LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1873. CONTENTS.-No. 63. THE CASTLES, HALLS, AND MANOR HOUSES OF ENGLAND:-Belvoir Nores:-Baronies in Abeyance, 231-Children's Games: "Lords" QUERIES:-Glass, 235-"Hotch-potch"-Charon-Dandiprat, or Norman invasion the elevated situation of Belvoir was of far too great importance to be lost sight of, especially at a time when the barons could ensure their personal safety only by the fortified strength of their habitations. The site was granted by the Conqueror to Robert de Todeni, his standard-bearer, who built the castle on the summit of the hill, and obtained from it the name of Robert de Belvedier. Of this building there are now no traces. At the commencement of the present century, successive attempts at modernization had nearly reduced the castle to the style and character of an ordinary hall, but on the late Duke of Rutland attaining his majority, in 1808, he at once set himself the task of rebuilding the edifice, or rather, of restoring it to something like its original character. With this end in view, the work had been carried out to an extent involving an outlay of some 200,000/., and it is estimated that another 20,000l. would have completed it, when, on the 26th of October, 1816, a REPLIES:-Kirke White, the Poet, 236-Arundel Castle-Statue of fire broke out, which nearly reduced the whole of the magJames II.-Wit without Money-Baptism of Bells-Sonneteer-nificent structure to a blackened ruin. Some portion of the The Three Estates of the Realm-"'Twas Whispered in Heaver" castle, however, escaped destruction, namely the south-east -Ancient Law Terms-Public House Chequers-The Hastings and south-west fronts, and the beautiful chapel. Most of the Family-Mary Queen of Scots. costly furniture, and many valuable paintings by the first masters, were consumed in this conflagration, together with a very valuable service of communion plate; but a massive golden salver, entirely composed of tributary tokens of royal and public respect for national services performed by the Rutland family, bearing an inscription expressive of the several causes and dates of these honourable donations, was fortunately preserved. The present edifice, which was commenced immediately after the destruction of the old one, is of Gothic architecture, and comprises numerous battlemented towers and other buildings, surrounding a large quadrangular court. The mansion, which is said to be far superior in size and grandeur to any of its predecessors, is constructed of freestone, and the most prominent architectural features in the north-east front are of Norman design. The great tower is exceedingly massive in the basement, first, and principal stories, but slightly decreasing in its solid proportions towards the turrets and battlements. This and the Staunton Tower and north towers, with the projections of the porch and cloister-like entrance on the north-west side, form a most magnificent arrangement of castellated architecture, and, when viewed from a distance, it has much the appearance of Windsor Castle. PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES:-Society for the Encouragement of the THE CASTLES, HALLS, AND MANOR BELVOIR CASTLE, LEICESTERSHIRE. ALMOST on the borders of the counties of Leicester, Lincoln, and Nottingham, but just within the first-named county, this noble baronial residence, the seat of the Duke of Rutland, second only throughout the kingdom, in point of magnificence, to Windsor Castle itself, rears its stately and majestic towers and battlements on the summit of a lofty and well-wooded, isolated eminence, which terminates the range of bold headland forming the southern boundary of the beautiful Vale of Belvoir. The castle is situated four miles south from Bottesford station, on the Great Northern Railway, and six miles S.W. by S. from the market town of Grantham. The chief component of the cliff on which it stands is red gritstone. The sides of the hill are formed into terraces, at various heights, diversified with shrubs, whilst the base is covered with large forest trees, forming a complete woodland, which gives the castle a most imposing appearance. In speaking of the situation of Belvoir Castle, Leland says, "The Castelle of Bellevoire standith in the utter part of that way of Leicestershir on the very keepe of a highe hille, stepe up eche way, partely by nature, partely by working of mennes handes, as it may evidently be perceyvid." From the admirable natural advantage of its situation, no less than from the skill and taste which have been displayed in adapting the architecture both to the site and the importance of the historical recollections with which it is associated, Belvoir Castle has acquired a celebrity by no means confined to England, for there is scarcely a foreigner of distinction or cultivated tastes visiting this country who fails to visit it, or who does not receive from its noble owner an invitation to enjoy its princely hospitality. The foundation of the original castle is involved in doubt and obscurity. Leland was of opinion that there was no fortress here prior to the time of the onquest but after the The approach to the castle is on the north side, and has been effected by bridging the ravine under the northern bastion, whence the carriage-road winds up to the grand entrance in the north-west front. This entrance is formed by a highly decorated Gothic archway, on either side of which are tastefully arranged about 150 stand of arms, in the shape of firelocks, swords, and other weapons. Passing through the archway, the visitor next enters the guard-room, or entrance hall. This noble apartment is fitted up with all the accessories of an ancient baronial hall; its vaulted roof and architectural adornments are of the most chaste and elaborate character; the windows are beautifully enriched with painted glass, whilst arranged in niches or against the panelled walls are two full-length figures of knights, in gilded armour, together with complete suits and detached pieces of steel armour, banners, &c. The Gothic gallery, reached by two flights of steps, is appropriately enriched with decorations of the highest style of art; and in the stained glass windows appear the representations of the early possessors of the castle, in the armour of the times in which they lived. The Regent's gallery, in the north-west wing, is probably unequalled by any other apartment of the kind in the kingdom; it is 131 feet long, 18 feet 4 inches high, and 17 feet 8 inches broad at each end; the centre of this gallery forms a semi-rotunda, 41 feet 6 inches in length, and 35 feet 8 inches wide in its broadest part. The walls are ornamented in compartments by eight pieces of Gobelin tapestry, beautifully worked in rich and glowing colours, with scenes illustrative of the story of Don Quixote; here are likewise numerous paintings of great value, besides statuary, rich antique cabinets, and other articles of vertu, whilst the furniture is of the most costly description. The windows of this noble gallery are recessed, and from them some splendid views of the surrounding country are obtained, comprising mountain and glen richly clothed in every variety of verdure; whilst the town and castle of Nottingham is distinctly visible in the distance. The picture gallery is 62 feet in length, 25 feet 8 inches broad, and 31 feet 6 inches high. It is lighted from the top by a series of windows filled with ground glass, and the walls are covered with crimson cloth. Here is preserved a fine collection of paintings, both ancient and modern, by many of the first masters. The library, which is lighted from an inner corridor, is 40 feet in length, by 24 feet broad, and has a gilded panel roof; it contains a very large assortment of books, together with some valuable manuscripts. The chapel, entered from one end of the Regent's gallery, is very neatly fitted up, and contains an altar-piece, painted by Murillo, representing the Holy Family. Over the altar there is a gallery, faced with tabernacle work, consisting of five canopies. The grand corridor, upwards of 120 feet in length by 24 in width, is one of the most imposing portions of the castle, and is said to have been designed from models taken from various parts of Lincoln Cathedral. The roof is a groined vault, intersected by ribs springing from the vaulting shafts, and some of the windows are enriched with painted glass. The assembly-room, where the family and visitors meet before going to dinner, is 27 feet by 24, with a bay window, which increases the width about 8 feet. Here are seven grand paintings by Poussin; they originally represented the "Seven Sacraments," but that of "Penance" has given place to "John baptizing Christ." The views from the windows of this room are very charming, extending over the lake to the village of Woolsthorpe in one direction, and across the Vale of Belvoir and adjoining county to Lincoln in another. The grand dining-room is 55 feet long by 31 wide, and 20 in height; it is lighted by four spacious windows, and at either end is an arched recess containing the sideboards, the back of the recess being filled with plate glass, and the arch springing from broad pilasters of Derbyshire marble. Opposite the windows are three similar recesses, and also two fireplaces, with elegant chimney-pieces of statuary marble, sculptured in the finest style of the art. and gilded carving, the panels being decorated with birds and fruit in Florentine mosaic. The most ancient portion of the castle is the lower story of the Staunton Tower, which is supposed to stand on the site of the ancient donjon. The vault under this tower forms the entrance to the wine cellars, which are of extraordinary capaciousness. The roof is a groined vault, intersected with eight plain bevelled ribs, springing from the rock or floor of the cellar. In the ale cellars, which extend under another portion of the building, are many rows of barrels, one of which, capable of containing 1300 gallons, was filled with ale at the birth of the present Duke of Rutland on the 16th of May, 1815, and tapped when he arrived at his majority, Staunton Tower received its name from the Stauntons of Staunton, Nottinghamshire, who held their lands of the lords of Belvoir by the service of castle-guard, by which they were anciently required to appear with soldiers for the defence of this strong post in case of danger, or, if needful, to be called upon by the lord of the castle. The custodian of the Staunton Tower has always been a representative of this ancient family, whose duty it is, upon the occasion of Belvoir receiving a visit from the sovereign or any member of the royal family, formally to present the key of this tower to such distinguished personage. The custom, which has been preserved with great care, is stated to have originated with Sir Malger de Staunton, the ancestor of the family, who defended the castle against William the Conqueror. In 1814 Belvoir Castle was visited by the Prince Regent (after wards George IV.), who was greeted on his arrival by a royal salute from the battlements of the castle, the royal standard being at the same time displayed from the Staunton Tower. The Prince was received by the Duke at the entrance to the castle, and the golden key of Staunton Tower was delivered to the illustrious guest in the drawing-room, soon after his arrival, on a cushion of crimson velvet, by the Rev. Dr. Staunton, by virtue of the above-mentioned tenure. During the stay of his Royal Highness at the castle, the Marquis of Granby, the late duke's eldest son, now deceased, was baptized by the Archbishop of Canterbury in the great gallery, the Prince Regent standing as one of the sponsors. Previous to leaving the castle, the prince named one of the towers "The Regent Tower," in remembrance of his visit. and was pleased to signify his pleasure that a bust of himself The "Duchess's Boudoir" is a name given to an elegant should be placed in the centre. In December, 1839, the apartment in which the late Duchess of Rutland was wont Queen Dowager paid a visit to Belvoir Castle, and in Decem to indulge in those pursuits congenial to her highly culti-ber, 1843, it was honoured by the presence of Queen Victoria vated mind." The ceiling of this room is coved, and deco- and Prince Albert. rated with gilding. The walls are in panels containing paintings of Venus and Cupid, many times repeated, above which there is a series of classical designs, in bronze, on a salmon-coloured ground. The Chinese rooms are a noble suite of apartments, each lighted by two lofty windows, in which the furniture and decorations are all of genuine Chinese workmanship. In the great tower is the state drawingroom, or, as it is called out of respect to the memory of the late lamented duchess, who designed it, the " Elizabeth Saloon," a nobly-proportioned room 55 feet by 30, and upwards of 20 feet in height. The decorations of this apart-when its numerous windows are illumined by the setting sun ment are at once most chaste and elegant, in the style known the effect is extremely striking. The pleasure grounds are very as Louis Quatorze. At one end of the room, standing before extensive, embracing terraces, connected by flights of steps, a magnificent pier-glass in one of the panels of the whole guarded by balustrades, and adorned with statues and foun height of the room, is a beautiful marble statue of the tains, shady avenues, terminated by Grecian temples, Gothic duchess, from the chisel of Mr. Matthew Wyatt; the ceiling, arches, obelisks, and grottoes; tasteful lawns, shrubberies, which was painted by the same artist, is divided into com- and parterres of flowers. An avenue called the Duke's Wa'k partments, one circular and three semicircular these extends in a winding direction towards the west for nearly compartments are filled with subjects from the heathen my-two miles. In a part of the grounds known as Blackberry thology; in that over the statue of the duchess is painted Hill, approached by an avenue of funereal yews, and enveloped Jupiter, with the eagle and thunderbolts, despatching Mer-in a dense grove of forest trees, which throw a still and cury on a mission. The head of Jupiter is said to be an hallowed gloom over the whole scene, stands the family admirable likeness of the late Duke of York. The walls of mausoleum. The building is in the early Norman style of the saloon are adorned with enamel miniatures of various members and friends of the ducal family; and among the articles of furniture are four cabinets of black marble, ebony, The bastion on the west side of the castle, which commands the only accessible approach, is mounted with cannon which are capable of sweeping a destructive fire over threefourths of a circle. Belvoir Park is many hundred acres in extent, and contains a lake covering several acres. Viewed from any part of the surrounding domain, the castle has a most imposing appear. ance. Its numerous towers, rising high above the dense masses of trees that clothe the sides of the hill on which it stands, are often seen from a distance of thirty miles; and architecture; it was designed by Mr. Matthew Wyatt, and its foundation-stone was laid by the Duke of York in 1826. In a recess at the eastern end, and lighted by an invisible window, is introduced a marble statue of the late Duchess of Rutland, whose body, together with those of several other members of the Rutland family, was transferred hither from the ancient vault at Bottesford. The priory of Belvoir, founded by Robert de Belvedier, or De Todeni, in the time of the Conqueror, stood at a short distance from the castle, and was subordinate to the abbey of St. Alban, in Hertfordshire. It was dedicated to St. Mary, and was for four black monks of the order of St. Benedict. Dr. Stukely, in 1726, saw the coffin and bones of the founder, who died in 1088, dug up in the priory chapel, and on a stone was inscribed, in large letters with lead cast in them, ROBERT DE TODENE LE FVDEVR. Faint traces of the priory may still be seen. visit from Charles I. During the time of the civil wars, which soon followed, the castle was frequently garrisoned; its commanding military position naturally rendering it a station of great importance. John, the eighth Earl, attaching himself to the Parliamentarians, involved his castle in the consequences of attacks from the royal army. In the struggles for victory, Belvoir Castle was occasionally held by each party, and the building was nearly destroyed. It was in the end surrendered to the Parliamentary forces, and the House of Commons ordered it to be dismantled. In 1654, on the petition of the Earl of Rutland, "that in consequence of the unhappy wars, his estates had been devastated, whereby he was reduced to great straits for the maintenance of his family, and that Viscount Campden had been a principal instrument in the ruin of the petitioner's castle, lands, and woods about Belvoir, he (Viscount Campden) being a chief commander of the royal garrison there, it was ordered by both Houses of Parliament that satisfaction should be made the earl to the amount of 5000/. out of Lord Campden's estate." After the Restoration in 1668 the castle was repaired and restored. John, the 9th Earl, was summoned to Parliament as Baron Manners, of Haddon, Derbyshire, and in 1703 his lordship was created Marquis of Granby and Duke of Rutland. His Grace, who was possessed of a great He is stated to have resided almost entirely at Belvoir, and, fortune, was distinguished for his unbounded hospitality. for many years before his death, never came to London. John, the third Duke, who was the last of the Rutland family who made Haddon Hall, in Derbyshire, an occasional residence, succeeded to the title and estates in 1721; he made great improvements at Belvoir about the year 1750. On his death, in 1779, the title and estates passed to his grandson Charles, who was some time Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, and who died in 1787. His son and successor, John Henry, fifth Duke, who died in 1857, was the father of Charles Cecil, the sixth Duke, the present noble owner of Belvoir. Notes. W. D. As we have stated, Belvoir Castle is built on the site of one erected soon after the Conquest by Robert de Todeni. His successors took the name of Albini, from whom the estate passed, about the year 1270, by the marriage of a heiress, to Robert Lord Ros of Hamlake. During the wars of the Roses, Thomas Lord Ros espoused the Lancastrian cause, and was attainted in 1461. Six years later, the lordship of Belvoir, with all its members and appurtenances thereunto belonging, were granted by Edward IV. to William Lord Hastings, whom Leland speaks of as "coming hither upon a tyme to peruse the ground and to lye at the castel, was sodenly repelled by Mr. Harrington, a man of poure thereaboute, and friend to the Lord Rose; whereupon Lord Hastings came upon another tyme, with a strong poure, and upon a raging wille, spoillid the castel; defacing the rofes, and takeing the leades of them, wherewith they were al coverid. Then fell the castel to ruine, and the tymbre of the rofes unkeverit rotted away, and the soile betwene the walles, at the last, grue full of elders, and no habitation was there tyl of late dayes the Eyrle of Rutland hath made it fairer than ever it was." On petition of Lord Ros to Parliament, in the reign of Richard III., the attainder was removed, and the castle and its extensive domain reverted to his family. The appearance of the castle about this time is thus described by Leland:-"It is a straunge sighte to se be how many steppes of stone the way goith up from the village to the castel. In the castel be 2 faire gates; and the dungeon is a faire round towere now turned to pleasure, as a place to walk yn, and to se al the countery aboute, and raylid about the round, and a garden in the midle. There is also a welle of grete depth in the castelle, and the spring thereof is very good." The well here alluded to is 114 feet in depth. In the reign of Henry VI., or towards the end of the fifteenth No attempt, has, I believe, as yet been made (beyond what century, Sir Robert Manners, whose family had held large estates at Etal, in Northumberland, from the time of the may be found in "Burke's Extinct Peerage ") to trace the conquest, and who was sheriff of Northumberland in the existing co-heirs to the numerous ancient baronies now in 33rd year of Henry VI., and also in the 3rd and 4th years of abeyance. Inclusive of those resting under attainder, these Edward VI., married Eleanor, eldest sister and co-heir of number nearly 200, any or all of which may, by the Edmund Lord Ros, of Hamlake, Triesbut, and Belvoir, and grace of the Crown, or by an Act of Parliament, removing daughter of Thomas Lord Ros, to which barony, together the forfeiture, at any time be restored to their place on the with considerable possessions, her ladyship succeeded. These, Peerage Roll. Consequently, a list of such co-heirs, could it together with Belvoir Castle, devolved upon her husband, be brought to anything like completion, would not only be who left at his decease two sons and three daughters. The interesting in itself, but serve as an useful appendix to the eldest son, Sir George Manners, on the death of his mother," Peerage." The lapse of time-several centuries-since the succeeded to the Barony of Ros and also the Baronies of majority of these titles fell into abeyance, necessarily renders Vaux, Tries but, and Belvoir, and on his decease, in 1513, was it a difficult and, in some instances, an impossible task to succeeded by his eldest son Thomas, as 13th Lord Ros. He was installed a Knight of the Garter by Henry VIII., and in 1525 created Earl of Rutland. Belvoir Castle, which had remained in a ruinous condition since the attack by Lord Hastings, was now restored and made the chief residence of the Earl of Rutland. By Henry, the 2nd Earl, the rebuilding of the family mansion of Belvoir was completed in 1555. James, the 5th Earl, who had the honour of entertaining at Belvoir James I., upon his journey from Scotland, married the daughter and heir of the famous Sir Philip Sidney; but on his death, without issue, in 1612, the earldom devolved upon his brother Francis, as 6th Earl. King James, it is recorded, made in all seven visits to Belvoir, and in 1634 George, the seventh Earl, was honoured with a BARONIES IN ABEYANCE. ascertain now in whom the heirship vests, especially when it WILLIAM DUNCOMBE PINK, F.R.H.S. The Powells of Llanllowel, co. Monmouth, said to represent the younger co-heir, viz., Margery, married to Thomas Parker, of Monmouth. Lineally descended from Sir Henry Wallop, and Elizabeth, daughter, and eventually heir, of Robert Corbet, Esq., descended from Sir Roger Corbet, of Morten-Corbet, and Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Thomas Hopton, Esq., by Alianore, elder daughter and co-heir of Sir Walter Lucy, and Álianore Arcedekne. Co-heirs general of William, 3rd Lord Vaux, lineally descended from Sir William Vaux, and Maud, younger daughter and co-heir of Sir Walter de Lucy. Joan Courtenay, daughter and heir of Sir Hugh Courtenay and Phillippa Arcedekne, by her first marriage with Sir Nicholas, Lord of Carew, left an eldest son Thomas, whose grandson, Sir William Carew, of Mohuns Ottery, left a daughter, and eventually heiress, Cecily Carew, 2nd wife of Thomas Kirkham, Esq., of Blagdon, co. Devon, and had 2 sons and 1 daughter, viz.:-1, Henry; 2, William, ob. s. p.; 3. Thomasin, married to Thomas Southcote, Esq., of Bovey Tracey. (Query-Issue of eldest son ?) • Representatives of the three surviving daughters of Edward, Hon. Robert Marsham. Earl of Albemarle. Marquis of Salisbury. 6 John Leveson Gower, Esq. Sir George Cholmley, Bart. (late Strickland). Lord Camoys.9 The sisters of the late Sir Henry Hunloke, Bart. (ob. 1856). Lord De Ros. Duke of Atholl. Winchcombe H. H. Hartley, Esq. Sir Rainald Knightley, Bart. Mrs. Troth Jenkins. Sir Robert Burdett, Bart. Sir Charles H. Tempest, Bart. Charles Standish, Esq. John F. Wright Esq. Lord Rollo. George William Villiers, Esq. Marquis de Conronnell (in France). Lord Stafford. 12 Henry James Jones, Esq. Mrs. Emma Poulett-Scrope. Lord Wentworth. 17th Baron de Clifford, grandson and event. heir of Catherine Lady Sondes, eldest daughter and co-heir of Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet, heir-general (through the Bromfletes, Barons Vercy and Cliffords, Earls of Cumberland), of Sir Edward St. John, and Anas tasia Aton. Descended from James, 5th Earl of Salisbury, and Anne, second daughter of Thomas, 6th Earl of Thanet. Descended from John, 1st Earl Gower, by his third wife, Mary, third daughter of Thomas, 6th Earl of Thanet. (The line of Isabella, youngest daughter of the 6th Earl of Thanet, and wife of Lord Nassau Paulett, failed with Henry, 5th Earl of Egmont, in 1841.) Descended from Sir William Strickland, 3rd Baronet, and Eliza beth, daughter and event. heir of William Palmes, of Lindley, Esq., by Hon. Mary Eure, younger daughter, and event. sole heir, of William, 6th Baron Eure, lineally descended from Sir Ralph Eure, and Katharine Aton. Descended from John Stonor, Esq., by Lady Mary Talbet, daughter and heir of Francis, 11th Earl of Shrewsbury, by Anne, daughter and heir of William Conyers, Esq., of Sokeburne, lineally descended from John Conyers, Esq., and Elizabeth Aton. 1299 1360 Beauchamp, Three sisters of 3rd Baron.. 1. Cecily, wife of Sir Roger Seymour 10 Representatives of the two sisters of Francis, 6th Earl of Rut- 13 Heir-general (through the Howards, Earls of Stafford, and Staffords, Dukes of Buckingham) of Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester, and Eleanor Bohun, daughter and event. sole heir of Humphrey Bohun, Earl of Hereford, Essex, and Northampton. 1 Co-heirs to Barony of Tiptoft. Representatives of the three daughters of John, 3rd Baron Tiptoft, ob. 1372. Co-heirs to Baronies of Ferrers of Chartley and Compton. Representatives of Robert, 1st Earl Ferrers, the lineal descendant of Thomas Shirley, Esq., and Isabel Basset. If (as frequently assumed, but not established) the said Isabel was not legitimate, the Barony of Basset then vests in the representatives of the two sisters of 3rd Baron, viz.:-1, Margaret, wife of 1st Baron Stafford (heir-general, Lord Stafford); 2, Maud, wife of William De Heriz, whose greatgranddaughter and heir, Catherine Brett, married Sir William Chaworth, whose existing Representatives are the co-heirs to Barony of Chaworth. 1 Reginald Moton, great-grandson of Sir Robert Moton and Alice Basset, left 2 daughters, co-heirs:-1, Anne, wife of Richard Vincent, of Massingham, co. Lincoln, circa 1480 (query issue?); 2, Elizabeth, wife of Ralph de la Pole, of Radborne, co. Derby, whose lineal descendant, German de la Pole, Esq., ob. 1683, s.p., leaving his cousin and heir, Mary, wife of Rev. John Beresford. (Query issue?) 1 Co-heirs to Barony of Grey of Codnor. Representatives of the three daughters and event. co-heirs of 4th Baron Grey of Codnor. Thomas Aylesbury, grandson of Sir John Aylesbury and Joan Basset, left 2 daughters, his co-heirs:-1, Isabel, wife of Sir Thomas 18 Sir Robert Knyvett. Baronet (lineal descendant of Sir John 19 Co-heirs to Barony of Ferrers, of Chartley. Representatives of Robert, 1st Earl Ferrers, lineal descendant of Hugh Shirley, Esq., by Beatrix, sister and heir of Peter de Braose. The Barony Braose, of Bavent (though unassumed) seems to have vested in the Shirley and Townshend families, until death of George, 3rd Marquis Townshend, in 1855. 20 Grand-daughters and co-heirs of Richard, 3rd Lord Braybrooke, by Jane, eldest daughter of Charles, 2nd Marquis Cornwallis. 21 Second daughter of 2nd Marquis Cornwallis. " Son and heir of Edward, 3rd Earl St. Germans, by Jemima, 3rd daughter and co-heir of 2nd Marquis Cornwallis. 93 Fourth daughter of 2nd Marquis Cornwallis, and wife of Charles Ross, Esq. "Youngest daughter of 2nd Marquis Cornwallis. 5 Lineal descendant of Sir Roger Seymour and Cecily Beauchamp: 20 Sir John Meriet left a son, John, ob. 1397, s.p., leaving a Seymour (or St. Maur), daughter and heir, Elizabeth, married to Esq. |
