Frances Fortescue Turville, Esq. and has issue; fourth, Catharine Mary; fifth, Juliana, married, June 7th, 1784, M. Bryan, Esq. and has issue; sixth, Elizabeth; seventh, Theresa, married, February 5th, 1793, Robert Selby, Esq. and has a son; eighth, Anne Mary, died January 27th, 1775; ninth, Charlotte Mary, died 1775. Their father died before his elder brother on

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Third, John, who died unmarried, on April 5th, O. S. 1751.
Fourth, James, died unmarried.

Fifth, Thomas, died April 24th, 1775.

Sixth, Francis, who on April 20th, 1761, married Lady Anné Belasyse, daughter of Thomas Earl Fauconberg, who died September 13th, 1768, without issue. He married, secondly, May 18th, 1772, Margaret Frances, only daughter of William Sheldon, Esq. by whom he has had issue, first, George, born March 28th, 1773, died June 7th following; secondly, Elizabeth Margaret, born May 20th, 1775; third, Frances, born December 1st, 1777, died December 22d, 1795; fourth, Maria, born October 4th, 1779, married, September 22, 1802, James Wheble, of Woodley Lodge near Reading, E-q. and has issue; fifth, Francis William, born March 15th, 1781; sixth, Charles Thomas, born November 24th, 1782; seventh, Louisa Frances, born October 9th, 1784; eighth, Anne Barbara, born May 24th, 1788.

He had also Gilbert, who died an infant.

His daughters were,

First, Lady Barbara, who on June 30th, 1744, was married to James, fifth Lord Aston, of Forfar in Scotland, and died at Paris in October 1759.

Second, Lady Mary, married on August 9th, 1749, to Charles Dormer, Esq. son and heir to the Hon. John Dormer, of Peterly, in Buckinghamshire, afterwards Lord Dormer; and died May 15, 1755, leaving issue the present peer.

Third. Lady Lucy, a nun.

GEORGE, FIFTEENTH EARL OF SHREWSBURY, was born on December 11th, 1719, O. S. and on November 21st, 1753, married Elizabeth, daughter of the said Hon. John Dormer, of Peterly, in Buckinghamshire, afterwards Lord Dormer, but died in July 1787, without issue, and was succeeded by his nephew

CHARLES, SIXTEENTH EARL OF SHREWSBURY, who married September 12th, 1792, Miss Hoey of Ireland; but has no issue.

Titles. Charles Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury in England, Wexford and Waterford in Ireland; Baron Talbot, Strange (of Black

mere) Furnival, Verdon, Lovetot, Giffard (of Brimsfield) Comyn (of Badenagh, or Badenoch) Valence, and Montchensy.

Creations. Baron Talbot, by writ of summons to parliament, June 5th, 1330, 4 Edw. III. Strange of Blackmere, in com Salop. Furnival, Verdon, Lovetot, Giffard of Brimsfield, in com. Glouc. and Comyn (Cumming) of Badenagh, a family in Scotland, Valence, and Montchensy, the names of families: Earl of Shrewsbury, May 20th, 1442, 20 Hen. VI. Earl. of Wexford, and Earl of Waterford, July 17th, 1446, 24 Hen. VI.

Arms. Gules, a lion rampant, within a border, engrailed, Or. Crest. On a chapeau, Gules, turned up ermine, a lion statant, Or, his tail extended.

Supporters. Two Talbots, Argent.

Motto. Prest d'Accomplir.

Chief Seat. Heythorpe, near Woodstock, in the county of Oxford; the other seats being dilapidated.

VOL. III.

THIS is one of those families, whose early Baronial origin, though from a younger branch, seems, in defiance of change of name and arms, to stand upon a satisfactory foundation. From the time of Rich. II. it has made a very considerable figure in history. The prominent part they acted in the fatal battle of Bosworth, by which Richard III. lost both his crown and his life, has made their name familiar to every Briton conversant with the annals of his country. The splendor of their rank, alliances, estates, and hospitality for several succeeding generations, has given an interest to their memories, in the contemplation of those, who love to fill their fancies with pictures of the feudal ages.

Camden, Dugdale, and all our antiquaries a agree, that this noble family is a branch of the old Barons Audeley, of Audeley in Staffordshire, whereof ADAM de Audeley had the manor of Raveney in Cumberland, of the gift of King Henry I. he had also lands in Bagenhalt, in Cheshire, by the gift of John Poynton, and bore for his arms, Gules, a Fret, Or. He had two sons, Lydulph and Adam.

First, Lydulph, the eldest son, who flourished in the reign of King Stephen, being possessed of Audleigh in Staffordshire, thence took his surname, and was progenitor to the Lords Audeley, who continued to July 25th, 1391, when Nicholas the last heir male died; though the Barony of Audley has continued in the families of Touchet and Thicknesse to this day.

Second, ADAM, the second son of Adam above mentioned, also

a Camden's Britannia, in Staffordshire and Lancashire..

assumed the surname of Audleigh, or Aldithlega, and is said to have had the said manor of Raveney transferred to him by King Henry II. or rather confirmed to him, it should seem, upon his being enfeoffed thereof by his father, whose arms he bore, with a Label of three Points, Azure, in Chief, for difference. He had issue

WILLIAM de Audleigh, who lived in the reign of King John, and had from his cousin Sir Adam, son of Lydulph, the manor of Stanleigh and half of Barterley, in Derbyshire, in exchange for Talk in Staffordshire. The said William fixing his seat at Stanleigh, took the surname of STANLEIGH, or Stanley, from that manor, which was so denominated from its rough and stony soil, being part of that tract of ground called the Moorlands, which extends, under different names, from the northern parts of Staffordshire, through Derbyshire, a considerable way northwards.

WILLIAM, great grandson of the said William, flourished in the reign of Henry III. and was father of

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Sir WILLIAM de Stanley, who married Joan, eldest daughter and heir to Sir Philip de Bamville, Lord of Sourton in Cheshire.

The said Sir William de Stanley, by his marriage with Joan. de Bamville, became possessed of the before-mentioned manor and bailywick of Wyrall forest, and thereupon assumed the armorial bearings since used by his descendants, in place of those wore by his ancestors: three stags heads on a bend. He had issue by the said Joan two sons, John his heir, and Adam; besides a daughter Sarah, wedded to Roger de Carswell; and was succeeded by John his son and heir.

Which JoHN was Lord of Stanley and Stourton; and having married Mabil, daughter of Sir James Hawsket, Knight, had issue two sons, Sir William, and

John Stanley, of ....... in the county of Cumberland, progenitor to the Stanleys of Dalgarth in that county, a younger branch whereof were the Stanleys of the county of Sussex, who bore the addition of a chief, for a mark of cadency, to their

b Visit. de Com Lanc Anno 1567, MS.

< Ex stemmate familiæ de Stanley.

• Segar's Baronagium, MS. in Fam. de Stanley.

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• A branch of this branch were seated at Wilmington, in Kent, and spread over that county

From the Cumberland branch also were descended, I presume, the family of this name seated at Cumberlow in Hertfordshire, of whom was Thomas Stanley the poet, in the time of Charles I. author of "The Lives of the Philosophers." See Cens. Lit. vol. viii p. 416.

ancient arms of the bucks' heads on the bend, assumed originally in regard to the forestership of Wyrral.

Sir WILLIAM Stanley the eldest, was Lord of Stanley, Great Stourton, &c. died in 21 Rich. II. and having married Alice, daughter of Hugh Massy, of Timperley, in com. Cest. had issue three sons;

First, Sir William, who died in 6 Hen. VI. having succeeded his father in the bailywick of Wyrral forest, with the lordship of Stanley, and was also of Hooton in Cheshire, in right of his wife Margaret, daughter and heir of William Hooton, of Hooton, and was the ancestor of the Stanleys, of Hooton, Baronets, whose progenitor, Sir William, was advanced to that dignity on June 17th, 1661. f

Second, Sir John Stanley, Knight of the Garter; and,
Third, Henry; also a daughter, Maud.

Which Sir JOHN Stanley, Knight of the Garter, was much enriched by his marriage with Isabel, daughter and heir to Sir Tho mas Lathom, who possessed Lathom and Knowesley, in com. Lanc. Knight, descended from Robert Fitz Henry, in the time of Henry II. founder of the monastery of Burscough near thereto; whose son Robert took the surname of Latham, from his place of residence. The said Sir John Stanley, in 1385, was lord deputy of Ireland. In 1389 he had a grant of the manor of Blake castle in that realm. In 191 Rich. II. he was made constable of the castle of Rokesburgh, in Scotland, and lord justice of Ireland in 1399. After which, being with King Richardm in Conway castle, and making his submission to the Duke of Hereford (afterwards King Henry IV.) before such time as King Richard was in his custody, he had such favour from him, that at his accession to the throne, on September 29th, 1399, by the name of King Henry IV. he was" constituted lord lieutenant of Ireland; and landing in that kingdom on December 10th, continued there near

f See their pedigree in Collins's Baronetage, vol. iii. p. 301. The crest of the Eagle and Child, since used by the Derby family, is understood to have been the crest of the Lathoms, founded on the romantic story of Sir Thomas Lathom when an infant, having been discovered in an eagle's nest. where he had been fed, and adopted by the head of that house. The truth of the story is not necessary for the origin of such an heraldric device. The fictions of romance are sufficient for those whimsical distinctions. h Monast. Angl. vol. ii. p. 303.

i Pat. 13 R. II p. 1, m. 26. 1 Pat. 19 R. II. m. 7.

* Ibid. Hollingshed's Chron.

"Pat. 1 H. IV. p. 3, m 31.