francis Forrester, esq. of Watling Street, Salop, without issue. Sir Thomas d. 15th May, 1713, and was s. by his elder

son,

IV. SIR THOMAS DELVES, bart. of Dodington, b. 4th October, 1652. This gentleman m. first, Jane, daugh. ter of Sir Richard Knightly, K.B. of Fawesley, in Northamptonshire, by whom he had one daughter,

ELIZABETH, m. to Sir Brian Broughton, bart. of Broughton, in the county of Stafford, and had issue,

SIR BRIAN BROUGHTON, bart. of whom hereafter as heir to his grandfather, Sir Thomas Delves.

Jane Broughton, m. to Sir Rowland Hill, bart.

Elizabeth Broughton, d. unmarried in 1725.

He m. secondly, Lady Elizabeth Booth, daughter of Henry, Earl of Warrington, which lady d. s. p. in 1697; thirdly, Elizabeth, daughter of Andrew Barker, esq. of Fairford, in Gloucestershire, and by her had

Henry, b. 18th July, 1700, and d. at Warwick, on his return from France, unmarried in April, 1725, his father being then alive.

Sir Thomas m. fourthly, Rhoda, daughter of Sir John Huband, bart. but by that lady had no issue. He d. 12th September, 1725, when the BARONETCY, through failure of male issue, became EXTINCT, and the estates passed, under the will of the deceased baronet, to his grandson,

SIR BRIAN BROUGHTON, bart. of Broughton, in the county of Stafford, who, in compliance with the injunction of that instrument, assumed the additional surname of DELVES. Sir Brian was grandfather of the present

SIR JOHN DElves-BroughтON, bart. (Refer to BURKE'S Peerage and Baronetage.)

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DE NEUFVILLE, OF FRANKFORT. CREATED 18th March, 1709.-EXTINCT, date unknown.

Lineage.

1. SIR Robert de Neufville, of Frankfort, in Germany, was created a BARONET in 1709, but no further particulars concerning him have ever been obtained.

DENIS, OF ST. MARY'S AND BLACKMONSTONE.

CREATED 28th Oct. 1767.-EXTINCT 12th June, 1778.

Lineage.

THE REV. JACOB DENIS, born in La Rochefocault, in Angoumois, fled from France at the Revocation of the Edict of Nantz, and settled at Chester, where he was ordained, and married Mrs. Martha Leach, a lady of ancient family in Lancashire, by whom he had twelve children, of whom, the youngest but one,

1. PETER DENIS, esq. of Blackmonstone and St. Mary's, in Kent, adopting the naval profession, sailed round the world with Commodore Anson, and returned his first lieutenant. Soon after, being put into commission, he commanded the Centurion on the 3rd May, 1747, and began the attack, for which Lord Anson dispatched him with the news of the signal victory then achieved over the French fleet. In 1758, he commanded the Dorsetshire, and captured the Reasonable, of equal forces. Participating subsequently in many hard-fought actions, this gallant officer attained the rank of viceadmiral of the red, and was created a BARONET in 1767, an honour which EXPIRED at his decease in 1778.

DENNY, OF GILLINGHAM.

1. SIR EDMUND DENTON, who was created a BARONET in 1699. This gentleman married Mary, daughter and co-heir of Anthony Rowe, esq. of Hackney, in Middlesex, but by her (who wedded, secondly, Trever, Viscount Hillsborough,) he had no issue. He died in April, 1714, when the BARONETCY expired. The manor of Hillesdon continued in a collateral branch of the family until ELIZABETH, daughter and co-heir of Alexander Denton, esq. conveyed it to her husband, George Chamberlayne, esq. whose daughter, Elizabeth Chamberlayne, inherited the estate, and married WENNAN COKE, esq. of Holkham. (See BURKE's Commoners, vol. i. p. 6.) The manor-house was, during the civil wars, made a garrison for the king, being then the seat of Sir Alexander Denton, who suffered severely for his devoted attachment to his royal master. The gar rison was surrendered in 1643, the house plundered, and Sir Alexander committed to prison, where he died broken-hearted.

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DE RAEDT, OF HOLLAND. CREATED 30th May, 1660.-EXTINCT, unknown.

Lineage.

1. SIR GUALTER DE RAEDT, of the Hague, was created a BARONET in 1660, but of him no information can be obtained.

Lineage.

This family derived its descent from HERLWINUS, an Anglo-Saxon, living at the time of the Norman Conquest. His son,

GEOFFREY, possessed property in the parish of Dere ham, in Norfolk, and thence assumed the surname of Dereham. He was s. by his son,

GEOFFREY DE DEREHAM, who granted, in the reign of HENRY II. to Hubert Walter, then dean of York, afterwards archbishop of Canterbury, the land en which that prelate founded the abbey of West Dereham. ELIAS DE DEREHAM, was one of the executors to the will of the said archbishop, in the time of King JoHN. THOMAS DE DEREHAM, was settled at Crimplesham in the 13th of EDWARD III. His son or grandson, another THOMAS DE DEREHAM, of Crimplesham, temp. Haney V. m. Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Baldwin de Vere, of Denver, in Norfolk, younger brother of Robert de Vere, of Addington, of the Veres, Earls of Oxford. This lady died in the 8th of EDWARD IV. and had a solemn anniversary with mass, obsequies, and offer ings, annually celebrated for her soul, in the parish church of Crimplesham. Their grandson,

THOMAS DE DEREHAM, esq. m. Elizabeth, daughter

T

of Sir John Audley, knt. of Swaffham, in Norfolk. The name of this Thomas occurs in the return of the gentry of Norfolk, made by the commissioners of HENBY VI." as Thomas de Dereham, of West Dereham." His descendant,

THOMAS DE DEREHAM, purchased from the crown, 32 HENRY VIII. the scite of the then lately dissolved monastery, of West Dereham, and removed the residence of the family back again from Crimplesham to that place. From this Thomas we pass to

1. THOMAS DEREHAM, esq. of Dereham Abbey, in the county of Norfolk, (son of Sir Thomas Dereham, knt.) who was created a BARONET by King CHARLES II. Sth June, 1661. He m. first, Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Richard Scott, esq. of Scotts Hall, Kent, but by her had no issue. He m. secondly, Elizabeth, eldest daughter and co-heir of Sir Richard Gargrave, knt. of Kingsley Park, in the county of York, and by that lady had HENRY, his successor.

RICHARD (Sir), heir to his brother.

Lucy, d. unm.

Penelope, m. first, to Thomas Keble, esq. of Newton Hall, Suffolk, and had one surviving daugh

ter,

Penelope Keble, m. first, to Thomas Ruse, esq.
and secondly, to the Rev. Robert Palmer,
D.D.

She (Penelope Dereham) m. secondly, John
Shaw, esq. of Colchester.

Sir Thomas was s. at his decease by his elder son,

II. SIR HENRY DEREHAM, bart. who m. one of the daughters and co-heirs of Sir John Maynard, knt. serjeant-at-law, but dying s. p. in 1682, was s. by his brother,

UI. SIR RICHARD DEREHAM, bart. who m. Frances Villers, daughter of Robert Wright, alias Villiers, the assumed son and heir of Sir John Villiers, Viscount Purbeck, (refer to BURKE'S Extinct Peerage,) and had

issue,

THOMAS, his successor. Richard, d. unm.

ELIZABETH, m. to Sir Simeon Stuart, bart. of Harteley Mauduit, in the county of Southampton. He d. in Jamaica, and was s. by his son,

IV. SIR THOMAS DEREHAM, bart. who was educated at the court of Cosmo III. Grand Duke of Tuscany, and resided chiefly at Florence. He d. unm. at Rome, 16th January, 1738, when the BARONETCY became EXTINCT, and his sister, ELIZABETH, wife of SIR SIXBON STUART, bart, became his heir. She was great. grandmother of the present SIR SIMEON-HENRY STUAar, bart.

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DE VIC, OF GUERNSEY. CREATED 3rd Sept. 1649.-EXTINCT ........

Lineage.

He m.

1. SIR HENRY DE VIC, of Guernsey, chancellor of he garter, was created a BARONET in 1649. Margaret, daughter of Sir Philip Carteret, knt. of St. wen's, in Jersey, and dying 20th November, 1672, was by his son,

PAUL D'EWES, esq. one of the six clerks in Chance son of Gerard D'Ewes, of Upminster, in Essex, an a lineal descendant of the ancient family of D'Ew's, Lords of Kessal, in the duchy of Guelderland, married Cecilia, only daughter and heir of Richard Symonds, esq. of Coxden, in Dorsetshire, and had issue, SYMONDS, his heir. Richard.

Johanna, m. to Sir William Elliot, knt. of Godalming.

Grace, m. to Wyseman Bokenham, esq. of Weston,
in Suffolk.

Mary, m. to Sir Thomas Bowes, knt. of Essex.
Elizabeth, m. to Sir William Poley, knt.

Paul D'Ewes died in 1630, and was s. by his son,

I. SIR SYMONDS D'EWES, of Stowlangtoft, born in 1602, at Coxden, the seat of his maternal grandfather. This eminent antiquary commenced at a very youthful age, even while a student at St. John's College, Cambridge, those historical studies, in which he eventually attained such distinction, and, almost at the same early period, gained the friendship and acquaintance of Cotton, Selden, Spelman, and many others of the first rank in the republic of letters. The labours of Sir Symonds have contributed not a little to illustrate the general history of Great Britain; and his most prominent work, "The Journals of all the Parliaments during the Time of Queen ELIZABETH," exists as an able record of the important transactions of one of the most glorious reigns in English history. In 1639, Sir Symonds served the office of sheriff of Suffolk, having been knighted some time previously; and in the long parliament, which was summoned to meet 3rd November, 1640, was elected member for Sudbury. In 1641, he was created a BARONET by CHARLES 1.; yet, upon the breaking out of the civil war, he adhered to the parliament, and took the solemn league and covenant in 1643. He continued to sit in the House of Commons until December, 1648, when he was turned out with others who were thought to retain some little regard for the person of the king, and the old constitution in church and state. He wedded, first, in 1626, Anne, daughter and heir of Sir William Clapton, knt., a lady of exquisite beauty, by whom he had two daughters, namely:

Cecilia, m. to Sir Thomas Darcy, bart. of St.
Osith's, Essex.

Isolda, died unm.

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II. SIR WILLOUGHBY D'EwES, who m. Priscilla daughter of Francis Clinton, esq. of Stourton, in Lincolnshire, and had issue,

1

I. JERMYN, his heir.

11. Willoughby, d. in 1710, aged nineteen. 11. Symonds, d. 1693.

IV. Thomas, d. 1698.

1. Delariviere, m. to Thomas Gage, esq. eldest son of Sir Thomas Gage, bart.

11. Mary, m. to George Tasburgh, esq. of Bodney, in Norfolk, by whom she had one son,

George Tasburgh, who m. first, in 1755, Teresa, daughter of Thomas, Viscount Gage, which lady died s. p. in 1773, and secondly, Barbara, daughter of Thomas Fitzherbert, esq. of Swinnerton, by whom he had no issue. Mr. Tasburgh's widow wedded, for her second husband, George Crathorne, esq. of Crathorne, and died in 1808, leaving a daughter, Mary-Anne-Rosalia Crathorne. III. Harriott, m. to Thomas Havers, esq. of Thelton Hall, Norfolk, and from this marriage descends the present

THOMAS HAVERS, esq. of Thelton Hall. (See
BURKE'S Commoners, vol. i. p. 381.)

IV. Merelina, m. to Richard Elwes, esq.

Sir Symonds died in May, 1722, and was s. by his son, IV. SIR JERMYN D'EWES, who died unm. 21st April, 1731, when the BARONETCY became EXTINCT.

From Roger de Mildenhall, of the parish of St. Stephens, alias Nackington, living temp. JOHN, lineally descended,

JAMES DIGGS, esq. of Barham, (son of John Diggs, esq. of Barham, by Joan, daughter of Sir Gervase Clifton, knt.) who m. first, Mildred, daughter of Sir John Fineux, chief-justice of England, and co-heir to his mother, one of the daughters and co-heirs of William Apulderfield, esq. by whom he had a son, John, of Barham. He wedded, secondly, Phillippa, daughter of John Engham, of Chart, and had another son, LEONARD DIGGS, esq. of Wootton Court, in Kent, a famous mathematician, temp. EDWARD VI. and

THOMAS DIGGSs, esq. who m. Anne, daughter of Sir Warham St. Leger, knt. of Ulcombe, in Kent, and by her, who died in 1636, aged eighty-one, and was buried at Chilham, left at his decease in 1595, with other issue, a son and successor,

SIR DUDLEY DIGGS, knt. an eminent lawyer and master of the rolls, living in 1619, who purchased the estate of Chilham, in Kent. He m. Mary, youngest daughter and co-heir of Sir Thomas Kempe, kut d Olantigh, by which lady he acquired Chilham Castle, and had, with other issue,

THOMAS, his heir.

John, of Faversham.

Dudley, fellow of All Souls' College.
Edward, of Virginia in 1684.

Anne, m. to Anthony Hammond, esq. of St. Alban
Court, in Kent, and had four sons,

William Hammond, of St. Alban's Court, ances tor of the present

WILLIAM-OSMOND HAMMOND, esq. of S Alban's Court. (See BURKE's Commoner vol. i. p. 131.)

Dudley Hammond.

Anthony Hammond, grandfather of JAME HAMMOND, the ELEGIAC POET.

Edward Hammond, died at sea.

The eldest son,

THOMAS DIGGS, esq. of Chilham Castle, m. Mary daughter of Sir Maurice Abbot, knt, and died in 1687, having had, with six daughters, six sons, viz.

MAURICE, his heir.

Dudley, of Gray's Inn, died s. p.
John, b. in 1642, died s. p.
Thomas, b. in 1643, died s. p.

Edward, b. in 1649, a colonel in the army, who m in 1679, Dame Frances Moore, of Bobbing, but died s. p.

Leonard, b. in 1651, of Chilham Castle, who s Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Osborne, kni of Chicksand, and died in 1717, leaving issue, John, of Chilham Castle, died in 1720, s. §. Thomas, a colonel in the army, who . Elin beth, daughter of John, Lord Delawar He sold the castle and manor of Chilham James Colebrooke, citizen of London, whose son, Robert Colebrooke, esq. sold them to Thomas Heron, esq. of Newark on Trent, and from the Herons, Chilham was pur chased in 1792, by Thomas Wildman, esq. Elizabeth, m. to Adam Williamson, lieutenantgeneral and governor of Gravesend and Tilbury, and died in 1746, leaving a daughter, Elizabeth Caroline Williamson, m. to Daniel Fox, esq. of the Six Clerks Office.

The eldest son,

1. SIR MAURICE DIGGS, of Chilham Castle, was re ated a BARONET 6th March, 1665-6. He m. first, Bennet, daughter of Mark Dixwell, esq. of Folkstone and Brome, in Kent, and secondly, Judith, daughter and co-heir of George Rose, esq. of Eastergate, Sussex. but dying s. p. in 1666, the title became EXTINCT. Sir Maurice's widow wedded, secondly, Daniel Sheldon, esq. of Ham Court, in Surrey.

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