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b. in 1775, s. to the estates upon the demise of his father in 1808, and served the office
of high sheriff of Leicestershire, in 1815.



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The family of Winstanley is of remote
antiquity in the county of Lancaster, the
name occurring in the records of that shire,
as far back as the reign of Henry III.
Among its early progenitors, Sir Thomas
Winstanley is mentioned by Froissart and
Barnes, as one of the knights attendant upon
the Elacfe $rtiue, in his expedition into
Spain, to place Don Pedro upon the throne.
The successors of this gallant warrior, ally-
ing with the houses of Standish, Worsley,
Waller, Longton, &c. remained seated at
Winstanley, in Lancashire, until the close
of the sixteenth century, when James Win-
stanley, of Winstanley, one of the poor
knights of Windsor, is presumed to have
alienated to the Bankeses, the patrimonial
mansion and estates.

James Winstanley, esq. b. in 1600, a
scion of the Lancashire family, was admitted
of Grav's Inn in 1624, and was appointed
recorder of Leicester in 1653. He had pre-
viously, 25th May, 1650, purchased the
manor of Braunston from the Hastings.
He espoused Catherine, daughter of Clement
Moss, esq. and had issue,

1. Clement, his heir.

2. Susanna, m. first to — Austin, esq.
of Derhams, near Barnet, but had no
issue. She espoused secondly, Sir



Edmund Prideaux, bart. of Netherton,
and had a son,
Sir Edmund Prideaux, bart. who
m. first, Mary, daughter of Sa-
muel Reynardson, esq. of Hil-
lingdon, in Middlesex, by whom
he had an only daughter,

Mary (co-heir), who wedded
James Winstanley, esq. and
had issue.
Sir Edmund espoused secondly,
Anne, daughter of Philip Haw-
kins, esq. of Pennans, in Corn-
wall, by whom he had another
daughter,

Anne (co-heir), m. to John
Pendarves Basset, esq. of
Tihiddy, and had a son,
John Prideaux Basset,
esq. who d. unmarried
in 1756, when the es-
tates of the Bassets de-
volved upon Francis
Basset, his uncle. The
eldest son of this Fran-
cis was afterwards ele-
vated to the peerage as
Baron de Dunstan-
ville. (See Burhe's
Peerage.)
3. Catherine, m. to Colonel Silas Ti-
tus.*



* This celebrated person was son of Silas Titus,
of Bushey, Herts, gent. He was b. in 1612-13 —
entered a commoner of Christ Church, Oxford, in
1637, and became, about 1640, a member of one
of the inns of court. In the grand Rebellion,
when the Parliament raised an army against the
king, he obtained a captain's commission, but dis-
approving of the course pursued by the Indepen-
dants, abandoned his colours for the royal stan-
dard, and was subsequently of eminent service to
the two Charleses. Colonel Titus was a man of
wit, and author of the celebrated pamphlet, secretly-
published, called " Killing no Murder." In this
satyrical production, several cogent reasons are
offered to the Usurper, why he should put him-
self to death. Cromwell is said to have been
exceedingly terrified, and to have doubted whether



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WIN STANLEY, OF BRAUNSTON.



Mr. Winstanley d. 13th Nov. 1666, and was
interred at Edmonton, in Middlesex. He was
a - , by his son,

Clement Winstanley, esq. of Braunston,
who m. in 1668, Catherine, daughter of Sir
Francis Willoughby, knt. M.P. for Notts,
and dying in 1672, was s. by his son,

James Winstanley, esq. of Braunston.
This gentleman represented the borough of
Leicester from 1701 until his decease in
1718-19. He in. Frances, daughter and
co-heir of James Holt, esq. of Castleton, in
the county of Lancaster, and had issue,
James, his heir.
Robert, d. unmarried.
Anne-Letitia, in. to Sir Benjamin True-
man, of the city of London, an emi-
nent brewer there.
Elizabeth, m. to Thomas Herrick, esq.

of Newark, and d. in 1757.
Cassandra, d. unmarried in 1797.
Mr. Winstanley was s. at his decease, in
January, 1718-19, by his elder son,

James Winstanley, esq. of Braunston,
high sheriff of Leicestershire, who m. his
cousin, Mary, daughter and co-heir of Sir
Edmund Prideaux, hart, by whom (who d.
in 1758) he left issue,

Clement, his successor.

Mary, m. to the Rev. John Carlyon, of

Truro, and had issue.
Elizabeth.

Anne, m. to Leonard Fosbrooke, esq.
of Shardlow, in the county of Derby,
and had issue.

he should not follow the author's advice, to avoid
the pistol of the assassin. Titus, who was not
known to be the author till after the Restoration,
had a colonel's commission given him by King
Charles II, who made him one of the grooms of
his bedchamber. He sometimes, to divert the
king, or sink a declining favorite, practised buf-
fooneries, better suited to Bartholomew Fair than
to the court of a prince, who certainly understood
decorum and politeness. Though Titus had
I .leaded strongly in parliament for the exclusion of
the Duke of York, he was* no less urgent for the
abolition of the test and penal laws, as the surest
bulwark against Popery. In the reign of King
.1 \mes, he was sworn of the privy council. He d.
in 1701, aged b"J.— Grainger.



Susanna.

Frances, m. to — Butts, esq.
He d. in March, 1770, and was *. by his
son,

Clement Winstanley, esq. who served
the office of sheriff for the county of Leices-
ter, in 1774, and the respect evinced towards
him upon that occasion, at the assizes, by
the gentlemen of the shire, is worthy of ob-
servation. They arrayed themselves in blue
coats with crimson collars, and attended him
from his seat at Leicester, in something like
military order. During the shrivalty of
Mr. Winstanley, the great contest for the
county occurred between John Peach Hun-
gerford and William Pochin, esquires, in
the progress of which the sheriff received
the compliments of both parties, for his im-
partiality and integrity. He m. Jane,
eldest daughter of Sir Thomas Parkyns,
bart. of Bunny, and sister of the first Lord
Rancliffe, by whom he had four sons and
two daughters, viz.

Clement, his heir

James.

Thomas, d. s.p. in 1804.

George, m. Mary, only daughter of the
Rev. William Birch, of Rugby, and
has issue,

1. Clement-George.

2. James-Beaumont.

3. Anna-Jane.

4. Mary-Elizabeth.
Anne-Jane, in. to Charles-William Po-
chin, esq. of Barkby.

Mary-Elizabeth.
Mr. Winstanley d. in 1808, after having
discharged, in a most exemplary manner,
the several duties of public and private life,
and was s. by his eldest son, the present
Clement Winstanley, esq. of Braunston
Hall.

Arms — Or, two bars, az. in chief, three
crosses, pattee gu. Quartering the arms of
Holt, Prideaux, &c. &c.

Crest — A cockatrice displayed or, crest
and jelloped gu.

Estates — At Braunston, Kirby, &c. in
Leicestershire, possessed since 1650.

Seat — Braunston Hall, in the county of
Leicester.



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NELSON, OF CHADDLEWORTH.

NELSON-KERR, GEORGE- WILLI AM, esq. of Chaddleworth, in the county of
Berks, succeeded his father on the 13th January, 1821.



Hincaac.




The family of NELSON, originally of the
county of Lancaster, settled in Berkshire,
tt i.p. Elizabeth.

Richard Nelson, of Maudesley, in Lan-
•:iire, was living there in the reign of
Edward III. In 1377, he gave and con-
firmed to Warine de Golborne and Alice,
his wife, daughter of the said Richard, cer-
t.iin lands in "Maudesley, with remainder in
default of issue, to George Nelson, son of
Robert Nelson, and his lawful heirs This
deed is dated 1 Richard II., and sealed
with the arms, " a cross, over which a
bendlet." In 1405,

Robert Nelson, of Maudesley, con-
firmed by deed, certain lands, to Peter
Banester and Edward Maudesley, chap-
lains, dated at Maudesley, anno 6th Henry
IV., and sealed with the same arms. The
grandson of George Nelson, above men-
tioned,

Richard Nelson, was Living in 1508, as
appears by an indenture of that date. He
had three sons,

i. Richard, who inherited Maudesley.
. William, who settled at Chaddle-
worth, and of whom presently.

Thomas, of Wrightington, in Lan-
cashire, who m. Cecily, daughter of
Ralph Maxsey, esq. and had two sons,

1. Richard, of Fayrehurst, in Lan-
cashire, who d. s. p. about 1618.

2. Thomas, who m. — daughter of
Morton, of Morton, in Yorkshire,
and died in 1621, leaving with a
younger son and daughter,



ii.



in



Maxey, of Fayrehurst, a cap-
tain in the Royal Army, slain
at Marston Moor. He left
by Helen, his wife, daugh-
ter of William Travers, esq.
of Neatby, in Lancashire,
one son and successor,
Thomas, of Favrehurst,
living in 1664. This
gentleman m. first,
Bridget, daughter of
Robert Molyneux, esq.
of the Wood in Lan-
cashire, by whom he
had a daughter Ellen,
m. to Nicholas Halli-
H ell, of Harrock Hill,
in Lancashire. He es-
poused secondly. Anne,
daughter of Thomas
Hesketh, esq. of May-
nes, and had several
. other children.

The second son,

William Nelson, was bred up to the
study of the law, and became chief protho-
notarv of the Court of Common Pleas. He
purchased in 1576, the manor of Chaddle-
worth, in Berkshire, from William Broun-
ker, esq. He m. Dorothy, daughter of John
Smith, esq. serjeant-at-law, and serjeant-
at-arms in the court of Henry VIII., by
whom (who d. in 1619; he had issue,

Thomas, his successor.

Mary, m. to Sir John Ducket, knt

t rsula.

Elizabeth, m. to — Zouche, and died

a widow in 1630.
Frances.
Anne.
Winifred.
Agnes.

Mr. Nelson died between the years 1588,
and 1594, and was *. by his son,

Thomas Nelson, esq. of Chaddleworth,
who was in the commission of the peace for
the county of Berks, in 1601. He m. Mary,
daughter of Stephen Ducket, esq. of Calne,
in Wilts, and had issue,



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NELSON, OF CHADDLEWORTH.



William, his successor.
Ducket.
Francis.
Thomas.

Mary, m. to the Rev. Thomas Blagrave,
rector of Purley, in the county of
Berks.
Elizabeth, m. to Thomas Castillion,
esq. of Benham Valence, in Berk-
shire.
He d. in 1647, and was s. by his son,

William Nelson, esq. of Chaddleworth,
b. in 1611, who m. first, Joanna, daughter
of Richard Lybbe, esq. of Hardwick, in
Oxfordshire, by whom he had issue,
Thomas, his heir.
Anne.
Mary.

Jane, m. to John Scrope, esq. of Castle
Combe, in the county of Wilts.
He espoused secondly, Dorothy, daughter
of John Pocock, gent, of Woolley, by
whom he had, William, Francis, George,
Henry, John, Dorothy, and Elizabeth.

Mr. Nelson, who was a justice of the
peace for Berks, d. in 1631, was s. by his
eldest son,

James Nelson, esq. of Chaddleworth,
b. in 1638. This gentleman d. in 1692, and
was s. by his only son,

Thomas Nelson, esq. of Chaddleworth,
who m. first, Anne, daughter of — Allnutt,
esq. of Ipstone, in Buckinghamshire, and
had four daughters, viz.

1. Anne, whom. Richard Walter, esq.
and had two children, viz.

Richard Walter, who eventually
inherited the whole of his grand-
father's property.
Mary Walter, who m. John
Kerr, esq. and had issue,

Nelson Kerr, in holy orders,
LL.B. rector of Tilbrook,
in Bedfordshire, m. in 1808,
Sarah, daughter of the Rev.
— Crofts, rector of Lewes,
Sussex.



Robert Kerr, d. unmarried in
1804.

George Kerr, of whom pre-
presently, as inheritor of
the Chaddleworth estate.

Elizabeth Kerr, m. in 1798, to
William Wiseman Clarke,
esq. of Ardington, and dy-
ing 24th February, 1825,
left one son,

William Nelson Clarke.

2. Mary, d. unmarried, in 1772.

3. Elizabeth, d. unmarried, in 1791.

4. Martha, d. unmarried, in 1759.
Mr. Nelson espoused secondly, Isabella,
daughter of Francis Merick, esq. of Nor-
cutt, in Middlesex, but had no other issue.
He d. in 1748, and his grandson,

Richard Walter, becoming (on the de-
cease of his aunts) sole heir to the fortune,
assumed the surname of Nelson, at the re-
quest of the last survivor. He died un-
married, in 1805, and bequeathed the Chad-
dleworth estate to (the youngest son of his
sister) his nephew,

George Kerr, who in consequence as-
sumed by sign manual, the additional sur-
name of Nelson. He m. in 1812, Charlotte,
second daughter of William Hallet, esq.
then of Denford, in the county of Berks,
and had issue,

George-William, present proprietor.
Frederick.
Edward.

Charlotte-Elizabeth.
Anne.
Mr. Kerr-Nelson d. 13th January, 1821,
and was s. by his eldest son, George- Wil-
liam Kerr-Nelson, esq. the present pro-
prietor of Chaddleworth.

Arms — Paly of six, ar. and gu. a bend
vairee or and sa.

Seat — Caddleworth House, six miles from
Wantage, and nine from Newberry ; a
modern mansion, erected by the last pro-
prietor, about the year 1810.



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HAMMOND, OF WISTASTON.

HAMMOND, JAMES- WALTHALL, esq. of Wistaston Hall, in the county of
Chester, b. 4th May, 1805, s. to the estates upon the demise of his father, 22nd Sep-
tember. 1822.



lineage.




Thomas Walthall, esq. descended from
the Walthalls of Walthall, in the county of
Westmoreland, living temp. Henry VII.
espoused Margaret, daughter of Sir William
Stanley, bart. of Hooton, in the county of
Chester, and had issue,
Thomas.
Roger.
The elder son,

Thomas Walthall, esq. m. Alice, dau.
and co-heiress of John Marchomley, esq. of
Marchomley, in the county of Salop, and
had issue a son and heir,

Gilbert Walthall, esq. who wedded

Johanna, daughter and heiress of Randle

Crewe, esq. of Alvaston, in the county of

Chester, by whom he had issue,

Roger, his successor.

Elizabeth, m. to Roger Maisterson,

esq. of Nantwich.
Agnes, d. unmarried.
Roger Walthall, esq. the only son, m.
Margaret, daughter of Thomas Maisterson,
esq. and had issue,
Thomas, his heir.
Richard, successor to his brother.
Elizabeth, m. to John Woodnoth, esq. of
Shavington, in the county of Chester.
Anne.
Margery.
Isabel.
Margaret.



Jane.
Eleanor.
The elder son,

Thomas Walthall, esq. dying unmarried,
was s. by his brother,

Richard Walthall, esq. who m. Mar-
garet, daughter and sole heiress of John
Alexander, esq. of Wistaston, by whom he
had issue,

Alexander, his successor.
Roger.

Helen, m. to Gabriel Wetenal, esq. of
Coppenhall.
Alexander Walthall, esq. the eldest
son, espoused Cecilia, daughter and heiress
of Randle More, esq. of Hall O'Heath, in
the county of Chester, and had, with a dau.
Margaret (m. to Iwan Pigot, esq. of Chet-
wynd), a son and successor,

Alexander Walthall, esq. who m. Alice,
daughter of Sir William Skeffington, of
Fisherwick, in the county of Stafford. He
d. in 1657, and was buried at Wistaston,
having had issue,

Richard, his successor.

Thomas.

Elizabeth, d. in 1653.

Hester, m. to Thomas Pigott, esq. of

Huntley, in the county of Stafford.
Mary, m. to Robert Weever, esq. of

Poole, in Cheshire.
Grace, m. to Laurence Wall, esq. of
London.



Margaret.
Cecilia, m.



of



to Wm. Holland, esq
Denton, in the county of Lancaster.
Bridget, m. to Wm. Boote, esq. of Wis-
taston.
Ursula, m. to John Pulford, esq. of
Wrexham, in the county of Denbigh.
The elder son,

Richard Walthall, esq. fought under
the royal banner at the battle of Edgehill, as
captain in the king's guards. He was sub-
sequently captain of horse in the same ser-
vice, a captain of train-bands, and high
sheriff for Cheshire in 1676. Hem. Hannah,
daughter of John Tilston, esq. of Haxley, in
the county of Chester, and had, with several
other children, a son and successor,

John Walthall, esq. who m. Dorothy,



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TRELAWNY, OF COLDRINICK.



daughter of Peter Dutton, esq. of Hatton,
in the county of Chester, but dying s. p.
was s. by his next brother,

Richard Walthall, esq. who espoused
Mary, daughter of Peter Wilbraham, esq.
of Dorfold, in the county of Chester, by
Mary, his wife, daughter of Sir Thomas
Stanley, of Alderley, bart. and had issue,

Richard, his successor.

Peter, who inherited from his brother.

Alexander.

Hannah.

Mary.
The eldest son,

Richard Walthall, esq. was captain at
Nanrwich in 1676, and sheriff of Cheshire
in 1715. He m. Miss Rebecca Hawkins, of
Barton, in the county of Stafford, but died
*. p. 7th June, 1729, when he was s. by his
next brother,

Peter Walthall, esq. who m. first, Mrs.
Thicknesse, by whom he had two daughters;
and, secondly, Amabilia, daughter of —
Sandford, esq. of Prees, in Shropshire, and
had issue,

Peter, his successor.

Richard, b. 9th March, 1733, and d.
22nd April, 1766.



Ursula, d. 9th April, 1807.
Amabilia, m. to James Hammond, esq.
and had one son,
James-Walthall, heir to his
uncle. Mr. Walthall d. in Nov.
1744, and was *. by his eldest
son,
Peter Walthall, esq. who m. Anne,
daughter of the Rev Dr. Brooke, Dean of
Chester, by whom (who d. 26th Nov. 1802)
leaving no issue, at his decease, 25th
April, 1818, the estates devolved upon his
nephew,

James-Walthall Hammond, esq. who m.
Penelope, daughter of Thomas Hector, and
had issue,

James-Walthall, present proprietor.
Penelope.
He d. 22nd Sept. 1822, and was s. by his
only son, James-Walthall Hammond, esq.
now of Wistaston.

Arms — Per chevron engrailed, gu. and
arg. three oxenheads ppr.
Crest — A boar passant ppr.
Estates — Wistaston, Hall o'Heath and
Wall Fields, all in the county of Ches-
ter.

Seat— Wistaston Hall, near Nantwich.



TRELAWNY, OF COLDRINICK.

TRELAWNY, CHARLES, of Coldrinick, in the county of Cornwall, b. 26th June,
1799, succeeded his father in 1807.

ULtneaqe.




Si rJonath an Trelawny, of Poole House,
wedded Elizabeth, second daughter of Sir



Henry Killigrew, and dying in 1604, left
two sons, viz.

John, of Trelawny, who was created a
baronet in 1628, and from him have
descended the present baronets of
Trelawney.
Edward.
The younger son,

Edward Trelawny, esq. inherited under
the will of his father the estate of Coldrinick.
He vi. Miss Gorges, and was s. by his son,
Jonathan Trelawny, esq. of Coldrinick,
who espoused Philoclea, daughter of Arthur
Burell, esq. and had, with two elder sons,
who both d. s. p.
i Edward, his heir.

Mary, m. to the Rev. Robert Beele, of
Dittisham, and had four daughters, of
whom the only one who left issue was
— wife of — Pendarves, esq. This
lady had two daughters, the elder



GOODHART, OF LANGLEY PARK.



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married to Francis Bassett, esq. and
the younger to Enys, of Enys.
Mr. Trelawny's third son,
The very Rev.

Edward Trelawny, Dean of Exeter, be-
came of Coldrinick, and carried on the line
of the family. He wedded in 1692, Eliza-
beth, daughter of Thomas Darell, esq. of
Chacroft, by whom he left an only son and
heir,

Charles Trelawny, esq. of Coldrinick,
who d. in 1764, and leaving no issue, devised
the estate to the nephew of his mother,

Henry St. George Darell,* esq. of
Richmond. This gentleman assumed in
consequence the surname and arms of Tre-
lawny. He d. issueless, when Coldrinick



* Sir Thomas Darell, knt. of Pageham, a de-
scendant of the Darells of Scotney, was father of
Thomas Darell, esq. of London, who d. in
1624, leaving, by his wife, Mary, sister and
heiress of John Roe, esq. of Trewornan, an only
son,

Thomas Darell, esq. of Trewornan. This
gentleman d. in 1698, and had, with younger
children,

Thomas, who died in the life-time of his
father. He m. Elizabeth, daughter of
Thomas Brownefield, esq. of Chacroft, and
had issue,

1. Henry, successor to his grandfather
at Trewornan. This gentleman re-
presented the borough of Liskeard, in
parliament, temp. William III. He
left issue,

Henry, who d. s. p. in 1731.
Frances, m. to John Crabb, esq. of
Plymouth, and was mother of
Darell Crabb, who succeeded



passed, in virtue of a further limitation, to
his kinsman,

Darell Crabb, esq. at whose decease s.
p. in 1795, it devolved upon his cousin,

Edward Stephens, esq. captain in the
royal artillery, who then likewise took the
surname of Trelawny. He wedded Jane,
daughter of Thomas Woolcombe, esq. of
Plymouth, and dying in 1807, was *. by his
eldest son, the present Charles Trelawny,
esq. of Coldrinick.

Arms — Arg. a chevron sa.

Crest — A wolf passant ppr.

Estates — Barton, of Coldrinick, and other
lands, in Cornwall ; the Barton of Barne,
in Devonshire.

Residence — P ly mouth .

Seat — Coldrinick.



his cousin, Henry St.
George (Darell) Trelaw-
ny in the Trelawny estates.
Anne, m. to the Rev. Edward Ste-
phens, and was grandmother of

Edward Stephens, captain
Royal Artillery, who inhe-
rited Coldrinick from his
cousin, Darell (Crabb)
Trelawny.

Darell Stephens, of Trewor-
nan.

2. William, m. to Frances, daughter of
Sir Richard Dayrell, of Sillingston
Dayrell, and left a son,

Henry St. George Darell, who
inherited Coldrinick, under the
will of his first cousin, Charles
Trelawny, esq.

3. Elizabeth, m. as in the text, to the
very Rev. Dean Trflawny.



GOODHART, OF LANGLEY PARK.



GOODHART, EMANUE , esq. of Langley Park, in the county of Kent, b. 17th

April, 1772, m. first, 16th July, 1801, Anne, second
daughter of George Joseph Dettman, esq. of Upton,
Essex, by whom (who d. 19th October, 1802), he had
one daughter, Mary-Anne-Charlotte, who d. in February,
1803. He espoused, secondly, 10th January, 1805,
Christiana, youngest daughter of the Reverend Peter
Thomas Burford, and has had issue,

Henry-Emanuel, b. 26th December, 1805.
George-Wicke, b. 27th December, 1806, and d. 2nd Oc-
tober, 1825.
Charles-Emanuel, b. 28th December, 1818.
Charlotte-Christiana, m. in 1832, to Charles Tollor, esq.
Mary-Anne.
Emma.

Caroline-Augusta.
Louisa- Anne, d. 6th August, 1818.




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GENT, OF MOYNS.



Hfwage.



Emanuel Goodhart, esq. (son of John
Henry Goodheart, of Giithardt, whose fa-
mily had been long established in Hesse
Cassel,) came to England in 1752, and was
a merchant in London. He to. in 1768,
Charlotte Imson, whose family came from
Hanover with King George I. ; of this mar-
riage the present Emanuel Goodhart, esq.
is the son and heir.

Arms — Gules, a buck trippant, arg. in



chief two bees volant, or, on a chief nebul6e
of the third, a cross of Lorrain of the field,
between two eagles displayed sa.

Crest — A beehive or, between two bees,
within a rainbow terminating in clouds,
ppr.

Estates — In Middlesex, Sussex, and
Kent.

Seats — Langley Park, Kent, and Crescent
Lodge, Brighton, Sussex.



GENT, OF MOYNS.

GENT, GEORGE-WILLIAM, esq. of Moyns Park, in the county of Essex, b. in
May, 1786, m. in 1809, Miss Vatian, of the county of Devon.

Umeage.




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The family of Gent appears to have
been settled atWymbish, in Essex, so early
as the year 1328.*

William Gent, living in 1468, married
Joan, daughter and heiress of William le
Moyns, and acquired thereby the estate of
Moyns. He had issue,
William, his heir.
Joan, m. to William Sheldon.
He died before the year 1494, and was *.
by his son,

William Gent, of Moyns, who was fa-
ther of William Gent of Moyns, who kept



* Inqui : Edward III.



his first court there in 1537. He to. first,
Thomasine Everard, but by that lady had
no issue. He espoused secondly, Agnes,
daughter and heir of Thomas Carr, esq. of
Great Thurlow, in Sussex, and was s. by
his son,

Thomas Gent, esq. of Moyns. " This
gentleman," says Morant, " was a very con-
siderable person in his time, and may be
truly styled the glory and ornament of his
family." He was bred to the bar, advanced
to the coif, in 1584, and constituted one of
the barons of the Exchequer in four years
afterwards. His lordship was held in the
highest estimation for his learning and vir-
tues by Queen Elizabeth, and Thomas
Newton, in his encomia celebrates him for
religion, virtues, piety, and truth.

" Ad D Thoman Gentium Fisci Reginei Baro-

nem
Relligio, virtus, Pietas, Pudor, ac aletheia,
Exculat e terris, mobile vulgus ait.
Fallitur : Eximias nam qui considerat in te

Dotes, &c."

He was counsellor to Edward de Vere,
Earl of Oxford, who appointed him by
patent dated in 1571, steward of that county
for life. He to. first, Elizabeth, daughter
and heiress of Sir John Swallow, of Bock-
king, and had, with five younger sons,
Henry, his successor.
Thomas, of Rocliif, in Cumberland, to.
Mary, sister of Sir John Dalston.



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Frances, m. to George Bradley, esq. of
Cambridgeshire.

Elizabeth, m. to Henry Denston, esq.
of Carew, in Cumberland.

Grizel, m. to John Lyne, esq. of Norwich.

Bridget, m. to Thomas Onwine, esq.

Anne, m. to — Hyatt, esq.
His lordship espoused secondly, in 1586,
Elizabeth, sister of Morgan Robyns, esq.
and widow of Robert Hogeson, esq. of
London, but had no other children. He d.
in 1593, and was s. by his eldest son,

Henry Gent, esq. of Moyns, who served
the office of sheriff for the county of Essex,
in 1632, and was for several years in the
commission of the peace. He m. in 1589,
Dorothy, daughter and co-heir of Sir John