I. JOHN, who s. by the will of his father to his estates at Melksham and Little Cheverell, and purchased the estate of Baynton, in the parish of Edington, in the county of Wilts, of the family of Danvers. He served the office of high sheriff for Wilts in 1668, d. without issue, and was buried at Little Cheverell, 27th July, 1676, having by his will bequeathed his estates to the sons of his deceased brothers. II. RICHARD, ancestor of WALTER LONG, ESQ. OF ROWDE ASHTON, of whom presently. III. THOMAS, ancestor of WALTER LONG, ESQ. OF PRESHAW, IN THE COUNTY HANTS. (See p. 72.) IV. WILLIAM, ancestor of the LONGS OF BAYNTON, now extinct. (See Long of Monkton Farleigh, p. 70.) The second son, ward Long, and sister and heir of Henry Long, esq. of Rowde Ashton, Wilts. He d. 1676, and was buried at Steeple Ashton, | leaving issue, 1. HENRY, his heir.* II. RICHARD, of whose line we have to treat. 1. Dorothy, who m. Richard Kenn, of Chippenham, M. D., 17th October, 1685, and had issue. II. Dionysia, baptized 23rd January, 1661, m. Edward Thresher, of Bradford, and had issue. The second son of Richard Long of Collingbourne, RICHARD LONG, of Rowde Ashton, esq. baptized 7th April, 1668, m. first, Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Long, of Monkton, afterwards of Rowden, Wilts, and had issue, I. RICHARD. II. Thomas, who died unmarried in 1711. He m. secondly, Grace, daughter of John Stileman, of Steeple Ashton, and relict of John Martyn, of Hinton, in the same parish, who d. without issue April, 1746, and was buried at Steeple Ashton. Mr. Long d. January 19th, 1729–30, and was s. by his only surviving son, RICHARD LONG, esq. of Rowde Ashton, who m. Anne, sole daughter and heir of RICHARD LONG, esq. of Collingbourne John Martyn and Grace Stileman, before Kingston, Wilts, s. to the estate at Colling-mentioned, by whom, who d. aged 71, he bourne by the will of his father. He m. 9th April, 1657, Elizabeth, daughter of Ed This HENRY LONG, of Melksham, esq. who inherited the estate at Melksham by the will of his father's eldest brother, John Long, esq. of Little Cheverell, was baptized at Steeple Ashton, 20th May, 1658. He m. Anne, daughter of John Long, and sister of Hope Long, esq. of South Wraxall. The estate of Collingbourne was settled by indenture on the issue of that marriage. He d. 31st March, 1686, and was buried at South Wraxall. Anne, his widow, d. 4th October, 1705, aged fortyeight, and was buried at the same place. They had issue, I. HENRY, only son and heir. II. Anne, baptized at South Wraxall, 6th October, 1685, m. the Rev. Mr. Clarke, of Whaddon, in the county of Wilts. HENRY LONG, esq. of Melksham, only son and heir, a posthumous child, was baptized at South Wraxall 20th October, 1687. He m. Ellen, daughter of William Trenchard, esq. of Cutteridge, in the parish of North Bradley, in the county of Wilts, He d. October, 1727, aged forty, and was buried at North Bradley. She d. 1752, aged sixty-five, and was buried at the same place. They left issue, 1. William Long, esq. of Melksham, eldest son and heir, who d. without issue, 15th June, 1773, and was buried at North Bradley. II. John, d. 31st October, 1712, aged nine months, buried at North Bradley. had issue, 1. RICHARD, his heir. III. Henry Long, d. 30th August, 1739, aged twenty-six, without issue, and was buried at North Bradley. 1. Ellen, m. John Thresher, esq. of Bradford, in the county of Wilts, son of Edward and Dionysia, before mentioned, and had issue by him, who d. 1741, aged fifty-two. Ellen, daughter and co-heir, m. Sir Bourchier Wrey, bart. of Tawstock, in the county of Devon, and had issue, 1. The late Sir Bourchier Wrey, bart. 2. The Rev. William Wrey, who s. to the Melksham estate of Thomas Long, esq. of Little Cheverell. 1. Florentina, who m. Richard Godolphin Long, esq. of Rowde Ashton, and d. in 1835. 2. Elizabeth, who m. Robert Colbrooke, brother of Sir George Colbrooke, and, secondly, John Crosdill, and d. 1807, without issue, aged eighty-seven. 3. Dionysia, d. unmarried, 1806, aged seventy. 4. Mary, d. unmarried, 1816. Mrs. Thresher d. in 1753, aged forty-two, and was buried at Bradford. 13. John, D. D. fellow of All Souls college, Oxford, rector of Chelsfield, in Kent. He d. unmarried October 17th, 1797, aged 65. 1. Anne, second wife of Gifford Warriner, esq. of Conock, in the county of Wilts. She d. without issue, 1815. II. Elizabeth, m. in 1764, Richard Po- Mr. Long, of Rowde Ashton, d. May 6th, RICHARD LONG, esq. of Rowde Ashton. He m. Meliora, daughter of Lambe, and relict of Joseph Poulden, esq. of Imber, Wilts, and had issue, 1. RICHARD-GODOLPHIN, eldest son and heir. (See LONG, of MONKTON also the estates of South Wraxall, Whaddon, and several others, in Wilts, as well as the estates in Somersetshire and Gloucestershire, according to the limitations, &c. in the will of the late Walter Long, esq. of Bath, who d. in 1807. See the annexed pedigree of the Longs of Semington, Trowbridge, &c. Arms-Sable, semée of cross-crosslets and a lion rampant arg. Crest-Out of a ducal coronet or, a demilion rampant argent. Motto-Pieux quoique preux. Town Residence-29, Hill-street, Berkeley-square. Seat-Rowde Ashton, near Trowbridge, Wilts. Long, of Semington, Trowbridge, Whaddon, That this family was of kin, and of no very THOMAS LONGE, of Semington, in the parish of Steeple Ashton, directs, by his will proved in 1509, to be buried in the chapel of St. George, at Semington, which chapel of St. George we find noticed in the will of Henry Longe, of Wraxall, who d. in 1490, (see p. 212, vol. 3.) He mentions his brother, William Longe, as being then liv1. Elizabeth, b. 26th January, and bap-ing, and left by Johan, his wife, the followtized May 9th, 1764, at Bratton, Wilts, and d. 8th December, 1766. 11. Ellen Anne. II. JOHN. III. Dionysia, b. 29th October, 1766, m. Mr. Long d. September 3rd, 1787, aged 69, RICHARD GODOLPHIN LONG, esq. of Rowde Ashton, baptized at West Lavington, Wilts, November 12th, 1761, for many years M. P. for that county. He m. Florentina, daughter of Sir Bourchier Wrey, bart. by Ellen Thresher, his wife, and by her (who d. 1835, and was buried at Steeple Ashton) had issue, 1. WALTER, his heir. ing issue, HENRY, ancestor of the Whaddon line. Thomas and Mary. John, the younger. Thomas, who had an estate and house at Lyttleton, in the county of Wilts, under the will of his father. HENRY LONGE, of Trowbridge, s. his father, d. in 1535, and was buried in the 11. Richard, late of Balliol College, Ox- chapel at Semington, leaving issue by Johan, ford, d. unmarried. 1. Ellen, who m. in 1812, John Walms ley, esq. of Wigan and of Bath. II. Florentina. III. Anne Catherine. IV. Dionysia Meliora. Mr. Long d. in 1835, aged seventy-four, 4. his wife, 1. Thomas, of Trowbridge. He seems to have risen to considerable opulence in the clothing trade, and purchased James Bisse held the manor of Batcombe, in the county of Somerset, in 1546. He is mentioned in the will of Sir Henry the manors of Westbury, Maddington, Hilperton, Whaddon, Ashton, and Polston, and the advowson of Hilperton. He made his will, a zealous catholic, in 1554, and dying about 1562, was buried in the church at Trowbridge, having had by Johan, his wife, and who surviving him, d. in 1583, one son, Henry, who d. an infant. 1. Robert, of London,† m. Cicely, relict of ― Coppinger, and by her, who d. 1559, and was buried at St. Lawrence's Jewry, had issue, Magdalen, m. Roger Sadler, of London, merchant, and had issue. Mary, m. Henry Vyner, son of Henry Vyner, of Castle Combe, by Anne, daughter and co-heir of Sir John Scrope, of Castle Combe, and had issue. Martha, m. William Meredith, but had no issue. Robert Long, d. 1551, and was buried at St. Lawrence's Jewry. III. WILLIAM, of Beckington, in the county of Somerset, of whom hereafter, as ancestor of the Longs of Stratton. IV. HENRY, of Whaddon. 1. Margaret, m. Robert Smith, of Laycock, and had issue. 11. Robert, resided at Monkton, m. Milicent, daughter of Thomas Witsey, clerk, and d. in 1620, aged forty-six, having had issue, Robert, baptized 1613, at Broughton Gifford. Edward, baptized 1617. Henry, baptized 1619. Posthumous, baptized 1620, some time of Corsham, in the county of Wilts, and of Herbridge, in the county of Hants, d. 1682. III. William, of Trowbridge, m. and had a daughter, Rebecca. IV. Thomas. 1. Margaret, m. Thomas Chafyn, of Sa- 11. Amy, m. Roger Martyn. IV. Dau. m. William Allen, and had Henry Longe, of Whaddon, d. in 1611, and was s. by his son, HENRY LONGE, of Whaddon, who m. Rebecca, daughter of Christopher Bailey, who remarried Henry Sherfield, M. P. for Sarum § in 1623 and 1628, and by her had issue, 1. Henry, d. young. II. WALTER. III. Robert, of Stanton Prior, in the county of Somerset, m. Alice, daughter of Thomas Coward, of Witton, in haven (vol ii. p. 165), who d. intestate, in 1630, and in whose residuary account, mention is made of Mrs. Amy Long, the wife of Gifford Long, of Rowde Ashton, and Thomas Long, of Cheverell, ancestor of Mr. Long, of Rowde Ashton, and Mr. Long, of Preshaw. He was of Lincoln's Inn, and recorder of Sarum, (vide State Trials, 1632, for an account of his prosecution for defacing a scriptural subject in glass in St. Edmund's Church, Salisbury.) son, SIR WALTER LONG, of, Whaddon, bart. He was sheriff of Wilts, and member for Bath 1627, and, being closely connected in politics, with the Puritan party, became a zealous parliamentarian, and was one of the seven members sent to the Tower by Charles in 1628. On the breaking out of the civil war, he raised a troop of cavalry, and heading it in a charge at Edgehill, had his horse shot under him. In 1647 he became obnoxious to the army and their leader, and fled, with Holles and others, to France, "because," says Holles, "the Princes of the Philisthines loved them not." He then joined CHARLES II. and on the restoration, was raised to the rank of the baronetcy. He m. first, Mary, daughter of Joseph Cocks, and secondly, Elizabeth, daughter of John Cotes, of Woodcote, in the county of Salop, by Mary, daughter of Walter Bagot, of Blithfield. She died in 1688, and was buried at Harefield, in Middlesex. By the first he had issue, 1. WALTER, baptized 1627, at Whaddon. 11. Robert, of Lincoln's Inn, d. s. p. Sir Walter d. in 1672, and was buried at Son of George Stedman, of Ashwick, in the county of Somerset, and sister of James Stedman, of Lincoln's Inn, M. P. for Chippenham, (see vol. ii. p. 491.) + Hem. Ursula, daughter of John Yate, of Charney, in the county of Berks, by Jane, daughter and heir of Richard Goddard, of Upham, in the county of Wilts. Her sister, Margaret Yate, . William Martyn, of Oakingham, in the county SIR WALTER LONG, of Whaddon, bart. who d. unmarried in 1710, leaving his property to his nephew, Calthorpe Parker, remainder to his great nephew, Sir Philip Parker, and on failure of issue of the latter, to Thomas Long of Rowden; the Rev. John Long, of Meseyhampton, and his brother Thomas in remainder. Sir Walter was s. at Whaddon by the second son of his sister, Lady Parker, assumed the name of LONG, and dying in CALTHORPE PARKER, of Whaddon, who 1729, aged seventy-two, was buried at Whaddon, leaving no issue by his wife, Dionysia, daughter of John Harrington, of Kelston, in the county of Somerset. She d. in 1774, aged eighty-six, and was buried at Marshfield, in Gloucestershire. Mr. Calthorpe Long was succeeded at Whaddon by his nephew, SIR PHILIP PARKER A MORLEY, bart. of Whaddon, b. in 1682, who assumed the name of LONG. He d. 1741, and having no male issue by his wife, Martha, daughter of William East, who d. in 1738, he was s. at Whaddon by Thomas Long, of Rowden, before mentioned, whose descent we now proceed to trace, but the representation of Sir Walter, the parliamentarian, remained in the descendants of Catherine Parker, wife of John, first Earl of Egremont. 111. John, of Bath, m. Catherine, daughter of John Long, of Wraxall, and sister of Hope Long, (vide p. 216.) He d. 1705, and she d. aged eighty, in 1726. They had issue, 1. John, in holy orders, fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, and rector of Meseyhampton, in the county of Gloucester, of Wraxall and of Whaddon, b. 1677, d. 1748, s. p. 2. THOMAS, of Melksham, afterwards of Wraxall and Whaddon, m. Mary, daughter of Abbott, of Chippenham, and by her, who d. in 1733, aged forty-six, had issue, WALTER. Mary, d. unmarried, 1776, Ellen, d. unmarried, 1787, Thomas Long, of Melksham, all and Whaddon, but better known as Mr. Walter Long, of Bath. He d. in 1807, aged ninety-five, having bequeathed his extensive estates in remainder to the present Mr. Long, of Rowde Ashton, who now enjoys them. 1. Anne, m. John Filbes, of Devizes, and d. 1726. IV. Gifford. v. Richard, m. 1. Elizabeth. 11. Mary, m. Hope Long, of Wraxall, (see p. 216.) III. Anne, m. John Coxwell, of Ablington, grandson of Nathaniel Coxwell, of Ablington, (see vol. iii. p. 472.) John Long, of Monkton, d. in 1654, and was s. by his son, THOMAS LONG, of Monkton, and of Rowden, m. Margery by whom, who d. in 1692, and was buried at Chippenham, he had issue, THOMAS. John, baptized 1659,at Broughton Gifford. Catherine, baptized 1660, m. Thomas Hulbert, of Corsham, and of Wootton Basset, and had issue. Mary, baptized 1665. Elizabeth, baptized 1666, m. RICH. LONG of Rowd Ashton, son of RICH. LONG, of Collingbourne, and had issue.* Thomas Long, of Monkton, d. 1691, and was s. by his son, THOMAS LONG, of Rowden, baptized 1657, m. first, Anne, relict of Ridley, who d. 1724,aged sixty-two, and secondly, Mary who d. 1773, aged seventy-two. He d. in 1730, without issue, and was buried, as were his two wives, at Chippenham. Edward Long, of Monkton, d. 1622, and was s. by his eldest son, GIFFORD LONG,‡ of Rowd Ashton, in the parish of Steeple Ashton, sheriff of Wilts, 1624, m. first, Anne, daughter and heir of John Yewe, of Bradford, who dying 1601, was buried at Bradford, and by whom he had issue, Anne, baptized 1598, m. W. Bromwich. He m. secondly, Amy, daughter of John Warre, of Hestercombe, in the county of Somerset, relict of Robert Wingett, of Biscott, in the county of Bedford, and by her, who d. 1650, had issue, EDWARD, baptized 1607. Eleanor, baptized 1618, m. William Carent, son of Morris Carent, of Toomer, in the county of Somerset, by Elizabeth, daughter of James Ley, Earl of Marlborough, and had issue. Gifford Long d. 1635, and was s. by his son, EDWARD LONG, of Rowd Ashton, m. Dorothy, daughter of Isaac Jones, of London, and sister to Sir Samuel Jones of Cour The arms borne by the Whaddon and Beckington branches were the same as those granted to Thomas Longe, of Trowbridge, the uncle of Edward Long, in 1561, viz. s. semeé of cross crosslets, a lion ramp. arg. two flaunches ermine, crest on a crescent or, a lion's head erased sa. gutté d'eau. As Thomas Long d. without issue, the right to this coat, strictly speaking, died with him. The name of Gifford seems to have been derived from the husband of his mother's sister, viz. Henry Gifford, grandson of Sir William Gifford, of Crondall, Hants. |