This family (of knightly degree since the Conquest) is of Norman extraction, of the name of Vienville, which family is now in being in France. SIR HUMPHRY D'WYVILL, knt. of Walworth and Slingsby Castle, came into England with WILLIAM the CONQUEROR. SIR JOHN D'WYVILL, knt. his son, married a daughter of Sir John Fulthorpe, knt. and was father of OLIVER D'WYVILL, whose son, SIR JOHN D'WYVILL, knt. had a son, SIR MARMADUKE WYVILL, knt. He married, in the reign of EDWARD I. a daughter of Sir John Elton, knt. and had a son, ROBERT D'WYVILL, esq. to whom succeeded SIR THOMAS WYVILL, knt. whose successor was SIR THOMAS WYVILL, knt. He married a daughter of Sir Randulf Palmer, knt. and was succeeded by his son, SIR MARMADUKE WYVILL, knt. father of ROBERT WYVILL, esq. whose son, SIR RICHARD WYVILL, knt. having, in the year 1461, taken part with HENRY VI. against the House of York, was slain at the battle of Towton, in Yorkshire, and his estate forfeited to EDWARD IV. His son, CHRISTOPHER WYVILL, married a daughter of Richard Lassels, esq. and was s. by his son, RORERT WYVILL, esq. father of ROBERT WYVILL, esq. who married Anne, daughter of Sir John Norton, knt. and was succeeded by his son, SIR MARMADUKE WYVILL, knt. M.P. for Ripon in 1553, who m. first, Agnes, the daughter and heir of Sir Ralph Fitz Randolph, knt. of Spenithorne, Lord of Middleham, by Elizabeth his wife, one of the daughters and co-heirs of Ralph, Lord Scroope of Masham.* He married to his second wife, the widow of Sir Roger Bellingham, knt. and his third was Dorothy, relict of Sir William St. Quintin, knt. CHRISTOPHER WYVILL, esq. his son and heir, by his first wife, (temp. Queen MARY,) married Margaret, daughter of the Hon. John Scroope, younger son of Henry, Lord Scrope, of Bolton, by Elizabeth his wife, daughter of Henry Piercy, Earl of Northumberland, and had a son and successor, 1. MARMADUKE WYVILL, esq. who received the honour of knighthood from Queen ELIZABETH, and was created a BARONET by King JAMES I. November 25, 1611. He married Magdalen, daughter of Sir Chris topher Danby, knt. of Thorpe, in Yorkshire, and had issue, I. CHRISTOPHER, aged fifty in 1612, who d. e p. leaving by Jane, his wife, daughter of Sir Rebert Stapleton, knt. of Wighill, in Yorkshire, MARMADUKE, Successor to his grandfather. Henry, d. unm. William, who m. Mary, daughter of Leonard Musgrave, esq. of Johnby, son and heir of Sir William Musgrave, bart. of Hayton, and had a son, Christopher, of Johnby, who m. Frances, daughter of Sir Timothy Pether ston, knt. of Kirkswald, in Camber land. Edward or Edmund. Elizabeth, m. to Bellingham, of Lincoln- Olive, m. to Cuthbert Collingwood, esq. of Mary, m. first, to John Wylde, esq. of Hun Philippa, m. to Richard Sale, gent. of Hope- 11. Marmaduke, of Croydon, in Surrey, living in 1623, who m. first, Judith, daughter of William Morley, of Glind, in Sussex, and secondly, Judith, daughter of William Braby, of Suffolk. 111. Thomas. IV. Humphrey. v. Francis, rector of Spennithorne, who died in 1649, leaving by Helen, his wife, daughter of Thomas Norton, esq. of Burneby, three sons, Thomas, of Bellerby, in Yorkshire, who s Mary, daughter of Christopher Place, esq. Edward who m. first, Elizabeth, daughter VI. Robert. VII. William, of York, barrister-at-law. 1. Elizabeth, m. to Christopher Phillipson, esq. of 11. Maria, m. first to Francis Brigs, of Malton, and secondly to Thomas Percehay, esq. of Biten, both in Yorkshire. Sir Marmaduke died between November, 1616, and 12th March, 1617, and was s. by his grandson, 11. SIR MARMADUKE WYVILL, of Constable Burton, high sheriff of Yorkshire in the 9th of CHARLES 1. During the troubles of that monarch's reign, Sir Marmaduke was a distinguished royalist, and sufferer. having been twice plundered by Cromwell's troops, and finally compelled to pay £1343, composition for his estates. He married Isabel, daughter and heir of Sir William Gascoigne, knt. of Sedbury, in the county The claim to the barony of Scroope of Masham which was in abeyance between the families of Wyvill and Danby, rests since the demise of the late William Danby, esq. of Swinton Park, Yorkshire, without issue, in 1834, with the representatives of the family of Wyvill. of York, and had, with several other sons, who died unm. 1. CHRISTOPHER, his heir. 1. Mary, m. to Arthur Beckwith, esq. of Aldborough, Yorkshire. 11. Jane, m. to Robert Wyld, esq. of Hunton, in Yorkshire. III. Isabel, m. to the Hon. James Darcy, of Sedbury Park, Yorkshire. IV. Grace, m. to George Witham, esq. of Cliffe. v. Olive, m. to George Meinill, esq. of Aldborough. VI. Elizabeth, m. to Sir William Dalton, knt. of Hawkeswell. VII. Anne, m. to Thomas, younger brother of Sir William Dalton, knt. VIII. Dorothy, died unm. Sir Marmaduke died in 1648, and was s. by his son, III. SIR CHRISTOPHER WYVILL, of Constable Burton, who was elected M.P. for Richmond, in Yorkshire, at the Restoration. He m. Ursula, eldest daughter of Conyers, Lord Darcy, created Earl of Holderness, and had issue, 1. WILLIAM, his heir. 11. Francis, receiver general of the land tax for Yorkshire, Durham, and Northumberland, m. Anne, daughter of Sir William Cayley, bart. of Brompton, in Yorkshire, and died 22nd October, 1717, aged seventy, leaving three daughters, viz. (See Ursula, m. to Leonard Childers, esq. of Carr 1. Christopher, D.D. dean of Ripon, who died in 1710, aged fifty-nine, leaving two sons, Christopher and William. 1. Dorothy, m. to Charles Tankard, esq. son and heir of Sir Charles Tankard, knt. of Whixley. 11. Barbara, m. to St. John Thompson, esq. of Crawley, Bedfordshire. Sir Christopher died in 1665, and was s. by his son, IV. SIR WILLIAM WYVILL, of Constable Burton, born in 1645, who m. Anne, only daughter of James Brooke, esq. of Ellingthorp, in Yorkshire, and had issue, 1. MARMADUKE, his heir. u. D'Arcy, who died at Derby, 5th January, 1734, leaving three sons, viz. 1. William, who settled at Maryland, in America, and died there about the year 1750, leaving a son, MARMADUKE, whose descendants if not barred by alienage, being American subjects, should enjoy the baronetcy. 2. Edward, general supervisor of Excise, at Edinburgh, who m. 18th December, 1737, Christian Catherine, daughter of William Clifton, esq. of that city, and died 12th March, 1791, leaving an only son, CHRISTOPHER, of whom presently, as inheritor of Constable Burton, upon the demise, in 1774, of Sir Marmaduke, the seventh baronet. 3. Hale, of the city of York, m. and had issue. 1. Priscilla, m. to Major Kemp. 11. Ursula, d. unm. Sir William died in 1684, and was s. by his son, V. SIR MARMADUKE WYVILL, of Constable Burton, who was M.P. for Richmond, 7 WILLIAM III. and 1 Queen ANNE, and became subsequently a commissioner of Excise. He m. Henrietta-Maria, maid of honour to Queens CATHERINE and MARY, daughter of Sir Thomas Yarburgh, knt, of Balne Hall and Snaith, by Henrietta-Maria, his wife, daughter and co-heir of Colonel Thomas Blague, of Hollinger, in Suffolk, governor of Wallingford, (see BURKE'S Commoners, vol. iii. p. 663,) and had issue, MARMADUKE, his heir. Thomas, accomptant general of the Excise, d. unm. in 1731. Christopher, a commissioner of Excise for North Britain, and comptroller of the Excise cash in England. He m. first in 1723, Elizabeth, daughter of Captain Stephen Martin Leake, of Beddington, in Surrey, and by her, who died 19th May, 1731, had a daughter, ELIZABETH, M. to her cousin, the Rev. Chris topher Wyvill, but d. s. p. 23rd July, 1783. Christopher Wyvill m. secondly in 1738, Henrietta, second daughter and co-heir of Francis Asty, esq. of Black Notley, in Essex, and by her, who died in 1742, had issue, MARMADUKE-ASTY, who succeeded as sixth ba roret. He m. thirdly, Aune Thayer, and died 26th Anne, m. to John Wyvill, esq. of Walton-upon- Margaret, m. to John Purcell, esq. and died in Ursula, m. to Mr. Jones, of Furnival's Court, Mary, m. to the Rev. Thomas Gee. Sir Marmaduke died in October, 1722, and was s. by his son, VI. SIR MARMADUKE WYVILL, of Constable Burton, b. in 1692, who m. Carey, daughter of Edward Coke, esq. of Holkham, in Norfolk, but dying s. p. in 1753-4, was s. by his nephew, VII. SIR MARMADUKE-ASTY WYVILL, of Constable Burton, who died unm. at Bath, 23rd February, 1774, and was s. in his estates by his brother-in-law and cousin, THE REV. CHRISTOPHER WYVILL, who m. two MARMADUKE, his heir, now of Constable Bur- Elizabeth-Anne, m. to the Rev. John J. T. Catherine. Since the decease of Sir Marmaduke, the baronetcy has remained dormant: if alienage bar the inheritance of the branch settled in America, the title now vests in MARMADUKE WYVILL, esq. of Constable Burton. Arms-Gu. three chevronels interlaced vaire, and a chief or. Lineage. ROBERT YEAMANS, esq. alderman of Bristol, and sheriff in 1642, being zealously attached to the inte rests of CHARLES 1. formed a design, in conjunction with several fellow citizens, to deliver up Bristol to the king's forces, and the night of the 7th March, 1643, was fixed for the execution of the plan. That evening, however, Colonel Nathaniel Fiennes obtained information of the conspiracy, and seized upon the principal leaders, the chief of whom were Mr. Robert Yeamans and Mr. George Boucher. The operations had been thus arranged:-After communication of councils, and many messages interchanged between Oxford and Bristol, it was resolved, that upon Mon day, the 7th of March, in the night, Prince Rupert, with a strong party of the king's forces, should advance to Durdon-down, not a full mile from the city, and those within the city were to seize two of the ports, viz. Froomgate and Newgate, and having se cured the guards there, were to open the said gates, and let in Prince Rupert, and his troops, who were to have notice given them to approach, by the ringing of St. John's and St. Michael's bells; the confederates were to be distinguished by white tape in their hats, and the word to be, Charles. According to which project, divers of them were met armed, at Mr. Yea man's house, and others at Mr. Boucher's, and waiting the appointed hour (which was three in the morning! to fall upon their work. But that evening late, a little boy declared, that divers muskets were carriol' into Mr. Yeaman's house; whereupon a more diligent eye was kept upon them, and at last a guard ordered to search the house, who were first denied entrance, but afterwards let in, where they found a considerable number of men and arms; there was some small offer of resistance, but the most were endeavouring an escape over the top of the house, and divers were taken, both there and at Mr. Boucher's. Prince Rupert, with his forces, came that night to the Down, expecting, till five of the clock next morning, the signal and opening of the gates, but several pieces of ordnance being in the morning discharged that way, perceiving the design frustrated, his highness drew off. Whereupon several were apprehended, and Alderman Yeamans and Mr. Boucher were condemned by a council of war, for corresponding with Prince Rupert, and designing to deliver the city of Bristol into his hands. Great endeavours were used by the king and the generals of the royalists to save the lives of these gentlemen, as appears by the following letters in Mr. Rushworth's collections: A letter from Patrick, Earl of Forth, Lord Etterick, and lord-lieutenant of all his Majesty's forces, sent by a drum, and directed to the commander-in-chief and the council of war, in the city of Bristol. "I have been informed, that lately, at a council of war, you have condemned to death Robert Yeamans, late sheriff of the city of Bristol, who hath his majesty's commission for raising a regiment for his service, William Yeamans, his brother, George Boucher, and Edward Dacres, all for expressing their loyalty to his majesty, and endeavouring his service, according to their allegiance, and that you intend to proceed speedily against divers others in the like manner; I do therefore signify unto you, that I intend speedily to put Mr. Stephens, Mr. George, Captain Huntly, and others, taken in rebellion against his majesty, at Cirencester, into the same condition; and do further advertise you, that if you offer by that unjust judgment, to execute any of them you have so condemned, that those now in custody here, especially Mr. George, Mr. Stephens, and Captain Huntly, must expect no favour or mercy. Given under my hand at Oxford, this 16th of May, 1643." "Charles Rex. "Trusty and well beloved, we greet you well: whereas we are informed, that by the power and authority of certain factious and rebellious persons of that our city of Bristol, divers of our good subjects, as namely, Robert Yeamans, George Boucher, William Yeamans, Edward Dacres, and others of that our city, are imprisoned for preserving their duty and loyalty to us, and for refusing to join in, or assist this norrid and odious rebellion against us; and that the said wicked and traitorous persons have presumed to condemn the said innocent men to die, and upon such their sentence, notoriously against the laws of God and man, they intend to execute and murder our said subjects; we have thought it to signify to you, the mayor, alderman, sheriffs, and the rest of the body of the council of that our city, that if you suffer this horrid and execrable murder to be committed upon the persons aforesaid, and thereby call down the just judgment of God, and bring perpetual infamy upon that our city, we shall look upon it as the most barbarous and inhuman act that hath been yet committed against us, and upon you as the most desperate betrayers of us, and of the lives and liberties of your fellow subjects. And we therefore will and command you not to suffer any violence to be done upon the persons aforesaid, but that if any such be attempted against them, you raise all the power and strength of that our city, for their rescue; and to that purpose, we command all our good subjects of that our city to aid and assist you upon their allegiance, and as they hope for any grace and favour at our hands, and that you and they kill and slay all such, who shall attempt or endeavour to take away the lives of our said subjects and for so doing, this shall be your warrant, and hereof you may not fail at your utmost peril. Given at our court at Oxford, the 26th day of May, 1643. "To our trusty and well beloved, the mayor, aldermen, and sheriffs, and the rest of the common council of our city of Bristol." But these letters could not hinder the execution; for on Tuesday, the 30th May, 1643, Mr. Yeamans and Mr. Boucher were brought from the castle to the main court of guard, and there executed, by order of Nathaniel Fiennes, son to the Lord Say, and then governor of Bristol for the parliament. Alderman Yeamans had two sons, JOHN, his heir. ROBERT, created a BARONET in 1666 (see that title). The elder, 1. JOHN YEAMANS, esq. of Bristol, who, in consideration of the loyalty and death of his father, was created a BARONET in 1664-5, and settled in Barbadoes. He m. first, a daughter of Mr. Limp, by whom he had a son, WILLIAM, his heir; and secondly, Margaret, daughter of the Rev. John Forster, by whom he had another son, Robert, who m. Elizabeth, daughter of Elisha Mellows, esq. and had three sons, Robert, who m. Sarah, daughter of John Trent, esq. of Barbadoes, and had an only son, Robert, who d. 7th November, 1740, aged ten years. His widow m. secondly, the Rev. William Dowding. John, who m. Mary, daughter of Alexander Philip, who m. Mary, daughter of Joseph Sir John (who obtained a grant of forty-eight thousand acres of land in South Carolina, and settled there for a time) was s. at his decease by his son, II. SIR WILLIAM YEAMANS, who m. Willoughby, daughter of Sir James Browne, knt. and left a son and successor, III. SIR JOHN YEAMANS, who m. Margaret, daughter of Philip Gibbes, esq. of Barbadoes, and was s. by his son, IV. SIR JOHN YEAMANS, who m. in Barbadoes, Anne, daughter of Mr. Scantlebury, and had an only son, V. SIR JOHN YEAMANS, living in Barbadoes in 1771, with whose son, VI. THE REV. SIR ROBERT YEA MANS, who died s. p. 19th February, 1788, the BARONETCY became EXTINCT. Arms-Sa. a chev. between three chronells of spears arg. YEAMANS, OF REDLAND. CREATED 31st Dec. 1666.-EXTINCT in 1686-7. Lineage. 1. ROBERT YEAMANS, esq. of Redland, in Gloucestershire, second son of Alderman Yeamans, who was executed at Bristol, and like that ill-fated gentleman, Of this family, one of great antiquity in the county of Norfolk, was ANDREW YELVERTON, living in the reign of EDWARD II. who was father of ROBERT YELVERTON, seated temp. EDWARD III. at Rackheath, in the vicinity of Norwich. He married Cycely, daughter of Sir Thomas Bardolfe, and left a son and heir, JOHN YELVERTON, of Rackheath, who had by his first wife, a son and successor, ROBERT, who died about the year 1420, leaving a son, THOMAS, of Rackheath, who died s. p. John Yelverton m. secondly, Elizabeth, daughter of John Read, of Rougham, in the county of Norfolk, and had a son, SIR WILLIAM YELVERTON, a lawyer of great eminence, who was constituted one of the judges of the court of King's Bench in 22 HENRY VI. This learned person appears to have stood equally well with the monarchs of both the Roses, as we find him not only continued in his judicial office by King EDWARD IV. but made a knight of the Bath, in order to grace that prince's coronation; and upon the temporary restoration of King HENRY, appointed by patent, dated 9th October, 1470, one of the judges of the court of Common Pleas. He m. Agnes, daughter of Sir Oliver le Gross, of Crostwick, in the county of Norfolk, knt. and was s. by his son, JOHN YELVERTON, esq. of Rackheath, who m. Margery, daughter of William Morley, esq. and had issue, WILLIAM (Sir), his successor. Anne, m. to Thomas Farmey, esq. of Helmingham. He was s. by his son, SIR WILLIAM YELVERTON, knt. who was retained by indenture, anno 1474, to serve the king (EDWARD IV.) in person in his wars in France, with two men at arms, and four archers. He m. first, Anne, daughter of John Paston, esq. of Paston Hall, in the county of Norfolk, by whom he had issue, WILLIAM, who died in his father's lifetime, s. p. Margaret, m. to John Palgrave, esq. of Norwood Eleanor, m. to John Conyers, esq. son and heir Sir William espoused, secondly, Eleanor, daughter of Sir Thomas Brewse, knt. and had a son, his successor, WILLIAM YELVERTON, esq. of Rougham and Rackheath. This gentleman m. Catherine, daughter of John Raves, esq. of the county of Essex, and had five sons, viz. WILLIAM, his successor, John, Nicholas, Edward, and Adam, and a daughter, Anne, m. to Matthew Canne, esq. of Wessenham, in Norfolk. He was s. at his decease by his eldest son, WILLIAM YELVERTON, esq. of Rougham, who m. Margaret, daughter of Mr. Gamond, of London, and had two sons, WILLIAM and John, and three daugh ters, viz. Mary, m. first, to William Baker, esq.; and se condly, to Henry Wayte, esq. Susan, m. first, to Edward Eston, esq. of Rein ham, in Norfolk; and secondly, to Edward Harvey, esq. Eleanor, m. to Richard Draper, esq. of Marbam, in the same county. William Yelverton d. in the year 1541, and was 3. by his elder son, WILLIAM YELVERTON, esq. of Rougham. This gen tleman m. first, Anne, daughter and heir of Sir Henry Fermor, knt. of East Barsham, in Norfolk, by whom he acquired a great increase to his landed por sessions, and had issue, HENRY, who inherited Rougham, and the other estates of his father, as son and heir. He m. Bridget, daughter of Sir William Drury, of Hawsted, in Suffolk, knt. and had issue, WILLIAM, his successor, created a BARONTTM in 1620. He m. Dionesse, daughter of Rich ard Stubbs, esq. of Sedgeford, in Norfolk, and left WILLIAM (Sir), second baronet of Rougham, who m. Ursula, daughter of Sir Thomas Richardson, kut. speaker of the House of Commons, and afterwards lord chie justice of the King's Bench, by whom he had, WILLIAM, and two daughters, Elizabeth and Ursula. He d. 19th July, 1648, and was s. by his son, WILLIAM (Sir), third baronet el Rougham, who died unm. in 1649. when that BARONETCY EXPIRED. Henry (Sir), m. Alice, daughter and coheir of the Right Rev. William Barlow, Bishop of Lincoln. William. Margaret, m. to Thomas Tyrrell, esq. dá Gippinge, in the county of Suffolk. CHRISTOPHER, of whom presently. Humphrey. Launcelot. Winifred, m. to Owen Duckett, esq. of Worthing, in Norfolk. Anne, m. first, to Thomas Reade, esq. of Wish- Martha, m. first, to Thomas Fyncham, esq Mr. Yelverton m. secondly, Jane, daughter of Edward |