He m. Anne, daughter of Sir John Deane, knt. and dying in 1638, was s. by his son,

11. SIR RICHARD WINGFIELD, of Letheringham and Easton, who m. first, Susanna, daughter of Sir John Jacob, bart. and had a son, ROBERT. He wedded, secondly, a daughter of Sir John Wintour, knt. of Ládney, in the county of Gloucester, and had another son, HENRY. The elder son,

III. SIR ROBERT WINGFIELD, living, a minor, in 1742, died unmarried and was succeeded by his halfbrother,

IV. SIR HENRY WINGFIELD, who wedded the Lady Eleanor Touchet, daughter of Mervyn, Earl of Castlehaven, and was s. by his elder son,

V. SIR HENRY WINGFIELD. This gentleman sold Letheringham, and followed the fortunes of King JAMES II. Dying s. p. in 1712, he was s. by his brother,

VI. SIR MERVYN WINGFIELD, living in 1727, who espoused Mary, daughter of Theobald Dalton, esq. of Grenan, in the county of Westmeath, and left an only daughter,

MARY WINGFIELD, who m. Francis Dillon, esq. of
Poudstown, in the county of Meath, who was
created a BARON of the Holy Roman Empire, in
1767, and by him had three sons to survive,
JOHN TALBOT DILLON, BARON DILLON.
Francis Dillon, lieutenant-general in the Ger-
man service, created a BARON of the Em-
pire, had issue.
William-Mervyn Dillon, m. Sophia, daughter

of Chevalier Austin Parke Goddard, of
Brampton, in Kent, and had JOHN-JOSEPH,
and Henrietta-Sophia.

Arms-Arg. on a bend gu. cottised sa. three pair of wings, conjoined of the field.

WINTOUR, OF HODINGTON.

1. CLIFTON WINTRINGHAM, M.D. fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, in London and Paris, F. R. S. and physician in ordinary to the king, was son of Clifton Wintringham, M.D. of York, who died 12th March, 1748; and obtained a BARONETCY in 1774, the dignity being limited to Gervase, son of Sir Gervase Clifton, bart. Sir Clifton Wintringham died without issue in 1794, (having survived Mr. Gervase Clifton,) and the BARONETCY then became EXTINCT. Sir Clifton published "An edition of Dr. Mead's Præcepta Medica," a work entitled, " De Morbis quibusdam Commentarii," &c.

Arms-Arg. six lions ramp. az. 3. 2. and 1.

The Wintors settled at Wych, in Worcestershire, temp. EDWARD II. and there continued until Roger Wintour, in the reign of HENRY VI. married the coheiress of Hodington and Cassey. From that alliance sprang, "after divers marriages with many antient and honourable families,"

1. SIR GEORGE WINTOUR, of Hodington, in Worcestershire, who was created a BARONET in 1642. He m. first, the Lady Frances Talbot, daughter of John, Earl of Shrewsbury; secondly, Mary, daughter of Charles, Lord Carrington; and thirdly, Mary, daughter and coheir of Sir George Kempe, bart. of Pentlow Hall, Essex, but died without issue, 4th June, 1658, when the title became EXTINCT. Sir George bequeathed his estate to Francis, Earl of Shrewsbury, and his brother Gilbert Talbot.

Arms-Sa. a fess, and crescent in chief erm.

Lineage.

The family of WISEMAN appears to have existed in the county of Essex since the time of EDWARD IV. and to have been in possession of Much Canfield Park, in that county, which was obtained by purchase, in the reign of EDWARD VI. by John Wiseman, esq. who had been one of the auditors to HENRY VIII. and knighted at the battle of Spurs. The title of baronet was conferred on two of its branches, and many honourable posts under the crown were enjoyed by its descendants. 1. WILLIAM WISEMAN, esq. of Rivenhall, in Essex, son and heir of Sir Thomas Wiseman, knt. of Rivenhall, by Elizabeth, his wife, daughter of Sir Isaac Sidley, bart. (lineally descended from John Wiseman, elder brother of Thomas Wiseman, of Gayharlands, in Chelmsford, ancestor of the present SIR WILLIAM SALSTONSTALL WISEMAN, bart. of Canfield Hall,) was created a BARONET in 1660. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Lewis Mansel, bart. of Margam, and had an only daughter and heir,

ELIZABETH, m. first to John Le Mott Honywood, esq. of Marks Hall, Essex, and secondly to Sir Isaac Rebow, knt. of Colchester.

Sir William died in 1692, when the title became EXTINCT. The estate of Rivenhall was sold to Thomas Western, esq.

Arms-Sa. a chev. erm. between three cronels arg.

JAQUES WITTEWRONG, born in the city of Ghent in 1531, of an honourable stock, was forced to quit his native country in consequence of the persecutions to which, as a protestant, he was exposed, and in 1564, sought an asylum in England, with his wife and two young children. He had received a very liberal education, speaking the German, French, Spanish, Italian, and Latin tongues; and "having made shipwreck of his outward estate to preserve his inward peace," settled in London in the employment of a public notary, making shift, with the small pittance of his property which he had, as it were, snatched out of the fire, to live comfortable till his death, which happened in 1594. He had eight children, four sons and four daughters, Jacob, Abraham, Marcus, William, Christian, Sarah, Mary, and Susanna, who all, with the exception of JACOB and Abraham, (whose daughter wedded Mr. Paggen,) died without issue. eldest son,

The

JACOB WITTEWRONG, born at Ghent, 15th January, 1558, was sent in 1576, to Magdalen College, Oxford, and studied there under the particular care of Dr. Humphreys, president of the college. He subsequently settled in London, and entering into partnership with Mr. Matthias Otton, a brewer, of that city, realized considerable wealth. He married first, Susanna, daughter and heir of Bernard Tileman, a German, by whom he had no male issue, and secondly, Anna,* youngest daughter and co-heir of Monsieur Garrard Vanacker, of Antwerp, merchant, by whom he had an only son, JOHN. In 1619, Mr. Wittewrong retired into the country, to a house he had purchased at Westham, in Essex, and was there buried, as is thus mentioned by Mr. Strype in his additions to Stow's Surveys: "On the pavement under a fair mable stone, is buried James Wittewrongle, the son of James Wittewrongle, a Fleming, a singular friend to the ministers of the city, a Mæcenas of studious youth, a favourer of piety and learning." His only son,

1. SIR JOHN WITTEWRONG, knighted by CHARLES I.

in 1640, and created a BARONET în 1662, purchased the manor of Stantonbury, in Bucks, of Sir John Temple, in 1667, and there erected a handsome man sion. He served as sheriff of Herts in 1658, being chosen by the parliament. Sir John m. first, Mary, second daughter of Sir Thomas Middleton, knt. of Chirk Cas tle, in Denbighshire, by whom he had an only son, JOHN, his heir; secondly, Elizabeth, daughter of Time thy Middleton, esq. of Stansted Mountfitchet, in Es sex; and thirdly, Catherine Thompson, sister of John, Lord Haversham. By his second wife, he had issue, Jacob, d. s. p.

James, of Rothamsted, Herts, barrister-at-law,
and recorder of St. Albans, who m. first, Elas
beth, daughter of Thomas Dickenson, esq. f
Hillingdon, in Middlesex; secondly, Mary.
daughter of Mr. John Cock, of St. Moans; and
thirdly, Susan, daughter of Sir Nicholas Pedley-
of Huntingdon, and widow of William Bullock,
esq. of Sandhurst, Berks. His eldest son by his
first wife,

Jacob, m. Elizabeth, only daughter of Henry
Coghill, esq. of Aldenham, Herts, and left

a son,

Jacob, who m. Anne, daughter of Mr. Bennet, and had issue.

William, died s. p.

Catherine, m. to Edward Lloyd, esq. of Montgo meryshire.

Anne, m. to Robert Siderfin, esq. of CroydonHellen, m. to Samuel Gibbs, esq. of Stoke Nayland, in Suffolk.

Sir John died at Rothamsted, Herts, in June, 1803, aged seventy-five, leaving a high character for piety, justice, and charity, and was s. by his son,

11. SIR JOHN WITTEWRONG, of Stantonbarry, who married first, Clare, daughter of Sir Joseph Alston. bart. of Chelsea, in Middlesex, and by her, who died 12th October, 1669, had an only daughter, Mary, m. Mr. Crompton of London. He m. secondly, Mrs. Martha Sebrook, niece of Alderman Backwell, by whom he had four sons,

JOHN, his heir.

Edward, killed at Namur.

Thomas, who m. in Barbadoes, and died at sea.
James, lieutenant in the fleet.

Martha, m. to Thomas Saunders, esq. of Brix
worth, Northamptonshire.

Sir John died about 1703, and was s. by his son, III. SIR JOHN WITTEWRONG, of Stantonbarry, M.P for Aylesbury, and afterwards for Chipping Wycomb and colonel in the army. He m. Mary, daughter of Mr. Samuel White, merchant of London, and had issue,

JOHN, his heir. George.

William.

Samuel.

Mary.

Martha, m. to John Guiley, esq. second son d John Gumley, esq. of Isleworth, in Middlesex muster master general of the forces.

Lucia. Susanua.

Sir John died 30th January, 1721-2, and was s. by hu

son,

IV. SIR JOHN WITTEWRONG, captain in Colonel

Maurice Nassau's regiment, who died unmarried 27th March, 1743-4, and was s. by his brother,

V. SIR WILLIAM WITTEWRONG, governor of the poor knights of Windsor, who died in January, 1761, leaving a successor,

VI. SIR JOHN WITTEWRONG, at whose decease unm. 13th January, 1771, the BARONETCY became EXTINCT. Arms-Bendy of six arg. and gu. on a chief az. a fess or bar indented or.

WOLFF, OF CAMS HALL.

CREATED 18th Oct. 1766.-EXTINCT 3rd Feb. 1837.

Lineage.

1. JACOB WOLFF, esq. (son of Baron Godfrey Wolff, of Moscow,) a native himself of the Russian empire, and, by creation of Francis the First, Emperor of Germany, a Baron of the Holy Roman Empire, having been naturalized in England, was created a BARONET 18th October, 1766. Sir Jacob m. in the December following, Ann, only daughter of the Right Hon. Edward Weston, secretary of state in Ireland, second son of the Right Rev. Dr. Stephen Weston, bishop of Exeter, in 1724, by whom he had

JAMES-WILLIAM-WESTON, present baronet.

Lucy, m. first to Major Parslow, and secondly to
Major Ditcher.

Sir Jacob died in 1809, and was s. by his son,

11. SIR JAMES-WILLIAM-Weston Wolff, b. 24th November, 1778, who m. 4th January, 1800, Frances, daughter of Joseph Adkins, esq. of Lincolnshire, but died without issue, 3rd February, 1837, when the BARONETCY became EXTINCT.

Arms, Crest, &c. as described in the German patent, viz. A shield, erect, divided in four quarters; in the centre of which, an escocheon, with the arms following; vert, a wolf, passant, ppr. and in chief, three fleursde-lis ar. the arms of VAN WOLF. In the first quarter of the achievement or, an eagle, displayed, sa. ducally crowned gu. In the second quarter az. an armed arm issuing out of the clouds from the sinister, grasping a sword, in the attitude of striking, ppr. In the third quarter, ar, a naked arm issuing out of the clouds from the sinister holding a palm branch, ppr. And, lastly, in the fourth quarter, or, a triangle sa. Over the arms an imperial baron's coronet, with five pearls, fixed on a circle of gold, surmounted with three fullfaced helmets, ppr. thereon as many crests; viz. on the centre helmet a demi-wolf, salient, ppr. issuing out of a ducal coronet or; on the dexter helmet, a ducal coronet or, thereon a fleur-de-lis or, between two imperial eagles' wings, displayed, tawney; on the sinister helmet a ducal coronet or, thereon an eagle, displayed, sa. ducally crowned gu.

WOLLASTON, OF LOSEBY.

JOSIAH WOLLASTON, esq. b. in 1652, m. Elizabeth, sister of Sir Edward Lawrence, bart. of St. Ives, in the county of Huntingdon, and dying in 1689, left a son,

ISAAC WOLLASTON, esq. b. in 1673, of Loseby, who m. his cousin, Sarah Lawrence, and dying in 1736, left a son and successor,

1. SIR ISAAC WOLLASTON, of Loseby, who succeeded to the BARONETCY, which had been conferred, with the special remainder, on his uncle, Sir Edward Lawrence, of St. Ives. He m. Sarah Rowland, of the Isle of Wight, and dying 21st December, 1756, left issue, ISAAC LAWRENCE, his heir.

SARAH, who had the St. Ives estate and those on the Isle of Ely. She m. TAYLOR WHITE, esq. and was grandmother of the present SIR THOMAS WOOLLASTON WHITE, bart.

ANNE, who had the Loseby estate. She m. in 1772, Sir Thomas Folke, knt, and had one son and one daughter, Augustus Frederick, and Henry Anne, so named after the Duke and Duchess of Cumberland.

Sir Isaac Wollaston's only son,

II. SIR ISAAC LAWRENCE WOLLASTON, of Loseby, d. an infant in 1756, when the title became EXTINCT. Arms Arg. three mullets sa. pierced of the field.

WOLRICH, OF DUDMASTON.

the reigns of EDWARD the Confessor, WILLIAM I. and II. and HENRY I.

The estate of Dudmaston was acquired in marriage with the daughter and heiress of Hugh de Dudmaston, ninth in descent from Harlewin de Butailles, to whom Herbert, son of Holegod, Lord of Castle Holgate, granted" one half hide of land, which is called Dodemaneston," before the year 1167. Andrew Wolryche, the grandson of William Wolryche, and the heiress of Dudmaston, was M.P. for Bridgenorth, in 1435, and his grandson, Humphrey Wolryche, appears in the list of the lords, knights, esquires, and gentlemen, resident in Shropshire, anno 17 HENRY VII. He was father of Roger Wolryche, whose brother and heir. John Wolryche,t wedded" the fair maid of Gatacre," Mary, only daughter of Gatacre, of Gatacre.

1. THOMAS WOLRICH, esq. of Dudmaston, third in descent from John, was born in 1598, educated at Cambridge, and admitted of the Inner Temple, 11th Oct. 1615. From 1620 to 1625, he represented Wenlock, in parlia ment, and at the breaking out of the civil wars, joining the royal standard, was appointed by the king governor of Bridgnorth. For his unbending loyalty, he suffered severely, being according to his epitaph, twice sequestered, and more than once thrown into prison. The monumental inscription speaks likewise of "the lofty majesty of his person," and states, " that to his pre-eminent skill in heraldry, he added the more solid studies of history and mathematics. At length our Ulric (such was the original name) was summoned to the Assembly of the Saints on the feast of St. Ulric, 4th July, 1668, having been honoured with the successive titles of knight and BARONET." Sir Thomas m. Ursula, daughter of Thomas Oteley, esq. of Pitchford, in Shropshire, and had with other issue,

1. FRANCIS, his heir.

11. THOMAS, successor to his brother.

1. Margaret, m. to Sir W. Wrottesley, bart. 11. Elizabeth, m. to T. Berington, esq. of Winsley. The son and heir,

II. SIR FRANCIS WOLRICH, of Dudmaston, aged thirty-five in 1665, m. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Walter Wrottesley, bart. of Wrottesley, in Staffordshire, and dying in 1689, aged sixty-one, left three daughters, his co-heirs, URSULA, m. to the Rev. William Wright, of Ashby, Warwickshire; MARY, m. to Henry Grey, grandson of Lord Grey of Groby; and ELIZABETH m. to the Hon. George Grey, third son of Henry, first Earl of Stamford. He was s. by his brother,

III. SIR THOMAS WOLRICH, of Dudmaston who m. Elizabeth, daughter of George Weld, esq. of Willey Park, in Shropshire, and left, with a daughter, Elizabeth, wife of William Hopton, esq. of Herefordshire, a son and successor,

IV. SIR JOHN WOLRICH, of Dudmaston, sheriff of Shropshire, in 1716, who was accidentally drowned in the Severn, near his own house, in 1723, and as he died unm, the BARONETCY EXPIRED with him. After his decease the Dudmaston estate was enjoyed by Sir John's mother, Elizabeth, daughter of George Weld, esq. of Willey, who survived her husband sixty-four years, dying in April, 1765. Lady Wolrich was

• From Humphrey Wolryche's son, SIR WILLIAM WOLRYCHE, knt. descended the families of WOLRICH, of Cowling and Wickornbroke, Suffolk, and of Alconbury, in Huntingdonshire. Of the former branch was Sarah Wolrich, who m. Sir John Hewley, knt. of York, M.P. and of the latter was THOMAS WOLRICH, esq. of Armley House, near Leeds, whose daughter and heir, SARAH, m. DAVID STANSFELD, esq.

+ This John Wolryche's younger brother, EDWARD,

JOHN WOLSTENHOLME, younger son of an ancient Derbyshire family, born about the year 1520, came to London, temp. EDWARD VI. and obtained an office in the Custom House. He died at Stanmore, in Middlesex, where he lies buried, leaving by his wife, whose maiden name was Larkin, a daughter and three sons, Henry who d. s. p.; JOHN, of whom presently; and Thomas, who died a commander in Muscovy. The second son,

SIR JOHN WOLSTENHOLME, knighted by CHARLES I. was a farmer of the Customs with Sir Abraham Dawes, Sir John Jacob, &c. and acquiring great wealth, purchased Nostell Abbey, in Yorkshire. Hem. Cô therine Fanshaw, and had issue,

JOHN, his heir.

Henry, died in the wars in the palatinate under
the Lord Vere.

Joan, m. to Sir Robert Knollys, knt, of Grays, in
Oxfordshire.

Catherine, m. to William, third son of Thomas
Fanshaw, esq. of Fanshawgate, in Essex, the
king's remembrancer.

Sir John died in 1639, and was buried at Stanmore, in Middlesex, in the church which he had himself built, under a curious marble monument. His elder son and successor,

I. SIR JOHN WOLSTENHOLME, knt. known as Sir John the younger. During the civil war, the parlia ment fined this gentleman, and his father's partners in the farm of the Customs, one hundred and fifty thousand pounds, to answer which great demand, hi whole estate was sold, under a statute of bankruptcy unjustly brought against him for his loyalty to th crown. Few indeed, during the disastrous conflicts

or Dynmore, in Herefordshire, was ancestor of Jous WOOLRYCH, esq. of the Ordnance Office, and of Hra PHREY WILLIAM WOOLRYCH, esq. of Croxley Heat the able author of the life of Judge Jefferies and other works.

MARY, the only daughter and heir of the Hon. Joh Grey and Elizabeth Wolrich, m. W. Ward, esq. M.P. Staffordshire, ancestor of the present LORD WARD.

the times in which he lived, suffered so severely in property, he lost considerably more than a hundred thousand pounds, and his son Henry, and his brotherin-law, Sir Thomas Dallison, both fell fighting under the royal banner. To compensate in some degree for this devotion to his family, CHARLES II, at the Restoration, re-appointed Sir John farmer of the Customs, and restored to him a patent of collector oatward in the port of London, from which he had been sequestered during the usurpation. He likewise made him a BARONET. Sir John married Anne, sister of Sir Thomas Dallison, of Laughton, in Lincolnshire, and had issue,

1. JOHN, who m. Dorothy, daughter and co-heir of Horatio, Lord Vere, of Tilbury, but predeceased his father without issue. He lies buried at Stanmore, under a stately monument of white marble.

11. Henry, slain at Marston Moor, ex parte regis, he was unm.

III. THOMAS, Successor to his father.

IV. Edward, d. unm.

v. Christopher, d. unm.

VI. Charles, d. unm.

VII. Robert, d. unm.

1. Anne, m. to Sandford Neville, esq. of Chevet, in Yorkshire.

11. Elizabeth, m, to Richard Hutton, esq. of Goldsborough, Yorkshire.

Sir John d. in 1670, was buried at Stanmore, near his father, and s. by his eldest surviving son,

11. SIR THOMAS WOLSTENHOLME, who m. Elizabeth, daughter of Phineas Andrews, esq. of Denton Court, Kent, and had five sons and six daughters viz.

I. JOHN, his heir.

II. THOMAS, who s. as sixth baronet.

III. Edward, died young.

IV. Henry, who m. Mary, daughter of Stephen Jermin, esq. of Tottenham, Middlesex, but left no male issue.

v. William, lieut. of the Tyger prize man-of-war, and capt. of the first regiment of guards under Col. How. He d. unm.

1. Anne, m.to Sir Philip Matthews, bart. of Great Gobions.

II. Elizabeth, died young.

III. Mary, d. young.

IV. Catherine, m. to Sir Henry Bathurst, knt. son of Alderman Bathurst, of Edmonton.

v. Mildred, d. young.

vi. Hester, m. to Thomas Hall, esq. of Islington, son of Thomas Hall, esq. first secondary in the king's remembrancer office, and had a son, Thomas, and a daughter, Mary, wife of Capt. Plukenet, of the first regiment of guards.

Sir Thomas d. in 1691, was buried in St. Margaret's, Westminster, and s. by his eldest son,

III. Rebecca, m. to Michael Harvey, esq. of Combe, in Surrey, M.P. for Milbourne Port.

IV. Catherine, d, unm.

Sir John d. in 1708, was buried at Enfield, and s. by his son,

IV. SIR NICHOLAS WOLSTENHOLME, who m. Grace, daughter of Sir Edward Waldo, knt. of Pinner, in Middlesex, but by her, who m. the Right Hon. William Ferdinando Carey, Lord Hunsdon, and died 9th May, 1729, aged forty-six, had no issue. He died 19th February, 1716, and was s. by his brother,

V. SIR WILLIAM WOLSTENHOLME, who m. Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. Benjamin Wheeler, and had

MATTHEW WOODFORD, of New Sarum, had with a daughter, Mary, wife of Robert Pellican, a son, MATTHEW WOODFORD, a minor in 1684, afterwards subdean and prebendary of Chichester. He m. Anne, daughter of John Sherer, esq. of Chichester, by whom he had a son,

MATTHEW WOODFORD, esq. of Southampton, who m.

Temperance, daughter of Lord Crew, and relict of Sir Rowland Alston, bart. of Odell, but had issue only by the former, viz.

1. NICHOLAS, his heir.

11. John, d. in the East Indies, unm.

III. Harvey, capt. 1st regiment of guards, d. unm.

in 1713.

IV. WILLIAM, who succeeded as fifth BARONET.

1. Mary, d. unm.

11. Elizabeth, d. unm.

whom he had three sons and two daughters, viz. 1. RALPH (Sir), first baronet.

11. Matthew, D.D. prebendary of Winchester. III. John, a colonel in the army, m. first, Mary Emperor, of the county of Norfolk, by whom he had three sons; two d. young, and Emperor, a captain in the guards; and secondly, Susan, daughter of Cosmo, Duke of Gordon, relict of John Fane, ninth Earl of Westmoreland, by whom he had two sons, Alexander and JohnGeorge.