Thomas Ruggles, of Bocking, by his second wife, Ann, daughter of Jonathan Eddows, citizen of London, had an only daughter, Ann, who m. Mr. Walford, of Bocking, whose grandson the Rev. William Walford, now resides at Hatfield Peverel, in the county of Essex. Mr. Ruggles died in 1743-4, at the age of sixty-four, and lies interred under a lofty monument in Bocking church-yard. His second son, THOMAS RUGGLES, esq. espoused, in 1736, Ann, eldest daughter of Joshua Brise, esq. of Clare, merchant in London, by whom (who died in 1748) he left an only surviving son, THOMAS, his heir; Mr. Ruggles dying in 1758, was buried with the family of his wife, in the chancel of the church at Clare, and s. by his son, THOMAS RUGGLES, esq. of Clare, who inherited, in 1776, upon the demise of his cousin, John, the estate of Spains Hall, in Essex. This gentleman, who was a barrister and bencher of the honorable society of the Inner Temple, and an active magistrate and deputy lieutenant for the counties of Suffolk and Essex, wedded Miss Freeland, of Cobham, in the county of Surrey, and had issue, pointed by a committee of the lords and commons, 16th February, 1647, for the judging of scandal, will be found recorded in the Kingston Classis, the name of BRISE, of Ewel and Moulsey,* this family being at that period, and subsequently much connected with the party not in accordance with the church establishment and discipline. SHADRACH BRISE, esq. who wedded Ann, eldest daughter and co-heir of Gabriel Maynard, esq. of Roxeth, Harrow on the Hill, had, with two daughters, a son, He SHADRACH BRISE, esq. who purchased in 1671, Cavendish Place, in Suffolk, whither he removed his family in 1679. espoused Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. Thomas Pakeman, minister of Harrow-onthe-Hill, and dying in 1699, left, with several other children, a son, JOSHUA BRISE, esq. born in 1675. This gentleman, after passing many years in mercantile business in London, retired to Clare, in Suffolk, and purchased, in that neighbourhood, various estates. He m. Miss Elizabeth Small, and had inter alios, SHADRACH, his heir, b. in 1724. THOMAS RUGGLES, esq. of Spains JOHN RUGGLES - BRISE, esq. PRESENT POSSESSOR. Elizabeth, m. Mr. Edward Coldham, of Mr. Brise died in 1749, in his seventy-fifth year, and was succeeded by his eldest son, SHADRACH BRISE, esq. of Clare, for many years an active justice of the peace, who was appointed in 1762 high sheriff for the county of Suffolk. He wedded Elizabeth, daughter of John Cator, esq. but dying s. p. in 1783, he entailed, by will, his estates in Suffolk, on his only surviving brother for life, and after his decease, on his nephew, THOMAS RUGGLES, esq. and then on his eldest son, the present proprietor. Shadrach Brise was s. by his brother, SAMUEL BRISE, esq. of Clare, in Suffolk, and of Pentlow Hall, in Essex; which latter estate he devised to his niece, Mrs. Mathew, daughter of Mrs. Coldham, and after her decease, to her son, the Rev. Edward William Mathew, of Bury St. Ed * Manning and Bray's Surrey, vol. iii. 682. munds. Mr. Brise died at Clare, in 1827, aged ninety-five, and was s. by his great nephew, the present JOHN RUGGLES-BRISE, esq. of Clare and Spains Hall. Arms-Quarterly; 1st and 4th, arg. a chevron between three roses gu. for RUGGLES; 2nd and 3rd, lozengy, gu. and arg. within a bordure sa: fleury of eight quaterfoils; a cross of the second for BRISE. Crest-A tower, or castle, or, transfixed with four darts in saltire and enflamed ppr. for RUGGLES. DUGDALE, OF MEREVALE. DUGDALE, DUGDALE-STRATFORD, esq. of Merevale Hall, in the county of Warwick, b. in 1773, m. in 1799, the Honorable Charlotte Curzon, daughter of Viscount Curzon, and has an only son, WILLIAM-STRATFORD, who wedded, in 1827, Harriet-Ella, daughter of the late Eward Berkeley-Portman, esq. of Bryanstone, in the county of Dorset, and has issue two sons and a daughter. This gentleman is member of parliament for the county of Warwick. Mr. Dugdale succeeded his father in 1806. Lineage. JOHN DUGDALE, of Sustoke, in the county of Warwick, son of James Dugdale, by the daughter of Thomas Woodcocke, of Clithero, wedded Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Arthur Swynfen, of Dunchurch, in the same shire (a younger son of William Swynfen, esq. of Swynfen,) and had issue, WILLIAM (Sir) his successor. brated antiquary and genealogist, whose literary reputation is so splendid, was born on the 12th of September, in the year 1605; and at the age of thirty-three obtained a pursuivant's place in the college of arms through the interest of Sir Henry Spelman, and other influential persons of congenial feelings. At the breaking out of the civil war being summoned to attend the king, he assisted at the battle of Edge Hill, and subsequently proceeding to Oxford with his royal master, received the degree of Master of Arts from the University. In 1644, he was appointed Chester Herald, and he continued at Oxford by the express command of the King, until the surrender of that city to the parliamentarians in 1646. In the interval Dugdale employed himself in exploring the libraries, and in collecting materials for his noble history of the Monasteries, which celebrated work appeared in the years 1655, 1661, and 1673. In 1656, he published what Gough calls, "the very best of county histories"-His History of Warwickshire. The History of St. Paul's Cathedral followed. Upon the Restoration, Dugdale was advanced to the office of Norroy kingof-arms, and he was constituted GARTER in 1677. He produced, subsequently, many other works upon genealogy and heraldry, the most elaborate of which-The BARON- | when he bequeathed his estates to (the son AGE OF ENGLAND, remains yet unrivalled. of his sister Jane,) his nephew, RICHARD Sir William wedded Margery, second dau. GEAST; and thus terminated the MALE line of John Huntbach, esq. of Seawall, in the of the great genealogist, SIR WILLIAM DUGcounty of Stafford, by whom (who died in 1681) he had issue to survive infancy, JOHN, his successor. Mary, m. to Daniel White, of London. Judith, m. to Heny Joyce, of London. Margery, m. to George Dod, esq. Helen, m. to Anthony Fitzpatrick, esq. He died on the 10th February, 1685-6, and was s. by his son, SIR JOHN DUGDALE, knt. b. in 1628. This gentleman adopting the profession of his eminent father, was appointed Windsor Herald in 1675, and Norroy King of Arms in 1686, when he received the honor of knighthood. He m. first, in 1662, Mary, second daughter and co-heir of Alexander Baker, gent. of New Windsor, and had issue, WILLIAM, his heir. Mary, m. to Anthony Townshend, esq. of Hern, in Denbighshire. Sir John Dugdale espoused secondly, in 1671, Elizabeth, only daughter and heiress of Thomas Pidgeon, an alderman of Coventry, and had a daughter, Elizabeth, who wedded, first, Thomas Skeffington, esq. of Skeffington, and, secondly, William Hyde, esq. of Langtoft, in Lincolnshire. He d. in 1700, and was s. by his son, WILLIAM DUGDALE, esq. of Blyth Hall, who m. in 1686, Judith, youngest daughter of John Gough, esq. of Bushbury, in Staffordshire, and had issue, JOHN, his successor. DALE. The family of GESTE or GHEST, derives from JOHN GESTE OR GHEST, of Handsworth, in the county of Stafford, who was admitted tenant of copyhold lands there, in the 12 HENRY VII. He m. Margaret, daughter and heiress of Thomas Hawkes, and great granddaughter of Henry Hawkes, of Hopwode, in the county of Worcester, close to Row Heath, in right of whom John Ghest claimed a messuage and lands there. By this lady he had issue, RICHARD GESTE, of Handsworth, d. in 1541, and was s. by his son, JOHN GESTE, esq. of Handsworth, who left at his decease in 1601, (with a younger son Henry, who m. Dorothea Smallwood, of Queyslade,) his successor, RICHARD GESTE, esq. of Handsworth. This gentleman wedded, on the 4th Febru William, killed by a fall from his ary, 1595-6, Elizabeth, daughter of Roger horse in 1733. Elizabeth, died unmarried. JANE, m. to RICHARD GEAST, esq. of Handsworth, in the county of Stafford. Judith, m. in 1710, to Francis Bickley, esq. of Kingsbury. Their daughter, Mary, wedded William Francis Corbet Astley, esq. and was grandmother of Sir John Dugdale Astley, bart. Isabella, d. unmarried. Mr. Dugdale d. 19th February, 1714, and was s. by his elder son, JOHN DUGDALE, esq. of Blyth Hall. This gentleman, who was Moubray Herald Extraordinary in the reigns of GEORGE I. and GEORGE II. died s. p. 4th August, 1749, Cooper Piddocke, esq. of Windsor Green, in 1663, Mary, daughter of William Spencer, gent. of Handsworth, and had issue, NICHOLAS, his heir. Mary, m. to Humphry Wyrley, esq. He d. in 1692, and was s. by his son, NICHOLAS GEAST, esq. of Handsworth, who m. Phoebe Downing, of the family of Sir George Downing, knt. of East Hatley, in the county of Cambridge, and dying in 1720-1, was s. by his son, RICHARD GEAST, esq. of Handsworth. This gentleman espoused, 19th April, 1722, Jane, second daughter of William Dugdale, esq. of Blyth Hall, and great-grandaughter of the GENEALOGIST, by which lady, (who d. in 1772,) he left at his decease in 1736, two sons, namely, RICHARD, his heir. Henry, devisee in remainder, and executor of his maternal uncle, John Dugdale, esq. This gentleman wedded Anne, second daughter of John, and great-granddaughter of Thomas Walford, esq. of Binton, in Warwickshire, a descendant of Roger Walford, to whom King HENRY VIII. leased the manor and lands of Claverdon, in which manor part of such lands are now vested in Henry Geast Dugdale, esq. He had issue, 1. Richard, who d. s. p. in 1797. RICHARD GEAST, esq. barrister-at-law, inheriting under the will of his uncle the Dugdale estates, assumed in 1799 the surname and arms of DUGDALE. He m. in 1767, Penelope-Bate, eldest daughter and co-heir of Francis Stratford, esq. of Merevale, by whom (who d. in 1819) he left at his decease, in 1806, one son and three daughters, viz. DUGDALE-STRATFORD, his heir. Penelope, m. to Charles-James Packe, esq. of Prestwold. Louisa-Anne, m. to William Dilke, esq. of Maxstoke Castle, in the county of Warwick. Emma. Mr. Dugdale was s. by his only son, the present DUGDALE - STRATFORD DUGDALE, esq. Arms-Quarterly; 1st and 4th, arg. a cross moline gu. in the first quarter, a torteaux: 2nd and 3rd, arg. barry of ten arg. and az. over all a lion rampant gu. Crest-A griffin's head and wings endorsed or. Motto-Pestis patriæ pigrities. Estates In Warwickshire. Town Residence - 23, Lower Brooke Street. Seat-Merevale Hall, near Atherstone. CONROY, OF LLANBRYNMAIR. CONROY, SIR JOHN, knt. D.C.L. of Bettyfield, in the county of Roscommon, and of Llanbrynmair, in Montgomeryshire, b. 21st October, 1786, m. Elizabeth, daughter and sole heir of Majorgeneral Benjamin Fisher, niece of the late Right Rev. John Fisher, D.D. Lord Bishop of Salisbury, (preceptor to their late Royal Highnesses the Princess Charlotte of Wales, and the Duke of Kent) and woman of the bedchamber to the Duchess of Kent, by whom he has issue, EDWARD, b. in 1809, attached to the British Mission at Brussells. Arthur-Benjamin, b. in 1813, deceased. Stephen-Rowley, b. in 1815, a lieutenant in the Coldstream Guards. Henry-George, b. in 1817. Victoire-Marie-Louise. This gentleman, who is a captain upon the retired list of the royal artillery, was made a knight-commander of the Guelphic Order by King GEORGE IV. He is equerry and private secretary to H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent, and was equerry to his late R.H. the Duke of Kent, and a commissioner of the late Colonial audit-board. Sir John is a magistrate for the county of Montgomery, for which shire he has been excused serving the office of sheriff. Lineage. By reference to the records in the office | of the Ulster king at arms, it is established that the Milesian house of CONROY, which was formerly written Mulconry, O'Mulconry, and O'Mulconaire, is of great antiquity, and assumes its descent from Niullus Magnus, monarch of Ireland. It enjoyed for many successive generations the hereditary office of seanchie, or herald to the kings of Connaught. The early part of the pedigree is to be found in the registry entitled "Funeral Entries," one of the books of record in the Irish college of arms, for 1637, when the funeral and lineage of Moylin O'Mulconry, esq. was duly established and registered as the forty-third in lineal descent of this ancient family, and received as such, the warranty, dated 6th July, 1638, of Thomas Preston, then Ulster king at arms. this From MOYLIN O'MULCONRY, esq. descended, altering their surnames, THORNA O'MULCONRY, esq. JOHN CONRY, or MULCONRY, esq. and CHARLES CONRY, esq. who had a regrant from CHARLES II. dated 10th August, 1678, of various lands in the county of Roscommon, being the residue of the property spared by the confiscations to which the Irish families had been so repeatedly subject; and of these the Conroys were deprived of a further portion in consequence of their adhesion to the cause of JAMES II. Charles Conry was succeeded by his son, FEARFASSA CONRY, esq. of Bettyfield, in and was s. by his son, the county of Roscommon, who died in 1746, JOHN CONROY, esq. b. in 1704. This gentleman espoused Elizabeth, daughter and sole heiress of Robert Fowke, esq. who was, by marriage of his great-grandfather with Elizabeth, daughter and co-heiress of John Lyttleton, esq. of Holbeach, a representative of branches of the distinguished houses, whose arms the Conroy family are entitled to quarter. Mr. Conroy died in 1769, and was s. by his only son, JOHN PONSONBY CONROY, esq. born in 1761, who wedded Margaret, daughter of Francis Vernon Wilson, esq. of Tully, in the county of Longford, and dying in 1797, left issue, |