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and title ; by whom he had three sons ; whereof the 

 eldest dyed in his infancy; the second was William, 

 my dear Lord and husband; the third, Charles, who 

 dyed a batchelour about the age of sixty-three. 



My Lord hath had two wives; the first was Eliza- 

 beth, daughter and heir to William Basset of Bloore, 

 in the county of Stafford, Esq. ; and widow to Henry 

 Howard, younger son to Thomas Earl of Suffolk; by 

 whom he had ten children, viz. six sons, and four 

 daughters; whereof five, viz. four sons, and one 

 daughter, dyed young; the rest, viz. two sons and 

 three daughters, came to be married. 



His elder son, Charles, Viscount of Mansfield, 

 married the eldest daughter and heir of Mr. Richard 

 Rogers, by whom he had but one daughter, who dyed 

 soon after her birth; and he dyed also without any 

 other issue. 



His second son Henry, now Earl of Ogle, married 

 Francis the eldest daughter of Mr. William Pierrepont, 

 by whom he hath had three sons, and four daughters ; 

 two sons were born before their natural time; the 

 third, Henry Lord Mansfield, is alive: the four 

 daughters are, the Lady EHzabeth, Lady Frances, 

 Lady Margaret, and Lady Catherine. 



My Lord's three daughters were thus married; 

 the eldest, Lady Jane, married Charles Cheiney, 

 Esq.; descended of a very noble and ancient family; 

 by whom she hath one son and two daughters. The 

 second, Lady Elizabeth, married John now Earl of 

 Bridgwater, then Lord Brackly, and eldest son to 

 John then Earl of Bridgwater ; who died in childbed, 

 and left five sons, and one daughter, whereof the 

 eldest son, John Lord Brackly, married the Lady 

 Elizabeth, onely daughter and child to James then 

 Earl of Middlessex. 



