RALPH DE GORGES, who flourished in the time of HENRY III. He was governor of the castles of Sherburne and Exeter, and had a military summons to the war in Wales in the 54th of the same king's reign. He attended Prince EDWARD to the Holy Land, and died in two years after. His son, RALPH DE GORGES, was marshal of the king's army in Gascony, 21 EDWARD I. and the next year continuing in those parts, was made prisoner and carried to Paris. He does not appear, however, to have been detained long in captivity, for we find him within a brief period again engaged in active service both in France and Scotland; and, in consideration of his services, he was summoned to parliament as a BARON 4th March, 1309. He died seised of the manor of Wraxhall, inter alia, 17 EDWARD II. and was s. by his son, RALPH DE GORGES, who d. s. p. and was s. by his sister, ELEANOR DE GORGES, who m. Sir Theobald Russel,* son of Sir William Russel, of Kingston Russel, in the county of Dorset, and had issue, SIR THEOBALD RUSSELL, of whom presently. Sir Maurice Russell, of Kingston Russell. The elder son, SIR THEOBALD RUSSELL, assumed his maternal surname GORGES, and also adopted the armorial bearings of the family, which occasioned a dispute, 21 EDWARD III. between him and Warburton of Cheshire, and that gentleman establishing his right to the arms in the Court of the Earl Marshal, Henry, Earl of Lancaster, GORGES had assigned to him "a chevron gules on the lozengy or and azure," which his posterity bore for some time, until they assumed again their ancient and hereditary coat, viz. “ arg. a gurges or whirlpool, az." Sir Theobald was sheriff of the counties of Dorset and Somerset 35 EDWARD III. and served in parliament with Maurice de Bruine as knight of the shire for the county of Southampton 50 EDWARD III. having their writ of expenses for £15. 12s. for thirty-nine days' attendance. He died 4 RICHARD II. seised of the manor of Wraxhall, leaving by Mary, his wife, daughter of Thomas Beauchamp, of Hatch, four sons; three of whom died issueless, and the line was carried on by the fourth, SIR THOMAS GORCES, who d. 5 HENRY IV. and was s. by his son, JOHN GORGES, of Wraxhall, who d. 2 HENRY V. and was s. by his brother, SIR THEOBALD GORGES, knight banneret, who in the reign of HENRY VI. was lieutenant of Normandy under Richard, Duke of York, then Regent of France, and had a salary from the crown for his government and maintenance. He m. first, Joane, daughter of Hanchford, and by her had issue, Theobald d. 9 EDWARD IV. and was s. by his grandson, SIR EDWARD GORGES, who received the honour of knighthood at the creation of ARTHUR, Prince of Wales, son of HENRY VII. He m. Lady Anne Howard, daughter of John, Duke of Norfolk, and had, with three daughters, five sons, viz. 1. EDWARD (Sir), his heir. 11. Edmund, who married the daughter of Sir John Walsh, of Gloucestershire, and left posterity. III. William, m. Winifred, daughter of Richard Badock, and had issue. IV. Thomas. v. Nicholas. The eldest son, SIR EDWARD GORGES, knt. who m. first, a daughter ofNewton, by whom he had a son, Edward, ancestor of the branch of the family seated at Wraxall. He m. secondly, Mary, daughter of Sir Anthony Poyntz, by his wife, the daughter and heir of Sir William Hudfield, and of that marriage were two daugh ters, Elizabeth and Frances, and four other sons, namely, William (Sir), who m. the daughter of Rudock. shud, and d. in 1516. Arthur (Sir), who m. Lady Elizabeth Clinton, daughter of Henry, Earl of Lincoln. Ferdinand (Sir), captain of the castle of Ply mouth, died in 1597, leaving a son, John, who m. Lady Frances Clinton, daughter of Thomas, Earl of Clinton. THOMAS (Sir). The youngest son, SIR THOMAS GORGES, knt. who was of Langford, in the county of Wilts, m. Helena, daughter of George Wolgargus Swavenburg, a Swede, widow of William Parr, Marquess of Northampton, and had, with two daughters, Elizabeth and Frances, four sons, viz. EDWARD (Sir), his heir. Theobald (Sir), who m. the daughter of Henry Robert (Sir), of Redlinch, in the county of So- 1. SIR EDWARD GORCES, who received the honour of knighthood from King JAMES I. 9th April, 1603, having met his majesty in the county of Northumber land as he passed the English border, and was created a BARONET by the same prince 25th November, 1612He was afterwards made a peer of Ireland, as Baron Gorges, of Dundalk, in the county of Louth. He s first, Katherine, daughter of Sir Robert Osborne, knt. of Kelmash, in Northamptonshire, and relict of Edward Haselwood, esq. of Maidwell, by whom he had a son, Thomas, who predeceased him. He wedded. WALTER, who died in the lifetime of his father, secondly, Jane, daughter of - Throxton, and widow leaving a son, EDWARD, heir to his grandfather. Jane, m. to John Hatch, of Dillon, in Devon- He m. secondly, Joane, daughter of John Beauchamp, of Lillesdon, and had another son, Richard, to whom he gave lands in Sturminster and Hasington. Sir of Sir John Levingstone, and by her left a son and successor, II. SIR RICHARD GORGES, second Lord Gorges of Dundalk, who m. Bridget, daughter of Richard Kings mill, esq. of Sidmanton, in the county of Southampton, but died without surviving issue, when all his honours, including the BARONETCY, EXPIRED. Arms-Arg. a whirlpool az. SIR THEOBALD RUSSELL m. a second wife, Eleanor, daughter of John de la Tour, of Berwick, in the county Dorset, and from that marriage sprang the NOBLE house of RUSSELL George, of Oving Dean, who m. Maria, eldest daughter and co-heir of William Everard, esq. and had a son, GEORGE, whose son GEORGE was elevated to the peerage as BARON GORING and EARL OF NORWICH, dignities which ceased with his only son and successor, Charles, second earl, in 1672. (See BURKE'S Extinct Peerage.) Robert, living temp. EDWARD VI. who m. Mary, daughter of Thomas Olney. Ann, m. first, to Sir George De la Lyne; and secondly, to Thomas Browne. Elinor, m. to John Fenner, of Crawley, and was mother of Sir Edward Fenner, one of the judges of the Court of King's Bench. The eldest son, SIR HENRY GORING, knt. of Burton, in Sussex, m. Dorothy, second daughter and co-heir of William Everard, esq. of Sussex, and had issue, WILLIAM (Sir), his heir. Edward, of Wappingthorn and Oakhurst, ancestor of the present SIR CHARLES FORSTER GORING, bart. of High- Barbara, m. to R. Ernley, esq. Mary, m. to Anthony Dering, esq. Sir Henry died in 1594, and was s. by his son, SIR WILLIAM GORING, knt. of Burton, who left at his decease in 1601, by Anne, his wife, daughter of Robert Burbage, of Hayes, in Middlesex, a son, SIR HENRY GORING, knt. of Burton, who m. Elinor, daughter of Sir William Kingsmill, of Hampshire, and dying in 1626, was s. by his son, 1. WILLIAM GORING, esq. of Burton, who was created a BARONET 14th May, 1621. He m. Eleanor or Bridget, daughter of Sir Edward Francis, knt. and was s. by his son, In BARNES'S EDWARD III. mention is made of William Gostwick, who was taken prisoner in 1373, 47th of that reign, with several English knights and esquires, by the French, near Soissons, after having fought valiantly. 11. SIR HENRY GORING, of Burton, who m. Mary, daughter and co-heir of George Chamberlaine, esq. of Sherborne Castle, in Oxfordshire, and relict of Sir Thomas Gage, bart. of Firle, in Sussex, by whom, who died in 1694, he had issue, WILLIAM, his heir. ANN, m. to Richard Biddulph, esq. of Biddulph, in Staffordshire, and was ancestor of the BIDDULPHS OF BURTON. Sir Henry died in May, 1683, and was s. by his son, III. SIR WILLIAM GORING, of Burton, who m. Dorothy, daughter of Edmund Plowden, esq. of Plowden, in Shropshire, and relict of Philip Draycot, esq. but had no issue. He died 29th February, 1724, aged sixty-five, when the title became EXTINCT; his sister Ann, m. to RICHARD BIDDULPH, esq. being his heir. WILLIAM DE GOSTWICK, Lord of Willington, in the county of Bedford, anno 1209, 9 HENRY III. was father of HUGO DE GOSTWICK, of Willington temp. EDWARD I. from whom, after six generations, sprang SIR JOHN GOSTWICK, of Willington, living in the time of HENRY VI.t who was grandfather of SIR JOHN GOSTWICK, treasurer of the first fruits and rents to King HENRY VIII. and afterwards master of the horse to the same prince. This gentleman m. Margaret, daughter of Oliver, Lord St. John, and was s. by his son, JOHN GOSTWICK, esq. who m. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir William Petre, knt. of Ingerstone, in Essex, and dying in 1541, was s. by his son, WILLIAM GOSTWICK, esq. of Willington, who m. Martha, daughter of Sir Humphrey Ratcliffe, knt. of Elnestow, in Sussex, and co-heir of her brother, Edward Ratcliffe, sixth Earl of Sussex. He was s. by his son, 1. WILLIAM GOSTWICK, esq. of Willington, sheriff of the county of Bedford 37 ELIZABETH, who was created a BARONET by King JAMES I. 25th November, 1612. Sir William m. Jane, daughter and heir of Henry Owen, esq. of Wotton, in Bedfordshire, and had several children. A noble tomb was erected to his memory in the middle of a chapel in the church of Willington (the burying-place of the family), the image of a knight in armour in full proportion lying thereon, and on the north side of the tomb this inscription: + John Gostwyck and William Gostwyck were farmers of the fishery of the river Ouse and of the coney-warren of Wellington in the 12th of HENRY VII. as appears by an original account of the manor, then belonging to Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey. Here lyeth the body of Sir William Gostwyke, Bart. who had to wife Jane Owen, the Daughter of Henry Owen, Esq; by whom he had issue seven Sons, and four Daughters. He, with a most christian Resolution, and assured Hope of a joyful Resurrection, departed this Life the 19th of September, 1615, in the 50th Year of his Age: the Lady Jane Gostwyke, his Widow, to perform her last Duty and Love to the sacred Memory of her dear Husband, at her own Cost and Charge, caused this Monument to be erected. On the south side of the same tomb: Ask who lies here, and do not weep, His Fame is more perpetual than these stones: His eldest son and heir, 11. SIR EDWARD GOSTWICK, received the honour of knighthood at Whitehall in 1607; he inherited the Baronetcy in five years afterwards. He m. Anne, daughter of John Wentworth, esq. of Gosfield, in the county of Essex, and had issue, EDWARD, his heir, born deaf and dumb. William, of Cople, in the county of Bedford, born Elizabeth, m. to Francis Reading, of Willington. Frances, m. to the Hon. Francis Mordaunt, third Anne, m. to- Thorne, esq. Jane, m.to Oliver, esq. of St. Neots, in the county of Huntingdon. Sir Edward d. 20th September, 1630, and was s. by his eldest son, III. SIR EDWARD GOSTWICK, bart. This gentleman, He m. as stated above, was born deaf and dumb. Mary, daughter of Sir William Lytton, knt. of Knebworth, in the county of Hertford, and had five sons and two daughters, all of whom died unmarried except the second son, his successor at his decease, IV. SIR WILLIAM GOSTWICK, M.P. for the county of Bedford from the 10th of King WILLIAM to the 12th of Queen ANNE, who m. Mary, daughter of Sir William Boteler, of Walton Woodhall, in the county of Hertford, K.B. and had issue, JOHN, his heir, who died in the lifetime of his Anne, m. to Edward Nelthorpe, esq. second son Sir William wasted his estate, and died in the parish of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London, in 1723. He was s. by his grandson, V. SIR WILLIAM GOSTWICK, bart. who resided at North Tawton, in the county of Devon. He was an officer in the army, and m. Loveday, daughter of Edward Gostwicke, and sister and heir of Edward Gostwicke, of North Tawton, mercer, but died without issue in 1766. Sir William was the last who bore the title, but whether the BARONETCY became then EXTINCT is not ascertained. In his will dated in 176, Sir William bequeathed his property to his kine woman Loveday Gostwicke, whom he afterwards married, and Dame Loveday in her will, 1786, makes her nephew, Edward Gostwicke, residuary legatee. Arms-Arg. a bend gu. between six Cornish choughs ppr. on a chief az. three mullets or. The family of GREEN held formerly considerable por sessions in the county of Essex. The estate at Samp ford was acquired by the marriage of WILLIAM GREENE, esq. (second son of John Greene, esq. by Agnes, his wife, daughter of John Duke, esq. of Widdington Hall), with Margaret, daughter of Wil liam Bateman, esq. sheriff of the counties of Essex and Herts from the 19th to the 22nd of RICHARD II. William Greene died 11th January, 1488, and his widow in 1495, leaving two sons, JOHN, and David, parson of Little Sampford, and two daughters, the elder m. to Fitz-Geffrey, and the younger to Gregory Basset, of Bradwell. The elder son, SIR JOHN GREENE, knt, of Sampford, who married three wives, and died in 1530, left a son and suc Allington; and secondly, Margaret Curzon. His eldest son by his first wife, ROOKE GREENE, esq. of Sampford, married Elianor, daughter of William Fitch, esq. of Little Canfield Hall, and had by her four sons and eight daughters. He died 9th April, 1602, and was s. by his eldest son, WILLIAM GREENE, esq. of Sampford, who m. Catharine, daughter of Nicholas Timperley, esq. of Hintlesham Hall, Suffolk, and had four sons and four daughters. The eldest of the former, JOHN GREENE, esq. of Sampford, b. 14th September, 1575, wedded Frances, daughter of Sir John Russel, of Strensham, in Worcestershire, and had issue, EDWARD, Francis, John, William, Rooke, and Catharine. The eldest son, 1. EDWARD GREENE, esq. of Sampford, was created a BARONET 26th July, 1660. He married three wives, but left no male issue at his decease in December, 1676, when the title EXPIRed. Sir Edward, by his extravagancy and love of gambling, entirely ruined his estate, and his large inheritance passed from his family. The manor of Sampford was alienated to Sir William Halton, bart. and those of Grassals and Blois to Randall Wilmer, esq. of Helmesley, in Yorkshire. Of his two daughters and co-heirs, the elder, ANN, married William Gossip, esq. of Thorparch, who sold Grassals and Blois to Richard Salwey, esq. of Woodford; and the younger, MARY, wedded Joshua Field, esq. of Heaton. FAIRBRIDGE GREEN, esq. of the county palatine of Durham, m. Miss Helen Smith, of Aberdeen, and had an only surviving child, L. WILLIAM GREEN, esq. a general officer in the army and chief engineer at Gibraltar, who was created a BARONET 27th June, 1786. Sir William m. 26th February, 1754, Miriam, daughter of Lieut.-Colonel Justly Watson, of the Engineers, and grandaughter of Colonel Jonas Watson, who commanded the detachment of the Royal Artillery at the siege of Carthagena, and was killed there. By that lady (who d. 21st June, 1782,) he had issue, JUSTLY-WATSON, his heir. Miriam, m. to Major Oliver Nicholls, and had William-Jasper Nicholls. Oliver Nicholls. Justly-Watson Nicholls. Miriam Nicholls. Susanna. Louisa-Anne. Charlotte. Sir William was some time commander-in-chief of the forces in the Island of Malta. He d. in February, 1811, and was s. by his son, II. SIR JUSTLY-WATSON GREEN, bart. born at Newfoundland 8th October, 1755, and died unmarried in 1825, when the BARONETCY became EXTINCT. Arms-Party per cheveron, in chief vert, two castles arg. in base a castle surrounded by a fortification ppr. over all a cheveron or, charged with three torteauxes. TINCT. Helen Nicholls. Mary Nicholls. Charlotte Nicholls. Helen-Mary, m. to Charles Holloway, esq. Lineage. Of this ancient family the first upon record is JOHN GRESHAM, of Gresham, in Norfolk, living temp. EDWARD III. and RICHARD II. whose son, The second son, SIR RICHARD GRESHAM, knt. was sheriff of London, in 1531, and lord mayor in 1537. He was twice married, but appears to have had issue only by his first wife, Audrey, daughter of William Lyne, of London, viz. 1. JOHN (Sir), who m. Frances, daughter and heir ELIZABETH GRESHAM, who m. Sir Henry 11. THOMAS (Sir). III. William. 1. CHRISTIAN, m. to Sir John Thynne, ancestor of the Marquesses of Bath. This lady inherited the estates of her brother, Sir Thomas Gresham. Sir Richard died 20th February, 1548, and was buried in St. Laurence Jury. His second son, His lordship m. Lady Sarah Sophia Fane, eldest daughter of John, tenth Earl of Westmorland, by ANNE, daughter and sole heir of Robert Child, esq. of Osterley Park. + Sir Thomas Gresham left a natural daughter, Anne, m. to Sir Nathaniel Bacon, K. B. of Stifkey, in Norfolk, and left three daughters, viz. ANNE BACON, m. to Sir Roger Townshend, of Rain- WINIFRED BACON, m. to Sir Robert Gawdy, of The will of Sir Thomas Gresham contains the following instructions regarding the disposition of the rents of the Royal Exchange: "Concerning the buildings in London, called the Royal Exchange, and all pawns, and shops, cellars, vaults, messuages, tenements, and other whatsoever myne hereditaments, parcell, or adjoyning to the said Royal Exchange; I will and dispose, that after expiration, and determination of the particular uses, estates and interest for life, and intayle thereof, limited in the said indenture, bearing date the 20th of May: I will and dispose, that one moiety thereof shall remain, and the use thereof shall be unto the major and commonalty, and citizens of London, by whatever especial name or addition the same corporation is made or known, and to their successors, for term of fifty years then next ensuing, upon trust or confidence, and the intent that they do perform the payments and other intents in these presents hereafter limited, thereof to be done and performed. And the other moiety of the said buildings, called the Royal Exchange, pauns, &c. shall remain, and the use thereof shall be to the wardens and commonalities of the mysterie of the mercers of the City of London: (viz.) to the corporate body and corporation of the Company of Mercers, in London, by whatsoever especial name or addition the SIR THOMAS GRESHAM, knt. having become one of the most opulent merchants and eminent citizens of London, immortalized himself by founding the great inart, since so celebrated all over the world as the Royal Exchange. The ground upon which the struc ture is erected, was given by the city to Sir Thomas, and on the 7th June, 1566, he laid the foundation stone, accompanied by several aldermen, who each put down a piece of gold, which the workmen took up; the building was pursued with so much diligence, that it was completed in the November of the next year, and Queen ELIZABETH caused it to be proclaimed by herald and sound of trumpet, The ROYAL EXCHANGE. Beside his public endowments, this en terprising citizen erected a magnificent structure, called Osterley House, in the county of Middlesex, (which afterwards came into the family of Child, and is now the property of the Earl of Jersey,*) where he entertained Queen ELIZABETH in the most sumptuous style. The queen on her arrival happening to offer an opinion that the court would be improved, were it separated in the centre by a wall; Sir Thomas, in the night time, sent for workmen to London, and before the morning dawn, two courts acknowledged the supe rior judgment of her majesty. "It is questioned, (says an old authority) whether the queen next day, was more contented with the conformity to her fancy, or more pleased with the surprise and sudden per formance thereof, whilst her courtiers disported them selves with their several expressions, some avowing it was no wonder he should so change a building, whe could build a change." Sir Thomas m. Anne, daughter of William Fernley, esq. of Creting, in Suffolk, and relict of - Read, esq. by whom he had a son, Richard, who died before him, 1564, and lies buried at St. Helen's, Bishopsgate.t Sir Thomas Gresham d. 21st November, 1579, and was buried under a large stately monument, in the parish church of Great St. Helen's, London. Sir Thomas dying without male same corporation is made or known, and to their sc "And farther, that the said mayor and commonaltie, an 226 |