whofe fucceffors, for fix descents, were married to families of great note in thofe parts, viz. the Hilton's, Seaton's, Spring's, Lumley's, and Roulston's; then came to Alexander de Bedic, who had two wives, but iffue only by the firft; viz. 1. Thomas, 2. Robert, 3. James, and 4. Richard; Robert and Richard, died without iffue. Thomas de Bedic, Efq; (a) married the daughter of Sir Walter Grindale, Knt. had iffue John, who married the daughter of Sir John Guilford, Knt. and had Jane de Bedic, who married Sir Robert Hilton, of Hilton, Knt. in whose right he became lord of Bedic, and it continues to this day in that family.

But we return to James, the third fon of Alexander de Bedic, Efq; who being called Alexander-fon (b), from him this family came to be called Sanderfon. This James, married the daughter of Sir Walter Witton, and lies buried in Washington church, the roth of Richard II. 1387. And after ten defcents more, was (c) William Sanderfon, (whofe father being killed in the unnatural rebellion, temp. Car. I.) was, after the restoration, an officer in the dutch wars, in 1664-5, in which engagement his foot flipping, he fell down, and by which fall he died. But fuch was the great efteem that prince had for him, that he buried him at Queenburgh, under the altar, at his own expence; and made his fon Ralph (d), the next day after the engagement, lieutenant to Sir John Harman. This William, married (e) Elizabeth, daughter of Smith, of Old-Buckenham, in Norfolk; by whom he had iffue, Ralph Sanderfon, Efq; who was made a captain in the Weft-Indies, by Sir John Harman, and was captain of feveral fhips of war in the laft dutch wars. married (f) Ephrim, daughter of Garrett, of Norfolk, Efq; and had only one fon, and two daughters; William, Martha, and Elizabeth. He died 1699, and was fucceeded by

He

Sir William Sanderfon, who had the honour of knighthood conferred on him by his late majefty on board the Peregrine yatch, under the royal standard at Gravefend, before his majesty landed, at his first coming from Hanover, to the crown of England; and created a baronet by the faid King. He was gentleman-usher of the Black-rod in the late reign, and married, firft, Drury, one of the daughters and coheirs of Sir Will. Wray, of Afhby, in com. Linc. Bart. by whom he had several children; viz. Ralph, Edward, and Sir William; and Tufton, who married, firft, captain Barrie, then Alexander Horton, of the Grove, in com. Bucks, Efq; Ralph, and Edward, were both fea officers, but died without iffue.

Sir William, married to his fecond wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel Howe, Efq; judge of the admiralty-court, in Doctors Commons. (relict of Simon Degge, of Derby, Efq; great grandfon of Sir Simon Degge, Knt. one of the judges of the King's

(a) Ex inf. Dom. Wil, Sanderson, Bar. 1726. (e) ibid. (f) ibid.

bench,)

bench,) by whom he had no iffue, and dying, 1727, (and his lady April 17, 1738,) was fucceeded in dignity and eftate by

Sir William Sanderfon, the only furviving fon, and prefent baronet, who is gentleman usher of the Black-rod; and hath been three times married; first, to Mary, daughter of Capt. Richard Cook, of Greenwich, by whom he hath only one daughter, named Drury; fecondly, to Mrs. Bignel, who died Jan. 26,1738-9, without iffue; and, thirdly, in June, 1739, to Charlotte, daughter of the late Sir Richard Gough, of Chelfea, in Middlesex, Knt. fifter to the present Sir Henry Gough, Bart. by whom he hath as yet no iffue.

ARMS Paly of fix, Argent, and Azure, a Bend, Sable.
CREST: On a Wreath, a Talbot Paffant, proper.
MOTTO: Opera Mundi.

SEAT: At Combe, in Greenwich, in the county of Kent.

444. CODRINGTON, of Dodington, Gloucefterfhire.

TH

(WILLIAM, ESQUIRE,)

Created BARONET, Apr. 21, 1721.

HIS family is a younger branch of the Codringtons, of Codrington (a), in the county of Gloucefter; (vide Sir Robert Atkins's State of Gloucestershire, p. 391.) which was a family of good note in this county, in the time of Henry IV. John Codrington, Efq; being ftandard-bearer to K. Henry V. in his Wars in France (b); and, as it appears by the Heralds books, was then armed in a coat with Lions, in the fervice of the faid King in battle, watch and ward, under his banner. And for the good services that the faid John Codrington had done, or fhould do, and to the worship of knighthood, as 'tis there expreffed, a farther addition was made to his arms in the 23d of Hen. VI.

The great grandfather of the prefent Sir William, was a younger fon of this family (c), his name Chriftopher; he went with his fortune into Barbadoes, in the reign of K. Charles I. where he married, and died (d), leaving behind him two fons, Chriftopher, and John.

Christopher, became lieutenant-governor of the island of Barbadoes, and afterwards captain-general of the Leward-Inlands;

in

(a) Ex inf. Dom. Wil, Codrington, Bar. 1726. (b) Ibid. (c) Ibid. (d) Ibid,

in which poft he died (a), leaving only two fons; one of them of his own name.

John, his brother, was colonel of the life-guards in Barbadoes, treafurer, and privy-counsellor, (b) He married a daughter of Col. Bates, of that ifland, by whom he had two fons; the late Sir William, and John.

Chriftopher, the son of the aforefaid Chriftopher, the captaingeneral of the Leeward-Iflands, was bred up at Oxford, and chofen fellow of All-Souls college there; but afterwards betaking himfelf to a martial life, he attended King William in the wars in Flanders; where he fo eminently fignalized himself at the fiege of Huy, that he was particularly taken notice of by that prince (c), and was foon advanced to be colonel of his guards, and afterwards fucceeded his father in the government of the Leeward-Iflands.

This gentleman was a perfon famous in his life for perfonal merit, and great accomplishments (d); but he will be always celebrated for his noble benefactions at his death; he having bequeathed to the aforefaid college of All-Souls, inOxford, the fum of 10000l. fterling, for the building of a library, and furnishing it with books; befides his own ineftimable library, collected with great fkill, and expence: as alfo an eftate of 2000l. per ann. to the corporation for the propagation of Chriftian knowledge, for the building and endowment of a college at Barbadoes. He died at his feat in Barbadoes, on Good-Friday, April 7, 1710 (e), and was buried the day following, in the parish church of St. Michael in that ifland; but his body was afterwards brought over to England, and interred in the chapel of All Souls college, in Oxford, where two Latin orations were spoke to his me'mory by two fellows of that college; he was (f) a gentleman of great parts, of a quick and piercing comprehenfion, a strong, folid, and diftinguishing judgment, a retentive memory, a < warm imagination, a fublime way of thinking, a methodical < way of reafoning, and a voluble, diftin&t utterance; he had his education, first, at Chrift-Church, in Oxford, but afterwards removed to All-Souls college, and was chosen fellow there, and foon acquired the deferved character of an accomplished, well bred gentleman, and univerfal fcholar. He afterwards betook himself to the army, but without quitting his fellowship; where his merit, and impregnable courage, foon recommended him to his prince's favour; who rewarded him with the government of the Leeward Caribbee Iflands: after the refignation of which, he led a very retired life, and applied himself to ftudy, particularly church-history, and metaphyfics; of the latter,he was esteemed the greatest master in the world. In a word,

(a) Ex inf. Dom. Wil. Codrington, Bar. 1726. (b) Ibid. (6) Memorials and Characters of eminent Perfons, p.444.

• he

(c) Ibid. (d) Ibid. ✔) Ibid.

he had, in his Weft-India retirement, made fo wonderful a progrefs in his ftudies, that, had providence spar'd him, to have ' returned to his beloved univerfity, he would have been as much the object of their admiration, as he deserved to be the object of their delight.' The remainder of this great man's fortune defcended to his nephew, and heir at law,

Sir William Codrington, who was advanced to the dignity of a baronet by his late majesty King George I. in the eighth year of his reign.

He married Elizabeth, daughter of the late William Bethel, of Swindon, in the county of York, Efq; by whom he left iffue three fons, and three daughters. Sir William, was member of parliament for Minehead, in Somerfetfhire, at the time of his death, which happen'd Dec. 17, 1738, at Dodington, and was fucceeded by his eldest fon,

Sir William Codrington the present baronet.

ARMS: Argent, a Fefs embattled, and counter-embattled, Gules, between three Lioncels paffant, Sable.

CREST: On a Wreath, a Dragon's Head coup'd, Gules, between a Pair of (Dragon's) Wings, Checky, Or and Azure. SEAT: At Dodington, in the county of Gloucefter.

445. FREDERICK, of Westminster.
(JOHN, ESQUIRE,)

Created BARONET, June 10, 1723.

HIS family is defcended from Sir John Frederick, Knt.

TH

(fon of Chriftopher Frederick, citizen of London) lordmayor of the city of London, 1662, who was one of the most confiderable traders in the faid city. He was a worthy benefactor to Chrift's-Hofpital, and left iffue Thomas Frederick, of Downing-street, Westminster, Efq; who had three fons, 1. Sir John Frederick Bart. of whom hereafter; 2. Sir Thomas Frederick, Knt. who went to the Indies, acquired a confiderable fortune, and there married; (and left iffue, Thomas Frederick, Efq; member of parliament for Shoreham, in Suffex, Efq; deceased; John Frederick, of Burwood, in Walton upon Thames, in Surty, Efq; who fucceeded his brother in eftate, and as member for Shoreham, in the laft parliament; Charles, (member for Shoreham, in the prefent parliament) and Marifco, all unmarried ; alfo four daughters, of which the eldeft married Alexander Hume, F; Henrietta, and another daughter, are unmarried; and one dicd unmarried, Lady Frederick, furviving Sir Thomas, was remar

ried to William Pointz, Efq; receiver-general of the excife ;) and 3. Charles Frederick, Efq; who died unmarried; also three daughters, Mary, the eldeft, married Thomas Powell, of Nanteos, in Cardiganfhire, Efq; Leonora, (deceased,) who married Rumney Diggle, of Grays-Inn, Efq; and Jane, who married first, James Lannoy, of Hammersmith, in Middlefex, Efq; and fince, his grace the duke of Athol.

Sir John Frederick, the present baronet, the eldest fon, was advanced to this dignity in the ninth year of his late majesty's reign. He married, in July, 1727, one of the daughters of Kinnerfley, Efq; by whom he has two fons, John, and Thomas.

ARMS: Or, on a Chief, Azure, three Doves, Argent. CREST: On a Cap of Dignity, Azure, turned up Ermine, a Dove, as in the Arms, holding in his Beak, an Olive-Branch, proper.

SEAT: At Hampton, in Middlefex.

446 VANDEPUT, of Twickenham, Middlesex. (PETER, ESQUIRE,)

TH

Created BARONET, Nov. 7, 1723.

HIS family hath been of great eminency, in the Netherlands, and the prefent Sir Peter Vandeput, Bart. is the fixth in a lineal descent, from Henry Vandeput, of Antwerp (a), who fled from thence with feveral wealthy families, anno 1568, the 11th of Eliz. (on the perfecution of the duke D'Alva, to extirpate the proteftant religion, in the Netherlands,) and brought over hither a good eftate; tho' several branches of this family are still remaining in the Low-Countries. Giles Vandeput, Efq; fon of the above Henry, (b) married Sarah, daughter and heir of John Jaupin, Efq; by whom a confiderble eftate came into this family. He died March 24, 1546, leaving Peter, his fon and heir, who married (c) Jane, daughter of Theodoric Hofte, of London, merchant, by whom he had feven children, whereof only two furvived him, Sir Peter, his fon and heir, and Jane, married to Sir Edward Smyth, of Hill-hall, in Theydon, in Effex, Bart. In St. Margaret Patten's church, in London, is a monument erected by Sir Peter Vandeput, Knt. to the memory of his parents, with this infcription (d):

H.

(a) Ex ftem. penes Pet. Vandeput, Bar. (b) Ibid. Hift. of London, p.442.

(c) Ibid.

(d) Maitland's