He wedded, secondly, Margaret, Margaret, m. to E. Kerr. He d. in 1581, and was s. by his elder son, SIR JOHN DE STRODE, knt. of Parnham, b. in 1561, m. Anne, daughter of Sir John Wyndham, knt. of Orchard, and had two sons, JOHN (Sir), his successor. b. in 1626, M.P. for Lyme Regis, temp. CHARLES II. He d. in 1624, and was s. by his elder son, SIR JOHN STRODE, of Chantmarle, b. in 1624, wedded Anne, daughter of T. Brown, esq. of Walcott, in the county of Northampton, and widow of John, Lord Paulet, of Hinton, by whom he had an only daughter and heiress, ELIZABETH STRODE, who m. Sir William Oglander, bart. and thus terminated the elder branch of the family.† * See vol. i. page 143. thirdly, Richard Hill, esq. This lady wedded, + SIR WILLIAM OGLANDER, third baronet, m. Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Sir John Strode, knt. of Parnham, in the county of Dorset, and dying in 1734, was s. by his son, SIR JOHN OGLANDER, who in right of his mother succeeded to the estates of the elder branch of the ancient family of STRODE. BURKE's Peerage and Baronetage. Some of the STRODES had property at Chepsted, in Kent. In Harl. MSS. 1040. fo. 34, mention is made of the funeral of a Sir Nicholas Strode buried at Chepsted, 18th May, 1683, for which ceremonie Withie and Saunders furnished 10 Sarcenet achievements; arms of Letion, Strode, and Saville 62 Buckram achievements 12 large pendants 48 small pendants 4 shafroons A pall EDWARD STRODE, of Shepton Mallet, m. Alicia, daughter of Robert Whiting, brother of the last abbot of Glastonbury, and left a son, WILLIAM STRODE, of Shepton Mallet, who wedded Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Galfrid Upton, and had issue, I. GALFRID or GEOFFREY, of Shepton COLONEL WILLIAM STRODE, the dis- lic funeral, and interred with | Mr. Strode was s. at his decease by his only great ceremony in Westminster son, Abbey. 11. George, of London. III. WILLIAM. The third son, WILLIAM STRODE, esq. of Shepton Mallet, m. Joanna, daughter and heiress of E. Barnard, esq. of Downside, in the county of Somerset, and was s. by his son, EDWARD STRODE, esq. b. 22nd August, 1623, s. by his son, JOHN STRODE, esq. who wedded daughter of J. Hippesley, esq. of Camley, and left a son and heir, JAMES STRODE, esq. who m. Amy A'Court, and had (with a younger son, Edward, killed in a duel, in France) his successor, CAREW STRODE, esq. of Southhill House, in the county of Somerset, who espoused Elizabeth Skinner, and had issue, 1. James, who d. s. p. Mr. Strode was s. by his only surviving son, EDWARD STRODE, esq. of Southhill. This gentleman m. Mary, daughter of Simpson, esq. of the county of Cumberland, and had issue, 1. JOHN, his heir. 1. THOMAS CHETHAM, of whom and successor of Thomas. 3. RANDLE CHETHAM, who having 4. Edward Chetham, captain R.N. JOHN STRODE, esq. of Southhill, sometime colonel of the Bath Volunteers, and a deputy lieutenant and justice of the peace for the county of Somerset. He married MargaretSophia, daughter of Sir Henry-John Parker, bart. of Talton, in the county of Worcester, by whom, who d. 25th August, 1805, he had no issue. Colonel Strode died at the age of sixty-nine, in 1807, and was buried in the family vault, in the parish church, (West Cranmore) by the side of his wife, to whose memory he had erected an elegant monument, with the following inscription : "Sacred to the memory of Margaret-Sophia Strode, wife of John Strode, esq. and daughter of Sir Henry-John Parker, bart. of Talton, in the county of Worcester. She died on Sunday, 25th August, 1805, aged 55 years." Above the tomb of Colonel Strode himself, there is also a handsome monument, thus inscribed : "Sacred to the memory of John Strode, esq. the last male heir of an ancient and highly respectof this manor nearly two hundred years; his able family resident in this parish, and lords early life was passed in the profession of arms, and his latter years were dedicated to the service of his country in a civil capacity, as an active, humane, and intelligent magistrate; but when his country was threatened by foreign invasion he again stood forward one of her most zealous and active defenders, and was honoured with the command of several corps of fencible troops, raised in this country. He died, December 22nd, 1807, aged 69 years. Thomas Chetham-Strode, his nephew and heir, caused this to be erected to his memory." Colonel Strode was s. by (the eldest son of his elder sister) his nephew, THOMAS CHETHAM, esq. b. 29th November, 1771, who in consequence of inheriting the STRODE estates, assumed by sign manual, in December, 1808, the additional surname and arms of STRODE. He m. in 1816, Catherine-Brandreth Backhouse, widow of Lieutenant Colonel Spencer-Thomas Vassall, who so gloriously fell in leading the British troops to the storin of Monte Video, A.D. 1807, (see vol. i. p. 501) and dau. and co-heiress of the late Rev. D. Evans, D.D. sometime a chaplain to King GEORGE III. and rector of West Tilbury, in Essex. By this lady (who survives him) he had no issue. He d. 11th September, 1827, and was s. by his next brother, RICHARD CHETHAM, esq. who assumed on inheriting the additional surname and arms of STRODE. He espoused Frances, second daughter of the Rev. Robert Thomlinson, M.A. rector of Cleye, in the county of Norfolk, but dying s. p. 19th July, 1828, was s. by his brother, RANDLE CHETHAM, who, assuming the surname and arms of STRODE, is Thomas, baptized 23rd May, 1678, and buried 23rd March, 1696. Katherine, baptized 17th May, 1669, m. to William Radcliffe, esq. of Podnor, and died in May, 1696. Mary, baptized 26th December, 1672, m. in 1703, to Joseph Chaddock, esq. He wedded, secondly, Anne but had no further issue. He d. in 1704, (will dated 29th December, 1703, and proved 19th April, 1704) and was s. by his son, JAMES CHETHAM, esq. of Mellor Hall, baptized 26th September, 1675, m. Elizabeth, daughter of - Lawton, esq. and had issue, 1. James, heir to his father. 11. THOMAS, heir to his brother. III. William, baptized at Mellor, 15th October, 1707. IV. Edward, b. 16th August, 1711. Mr. Chetham made his will 16th May, 1712, and it was proved on the 29th September following. He was s. by his eldest son, JAMES CHETHAM, esq. of Mellor Hall, baptized 17th April, 1700, died in 1717, and was s. by his brother, THOMAS CHETHAM, esq. of Mellor Hall, b. 8th November, 1702, m. first, 16th January, 1723, at Mecclesfield, Mary Hawkins, by whom he had no issue. He espoused secondly, in March, 1739, Mary, third and youngest daughter of Randle Wilbraham, esq. of Rhode and Nantwich, in the county of Chester, and had THOMAS, his heir. Mary, bap. 8th July, 1742, m. 31st July, 1782, to Samuel Macconell, esq. of Bath, and had an only child, ISABELLA MACCONELL, b. 23rd April, 1785, m. 11th April, 1809, to her cousin, Colonel John Chetham. Frances, died in infancy, anno 1743. Elizabeth, bap. 11th August, 1746, d. in 1767. Mr. Chetham was buried on the 21st January, 1756, and was s. by his only son, THOMAS CHETHAM, esq. of Mellor Hall, bap. 16th December, 1739, espoused at St. James's, Westminster, 15th October, 1770, ANNE, elder daughter of EDWARD STRODE, esq. of Southhill House, in the county of Somerset, and had issue, I. THOMAS, successors to the 11. RICHARD, STRODE estates, and by III. RANDLE, assumption STRODE in addition to CHETHAM, the last is the IV. Edward, capt. R.N. b. at Highgate, v. John, of Londonderry, a colonel in Mr. Chetham died in October, 1799, and was s. by his eldest son, THOMAS, who subsequently inherited the STRODE estates, and assumed the additional surname and arms of STRODE. Arms Quarterly; first and fourth, ermine in a canton sa. a crescent arg. for STRODE. Second and third, arg. a griffin segreant gu. within a bordure bezantee, for CHETHAM. Crests-First, for STRODE, a demi lion couped or. Second, for CHETHAM, a demi griffin, holding a cross potent arg. Motto-Malo mori quam foedari. Estates-In Somersetshire. Seat-Southhill House, situated on the south side of the Mendip Hills. O'SHEE, OF GARDENMORRES. O'SHEE, JOHN-POWER, esq. of Gardenmorres, in the county of Waterford, and of Sheestown, in the county of Kilkenny, b. 15th February, 1809, succeeded his father in 1827. Mr. O'Shee, who is a magistrate for the counties of Waterford and Kilkenny, and deputy-lieutenant of the former, served the office of sheriff for the county of Waterford in 1832. 11. John. III. Arthur, who m. Issmay Cadell, heiress of Morestown and Cadells town, in the county of Tipperary, and of Elstown and Kilkeraine, in the county of Kilkenny, and had issue. IV. William. Thadeus was s. by his eldest son, ROBERT SHEE, who wedded Ellen, daughter of Birmingham, called by the Irish, Mac Fheoris, and was s. by his son, RICHARD SHEE, who was sent to school to Waterford, by his grandmother, (a daughter of the Earl of Desmond) lest he should and he there m. Rose, daughter of - Archer. be murdered by the Baron of Dunboyne, By this lady he had two sons and four daughters, of whom, Catherine, m. William Bushe, of Waterford. The elder son, the family that settled in Kilkenny. He esROBERT SHEE, or Sheth, was the first of poused Catherine, daughter of - Sherlocke, of Kilkenny, and had issue, I. RICHARD, his heir. This family, of Milesian origin, derives from the Irish princes of Iveragh, in the county of Kerry, and its direct ancestor, prior to the English invasion, is acknowledged to have held the sceptre as KING or LORD OF IVERAGH. Within the jurisdiction of Iveragh was situated the Island of Dairbre, the estate of the O'Shees, and in an ancient pedigree, attested by Robert Cooke, Clarencieux King of Arms, in the year 1582, ODA, OR ODANUS O'SHEE, chieftain of the Sept, about the beginning of the twelfth III. Beale, m. to Francis Pembroke. century, is styled Lord of the manors of IV. Mary, m. to James Fforstall. Cloran-O'Shee, Clone-O'Shee, and Dran- This Robert was slain on the 6th August, v. Alson, m. to John Donnell. gan-O'Shee, in the barony of Middlethird and county of Tipperary, and of the Can-1500, at Mealiffe, in the county of Tipa hundred thred of Texnane O'Shee, in the county of perary, where he commanded Kerry, (situated in the barony of Iveragh). against O'Brien, and was s. by his son, men of Kilkenny, under Sir Pierce Butler, The tenth in descent from this chief, ODONEUS O'SHEE, (whose grandfather, Thadeus O'Shee, had removed from Texnane O'Shee to the county of Tipperary) obtained denizenship for himself and his three brothers, William, Edmund, and John, on the 6th November, A.D. 1381, 15th RICHARD II. This Odoneus was likewise lord of the manors of Cramps Castle, and Sheesland, near Kiltinane, in the county of Tipperary. He was s. by his son, ROBERT SHEE, who became heir also to his above mentioned uncles, William, Edmund, and John. He was father of THADEUS SHEE, who succeeded him. This chief having unfortunately slain on the 6th December, 1433, John Butler, brother of the Baron of Dunboyne, and Seneschal to the White Earl, in the county palatine of Tipperary, the baron entered into Drangan, Shees land, and other parcels as an ericke after the Irish custom. His brother, Cormacke O'Shee, was about the same period confirmed in the lordship of Cloran, by Thomas Butler, prior of Kilmainham, which estate however came again into the possession of the descendants of Thadeus. He m. Margaret, daughter and heir of William 11. Joan, m. to John Mothel. Joan, daughter and heir of Elias Archer, of 1. ROBERT, his successor. II. Thomas, who m. Beale Butler, and "Hic jacet WILHELMUS SHEE, quondam IV. Nicholas, m. Beale Walshe, and v. Edmund, m. Lettice Cranesborough, and had issue. vi. Katherine, m. first, to Michael Boyle, esq. and secondly, to Nicho VIII. Anstice, this lady was m. thrice. He was s. at his decease by his eldest son, ROBERT SHEE, esq. who was a justice of the peace for the county of Kilkenny, and purchased lands in the city and county thereof. He wedded Margaret, daughter of - Rothe, esq. and had issue, J. RICHARD (Sir), his heir. "HELICE SHEE Armigero multis na- From this ELIAS,† Sir George SHEE, bart. and SIR MARTIN ARCHER SHEE, P.R.A. derive. III. Marcus. IV. Matthew. v. Andrew. - vi. Marion, m. to Thomas Archer, esq. VII. Joan, m. first, to Luke Black, esq. and secondly to Rothe, esq. of Kilkenny. VIII. Onor, m. to John Archer, esq. and had issue. She died 24th August, 1616, and lies interred under a mural monument in St. Mary's Church, Kilkenny, on which are the arms of Archer, impaling those of Shee, with a Latin inscription underneath. Ix. Ellen, m. to Richard Archdeacon, esq. and had issue. Under SIR MARTIN SHEE, this Robert, the eldest son, is erroneously called the youngest. In vol. i. p. 405, this ELIAS SHEE is represented as dying in 1688, after forfeiting the estate of Clanmore,-evidently in error. Elias who lost Clanmore, was probably the grandson of this ELIAS. By inquisition, held 21st August, 1619, it appears that Elias Shee was seised of the castles of Clanmorne, Shullamrath, and Follingrath, within the liberties of Kilkenny. His son and heir, George Shee, was twenty-three years of age, and married at his father's death. SIR GEORGE SHEE, bart. is the head of this branch of the family only. Robert Shee lies buried in St. Mary's Choir, Kilkenny. His monument consists of a large circular arch, within which are his arms, with seven quarterings, and the initials R. S. He was s. by his eldest son, SIR RICHARD SHEE, knt. of Uppercourt, in the county of Kilkenny, and of Cloran, in Tipperary, a member of Gray's-Inn, London, and founder, in the year 1582, of the hospital in Kilkenny called after his name, which institution he endowed, by his will dated 18th December, 1603, with the tythes of Butlerswood and Kilmocahill, directing his son and heir, under pain of his curse and promise of his blessing, to procure a charter of incorporation of the poor of the hospital, under the title of "Fratres et Sorores Hospitalis Jesu Christi in Kilkennia." He m. first, Margaret, daughter of John Sherlock, esq. of Mothe, in the county of Waterford, and had issue, Sir 1. ROBERT, who died in the lifetime of his father unmarried. II. LUCAS, his heir, ancestor of the CLORAN family, which see at foot of this article. III. Thomas, of Freinstown, who left no IV. MARCUS, of whom presently. VI. Lettice, m. to John Grace, head of VII. Catherine, m. first, Edmund Cantwell, esq. of Moycarkey Castle, in the county of Tipperary, and had a daughter, CATHERINE CANTWELL, who wedded the Hon. John Butler, son of Edmund, second Viscount Mount Garret. Mrs. Cantwell espoused secondly, Richard Fforstal, jun. of Fforstalstown and Ologan Castles, by whom she had also a daughter, Catherine Fforstal, who espoused, in 1650, Matthew Morres, esq. of Ballyrickard-Morres. VIII. Margaret, m. to James Walshe, esq. IX. Elizabeth, m. to David Rothe, esq. of Tullaghmain, in the county of Kilkenny, by whom she had, with other issue, SIR ROBERT ROTHE, knt. the first Mayor of Kilkenny, under the charter of King JAMES I. Richard Shee wedded secondly Margaret, daughter of Christopher Ffagan, esq. alderman of Dublin, but by her, who survived him, he left no issue. Sir Richard died at his Castle of Bonnestown, near Kilkenny, on the 10th August, 1608, and was |
