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mother of Sir Edward Boteler ; Elizabeth, who married Sir 

 WilHam le Botiller, brother of Sir John ; and Dionysia, co-heir 

 of her mother. He married, 2ndly, Agnes, daughter and 

 co-heir of WilHam Hereford, of Burton, and, dying in 13 18, 

 was succeeded by his son, then but six months old. 



Sir John de Argentine, 3rd baron, who was knighted 

 in 1 33 1, but was never summoned to Parliament. He married 

 Margaret, daughter and heir of Robert DArcy, of Stretton, 

 and by her had issue, Maud, married to Sir Eudo or Ivo 

 Fitz Warren ; Joane, married to Sir Bartholomew Naunton ; 

 Elizabeth, married to Sir Baldwin St. George, Knt, who was 

 ancestor of the St. Georges of Hatley St. George, Cam- 

 bridgeshire. This John Lord de Argentine died prior to 

 March 25th, in the year 1383, without legitimate male issue, 

 when the barony fell into abeyance amongst his daughters 

 and co-heirs. 



Sir William Argentine (ob. 14 18), illegitimate son of 

 the last Lord Argentine, was given the manor of Wymondeley. 

 He married Isabel, daughter of Sir William Kerdeston, by 

 whom he left an only son, 



John de Argentine, at whose decease, in 1423, the 

 manor of Wymondeley was carried by his daughter and 

 heiress, Elizabeth, upon her marriage with William Alington, 

 Esquire, ancestor of the Lords Alington, This manor of 

 Wimley, or Wymondeley, is said to have fallen to the Argen- 

 tines by marriage with the heiress of Fitz Tees, who derived 

 themselves from David DArgenton, a Norman, who came 

 over with William the Conqueror. We must not omit to 

 mention two other distinguished members of this family. In 

 the year 1237, REGINALD DE ARGENTINE, a knight-templar, 

 was standard-bearer of the Christian army in the great battle 

 against the Turks, near Antioch, in the Holy Land, and carried 

 it till, his hands and legs being broken, he was there slain. 



Equally glorious was the end of SiR GiLES ARGENTINE, 



" Of chivalry the flower and pride," 



at the battle of Bannockburn, June 24th, 13 14. Having per- 

 suaded Edward II, to retreat when the issue of the day was 



