had, with six daughters, a son, WILLIAM, (Sir), his heir; and thirdly, a daughter of Sir Edmund Wynd. ham, by whom he had no issue. His only son,

L. SIR WILLIAM POPE, b, at Wroxton in 1573, was made a knight of the Bath in 1603, and created a BARONET in 1611, being then styled of Wilcote. In 1629, he was raised to the peerage of Ireland, as Baron of Belturbet, and EARL of DoWNE. His lordship m. in 1595, Anne, daughter of Sir Owen Hopton, lieutenant of the Tower of London, and relict of Henry, Lord Wentworth, of Nettlested, and had, with a daughter who died unm. two sons, namely,

WILLIAM (Sir), knt. b. at Wroxton in 1596, who m.
Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Sir Thomas Wat-
son, knt. of Halstead, in Kent, and by her, who
wedded secondly, Sir Thomas Peneystone, bart.
of Cornwell, in Oxfordshire, left at his decease,
v. p. in 1624, with two daughters, three sons,
THOMAS, Successor to his grandfather.
John, b. in 1623. Mr. Warton, inadver-
William, b. in 1624. Stently, puts the suppo-

sition that one of these was grandfather of
Alexander Pope, the poet. From the cir-
cumstance that their brother Thomas, se-
cond Earl of Downe, was successor to the
title by his uncle, it is clear that these two
gentlemen must have died without legiti-
mate male issue.

THOMAS, who succeeded his nephew as third earl. The Earl of Downe died 2nd July, 1631, and was bued at Wroxton, under an alabaster monument of ly workmanship, made by the famous Nicholas tone, on which appear the recumbent figures of himelf and his wife, large as life. His grandson and accessor,

11. SIR THOMAS POPE, second Earl of Downe, b. at Cogges in 1622, an active royalist during the civil war, who m. Lucy, daughter of John Dutton, esq. of Sherborne, and had an only daughter and heir,

ELIZABETH, M. first, to Sir Francis Henry Lee, bart. of Quarenden, Bucks; and secondly, to Robert, Earl of Lindsey.

His lordship died at Oxford, 28th December, 1660, and was s. by his uncle,

III. SIR THOMAS POPE, third Earl of Downe, b. at Aroxton in 1598, who had been knighted at Woodtock in 1625. He married in 1636 Beata, daughter of Sir Henry Poole, of Saperton, in Gloucestershire, and mad issue to survive him,

THOMAS, his heir.

ANNE, b. in 1637, m. to Sir Edward Boughton, bart. of Lawford, but d. s. p.

BEATA, b. in 1639, m. in 1668, to Sir William Soames, bart. of Thurlowe, in Suffolk, but died s. p.

• This match, we are informed by Roger North's life, was produced by that of her sister, with Mr. Soame, hose seat, at Thurlowe, was about four miles from the esidence of the North family, at Catlage. For, on that vent, the grave Countess of Downe, as the custom was, ttended the new married couple to their habitation, and made some stay there, during which time the visits of joy ame in; and amongst the rest, the family from Catlage made their appearance; and the countess and her daugher, in due time, made their return, which happened to e when Sir Francis North was there. His mother laid er eyes upon the eldest unmarried daughter, and when bey were gone, turned about and said, Upon my life lady would make a good wife for my son Frank." Mort, at the next visit, by the consent of her son, she moved it to the countess, who consented that Sir Francis night make his advances. Her fortune was then £14,000. he marriage took place, and there were great feastings

FRANCES, b. in 1647, m. in 1671, to Sir Francis
North, the celebrated Lord Keeper, and died in
1678, leaving issue.

FINETTA, m. in 1674, to Robert Hyde, esq. son of
Alexander Hyde, Bishop of Salisbury.

His lordship died 11th January, 1667, was buried at
Wroxton, and succeeded by his son,

IV. SIR THOMAS POPE, fourth Earl of Downe, who survived his father little more than four months, and died 18th May, 1663, when all his honours, including the BARONETCY, EXPIRED; his sisters being his coheirs. Wroxton is now the seat of the EARL OF GUILFORD, the descendant of the third.

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So early as the reign of EDWARD I. the Portmans appear to have been persons of distinction in the county of Somerset; at that period

THOMAS PORTMAN flourished, and bore a coat armour, which he derived from his grandfather, the same ever afterwards borne by the family. His lineal descendant,

WILLIAM PORTMAN, settled at Taunton, in the time of HENRY IV. and was a liberal benefactor to the priory there, where he was buried. His son and heir, WILLIAM PORTMAN, m. Christian, daughter and heir of William Orchard, of Orchard, and was s. by his

son,

JOHN PORTMAN, esq. who d. in 1521, leaving a son and heir,

SIR WILLIAM PORTMAN, knt. an eminent lawyer temp. HENRY VIII. who became one of the judges of the Common Pleas, and afterwards lord chief justice of England. His lordship died in 1555, and was interred in St. Dunstan's church, London, where a monument was erected to his memory. He was s. by his son,

SIR HENRY PORTMAN, knt. of Orchard-Portman,

and jollities in the neighbourhood. It was a cavalier country, and the Popes eminent sufferers for their loyalty in the late wars; and his lordship having the like character, and being known to be an obliging, as well as a flourishing loyalist, there was scarce a family which did not shew all respect imaginable to the new married folks, by visits, invitations, and festival rejoicing. So that it was about three weeks before Sir Francis could clear himself of these well intended importunities.... But after he had enjoyed all possible happiness with his wife for about three years, it was not a little curtailed by the bitterness poured into his cup by her sickness, which began about 1674, and at last brought her to her grave. He took a house for her at Hammersmith, for the advantage of better air, but at length the distemper proceeded from bad to worse; and he went down with her to Wroxton, where she died, 15th November, 1678.

who m. Jane, daughter of Thomas Michell, esq. and dying in 1590, was s. by his son,

1. JOHN PORTMAN, esq. of Orchard Portman, who was created a BARONET 25th November, 1612. Sir John m. Anne, daughter of Sir Henry Gifford, knt. and had issue,

HENRY, heir to his father.

JOHN, beir to his brother.

HUCH (Sir).

WILLIAM, who s. as fourth baronet.

JOAN, M. to George Speke, esq. of Whitelackington, and had an only daughter,

PHILIPPA SPEKE, who m. Edward Berkeley, esq. of Pylle, and left a son,

EDWARD BERKELEY, esq. of Pylle, who m. Elizabeth, daughter of John Ryves, esq. and had, (with another son, who died s. p.)

WILLIAM BERKELEY, of whom hereafter, as heir to the PORTMANS. ANNE, m. to Sir Edward Seymour, of Bury Pomeroy Castle, in the county of Devon, and had issue from her eldest son, EDWARD SEYMOUR, the Dukes of Somerset derive; and to the fifth, HENRY SEYMOUR, we shall have to revert presently.

Elizabeth, m. to John Bluet, esq. of Holcombe.
Grace, d. unm.

Sir John d. 4th December, 1612, and was s. by his eldest son,

11. SIR HENRY PORTMAN, who m. Lady Anne Stanley, daughter of William, Earl of Derby, but died issueless in February, 1624, when he was s. by his brother,

III. SIR JOHN PORTMAN, who d. unm. in 1632, and was s. by his only surviving brother,

IV. SIR WILLIAM PORTMAN, who m. Anne, daughter and co-heir of John Colles, esq. of Barton, in the county of Somerset, by Elizabeth, daughter and sole heir of Humphrey Wyndham, esq. of Wiveliscombe. He d. in 1646, and was s. by his son,

V. SIR WILLIAM PORTMAN, F.R.S. who was made a knight of the Bath by King CHARLES II. He married first, Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Sir John Cutler, bart.; secondly, Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Southcote, esq. of Buckland All Saints, in the county of Devon; and thirdly, Mary, daughter and heir of Sir John Holman, knt. but had no issue. He died in 1695, when the BARONETCY EXPIRED. Sir William devised Orchard Portman, with other estates to a large amount, to his cousin,

HENRY SEYMOUR, esq. who assumed in conse-
quence the surname of PORTMAN. He married
first, Penelope, daughter of Sir William Hasle-
wood, of Maidwell; and secondly, Meliora,
daughter of William Fitch, esq. of High Hall,
Dorsetshire, but died without issue, when the
property devolved, by further limitation, upon
another cousin of the last baronet's,
WILLIAM BERKELEY, esq. who then assumed the
surname of PORTMAN only. He married Anne,
daughter of Sir Edward Seymour, of Bury
Pomeroy, and was s. at his decease by his elder

son,

HENRY WILLIAM-BERKELEY PORTMAN, esq. of
Orchard Portman, the great-grandfather of

EDWARD BERKELEY PORTMAN, created
LORD PORTMAN in 1837. (See BURKE'S
Peerage and Baronetage.)

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This family, originally of the counties of Chester and Lancaster, removed into Norfolk in the sixteenth century.

JOHN POT, son of Roger, and grandson of Sir Wa liam Pot, had a grant of arms in the year 1583. He was of Lincoln's Inn, and married Catherine, daughter of Sir Philip Boteler, knt. of Wood Hall, Herts. whoss son and heir,

JOHN POTTS, esq. of Lincoln's Inn, m. Anne, daugòter and co-heir of John Dodge, esq. of Mannington, by whom (who survived him and died in 1642, he left two sons, viz.

JOHN, his heir.

Charles, a bencher of the Middle Temple, died at an advanced age, leaving by Anne, his wife, daughter of Nathaniel Wright, of London, mérchant, an only daughter,

ANNE, m. to Sir William Villers, knt. of Bedford Row, in the county of Middlesex.

The elder son,

1. SIR JOHN POTTS, knt. of Mannington, in the county of Norfolk, was created a BARONET 14th An gust, 1641. Sir John was elected to parliament by his native county in 1640, and was one of the secluded inembers who was restored, and nominated one of the number which brought in King CHARLES II. in 1500. "He was obliged," says an old writer, in the time ef the Court of Wards, "to marry a daughter of Goodsill, esq. a favourite at court, with a small f tune;" by her he had three daughters, one of whẩm : m. James Scambler, esq. of Woollerton, in Norfolk Sir John m. secondly, Ursula, daughter of Sir Henry Willoughby, knt. of Risley, in the county of Derby, and widow of Spelman, esq. of Narborough, in Norfolk. By that lady he had (with a daughter, married to Beddingfeld of Ditchingham) three sons, viz.

Susan, m. to Matthew Long, esq. of Dunston, in Norfolk.

e d. aged seventy, 14th October, 1711, and was s. his son,

IV. SIR ALGERNON POTTS, who m. Frances, daughter id co-heir of Calibut, of Sahum-Tony, and relict Thomas Crane, of Norwich, merchant, but d. s. p. ith September, 1716, and was s. by his brother, V. SIR CHARLES POTTS, merchant of London, who first, Elizabeth, only sister of William Newman, 4. of Baconsthorp, in Norfolk; and secondly, ary, daughter of Thomas Smith, of London, merant. He died, however, without issue, aged fiftyx, 14th January, 1731-2, when the BARONETCY beme EXTINCT. His widow survived until 1736, and ter her death the manor of Mannington was sold to e Hon. Horatio Walpole.

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Powell, of EWHURST.

James, d. unm.

CHRISTOPHER, heir to his elder brother.
Nathaniel, who left no issue.

He m. secondly, Frances, daughter of Sir Philip Stapleton, knt. of Wighill, in the county of York, and by that lady had three other sons. The two younger d. s. p.; the eldest,

Leonard, m. Margaret, daughter of Sir Francis Lawley, bart. of Canall, in the county of Stafford, by whom (who surviving him, m. secondly, Sir Nathan Wright, bart. of Southall, Middlesex,) he left two sons and a daughter. Sir Nathaniel died about the year 1707, and was s. by his grandson,

III. SIR NATHANIEL POWELL, who d. unm. in 1708, and was s. by his only surviving brother,

IV. SIR CHRISTOPHER POWELL, M. P. for Kent in 1734, who m. in 1728, Miss Newington, but died without issue, 5th July, 1742, when the BARONETCY EXPIRED. The trustees of his widow sold his estate at Boughton Monchensie to Mr. John Briscoe, of London, who alienated it, in 1771, to Willshire Emmett, esq. high sheriff of Kent in 1774.

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JOHN AP HOWELL, esq. of Ednor, in the county Salop, m. Rose, sister of William Crowder, esq. of nighton, in Radnorshire, and was father of

Meredith Powell, esq. of Brampton-Ralf, in the unty of Somerset, who m. Alice, daughter of John affin, of Culhampton, Devon, and left a son and

ur,

1. NATHANIEL POWELL, esq. of Ewhurst, in Sussex, ad Boughton Monchensy, in Kent, who was created BARONET by King CHARLES II. 10th May, 1661. Sir athaniel m. Sarah, daughter of William Muddle, q. of Ewhurst, and had issue,

NATHANIEL, his heir, who received the honour of knighthood.

Mary, m. to John Buck, esq.
Anne, m. to John Green, esq.
Katherine, m. to Thomas Gunston, esq.
Damaris, m. to Charles Fowkes, esq.

The baronet, who purchased the manor of King'serth, in Kent, from Sir John Baker, in the time of BARLES I. d. in March, 1674-5, and was s. by his

II. SIR NATHANIEL POWELL, who m, first, Elizabeth, ughter of Sir Robert Barnham, bart. of Boughtononchensy, and had, with a daughter, two sons, viz. BARNHAM, his heir, who died in the lifetime of his father, leaving by his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of James Clitherow, esq. of Boston House, Middlesex, three sons, namely,

NATHANIEL, successor to his grandfather.

Lineage.

THOMAS POWELL, esq. married, temp. Queen ELIZABETH, Alice, eldest daughter and co-heir of Ralph Worseley, esq. of Chester, grantee of the dissolved priory of Birkenhead, Cheshire, and thus acquired that estate. He was s. by his son,

THOMAS POWELL, esq. of Horsley, in Denbighshire, and of Birkenhead, Cheshire, who m. Dorothy, daughter of Morris Wynne, esq. of Gwydir, and was father of

I. THOMAS POWELL, esq. of Horsley and Birkenhead, who was created a BARONET in 1629. He m. Katherine, daughter of Sir John Egerton, of Egerton and Oulton, in Cheshire, by Margaret, his wife, daughter of Sir Rowland Stanley, knt. of Hooton, and by her (who was born in 1584,) had one son and one daughter, viz. JOHN, who m. Margaret, daughter of Edward Puleston, esq. of Allington, and dying v. p. December, 1642, left with a daughter, Catherine, wife of Rossendale of Wrexham, a son,

THOMAS, successor to his grandfather.
Frances, m. first, to Edward Norreys, esq. of
Speke, in Lancashire; and secondly, to John
Edwards, esq. of Hansty.

Sir Thomas was s. by his grandson,

II. SIR THOMAS POWELL, of Horsley and Birkenhead, b. in 1631, who married first, Mary, daughter of William Conway, esq. of Bodryddan, in Carnarvonshire, and bad by her a son,

EDWARD POWELL, esq. of Pengethly, in the county of Hereford, one of the masters of the requests, son and heir of Edmund Powell, esq. of Fulham, in Middlesex, and of Pengethly, was created a BARONET 18th January, 1621-2. He m. Mary, daughter of Sir Peter Vanlore, knt. but died without issue at his manor of Munster House, Middlesex, in 1653, when the title became EXTINCT. He bequeathed his estates to his nephew,

1. WILLIAM HINSON, of Pengethly, who assumed the surname and arms of PoWELL, and was created a BARONET 23rd January, 1660-1. He m. first, Mary, daughter and heir of John Pearle, esq. of Aconbury, in Herefordshire, and relict of Sir John Brydges, bart. of Wilton Castle; and secondly, Katherine, daughter of Dr. Richard Zouch, judge of the Admiralty, but died without male issue in 1680-1, when the second creation also became EXTINCT. Sir William left an only daughter and heir,

MARY, who m. Sir John Williams, bart. of Eltham, in Kent, and their youngest daughter and coheir,

PENELOPE WILLIAMS, marrying Thomas Sy-
monds, esq. of Sugwass, in Herefordshire,
conveyed Pengethly to her husband. Their
great grandson is the present

THOMAS-POWELL SYMONDS, esq. of Pen-
gethly, b. in December, 1788, who m.
in 1816, Elizabeth, youngest daughter
of Abraham-Holden Turner, esq. of
Hendon, and has two sons,
THOMAS-POWELL, b. in 1817.
William-Turville, b. in 1818.

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This ancient family was seated at Preston Richard and Preston Patrick, in the county of Westmoreland, from time immemorial; but the first of the family upon record was,

RICHARD DE PRESTON, who was possessed of thos lordships temp. HENRY II. His successor,

SIR RICHARD DE PRESTON, was witness to dirers grants of lands in Lancashire by Sir John le Fleminge with Sir William de Furness and others: he was also witness to a grant and confirmation of lands in Presi ton, Holme, and Hutton, by William de Lancaster the third to Patric, grandson of Gospatric, trap, HENRY III. His son and heir,

RICHARD DE PRESTON, was one of the jurors en the