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other among the Lundin Charters.
In 1174,

John de Vallibus was one of the hos-
tages to the English, for the ransom of the
Scots' King, William. He was s. by his
nephew or cousin,

John de Vallibus, designed son of Robert
of Ellebottl. The son and heir of this John,
John de Vallibus, is called John the
younger, Dominus de Dirleton, when grant-
ing five marks yearly out of his Fair of St.
James's in Roxburgshire, as a composition
regarding his disputed patronage of Wilton.
This John in 1244, is mentioned as one of
the Magnates of Scotland, in the Pope's ra-
tification of the peace between England and
Scotland. In 1255 he was one of the Barons
who counselled, or rather forced, King
Alexander III. to change his ministers. His
grandson,

John de Vaux, appears" to have been the



second husband of Dervorgill,* (the dau.
of Allan, Lord of Galloway, by Margaret,
eldest daughter of David, Earl of Hunt-
ingdon, third son of King David I. of
Scotland,) the widow of Sir John Baliol,
and mother of John Baliol, who claimed
and obtained the Crown of Scotland. He
sate in the parliament of Brigham, in 1290,
and the next year swore fealty at Berwick
to Edward I. In 1298 he defended the
Castle of Dirleton against the famous An-
thony Beke, Bishop of Durham. In 1304
he was a principal party to the agreement
between Edward of England, and John
Comyn, and according to Ryley's Placeta,
John Comyn, Edmund Comyn, John de
Graham, and John de Vaux, sealed this
agreement at Strathord, the 9th February,
33 Edward I. The sincerity of this sub-
mission seems to have been more than doubt-
ful, for in 1306, mention is made of him as
a friend of Robert Bruce. To this John
succeeded

Thomas de Vaux, who is mentioned by
Guthrie, and Brady as being one of the sixty-
five Earls and Lords who led the Scotch
army at the battle of Halidon Hill, 19th
July, 1333. He was slain in 1346 at Nevil's
Cross, where also his successor,

William Vaux, was taken prisoner. After
being detained for some time in England, in
captivity, he returned to Scotland, and his
name appears in many of the transactions <
that period, especially as a party to ii:
ransom of King David II. He died in
1364, and was s. by his eldest surviving son,
William Vaux, who d. in 1392, and was
succeeded by two co-heiresses ; but whether
they were his own daughters or those of
his elder brother, Thomas, who had been
killed at the siege of Berwick, in 1355, is
uncertain. The elder wedded Sir John
Halyburton,f and the second, Sir Patrick
Hepburn, younger, of Hailes, ancestor to



* This second marriage of the grandaughter
of the Earl of Huntingdon, is not mentioned by
Wvntoun or others, but the evidence of it is to be
found in the Dryburgh Chart, (Nos. 126, 127, 1 28,
129 ) where is given a Charter by Alexander de
Baliol of the wood of Gleddiswood, " qui quon-
dam fuitcum Domni. Johannis de Wallibus, et
Dna, Dervorgill Sponse sue "

t The family of Sir John Haly burton, who be-
came (jure uxoris) Lord of Dirleton, ended, after
a few descents, in three sisters, viz.

Janet, m. to William, second Lord Ruthven.

Mariota, m, to George, fourth Lord Home.

Margaret, m. to George Ker, of Faudensida.



438



VANS-AGNEW, OF BARNBARROCH.



the well known Earl of Bothwell, husband
to Queen Mary.

In his account of the Dirleton family,
Chalmers, (Caledonia, vol. ii. p. 436.) omits
several generations, and in vol. iii. page
396, talking of Wigtonshire, he makes a
curious mistake, for he considers the Barn-
barroch, and the Sheuchan families as dis-
tinct, whereas they are the same. On the
same page however he justly observes, " the
name has been changed from Vaus to
Vans, a change peculiar to this shire," and
although he does not dispute the Barnbar-
roch branch being descended from a younger
son of the Dirleton family, he thinks Alex.
Vaux, Bishop of Galloway in 1426, was
the first of his name in Wigtonshire.

Nisbet, vol. ii.App. p. 250, says positively,
that the Barnbarroch branch are the oniy
remaining heirs male of the Dirleton family,
that they descend from a younger son, and
although they have no charter older than
1451, yet "that the Vanses of this house
have subsisted long before that," Nisbet also
says, that, " now since they represent the
principal family, by the rules and maxims,
that are laid down in Herauldry, they may
strike out the mollet, the brotherly differ-
ence, and wear and carry the Bend Si?)iple,
as they have done for some centuries."
Tradition says the same, and that the first
Vaux in Wigtonshire married an heiress
there ; it is said a de Morville.

In " 1' Histoire des Malheures de la France
sous le Roi Jean," public a Paris chez
Barde, 1611, vol.ii. p. 103, it is stated, talk-
ing of the battle of Poictiers, (A.D. 1356.)
and of the Scots of note who fell there, " et
Andre Vaus de Gallovay, le frere d'armes du
Seigneur Archimbald." — Douglas. Barnes,
Hollingshed, Abercrombie, and others, men-
tion Sir Andrew Vaux to have been killed
at the battle of Poictiers ; and this Andrew
is believed to have been the younger brother
of Willielmus of Dirleton, to have settled
in Galloway, and to have been succeeded
by another Sir Andrew whose name ap-
pears in the settlement of the Scot's Crown,
made at Scone, 4th April, 1373, although in
Robertson's records the name is erroneously
given, Andreas de Valonius. His younger
son was Alexander, Bishop of Galloway from
1426 to 1451, and he was s. by his eldest,
John Vans, who was sent, in 1437, toge-
ther with Alexander Do nus de Gordon,
Alexander Do nus de Montgomery, and Jo-
hannis Methven, clericus, as ambassadors
from James II. of Scotland, to Henry VI.
of England ; and along with these persons
concluded a truce the following year. He
espoused E. Kennedy, and had issue,

Robert, his heir.

Ninian, who is believed to have been
Bishop of Galloway.

Martin, who was almoner and conf:ssor



to James III. and ambassador to
Denmark, in 1468.

John, of Lochslin,* in Rosshire.
The eldest son,

Robert Vans, acquired from the Earl
of Douglas, a charter of the lands of
Barnbarroch, dated 26th January, 1451,
which was ratified by the crown, 13th Au-
gust of the same year. This gentleman
wedded the Lady Euphemia Graham, of the
house of Menteth, who long survived him,
and became the third wife of Sir William
Stewart, ancestor of the Earl of Galloway.
By this lady he had issue,

Blaize, his heir.

Thomas, ambassador to England in
1457, dean of Glasgow, secretary to
the king, and keeper of the privy seal.

George, Bishop of Galloway.

Patrick, Prior of Whitehorne.
Robert Vans was s. by his eldest son,

Blaize Vans, of Barnbarroch, who m.
Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Sir John
Shaw, of Haillie, and widow of Sir John
Stewart, of Garlies, by whom he had a son
and heir,

Patrick Vans, of Barnbarroch. This
gentleman wedded Margaret, daughter of
Gilbert, second Lord Kennedy, one of the
regents of Scotland, and grandson of the
Princess Mary, daughter of King Robert
III. by whom he left at his decease, in 1528,
a son and successor,

Sir John Vans, of Barnbarroch, who m.
Janet, daughter and heiress of Sir Simon
M'Culloch, of Myretoun, by Marion, daju. of
Gordon, of Lochinvar, and thus acquired the
hereditary coronership or crownershipf of
Wigtonshire. Sir John, being slain at the
Battle of Pinkie, in 1547, was s. by his sou,
Alexander Vans, of Barnbarroch, who
espoused first, Janet Kennedy, daughter of
Gilbert, second Earl of Cassilis, by his wife
Isabel, daughter of Archibald, second Earl
of Argyle ; and secondly, Euphemia, daugh-
ter and co-heiress of Sir John Dunbar, by
Elizabeth, daughter of Mungo Muir, of
Rowallan. Dying, however, issueless, in
1568, he was s. by his brother,

Sir Patrick Vans, of Barnbarroch, who
wedded first, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir
Hugh Kennedy, of Girvan Mains, but by
her had no male issue. He m. secondly,
the Lady Catherine, daughter of Gilbert,
third Earl of Cassilis, and relict of Sir Wil-



* The Locusun branch ended in females about
the year 1600 ; and about the same period, and in
the same manner, terminated the Vanses, of Manie,
in Aberdeenshire, a branch certainly connected
with the Barnbarroch family, but how does not
appear.

t The crowner of each county or district, com-
manded the troops raised in it, and attached all
those guilty of breaches of the king's peace.



VANS-AGNEW, OF BARNBARROCH.



439



Ham Wallace, of Craigie, by whom he had
a son, John, his heir. Sir Patrick Vans was
of the privy council, a judge, ambassador to
Denmark, and one of the commissioners
appointed to govern the kingdom during the
royal absence. He d. in 1597, and was s.
by his son,

S:r John Vans, of Barnbarroch, who,
when under age, was appointed commen-
dator of the famous Abbey of Crossraguel,
which, a few years before, had been the
scene of those cruelties (mentioned in Pit-
cairn's History of the Kennedys,) from
which Sir Walter Scott has sketched his
torturing of the Jew in Ivanhoe. Sir John
m. Margaret, daughter of Uchtred M'Dow-
ail, of Garthland, by Margaret, daughter of
Henry Steward, first Lord Methven, and
had issue. Sir John, who was of the privy
council, and a gentleman of the chamber to
James VI. died in 1642, and was*, by his son,

Patrick Vans, of Barnbarroch. This
gentleman espoused Grizel, daughter of
John Johnston,* of Annandale, lord justice
general of Scotland, and widow of Sir Ro-
bert Maxwell, of Spotts, by whom he left
at his decease in 1673, a son and successor,

John Vans, esq. of Barnbarroch, who
dissipated the greater part of the family
estates. He wedded Grizel, daughter of
Sir John M'Culloch, of Myretoun, but
dying s. p. m. in 1696, was s. by his brother,

Alexander Vans, esq. of Barnbarroch,
who m. Margaret, daughter of Sir William
Maxwell, of Monreith, by Agnes, daughter
of Sir John M'Culloch, of Myretoun. In
1709, their son,

Patrick Vans, esq. of Barnbarroch, suc-
ceeded, and an accumulation of debts forced
him to sell every thing but the barony of
Barnbarroch. He represented Wigton-
shire in the first Union Parliament, and
afterwards the Wigton district of boroughs.
He m. first, a daughter of Sir James Camp-
bell, of Lawers, by whom he had a son, who
died without issue; and secondly, Barbara,
daughter of Patrick M'Dowall, esq. of
Freugh, by a daughter of Haltridge, of
Dromore, in Ireland, and had issue. Co-
lonel Vans retired, early in life, from the
army, but died suddenly in 1733, owing to
t!ie breaking out of a wound received at the
li.ittle of Almanza. He was s. by his son,

Jmhn Vans, esq. of Barnbarroch, who
wedded Margaret, only child ana heiress of
Robert Agnew, esq. of Sheuchan, by Mar-
garet, another daughter of Patrick M'Dow-
all, of Freugh, f and upon his marriage,

* By Margaret, daughter of Sir W. Scott, of
Buccleuch.

t 1 he M'Dowalls of Freugh became Earls of
Dumfries ; and the title is now enjoyed by the
Marquess of Bute, in right of his mother, who
was daughter and heiress of the late earl.



under a mutual entail, assumed the additi-
onal surname and arms of Agnew. He
died in 1780, and was s. by his son,

Robert Vans- Agnew, esq. of Barnbar-
roch and Seuchan, who m. Frances, daugh-
ter of John Dunlop, esq. of that Ilk, by
Frances, only surviving child of Sir Thomas
Wallace, bart. of Craigie, and had issue,

John, his heir.

Patrick, successor to his brother.

Henry-Stewart, an advocate at the
Scottish bar.

Margaret.

Frances-Georgiana

Anna-Maria.
Mr. Vans-Agnew, died in 1809, and was s.
by his eldest son,

John Vans-Agnew, esq. of Barnbarroch,
and Seuchan, at whose decease, unmarried,
in 1825, the estates devolved upon his next
brother, the present Colonel Patrick
Vans-Agnew, C. B. of Barnbarroch and
Seuchan.

FAMILY OF AGNEW.

Patrick Agnew, esq. first possessor of
Seuchan, was the second son of Sir Patrick
Agnew, first baronet of Lochnaw, b) r Mar-
garet, daughter of Sir Thomas Kennedy, of
Culzean, uncle and tutor to the their Earl
of Cassilis. He espoused in 1638, Janet,
daughter of William Gordon, of Craichlaw,
cadet of the Kenmure family, and was s. by
his son,

Andrew Agnew, esq. of Seuchan, who
wedded in 1675, Elizabeth, daughter of
Patrick M'Dowall, esq. of Logan, and had
a son and successor,

Robert Agnew, esq. of Seuchan. This
gentleman married Margaret, daughter of
Patrick M'Dowall, esq. of Freugh, and
their only child and heiress,

Margaret, espoused, as stated above,
John Vans, esq. of Barnbarroch.

Arms — Quarterly ; first and fourth, arg.
a bend gu. Second and third, arg. a chev.
between in chief two cinquefoils gu. with
a cross crosslet fi tehee sa. in centre and
in base a saltire couped.

Crests — First, A lion rampant, holding
scales in the dexter paw. Second, Au eagle
issuant and regardant ppr.

Supporters — Two savages, with clubs in
their hands, and wreathed about the middle
with laurel.

Mottoes — Be faithful, for Vans. Consilio,
non impetu, for Agnew.

Estates — In Wigtonshire, and a small
portion in Kirkcudbrightshire.

Town Residence — 26, Upper Harley-
street.

Seats — Barnbarroch, near Wigton. Park
House, near Stanraer.



440



SAMWELL, OF UPTON HALL.

SAMWELL- WATSON, WENMAN-LANGHAM, esq. of Upton Hall, in the county
of Northampton, succeeded to the estates upon the demise of his brother, 15th January,
1831, and assumed by act of parliament, in 1832, the additional surname and arms of
Samwell.

Hintntit.




The very ancient family of Samwell was
originally of Cornwall, and seated at Res
tormel Castle, and other residences within
that county.

James Samwell, a younger branch of
this Cornish house, was grandfather of

Richard Samwell, who to. Amy, daugh-
ter of Thomas Gyfford, esq. of Twyford, in
Bucks, and had a son,

Francis Samwell, who removed from
Cotsford, in Oxford, and settled, first at
Northampton, aud subsequently at Thorpe.
This gentleman, who was auditor to King
Henry VII. wedded Mary, daughter and
co-heir of the Rev. William Bill, D.D. of
Ashwell, in Herts, Lord Almoner, to Queen
Elizabeth, and had (with a daughter Mar-
garet, to. to Robert Pargeter, esq. of Gret-
worth) a son and heir,

Sir William Samwell, auditor to Queen
Elizabeth, who received the honor of
knighthood at the coronation of King James
I. He wedded Jane, daughter of Sir Henry
Skipwith, knt. of Keythorpe, in Leicester-
shire, and left surviving issue, at his decease
in 1627,

I. Richard (Sir), his successor.

ii . Arthur, of Morton-Murrell, in War-
wickshire, who to. Mary, daughter of
Sir Stephen Harvey, K.B. and dying



in 1067, left two daughters , Mary
and Anne,
in. Robert, who d. unmarried,
iv. Anthony, of Dean's Yard, West-
minster, who m. Anne, daughter of
— Haynes, esq. of Chesington, in
Surrey, and had, with other issue, a
son and heir,

William, of Dean's Yard, West-
minster, and of Watton, in Nor-
folk, who to. Anne, daughter of
Sir Denner Strut, bart. of Little
Warley, in Essex, by whom (who
to. after Mr. Samwell's decease,
John, third son of Sir Philip
Wodehouse, bart.) he left at his
demise, in 1676, an only daugh-
ter and heiress,

Anne, who espoused William
Henry Fleming, esq. and
conveyed to her husband
the manor of Watton. She
d. in 1728.
v. Frances, who d. unmarried.
vi. Jane, to. to Sir Spacote Harrington,
knt. of Exton, in Rutlandshire, and
Milton, in the county of Northamp-
ton, by whom she had a son, the fa-
mous James Harrington,* author
of the Oceana.



* This gentleman, one of the most eminent po-
litical writers of the seventeenth century, received
his education at Trinity College, Oxford, under
the care of the celebrated Chilling-worth. Upon
first entering- into political life, though a zealous
republican in principle, he formed a strong perso-
nal attachment to King Charles I. and after ser-
ving for years, with the most constant fidelity,
attended, at length, his ill-fated monarch to the
scaffold, where he received, it is reported, a token
of his Majesty's affection. Retiring into private
life, during the protectorate, he devoted his leisure
to the production of his celebrated work, " The
Commonwealth of Oceana," which, by the order
of Cromwell was seized in the press, but restored
ao-nin through the medium of Mrs. Claypole, the
Usurper's favorite child, at whose suggestion it
was dedicated to her father, on its publication in



SAM WELL, OF UPTON HALL.



441



Sir William Samwell was s. by his eldest
surviving son,

Sir Richard Samwell, knt. of Upton,
and Gay ton, in the county of Northampton,
who m. Mary, dau. of Sir Richard Verney, kt.
of Compton, in Warwickshire, by Margaret,
sister and heiress of Fulke Greville, Baron
Brooke, and had issue,
Richard, his heir.

Frances, who in. Rebecca, daughter of
Robert Selsby, esq. of Duston, in
Northamptonshire, and had issue.
William, d. young.

Jane, m. to Sir Edward Rossiter, knt.
of Somerby, in Lincolnshire.
Sir Richard Samwell d. in 1688, and was s.
by his son,

Richard Samwell, esq. of Upton. This
gentleman wedded, in 1637, Frances, eldest
daughter and co-heir of Thomas, Viscount
Wenman, of Tuam, in Ireland, by Mar-
garet, daughter and heiress of Edmund
Hampden, esq. of Hartwell, in Bucks, and
had issue to survive youth,

Thomas, his heir.

Margaret, m. to Thomas Catesby, esq.
of Ecton.

Penelope, m. to Sir William Yorke, kt.
of Lessingham, in Lincolnshire.

Elizabeth, who d. unm.

Agnes, m. to Robert Codrington, esq. of
Codrington, in Gloucestershire.

Frances, m. to Sir Thomas Wagstaff, of
Tachebrooke, in Warwickshire, by
whom she had one daughter, Frances*
m. first, to Sir Edward Bagot, bart.



1656. It is said, that when Oliver perused it,
he declared that " the gentleman had wrote it very
well, but must not think to cheat him out of his
power and authority : for that which he had won
by the sword, he would not suffer himself to be
scribbled out of.''

The Oceana is a species of political allegory,
exhibiting in a fictitious land, the form of govern-
ment most conducive, in its author's opinion, to
public liberty.

In order still further to propagate his theories,
he instituted a nightlv meeting of several able and
ingenious men, in the New Palace Yard, West-
minster, which bore the name of " The Rota." —
This assemby terminated at the Restoration. The
discussions were warm and spirited, and the voices
of the members were taken by ballot, a mode
of voting first invented bv the society. Shortly
after the Restoration, Harrington was arrested for
a supposed plot against the government, and suf-
fered, in consequence, much hardship and seve-
rity. He eventually, however, procured his re-
lease, and espoused Katherine, daughter of Sir
Murmaduke Darrell. Hed. in 1677. Beside the
" Oceana," he was the author of many political
pamphlets.

* 1 'his lady, by her first husband, Sir Edward
Bagot, had an only surviving son, Sir Walter



and secondly, to Sir Adolphus Ough-
ton, bart.
Mary, in. to Adolphus Oughton, esq.
He was s. by his son,

Sir Thomas Samwell, of Upton, who
was created a baronet, 28 Charles II.
He in. first, Elizabeth, daughter and solt
heiress of George Gooday, esq. of Bower
Hall, in Essex, by whom he had two survi-
ving daughters, viz.

Elizabeth, m. to Sir John Langham,
bart. of Cottesbrooke Park, and was
great-grandmother of the present Sir
James Langham, bart.
Frances, in. to Sir Richard Newman,
bart.
Sir Thomas wedded, secondly, Anne, dau.
and heiress of Sir John Godschalk, of
Atlierston upon Stower, in the county of
W r arwick. by whom he left at his decease,
in 1693, an only son and heir,

Sir Thomas Samwell, second baronet,
of Upton. This gentleman m. first, Marga-
ret, daughter of the Rev. Thomas Fuller,
D.D. rector of Hatfield, in Herts, by whom
he had issue,

Thomas (Sir) his successor.

Richard, who d. young.

Millicent, d. unm.

Frances, in. in 1740, to John Ashe,

esq. of Langley Burrell, Wilts.
Anne, m. to Timothy, Stoughton, esq.

of Allesley, in Warwickshire.
Mary, m. to the Rev. Stephen Lang-
ham, rector of Cottesbroke, fourth son
of Sir John Langham.
Sir Thomas in. secondly, Mary, daughter
of Sir Gilbert Clarke, knt. of Chilcot, in
Derbyshire, and relict of William Ives, esq.
of Bradden, in the county of Northampton,
by whom he had further issue,
Wenman, heir to his brother.
Dorothy, d. in infancy.
Catherine, who espoused in 1754,
Thomas Atherton Watson, esq. of
Bedlington, in Northumberland, by
whom (who d. in 1793) she left at
her decease in 1790, three sons and
two daughters, viz.

Thomas-Samwell Watson, heir to

his uncle.
Wenman-Langham Watson, pre-
sent proprietor.
Atherton Watson.
Camila-Matilda Watson.
Charlotte-Felicia Watson, m. in
1792, to the Rev. Benjamin Tin-
ley, B. D. of Whissendine, in

Wagstaffe Bagot, LL.D. M.P. successively for
Newcastle-under-I.ioe, the county of Stafford, and
the university of Oxfordshire.who was grandfather
of William, present Lord Bagot. See Burke's
Peerage.



442



KNIGHT, OF GODMERSHAM.



Rutlandshire, by whom, who d.
in 1804, she has surviving issue,
three daughters, Clarissa-Feli-
cia, Frances-Anne, and Char-
lotte-Henrietta.
Sir Thomas Samwell was s. by his eldest
son,

Sir Thomas Samwell, third baronet of
Upton, b. 28th Febuary, 1710, who d. un-
married in 1779, and was s. by his half
brother,

Sir Wenman Samwell, fourth baronet of
Upton, b. in 1728, who espoused Elizabeth,
daughter of Thomas Smith, esq. of East
Haddon, but dying s. p. in 1789, the title
became Extinct, while the estates devolved
upon (the eldest son of his sister) his nephew,
Thomas Samwell Watson, esq. who,
upon becoming of " Upton," assumed the
additional surname and arms of Samwell.
This gentleman, who was appointed in 1803,
lieutenant colonel of the Northamptonshire
militia, and in 1813, lieutenant colonel
commandant of the central regiment of local
militia, espoused Frances, second daughter
of the Rev. Henry Seymour Perfect, of
Park-street, Westminster, but dying issue-
less in 1832, the estates devolved upon his
brother, the present Wenman-Langham
Watson-Samwell, esq. of Upton Hall.

Arms — Quarterly ; first and fourth, arg.
two squirrels sejant addorsed gu. for Sam-
well. Second and third, arg. on a chev.
engrailed, az. between three martlets sa. as
many crescents or, for Watson.



Crests — First, On a ducal coronet or, a
squirrel sejant gu. cracking a nut ppr. for
Samwell. Second, A grifliu gorged with a
ducal coronet or, for Watson.

Mottoes — Christus sit regula vitae, for
Samwell. Spero meliora, for Watson.

QlURTERINGS.



Samwell.
Trewarthen.

GlFFORD.

Bill.

Wenman.

GlFFORD.

Gardens.

Moretegne.

Stretley.

Vaux.

Winslow.

POURE.

Damery.

cottisford.

Williams.

Moore.

Bledlow.



Gradock.

Boson.

Hampden.

Upton.

Shingleton.

Stokes.

Luton.

Hartwell.

Hartshorn.

Nernuit.

Egecombe.

godschalk.

Starkey.

Oulton.

Leighton.

Wrenbury.



Estates — The manor and lordship of Up-
ton, at Rothersthorpe, and Wootton, in
Northamptonshire ; in Middlesex, Surrey,
and in the city of London.

Seat — Upton Hall. The Samwell s were
formerly seated at Rothersthorpe and Gay-
ton, in Northamptonshire ; and at Athers-
tone-upon-Stower, in the county of War-
wick.



KNIGHT, OF GODMERSHAM.



KNIGHT, EDWARD, esq. of Chawton House, in the county of Hants, and of

Godmersham Park, in Kent, m. Elizabeth, daughter of
Sir Brook Bridges, bart. by whom (who d. in 1808) he
has issue,

Edward, who m. in 1826, Mary-Dorothy, daughter of
Sir Edward Knatchbull, and has issue.

George-Thomas.

Henry.

William, who m. Caroline, eldest daughter of John
Portal, esq. of Freefolk House, in Hants.

Charles-Bridges.

Brook- John.

Fanny-Catherine, m. in 1820, to Sir Edward Knatch-
bull, bart. M.P.

Elizabeth, in. to Edward Rice, esq. of Dane Court, Kent.

Marianne.

Louisa.
This gentleman, whose patronymic was Austen, assumed
the surname of Knight upon inheriting the estates of
that family.




KNIGHT, OF GODMERSHAM.



443



Ht'neage.



The family of Kmght is of high respec-
tability, in Hampshire.

William Kmght, of Chawton, living
about the middle of the sixteenth century,
was great grandfather of

Nicholas Knight, esq. who left issue by
his wife, Elizabeth, three sons, viz.

John, who d. in 1621, leaving an only
daughter, Joanna, m. to John Gunter,
esq. of Racton.
Nicholas, who d. unmarried.
Stephen.
This

Stephen Kmght, of Chawton, esq. d.
1628, leaving one son and a daughter, viz.
Richard.

Dorothy, who m. Richard Martin,*
esq. of Ensham, in Oxfordshire, and