HERA 
extirpating bifhops, deans, and chapters, Which he did 
with two verfes.of Ovid, the application of which was 
faid to be his greateft motive : 
Cun£ta prius tentanda, fed immedicabile vulnus 
Enfe reddendum, eft, ne pars finc'era trah'afa’ri; 
His repentance aiTd apology for hi condudl offended 
the republicans fo, much, that he was declared a delin¬ 
quent by the commonwealth ; but, efcaping to the king, 
he had'the command of a regiment of horfe, which poft 
illnefs made him relinquifli; and, retiring with his wife; 
and children to one of his farm-houfes, he there died oji 
June 22, 1644. During his continuance with the king,' 
his whole eftate was confifcated; his newly.finifhed houfe 
was four feveral times plundered by the parliament’s 
foldiers, his goods and ftock were all feized and taken 
away, his farm-houfes and fences ruined and destroyed, 
his woods and timbers felled ; fo that few fuftered more 
than he did For his inconfi.ftent conduct.—Motto, Terrere 
nolo, timere nefcio ; 1 would not affright, nor know I how 
to fear.—Family Seat, Surenden Dering, in Kent. 
STYLE, of Wateringbury, Kent; created April 21, 
1627.—Sir Thomas Style, the feventh baronet, fuc¬ 
ceeded his father, fir Charles, Sept. 5, 1804.—This fa¬ 
mily was originally feated in Suffolk, and is defcended 
from William Style, of Ipfwich, the father of John 
Style, alderman of London, and grandfather of fir Hum¬ 
phry Style, of Langley, knight, who was one of the ef- 
quires of the v body to Henry VIII.—Family Seat, Wa- 
terihgbury Place, near Maidftone, in Kent. 
I SHAM, of Lamport, Northamptonfliire created 
May 30, 1627.-—Sir Justinian Isham, the feventh 
baronet, born July 18, 1740; fucceeded his uncle, fir 
Edmund, Dec. 15, 1772; married, in 1766, Sufanna, 
daughter of - Barrett, efq. by whom he has four 
fbas ; Juftinian, born April 24, 1773, lieutenant-colonel 
of the-Northarppton militia ; Vere, born September 13, 
L774, who married Mifs Chambers, niece to fir William 
Chambers; Edmund, born Dec. 14, 1775, in the royal 
navy; and Henry, born Feb. 14, 1777, in holy orders,' 
married Sept. 19, 1304, the daughter of Richard Buller, 
of Devonfhife Place, efq. Alfo feven daughters : Su¬ 
fanna, married in 1800, George Brietzcke, efq. of the 
fecretary of date’s office; Harriot ; Sophia, married to 
Thomas, fon and heir apparent of fir John Palmer, bart. 
Louifsi, married, Jan; 5, 1804, Ralph Caldwell, efq. of 
Hillovve, in Norfolk ; Maria ;. Anne-Philippa ; andEli- 
'za.—Azpr, or Azo, who lived when William the Con¬ 
queror made his general furvey, was probably the per- 
fon who is recorded to be the father of Roger ae Ilham, 
one of the firft benefactors to the priory of St. Andrew, 
in Northampton, founded by Simon de St. Liz, in the 
i8th year of the Conqueror. The fecond baronet, fir 
Juftinian, born January 20, 1610, was efteemed one of 
the moft accomplifhed perfons of his time. During the 
time of the grand rebellion he adhered firmly-to the 
royal caufe, for which he fuftered both in perfpn and 
eftate; for the latter he was obliged to compound at 
1106I. He was elected knight of the (hire for the coun¬ 
ty of Northampton. Two of his daughters, Mary and 
Vere, were young ladies learned beyond their fex and 
years, the firft in the Latin tongue, the latter in mathe¬ 
matics and algebra. Sir Juftinian died March 2, 1674, 
in his 65th year. He v/as fucceeded by his fon, fir Tho¬ 
mas, who died July 26, 1681, aged 24; upon which the 
title and eftate defcended to his next brother fir Juftinian, 
who, in 1685, was elected a burgefs for the town of North¬ 
ampton.; and,upon the landing of the Prince of Orange 
lie appeared in arms at Nottingham, where feveral lords 
and gentlemen formed themfelves intd a troop, as a guard 
to the princefs Anne, the command of which he modeft- 
]y declining, the choice fell on Dr. Compton bifhop of 
London, whom he propofed, and contented bimfelf with 
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being their cornet. . The county of Northampton he 
continued to reprefent to the day of his death, which 
was May 13, 1730, aged 72.—Motto, Over the creft, 
Oftendo, non qftento ; I (how, not boaft. To the arms, On 
'things tranfitory reftetli no glory.;—Family Seat, Lam¬ 
port, in Northamptonftiire. - 
• LITTELTON, of Pileton Hall, Stafford (hire,; cre¬ 
ated June 28, 1627.—Sir Edward Littelton, the 
fourth baronet; fucceeded his uncle, fir Edward, Jan. 
2, 1741-2 ; married Frances, daughter of Chrifto'pher • 
Horton, of Catton, in Derbyfhire, efquire, who died 
without iffue, Aiiguft 29, 1781. Sir Edward railed a. 
company in. lord Gower’s regiment, in the rebellion of 
1745. He has reprefented the county of Stafford in the 
prefent and four preceding parliaments. The family of 
Littelton was fettled at Frankley, in- Worcefterfhir^. 
One of the anceftors of this baronet (who were of figure 
in the county of Stafford for fome centuries) was fir 
Thomas Littelton, a learned judge of the court of com¬ 
mon pleas in the time of Edward IV. and author of 
the celebrated Treatife upon Tenures, which, with the 
elaborate commentary of fir Edward Coke, is the book, 
fo well known under the name of Coke upon Littelton. 
Edward Littel'ton, efg., was advanced-to the dignity of a 
baronet. He \yas rated .by the fequeftrators at 1347I. 
6s. 8d. for compofition for his eftate, on account of his 
loyalty. Sir Edward, the lecond baronet, had two fons, 
who at different time's loft their lives in fighting duels. 
—Motto, Ung Dint & v.ng roy, One God and one king.-— 
Family feat, Teddefley Hay, in Staffordfliire. 
GORING,of Highden, Suffex,asBOWYER,ofLeigh- 
thorn, Suffex ; created Jhly 23, 1:627 ; whofe grandfon 
and heir, fir James Bowyer, bart. by another patent, 
dated’May 18, 1678, had the, honour entailed., after his 
deceafe, upon Henry Goring, of Highden, in the fame 
county, efq. with precedence according to his grandfa-. 
titer’s patent, and was fucceeded therein;by the (aid 
Henry. — Sir Harry GoriNg, the fifth baronet, fuc¬ 
ceeded his father, fir Charles-Matthew, 1769; he mar¬ 
ried, September 9, 1767, Mifs Anne Toiler, who died in 
June 1774 ; (lie was fecond coufin, by the father’s fide, 
•to Gray, the celebrated poet, who left- lier a legacy of 
500I. Fie married, fecondly, October 1777, Mils Fifher, 
of Barbadoes, who died in July, 1780; by whom he has 
iffue.—The family of Goring is of coniiderable anti¬ 
quity in Suffex, being furnamed from Goring, in the 
Rape of Arundel; of which was fir William Goring, 
kbt. one off the gentlemen of the privy chamber to 
Edward IV. A defcendant of his, of a younger branch, 
was, by Charles I. created baron Goring, and earl of 
Norwich. He was a general of horfe.—Family -Seat, 
Highden, in Suffex. 
STONHOUSE, of Radley, Berkfhire ; created May 
7, 1628.—Sir Thomas Stonhouse,- the thirteenth 
baronet, fucceeded his father, the Rev. Dr. Sir James, 
in 1795.—Whether this family took their furname from 
Stonhoufe, in Gloucefterlhire, is a point not yet deter¬ 
mined ; .but they were feated in Surrey near a century 
before Henry Stonhoufe was returned for Guildford, in 
the reign of Edward II. to the parliament held at Rip- 
pon, in Yorkfliire. Sir George, the third baronet, was 
fined for his loyalty to Charles 1. and paid 1460]. com¬ 
pofition for his eftate to the fequeftrators. He had 
three fons, George, John, and James; and one daugh¬ 
ter, Eliza'peth. This fir George furrendered his fa¬ 
ther’s patent of creation, and had a new one granted 
him, dated May 5, 1670, of the title to himfelf for life, 
with remainder to his fecond fon, John, and his heirs 
male, and in default thereof to James, his third fon, and 
his heirs male, with precedence, according to the former 
patent, intending to exclude thereby his firft fon. Sir 
George, the eldeft fon, however, claimed and enjoyed 
the title, according to the firft patent. Sir George, his 
