issue, his elder brother, Sir John, leaving a daughter only, and his younger brother, William, dying issueless, the representation reverted to the family of his uncle, SIR JOHN GRESHAM, knt. of Titsey, in the county of Norfolk, sheriff of London in 1537, and lord mayor in 1547. This gentleman m. first, Mary, daughter and co-heir of Thomas Ipswell, of London, by whom he had (with several other children) WILLIAM, his heir. John, of Fulham, m. Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Edward Dormer, esq. and was ancestor of the Greshams, of Fulham, and of Albury, and Haslemere, in Surrey. He m. secondly, Catherine, daughter of Sampson, and relict of Edward Dormer, esq. Sir John d. in 1556, and STOWE, gives the following account of his pompous funeral:-" Sir John Gresham, knt. mercer, merchant of the staple, and merchant adventurer, late mayor and alderman of this city, was buried with a standard, and a penon of arms, and a coat armour of damask, and four penons of arms, besides an helmet, a target, and a sword, mantles, and the crest, a goodly hearse of wax, and ten dozen of pensils, and twelve dozen of escotcheons. He gave an hundred black gowns of fine cloth unto poor men and women: he had four dozen of great staff torches, and a dozen of great long torches; he gave, moreover, an hundred of fine black gowns, two, unto the present maior, and the old maior, likewise other to Sir Rowland Hill, and to Sir Andrew Judd, and to the chamberlain, to Mr. Blackwell, and to Mr. Common-hunt, and his men, to the porter that belonged to the staple, and to all his farmers, and his tenants. The church, and streets, were all hung with black, and arms in great store; and on the morrow, three goodly masses were sung; one of the trinity, another of our ladie, and the third, of requiem. Then a sermon was preached, by Mr. Harpsfield, archdeacon of Canterbury, and after, all the company came home to as great a dinner as had been seen, for a fish day, for all that came; ; for nothing was lacking." Sir John was buried in St. Michael Basishaw Church, London, under a marble tomb in the fourth isle of the choir. He was s. by his eldest son, WILLIAM GRESHAM, esq. of Titsey, in Surrey, who . Beatrix, daughter of Thomas Guybon, esq. of Lynn, in Norfolk, by whom he had issue, WILLIAM (Sir), his heir. THOMAS (Sir), who succeeded his brother. He d. in 1578, and was s. by his elder son, SIR WILLIAM GRESHAM, of Titsey, who was heir male of his cousin, SIR THOMAS GRESHAM, founder of the ROYAL EXCHANGE, at the decease of that eminent citizen in 1579. He m. a daughter of -- Finch, esq. and having a daughter only, Elizabeth, who died unmarried, was s. at his decease by his brother, SIR THOMAS GRESHAM, knt. of Titsey, who m. Mary, daughter of John Lennard, esq. of Knowl, in Kent, and relict ofWalsingham, esq. and had issue, JOHN (Sir), his heir. a son, Six pounds, thirteen shillings, and four pence, to be paid at four usual terms in the year," &c. &c. Dame Anne, the widow of Sir Thomas, had by the gift f her husband, in the several counties of Norfolk, Suflk, Kent, York, Durham, Derby, Cambridge, Somerset, In Wales, London, Middlesex, of clear yearly value, in fee mple, £1330 128. 24d., beside divers lands, tenements, Ac. in London and Sussex, for the term of her natural life, £1057 168. 4d. in all £2669 58. 6hd., beside all Sir Sir Thomas was s. by his eldest son, SIR JOHN GRESHAM, knt. of Titsey, who m. Eliza. beth, daughter of Sir Thomas Bisshopp, bart. of Parham, and dying s. p. in 1643, was s. by his brother, SIR EDWARD GRESHAM, knt. of Titsey, in Surrey, This gentleman m. first, Mary Clark, and had a son, THOMAS, who m. a daughter of Lady Bridges, and left a daughter and heir, JANE GRESHAM, who m. John, son of Charles Lloyd, esq. of the county of Montgomery, and had a son, Samuel Lloyd, of Lincolu's Inn, living in } d. unm. Mary, m. to Dr. Thorpe, and d. s. p. Sir Marmaduke d. at a great age, in 1696, and was s. by his son, II. SIR EDWARD GRESHAM, who married Martha, daughter of Sir John Maynard, knt. serjeant-at-law, of Gunnersbury, in Middlesex, and had an only daughter Elizabeth, who d. unm. He d. about the year 1709, and was s. by his brother, III. SIR CHARLES GRESHAM, F. R.S. b. 31st May, 1660, m. Miss Godfrey, and had issue, MARMADUKE, his successor. V. SIR CHARLES GRESHAM, who d. unm, about the year 1751, and was s. by his brother, VI. SIR JOHN GRESHAM, who m. Henrietta Maria, eldest daughter of Sir Kenrick Clayton, bart. and had an only daughter and heiress, CATHERINE Gresham, who m. in 1804, William Sir John d. 20th October, 1801, when the BARONETCY became EXTINCT. SIR THOMAS GREY, knt. of Berwyke, in Northumberland, m. Jane, daughter of John, Lord Mowbray, and had issue, 1. JOHN (Sir), a person of high military reputation, temp. HENRY V. In the second year of that monarch's reign, he was with the king before Caen, and behaved so valiantly, that in requital of his services, he had a grant of the castle and lordship of Tilye, in Northumberland, then forfeited by Sir William Harcourt, an adherent of the king's enemies; the next year (6th HENRY V.) we find him again distinguished in the French wars, and rewarded with the Earldom of Tankerville, in Normandy, to hold by homage and delivery of a bassinet or helmet at the castle of Roan, on the feast of St. George, yearly. This gallant person at length fell at the battle of Baugy Bridge, in fording a river near the castle of Beaufort, with the Duke of Clarence and divers others of the English nobility. (For his descendants the Earls of Tankerville, in Normandy, and Lord Grey, of Powis, in England, refer to BURKE'S Extinct and Dormant Peerage.) heir of Sir John Wentworth, of Gosfield, in Essex, and had issue, RALPH, his heir. Elizabeth, died in 1668. Katherine, m. first to Sir Edward Mosley, bart. of Hough, in Lancashire, and Rolleston, in the county of Stafford, and secondly, to Charles, eldest son of Dudley, Lord North, which Charles, was summoned to parliament, as Lord North and Grey, of Rolleston. Her ladyship m. thirdly, Colonel Russell. In the year 1643, when the Lord Keeper Lyttleton deserted the House of Lords, and carried the great seal to the king at Oxford, Lord Grey was elected speaker at Westminster. He d. in 1674, and was s. by his son, II. SIR RALPH GREY, bart. and second Lord Grey, of Werke, who m. Catherine, daughter of Sir Edward Forde, knt. of Hartling, in Sussex, and widow of Alexander, eldest son of John, Lord Colepeper, and had issue, FORDE, his heir. RALPH, successor to his brother. Catherine, m. to Richard Neville, esq. and had Catherine Neville, m. to Richard Aldworth, esq. Richard Aldworth, who assumed the sur Richard Aldworth Neville, second Lord His lordship d. 15th June, 1675, and was s. by his eldest son, III. SIR FORDE GREY, bart. third Lord Grey, of Werke. This nobleman was a chief adherent of the Duke of Monmouth, and commanded the horse at Sedgemoor. He is accused, though, of playing the part of a double traitor, and the loss of the battle is attributed to his treachery; certain it is, that he made terms for himself, and preserved his life by bearing testimony against his associates. After the revolution he was in favour with King WILLIAM, and was cre ated Earl of Tankerville. He married Mary, daugh ter of George, Lord Berkeley, and had an enly daughter, MARY-GREY, who m. Charles Bennet, second Lord Ossulston, in whom the Earldom of Tankerville. was revived, and in whose descendants it still continues. His lordship d. in 1701, when the Earldom of Tanker ville expired; but his other honours devolved upen his brother, IV. SIR RALPH GREY, bart. fourth Lord Grey, of Werke. This nobleman attended King WILLJAN 19 most of his campaigns, and was made governor of Bar badoes in 1698. He d. unmarried 20th June, when the barony and BARONETCY became EXTINCT He devised a considerable estate to his cousin, Wi liam, Lord North and Grey, son of Charles, Lo Grey, of Rolleston. Arms-Gules, a lion rampant within a bordure, grailed argent. The Right Honourable Lineage. EXTINCT October, 1700. SIR EDWARD GRIMSTON, knt. M.P. for Ipswich, temp. ELIZABETH, and comptroller of Calais in that reign, and previously in the time of EDWARD VI. when he was appointed to the office (anno 1552), died at the advanced age of ninety-eight, and was s. by his son, EDWARD GRIMSTON, esq. of Bradfield, in the county of Essex, M.P. for the borough of Eye, in the 31st of ELIZABETH, m. Joan, daughter and co-heir of Thomas Kisby, esq. of Lavenham, in Suffolk, and grandaughter maternally, of John Harbottle, esq. of Crosfield, in the same county, and was s. at his decease in 1610, by his elder son, 1. SIR HARBOTTLE GRIMSTON, knt. of Bradfield, in the county of Essex, who was created a BARONET 25th November, 1612. This gentleman served the office of In the beginning of 1558, Calais being taken by the Duke of Guise, Sir Edward Grimston, the comptroller, was amongst the prisoners, and was closely confined in the Bastile, from which prison be effected his escape in sheriff of Essex, in 1614, and represented the county in three parliaments, temp. CHARLES I. He m. Elizabeth, daughter of Ralph Coppenger, esq, of Stoke, in Kent, and had five sons, Edward, d. s. p.; HARBOTTLE; Henry; Thomas; and William. He d. in 1648, and was s. by his son, II. SIR HARBOTTLE GRIMSTON, bart. who represented Colchester in parliament, temp. CHARLES I. He was bred to the bar, and took an active part against the king's government, so long as he could do so constitutionally, but after the murder of the unfortunate CHARLES, (from whose mock trial until his execution, Sir Harbottle was kept a close prisoner) he lived in retirement, until the restoration of the monarchy, when (25th April, 1660) he was elected speaker of the House of Commons which accomplished that desired event. Sir Harbottle m. first, Mary, daughter of Sir George Croke, knt. one of the justices of the Common Pleas, and had (with five other sons, who all died before him) SAMUEL his heir. MARY, m. to SIR CAPEL LUCKYN, bart. of Messing Hall, and had inter alios, SIR WILLIAM LUCKYN, bart. who m. Mary, daughter of Mr. Alderman Sherrington, of London, and had HARBOTTLE LUCKYN, who s. his father as fourth baronet. WILLIAM LUCKYN, who became fifth baronet at the decease of his brother in 1736. This gentleman inherited the estates of his great uncle, Sir Samuel Grimston. ELIZABETH, married to Sir George Grubham Howe, bart. of Cold Barwick, Wilts, and was mother of SIR JAMES HOWE, bart. who d. s. p. in 1735. He m. secondly, Anne, eldest daughter and eventually heiress of Sir Nathaniel Bacon, K.B. and widow of Sir Thomas Meautys, but by that lady had no surviving issue. Sir Harbottle, who was sworn of the privy council, and constituted master of the rolls, died aged eighty-two, in January, 1683-4, and was s. by his son, III. SIR SAMUEL GRIMSTON, bart. M.P. for St. Albans, temp. CHARLES II. and WILLIAM III. who m. first, lady Elizabeth Finch, eldest daughter of Heneage, Earl of Nottingham, lord chancellor of England, and had an only daughter, ELIZABETH, GRIMSTON, m. to William Savile, se- LADY ANNE SAVILE, who m. Charles, third Robert, Lord Bruce, who d. s. p. Mary, m. in 1728, to Henry Brydges, Elizabeth, m. to the Honourable Besy He m. secondly, Lady Anne Tufton, youngest daughter of John, second Earl of Thanet, by whom he had no issue. He d. in October, 1700, when the BARONETCY became EXTINCT, and the estates devolved, under Sir Samuel's will, upon his great nephew, WILLIAM LUCKYN, esq. M.P. for St. Albans, who assumed the surname of GRIMSTON, and was elevated to the peerage 29th May, 1719, as VISCOUNT GRIMSTON. His lordship, at the decease of his elder brother, Sir Harbottle Luckyn, bart. of two years after, by cutting out one of the window bars with a file, and letting himself down by a rope, conveyed to him by his servant, with whom he changed clothes. SIR WILLIAM GYSE, a younger brother of an illus trious Norman family, following the fortunes of Duke WILLIAM, came into England at the conquest, and obtained as his portion of the spoil, Aspley-Guise, with several other lordships, in the counties of Bedford and Buckingham. Sir William bore for arms, "ermine a cheveronel, gules." From this gallant person descended, ANSELME DE GYSE, who m. in HENRY II.'s time, Magotta, daughter of Hubert de Burgh, the great EARL OF KENT, and thus acquired the manor and royalty of ELMORE, in the county of Gloucester. He then assumed, (according to the custom of the age,) the arms of the said Earl, "gules seven lozenges vary three, three and one," with the addition of a "canton or, charged with a mullet pierced, sable;" from Anselme lineally descended, SIR WILLIAM GUISE, of Elmore, who was made a knight of the Bath, 5th HENRY VII. when the prince himself received the honour. He m. Mary, daughter of William Ratsey of Colemore, and had a son, JOHN GUISE, esq. who m. a daughter of Richard Pauncefort, esq. of Hasfield, and was s. by his son, SIR WILLIAM GUISE, knt. of Elmore, high sheriff of Gloucestershire, in the 6th of JAMES I. who m. Miss Ken, eldest daughter and co-heir" of Christopher Ken, esq. of Ken, in the county of Somerset, and was s. by his only son, WILLIAM GUISE, esq. of Elmore, sheriff, of Gloucestershire, in 1647. This gentleman m. Cecilia, daughter of John Dennis, esq. of Pucklechurch, and had issue, 1. CHRISTOPHER, his heir. 11. John, m. to Hester, daughter of Major Stratford. III. William, died unm. iv. Henry, from whom descend the extant baronets, "GUISE of Highnam," in the county of Gloucester. (Refer to BURKE's Peerage and Baronetage.) 1. Elizabeth,m. to Thomas Horton, esq. of Coomend. 11. Eleanor, m. first, to Lawrence Washington, esq. of Garesden, Wilts, and had by him, an only daughter, ELIZABETH WASHINGTON, (heir of her father,) who m. Robert, first Earl Ferrers. She m. secondly, Sir William Pargiter, of The youngest daughter, ELIZABETH KEN, m. JOHN, first LORD POULETT, of Hinton St. George, ancestor of the Earls of Poulett. Greetworth, in the county of Northampton, by whom she had a daughter, ELEANOR GREETWORTH, who m. first, Sir Henry Deering, knt. by whom she had no issue, and secondly, Charles Howe, es and had by him a daughter and heir, LEONORA-MARIA HOWE, who m. Pater Bathurst esq. of Clarendon Park, Wilts. III. Frances, m.to John Codrington, esq. of Codring ton, in the county of Gloucester. Mr. Guise was s. at his decease by his eldest son, 1. CHRISTOPHER GUISE, esq. of Elmore, in the county of Gloucester, who was created a BARONET by King CHARLES II. 10th July, 1661. Sir Christopher m. first, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Laurence Washington, kat. of Garsden, in Wilts, but by that lady had no issue. He m. secondly, Rachel Corsellis, of a noble Italian family, and was s. at his decease by his only son, II. SIR JOHN GUISE, bart. M.P. for the county of Gloucester, temp. CHARLES II. and WILLIAM III. He m. Elizabeth, second daughter of John Grubham Howe, esq. of Lagnor,+ Notts, and had issue, JOHN, his heir. Anne, m. to Edward Blount, esq. of Blagdan, Devon. Rachel, m. to Sir Roger Bradshaigh, of Haigh in Lancashire. of He d. 19th November, 1695, and was s. by his son, III. SIR JOHN GUISE, bart. M.P. for the county of Gloucester, who m. first, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Nathaniel Napier, bart. of Critchell, in the county Dorset, and had by her a son, JOHN, his heir. He wedded, secondly, Anne, daughter and co-heir of Sir Francis Russell, bart. of Strensham, Worcestershire, and relict of Sir Henry Every, bart. but had no other issue. Sir John d. 16th November, 1732, and was by his son, IV. SIR JOHN GUISE, bart. M. P. for Ailesbury, and col. in the guards, He m. a daughter of — Saunders, esq. of Buckinghamshire, and dying about the year 1769, left, with a daughter, Jane, m. to Shute Barrington, Bishop of Durham, a son, V. SIR WILLIAM GUISE, bart. who d. s. p. 6th April, 1783, when the BARONETCY became EXTINCT. Arms-Ga. seven lozenges vair, three, three and one. WILLIAM GULDEFORD, (descended from William de Guldeford of Hemsted, sheriff of Kent 11 RICHARD 11.) m. Joan, daughter and heir of John Halden, of Halden, and was grandfather of SIR JOHN GULDEFORD, who was comptroller of the royal household in the reign of EDWARD IV. Subsequently espousing the cause of the Earl of Richmond, both he and his son were attainted in parliament, 1 RICHARD III. but on the accession of HENRY VII. Sir John had the attainder reversed, and was constituted of the privy council. He died in 1493, and was buried in the Cathedral of Canterbury. His son and heir, SIR RICHARD GULDEFOED, having fled on the attainder, returned with the Earl of Richmond, and received the honour of knighthood at Milford Haven. After the earl's accession to the throne, he continued to enjoy the royal favour, he was sworn of the privy council, constituted master of the ordnance, and made a knight banneret for his services against the Cornish rebels at Blackheath. In the 9th of the same reign, Sir Richard kept his shrievalty for Kent at his seat of Halden, and in that year had the knighthood of the garter conferred upon him. He was afterwards comptroller of the household. He m. twice; by his first wife he had issue, 1. EDWARD (Sir), knt. marshal of Calais, lord warden of the Cinque Ports, constable of Dover Castle, and master of the ordnance. He m. Eleanor, daughter of Thomas, Lord Delawarr, and had issue, RICHARD (Sir), knt. who d. in Spain, s. p. Henry, d. at the siege of Bologne. AMBROSE, EARL OF WARWICK. GULDEFORD, who m. the unfortunate LADY JANE GREY, and was attainted and beheaded. ROBERT, Earl of Leicester. Henry, slain at St. Quinton. Charles, died young. Mary, m. to Sir Henry Sidney, K.G. Catherine, m. to Henry, Earl of Huntingdon. 11. GEORGE, of whom presently. 1. Elizabeth, m. first, to Thomas Isley; secondly, to William Stafford; and thirdly, to Richard Shirley. 11. Philippa, m. to Sir John Gage, K.G. III. Mary,m. to Christopher, son and heir of Thomas Kempe. IV. Frideswode, m. to Sir Matthew Browne, knt. Sir Richard wedded, secondly, Joane, sister of Nicholas, Lord Vaux, and had by her two sons, viz. III. HENRY (Sir), K.G. a person of considerable celebrity, who for his services against the Moors in the reduction of Grenada, received the honour of knighthood from King Ferdinand of Spain, and an augmentation to his paternal coat of arms of " a pomegranate slipped upon a canton," being the ensigns of that regained province. In his own country, Sir Henry had the office of bearer of the royal standard granted to him for life, was created a knight banneret, and constituted master of the horse. He m. twice, but died without issue 23 HENRY VIII. IV. Nicholas. Sir Richard's second son, GEORGE GULDEFORD, esq. was of Hemsted, in Kent, and kept his shrievalty there, 16 HENRY VIII. He m. Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Sir Robert Mortimer, of Mortimer's Hall, in Essex, by Isabella his wife, daughter of John Howard, Duke of Norfolk, and had issue, JOHN (Sir), his heir. Mary, m. to Owen West. Anne, m. first, to Walter Wadland, and secondly, to Richard Lyne, of Sussex. The son and heir, SIR JOHN GULDEFORD, knt. of Hemsted, sheriff of Kent 6 EDWARD VI. m. first, Barbara, daughter of Thomas, Lord Delawarr, and had by her three sons and four daughters, viz. I. THOMAS, his heir. 11. George. III. Henry. I. Anne, m. to Walter Mayney, esq. of Biddenden. 11. Eliza, m. to William Cromer, esq. of Tunstall. III. Mary, m. to George Herlackenden, esq. of Woodchurch. IV. Dorothy, m. to Sir Thomas Walsingham, esq. of Scadbury. Sir John m. secondly, Mary, daughter of William Fitz William, of Northamptonshire, and relict of John Shelley, of Sussex, by whom he had a son, Richard, who died in 1586. Sir John was s. by his eldest son, SIR THOMAS GULDEFORD, knt. of Hemsted, who had the honour of entertaining Queen ELIZABETH at his mansion, on her majesty's progress into Kent, 10th August, 1575. He m. Elizabeth, daughter of John Shelley, esq. of Michel Grove, and had issue, 1. HENRY (Sir), his heir. 1. Mary, m. to John, son and heir of Sir Richard Baker, knt, of Sisinghurst. II. Elizabeth, m. to Thomas Gage, esq. of Firle. III. Eleanor. Iv. Barbara, m. to Sir Thomas Heneage, knt. of Lincolnshire. Sir Thomas was s, by his son, SIR HENRY GULDEFORD, knt. of Hemsted, who m. Lady Elizabeth Somerset, daughter of Edward, Earl of Worcester, and had a son, EDWARD GULDEFORD, esq. of Hemsted, who m. Catherine, daughter of the Hon. Thomas Petre, third son of John, first Lord Petre, and had issue, EDWARD, his heir. . Thomas. Joseph, living in 1712. Elizabeth, m. to John Brook, esq. of Maidley, in Shropshire. Catherine, m. to Thomas Bodenham, esq. of Rotherwas. Mary, m. to Sir Samuel Tuke. The eldest son, EDWARD GULDEFORD, esq. of Hemsted, m. Anne, daughter of Sir Robert Throckmorton, bart. of Coughton, and dying in 1678, was s. by his son, 1. ROBERT GULDEFORD, esq. of Hemsted, who was created a BARONET 1 JAMES II. He m. Clare, daughter and co-heir of Anthony Monson, esq. of Northorp, in Lincolnshire, but left no issue at his decease, when the BARONETCY became EXTINCT. The manor of Hemsted was sold about 1718, to Admiral Sir John Norris, from whose grandson, John Norris, esq. it was purchased, in 1780, by THOMAS HALLET HODGES, esq. high sheriff of Kent in 1786. Arms-Or, a saltier between four martlets sa. a canton of Granada for augmentation. |