76 Kington St. Michael. \_Eadon Percy. 



afterwards Lord Daubeney of Petherton, Co. Som., and his wife 

 Elizabetli (Arundel). Having been one of the opponents to the 

 designs of Richard Duke of Gloucester, Lord Daubeney was deprived 

 of his lands, and in 1483 (1 Richard III.) Easton was granted to 

 Ralph "Willoughby, but was afterwards restored. Lord Daubeney 

 before his death in 1507, sold it to Thomas Essex ; in whose family 

 it remained about 57 years. 



The Pedigree and Arms of Essex are given by Aubrey (Coll. I. 

 86 ) as follows : 



Wm. Essex, Lord Treasurer and 

 of the Privy Council : about 

 Hen. VIII. 



SiH TuoMAS Essex Kt.=Daughter of the Lord Sands. 



Thos. Essex Esq., caUed=Daughter of Sir- Robert Browne 

 Black Tom. I of Northamptonshire. 



TnoJiAS Essex Esq. = (Joan) Daughter of Mr. Harrison, 

 I a Jeweller. 



SiE Wm. Essex Et. =(Jane) Daughter of Sir "Walter Harcoui-t 



of Stanton Harcourt, Oxon. Arms. 

 Gules. 2 Bars or. 



Sir Tuos. Essex Kt. and Bart. He was Governor of Bristowe 

 for the Parliament, under the Earl of Essex. A Bachelor. 



Arms. 1. Azure a chevron engrailed ermine between 3 eagles 

 displayed argent, (essex.) 2. Sable, a chevron argent between 3 

 crescents ermine. 3. Gides, a fleur de lys argent. 4. Per fess 

 dancettee argent and gules. 5. Ermine.^ 



Li 1564 Edward Essex and Anne his wife sold Easton to Sir 

 Robert Sackville, Chancellor of the Court of Augmentations in the 

 reign of Hen. VIII. Sir Robert Sackville the purchaser, was the 

 father of Thomas Sackville Lord Buckhurst, first Earl of Dorset, a 

 statesman and poet in the reigns of Queen Elizabeth and King 



1 Aubrey gives no authority for the Pedigree and Arms above described. 

 The Arms do not correspond with those assigned to Essex of Bewcot in Berks, 

 \_Extinct Bart.] but the Pedigree is nearly tlie same. 



2 Chap. House Fines. 



