Haghman Abbey, all the lands given his | esq. of Wem, Coton and Whixhall, Salop. father, Thomas de Burton, on his marriage with the daughter of the Lord of Codarcote, from whom the descent may be traced as follows: SIR EDWARD BURTON, knight, banneret, in the reign of EDWARD IV. of whom more hereafter. A JOHN DE BURTON, was sheriff for Shropshire, from 1354 to 1359. WILLIAM BURTON, was member for Shrewsbury, 1379. RICHARD DE BEORTON, M.P. for Shrewsbury, 1381. WILLIAM BURTON, M. P. for Shrewsbury, 1383, 1384, and 1385. WILLIAM BURTON, M. P. for Shrewsbury, 1436 and 1442. Of the above Sir Edward Burton, the author of the Commentary on Antoninus thus writes: "Edward Burton, of Longner, was with King EDWARD IV. successful in fourteen set battels, between the houses of York and Lancaster; and for his great royalty (loyalty?) and service he was made knight banneret, under the royal standard in the field." A. D. 1460. His son, SIR ROBERT BURTON, knight, had the first grant of arms, dated May 22nd, 1478; hem. Christian Stapleton, daughter and heir of Sir John Stapleton, knight, of Stapleton, and relict of Robert Cressett, of Upton Cressett; by whom he had a son, EDWARD BURTON, who d. 23rd April, 1524, and was buried at St. Chadd's, Shrewsbury. Some of the records and pedigrees style him Sir Edward Burton, knight, and some, groom of the stole to HENRY VII.; but a handsome alabaster stone to his memory and that of his wife Jocosa Coyney, removed to Atcham church on the fall of St. Chadd's, 1788, simply calls him "Edwardi Burton." By his first wife Joyce, daughter to Harry Griffin, esq. he had a son, JOHN BURTON, who m. Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Poyner, esq. and d. October 22, 1543, leaving a son, EDWARD BURTON, b. 1510, who m. Ann, daughter and co-heir of Nicholas Madocks, This Edward Burton was a zealous Protestant in the days of Queen MARY, and on that account essayed many hair-breadth escapes, which it is to be lamented Fox the martyrologist has not related where he thus speaks of him: "The like example of charitable affection in these Catholic churchmen is also to be sene and noted in the burying of one Maister Edward Burton, esquire, who in the same diocese of Chester, departyng out of this world the very day before Queene ELIZABETH was crowned, required of his frendes as they would answer for it that his bodye should be buried in his parish churche (which was St. Chadde's, in Shrewsbury), and that no masse monger should be present thereat, which thing being declared to the curate of that parish, named Sir John Marshall, and the bodye being withall brought to the burying upon the same daye that the Queene was crowned, the curate being therewith offended, sayd playnly that he should not be buried in the church there, whereunto one of his frendes named Georg Torpelley answeryng agayne, sayd that God would judge him in the last day, &c. Then the curate sayd Judge God or devill the bodye shall not come there.' And so they buried him in his owne garden, where he is no doubt as neare the kingdom of heaven as if he had bene buried in the middest of the church." But But the story is best told by William Burton, great grandson of the Edward Burton in question, in his Commentary on the Itinerary of Antoninus.* "Edward Burton, esq. a religious asserter of the Gospel in Queen MARIE's time, and by the author of the Acts and Monuments of the Church of England, named among those that escaped the persecution then for that cause. the whole story is this; he was a man indeed, who, by many waies and courses he took for his safety (too long to be told here), and to evade the hands of such as lay in wait for him; when, one day sitting alone in his upper parlour at Longner, in meditation no doubt of God's deliverance of his people; he heard a general ring of all the bells in Shrewsbury, whereunto in St. Chadda's parish his house belonged, when strait his right divining soul told him it was for Queen MARIE's death, yet longing to know the truth more certainly, and loath to trust his servants therein for some reasons, he sent his eldest son, my grandfather being then but a boy of sixteen years of age, willing him to throw up his hat if it were so, so impatient was his expectation, who finding it, and doing accordingly as he was directed, * A Commentary on the Itinerary of Antoninus, by William Burton, B.L.-London, 1658. the good man retiring presently from the window and recovering his chair, for extremity of joy which he conceived for the deliverance of the saints of God, he suddenly expired. And this was his nunc dimittis Domine. But neither was the storm of persecution so quite blown over hereby, but that still some scatterings did fall upon the servants of God, for they suffered some grievances still, among which was their being debarred from Christian interment in churches. But facilis jactura sepulcri. His friends made a shift to bury him in his garden by the fish ponds, and set a monument over him, which being defaced by time and rain, it happened in the year MIOCXIV. that Edward Burton, esq. his grandson, inviting to dinner the noble Sir Andrew Corbet, then lieutenant of the shire, with divers other gentlemen of quality; that the good baronet desirous to see the place which preserved the reliques and memory of that excellent man, as good men are still inquisitive after them, whose virtues they honour; but finding it much decayed by the weather after a friendly correption of his host, and serious injoynment to repair the tomb, whereby the memory of his most deserving grandfather was kept alive; he without any ado, effected what he spake for, and promised himself to become the poet for an epitaph, which he accordingly wrote.” This Edward Burton d. in 1558, and left a son and successor, THOMAS BURTON, esq. of Longner, b. 1542, who m. Catherine, daughter and coheir of William Biest, esq. of Atcham Grange, and d. 1619, leaving a son, EDWARD BURTON, esq. of Longner, who m. 1601, Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Fran eis Newton, of Heightley, and d. 1642, when he was succeeded by his son, FRANCIS BURTON, esq. of Longner, who m. Catherine, daughter of Jacob and Catherine Walton, of Doveridge, in the county of Derby, and Fail, in the county of Stafford, and d. 1680, leaving a son, THOMAS BURTON, esq. of Longner, justice of the great sessions for North Wales, b. 1637, who d. 24th and was buried at Atcham 27th April, 1695; he m. Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Berkeley, esq. of Spetchley and Ravenshill, in the county of Worcester, and by her, who d. 1693, had issue, 1. ROBERT, of whom hereafter. I. Ann, m. Sir Walter Wrottesley, bart. II. Elizabeth, m. Joseph Jones, esq. of ROBERT BURTON, esq. of Longner, was sheriff of Salop, 1709: he m. Elizabeth, daughter and co-heir of Martin Ballard, esq. of Evesham, and had issue, 1. THOMAS, his heir. I. ANNE, b. 1702, m. THOMAS LINGEN, esq. of Sutton Court, Herefordshire, and of Radbrook, Gloucestershire, and d. 1737, leaving issue, 1. Robert Lingen, who took the 2. Thomas Lingen, d. an infant. 6. Edward Lingen, d. an infant. 1. Ann Lingen, m. Rev. J. Airson, 2. Elizabeth Lingen, m. Rev. Wil- 4. Blanch Lingen, b. 1735, d. 5. Rachael Lingen, m. Rev. J. Mr. Burton d. in 1725, and was s. by his Guest, b. 1737, d. 1788. son, THOMAS BURTON, esq. of Longner, who was born in 1705, and d. at Shrewsbury in 1730. His nephew, ROBERT LINGEN, christened 24th June, of Radbrook, Gloucestershire, assumed 1725, at Quinton church, the parish church the name of BURTON, pursuant to the will of Parliament, 1748. He m. 7th June, 1748, of his great-uncle Thomas Burton, by act at St. James's Chapel, London, Anne, daughter of Thomas Hill, esq. of Tern Hall, now called Attingham, (by Anne, only daughter of Richard Powys, esq., of the treasury, a branch of the Lilford family), and sister to Margaret, wife of Bennet, third Earl of Harborough, and half-sister to Noel Hill, first Lord Berwick, by whom (who d. 1771) he had issue, I. Thomas Lingen, d. young. Holy Cross and St. Giles, all in Shropshire, d. January, 16th, 1831, leaving issue by his wife Mary, daughter of William Gittins, esq. of Chilton, in the county of Salop, 1. Robert, b. 1796, m. first, 1821, Catharine, daughter of William Walcot, esq. of Moor Park, near Ludlow, by whom, who d. Aug. 22nd, 1830, he has an only dau. Jemima-Anne, b. 1824. He m. secondly, in 1835, Catharine, eldest daughter of the late Rev. Herbert Oakeley, D.D. of Oakeley, in Shropshire, rector of Lydham and Prebendary of Worcester, by whom he has a son, Robert-Lingen, born in October, 1836. 2. Henry, M.A. rector of Upton Cressett, and vicar of Atcham, and of Condover, Salop. 1. Anne. 2. Elizabeth Blanche. IV. Edward, b. 1756, d. April 18th, 1827, leaving issue by his wife DorothyEliza, daughter of Joshua Blakeway, esq. of Lythwood, in the county of Salop, (and sister to the late learned Rev. John Brickdale Blakeway, vicar of St. Mary's, Shrewsbury, author of several valuable works particularly on the local antiquities of Shropshire) 1. Edward, b. 1794, m. 1825, Helen, daughter of the Rev. Joseph Corbett, of Longnor, Archdeacon of Salop, and d. without issue, January 19th, 1836, universally regretted and esteemed. He was possessed of uncommon attainments, and was the author of many most valuable Theological works; being at the time of his death Regius Professor of Divinity in the University of Oxford, Doctor in Divinity, canon of Christ Church, and rector of Ewelme, Oxon. 2. Robert-Lingen, M. A. vicar of the Holy Cross and St. Giles's, Shrewsbury, m. first, 1829, Everilda, daughter of the Rev. Rigbye Rigbye, of Harrock Hall, in the county of Lancaster, which lady d. April 22nd, 1833; and secondly, in 1835, Mary-AnneElizabeth, daughter of the Rev. C. Pyne Coffin, of Eastdown House, in the county of Devon, and relict of the Rev. OrlandoHamlyn Williams, of Clovelly, in the same shire, by whom he has a son, Edward Lingen, b. 1836. 3. John, d. an infant. 2. Anna-Maria, m. 1821, to the 4. Mary, d. 1834. 1. Mary, d. 1775. u. Anna-Maria, m. 1786, Edmund Plowden, of Plowden, in the county of Salop, and of Aston-le-Walls, in the county of Northampton, esq. and d. 1830, having had one only daughter, Anna-Maria, m. in 1805, to the Rev. John Eyton, vicar of Wellington, and rector of Eyton, in the county of Salop, who d. 1823; she d. 1825, leaving eight children. III. Anne, d. young. IV. Elizabeth, d. young. v. Anne, d. young. Mr. Burton served the office of sheriff of Salop, 1763, and dying 1803, was s. by his eldest son the present ROBERT BURTON, esq. of Longner. Collateral Branches. TIMOTHY BURTON, fourth son of the Edward Burton who is buried in the garden at Longner, was of Coedgogan, county of Radnor, and d. 1624. He m. Joan, daughter of James Jordan, of Honeycorse, Co. Pembroke, and had issue, THOMAS BURTON, who d. 1696, leaving by Deborah his wife, sister to Thomas Woodroffe, M.D. who d. 1710, aged 81, two sons, 1. SAMUEL BURTON, of Vronlace, in the 1. Daniel Burton, D. D. canon of Thomas Burton, d. an infant, 1749. HARRIET, sole daughter and 2. Thomas Burton, d. an infant, 3. Thomas Burton, D.D. rector of atteigne unto the perfeccions of grete honour of noblesse of which psones one ther is in special. named Robert Burton, of the courte of Yorke, which hath instantly desired and he onered to have to him and to his heires for evermore, the tokings and markys of noblesse, wherfor I the said king of armes, not only by comun. renoine and report of dyvers nobles personnes that the said Robert Burton hath long contynued wt. the king our Souveraig. Lord and comas of Guij in alle his warres and in the disciplyne of the actes of noblesse worthy to be reputed amytted among oder noble men for the causes above said by the power to myn office annexed and attributyd have denysed, orderyd, and assigned unto the fforesaid Robert Burton, and unto the pseid of him wyth the dew difference as hit shall and apperteyn. That is the said, a shild of azure and pompll. parted in pall, a cross engrayled gold or. bythwen foure rosses silver, and to his tymbre a gauntellet silver sette in a wrethe gold and azure: de lapkyns of goules doublett silver as hit apperit in the margyn her. of, which armes he and his heires shall now use and enjoye for evermore wythoutyn any prejidice or empeach of armes to these pntes. have sette my seall. of armes and signed wt. my hand. Giveen the 18 yeere of the reigne of our Souuaraig. at the cite of Yeorke, the 22 day of May, Lord King Edward the Fourth, 1478. NORREY, Roy de Armes. The above curious document is preserved among the records at Longner. FRANCIS NATHANIEL, present MARQUIS OF CONYNGHAM, is sixth in descent from Thomas Burton, (grandson of the Edward Bur-ment. In wyttnesse wherof I the said king ton interred in the garden at Longner), who emigrated to Ireland about 1610, at the same time with many young men of family from Shropshire. He m. Anne Sheppard, of Balcot, heir to a large estate in Ireland, acquired by her brother who distinguished himself in the wars, and the fortune thus acquired by Mr. Burton laid the foundation of the opulence of this ennobled branch. His descendant, Francis Burton, m. Mary, daughter of Lieutenant-general Henry Conyngham, youngest son of William, fourth Earl of Glencairn, and sister to Henry, first Earl of Conyngham. She d. 1737, leaving issue Francis Pierrepont Burton, who s. to the title of his uncle, and dying 1787, was s. by Henry Burton, first Marquis Conyngham, who dying 1832, was s. by the present Marquis. Arms-Party per pale azure and purpure, a cross engrailed or, between four roses argent. Copy of the Grant of Arms to Sir Robert Burton, Knight, May 22nd, 1478.-To alle true and Xtian. people, their partes. bres. heryng, seeyng, or redyng, I, Johan Wrythe, oderwyse called Norrey, King of Armes, of the Northe partyes of Ingland, due and humble recomandacion in our Lord everlasting fore soo moche as ther bee many personnes sette and disposed of their said noble and gentyll couraige to exercise and use vertuous manes and nobles condicions, by the which wt. godd grace they shall more Crest-A dexter gauntlet ppr. couped at the wrist. Motto-Dominus Providebit. The family have since the Lingens merged in the name of Burton, borne the arms and crest of that ancient family in addition and quarterly with their own shield. over all a bend gules charged with three Arms of Lingen-Barry of six or and az: roses arg. Crest of Lingen-Out of a ducal coronet or a bunch of leeks proper. Quarterings now used by the family in Byeste Mouthe Milewater Maddocks Ballard Estates-Longner, of which no certain account can be given as to the date of the family being first possessed of it; but there are no records of its ever having been purchased, and it seems certain the family have for centuries been seated there. Preston, Shelton, Chilton Grove, Atcham Grange, (inherited from a marriage with a Biest, heir of that property in the sixteenth century), Lawley, and Dawley, all in county of Salop; Radbrook, county of Gloucester, the ancient family seat of the Lingens. Advowson of Atcham vicarage, in the county of Salop. founded a college at Tonge in 1411, and was thrice married: first, to her cousin, Fulke Pembruge; secondly, to Sir John Ludlowe; thirdly, to Sir Thomas Peytevine. The son Ralph de Lingeyne, was resident at Sutton, and by his will dated 1452, had four sons, and a daughter Isolda, m. in the reign of HENRY IV. to Brian Harley, ancestor of the Earls of Oxford; while the eldest son, SIR JOHN LINGEYN, of Lingeyn and Sut Seats Longner Hall, near Shrewsbury, ton, who was sheriff for Herefordshire, in Radbrook, Gloucestershire. Lingen, of Radbrook, Gloucestershire. the reigns of EDWARD IV. and HENRY VII. m. Isabel, third daughter and co-heir of Sir John Burgh, by Jane, daughter and coheir of Sir William Clopton, of Clopton, shire, which last property is now in the possession of Robert Burton, esq. representative of the Lingen family. We must deviate awhile from tracing the descent of the Lingens, to speak of the magnificent pedigree of the Lords of Morothwy, the heiress of whom m. Sir Hugh de Burgh, whose grand-daughter Isabel, m. the above named Sir John Lingeyn. This pedigree, now in possession of Robert Burton, esq. of Longner Hall, carries up the descent through many illustrious and royal names to the ancient princes of Powis, from whom it seems the historical house of Burgh derived the principal part of their vast estates. Sir John Burgh, son of the above Sir Hugh, had issue by his wife, Jane Clopton, four daughters only, viz. 1. Elizabeth, m. Thomas Newport, esq. ancestor of the Earls of Bradford, a title which became extinct in 1762, in the person of Earl Thomas, and was revived in 1794, when his nephew Sir Henry Bridgeman, bart. was created Lord Bradford. 2. Ancreda, m. John Leighton, esq. ancestor to the present Sir Baldwin Leighton, bart., of Loton Park, county of Salop. 3. Isabel, m. Sir John Lingen, knight: and 4. Elenor, m. to Thomas Mitton, esq. ancestor of the Myttons of Halston, county of Salop. The family of Lingen is of extreme anti-Warwickshire, and Radbrook, Gloucesterquity, and was originally seated at a small village of that name, about two miles from Wigmore, in Herefordshire; the lord of which castle, Ralph de Mortimer, held also at the time of Domesday, Lingham (as it is there written). The occupant of Lingham under Mortimer was Turstin, a native of Flanders, usually styled Turstin de Wigmore. There is a town called Lingen in Westphalia, not far removed from the limits of ancient Flanders, and it is not improbable that Turstin, who is called the Flandrian in Domesday, may have come thence, and have given its name to the village he acquired near Wigmore. One of the name Richard de Lingen, was among the northern adventurers who settled in the south of Italy, and became Count of Andria in Apulia. (See Chron. Normaun. ap. du Chesne, sub. anu. 1154.) This Turstin m. Agnes, daughter of Alured de Merleberge, and was the ancestor of Ralph de Wigmore, from whom the Lingens descend. Sir John de Lingeyne, who had a grant of free warren in the 40th of HENRY III., had a daughter Constance, m. to Grimbald, son and heir of Sir Richard Paunce fort, who distinguished her conjugal attachment by cutting off her right hand to rescue her husband from captivity. Ralph de Wigmore, Lord of Lingayne, was founder of the priory of Lyngbroke, though Leland attributes that foundation to a Mortimer; and was ancestor to three John de Lingains in lineal succession. In the 44th of HENRY III. John Lingain was one of the "dictators" on the king's part of the truce between him and Llewelin, Prince of Wales. The last of the three Johns, was father to a Ralph Lingain, M.P. for Herefordshire, in EDWARD III., who m. Margery, daughter of Fulke de Pembruge, of Tong Castle, by whom, besides a son RALPH, he had a daughter Isabel, who "Bryan de Harley, esq. succeeding his father was denominated of Brampton Castle, in Herefordshire; he was governor of Montgomery and Dolverin Castles in the reign of HENRY IV. which he bravely defended against the famous Owen Glendowr, who was forced by his valour to | Of the issue of the marriage of this Sir John Lingeyn with Isabel de Burgh, the pedigree of the family preserved in an Harleian Manuscript, gives but one daughter; but the manuscript of Simwnt Vychan (a distinguished bard in the reign of ELIZABETH) written in the Welsh language, and now in possession of John Vaughan, esq. gives as issue, fifteen children, of whom, Jane, m. Thomas Acton; Margaret, m. Rydderch ap Rys, Lord of Tywyn, South Wales; and Mary, m. John Wigmore, heir to the lands of Walter Wigmore, while return from them, in memory of which he changed his crest from a buck's head proper to a demi-lion gules, issuing out of the top of a tower, triple towered proper. He m. Isolda Lingayne."- Vide Collin's Peerage, vol. iv. p. 238, 5th edition. |