baronet. Anthony, Roger, d. s. p. John, m. Camilla, daughter of Thomas Browne, esq. of Elsinge. Elizabeth, m. to Sir Stephen Soame, knt. of Haidon Hall, in Essex. Judith, m. to Richard Moseley, esq. Lidia, m. to Henry Warner, esq. of Mildenhall, in Suffolk. Parnel, m. to John Harbonne, esq. of Barsham. -,m. to Edward Barnwell, esq. of Hylamn. Anne, m. to George Gent, esq. of Moyns. Sir Thomas died in June, 1683, and was s. by his eldest son, 11. SIR WILLIAM PLAYTERS, who was deputy lieutenant and vice admiral of the county of Suffolk, and colonel of a regiment, until turned out by the rebellious parliament, as recorded upon his tomb. He m. Frances, daughter and heir of Christopher Le Grys, esq. of Billingford, in Norfolk, by whom (who d. 9th September. 1659,) he had an only son, his successor, III. SIR THOMAS PLAYTERS, high sheriff of Suffolk in 1646, who was made colonel of a regiment of Curassiers, five hundred strong, by commission, dated at Oxford, 29th July, 19 CHARLES I. he was also admiral of six English ships. He married Rebecca, daughter and co-heir of Thomas Chapman, esq. of Wormley, in Hertfordshire, but had no issue. He died at Messina, in Sicily, anno 1651, aged thirty-five, (his widow m. secondly, Richard Lucy, esq.; and thirdly, Sir Rowland Lytton, knt. of Knebworth,) when the baronetcy reverted to his uncle of the half blood, IV. SIR LYONEL PLAYTERS, rector of Ugshall, in Suffolk. WALKER, in his sufferings of the Clergy, relates many acts of persecution and plunder inflicted upon this gentleman, whom he describes as a meek and peaceable temper, during the rebellion. He lived, however, to see the restoration of the monarchy, and to be re-established in his own estates. He married Elizabeth, daughter of John Warner, gent. of Brandon, in Norfolk, and by her, who died in September, 1609, had issue, Anne, d. unm. Lydia, S He d. in 1679, and was s. by his elder son, Y. SIR JOHN PLAYTERS, who m. first, Jane, daughter of Thomas Read, esq. of Berdwell, in Suffolk, but by that lady he had no issue. He m. secondly, Isabel, daughter and sole heir of Thomas Hall, of London, merchant, and had a son and daughter, who both died young. He was s. at his decease by his brother, VI. SIR LYONEL PLAYTERS. This gentleman m. Martha, daughter of Talmash Castel, esq. of Ravening. ham, in Norfolk, and had issue, JOHN, his successor. Richard, d. at sea, unm. Lyonel, m. one of the daughters and co-heirs of Dr. Gould, a physician, and d. in January, 1722-3, at Sotterley, leaving issue. Thomas, d. unm. Caroline, m. to John Norris, gent. of Witton, in Anne. ter of John Felton, esq. of Worlingham, in Suffolk, and niece of Sir John Feltoun, bart. and had several children, of whom, however, only two survived to maturity, viz. JOHN, his heir, who m. first, Anne-Caroline, dau. JOHN, successor to his grandfather. Elizabeth, m. in 1758, to John Norris, esq. of Mr. Playters, who d. before his father, m. se- WILLIAM-JOHN, who succeeded as tenth ba CREATED 15th June, 1732. EXTINCT 14th Oct. 1768. Lineage. WILLIAM PLEY DELL, esq. of Coleshill, in the county of Berks, b. about the year 1425, d. in 1495, seized of lands in Berkshire and the adjoining counties. He was interred in the church of Coleshill, with his wife, Isabella, under the directions of his will, dated 6th November, 1494, and registered in the prerogative office. His son and heir, THOMAS PLEYDELL, esq. d. in 1527, possessed of a considerable estate, (the appraisement of his moveables only, made 9th October, 1527, amounting to £353. 7s. a large sum for those times,) and was interred, with TII. SIR JOHN PLAYTERS, who m. Elizabeth, daugh- Agnes, his wife, in a chapel, (which, for that purpose, He d. in 1699, and was s. by his eldest son, he had caused to be erected on the south side of the church of Coleshill,) called in his will, "the new chapel of the salutation of our blessed ladie," and, by him, amongst other donations, endowed with ten marks yearly to a priest, to sing and pray for his soul, and the souls of his family. The probate to his will, is under the seals of Thomas, Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop of York and Legate; and William Warham, Archbishop of Canterbury. He had (with two daughters, Rose, wife of Ambrose Champneys, esq. of Frome Selwood, and Elizabeth,) a son and successor, WILLIAM PLEYDELL, esq. of Coleshill, who m. Agnes, daughter and co-heir of Robert Reason, esq. of Corf Castle, in the county of Dorset, by whom he had, 1. TOBIAS, his heir, m. Eleonora, daughter of John Yate, of Buckland, Berks, and was seized of the manor, town and hundred of Farringdon, in that county, which he had purchased of Sir Francis Englefield, and the said John Yate, where he and his wife lie interred under a handsome monument, in the chancel. He d. 18th October, 1583. 11. GABRIEL, of Midgehill, Wilts. His grand son, SIR CHARLES PLEYDELL, of Midgehill knight- EDMUND MORTON PLEYDELL, esq. of Milbourne, M.P. for the county of Dorset, who m. Deborah, daughter of William Kuffen, esq. and died in 1754, leaving issue. III. THOMAS, of Shrivenham. CHARLOTTE-LOUISA PLEYDELL, became She was mother of RICHARD and PLEY DELL GODDARD, successively of Swindon, see BURKE's Commoners, vol. iv. p. 326. ↑ By Margaret, his wife, daughter of Sir Humphrey Edward, of Crickdale, in Wiltshire, whose great grandson and successor, (after his son and grandson bearing the same christian name,) Edward Pleydell, of Crickland, M.P. for that borough, m. Annabella, daughter of the Right Honourable Sir John Ernle, of Whet ham, in the same county, chancellor of the exchequer in the reigns of CHARLES IL JAMES II. and WILLIAM and MARY, and left an only son, Edward Pleydell, of Crickland, Berkshire. The elder son, JOHN PLEYDELL, esq. of Shrivenham, in Berkshire, m. Anne, daughter of Oliver Ashcomb, esq. of Lyford, in the same county, and dying 2nd August, 1635, was s. by his son, OLIVER PLEY DELL, esq. who d. in 1680, seized of the paternal estate above mentioned, and of several others in the counties of Berks, Gloucester, and Wilts. He had two sons (the younger died unr.) and several daughters, of the latter, Martha, m. Sir Rebert Brooke, bart. of Nacton, and Mary was the with of Thomas Goddard, esq. of Swindon. His son and heir, THOMAS PLEYDELL, esq. of Shrivenham, m. 16th February, 1666, MARY, only daughter of Sir George Pratt, bart.t and eventually sole heir of her brother. I SIR HENRY PRATT, OF COLESHILL, and had an only son, THOMAS, his heir. Mr. Pleydell d. in 1670, and Mary, his widow, carried into other families part of the estate which had descended to her from her grandfather, Sir Henry Pratt, but the residue vested absolutely in her mother, Dame Margaret Pratt, f some part of which, comprising the manors of Calshill, Coxwell, Magna, and Coxwell Parva, in the county of Berks; she died seized in 1608, together with the family seat of Coleshill, which she herse grandson and heir, had procured to be built, in 1650, by Inigo Jones. Her THOMAS PLEYDELL, esq. of Coleshill, m. first, in 1691, Jane, daughter of Sir Nicholas Stuart, bart. of Hartley Mauduit, in the county of Southampton, and had an only child, MARK-STUART, his heir. He m. secondly, Rachel, daughter of Michael Ernle. esq. of Brimslade Park, Wiltshire, and by her had Thomas-Forster, who d. unm. in 1731. Mr. Pleydell d. 2nd February, 1727, and was s. by his elder son, 1. MARK-STUART PLEYDELL, esq. of Coleshill, in the county of Berks, who was created a BARONET by King GEORGE II. 15th June, 1732. Sir Mark inherited the estates of this branch of his own family, and those specified above of the family of Pratt. He m. 14th Forster, bart. son of Sir William Forster, made a knight of the Bath 25th July, 1603, by Mary, his wife, one of the maids of honour to Queen ELIZABETH, dagber of Sir Mark Stuart, knt. of Stutney, in Cambridgeshire. January, 1719, Mary, daughter and sole heir of Robert Steuart, son of John Steuart, esq. of Ascoy, in Bute, and had an only daughter, HARRIET PLEYDELL, who m. 14th January, 1747-8, William, first EARL OF RADNOR, (his lordship's first wife,) and had an only child, JACOB, Viscount Folkstone, who, succeeding his father in 1765, became second Earl of Radnor, (refer to BURKE's Peerage and Ba ronetage.) Sir Mark Stuart Pleydell d. 14th October, 1768, aged seventy-five, when the BARONETCY EXPIRED; he devised his estates to his grandson, Lord Folkstone, and to other members of the family of Radnor, in remainder, directing that each inheritor, should, on his acression, adopt the surname of PLEydell-BouveriE. and is the present Robert Plumer Ward, esq. of Gilston Park. (See BURKE'S Commoners, vol. i. p. 71.) Catherine, wife of Thomas Byde, esq. The second son, WILLIAM PLUMER, esq. of Blakesware, M.P. for Herts, m. in 1731, Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Byde, esq. of Ware Park, and dying in 1767, was s. by his son, WILLIAM PLUMER, esq. M. P. for Herts, who m. first, Frances Dorothy, daughter of Lucius, fifth Lord Falkland; and secondly, his cousin, Jane, daughter of the Hon. and Rev. George Hamilton, D. D. but d. s. p. in 1822, having devised his estates to his widow, who conveyed them to her last husband, ROBERT WARD, esq. 11. Edmund, of London, d. 14th August, 1624. III. THOMAS. The third son, THOMAS PLOMER, esq. m. a daughter of Mr. Alderman Elwais, of London, and dying at Mitcham, in Surrey, in 1639, was s. by his son, I. WALTER PLOMER, esq. of the Inner Temple, who was created a BARONET in 1660-1. He died unm. 26th April, 1697, aged seventy-seven, when the title became EXTINCT. Arms-Per chev. flory and counterflory arg. and sa. three martlets counterchanged. POLE. Lineage. WILLIAM PLOMER, citizen of London, who died 15th March, 1607, left by his wife, a daughter of Robert de a Cree, three sons, viz. I. JOHN, of London, who m. Audrey, daughter of John Page, esq. of Harrow, Middlesex, and dying in 1608, left, by her, who wedded, secondly, Sir Robert Bennett, of Windsor, a daughter, Elizabeth, wife of Walter Vaughan, of Moccas, and a son, JOHN PLUMER, esq. of New Windsor, Berks, who m. Anne, daughter of Philip Gerrard, esq. and was s. by his son, JOHN PLUMER, esq. of Blakesware, Herts, WALTER, M.P. died in 1746. Anne, m. James Hamilton, Lord Pais- James, eighth Earl of Abercorn. John, great-grandfather of James, present Marquess of Abercorn. George, in holy orders, a canon of Windsor, whose daughter, Jane, m. first, William Plumer, esq. of Gilston Park; secondly, Richard John Lewin, esq. R. N.; and thirdly, Robert Ward, esq. who assumed the surname of Plumer, This was a branch of the family of POLE, of Shute, in the county of Devon. SIR JOHN POLE, third baronet, of Shute, m. Anne, youngest daughter of Sir William Morrice, knt. of Werrington, in the county of Devon, one of the principal secretaries of state to King CHARLES II, and had surviving issue, WILLIAM (Sir), who, at the decease of his father, John, an officer in the army, d. unm. in 1710. Ureth, m. to Sir John Trevelyan, bart. *The BARONETCY of Shute being still extant, refer to BURKE's Peerage and Baronetage, for the earlier descents. REGINALD POLE, esq. of Stoke Damarele, in the county of Devon, who m. Anne, second daughter of John Francis Buller, esq. of Morval, in Cornwall, and had issue, 1. REGINALD, who inherited the estates of the Carew family, and assuming the additional surname and arms of Carew, became (having been sworn of the privy council) the Right Hon. REGINALD POLE CAREW, of Anthony, (see BURKE'S Commoners, vol. i. p. 559.) 11. CHARLES-MORICE. III. Edward. 1. Anne, m. to Charles, first Lord Somers. 11. Sarab, m. to Henry-Hippisley Coxe, esq. and d. s. p. The second son, 1. SIR CHARLES-MORRICE POLE, K. C. B. and admiral of the red, of Aldenham Abbey, Herts, was created a BARONET 12th September, 1801. He m. 8th June. 1792, Henrietta, daughter of John Goddard, esq. of Woodford Hall, in the county of Essex, and niece of Henry Hope, esq. of Amsterdam, and by that lady had two daughters, viz. HENRIETTA-MARIA-SARAH, m. in August, 1821, to Sir Charles died 6th September, 1830, when the BA SIR LEWIS POLLARD, knt. (son of Robert Pollard, second son of John Pollard, of Way), born in 1465, entering at the Middle Temple, devoted himself to the study of the law, with so much success, that in 20 JAMES I. he was called to the degree of serjeant, and in 1515 constituted one of the judges of the Common Pleas. "In this honourable office," says Prince," he continued for many years, until age and the consequent infirmities thereof, sued out his quietus est." The same author thus continues: "This high and great trust of a judge (an higher than which is hardly found upon earth, the lives and livelyhoods of men being therein concern'd) Sir Lewis Pollard executed with great faithfulness and expectation; the fragrant odour whereof perfumes his memory unto this day." Sir Lewis acquired by his profession a considerable fortune, and purchased the estate of King's Nympton, in Devon, where he erected a stately mansion, and enclosed a large park. He married Agnes, daughter of Thomas Hext, esq. of Kingston, in the parish of Staverton, and had by her eleven sons and as many daughters. Four of the sons attained the honour of knighthood, Sir Hugh, Sir John, Sir Richard, and Sir George, who "won his title by his stout defence of Bulloin in France;" all the others, especially John. archdeacon of Barnstaple and canon of Exeter, were well advanced. The daughters intermarried with the first families in the county; the eldest becoming the wife of Sir Hugh Stukely, of Affton; the second, of Sir Hugh Courtenay, of Powderham; the third, of Sir Hugh Pawlet, of Stamford Peveril; and the fourth, of Sir John Crocker, of Lineham. The judge's son, SIR HUGH POLLARD, knt. of King's Nympton, m. Elizabeth, daughter and heir of John Valletort, esq. of St. Laurence Clist, in Devon, and was s. by his son. SIR LEWIS POLLARD, knt. of King's Nympton, an eminent lawyer, who was Lent reader of the Middle Temple 1 EDWARD VI. and recorder of the city of Exeter 2nd of the same reign. He subsequently obtained the coif of serjeant. His son and successor, SIR HUGH POLLARD, knt. of King's Nympton, was father of 1. LEWIS POLLARD, esq. of King's Nympton, who was created a BARONET 31st May, 1627. He married Margaret, daughter of Sir Henry Berkeley, kat. and was s. by his son, II. SIR HUGH POLLARD, of King's Nympton. "Sir Hugh," says Prince, "was a gentleman of a noble mind, that no way degenerated from his ancestors; being magnificently hospitable to all persons who came to his house, either occasionally or by invitation. Is the time of our late unhappy wars, he adhered (ac cording to the obligations of honour and conscience; to the interest of oppressed royalty; and both by his purse and person endeavoured to support the tottering cause of his dear parents, his mother the church, and his father the king. He was content to hazard all for their sakes, and to stand or fall with them. During the late civil wars he served his majesty in the field. and became governor of Dartmouth (a port of great importance), in his own country, when garrisoned for the king; and afterward, in time of peace, served his son, King CHARLES II. of gracious memory, in the court, being made by him comptroller of his household. When the garrison of Dartmouth was attacked by the parliamentarians, this gentleman, the governer, with many other honourable persons of this country then there, made at first a resolute and vigorous de fence; and at length, the place not being tenable. surrendered upon good articles, when most of the commanders returned to their own homes. Seme time after this, when the best cause and the best king fell by the sins of all and the hands of some, Sir Hugh Pollard, able to yield distressed majesty ne farther service for the present, retired to his house at Nympton Regis, where he spent the remainder of his fortunes in hospitality among his friends and neighbours; on which a witty poet in his time thas rhymed: -at Nimton Regis Where th'one drinks and t'other pledges." Sir Hugh married, first, Bridget, Countess Dowager of Berkshire, daughter of Edward, seventeenth Earl of Oxford, and had an only daughter. He sold King's Nympton to Sir Arthur Northcote, bart. and from the Northcotes it was purchased by James Buller, esq. Sir Hugh Pollard died in 1667, and was s. by his brother, III. SIR AMYAS POLLARD, who inherited but very little, if any, of the ancient estate. He died un after 1693, and with him the BARONETCY became EXTINCT. Arms Arg. a chev. sa, between three escallops pu. This very ancient family, the stem of many eminent branches, took its surname from the lordship of Poole, in Wirrall hundred, in Cheshire, where, as Camden observes, they had lived honorably, and in a flourishing condition many years. Their patriarch, ROBERT PULL, alias POOLE, alias DE LA POOLE, Lord of Barretspoole, 8 EDWARD I. m. Elizabeth, daughter of Hugh de Raby, his great-grandson, another ROBERT DE PULL, m. the daughter and heir of Thonas de Capenhurst, and was s. by his son, SIR JOHN DE PULL, knt. living in 3 RICHARD II. 8 HENRY IV. and 3 HENRY V. who was father of THOMAS POOLE, of Poole, who m. by dispensation n 1425, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir William Stanley, Lat. of Hooton, and was s. by his son, THOMAS POOLE, of Poole, in Wirrall, living 7 HENIY VI. who, by a daughter of Mainwaring, had a son and heir, THOMAS POOLE, esq. who m. Matilda, daughter of Sir Edward Fitton, of Gawsworth, in Cheshire, and ad issue, THOMAS, d. v. p. and s. p. 23 HENRY VII. John, d. issueless. The fourth son, SIR WILLIAM POOLE, of Poole, was made sheriff of Cheshire, durante bene placito, in 16 HENRY VIII. be had to wife, Margaret, daughter of Thomas Hough, esq. of Leighton, and, by that lady, had a daughter, Matilda, m. first, to Sir Thomas Grosvenor, knt, and secondly, to Robert Fletcher, and a son and heir, THOMAS POOLE, esq. of Poole, who m. Mary, daughter of Sir John Talbot, knt. of Grafton, and had issue, JOHN, his heir. Ranulp, m. Eleanor, daughter of Sir Henry Thomas, m. Elizabeth, daughter of Lawrence Rope, Barnabas. Reginald, m. Cecily, daughter of the Rev. Matthew Wood, vicar of Webbenbury, and had issue. Maude, m. to John Culcheth, of Culcheth. Margaret, m. to James Skrymshire, esq. of Norbury Manor, in the county of Stafford. Bridget, or Bryttain, m. to Sir Thomas Stuart, knt. of Ely. He d. 5th December, 1618, and was s. by his grandson, JOHN POOLE, esq. of Poole. This gentleman m. Dorothy, daughter of Thomas Tyldesley, esq. of Morleys, in Lancashire, and dying in May, 1641, was s. by his elder son, JAMES POOLE, esq. of Poole, b. in 1603; who m. first, Catherine, daughter of Sir John Talbot, knt. of Grafton, in the county of Worcester; and secondly, Catherine, daughter of Sir John Pershall, bart. of Horsley, in the county of Stafford. By the latter he had a daughter, Margaret, who died unm. He died himself of wounds received at the siege of Chester in 1643, and was buried at Namptwich, in Cheshire. Leaving no male issue, he was s. by his brother, THOMAS POOLE, esq. This gentleman m. first, Dorothy, daughter of John ap Meredith Vychan, esq. of Merionethshire, and had by her a son JAMES, his heir. He wedded secondly, Ellen, daughter of Francis Draycott, esq. but by that lady (who m. after his decease Sir Edward Mostyn, bart. of Talacre) he had no issue. He was s. by his son, JAMES POOLE, esq. of Poole, who m. Mary, sister of Sir Edward Mostyn, bart. of Talacre, by her (who m. secondly, Sir William Gerard, bart.) had three sons, Benjamin, of London, who d. in January, 1656, leaving by Margaret, his wife, daughter of Anthony Lowther, esq. of Cleveland, a daughter and heir, who m. John Nicol, esq. of Minchenden, in Middlesex, and was mother of a daughter and heiress, m. to James, Duke of Chandos. JAMES, his heir. WILLIAM, m. Mrs. Hesketh, of Birchley, in Lancashire, and had issue, WILLIAM, receiver general of the Stamp Of fice, m. first, Grace, sister of Thomas Pelham, esq. of Stanmer Place, Sussex; and secondly, Dorothea, daughter of the Rev. Daniel Walter, vicar of Cuck field, in Sussex, and prebendary of Chichester. By the latter he had, with two daughters, Henrietta, and Grace, wife of Thomas Sanden, M.D. of Chichester, a son, HENRY, who inherited the baronetcy in 1804. Edward, M. D. The second son, 1. JAMES POOLE, esq. of Poole, who was created a baronet 25th October, 1677, with remainder, default of his own male issue, to his brother William, and his issue male. Sir James m. first, Anne, daughter of Thomas Eyre, esq. of Hassop, in Derbyshire, and by her had |