2"«« S. X- Aug. 4. '60.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



95 



CHRISTOPHER, LORD HATTON. 

 (2°^ S. X. 4. 54.) 



Having made many Notes relating to the family 

 of Hatton, in connexion with the history of Bark- 

 ing, in Essex, where, at Clay Hall, Sir Christo- 

 pher Hatton, cousin and eventual heir of the 

 famous Chancellor, resided for some years, I think 

 I could satisfy Dr. Doran that the first Lord 

 Hatton was son, not of John, but of Sir Christo- 

 pher Hatton, as stated in the first place by Mr. 

 Ci.. Hopper. And the following, drawn up from 

 many sources, will, I believe, be found to be cor- 

 rect. John Hatton, Esq., of Stanton, in Cam- 

 bridgeshire, first cousin to Lord Chancellor Sir 

 Chr. Hatton, married Jane, daughter of Judge 

 Shute. By her he was father of Christopher 

 Hatton, knighted at the coronation of James L ; 

 and who married, 1602, Alice, daughter of Tho- 

 mas Fanshawe, Esq., of Ware Park, in Herts, and 

 of Great Ilford, in the parish of Barking, Essex. 

 On succeeding to the Chancellor's landed estates 

 in Northamptonshire, Sir Christopher removed to 

 the family seat of Kirby, which, however, he did 

 not live long to enjoy. Dying in September, 

 1619, he was buried in Westminster Abbey. His 

 eldest son Christopher, afterwards the first Lord 

 Hatton, was born at Clay Hall in 1605 ; knighted 

 1625 ; married at Hackney, 1630, Elizabeth, eldest 

 daughter and coheiress of Sir Charles Montague 

 of Cranbrooke, in Great Ilford ; was raised to the 

 peerage 1643 or 1644 ; and died in 1670. Two 

 sons and three daughters were the issue of his 

 marriage. 



I found twelve Hatton entries in the parish re- 



gisters of Barking, extending over a period of 

 sixteen years, from 160| to 1618. The first is 

 this : — 



•' 1602. Christopher Hatton, Esquire, and Alice Fan- 

 shawe, married y^ IS'^* day of March." 



Next — 



" Baptized, 1604, March 25, "Elizabeth, yo daughter of 

 Sir Christopher Hatton, Knight." 



" 1605. Christopher, the sonne of S' Christofer Hatton, 

 Knighte, baptized the IV^ day of July." 



Four other baptisms appear in the register : 

 Alice in 1607; Jane, 1609; John, 1610; Robert, 

 1612. 



Five burials are recorded: Alice in 1608; "a 

 chrisome child," 1611 ; Joan, 1613; Eobert, 1614; 

 Thomas, 1618. 



Sir Christopher Hatton never owned Clay Hall, 

 which was in his day the property of the Coulte 

 family, and soon after passed to the Cambells. But 

 he built a chapel there, in the year 1616, of which 

 I have a drawing. It probably enjoyed the dis- 

 tinction of being the ugliest ecclesiastical building 

 in England. Some years since I saw it in use as 

 a stable.* Edward J. Sage. 



16. Spenser Road, Newington Green, N. 



Duke of Kent's Canadian Residence (2°^ 

 S. ix. 242.) — No one has answered these Queries, 

 which, though unimportant in themselves, . are- 

 interesting under present circumstances. I wish 

 to correct the apparent error of the ofiicer whose 

 letter I quoted, in describing the Duke as 

 " Governor- General " of the Canadian Provinces. 

 I have also to confess that it was only needful to 

 consult Bouchette's B7'itish North America, 1831, 

 vol. i. p. 279., to fijid a notice of the residence in 

 question. That writer mentions it as situated 

 " in a most romantic position," and the property 

 of Peter Paterson, Esq. It was then called 

 " Haldimand House," from the name of a former 

 resident. A correspondent in Quebec informs 

 me that it is now known as " Montmorenci 

 House," and adds, " the view from it is mag- 

 nificent." Which is the best biography of the 

 Duke of Kent ? S. W. Rix. 



Beccles. 



Letter op Cromwell (2°^ S. x. 64.) — Is 

 Ithurtel sure that the name given in Cromwell's 

 letter is Morison and not Monson ? Sir John 

 Monson was one of the Commissioners for the 

 surrender of Oxford in 1646, and came in upon 

 the articles of that treaty. The undue, severity 

 of his fine is detailed in a report in the Commons' 

 Journals, vol. vi. p. 610. The Committee of 

 General Ofiicers, Oct. 1647, declared its injustice ; 

 Sir Thomas Fairfax, in a letter to the Earl of 



* Clay Hall itself has long since been destroyed, and 

 no trace whatever of the Hattons remains in Barking. 



