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the Cornish Archers, which was seated near
the Lizard, became extinct in the reign of
Edward IV. when the heiress wedded Le-
veies of St. Burian, in the church whereof
their ensigns are constantly traced in old
carved work amongst the quarterings of
other families. Upon the extinction of this
branch the representation devolved on the
Archers of Trelaske.

John Archer (whose father married —
Swete, of Modbury, in Devon) espoused the
sister and heiress of Samuel Addis, of White-
ford, and left, with other issue, at his de-
cease in 1726,

Swete Nicholas Archer, esq. of Tre-
laske, who served the office of sheriff for



Cornwall in the year 1758. He m. Anne
Basset, sister of Francis Basset, father of
Lord de Dunstanville, but dying s. p. was
s. by his nephew,

Edward Archer, esq. of Trelaske, who
was sheriff of Cornwall in 1794. This gen-
tleman espoused TheophilaFreno, by whom
(who d. in 1798) he had no issue. Mr. Ar-
cher died at Plymouth, whither he had
gone for the benefit of his health, and was
buried in the family vault at Lewannick.
He was s. at his decease by his brother,

Samuel Archer, esq. who wedded Do-
rothy-Ayre, daughter of the Rev. John
Yonge, of Portlinch, in the county of Devon,
by whom (who d. in 1797) he had issue,

Edward, his heir.

Samuel.

Elizabeth-Anne.

Jane.

Anne.
Mr. Archer was s. at his decease in June,
1822, by his elder son, the present Edward
Archer, esq. of Trelaske.

Arms — Sa. a chevron engrailed arg. be-
tween three pheons or.

Crest — A quiver.

Estates — In the parishes of Lewannick,
Northhill, Altarnun, and South-Petherwin,
in Cornwall.

Seat — Trelaske, near Launceston ; which
mansion-house Mr. Archer has recently re-
built.



CURWEN, OF WORKINGTON HALL.

CURWEN, HENRY, esq. of Workington Hall, in the county of Cumberland, b. 5th

December, 1783, m. 11th October, 1804, Jane, daughte-
j^P"^ of Edward Stanley, esq. of Whitehaven, and has issue,

iv'iV i John, his heir.

Edward Stanley, lieutenant 14th Dragoons, m. 22nd
January, 1833, Frances, dau. of Edward Jesse,
esq. of Hampton Court, in Middlesex.

Henry, of Trinity College, Cambridge.

Charles.

William.

Isabella, m. to the Rev. John Wordsworth, rector
of Moresby, in Cumberland.

Julia.

Jane.

Mr. Curwen s. his father on the 9th December, 1828.
He is in the commission of the peace for Cumberland,
and high sheriff the present year.




578



CURWEN, OF WORKINGTON HALL.



Umeage.



" Workington (says Camden) is now the
seat of the ancient knightly family of the
Curwens, descended from Gospatric, Earl
of Northumberland, who took that name by
covenant from Culwen, a family of Gallo-
way, the heir whereof they had married.
They have a stately castle-like seat ; and
from this family (increaseth vanity) I myself
am descended by the mother's side."

Ivo de Talboys, first Lord of Kendal,
brother of Fulk, Earl of Anjou and King of
Jerusalem, espoused Elgiva, daughter of
our Saxon monarch Etheldred, and was
father of

Eldred or Etheldred, second feudal
Lord of Kendal, who m. Adgitha, and was
s. by his son,

Kitel, third Baron of Kendal. This
feudal lord married a lady named Chris-
tiana, as appears by his grant of the Church
of Morland to the Abbey of St. Mary's in
York, to which she was a subscribing wit-
ness. By her he had issue,

I. Gilbert, successor to the barony of
Kendal, whose son,
William, assumed, according to
Dugdale, from being governor
of Lancaster Castle, the surname
of Lancaster. From him de-
scended
John de Lancaster, who was
summoned to parliament as
a baron in 1299. (See
Burkes Extinct Peerage.)
ii. Orme.
hi. William.
The second son,

Orme, wedded Gunilda, sister of Wal-
dieve, first Lord of Allerdale, son of Gos-
patrick, Earl of Dunbar, and acquiring by
grant from the said Waldieve the manor of
Seaton, below Derwent, parcel of the barony
of Allerdale, took up his abode there ; he
had also by the same conveyance the towns
of Camberton, Crayksothen, and Flemingby.
The walls and ruins of the mansion-house of
Seaton, Mr. Denton states to have been
visible in his time. Orme was *. by his
son,

Gospatric, to whom Alan, second Lord
of Allerdale, his cousin german, gave High
Ireby, which remained vested in a younger
branch of the Curwens, which terminated
in female heirs. This Gospatric was the
first of the family who was Lord of Work-
ington, having exchanged with his cousin,
William de Lancaster, the lordship of Mid-
•dleton in Westmorland for the lands of
Lamplugh and Workington in Cumberland.



In this bargain De Lancaster retained to
himself and his heirs an annual rent charge
of 6d. to be paid at the fair of Carlisle, or
a pair of gilt spurs, binding Gospatric and
his heirs to do homage, and to discharge his
foreign service for the same to the barony
or castle of Egremont. Gospatric had, with
four younger sons (Gilbert, Adam, Orme,
and Alexander), his successor,

Thomas, called after the fashion of those
times, son of Gospatric. To this Thomas,
one Rowland, son of Ughtred, son of Fergus,
gave the lordship of Culwen, in Galloway.
He d. 7th December, 1152, having had
issue,

Thomas, who m. Joan, daughter of
Robert de Veteripont, but died in the
lifetime of his father, leaving an only
daughter, who wedded Harrington,
of Harrington.
Patric.

Alan, who acquired by gift of his bro-
ther Patric the lands of Camerton,
and thence deriving their surname,
the Camertons descend from him.
This Thomas, son of Gospatric, granted
Lamplugh to Robert de Lamplugh and his
heirs, to be holden by the yearly present-
ment of a pair of gilt spurs. To his second
son, Patric, he had given, while his eldest
son was living, the lordship of Culwen, in
Galloway, and the said Patric assuming his
surname therefrom, became

Patric de Culwen ; his elder brother
dying subsequently without male issue, he
succeeded to the entire estate, and was
thenceforward designated " Patric de Cul-
wen, of Workington." He was s. by his
eldest son,

Thomas de Culwen, of Workington, who
was s. at his decease by his brother,

Gilbert de Culwen, of Workington, who
left, by his wife Editha, a son and heir,

Gilbert de Culwen, of Workington, who
d. in the third of Edward III. and was s.
by his son,

Sir Gilbert de Culwen, of Workington,
who was returned to parliament by the
county of Cumberland in the 47th, 48th,
and 50th of Edward III. He died in the
seventh of the next reign, and was s. by his
son,

Sir Christopher de Culwen, of Work-
ington. This gentleman, like his father,
represented his native county in several
parliaments. He was sheriff of the same
shire in the second and twelfth of Henry
VI. by the name of Culwen, and in the
sixth of the same reign by that of Curwen,



CURWEN, OF WORKINGTON HALL.



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to which latter cognomen the family has
ever since adhered. Sir Christopher was s.
hy his son,

Sir Thomas Curwen, of Workington,
M.P. for Cumberland, who d. 3rd Edward
IV., and was s. by his son,

Sir Christopher Curwen, of Working-
ton, living temp. Henry VII. who left at his
decease a son and successor,

Sir Thomas Curwen, of Workington.
This gentleman d. in the 34th of Henry
VIII., and in that year, by an inquisition of
knight's fees in Cumberland, it was found
that he held the manor of Workington of
the king by knight's service, as of his castle
of Egremont. He was possessed at the same
time of the manor of Thornthwaite, and of
one third of Bothill, with the manors of Sea-
ton and Camerton, and divers tenements in
Gilerouse, Great Broughton, and Dereham.
He was s. by his son,

Sir Henry Curwen, of Workington, who
had the honor of affording an asylum in his
mansion-house to the Queen of Scotland,
Mary Stuart, when that unhappy princess
sought the protection of England, and had
the good feeling to treat the fallen sovereign
with the deference due to her princely sta-
tion and the kindness claimed by her mis-
fortunes. The queen remained at Working-
ton until removed by Elizabeth, first to
Cockermouth Castle and then to Carlisle.
The apartment in which her majesty slept
bears still the name of the " Queen's Cham-
ber." Sir Henry m. first, Mary, daughter
of Sir Nicholas Fairfax, and had a son
Nicholas, his successor. He wedded, se-
condly, Jane Crosby, and had
George, who d. s. p.
Thomas, who left, with two younger
sons,
Darcy, who had
Henry.

Eldred, who s. his brother, and
subsequently his cousin, Hen-
ry Curwen, esq. of Working-
ton, when he became repre-
sentative of the family.
Sir Henry, who represented Cumberland in
parliament, in the 6th of Edward VI. and
1st Elizabeth, was s. at his decease in the
35th of the latter reign, by his eldest son,

Sir Nicholas Curwen, of Workington,
M.P. for Cumberland, who wedded, first,
Anne, daughter of Sir Simon Musgrave, but
had no issue. He m. secondly, Elizabeth,
daughter of Judge Cams, and dying 2nd of
James I. left a son and successor,

Sir Henry Curwen, of Workington, M.P.
for Cumberland in the 18th of J \ M ES I. This
gentleman espoused first, Catherine, daugh-
ter and co-heir of Sir John Dalston, and had
Vwo sons, Patrick, his heir, and Thomas.
He m. secondly, Miss Margaret Wharton,

1.



and had a third son, Eldred. He d. in the
21st of James I., and was s. by his eldest
son,

Sir Patrick Curwen, of Workington,
M.P. for Cumberland, who was created a
baronet in 1626, but dying issueless, in
1664, the title became extinct, while the es-
tates devolved upon his brother,

Thomas Curwen, esq. of Workington, at
whose decease, unmarried, 25th Charles
II. the estates passed to his half brother,

Eldred Curwen, esq. of Workington,
who died the next year, and was s. by his
son,

Henry Curwen, esq. of Workington.
This gentleman dying without issue, Ins
branch of the family expired, when the
estates and representation reverted to his
cousin, (refer to descendants of Sir Henry
Curwen by his second wife, Jane Crosby,)

Eldred Curwen, esq. who thus became
" of Workington." Mr. Curwen served the
office of sheriff for Cumberland in the 3rd of
George II., and represented Cockermouth
in parliament. He died in the 18th of the
same reign, and was s. by his son,

Henry Curwen, esq. of Workington.
This gentleman who was returned to parlia-
ment by the city of Carlisle, in 1762, stood
for the county of Cumberland at the general
election in 1768, and after an unprecedented
contest was placed at the head* of the poll,
by a considerable majority. Mr. Curwen
espoused the daughter of William Gale, esq.
of Whitehaven, and had an only daughter
and heiress,

Isabella Curwen, who m. John Chris-
tian, esq. of Unerigg Hall, and con-
veying to him the lands of the Cur-
wens, he assumed, in 1790, their
surname and arms, and thus became

John Christian-Curwen, esq. of Work-
ington. Mr. Christian had been married
previously to Miss Taubman, of the Isle of
Man, who left at her decease an only son,
John Christian, esq. of Unerigg Hall, one
of the Dempsters of that island. By the
heiress of the Curwens (his second wife) he
had issue,

Henry, heir to his mother.

William, in holy orders, rector of Har-
rington, in Cumberland, now de-
ceased.

Edward, of Belle Grange, in the county
of Lancaster.



The candidates and numbers were : —

Curwen 2190

Fletcher 2027

Lowther (Sir James) 1993

Senhouse 1904

P P



580



TYRWHITT-DRAKE, OF SHARDELOES.



John, in holy orders, rector of Harring-
ton.

Bridget, m. to Charles Walker, esq.
of Ashford Court, in the county of
Salop.

Christiana-Frances, of Uppingtou, in
Shropshire.

Mr. Curwen served the office of sheriiF for
Cumberland in 1784. In 1786, he was re-
returned to parliament for Carlisle, and
continued to represent that borough in se-
veral parliaments. He became subsequently
knight of the shire for Cumberland, and so
remained until his decease, on the 9th De-
cember, 1828. Mr. Curwen acquired dis-
tinction by his rural pursuits and as a prac-
tical farmer introduced numerous valuable
improvements, under his own immediate



superintendence, which gave a novel direc-
tion to the business of the agriculturist. He
was succeeded at his decease in his own
estates by his eldest son, John Christian,
esq. and in those of the Curwens, by his
second son, the present Henry Curwen,
esq. of Workington Hall.

Arms — Arg. fretty gules, a chief azure.

Crest — A unicorn's head erased arg.
armed or.

Estates — Workington, Harrington Dean,
Distington, and Flimby Parishes, in Cum-
berland, Windermere, in Westmoreland,
and Hawkshead, Lancashire. The two first
many centuries in the family.

Motto — Si je n' estoy.

Seats — Workington, in Cumberland, and
Belle Isle, in Windermere, Westmoreland.



TYRWHITT-DRAKE, OF SHARDELOES.

DRAKE-TYRWHITT, THOMAS, esq. of Shardeloes, in the county of Buckingham,

of Stainfield Hall, Lincolnshire, and of St. Donat's
Castle, Glamorganshire, b. 16th March, 1783, m. in
October, 1814, Barbara-Caroline, daughter of Arthur
Annesley, esq. of Bletchingdon Park, in the county of
Oxford, and has issue,

Thomas, b. in July, 1818.
John, b. in June, 1821.
William, b. in August, 1823.
Edward, b. in May, 1832.
Barbara- A nne.
Frances-Isabella.
Mary-Elizabeth.
Augusta-Charlotte.
Susan-Louisa.
Elizabeth-Catherine.



Mr. Tyrwhitt-Drake succeeded his father in October, 1810. He is a magistrate and
deputy-lieutenant for the county of Bucks, and was for several years member of par-
liament for the borough of Amersham.

Htncagc.




The family of Drake, which spread into
many eminent and flourishing houses, de-
rived from

John Drake, of Ashe, in the parish of
MusDury and county of Devon, who wedded
in the time of Henry V. Christiana, daugh-
ter and heiress of John Billet, by Anne, his
wife, dau. and heir of Warren Hampton, of
Ashe, and had a son and heir,



John Drake, of Otterton, in Devonshire,
who m. Christiana, daughter and heiress of
John Antage, and was grandfather of

John Drake, esq. of Otterton. This gen-
tleman espoused Agnes, daughter of John
Kelloway, and bad issue,
John, his heir.
Richard.
Robert.



TYRWHITT-DRAKE, OF SHARDELOES.



Tliomas, of Hertford, in Devon, who
to. Hellena, daughter of Bennett
Hillen, esq. of Fen Autri, in the
same shire.
Agnes, to. to William, second son of
John Pole, esq. of Shute, in Devon-
shire.
The eldest son,

John Drake, esq. of Axmouth, married
Margaret, daughter of John Cole, esq. of
Rill, in the county of Devon, and had, with
Gilbert, ancestor of th« Drakes, of Sprats-
hays, an elder son, his successor,

John Drake, esq. of Ashe. This gentle-
man to. Anne, daughter of Roger Grenville,
esq. of Stowe, in Cornwall, by whom (who
d. in 1577) he left at his decease in 1558,
I. Bernard (Sir), of Mount Drake and
Ashe, both in Devonshire, to. Ger-
trude, daughter of Bartholomew For-
tescue, esq. of Filleigh, and had
issue. Sir Bernard received the honor
of knighthood in 1585, and died the
next year, when he was s. by his
son,

John Drake, esq. of Mount Drake
and Ashe, who to. Dorothy,
dau. of William Button, esq. of
Alton, and was s. at his decease,
in 1628, by his son,
Sir John Drake, knt. of Mount
Drake and Ashe. This gentle-
man wedded Helen, second dau.
and co-heir* of Sir John Butler,
bart. of Hatfield Woodhouse,
Herts, (who was raised to the
peerage, by King James I., as
Baron Butler, of Bramfield,)
and dying in 1636, left issue,

1. John (Sir), his successor,
who was cieated a baronet
by King Charles II. The
title expired with the fifth
baronet, Sir William
Drake, in 1733.

2. George, d. unmarried in
1664.

3. Thomas, d. in Ireland in
1659.

4. Henry.

5. Dorothy, to. to William
Yardley, esq.



* The other co-heirs were : —

1. Aubrey, m. first, to Sir Francis Anderson,
and secondly to Francis, Earl ot'Chichester.

2. Jane, m. to James Ley, Earl of Marl-
borough.

3. Olivera, m. to Endymion Porter, esq.

4. Man-, m. to Edward, Lord Howard, of
Escrick.

5. Anne, m. first, to Mountjoy Blount, Earl
of Newport, and secondly, to Thomas
Weston, Earl of Portland.— Burke's Ex-
tinct and Dormant Peerage.



d. unmarried.



6. Mary, d. unmarried.

7. Eleanora, to. to John Bris-
coe, esq. of Cumberland.

8. Elizabeth, to. to Sir Wins-
ton Churchill, of Standish,
and was mother of the great
Duke of Marlborough.

9. Gertrude,

10. Ivanna,

11. Jane, m. to William Yonge,
esq. of Castleton.

12. Anne, married to Richard
Strode, esq. of Chalmington.

ii. Robert of Wiscomb, in Devon, who
to. Elizabeth, daughter of Humphrey
Prideaux, esq. of Thewborough, and
had, with other children,

"both distinguished mili-
tary men ; the elder a
colonel, the younger
a captain, who fell in
the defence of Ostend.



Robert,
Henry,



hi. Richard.
The third son,

Richard Drake, esq. who was one of the
equerries to Queen Elizabeth, to. Ursula,
daughter of Sir William Stafford, knt. and
dying 11th July, 1603, was s. by his son,

Francis Drake, esq. of Esher, one of the
gentlemen of the privy chamber in ordinary,
who espoused Joan, daughter of William
Tothill, esq. of Shardeloes, in the county of
Buckingham, and had issue,
William (Sir), his heir.
John, d. unmarried in 1623.
Francis, of Walton-on-Thames, who
to. first, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir
Alexander Denton, and secondly,
Dorothy, daughter of Sir William
Spring, bart. of Pakenham Hall, in
the county of Suffolk, by this lady
he had a son,

W illiam (Sir), who succeeded his
uncle.
Joan.
Mr. Drake d. 17th March, 1633, and was s.
by his eldest son,

Sir William Drake, of Shardeloes, b. in
1606. This gentleman, who was chirographer
to the court of Common Pleas, was created
a baronet in 1641. He died unmarried in
1669, when the title became extinct, and
the estates passed to his nephew,

Sir William Drake, knt. of Shardeloes,
M.P. for the borough of Agmondesham,
who to. Elizabeth, second daughter and
co-heiress of William Montague, Lord Chief
Baron of the Exchequer, and had (with
other children who died all young),
Montague, bis heir.
Mary, to. to Sir John Tynvhitt, bart. of
Stainfield, (his second wife).
Sir William d. in 1690, and was s. by his
son,

Montague Drake, esq. of Shardeloes,



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TYRWHITT-DRAKE, OF SHARDELOES.



M.P. for Agmondesham. This gentleman
m. Jane, daughter and heiress of Sir John
Garrard, bart. of Lamer, and left at his
decease, in 1698, with a daughter, Mary, m.
to Sir Edward Everard, bart. a son and
heir,

Montague Garrard Drake, esq. of
Shardeloes. This gentleman was elected
to parliament for Agmondesham in 1713,
1715, and 1727, and he sate for the county
of Buckingham in 1722. He wedded Isa-
bella, dau. and heiress of Thomas Marshall,
esq. and had issue,

Montague-Garrard, who died (before

his father) without issue, in 1722,
William, heir.

Thomas, LL.D. in holy orders, b. 25th
July, 1727, m. Elizabeth, daughter of
Isaac Whittington, esq. of Orford
House, Essex. Dr. Drake died in
1775.
He died in 1728, and was s. by his elder
surviving son,

William Drake, esq. LL.D. of Sharde-
loes, M.P. for Agmondesham from the year
1746 until his decease. He m. Elizabeth,
daughter of John Raworth, esq. by whom
(who d. in 1757) he had

William, LL.D., M.P. for Agmondes-
ham, m. first, in 1778, Mary, only
dau. and heiress of William Hussey,
esq. M.P. for Salisbury, and se-
condly, Elizabeth, only daughter and
heiress of Jeremiah Ives, esq. of
Norwich, but died issueless, in the
lifetime of his father, in 1795.
Thomas, heir to his father.
John, LL.D. in holy orders, rector of
Agmondesham, m. Mary, eldest dau.
and co-heiress of the Rev. William
Wickham, of Garsington.
Henry, died young.
Charles, who inherited the Garrard
estates, and assumed the surname of
Garrard (See Drake-Garrard).
Elizabeth, m. to the Rev. Richard
Frank, D.D. rector of Alderton, in
Suffolk.
Katharine, d. young.
Isabel, d. unmarried in 1797.
Mr. Drake d. 8th August, 1796, aged seventy-
two, and was s. by his eldest surviving son,
Thomas Drake, esq. LL.D. of Sharde-
loes, who had assumed in 1776, in accord-



ance with the testamentary injunction of
Sir John de la Fountain-Tyrwhitt, bart. the
surname and arms of Tyrwhitt, but upon
inheriting the estates of his own family at
the decease of his father, he resumed, in
addition, his paternal name, and became
Tyrwhitt-Drake. He m. 8th August, 1780,
Anne, daughter and co-heiress of the Rev.
William Wickham, of Garsington, in the
county of Oxford, and had issue,

Thomas, his heir.

William, m. Emma, daughter of the
late Joseph Hahy, esq. of Gaddes-
den, Herts.

John, in holy orders, rector of Amers-
ham, m. first, Mary, third daughter
of Arthur Annesley, esq. of Bletch-
ingdon, in Oxfordshire, who died in
1827. He espoused secondly, Emily,
fifth dau. of the late Charles Drake-
Garrard, esq. of Lamer Park, Herts.

George, in holy orders, rector of Mal-
pas, in the county of Chester, m. Jane,
second daughter of the late Joseph
Hahy, esq. of Gaddesden.

Frederick-William.

Mary-Frances.

Anne, m. to Hugh Richard Hoare,
esq. of Lillingstone, Bucks.

Louisa-Isabella, in. to the Rev. John

Anthony Partridge, rector of Cran-

wich, in the county of Norfolk.

Mr. Tyrwhitt-Drake d. in 1810, and was s.

by his eldest son, the present Thomas

Tyrwhitt-Drake, esq. of Shardeloes.

Arms — Quarterly, first and fourth, arg. a
wivern, wings displayed, and tail nowed,
gules, for Drake. Second and third, gules,
three tirwhitts, or lapwings, or, for Tyr-
whitt.

Crests — For Drake, a naked dexter hand
and arm erect, holding a battle-axe sa.
headed arg. For Tyrwhitt, a savage man
ppr. cinctured and wreathed vert, holding
in both hands a club.

Estates — In the parish of Amersham,
Great and Little Messenden, Bucks ; Mal-
pas, Cheshire ; Stainfield, Aylesby, and
Croft, Lincolnshire ; St. Donat's Castle, in
the county of Glamorgan.

Town Residence — 29, Bel grave Square.

Seat — Shardeloes, Amersham, Bucks.



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TYRWHITT, OF NANTYR.



TYRWHITT, RICHARD, esq. of Nantyr, in the county of Denbigh, a deputy-
lieutenant for that shire, m. Elizabeth, daughter of the
Rev. Jonathan Lipyeatt, rector of Great Hallingbury, in
Essex, and has issue,




1



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V




Robert-Philip, barrister-at-law, who m. in 1824,
Cathcrine-Wigley, eldest daughter of Henry St. John,
esq. son of the Hon. and Very Rev. St. Andrew St.
John, Dean of Worcester, by whom he has two sons,
Richard-St. John and Beauchamp.

2. Thomas, in holy orders, M. A. rector of Whitchurch,
and vicar of Turn worth, in Dorsetshire, and a pre-
bendary of New Sarum.

3. Richard-Edmund.

4. Henry.

5. Percy.

6. William.

7. Septimus.

8. Harriet-Anne.

9. Eliza.

10. Emily.

11. Louisa-Stanley.



Mr. Tyrwhitt is a barrister-at-law, and recorder of Chester.



Hintaae.



This family, styled by Camden in his
Brittania " the honorable and ancient house
of Tyrwhitts. knts.," has been seated for
several centuries in the north of England.
The first person of the name of whom we
have any certain account is a Sir Herculus,
who is said (on the authority of the Vincent
and Harleian MSS.)to have been knighted
and settled in Northumberland 2nd William
I. Himself, or his son, bearing the same
name, married a daughter of Sir Thomas
Scargill, knt. and was living A.D. 1109, 10th
Henry I. This Sir Hercules is stated to
have thus acquired the surname of Tyr-
whitt. Severely wounded in defending a
bridge, single handed, against numerous as-
sailants, at the moment he had succeeded
in forcing them to retire, he fell exhausted
amongst the flags and rushes of an adjoining
swamp, while the attention of his party, who
in the interim had rallied, was fortunately
directed to the spot where he lay by a flock
of lapwings (or as called in some counties
tyrwhitt) screaming and hovering above, as
is customary with those birds when disturbed
in the vicinity of their nests. Camden, how-
ever, in his Remains derives the name from
the place so called. The son of Sir Her-
cules,



Sir Robert Tyrwhitt, was Lord of Tyr-
whitt and Assancke, in Northumberland.
He wedded a daughter of Sir John Wither-
ington, and from this marriage descended,
through a line of progenitors who allied
with the Umfravilles, Lowthers, Harbottles,
Ogles, Vauxes, of Gillesland, Nevilles, &c.
Robert Tyrwhitt, grandson of Sir Oliver,
who was grandson of Sir Hercules. This
gentleman, who is described (Harl. MSS.
810) as " Robertus Tyrwhit arm de Ketilby,
com. Line, ac Tyrwhitt com. Northumbria,"
is mentioned in several of the MSS. some-
times as of Tyrwhitt and at others as of
Ketilbv. He m. Anne, daughter of William