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in 1665, King Charles II., and the Dukes of
York and Monmouth, whose names the apartments
they occupied still record. During the civil wars,
it was frequently used as a check upon Corfe
Castle. In 1789, George III. with his queen,
and the three eldest princesses, visited Lulworth
Castle by sea from Weymouth. In 1791, the
same royal party repeated their visit by land. In
the next year, their majesties, with the Prince of
Wales, and five of the princesses, sailed from
Weymouth in the Juno frigate, in order to visit
again the Castle ; the sea, however, running high,
none of the nautical party attempted to land, ex-
cept the Prince of Wales, who effected it at the
expense of a severe drenching. In 1830, Lul-
worth Castle opened its gates to the exiled royal
family of France, where they sojourned until their
departure for Holyrood House.



DANBY, OF SW1NTON.



201



condlv, Elizabeth, daughter and heir of
William Aslaby. His son and heir at his
decease in 1472,

Sir James Danby, was made a knight
banneret by Richard, Duke of Gloucester
(afterwards Richard, III.), "» Halton Field,
in Scotland. He m. Agnes, daughter and
sole heiress of John Langton, esq. of Farn-
lev, and h;is 8. by his son,

Sir Christopher Danby, knt. of Farn-
ley, and Thorpirrow, who in. Margaret (or
Mary), second daughter of Thomas le Scrope,
fifth Lord Scrope, of Mathatn and Upsal,
and one of the co-heirs to that barony at the
decease of her brother, Geffery, ninth lord.
( See Burke s Extinct and Dormant Peerage.)
He died in 1518, and was s. by his son,

Sir Christopher Danby, knt. This gen-
tleman m. Elizabeth, third daughter of Rich-
ard Neville, second Lord Latimer, and
had (with other sons),

Thomas, (Sir) his successor.
Dorothy, m. to Sir Jobn Neville.
Margaret, m. to Christopher Hopton,

esq. of Armley.
Margery, m. to Christopher Mallory, esq.
Elizabeth, m. to Thomas W entworth, esq.
Mary, m. to Sir Edward Mauliverer.
Anne, m. to William Calverley, esq.
Magdalen, m. to M. Wyvill, esq.
Jane, m. to Roger Meynell, esq. of
Hawnby and Hilton. The great gran-
daughter and heiress of this marriage.
Mary, espoused her kinsman, J.
Meynell, esq. of Thornaby.
Sir Christopher was sheriff of Yorkshire in
the 37th of Henry VIII. He d. in 1571,
and was s. by his eldest son,

Sir Thomas Danby, knt. who espoused
the lady Mary Nevill, second daughter of
Ralph, fourth Earl of Westmorland. Sir
Thomas was sheriff of Yorkshire, in the
18th of Elizabeth, and dying in 1590, was
s. by his son,

Thomas Danby, esq. This gentleman
wedded Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Tho-
mas Wentworth, esq.* (and his wife Marga-
ret, daughter and heir of Sir William Gas-
coigne, knt. of Gawthorpe) and dying in
1581, was s. by his son,

Christopher Danby, esq. who espoused
Frances, youngest daughter of Edward Par-
ker, Lord Morley,f (by his wife Elizabeth,



* This Thomas Wentworth d. in February,
1.586-7, possessed of lands in the county of York,
worth ,,£6000 a year. He was s. by his son, Sin
W n.iiAM Wentworth, who was father of the cele-
brated and unfortunate Sir Thomas Wentworth,
Earl Ot Strafford.

t This nobleman's son and successor William,
Lord Monteagle and Morley, was the person to
whom the remarkable letter was addressed, by
which the gunpowder plot in the reign of James
1. was discovered.



only daughter and heiress of William Stan-
ley, Lord Monteagle), by whom (who
m. secondly, William Richards, esq.) he
had,

Thomas, (Sir) his successor.
Katharine, m. to Sir Francis Army-
tage, bt.
Mr. Danby d. in 1624, and was s. by his son,
Sir Thomas Danby, knt. high sheriff
for the county of York, in the first year of
King Charles I : to which unhappy mo-
narch he adhered with the most devoted
fidelity, and for his loyalty was fined in the
sum of £4780. He espoused Katharine
Wandesford, and had issue,

Thomas, a captain in the royal army,
and Mayor of Leeds, slain before
that town in 1667. He m. Margaret,
daughter and co-heir of Colonel Wil-
liam Eure, sixth Lord Eire, who
fell at Marston Moor, in 1645, and
had issue,

Thomas, who d. young.
Charlotte, killed by a fall from her

horse, in 1688.
Mary.
Christopher, of whom presently.
Katherine, m. to Henry Best, esq.
The second son,

Christopher Danby, esq. in. Anne Cole-
pepper, niece of the Lord Colepepper, and
(lying in 1695, was 5. by his son,

Sir Anstrupus Danby, knt. justice of
the peace and deputy lieutenant of the
county of York. This gentleman m. Judith,
daughter of Abraham Moon, esq. a mer-
chant of London, and dying in 1727, was s.
by his son,

Anstrupus Danby, esq. of Swinton, b. in
1680 ; m. in 1709, Eliza, daughter of Arthur
Ingram, esq. brother of Henry, Lord Irwin,
and had issue,

William, his heir.
Arthur, d. unmarried.
Anstrupus, who in. Miss Hannah
Woolfe, and left a daughter,
Elizabeth, who d. unm. in 1768.
Jane, d. unmarried.
Mr. Danby espoused secondly, in 1720, Bat-
tina, daughter of the Rev. Dr. Eusten, and
had two daughters, Judith and Anne, who
both died issueless. He was s. at his de-
cease by his eldest son,

William Danby, esq. of Swinton, b. in
1712, who m. Margaret, daughter of Gilbert
Affleck, esq. of Delham, in Suffolk, and had
issue,

William, his successor.
Mary, m. first to Thomas Lockhart, esq.
and secondly to William Earl Har-
court.
Elizabeth, d. unmarried.
Mr. Danby d. in 1784, and was s. by his
only son, the present William Danby, esq.
of Sainton.



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HALL, OF ABERCARNE.



Arms — Arg. three chevronels, brased in
the base point of the escutcheon, sa. on a
chief of the second three mullets of the
first.

Estates — District called Mashamshire, in
the north riding of Yorkshire, the chief part



acquired by the marriage of Sir Christopher
Danby, with Margaret, youngest daughter
of the fifth, and sister and co-heir of the
last Lord Scrope, of Masham and Upsal.

Seat — Swinton Park, Masham, in the
county of York.



HALL, OF ABERCARNE.

HALL, BENJAMIN, esq. of Llanover-Court, and of Abercarne, both in the county
of Monmouth, b. 8th November, 1802; m. 4th December, 1823, Augusta, daughter
and co-heiress of the late Benjamin Waddington, esq. of Llanover and has issue,

Benjamin-Hanbury-Sttart, b. 9th January, 1826.

Benjamin-Cradoc-Trevor-Francis-Zacchia, b. at Rome, 19th May, 1830.
Augusta-Charlotte-Elizabeth.

Mr. Hall, who s. to the estates upon the demise of his father in 1817, was elected
M.P. for Monmouth, in 1831.



Htntagc.



Gftil




The family of Hall is supposed to have
come over with Henry VII. It settled in
Pembrokeshire, and remained there until

Benjamin Hall, chancellor of the diocese
of Llandafi , removed to that town. He es-
poused Elizabeth, sister of Henry Grant, esq.
of Gnoll-Court, in Glamorganshire, and had
two sons, viz.

Benjamin, his heir.

Henry, who d. in India, in 1800, un-
married.

The elder son,

Benjamin Hall, esq. M.P. for the county
of Glamorgan, m. 16th December, 1801,
Charlotte, second daughter of Richard Craw-
sliay, esq. of Cyfarthfa, in Glamorganshire,
by whom (who m. secondly, Samuel Haw-
kins, esq.) he had issue,



Benjamin, his heir.

Richard-Crawshay, b. 28th March,
1804.

Henry, who d. in 1809.

Henry-Grant, who d. in 1822.

Charles-Ranken, b. 29th May, 1812.

William-Thomas, b. 23rd March, 1818.

Charlotte, m. to J. D. Berrington, esq.
of Swansea.
Mr. Hall d. 31st July, 1817, when a monu-
ment was erected to commemorate his ser-
vices and talents by the gentlemen of the
county he represented, bearing the follow-
ing inscription, indicative of the high sense
they bore of his merits ;

In a vault near this place,

Are deposited the remains of B. Hall, esq.

of Hensol Castle,

formerly member of parliament for this county,

who died 31st July, 1817, aged 39 years.
To record the high sense they entertained of his
industry, talents, and integrity, and as a tribute
due to the man, whose life was sacrificed to the
zealous discharge of his public duties,

This monument was erected by a considerable
body of the nobility, clergy, gentry,and freeholders,
of the county of Glamorgan.

Mr. Hall was s. by his eldest son, Benja-
min Hall, esq. now representative of the
family.

Arms — Party per pale arg. and or : on a
chevron, between three talbots' heads erased,
their necks encircled with mural crowns,
three hawks' lures ppr.

Crest — A griffin's head or, with a hawk's
lure ppr. in its mouth, and a palm branch
vert behind.



PRIDEAUX-BRUNE, OF PLACE.



•2o:j



Motto — Turpiter desperatur.

Estates— The Abercame estate in Mon-
mouth, which formerly formed part of the
immense estates of the Earl of Pembroke
and Montgomery, purchased by the father



of the present possessor in 1807. The other
family estates lie partly in Monmouthshire,
and partly in Glamorganshire.

Seats — Llanover-Court, near Abergaven-
ny. Abercame, near Newport.



PRIDEAUX-BRUNE, OF PLACE.

BRUNE-PRIDEAUX, The Rev. CHARLES, of Prideaux Place, in the county of

Cornwall, and of Plumber, in Dorsetshire; b. in 1760,
m. in 1794, Frances, daughter of Thomas Patten, esq.
of Bank Hall, in Lancashire, and has issue,

Charles, m. to Frances, second daughter of Edmund
John Glynn, esq. of Glynn, in Cornwall.

Dorothea, m. to Joseph Graves-Sawle, esq. of Penrice,
in the same county.

Mary.

Caroline.

This gentleman, in conformity with the testamentary in-
junction of a maternal uncle, from whom he inherited ex-
tensive estates in Cornwall, assumed the surname of
Brune, in addition to his patronimic Prideaux.




DLtntag*.



FAMILY OF PRIDEAUX.



The name of Prideaux was adopted by
this ancient family from the lordship of Pri-
deaux, in the parish of Luxilian, in the
county of Cornwall.

Paganus de Prideaux, Lord of Prideaux,
before the Conquest, was father of

Sir Richard de Prideaux, knt. who died
in 1122, and was s. by his son,

Sir Baldwin de Prideaux, knt. who d.
in 1 165, leaving a son and successor,

Nicholas de Prideaux, the father of
Richard, who inherited Prideaux,* and

other lands in Cornwall.
Herdon.
Nicholas de Prideaux d. in 1169, and was s.
by his elder son. The second son,

Herdon Prideaux, inherited from his
father considerable estates in Devonshire,
and augmented them by marrying the heiress
of Sir Ralph Orcharton, of Orcharton, in
tli;it county. He left a son,

Sir Richard Prideaux, of Orcharton,

* Prideavx Castle continued in the name of
Prideaux until the 11th of Richard II., when it
passed through an heiress to the family of Arvas ;
with the Arvas's it remained for two generations,
when it was conveyed by their heiress, in mar-
riage, to one of the family of Herle, of West
Herle, in Northumberland.



who m. Elizabeth, daughter of Roger Mor-
timer, Earl of March, and was s. by his son,
Sir Jeffery Prideaux, of Orcharton,
who d. in 1243, leaving by his wife Isabella,
daughter of William Montacute, Earl of
Salisbury, a son and successor,

Sir Piers Prideaux, of Orcharton. This
gentleman wedded Joan, daughter of Sir
William Bigbury, and was father of

Sir Ralph Prideaux, of Orcharton, who
wedded Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Walter
Treverbin, and was s. by his son,

Sir Roger Prideaux, of OrchaTton, one
of the knights in parliament for Devonshire,
in the 5th of King Edward III. He m.
Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Clifford,
and had two sons, viz.

Roger, who inherited Orcharton, and
was father of

John Prideaux, of Orcharton,
M.P. for Devonshire, in the 7th
and 11th of Richard II. This
gentleman having had the mis-
fortune, while hunting, to kill
his kinsman, Sir William Big-
bury, was obliged to alienate the
greater portion of his estate for
the purpose of raising funds to
procure his pardon. Orcharton
was then sold to the family of
Hele.



201



PR1DEAUX-BRUNE, OF PLACE.



John (Sir).
The younger son,

Sir John Prideaux, espoused Joan, dau.
and co-heir of Gilbert Adeston, of Adeston, in
the county of Devon, and was*, by his son,
Giles Prideaux, of Adeston, M.P. for
Totness, in the 42nd Edward I'll. This gen-
tleman wedded the daughter and heiress of
Gunston, and had a son and successor,

Sir John Prideaux, of Adeston, who
married thrice, and was s. by the son of his
third marriage, (with Anne, daughter of John
Shapton, of Shapton, in Devonshire),

William Prideaux, of Adeston. This
gentleman espoused Alice, daughter and
heiress of Stephen Gifford, of Thuborough,
in the county of Devon, to which place he
subsequently removed his residence. He
was s. by his son,

Foulke Prideaux, of Adeston and Thu-
borough, who m. Joan, daughter of Sir
Humphry Poyntz, of Langley, in Devon-
shire, and was father of

Humphrey Prideaux, of Adeston and
Thuborough. This gentleman espoused Joan,
daughter of Richard Fowel,of Fowelscombe,
and widow of Sir Philip Courtenay, of Lough
Torr, in the county of Devon, and left (be-
sides daughters) four sons, viz.

Richard, his heir. Adeston was sold
to the Heles, but Thuborough con-
tinued in the descendants of this
Richard Prideaux, until 1710, when
by the death of Jonathan Prideaux,
without male issue, it passed to his
daughter, the wife of Charles Davie,
esq. of Biddeford.
William, of Gurland, in Cornwall.
Roger, of Soldon.

Thomas, who died a monk, in Flanders.
The third son,

Roger Prideaux, of Soldon, in the county
of Devon, was sherhT of that shire in 1578.
He m. Philippa, daughter of Sir Richard
Yorke, serjeant-at-law, and left two sons,

viz.

Nicholas, his successor.

Edmund, created a baronet in 1622, a

dignity enjoyed by his descendant,

the present Sir John Wilmot-Pri-

deaux, of Netherton, in Devonshire.

The elder son,

Sir Nicholas Prideaux, knt. inherited
Soldon, and erected Place, near Padstow,
the present residence of the family, in 1592.
He was one of the representatives of the
borough of Camelford, in the 13th of Eli-
zabeth, and died in 1627, leaving issue,
by his first wife, Thomasine, daughter and
heir of John Hengscott, esq. of Hengscott, in
Devon, a son, Humphry, his successor at
Soldon; and by his second wife, Cheston,
dau. and co-heir of William Viall, esq. of
St. Breock, in Cornwall, another son, John,
who inherited Place. The elder son,



Humphry Prideaux, esq., of Soldon,
wedded Honor, daughter of Edmund Fortes-
cue, esq. of Fallopitt, in Devonshire, and
had issue,

Nicholas, who was his father's heir,
and became " of Soldon." His gran-
daughter, the eventual heiress of Sol-
don, wedded her cousin, John, third
son of Sir Peter Prideaux, bait, of
Netherton, and conveyed to her hus-
band the estate, which was afterwards
sold to the Pitt family, and is now
the property of Earl Stanhope.
John, who d. s. p.

Edmund, of whom presently, as heir to
his uncle, John Prideaux, of Place.
Humphry.
Thomasine, m. to John Fortescue, esq.

of Buckland Filbeigh.
Elizabeth, m. to Sir William Morrice,
secretary-of-state to King Charles II.

The third son,

Edmund Prideaux, esq. inherited, at the
decease of his uncle John Place, and the
other Cornish estates. He m. Bridget, dau.
of John Moyle, esq. of Bake, and had three
sons, viz.

John, his successor.
Edmund, d. s. p.

Humphry, (b. in 1648,) in holy orders.
This gentleman was Dean of Norfolk,
and the author of numerous works,
distinguished alike for piety and
learning. He wedded Bridget, dau.
of Anthony Bokenham, esq. of Hel-
mingham, in Suffolk. Doctor Pri-
deaux d. in 1724, leaving an only son,
Edmund Prideaux, of whom pre-
sently, as representative of the
family, upon the decease of his
cousin.
Mr. Prideaux was sheriff of Cornwall in
1664. He d. 15th October, 1683, and was
s. by his eldest son,

John Prideaux, esq. of Place, at whose
decease without issue, in 1728, the estates
devolved upon (the only son of The Very
Rev. Dean Prideaux) his cousin,

Edmund Prideaux, who thus became " of
Place." He wedded Hannah, daughter of
Benjamin Wrench, esq. of the city of Nor-
wich, and had issue,
Humphry, his heir.
Charles, d. s. p. in 1783.
Rebecca, m. to Sir Horatio Pettus, bart.

The elder son,

Humphry Prideaux, esq.of Place, served
the office of sheriff for Cornwall in 1750.
He m. first, Mary, eldest daughter ami
co-heiress of Sir George Chudleigh, bart. < f
Haldon House, in the county of Devon, by
whom he had an only son, George, who d.
unmarried. He wedded, secondly, Jennv,
second daughter of Nev ille Morton-Pleydell,



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esq. of Beer, in the county of Dorset, and
left at his decease,

Charles, in holy orders, present pro-
prietor, and representative of the
family.

Humphry, who m. Elizabeth, daughter
of the late Sir John St. Aubyn, bart.
and d. s. p.

Edmund, who m. Hebe, daughter of
the present Sir J. St. Aubyn, bart.
and died, leaving two daughters.

Neville, d. unmarried.

Williara-Brune, m. the widow of Capt.
Courtenay, R.N. but d. s. p.

Thomas.

Mary, in. to Thomas Ball, esq. of Sea-
ford, in the county of Waterford, and
left two daughters.

FAMILY OF BRUNE.

Sir William lf. Brune, knt. chamberlain
to King Edward I., died in the 29th of that
monarch's reign, leaving by his wife, Isolda,
daughter and heiress of Philip Rockley, of
Okenden, in Essex, and maid of honor to
Quern Eleanor, a son,

Sir Maurice le Brune, knt. who m. Ma-
tilda, daughter and heiress of Sir Philip
Rokelle, and dying in 1354, was *. by his
son,

Sir William le Brune, knt. who wedded
Alice, daughter of Richard Layer, alderman
of London, by whom (who in. after his de-
cease Sir Robert Marney) he had a son and
successor, at his decease in 1364,

SirIngelram le Brun, knt. who died in
1400, leaving by his wife, Elizabeth, daugh-
ter of Sir — de la Pole, a son,

Sir Maurice Brune, knt. whose name
appears in the list of the gentry of the
county of Essex made in the 12th of" Henry
VI., and he served the office of sheriff for
that shire in the 12th, 14th, and 31st of the
same prince. He m. Elizabeth, daughter
of Sir Henry Radford, knt. of Irby, and had
two sons, viz.

Henry (Sir), who m. Elizabeth, daugh-
ter and co-heir of Sir Robert Darcy,
and dying in the lifetime of his father,
left two daughters, viz.

Alice, in. first, to Robert Harles-
ton, and secondly, to Sir John
Heveningham.
Elizabeth, m. first, to Thomas
Tyrrell, of Herons, and Oken-
den, in Essex ; and secondly, to
Sir William Brandon, knight,
standard bearer of the Earl of
Richmond, at Bosworth, and
slain by the hand of Richard.
By Sir William she was mother
of the celebrated Charles Bran-
don, Duke of Suffolk, brother-
in-lawto King Henry VIII. Her



ladyship espoused, thirdly, Wil-
liam Mallory.
Thomas.
Sir Maurice d. in the 8th of Edward IV.
His younger son,

Thomas Brune, espoused Elizabeth, cousin
and co-heir of William Sturray, of Wolf
Hall, and had two sons,
John, his heir.

William, living in the time of Henry
VII., m. Catherine, daughter of
William Ringborn, and had a son,
Thomas, who d. s. p. in the en-
suing reign.
The elder son,

John Brune, esq. living in 1554, wedded
Anne, daughter of Michael Tichburne, esq.
of Tichburne, in Hampshire, and had, with
a daughter, Elizabeth, m. to Henry Bickley,
a son and successor,

Sir John Brune, knt. who m. Jane Bamp-
field, and was s. by his son,

Henry Brune, esq. This gentleman m.
Elizabeth, daughter and co-heir of Nicholas
Martin, of Athelhampton, (by Margaret,
daughter and co-heir of John Wadham, eso.
of Merrifield, in Somersetshire,) and had
issue,

John, who in. Bridget, daughter of Sir

Edward Seymour, bart., of Berry

Pomeroy, and died without issue, in

1639.

Charles, whose descendants continued

the line of the family.
Elizabeth, in. to John Scope, esq. of

Castlecomb, in the county of Wilts.
Mary, in. to John Hall, esq. of Brad-
ford.
Grace, m. to Sir Edward Lawrence,

knt. of Creech Grange.
Anne, in. to G. Daccombe, esq. of Corfe
Castle.
Mr. Brune held at his decease, 36th Eliza-
beth, the manor of Charlton, a moiety of
the manor of Athelhampton, the manor of
Bardolperton, the manors and advowsons of
West Tincleton and West Woodsford, with
divers other lands and manors. His elder
son, as stated above, died without issue, the
younger,

Charles Brune, esq. m. Mary, daughter
of Robert Coker, esq. of Maponder, and had
two sons, viz.

John, who died in 1645, leaving by
Mary, daughter of Edward Hooper,
esq. of Boveridge, an only daughter.
Mary, m. to Sir Ralph Baukes,
knt. of Corfe Castle.
Charles.
The younger son,

Charles Brune, esq. wedded, first, Mar-
garet, daughter of John Dennis, esq. of
Pucklechurch, in Gloucestershire, and had
issue,

John, who d. s. p.



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G1FFARD, OF CHILLINGTON.



Mary, m. to William Lewys, esq. of

He m. secondly, Jane, daughter of Henry
Collier, esq. of Hermitage, and had

Charles, his successor.

Jenny.

Betty, m. to William Weston, esq. of
Callow Weston.

Mr. Brune purchased Plumber, and was *.
at his decease by his only surviving son,

Charles Brune, esq. of Plumber. This
gentleman wedded Betty, daughter and sole
heiress of — Jeffery, of Bagborough, and
had issue,

Charles, who d. s. p. in 1770.

John, •»

Henry, J- all d. s. p.

James, J

Betty, m. to Neville Morton-Pleydell,



esq. of Shitterton, and had with other
issue,
Jenny Pleydell, who m. Hum-
phry Prideaux, esq. of Place,
and was mother of the present
Rev. Charles Prideaux-Brune.
Arms — Quarterly; first and fourth, arg.
a chevron sa. in chief a label of three points
gules ; adopted by the Prideauxs after the
marriage with the heiress of Orcharton.
Second and third, party per pale arg. and
gules, three castles counterchanged, being
the ancient arms of Prideaux, of Prideaux.
Crest — A man's head in profile, couped
at the shoulders, on the head a chapeau az.
turned up arg.

Estates — In the counties of Cornwall,
Dorset, Hants, &c. &c.

Seat — Prideaux Place, in Cornwall, and
Plumber, in Dorsetshire.



GIFFARD, OF CHILLINGTON.

GIFFARD, THOMAS WILLIAM, esq. of Chillington, in the county of Stafford,
b. 25th March, 1789; inherited the estates at the decease of his father, 1st August,
1823. Mr. Giffard is major of the Staffordshire militia.



Hmracjf.




Osborne de Bolebec, a noble Norman,
in the time of Robert, father of William
the bastard, had two distinguished sons,

1. Walter (Gualtier of the Norman
Chronicles) Compte de Longueville,
who assumed, for what reason has
not been ascertained, the surname of
Gyffarde. This gallant person ac-
quired great renown in the armies of
William, achieving several signal
victories for Normandy, in the war



between that country and France.
When the duke, upon the accession
of Harold to the English throne, de-
sired to invade this island, many, in-
deed most of the Norman nobles held
cautiously back from profiering aid ;
being wearied and impoverished by
the continued struggles in which
William had been engaged since his
father's death. But a few staunch
friends, amongst the foremost of
whom was this Walter and his bro-
ther, coming nobly forward with offers
of men, ships, &c. the laggards were
thereby warmed to the undertaking,
and the expedition was accordingly
set on foot. In the subsequent suc-
cess of his chief, the Compte de Lon-
gueville largely participated ; he ob-
tained no less than one hundred and
seven lordships in the conquered
country, and was constituted Earl
of the county of Buckingham (for
the line of this nobleman, see Burke's
Extinct and Dormant Peerage).
2. Osborne.

The second son,

Osborne Gyffarde, having likewise aided

in placing England under the yoke of the



GIFFARD, OF CHILLINGTON.



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Norman, had of course his portion of the
spoil, and the fertile county of Gloucester
was allotted as the locality of his reward.
Here he held the extensive manors of
Brimesfield, Rochemtune, Alderberie, and
Stoche ; upon the first named of which he
settled, and there subsequently a great castle
was built, (temp. Stephen) which continued
to be the residence of the family until it was
destroyed by the army of Edward II in the
Baronial war, anno' 1322. This Osborne
died about the year 1086, and was s. by his
son,

Helias Giffarde, who was s. by his son,
another

Helias Giffarde, who had two sons,

1. Helias, who carried on the line, and
whose descendant, John Giffard, had
summons to parliament from the 24th
June, 1295, to 10th April, 1299, as
Baron Giffard, of Brimsfield.

2. Gilbert.
The younger son,

Gilbert Giffarde, was father of
Peter Giffarde, who to. in the reign of
Henry II., Alice, sister of Peter Corbuchin,
and thus acquired the manors of Chillington
and Walton, in the county of Stafford. This