created Baron of Elesmere and Viscount Brachley leaving at his Death an Estate of his own raising of at least Eight thousand pound per Annum Edward Rich Earl of Warwick and Holland Lord Rich of Leez and Kensington is Lineally descended from Sir Richard Rich Knight Reader of the Middle-Temple in the One and twentieth year of Henry the Eighth who for his great knowledge in the Law was made Sollicitor General to that Prince and afterwards in the Reign of King Edward the Sixth farther advanced to the Dignity of Lord High Chancellor of England and created Baron of Leez Court obtaining a great share of the Revenues of the Church to support his Dignity both which he left to his Son Robert created Earl of Warwick Charles Montague Earl of Manchester Viscount Mandevill and Baron of Kimbolton Edward Montague Earl of Sandwich Viscount Hitchinbrooke and Baron of St. Neotts and Ralph Montague Baron of Boughton all persons of great Estates The foundation whereof was first laid by Sir Edward Montague Knight Serjeant at Law first Lord Chief Justice of the Kings-Bench and then Lord Chief Justice of the Common-Pleas in the Reign of King Henry the Eighth He was the Father of Sir Edward Montague Knight who had Six Sons First Sir Edward made Lord Montague of Boughton the Third Son was Sir Henry Montague of the Middle-Temple London Knight Serjeant at Law Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Kings-Bench Lord High Treasurer of England in the Reign of King James afterwards advanced to the Dignity of the Earl of Manchesters The Sixth Son was Sir Sidney Montague Knight Grandfather to Edward now Earl of Sandwich John Sheffield Earl of Mulgrave and Baron of Butterwick is directly descended from Sir Robert Sheffield of the Inner-Temple Knight Recorder of London and Speaker of the House of Commons in the Reign of King Henry the Seventh which Sir Robert by his great knowledge in the Laws of this Kingdom very much advanced his Family and purchased a fair Estate in the County of Lincoln which is now part of the Inheritance of the present Earl who is the Fifth Baron and Third Earl of the Family Henry Mordant Earl of Peterborough Baron of Turvey and Charles Lord Viscount Mordant are both of them the Descendants of John Mordant of the Middle-Temple Serjeant at Law and Chancellor of the Dutchy of Lancaster in the Reign of King Henry the Seventh who having accumulated a great Estate was before his death made a Peer of this Realm by King Henry the Eighth Thomas Weston Earl of Portland and Baron of Neyland is descended from Richard Weston of the Inner-Temple one of the Justices of the Court of Common-Pleas in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth who being a younger Brother may truly be supposed to be the first advancer of this Family to the Quality and Estate it now enjoys Henry Hide Earl of Clarendon Viscount Cornbury and Baron of Hindon as also Lawrence Hide Earl of Rochester Viscount Kenellworth and Baron of Wooton Basset are both of them the Sons of Edward late Earl of Clarendon who was bred up in the Middle-Temple in the Study of the Law in which he arrived to such perfection that he became first Chancellor of the Court of Exchequer and afterwards Lord High Chancellor of England by means of which Honourable preferments 't is well known what a Vast Estate he left to his Posterity Robert Brudnell Earl of Cardigan and Baron Brudnell of Stanton-Wivell is direct Heir-Male to Robert Brudnell Esq Serjeant at Law and Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common-Pleas in the time of King Henry the Eighth a Man of great Learning in the Laws and Master of a great Estate most of his own acquiring Robert Earl of Alesbury Viscount Bruce of Ampthill and Baron of Skelton is the Grandson of Edward Bruce Master of the Rolls in the Reign of King James by whom the said Edward was created Baron of Kinloss in Scotland The place of Master of the Rolls did doubtless much conduce to the advancement of the Estate which the said Edward Lord Kinloss had yet notwithstanding he was Honourably descended and enjoyed an ample Fortune before he executed that Office but most of it lay in Scotland the place of his Nativity Anthony Cooper Earl of Shaftsbury Baron Ashly of Wimbourne Saint Giles and Lord Cooper of Paulett is the Son and Heir to Anthony late Earl of Shaftesbury who tho' I cannot say he ever made it his business to study the Law yet was he of the Society of Lincolns-Inn and by the profits arising out of such Offices as he enjoyed relating to the Law did he greatly augment his Estate being first Chancellor of the Exchequer and afterwards Lord High-Chancellor of England Charles Gerrard Earl of Macklesfield Viscount and Baron of Brandon Digby Lord Gerrard Baron of Gerrards-Bromley are both descended from that Learned and Judicious Lawyer of Grays-Inn Sir Gilbert Gerrard Knight Attorney General and Master of the Rolls in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth who being a Younger Son of the House of Bryn in Lancashire was placed to Study the Law and thereby lay'd the first Foundation of those great Estates and Honours which in succeeding times accrewed to this spreading Family * The Reader may be pleased to observe that though the Earl of Macklesfield according to his Dignity be placed before the Lord Gerrard of Bromley yet the said Lord Gerrard is of the Elder House William Paston Earl and Viscount of Yarmouth and Baron of Oxnead is descended from Sir William Paston Knight one of the Justices of the Court of Kings-Bench in the Reign of King Henry the Sixth Much might be mentioned to the Antiquity and Greatness of this Worthy Family were it not contrary to the method designed Daniell Finch Earl of Nottingham and Baron of Daventry is the Grandson of Sir Heneage Finch of the Inner-Temple Knight Recorder of the City of London and Son of Sir Heneage Finch Barronet a Member of the same Society who was first Attorney General to this King next Lord Keeper then Baron of Daventry after Lord High Chancellor of England and lastly Earl of Nottingham which first Sir Heneage was a younger Branch of the House of Winchelsea and so consequently it may be presumed what Estate this Noble Earl now enjoys was in a great measure acquired by those two famous Members of the Law A younger Brother of this Earl is that most Ingeneous and Excellent Lawyer Heneage Finch of the Inner-Temple Esq His now Majesties Sollicitor General as also William Finch Esq his Brother a learned Gentleman of the same Socity Of this Family was John Finch of Grays-Inn Esq Serjeant at Law and Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common-Pleas in the Reign of King Charles the first and for a short time Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England and created Baron of Fordwich in Kent but
one of the Benchers of that House in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth Author of several Learned Books now extant Sir Mondiford Brampston of Woodham-Walter in the County of Essex and of the Middle-Temple Knight lately one of the Masters of the High and Honourable Court of Chancery is descended from the late famous Sir John Brampston of the said Society Knight Serjeant at Law and Lord Chief Justice of the Common-Pleas in the Reign of His late Majesty King Charles Sir Thomas Overbury of Burton upon the Hill in the County of Glocester Knight is descended from Sir Nicholas Overbury Knight Serjeant at Law one of the Readers of the Middle-Temple and one of the Justices of the Court of Common-Pleas in the Reign of King James The eldest Son of which Sir Nicholas was that Ingenuous Gentleman Sir Thomas Overbury Knight Poisoned in the Tower of London during his Imprisonment by the procurement and contrivance of Robert Carr Earl of Somerset a great Favourite to King James and his Countess Sir Edward Challoner of Gisburgh in the North Riding of the County of York Knight is descended from Robert Challoner Esq a person eminent for his Learning in the Laws and one of the Readers of Grays-Inn in the beginning of the Reign of King Henry the Eighth Sir Robert Rich of Horndon in the County of Essex Knight is a younger Branch of the Noble Family of Rich Earls of Warwick descended from Richard Rich of the Middle-Temple Esq one of the Readers of that Society in the Reign of King Henry the Eighth afterwards created a Peer of this Realm and constituted Lord High Chancellor of England Sir William Vnderhill of Idlicote in the County of Warwick Knight is descended from William Vnderhill of Idlicote aforesaid and of the Inner-Temple Esq an eminent practicer of the Law in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth by means whereof he raised a considerable Estate in this County which his posterity now enjoys he himself being a younger Son of Edward Vnderhill of Nether-Etendon in this County Esq where the eldest Branch of this Family now maketh his residence Sir Edward Griffin of Dingley in the County of Northampton Knight a Family of great Honour and Interest in that County and possessor of a very plentiful Estate is descended from Sir Edward Griffin of Dingly Knight one of the Readers of Lincolns-Inn and Solicitor General in the Reign of King Henry the Eighth also Attorney General to Edward the Sixth and Queen Mary Sir Robert Townsend of the City of Coventry in the County of Warwick Knight is descended from Sir Robert Townsend of Ludlow in the County of Salop Knight Reader of Lincolns-Inn Chief Justice of all Wales and called to the degree and dignity of a Serjeant at Law by King Henry the Eighth Sir Humphry Sydenham of Dulverton in the County of Somerset Knight is deâ—sended from Richard de Sydenham Esq one of the Justices of the Court of Common-Pleas in the beginning of the Reign of King Richard the Second this is a Family of great Antiquity and of Signal note in these Western Counties Sir Edward Rich of Milburton in the County of Norfolk Knight is descended from Richard Rich of the Middle-Temple Esque Chyrographer of the Court of Common-Pleas Reader of the said Society and Lord High Chancellor of England in the several Reigns of King Henry the Eighth and Edward the Sixth Sir Edward Philips of Mountacute in the County of Somerset Knight is descended from the Learned Sir Edward Philips of the Inner-Temple Knight Serjeant at Law one of the Readers of that Honourable Society and thence advanced to that great Office of Master of the Rolls by his late Majesty King James Sir Thomas Colepeper of Hollingbourne in the County of Kent Knight is descended from John Colepeper Esq Serjeant at Law and one of the Learned Justices of the Court of Common-Pleas in the Reign of King Henry the Fifth Sir Christopher Calthorpe of Basham in the County of Norfolk Knight of the Bath is descended from the late Learned Sir Henry Calthorpe of the Middle-Temple Knight one of the Readers thereof and Attorney of the Court of Wards and Liveries in His late Majesties Reign this is a Family which for many Generations have flourished in great splendor and Executed many Honourable Offices relating to this County Nevertheless did this Sir Henry by his great Prudence and eminent Practice together with the profits arising out of the Court of Wards in a great measure augment the ancient Inheritance of his Ancestors Sir Stephen Hales now or late of Newland and Snitfield in the County of Warwick Knight of the Bath is descended from Sir Charles Hales of Newland aforesaid and of Grays-Inn Knight one of the Readers of that Society and one of her Majesties Council in the North in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth Sir James Altham of Latton in the County of Essex Knight of the Bath is descended from Sir James Altham Knight one of the Readers of Grays-Inn in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth and afterwards called to the degree of a Serjeant at Law and made one of the Barons of the Exchequer by King James Sir George Carey of Dorr-Abby in the County of Devon Knight is descended in a lineal course of many renowned Ancestors from John Carey of Hollway in the County of Devon Esq Serjeant at Law and one of the Barons of the Exchequer in the Reign of King Richard the Second from which John by a younger Branch did descend John Carey late Earl of Dover and Robert Carey late Earl of 〈◊〉 Monmouth both lately terminated and extinguished in Female Heirs the too common Fate and utter Ruin of many great Families of this Kingdom Sir William York of Burton-Pedwardine in the County of Lincoln Knight is descended from Roger York Esq a Learned Lawyer of Grays Inn and one of the Readers of that Ancient and Honourable Society in the Fifteenth year of the Reign of King Henry the Eighth Sir William Bastard of West-Allington in the County of Devon Knight a person of great Loyalty and Repute is descended from that able and Learned practicer of the Laws William Bastard Esq one of the Readers of the Middle-Temple in the Reign of King James Sir Robert Cary of Clovel in the County of Devon Knight is also a younger Branch descended from John Cary of Hollway aforesaid Esq Serjeant at Law and one of the Barons of the Exchequer in the Reign of King Richard the Second which John was of the Ancient Family of Cary of Cary in the said County and indeed the prime Branch thereof Esquires I Shall begin the Catalogue of those of this dignity with the Honourable Heneage Finch of the Inner-Temple Esq a person endowed with all the accomplishments that Learning and Education can afford and a most Excellent Ornament of the Laws in the Studdy whereof he hath already arrived to
behalf of his late Majesty after many brave Actions by him atchieved had the hard fate at last to dye in the Bed of Honour being killed in the Road near Preston in Lancashire fighting stoutly in his Princes Service after which his Body was buried in the place where it fell under a heap of Stones there remaining as a monument to perpetuate his memory it being a Custom amongst the Ancient Romans to erect such as marks of Honour where any great Action was performed which said Sir Thomas Tildesly was descended by many renowned and honourable Ancestors of this County from Thomas Tildesly Esq a person famous for his great Judgement in the Laws of our Nation and called to the dignity of a Serjeant at Law by King Henry the Fourth and from whom also did descend another Sir Thomas Tildesly of Grays-Inn Knight one of the Readers thereof and one of the Council in the North in the Reign of King James but he dyed without Issue Male. Henry Guildeford of Hempsted in the County of Kent Esq a Gentleman of a fair Estate and a most excellent Family in that County is descended from Henry de Guildeford one of the Justices of the Court of Common-Pleas in the Reign of King Edward the First Richard Hopton of Cannon-Frome vulgarly Can-Frome in the County of Hereford Esq is descended from Walter de Hopton Esq Serjeant at Law and one of the Justices of Assize for several years in the Reign of King Edward the First Collonel John Wyndham of Norrington and of the City of Salisbury in the County of Wilts Esq a Gentleman of great Loyalty and Repute and possessor of a very considerable Estate is the Son and Heir of the no less Loyal Wadham Wyndham of Lincolns-Inn Esq Serjeant at Law and one of the Justices of the Court of Kings-Bench in the year 1660. who was descended from Francis Wyndham of the same Society Esq Serjeant at Law and one of the Justices of the same Court in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth and he descended of a younger branch of the Ancient Family of the Wyndhams of Felbrig-hall in Norfolk where the same still remains and flourisheth in great esteem John Caesar of Barkway in the County of Hertford is descended from Sir Julius Caesar of the Inner-Temple Knight Chancellor of the Court of Exchequer and Master of the Rolls in the Reign of King James and one of the Privey Council to that Prince Francis Harvey of the Middle-Temple and of Cockfield in the County of Suffolk Esq lately Reader of that Honourable Society is descended from Sir Francis Harvey of the same House Knight Serjeant at Law and one of the Justices of the Common Pleas in the Reign of King James Lestrange Calthorp of the Middle-Temple Esq Serjeant at Law is descended from Sir Henry Calthorp of the same Society Knight one of the Readers thereof as also Attorney of the Court of Wards and Liveries in the Reign of His late Majesty King Charles the First descended of the Ancient Family of the Calthorp's of Cockthorp in the County of Norfolk William Fitz-Herbert of Tissington in the County of Derby Esq a Gentleman of an Ample Fortune is directly descended from the famous Sir Anthony Fitz-Herbert of Norbury in the said County of Derby Knight Serjeant at Law and one of the Justices of the Court of Common-Pleas in the Reign of King Henry the Eighth He was descended of an Ancient Family in the said County but having an elder Brother who happening to dye without Issue Male a great part of his Estate descended to this Learned Judge who so greatly augmented the same that thereby he preferred his younger Children of which he had divers both Sons and Daughters by matching them to several worthy Families of this Kingdom and yet left a very plentiful Estate to his Son and Heir Christopher Danby of Masham Thorp-parrow and Scruton in the North Riding of Yorkshire of Driffield in the East-Riding and of Thornby near Leeds in the West Riding of the said County Esq a Family of great interest in those parts is descended from Sir Robert Danby Knight Serjeant at Law in the Reign of King Henry the Sixth and constituted Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common-Pleas in the first year of the Reign of King Edward the Fourth William Stanford of Salford-Priors in the County of Warwick Esq is descended by a younger Son from that great and famous Lawyer William Stanford Esq Serjeant at Law one of the Readers of Grays-Inn in the Reign of King Henry the Eighth after which by Queen Mary he was made one of the Justices of the Common-Pleas Richard Walmesly of Dunkenhalgh in the County of Lancaster Esq a Gentleman of excellent parts and of an ample estate is the direct Heir to the sometime Learned and most expert Lawyer of his time Sir Thomas Walmesly of the Honourable Society of Lincolns Inn Knight Serjeant at Law and one of the Justices of the said Court of Common-Pleas in the several Reigns of Queen Elizabeth and King James The Right Honourable Henry Coventry of Enfield in the County of Middlesex Esq late one of His present Majesties principal Secretaries of State and a person of great Integrity and Stedfastness to the Royal Interest is one of the younger Sons of Thomas Lord Coventry Lord Keeper of the great Seal of England who was the Son and Heir to Thomas Coventry of Crombe in the County of Worcester and of the Inner-Temple Esq Serjeant at Law and one of the Justices of the Court of Common-Pleas in the Reign of King James Robert Coke of Holkham in the County of Norfolk Esq is the eldest Branch descended from Sir Edward Coke of the Inner-Temple Knight so much celebrated for his profound Judgement and experience in the Laws of this Kingdom in respect whereof he became the Autumn Reader of the said Society in the thirty fourth year of Queen Elizabeths Reign soon after which time he was constituted Solicitor and then Attorney General to that Princess as also Recorder of the City of London and by King James called to the degree of a Serjeant at Law and advanced to the dignity of Lord Chief Justice of the Common-Pleas whence he was removed to the like Honour in the Kings-Bench and elected one of His then Majesties Privy-Council John Crew of Misterton in the County of Leicester Esq is descended from the Famous Sir Randolph Crew of Lincolns-Inn Knight Serjeant at Law and 〈◊〉 Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Kings-Bench in the Reign of King James which said Sir Randolph was descended of the Antient and Worshipful Family of the Crews of Crew-Hall in the County Palatine of Chester where they have flourished for five Hundred years and upwards as men of the greatest Honour and Esteem of that County and are at this day so reputed William Whitlocke of Fellis-Court in the County of Oxon and of the Middle-Temple Esq
County of Chester Esq a younger Branch of the worthy Family of the Leicester's of Nether-Tabley in the said County is descended from Roger de Leicester one of the Barons of the Exchequer in the Reign of King Edward the First Thomas Yarbrough of Campsall in the West Riding of the County of York Esq a Gentleman learned in the Law is descended from Francis Yarbrough Esq one of the Readers of Lincolns Inn in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth Richard Godbolt of Hatfield-Peverell in the County of Essex Esq is descended from John Godbolt of Grayes-Inn Esq Serjeant at Law in the Reign of King Charles the First William Roper of Brentford in the County of Middlesex Esq a Gentleman of great Probity and Loyalty and of an Excellent Family is descended from John Roper Esq a learned Lawyer of Lincolns-Inn of which Society he became one of the Readers and was Attorney General to King Henry the Eighth William Broxholme of Barrow in the County of Lincoln Esq is descended from Thomas Broxholme Esq a learned Lawyer of Grayes Inn and one of the Readers thereof in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth Robert Houghton of Ranworth in the County of Norfolk Esq is descended from Robert Houghton of Lincolns-Inn Esq one of the Readers thereof in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth John Cary of Wilcott in the County of Oxon is descended from John Cary of Holway in the County of Devon Esq Serjeant at Law one of the Barons of the Exchequer in the Reign of King Richard the Second Peter Warburton of Abbots-Bromley in the County of Stafford Esq is descended from the learned Sir Peter Warburton of Lincolns-Inn Knight Serjeant at Law in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth and one of the Justices of the Common-Pleas in the Reign of King James John Gaynsford of Cohurst-Place in the County of Surrey Esq is descended from William Gaynsford Esq a famous Lawyer and one of the Governors of the Honorable Society of Lincolns-Inn in the Reign of King Henry the Seventh Gyles Eyre of Brickworth in the County of Wilts and of Lincolns-Inn Esq Recorder of the Town of Southampton and Deputy Recorder of the City of Salisbury a Gentleman of great Experience and Judgment in the Law and of eminent Practice is descended from William Eyre of the same Society Esq one of the Readers thereof in the Reign of King Charles the First John Goodrick of Altofts in the West-Riding of Yorkshire Esq is descended from the late learned Sir Francis Goodrick of Lincolns-Inn Knight Temporal Chancellor of the County Palatine of Durham John Scroope of Castle-Combe in the County of Wilts Esq a younger Branch of the Noble and Ancient Family of the Lordâ— Scroop is descended from Sir Goffery de Scroop Knight Serjeant at Law and Lord Chief Justice of the Kings-Bench in the Reign of King Edward the Second Henry Shelly of Lewes in the County of Sussex Esq is descended from William Shelly Esq Serjeant at Law one of the Readers of the Inner-Temple and one of the Justices of the Court of Common-Pleas in the Reign of King Henry the 8th William Peckham of the City of Chichester in the County of Sussex Esq is the Son and Heir to the late learned and Judicious Sir Henry Peckham Knight Serjeant at Law and Recorder of the said City of Chichester Robert Hyde of Dinton in the County of Wilts Esq is descended from Sir Robert Hyde of the Middle-Temple Knight Serjeant at Law in the Reign of King Charles the First and upon His Majestie 's Restoration was first constituted one of the Justices of the Common Pleas from whence he was shortly after advanced to the Dignity of Lord Chief Justice of the Kings-Bench James Zouch of Woking in the County of Surrey Esq is descended by many Noble Ancestors from Allan le Zouch Lord Chief Justice of England in the Reign of King Henry the Third Robert Bernard of Syleby in the County of Leicester Esq is descended from Sir Robert Bernard of Brampton in the County of Huntington Knight and Baronet a wealthy and learned Serjeant at Law being called to that Degree in the year 1660. Thomas Needham of Dutton in the County of Chester Esq a Gentleman of great Honor and Repute and of an excellent Family is descended from Sir John Needham of Sheinton in the County of Salop Knight the Ancient Seat of this Family Serjeant at Law Chief Justice of Chester and one of the Justices of the Common-Pleas in the Reign of King Henry the 6th Charles Yaxley of Yaxley-Hall in the County of Suffolk Esq is descended from John Yaxley of Yaxley aforesaid Esq a learned Serjeant at Law in the Reign of King Henry the Seventh Humphrey Noy of Carnanton in the County of Cornwall Esq is descended from the famous William Noy of Lincolns-Inn Esq Attorney General to King Charles the First Henry Mildmay of Graces in the County of Essex Esq is descended from Sir Walter Mildmay Knight Chancellor and Under-Treasurer of the Exchequer in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth which Sir Walter was the Son and Heir to Thomas Mildmay Esq one of the Auditors of the Court of Augmentations in the Reign of Henry the Eighth FINIS THE INDEX A. ALlen Pag. 69 Altham 149 Anderson 53 66 77 91 182 Andrews 81 Anger Lord Strangford 15 Appleton 38 Archer 135 Ardern 134 Armyn 231 Ascough 124 220 Atkins 108 114 200 208 Ayloff 40 190 B. BAbington 194 Bacon 32 50 85 122 237 Bagshaw 253 Baldwin 223 Ball 127 Banks 83 Barker 92 Barnham 89 Basset 229 Bastard 150 Beaumont 47 Beddingfield 172 Bell 181 Beresford 173 Berkley 186 252 Bernard 86 275 Bindloss 58 Bingham 220 Boon 205 Booth 215 Boteler 43 54 137 Bowyer 76 Boys 252 Boyse 266 Brabazon Lord of Meath 14 175 Bradshaw 100 Brampston 115 123 142 188 Branthwaite 263 Brerewood 188 Bridgman 67 Briscoe 232 Brograve 88 Broome 204 216 Bromley 180 196 222 240 Brooke 81 235 Browne 128 Brownlow 56 Broxholme 271 Brudnell Lord Cardigan 9 178 Bruce Lord Alesbury 10 C. CAlthorp 148 165 Carleton 133 Cartwright 219 Carus 253 Cary 149 151 271 Caryll 156 177 199 Catesby 190 Catelyn 118 Cave 53 254 Cavendish Lord Newcastle and Devon 2 179 251 Caesar 136 164 176 Cecil Lord Exeter and Salisbury 3 Chaloner 143 211 Chamberlayn 65 223 Charleton 108 239 Chisnall 130 Cholmley 57 234 Chute 267 Clerk 139 Lord Clifford 27 Clopton 126 Cockain Lord Cullen 17 67 Lord Colepeper 26 48 51 147 229 246 Coke 60 169 194 226 Conyers 155 Coningsby 253 Cooke 88 Cooper Lord Shaftsbury 11 Corbet 51 Cordell 71 Lord Coventry 24 126 138 168 199 Crawley 712 Lord Crew 26 Cromwell Lord Ardglass 20 Crook 101 121 127 186 234 238 Curson 80 D. DAllison 36 173 Dalton 142 Danby 167 Daniell 137 Darcey 70 Darnall 238 Danvers 66 214 240 Delves 44 243 Denn 228 Denton 189 Dereham 82 Diggs
The Grandeur OF THE LAW OR An exact Collection of the Nobility and Gentry of this Kingdom whose Honors and Estates have by some of their Ancestors been acquired or considerably augmented by the Practice of the Law or Offices and Dignities relating thereunto The Name of such Ancestor together with the Time in which he Fluorished the Society in which he was a Member and to what Degree in the Law he arrived being perticularly expressed By H. P. Gent. LONDON Printed for Arthur Jones at the Flying-Horse near St. Dunstan's Church in Fleetstreet 1684. TO The RIGHT HONORABLE FRANCIS Lord GVILFORD LORD KEEPER OF THE GREAT SEAL OF England c. MY LORD THE welfare of Mankind hath so necessary a Dependance upon Laws and the Administration of Justice that by the Vote of all Ages The Profession of the Law hath ever been rank't amongst the most Honorable Callings Perhaps in the Judgment of many it would not have become any Person less eminent than Cicero to have said Cedant Arma Togae And yet if a good Peace be the end and only justifiable ground of War and if it be true what Philosophy teacheth us That the End is always more noble than the Means I do not well see how the Consequence will be avoided in Favour and Preferrence of the Gown But this small Treatise hath nothing to do with such Polemical Debates It only designs to set down and enumerate those Illustrious Families of our Nation which have been raised to Honor and Wealth by the Profession of the Law The very Nature of the Subject does in a manner entitle it to your Lordships Protection who are in your self the greatest Example of this kind and the greatest Ornament of the Law in this or any Age. Others have owed their Preferments in Honor and Estate to the Law To which your Lordship is much more a Creditor than a Debtor When we consider your Nobility of Extraction Eminency of Parts and above all your Inviolable Integrity we are all bound to confess that you brought with you more Honor to the Gown than you receive from it But these great Truths are not fit to be spoken by so mean a Person as I am who shall be too much honored in being permitted to lay my self with this small Tribute at your Lordships Feet and to make a Profession of being My Lord Your Honors most Obedient and most humble Servant H. Philipps TO THE READER THE Method I have taken is first of all to Enumerate so many of the present Nobility of England and such Englishmen whose Titles of Honor are in Scotland and Ireland of which there are but few as by the Study and Practice of our Laws eminent Preferments and Places of Trust and Profit relating thereunto are risen and advanced to such their Dignities and according to the times of their respective Creations have placed them with all Circumspection Yet I do not insist that they are ranked without any Error but submit it to the Judgment of those better read in Matters of that Nature It may be Objected That I ought not to have preferred the Scots and Irish Nobility any otherwise than according to such English Honors as they are here invested with and truely they ought not but in regard they were but few I thought it would not be improper to place them next after our English Nobility according to their Titles The next Degree are the Baronets which being an Hereditary Title I have with the like Care placed them persuant to the Date of their several Patents And as to the Knights and Esquires forasmuch as there is not any material Precedency claimed or used I have placed those Degrees promiscuously as they came to my hands without the least design or intention of Injury to them or any of them and hope it will be so taken There have been many Families both of Nobility and Gentry as have been raised by the means above-mentioned besides such as I have expressed in this Book who are now become Extinct as to their Names though perhaps their Estates have been Vnited to some other Families by Daughters and Heirs but being it is difficult to point particularly at such Families to whom such Estates were carriâ—d and least it might be offensive I have not in the least meddled therewith THE NOBILITY THE first who laid the Foundation of that Noble and Flourishing Family of the Howards was William Howard one of the Judges of the Court of Common-Pleas in the Reigns of the two first Edwards From which William are directly descended Henry Howard Duke of Norfolk Earl of Arundel Surry Norfolk and Norwich and Earl Marshal of England c. James Howard Earl of Suffolk and Baron Howard of Walden Thomas Howard Earl of Berkshire Viscount Andover and Baron of Charleton Charles Howard Earl of Carlisle Viscount Morpeth and Baron Dacres of the North. Henry Lord Stafford Son and Heir to William Howard Late Lord Viscount Stafford Francis Howard Baron of Effingham And William Lord Howard of Escrick with diverse other Honourable Persons of this great Family Henry Cavendish Duke Marquess and Earl of New-Castle Earl of Ogle Viscount Mansfield Baron Ogle Bertram of Bothall and Bolesover as also William Cavendish Earl of Devonshire and Baron Cavendish of Hardwick are both descended from Sir John Cavendish Knight Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Kings-Bench in the Reigns of King Edward the Third and Richard the Second * Observe The Earl of Devonshire is the Elder House Charles Sackvill Earl of Dorsett and Middlesex Baron of Buckhurst and Lord Cranfield is descended of an Ancient Family of that Name in Sussex But the first who made any considerable addition to the Estate and Honour was Sir Richard Sackvill Knight one of the Benchers of the Inner-Temple in the Reign of King Henry the Eighth and afterwards Under-Treasurer of the Court of Exchequer whose Son and Heir was the first Lord Buckhurst James Cecill Earl of Salisbury Viscount Cranbourne and Baron of Essendon as also John Cecill Earl of Exeter and Baron of Burleigh are both Issued in a direct Line from William Cecill an eminent Lawyer of the Society of Grays-Inn in the Reign of King Henry the Eighth in which Study he made so great a Progress that besides many other worthy Offices he at last was constituted Lord High Treasurer of England and created Baron of Burleigh in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth and at his Death left an Estate of a prodigious Vallue John Edgerton Earl of Bridgewater Viscount Brackley Baron of Elsmeere is the Grandson of Thomas Edgerton a Natural Son to Sir Richard Edgerton of Ridley in Cheshire Knight which Thomas being placed in Lincolns-Inn to the Study of the Law so improved himself therein that he became first Sollicitor General to Queen Elizabeth next her Attorney General then Master of the Rolls then Lord Keeper afterwards Lord Chancellor and last
and soon after called to the Degree of a Serjeant at Law John Lord Coventry Baron of Alesbrough in the County of Worcester enjoys an Estate of vast extent and worth as Heir to those two most famous Lawyers of their time the first of which was Thomas Coventry of the Inner-Temple London Esq Serjeant at Law and one of the Justices of the Court of Common-Pleas in the Reign of King James Father of the no less Learned Thomas Coventry a Student in the same Society who for his great Abillities was first Recorder of London next Sollicitor and afterwards Attorney General to King James and lastly further advanced to the Dignity of Lord Keeper of the great Seal of England which Honourable place he Executed with great Honour and Justice for the space of Fifteen years in the Reign of King Charles the first And was longer than any person before or since his time ever held the same and longer he might have enjoyed it had not Death interposed Francis Smyth Lord Carrington and Baron of Woton in Warwickshire is directly descended from John Smyth Esq Serjeant at Law and one of the Barons of the Court of Exchequer in the Reign of King Henry the Eighth which John Dyed seized of a very plentiful Estate most of his own acquiring John Lord Colepeper Baron of Thoresway in the County of Lincolne is lineally descended by many worthy Ancestors and men of great quallity in the County of Kent from John Colepeper Esq Serjeant at Law and one of the Justices of the Court of Common-Pleas in the Reign of King Henry the Fifth The Father of this Lord Colepeper was Master of the Rolls for a short time till he was devested thereof for his Loyalty by the Parliament about the year 1642. Thomas Crew Lord Crew and Baron of Stone in the County of Northampton is the Grandson and Heir to Sir Thomas Crew Knight one of his Majesties Serjeants at Law in the Reign of King Charles the First which Sir Thomas purchased a very fair Estate in the County of Northampton himself being a younger Branch of the Antient Family of the Crews of Crew in Cheshire A younger Brother of the present Lord Crew is the Right Reverend Father in God Nathaniel Lord Bishop of Durham Hugh Clifford Lord Clifford of Chudleigh in the County of Devon is the Son and Heir to the late famous and truly honourable Sir Thomas Clifford Baron Clifford of Chudleigh who was of the Society of the Middle-Temple and for his singular Learning and Merits was made Lord High-Treasurer of England which great Trust he faithfully Executed with all the Justice and integrity imaginable Francis Lord North Baron of Guilford in the County of Surry whose descent from Edward North Esq Treasurer and Chancellor of the Court of Augmentations I have herein before expressed being a younger Son of Dudly late Lord North applyed himself to the Study of the Law in the Middle-Temple in which he became so eminent for his great Learning and Experience that he was first invested with the Honour of Knighthood and then constituted his now Most Gracious Majesties Solicitor General after Attorney General then one of his said Majesties Serjeants at Law and shortly after Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common-Pleas from whence upon the Death of the late Earl of Nottingham his Lordship was most worthily removed to the Dignity of Lord Keeper of the great Seal of England in which he now continues Administring Justice and Equity without partiallity to the great ease and satisfaction of His Majesties Subjects and his own everlasting Honour Henry Lord Farfax Baron of Cameron in the Kingdom of Scotland is descended from that Learned Lawyer Sir Guy Farfax Knight Serjeant at Law and one of the Justices of the Court of Common-Pleas in the Reign of King Edward the Fourth which Sir Guy was descended of a Family of great Antiquity and Honour in the County of York in which his now Lordship's residence is Henry Lord Richardson Baron of Cramond in the said Kingdom of Scotland is descended from the late famous Sir Thomas Richardson of Lincolns-Inn Knight Serjeant at Law first Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common-Pleas and thence removed to the same Dignity in the Court of Kings-Bench in the Reign of King James by which honourable places and his own great Abillities he laid a fair foundation to that Honour and Estate which now attends this Noble Lord. Henry Hare Baron of Colerane in the Kingdom of Ireland is descended from Sir Nicholas Hare Knight Reader of the Inner-Temple in the Reign of King Henry the Eighth made Master of the Rolls in the Reign of Queen Mary and from Hugh Hare Esq who was Reader of the same Society in the last Year of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth Thomas Needham Lord Kilmurry of the Kingdom of Ireland is descended from Sir John Needham of Shevington Alias Sheinton in the County of Salop Knight Serjeant at Law Cheif Justice of Chester and one of the Judges of the Court of Common-Pleas in the Reign of King Henry the Sixth and one of the Justices of the Kings-Bench in the beginning of the Reign of King Edward the Fourth Baronets SIR Edmond Bacon of Redgrave in the County of Suffolke Baronet the first of that Dignity within this Kingdom is Descended from the famous Sir Nicholas Bacon of Grays-Inn Knight Attorney of the Court of Wards and Liveries and Lord Keeper of the great Seal of England in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth a younger Son of which Sir Nicholas was the no less learned Francis Bacon of Grays-Inn aforesaid a person singularly read in the Laws and of incomparable Parts in respect whereof he was Created Baron of Verulam Viscount St. Albans and Lord High Chancellor of England by King James which great Honours and Preferments were soon blasted by some great Offence he committed during the time he had the Custody of the Seal and so became reduced to lead the remainder of his Life in privacy at his Chambers in Grays-Inn till his Death leaving no Issue Male. Sir Henry Hobart of Intwood in the County of Norfolk Baronet a Gentleman of a very fair Estate in those parts is the great Grandson and Heir to Sir Henry Hobart of Lincolns-Inn Knight and Baronet Serjeant at Law Attorney General to King James and afterwards Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common-Pleas a person of profound Judgment and Knowledge in the Laws as by his Learned works lately published under the Title of Hobarts Reports is sufficiently manifested which said Reverend Judge was descended by a Younger Son from Sir James Hobart Knight Reader of the same Society and Attorney General to King Henry the Seventh Sir John Shelly of Michelgrove in the County of Sussex Barronet is Descended from William Shelly of the Inner-Temple Esq Serjeant at Law and one of the Justices of the Common-Pleas in the Reign of King Henry
so great perfection that his most gracious Majesty as a mark of his Royal Favour hath been pleased to make choice of him to execute the Office of his Solicitor General being but an entrance to those future preferments which his great Learning Loyalty and Elloquence do most justly intitle him to He is the Second Son of the late Famous and most Incomparable Lawyer Heneage Earl of Nottingham Lord High Chancellor of England and the true inheritor of his great Abilities and Judgement who as in the Catalogue of the Nobility I have there mentioned was the Son and Heir of another great Lawyer of the same Society namely Sir Heneage Finch Knight Serjeant at Law and Recorder of the City of London a younger Son of Sir Thomas Finch and Brother to Thomas Finch Earl of Winchelsea Roger North of the Middle-Temple Esq Chief Justice of Chester and one of His Majesties Learned Council in the Law is a younger Brother to the Right Honourable Francis Lord North Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England Sons of Dudley late Lord North of Carthlidge who was descended from Edward Lord North a person eminently Learned in the Laws and Treasurer of the Court of Augmentations in the Reigns of Henry the Eighth Edward the Sixth and Queen Mary Evan Seys of the City of Gloucester and of Boverton in the County of Glamorgan Esq several times one of the Members of Parliament for the said City was called to the degree of a Serjeant at Law by the Arch-Traytor Oliver Cromwell in the year 1656 and again by his present Majesty in the year 1660. which said Evan Seys being by Birth of the Ancient British Race is descended from Roger Seys of Boverton aforesaid a Man of great Note and Attorney General of the whole Principality of Wales in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth Tristram Coniers of the Middle Temple Serjeant at Law and of Walthamstow in the County of Essex Esq a person of great Judgement and knowledge in the Law is descended from William Coniers Esq a Learned Member of the said honourable Society and one of the Readers thereof in the beginning of the Reign of King Charles the First Gyles Strangwaies of Melbury-Samford in the County of Dorset Esq a Gentleman of a very fair Estate is the direct descendant of James Strangwaies Esq Serjeant at Law and one of the Justices of the Common-Pleas in the several Reigns of King Henry the Fifth and Sixth John Caryll of Harting in the County of Sussex Esq a person of great Learning and Integrity is the eldest Malebranch directly descended from Sir John Caryll of Harting aforesaid and of the Inner-Temple Knight one of the Readers of that Honourable Society in the Thirty Sixth year of the Reign of King Henry the Eighth after which by Queen Mary in the Second year of her Reign he was called to the degree of a Serjeant at Law and lastly by Queen Elizabeth was constituted her Attorney of the Dutchy of Lancaster which Sir John Caryll was the Son and Heir to the no less famous and learned John Caryll of the Inner-Temple aforesaid Esq advanced to the like dignity of a Serjeant at Law by King Henry the Eighth in the Second year of his Reign by which two great Sages of the Law was considerable part of the Estate of this Honourable Family raised which remains to their Posterity at this day Francis Plowden of Shiplake in the County of Oxon Esq and Cotton Plowden of the City of London Gentleman are lineally descended from that famous and excellent Lawyer of his time Edmond Plowden originally of Plowden-Hall in the County of Salop a Family of great Antiquity there and of the Middle-Temple Esq one of the Readers thereof in the Reign of Queen Mary by whom he was called to the degree of a Serjeant at Law whose Learned Works now extant do sufficiently evidence his great Abilities Thomas Markham of Allerton in the County of Nottingham Esque a person of great Integrity and Repute is the Son and Heir to the late valiant and Loyal Thomas Markham of Allerton aforesaid Esq who discerning the Flames of Rebellion breaking forth upon this Kingdom which threatned no less then those Miseries and Calamities which afterwards befel this distressed Nation did Cordially put himself in Arms on the behalf of His late Majesty in whose Service he was slain at Gainsburgh in Lincolnshire fighting stoutly against the Parliament forces in the year 1643. to the no small diminution of his Estate which Thomas was descended by many Ancestors of the greatest note in this County from Sir John Markham Knight one of the Justices of the Court of Common-Pleas in the Reign of King Henry the Fourth and he the Son of Robert Markham and Grandson of John Markham both Eminent Lawyers John Lukener of West-Dean in the County of Sussex Esq a Gentleman of a very ample Fortune is descended from Sir Roger Lukener Knight one of the Readers of the Middle-Temple and made a Serjeant at Law by Queen Elizabeth in the latter end of her Reign which Sir Roger was descended from Geffrey de Lukener one of the Justices of the Common-Pleas in the beginning of the Reign of King Edward the First John Stoner of Stoner in the County of Oxon Esq a Family of great Honour and Antiquity in this County is descended from John de Stoner Esq Serjeant at Law Lord Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer and Lord Chief Justice of the Common-Pleas in the Reigns of King Edward the Second and Edward the Third Thomas Sympson of the Inner-Temple Esq is the Son and Heir to the late Learned and Judicious Sir John Sympson of the same Society Knight one of His Majesties Serjeants at Law Recorder of the Town of St. Albans in the County of Hertford and one of the Judges of the Sheriffs Court held in the City of London Thomas Gawdy of Claxton in the County of Norfolk Esq is descended from Thomas Gawdy of the Inner-Temple Esq Serjeant at Law one of the Readers of that House and one of the Justices of the Kings-Bench in the beginning of Queen Elizabeths Reign William Fortescue of Buckland in the County of Devon Esq is descended from the famous Sir John Fortescue of Buckland aforesaid Knight Serjeant at Law and Lord Chief Justice of the Common-Pleas in the Reign of King Henry the Sixth he was a Man of profound knowledge and experience in the Law as his Learned Works some part whereof still extant do manifest and by Birth was a younger Son to Sir Henry Fortescue of Wood in the said County of Devon Knight Chief Justice of Ireland and descended of a Family of great Honour and Antiquity in the West of England Edward Tildesly of Morlies in the County of Lancaster Esq is the Son and Heir to that great patern of Loyalty and Valour Sir Thomas Tildesly of Morleys aforesaid Knight who being in Arms on the
the said William William Tate of De-la Pree in the County of Northampton Esque is descended from Francis Tate of the Middle-Temple Esq one of the Readers thereof in the Reign of King James Roger Sydenham of Shilgate in the County of Somerset Esq is descended from Richard de Sydenham Esq Serjeant at Law one of the Justices of the Common-Pleas in the Reign of King Richard the Second Henry Bromley of Vpton in the County of Worcester Esq is descended from the famous Sir Thomas Bromley of the Inner-Temple Knight Solicitor General and lastly Lord High Chancellor of England in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth John Danvers of Bainton in the County of Wilts Esq is descended from Robert Danvers of Lincolns-Inn Esq a Person of great learning in the Law in respect whereof he was called to the Degree of a Serjeant at Law and made one of the Justices of the Court of Common-Pleas by King Henry the Sixth The Honorable Colonel Edward Sackvill of St. Martins in the Fields in the County of Middlesex Esq a Person of exemplary Loyalty and Valour is of the Noble Blood â— of the Sackvills Earls of Dorset descended from Sir Richard Sackvill of Buckhurst in the County of Sussex and of Grayes-Inn Knight one of the Benchers of that Society and Under Treasurer of the Court of Exchequer in the Reign of King Henry the Eighth The Honorable Edward Howard of Vrchfont in the County of Wilts Esq a younger Son of Thomas late Earl of Berkshire is descended from William Howard Esq one of the Justices of the Common-Pleas in the Reign of King Edward the First Isaac Farfax of Dunsley in the County of York Esq is descended from the learned Sir Guy Farfax Knight Serjeant at Law one of the Justices of the Court of Common-Pleas in the Reigns of King Edward the Fourth and Richard the Third Anthony Ingilby of Clape-Dale in the West-Riding of Yorkshire Esq is descended from Thomas de Ingilby Esq Serjeant at Law one of the Justices of the Kings Bench in the Reign of King Edward the Third from whence he was removed and made one of the Justices of the Common Pleas by King Richard the Second The Honorable Robert Philipps Esq one of the Gentlemen of His Majestie 's Bed-Chamber is descended from Sir Edw. Philipps of the Inner-Temple Knight Serjeant at Law and Master of the Rolls in the Reign of His late Majesty King James Nicholas Delves of Camberwell in the County of Surrey Esq a Branch of the ancient Name and Family of Delves of Cheshire is descended from Sir John Delves Knight one of the Justices of the Common-Pleas in the Reign of King Edward the Third Robert Sheffield of Kensington in the County of Middlesex Esq is descended by a younger Son of Edmond late Earl of Mulgrave from Sir Robert Sheffield of Botterwick in the County of Lincoln and of the Inner-Temple Knight Recorder of London and Speaker of the House of Commons in the Reign of King Henry the Seventh Edmond Pooley of Collumbyne-Hall in the County of Suffolk Esq is descended from Edmond Pooley Esq one of the Readers of Grayes-Inn and a Person very Eminent for his learning the Laws in the Reign Queen Elizabeth John Fitz Herbert of Luckington in the County of Wilts Esq is descended by a younger Son from Sir Anthony Fitz Herbert of Norbury in the County of Derby Knight Serjeant at Law one of the Justices of the Common Pleas in the Reign of King Henry the Eighth John Vavasour of Fogarthorp in the East-Riding of the County of York Esq is descended from John Vavasour of the Middle-Temple Esq the first Reader of that Honorable Society in the 17th year of King Henry the Seventh After which he was called to the Dignity of a Serjeant at Law and constituted one of the Justices of the Common-Pleas by that Prince Dymock Walpole of Louth in the County of Lincoln and of Grayes-Inn Esq is descended from John Walpole of Grayes-Inn aforesaid Esq one of the Readers thereof and one of Her Majesties learned Serjeants at Law in the Reign of Queen Mary Thomas Petyte of Boughton Vnder Bleane in the County of Kent Esq is descended from John Petyte of Grayes-Inn Esq Serjeant at Law and one of the Barons of the Exchequer in the Reign of King Henry the Eighth John Gerrard of Hilderston in the County of Stafford Esq is descended from Sir Gilbert Gerrard of Grayes-Inn Knight Serjeant at Law Attorney General for above Twenty years together and also Master of the Rolls in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth Thomas Colepepper of Bedgebury in the County of Kent Esq is descended from John Colepepper Esq Serjeant at Law and one of the Justices of the Court of Common-Pleas in the Reign of King Henry the Fifth Henry Drax of Sibsey in the County of Lincoln Esq is descended from Richard Drax a learned Lawyer of Lincolns-Inn and one of the Governors thereof for many years in the Reign of King Henry the Sixth Anthony Drury of Intwood in the County of Norfolk Esq is descended from Robert Drury Esq one of the Readers of Lincolns-Inn and Speaker of the House of Commons in the Reign of King Henry the Seventh John Kingsmill of Sandleford in the County of Berks Esq is descended from John Kingsmill Esq Serjeant at Law one of the Justices of the Common-Pleas in the Reign of King Henry the Seventh William Walsh of Abberlylodge in the County of Worcester Esq is descended from Thomas Walsh Esq Remembrancer of the Court of Exchequer and one of the Barons of the same Court in the Reign of King Henry the Eighth John Stapleton of Warter in the County of York Esq is descended from Nicholas de Stapleton Esq one of the Justices of the Kings-Bench in the Reign of King Henry the Third and Edward the First John Wyvell of Osgerby in the County of York Esq is descended from John de Wyvell one of the Barons of the Exchequer and one of the Justices of the Common-Pleas in the Reign of King Henry the Third Thomas Keble of Newton in the County of Suffolk Esq with several other worthy Gentlemen of that Name Family and County are descended from Thomas Keble Esq a learned Serjeant at Law in the Reign of King Henry the Seventh John Higham of East-Ham in the County of Essex Esq is descended from Richard Higham of Lincolns-Inn Esq one of the Readers thereof and called to the Degree of a Serjeant at Law by King Henry the Seventh Henry Henly of Coleway in the County of Dorset Esq is descended from Sir Walter Henly Knight a learned Lawyer of Grayes-Inn and twice Reader of that Society in the Reign of King Henry the Eighth Charles Trevanion of Goran in the County of Cornwall Esq is descended from John Trevanion Serjeant at Law and one of