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HALES, of Wood church, Kent; created June 29, 
1611.—Sir Edward Hales, the fixth baronet, f'uc- 
ceeded his father, fir Edward, in Auguft. 1802 ; married, 
in 1789, Lucy, fecond daughter of Henry Darell, of 
ColeLill, efq.—Nicholas Hales, of Hales Place, in Kent, 
had ifiTue, fir Robert Hales, who was knight-prior of the 
hofpital of St. John of Jerufalem, and admiral of the 
north parts of England, in the reign of Edward III. and 
was conflituted treafurer of England, Feb. 1, 1381; but 
in the fame year, in the beginning of the infurrection 
under Wat Tyler, had his head (truck off on Tower 
Hill. Of this family, before they were advanced to the 
baronetage, were three dignitaries of the law, viz. (ir 
Chriftopher Hales, knt. attorney-general and matter of 
the rolls in the reign of Henry VIII. John Hales, who 
was a baron of the exchequer ; and fir James, his fon, 
one of the juttices of the common pleas, who was the 
only judge that refuted- to fign/the will of Henry VIII. 
for difinheriting the princeffes Mary and Elizabeth. 
Edward Hales, the firft barofiet, ferved in feveral par¬ 
liaments; took part with thole that raifed the rebellion 
againft Charles I. and died in September 1654. The fe¬ 
cond fir Edward, in his younger years, ritked his perfon 
and fortune in endeavouring the refcue of king Charles 
I. from his imprifonment in the I(le of Wight. He died 
.in France, fotne years after the reftoration. The third 
fir Edward, his fon and heir, was in much favour with 
James II. under whom he had a regiment of foot, was 
one of his privy council, and a lord of the admiralty, 
deputy-governor of the cinque ports, and lieutenant-go¬ 
vernor of the Tower of London. He was (tied for the 
penalty of five hundred pounds, for neglefting to takp 
the oaths of fup.remacy and allegiance, and was con- 
vidted at Rochefter affizes for the fame; but moving 
it into the King’s Bench, pleaded the king’s difpenfing 
power, and had judgment given for him ; eleven of the 
judges being of an opinion, that the king might difpenfe 
in that cafe. At the revolution, he was confined for a 
year and a half in the Tower : on his releafe he went to 
France, and in confideratipn of his fervi.ces was created 
earl of Tenterden in Kent, by king.James, while he was 
in that kingdom, and died there in 1695.—Family Seats, 
St. Stephen’s near Canterbury, Tunftall, and Wood- 
church, all in Kent. 
TEMPLE, of Stowe, Bfickinghamfhire; created 
Nov. 25, 1612.—Sir Grenville Temple, the ninth 
baronet, was born 061. 16, 1768 ; fu-cceeded his father, 
111 Jolm, in 179S; married Elizabeth, daughter of George 
V/at fon, efq. of Maffacluifetts, in North America, and 
lias had iffue, Augufta, born Jan, 1, 1798, and died in 
June following; Grenville, born July 20, 1799; and 
John, born June 1801.—Sir Thomas, the .firft baronet, 
was the fixteenth in defcen't from Leofric earl of Mercia. 
He was knighted by James 1. 1603, and in 1612 created 
a baronet. He married Either, daughter of Miles San- 
dy.s, efq. by whom he had four fons and nine daughters, 
who fo exceedingly multiplied, that his lady lived to 
fee (even hundred defcendar.ts. This is affirmed by Dr. 
Fuller, in his Worthies of England, who relates that he 
bought the truth thereof by a wager loft on the fubjedt. 
Sir Richard, the. third baronet, was born in 1634. He 
was appointed lord lieutenant of the county of Bucks, 
in 1660; in 1661, he was one of the fixty-eight perfons 
created knights of the bath to attend Charles II. at his 
coronation. Sir Richard, the fourth baronet, gained 
great honour by-his bravery and condudi in the war's in 
FI aiders,- where he was made a lieutenant-general ; and 
by George I. was created baron and vifcount Cobham. 
He was alfo one of his majefty’s privy council, ambaffa- 
‘dor extraordinary to the emperor, and colonel of his 
own royal regiment. He died in 1749, without iffue, 
when the peerage in him became extinct, but the title 
of baronet defcended to the next male heir, but whofe 
fon he was, we have not been able to learn. —Motto, 
Templa quam dilsBa, How delightful are thy temples, or 
Temples how beloved! a pun upon the family name. 
WRAY, of Glentworth, Lincolnftiire ; created Nov. 
25, 1612.—Sir Chester Wray, the twelfth baronet, 
fucceeded his father, the Rev. fir W. Ullethorne, Sept. 9, 
i8o'8.—This family was anciently feated in the biffiopric 
of Durham, and afterwards pofTeffed eftates in the coun¬ 
ty of York. From John Wray, of Richmond, was de¬ 
fcended, in the fixth degree, fir Chriftopher Wray, knt. 
He ferved for Boroughbridge, in Yorkfhire, in all the 
parliaments of queen Mary ; and having been fucceflive- 
ly fpeaker of the houfe of commons, and one of the jus¬ 
tices of the common pleas, was in the 18th of Elizabeth 
conflituted lord chief juftice of the queen’s bench : he 
died May 8, 1592, after having fat on the bench feven- 
teen years with great credit.—Motto, Et jujlre et vray, 
Juft and true.—Family Seat, Dorley, Derby flare. 
ENGLEFIELD, of Wotton-BafTet,Wiltfhire; created 
Nov. 25,. 1612.—Sir Henry Charles Englefield, 
the feventh baronet, F.R. and A.S. fucceeded his fa¬ 
ther, fir Henry, May 25, 1780.—This very ancient fa¬ 
mily, furnamed from the town of Englefield, or Engles- 
feld, in Berkfhire, are faid to have been pofTefled thereof 
in the reign of king Egbert, 264 years before the Nor¬ 
man conqueft. In feveral pedigrees Hafculfus de Engle- 
fyld is mentioned as lord of Englefyld, in the time of 
king Canute and Edward the ConfetTbr.—Family Seat, 
White Knights, near Reading, in Berkfhire. 
CLARKE, of Salford, Warwickfhire; created May 1, 
1617.—Sir Simon Houghton Clarke, the ninth ba¬ 
ronet, fucceeded his brother, fir Philip Houghton Clarke, 
in May 1798.—This family," about the time of the con¬ 
queft, being pofTefled of Woodchurcli in Kent, were 
thence denominated, but adopted the name of Clarke, 
in confequence of a marriage with the heirefs of that 
family in the reign of Henry III.—Family Seat, Shir- 
land, in Nottinghamfhire. 
BOYNTON, of Bramfton, in Yorkfhire ; created May 
25, 1618.—Sir Francis Boynton, the eighth baronet, 
born March 28, 1777; fucceeded his brother, fir Grif¬ 
fith, July 10, 1801.—This is a family of very great an¬ 
tiquity. Bartholomew de Boynton, from whence the 
family was denominated, lived in 1067.—Motto, ll tempo 
pajfa , Time Hie:-.—Family Seat, Burton-Agnes, in the 
Eaft Riding of Yorkfhire. 
BURDETT, of Bramcote, Warwickfhire; created 
Feb. 25, 1618.—Sir Francis Burdett, the fifth ba¬ 
ronet, fucceeded his grandfather, fir Robert, Feb. 22; 
1797; married, Aug. 5, 1793, Sophia, youngeft daugh¬ 
ter of Thomas Coutts, efq. banker, inWeftnlinfler, (fifter 
of Sufan countefs dowager of Guildford, and Frances 
marchionefs of Bute,) by whom he has iffue, Sophia, 
born June 13, 1794; Robert, April 26, 1796; Sufar.na, 
Nov. 29, 1800; Joanna-Frances, July 2, 1804; Ciara- 
Maria, Dec. 9, 1806. He reprefented Bproughbridge 
in 179 6, and was returned at the general elebtion in 1802 
one of the knights of the (hire for Middlefex, after an 
extraordinary conteft; the elebtion being declared void 
by a committee of the houfe of commons, he again of¬ 
fered himfelf, and though not returned by the fheriffs, 
on petition fir Francis obtained his feat; but was af¬ 
terwards turned out on a petition. Sir Francis was 
ele6ted in the prefent parliament for the City of Weft- 
minfter.—This inflexible patriot is defcended of an an-' 
cient family. Hugh de Burdett came into England with 
William the Conqueror ; he left iffue, William Burdett, 
lord of Loufeby, in Lei.cefterfhire, who founded the pri¬ 
ory at Aucote, in Warwickfhire, in the reign of Henry If. 
to expiate the murder of his wife. Tiiis William, being-. 
a devout man, made a journey to the Holy Land, in or¬ 
der to fubdue the infidels: his fteward, in his abfen.ce, 
attempted the chaliity of his lady, who refitted him with 
fcorn. On his mafter’s arrival in England, he went to 
meet 
