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1578. In it he mentions his wife, Dorothy, and his sons and 
- daughters respectively in order of seniority, viz., Henry, Nicholas, 
: Robert, and Richard, and Mary, Dorothy, Jone, and Bridget. To 
_ them he gives his estate, including land at Bromley, with remainder 
_ to his cousin, Mr. Nicholas Rutland, and Mary and Jone Rutland, 
- Nicholas’ daughters. He mentions also Frauncis and William, 
sons of Mr. Nicholas Rutland; his cousin, Mr. John Hedworthe, 
fellow of the Middle Temple, London; his cousin, John Stokes, 
and his wife; and others (C.P.C., “‘ Langley,” fo. 35). 
The maiden name, as we have said, of Mrs. Dorothy Vyolett, 
does not appear ; but we know that in 1578, the year of the probate 
of her husband’s will, she re-married with Thomas Stephens, of 
Burderop, and that one of the trustees of the settlement he made on 
her, 30th October, 1579, was ‘“‘ Nicholas Rutland, of Mycham, co. 
Surrey, gent.”” The accompanying pedigree by Glover, from a MS. 
in a private collection, illustrates the connexion of the Rutlands 
_and Hedworths, alike called cousins in Mr. Richard Vyolett’s will, 
-and shows the subsequent match between Mrs. Dorothy Stephens’ 
step-daughter and Francis Rutland (see ‘‘ Monumental Brasses of 
Wilts,” pp. 73-4). The match, mentioned in the pedigree, between 
Ralph Hedworth and Joan Rutland, is confirmed by an extract 
from the marriage licences (Bishop of London’s) printed for the 
Harleian Society, “1586, June 2. Ralph Hedworthe, esq., of 
Middle Temple, and Johanna Ruttlande, spinster, now of City of 
London, dau. of Nicholas Rutlande, late of Mycham, co. Surrey, 
esq., deceased. General Licence.”’ 
_. So much for the London and Kentish origin and connexions of 
the Vilett family. It remains to show them, if possible, in their 
new surroundings, as denizens of North Wilts. On 20th November, 
1681, “ Nicholas Violett, of London, generosii filius,” matriculated 
at St. John’s College, Oxford, aged 15. From the choice of college, 
unless, indeed, the boy had his first education at Merchant Taylors 
School, there can be little doubt that we have here the second son 
of Richard and Dorothy Vyolett, and, incidentally, evidence that 
the children Mrs. Stephens brought with her to her new home at 
Burderop were still quite young. The Stephens family, as we 
