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At such a distance of time, it is hardly
possible to name with accuracy the person
first called Methven, but we find many per-
sons of distinction bearing that surname in
the early annals of Scotland, — so far back
even as the beginning of the thirteenth
century.

Patrick de Methven, who possessed
the lands and barony of Methven in the
time of Alexander III. was father of

Sir Roger de Methven, one of the gal-
lant followers of Robert Bruce, but com-
pelled to submit to the Royal Invader in
1296. This eminent person espoused first
the widow of Malise, Earl of Strathern, a
lady who then enjoyed the largest fortune in
the kingdom. By this marriage Sir Roger
acquired the lands of Keiller, &c, but having
no issue, those estates reverted, upon the
decease of the Countess, to the family of
Strathern. Sir Roger wedded a second time,
and had two sons,

Paul, his successor.
William, heir to his brother.
The name of Sir Roger Methven occurs in
numerous charters ; the last deed in which
we find it mentioned is one from the Coun-
tess of Strathern to Sir Robert Erskine, knt.
and Dame Christian Keith, his spouse, of the
lands of Kentullock, in Perthshire, to which
instrument Sir Roger is a subscribing wit-
ness. He died at an advanced age in the
reign of King David Bruce, and was s. by
his elder son,

Paul de Methven, of Methven, who was
appointed in 1363 ambassador extraordinary
to conclude a treaty of peace with England.
He died without issue, and was s. by his
brother,

William de Methven, of that Ilk, who
was s. at his decease temp. Robert II. by
his son,

William de Methven, of that Ilk. This
laird had a charter under the great seal in
1376 from King Robert II. He died in the
ensuing reign, and was s. by his son,

John de Methven, of that Ilk, who ap-
pears to have been accredited to England in
1397 as ambassador extraordinary. About
this period the laird alienated the castle of
Methven and part of the lands comprising



the barony to John, Duke of Albany, which,
on the forfeiture of Duke Murdock in 1425,
passed to the Crown, and continued vested
therein, until conferred by King James V.
upon his mother, Queen Margaret. The
laird died in the reign of James I. and was *.
by his son,

John de Methven. This gentleman was
distinguished at the courtof James II. and en-
joyed in an especial degree the favor of that
monarch. In 1440 he was one of the prin-
cipal secretaries of state, and lord register
of Scotland ; and in 1449 he was employed
upon an embassy to England, when lie suc-
ceeded in his mission — that of prolonging an
existing truce. The next year he revisited
the English court, and again in a diploma-
tic capacity, to negotiate several important
affairs of state. Thenceforward, scarcely
any political transaction of moment occurred
in which he was not engaged ; and in all he
acquitted himself with ability, honor, and
fidelity. He wedded a daughter of Sir John
Haldane of Gleneagles, and dying in the
time of James III. was s. by (his son or
grandson),

John de Methven, who retained still a
portion of the hereditary lands in Perth-
shire. He m. a daughter of John Black-
adder of Tulliallan, and dying soon after
the year 1502, was s. by his son,

Andrew de Methven, who wedded Isa-
bel, daughter of Robert Bruce, of Airth, and
had (with a younger son, Andrew, who
seems to have obtained a share in his father's
lands) his successor,

John de Methven, whose name occurs
in a charter under the great seal, temp.
James V. of certain lands about Clackman-
nan. This gentleman having zealously es-
poused the opinions of the reformers, fled
into England, alarmed at the death of Wy-
shart, and was most graciously received by
Queen Elizabeth, who conferred upon his
son,

The Rev. Paul Methuen, several bene-
ficial preferments in the county of Somerset,
and a prebend in the cathedral church of
Wells. The reverend gentleman m. Ann
Rogers, of an old Somersetshire family, and
dying in 1606 was s. by his son,

The Rev. Anthony Methuen, Preben-
dary of Wells and Lichfield. This gentle-
man acquired considerable estates. He
m. Jean, daughter and heiress of Thomas
Taylor, Esq. of Bristol, and had three sons,
namely,

Paul, his heir.

Anthony, who married, and left issue.

Francis.
Mr. Methven died in 1640, and was *. by his
eldest son,

Paul Methuen, esq. of Bradford and
Bishop's Cannings, in the county of Wilts,



394



METHUEN, OF CORSHAM.



who wedded Grace, daughter of John Ashe,
esq. of Treshford, in Somersetshire, and
niece of Sir Joseph Ashe, hart, by whom he
had issue,

1. John, his successor.

2. Anthony, who inherited his father's
estate at Bradford, and divers manors
in Somersetshire. He m. Gertrude,
daughter and co-heiress of Thomas
Moore, esq. of Spargrove, in the
county of Somerset, (by Elizabeth,
his wife, eldest daughter of Sir John
Bampfield, bart. of Poltimore) and
left at his decease, in 1717, an only
son,

Thomas, who espoused Anne, dau.
and sole heiress of Isaac Selfe,
esq. of Beanacre, by Penelope,
. his wife, daughter and co-heir of
Charles, Lord Lucas,* and was
s. at his decease, in 1737, by his
son,

Paul, of Corsham, of whom
hereafter, as heir to his cou-
sin, Sir Paul Methuen.

3. Paul, 1

4. William, > all died s. p.

5. Turner, )

6. Elizabeth, d. unm.

Mr. Methven d. in 1667, and was s. by his
eldest son,

The Right Honourable John Methuen,
of Bishop's Cannings, member of parliament
for Devizes, and one of the most eminent
political characters of the time in which he
flourished. He was of the privy council,
and Lord Chancellor of Ireland, in the
reigns of King William and Queen Anne,
and his name as a diplomatist, having been
frequently engaged upon embassies of the
highest importance, immortalized by the ce-
lebrated treaty, called after himself, con-
cluded in 1703 with the court of Lisbon, and
which has proved so beneficial to the com-
merce of Great Britain. He wedded Mary,
daughter of Seacole Chevers, esq. of Cum-
merford, in Wilts, and had issue,
Paul (Sir), his heir.

j j" ^' > both died young.

Mary, m. first to Humphrey Simpson,
esq. secondly to Sir Richard Ander-
son, and thirdly to Sir Brownlow
Sherrard, bart.
Isabel, d. unmarried.
Mr. Methuen died at Lisbon in 1706, whence
his remains were conveyed to England, and



* By the Lady Penelope Leke, youngest daugh-
ter of Sir Francis Leke, Lord Deincourt, of Sutton,
and Earl of Scarsdale. (For an account of
this nobleman, see Burkes Extinct and Dormant
Peerage.)



interred in Westminster Abbey. His eldest
son,

Sir Paul Methuen was a man of extra-
ordinary accomplishments, singular integri-
ty, and powerful abilities. In 1692 he ac-
companied the embassy to Lisbon in the ca-
pacity of secretary, and continued to fulfil
the duties of that office for five years, when he
succeeded his father, whose services were
required in Ireland, as envoy. He remained
at the court of Lisbon until 1705, when he
was accredited envoy to the court of Savoy;
but upon the decease of his father in the
next year, he returned to Portugal as am-
bassador-extraordinary and minister pleni-
potentiary. In 1709 he was appointed one
of the lords of the Admiralty, from which,
in 1714, he was transferred to the Treasury,
and then sworn of the privy council. At
this period he was sent ambassador to the
King of Spain. In 1716 he was constituted
principal secretary of state ; in 1720 made
comptroller of the household ; in 1725 in-
stalled a knight of the Bath, and the same
year appointed treasurer of the household,
which office he resigned in 1730 Sir Paul
d. unmarried in 1757, when he was interred
near his father in Westminster Abbey, and
his estates devolved upon his cousin,

Paul Methuen, esq. of Corsham, M.P.
for Warwick, who espoused Christian, dau.
and co-heir of Sir George Cobb, bart. of
Adder bury, in the county of Oxford, by
whom he had issue,

Paul-Cobb, his successor
Thomas.
Christian.
Mr. Methuen was s. at his decease by his
eldest son,

Paul-Cobb Methuen, esq. of Corsham,
in the county of Wilts. This gentleman m.
Matilda, daughter of Sir Thomas Gooch, bt.
of Benacre Hall, in the county of Suffolk,
and had issue,

Paul, his heir.
Thomas.

Anthony, in holy orders, rector of All-
Cannings and Garsden, in the county
of Wilts, chaplain to his Grace the
Duke of Beaufort.
Charles-Lucas, a captain in the army,

d. in 1826.
John-Andrew.
Matilda, m. to George, Lord Walsing-

ham, d. in 1831.

Anne-Christian, d. unmarried, in 1828.

Gertrude-Grace, m. to Lord Edward

O'Brien, youngest brother of the

Marquess of Thomond, d. in 1820.

Catharine, m. to John Plumtre, esq. of

Fredvile, M.P. for Kent.
Cecilia-Penelope, m. to the Hon. and
Rev. Francis-James Noel, brother of
Lord Barham.



GURDON, OF LETTON.



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Arms — Arg. three wolves' heads erased
proper, on the breast of an eagle, with two
heads displayed, sa. The spread-eagle was
granted as a mark of honor to the family by
Albert I. Emperor of Germany, 1304, and
renewed by letters patent by King George
III. in 1775.



Crest — A wolf's head as in the arms.
Motto — Virtus invidiae scopus.
Estates — In Wilts and Somersetshire.
Seat — Corsham House.




GURDON, OF LETTON.

GURDON, THEOPHILUS-THORNHAGH, esq. of Letton, in Norfolk, and of

Grundisburgh, in the county of Suffolk, b. 24th August,
1764, m. 25th July, 1796, Anne, daughter of William
Mellish, esq. of Blyth, in Nottinghamshire, by whom he
has issue,

Brampton, m. in 1828, Henrietta-Susannah, eldest
daughter of N. W. Ridley-Colborne, esq. of Hasling,
^ in Norfolk, M.P. and has issue,

1. Robert-Thornhagh.

2. Charlotte.
John.
Philip, in holy orders, rector of Reymerston and Cran-

worth-cum-Letton, in Norfolk, who m. Henrietta-
Laura, daughter of John Pulteney, esq. of Nether-
wood, in Hampshire.

William, of the Inner Temple.

Edward

Anne, m. in 1825, to Henry Wodehouse, esq. eldest
son of the Hon. John Wodehouse, eldest son and
heir of John, Lord Wodehouse, and has (with other
issue,) a son,
John Wodehouse, b. 7th January, 1826.

Mr. Gurdon inherited the estates at the decease of his father, in 1820. He was
formerly lieutenant-colonel of the West Norfolk militia, is a magistrate and deputy
lieutenant, and served the office of sheriff of Norfolk in 1824.




Hmcage.



This family came into England with the
Conqueror from Gourdon, near Cahors,
on the borders of Perigord, and the name
is in the roll of Battel Abbey.

Sir Adam de Gurdon, knt. living in the
time of Henry III. was in that monarch's
reign bailiff of Alton, but was outlawed for
treason and rebellion, as one of the Mont-
ford faction. He was restored, however,
upon the accession of Edward, and consti-
tuted in 1272, keeper of the forest of Wol-
mer. He m. first, Constantia, daughter and
heiress of Thomas Makarel, of Selborne, in
the county of Southampton. He resided in
that shire in a mansion-house, called the
Tkmi-le, which overlooked the forest. Sir
Adam espoused secondly, Almeria



from whom he was divorced, after having
had two sons, the elder of whom was seated
in Wiltshire, and the younger settled him-
self in London. These sons appear, how-
I ever, to have been disinherited, for their
father had a third wife, Agnes, and by her
a daughter, Johanna, to whom he left his
property in Selborne. This lady wedded
Richard Achard, and that estate, bearing
still the name of Gurdon Manor, belongs
now to Magdalen College, Oxford. The
armorial ensigns of Sir Adam Gurdon are
those still borne by the family of which
we are now treating. Sir Adam's second
son, (of the elder there is no further ac-
count)

Robert Gurdon took up his abode in



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GURDON, OF LETTON.



London. He d. in 1343, and was s. by his
son,

John Gurdon, a merchant in London,
who d. in 1385, leaving a son,

Thomas Gurdon, of Clyne, in Kent, who
d. in 1436, and was father of

John Gurdon, of Clyne, who was s. in
1465, by his son,

John Gurdon, of Dedham, in Essex, who
d. in 1487, leaving a son,

John Gurdon, of Dedham, father of
John Gurdon, of Dedham, who m. first,
Mary, daughter of John Butter, esq. of
Dedham, but had no issue. He espoused,
secondly, Anne, daughter of John Coleman,
esq. of Lynes Hall, in Suffolk, and left a
son,

Robert Gurdon, esq. who wedded Rose,
daughter and heiress of Robert Sexton, esq.
of Lavenham, in Suffolk. This gentleman
purchased Assington Hall, from Sir Miles
Corbet. He served the office of sheriff for
the county of Suffolk, and dying in 1577,
was *. by his son,

John Gurdon, esq. who m. Amy, daugh-
ter and heiress of William Brampton,* esq.
of Letton, in Norfolk. This gentleman was
sheriff of Suffolk in 1585. He d. in 1623,
and was s. by his son,

Brampton Gurdon, esq. of Assington
Hall and of Letton, high-sheriff for Suffolk
in 1625, and several times representative
for the borough of Sudbury in parliament.
He m. first, Elizabeth, daughter of Edward
Barrett, esq. of Bellhouse, in Essex, and
had issue,

John, who inherited Assington Hall,
m. Anne, daughter of Sir Calthorpe
Parker. He represented the county
of Suffolk in the long parliament,
and was one of the committee ap-
pointed to set in judgment upon King
Charles I. but did not attend the
trial. This elder branch continues
to be seated at Assington, this pro-
perty having regularly descended to
the present possessor, John Gurdon,
esq.
Robert, m. Joyce, daughter of James

Harvey, esq. of Essex.
Amy, m. to Sir Henry Mildmay.
Mr. Gurdon espoused, secondly, Muriel,
daughter of Sir Martyn Sedley, of Morley,
in Norfolk, by a daughter of John Knyvett,
of Ashwellthorp, and had another son and
two daughters, viz.

Brampton, of whom presently.
Muriel, m. to Richard Saltonshall, esq.
of Yorkshire.



* The family of Brampton is very ancient in
Norfolk, and this branch had been long seated at
Letton. — Vide Visitations of Norfolk, 1563 and
1613.



Abigail, m. to Roger Hill, esq. of the
county of Somerset.
Brampton Gurdon d. in 1649, and Assing-
ton Hall passed to his eldest son, while
Letton devolved upon the son of his second
marriage,

Brampton Gurdon, esq.barrister-at-law,
and representative in parliament for the
borough of Ipswich from 1640 to 1654.
During the civil war, Mr. Gurdon was colo-
nel of a regiment of horse, and at the siege
of Colchester he was one of the court mar-
tial on Sir Charles Lucas and Sir George
Lisle. He m. Mary, daughter of Henry
Polstead, of London, and dying in 1669,
was s. by his son,

Brampton Gurdon, esq. of Letton, who
m. Elizabeth, daughter of Colonel Thorn-
hagh,* of Fenton, Nottinghamshire, son of
Sir Francis Thornhagh, and was s. at his
decease, in 1691, by his son,

Thornhagh Gurdon, esq. of Letton. This
gentleman was receiver - general of the
county of Norfolk in the reign of Queen
Anne, but was deprived of that office, as
well as struck out of the commission of the
peace, upon the accession of the house of
Hanover, in consequence of his attach-
ment to the Duke of Ormond. He was the
author of an esteemed work upon the origin
and rights of parliament. He m. Elizabeth,
daughter and co-heiress of Sir William
Cooke, bart. of Brome Hall, Norfolk, M.P.
for that county in several parliaments, and
left at his decease, in 1713, one son and
three daughters. Two of the latter died
single ; the other, Letitia, m. the Rev. Na-
thaniel Saltier, of Ashdon, in Essex. The
son,

Thornhagh Gurdon, esq. succeeded his
father, and m. Sarah, daughter and heiress
of Theophilus Dillingham, esq. of Shelton,
in Bedfordshire, and was s. at his decease,
in 1783, by his son,

Brampton Gurdon, esq. of Letton, Nor-
folk, and of Grundisburgh, in the county of
Suffolk. This gentleman assumed the sur-
name of Dillingham. He m. first, Mary,
daughter of Philip Bedingfeld, esq. of
Ditchingham, and had issue,

Theophilus-Thornhagh, his heir.

Thornhagh-Philip.

Philip-Brampton, captain in the 58th

foot, who fell in action in the West

Indies, in 1795.

He espoused, secondly, Mary, daughter and

co-heiress of Samuel Howard, esq. and had

an only daughter,

Mary, m. to William Frere, esq. ser-



* Colonel Thornhagh was a very distinguished
officer in the parliamentary army during the civil
warv — Vide Mrs. Hutchinson's Memoirs.






GREVIS-JAMES, OF IGHTHAM COURT.



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jeant-at-law, and master of Downing
College, Cambridge, who has issue.
Mr. Gurdon-Dillingham served the office of
sheriff of Norfolk, in 1789, and dying in
1820, was s. by his son, the present Theo-
philus Thornhagh Gurdon, esq. of Letton,
in the county of Norfolk, and Grundisburg,
in the county of Suffolk.

Arms — Sable, three leopards' faces jes-
sant fleurs-de-lys, or, for Gurdon ; quarter-



ing Sexton, Brampton, Cooke, and Stuart
and Dillingham.

Crest — A goat climbing up a rock, all ppr.

Motto — In arduis viget virtus.

Estates — In Norfolk and Suffolk.

Town Residence — Gloucester-place, Port-
man Square.

Seats — Letton, Norfolk, and Grundis-
burgh, Suffolk.



GREVIS-JAMES, OF IGHTHAM COURT.



JAMES-GREVIS, DEMETRIUS, esq. of Ightham Court Lodge, in the county of

Kent, a magistrate and deputy lieutenant for that shire,
sheriff in 1833, b. 1st May, 1776, m. 21st March,
1812, Mary, daughter of the late James Shutt, esq. of
Humbleton, in Holderness, and has had issue,




1. Charles-Richard,

2. Demetrius,

3. Demetrhjs-Wyndham.

4. Frances-Maria. 8.

5. Emily. 9.

6. Mary. 10.

7. Caroline. 11.



both deceased.



Rosa.

Lavinie.
Isabella.
Adelaide-Margaret.

This gentleman, whose patronymic is Grevis, assumed,
by sign manual, in 1817, the additional surname and
arms of James. Mr. Grevis-James is a captain of
marines.



ILineage.



The manor of Ightham was possessed temp.
King John, by Hamon de Crevequier, from
whom it passed through the families of De
Criol, De Inge, Zouch of Harringworth,
Read and Willoughby, to the house of James,
by which it is now enjoyed.

The Jameses were originally, says Phil-
pot, called Hcestrecht* from a lordship of
that name,which they possessed near Utrecht.

Roger, son of Jacob van Hcestrecht,
emigrated into England in the reign of King
Henry VIII. and being known, after the
l>ntch manner, by the name of Roger Ja-
cobs, the English at length called him Roger
James. He espoused Sarah, only daughter
;md heir of Henry Morskin, esq. of London,
and had issue,

Roger, of Upminster, in Essex, who m.
Sarah, daughter of John Smith, esq,
of London, and was s. by his son,
Sir Roger James, of Rygate, in

* The family of Htstricht was allied by mar-
riitire to the ancient and eminent houses of \Yas-
senaer and Waermont.



Surrey, who wedded Elizabeth,
daughter of Anthony Aucher, and
had a daughter, Elizabeth.
Arnold, of London, who m. Mary, dau.

of John Vanhulst, of that city.
William.

Thomas, who m. the daughter of Fulke.
Richard, who espoused Gertrude, dau.
of John Smyth, and had, with other
issue, a son, Sir John, of Cresshill, in
Essex, and a daughter, Emlin, who m.
to Mr. James Cane ; and their son in-
heriting the estates of his uncle, Sir
John, was advanced to the dignity of
a baronet, 34 Car. II. This branch
of the family is now extinct.
John, of Grove Manor, who m. Susanna,
daughter and co-heir of Peter Van-
dewall, of Antwerp, and had issue.
George, of Malendine, near Rochester,
who m. Audrey, daughter of John
Smyth, and had issue,
The third son,

William JAMES,esq. acquired, temp. Queen
Elizabeth, by purchase, the manor of



398



GREVIS-JAMES, OF IGHTHAM COURT.



Ightham Court, in the county of Kent. He
wedded Jane, only daughter and heiress of
Henry Kule, and had issue,

William, his heir.

Thomas.

Jane, m. to Henry Dixon, esq. of Hil-
den, in Kent, and d. in 1692.
The elder son,

William James, esq. of Ightham Court,
b. in 1601, was a person of great influence
during the protectorate, and enjoyed the
confidence of Cromwell. He was a mem-
ber of the committee appointed for the se-
questration of delinquent estates, and was,
in five years, thrice chosen knight of the
shire for Kent. He wedded Jane, daughter
of Nicholas Miller, esq. of Crouch, and was
s. by his only son,

Sir Demetrius James, of Ightham Court,
who received the honor of knighthood from
King Charles II. He m. Anne, only
daughter of the famous physician.Dr. George
Bate, and had (with other issue, who d.
unm.)

William, his successor.

Jane, m. to Sir John Rainey, bart.

Anne, m. to Thomas Puckle, esq. of the
Middle Temple.
Sir Demetrius was s. by his eldest son,

William James, esq. of Ightham Court,
living in 1719. This gentleman m. Anne,
only daughter, and heir general of Sir
Thomas Wyndham, bt. of Trent, in Somer-
setshire, (son of the Sir Francis Wyndham,
who, with his family, was so signally instru-
mental in the preservation of King Charles
II. after the battle of Worcester). By this
lady he had with two daughters, three sons,
viz.

William, his heir.

Richard, of the Middle Temple, d. unm.

Demetrius, a colonel in the army, whose
daughter, Elizabeth, m. Charles
Grevis, esq.* formerly of Moseley
Hall, in Worcestershire, and had is-
sue,

* Moseley Hall, in the parish of King's Nor-
ton, Worcestershire, together with considerable
estates, and the extensive manor of Yardley, were
long in the possession of the family of the Greves
or Grevis — an ancient house, founded in England
by one of the companions inarms of the Conqueror.
Thomas Grevis entered his pedigree at the visi-
tation of Worcestershire, in 1634, as did Richard,
in 1683.

In the chapel of Kingsnorton, Worcestershire, on
a very curious monument against the south wail of
the chancel are the figures, in white marble, of a
knight in armour, with his helmet under his head,
his wife lying at his right hand. The inscription
is as follows : —

'* Here lie the bodies of Sir Richard Greves,
knt. of Mosely, Deputy Lieutenant to his Ma-
jesty, in his principality of Wales ; and Justice
of the Peace and Quorum, and of Commission of



1. Demetrius Grevis, who even-
tually inherited the estates, and
assuming the surname and arms
of James, is the present Deme-
trius Grevis-James, esq. of
Ightham Court Lodge.

2. Elizabeth.

3. Caroline.

4. Eleanor.
The eldest son,

William James, esq. of Ightham Court,
was high-sheriff for Kent, in 1732. He
wedded the daughter of Demetrius James,
esq. of the county of Essex, and had, with a
daughter, m. to — Hindman, esq. two sons,
viz.

Richard, his heir.

Demetrius, in holy orders, rector of
Ightham, d. in 1781, s. p.
Mr. James, who was usher of the black rod
in Ireland, was s. at his decease by his elder
son,

Richard James, esq. of Ightham Court,
who died without issue in Nov. 1817, when
the family estates devolved upon his first
cousin, the present Demetrius Grevis-
James, esq. of Ightham Court Lodge.

Arms — Quarterly : first and fourth arg.
two bars embattled gu. for James; second
and third arg. on a fesse az. between three
pellets, each charged with a lion's head
erased of the first, a griffin passant between
two escallop shells or, for Grevis.

Crests — First for James; out of a ducal
coronet or, a demi-swan, wings expanded
arg. beak gules. Second for Grevis ; a
squirrel, holding between its paws an es-
callop shell or.

Motto — Fide et Constantia.

Estates — The manors of Wrotham, Stan-
stead, and Ightham, with estates therein,
and also at St. Erith, all in Kent. Like-
wise in London, acquired from Sir John
James, bart., a branch of the family.

Seat — Ightham Court Lodge.

Oyer and Terminer, in com. Wigorn, who de-
parted this life, July 31, 1632 , and Dame Anne,
his wife, daughter of Thomas Leighton, of Wal-
lesborough, in com. Salop, esq. who caused this
vault and monument to be made in remembrance
of her deere husbande deceased."

On the right side of the monument is this in-
scription : —

" Whom neither bribes nor servile fear hath swayde
From virtue's center, in this urne is laid.
The ayre was Justice which his body breathed,
And peace his beeing 'till the soul it leaved."

On the left, in letters of gold,

'• His heart was fixt on heaven, and hee stood
Not for his own but for his countrye's good.
His mind was nobly balanced not to sell
His soul for wealth, yet used his talent well.
Wherefore his name hath broke detraction's fetters,
And well abides the touche in golden letters.



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HARVEY, OF THORPE.




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HARVEY, JOHN, esq. of Thorpe Lodge, in the county of Norfolk, b. 17th May,

1755, m. in December, 1783, Frances, daughter of Sir
Roger Kerrison, and has issue,