WALTER ROBERTHE, esq. who, in the year 1472, aused the same to be pulled down, and the next year rected, at the charge of eighteen hundred pounds, anther moated house in the valley of Glassenbury and arish of Cranebrook, which ever afterwards connued the abode of the family. This Walter became ossessed of the whole estate by the death of his broer Stephen, who died without issue. He was a peron much famed for his eminent qualifications and ospitality, as also for adhering to the Lancastrian terest, by which he became a great sufferer during e rule of RICHARD III. Having concealed Sir John uldeford in his house at Glassenbury, where that erson was seized by Sir Edward Stanley and Sir ohn Savage, he was attainted of treason, his lands ized, and forced himself to abscond until the acceson of HENRY VII. when he was restored to his posessions. In the 4th of that reign he had a grant from be crown to impark six hundred acres of land and ne thousand acres of wood in Cranebrook, Gowdeurst, and Ticehurst, in the counties of Kent and ussex; as also that he and his heirs should have free Farren in all his lands and woods, and fishing in his aters, in the parishes aforesaid, with all liberties and anchisements in such cases granted. He was sheriff f the county of Kent in the same year, and having ved under six kings, HENRY VI. EDWARD IV. EDARD V. RICHARD III. HENRY VII. and HENRY VIII. eparted this life at more than eighty years of age, .D. 1522. This Walter m. first, 23rd October, 1463, fargaret, daughter and heir of John Penn, esq. of Jenn's Place, Herts; secondly (his first wife dying th May, 1480), Isabel, daughter of Sir John Culpeper, at.; and thirdly, Alice, daughter of Richard Naylor, 4. and widow of Lord Abergavenny: by those ladies ie had no less than thirty children. His son and WALTER, his heir. Thomas, who died in 1567. John, ancestor of the Roberts of Borzell Ticehurst, and Stone House, Warbleton, Sussex. Mary, m. to Thomas Cheney, of Woodley. Jane, m. first, to Richard Burston; and secondly, to Richard Love. Dying in 1557, he was s. by his son, WALTER ROBERTES, esq. of Glassenbury, who marned Frances, daughter of Mr. Alderman John Maycard, of London (which lady was born when the Emperor CHARLES V. visited England, and had the honour The name was at different times written RoOBERTES, ROBERTES, ROBERD, ROBERT, ROBERTHE, and Ro BERTS. There were successively from WILLIAM ROOKHERST, las ROBERTS, thirteen esquires of the name and progeny dwelt in the parishes of Gondherst and Cranebrook *the year 1509, when Thomas Roberts, esq. of Glassenbry, erected a plain monument of black marble in the tancel of the church of Cranebrook, with an inscription Frances, m. first, to John Hooper, esq. of Stock- Anne, m. to Thomas Crisp, esq. of Goudhurst. Sir Thomas is described as " hospitable without excess, and charitable without ostentation." It is farther stated, that" in all other respects he shewed himself a prudent and judicious gentleman, a lover of his country, and a good Christian; he valued the memory of his ancestors, and bore in his mind their good actions, as well as the care they had taken in preserving the estate entire for many generations; whereupon, in the year 1599, he caused an inscription to be set up in the church of Cranebrook, containing a memorial of his family, that his posterity, having it always before their eyes, might be induced to imitate their example, and preserve the credit and repute his forefathers had lived in." He d. 21st February, 1627, and was s. by his son, II. SIR WALTER ROBERTS, who was knighted by King JAMES at Greenwich 7th May, 1624. This gentleman augmented his estate by marrying Margaret, daughter and heir of George Roberts, esq. of Brenchley, in Kent, and had five sons and three daughters, but none of them survived him. His eldest son, THOMAS, m. Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Sir Matthew Howland, knt. and dying 23rd January, 1638, left two sons, viz. HOWLAND, who succeeded his grandfather as third baronet. Walter, who assumed the name of HowWLAND on inheriting the estate of Bristow Causey, in Surrey, from his mother's family. He m. Elizabeth, daughter of Nutting, esq. of Cambridge, but leaving no issue, his pos sessions devolved upon his nephew, Sir Thomas Roberts. Sir Walter was s. at his decease by his grandson, III. SIR HOWLAND ROBERTS, who m. Bridget, daughter of Sir Robert Jocelyn, knt. of Hyde Hall, in Hertfordshire, and had issue, thereon setting forth the descent of his family as here related. Of whom the following, mentioned in his will, sarvived to maturity: THOMAS, his eldest son, Clement, John, William, George, Edmund, and Martin; Elizabeth Hendley, Mary St.-Nicholas, Joan Horden, Elizabeth Tukke, Joan Leed, Dorothy St. Nicholas. On those and their heirs male he entails his estates, remainder to William Ashburnham, of Ashburnham, and his heirs male. Bridget, b. in 1657; m. 5th October, 1675, to Edmund Trench, of London. Elizabeth, b. in 1661, d. young. Dorothy, b. in 1662, after the decease of her father; m. to John Spence, esq. of Malling, in Sussex. Sir Howland d. in November, 1661, aged twenty-seven, and was s. by his elder son, IV. SIR THOMAS ROBERTS, b. 2nd December, 1658, who was returned knight for the county of Kent in 1691, and again 7 WILLIAM III. He m. 31st May, 1683, Jane, daughter and co-heir of Sir John Beale, bart. of Farningham, in Kent, and had issue, THOMAS, his successor. WALTER, heir to his brother. Jane, b. 5th April, 1684; m. Samuel Trench, of Edmund Trench, who d. in 1725. Sir Thomas d. 20th November, 1706, in the forty-eighth year of his age, and was s. by his son, V. SIR THOMAS ROBERTS, b. 27th June, 1689. This gentleman m. in 1714, Elizabeth, only daughter and heir of Samuel Newbery, citizen of London, but died s. p. 5th January, 1729-30 (his lady died 30th July, 1727), and was s. by his brother, VI. SIR WALTER ROBERTS, who m. in 1726, Elizabeth, only daughter and heir of William Slaughter, esq. of Rochester, and had by her, who died 15th July, 1744, two daughters, viz. ELIZABETH, who died in 1743, aged sixteen. Sir Walter died 7th July, 1745, when the BARONETCY Thomas Burnaby, of Watford, in Northampton shire, and had issue. Edmund, d. unm. Katherine, m. to Ciampenti Haliano, an Italian Elizabeth, m. to Mr. Windoner, proctor of civi law. Mary, d. unm. The eldest son, FRANCIS ROBERTS, esq. of Willesdon, m. Mary, el! est daughter and co-heir of John Barne, second sen of Sir George Barne, knt. lord mayor of London, and had issue, BARNE, who m. Mary, daughter of Sir William Glover, knt, alderman of London, and dying v. p. 30th January, 1610, left issue, Barne, b. in 1605, d. at Eton College. WILLIAM, successor to his grandfather. Anne, m. to Dr. King, M.D. of St. Albans, and was mother of Sir John King, kat. Robert, rector of Hinksworth, Herts, d. 11th May, 1636. Frances, m. to Richard Franklyn, esq. and was mother of Sir John Franklyn, knt. M.P. for Middlesex in four parliaments. Jane, m. first, to Sir Thomas Glover, knt. of London; and secondly, to George Purefoy, esq. Elizabeth, m. to Sir J. Saunders. Francis Roberts died in 1631, and was 8. by his grand son, 1. WILLIAM ROBERTS, esq. of Willesdon, b. in 1685, who, during the civil conflicts of the reign of CHARLEY I. sided with the parliament, and was one of the com missioners appointed to try the ill-fated monarch. By CROMWELL he was called to the upper house in 1657, and after the restoration created a BARONET. BY Eleanor, his first wife, daughter and heir of Robert Atye, esq. of Kilbourne, in Middlesex, Sir William had issue, WILLIAM, his heir, Thomas, baptized 6th July, 1645, who had two sons and five daughters, namely, WILLIAM, who s. as fourth baronet. Judith, who was married. Eleanor, wife of the Rev. T. Knight, curata of Willesdon. Mary, m. to the Rev. William Hawkins, vicat Elizabeth, m. to Thomas Lander, of London. Francis, baptized 29th November, 1646. Mary, m. 27th June, 1649, to Thomas Harrison, esq. of South Mimms. Anne, m. to John Nelthorpe, esq. of Willesdon Jane, m. to Samuel Gibbs, esq. of Stoke Neyland, Suffolk. Frances, baptized 8th March, 1635-6. Elizabeth, baptized 22nd September, 1639. Eleanor, m. 16th November, 1654, to Luke Cord well, esq. Sir William d, in September, 1602, and was s. by han son, 11. SIR WILLIAM ROBERTS, of Willesdon, baptised 24th June, 1638, who died 8th March, 1087, leaving a son and successor, III. SIR WILLIAM ROBERTS, of Willesdon, at whoe decease unmarried 18th May, 1608, aged thirty min the title passed to his cousin, IV. SIR WILLIAM ROBERTS, of Willesdon, who a Elizabeth, daughter of Francis, Lord Howard of The son and successor, IV. SIR WILLIAM-CHARLES COLYEAR, third earl, m. in 1770, Mary, second daughter of John, eighth Earl of Rothes, by whom he left issue, THOMAS-CHARLES, the present earl. William, lieutenant colonel in the army, and equerry to the Duke of Cumberland, died s. p. Catherine-Caroline, m. 9th October, 1810, to Joseph Brecknell, esq. His lordship d. in 1823, and was s. by his son, V. SIR THOMAS-CHARLES COLYEAR, fourth Earl of Portmore, who m. first, 26th May, 1793, Lady MaryElizabeth Bertie, only child of Brownlow, fifth Duke of Ancaster, by whom, who died in 1797, he had a son, BROWNLOW-CHARLES, who inherited the great personal property of his grandfather, the Duke of Ancaster, at the decease of that nobleman in 1809, but died at Rome, in 1819, of wounds received from a banditti. The earl wedded, secondly, 6th September, 1828, Frances, youngest daughter of William Murrells, esq. His lordship d. 18th January, 1835, when all his honours including the BARONETCY, became EXTINCT. Creations-Baronet, 20th February, 1677. Baron, 1st June, 1699. Earl, &c. 13th April, 1703. Arms-Gu. on a chevron between three wolves' heads, truncated and erased ar. as many oak trees, eradicated, ppr. fructed or. ROBINSON, OF NEWBY. Lineage. 1. ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, esq. (a descendant of the ancient family of Robertson, of Strowan, see BURKE'S Commoners,) was created a BARONET of England 20th February, 1677. He subsequently settled in Holland, acquired a considerable fortune there, and assumed the name of Colyear. Sir Alexander was s. at his decease by his elder son, 11. SIR DAVID COLYEAR, a military officer of high reputation, who distinguished himself in 1674, as commander of the Scots' regiment in the pay of the United States of Holland, and afterwards under the banner of the Prince of Orange, in the years 1689 and 1600, in Ireland. Sir David was elevated to the peerage of Scotland 1st June, 1699, by the title of Lard Portmore and Blackness; and created 13th April, 1703, Baron Colyear, Viscount Milsington, and EARL OF PORTMORE. The earl m. Katharine, only hild of Sir Charles Sidley, bart. of Southfield, in the county of Kent, (mistress to King JAMES II. by whom she had an only surviving daughter, Lady Catherine-Darnley, who m. first, James, Earl of Anglesea; and secondly, John Sheffield, Duke of Buckngham and Normanby,) who had been created 20th January, 1685, Baroness of Darlington and Countess of Dorchester, for life, with a pension of £5000 a year en the Irish establishment. His lordship d. in 1730, and was s. by his only surviving son, 111. SIR CHARLES COLYEAR, second earl, K.T. His lordship, m. in 1732, Juliana, daughter of Roger Hale, sq. and relict of Peregrine, third Duke of Leeds, and dying in 1785, left issue, WILLIAM-CHARLES, his heir. Juliana, m. Henry Dawkins, esq. of Sandlynch, and their son and heir, James Dawkins, esq. has assumed the surname of COLYEAR. WILLIAM ROBINSON, an eminent Hamburgh merchant, who resided several years at Hamburgh, Lubeck, and other Hans town, settling at York in Queen ELIZABETH'S reign, was twice lord mayor of that city, and twice represented it in parliament. He m. first, the daughter of John Redman, of Fulworth, in Yorkshire, and had a son, WILLIAM, his heir. He m. secondly, the daughter of Thomas Harrison, of York, and by her had another sou, THOMAS. Between these two sons he fairly divided his property at his decease in 1616, aged ninety-four, leaving to the city of York £80 and a silver bowl doubly gilt, and to the Company of Merchants of the same city £40. The younger son, THOMAS, inherited the estates in Richmond, but he' d. s. p. in 1625, when the whole fortune centred in the elder son, WILLIAM ROBINSON, esq. This gentleman served the office of sheriff for the city of York in 1607. He was elected alderman in 1616, and lord mayor in three years after. He m. Margaret, daughter of Sir Henry Jenkins, knt. of Grimstone, and dying about 1626, was s. by his son, SIR WILLIAM ROBINSON, M.P. for the city of York, who was knighted by King CHARLES I. at Edinburgh in 1633, and was sheriff of Yorkshire in 1639. He m. first, Mary, daughter and co-heir of Sir William Bam burgh, bart. of Housam, in the county of York, and by her had a son, William, who d. s. p. He m. secondly, Frances, daughter of Sir Thomas Metcalfe, knt. of Nappa, and by that lady had two sons and three daughters, viz. METCALFE, his heir. Thomas, who m. Elizabeth, daughter of Charles Tancred, esq. of Arden, in Yorkshire, and had issue, WILLIAM, heir to the estates of his uncle Metcalfe. Tancred, of London, M.D. who lived to an advanced age, and had one son. Elizabeth. Margaret. Elizabeth, m. to Philip Rycot, merchant. Margaret, m. to William Weddell, esq. of Erswick, in the county of York. Frances, m. to Robert Bell, esq. of Overton, also in Yorkshire. Sir William d. in 1658, and was s. by his elder son, 1. METCALFE ROBINSON, esq. of Newby, in the county of York, who was created a BARONET 30th July, 1660. He m. Margaret, daughter of Sir William D'Arcy, of Witton Castle, in the county of Durham, but left no issue. Sir Metcalfe represented the city of York in three parliaments, temp. CHARLES II. He d. 6th February, 1688-9, and was interred at Topcliffe, in Yorkshire; where, towards the east end of the north aisle of that church, is a handsome monument, railed in, with Sir Metcalfe Robinson's bust, encircled with a curious garland and ornamented with the trophies of At his decease the BARONETCY EXPIRED, while the estates devolved upon his nephew, war. avoid the fury of a fire, and was s. by his then only surviving child, II. SIR LUMLEY ROBINSON, who m. Anne, daughter and heir of John Laurence, esq. of Westminster, by whom (who m. secondly, Sir William Foulis, bart. of Ingleby, in the county of York,) he had THOMAS, his successor. Anne, m. to Sir Comport Fitch, knt. He d. aged thirty-six, 6th June, 1684, was buried in Westminster Abbey, and s. by his son, III. SIR THOMAS ROBINSON, who m. Elizabeth, daugh ter of Sir Thomas Hare, bart. of Stow Bardolph, in Norfolk, but d. s. p. 21st April, 1743, when the BARD NETCY EXPIRED. Arms-Vert, on a chevron between three backs trippant or, three cinquefoils gu. RODES, OF BARLBOROUGH. CREATED 14th Aug. 1641. Lineage. EXTINCT in Oct. 1743. The family of RODES is one of great antiquity, hav ing flourished for several centuries in the counties of Nottingham, Lincoln, York, and Derby, successively Its patriarch, GERARD DE RODES, a baron, the capital seat of whose barony was Horn Castle, in Lincolnshire, lived in the reigns of HENRY II. RICHARD I. JOHN, and HENRY III. from all of whom he received great favours, and by King JOHN was employed as an ambassador. His lineal descendant, WILLIAM RODES, of Thorp juxta Rotheram, in the county of York, m. Anne, daughter and heir of John Cachehorse, esq. of Stavely Woodthorpe, in the county of Derby, and was father of JOHN RODES, esq. of Stavely Woodthorpe, whose son, JOHN RODES, esq. was father of ROBERT RODES, esq. who m. Elizabeth Wasse, and left a son and heir, JOHN RODES, esq. of Stavely Woodthorpe, whe. Attelina, daughter of Thomas Hewitt, esq. of Walles, in Yorkshire. He was sheriff of Derbyshire, and was s. at his decease by his son, FRANCIS RODES, esq. of Stavely Woodthorpe, one of the judges of the Common Pleas in the time of ELIZA BETH. This learned person erected Barlborough Hall in 1593, but died at Stavely Woodthorpe a few years after its completion. He m. first, Elizabeth, daughter of Brian Sandford, esq. of Thorpe Salvine, in Yorkshire, and by that lady had JOHN (Sir), his heir. Peter, of Hickleton. absence in that capacity will account for his name it occurring on the roll of Magna Charta. BURKE'S Com moners. He m. secondly, Mary, daughter of Francis Charlton, esq. of Appley, in Shropshire, and by her had Godfrey (Sir), of Great Houghton, knighted in 1615, who married four wives, and left, with other issue, Elizabeth, the third wife and widow of the ill-fated Earl of Strafford, and a son and heir, Sir Edward Rodes, knt. of Great Houghton, whose male line terminated with WILLIAM RODES, esq. of Great Houghton, who died unmarried in 1740, leaving his two sisters his co-heirs, namely, MARY, d. unm. in 1789. MARTHA, m. to Hans Busk, esq. of RACHAEL BUSK, who m. Richard Frances, m. to Sir Richard Tempest, knt. Bridget, d. unm. The judge's eldest son, SIR JOHN RODES, who was knighted at the Tower 15th March, 1603, served as sheriff of Derbyshire 36 ELIZABETH. He sold Stavely Woodthorpe to the Duke of Portland, and resided entirely at Barlborough. He . first, Anne, daughter of George Benson, esq. of the County of Westmoreland, but by her had no issue; secondly, Dorothy, daughter of George Savile, esq. of Thornhill, by whom he had one son, JOHN, of Horbury, who is said to have been disinherited by his father. There is the strongest presumptive evidence that this John Rodes was the founder of the Devonshire family of RODES of Bellair, now represented by George-Ambrose Rhodes, esq. of Bellair and Shapwick. (See BURKE'S Commoners, vol. iii. p. 566.) Sir John m. thirdly, Frances, daughter of Marmaduke Constable, esq. of Holdernesse, and relict of Henry Cheek, esq. and by that lady had FRANCIS, his heir, the elder son having been disinherited. Henry, d. young. Lennox, m. to Sir Marmaduke Langdale. He d. in 1639, and was s. by his son, 1. FRANCIS RODES, esq. of Barlborough, in the county f Derby, who received the honour of knighthood at bitehall 9th August, 1641, and was created a BAROIT on the 14th of the same month. Sir Francis m. Elizabeth, daughter and sole heir of Sir George Laswils, knt. of Sturton and Gateford, Notts, and by her who m. secondly, Allan Lockhart, esq. and d. in 1666,) ad issue, FRANCIS, his successor. Peter, a divine, slain at Winfield Manor. Clifton, of Sturton, who m. first, Lettice, daughter of Sir Gervase Clifton, bart. of Clifton, by whom | he had a son, Gervase, who died an infant. He . secondly, Elizabeth, daughter of John Scrimshire, esq. of Cottgrave, Notts, and had John, who d. s. p. ANNE, m. to Dr. Witringham, rector of Retford, Notts. "Barlborongh Hall," says Pilkington, " is a hande mansion of the age of Queen ELIZABETH, having built in her reign by Francis Rodes, one of the jusses of the Common Pleas." The principal front of this 3 M John, of Sturtou, m. Elizabeth, daughter of Simon Francis, went to America. Anne, m. to Mr. Harrison. Sir Francis d. in 1645, and was s. by his eldest son, JOHN, his heir. Frances, m. to Gilbert Heathcote, M.D. of Cutthorp, in Derbyshire, and had issue, 1. Cornelius Heathcote, M.D. who m. Elizabeth Middlebrooke, of Thorn, in Yorkshire, and had GILBERT HEATHCOTE, of whom presently as heir to his great-uncle, SIR JOHN RODES. John Heathcote, who died aged twentyeight, leaving by Milicent Saterthwaite, his wife, 1. CORNELIUS HEATHCOTE, heir to his uncle Gilbert. 2. John Heathcote, d. unm. 1. Elizabeth Heathcote, m. to the Rev. Philip Acklom Reaston, rector of Barlborough, and had IV. SIR JOHN RODES, who d. unmarried in October, 1743, when the BARONETCY EXPIRED, and the estates devolved upon his great-nephew, GILBERT HEATHCOTE, who assuming the name of RODES, became GILBERT RODES, esq. of Barlborough. He d. unmarried in 1768, and was s. by his nephew, CORNELIUS HEATHCOTE, who also assumed the name of RODES, and also died a bachelor, at the age of seventy, 6th March, 1825, when the estates passed to his nephew, THE REV.CORNELIUS-HEATHCOTE REASTON, who assumed the surname of RODES, and is now (1837) of Barlborough. Arms-Arg. two cottizes erm. and in a bend a lion. passant gu. between two acorns az. house retains its original appearance, having projecting bows terminating in octagonal embattled turrets and large transom windows. 449 HOPE RADE LECTION |