WILLIAM, D.D. vicar of Kimpton, successor to his elder brother.

He d. 13th April, 1705, and was s. by his eldest son, 111. SIR HENRY-HOO KEATE, who d. unmarried, and was s. by his brother,

IV. SIR WILLIAM KEATE, D.D. who d. 6th March, 1757, aged seventy-two, without issue, when the BARONETCY EXPIRED. His predecessor, Sir Henry-Hoo Keate, conveyed in 1732 the whole of his estates to Mrs. Margaret Brand, from whom they have descended to Lord Dacre.

The house of KEMEYS, originally de Camois, Camoes, and Camys, is of Norman extraction, and its founder in England appears on the Battle Abbey roll. The faraily acquired large possessions in the counties of Surrey and Sussex, and so early as 1258, Ralph de Camois was a territorial baron. His son of the same name had summons to parliament in the 49th HENRY ill. and his descendants sate as barons until the decrase, issueless, 5 HENRY VI. of Hugh de Camois, who left his sisters his co-heirs.*

A branch of the family which had located in Pembrokeshire, enjoyed large possessions there, and as Lords of Camaes and St. Dogmaels, exercised authority little short of regal. In the conquest of Monmouthshire and Glamorganshire, the Camays were distinguished and rewarded with grants of “ Kemey's Commander," and "Kemey's Inferior."

EDWARD KENEYS, son of Edward Kemeys, who was at the conquest of Upper Gwent, married Nest, daughter and heir of Andrew de Began, and thus acquired the lordship of Began, which for centuries after was the principal seat of his descendants. His great-greatgreat-grandson,

JENKIN KEMEYS, of Began, m. Crisley, daughter of Morgan ap Llewellen, and had issue,

He was s. by his son,

IEVAN KEMEYS, of Began, from whom lineally descended

DAVID KEMEYS, esq. of Kevanmably, in the county of Glamorgan, who m. Katherine, daughter of Sir William Bawdripp, and was s. by his son,

RHYS KEMEYS, esq. of Llanvary, who married a daughter of the Rev. William Aubrey, D. D. and left a son,

1. NICHOLAS KEMEYS, esq. of Kevanmably, in the county of Glamorgan, who was created a BARONET by CHARLES I. 13th May, 1642. He was colonel of a regi ment of horse, and on the outbreaking of the rebellion, was constituted by the king, governor of Chepstow Castle, and defended that fortress, soon after, gallantly and successfully against a superior force under the command of Cromwell in person; who was replaced in the siege by Colonel Ewer, against whom Sir Nicholas and his son continued to hold out, and to make frequent and brilliant sortees, till at length, worn down with fatigue, the garrison suffered a breach to be effected, when the governor and forty of his men died sword in hand, defending the castle to the last. Sir Nicholas m. Jane, daughter of Sir Rowland Williams, knt. of Llangibby, and was s. by his son and heir, his brave companion in arms,

II. SIR CHARLES KEMEYS, M.P. for Glamorganshire, who m. first, Blanch, daughter of Sir Lewis Mansel, bart. but by her had no issue. He wedded, secondly, Margaret, daughter of Sir George Whitmore, lord mayor of London in 1631-2, and dying about the year 1658, was s. by his son,

III. SIR CHARLES KEMEYS, M.P. for Monmouth. This gentleman m. Mary, daughter of Philip Wharton, fourth Baron Wharton, and widow of Edward Thomas, esq. of Wenvoe, in the county of Glamorgan, and had issue,

CHARLES, his heir.

JANE, m. to Sir John Tynte, bart. of Halse well, in the county of Somerset, and had issue,

SIR CHARLES KEMEYS-TYNTE, bart. of Halsewell, d. s. p.

JANE TYNTE, who m. Major Hassell, and had an only daughter and heir,

JANE HASSELL, who wedded Colonel Johnstone, and was mother of the present Colonel KEMEYS-TYNTE.

He died in December, 1702, and was succeeded by his son,

IV. SIR CHARLES KEMEYS, knight of the shire for Monmouth in the last parliament of Queen ANNE, and for Glamorgan in the two succeeding parliaments. Sir Charles experienced on his travels much attention from GEORGE I. and frequently joined the private circle of the elector. On his highness subsequently ascending the throne of England, he was pleased to ask, why his old acquaintance, Sir Charles Kemeys, had not paid his respects at court, and commanding him to repair to St. James's, sent him a message, to the purport, that the King of England hoped Sir Charles Kemeys recollected the number of pipes he had smoked with the Elector of Hanover in Germany. Sir Charles who had retired from parliament, and was a stanch jacobite, replied, that he should be proud to pay his duty at St. James's to the Elector of Hanover, but that

Between the descendants of whom the BARONY OF CAMOIS continues in ABEYANCE. BURKE'S Extinct and Dormant Peerage.

John, bapt. 13th May, 1604, who m. a sister of Sir Robert Brooke, and had a son,

JOHN, successor to his uncle.

Mr. Kempe. died 7th January, 1609, aged forty-eight, and was s. by his son,

1. GEORGE KEMPE, esq. of Pentlow, bapt. 12th No vember, 1602, who was created a BARONET 5th February, 1626. He m. Miss Brooke, and had by her two daughters, one of whom married Sir John Winter. He died about the year 1667, and as he had no son, the title became EXTINCT. His estate at Pentlow he settled on his nephew,

JOHN KEMPE, esq. who m. Catherine, daughter of
Robert Flower, gent. of Boreley, and widow of
Ralph Redman, gent. and had by her three
daughters,

Lineage.

1. William KeNRICK, esq. of Whitley, in Berkshire, who was created a BARONET in 1679, m. Grace, daughter and heir of Peter Kibblewhite, esq. of Swinden, in Wiltshire, and dying about the year 1685, aged fifty three, was s. by his son,

II. SIR WILLIAM KENRICK, of Whitley, who married Mary House, of Reading, and had no male issue. He died about the year 1699, and the BARONETCY became

EXTINCT.

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KEYT, OF EBRINGTON.

CREATED 22nd Dec. 1660.

Lineage.

EXTINCT 6th July, 1784.

WILLIAM KEYT, esq. of Ebrington, in the county of Gloucester, with whom the pedigree begins, m. first, Eglantine, daughter of Edmund Riley, esq. of Camden, in the same county, and by her had two sons and two daughters, viz.

JOHN, his successor.

William, d. uum. 28th March, 1642, aged fifty-seven, and was buried at Ebrington.

Anne, m. to Mr. John Andrews, of Asthall, in the county of Oxford.

Elizabeth, m. to Mr. Glover.

He wedded, secondly, Eleanor, daughter and co-heir of John Salmon, gent. of Nottingham, and relict of Mr. Thomas Porter, of Mickleton, but had no other issue. Mr. Keyt was high sheriff of the county of Worcester, and "rich in good works, as well as in worldly estate, being not only charitable to the poor in his lifetime, but also at his death; he ordered the milk of ten cows to be given every year, from the 10th May, to the 1st of November, unto the poor of Ebrington for ever." He died on the Ides, that is, on the 15th October, 1637, according to his epitaph, but by the parish register he was buried on the 12th of that month, in the seventyeighth year of his age. He was s. by his elder son,

JOHN KEYT, esq. who m. first, Jane, daughter of Mr Thomas Porter, of Mickleton, and secondly, Margaret daughter of Mr. William Harrison, of Caddicroft, in the county of Worcester, and widow of Mr. Bovey, of

King's Coughton, in Warwickshire. By the latter he had no issue; by the former he had

JOHN, his heir.

Francis, m. Alice, daughter of Sir William Spencer, bart. of Yarnton, in the county of Oxford, and had two daughters, viz.

Elizabeth, m. to Capt. Theophilus Nichols. Alice, m. to Richard Dighton, esq. of Clifford Chambers, in the county of Gloucester. Francis, and his wife were buried at Mickleton. Hastings, baptized 5th April, 1621. This gentleman who served as a captain in the royal army under Sir Jacob Astley, fell at Stow, 21st March,

1645.

Farmer, d. young.

Thomas, baptized 27th October, 1622, m. Mary,
daughter of Walter Dayrell, esq. of Abingdon,
and relict of John Morris, Hebrew professor and
canon of Christchurch, Oxford, but had no
issue. Thomas and his wife were both buried at
Ebrington. He d. 5th January, 1701, aged eighty.
She 9th November, 1681.
Samuel, d. young.

Jane, bapt. 14th May, 1609, m. to Capt. Thomas
Wells, and died in Ireland.

Elizabeth, m. 20th May, 1630, to George Hyde, esq.
of Blagrove, Berks.

Anne, m. to John Hobday, esq. of Thornton, in
the county of Warwick, and had issue.

Eglantine, baptized 18th December, 1614, m. to
Thomas Clopton, esq. of Clopton, in the county
of Warwick, by whom she had two sons,
Sir John Clopton, knt.

Thomas Clopton, who d. unm.

"John Keyt, (says his biographer) was in the worst of times a true son of the Church of England, and a loyal subject to his prince; he was a justice of the peace, and high sheriff, first of Worcestershire, and afterwards of Gloucestershire; a lover of hospitality, but a hater of intemperance; very just in paying tradesmen and workmen, and {very charitable to his poor neighbours. It pleased God to translate him to a better world, on the 25th April, in the year of our Lord 1660, and in the seventy-sixth year of his age, and he lies buried in the chancel of Ebrington." was s. by his eldest son,

He

1. JOHN KEYT, esq. of Ebrington, who having raised a regiment at his own expense for the service of King CHARLES I. was created a BARONET by CHARLES II. 22nd December, 1660. Sir John m. Margaret, daughter and heir of William Tayler, esq. of Bricksworth, in Northamptonshire, and had issue,

WILLIAM, his heir, born at Ragley, in the county
of Warwick.

Thomas, bapt. 2nd May, 1641, d. 21st July, 1660.
Francis, d. 16th July, 1698.

Elizabeth, m. to Sir John Talbot, knt.

Margaret, m. 17th December, 1668, to Sir John
Packington, bart.

Sir John d. 26th August, 1662; Lady Keyt, 28th June, 1669. He was s. by his son,

II. SIR WILLIAM KEYT, who m. Elizabeth, daughter and eventually sole heir of the Honourable Francis Coventry, second son, by his second wife, of the LORDKEEPER COVENTRY, and had issue,

ANNE, by the Grace of God, Queen of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, defender of the Faith, &c. To our right trusty, and right well-beloved cousin and councellor, Charles, Earl of Carlisle, Earl Marshal of England, (during the minority of our right trusty, and right entirely beloved cousin, Thomas, Duke of Norfolk,) greeting. Whereas, we are humbly informed, that William Keyt, Esq. eldest son to Sir William Keyt, late of Ebrington, in the county of Gloucester, Bart. dying a few weeks before his father, the widow and younger children of the And William Keyt, cannot, by the ordinary rules of honour, enjoy the title, place, and precedency, which would otherwise have been justly due to her and them, in case the said William Keyt, had survived his father: We, therefore, for divers good causes and considerations, PP

OPE

WILLIAM, his heir, who m. 19th September, 1687, his cousin, Agnes, daughter of Sir John Clopton, knt. of Clopton, by Barbara, only daughter and heir of Sir Edward Walker, knt. garter king of arms, and had a numerous family, of whom

were,

WILLIAM, successor to his grandfather.
John, b. 24th September, 1695,
Hastings, b. 9th May, 1700.

Elizabeth, m. 27th December, 1712, to Thomas-
Charles, Viscount Tracey.

Margaret, m. to James Huggeford, esq. of
Dicson, in the county of Gloucester.

Agnes, b. thirty-five weeks after the death of
her father.

Mr. Keyt d. 31st October, 1702,*

Margaret, m. 13th October, 1702, to Thomas Noble, esq. of Leicester, and d. 7th March, 1710, leaving a son, William Noble.

Dorothy, m. to Gilbert, fourth Earl of Coventry,
and had an only daughter,

LADY ANNE COVENTRY, who m. Sir William
Carew, bart. of Anthony.

Sir William d. 30th November, 1702, and was s. by his grandson,

III. SIR WILLIAM KEYT, who m. 23rd November, 1710, the Hon. Anne Tracy, daughter of William, fourth Viscount Tracy, (by his second wife, Jane, sister of Thomas, Lord Leigh) and had issue, THOMAS-CHARLES, his successor.

John, d. unm.

ROBERT, successor to his elder brother. Agnes.

Elizabeth.

Sir William, who served in the last parliament of King GEORGE 1. and in the first of GEORGE II. for the town of Warwick, died at Norton, in the county of Gloucester, in September, 1741, and was s. by his eldest son,

us especially moving, are graciously pleased to ordain, that Agnes Keyt, John Keyt, Hastings Keyt, Elizabeth Keyt, Margaret Keyt, and Agnes Keyt, the relict and younger children of the said William Keyt, shall from henceforward have, hold, and enjoy, the same title, preeminence, place, and precedence, respectively, as if the said William Keyt had survived his father, and been actually possessed of the dignity of a Baronet. And our will and pleasure is, that you, our Earl Marshal, to whom the cognizance of matters of this nature properly belongs, do see this our order observed and kept, by our several officers of arms, and cause these presents to be registered in the College of Arms; and for so doing, this shall be your warrant. Given at our Castle, at Windsor, the 5th day of June, 1704, in the third year of our reign. By her Majesty's command. C. HEDGES.

+"This Sir William Keyt, who was burned to death, is supposed to have been a lunatic, and to have set his house on fire himself; for Thomas Whitstone, a servant, held him in his arms, and would have saved him, but he would not permit it." FOSBROOKE'S Gloucestershire.

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