692 FI E R A I 
his father, 1795.—The antiquity of this family is ma- 
nifeft from their foundation of the monaftery ot Kenel- 
worth in the reign of Henry I. Robert Pakington 
lived in the reign of Henry IV. John, fon of fir John 
Pakington, K. B. a great favourite of queen Elizabeth, 
was the firll baronet. He was member for Aylefbury, 
and died Oct. 29, 1624, in the twenty-fourth year of his 
age. Sir John, his only fon, was elected one of the 
knights for Worcefterfhire, in 15 Charles I. and, when 
the rebellion broke out, was a member for Aylefbury. 
He was entrufled by the king, in 1642, with a commif- 
fion for arraying men for his fervice in Worcefterfhire; 
bn account of which he was taken prifoner, committed, 
to the Tower, and fined 5000I. had his eftate fequef- 
tered, his houfe, in Buckinghamfhire, (one of the belt 
in that county,) levelled with the ground, and fuch 
great waftes committed in his woods, that an eftimate of 
his Iofs, now remaining in the hand-writing of his lady, 
amounts to 20,3481. Notwithflanding he had fuffered 
fo much for his loyalty, he had the courage to go with 
a troop of horfe tp Charles II. at the battle of Worcef- 
ter, and was taken prifoner there ; but when the rebels 
tried him for his life, (upon an indiftment of his raifing 
and heading a troop at the battle of Worcefter,) they 
could not procure one witnefs to fvvear againft him ; he 
was therefore acquitted, and fet at liberty, but was after¬ 
wards fined 7670!. His lady was-one of the daughters 
of Thomas lord Coventry, keeper of the great feal of 
England, a moll accompliflied perfon, and bright ex¬ 
ample for wifdom and piety ; (lie was the reputed au¬ 
thor of the Whole Duty of Man. She was buried, May 
13, 1679, and fir John, Jan. 3, following. . Sir John, the 
fourth baronet, in 1702, made a complaint to the houfe 
of commons, againft William bifhop of Worcefter, and 
Mr. Lloyd his fon, for interfering in the eleblion for the 
county of Worcefter, in confequence of which, they 
were cenfured by the houfe, and the bifhop was removed 
from his office of lord almoner to the queen. Sir John 
was conftantly eledted one of the knights for Worcefter- 
fliire, in every parliament from his firft being chofen, at 
nineteen years of age, (except one, when he voluntarily 
declined it,) to his death, notwithflanding the powerful 
oppofition which was generally made againft him ; and 
was recorder of the city of Worcefter.—Family Seat, 
Weftwood Park, in Worcefterfhire. 
BISSHOPP, of Parham Park, Suffex ; created July 
24, 1620.—Sir Cecil Bisshopp, the feventh baronet, 
F.R.S. born Dec. 29,^1753, fucceeded his father, fir 
Cecil, Sept. 1779; married, in July 1782, Harriet-Anne, 
daughter of William Southwell, efq. of Frampton, in 
Gloucefterfhire, uncle of Edward lord de Clifford, and 
has two fons and two daughters : Cecil, a lieutenant in 
the firft regiment of guards, married, April 6; 1805, 
lady Charlotte-Barbara Townfhend, eldeft daughter of 
George marquis Townfhend, and died Oft. 3, 1807 ; 
Charles-Cecil ; Harriet-Anne; and Catharine-Annabel- 
la. Sir Cecil, Feb. 7, 1804, claimed the ancient barony 
of Zouche, of Harringworth, being defcended. from Eli¬ 
zabeth Zouche, eldeft lifter of Mary Zouche, fecond 
daughter of Edward, the eleventh and laft lord Z.ouche ; 
which laid Mary Zouche, married, at Hanbury in Wor¬ 
cefter Ihije, in 16 ro, Thomas Leighton, efq. fon and heir 
apparent of fir Thomas Leighton, knight, governor of 
Guernfey and Jerfey. On the 24th April 1807, the 
Houfe of Lords came to the following refolution : “ Re- 
folved and adjudged by the lords fpiritual and tempo¬ 
ral, in parliament affembled, That the barony of Zouche 
of Harringworth was a barony created by writ in the 
reign of king Edward the Second, and therefore c^efcen- 
dible to heirs general; and that the faid barony fell into 
abeyance upon the death of Edward, the laft lord 
Zouche, between Zouche Tate, his grandfon, being the 
fon and heir of Elizabeth his eldeft daughter, and Mary, 
wife of William Connard, efq. his fecond and younger 
.DRY. 
.daughter; which faid Elizabeth and Mary were the 
only daughters of the faid lord ; and that the petitioner 
fir Cecil Bifshopp, baronet, as grandfon and heir of Ca¬ 
tharine Hedges, who was great grand-daughter and one 
of , the two co-heirs of the faid Zouche Tate, and Jane- 
Catha'rine-Sarah Oliver, Lucy-Anne Howell, as grand¬ 
daughters of Mary Long; and Samuel-George Fleming, 
as fon of Mary-Charlotte Heming, another grand-daugh¬ 
ter of the faid Mary Long, which faid Mary Long, was 
the fifler of the faid Catharine Hedges, and the other 
great grand-daughter and co-heir of the faid Zouche 
Tate, are co-heirs of the faid Zouche Tate, who was 
co-heir of the faid Edward lord Zouche, by Elizabeth, 
the eldeft daughter of the faid Edward lord Zouche; 
and that the faid fir Cecil Bifshopp, Jane-Catharine- 
Sarah- Oliver, Lucy-Anne Howell, and Samuel-George 
Heming, are the co-heirs of the faid laft lord Zouche, 
together with the heir or heirs of the body of the faid 
Mary, the younger daughter of the faid laft lord 
Zouche, if the faid Mary hath any heir or heirs of her 
body now in exiftence; and, if (he hath left none, fuch 
are the foie co-heirs of the faid laft lord Zouche ; and 
that the faid barony is in abeyance amor.gft the faid co¬ 
heirs, and confequently is at his majefty’s difpofal.”— 
The'houfe of lords having decided as above, that the 
barony of Zouche is in abeyance between fir Cecil Bif- 
Ihopp, bart. and the three daughters of the late Robert 
Long, efq. it is prefumed that his majefty will (hortly 
be induced to terminate the abeyance ; as in every in- 
ftance during the prefent reign, in which a petitioning 
co-heir has been allowed to alfert his claim, the grace of 
the crown has immediately followed the favourable re¬ 
port of the houfe of lords. The cafe of the barony 
of Beaumont does not form a regular exception, as that 
turned on a particular point of law. 
Of this family was B'enedift Bifcopp or Bifshopp, a 
Saxon, who was a foldier in his youth, but afterwards 
a monk. He died of the palfy, Jan. 12, 690, and was 
buried in the church ofWeremouth. An ancient MS. 
deducing the defcent of this family from Sibella, the 
lifter of Benedift, exifted fome years ago in the north of 
England. Walter went into France, and fettled in 
Gafcony, and his defcendant Walter returned to Eng¬ 
land with Henry II.—Motto, Pro Deo et ecclejia, For God 
and the church.—Family Seat, Parham Park, in Suflex. 
VINCENT, of Stoke d’Abernon, Surrey; created 
July 26, 1620.—Sir Francis Vincent, the ninth ba¬ 
ronet, was born July 23, 1780; fucceeded his father, 
fir Francis, 1791 ; married, Jan. 1 6, 1802, Jane, daugh¬ 
ter of the honourable Edrvard Bouverie, uncle of the 
prefent earl of Radnor, by whom (who died April 13, 
1805) he had ilfue two children.—This family, on the 
marriage of Thomas Vincent, efq. in the reign of queen 
Elizabeth, with Jane, only daughter and heir to Tho¬ 
mas Lyfield, of Stoke d’Abernon, efq. (who is fuppofed 
to have been defcended maternally from king Harold,) 
became poffefled of that inheritance, which feat has 
ever fince been their principal refidence ; though they 
were for ages before eminent in the county of North¬ 
ampton. Some of the family were alfo at Swineford, in 
Leicefterftiire; for in 10 Edw. II. Miles Vincent was 
owner of many lands there.—Motto, Vincenti dabitur, It 
is given to the conqueror, (or to Vincent.)—Family 
Seat, Stoke d’Abernon, near Cobham, in Surrey. 
TICHBORNE, of Tichborne Houfe, Hampffiire; 
created March 8, 1620.—Sir Henry Tichborne, the 
fixth baronet, was born Sept. 6, 1756 ; fucceeded his fa¬ 
ther, fir Henry, July 16, 1785, married, in 1777, Eliza¬ 
beth, daughter of-- Plowden, of Plowden, in Shrop- 
ftiire, efquire ; and has had iflue by her ten children, viz. 
Henry-Jofeph, born Jan. 5, 1779; married, April 23, 
1806, Mils Burke, daughter of fir Thomas Burke, bart. 
of Galway in Ireland, and filler to Eliza countels of 
Clanricarde. Benjamin Edmund, Sept. 2, 1780; Ed- 
1 ward. 
