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Hereford, and relict of Sir Thomas Moning-
ton. He was succeeded at his decease by
his son,

John Trye, esq. of Hardwicke, who
m. Mary, daughter and co-heir of Sir
John Gourney, of Letterington, in the
county of Suffolk, and upon the demise of
Lady Jane Grey, one of the co-heirs of
Charles Brandon, the celebrated Duke of
Suffolk,* the brother-in-law and favorite of
Henry VIII. By this lady he had a son
and successor,

John Trye, esq. of Hardwicke, who m.
first, Mary, daughter of Sir William Skip-
with, knt. of Ormesby, M.P. for Lincoln-
shire, 6th Edward VI. by Elizabeth, only
daughter and heiress of the right hon. Sir
Richard Page, knt. of Beechwood, Herts,
and secondly, a sister of Sir James Crofts.
He was succeeded at his decease by his
son,

William Trye, esq. of Hardwicke. This
gentleman espoused Mary, daughter of Sir
Edward Tyrrel, of Thornton, in Bucks,
and, through that marriage, the family of
Trye became founders kin at All Souls
College, Oxford. Mr. Trye was slain in a
quarrel, at Gloucester, in 1610, and was
succeeded by his son,

William Trye, esq. of Hardwicke, who
m. Anne, daughter of William Vincent,
esq. of Acton, in the county of Middlesex,
and left, with other issue, a son,

Thomas Trye, esq. who wedded Annah,
daughter and co-heir of Richard Jones, esq.
of Hanham, in the county of Gloucester,
and was father of

William Trye, esq. of Hardwicke, who
represented the city of Gloucester in par-
liament. He espoused Mary, daughter of
— Home, esq. of Home Castle, and had a
son and heir,

* See Burke's Extinct and Dormant Peerage. -



Thomas Trye, esq. of Hardwicke. This
gentleman married Mary, daughter of the
Rev. Thomas Norwood, of Leckhampton
Court, in the county of Gloucester, and had
issue,

William, who left issue ; but their

issue is supposed to be now extinct.
John, of whom we are about to treat.
Mr. Trye sold the estate of Hardwicke to
Sir Philip Yorke, knt. attorney general,
who assumed therefrom his title of earl.
The younger son,

The Rev. John Trye, rector of Leck-
hampton, in the county of Gloucester, es-
poused Mary, daughter and co-heir of the
Rev. John Longford, of Haresfield, and was
succeeded by his son,

Charles-Brandon Trye, esq. F.R.S. an
eminent medical writer, who m. Mary,
daughter of the Rev. Samuel Lysons, rector
of Rodmarton, in Gloucestershire, (and
sister to the late celebrated Antiquaries,
Samuel Lysons, esq. of the Temple, F.R.S.
V.P.A.S., and of the Rev. Daniel Lysons,
F.R.S. A.S. of Hempstead Court) by whom
he had issue,

Henry-Norwood, his heir.
Charles-Brandon, b. 11th June, 1806,
who m. 22nd May, 1832, Jane Ri-
land, daughter of Edward Pickard,
esq. of Aston, in the county of War-
wick.
John-Raulin, b. 11th February, 1809.
Mary-Lysons.

Caroline, who died 26th January, 182! .
Isabella, m. 25th July, 1826, to Emilien
Daniel Benoit Frossart, a French
protestant clergyman.
Eleanor.
Anne.
Mr. Brandon Trye, who inherited on the
decease of his cousin, Henry Norwood, the
last representative of that ancient family,
the estate of Leckampton, which the Nor-
woods had derived, by marriage, from the
Giffards, died 7th October, 1811, and was
interred in the cathedral, at Gloucester,
where a public monument records his
virtues and talents. He was succeeded by
his eldest son, the present Henry Nor-
wood Trye, esq. of Leckhampton Court.

Arms — Or, a bend sinister azure, quar-
tering Gournay, Brandon, Norwood, and
Longford.

Crest — A buck's bead caboshed.

Estates — The manor, advowson and prin-
cipal part of the parish of Leckhampton,
and Hartley Hill, in the parish of Cubber-
ley, all in the county of Gloucester.

Seat — Leckhampton Court, near Chel-
tenham.



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FLOYER, OF STAFFORD.



FLOYER, JOHN, esq. of West Stafford, in the county of Dorset, b. 26th April,
1811, inherited the estates at the decease of his brother, on the 1 1th July 1822.



Htnxage.




The pedigree of this family is authentic-
ally deduced from

Floieri's, who settled soon after the
Norman Conquest on the lands beyond the
river Exe, in the county of Devon, whence
the name of " Floierslands," or Floiers
Hayes. His son,

Richard, held those lands of Richard,
son of Baldwin de Courtenay, and trans-
mitted them to his son and heir,

Nicholas, who was s. by his son,

Richard, who obtained a confirmation of
the lands beyond the Exe, held by his
grandfather, from Robert, natural son of
King Henry I. upon the stipulation of pre-
senting the said Robert and his heirs with a
flaggon of wine, whenever they should come
to dine on the Isle of Exe. This grant was
afterwards confirmed, in more ample form,
by Reginald de Courtenay. The son and
successor of this Richard,

Floyer, was called Floridus. He m.
Sabina, daughter of Geoftry de Dunstanville,
of Enscombe, in Devonshire, and had issue,
John, his heir.

Roger, living in the 41st Henry III.
William.
He died previously to his wife (who was
Living a widow in the 48th Henry III.) and
was t. by his eldest son,

Jons Floyer, of Floiers Hayes, who left
\>\ Harriott his wife, a son and heir,

William Floyer, of Floiers Hayes, who



m. Fina, daughter of John Herewarde, of
Doddescot, in Great Torrington, Devon-
shire, and was s. by his son,

John Floyer, of Floiers Hayes, whose
son and heir,

John Floyer, of Floiers Hayes, espoused
Margaret, dau. and heir of Robert Clive,
and was s. by his son,

John Floyer, of Floiers Hayes. This
gentleman wedded Alice, daughter and heir
of Thomas Basshe, of Ottery St. Mary,
Devon, and left a son and heir,

William Floyer, of Floiers Hayes, who
m. the dau. of John Hache, of Wolley, in
the county of Devon, and was s. by his son,

William Floyer, of Floiers Hayes, an
eminent warrior, who attended George,
Duke of Clarence, to Normandy, with three
archers and thirty spears, on the 14th of
Edward IV.* He m. Philippa, dau. and
heir of John Croke, of Box, in the county of
Wilts, by whom (who survived him) he left

John Floyer, of Floiers Hayes. This
gentleman m. about the year 1511, Joan,
daughter of John Carew, esq. of Anthony,
in Cornwall, and was s. by his son,

William Floyer, esq. of Floiers Hayes,
who espoused Elizabeth, daughter and heir
of Gilbert Kirk, esq. mayor of Exeter, anno
1531, and had two sons, Anthony and
William, of Merlinch, in the county of
Somerset. The latter d. unmarried in 1623.
The former,

Anthony Floyer, esq. succeeded his
father at Floiers Hayes, and was likewise
of Stanton Gabriel, in the county of Dorset.
He m. Anne, fourth daughter and co-heir of
Nicholas Martin, esq. of Athelhampton, in
Dorsetshire (by Margaret his wife, one of
the three sisters and heirs of Nicholas Wad-
ham, esq. of Merrifield, in the county of
Somerset, founder of Wadham College,
Oxford), and had two sons,
Anthony, his heir.

William, of Merlinch, ancestor of the

Floyers, of Whitehouse, parish of

Landilio, in the county of Monmouth.

He died prior to 1616, and was s. by his

elder son,

* See " Prince's Worthies of Devon."



606



FLOYER, OF STAFFORD.



Anthony Floyer, esq. of Floiers Hayes,
and likewise of Berne, in Monmouthshire.
This gentleman wedded Eleanor, fifth dau.
of Sir William Pole, knt. of Colcombe, in
the county of Devon, (baptized in 1597), by
whom he had, with other issue, a son and heir,
William Floyer, esq. of Floiers Hayes
and Berne, who m. first, in 1641, Margaret,
second daughter of Sir Edward Lawrence,
knt. of Creech Grange, in the Isle of Pur-
beck, county of Dorset, and had

Anthony, baptized 31st May, 1642.
inherited Floiers Hayes at the de-
cease of his father, and d. in 1701,
leaving issue, by Sarah, his second
wife, daughter of John Gould, esq. of
Upway, in the county of Dorset.

1. Anthony, of Floiers Hayes,
who d. s. p.

2. William, in holy orders.

3. Hubert-Charles.
The second son,

The Rev. William Floyer, b. in
1676, was rector of Trusham, in
the county of Devon. He m.
Sarah, daughter of Amy Bur-
well, of London, and dying in
1742, left with other issue,

1. Anthony, of Dorchester.

2. John-Gould, in holy orders,
rector of Esher, in Surrey,
d. unmarried in 1777.

3. William.
The youngest son,

William Floyer, esq. of Rees-
by, in Lincolnshire, and of
Athelhampton, in the county
of Dorset, m. in 1752, Fran-
ces, daughter and co-heir of
Edward Aiscough, esq. of
Louth, in the county of Lin-
coln, and dying in 1759, was
s. by his son,

Anthony, whom, in 1784,
Elizabeth, daughter of
George Brabines, esq.
of Blannington Hall, in
Lincolnshire, and dying
8th March, 1814, left an
only son and heir,
John Gould Floyer,
esq. now of Ketsby,
in the county of
Lincoln, b. in July,
1785, m. in 1815,
Sarah, daughter of
the Rev. Richard
Wright, of Wran-
gle, and has issue,

1. John- Wad-
HAM,J.inl818.

2. Richard Ais-
cough-Martin.

3. Ayscough.
Mr. Floyer wedded, secondly, Elizabeth,



daughter of Randle Mainwaring, esq. of
London, by whom (who d. 22nd June, 1667)
he had with other issue,

William Floyer, esq. of Berne, in the
county of Monmouth, who m. first in 1677,
Mary, dau. and co-heir of Sir William Pole,
knt. of Shute, in the county of Devon, eldest
son of Sir John Pole, bart. and had issue,
William, who d. in the life time of his

father.
John, his successor.
Catherine, m. to Humphrey Sydenham,
esq. of Dulverton, in the county of
Somerset.
He wedded, secondly, in 1700, Grace Cos-
sins, of Broadwindson, in Dorsetshire, but
had no further issue. He d. 13th Jannary,
1711, und was s. by his son,

John Floyer, esq. of Upway, in the
county of Dorset, and of Lincoln's Inn, bar-
rister-at-law. This gentleman m. first, 22nd
July, 1714, Mary, daughter of John Ellis, of
St. James's, Westminster, but had no issue.
He espoused, secondly, 11th April, 1741,
Anne, daughter of James Richards, esq. of
West Knighton, in the county of Dorset,
and co-heir of her brother. By this lady
he had two sons and a daughter, namely,
John, his successor.
William, successor to his brother.
Anne, b. 28th February, 1742, m. to
the Rev. Charles Russell, of Bath.
He was s. by his elder son,

John Floyer, esq. of Upway, b. 28th
May, 1744, m. Jane, only daughter of the
Rev. Samuel Davison, rector of Dalbury,
in Derbyshire, (by Elizabeth his wife, sister
of Sir Edward Wilmot, bart. of Chaddesden,
and relict of James Acton, of West Stafford).
He d. s. p. in 1789, when the estates de-
volved upon his brother,
The Rev.

William Floyer, b. 5th January, 1745,
rector of West Stafford, and vicar of Stens-
ford, in the county of Dorset, who m. 3rd
February, 1801, Elizabeth, youngest dau.
and co-heir of Stephen Barton, esq. of
Blandford, and had issue,
William, his successor.
John, heir to his brother.
Elizabeth-Margaret, b. 11th August,

1805, d. in 1817.
Elizabeth, m. in July, 1831, to Christo-
pher Wriothesley-Digby, esq. eldest
son of the Rev. Charles Digby,
rector of Bishop's Caundle, in Dor-
setshire, and canon of Windsor.
Mr. Floyer d. 29th December, 1819, and
was s. by his elder son,

William Floyer, esq- b. 29th December,
1803, of West Stafford, a midshipman in the
royal navy, drowned off Portland, 11th
July, 1822, and was s. by his brother, the
present John Floyer. esq. of West Staf-
ford.



ANDERTON, OF EUXTON
a chevron between three



607



Arms — Sa
arrows arg.

f rest — A buck's head erased or, holding
in the mouth an arrow.

Motto — Floret virtus vulnerata.



Quarterings — Baphe, Croke, Martin,
Loundres, Wadham, &c.

Estates — In the parishes of West Stafford,
West Knighton, and Frome Billett, in the
I county of Dorset.
I Seat — West Stafford, near Dorchester.



ANDERTON, OF EUXTON.

ANDERTON, WILLIAM-INCE, esq. of Euxton and Ince, both in the county of
Lancaster, m. 14th November, 1823, Frances, only daughter of Christopher Crook,
esq. of London, and first cousin to Thomas Gillebrand, esq. of Gillebrand Hall, by
whom he has an only son,

William-Michael-Ince, b. 29th September, 1825.
Mr. Anderton inherited the estates on the demise of his father in 1811.

K,mtagc.




The family of Anderton, of Anderton,
the parent stock whence the houses of
Euxton and Lostock sprang, is of remote
antiquity in the north of England.

James Anderton, esq. of Euxton, de-
scended from a second son of Anderton, of
Anderton, wedded Ann, daughter of Henry
Banister, esq. of the Bank, in the county of
Lancaster, and relict of Thomas Farington,
esq. of Farington. He was s. by his son,

Hugh Anderton, esq. of Euxton, who
m. first, a daughter of — Butler, esq. of
Rawcliffe, and secondly, Alice, daughter of
Alexander Standish, esq. of Standish. He
had issue,

I. William, who m. Isabel, daughter
and heiress of William Hancock,
esq. of Pendle Hall, in Lancashire,



and predeceasing his father in 1638,
left, with other issue,

Hugh, heir to his grandfather.
II. James, of Clayton, in Lancashire.
in. Dorothy, to. to Edward Rigby, esq.

of Bury,
iv. Jane, who died unmarried,
v. Anne, m. to William Hesketh, esq.

of Maines.
vi. Alice, to. to Cuthbert Clifton, esq.
of Westby.
Hugh Anderton died about the year 1652,
and was s. by his grandson,

Hugh Anderton, esq. of Euxton. This
gentleman espoused Margaret, daughter of
Roger Kirkby, esq. and left, at his decease
in 1664, (with other children, who died un-
married) a daughter, Dorothy, to. to John
Bradshaw, esq. of Laniog, in Anglesea, and
a son,

Hugh Anderton, esq. of Euxton, who
wedded Catherine, daughter of Francis
Trapps, esq. of Nidd, and left at his demise,
(with other issue) Margaret, the wife of
Robert Blundell, esq. of Ince Blundell, in
the county of Lancaster, and a son and
successor,

William Anderton, esq. of Euxton, who
to. Mary, daughter of Richard, fifth Viscount
Molyneux, and relict of Thomas Clifton,
esq. of Lytham, by whom (who d. in 1752)
he had two sons, and as many daughters,
viz.

William, his heir.

Francis, a monk, O.S.B. who died at

Linley, in the county of Salop.
Catherine, to. to Sir Robert Gerard,



608



ANDERTON, OF EUXTON.



bart. of Gtirswood and New Hall, in
Lancashire, and d. in 1821.
Ann, a nun, at Calais.
The elder son,

William Anderton, esq. of Euxton,
espoused Frances, daughter and heiress of
Christopher Ince, esq. of Ince Hall, in the
county of Lancaster, representative of one
of the most ancient families in that shire
and had, with three other sons, Robert,
Thomas, and Francis, a successor, at his
decease in 1811, the present William Ince
Anderton, esq. of Euxton and Ince.

Arms — Sa. a chevron between three
shackbolts arg. quartering the ensigns of
Ince.

*#* The following is extracted from an
ancient heraldry book. — " He beareth sa.
2 single shackbolts, and one double arg. by
the name of Anderton. These kinde of
armes may also well be given to such a
brave spirit who by his prowesse can fetch
off with strength, or by his charity redeeme
any of his fellow souldiers in captivity."

Crest — A curlew ppr.

Motto — We stoop not.

Estates — Euxton, near Chorley ; Clayton,
near Preston ; and luce, near Wigan, all
in Lancashire.

Seats — Euxton Hall, near Chorley ; and
Ince Hall, near Wigan. Over the fire-place
in the entrance hall at Euxton, is a bust on
the wall of King James II. crowned with
laurel, and surrounded by military instru-
ments and trophies.

anurrtonsj, of ILostocfe.

From a third son of the house of An-
derton, of Anderton, descended Lawrence
Anderton, who founded the family of Los-
tock. He was father of

Christopher Anderton, esq. of Lostock,
who to. Dorothy, daughter of Peter Ander-
ton, esq. of Anderton, and dying in 1593,
left issue,

1. James, who went abroad, and be-
came a catholic clergyman. He
was a learned writer, and for his
eloquence obtained the appellation
of " Golden mouthed Anderton."

2. Christopher, who succeeded at
Lostock.

3. Roger, of Birchley, a popish recu-
sant, who to. Ann, daughter of
Edward Stafford, esq. and d. in 1640.



4.
5.
6.



, to. to John Orrel, esq.

Dorothy, to. to — Thompson.



Elizabeth, to. to Thomas Tildesley,
esq.

7. Ann, to. to Roger Bradshaw, esq.
of Haigh.

8. Isabel!, to. first, to — Langtree, esq.
and second to George Rockley, esq.

The second son,

Christopher Anderton, esq. of Lostock,
wedded Mary, daughter of — Scarisbrick,
esq. of Scarisbrick, and had with two
daughters, Dorothy, wife of Anthony Mun-
son, esq. of Carleton, and Margaret, of —
Turnel, esq. of Alston, a son,

Christopher Anderton, esq. of Lostock,
who succeeded his father in 1623. He to.
first, a daughter of John Preston, esq. of
the manor, in Furness, by whom he had an
only child, Margaret, who died unmarried.
He espoused, secondly, Alathea, daughter
of Sir Francis Smith, of Wolston Waven,
in Warwickshire, and had, with several
younger children,

Francis (Sir), his heir.

Mary, to. to William Jones, esq. of

Trevan, in Monmouthshire.
Ann, m. to John Turberville, esq. of
Penclin Castle, Glamorganshire.
He d. about the year 1650, and was s. by
his son,

Sir Francis Anderton, of Lostock, who
was created a Baronet by Charles II.
He to. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Charles
Somerset, second son of Edward, earl of
Worcester, lord privy seal, and dying at
Paris, 9th of February, 1698, was interred
in the church of the English Benedictine
Monks, where an inscription is engraven to
his memory. Sir Francis was s. by his
eldest son,

Sir Charles Anderton, bart. of Los-
tock, who m. a daughter of — Ireland,
esq. of Lidiate, in Lancashire, and had
issue,

Charles (Sir),]
James (Sir), \
Lawrence (Sir), a monk, who died at
London, s. p. 30th September, 1724.
Francis (Sir), who to. Margaret, daugh-
ter of Sir Henry Bedingfeld, bart.
of Onborough. Sir Francis had his
estate sequestered for his participa-
tion in the rebellion of Preston.



who both died young.



609



GROTE, OF DULWICH WOOD.

GROTE, GEORGE, esq. of Dulwich Wood, in the county of Surrey, b. 17th
November, 1794, m. in 1820, Harriet, second daughter of Thomas Lewin, esq. of the
Hollies, in Kent, by Mary, daughter of General John Hale, of Guisborough, in York-
shire, a cadet of the family of Hale, of King's Walden, in Hertfordshire, by whom he
has no surviving issue.

Mr. Grote, who is an eminent banker of the city of London, was chosen one its re-
presentatives in December, 1832.




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7




This is a branch of an ancient Livonian
family established in England, about the
year 1740, by

Andrew Grote, who married, first, Miss
Adams, of an old Oxfordshire family, by
whom he acquired estates in that county,
and had an only son, Joseph, his heir.
He wedded secondly, Miss Culverden, and
had, with two sons, George, successor to
his half brother, and Andrew, who died
young, several daughters ; of whom one
married Admiral Stirling, another, A.
Gregory, esq. of Stivishall, in Warwick-
shire, a third was wife of — Prescott, esq.
a fourth, Lastitia, died unmarried, and a
fifth was married to W. Gregory, esq. of
the East India Company's civil service. Mr.
Grote purchased in 1780, landed property
in the county of Lincoln, which he entailed
on his elder son,

Joseph Grote, esq. of Badgmoor, Oxon,
who likewise inherited an estate in Oxford-
shire, from his mother, Miss Adams. He
died unmarried in 1815, and was s. by his
brother,

George Grote, esq. a justice of the
peace for the counties of Kent and Oxford,
and sheriff of the former shire, in 1809. He
m. Selina-Mary, daughter of the Reverend



Dr. Peckwell, by his wife, a lady of the
family of Blosset,* by whom he had,
George, his successor.
William-Henry, major in His majesty's

33rd regiment of foot.
Andrew, Hon. East India Company's
civil service, Bengal, who m. in
1829, Miss Macdonald, and has one
son and a daughter.
Joseph, commander of a private trader

to the East Indies.
Charles, banker, in London, a partner

in the firm of Prescott and Co.
John, of Trinity College, Cambridge.
Arthur, East India Company's civil

service, Bengal.
Francis, student, at Oxford.
Selina, m. in 1825, to lieutenant colonel
Frederick, of the East India Com-
many's Military Service, Bombay,
and died in 1826.
Mr. Grote died 3rd July, 1830, and was s.
by his eldest son, the present George
Grote, esq. M.P.

Arms — Arg. on a mount vert, three pine
trees ppr. a dexter side or.

Crest — A pine tree between two ele-
phants' proboscides erect ppr.
Motto — Prodesse quam conspici.
Estates — A freehold in Oxfordshire ; a
freehold entailed on heirs male, with two
manors thereunto annexed, at Long Ben-
ington and Foston, in Lincolnshire.
Seat — Dulwich Wood, Surrey.



* The Blossets were a French family of the
Touraine, who expatriated at the revocation of the
edict of Nantes in 1589, and seeking an asylum
in Ireland, settled in the county of Dublin, where
the family estate lies. The late Sir Robert Henry
Blosset, knt. chief justice of Bengal, (the son of
Doctor Peckwell, by assumption Blosset) dying
unmarried in 1828, bequeathed his fortune to his
only sister, Selina-Mary Grote, who now enjoys
it, and after her death to George Grote, or any
other of her sons, she should fix upon in prefer-
ence, with entail on the remaining sons, in default
of male issue to her immediate heir.



610



GREY, OF MORWICK.

GREY, JOHN, esq. of Morwick, in the county of Northumberland, a colonel in the
army, and a companion of the Bath, m. in 1830, Rosa- Louisa, only daughter of Cap-
tain Sturt, R.N. Colonel Grey inherited the estates on the demise of his father, in
1814.

Hmeage.




This is a branch of the ancient and
eminent Northumbrian family of Grey, of
Howick, springing from John Grey, esq.
of Howick, who married, and had issue,
I. Henry (Sir), who succeeded to
Howick, and was created a baronet,
1 lth January, 1746. He m. Hannah,
daughter of Thomas Wood, esq. of
Falloden, in the county of North-
umberland, and bad, with other issue,
a son,

Sir Charles Grey, K.B. a gallant
and distinguished soldier, who
was elevated to the peerage in
1801, as Baron Grey, of Howick,
and subsequently advanced to a
viscounty and earldom, as Vis-
count Howick, and Earl Grey.
His lordship died in 1807, and
was s. by his eldest son, the
present,
Charles, Earl Grey, first
Lord of the Treasury, &c.
(See Burke's Peerage).
n. Thomas, who died unmarried,
in. John, of whom presently.
The third son,

John Grey, esq. of Morwick, in the



county of Northumberland, espoused Anne,
daughter of Edward Grey, esq. of Alnwick,
and had, with other issue, a son,

Charles Grey, esq. of Morwick, who m.
Katherine, daughter of the Rev. John Skel-
ly,* by the Lady Betty Gordon, daughter
of the Duke of Gordon, and the Lady Hen-
rietta Mordaunt, only daughter of Charles,
(the great) earl of Peterborough. By this
lady he had two sons, Charles, a captain in
the 85th regiment, who fell at New Orleans,
and the present Colonel Grey, of Morwick.
Mr. Grey died in 1814.

Arms — Gu. a lion rampant, within a
bordure engrailed, arg.

Crest — A scaling ladder, arg.

Motto — De bon vouloir servir le roy.

Estate — Morwick, Northumberland, a
barony in 1325. In 1316, 9th Edward III.
Tesphania de Bulmer died seized of the
manor of Morwick, and the ville of West
Chivington. In 1325, Sir Ralph Bulmer,
knt. enfeoffed David Gkey, and Margaret,
his wife, in the manor of Morwick, and
West Chivington.

Seat — Morwick.



* The Rev. John Skelly, by his wife, the Lady
Betty Gordon, had besides the daughter, m. to
Charles Grey, esq. of Morwick, a son,

Captain Gordon Shelly, R.N. eminently dis-
tinguished at the capture of Louisburgh and Que-
bec, who wedded Dorothy, niece to the late Baron
Perrott, and was s. by his son,

Colonel Gordon Skelly, of Pilmore House,
in the county of Durham, b. 5th June, 1766.
This gentleman m. in 1800, Elizabeth, only daugh-
ter of the late James Newsam, esq. of Dunsa
Bank, in the county of York, by whom he had
issue,

Frances, captain in the 37th regiment.
Elizabeth, m. to Captain Colling, of Haugh-

ton le Skerne, in the county of Durham.
Dorothy.
Colonel Skelly died in 1828. His estate of Pil-
more House, near Darlington, has since been sold
to Thomas Surtees Raine, esq.



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PALMES, OF NABURN.



PALMES, GEORGE, esq. of Naburn, in the county of York, born 18th October,1776,

m. 15th January, 1810, Margaret-Isabella, daughter of*
William Lindsay, esq. of Oatlands, near Glasgow, and has
issue,

Bryan, an officer in the 52nd Light Infantry.

William-Lindsay, student of Trinity College, Cambridge.

John-Philip, a midshipman, R.N.

Manfred-Leslie.

James.

Isabella.

Georgina.