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Frances, daughter of John Digby, Esq., of Mans- 

 field Woodhouse, in the county of Nottingham : he 

 died in 1735, and was succeeded in the title by Sir 

 Digby, his only son. Sir John, the late baronet, 

 who succeeded to the honour and estate on the 

 death of his father, Sir Digby, 1773, married Miss 



Aston, daughter of Aston, Esq , of Cheshire ; 



but dying without issue, in 1809, the title and es- 

 tate descended to his brother, now Sir Thomas 

 Legard, Bart. 



The family arms are argent, on abend, between 

 six mullets, pierced gules, a cross pattee, or : crest, 

 on a wreath a greyhound, or. Motto, ' Per crucem 

 ad Stellas.' 



The patronage of the church is in the honourable 

 family of the Legards. The incumbent is the Rev. 

 William Legard. In the interior of the church are 

 several monuments and vaults belonging to this 

 ancient and noble family.* 



YEDDINGHAM 



Is in the wapentake of Buckrose, 9 miles east of 

 Malton, on the banks of the Derwent. The parish 

 church is a small structure, dedicated to St. John 

 the baptist ; of which earl Fitzwilliam is the patron. 

 This place was anciently called Little Marcis, or 

 de Parvo Marisco. Roger de Clere, or rather Hel- 

 ewisia de Clere, before A. D. 1168 9, (Henry 11.) 

 founded here a small monastery for eight or nine 

 benedictine nuns, to the honour of St. Mary the 



* History of Scarborough. 



