Richard, b. 27th January, 1632, d. unm. Elianor, m. to George Bennet, esq. of Bath. Sir Edward d. 6th April, 1674, and was s. by his eldest surviving son, II. SIR JOHN FUST, sheriff of Gloucestershire in 1675. He m. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Richard Cocks, bart. of Dumbleton, in the same county, and dying 12th February, 1698, was buried in a vault adjoining Hill Church, and s. by his only surviving child, III. SIR EDWARD FUST. This gentleman married four wives: first, Anne-Mary, daughter of Thomas Stephens, esq. of Lipiat, in the county of Gloucester, and by her had a daughter, Elizabeth, who m. Thomas Warner, esq. of Packenhull, in the same county. His second wife was Elizabeth, daughter and heir of William Mohun, esq. of Portishead, in the county of Somerset, and by her had, to survive infancy, one son, EDWARD, his heir. He wedded, thirdly, Catherine, daughter of Francis Mohun, esq. of Fleet, in Dorsetshire, and had by that lady, FRANCIS, heir to his half brother. His fourth wife was Susanna, daughter of Richard Cocks, esq. sister of Sir Richard Cocks, bart. of Dumbleton, and widow of Roger Thompson, of London, merchant; by her he had three children, John, Richard, and Edward, who all died in infancy. He d. 5th August, 1713, and was s. by his elder surviving son, IV. SIR EDWARD FUST, high sheriff of Gloucestershire in 1717, who m. Dorothy, daughter of the abovementioned Roger Thomson, of London, and had four children, who all died young. He died 27th February, 1727-8 (his widow m. Gilbert Maximilian Mohun, esq. of Fleet), and was s. by his half brother, V. SIR FRANCIS FUST, who m. 28th September, 1724, Fanny, daughter of Nicholas Tooker, of the city of Bristol, merchant, and had surviving issue, JOHN, his heir, b. 26th August, 1726. Fanny-Francelia, b. 16th March, 1729-30. Sir Francis d. 26th June, 1769, and was s. by his brother, VI. SIR JOHN FUST, who died at the age of fifty-four, 15th April, 1779, without issue, and his brothers hav ing, similarly, predeceased him, the BARONETCY be 1. SIR THOMAS FYTCHE, of Eltham and Mount Mas kall, in Kent, descended from the ancient family of Fytche, in Essex, having been knighted by Aig CHARLES II. was created a BARONET in the following reign, 7th September, 1688. He m. Anne, only daugh ter and heir of Richard Comport, esq. of Eltham, and dying 16th September, 1688, was s. by his son, 11. SIR COMPORT FYTCHE, bart. who m. Anne. daughter of Sir Lumley Robinson, bart. of Kentwell Hall, in the county of Suffolk, and dying 29th De cember, 1720, was s. by his son, III. SIR WILLIAM FYTCHE, bart. who d. a miner, unm. 13th June, 1736, when the BARONETCY became Thomas-William Whalley. Grace Whalley, m. to Sir William Henry Sir William dying in 1691, was s. by his eldest son, WILLIAM, his successor. FRANCES, who married. Catherine, m. to Edward Kay, gent. of Hatton Sir Brocas was made one of the commissioners of the Stamp Office in the reign of Queen ANNE, and continued in that post until his death, 13th January, 1739-40, being then nearly eighty years of age. He was s. by his son, III. SIR WILLIAM GARDINER, who d. unm. 30th October, 1779, when the BARONETCY became EXTINCT. His estates passed to his cousin, John Whalley, esq. of Tackley, in Oxfordshire, who assumed, in compliance with the testamentary injunction of his predecessor, the name and arms of GARDINER, and was created a BARONET in 1783. He died s. p. in 1797, and was s. in the title (which was thus limited) by his next brother, Sir James Whalley Smythe Gardiner, bart. whose son is the present Sir James W. S. Gardiner, bart. of Roche Court. Arms-Or, on a chevron gu. between three gryphons' heads erased az. two lions counterpassant or. GARRARD, OF LAMER. Lineage. ROBERT GARDINER, esq. (descended from the Gardiners of Wigan, in Lancashire,) m. Mary, sister of Sir William Palmer, and was s. by his son, 1. SIR WILLIAM GARDINER, K. B. of Roche Court, in the county of Southampton, who was made a knight of the Bath at the coronation of King CHARLES II. and created a BARONET in the same year, 24th December, 1660. He m. Anne, daughter and heir of Robert Brocas, esq. of Beaurepaire, in Hampshire, and had two sons, namely, BROCAS, his heir. Bernard, D. D. warden of All Souls College, Oxford, who m. Grace, daughter and co-heir of Sir Sebastian Smythe, knt. of Cuddesdon, in Oxfordshire, and their only surviving child, GRACE, m. in 1742, Robert Whalley, M. D. of JOHN WHALLEY, of Tackley, in Oxford- JAMES WHALLEY, successor to his brother. ⚫ Descended from SIR BERNARD BROCAS, knt. who came into England with the CONQUEROR, under whom he was a great commander, and obtained for his services lands to the amount of £400 per annum, situated in the Lineage. The name of this family was originally ATTEGARE, and they were seated in the county of Kent. ALLURED ATTEGARE, of Buckland, in that county, was father of SIR SIMON ATTEGARE, knt. of Buckland, in Sittingborne, Kent, whose son, STEPHEN ATTEGARE, assumed the surname of GARRARD. His great-grandson, WILLIAM GARRARD, of Sittingborne, was father of JOHN GARRARD, who bore for arms, "Argent, on a fesse sable a lion passant of the first." His son, SIR WILLIAM GARRARD, knt. was of Dorney, in Bucks. He was a citizen of London, and LORD MAYOR in 1555. Sir William m. Isabel, daughter and co-heir of Julius Nethermill, esq. of Coventry, and had issue, 1. WILLIAM (Sir), his heir. 11. George, m. Margaret, daughter of George D'Acres, esq. of Cheshunt, Herts, and had county of Hants, where he erected a mansion house, and called it Beaurepaire, from a place in France, whereof his ancestors were lords. He encompassed the mansion with a large moat, dug by his soldiers. George, who d. s. p. Anne, m. to Sir Dudley Carlton, vice-chamberlain to King CHARLES I. created Viscount Dorchester, and had a son, Henry, who d. young. Frances, m. to Sir Richard Harrison, knt. of Hurst, Berkshire. III. JOHN (Sir), heir to his elder brother. iv. Peter. 1. Anne, m. to Sir George Barne, knt. lord mayor of London, and had issue. (See BURKE's Commoners, vol. i. page 139.) Sir William died in 1571. In St. Magnus's Church, near London Bridge, was erected a fair monument to his memory, thus inscribed: Sir William Garrard, Haberdasher, Mayor, 1555, a grave, sober, wise, and discreet Citizen, equal with the best, and inferior to none of our time, deceased 1571, in the parish of St. Christopher, but was buried in this Church of St. Magnus, as in the Parish where he was born. His eldest son and heir, SIR WILLIAM GARRARD, knt. of Dorney, m. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas Roe, knt. lord mayor of London, and his wife, Mary, daughter of Sir John Gresham, knt. of the same city, and had, with seven sons, who all predeceased him unmarried, the following daughters, MARY, m. to Kedderminster. ELIZABETH, unm. JUDITH, m, to Gresham. MARTHA, m. to Palmer. He d. 17th November, 1607, was buried in Dorney Church, where a fine monument recorded his memory, and leaving no male issue, the representation of the family devolved upon his brother, SIR JOHN GARRARD, knt. sheriff of London in 1592, and lord mayor in 1601. He m. Jane, daughter of Mr. Richard Partridge, citizen of London, and died 7th May, 1625, leaving two sons and six daughters, and was buried in St. Magnus Church, "where on a fair monument, in the south isle of the chancel is this incription for him and his lady:" Here lieth interred the Bodies of Sir John Gerrard, Knt. and Dame Jane, his wife, who was Daughter to Richard Partridge, Citizen and Haberdasher of London, by whom he had 13 Children; five whereof died young. They lived comfortably together, 43 years. He was Lord-Mayor of London, in the year 1601. She departed this Life, the 24 Jan. 1616; and he left this world, the 7 of May, 1625, being 79 years old; leaving only 2 Sons, and six Daughters behind him. This Monument was erected at the Charges of Benedict Gerrard, Gent. his youngest son, 1629. Their surviving children were, county of Herts, was advanced to a BARONETCY by King JAMES I. 16th February, 1621-2. He married first, in 1611, Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Sir Edward Barkham, knt. lord mayor of London in 1021, by whom he had six sons and eight daughters; she died 17th April, 1632, and lies buried in the north aisle of the church of Whethampstead, in the county of Hertford: upon a handsome marble monument (whereon are placed two marble figures, at full length, of Sir John Garrard, and Dame Elizabeth, his wife, is an inscription setting forth her many virtues, age, marriage, &c. Of their surviving children were, JOHN, successor to his father. Jane, the wife of Sir Justinian Isham. Sir John wedded, secondly, Elizabeth, relict of Sir Moulton Lambard, knt. of Sevenoaks, Kent, but by that lady had no issue. He d. about the year 1637, and was s. by his eldest son, II. SIR JOHN GARRARD, bart. who m. Jane, daughter of Sir Moulton Lambard, knt. and died in 1685, leav ing issue, JOHN, his successor. SAMUEL, heir to his brother. Nethermill. Edward. Elizabeth, m. first, to Sir Nicholas Gould, kat. m. to Anthony Farringdon, esq. serjeantat-law. Rachael, m.to Richard Emerton, esq. of Mackeryend, in the county of Hertford. He died in 1686, and was s. by his eldest son, 111. SIR JOHN GARRARD, who m. Katherine, danghter and co-heir of Sir James Enyon, knt. of Flore, in the county of Northampton, and relict of Sir George Boswell, bart. of Clipston, by whom he left at his decease, 13th January, 1700, an only daughter and heiress, JANE GARRARD, who m. Montague Drake, esq. WILLIAM DRAKE, esq. LL. D. M.P. whe son, CHARLES DRAKE, inherited the es tates of his cousin, SIR BENET GARRARD, bart, in 1767. Sir John leaving no male issue, the baronetcy de volved upon his brother, IV. SIR SAMUEL GARRARD, LORD MAYOR of London in 1710, and M. P. for several years for the borough of Agmondesham. He m. first, Elizabeth, daughter of George Poyner, esq. of Coddicote-Bury, in the county of Herts, but by that lady had no issue. He m. secondly, Jane, daughter of Thomas Benet, esq of Salthorp, Wilts, by whom he left three sons, viz. SAMUEL, his successor. THOMAS, barrister-at-law, and common serjeant of the city of London, m. in March, 1738-9, Margaret, only daughter of Robert Gay, esq. of Hatton Garden, M. P. for the city of Bath, but d. s. p. in 1758. BENET, successor to his elder brother. Sir Samuel d. senior alderman of London, and president of Bridewell and Bethlehem hospitals, 10th March, 1724. He was s. by his eldest son, V. SIR SAMUEL GARRARD, bart. who d. unm. 1st December, 1761, and was s. by his only surviving brother, VI. SIR BENET GARRARD, bart. M. P. for Agmondesham. This gentleman died also unm. 1st July, 1767, when the BARONETCY became EXTINCT, and the manor and estate of LAMER devolved, under Sir Benet's will, upon his cousin, CHARLES DRAKE, esq. (refer to descendants of JANE GARRARD, only child and heiress of the third Baronet). This gentleman assumed the additional surname of GARRARD. He m. Anne, 4th daughter of Miles Barne, esq. of Sotterley, and dying in July, 1817, was s. by his only son, the present CHARLES-BENET DRAKE GARRARD, esq. of Lamer. Arms-Arg. on a fesse sable a lion passant of the son, II. SIR THOMAS GARRARD, bart. who m. Sarah, daughter and heir of Nicholas Beaumont, esq. of Peason Hall, in Suffolk, and had issue, JACOB, who m. Abigail, daughter of Sir John Hol- ALATHEA, m. to Sir Francis Bickley, bart. of SARAH, m. to Charles Downing, esq. comptroller of the customs in the port of London. NICHOLAS, heir to the baronetcy at the decease of his brother. A daughter, m. to Samuel Kerridge, esq. of Shelley Sir Thomas d. about the year 1690, and was s. by his only surviving son, III. SIR NICHOLAS GARRARD, bart. who m. Cecilia, only daughter of Sir Edwyn Stede, knt. of Stede Hill, in Kent, and had no male issue. He d. 12th March, 1728, when the BARONETCY became EXTINCT. Arms-Az. two lions rampant guardant combatant arg. Lineage. THOMAS GARRARD, an opulent citizen of London, who served the office of sheriff, died in 1632, and was s. in his estate by his son, 1. SIR JACOB GARRARD, of Langford, in the county of Norfolk, an alderman of the city of London, who received the honor of knighthood in 1641 (having served the office of sheriff in 1636), and was created a BARONET 16th August, 1662. Sir Jacob was a merchant of great wealth, and, says an old writer, "a gentleman of exemplary probity, religiously practising in all his transactions, that excellent maxim, of doing as he would be done unto, of extensive charity to the poor, both by large legacies in money, and by twelve acres marsh land, called Oxleas, in the parish of Westham, Essex, appropriated for ever, many years before his decease, for the binding out of four apprentices, three of the parish of West, and one of the parish of East Ham; also three pounds issuing out thereof, to buy coals for the poor of Gracechurch Street, London, and the overplus to other pious uses : he gave likewise £10 per annum, for ever, for a lecture in the parish church of Needham Market, in Suffolk." Sir Jacob was zealously attached to King CHARLES I. and for his services to that unhappy monarch was prosecuted as a delinquent, and tried for his life, but acquitted for want of evidence. In thankful remembrance of which event he appointed a sermon to be preached yearly on the anniversary of the day of his deliverance, being the 9th of January, if it happen on a Sunday, or else the next ensuing Sunday, at the parish church of Westham, by some orthodox divine, bestowing £1 on the preacher, 6s. 8d. on the reader, 3s. 4d. on the clerk, and 2s. on the sexton, and directing fifty poor to participate in his charity on that day. He m. Mary, daughter of Am The family of GAWDY is stated to have derived from Sir Brews Gawdey, a French knight, taken prisoner in 1352, who was naturalized, and settled in Suffolk. His descendant, THOMAS GAWDEY, esq. of Harleston, serjeant-atlaw, left by Anne, his wife, daughter and co-heir of John Bassingbourne, esq. of Woodhall, Herts, a son, SIR BASSING BOURNE GAWDY, died seised of West Herling, &c. in Norfolk, 25th January, 1569, leaving by Anne, his wife, daughter and heir of John Wootton, esq. of Tuddenham, two sons, namely, BASSING BOURNE, his heir. Philip (Sir), knt. who m. Bridget Strongman, and had a son, Francis, who died s. p. and five daughters, the youngest of whom was born in 1614. The elder son, SIR BASSING BOURNE GAWDIE, knt. of West Herling, who served the office of sheriff for Norfolk, in 1573, 1593, and 1601, married, first, Anne, daughter and heir of Sir Charles Framlingham, knt. of Crow's Hall, in Debenham, by Dorothy, his wife, daughter of Sir Clement Heigham, knt. and had by her two sons, viz. FRAMLINGHAM, his heir. CHARLES (Sir), knt. of Crow's Hall, in Suffolk, whose son was created a BARONET in 1661. (See GAWDY, OF CROW'S HALL.) Sir Bassingbourne married, secondly, Dorothy, daughter of Sir Nicholas Bacon, of Redgrave, and by her, who m. secondly, Sir Henry Felton, bart. of Playford, and died in 1653, had two sons and two daughters, who all died s. p. Sir Bassingbourne died in 1606, and was s. by his son, FRAMLINGHAM GAWDY, esq. of West Herling, b. 8th August, 1589, sheriff of Norfolk in 1627, who m. Lettice, daughter and co-heir of Sir Robert Knowles, knt, and had issue by her, who was buried at West Herling, 3rd December, 1630, six sons and two daughters, viz. 1. WILLIAM, his heir. II. Framlingham. 111. Bassingbourne, b. in 1614. IV. Thomas, b. in 1617, who died unm. v. Charles, b. in 1618. vi. Robert, b. in 1620. 1. Lettice. II. Anne. Framlingham Gawdy died in 1654, and was s. by his eldest son, 1. WILLIAM GAWDY, esq. of West Herling, who was created a BARONET in 1663. Sir William m. Elizabeth, daughter and heir of John Duffield, gent. of East Wretham, in Norfolk, and by her, who died in 1653, had issue, Bassingbourne, who died unm. at London, of the small-pox, and was buried in the Temple in 1660. JOHN, successor to his father. William, died unm. Framlingham, of Bury. Anne, died unmarried. Sir William died in 1666, and was s. by his son, II. SIR JOHN GAWDY, of West Herling, b. 4th Oc tober, 1639. This gentleman, who was deaf and dumb, possessed considerable ability, and attained no small degree of celebrity as a painter. He m. Anne, daughter of Sir Robert de Grey, knt. of Martin, and had one son and one daughter, viz. BASSING BOURNE, his heir. Anne, who m. Oliver Le Neve, esq. of Great Oliver Le Neve, who d. s. p. in 1686. ANNE LE NEVE, m. to John Rogers, of Stan- HENRIETTA LE NEVE, m. to Edward Le Neve, esq. citizen of London. Sir John died in 1699, and was s. by his son, III. SIR BASSING BOURNE GAWDY, of West Herling, at whose decease unmarried, in 1723, the BARONETCY became EXTINCT; Sir Bassingbourne's three nieces, the daughters of his sister, Mrs. Le Neve, being his heirs. Those ladies joined, and conveyed the whole estate to Joshua Draper, esq. who sold it to Richard Gipps, esq. Arms-Vert, a tortoise passant arg. THOMAS GELL, esq. younger brother of Sir John, was a barrister of the Inner Temple, of extensive practice, recorder of the borough of Derby, and representative The GELLS were seated at Hopton, in Derbyshire so early as the reign of EDWARD III. and the first re corded ancestor, Ralph Gell, is supposed to have mar ried the heiress of Hopton. During the civil wars the then chief of the family, 1. SIR JOHN GELL, of Hopton, attained considerabl eminence as a parliamentary leader; captured the city of Lichfield, and rendered very important se vices to his party in his native county. A M narrative of the services he performed, written b himself, for the purpose of refuting, as it appears, tain charges brought against him after the indepe dents got into power, gives a full and interesting count of his actions, which tended, in no small degre to the destruction of the royal cause in Derbyshire indeed Lord Clarendon observes that, after a perio there was in that county no visible party for th king; the whole shire being under the power of S John Gell. Subsequently to the termination of t war, Sir John was much dissatisfied with the trea ment he received from the parliament, and in 1650, thereof in the last parliament of CHARLES I. He was gentleman of distinguished abilities, and held the rank lieutenant-colonel in his brother's regiment. |