WILLIAM.

Francis, d. s. p.

The second son,

WILLIAM HOLLES, esq. inherited the manor of Houghton, in Nottinghamshire, and settled there. He Anne, daughter and co-heir of John Danzell, esq. of Danzell, in Cornwall, and was s. at his decease by his grandson,

JOHN HOLLES, esq. of Houghton (son of Danzell Holles, by Anne, sister of John Sheffield, Lord Sheffield). This gentleman was raised to the peerage in 1616, by King JAMES I. as Baron Houghton, and made Earl of Clare in 1624. He m. Anne, daughter of Sir Thomas Stanhope, of Shelford, Notts, and had two sons, JOHN, second Earl of Clare (see BURKE'S Extinct Peerage), and

DANZELL HOLLES, who m. first, Dorothy, only daughter and heir of Sir Francis Ashley, of Dorches ter, and by that lady had one surviving son, FRANCIS. Hem. secondly, Jane, eldest daughter and co-heir of Sir John Shirley, of Isville, in Sussex, and thirdly, Esther, second daughter and co-heir of Gideon de Lou, lord of the manor of Columbiers, in Normandy, but had no other issue. Mr. Holles, who opposed the court in the time of CHARLES I. assisted in bringing about the Restoration, and was elevated to the peerage 20th April, 1661, as Baron Holles, of Ifield, in the county of Sussex, His lordship d. 17th February, 1679-80, and was s. by his son,

1. SIR FRANCIS HOLLES, BARONET, of Winterbourn St. Martin, in the county of Dorset, who had been so created 27th June, 1660, as second Lord Holles. His lordship m. first, Lucy, youngest daughter of Sir Robert Carr, bart. of Sleaford, in the county of Lincoln, by whom he had two daughters, who both died young. He wedded, secondly, Anne, eldest daughter and cobeir of Sir Francis Pile, bart. of Compton Beauchamp, Berks, and had an only son, his successor at his decease, 1st March, 1689-90,

II. SIR DANZILL HOLLES, third Lord Holles of Ifield, who died unmarried in the nineteenth year of his age, anno 1604, when his honors, including the BARONETCY, became EXTINCT. His lordship's estates devolved upon his kinsman and heir-at-law,

SIR HUGH HOLTE, who m. Matilda, daughter of Sir Henry de Erdington, Lord of Erdington, and left a son and heir,

JOHN ATTE HOLTE, who m. temp. EDWARD II. Alice de Castello, daughter and at length sole heir of Sir George de Castello, and was s. by his son,

SIMON DEL HOLTE, who left by his wife, Albreda de Bermingham, two sons, JOHN and Walter. The elder, JOHN ATTE HOLTE, called senior, in respect that his son was living at the same time, 21 EDWARD III. He had also two sons, JOHN and Walter: the first of whom,

JOHN ATTE HOLTE, purchased the manor of Dudston in the 38th of the same reign for forty marks from John de Grimesarwe, and Maud de Grimesarwe in two years afterwards conveyed the manor of ASTON to the said John Atte Holte, denominated of Bermingham, as her charter, dated at Aston on Sunday next before the feast of St. Agapite the Martyr, testifies. He m. Eleanor, daughter and co-heir of William Durvassal, of Spernall, but dying childless, the estates passed to his uncle,

WALTER HOLTE, of Aston, escheator for the counties of Warwick and Leicester, temp. EDWARD III. and RICHARD 1. who m. Margery, daughter of Sir William Bagot, knt. of Bagington, and was s. by his eldest

son,

JOHN HOLTE, styled of Yardley, whose son and heir,

AUDOMAR HOLTE, was dispossessed of Aston by his uncle,

WILLIAM HOLTE, who, after great contests and an ultimate reference to the arbitration of Edward, Duke of York, and Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, appears to have retained possession thereof, having had a grant of said estate for life from King HENRY IV. This William, 12 HENRY VI. was one of the chief persons in Warwickshire, chosen to make oath for performance of divers articles concluded in the parlia ment then held, having the style of " William Holte, de Aston, Armiger." The grant of Aston being, how ever, but for life, and that estate eventually vesting in the crown, William's nephew,

JOHN HOLTE, son of Simon Holte, procured a patent, confirming it to him, with all the immunities thereunto belonging. This John was constituted escheator of the counties of Warwick and Leicester 16 HENRY VI. and was afterwards esquire of the body to the same king, who, in recompense of his fidelity, made him ranger of Sutton Chase for life. His son and heir,

WILLIAM HOLTE, esq. of Aston, m. Margaret, daughter of William Cumberford, esq. of Cumberford, in the county of Stafford, and was s. by his son, WILLIAM HOLTE, esq. who m. a daughter of Adam Knight, esq. of Shrewsbury, and was s. by his son, THOMAS HOLTE, esq. of Aston, a learned lawyer and justice of North Wales temp. HENRY VIII. as also in the commission of the peace and in the commission for taking the surrender of religious houses in that county. He m. Margery, eldest daughter and co-heir of William Willington, esq. of Barcheston, in the county of Warwick, who surviving him, became afterwards the wife of Sir Ambrose Cave, knt. chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster, temp. ELIZABETH. His son and heir,

EDWARD HOLTE, esq. of Aston, sheriff of Warwick. shire 25 ELIZABETH, m. Dorothy, daughter of John Ferrers, of Tamworth Castle, and had a numerous family; of which the eldest son and heir,

1. SIR THOMAS HOLTE, of Aston, who was of full age at the death of his father, was sheriff of Warwickshire 41 ELIZABETH, and received the honour of knighthood, 18th April, 1603, from King JAMES I. in his majesty's progress from Scotland to London, and was created a BARONET 25th November, 1612. Sir Thomas m. first, Grace, daughter and co-heir of William Bradburne, esq. of Hough, in the county of Derby, and had by that lady a numerous progeny. By his second wife, Anne, daughter of Sir Edward Littleton, of Pillaton Hall, he had no issue. His eldest son and heir (the only son whose issue survived),

EDWARD, one of the grooms of the bedchamber to
CHARLES I. and in attendance on the king dur-
ing the siege of Oxford, died there of a fever
before the surrender, leaving by his wife, Eliza-
beth, daughter of Dr. John King, Bishop of
London,

ROBERT, successor to his grandfather.
John, d. unm.

Grace, m. to George Hampson, esq.
Elizabeth, m. first, to Duncombe of Surrey;
and secondly, to Mr. Richbell, of London,
merchant,

Catherine, m. to Sir Edward Nevile, knt. of
Grove, Notts.

Of his daughters, Aune m. Walter Gifford, of Chillington; Catherine became the wife of Roper; and Grace m. Sir Richard Shuckburgh, knt. of Shuckburgh. Sir Thomas was a gentleman of superior education, well versed in several languages, and highly esteemed in his county. Having amply increased his

estate by his first marriage, he enclosed the park, and began, in April, 1618, the noble structure at Asta Stocklands, which Sir William Dugdale says "fr beauty and state exceeds anything in those parts. He was nominated by King CHARLES I. ambassador to Spain, but by reason of his great age was excase! On the breaking out of the civil war, he beartly assisted the king with his purse; but being very old. and of a quiet disposition, remained at his seat, without following the camp, where he had the honour of a visit from the king, who slept at Aston two nights immediately before the battle of Edge Hill. His dis position to the royal cause being notorious, and bis son actually in the field, his house was plundered, himself imprisoned, his estate decimated, and penalties of all kinds inflicted upon him to the full amount of £20,000. He d. in the eighty-third year of his age, A.D. 1654, and was s. by his grandson,

II. SIR ROBERT HOLTE, sheriff of Warwickshire the year of the restoration, and the following year its representative in parliament, m. first, Jane, daughter of Sir William Brereton, knt. of Brereton, in Cheshire. by whom he had an only child,

CHARLES, his successor.

He m. secondly, Mary, daughter of Sir Thomas Smith, of Hough, in Cheshire, and had several children, tet one only, Robert, to survive. Sir Robert died 3rd October, 1679, and was s. by his elder son,

III. SIR CHARLES HOLTE, M.P. for the county of Warwick in the first year of JAMES II. m. Anne, eldest daughter and heir of Sir John Clobery, kut. of Winchester, and dying 20th June, 1722, was s. by his eldest son,

IV. SIR CLOBERY HOLTE, who m. Barbara, daughter and heir of Thomas Lister, esq. of Whitfield, in Northamptonshire, and had two sons,

LISTER, his heir.

CHARLES, sixth baronet.

He d. 25th July, 1729, and was s. by the elder,

V. SIR LISTER HOLTE, who m. first, in October, 1739. Lady Anne Legge, daughter of William, Earl of Dart mouth; secondly, Mary, daughter of Sir John Harpur. bart. of Calk, in the county of Derby; and thirdy in 1754, Sarah, daughter of Samuel Newton, esq. King's Bromley, in Staffordshire; but dying s. p. 12 1769, was s. by his brother,

VI. SIR CHARLES HOLTE, M.P. for Warwickshire in 1776, who m. in 1755, Anne, daughter of Pudsey Jesson, esq. of Langley, in the same county, and had an only daughter and heir,

MARY-ELIZABETH, m. in 1775, Abraham Brace bridge, esq. of Atherston Hall, and had one sca and one daughter, viz.

CHARLES-HOLTE BRACEBRIDGE, esq. of Atherstone Hall. (See BURKE'S Commoners, vol »p. 270.)

Mary-Holte Bracebridge, m. in 1803, to her cousin, Walter-Henry Bracebridge, esq. f Morville, House, Warwickshire.

Sir Charles died 13th March, 1782, when the BASONETCY EXPIRED. Under the will of Sir Lister Holte, wi died in 1769, the manors of Brereton and Aston were settled on his brother Sir Charles for his life, with remainder to his issue male; remainder to H. Legge esq. and his issue male; remainder to L. Bat. Bishop of Norwich, and his issue male; remainder A W. Digby, esq. and his issue male; and lastly, r mainder to the right heirs of the said Sir Lister Holte Sir Charles left only one daughter, and the estates thus in reversion were estimated at about £800,000 12 fee. In 1817, an act of parliament was obtained for the dismemberment of the estates, to satisfy the claims

of the assignees and mortgagees of Abraham Brace bridge, esq. and other family claims, as well as to indemnify Mr. Legge and Mr. Digby (both being without heirs male) for the resignation of their respective interests. Under this act the estates have been sold.

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HOOK, OF FLANCHFORD.

CREATED 22nd July, 1662.-EXTINCT in July, 1712.

Lineage.

1. THOMAS HOOK, esq. son of Thomas Hook, esq. by Mary, his wife, daughter of Nicholas Hele, esq. acquired the estate of Flanchford, in Surrey, from the Heles, and was created a BARONET in 1662. He died about 1678, and was s. by son,

II. SIR HELE Hook, who resided at Tangier Park, Hants. He m. Hester Underhill, but by her, who m. secondly, Dr. Richard Lilly, had no issue to survive him. He died at Kensington in July, 1712, when the BARONETCY became EXTINCT.

WILLIAM HORTON, of Firth House, in Barkisland, in the parish of Halifax, married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Hanson, of Tooth Hill, in the same parish ter will bears date 16th July, 1660), and had issue, I. WILLIAM, of Firth House, Barkisland, and afterwards, having purchased the estate 15 CHARLES 1. of Howroyd, m. Elizabeth (whose will is dated 13th July, 1670), daughter of Thomas Geldhill, of Barkisland, and had (with three daughters, Elizabeth, m. to William Batte, esq. of Okewell, in Yorkshire; Sarah, m. to Alexander Butterworth, of Belfield, in Lancashire; and Judith, d. unm.) two sons,

1. THOMAS, of Barkisland Hall, b. in 1651,
his will is dated 20th December, 1698,
died 2nd January following, buried at
Eland; by Elverida, his wife, daughter
of John Thornhill, esq. he left three
daughters, viz.

ELIZABETH, M. to Richard Bold, esq.
of Bold, in Lancashire.
SUSAN, m. to Richard Beaumont, esq.
of Whitley, in Yorkshire.
ANNE, d. s. p.

2. William, of Howroyd, d. 19th February,
1715-16; m. Mary, fourth daughter of
Sir Richard Musgrave, bart. of Hayton
Castle, in Cumberland, and had two

sons; Richard, the younger, d. unm.: the elder,

William, of Coley, in Halifax parish, d. in 1739-40; by Mary, his wife, daughter of Chester, esq. he left an only daughter,

Mary, living and unmarried in 1766.

11. Thomas, merchant at Liverpool, m. Frances, daughter of Thomas Throppe, an alderman of Chester, but d. apparently s. p. 30th March, 1660. III. JOSHUA.

1. Sarah, m. to John Geldhill, of Bark Island Hall.

11. Elizabeth, who died in July, 1670. III. Susan, m. to Richard Hoyle.

The third son,

JOSHUA HORTON, esq. of Sowerby, b. in 1619, purchased the manor of Horton, near Bradford, in Yorkshire, and was a justice of the peace. He m. Martha, daughter and co-heir of Thomas Binns, esq. of Rushworth, in Bingley, by whom (who d. 23rd July, 1694, and was buried at Sowerby,) he had issue,

JOSHUA, his heir.

Elkanah, barrister-at-law, of Thornton Hall, near Bradford, in Yorkshire, b. 31st August, 1659, d. s. p. at Sowerby, where he was buried 28th January, 1728-9.

Thomas, M. D. b. 26th November, 1660; d. in London, and was buried in St. Thomas's Church, Southwark, in 1693-4. He m. a daughter of Dr. Watmough, of London, a physician, but had no issue.

Sarah, d. 4th September, 1670.

Martha, m. to John Gill, esq. of Car House, in Yorkshire.

died s. p. 25th May, 1764; and he married secondly, Mary-Bathea, daughter of the Rev. John Woolin, rector of Emley, in Yorkshire, by whom he had four sons and four daughters. The eldest son,

THOMAS, of Howroyde, m. in 1789, Lady Mary Gordon, daughter of George, third Earl of Aberdeen, and was father of two sons, the REV. JOSHUA-THOMAS HORTON, of Howroyde, and Colonel George-William Horton, and of one daughter, Mary, m. to F. B. Hacket, esq. (See BURKE's Commoners, vol. i. p. 283.)

Mary,

Anne, died unmarried.

Jane,

Susannah, m. 24th March, 1742, to George Lloyd, esq. of Hulme, near Manchester, and had issue. His grandson, William-Horton Lloyd, esq. was named after his grand-uncle, Sir William Horton. (See BURKE'S Commoners, voi. i. p. 244.) Sarah.

He d. 18th March, 1757, at Manchester, was buried at Oldham, and s. by his eldest son,

1. WILLIAM HORTON, esq. of Chaderton, in the county of Lancaster, who was created a BARONET 14th January, 1764, being at the time sheriff of Lancashire. Sir William m. in 1751, Susannah, daughter and heir of Francis Watts, esq. of Barnes Hall, in Yorkshire, and had three sons, viz.

WATTS, his successor.

THOMAS, in holy orders, successor to his brother. William, b. 21st October, 1767, lieutenant-colonel 2nd Lancashire Militia; d. 15th April, 1816. He died 25th February, 1774, and was succeeded by his eldest son,

II. SIR WATTS HORTON, b. 17th November, 1753; m. 3rd June, 1778, Harriet, daughter of James, Lord Stanley, eldest son of Edward, eleventh Earl of Derby, and by that lady, who died at Bath in 1830, had an only child,

HARRIET-SUSANNA-ANNE, b. 4th January, 1790; m. in 1813, to Charles Rees, esq. younger brother of John Rees, esq. of Killymaenllwyd, in Carmarthenshire; and d. 29th December, 1827, leaving issue.

He died 15th November, 1811, and having no male issue, was s. by his next brother,

III. SIR THOMAS HORTON, b. 21st July, 1758, in holy orders, vicar of Badsworth; m. in 1779, Elizabeth, daughter of James, Lord Stanley, eldest son of Edward, eleventh Earl of Derby, and had by her (who d. in 1796) an only child,

CHARLOTTE, M. to George Pollard, esq. of Stannery
Hall, Halifax, Yorkshire, and had issue,

George-Thomas Pollard, m. 31st August, 1835,
Clara, eldest daughter of James Royds, esq.
of Woodlands, Cheshire.

Elizabeth Pollard.

Henrietta Pollard, m. 30th October, 1830, to
Robert Bell, esq. of Sculcoates, Hull.
Fanny Pollard, d. unmarried 14th February,
1832.

Sir Thomas died 2nd March, 1831, when the BARON-
ETCY became EXTINCT.

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SIR GEORGE Howe, knt. inherited, with his brother, considerable personal and real estates from his uncle. Sir Richard Grubham, and was of Cold Barwick, in the county of Wilts. Attached with great firmnes to the monarchy, he supplied the king with lar.e sums of money, during the troubles temp. CHARLES I. was knighted, and represented the borough of Hin don in parliament. He m. Dorothy, daughter of Humphrey Clarke, alias Woodchurch, esq. of Woodchurch, in Kent, and had issue,

GEORGE GRUBHAM, his heir.

John, m. a daughter of Strode, and settled at So-
merton, in Somersetshire.
Margaret-Grubham, m.
to John Still, esq. of
Shaftesbury.

He was s. by his elder son,

1. GEORGE-GRUBHAM HOWE, esq. of Cold Barwick, M. P. for Hindon, who was created a BARONET İ June, 1660. Sir George m. in 1650, Elizabeth, daugh ter of Sir Harbottle Grimston, bart. of Bradfield Hall, in Essex, speaker of the House of Commons at the Restoration, and afterwards master of the Rolls. By her he had many children, but all died young except five, namely,

JAMES, his successor.

Dorothy, m. to Henry Lee, esq. of Dungeon, near
Canterbury.

Anne, m. to John Lisle, esq. of Moyles Court,
Hants.

Elizabeth, m. to Robert Hovenden, esq. of Frisley.
Margaret, m. to Sir George Rooke, vice-admiral
of England, temp. Queen ANNE.

Sir George d. 26th September, 1676, and was s. by his son,

II. SIR JAMES HOWE, who m. first, Elizabeth, dangh ter of Edward Nutt, esq. of Nackinton, in Kent, which lady dying 8th September, 1691, he wedded secondly, Elizabeth, daughter and co-heir of - Strat ford, esq. of Halling, in Gloucestershire, but died s. p. 19th January, 1735, aged sixty-six, when the BARONETCY EXPIRED.

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1. JOHN HOWE, esq. acquired the manor of COMPTON, in Gloucestershire (of which county he was sheriff in 1650), by the gift of his uncle, Sir Richard Grubbam, with Wishford, and other estates in the County of Wilts, and was created a BARONET, 22nd September, 1660. He m. Bridget, daughter of Thomas Rich, esq. of North Cerney, in the former county, one of the masters in Chancery, and had issue,

1. RICHARD-GRUBHAM, his heir.

11. JOHN-GRUBHAM, M. P. for the county of Gloucester, who acquired Langar in Nottinghamshire, where he fixed his abode, by marrying Annabella, one of the illegitimate daughters and co-heirs of Emanual Scrope, Earl of Sunderland, by which lady, who by patent of CHARLES II. dated 1st June, 1663, was raised to the rank of an earl's daughter, he had issue (her ladyship d. 21st March, 1703), 1. SCROPE, b. in November, 1648, represented the county of Nottingham in parliament, temp. CHARLES II. WILLIAM III. and Queen ANNE, and was

The manor of Langar, formerly the inheritance of the Tiptofts, passed from them to the family of Scrope the marriage of Roger, Lord Scrope of Bolton, with Margaret, eldest of the three daughters and co-heirs of Robert, Lord Tiptoft, whose descendant, Thomas, Lord Serpe, K. G. m. in 1584, Philadelphia, second daughter Henry Cary, first Lord Hunsdon, by whom he had he son, Emanual, Lord Scrope of Bolton, created in 627, Earl of Sunderland, who having no issue by his wife, Lady Elizabeth Manners, daughter of John, Earl of Rutland, settled his estate upon his natural children by

Margaret, m, to Captain Mugg. He m. secondly, Juliana, daughter of William, Lord Allington, and had by her, with two daughters, his successor, EMANUEL, Second Viscount, who s. as fourth baronet.

2. John-Grubham, of Stowell, in Gloucestershire, who was created, in 1741, Lord Chedworth, (refer to BURKE'S Extinct Peerage).

3. Charles, of Gritworth, Notts, whose only daughter and heir m. Peter Bathurst, esq. of Clarendon Park, Wilts.

4. Emanuel-Scrope, groom of the bedchamber to King WILLIAM.

1. Bridget, m. to Sir John Bennet, K. B. created Lord Osulston..

2. Annabella, d. unm.

3. Elizabeth, m. to Sir John Guise, bart.
4. Diana, m. to Sir Francis Molyneux, bart.
5. Mary.

III. Thomas (Sir) m. Hesther, daughter of Sir William Mainwaring, but left no issue,

Sir John was s. at his decease by his eldest son,

II. SIR RICHARD HOWE, who m. Anne, daughter of Dr. John King, Bishop of London, and relict of John Dutton, esq. of Sherborne, in the county of Gloucester, and dying in 1703, was s. by his only son,

III. SIR RICHARD HOWE, M. P. for the county of Wilts, who m. 12th August, 1673, Mary, daughter of Sir Henry Frederick Thynne, bart. of Kempsford, but died s. p. 3rd July, 1730, when his estates and baronetcy passed to his cousin,

IV. SIR SCROPE HOWE, second Viscount Howe, in the peerage of Ireland (refer to John-Grubham, second son of the first baronet), who m. 25th April, 1719, Maria-Sophia-Charlotte, eldest daughter of the Baron Kilmansegge, master of the horse to GEORGE I. and had issue,

GEORGE-AUGUSTUS, his heir.

RICHARD, R. N. successor to his elder brother.
John, d. in 1769.

WILLIAM, colonel 46th regiment, M. P. for Not-
tingham, served with high reputation in the
American war, succeeded his brother Richard.
Thomas, d. in 1771.

Caroline, m. to John Howe, of Hanslop, Bucks.
Charlotte, m. to Robert Fettiplace, esq. of Swin-
brook, in Oxfordshire.

Juliana, d. in March, 1803.

Mary, m. to Sir William Augustus Pitt, K. B. His lordship d. 29th March, 1735, and was s. by his eldest son,

Martha Jones, of whom his only son, John, dying unm. his three daughters became his co-heirs, namely,

MARY, m. first, to Henry Cary, son of the Earl of
Monmouth, and secondly, to Charles, first Duke of
Bolton.

ANNABELLA, m. to John Grubham Howe, esq.
ELIZABETH, m. to Thomas Savage, Earl Rivers.

By his wife, Sophia-Charlotte, daughter of Count Platen of the Empire, created Countess of Leinster, in Ireland, and Countess of Darlington, in England.