STEPHEN HOLME, esq. of Paull-Holme, barrister-at-law, conveyed Paull-Holme to his brother John. Hem. Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Iveson, esq. of Blackbank, in Leeds, and had two sons, Henry and Christopher, who died young, and one daughter, BETTY HOLME, who wedded 5th October, 1747, at Ledsham, in Yorkshire, the Rev. JAMES TORRE, of Snydall, in that county, and had issue, JAMES TORRE, of Snydall, b. 1748, who JAMES, whose son is the present John Torre, an officer, 60th regiment, He wedded, secondly, in 1792, Caroline, daughter of the Rev. R. Cotes, D.D. and had by her further issue, Kirkby Torre, b. in 1750, died s. p. at NICHOLAS TORRE, of whom presently. fidelity, and truth, were the great moving principles of his life. By his learning, and a strict attention to the duties of his sacred functions, he adorned the clerical character, and hath left a pattern worthy of imitation. These excellent qualities have caused his death to be deeply lamented, and will render his memory long dear to his friends and relations. He died November 25th, 1775, aged 64." "In memory of a sincere and worthy man, this monument is erected near the remains of Henry Holme, of Skeffling, esq. the eldest son of John and Dinah Holme, of this place, whose respectable ancestry, and general benevolence, made his death lamented by those who knew him. He died 23rd December, 1778, in the 72nd of his age." 1792, Eliza, daughter of the Rev. John Cox,* of Oxford, and had issue, HENRY-JAMES, heir to his uncle, Nicholas, and present proprietor of Paull-Holme. Bryan-Stephen, b. 13th August, 1799. Robert, b. 19th September, 1807, m. a daughter of Dodd, esq. and has issue. Jane-Charlotte, m. to C. Cracroft, esq. of Sunnybank, near Abergavenny, and has issue. Eliza-Anne. John Torre, b. in 1760, who m. in 1792, Harriet, third daughter of John Leigh, esq. of Oughtrington, in the county of Chester, and d. s. p. 13th April, 1808. Betty Torre, died unm. The third son, THE REV. NICHOLAS TORRE, rector of Rise, in Holderness, b. 14th December, 1756, eventually inherited the Paull-Holme estate, and assumed in consequence the surname and arms of HOLME. He m. first, in June, 1783, Isabella, daughter of the Rev. Mr. Barber, vicar of Kippax, which lady died without issue, 18th April, 1808, and secondly, 10th May, 1809, Dorothy, daughter of the Rev. James Worsley, who also had no child. Mr. Holme died at Rise, 1st September, 1833, and was succeeded by (the son of his next brother Henry,) his nephew, Henry-James Torre, who assumed, on inheriting, the surname and arms of HOLME, and is the present Rev. HENRY-JAMES HOLME, of Paull-Holme. Arms-Barry of six or and az. on a canton arg. a chaplet gu. Crest-First, a holly tree fructed ppr. secondly, out of a mural coronet gu. a hound's head erased, or. Motto-Holme semper viret. the East Riding of Yorkshire. Estates-Paull-Holme and Skeffling, in Seat-Paull-Holme, the ancient residence of the family, was burnt down, but there is still remaining a tower of great antiquity, with the arms of Holme carved thereon, quarterly with those of Sir Richard Sutton, in 1234. *Jane Cox, another daughter of the Rev. John Cox, of Oxford, married Henry-Lancelot Lee, esq. of Coton Hall, Shropshire, and has a daughter and heir, Catherine-Anne-Harriet Lee, m. to JohnMuxloe Wingfield, esq. of Tickencote, in the county of Rutland. (See vol. ii. p. 476.) BIGGS, OF STOCKTON. BIGGS, HARRY, esq. of Stockton, in the county of Wilts, m. 16th September, 1802, Margaretta-Anne, sole daughter and heir of Godolphin-William Burslem,* esq. of Alton Grange, in the county of Leicester, and has had issue, 1. HENRY-GODOLPHIN, b. 4th July, 1803. 11. Arthur-William, captain in the 7th Hussars, b. 9th August, 1804. 1. Margaretta, b. 11th October, 1805, d. 11th October, 1819. II. Emma. Mr. Biggs succeeded his father in 1800, and served the office of high-sheriff of Wiltshire in 1812. * Lineage. The parish of Stapleford, in the immediate vicinity of Stockton, was long the residence of the family of Biggs, of which, THOMAS BYGGS, of Stapleford, in the county of Wilts, d. in 1551, 5 EDWARD VI. and was father of, JOHN BYGGS, of Stapleford, who presented three times to the vicarage of Stapleford, viz. in 1551, 1554, and 1571, and by his will, dated 12th February, 1584, entailed his estates in Stapleford and Uppington, on failure of his own issue male, on John Byggs, the son of another John, whose relationship does not appear, and makes his cousin, John Marvyn,† of Pertwood, an overseer of his will. He d. in 1585, 27 ELIZABETH, leaving issue, CHRISTOPHER, his son and heir. Jone. Kingman. In this parish the family continued to reside, and had there their place of sepulture, until William Burslem, esq. great-grandfather of Mrs. Biggs, married Elizabeth, sister and co-heir of William Godolphin, of Coulston, in the county of Wilts, the representative of a younger branch of the very ancient family of Godolphin, of Godolphin, in the county of Cornwall, the elder branch of which was represented by Sydney, Earl Godolphin, lord high treasurer to Queen ANN and King GEORGE. + The Marvyns, of Pertwood, in the county of Wilts, were an ancient and highly connected family, of whom William Marvyn, of Pertwood, father of the above-mentioned John, was sheriff of Dorset and Somerset, 5 HENRY VII. The Mervins, of Fonthill, in the same county, were a branch of this family. February, 1788, Betty Adlam, HENRY, who succeeded his father at d. in 1755. Ann, b. 1720, m. 20th June, 1744, to John Davis, esq. of Bapton, in the county of Wilts, and d. 17th February, 1800. | Mr. Biggs d. 31st March, 1800, and his widow, 30th June, 1818, aged 89 years, and was succeeded in his estates by his only son and heir, the present HARRY BIGGS, esq. of Stockton. Arms-Per pale erm. and az. a lion passant, within a bordure engrailed gu. the latter charged with fleur de lis, or. Crest-A leopard's face ppr. Arms of BURSLEM-Arg. ten escallops (four, three, two, and one,) sa. quartering GODOLPHIN, gu. an eagle with two heads, displayed between two fleurs de lis, and a crescent for difference arg. Estates At Stockton, Little Langford, Maddington, Asserton, and Codford, in the county of Wilts, and near Ashby de la Zouch, in the county of Leicester. The only son of the second marriage, Seat-Stockton, near Salisbury, in the HENRY BIGGS, esq. of Little Langford, county of Wilts. This house is an interesting was b. in 1723. Having purchased the neigh-specimen of the enriched architecture of the bouring manor and estate of Stockton, he removed thither, and by Dianna his wife, daughter of John Davis, esq. of Bapton, and relict of John Potticary, esq. (whom he m. 3rd June, 1765), he had issue, HARRY, present possessor. reign of James I. and contains a most curious and beautiful drawing-room, in the highest state of preservation. The wainscot is of dark oak, in parts, very richly carved, and the ceiling and chimney-piece are of very elaborate character. Most of the other rooms in the house have been ornamented in the same style, but some of them have unfortunately suffered under the hands of modern reform. CLARKE, OF WELTON PLACE. CLARKE, RICHARD-TREVOR, esq. of Welton Place, in the county of Northampton, b. 29th August, 1813, s. his father 16th December, 1829. ANNE CLARKE, baptized 4th November, 1632, m. her first cousin, John Clarke, esq. of Drayton, sheriff of London in 1694, and had by him, who d. 4th February, 1704, aged 70, a son, JOHN CLARKE, esq. of Drayton, who left | by Mary his wife, four sons and two daughters, namely, 1. JOHN, of Drayton, baptized 7th Sep- Eleanor, m.to W. Wentworth, alias Creswell, esq. of Lillingston Lovell, in Oxfordshire, and d. s. p. II. JOSEPH, of Welton Place, sheriff of the county of Northampton in 1758, d. unmarried, 29th April, 1773, aged 75. III. RICHARD, of whom presently. iv. William, baptized 30th October, 1698, d. unmarried. 1. MARY, m. in 1712, William Adams, esq. of Welton, and by him, who d. 7th June, 1774, aged 85, had, with other issue, a daughter, FRANCES ADAMS, baptized in 1714, m. in 1742, John Plomer, esq. of Stone, son of Thomas Plomer, gent. of North Marston, Bucks, nephew of the Rev. John Plomer, master of Rugby School,and brother of alderman, Sir William Plomer, lord mayor of London in 1781. The son of this marriage, JOHN PLOMER, eventually assumed the surname of CLARKE. II. Anne, baptized 12th November, 1696, m. at Fawsley, 10th February, 1717-8, the Rev. Simon Adams, vicar of Welton, and dying 1737, left, with junior issue, a son and heir, Clarke Adams, esq. of East Haddon, lieutenant-colonel of the Northamptonshire Militia, who m. first, in 1744, Elizabeth, daughter and heir of the Rev. W. Tayler, perpetual curate of Daventry, by whom he had issue; and secondly, 29th August, 1751, Frances, daughter of Richard Clarke, esq. by whom he had no issue, The third son, RICHARD CLARKE, esq. of Nortoft, in Guilsborough, inherited Welton upon the demise of his brother Joseph. He m. first, 6th February, 1723-4, Frances, daughter and heir of John Gardiner, gent. of Guilsborough, by whom, who died 20th July, 1728, he had one son and one daughter, viz., John, baptized 19th June, 1727, and buried 31st May, 1729. Frances, m. at East Haddon, 29th August, 1751, to Clarke Adams, esq. of East Haddon, and d. in 1786. Mr. Clarke d. 6th December, 1774, aged 74. His grandnephew, JOHN PLOMER, esq. assumed, by act of Parliament, 15 GEORGE III. in compliance with his testamentary injunction, the surname and arms of CLARKE. He purchased Welton manor in 1804, and served as highsheriff of Northamptonshire in 1778. He m. Mary, daughter and heir of Nicholas Child, gent. of London, and by her, who d. 25th December, 1816, aged 73, had issue, JOHN, his heir. RICHARD, successor to his brother. Anne-Frances, m. 21st November, 1805, to the Rev. Thomas Pettat, of Southorp House, Gloucester, and d. 2nd August, 1817. Mary. Helen-Amelia, m. 10th August, 1809, to the Rev. Thomas Smith of Calthorp, in Leicestershire, rector of Clay Coton, and vicar of Lilbourn. Mr. Plomer Clarke d. 9th January, 1805, aged 61, and was s. by his son, JOHN PLOMER CLARKE, esq. of Welton Place, baptized 26th August, 1776, lieutenant-colonel, commanding the Western regiment of Northamptonshire Local Militia in 1813; high-sheriff in 1814, and verderer of Rockingham Forest. He m. at Lincoln, 16th April, 1806, Anna-MariaCharlotte, eldest daughter of Sir John Nelthorp, bart. of Scawby, in the county of Lincoln, and died without issue, 23rd March, 1826, aged 50, and was s. by his brother, RICHARD CLARKE, esq. of Welton Place, an officer in the 3rd Dragoon Guards, baptized 31st December, 1777, who m. at Pitsford, 21st August, 1806, Philippa, daughter and heir of the Rev. George Tymms, A.M. rector of Harpole, and vicar of Dallington, and had issue, RICHARD-TREVOR, his heir. John-Alexander, of Trinity College, 1816. Caroline-Charlotte. Mary-Susan. Mr. Clarke d. 16th December, 1829, and was s. by his son, the present RICHARDCLARKE, esq. of Welton Place. Arms-Arg. on a bend gu. between three torteaux, as many swans, arg. Crest-A swan rising arg. ducally gorged and chained or. Motto-Erectus non elatus. CRADOCK, OF HARTFORTH. CRADOCK, SHELDON, esq. of Hartforth, in the county of York, colonel of the North York Militia, and M.P. for Camelford in 1830; b. 27th September, 1777 succeeded his father 12th June, 1814. Lineage. A pedigree in Vincent's Durham commences with Richard Cradocke, living 16 HENRY VII. whose grandson, John Cradocke, "went into Yorkshire, and lived at Doe Park." He is stated to have m. Alice, daughter of Roger Tempest, of Holmside, and to have been father of John, of Doe Parke, who, by Elizabeth his wife, daughter of George Rayne, of Thringarth, had a son, JOHN CRADOCKE, of Newhouses, in Baldersdale, whose will, dated 14th June, 1604, styles him of Gainford. He m. Anne, daughter of Anthony Latus, of Beckin Millum, in Cumberland, and had three sons, namely, William, of Newhouses. Anthony, of Woodhouses, near Auck- John Cradocke d. 1 JAMES I. His second son, THE REV. JOHN CRADOCKE, D.D. was vicar of Gainford in 1594; prebendary of the fifth stall in 1619; archdeacon of Northumberland, and spiritual chancellor to Bishop Neile. This learned divine m. Margaret, daughter of William Bateman, of Wensleydale, and widow of Robinson, and had issue, RICHARD, baptized 10th April, 1592, of Durham, barrister-at-law, who m. Dorothy, eldest daughter of Thomas Heath, esq. of Kepyer, and dying in 1624, was buried at Durham Abbey, having had three daughters, of whom the only one that married was, ANNE, baptized 22nd July, 1623; who wedded John Harrison, of Scarborough, in Yorkshire. Francis, baptized 5th June, 1597, d. s. p. John, who inherited the entailed estates; he m. Dorothy, daughter of William Wright, of Cumberland, but d. s. p. circa 1656. His widow wedded, secondly, Lancelot Hilton, gent. TOBY, of whom presently. Joseph (Sir), knt. L.L.D. commissary of the archdeaconry of Richmond, sometime of Harperley, in the county of Durham, b. in 1605, m. first, Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Cruse, citizen of London, and had by her, who was buried at Witton, 16th February, 1643, two sons and three daughters, viz. Thomas, of Durham, barrister-atlaw, baptized 8th April, 1633 ; was attorney general to Bishop Cosin, and M.P. for Richmond, 1678, 1679, and 1685. He m. first, Sibilla, daughter of the Rev. Gabriel Clarke, D.D. prebendary and archdeacon of Durham; and secondly, 21st December, 1671, Dorothy, daughter of Nicholas Heath, gent. of Little Eden, but dying s. p. 25th February, 1689, binos ex sororibus nepotes heredes conscripsit." 66 Joseph, baptized 1st June, 1634, Elizabeth, m. to Ralph Hutton, esq. Anne, m. to Thomas Musgrave, D.D. prebendary of Durham, and dean of Carlisle, youngest son of Sir Philip Musgrave, bart. Sir Joseph Cradock m. secondly, Jane, daughter and co-heir of the Rev. Anthony Maxton, rector of Wolsingham, and prebendary of Durham, and had by her, Jane, m. first, to Thomas Thwenge, Peregrina, m.to Sir William Chay- Sir Joseph's will bears date in January, 1685, and he was buried at Richmond, 16th April, of the following year, aged 81. Margaret, m. to the Rev. John Robson, A.M. rector of Morpeth, prebendary of the sixth stall, and chaplain in ordinary to CHARLES I. Anne, baptized 16th September, 1599. |