Richard, to whom his father gave Lynch. He was living 10 HENRY V. and had a son,

Oliver, of Holnicault, in the parish of Selworthy, whose daughter and heir m. John Woode, of North Tawton, and had a daughter, (represented in some pedigrees as an heiress) who m. William Steynings. Other pedigrees, those of Woode, give her a brother, John, ancestor of the Woodes, of North Tawton.

The elder son,

JOHN HUYISH, of Doniford, 10 HENRY VI. left, by Catherine, his wife, a son,

OLIVER HEWISH,* of Doniford, 30 HENRY VI. who m. Johanna, daughter and co-heir of John Avenell, of Blackpoole, in the parish of South Moulton, Devon, and had, with two daughters, Elizabeth, wife of John Doddington, of Doddington; and Anne, m. to Alexander Vernie, son by the third wife of John Vernie, of Fairfield, in Somersetshire, a son and successor,

OLIVER HEWISH, of Doniford, 10 HENRY VII. who m. a Cavendish, and had, with a daughter, m. to Chichester, of Hawle, in Devonshire, three sons, viz.

I. JOHN, his heir.

11. Humphrey, who m. Jacquet, daughter and co-heir of John Hawle, of High Bray, in the parish of South Molton, Devonshire, and had four sons,

1. HENRY.

2. John, of Okeford, Devon, whose will, dated 12th March, 31 ELIZABETH, 1588, was proved at Barnstaple in the May of the following year. He m. Wilmot, daughter of Roger Prescott, and

* The pedigree of Huysh, in the visitation of Somerset, and that in Mr. Palmer's MSS. in the Dowager Lady Ackland's possession, at Bath, state that Oliver Huysh married Johanna, daughter and heir of Richards. This appears to be an error, arising from a family of Richards, of Somersetshire and Devon, having borne the same arms as those of Avenell. It is probable that they adopted them in consequence of the marriage of their ancestor, Edward Richards, with Eleanora, one of the daughters and co-heirs of John Avenell, of Loxbeare, in Devon. Edward Richards died, as appears by inquisition, 10th October, 5 HENRY VIII.

The statement in the text is in accordance with the old family pedigree, found at Sand, which calls her co-heir of Avenell, with her sisters, wives of Weekes and Holcombe; and this is corroborated by the pedigrees of Weekes, or Wykes, and those of Holcombe; and by the following inquisitions, post mortem: Richard Wykes, of North Wykes, Devon, m. Elizabeth, daughter and co-heir of John Avenell, of Blackpoole. By inquisition taken after the death of his son, William Wykes, who died

relict of Gregory Radford, esq. of Okeford, but d. s. p.

3. Bartholomew, of Studley, Devon, whose will was dated 4th May, 1578, and proved at Barnstaple 9th June in the same year. He had no issue by Mary his wife, who was relict of Veysie. 4. John, d. unm.

The eldest son of Humphrey, HENRY HEWISH, or HUYSH, purchased the estate and dwelling of Sand, in the parish of Sidbury, Devon, in 1560 and 1561. By inquisition taken at Tiverton, it appears that he died 21st January, 1566. He was buried at Sidbury. He m. Ellen, daughter of John Stavely, esq. of East Buckland, in Devon, by Joan, his wife, daughter and co-heir of John Lapflode, and had by her, who was buried at Sidbury, 27th May, 1592, three sons and five daughters,

1. THOMAS, of Axminster, living 9th August, 1593. Together with his brother Anthony, he sold, 26 ELIZABETH, the estates of Higher and Lower Sand to his cousin, James Huyshe, of London. Thomas d. s. p.

2. ANTHONY, also of Axminster, will dated 17th June, 1598, and proved Prerog. Court of Cant. 5th December. He m. Alice, daughter of Turner, and relict of Alexander Osborne. Administration of the effects of Alice Hewishe, of Axminster, was granted

last day of March, 14 HENRY VIII. it appears that he held a third part of Blackpoole, under the manor of Warkley. Roger Holcombe, m. Margaret, another co-heir. By inquisition, taken after the death of Margaret Holcombe, who d. 7th April, 15 HENRY VII. it appears that she held a third of Blackpoole, of the Bourchiers, lords of the manor of Warkley. Her son Charles Holcombe, d. 2nd January, 19 HENRY VIII. and also among other lands held a third of Blackpoole. No positive proof has been found that Johanna, wife of Oliver Huyshe, inherited a third of Blackpoole, as one of three co-heiresses; but Risdon, on South Moulton, (p. 307. ed. 1811,) says, Blackpoole..... is a tything of Moulton, where Pollard, Gambon, and Huish held lands; some are of opinion that a manor divided between co-heirs, each of them hath a manor. ." This shews that the manor of Blackpoole was divided into three shares, by the marriage of co-heiresses, and that one share continued in the name of Huish, after those of Wykes and Holcombe were lost.

in September, 1612, by the Archdeacon of Exeter's Court, but owing to the careless manner in which these records have been kept, the document is not to be found. The son and heir of Alice and Anthony,

HENRY, M. Marcella, eldest daughter and coheir of William Symonds, of Exeter, and by her, whom. secondly, Richard Herbert, of Exeter; and thirdly, Thomas Duke, of Exeter, had an only son, Southcott, of Exeter, who d. unm. Administration to his effects was granted by the Prerog. Court of Cant. to his mother, Marcella Duke, 18th June, 1642. 3. William, Rector of Kilkhampton, in Cornwall, will dated 5th Jan. 1610, proved in Bishop of Exeter's Court, 4th May, 1611. He m. Joan, daughter of William Perrie, and relict of Osborne, by whom he had two daughters, Elizabeth, m. to William Weston; and Hazar, m. to George Lippincott, of Wibbery, in Devon.

1. Ellen, m. to Richard Cooke, esq. and had Mary and Helen.

2. Joan, m. to William Stoford, of St. Mary Ottery, and had issue.

3. Elizabeth, m. first, to Peter Drayton, of Exeter; and secondly, to John Doughtye, Incumbent of Alphington. 4. Grace, m. to Richard Norreys, of Lyme, and had is

sue.

5. Jane, m. to Richard Bevys,

of Exeter, and from her descend the Bevys, of Clift House, Dartmouth, Barnstaple. Mr. Westcote, in his pedigrees of Devon families, (Harl. MSS. 2297), states, that she m. secondly, William Martin, Recorder of Exeter.

III. Thomas, who was, according to the family pedigree, found at Sand, the ancestor of the Huyshes, of Tetton, in the parish of Kingston, and of "thos other Huyshes about Taunton; and so of RICHARD HUYSHE, who

Iyeth buried in Taunton." There seems no reason for doubting the truth of this statement. Richard Huyshe's will proves his affinity to the Huyshes, of Doniford and Sand, and the rest of his pedigree is fully confirmed by substantial evidence. The above named

RICHARD HUYSHE was of New Inn in 1589. He died without issue, and bequeathed his property in the Blackfriars, London, and in Taunton, to trustees, for the maintenance of an Alms House in Taunton, for aged men, with preference to any poor among his kindred, and for exhibitions at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, to young men of his name and kindred, or of his kindred only, and in default of these, to young men born in the counties of Somerset and Devon.

The full particulars of this charity are to be found in the fifth volume of the Charity Commissioners' Reports. The privileges thus attached to his kindred, make it an act of justice to record all that can be gathered respecting his connections. But no detailed pedigree of this branch of the family appears ever to have been formed, and those interested in the enquiry must be referred to the collections that are to be deposited in the Alms House, Taunton, by the Rev. Francis Huyshe, and to some MSS. recently added to the library of the College of Arms, where the result of an examination of wills and parish registers will be found. Richard Huyshe married Ebbot, daughter of William Lovel, esq. of Bishops Lydiard, in Somersetshire, and heir to her brother, John Lovel. She was relict of James Clarke, esq. of Norton Fitzwarren. Her will, in which she is described as of Norton Fitzwarren, was proved in the Archdeacon's Court, Taunton, in 1628, but is lost. Richard Huyshe, d. 23rd February, 1615, and was buried in St. Mary Magdalen, Taunton, on the 21st March following. A tablet to his memory, with the arms of Huyshe and Avenell quarterly, is fixed on the wall of the south aisle of the church. By inquisition, taken 14th July, 18 JAMES I. it appears that his next heirs

were

Johanna, wife of John Mount

steven.

Margaret, wife of Henry Web

ber.

This Thomas Huish, and Robert Huish, must have been sons of Thomas Huish, third son of Oliver Huish; and Thomas is probably the Thomas Huysh buried in St. Mary Magdalen, Taunton, 12th March, 1556; and Robert is probably the Robert

According to Mr. Palmer's MSS. John Huyshe, son of William Huyshe, of Doniford, by his second wife, was father of the eminent divine, ALEXANDER HUISH, born in the parish of St. Cuthbert's, at Wells, about the year 1594, for according to his own testimony (vide Greek Hymn in the Polyglott) he had attained his sixty-third year in 1658. He was a commoner of Magdalen Hall, Oxford, in 1609; B. A. 10th February, 1613; original scholar of Wadham College, 20th April, 1613; M.A. 17th December, 1616; B. D. 2nd December, 1627; presented to the rectory of Beckington, in Somersetshire, in 1627; and to that of Hornbloton, in the same county, by Thomas Milbourne, esq. in February, 1638. Of this living he was dispossessed in 1650, but restored in 1660, in which year (12th September) he was collated to the prebend of White Lackington, in Wells, of which he had had the gift before the rebellion. He died 15th April, 1668, and was buried in the chancel of Beckington, where a brief inscription was placed to his memory, recorded by Collinson in his History of Somersetshire. His will was proved 6th June, 1668, in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, by his relict, Deborah, who was his second wife: in the preface he shortly but earnestly expresses his thankfulness to God for his restoration to his living. He was a man distinguished for theological learning, accurate criticism, knowledge of languages, especially the oriental tongues, sound divinity, and excellence in preaching, and he was well known among the learned throughout Europe. The prominent part he took in the preparation and revision of Walton's Polyglott Bible, is gratefully acknowledged by Walton himself; and subsequent critics have mentioned with praise the accuracy and fidelity with which he executed the part of that great work committed to his care and superintendance, particularly his celebrated collation of the Alexandrian MS. of the Bible.

His sufferings during the rebellion are evidence of more than common attachment to the king, and of his exertions in his cause. He was driven from one place to another; imprisoned for a few days at Chadfield, in Wiltshire, where he narrowly escaped starvation, through the pious but accidental

1. WILLIAM, of Doniford, who m. first, Ellen, daughter and co-heir of John Gaunt, esq. of Dorsetshire; and secondly, Johanna, daughter of John Sydenham, esq. By the former he had two sons and two daughters, namely, SILVESTER, John, Honora, and Dorothy by the latter, one son, John, ancestor of HUYSH, Of Wells.*

care of some charitable persons; and finally, in 1650, he was dispossessed of his living. By the Royalist Composition Papers (State Paper Office) it appears, that the value of his estate was £40. on which a fine of £13. 6s. 8d. was imposed. His writings are, "Musa Ruralis in advent Car. 2di 4to. Lond. 1660." Lectures on the Lord's Prayer, in 3 Parts, Lond. 1626.' The notes of John Flavel having come into his possession, he published them under the title of "Tractatus de Demonstratione methodicus et Polemicus. Oxon. 1619." He was twice married: by Margaret, his first wife, buried at Beckington, 4th October, 1642, he had two sons and a daughter, viz.

By

1. ALEXANDER, who by Dorothy, his wife, buried at Beckington, 8th August, 1686, had issue,

1. Alexander, bapt. 21st August, 1673.
2. Anthony, baptized 16th June, 1676.
3. James, bapt. 31st August, and buried
15th March, 1681.

1. Sarah, bapt. 6th October, 1669, living

in 1670.

II. James, bapt. 29th October, 1637, living 1667.

1. Margaret, wife of Thomas Milbourne, of London, printer.

Deborah, his second wife, who was relict of - Bryant, and whose will was proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 3rd June, 1671, he had issue three daughters,

1. Anne, baptized 29th February, 1643, living 1671.

II. Deborah, baptized 2nd May, 1645, died an infant.

II. Dorothy, co-executrix with Anne of her mother's will.

The occurrence of a daughter, Petronell, and of a son, Alexander, at the same time, in two distinct families of Huyshe, settled in the parish of St. Cuthbert's, seems so highly improbable, that little or no doubt can be entertained that the learned assistant of Walton was the Alexander mentioned in the following descent, as brother of James; and that Petronella Rouse, widow in Alexander's will, was the Petronell stated below to have married Thomas Lowe, in November, 1625.

The eldest son, was WILLIAM HUYSH, esq. of Doniford, whose nuncupative will, dated 11th October, 1599, was proved in six days after. By inquisition taken at Bridgewater, 16th January, 2 JAMES I. it appears that he died 16th November, 42 ELIZABETH. He m. Elizabeth Morgan and Thomas Morgan of St. George's, in Somersetshire, is the guardian of their son, a minor, viz.

JOHN HUYSHE, or HUISH, of Doniford, aged seven years at his father's decease. By inquisition, post mortem, taken at Sowton, 2nd April, 3 CHARLES I. it appears that he died 2nd Novem

There is certainly, primâ facie, a strong objection to the hypothesis of this James being brother of Alexander, Walton's assistant, from the proof that Edward was the father of James; whereas John, son of William Huyshe, of Doniford, is stated to have been father of Alexander; on the authority of Mr. Palmer's MSS. which probably were not founded on any trustworthy document. Mr. Palmer may have mistaken John for Edward; or he may have omitted a generation in his pedigree; and so, if there were this John, the son of William, of Doniford, he may have been the grandfather of James, and of Walton's assistant.

EDWARD HUISH, of Wells, notary public, whose will, dated 4th March, 1623, was proved 14th June, 1624, appears, from that document, to have been twice married. The marriage ring of his first wife he leaves to his son James. His second wife, who survived him, was named Christian. He was buried at St. Cuthbert's, 25th March, 1624. He had issue,

1. JAMES, notary public and registrar to five Bishops of Bath and Wells. He died 10th February, 1639, aged forty-seven, and was buried in the south aisle of the cathedral, where a flat stone, to the memory of himself, his wife, and daughter, still remains. His will was proved 9th April, 1640. By Sarah, his wife, who m. secondly, John Prickman, gent. and d. 27th May, 1670, aged seventy-three, he had issue,

Edward, baptized 3rd January, 1634.

ber preceding. He m. Joan,† daughter of John Manninge, of Hackland, in the parish of Culeumpton, Devon, by Dorothy, his wife, daughter of Sir John Strangways, of Melbury, and Dorothy, his wife, daughter of Sir John Thynne, knt. of Longleat. By her John Huyshe had four sons, namely,

JOHN, aged more than six years at his father's death, baptized at St. Decuman's, May, 1621. His will is dated 27th November, 1648, and proved 4th May, 1649, but in it he makes no mention of either wife or issue; though from a monument in St. Decuman's church, which is much defaced, it appears probable that he had a wife, Dorothy, who was buried 27th April, 164-.

Edward, of Doniford, baptized at St. Decuman's, December, 1622, was buried at St. Cuthbert's Wells, where his monument, a flat stone in the south aisle, yet remains. He d. 16th August, and was interred 19th August, 1669. The arms on the stone are Huysh, impa

III. Anthony, living 1624 and 1638.
IV. Edward,

1. Peternell, m. at St. Cuthbert's, 14th No-
vember, 1625, to Thomas Lowe, and was
living in 1638.

There is now, 1837, at Wells, a poor family of Huish, which has resided in St. Cuthbert's parish, and descended from a Henry Huish, of Warminster and Hillhouse, who died in 1726. A widow Huish, of Hillhouse, was buried 26th September, 1610.

+ This lady had licence to re-marry from the court of wards and liveries, 30th November, 5 CHARLES I. a liberty she does not appear to have availed herself of, for the administration of the effects of Joan Huish, was granted 15th April 1649, by the Prerog. Court, to her son, Edward Huish.