Edward Donovan's will was dated 15th March, 1773, and on the 26th April, same year, was proved in Dublin. His widow's will was proved same place, 1794. He was succeeded by his eldest son, v. Albert-William. VI. Harrietta-Anne, married 1837, VIII. Mary-Medora. John, d. unm. in 1829. George, married and has issue. Henry, d. unm. in Jamaica. Anne, m. Solomon Speer, esq. of the Catherine, d. unm. 24th January, 1837. Eliza, m. William Russell Farmar, esq. Richard Donovan, who was in the commis- RICHARD DONOVAN, esq. of Ballymore, who having attained his age of twenty-one years, on the 6th May, 1778, in the Easter Term of that year, suffered a common recovery of the estates, and it was declared by said deed that the said recovery should enure to the use of the said Richard Donovan, and his heirs and assigns for ever. He m. (settlement being dated 27th and 28th June, 1789,) Anne, daughter of Goddard Richards, side of the shield a cubit dexter arm vested Arms Argent, issuing from the sinister esq. of The Grange, in the county of Wex-gules, cuffed azure, the hand ppr. grasping ford, and had issue, RICHARD, his heir, now of Ballymore. Goddard-Edward, capt. 83rd regiment, d. unm. at the Cape of Good Hope, in 1808. Robert, married Miss Taylor, and had issue, 1. Richard. an old Irish sword, the blade entwined with Crest-A falcon alighting. Estates - In the county of Wexford, GALLY-KNIGHT, OF FIRBECK AND LANGOLD. KNIGHT-GALLY, HENRY, esq. of Firbeck Hall and Langold, in the county of York, b. 2nd December, 1788, m. in 1828, Henrietta, third daughter of Anthony Hardolph Eyre, esq. of Grove, Notts. Mr. Knight, who succeeded his father in 1808, is a magistrate for the counties of Nottingham and York, and a deputy lieutenant and M.P. for the former. In the years 1810 and 1811, he travelled in Spain, Sicily, Greece, the Holy Land, and Egypt; and in 1815, published a volume of poems. 1826, he appeared again in a literary capacity, as the author of a pamphlet on the Catholic Question, and in 1837, he produced "An Architectural Tour in Normandy." In Lineage. This family, originally of Hampshire, was settled in the North by SIR RALPH KNIGHT, (son of William Knight, esq. by Alice Worthington, his wife,) who served with distinction, in the forces of the parliament, became aid-de-camp to General Monk, and received the honour of knighthood at the restoration. Having m. a lady of Yorkshire, he purchased about 1650, from Thomas Burton, the estate of Langold, in that county, as a residence for her near her relations, during his absence on military duty, and he subsequently obtained other estates in the same and in the adjoining county. Sir Ralph wedded first, 23rd June, 1646, Faith, daughter of the Rev. William Dickinson, vicar of Rotherham, of a family seated in the parish of Ecclesfield, and secondly, the widow of John Rolleston, esq. of Sokeholme. By the former, who died 18th April, 1671, aged fifty-four, he had issue, JOHN, of Langold, bapt. at Rotherham, 21st June, 1648, m. Mary, daughter of Alderman Clarkson, of London, and d. 6th May, 1695, leaving an only child, HANNAH, m. at Eckington, 10th ISAAC, of whom presently. Dickinson, died 10th January, 1746. Hester, m. to John Clarkson, esq. of Kirton. Christiana, m. to Jonathan Staniforth, of Firbeck. Anne. Bridget, m. to Richard Taylor, esq. of Faith, m. to Charles Cornwallis, esq. of Sir Ralph died 21st April, 1691, and was buried at Firbeck. His second son, ISAAC KNIGHT, esq. of Langold, m. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Robinson, of Denston, in Suffolk, and dying 13th September, 1721, aged sixty-eight, was s. by his only son, RALPH KNIGHT, esq. of Langold, bapt. at St. John's, 6th Jnne, 1712, who died unm. in 1768, when his estates devolved on his only sister and heir, ELIZABETH KNIGHT, who had m. the Rev. Henry Gally, D.D. rector of St. Giles's-inthe-Fields, chaplain in ordinary to GEORGE II. and a prebendary of Norwich and Gloucester, and had two sons, JOHN and HENRY. Dr. Gally was one of those refugee families whom the religious persecution, consequent on the revocation of the Edict of Nantz, forced to leave their native country and seek an asylum in England. He was a distinguished scholar and corresponded with the contemporary literati of the continent. He died 7th August, 1769, and his widow, in 1784. Their elder son, JOHN GALLY, esq. of Langold, barristerat-law, assumed as did his younger brother, the surname and arms of KNIGHT. He was in the commission of the peace for Yorkshire and Notts, and served in parliament for Aldborough and Boroughbridge. He d. unm. in 1804, aged sixty-three, and was s. by his brother, HENRY GALLY KNIGHT, esq. of Langold, barrister-at-law, who m. in 1784, Selina, daughter of William Fitzherbert, esq. of Tissington, in Derbyshire, and died in 1808, leaving an only son, the present HENRY GALLY KNIGHT, esq. of Langold and Firbeck. 4th for Arms - Quarterly; 1st and KNIGHT, or on a chief sa. three griffins segreant of the field; 2nd and 3rd for GALLY, a chev. or, charged with a chain sa. between two mullets arg. and a cock of the same, beaked gold Crests 1st for KNIGHT, out of a ducal coronet or, an eagle displayed erm.; 2nd for GALLY, out of a foreign coronet a cock arg. Motto-Toujours pret. Estates-In the counties of Nottingham and York. Town Residence-69, Lower Grosvenor Street. Seat-Firbeck Hall, near Bawtry. Admiral Spry d. 27th November, 1828, aged seventy-four, was buried in Anthony Church, and s. by his son, the present SIR SAMUEL-THOMAS SPRY, of Place, and Tregolls, M.P. for Bodmin. Arms-Az. two bars, and achev. in chief or. Crest-A dove arg. beak and legs gu. standing on a serpent nowed ppr. Motto-Soyez Sage et Semple. Confirmed to the family 28th March, 1619, by "Sir William Segar, garter principall kinge of armes." PRINCIPAL QUARTERINGS: J. TRENOWTH, arg. on a fesse sa. three chevronels palewise, points to the dexter arg. 2. TREVAGO, arg. on a chev. between three roundles sa. five bezants of the field. 3. TREWITHENECK, arg. a chev. and border indented sa. 4. CHEYNDUIT, gu. a lion rampant reguardant, arg. within an orle of acorns or. 5. NANFAN, sa. a chev. erm. between three dexter wings displayed arg. 6. THOMAS, arg. two swords in saltier ppr. hilts and pommels or, in chief a bunch of grapes of the second, leaved and stalked of the same. Estates-Barton of Place, and Manor of Bohorrough in St. Anthony, in Roseland, Barton of Tregolls, Trethewell with the manor of Trehear, and other estates, all in Cornwall. Seats-Place in St. Anthony, in Roseland, and Tregolls, in St. Clements. EDWARD successor to his brother. 1689; m. 1st September, 1721, to Thomas Holman, of Plymouth. Edward Sprye died at Plymouth, in 1702, and was s. by his son, JOHN SPRYE, of Millbrook, baptized at Maker, 1st March, 1691, who left by Margaret, his wife, whom he married about 1724, two daughters, Anne and Magdalen. His brother and successor, EDWARD SPRYE, of Millbrook, and of Stoke Damarell, in Devon, b. 5th March, 1695, m. at St. Germans, 3rd January, 1720, Elizabeth, daughter of T. Binney, esq. and had by her, who d. 24th July, 1745, to survive infancy, five sons and three daughters, namely, EDWARD, his heir. Binney, b. in 1729, bred to physic, d. JOHN, successor to his brother Edward. cember, 1756, to William Kingdom, Edward Kingdom, of Plymouth, m. twice, but had no issue. William Kingdom, chief clerk of the Victualling office, London; m. and left issue. John Kingdom, secretary to the Navy office, m. but has no issue. Elizabeth Kingdom, m. 12th December, 1785, to Thomas Mudge, esq. of London, son of Thomas Mudge, the celebrated chronometer maker, and grandson of Zachariah Mudge, D.D. prebendary of Exeter, the friend of Dr. Johnson and Sir Joshua Reynolds. Ann Kingdom, m. in 1784, to Ste- Mary Kingdom, m. to Thomas Sophia Kingdom, m. toMr. Brunell, of London, the distinguished engineer, inventor of the block machine in the naval arsenal of Portsmouth, and projector of the Tunnel under the Thames. Edward Sprye, having lived to the great age of ninety-three, died at Plymouth at the residence of his son, Dr. Edward Sprye, early in February, 1788, on the 15th of which month he was interred in the burial place of his ancestors at Maker. He was s. by his eldest surviving son, EDWARD SPRYE, LL.D. &c. of Plymouth, b. in 1727, and baptized at St. Germans, 26th February, of that year. He was a man of eminent scholastic and scientific attainments, a member of the British universities of Oxford and Cambridge, and Aberdeen, Dublin, Leyden, and others on the continent; at the last named of which he studied. He was also a member of the colleges of physicians of London and Edinburgh, M.A. candidate for divinity, doctor of philosophy, of laws, and of medicine, bachelor of music, &c. Dr. Sprye wrote, among other things, a dissertation on Small-pox and inoculation, published in quarto at Leyden, 1768; and several papers in the Philosophical Transactions, from the years 1755, to 1767; he d. at his residence, the Old Abbey, Plymouth, in Sept. 1795, aged sixtyeight, and was buried in the family burial ground at Maker, 3rd October: a portrait of him, engraved by Jehner, in 1785, is from an elaborate painting representing him in his study in doctor's robes, surrounded with philosophical apparatus, and intent upon botanical studies; but never have any been published, and only few copies distributed to relatives and friends, it has become with those of his father and nephew very scarce. Dying unmarried, he was s. by his only surviving brother, JOHN SPRYE, of Stoke Damarell, b. in 1733, who m. at Holberton, in Devon, Margaret, daughter of William Brooking, gent. of Pumphleet, in that parish, by whom, who was b. in 1739, d. at Plymouth, 11th February, 1803, and was buried at Maker, on the 16th, he had issue, (that survived youth), one son and one daughter, 1. JOHN, his heir. 1. Jane, m. there to Reuben Rendle, gent. of Plymouth, by whom, who d. at Plymouth, and was there buried in 1836, she has issue three sons, 1. Reuben-Sprye Rendle, of Jesus 2. Edmond Rendle, M.D. of Ply- Louisa Rendle. John Sprye d. at Plymouth, 3rd September, 1799, aged sixty-nine, was buried at Maker on the 9th, s. by his only surviving son, JOHN SPRYE, of Christ Church, Oxford, in holy orders, vicar of Ugborough, in the south of Devon, b. at Stoke Damarell, 29th May, 1764, baptized there the following month, who m. 13th January, 1788, Ann, Cannon, of Saltash, in the county of Cornof Sampson Crappe, esq. of Trevollard House, in the parish of St. Stephens, in that county, by whom, who was born 13th Oc tober, 1764, he has surviving issue, two sons and two daughters, 1. FREDERICK, a captain in the royal II. Richard-Samuel, a captain in the 2. Courtenay-William-Hele-Fow- 1. Henrietta - Anne - Hele-Fowell Sprye, b. at sea, off the Cape de Verd Islands. 2. Isabella - Mary - Hele - Fowell Sprye, b. at Prince of Wales's Island, Straits of Malacca. 3. Frances - Helen - Hele - Fowell Sprye, b. at Vizajapatam, northern division of the Madras presidency. 4. Sarah Emily Hele - Fowell Sprye, b. in Upper Berkeley street, London. Captain Sprye has for many years devoted considerable time to the collection of the histories and genealogies of the parliamentary families of his native county, Devon, during the period of the civil war and commonwealth. These collections are very extensive and complete, abounding with local and parliamentary history of the period, hitherto unpublished, of a most interesting nature to the county. 1. Anne, born at the parsonage, Crediton. 11. Mary-Emily, b. at the parsonage, Crediton, m. at Ugborough, to the Rev. William Baker Beare, of Emanuel College, Cambridge, M.A. in holy orders, vicar of Morebath, in Devon, and perpetual curate of Upton, in Somerset, second son (by his first wife, Anne, eldest daughter of the Rev. T. E. Clarke, of Trimlitt House, in the county of Somerset,) of Montague-Baker Beare, esq. of Morebath House, in Devon. FERRAND, OF ST. IVES. FERRAND, SARAH, of St. Ives, in the county of York, m. Currer Fothergill Busfeild, esq. of Cottingley Bridge, B.A. of St. Peter's College, Cambridge, youngest son of Johnson Atkinson Busfeild, esq. of Myrtle Grove, (see p. 702,) and by him, who died 30th June, 1832, aged fifty-five, has had issue, ** WILLIAM BUSFEILD, of Myrtle Grove, in the commission of the peace for Yorkshire, m. Sarah, daughter of J. Priestley, esq. captain in the army, and by her, who died in 1832, had issue, William. Sarah-Harriette. Walker Busfeild. Currer Busfeild. Johnson-Atkinson Busfeild, of Bradford, who m. Mary- Benjamin-Ferrand Busfeild. Jane-Ferrand Busfeild, d. unm. in 1824. Sarah-Dale Busfeild, d. unm. in 1825. Katharine-Maria Busfeild, m. to Charles Priestley, esq. Elizabeth-Octavia Busfeild-Ferrand. Caroline Busfeild-Ferrand. Emily-Lucinda Busfeild-Ferrand, This lady, after the decease of her husband, Mr. Busfeild, assumed by sign manual, in 1837, her paternal name and arms of FERRAND only, in compliance with the testamentary injunction of her relative, Benjamin Ferrand, esq. on succeeding (by the death of her brother, the late Edward Ferrand, esq. without male issue,) to the valuable estates of St. Ives, Harden Grange, Cottingley House, Ryshworth Hall, &c. Her three unmarried daughters took, at the same time, the name of Ferrand, in addition to that of Busfeild. Lineage. The family of Ferrant or Ferrand, of Norman extraction, appears to have come into England under the protection of the ancient Earl of Albermarle, and held for many centuries the important office of warden of Skipton Castle. The representative of the senior branch in the 17th century, EDMUND FERRAND, esq. of Carlton, married Mary, daughter of Thomas Wentworth, esq. bencher of Gray's Inn, and had two sons, Thomas, killed at the battle of Preston, fighting for King CHARLES, and Edmund, who in conjunction with his father, sold the estate of Carlton in 1651, to Thomas Parkinson. Of the Skipton family, was RICHARD FERRAND, citizen of London, who lies interred in the minster of Beverley, with this epitaph on a brass plate in the nave: All you that read this writing apparent Of Robert Ferrant, he was the Sonne, RICHARD FERRAND, of Bingley, who died |
