Catherine, m. to Sir John Stepney, first baronet, of Prendergast.

Cicely, m. to George Jones, esq. of Abercothy, in the county of Carmarthen.

The eldest son of the second marriage,

JOHN MANSEL, esq. m. Mary, eldest daughter of Sir Henry Vaughan, knt. of Derwidd, (and relict of Charles Philips, esq. of Lewes Lodge, in Carmarthenshire, at nine years of age; so that she was maid, wife, and widow the day her husband died), and left a son and heir,

HENRY MANSEL, esq. who m. Frances, only daugh ter and heir of Sir John Stepney, second baronet, of Prendergast, in the county of Pembroke, and was s. by his son,

1. EDWARD MANSEL, esq. This gentleman married Dorother, daughter of Philip, and sister of Edward Vaughan, esq. of Trimsaran, in Carmarthenshire, who at his death in 1683, bequeathed to her his whole estate, and Mr. Mansel, on being created a BARONET, 22nd February, 1696, was designated "Sir Edward Mansel, of Trimsaran." He had several children, and dying 19th February, 1720, was s. by his eldest son,

II. SIR EDWARD MANSEL, of Trimsaren, who m. first, Anne, daughter of Thomas Price, esq. of GorthLloyn, in the county of Carmarthen, but by that lady (who d. 1st November, 1731) had no issue. He married, secondly, in 1740, Mrs. Bayley, of the Vineyard, near Hereford, and dying in 1754, was s. by his son,

III. SIR EDWARD-VAUGHAN MANSEL, who m. Mary, daughter of Joseph Shewen, and dying about the year 1789, was s. by his son,

IV. SIR EDWARD-JOSEPH-SHEWEN MANSEL, who died unmarried 6th April, 1798, when the BARONETCY

EXPIRED.

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MAPLES, OF STOW.

CREATED 30th May, 1627.-EXTINCT in 1634-5.

Lineage.

In 1627, a Baronetcy was conferred on 1. THOMAS MAPLES, esq. of Stow, in the county of Huntingdon, but as he died without male issue in 1634-5, the title became EXTINCT.

ROBERT DE MARKHAM, serjeant-at-law, who married a daughter of Sir John Caunton, knt. of Caunton, and had a son,

SIR JOHN MARKHAM, knt. one of the justices of the Common Pleas from 20th RICHARD II. to the 9t) of HENRY IV. This learned person m. first, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John de Cressy, knt. and coheir of her brother, Sir Hugh de Cressy, who d. s. p. temp. HENRY IV.; by this lady the judge acquired great possessions in Lincolnshire, and by the partition of the property made at Retford, 10 HENRY IV. the manors of Risegate, Braytoft, and Exton, in that county, fell to his posterity. He had issue,

ROBERT (Sir), who m. Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Sir Nicholas Burdon, knt, and was an cestor of the Markhams, of Coatham and Aller ton, Notts, of which family was the Right Res. William Markham, Archbishop of York. (See BURKE'S Commoners, vol. ii. page 203.) Sir John m. secondly, Millicent, daughter and co-beir of Sir John Bekeringe, knt. relict of Sir Nicholas Burdon, knt. and had another son,

JOHN (Sir).

The judge died in 1409, and was interred in West or Little Markham Church, Notts. His son by his second wife,

SIR JOHN MARKHAM, knt, an eminent lawyer, was appointed lord chief justice of the King's Bench, 22 HENRY VI. and his patents renewed on the accession of EDWARD IV. Of this learned and eminent man the following details are given by Fuller:

"John Markham was born at Markham, in Nottinghamshire, descended of an ancient and worthy family. He employed his youth in the studying of the municipal law of this realm, wherein he attained in such eminency, that King EDWARD IV. knighted him, and made him lord chief justice of the King's Bench, in the place of Sir John Fortescue, that learned and upright judge, who fled away with King HENRY VI. Yet Fortescue was not missed, because Markham

succeeded him; for though these two judges did severally lean to the sides of Lancaster and York, yet both sat upright in matters of judicature.

"We will instance and insist on one memorable act of our judge, which, though single in itself, was plurall in the concernings thereof.

"King EDWARD IV. having married into the family of the Woodvills (gentlemen of more antiquity than wealth, and of higher spirits than fortunes) thought it fit for his own honour to bestow honour on them: but he could not so easily provide them of wealth as titles. For honour he could derive from himself, like light from a candle, without any diminishing of his own lustre; whereas wealth flowing from him, as water from a fountain, made the spring the shallower, wherefore he resolved to cut down some prime subjects, and to engraft the queen's kindred into these estates, which otherwise like suckers must feed on the stock of his own exchequer.

"There was at this time, one Sir Thomas Cook, late lord mayor of London and knight of the Bath, one who had well lick'd his fingers under Queen MARGARET, whose wardroper he was, and customer of Hampton) a man of great estate. It was agreed that he should be accused of high treason, and a commission of oyer and terminer granted forth to the Lord Mayor, the Duke of Clarence, the Earl of Warwick, the Lord Rivers, Sir John Markham, Sir John Fogg, to try him in Guild-Hall: and the king by private instructons to the judge appeared so farre, that Cook, though he was not, must be found guilty, and if the law were too short, the judge must stretch it to the pur. pose. The fault laid to his charge was, for lending moneys to Queen MARGARET, wife to King HENRY VI.; he proof was the confession of one Hawkins, who wing rack'd in the Tower, had confessed so much. The councel for the king hanging as much weight on e smallest wire, as it would hold, aggravated each articular, and by their rhetoricall flashes blew the alt up to a great height. Sir Thomas Cook pleaded Limself, that Hawkins indeed upon a season came him, and requested him to lend one thousand marks upon good security. But he desired first to Enow for whom the money should be: and undernding it was for Queen MARGARET, denied to lend ay money, though at last the said Hawkins dewended so low, as to require but one hundred pounds, nd departed without any penny lent to him.

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Judge Markham, in a grave speech, did recapitute, select, and collate the material points on either de, shewing that the proof reached not the charge high treason, and misprision of treason was the ghest it could amount to; and intimated to the jury, be tender in matter of life, and discharge good sciences. The jury being wise men (whose appremons could make up a whole sentence of every of the judge) saw it behoved them to draw up eason into as narrow a compass as might be, lest it me their own case; for they lived in a troublesome orld, wherein the cards were so shuffled, that two gs were turn'd up trump at once, which amazed en how to play their games. Whereupon they acarted the prisoner of high treason, and found him alty as the judge directed. Yet it cost Sir Thomas ok, before he could get his liberty, eight hundred unds to the queen, and eight thousand pounds to king: a sum in that age more sounding like the some of a prince, than the fine of a subject. Bedes, the Lord Rivers (the queen's father) had, during is imprisonment, despoiled his houses, one in the ty, another in the country, of plate and furniture, which he never received a penny recompence. et God righted him of the wrongs men did him by essing the remnant of his estate to him, and his sterity, which still flourish at Giddy Hall.

"As for Sir John Markham, the king's displeasure fell so heavy on him, that he was outed of his place, and Sir Thomas Billing put in his room, though the one lost that office with more honour than the other got it; and gloried in this, that though the king could make him no judge, he could not make him no upright judge. He lived privately the rest of his days, having (besides the estate got by his practice) fair lands by Margaret, his wife, daughter and co-heir of Sir John Leke, of Cotham, in Nottinghamshire, whose mother, Joan, was daughter and heir of Sir John Talbot, of Swannington, in Leicestershire."

Sir John Markham left a son and heir,

THOMAS MARKHAM, lord of Sedgebroke, in Nottinghamshire, who m. Catherine, daughter and co-heir of William Hartshorne, esq. and was s. by his son,

JOHN MARKHAM, esq. who m. Eleanor, daughter of Sir John Turbervile, knt. and was father of

RICHARD MARKHAM, esq. living in 1562, who by Anne, daughter of George Heveningham, esq. had a numerous progeny. His eldest son and heir,

JOHN MARKHAM, esq. living temp. ELIZABETH, M. Mary, daughter of Gervase Lee, esq. of Southwell, Notts, and was s. by his son,

SIR JOHN MARKHAM, knt. who m. a daughter of Sir Peter Warburton, knt. of Arley, in Cheshire, and had

SIR ANTHONY MARKHAM, knt. who married Bridget, daughter of Sir James Harrington, bart. and had four sons, viz.

I. JOHN, who m. the daughter of Sir Thomas Tirringham, knt. of Tirringham, Bucks, by whom he had two sons, who both died young. 11. ROBERT. III. Henry, IV. Francis,

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The second but eldest surviving son, and eventual heir,

1. ROBERT MARKHAM, esq. of Sedgebrooke, in the county of Nottingham, was created a BARONET by King CHARLES I. 15th August, 1642. Sir Robert m. first, Rebecca, daughter of — Eyre, esq. of Derbyshire, but by her had no issue. He wedded, secondly, Rebecca, daughter of Sir Edward Hussey, bart. of Honington, in Lincolnshire, and by that lady had two sons and seven daughters, viz.

1. ROBERT, his heir.

11. Anthony, colonel in the Guards, m. Catherine, daughter of Sir William Whorwood, knt. of Stourton Castle, in Staffordshire, and by her (who m. secondly, Sir Harry Cambell, bart. of Clay Hall, in Essex) he had

1. Thomas, m. Frances, daughter of Andrew
Convenent, M.D. and left issue,
JAMES-JOHN, fourth baronet.

Mary, m. to Mr. Dambourgez.

2. Walter, d. unm.

1. Mary, d. unm.

2. Rebecca, married to Captain Rolle, of the Guards, and left a son.

3. Anne, m. to Mr. Morein, a surgeon.

1. Rebecca, m. to Reginald Heber, esq. of Marton, in Yorkshire, and had issue.

11. Elizabeth, m. to Charles Bull, esq. of Skipton, in Craven.

III. Frances, m. to Christopher Broughton, esq. of Longdon, in Staffordshire.

IV. Anne, m. to Sir Walter Hawksworth, bart. v. Catherine, m. to Christopher Villiers, esq. of Gostoke, Notts.

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

II. SIR ROBERT MARKHAM, who wedded Mary, daugh ter and co-heir of Sir Thomas Widdrington, knt. serjeant-at-law, of Sherburn Grange, in Northumberland, and had issue,

GEORGE, his successor. Robert, d. young.

Ursula, m. first, Altham Annesley, Lord Altham
in the peerage of Ireland; and secondly, Samuel
Ogle, esq. By the latter she left

George Ogle, m. Frances, eldest daughter of
Sir Thomas Twisden, bart.

Robert Ogle, captain of horse, in Ireland.
Thomas Ogle.

Sir Robert d. 11th August, 1690, and was s. by his

son,

III. SIR GEORGE MARKHAM, F. R. S. who d. unm. 9th June, 1736, bequeathing his estate to the Rev. Doctor Bernard Wilson, prebendary of Worcester, and rector of Newark-upon-Trent. The baronetcy devolved upon his cousin (refer to Anthony, second son of the first baronet).

IV. SIR JAMES-JOHN MARKHAM, who m. 31st August, 1755, Sarah, daughter of Clive, esq. but died without issue, in 1779, when the BARONETCY became EXTINCT.

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MAROW, OF BERKSWELL.

SAMUEL MAROw, esq. of Berkswell, who m. Margaret, daughter of Sir John Littleton, knt. of Frankley, in Worcestershire, and dying in 1610, was succeeded by his son,

SIR EDWARD MAROW, knt. of Berkswell, who wedded Ursula, daughter of Richard Fiennes, Lord Say and Sele, and dying in 1632, left with other issue, a son and successor,

SAMUEL MAROW, esq. of Berkswell, who m. Anne, daughter of Gerard Whorwood, esq. of Sturton Castle, in Staffordshire, and had one son, EDWARD, his heir, and two daughters, Anne and Ursula. He died in 1635, and was s. by his son,

EDWARD MAROW, esq. of Berkswell, who m, Anne, daughter of Sir Thomas Grantham, of Goltho', in Lancolnshire, and was father of

1. SAMUEL MAROW, esq. of Berkswell, who was created a BARONET 16th July, 1679. Hem. Mary, daughter and heir of Sir Arthur Cayley, knt. of Newland, in Warwickshire, and left, at his decease, when the BARONETCY became EXTINCT, five daughters, his co-heirs, namely,

ANNE, m. to Sir Arthur Kaye, bart. of Woodsone, in Yorkshire.

ELIZABETH.

URSULA, m. to Robert Wilmot, esq. of Osmaston. MARY, m. to John Knightley, esq. of Offchurch. ARABELLA.

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MARWOOD, OF LITTLE BUSHBY.

CREATED 16th July, 1679.

EXTINCT before 1714.

CREATED 31st Dec. 1660.

EXTINCT 23rd Feb, 17.

Lineage.

WILLIAM MAROW, son of Stephen Marowe, of Stevenhithe, in Middlesex, was lord mayor of London 35 HENRY VI. He m. Catherine, daughter and coheir of John Rich, citizen of London, and had, with two daughters, Johanna, wife of William Clopton, esq. and Catherine, of Sir Robert Throckmorton, knt. of Coughton, two sons, Thomas, serjeant-at-law, who died 21 HENRY VII. and

WILLIAM MAROW, living 22 EDWARD IV. who m. Joanna, daughter of William Chedworth, alderman of London, and had, beside two daughters, Elizabeth, m. to George Medley, and Catherine, to Ralph Daniel, a son and heir,

THOMAS MAROW, e , esq. who m. first, a daughter of Baldwin Dowse, of Balshall; and secondly, Catherine, daughter of Roger Wigston, esq. of Wolston, in Warwickshire. By the former he left at his decease, in 1536, two sons, Edward Marow, of Elmedon, and

THOMAS MAROW, of Hoxton, in Middlesex. To this gentleman and Alice, his wife, only daughter and heir of Richard Harregong, the manor of Berkswell, in the county of Warwick, which had reverted to the crown on the attainder of John, Duke of Northumber land, was granted in 3 and 4 PHILIP and MARY. Thomas Marow d. 3 ELIZABETH, and was s. by his son,

Lineage.

JAMES MARWOOD, esq. of Nunthorp, in the county of York, the first of this family upon record, married a daughter of James Cleasby, of Cleasby, in the same county, and had two sons, William, who d. s. p. his heir,

HENRY MARWOOD, esq. of Little Bushby, also 2 Yorkshire, who d. in 1639, leaving by Anne, his wife, the daughter of John Constable, esq. of Dromeaby, in the same county, three sons and two daughters, viz.

GEORGE, his heir.

William, of Stubby, in the county of Lincoln. Francis, citizen of London.

Anne, m. to Giles Wetherell, esq. of Stockten, Durham.

Barbara, m. to Josias Matthews, esq. grandson the Most Rev. Toby Matthews, D. D. Archbisho of York.

The eldest son,

1. GEORGE MARWOOD, esq. of Little Busbby, wa created a BARONET by King CHARLES II. 31st Dece ber, 1660. Sir George m. Frances, daughter of Walter Bethell, knt. of Alne, in the county of York and had issue,

HENRY, his successor.

Anne, m. to William Metcalf, esq. of Alletton,
Yorkshire.

He d. 19th February, 1679, aged seventy-eight, and was s. by his son,

II. SIR HENRY MARWOOD, sheriff of Yorkshire, in 1675, who m. first, Margaret, fourth daughter of Conyers, second Lord D'Arcy, and sister of Conyers, first Earl of Holderness, and had two daughters only. He m. secondly, Dorothy, second daughter of Allen Bellingham, esq. of Levens, in Westmoreland, and

had

GEORGE, who m. Constance, second daughter and co-heir of Sir Thomas Spencer, bart. of Yarnton, in the county of York, but d. s. p. in the lifetime of his father.

Sir Henry wedded, thirdly, Martha, daughter of Sir Thomas Wentworth, knt. of Empsall, in Yorkshire, widow of Thomas Wombwell, esq. of Wombwell. He at the advanced age of ninety, 1st November, 1725, when the estates fell to his daughters, as co-heirs, ind the BARONETCY devolved upon his nephew,

III. SIR SAMUEL MARWOOD, who m. Miss Peirson, of Stokesley, but d. issueless, aged sixty-seven, in October, 1739, and was s. by his brother,

IV. SIR WILLIAM MARWOOD. This gentleman died p. 23rd February, 1740, when the BARONETCY EX

son of William Masham, esq. by Elizabeth his wife, daughter of Sir John Trevor, knt.) He died unm. about 1663, and was s. by his brother,

III. SIR FRANCIS MASHAM, who m. first, Mary, daughter of Sir William Scot, bart. Marquis de La Mezansene, in France, by whom he had eight sons and one daughter, one son of whom only survived him. He m. secondly, Damaris, daughter of Ralph Cudworth, D.D. and had by her a son, Francis Cudworth, accomptant general to the High Court of Chancery. Sir Francis died 7th February, 1723, and was s. by his son,

IV. SIR SAMUEL MASHAM, who m. Abigail, daughter of Francis Hill, esq. a Turkey merchant, and sister of General John Hill. This lady was nearly related to the celebrated Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, and was introduced by her grace, whom she eventually supplanted, to the notice of Queen ANNE. Sir Samuel, who was an eighth son, was originally a page to the queen, whilst Princess of Denmark, and also one of the equerries, and gentlemen of the bed-chamber to Prince George. Upon the discomfiture of the Marlborough party, and the establishment of his wife as the reigning favourite, he was elevated to the peerage 31st December, 1711, as BARON MASHAM, of Otes, in the county of Essex: and having had a grant in reversion of the office of remembrancer of the exchequer, succeeded to that post on the death of Lord Fanshaw in 1716. His lordship had issue,

George, who died s. p. in the lifetime of his father.
SAMUEL, successor to the title.

Francis, died s. p. in the lifetime of his father.
Anne, m. to Henry Hoare, esq. and had issue,
Susannah, m. first to Charles, Viscount Dun-
garvon, and secondly to Thomas, first Earl of
Aylesbury.

Anne, m. to Sir Richard Hoare, bart.
Elizabeth, d. unmarried in 1724.

Lord Masham died in 1758, and was s. by his only surviving son,

SAMUEL MASHAM, second baron. This nobleman m. first, Harriet, daughter of Salway Winnington, esq. of Stanford Court, in the county of Worcester, by whom (who d. in 1761,) he had no issue. He espoused, secondly, Miss Dives, one of the maids of honour to the dowager Princess of Wales, but had no issue. His lordship, who filled several public employments, died in 1776, when the BARONETCY, together with the BARONY OF MASHAM, became EXTINCT.

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Lineage.

1. SIR WILLIAM MASHAM, of High-Lever, in the County of Essex, created a BARONET on the 20th Deember, 1621, m. Winifred, daughter of Sir Francis Barrington, bart. of Barrington Hall, son of Sir Thomas Barrington, by Winifred, his wife, widow of Sir Thomas Hastings, and second daughter and coheir of Henry Pole, Lord Montagu, (attainted and beheaded in 1539,) son and heir of Sir Richard Pole, K.G. by his wife, Margaret, Countess of Salisbury, daughter, and eventually co-heir of George Plantagebet, Duke of Clarence, younger brother of King EDWARD IV. By this marriage the family of Masham allied itself with the noblest blood in the realm. Sir William died about 1656, and was s. by his grandson, II. SIR WILLIAM MASHAM, of High Lever, (eldest

1. AUGUSTIN, who purchased, in 1538, the manors belonging to Sir John Markham, in Braytoft, and elsewhere, m. Margaret, daughter of Robert Elrington, esq. of Hoxton, in Middlesex, and dying in the lifetime of his father, anno 1549, left,

1. THOMAS, heir to his grandfather.
2. William, whose grandson.

John, an eminent merchant of London,
and treasurer of the East India Com-
pany, left at his decease, in 1653, two
daughters, his heirs, viz.

ELIZABETH, M. to George, first Lord
Berkeley.

MARY, m. to Robert, third Earl of
Lindsey.

3. Christopher, who was appointed in 1548,
clerk of the council within the town of
Calais for life.

4. John, m. Dorothy, relict of Ralph Quad-
ring, esq. and eldest daughter of Sir
Robert Hussey, kut. of Linwood, and
left, with two daughters, a son,
Augustin, of Sutterton.

1. Grace, m. to Stephen Spackman, esq.
2. Anne, m. first to Christopher Forcet, esq.
of Billesby, and secondly to Christopher
Somercotes, esq. of Somercotes.

3. Ursula, m. to John Davy, esq.

4. Edith, m. to Augustin Caundest, esq. and d. in 1509.

5. Elizabeth, buried at Braytoft, 18th October, 1588.

11. Oswaladd, prior of Kilmainham, and principal of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, at its dissolution by Queen ELIZABETH.

III. Alan, died unm.

iv. Martin, m. Ursula Elrington, and left issue. 1. Edith, m. to Richard Lytler, of Tathwell. 11. Cecily, m. to Thomas Moore.

Second son of Sir Hugh Bernak, of Bernak Hall, in the county of Lincoln, by Mand his wife, eldest daughter and co-heir of Sir William Woodthorpe, knt. of Woodthorpe.

+ His eldest daughter, AGNES BRAYTOFT, was prioress of the nunnery, of Crabhouse, in Norfolk.

Sir Draner's banner represented a knight on horseback, with the motto "Deus, oculi nostri defixi sunt in Te, sic Pacem quærimus."

Sir Thomas having survived his wife, became, temp HENRY VIII. a knight of St. John of Jerusalem, and added the second escutcheon to the family arms. He was s. at his decease, 25th May, 1552, by his grandson, THOMAS MASSINGBERD, esq. of Braytoft Hall, M.P. for Calais, in the 6th of EDWARD VI. who m. first, Alice, daughter and sole heir of Richard Bevercoats, esq. of Newark, and by her had, THOMAS, his heir. with other children. He wedded, secondly, Dorothy, daughter and heir of Richard Ballard, gent. of Orty, and by that lady had another son and three daugh ters. He d. in 1584, and was s. by his son,

THOMAS MASSINGBERD, esq. whom. Frances, daughter of Sir George Fitz Williams, knt, of Maplethorpe, and dying at Gunby, 11th September, 1620, was & by bis eldest son,

THOMAS MASSING BERD, esq. of Braytoft Hall and Gunby, both in the county of Lincoln, barrister-at-law. This gentleman m. Frances, daughter of Robert Hal ton, esq. of Clee, serjeant-at-law, by Joan his wife, daughter of John Draner, esq. of Hoxton, and had issue,

1. HENRY, his heir.

11. Draner (Sir), the Parliamentary commander. who raised a troop of horse in the early part of the civil war, ‡ but afterwards went abroad and received the royal pardon. He inherited from the Draners, Henxworth, in Hertfordshire, and purchasing the lordship of Ormsby, in Lincolnshire, was ancestor of the MASSING BERDS of Ormsby, refer to BURKE'S Commoners, vol. i. p. 661. The male represent tion of the family now centres in this branch. 1. Frances, m. first to John Day, esq. of Sansethorpe, and secondly to Thomas Pitcher, esp of Trumpington, in Cambridgeshire. II. Elizabeth, m. to John Booth, esq. III. Susannah, married first, in 1625, to Richard Cater, esq. (killed by a fall from his horse, 10th July, 1631,) and secondly, in 1635, to Richard Godney, esq. of Swaby.

IV. Alice, m. to Thomas Day, esq. of Sausethorpe. Margaret, m. to Leonard Purley, gent. of Far's thorp.

V.

Mr. Massingberd died suddenly on his way to church, 5th November, 1636, was buried at Gunby, and by his son,

I. HENRY MASSING BERD, esq. of Braytoft Hall and Gunby, b. in 1609. This gentleman was admitted a fellow commoner of Christ College, Cambridge, 18t April, 1627, whence he removed to the Inner Temp. and entered a student there, 17th June, 1629. In 1955, CROMWELL Created him a BARONET, and the patent is now in the possession of Thomas Massingberd, esq. Candlesby House; the historians of the family have studiously omitted to notice its existence, and Mt. Dale asserts, that Sir Henry had "maintained an e violable allegiance to his lawful sovereign." There is some reason to believe that he did not then assume the title. Soon after the Restoration, Sir Henry was re created a BARONET 22nd August, 1660. He m. first, Elizabeth, youngest daughter of William Lyster, esą, of Rippingale and Colby, and had issue,

The preamble to the patent sets forth that the nour is conferred "as well for his faithfulness and got affection to us and his country, as for his descent, pat mony, ample estate, and ingenious education, every way answerable, who out of a liberal mind hath undertakes a maintain thirty foot souldiers in our dominion of le land, for three whole years." The patent bears the initial of Oliver's christian name, encircling a good like ness of him, in a robe of ermine.