11. Martha, m. to Richard Harrison, gent. of Hadley, in Hertfordshire.

IV. Mary, m. to Thomas Overman, gent. of Southwark.

v. Priscilla, d. unm.

VI. Elizabeth, m. to James Winstanley, of London. VII. Alice, m. to John Jennings, gent. of London. VIII. Anne, d. unm.

The eldest son and heir,

1. WILLIAM LEMAN, esq. of Northaw, was created a BARONET by King CHARLES II. 3rd March, 1664-5. Sir William was high sheriff of Hertfordshire 28 CHARLES II. and representative in parliament for Hertford 2 WILLIAM and MARY, 1690. He m. in 1655, Mary, daughter of Sir Lewis Mansell, bart. of Margam, in Glamorganshire, and had issue,

MANSELL, who died in his father's lifetime, 13th
March, 1687, leaving by Lucy, daughter of Rich-
ard Aley, esq. alderman of London,

WILLIAM, heir to his grandfather.
Lucy, died in 1745.

Robert.

Mary, m. to Peter Pheasant, esq. of Upwood, in Huntingdonshire.

Rebecca, d. in 1695.

Elizabeth, m. to Henry, son of Alderman Aley.
Lucy, m. to John Wolf, of London, merchant.
Theodosia, m. to Lewis Newnham, esq. of London
and Sussex.

Sarah, m. in 1697, to Sir George Hutchins, who
had been one of the commissioners of the great
seal, and died in 1700.

He died at his house at Northaw 18th July, 1701, and was s. by his grandson,

11. SIR WILLIAM LEMAN, who m. Anna-Margaretta, one of the daughters of Colonel Brett by the Countess of Macclesfield, and d. s. p. 22nd December, 1741. He was s. by his cousin,

III. SIR TANFEILD LEMAN, who d. in Southwark anno 1762, when the BARONETCY is presumed to have EXPIRED. The estate of Northaw passed, on the death of Lucy, sister of the second baronet, to her cousin, Richard Aley, esq.; and after being enjoyed by John Granger, esq. and William Strode, esq. was sold to Patrick Thompson, esq. of Turnham Green, Middlesex.

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JOHN LENNARD, esq. of Chevening, in Kent, who, by Catherine, daughter of Thomas Weston, of Chepsted, had issue,

JOHN LENNARD, esq. of Knol and Chevening, who was custos brevium in the reign of ELIZABETH, and purchased from Sir William Heydon, knt. the maner of West Wickham, Kent. He m. Elizabeth, daughter of William Harman, of Crayford, and had three sons, 1. SAMPSON, who m. MARGARET FIENES, sister and heir of George Fienes, tenth Lord Dacre, and thus acquired the estate of Herstmonceaux, in Sussex. On the death of her brother, Mrs. Lennard claimed the barony of Dacre, and her claim being admitted in 1604, she became BARONESS DACRE. They had issue, HENRY LENNARD, twelfth Lord Dacre. His great-grandson,

THOMAS LENNARD, fifteenth Lord Dacre,

was created in 1674 Earl of Sussex,
but dying without male issue in 1741
that dignity expired, and the barony
of Dacre devolved eventually upon
his daughter,

LADY ANNE BARRET LENNARD. (See
BURKE'S Peerage.)

II. Timothy, whose line failed. III. SAMUEL (Sir).

The youngest son,

SIR SAMUEL LENNARD, knt. of West Wickham, in Kent, b. in 1553; m. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Stephen Slany, knt. alderman of London; and was s. in 1618, by his son,

1. STEPHEN LENNARD, esq. of West Wickham, who was created a BARONET 15th August, 1642. Sir Stephen m. first, Catherine, daughter of Richard Hale, esq. of Clatry, in Essex, and by her had a daughter,

Elizabeth, m. to John Holmden, esq. of Surrey. He m. secondly, Anne, daughter of Sir Morton Lam bert, of Greenwich, by whom he had a son, Samuel, who d. young. He wedded, thirdly, Anne, daughter of Sir John Oglander, knt. and by that lady bad

The first mention we find of this family is by Sir William Dugdale, thus: "At a great just or turnament held at Castle Peverel, in the Peak of Derbyshire, where, among divers other persons of note, Owen, Prince of Wales, and a son of the King of Scots, were present; there were also two sons of the Duke of Brettaign, and that the youngest of them, Guy, was called Guy L'Estrange, from whom the several families of the L'Estranges do descend."

HAMON L'ESTRANGE, who obtained, temp. EDWARD II. Hunstanton, in Norfolk, by gift of his brother, John L'Estrange, sixth Baron Strange, of Knockyn, . Margaret, daughter of Ralph Vernon, and was s. by his son,

HAMON L'ESTRANGE, of Hunstanton, who m. Catharine, daughter and heir of John, Lord Camois, and had issue,

SIR JOHN L'ESTRANGE, knt. who m. Eleanor, daughter and heir of Sir Richard Walkefare, knt. and dying in 1417, was s. by his son,

JOHN L'ESTRANGE, esq. who espoused Alice, daughter and heir of Nicholas Beaumont, and was s. by his

HENRY L'ESTRANGE, esq. who m. Catherine, daughter of Roger Drury, esq. of Halsted, in Suffolk, and dying in 1485, was s. by his son,

SIR ROGER L'ESTRANGE, of Hunstanton, esquire of the body to HENRY VII. who m. Anne, daughter of Sir Christopher Heydon, knt. and dying s. p. in 1506, was s. by his brother,

SIR ROBERT L'ESTRANGE, of Hunstanton, who m. Ann, daughter and co-heir of Thomas, son of Sir Tho mas L'Estrange, of Wellisborn, in Warwickshire, and by her (who m. secondly, Sir Edward Knyvet,) left at his decease in 1511 a son and successor,

SIR THOMAS L'ESTRANCE, high sheriff of Norfolk in 1332, who m. Anne, daughter of Nicholas, Lord Vaux, and had sixteen children; of whom NICHOLAS, the eldest, succeeded at Hunstanton; and RICHARD, setthing in Ireland, was ancestor of the L'ESTRANGES of Moystown, in the King's County, now represented by HENRY PAISLEY L'ESTRANGE, esq. of Moystown, lieutenant-colonel of the King's County militia. Sir Thomas L'Estrange died temp. HENRY VIII. and was s. by his son,

CAMDEN, speaking of Hunstanton, says: "It is the place where King EDMUND resided near a whole year, endeavouring to get by heart David's Psalms in the Saxon language. The very book was religionsly preserved by the monks of St. Edmund'sbury till the dissolution of monasteries. But neither is the place to be omitted upon this account, that it has been the seat of the famous family of L'Estrange, knights, ever since John, Baron Le Strange, of Knockyn, bestowed it upon his younger brother Hamon, which was in the reign of EDWARD IÏ." + By Elizabeth, daughter and co-heir of Hugh Hastings, Gressinhall came to Hamon L'Estrange; and by

SIR NICHOLAS L'ESTRANGE, of Hunstanton, knighted in Ireland, m. Ellen, daughter of Sir William Fitzwilliam, of Milton, in Northamptonshire, and dying in 1579, was s. by his son,

HAMON L'ESTRANGE, esq. who left by his wife, Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Sir Hugh Hastings, knt. of Gressinhall+ and Elsing, in Norfolk, a son and heir,

SIR NICHOLAS L'ESTRANGE, knt. M.P. for Norfolk I EDWARD VI. who married two wives: by the second, Anne, daughter of Sir William Paston, of Paston, relict of Sir George Chaworth, he had no issue; but by the first, Mary, daughter of Sir Robert Bell, knt. of Beaupre Hall, in Norfolk, lord chief baron of the Exchequer, was father of

SIR HAMON L'ESTRANGE, knt. of Hunstanton, who m. Alice, daughter and co-heir of Richard Stubbe, esq.‡ of Sedgeford, in Norfolk, and had (with a daughter, Elizabeth, the wife of Sir William Spring, of Pakenham,) three sons, viz.

I. NICHOLAS, his successor.

11. Hamon, of Pakenham, in Suffolk, left issue. III. ROGER (Sir), who became so celebrated. He was born about the year 1617, and having in 1644 obtained a commission from King CHARLES I. for reducing Lynn, in Norfolk, then in possession of the parliament; the design was discovered to Colonel Walton, the governor, and L'Estrange made prisoner. He was immediately after tried by a court martial at Guildhall, in London, and condemned to death as a spy, but was reprieved, and continued in Newgate for several years. At length, with his keeper's privity, he made his escape, and got beyond sea with much difficulty. In 1653 he returned to England upon the dissolution of the Long Parliament, and advertised the council, then sitting at Whitehall," that finding himself within the act of indemnity, he thought it convenient to give them notice thereof." He was subsequently, after a good deal of trouble, fully discharged on giving two thousand pounds bail. Lord Clarendon calls him "a man of good wit, and a fancy very luxuriant, and of an enterprising nature." After the Restoration he wrote many books, pamphlets, and papers, and his observations made a considerable impression. He was afterwards knighted, and served in the parliament called by King JAMES II. in 1685, for Winchester. He was continued licenser of the press until King WILLIAM's accession, when he experienced some annoyance, being considered a disaffected person. He went to his grave, however, in peace, although he had survived his intellect. Of his works Mr. Winstanley says, "those who shall consider the number and greatness of his books, will admire he should ever write so many; and those who have read them, considering the style and method they are written in, will more admire he should write so well." He d. 11th December, 1704,5 in the eighty-eighth year of

Anne, the other daughter and co-heir, Elsing to William Brown, brother of Anthony, first Viscount Montagu, her husband.

The other daughter and co-heir of Richard Stubbe, DIONISIA, m. Sir William Yelverton, bart. of Rougham, in Norfolk.

Srow, in his Survey, says: "Upon the middle pillar on the north side of St. Giles's in the Fields, Middlesex, is this inscription:

Sir Roger L'Estrange, knt. born the 17 Dec. 1616,
Dyed 11 Dec. 1704."

Armine, m. to Nicholas Styleman, esq. of Snettisham, in Norfolk.

Lucy, m. in 1721, to Sir Jacob Astley, bart. of Melton Constable, and was mother of Sir Edward Astley, bart. She d. 25th July, 1739.

Sir Nicholas d. in 1725, his widow in 1727; he was s. by his son,

IV. SIR THOMAS L'ESTRANGE. This gentleman m. Anne, daughter and at length sole heir of Sir Christopher Calthorpe, K.B. of East Barsham, in Norfolk, but died without issue in 1751, and was s. by his brother,

V. SIR HENRY L'ESTRANGE, who m. Mary, daughter of the Right Hon. Roger North, of Rougham, but died issueless 2nd September, 1760, when the BARONETCY EXPIRED.

1. SIR JOHN LEVENTHORPE, knt. of Sawbridgeworth, Herts (son of Edward Leventhorpe, esq. of Shingey Hall, in the same county, by Mary, his wife, second daughter of Sir Henry Parker, and lineally descended from John Leventhorpe, esq. who, coming from Leventhorpe Hall, in Yorkshire, settled in the county of Hertford and represented that shire in parliament), served as sheriff of Herts in 1607, and was created a BARONET 30th May, 1622. He m. Joan, eldest daughter of Sir John Brograve, knt. of Hamells, attorney general of the duchy of Lancaster, and by her, who died in 1628, had issue six sons and seven daughters. Of the latter, the eldest, Joan, m. Sir Edward Altham, of Mark Hall, Essex; and the second, Bridget, became the wife of Sir John Fowle, of Kent. Of the former, the eldest surviving,

III. SIR JOHN LEVENTHORPE, baptized 30th July, 1620, at whose decease, unmarried, of the small-pox 29th November, 1649, the Baronetcy devolved on his brother,

IV. SIR THOMAS LEVENTHORPE, born 30th November, 1635, who m. 2nd January, 1651-5, Mary, daughter of Sir Capel Bedell, bart. of Hamerton, in Huntingdon shire, and by her (who died in London 30th April, 1683) had an only daughter and heir,

MARY, m. 15th June, 1672, to John Coke, esq. of
Melbourne, in Derbyshire, and had issue.

Sir Thomas was killed by a kick from a horse at Elvaston, in Derbyshire, 27th July, 1679, and was 5. by his uncle,

V. THE REV. SIR CHARLES LEVENTHORPE, rector of White Roding, in Essex, baptized 15th September, 1594, at whose decease unmarried 30th August, 168, the BARONFTCY became EXTINCT. The manor d Shingey Hall was sold by Sir Thomas's grandson, Thomas Coke, esq. to Ralph Freman, esq. of Hamels, from whom it was purchased by Edward Gardiner,

esq.

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LEWIS, OF LLANGORSE.

CREATED 14th September, 1627.-EXTINCT in 1672. Lineage.

LODOWICK LEWIS, descended from Lewis of Ffrwdgrech, became, in right of his wife, one of the daughters and co-heirs of William Watkins, esq. possessed of the Llangorse estate, in the county of Brecon. His son and successor,

1. WILLIAM LEWIS, esq. of Llangorse, M.P. for Breconshire in 1660, was created a BARONET 14th September, 1627, and resided principally at Borden, in Hants. He d. in 1672 (when the BARONETCY became EXTINCT), having had an only son,

LODOWICK, who d. v. p. leaving three daughters, from one of whom, ELIZABETH, sprang

LEWIS PRYSE, esq. who inherited the Gogerddan estate, and was father of

MARGARET PRYSE, the wife of Edward Loveden Loveden, esq. of Buscot Park, Berks, who, in conjunction with his son, the present PRYSE PRYSE, esq. of Gogerddan, sold in 1806 the greatest part of the Llangorse property.

JOHN LEWYS, esq. of Marre, barrister-at-law, recorder of Doncaster, &c. son of Robert Lewys, of Marre, the descendant of an ancient Welsh family, married Mary, daughter of Lionel Reresby, esq. of Thrybergh, and dying 17th October, 31 ELIZABETH, left issue,

THOMAS, of Marre, treasurer for lame soldiers in
the West Riding of Yorkshire, m. Jane, daugh-
ter of Edmond Munday, esq. and left at his de-
cease 20 JAMES I.

THOMAS, d. s. p. His widow, Elizabeth, daugh-
ter and co-heir of Thomas Talbot, esq. of
Bashall, m. secondly, Theobald, Viscount
Bourke, of Mayo.
Francis, d. s. p.

Mary, m. to Thomas, son of Sir William Chay

tor.

RICHARD, of whom presently. Margaret, m. to J. Mauleverer, esq. Ellen, m. to John Ramsden, esq. Edith, . to Timothy Bright, esq. Mary, m. to Richard Horsfall, esq. The second son,

RICHARD LEWYs, esq. married Jane, eldest daughter and co-heir of Gervase Brinsley, esq. of Brinsley, and dying in 1661, left, with other issue, a son,

1. SIR JOHN LEWYS, of Ledston, who was created a BARONET in 1660. He m. Sarah, third daughter and co-heir of Sir Thomas Foot, lord mayor of London in 1649, and by her, who wedded, secondly, Denzil Onslow, esq. had two daughters, his co-heirs, viz.

ELIZABETH, M. to Theophilus, Earl of Huntingdon. MARY, m. to Robert, Lord Deincourt, son and heir of Nicholas, Earl of Scarsdale.

Sir John died in 1671, when the BARONETCY became

1. SIR JAMES LEY, knt. a younger son of Henry Ley, esq. of Treffont Ewias, in the county of Wilts, having attained great eminence at the bar, was made serjeantat-law, I JAMES I. and the next year constituted chief justice of the Court of King's Bench in Ireland. In fifteen years afterwards, residing then at Westbury, in Wiltshire, he was created a BARONET 20th July, 1619, having some time previously received the honour of knighthood. In 1622 he was appointed lord treasurer, and the same year created Baron Ley. On the accession of CHARLES I. his lordship was made Earl of Marlborough, and soon after appointed president of the council. He m. first, Mary, daughter of John Pettey, esq. of Stoke Talmage, in the county of Oxford, and had issue,

HENRY, his heir.

James, d. in 1618 unm.

WILLIAM, Successor to his nephew.

Elizabeth, m. to Morice Carant, esq. of Tooner, in
Somersetshire.

Anne, m. to Sir Walter Long, of Draycot, Wilts,
M.P. for Wilts.

Mary, m. to Richard Erisey, esq. of Erisey, in
Cornwall.

Dionysia, m. to John Harington, esq. of Somerset-
shire.

Margaret, m. to — Hobson, esq. of Hertfordshire.
Esther, m. to Arthur Fuller, esq. of Bradfield, in
the county of Hertford.
Martha, d. unm.
Phoebe, m. to-

Biggs, esq. of Sturst, Berks.
His lordship m. secondly, Mary, widow of Sir William
Bower, knt.; and thirdly, Jane, daughter of John,
Lord Butler, of Bramfield, but had no other issue.
He died in 1628, and was s. by his eldest son,

II. SIR HENRY LEY, second Earl of Marlborough, who m. Mary, daughter of Sir Arthur Capel, knt. of

Hadham, in Hertfordshire, by whom he had a daughter, Elizabeth, who d. unmarried, and a son, his successor at his decease about the year 1638,

III. SIR JAMES LEY, third Earl of Marlborough. This nobleman, a naval officer and eminent mathematician and navigator, was constituted lord admiral of all his majesty's ships at Dartmouth and parts adjacent. In 1662 he was employed in the American plantations; but in 1665, commanding "that huge ship, called the Old James, in that great fight at sea with the Dutch upon the 23rd June, was there slain by a cannon-bullet." He died unmarried, and the honours reverted on his lordship's decease to his uncle,

IV. SIR WILLIAM LEY, fourth Earl of Marlborough, who m. Margaret, daughter of Sir William Hewyt, knt. of Beccles, in Norfolk, but died issueless in 1679, when all his honours, including the BARONETCY, EX

Lineage.

By an ancient pedigree in the College of Arms, it appears that the family of LITTLETON, OF LYTTLETON, was settled at Frankley, in Worcestershire, about 1235,* when it is recorded that

THOMAS DE LYTTLETON, m. Emma de Frankley, an heiress, lady of the manor of Frankley, but whether he was a stranger in the county, or resided in the town of South Lyttleton, in the Vale of Evesham, as there is reason to think he did, is a matter of doubt: they had an only daughter, EMMA, whom. first, Augerus de Tatlington, of Tredington, in the same county, and secondly, Nicholas Whetamstede. She was a benefac tress to the Abbey of Halesowen, in Shropshire, and d. in 1298. Thomas Lyttleton m. secondly, Assehn, of daughter and heir of William Fitz Warin, esq. Upton, one of the justices itinerant and judge of the Common Pleas, 12 HENRY II. and next year sheriff of Worcestershire, by that lady he had three sons, EMUND, THOMAS, and John. The eldest,

EDMUND DE LYTTLETON, m. Lucia de Boys, but having no issue, was s. by his brother,

THOMAS DE LYTTLETON, who resided at his manor of Coulesdon, in Upper Snodsbury, and had lands in Newenton, (vulgo Naunton Beauchamp) in the county of Worcester. In the 9th EDWARD II. he was elected

knight of the shire for Worcester. He m. Lucia de Bois, or Atwood, of a considerable family at Wolver ley, in that county, and was s. by his son,

THOMAS DE LYTTLETON, who m. Julian, daughter of Robert de Somery, and had two sons, John, the younger, was appointed commissioner of array, with other, the chief gentlemen of the county of Worcester, 1 HENRY IV. on a rumour of foreign invasion. He m. Beatrix Freschevel, of a noble family in the county of Warwick, by whom he had an only daughter, the wife of Jeffery Frere, esq. The elder son,

THOMAS DE LUTTELTON, recovered, by a writ of right, the manor of Frankley, on failure of issue, to his cousin, Thomas de Tatlington. He was esquire of the body to HENRY IV. and HENRY V. and had annual

it is probable, this John was ancestor to Lyttelton, a Frankley.

+ Thomas thus spelled the name, and sealed with the chevron between three escallops, as used by his posterity.