Lineage. The family of NEWPORT, one of great antiquity, has been settled at its present place of residence for nearly three hundred years, enjoying considerable landed estates, and maintaining, for that lengthened period, a distinguished position in the county of Worcester. The manor of Hanley Court was conveyed to the Newports in the reign of EDWARD VI. by John de Hanley, and has continued in their possession to the present time. EDMUND NEWPORT, esq. of Hanley Court, living at the close of the 16th century, who married Anne, daughter of John Lyttelton, esq. of Frankly, by Elizabeth, his wife, daughter and co-heir of Sir Gilbert Talbot, knight, of Grafton, sprang JOHN NEWPORT, esq. of Hanley Court, who m. Anne, daughter of Arthur Charlett, esq. (by Anne Bourne, his wife), grandaughter of John Charlett, and great-grandaughter of the Rev. John Charlett, D.D. who made his will, 26th June, 1639. By this lady he had, with a daughter, Anne, who died unmarried, Ann, baptized 17th May, 1725, died unm. ELIZABETH, of whom presently. Mr. Newport died in 1760, and was buried 25th May in that year, at Hanley. His only surviving daughter and heiress, ELIZABETH NEWPORT, of Hanley Court, baptized 14th April, 1728, married 20th November, 1760, James Wakeman, esq. who assumed in consequence the surname and arms of NEWPORT, and left a son and successor, the present Colonel NEWPORT CHARLETT, of Hanley Court. Arms-Quarterly 1st and 4th, gu. a lion rampant, within a bordure engr. arg. for CHARLETT; 2d and 3rd arg. a fess between three crescents sa. for NEWport. Crests-1. A stag's head. 2. A fleur-delys. Estates-Situated in the parishes of Hanley William, Hanley Child, Eastham, Sapey, Red Marley, Fladbury, Stoke Prior, Bell Wroughton and Feckenham, in the counties of Worcester and Hereford. Seat-Hanley Court, Worcestershire. MAINWARING, OF OTELEY PARK. MAINWARING, CHARLES-KINASTON, esq. of Oteley Park, in the county of Salop, b. 16th September, 1803, m. 2nd October, 1832, Frances, second daughter of John-Lloyd Salusbury, esq. of Galtfaenan, in Denbighshire. Mr. Mainwaring succeeded his father in 1807, and served the office of Sheriff of Shropshire in 1829. He is in the commission of the peace for that county. Lineage. This is a branch of the ancient family of Mainwaring, of which we have given an account in volume iii. p. 590, RANDLE MAINWARING, esq. b. in 1588, (third son of Edward Mainwaring, of Whitmore, by Jane, his wife, daughter of Matthew Cradock, esq. of Stafford,) adhered faithfully to King CHARLES I. during the civil war, and was a colonel in the royal army. He m. Eliza, daughter of Humphrey Haws, of London, and was father of GEORGE MAINWARING, esq. baptized at St. Mary Cole, 10th December, 1642, who was Mayor of Chester, in 1681-2, and M.P. for that city in 1689. He m. at St. John's, 25th April, 1672, Elizabeth, daughter of Edward Bradshaw, esq. of Chester, and by her, who was buried 12th December, 1725, had issue, JAMES, his heir. Thomas, died young, buried 8th September, 1679. Robert, b. 11th November, 1677, m. Jane Mayhood, by whom he had a son, Charles, who d. s. p. and two daughters. John, b. 1st October, 1678; had issue. Edward, b. 20th September, 1679. Roger, b. 17th July, 1685, who m. Elizabeth, daughter and co-heir of Joseph Eaton, esq. of Stepney, Middlesex, and their eldest son assuming the surname of Ellerker, was ancestor of the family of that name seated at Risby, in the county of York. George, b. 16th December, 1688, d.s.p. 1720. Randle, b. 25th February, 1695, d. unm. at Petersburgh. William, b. 28th September, 1694, d. Elizabeth, m. to Thomas Mason, esq. Henrietta, died young. George Mainwaring, d. 14th August, 1695, was buried in Trinity, Chester, and s. by his son, JAMES MAINWARING, esq. alderman of Chester, bapt. 17th April, 1673, who purchased the estate of Brombrorough, in Cheshire. He m. 12th October, 1693, Mary, daughter of Michael Johnson, esq. alderman of Chester, and had issue, Johnson, b. 8th May, 1696, m. first, 4th Mary, b. in 1736, d. in 1753. Edward, b. 5th January, 1708, preben- Edward, of Chester, who m. and had issue. Elizabeth, m. to Joseph Clegg, esq. al derman of Liverpool. The third son, JAMES MAINWARING, esq. (bapt. in Jan. 1701-2), one of the barons of the Exchequer, purchased from the Hardwares, Brombro | Thomas, b. in 1725, m. Elizabeth, daughter of James Mason, esq. of Shrewsbury, and had one daughter, Mary, m. to Bulkeley Hatchett, esq. of Ellesmere. (See vol. ii. p. 511.) Elizabeth, d. unm. 31st October, 1752. James Mainwaring, d. 23rd October, 1749, and was s. by his son, CHARLES MAINWARING, esq. of Brombro', in Cheshire, b. in 1723, who m. at St. John's, Chester, 24th June, 1754, Mary, daughter of William Falconer, esq. recorder of that city, and had by her, who died in 1789, with other issue, who died young, JAMES, of Brombro', b. 15th April 1757, Hon. Booth Grey, second son of the Mr. Mainwaring died 30th July, 1781, and was buried at Brombro'. His second son, The REV. CHARLES MAINWARING, of Oteley Park, in Shropshire, b. 7th September, 1768, m. 24th June, 1800, Sarah-Susannah, daughter of John Townshend, esq. of Hem, in the county of Denbigh, (see vol. iii. p. 314), and by her, who d. in December, 1829, had issue, CHARLES-KINASTON, his heir. Townshend, of Marchwiel Hall, Denbighshire, b. in 1807. Susan, m. 22nd November, 1825, to the Rev. Edward Duncombe, of Aldborough, in Yorkshire, and has issue. Mr. Mainwaring died in 1807, and was s. by his son, the present CHARLES-KINASTON MAINWARING, esq. of Oteley Park. Arms Arg. two bars, gu. Crest-Out of a ducal coronet, an ass's head, couped, ppr. Motto-Devant si je puis. Kinaston, of Oteley Park. This is a branch of the great house of Kinaston, now represented by Sir Edward Kynaston, bart. whose elder brother Sir John-Kynaston Powel, bart. as did his an cestor John Kynaston, esq. claimed the ancient barony of Powys, by descent from Sir Roger Kynaston, knight, who m. Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Grey, Earl of Tankerville, (in Normandy), and Baron Powys. The family of Kynaston derives from BLEDDYN (son of Cynvyn) Prince of Wales, and chief of one of the five royal tribes. He m. Haer, daughter and co-heir of Cillin ap y Blaidd Rhudd, Lord of Gêst in Efionydd, North Wales, and d. in 1072, leaving a son, MEREDITH, Lord of Powys, who took part with the English Barons against HENRY I., but afterwards submitted to him in 1113. He m. Eva, daughter of BLETTRWS, a chieftain of Ysceifiog, and left at his decease in 1132, a younger son, JORWERTH GOCH (i. e. Edward the Red) who was Lord of Mochnant, in Powysland, until he was driven thence by his kinsman Owen Cyfeilioc and Owen ap Madoc, Princes of Powys. He m. Matilda, daughter of Sir R. de Marley, of Marley, in Cheshire, and was father of SIR GRIFFITH VYCHAN, knight, of Caehowel, in the parish of Kinnerley, Shropshire, who was a knight of Rhodes, and was styled by the Welsh “ Y Marchog Gwylt o Cae Howel," that is, "The Wild Knight of Cae Howel." He m. Matilda, daughter and sole heir of Ievan Goch ap Griffith Goch, descended from Cadivor ap Dinawal, Lord of Castle Hywel, in Cardiganshire, and had GRIFFITH, of Cae Howel and of Kynaston, who, by the name of "Griffin de Kyneston,' witnessed in 1313, a grant from Hugh Fitz Philip to Haghmond Abbey, of lands near Oswestry. He m. Gwenllian, daughter and heir of Jorwerth ap Griffith ap Heilin, of Vrongoch in Powys, and was father of PHILIP KYNASTON, usually styled, after the Welsh custom "Philip ap Griffith,' who m. Gwerfyl, daughter and heir of Roger Vychan, son of Sir Roger Powys, knight of Rhodes, and had by her a son, MADOCK KYNASTON, who m. Silotta, daughter and heir of Jenkin Frankton, Lord of Welsh Frankton in Salop, by Jane, his wife, daughter and co-heir of James Touchet, Lord Audley, and had a son, JOHN or JENKIN KYNASTON, of Stocks, near Ellesmere, who was in 1396, one of the manucaptors (a kind of bail) of William Mainwaring, of Cheshire. He m. Agnes, daughter of Llewelyn Dhû (Llewelyn the Black), descended from Tudwr Trevor, and was father of MADOCK KYNASTON, of Stocks, who m. Isolda, daughter of Henry, Earl of North umberland, and, taking part with Hotspur, his wife's brother, was slain at the battle of Shrewsbury in 1403. Of his son, JOHN KYNASTON, esq. (in consequence of the part acted by his father against HENRY IV.) we have no record, except that he received a pardon from the English monarch, and was father of GRIFFITH KYNASTON, esq., of Stocks, Seneschal of the lordship of Ellesmere, from 9 to the 22 of HENRY VI. He wedded Margaret, daughter and heir of John Hoord, esq. of Walford, in Shropshire, and had three sons, 1. PHILIP, of Walford, who was twice married; by Dorothy, his first wife, daughter of Robert Corbet, esq. of Moreton Corbet, in Shropshire, he had a son, Roger, whose line ended in co-heiresses temp. EDWARD VI. By Alicia, his second wife, daughter of Thomas Banastre, he acquired the estate of Shotton, in Shropshire, which went to his son (by this marriage), THOMAS, of Fenemere and Shotton, 7 HENRY VIII., father of THOMAS, of Shotton, who m. FRANCIS KYNASTON, esq. of JOHN KYNASTON, of Marton, John, of London, b. in Sarah, m. to William, son of John Thompson, esq. of Ilford, in Essex. 11. JOHN, of whom presently. III. Roger (Sir), knight, of Hordley, in Shropshire, who was a steady adherent to the White Rose in the conflicts of York and Lancaster, and distinguished himself at the battle of Blore Heath, 23rd September, 1459. He held Middle Castle for life, having m. for his first wife, Elizabeth, relict of Lord Strange, of Knockin, the owner thereof. By his second wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Grey, Lord Powys, he was ancestor of the present SIR EDWARD KYNASTON, bart., and a family of Kynaston, formerly of Moreton, near Oswestry. Sir Roger d. at a very advanced age in 1517. The second son, JOHN or JENKIN KINASTON, esq. had the estate of Stocks settled upon him and his heirs. He m. Johanna, daughter of John Mainwaring, esq. of Peover, in Cheshire, son of Sir John Mainwaring, knight, and left a son and successor, PETER KINASTON, esq. of Stocks, who m. Margaret, daughter and heir of Edward Morgan, esq. of Alrhey, in Flintshire, and was s. by his son, living temp. HENRY VIII. who m. Elizabeth, daughter and heir of William Oteley, esq. of Oteley, in Shropshire, by whom he acquired the estate of Oteley, and had a son and successor, GEORGE KINASTON, esq. of Oteley and Stocks, who m. Jane, daughter of Sir John Grey, knight, of Enville, in the county of Stafford, and d. 8th December, 1543, when he was s. by his son, FRANCIS KINASTON, esq. of Oteley, who m. Margaret, daughter of Francis Charlton, esq. of Apley, in Shropshire, and relict of Arthur Chambre, esq. by whom he left at his demise, 4th August, 23 ELIZABETH, a son and successor, SIR EDWARD KINASTON, knight of Oteley, who served as sheriff for Shropshire in 1599. He m. Isabella, daughter of Sir Nicholas Bagnall, knight, marshal of Ireland, and dying in 1641, was s. by his son, SIR FRANCIS KINASTON, knight of Oteley, a celebrated scholar and poet, who translated the Troilus and Cressida of Chaucer into Latin verse. He m. Margaret, daughter of Sir Humphrey Lee, bart. of Langley, in Shropshire, and had a son EDWARD, his heir. Sir Francis, who was an esquire of the body to CHARLES I., d. in 1652, and was s. by his son, EDWARD KINASTON, esq. of Oteley, who m. Catherine, daughter of Sir John Hanmer, bart. of Hanmer, and dying in April, 1656, was s. by his son, SIR FRANCIS KINASTON, knight, of Oteley, who m. Margaret, daughter of Sir Arthur Mainwaring, knight, of Ightfield, and dying without issue in 1661, was succeeded by his brother, EDWARD KINASTON, esq. of Oteley, who m. Elizabeth, daughter and co-heir of Sir Robert Brooke, bart. of Nacton, in Suffolk, and was father of CHARLES KINASTON, esq. of Oteley, who m. Jane, daughter of Sir Edward Lacon, of West Coppice, in Shropshire, and had issue, EDWARD, of Oteley, who married thrice MARY, m. to JAMES MAINWARING, esq. Arms of KINASTON-Arg. a lion rampant sa. Crest of KINASTON-A lion's head erased HUMPHREY KINASTON, esq. of Stocks, sa. guttée d'or. HOBHOUSE, OF HADSPEN HOUSE. HOBHOUSE, THE RIGHT HON. HENRY, of Hadspen House, in the county of Somerset, b. 12th April, 1776, m. 7th April, 1806, Harriet, sixth daughter of John Turton, esq. of Sugnall Hall, Staffordshire, and has issue, HENRY, M.A. of Oxford, barrister-at-law, b. 13th July, Mr. Hobhouse, who was under secretary of state of the Home Lineage. The family of Hobhouse, originally of German extraction, first settled at Minehead, in Somersetshire, and thence removed towards the close of the 17th century to Bristol, of which city several of its members soon after became considerable merchants. BENJAMIN HOBHOUSE, esq. b. in 1682, m. Mary Spragge, an heiress, and by her, who d. in 1745, had issue, JOHN, of Westbury College, Glouces- Betty, m. to John Maidman. HENRY HOBHOUSE, esq. b. in 1714, m. first, in 1738, Jane, daughter of James Banister, esq. and by her, who died in 1756, had issue, HENRY, his heir. Jane, who m. in 1774, John Freeman, esq. of Letton, in the county of Hereford, and had three daughters, his coheirs, viz. Jane Freeman, m. to the Rev. John Elizabeth Freeman, m. to Joseph He m. secondly, in 1761, Mary, daughter of HENRY HOBHOUSE, esq. of Hadspen House, in the county of Somerset, b. in 1742, who m. in 1775, Sarah, daughter of the Rev. Richard Jenkins, M.A. canon-residentiary of Wells, and by her, who died in July, 1777, left at his decease, 2nd April, 1792, a daughter, Sarah, who died unm. in 1810, and a son, the present Right Hon. HENRY HOB HOUSE. Arms-Party per pale az. and gu., three estoiles or, issuing out of as many crescents, arg. Crest-Out of a mural coronet, party per pale as the arms, an estoile issuing or. Motto-Mutare sperno. Estates-In Somersetshire. |