A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank; but univested with heritable honours (Volume 1) online

of Wicklow, Westmeath, Dublin, and
Armagh.

Lewis of St. Pierre. — The late Thomas
Lewis, esq. did not d. unmarried. His
widow m. secondly, Charles Kemeys
Kemeys-Tynte, esq. M.P.

Powell of Nanteos. — The wife of the
present proprietor, Colonel Powell, is
" Laura Edwyna," not " Louisa Edwyna."
P. 230, col. 1, 1. 11 from bottom, for
" Portney" read " Pertrey."

CORYTON OF PENTILLIE.

P. 233, col. 2, 1. 45, for " Sir Edward
Littleton, bart." read " Edward Lit-
tleton, esq."
Bond of Grange.

P. 241, col. 2, 1. 4, for " Samways,"

read " Samways."
P. 243, col. 2, 1. 10, for " Prowz, of
Bridg," read " Prowz, of Bredy."
The ancient arms of Bond are sa. a fess or.
Orlebar of Hinwick House. — Richard
Orlebar, esq. of Hinwick House, d. in 1833,
and was s. by his eldest son.



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Blackett of Wylam.

P. 258, col. 1, 1. 6 from bottom, for
" s.p." read " s. p. in."

Leighton of Shrewsbury. — Lieutenant-
colonel Leighton's eldest daughter, Louisa,
was married, 23rd April, 1833, to Thomas
H. Hope, esq.

Wellwood of Garvock. — The lands
whence this family originally derived its
designation should be spelt Touch and not
Souch.

Kingscote of Kingscote.

P. 281, col. 1, 1. 25, Thomas Henry
Kingscote, esq. (nephew of the pre-
sent Mr. Kingscote, of Kingscote)
m. secondly, in 1833, Hon. Harriet
Bloomfield, eldest daughter of Lord
Bloomfield.
P. 281, Henry Kingscote, esq. m. 11th
July, 1833, Harriet, eldest daughter
of C. T. Tower, esq. M.P. of Weald
Hall, Essex.

HoRTON OF HOWROYDE.

P. 283, col. 2, 1. 42, for " Musgrum,"
read " Musgrave."
Duke of Lake. — Miss Selina-Mary Duke,
daughter of the late Lieutenant - colonel
Charles Duke, (great-great-great grandson
of John Duke, esq. of Lake, high sheriff of
Wilts in 1640), wedded in April, 1833, R.
Brownrigg Hodgson, esq. youngest son of
Lieutenant-general Hodgson.
Plumbe-Tempest of Tong.

P. 288, 1. 41, for " onlu rifle corps,"

read " own rifle corps."
P. 290, Henry Tempest, who m. the
heiress of Mirfield, was the eighth
son of Richard Tempest, of Brace-
well.
P. 291. Colonel Plumbe Tempest's
nephew, Captain Henry Dixon, m.
Miss Harriet Fraser and not Franer.
P. 292. The Rev. William Plumbe
(second son of William Plumbe, esq.
by Sarah Townley) d. in 1786, leaving
two daughters,

Anne, in. to Colonel William Tom-

linson.
Sarah, second wife of the present
Colonel Plumbe Tempest, of
Tong Hall.

Greenly of Titley Court.

P. 293, col. 2, 1. 25, for " Peregrine
Fur^e," read " Peregrine Fun/e."

P. 293, col. 2, 1. 37. Miss Taylor, who
m. the Rev. John Ingram, of Bur-
ford, is stated to have had two daugh-
ters. This is incorrect, that lady
having died without issue.

P. 294, passhn, for " Curndu," read
" Cwmdu," and for " Curnburton,"
read " Comberton."
Maunsell of Plassy. — Robert Maun-



sell, esq. of Bank Place, d. in March, 1832,
and was s. by his eldest son.

P. 304, 1. 27. Major Frederick Maun-
sell has since obtained his regiment,
and been appointed to the staff of
Ireland.
P. 304, col. 1, 1. 52, for " Joan Beau-
camp, daughter of Simon Baron, of
Bedford," read " Joan Beauchamp,
daughter of Simon, Baron of Bed-
ford."
P. 308, col. 1, 1. 16, for " Leighlon,"

read " Leighlin."
P. 308, col. 2, 1. 13, for " eldest," read

" second."
P. 308, col. 2, 1. 15, for " has issue,"
read " has no issue."
The Crest is not (as erroneously stated)
an eagle with wings expanded or, but a
falcon ppr.

The Mottoes are, " Honorantes me hono-
rabo," and " Quod vult, valde vult."

The Estates are principally situated in
the counties of Limerick and Tipperary.

Thursby of Abington. — Mr. Thursby's
youngest daughter, Anne, in. 16th January,
1834, Rev. Benjamin Winthrop.

P. 334, 1. 34. The manor of Hather-
ton, in Cheshire, is assigned to a
wrong proprietor. It is now the
possession of M. Mare, esq.

Gilbert of Tredrea.— Catherine, eldest
daughter of Davies Gilbert, esq. in. in
April, 1834, John Samuel Enys, esq. of
Enys.
Lewis of Harpton.

P. 336, col. 1, 1. 39. The Sir Nathan
Wrighte, bart. whose daughter,
Anne, wedded Thomas Lewis, esq.
of Harpton, M.P. was never Lord
Keeper of the great seal.
P. 336, col. 2, 1. 6, for " Colly," read
" Colby."

Halkett of Hall Hill.

P. 339, col. 1, 1.37. Frederick (the
only son of General Halkett, who d.
in 1758, by his second marriage)
died a major-general in the British
service. He left by his wife, a Miss
Seton, with three daughters, tw r o sons,
viz.

I. Colin (Sir), K.C.B. now commander
in chief at Bombay.

II. Hugh, a general in the Hanoverian
service.

Pye of Faringdon.

P. 351, col. 2, 1. 28, for " who died un-
married in 1812," read " who died
without issue in 1812."

RlCARDO OF GATCOMBE.

P. 373. The late David Ricardo, esq.
left, with five daughters, three sons,
Osman, of Bromeberrow, David, of



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ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS.



Gatcombe, and Moktimer, of Hed-
low Place, Kent.

DoWDESWELL OF PULL COURT.

P. 376, 1. 3. Catherine, only daugh-
ter of the present John Edmund
Dowdeswell, esq. of Pull Court, was
married, 10th January, 1833, to R.
B. Berens, esq. of Lincoln's Inn.
Harvey of Thorpe.

P. 399, 1. 30, after " Captain Blakiston,

R.N." dele " hart."
P. 399, 1. 31, after "John Ranking,
esq." dele " R.N."
Meynell of North Kievington.

P. 404, col. 2, 1. 53, for " George Cary,
esq." read " William Cary, esq."
Sikes of the Chauntry House.

P. 407, col. 2, 1. 11, for "or," read

" ppr."
P. 407, col. 2, 1. 29, for " Sykes," read
" Sikes."
Marsh am of Stratton Strawless.
P. 417. Mr. Marsham's eldest son is
a magistrate and deputy lieutenant
for the county of Norfolk.
P. 417, 1. 7, for " Amelia," read " Ame-
lia-Charlotte."
P. 417, 1.9, for "son," read "eldest
son."
Wykeham of Thame Park.

P. 420, col. 2, 1. 22, for " Salgrave,"
read " Sulgrave." The same errors
occur again in page 423.
P. 422, col. 2, 1. 18, for mother, read

grandmother.
P. 423, col. 1, 1. 44, for " Francis,"
read " Frances."
Polwhele of Polwhele.

P. 424, 1. 16, for " Manaccan," read
" Newlyn."
Cromwell of Cheshunt.

P. 430, col. 2, 1. 41, for " Bai'ington,"

read " Barington."
P. 430, col. 2, 1. 49, for " the Lord
Chief Justice Sir Thomas Fleming,"
read " Sir Thomas Fleming, son of
the lord chief justice."
Vans-Agnew of Barnbarroch.

P. 439, col. 1, 1. 1, dele " and relict of

Sir William Wallace, of Craigie."
P. 439, for " Seuchan," read " Sheu-
chan."
Byrne of Cabinteely.

P. 462, col. 1, 1. 14, for " Mononians,"
read " Momonians.
Preston of West Derby Lower House.
Robert Preston, esq. (the representative
of the family) d. 19th November, 1833.

P. 479, col. 1, 1. 22. In the Holbein
heads there is a portrait of " The Lady
Monteagle," but Mr. Lodge states that it is
not known whether it is Lord Monteagle's
first wife, Lady Mary Brandon, or his
second, Helen Preston.



P. 479, col. 2, 1. 1. William de Warren,
Earl of Surrey, was great grandson mater-
nally of King William the Conqueror.

P. 479, 1. 8 from the bottom, Thomas
Preston of Holker, by his wife Katherine
Hoghton, had, besides the two sons, a daugh-
ter, Margaret Preston, married to Cuthbert
Ogle, esq. of Winston, and had issue,
besides two daughters, Katherine and Eli-
zabeth, a son Cuthbert, born 1673, who was
named in remainder to a considerable por-
tion of the Holker property (on failure of
the issue of Catherine Lady Lowther) by
the will of his uncle, Thomas Preston of
Holker, M. P.

Same page. The Prestons, and also the
Lowthers of Holker, are buried in Cartmel
Church ; and in Whittaker's Whalley, last
edition, there is an account of their monu-
ments.

P. 480, col. 2, 1. 22. In the middle of
the pew of the Preston family in Hever-
sham Church, on a plain black marble, on
which are the arms of Preston, with the
Ulster badge empaling Moliueux, is this
inscription :

Hie jacet Domina Maria Preston

Filia

Illustrissinii Domini Carrilli Molineux

Vicecomitis de Maryboro'

Conjux

Nobilissimi Domini Tbomse Preston

Baronetti. Qme obiit

Die vi. Julii,

Anno Domini, MDCLXXIII.

Sir Thomas Preston, the third baronet, had
been a Roman Catholic priest until his bro-
ther's death ; but on that event he married
as stated in the text ; after his lady's death,
however, he resumed his sacerdotal charac-
ter and returned to its duties ; when he
settled the Westmoreland estates upon his
two daughters, and went beyond the seas,
(to Flanders, where he died circa 1710),
having previously settled the Lancaster
estate, the manor and abbey of Furness,
upon the Jesuits. The legality of this grant
was subsequently litigated, and the estate,
by the issue of a trial, adjudged to be for-
feited to the crown, which seized upon it in
consequence, and granted leases, and even-
tually the fee simple, to the Prestons of
Holker, who had been mainly instrumental
in bringing to light the illegal settlement
made by Sir Thomas Preston. But it must
be remembered that the Prestons of Holker
were not the right heirs of Sir Thomas, nor
could they ever have been while a male
descendant of the Prestons of Cockerham
was in existence.

(It may as well be stated here, that there
is in West's Furness an extremely in-
correct and imperfect pedigree of the
Prestons of the manor of Holker,
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branch ; whose existence is distinctly
proved by a pedigree in the Harl.
MSS. 1549, fol. 146, as well as by a
pedigree in the Herald's office.)
P. 481, col. 1, 1.26. Mary, the second
wife of Richard Preston, derived her des-
cent from the Earls of Huntingdon, her
father being the eldest son of the Rev. Wil-
liam Hastings, fourth son of the Honorable
Henry Hastings, second son of George,
fourth earl.

P. 481, 1. 12. Mary, the wife of C. Wild-
ing Jones, died January 2, 1833, aet. 22,
leaving a son, Wilding Jones, b. 27th May,
1832. Her husband is the second son of
Charles Jones, esq. banker, of Oswestry.
who was third son of the late Thomas Jones,
esq. adjutant of the Merioneth militia, who
was the eldest son of Mr. John Jones, of
Prestatin, in Flintshire, by Maria Marga-
retta, daughter and co-heiress of Sir Thomas
Longueville, of Escluscham, in the county
of Denbigh and of Prestatin, who was
afterwards a baronet.

Same page, 1. 14. Daughters of Richard
Preston, who was born in 1661. Elizabeth
was m. to Captain Brabazon. Mary was m.
to Mr. Joseph Blaker. Lettice was m. to
M p. Briggs.
Girney of Keswick.

P. 484, 1. 9, for " Robert Ban/ay, esq.
of Wry," read " Robert Barclay,
esq. of f'rv."
P. 484, 1. 11, for " Wie" read " line:

Dalton of Thurh \m.

P. 522. 1. 31. The age of the present
Mr. Dalton is incorrectly stated in
the body of the work.

P. 523, col 2, 1. 9. The late Robert
Dalton, esq. of Thurnham, ?«. first,
Miss Butler, and had a son, John,
the present possessor. He wedded
afterwards Bridget, daughter of Tho-
mas More, esq. of Barnborongh, and
had a son, William, and a daughter,
Anne, m. to Sir James Fitzgerald,
bait, of Castle Ishen.



Wynne of Pentarth. — William Wynne,
esq. (the head of the family) d. in 1«33.

SWETTENHAM OF SWETTENHAM. — The late
Millington Eaton Swettenham, had no son
George, but a brother of that name, who
d. s. p.

Hill of Court of Hill.

P. 654, 1. 17, for " Furze," read

" Furye."
P. 654, 1. 20, for " P?<rdoe," read

" Pwrdoe."
P. 654, 1.31, for " 1808," read " 1828."
P. 654, 1. 32, for " Duranr," read

" Duranr/."

Anderton of Euxton.

The following extract from the Mer-
curius Politicus of August the 16th,
a republican paper, describing a visit
of King Charles II. to the Andertons
of Euxton. shows the violent spirit
of the times.

" August 14, 1650. This day Charles
Stuart lodged at Euxtonburgh, six miles on
this syde of Preston, being Sir Hugh An-
derton's house, who was prisoner at Lan-
caster, but sett at liberty by the Scotts.
This Anderton is a bloody papist, and one
that, when Prince Rupert was at Bolton,
boasted much of being in blood to the elbows
on that cruell massacre. The next night
tlieyr king lodged at Brine, six miles from
\\ arrington, being Sir William Gerard's
house, who is a subtile jesuited papist. This
dissembling Scott trusts none so well in
Lancashire for his hostes as the papists."

RODDAM OF RODDAM.

P. 676, col. 2, 1. 14, for " — Roddam,
esq. of Roddam," read " Edward
RoDDAM, esq. of Roddam." He m.
Miss Marv Saville, of London, and
had issue,

John, ) as stated in the body
Edward, ) of the work.
Mary, m. to Bernard Falder, esq.
of Alnwick.



HISTORY OF THE COMMONERS



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GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.




MANNERS, SUTTON.
Sprafeer of tf>c iijouse of Commons.

SUTTON-MANNERS, The Right Honorable CHARLES, Speaker of the House

of Commons, a lord of trade and plantations,
an official trustee of the British and Hunterian
Museums, and a bencher of Lincoln's-Inn; b.
20th January, 1780; m. first, 8th July, 1811,
Charlotte, daughter of James Dennison, esq. by
whom, who d. in December, 1815, he has issue,

Charles, b. 17th April, 1812.
Henry, b. 27th May, 1814.
Charlotte.

Mr. Manners-Sutton espoused, secondly, 6th
December, 1828, Ellen, daughter of Edmund
Power, esq. and widow of John Home Purves, esq.
and has other children. The honorable gentle-
man was elected speaker of the House of Com-
mons, upon the elevation of Mr. Abbott to the
peerage, as Lord Colchester, in 1817; and he has
been re-chosen by every subsequent parliament.



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This is a branch of the noble house of
Rutland, springing from

John Manners, eleventh Earl, and third
Duke of Rutland, who inherited the honours
of his family in 1721, and was made a Knight
of the Garter the next year. His Grace m.
27th August, 1717, the Honorable Bridget
Sutton, dau. and sole heiress of Robert Sut-
ton, Lord Lexington of Aram, by whom, who
d. 16th June, 1734, he had surviving issue,

1.



John, Marquess of Granby, a military
commander of high reputation, who
predeceased his father (anno 1750),
leaving, with other children, Charles,
who succeeded as fourth Duke of
Rutland.

Robert, who assumed the additional sur-
name and arms of Sttton upon in-
heriting the estates of his grandfather
Lord Lexington. Lord Robert Man-
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MANNERS-SUTTON.



ners- Sutton was one of the lords
of the bed-chamber to the Prince of
Wales, and M.P. for the county of
Nottingham. His lordship d. s. p.
in 1772, when the Lexington estates
passed to his next brother.
George.

The youngest son,

Lord George MANNERS,havingsucceeded,

upon the decease of his brother, Lord Robert,
to the estates of the Lords Lexington of Aram,
assumed the additional surname and arms of
Sutton. His lordship m. first in December,
1749, Diana, daughter of Thomas Chaplin,
esq. of Blankney, in the county of Lincoln,
and had issue,

1. George, M.P. d. s. p. in 1804.

2. John, a captain in the guards, b. 12th
July, 1752, m. Anne, natural daughter
of John, Marquess of Granby, and
died in 1826, leaving

Frederick, in holy orders, of Kel-
lam, Notts, whom, in 1821, Hen-
rietta-Barbara, third daughter of
the Hon. and Rev. John Lumley
Saville, by whom he left at his
decease, in 1826, two sons.

Thomas, in holy orders, prebendary
of Westminster, m. in 1826, Lucy-
Sarah, only child of the Rev. T.
Mortimer.

George, R.N.

Mary-Georgiana, m. in 1812, to
Robert-Nassau Sutton, esq.

3. Robert.

4. Charles, of whom presently.

5. Thomas, late lord chancellor of Ire-
land, and elevated to the peerage as
Lord Manners.

7. Francis, an officer in the army, d. in
1781.

8. Diana, m. 21st April, 1778, to Fran-
cis Dickens, esq. of Wollaston Park,
in the county of Northampton, many
years M.P. for that shire.

9. Louisa-Bridget, m. to Edward Lock-
wood Perceval, esq. and d. in 1800.

10. Charlotte, m. to Thomas Lockwood,
esq. and d. in 1827.

Lord George Manners-Sutton espoused,
secondly, Miss Pearte, and had another
daughter, Anne, who m. the Rev. Richard
Lockwood, and d. in 1829. He d. in 1783.
His lordship's fourth son,

Charles Manners-Sutton, havingentered
into holy orders, was appointed dean of



Peterborough in 1791, consecrated bishop
of Norwich in 1792, and advanced to the
Primacy in 1804. His grace m. 3rd April,
1778, Mary, daughter of Thomas Thoroton,
esq. of Scriveton, in the county of Notting-
ham, and had issue,

1. Charles, Speaker of the House of
Commons, and, as such, the First
Commoner of the United Kingdom.

2. Francis, b. in 1783, m. in 1814, Mary,
eldest daughter of Laver Oliver, esq.
and d. in 1825, leaving no issue.

3. Mary, m. to the Honorable and Right
Reverend Hugh Percy, D.D. bishop
of Carlisle, and dying in 1831, left
issue,

Algernon-Charles.

Henry. Agnes.

Hugh-Joceline. Lucy.

Mary-Isabella. Gertrude.

Louisa-Julia. Ellen.

4. Diana.

5. Louisa.

6. Charlotte, m. 5th October, 1812, to
the Rev. James Croft, archdeacon of
Canterbury, and d. in 1825.

7. Frances.

8. Anna-Maria.

9. Isabella, m. 29th November, 1830,
to Henry William Chichester, esq.

10. Catherine.

11. Caroline, m. in 1830, to Charles
Chichester, esq.

The Archbishop of Canterbury d. 21st
July, 1828, and was s. in his estates by his
elder and only surviving son, the Right
Honorable Charles Manners-Sutton.

Arms — Quarterly ; first and fourth, ar. a
canton, sa. for Sutton ; second and third,
or, two bars az. a chief quarterly ; az. and
gu. in the first and fourth quarters, a fleur
de lis of the field: in the second and third,
a lion passant guardant of the last, for
Manners.

Crest — On a cap of maintenance, a pea-
cock in its pride, ppr.

Town Residence — House of Commons
(official).

Seat— Mistley Hall, Manningtree, Essex.



Note. — Since tins article was written, Mr. Man-
ners-Sutton has retired from the chair of the
House of Commons, after receiving the unanimous
thanks of all parties ; but until the dissolution of
the present parliament (1832) he is still speaker.




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COKE, OF HOLKHAM.

COKE, THOMAS-WILLIAM, Esq. of Holkham, in the county of Norfolk, m. first,

Jane, daughter of James Dutton, esq. by whom (who d. in
June, 1 800) he has three daughters, viz.

1. Jane-Elizabeth, m. first in 1796, to Charles-Nevinson,
Viscount Andover, who was killed by the accidental
bursting of bis fowling piece, in 1800. Her ladyship
espoused, secondly, in 1806, Vice Admiral Sir Henry
Digby, K.C.B. and has issue,

Edward St. Vincent Digby, b. 21st June, 1809.

Kenelm-Henry Digby, b. 8th August, 1811.

Jane-Elizabeth Digby, m. loth September 1824, to
Edward, Lord Ellenborough, which marriage was
dissolved by act of parliament in 1830.

2. Anne-Margaret, m. in September, 1794, to Thomas
Anson, esq. of Shuckborongh, afterwards created Vis-
count Anson, by whom (who d. in 1818) her ladyship
had, with several other children,

Thomas-William Anson, present Earl of Lichfield.

3. Elizabeth-Wilhelmina, m. in 1822, to John-Spencir
Stanhope, esq. of Caunon Hall, in the county of York,
and has issue.

Mr. Coke espoused, secondly, in February, 1822, Lady Anne-Amelia Keppel, daughter
of William-Charles, present Earl of Albemarle, and has issue,

Thomas-William, b. 26th December, 1822.
Edward-Keppel, b. 20th August, 1824.
Henry-John, b. 3rd January, 1827.
Wenman-Clarence-Walpole, b. 13th July, 1828.
Margaret-Sophia, b. 7th March, 1832.

Mr. Coke has represented the county of Norfolk for several years in parliament. He
succeeded to the estates at the decease of his father in 1776.




Hinrngc.



The family of Coke, from which Mr. Coke
derives through female descent, and which
he now represents, is deduced by Camden,
from

William Coke, of Doddington, in the
county of Norfolk, mentioned in a deed, anno
1206, who was father, by his wife Felice, of

Geoffrey Coke, of Doddington, from
whom descended

Sir Edward Coke, the celebrated lawyer.
This eminent person, the son of Robert Coke,
esq. of Mileham, in the county of Norfolk,
and Winifred, his wife, daughter, and one of



the heirs of William Knightley, of Morgrave-
Knightley, in the same shire, was born at
the seat of his father, and at ten years of
age sent to the grammar-school at Norwich,
whence he removed to Trinity College, Cam-
bridge, where he studied for four years, and
was in some years afterwards chosen high-
steward of that university. From Cambridge
he removed to Clifl'ord's-Inn, and, the year
after, he was entered a student in the Inner-
Temple, whence he was called to the bar,
and being chosen reader in Lyon's-Inn, ac-
quired so much celebrity, that he very soon



COKE, OF HOLKHAM.



attained considerable practice. About tbis
period lie married Bridget, daughter and co-
beir of John Paston, esq. of Hunting-field
Hall, in the county of Suffolk, third son of
Sir William Paston, of Paston, with whom
be acquired a fortune of thirty thousand
pounds. An alliance, too, that brought him
honours and preferments as well as wealth.
The cities of Coventry and Norwich soon
after elected him their recorder. The county
of Norfolk returned him to parliament, and
the House of Commons placed him in the
speaker's chair. In the 35th of Elizabeth
(1392), Mr. Coke was appointed Solicitor,
and the next year Attorney-general. In 1603
he received the honour of knighthood from
King James I. at Greenwich, and in three
years afterwards was elevated to the bench
as chief of the court of Common Pleas, from
which he was advanced, in 1613, to the dig-
nity of Chief Justice of England (being
the last person who bore that title), and
sworn of the privy council. His lordship
incurred subsequently, however, the displea-
sure of the court ; and while in disgrace,
bearing that a noble lord had solicited from
the crown a portion of the lands belonging
to the church at Norwich, which he had re-
covered, and settled thereon, he cautioned
the peer to desist, or that he would resume
bis gown and cap, and come into Westmin-
ster Hall once again, to plead the cause of
the church. Between bis paternal property,
the great marriage portion he had with his
wife, and his valuable offices and lucrative
practice at the bar, Sir Edward Coke realized
an estate so ample, that each of his sons pos-
sessed a fortune equal to that of an elder
brother. Camden, in his Britannia, says,
" that be was a person of admirable parts,
than whom, as none ever applied himself
closer to the study of the law, so never did
any one understand it better. Of which he
fully convinced England, by bis excellent
administration for many years together,
whilst attorney-general, and by executing
the office of Lord Chief Justice of the Com-
mon Pleas with the greatest wisdom and pru-
dence ; nor did he give less proof of his
abilities in his excellent Reports, and Com-
mentaries upon our Laws, whereby he has
highly obliged both his own age and poste-
rity." His lordship d. 3rd September, 1633,
at the advanced age of eighty-three. A no-
ble monument was erected to his memory at
Tittlesball church, Norfolk, with his effigies
habited in judge's robes, lying at full length,



under a canopy supported by two marble
pillars, on the top of which are four large
figures, and between the pillars two marble
tables, with these inscriptions: —

FIRST TABLE.

Deo Optimo Maximo.

Has Exuviae Humana? Expectant

Kesurrectionem Fiorum

Hie Situs est non Perituri

Nominis Edvardus Coke

Eques Auratus Legum anima

Interpres Oraculum non Dubium

Arcanorum Promicondus Mysteriorum

Cujus Fere unius Beneficio

Jurisperiti nostri sunt Juris-

periti Eloquentia; Fubnen

Torrens Fulmen

Suadae Sacerdos unicus

Divinis Heros

Pro Rostris ita Dixit

ut Literis insudasse crederes non nisi

Humanis

Ita Yixit ut non nisi Divinis

Sacerrimus intimae Pietatis

Indigator

IntegTitas Ipsa Vera; Semper

Causae Constantissimus Assertor

Nee favore nee Muneribus Violandus

Eximie Misericors Charior erat

Huic reus Quam sibi

(Miiaculi instar est)

Sicocculus sa:pe ille audiit Sententiam

In se Prolatam Nunquam Hie Nisi

Madidoculus Protulit Scientia? Oceanus

Quique Dum Vixit Bibliotbeca viva,

mortuus dici meruit Parens

Duodecim Liberorum Tredecim

Librorum Pater

Facessant Hinc Monumenta

Facessant Mannora

(Nisi quod Pios Fuisse Denotarint Posteros)

Ipse sibi suum est monumentum

Marmore Perennius

Ipse sibi sua

Est /Eternitas.

SECOND TABLE.

Dedicated to the Memory of

Sir Edward Coke, Knt.

A late Reverend Judge. Born

At Mileham, in tbis countv of Norfolk.

Excellent in all Learning, Divine
and Humane. That for his own, this