the Bristol troops in Egypt) an only surviving daughter and heir, FRANCIS-MARY, m. to George Charles, fourth Lord Sir John was M.P. for Marlow in 1774 and 1780, and subsequently for Nottingham. He d. in 1822, when the BARONETCY became EXTINCT. Arms-Quarterly; first and fourth, cheque or, and azure, on a canton gules, a lion rampant for WARREN; second and third, ermine, on a bend, sable, two arms issuing from the clouds, rending a horse shoe, all ppr. for BORLACE. cessor, SIR WILLIAM GASTENEYS, father of another SIR WILLIAM GASTENEYS, who had two sons, both of the same name, viz. WILLIAM (Sir), the elder, had free warren in Brasinburgh and Carleby, in the county of Lincoln; Garthrop, in Leicestershire; and Colton, in Staffordshire, 48 HENRY III. His wife's name was Constance, and by her he left a son and heir, JOHN (Sir), who m. Isabella, daughter of German Hay, of Acton, in the county of York, and had two sons, WILLIAM (Sir), and John, rector of the church of Cranweys, who was living 10 EDWARD III. The elder, WILLIAM (Sir), m. the daughter of Sir John Brett, of Norfolk, and was s. by his son, THOMAS (Sir), living 18 EDWARD III. who m. Johanna, daughter of John Toly, of Wymondham, and left a daughter, his heir, THOMASINE, who m. Sir Nicholas Greseley, knt. of Drakelow, in Derbyshire, and conveyed Colton and other lands, in Staffordshire, to the Gresleys. WILLIAM (Sir), the younger. In the memorandums of BURWASH, bishop of Lincoln, is mentioned, that in 1324, the French king, CHARLES the Fair, threatening to invade England, EDWARD II. appoints Sir Robert de Hercy and Sir William The second son, known as SIR WILLIAM GASTNEIS, the younger, conferred his land in Diedburgh, in the county of Leicester, upon his son, EDMOND GASTNEIS, who purchased the manor of Totwick, in the county of York, from Sir John Hor bury, knt. in the 28th of EDWARD I. and had a charter of warren from the crown, in the said manor, with the advowson of the church. His eldest son, SIR HARDOLPH de WastneIS, knt. was summoned in the 9th of EDWARD III. with others, to a council in the West Riding of the county of York. He m. twice, but leaving no issue, was s. by his brother, SIR EDMOND DE WASTNEIS, knt. great-grandfather of JOHN WASTNEIS, Lord of Headon, in Nottinghamshire, who was returned amongst the gentry of that county, 12 HENRY VI. His son and heir, ROBERT WASTNEIS, held in Headon and Ousthrop, in the county of Nottinghamshire, two knights' fees, about the time of EDWARD IV. He m. Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Nelson, of Yorkshire, merchant of the staple, and was s. by his son, GEORGE WASTNEIS, esq. who m. Elizabeth, daughter of William Blithe. His eldest son, GEORGE WASTNEIS, esq. m. Anne, daughter of Richard Basset, esq. of Fledborough, and was s. by his son, GEORGE WASTNEIS, esq. who m. Mary Melford, and left a son and heir, GEORGE WASTNEIS, esq. of Headon, in the county of Nottingham, living in 1575, who m. Jane, daughter of Lionel Reresby, esq. of Thribergh, in the county of York, and was s. by his son, 1. HARDOLPH WASTNEIS, esq. of Headon, who was created a BARONET by JAMES I. 18th December, 1622. He served as sheriff for the county of Nottingham, 11 CHARLES I. Sir Hardolph m. Jane, daughter of Gervase Eyre, esq. of Keveton, in the county of York, and had issue, HARDOLPH, his successor. John, of Todwick, in the county of York, m. a daughter of Ireland, of Lancashire, and had three sons and a daughter, viz. Hardolph, who m. Mary, daughter of Col. William Sandys, of Askham, Notts, but d. issueless. EDWARD, third BARONET. Daniel, d. s. p. Jane. George, a gallant cavalier officer, temp. CHARLES Anne, m. to John Rayner, esq. of East Drayton, } d. unm. Martha, m. to Richard Tye, esq. of East Retford, in the county of Nottingham. Jane, m. to John Kirke, esq. of Eaton, in the same county. He d. in May, 1649, and was s. by his eldest son, II. SIR HARDOLPH WASTNEYS, steward of East Retford, in the county of Nottingham, who m. Anne, daughter of Sir Thomas Chichely, knt. of Wimpole, in the county of Cambridge, but dying without issue, in 1672, was s. by his nephew, III. SIR EDMUND WASTNEYS, who m. Catherine Wastneys, knts. to raise the array in the parts of Lindsey, and therewith defend the coasts; and the said Bishop Burwash was to tender them the usual oaths. 555 daughter and co-heir of Col. William Sandys, of Askham, Notts, and great grandaughter of Edwin Sandys, archbishop of York, and had issue, HARDOLPH, his heir. Catherine, m. to Edward Hutchinson, esq. a capt. in the army, second son of Samuel Hutchinson, esq. of Boston, and had an only daughter and heiress, CATHERINE HUTCHINSON, m. first in 1728, to JUDITH-LAETITIA BURY, m. in 1755, at Sir Edmund d. 12th March, 1678, and was s. by his EDWARD WATSON, esq. of Rockingham Castle, in the county of Northampton, married Dorothy, daughter of the lord chief justice, Sir Edward Montagu, knt, and left a son and heir, SIR EDWARD WATSON, of Rockingham Castle, who was sheriff of Northamptonshire in the 34th of ELIZABETH, and received the honour of knighthood in 1603. He married Anne, daughter of Kenelm Digby, esq. of Dry Stoke, and dying in 1616, was s. by his eldest son, 1. LEWIS WATSON, esq. of Rockingham Castle, who was created a BARONET 18th December, 1621. Sir Lewis was sheriff of Northamptonshire in the 9th of CHARLES I. and having zealously adhered to the king in the civil war, was raised to the peerage, as Baron Rockingham, in 1645. He married first, the Honourable Catherine Bertie, daughter of Peregrine, Lord Willoughby de Eresby, but by her ladyship had no surviving issue. His second wife was Eleanor, daughter of Sir George Manners, knt. of Haddon, in the county of Derby, and by her he had, with three daughters, an only son, his successor, at his decease, 29th January, 1652. who married Catherine, daughter and heir of George Sondes, Earl of Feversham, and was in consequence created Viscount Sondes, of Lees Court, in Kent, and Earl of Rockingham. He d. 19th March, 1724, and was s. by his grandson, IY. SIR LEWIS WATSON, Second Earl of Rockingham, who married Anne, daughter of Sir Henry Furnese, bart. of Waldershare, but dying s. p. in 1745, was 5. by his brother, V. SIR THOMAS WATSON, third Earl of Rockingham, who died unm, 26th February, 1746, when all the bonours, save the Barony and BARONETCY, became extinct, but those devolved upon his cousin, VI. SIR THOMAS WATSON-WENTWORTH, (the latter assumed under the will of William Wentworth, se cond Earl of Strafford, who devised Sir Thomas his estates upon that condition,) was created in 1728, Earl of Malton, &c. and in 1746, Marquess of Rockingham. He married Lady Mary Finch, fourth daughter of Daniel, Earl of Winchelsea and Nottingham, and had issue, CHARLES, his successor. ANNE, m. in 1744, to William, Earl Fitz Wilham, HENRIETTA-ALICIA, m. to Mr. Sturgeon. He d. 14th December, 1750, and was s. by his son, VII. SIR CHARLES WATSON-WENTWORTH, second Marquess of Rockingham, K.G. an eminent statesman and PRIME MINISTER, at one time, in the reign GEORGE III. His lordship married Mary, daughter and heir of Thomas Bright, esq. of Badsworth, in the county of York, but died s. p. 1st July, 1782, when all his honours, including the BARONETCY, became IXTINCT, while the principal part of the Wentworth estates devolved upon his nephew, William, late Earl Fitzwilliam. FRANCIS WENMAN, esq. of Caswell, in the county of Oxford, went into Ireland in the time of ELIZABETH, and dying there, left a son and heir, SIR FRANCIS WENMAN, knt, who was member for Oxfordshire, in 1640. He married Anne, third daugh ter of Sir Samuel Sandys, knt. of Omberslade, in the county of Worcester, and had issue, FRANCIS, his heir. Anne, m. to Sir John Fettiplace, bart. of Chil drey, in Berks. II. SIR EDWARD WATSON, second Lord Rockingham, who married Lady Anne Wentworth, daughter of Sir Thomas Wentworth, the eminent but unfortunate Earl of Strafford, and co-heir of her brother, William, second Earl, (refer to BURKE'S Extinct Peerage,) and dying in 1691, was s. by his eldest son, III. SIR LEWIS WATSON, third Lord Rockingham, of Oxford, who was created a BARONET 29th Novem He was s. by his son, 1. FRANCIS WENMAN, esq. of Caswell, in the county ber, 1662. Sir Francis married MARY, only daughter of Thomas Wenman, esq. and niece of Richard, first Viscount Wenman,* and of PHILIP, third Viscount by whom he had several children, of whom, one son alone survived, his successor, at his decease, 11. SIR RICHARD WENMAN, who inherited the dignities of Baron Wenman, of Kilmainham, and Viscount Wenman, of Tuam, on the decease of his great-uncle, Philip, third Viscount, under an especial entail of those dignities. He m. Catherine, eldest daughter and co-heir of Sir Thomas Chamberlayne, bart. of Wickham and Northbrooke, in Oxfordshire, and by that lady (who m. secondly, in 1698, James, first Earl of Abingdon, and thirdly, Francis Wroughton, esq. of Hesket, Wilts,) had issue, RICHARD, his heir. Catherine, m. first to the Honourable Robert Ber- He d. about the year 1691, and was s. by his son, IV. SIR PHILIP WENMAN, sixth Viscount Wenman, b. 23rd November, 1719, M.P. for the city of Oxford, from 1749 to 1754, and was afterwards knight for Oxfordshire. He married Sophia, eldest daughter and co-heir of James Herbert, esq. of Tythorpe, in that county, and had surviving issue, PHILIP, his heir. Sophia, b. in 1743, m. to William Humphrey He d. 16th August, 1760, and was s. by his son, • DESCENT OF THE VISCOUNTS WENMAN. HENRY WAINMAN, m. Emmotte, daughter and heir of Sympkin Hervey, of the county of Hereford, and had issue, RICHARD, his heir. John, who left a son and two daughters, Alice and Elizabeth, wife of Laurence Fermor, esq. of Oxfordshire. He d. in the reign of EDWARD IV. His elder son, RICHARD WENMAN, m. Anne, daughter of John Bush, of Gloucestershire, and was 8. by his eldest son, THOMAS WENMAN, esq. who m. Ursula, daughter and heir of Thomas Gifford, esq. of Twyford, in the county of Backs, and was s. by his eldest son, SIR RICHARD WENMAN, knt. sheriff of Oxfordshire in the 5th of ELIZABETH, M. ISABEL, daughter and co-heir of John Williams, Lord Williams of Thame, and had, with a daughter, m. to Tasburgh, two sons, viz. who married 7th July, 1766, Lady Eleanor Bertie, daughter of Willoughby, Earl of Abingdon, but died issueless, 26th March, 1800, when all his honours, including the BARONETCY, EXPIRED: the estates devolved upon his only surviving sister, SOPHIA, wife of William Humphrey Wykeham, SOPHIA-ELIZABETH WYKEHAM, created BARO- Arms-Party per pale, gules and azure, a cross patonée or. The eldest son, SIR RICHARD WENMAN, knt. who was sheriff of Oxfordshire in 1627, received the honour of knighthood, and was afterwards created a peer of Ireland, as Baron Wenman, of Kilmainham, and Viscount Wenman, of Tuam. His lordship zealously promoted the royal cause during the civil war, and at his house, Dr. Seth Ward, afterwards Bishop of Salisbury, found an asylum, when persecuted for his fidelity to the king. The Viscount m. Agnes, eldest daughter of Sir George Fermor, of Easton Neston, in Northamptonshire, and had, with a daughter, Elizabeth, the wife of Greville Verney, esq. a son and successor, THOMAS, Second Viscount Wenman, who was one of the adventurers in Ireland, when the kingdom was reduced by the English parliament; and subscribing £600. had allotted to him 617 acres, plantation measure, or one thousand statute measure, in the Barony of Garrycastle and King's County. He left at his decease but two daughters, viz. FRANCES, m. to Richard Samwell, esq. of Upton, in PENELOPE, M. to Sir Thomas Cave, bart. of Stanford, He was s. under a limitation in the patent, by his uncle, PHILIP, third Viscount Wenman, who after the death of his only son, (by Barbara, his wife, eldest daughter of Sir Edward Villiers,) issueless, procured from King CHARLES II. in 1683, a new entail of the honours on his next heir male, SIR RICHARD WENMAN, bart. of Caswell. county in the last year of ELIZABETH, was created a BARONET by King JAMES 1. 20th June, 1611. He m. Anne, daughter and heir of Sir Robert Atkins, knt. of Stowell, in the county of Gloucester, and dying in 1614, was s. by his eldest son, 11. SIR THOMAS WENTWORTH, the eminent though unfortunate statesman, so well known in history as the EARL of STRAFFORD, to which honour, with minor dignities and the GARTER, he was raised in 1640. He m. first, Lady Margaret Clifford, daughter of Francis, Earl of Cumberland, and secondly, Lady Arabella Holles, daughter of John, Earl of Clare, by the former he had no issue. By the latter he had, WILLIAM, his successor. ANNE, m. to Edward Watson, Earl of Rockingham. His lordship was beheaded on Tower Hill, 12th May, 1641. His son and heir, having on the restoration of the monarchy been restored in blood and to all his father's honours, became III. SIR WILLIAM WENTWORTH, Earl of Strafford, &c. He m. first, Lady Henrietta Maria Stanley, daughter of James, Earl of Derby, and secondly, Henrietta, daughter of Frederick Charles de Roys de le Rochefoucauld, generalissimo of the forces of the King of Denmark, but d. without issue, 16th October, 1665, when the greater part of his estates passed to his nephew, the Honourable Thomas Watson, and all his honours expired except the Barony of Raby, and the BARONETCY, which devolved upon his cousin, IV. SIR THOMAS WENTWORTH, third Baron Raby of Raby Castle, who m. Anne, daughter and heir of Sir Henry Johnson, of Bradenham, Bucks, and had issue, WILLIAM, his heir. ANNE, m. to the Right Honourable William Conolly, and had issue, THOMAS CONOLLY, a privy councillor in Ire- ANNE CONOLLY, m. to George Byng, esq. Edward Michael Pakenham, esq. who as- FRANCES CONOLLY, m. to William, Viscount CAROLINE CONOLLY, m, to John, Earl of Buck- Emily, Marchioness of Londonderry. Lucy, m. to Field Marshal Sir George Howard, K. B. Henrietta, m. in 1743 to Henry Vernon, esq. of Hilton Park, and had with several daughters, two sons, of whom the elder, HENRY VERNON, esq. of Hilton, m. first, Miss Graham, of Armagh, by whom he had a son, the present HENRY-CHARLES-EDWARD VERNON-GRAHAM, esq. of Hilton Park; and secondly, Miss Fisher, of Acton, by whom he had another son, the present FREDERICKWILLIAM-THOMAS VERNON-WENTWORTH, esq. of Wentworth Castle. His lordship, who was created Earl of Strafford, &c. and made a knight of the garter, d. 15th November, 1739, and was s. by his son, V. SIR WILLIAM WENTWORTH, Earl of Strafford, who m. Lady Anne Campbell, daughter of John, Duke of Argyll, but died s. p. 20th March, 1791, when he was s. by his cousin, VI. SIR FREDERICK-THOMAS WENTWORTH, Earl of Strafford, &c. He m. Eliza, daughter of Thomas Gould, esq. of Milbourne, in the county of Dorset, but died s. p. 7th August, 1799, when all his honours, 15 cluding the BARONETCY, EXPIRED. Arms-Sable, a chevron between three leopards' heads or. WENTWORTH, OF BRETTON. CREATED 27th Sept. 1664.-EXTINCT 10th July, 1792. Lineage. From the ancient Yorkshire family of Wentworth, of Wentworth Woodhouse, sprang 1. SIR THOMAS WENTWORTH, of Bretton, in the county of York, a distinguished and gallant cavalier. who was knighted by King CHARLES II. and created a BARONET by the same prince, 27th September, 1664. with remainder to his brother. He m. Grace, only daughter and heir of Francis Popeley, esq. of Wooley Moorhouse (who wedded secondly, Alexander, Earl of Eglintoun), but dying without issue, 5th December 1675, was s. by his said brother, II. SIR MATTHEW WENTWORTH who married first, Judith, daughter of Cotton Horn, gent.; secondly, Judith, daughter of Thomas Rhodes, of Flocton, relict of Samuel Thorpe, of Hopton; and thirdly, Anne, da of William Osbaldeston, esq. of Hunmanby. By ha second wife, he left at his decease 1st August, 1677, a son and heir. 111. SIR MATTHEW WentwoRTH, who wedded Eh zabeth, daughter of William Osbaldeston, esq. of Hun manby, and had three sons and three daughters, viz Matthew, who d. young, in 1692. WILLIAM, his heir. Thomas, a brigadier-general in the army, and colonel of a regimeut of foot, m. in 1720, Eumsbeth, daughter and co-heir of Robert Lord, London, gent. but died without issue. Grace, m. to Thomas Staines, esq. of Sowerby Anne, m. to Thomas Hassell, esq. of Thorp, in Elizabeth. Sir Matthew d. in 1705-6, and was s. by his elder sar viving son, IV. SIR WILLIAM WENTWORTH, deputy heutenaİ of the West Riding, captain of a troop of train bands, and M. P. for the borough of Malton. Hem. Diana, daughter of Sir William Blacket, bart. of Wallingto04 in Northumberland, by whom he had, with four sens who all died unmarried, I. THOMAS, his heir. 1. Diana, married to Godfrey Bosvile, esq. of Gur thwaite, and had issue, WILLIAM BOSVILE, esq. of Gunthwaite, whe devised his estates to his nephew, Gos FREY MACDONALD, afterwards third Lea MACDONALD, who assumed in consequen the additional surname of BoSVILE. Thomas-Blacket Bosvile, captain in the Cold stream Guards, slain at Liencells. ELIZABETH-DIANA BOSVILE, who m. Alet ander, first Lord Macdonald, and baž numerous family, of which the elde daughter, DIANA, m. the Right Hon. Sir John Sinclair, bart. (his second wife.) See BURKE's Peerage and Baronetage. Julia Bosvile, m. to William Ward, Viscount Dudley. 11. Elizabeth, m. to James Watson, M.D. of Springhead. III. Julia, m. in 1760, to the Rev. Dr. John De Chaire, rector of Rissington. IV. Arabella, died unm. The son and heir, V. SIR THOMAS WENTWORTH, was sheriff of Yorkshire, in 1765. This gentleman inheriting the valuable entailed estates, royalties, &c. of the Blacket family, assumed their surname in addition to his own. He died 11th July, 1792, when the BARONETCY became EXTINCT. He settled his immense property, which, including mines, amounted then to more than £40,000 a year, as follows:-The Yorkshire, with the greater part of the estates in Northumberland, on his eldest daughter, MRS. BEAUMONT, and her sisters, Mrs. Lee, wife of William Lee, esq. of the Grove, and Miss Louisa Wentworth (afterwards Mrs. Stackpole), in succession, and their issue male (the two younger ladies enjoying a rent charge of £3000 per annum), with remaindership to Sir John Sinclair, bart. and his heirs by his second wife, Diana, eldest daughter of Alexander, first Lord Macdonald. The Gunneston estates he left to his nephew, William Bosvile, esq. of Gunthwaite, which property has since devolved on Lord Macdonald. Arms-As WENTWORTH OF WOODHOUSE. WENTWORTH, OF NORTH ELMSAL. CREATED 28th July, 1692.-EXTINCT 3rd Dec. 1741. Lineage. The Wentworths of North Elmsal, a scion of the great house of Wentworth of the north, acquired the estate whence they were designated, by the marriage temp. EDWARD III. of JOHN WENTWORTH, with Alice, daughter and heir of John Bisset. The son of this alliance, JOHN WENTWORTH, of North Elmsal, living in 1413, Agnes, sister and co-heir of Sir William Dronsfield, of West Bretton, and had issue, 1. JOHN, his heir. 11. Roger, living 1413 and 1449, of Nettlested, in Suffolk, ancestor of the WENTWORTHS of NETTLESTED, and the WENTWORTHS of GOSfield. III. Thomas, of Doncaster, whose will is dated 1449. IV. Richard, ancestor of the WENTWORTHS of Bret ton. The eldest son, JOHN WENTWORTH, of North Elmsal, m. a dau. of Beaumont, of Whitley, and was s. by his son, JOHN WENTWORTH, of North Elmsal, father, by Elizabeth, his wife, daughter of William Calverley, esq. of Calverley, of a daughter, Jane, m. to William Goldthorpe, of Goldthorpe, and of a son, THOMAS WENTWORTH, of North Elmsal, whose will dated 14 HENRY VIII. directs that he shall be buried at South Kirkby, and that a priest shall sing in the chapel of St. Mary Magdalene, at North Elmsal, for the souls of himself, his wife, father, and mother, and of Walter Hawksworth, his son-in-law. The will charges the estate with the payment of certain sums to the younger children. These sums the heir was to pay; and the father adds this terrible clause: "If he perform not the will, I beseech God that the male diction and curse of the Fader in hevyn and myne, as far as God hath given me power, may descend and light upon his blood for ever,” He m. Jane, daughter of Oliver Mirfield, of Howley, and was s. by his son, SIR JOHN WENTWORTH, knt. of North Elmsal, whose will, dated 31st January, 1541, was proved 20th August, 1544. He m. first, Anne, daughter of Thomas Crake, esq. of Beverley, and had a son, JOHN, his heir, and a daughter, Jane, wife of Robert Trigott, of South Kirkby. Sir John wedded, secondly, Jane, daughter of Roger Appleton, esq. of Dartford, in Kent, and by her, who m. secondly, Sir Thomas Gargrave, had issue, Thomas, of Howley, in Yorkshire, and of Ashby, Hector, living 1561 and 1579. Elizabeth, m. to Francis Haldenby, esq. of Haldenby. Frances, m. to Thomas Wombwell, esq. Bridget, m. to Nicholas Hague, esq. Sir John was s. by his eldest son, JOHN WENTWORTH, esq. of North Elmsal, who m. first, Anne, daughter of Sir Brian Hastings, of Fenwick; and secondly, Anne Pickering. By the former he left, with two daughters, Ann, wife of Thomas Sandys, and Elizabeth, of William Fletcher, a son and successor, THOMAS WENTWORTH, esq. of North Elmsal, whose will was proved 14th September, 1590. He m. Ann, daughter of Sir William Calverley, of Calverley, and had, inter alios, a daughter, Elizabeth, m. first, to Richard Tempest; and secondly, Sir John Savile, of Methley, and a son and successor, THOMAS WENTWORTH, esq. of North Elmsal, who m. a daughter of Richard Goodricke, esq. of Ribstone, and had issue, SIR THOMAS WENTWORTH, knt. of North Elmsal, aged twenty-two in 1612, who m. first, Mary, daughter of Sir William Bamborough, of Howsham, in Yorkshire; and secondly, Martha, daughter of Sir Thomas Hayes, lord mayor of London. By the latter he had two daughters: Martha, wife, first of Thomas Wombwell, esq. of Wombwell, and secondly, of Sir Henry Marwood; and Mary, wife of Sir William Middleton, of Belsay Castle. By his first wife Sir Thomas left at his decease in 1650, an only son and successor, THOMAS WENTWORTH, esq. of North Elmsal, aged twenty in 1639, who m. Agnes, daughter of Sir Henry Bellingham, bart. of Levens, and by her, who died 17th June, 1668, had issue, JOHN, his heir. Henry, of Brodsworth, whose son, JOHN, eventually inherited North Elmsal. Dorothy, m. to Edward, eldest son of Sir Thomas Gower, of Sittenham. He d. 10th May, 1653, and was s. by his son, SIR JOHN WENTWORTH, of North Elmsal, knighted at Whitehall, 8th May, 1667. He married Catherine, daughter of Sir Thomas Norcliffe, of Langton, and |