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kerville, of Erdesley, knt. and was s. by his son,

Walter Baskerville, of Pontrilas, who m.
Ann, daughter of Henry Vaughan, esq. of Moccas,
and was s. by his son,



viii. James, from whom some assume the
Netherwood branch to be descended,
ix. Simon, of whom we are just about
to treat.
This

Simon Baskerville, esq. espoused Eliza-
beth, daughter of — Brand, esq. of Wan-
borough, in the county of Wilts, and left
three sons,

1. William, of Wanborough, who d.
in 1604, leaving two daughters, viz.

Elizabeth, m. to Hon. Thomas
Petre.

Mary, m. to Thomas Foster, esq.
eldest son of Sir Thomas Foster,
knt. one of the justices of the
court of common-pleas.

2. Thomas, whose son,
James, m. twice, but d. s. p.

3. George, who continued the line of
the family.

The youngest son,

George Baskerville, esq. of Tewkes-
bury, in the county of Gloucester, wedded
Eleanor, daughter of — Quarrel, esq. of
Blockland, of Evesham, in the county of
Worcester, and had issue,

1. Simon, who went to sea, about the

time of Tilbury Camp, and d. s. p.
2 Thomas.

3. Anne, who m. twice, but d. issueless,

about the year 1644.

Thomas Baskerville, esq. (the second

son) of Richardston, in the county of Wilts,

m. in 1604, Johan Lor, by whom he had

issue,

1. Thomas, ) , , . ,
«,r.„. ?■ who «. issueless.

2. William, S

3. Francis, successor to his father.

4. Jenwora, m. to John Grubbe, esq.
of Potherne. From this alliance de-



IIumphrey Baskerville, of Pontrilas, who m.
Anne, daughter of Sir Thomas Aubrey, knt. and
had two daughters, his co-heirs, viz.

1. Mary, m. first, to Sir Edward Morgan,
bart. of Lantarnam, in the county of Mon-
mouth, and secondlv, to John Howe, esq. a
privy-councillor and vice-admiral, of the
county of Gloucester, paymaster-general of
the guards and garrisons, by the latter of
whom she had a son,

John Howe, elevated to the peerage 14th
George II. as Baron Ciiedworth,
(see Burke's Extinct Peerage).

2. Cecil, m. to Bartholomew Games, esq. of the
family of Aberbran, in the county of Brecon.



BASKERVILLE, OF ROCKLEY HOUSE.



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rive Grubbe of Potherne, and Ben
son of Salisbury .

5. Catharine, m. to Henry Grubbe, esq.

6. Elizabeth, m. to John, son and heir
of Sir John Lambe, knt. of Colston.

7. Anne m. to John Polwbele, esq. of
Polwhele, and from this marriage
lineallj derives the present

Reverend Richard Polwhele,
of Polwhele, the well-known anti-
quary of Cornwall and Devon.

8. Mary, m. to William Riven, esq.
The only surviving son and heir,

Francis Baskerville, esq. b. in 1615,
m. in April, 1635, Margaret, second daugh-
ter of John Glanvill, esq. of Broadhinton,
in the county of Wilts, (afterwards Sir John
Glanvill, knt.) by whom, who d. 28th March,
1696, he had, with four daughters, three
sons, viz.

Walter, d. s. p. in 1606.
Thomas.

Francis, living in 1650.
The second son,

Thomas Baskerville, esq. m. Mary,
daughter of Richard Jones, esq. of Hareham,
in the county of Gloucester, and had, with
vera! other children, (who appear to have
all d. issueless,)

Richard, eldest surviving son, and suc-
cessor to his father.
George, of Winterbourne Basset, who
d. 20th May, 1755, at the age of se-
venty-three, leaving, with other issue,
a daughter,

Jane, m. to her cousin, Thomas
Baskerville, esq.
Thomas Baskerville was s. at his decease
by his eldest surviving son,

Richard Baskerville, esq. of Richard-
Bton, who espoused Jane, daughter of Sir
William Gore, knt. of Barrow Court, in the
county of Somerset, and widow of — Ray-
mond, esq. by whom he had issue,

I. Thomas, his successor.

II. M r.i.ioRA, b. in 1701, who m. in 1726,
Thomas Baskerville, esq. of Abere-
dow Court, and left an only child and
heiress,

Philippa, who m. in 1767, the Rev.

John Powell, of Penland, and

had an only daughter and heiress,

\1 i.LioiiA Powell, who m. first,

in 1787, Peter Rickards-

Myxors, esq. of Treago, by

whom (who d. in 1794) she

had issue.



1. Peter Rickards-My-
nors, esq. of Treago,
(see that family).

2. Thomas Baskerville,
of whom presently, as
successor to his relative,
Colonel Baskerville.

3. Meliora, m. in 1815, to
Hugh-Hovell Farmer,
esq. of Dunsinane, in
the county of Wexford,
and has issue.

Mrs. Rickards-Mynors es-
poused, secondly, Jaspar
Farmer, esq. but dying in
1829, left no further issue.
III. Jane, m. to Thomas Roding, esq. of
Salisbury, and d. s. p.
Mr. Baskerville, of Richardston, d. 14th
September, 1739, aged seventy-two, and was
s. by his only surviving son,

Thomas Baskerville, esq. who espoused
his cousin, Jane, daughter of George Bas-
kerville, esq. of Winterbourne Basset, and
left issue at his decease, in 1758, (with a
daughter, Meliora, who d. unmarried, in
1773) a son and successor,

Thomas Baskerville, esq. lieutenant-
colonel of the 60th regiment of foot, who m.
first, Anne, only daughter of the Rev. James
O'Neile, of Ballyshannon, in the county of
Donegal, and secondly, Jane, youngest dau.
of Thomas Bishop, esq. of Kinsale, but
having no issue by either of these ladies, his
estates devolved, at his decease in 1817,
upon his cousin,

Thomas -Baskerville Mynors, esq.
who assumed, in 1818, (as stated
above,) the surname and arms of
Baskerville, of which very ancient
house himself and his brother, Peter
Rickards-Mynors, esq. are the repre-
sentatives.
Arms — Arg. between three hurts a chev.
Quarterings — (Same as those of Mynors,
with the ensigns of Hancock upon an es-
cutcheon of pretence.

Crest — A wolf's head erased arg. holding
in its mouth a broken spear ; staff or, head
arg. imbued gu.

Motto — Spero ut fidelis.
Estates — In Wilts, Herefordshire, Hants,
Dorset, and Berks.

Seats— RockleyHouse,near Marlborough,
Wilts; and Clyro Court, in the county of
Radnor.



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HOSKEN, OF CARINES.

HOSKEN, JOSEPH, esq. of Cannes and Ellenglaze, both in the county of Cornwall,

b. 20th November, 1773, m. 28th June, 1796, Jean,
only daughter of James Harvey, esq. alderman and twice
Mayor of Bristol, by whom he has had issue,



Joseph, b. 1st November, 1798, and d. unmarried, 17th

November, 1823.
James-Harvey, b. 21st November, 1803.
John, b. 17th May, 1808.
Richard-Finlay, b. 17tb September, 1811.
Charles-Henry, b. 13th December, 1814.
Alison-Harvey, d. 2nd April, 1811.
Jean- Anderson, d. 8th August, 1821.
Maria, d. 15th January, 1803.



This gentleman succeeded his father in 1810. He served for many years as captain in
the Royal Cornwall Militia, and afterwards as Major of the 2nd Cornwall Yeomanry
Cavalry. He has also been for a long period one of his majesty's justices of the peace,
and a deputy lieutenant, and deputy warden of the Stannaries of Cornwall.

Htweagt.




The Hoskens have been respectable land-
owners in the county of Cornwall for a
series of years. They were formerly seated
at the Barton of Hoskens, in the parish of
St. Enedor, whence they removed, in the
sixteenth century, to Hendra Green, in the
parish of St. Stephens, near Launceston.

John Hosken, esq. the lineal descendant
and representative of the family, was buried
in the parish church of St. Stephens the 9th
January, 1742. By his wife, Jane, (daugh-
ter of— Hosken, esq. of Eglaskerry), he
left several children, and was s. by his eldest

son,

Richard Hosken, esq. b. in 1708. This
gentleman m. in 1732, Edith, eldest daugh-
ter of John Edgecombe, esq. of Cargantle,
in the county of Cornwall (a branch of the
noble family of Edgecumbe, of Mount Edge-
cumbe), and was s. by his only son,

John Hosken, esq. b. in 1744 ; who m.
in 1770, Johanna, daughter of John Hutch-
ings, of Woodcotte, in the county of Devon,
by his wife, Joan Gray (of an ancient family
in the parish of BlackTorrington, and related
to the poet of that name). In 1780, upon the
demise of his cousin, Joseph Hosken, esq. of



Carines, in the parish of Cubert, he removed
to that place, now the property and residence
of his son. Mr. Hosken d. 12th April, 1810,
leaving three sons and two daughters, viz.
Joseph, present representative of the

family.
John, who has assumed the surname of
Harpur.

Richard, b. in 1784.

Jane.
Maria.

Arms — Per pale gu. and az. a chevron
or, charged with three cinquefoils, between
three lions passant arg.

Motto — Vis unita fortior.

Estates — Manors of Ellenglaze and
Carines, with various other possessions in
Cubert, Crantock, and the adjoining pa-
rishes. Ellenglaze was purchased by the
Hoskens from the heirs of the family of
Robartes, Earls of Radnor, in 1750. Carines,
and the other estates, have been in the pos-
session of the family for more than a cen-
tury and a half.

Scats — Carines, and Ellenglaze, both in
the county of Cornwall.



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STANLEY, OF DALEGARTII.



STANLEY, EDWARD, esq. of Dalegarth and Ponsonby Halls, in the county of Cum-
berland, b. in 1790, m. in December, 1821, Mary, daughter
of William Douglas, esq. one of the judges in the East
Indies, and had, with three daughters, three sons, viz.

Edward, b. September, 1822, d. 1825.
William, b. September 14th, 1829.
George-Edward, b. November 21st, 1831.

Mr. Stanley succeeded to his estates at the decease of his
father, November 17th, 1806.

He is a magistrate and deputy lieutenant of the county
of Cumberland, and was sheriff of that shire in 1823.




Utntagc.



The Stanleys rank amongst the most an-
cient and influential families in the king-
dom. They were of consequence, says
Camden, half a century before the conquest,
and they have invariably held an eminent
place in history. The branch, of which we
are more immediately about to treat, has
been located in the north for several cen-
turies, and the most ancient of their estates
in Cumberland have descended through an
unbroken succession of father and son over
a period of not less than five hundred years,
to the present proprietor.
From

Henry Stanleigh de Stoneley, who
lived forty years before the conquest, line-
ally descended

Sir William de Stanley, who, espous-
ing Joan, eldest daughter and co-heir of Sir
Philip Baumville, Lord of Stourton, became
possessed of the manor and bailywick of
Wyrall Forest, and thereupon assumed the
armorial bearings since used by his des-
cendants, viz. three stags' heads on a bend.
By the heiress of Stourton he had, with
other issue, a son and successor,

John Stanleigh, Lord of Stanley and
Stourton, who m. Mabel, daughter of Sir
James Hawsket, knt. and had issue,

William (Sir), Lord of Stanley and
Stourton, who had three sons,



1. William, who m. Margaret,
daughter and heiress of William
de Hooton, Lord of Hooton, in
Cheshire, and from this alliance
lineally descends the present

Sir Thomas Stanley-Mas-
sey-Stanley, bart. of Hoo-
ton, in the county of Chester.

2. John (Sir), from whom derives

Edward Smith - Stanley,
Earl of Derby (see Burke's
Peerage and Baronetage).

3. Henry.

John, of whom presently.
The second son,

John Stanleigh, purchased lands at
Greswithen, in the county of Cumberland,
and represented the city of Carlisle in par-
liament, 20th Edward III. His son and
heir,

John Stanleigh, of Greswithen, living
temp. Edward III. bought lands in Emble-
ton and Brackenthwaite, in the county of
Cumberland, in 1335, and was s. at his de-
cease by his son,

Nicholas Stanleigh, of Greswithen, who
marrying Constance, daughter and heiress
of Thomas de Awsfhwaite, Lord of Awsth-
waite, acquired that manor (now denomi-



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STANLEY, OF DALEGARTH.



nated Dalegarth), as appears by deed dated
anno 1345. The lordship of Awsthwaite
was granted by Arthur Boyvill, in 1102, to
Adam de Awsthwaite, in whose family it
continued for 225 years, until the heiress
married with the Stanleys. In 1388, Ni-
cholas Stanleigh obtained by purchase, the
manor and demesne of Ponsonby. He was
s. by his son,

Thomas Stanleigh, Lord of Awsthwaite,
(in the records, called Stanlaw), living in
the reign of Henry VI. who represented
the city of Carlisle in parliament.

Nicholas Stanleigh, esq. Lord of Awsth-
waite, his son and heir, was s. by his son,

Thomas Stanley, esq. of Dalegarth, who,
espousing Ann, daughter of Sir Richard
Hudleston, knt. acquired lands called Hy-
ton, and was s. by his son,

William Stanley, esq. of Awsthwaite and
Dalegarth, living 17th Henry VII. who m.
Alice, daughter of Sir Richard Ducket, knt.
and had a son,

Thomas Stanley, esq. of Dalegarth, who
m. Margaret, daughter of John Fleming,
esq. and had issue,

John, his successor.
Thomas, who was appointed master of
the mint in 1570, and obtained from
his father the ancient family posses-
sions of Greswithen, Embleton, and
Brackenthwaite. He m. Lady Myt-
ford, relict of Sir James Mytford,
knt. by whom he had an only daugh-
ter and heiress,

Mary, who m. the Honourable Sir
Edward Herbert, afterwards cre-
ated Earl of Powis (see Burke's
Extinct Peerage).
The eldest son,

John Stanley, esq. of Dalegarth, m.
Margaret, daughter of Thomas Senhouse,
esq. and was s. by his son,

Thomas Stanley, esq. of Dalegarth, who
purchased, in 1577, the manor of Birkby,
in the county of Cumberland, from his cousin-
german, the Countess of Powis. He m. Isa-
bel, daughter of John Leake, esq. of Ed-
monton, and was s. by his son,

Edward Stanley, esq. of Dalegarth, who
m. Ann, daughter and co-heiress of Thomas
Briggs, esq. of Cawmire, in the county of
Westmoreland, and had a son,

John Stanley, esq. of Dalegarth, his suc-
cessor. This gentleman, an active and zeal-
ous royalist, was heavily fined by parliament ;



but the penalty was subsequently mitigated.*
He obtained a grant from the crown, of the
fair and weekly market of Ravenglass, and
likewise purchased the manor of Birker.
Mr. Stanley espoused, first, Mary, daughter
of Thomas Stanley, esq. of Lee, in the coun-
ty of Sussex ; and secondly, Dorothy, daugh-
ter of Henry Featherstonhaugh, of Feather-
stonhaugh,in the county of Northumberland.
He was s. at his decease by his son,

Edward Stanley, esq. of Dalegarth, who
m. Isabel, eldest daughter of Thomas Cur-
wen, esq. of Sella Park. This gentleman
was high sheriff for the county of Cumber-
land at the revolution, and proclaimed King
William.
His son and successor,

* The following curious certificates are still in
the possession of the Stanleys.
L. S.
Whereas it appeareth by certificate, under the
hand of Mr. Leech dated 29 Jan. 1648, that John
Stanley of Dalegarth in the county of Cumber-
land Esq. hath compounded and paide in and se-
cured his fine, at the committee at Goldsmith's
Hall : these are therefore to require you, on sight
hereof, to forbear to offer any violence to his per-
son or to any of his family, at his house at Dale-
garth in the county of Cumberland, or to take
away any of his horses or other things, they doing
nothing prejudicial to the parliament or army.
Given under my hand and seal 1st Feb. 1648.

T. FAIRFAX.
To all officers and soldiers under
my command.

L. S. Six quarterings.
Whereas John Stanley of Dalegarth in the co.
of Cumberland esq. hath subscribed to his compo-
sition and paid and secured his fine, according to
the direction of Parliament : these are therefore
to require and command you to permit and suffer
him and his servants, quietly to pass into Dale-
garth abovesaid, with their horses and swords,
and to forbear to molest or trouble him or any of
his familie, there, without seizing or taking away
any of his horses or other goods or estate whatso-
ever ; and to permit and to suffer him or any of
his family, at any tyme, to pass to any place, about
his or their occasions, without offering any injury
or violence to him or any of his family, either
at Dalgarth, or in his or their travells, as you will
answer your contempt, at your utmost perrils.

Given under my hand and seal this second
of February, 1648.

O. CROMWELL.
To all officers and souldiers and all others
whom these may concern.



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John Stanley, esq. of Dalegarth, bought
the rectory of Ponsonby, and the tithes and
church lands thereunto belonging; with
many other valuable estates in that parish.
On his marriage, lie built Ponsonby Hall,
to which seat he removed in 1(>87 fro n Dale-
garth, the ancient residence of the family.
He wedded Dorothy, co-heiress of Edward
Holt, esq. of Wigan, in the county of Lan-
caster, and had three sons,
EDWARD, his successor.
John, in holy orders, rector of Work-
ington, who m. Clara, daughter of
John Philipson, esq. of Calgarth, in
the county of Westmoreland, and had
a son, Edward, who m. Julia, daugh-
ter of John Christian, esq. of Unerigg,
by whom she had several children.
Holt, a lieutenant in brigadier-general
Wentworth's regiment of foot, d. un-
married, in the expedition against
Porto Bello.
The eldest son,

Edward Stanley, esq. of Dalgarth, es-
poused Mildred, youngest daughter of Sir
George Fleming, hart, lord-bishop of Car-
lisle, by whom he had (with four daughters
beside, who all d. unmarried),
George - Edward, his

March, 1748.
Dorothy, wj. to lieutenant Joseph Dacre,
and d. the year after marriage.
Edward Stanley d. in 1751, and was s.by his
only son,

George-Edward Stanley, esq. of Pon-
sonby and Dalegarth, who m. first, in 1774,
Dorothy, youngest daughter of Sir William



successor, b.



Fleming, hart, of Rydal, by whom (who d.
in 1786) he had two daughters, Mildred and
Elizabeth. He espoused, secondly, in 17H9,
Elizabeth, daughter of Morris Evans, esq.
of the county of Middlesex, and had further
issue,

Edward, present proprietor.

George, b. in 1791.

Jane.
Mr. Stanley, who served the office of sheriff
for Cumberland in 1774, was s. at his decease
by his elder son, Edward Stanley, esq. of
Dalegarth and Ponsonby, now representa-
tive of the family, and twenty-fourth in di-
rect lineal descent from Henry Stanleigh,
of Stoneley.

Arms — Arg. on a bend cottised vert az.
three bucks' heads cabossed or, quartering
the Awsthwaite arms, viz. gu. two bars arg.
in chief three mullet of six points pierced
or.

Crest — A stag's head argent, attired or,
collared vert.

Motto — Sans changer.

Estates — Dalegarth, an extensive pro-
perty in Eskdale, which came into posses-
sion of the Stanley family in 1345, and has
descended from father to son to the present
proprietor ; the manors of Binker- Awsth-
waite and Binkby ; Ponsonby Hall, together
with the manor and nearly the whole of the
parish of the same name ; fisheries of sal-
mon ; and the tithes and patronage of the
churches in Eskdale and Ponsonby.

Seats — Dalegarth Hall, and Ponsonby
Hall, both in the county of Cumberland.



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SMITH, OF ASHLYNS HALL.



SMITH JAMES, esq. of Ashlyns Hall, in the county of Herts, m. first Frances,

sister of the Right Honorable Charles Arbuthnot, by
whom he had an only son,

James, b. in 1800, d. in 1811.

He espoused secondly, in 1803, Mary-Isabella, daughter
of the late Augustus Pechell, esq. receiver general of
his Majesty's customs, and niece of Sir Thomas Pechell,
by whom (who d. in 1823) he has had issue,

Augustus, b. 15th September, 1804.
Frederick-George, b. 20th March, 1806, d. in June, 1826.
Robert- Algernon, b. 2nd October, 1814.
Frances-Mary-Isabella.
Paulina-Wilhelmina.

Mr. Smith served the office of high sheriff of the county
of Herts, in 1831.




Umcnqc.



This family, with the collateral branches
of Sir George Bromley and Lord Carring-
ton, derive immediately from Thomas Smith,
of Reyworth, in the county of Nottingham,
and of Gadesby, in Leicestershire, who was
a descendant of the Smiths, of Ashby Fol-
ville and Gadesby, and from whom he in-
herited this latter property in 1699. The
Smiths of Ashby deduced their origin from
Sir Michael Carrington, standard-bearer to
King Richard I. in the Holy Land, one of
whose descendants changed his name to
Smyth during the conflicts between the
houses of York and Lancaster, for purposes
of concealment, which surname remained
afterwards that of the family.

Thomas Smith, esq. of Reyworth, m. For-
tune, daughter of Laurence Collin, esq.
banker, at Nottingham, and had issue,

Thomas, who served the office of high

sherift' for the county of Leicester.

He m. Miss Mary Manley, and had

five daughters, viz.

1. Mary, m. to Thomas Tomson,
D.D.

2. Elizabeth, m. to Giles Eyre, esq.

3. Catherine, m. to William Ring,
esq.

4. Anne,m. to Henry Walters, esq.

5. Harriet d. unmarried.



Samuel, of whom hereafter.

Abel, of Nottingham, banker, m. Jane,

daughter of George Beaumont, esq.

of Chapelthorpe, in Yorkshire, and

had issue,

1. George, created a baronet in
1757, whose son, Sir George
Smith, the second baronet, as-
sumed the surname of " Brom-
ley."

2. John, of London, merchant.

3. Abel, whose son,

Roeert, was elevated to the
peerage, 16th July, 1796, as
Lord Carrington.
Samuel Smith, esq. (the second son of
Thomas Smith, of Reyworth), left issue,
John, who d. unmarried.
Thomas, who in. Dorothy, daughter of
John Lister, esq. of Sysonby, and
had an only daughter, who espoused
the late Sir Philip Hales.
Samuel.
The third son

Samuel Smith, esq. who m. Elizabeth,
daughter of Thomas Watson, esq. and had
issue,

Samuel, M.P. for Worcester, who m.
Miss Lockyer, daughter and heiress
of George Lockyer, of Mappleton,



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Somersetshire, and left issue three
daughters.
Thomas, who m. the Hon. Mary Hut-
chinson, daughter of the Right Hon.
John Hely-Hutchinson, and aunt of
the present Earl of Donoughmore In
whom (who d. in 1821) he had issue,

1. Heh -Hutchinson, in holy or-
ders, now deceased.

2. A daughter.

3. C. Jocelyn Mary, m. to the Rev.
H. B. Tristram, and d. 3rd Au-
gust, 1830, leaving two sons and
four daughters.

William, d. young.



Charles, who d. leaving three sons and

one daughter.
William, d. young.
George, d. leaving three sons and a

daughter.
James, present possessor of Ashlyns.
Arms— Or, a chevron cottised hetween
three demi-grifhns, the two in chief res-
pectant sa.

Crest — An elephant's head, erased or,
eared gu.

Motto— Preignes haleine tire fort.
Estate — Ashlyns Hall, near Great Berk-
hampstead, Herts, purchased in 1801.
Seat — Ashlyns Hall, Herts.



ALDERSEY, OF ALDERSEY.

ALDERSEY, SAMUEL, esq. of Aldersey and of Spurstow, in the county of Ches-
ter, m. 9th August, 1824, Lucy, daughter of George Baylis, esq. of Shifnal, Salop,
and has issue,

Hugh-Robert, b. 19th November, 1828.
Thomas, b. 30th March, 1830.
Susan-Mary.
Lucy-Anne.

Mr. Aldersey, who served the office of high sheriff for the county of Chester in 1816,

s. his father in 1803.

Utntage.

Robert, of Middle Aldersey, ancestor

of the Alderseys of that place.
William.

From the eldest son,

Ralph Aldersey, of Aldersey, who d. in
1327, lineally descended,

William Aldersey, esq. of Aldersey,
living temp. Henry VI. who m. Margaret,
daughter and heiress of John Stalker, of
Lower Spurstow, and was s. by his son,

Henry Aldersey, esq. of Aldersey and
Spurstow. This gentleman m. Jane, daugh-
ter of John Hockenhull, esq. of Hockenhull,
and had issue,

John, his successor.
Robert, m. Anne, daughter of Malbon,
of Malpas, and was ancestor of the
Alderseys who settled in Kent and
in Staffordshire.
Hugh, m. Margaret, daughter of Randle
Bamville, of Gawsworth, and had an
only daughter, Margaret, who es-




The family of Aldersey is of great anti-
quity in the county of Chester.

Hugh de Aldersey, of Aldersey, who
nourished temp. Henry III. was father of

Adam de Aldersey, lord of a moiety of
Aldersey, who had three sons, viz.
Kalph, his heir.



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ALDERSEY, OF ALDERSEY.



poused, first, Henry Bunbury, esq. ;
and, secondly, Sir Rowland Stanley.
Richard, ofPicton, m. Margaret, daugh-
ter of James Cotgreave, esq. of Har-
grave, and was grandfather of
William Aldersey, the celebrated
antiquary, mayor of Chester in
1614.
Henry Aldersey was s. by his eldest son,

John Aldersey, esq. of Aldersey and
Spurstow, who m. Anne, daughter and even-
tually heiress of Thomas Bird, esq. of Clut-
ton, by whom he had, inter alios,
John, his successor.
Thomas, founder of the school of Bun-
bury, m. Alice, daughter of Richard
Calthrop, esq. of Allingham, Nor-
folk, but dying s. p. his estates passed
to his nephew, John Aldersey, esq.
of London.
John Aldersey d. in 1528, and was s. by his
eldest son,

John Aldersey, esq. of Aldersey and
Spurstow. This gentleman espoused Anne,
daughter of Hugh Aston, esq. of Aston
Green, and was s. in 1582, by his son,

Randle Aldersey, esq. of Aldersey and
Spurstow, whose great-grandson,