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
dyed without Issue William Brabazon Earl of Meath in Ireland is the direct Heir Male to Sir Roger Brabazon of Estwell in the County of Leicester Knight one of the Justices of the Court of Common-Pleas in the Reign of King Edward the first Francis Lord Angier Earl of Longford in Ireland is descended from Francis Angier of Grays-Inn Esq Reader thereof in the Four and fortieth year of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth and afterwards became Master of the Rolls in Ireland where he layd the foundation to this Honour and the Estate that attends it Horatio Townsend Lord Viscount Raynham and Baron of Lynn-Regis in the County of Norfolk is descended by many worthy Ancestors from Sir Roger Townsend Knight Reader of Lincolns-Inn who for his great knowledge in the Law was called to the Degree of a Serjeant and made one of the Justices of the Court of Common-Pleas in the Reigns of King Richard the Third and Henry the Seventh Thomas Thynn Viscount Weymouth and Baron of Warminster enjoys a very plentiful Estate as descended from Sir Egremont Thynn of the Inner-Temple London Knight Serjeant at Law in the Reign of King James which Sir Egremont did not a little augment the Estate of his Ancestors who were before Men of very considerable repute and Quality Christopher Hatton Viscount Gretton and Baron of Kirby in the County of Northampton is a Branch of the Ancient Stem of the Hattons of Cheshire and is the Heir to Sir Christopher Hatton Knight who from a Student in the Inner-Temple in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth did by his great abillities and singular knowledge in the Laws raise himself to great Honour and Estate by the access of divers places of great Profit and Repute and at last arrived to the highest step of Preferment being made Lord High-Chancellor of England but Dying without Islue a great part of his Estate did at length devolve to the Ancestor of this Lord Hatton who was Nephew to the said Lord-Chancellor William Farefax Lord Viscount Farefax of the Kingdom of Ireland is descended from that famous Lawyer Sir Guy Farefax Knight Serjeant at Law and one of the Justices of the Court of Common-Pleas in the several Reigns of King Edward the Fourth and Richard the Third Bryen Cockain Lord Viscount Cullen of the Kingdom of Ireland whose Seat is at Rushton in the County of Northampton is descended by a Younger Son from that famous and Learned Judge Sir John Cockain Lord Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer and afterwards one of the Justices of the Court of Common-Pleas in the Reign of King Henry the Fourth which John had his residence at Ashborn in the Peake in the County of Derby where his Ancestors for many Ages before and his Successors ever since continue and live in great Honour and Esteem Charles Mildmay Lord Fitz Walter a person of very Noble Extraction as descended from the Female Issue of the Antient Lords Fitz Walter and the Ratcliffs Earls of Sussex and by the Fathers side from Thomas Mildmay Esq one of the Auditors of the then new Erected Court of Augmentations in the Reign of King Henry the Eighth Henry Yelverton Lord Grey of Ruthyn is lineally descended from those two Learned Judges Sir Cristopher Yelverton of Grays-Inn Knight Serjeant at Law and one of the Justices of the Kings-Bench in the Reigns of Queen Elizabeth and King James and also from Sir Henry Yelverton of the same Society Knight Son of the said Sir Chistopher who was called to the Degree of a Serjeant and constituted one of the Justices of the Court of Common-Pleas by King Charles the First in the beginning of his Reign both which Eminent persons were the Descendants of Sir William Yelverton Knight one of the Justices of the said Court of Common-Pleas in the Reign of King Henry the Sixth Vere Cromwell Lord Cromwell Baron of Oakeham in England and Earl of Ardglass Viscount Lecale c. in Ireland is directly descended from Thomas Cromwell Earl of Essex Baron of Oakeham and Knight of the Garter who being a person of no great Extraction did by his great knowledge in the Laws and other singular accomplishments first of all obtain the place of Clerk of the Hannaper next Chancellor of the Court of Exchequer then Master of the Rolls after Lord Privy-Seal and lastly to those Honourable Titles abovementioned by the access of which Offices and by the dissolution of Religious Houses in which he acted a considerable part he did greatly enrich himself till at last being Convicted Attainted and Beheaded for Treason or some other great Offence the Earldome of Essex was thereby lost and his Son an Heir only dignified with the said Barony by a new Creation and restored to a considerable part of his Fathers Estate William Pagett Lord Pagett and Baron of Beudesert in Stafford-Shire is descended by many Noble Peers of this Realm in a direct course of succession from Sir William Pagett Knight a Gentleman very Learned in the Laws by means whereof he was made one of the Clerks of the Council and Chancellor of the Dutchy of Lancaster in the several Reigns of King Henry the Eighth and Edward the Sixth and afterwards having greatly advanced himself in Estate and Riches he was created a Baron of this Kingdom being at first but a Student in the Inns of Court Charles North Lord North Baron of Carthlidge and Lord Grey of Rolleston is lineally descended from Edward North Esq a Younger Branch of the worthy Family of the Norths of Walkringham in the County of Nottingham which Edward having applyed himself to the Study of the Laws and thereby made himfelf capable of those honourable Preferments to which he afterwards arrived was first one of the Clerks of the Council next Treasurer and Chancellor of the Court of Augmentations in the Reign of King Henry the Eighth and lastly made a Peer of this Realm by Queen Mary John Lord Petre Baron of Writtle in the County of Essex is descended from Sir William Petre Knight Doctor of the Civil Law and one of the Secretaries of State to King Henry the 8th Edward the Sixth Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth and by his great Learning and Honourable Preferments became Master of a great Estate most of which continueth to his Successors at this Day Christopher Roper Lord Tenham Baron of Tenham in Kent is very Honourably descended from a Family of great Antiquity in the said County amongst whom was John Roper of Lincolns-Inn Esq direct Ancestor to this Noble Lord which John being Attorney General to King Henry the Eighth and of profound Judgement and Knowledge in the Laws made a very considerable Augmentation to the Antient Inheritance of this worthy Family John Lovelace Lord Lovelace Baron of Hurly in Berkshire is Descended from that eminent Lawyer William Lovelace of Grays-Inn Esq Reader thereof in the fourth Year of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth
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
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
in the County of Lincolne a Gentleman of a very great Estate is the Son and Heir to Sir Thomas Ellis Baronet and Nephew and Heir to the late Famous and Learned Judge Sir William Ellis of Grays-Inn Knight Serjeant at Law and several times one of the Justices of the Court of Common-Pleas in His now Majesties Reign Both which Sir Thomas and Sir William were the descendants of another Sir William Ellis Knight who was also one of the Readers of Grays-Inn in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth Sir Robert Hales of Beaksbourne in the County of Kent Baronet is descended from James Hales Esq Serjeant at Law in the Reign of King Henry the Eighth and one of the Justices of the Common-Pleas in the Reign of King Edward the Sixth Sir Thomas Vernon of Hodnett in the County of Salop Baronet is descended from George Vernon of the Inner-Temple Esq Serjeant at Law one of the Readers of the said Society afterwards one of the Barons of the Exchequer and lastly one of the Justices of the Common-Pleas in the Reign of King James Sir Robert Leicester of Nether Tabley in the County of Chester Baronet a person of a very fair Estate and great Antiquity in those parts is descended by many Honourable Ancestors from Roger de Leicester one of the Barons of the Exchequer toward the later end of the Reign of King Edward the First Sir John Knightly of Off-Church in the County of Warwick Baronet enjoys the Lordship of Off-Church and other Lands of good worth in that County as Heir to Sir Edmond Knightly of the Middle-Temple Knight a Learned Serjeant at Law and one of the Readers of that House in the Reign of King Henry the Eighth which Sir Edmond was a younger Son to Sir Richard Knightly of Fawsely in the County of Northampton Knight Sir John Bowyer of Knipersley in the County of Stafford Baronet a person of a very ample Fortune in those parts is descended from Iohn Bowyer Esq of great judgement in the Laws and several times Reader of Lincolns-Inn as also many years one of the Governors thereof in the several Reigns of Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth Sir Felix Wilde of St. Clement Danes in the County of Middlesex Baronet is the Son and Heir to Sir William Wilde Knight and Baronet Serjeant at Law Recorder of the City of London and lately one of the Learned Justices of the Court of Kings-Bench Sir Iohn Wroth of Blenden-hall in the County of Kent Baronet is descended from Robert Wroth of Grays-Inn Esq Attorney of the Dutchy of Lancaster in the beginning of the Reign of King Henry the Eighth Sir Iohn Anderson of Broughton in the County of Lincoln Baronet is descended from the memorable Sir Edmond Anderson of the Inner-Temple Knight Serjeant at Law and Lord Chief Justice of the Common-Pleas for Twenty years together in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth and so continued for some time in the Reign of King James Sir Edward Ward of Bexley in the County of Norfolk Baronet is descended from Richard Ward of the Inner-Temple Esq Reader as also Treasurer of that Society in the Reign of King Henry the Eighth Sir John Jackson of Hickleton in the County of York Baronet is descended from Sir James Jackson Knight one of the Readers of the Inner-Temple in the beginning of the Reign of King James Sir William Rookeby of Skyers in the County of York Baronet is descended from Ralph Rookeby Esq an Eminent Lawyer of Lincolns-Inn and twice Reader thereof in the beginning of the Reign of King Henry the Eighth Sir Walter Ernley of Itchilhampton and Salisbury in the County of Wilts Baronet is descended from Sir John Ernley Knight Solicitor General to King Henry the Eighth by whom in the Tenth year of his Reign he was advanced to that great dignity of Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas. Sir Compton Read of Burton in the County of Berks Baronet is descended from John Read Esq Serjeant at Law in the beginning of the Reign of King Henry the Fourth Sir Walter Henly of Lunchfield in the County of Sussex Baronet is descended by a younger Son from Sir William Henley Knight a Learned Lawyer of Grays-Inn and one of the Readers of that House in the Reign of King Henry the Eighth Sir Charles Golding of Colston-Bassett in the County of Nottingham Baronet a person of great integrity and worth is descended from Robert Golding Esq a Learned Bencher of the Inner-Temple and several times Reader of that Honourable Society in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth Sir Charles Gawdy of Crowshall in the County of Suffolk Knight and Baronet is descended from two eminent persons of great knowledge and learning in the Laws and both Readers in the Inner-Temple the one was Sir Thomas-Gawdy Knight Serjeant at Law and one of the Justices of the Kings-Bench in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth and the other was Francis Gawdy Esq Serjeant at Law and one of the Justices of the Court of Common-Pleas in the Reign of King James Sir John Curson of Waterpirry in the County of Oxon Baronet a Family of great honour and esteem is descended from Robert Curson Esq Reader of the Society of Lincolns Inn in the Reign of King Henry the Eighth and afterwards made one of the Barons of the Court of Exchequer by King Edward the Sixth in the beginning of his short Reign Sir William Glyn of Amersden near Bisseter alias Burncester in the County of Oxon and of Hawarden Castle in Flintshire Baronet is the Son and Heir to that famous and wealthy Lawyer John Glyn of Lincolns-Inn Esq Serjeant at Law and Lord Chief Justice of the Vpper Bench in the time of the late unhappy troubles in this Kingdom Sir Robert Brooke of Netton in the County of Suffolk Baronet is descended from another Sir Robert Brook Knight Serjeant at Law one of the Readers of the Middle-Temple and Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common-Pleas in the Reign of Queen Mary Sir Henry Andrewes of Lathbury in the County of Bucks Baronet is descended from Eusebius Andrewes Esq one of the Governors of Lincolns-Inn in the Reign of King James and one of the Readers thereof in the beginning of the Reign of King Charles the first Sir Henry Dereham of West-Dereham in the County of Norfolk Baronet a Family of long continuance there is descended by many honourable Ancestors men of singular esteem and reputation from Thomas Dereham Esq a person of profound Learning in the Laws and Attorney General to King Henry the Fourth Sir Thomas Sylyard of Dela-Ware in the County of Kent Baronet is descended from John Sylyard of Lincolns-Inn Esq Serjeant at Law and one of the Justices of the Kings-Bench in the Reign of King Richard the Third and from William Sylyard Esq Son of the said John a person of eminent repute for his great
the like Office to Prince Charles afterwards King Charles the First Sir Francis Brampston of the Middle-Temple Knight Serjeant at Law one of the Readers of that Society and lately one of the Barons of the Court of Exchequer is also descended from Sir John Brampston Knight one of the Readers of that Honourable House one of His Majesties Serjeants at Law and Lord Chief Justice of the Common-Pleas in the Reign of King Charles the First Sir Bulstrode Whitlocke of Chilton Park in the County of Wilts Knight a person of an ample Fortune is the Son and Heir to Bulstrode Whitlocke of the Middle-Temple Esq a man of great Note in the late miserable distractions of this Kingdom being one of the Commissioners of the great Seal and one of the prime favourers of the Factions so predominant in those unhappy Days he being commonly called Bulstrode Lord Whitlock Sir Henry Wood of Lowdham-Hall in the County of Suffolk Knight of an Ancient and worthy Family in that County is descended from the Learned Sir Thomas Wood Knight Serjeant at Law and Lord Chief Justice of the Common-Pleas in the Reign of King Henry the Seventh Sir Edward Ascough of North Kelsey in the County of Lincoln Knight High Sheriff of the said County is directly descended by many worthy Ancestors from Sir William Ascough Knight Serjeant at Law and one of the Justices of the Court of Common-Pleas in the Reign of King Henry the Sixth by which Sir William was this worthy Family greatly advanced Sir John Pooley of Boxtead in the County of Suffolk Knight a Family of great Antiquity and Esteem in that County a great advancer whereof was John Pooley a Learned Lawyer and one of the Readers of Grayes-Inn in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth Lineal Ancestor to this Honourable person Sir John Knivet of Ketringham in the County of Norfolk Knight of the Bath is descended from John Knivet Esq Serjeant at Law first one of the Justices of the Court of Common-Pleas and afterwards constituted Lord Chief Justice of the Kings-Bench by King Edward the Third Sir John Clopton of Clopton in the County of Warwick Knight a Family of Eminent quallity and long continuance at Clopton aforesaid is descended from Walter de Clopton Esq Serjeant at Law in the Reign of King Edward the Third and advanced to the Dignity of Lord Chief Justice of the Kings-Bench by King Richard the Second Sir John Coventry of Pit-Minster in the County of Somerset and of Mere in the County of Wilts Knight of the Honourable Order of the Bath is descended from Thomas Coventry of the Inner-Temple Esq Serjeant at Law and one of the Justices of the Common Pleas in the Reign of King James's Father of the Famous Thomas Lord Coventry first a Member of the said Society and afterward Lord Keeper of the great Seal Sir Henry Fitz-James of in the County of Essex Knight is descended from John Fitz-James of the Middle-Temple Esq Serjeant at Law and Lord Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer in the beginning of the Reign of King Henry the Eighth Sir Robert Crooke of Chekers in the County of Bucks Knight is a Branch of the Honourable Family of the Crooks of Waterstocke in Oxfordshire descended from Sir John Crooke of the Middle-Temple Knight Serjeant at Law and one of the Justices of the Court of Common-Pleas for many years in the Reign of King James Sir Peter Ball of Mynehead in the County of Devon Knight is descended from Sir Peter Ball Knight a late worthy Member of the Middle-Temple and Attorney General to her late Majesty Mary the Queen Mother Sir Anthony Browne of Chig well in the County of Essex Knight is descended from that eminent and Learned Lawyer Sir Anthony Browne of the Middle-Temple Knight Serjeant at Law and Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common-Pleas in the several Reigns of Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth Sir William Fleetwood of Woodstock in the County of Oxon Knight is descended from William Fleetwood Esq a Learned Lawyer of the Middle-Temple several times Reader of that Society and Recorder of the City of London in the time of Queen Elizabeth Sir Robert Clench of Cretinghall in the County of Suffolk Knight is descended from that famous and eminent Lawyer of Lincolus-Inn John Clench Esq Serjeant at Law one of the Barons of the Exchequer and afterwards one of the Justices of the Court of Kings-Bench in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth Sir John Mallett of St. Andrews in West-Quantox-head in the County of Somerset Knight Recorder of the Town of Bridgewater in the said County is the Son and Heir to Thomas Mallett of the Middle-Temple Esq Serjeant at Law one of the Justices of the Kings-Bench in the Reign of His late Majesty where he sate till for his Loyalty to that Prince he was forced to retire but His Majesty upon his most happy Restoration re-advanced him to the same dignity Sir Philip Howard of Sissinghurst in the County of Kent Knight is a younger Branch of the House of Carlisle of the Noble Blood and numerous Family of the Howards descended from Sir William Howard Knight one of the Justices of the Court of Common-Pleas in the Reign of King Edward the first as before is expressed Sir Drue Drury of Rougham in the County of Suffolk Knight is descended from Robert Drury of Lincolns Inn Esq one of the Readers thereof Speaker of the House of Commons and a person of singular Note and Esteem in the Reign of King Henry the Seventh Sir Edward Chisnall of Chisnall in the County of Lancaster Knight is descended from Richard Chisnall Esq a Learned Lawyer and one of the Readers of Grays-Inn in the beginning of Queen Elizabeths Reign This is a Family of great antiquity and repute in this County for many Generations before this eminent person yet did he make a very considerable addition to the Ancient Inheritance of his Ancestors Sir Dudly North of the City of London Knight and Alderman is descended from Edward North afterwards Lord North a person of great judgement in the Laws and Treasurer of the Court of Augmentations in the Reign of King Henry the Eighth Sir Francis Wingate of Harlington in the County of Bedford Knight is descended from that Learned Gentleman Edmond Wingate of Grays-Inn Esq Author of that Excellent Book Intituled Wingate's Maxims Sir Gilbert Ireland of the Hutt and Beausey in the County of Lancaster Knight a person of great Integrity and Honour and of an Ample Fortune is descended from Sir Thomas Ireland Knight Reader of Grays-Inn and Vice Chamberlayn of the County Palatine of Chester in the time of King James Sir Richard Piggott of Dedershall in the County of Bucks Knight is descended from Thomas Piggott Esq Serjeant at Law one of the Readers of the Inner-Temple in the Reign of King Henry the Eighth Sir John
Walpole of Dunston in the County of Lincoln Knight a person of exemplary Loyalty and singular Repute is directly descended from John Walpole of Grays-Inn Esq Reader thereof and called to the degree of a Serjeant by Queen Mary Sir Thomas Scott of Scots-hall in the County of Kent Knight is descended by many Honourable Ancestors of signal Renown and Quality in this County from William Scott Esq Serjeant at Law first one of the Justices and afterwards Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Kings-Bench in the Reign of King Edward the Third A descendant also of which William was that great Lawyer Sir John Scott Knight Lord Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer in the beginning of the Reign of King Henry the Eighth Sir William Carleton of Carleton in the County of Cumberland Knight a Family of great Antiquity is descended from William de Carleton Esq Lord Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer in the Reign of King Edward the first Sir Walter Moyle of Bake in the County of Cornwall Knight is descended from Walter Moyle Esq Serjeant at Law and one of the Justices of the Common Pleas in the time of King Henry the Sixth Sir Robert Pye of Farrindon in the County of Berks Knight is descended from Sir Walter Pye of the Middle-Temple Knight Attorney General of the Court of Wards and Liveries and one of the Readers of that Honourable Society in the time of King James Sir John Arderne of Arderne in the County of Chester Knight is descended from Sir Peter Arderne of Arderne aforesaid Knight Serjeant at Law one of the Barons of the Exchequer in the time of King Henry the Sixth and one of the Justices of the Court of Common-Pleas in the first year of the Reign of King Edward the Fourth Sir John Zouch of Codnor in the County of Derby Knight of the Noble Family of the Ancient Lords Zouch is descended from Alan-le-Zouch Lord Chief Justice of England in the Reign of King Henry the Third Sir John Archer of Theydon Garron in the County of Essex Knight is the Son and Heir to John Archer Esq deceased Serjeant at Law and lately one of the Justices of the Court of Common-Pleas a person of great Judgement in the Laws Sir Lumley Robinson of the Inner-Temple Knight is the Son and Heir to the late unfortunate Gentleman Sir Thomas Robinson of the same Society Knight one of the Prothonotories of the Court of Common-Pleas which said Sir Thomas had the hard fate to lose his Life in August last For a sudden Fire breaking forth in or near his Chamber he to avoid the fury and violence of the Flames adventured to leap out at his Chamber Window and thereby being a very corpulent Man so bruised his body that he soon expired leaving a great Estate to this worthy Gentleman Sir Charles Caesar of Bennington Place in the County of Hertford Knight is the direct and eldest Male Branch descended from Sir Julius Caesar Knight Master of the Rolls in the Reign of King James Father of Sir Charles Caesar Knight also Master of the Rolls in the Reign of His late Majesty King Charles the First Sir Philip Boteler of Wotton-Woodhall in the County of Hertford Knight of the Bath is descended from Sir John Boteler of Lincolns-Inn Knight Serjeant at Law in the time of King Henry the Seventh and constituted one of the Justices of the Common-Pleas by King Henry the Eighth Sir Thomas Daniel of Beswick in the County of York Knight is descended from William Daniell of Grays-Inn Esq Serjeant at Law one of the Readers of that honourable House in the time of Queen Elizabeth and one of the Justices of the Common-Pleas in the Reign of King James which William was a younger Son of the Ancient and worthy Family of the Daniels of Over-Tabley in Cheshire where they have flourished for many Ages in great repute and still remain in the name and person of thomas Daniell of Over-Tabley aforesaid Esq Sir William Coventry of St. Martins in the Fields in the County of Middlesex Knight a person of great Prudence and excellent parts is one of the younger Sons of Thomas Lord Coventry Lord Keeper of the great Seal of England Sir John Henden of Biddenden in the County of Kent Knight is descended from Edward Henden Esq Serjeant at Law and one of the Readers of Grays-Inn in the Reign of King James and afterwards made one of the Barons of the Exchequer by King Charles the First Sir Robert Owen of Tundover in the County of Salop Knight is descended from that Famous and Learned Lawyer Thomas Owen Esq Serjeant at Law one of the honourable Benchers of Lincolns Inn and one of the Justices of the Court of Common-Pleas in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth Sir Francis Clerke of the City of Rochester and of Vlcombe in the County of Kent Knight is descended from Henry Clerke of Rochester aforesaid and of the Middle-Temple Esq Serjeant at Law and one of the Readers of that House in the Reign of King Charles the First which Henry was a younger Branch of the worthy Family of the Clerks of Willough by in the County of Warwick persons of great esteem and plentiful fortune Sir Francis Rolles of Shapwick in the County of Somerset and of East-Tedderley in the County of Southampton Knight a Gentleman of an Ample Fortune in these Western Counties is descended from the late Learned and most Excellent Lawyer Henry Roll Esq Reader of the Inner-Temple and called to the degree of a Serjeant at Law by His Majesty of Blessed Memory after which in the times of the late Rebellion being no great Enemy to the predominant factions of this miserable Kingdom then Governing he was pleased to accept of that great Office of Lord Chief Justice of the Vpper Bench which he executed under the Authority of the late Traytor and Usurper Oliver Cromwell and was the Author of those Learned Vollumes intituled Rolls Reports and Rolls Abridgement Sir Roger Hill of Wesdon in the County of Bucks Knight is descended from Roger Hill Esq called to the dignity of a Serjeant at Law in the year 1655. by the same Usurped Powers next above mentioned and further advanced to sit as one of the Barons of the Court of Exchequer then in being Sir Charles Littleton of St. Martins in the Fields in the County of Middlesex Knight a person of renowned Vallour and Military Conduct and younger Brother and Heir apparent to Sir Henry Littleton of Frankly in the County of Worcester Baronet is descended from Sir Thomas Littleton of the Inner-Temple and of Frankley aforesaid Knight of the Bath Serjeant at Law and one of the Justices of the Common-Pleas in the Reign of King Edward the Fourth Sir Marmaduke Dalton of in the North Riding of Yorkshire Knight is descended from James Dalton Esq a Learned and skilful Lawyer of Lincolns-Inn and