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(hire.—Wyamarus and Jordayne, two brothers, were 
living at the time of the conqueft : the firft'enjoyed, by 
the gift of William the Conqueror, in 1069, as marks ofhis 
royal favour and reward, the lordfhipsof North and South 
Cave, and other manors in Yorkfliire ; all which the laid 
Wyamarus conveyed to his brother, Jordayne, in the 
7th year of William Rufus, in which reign Wyamarus 
died without iflue. Jordayne de Cave, heir to his bro¬ 
ther, was fo furnamed from his lordfnip of Cave. The 
nineteenth in defcent from him was, fir Thomas, the firft 
baronet, who was, during the civil wars, a ftrenuous 
alT’ertor of his fovereign’s caufe, lupplying him with 
arnis, ammunition, &c. Ambrofe, one of his. fons, a 
brigadier in, the life-guards, was Gain in 1690, as he was 
fitting peaceably in his..chair in public company, by one 
Biron, an officer, whofe life he had frequently fpared, 
though many provocations had eaui'ed frequent fkirmifh- 
ing between them; thefword waslef^in his body, but the 
offender fled, and no diligence could ever diftover him. 
—Creft, a. greyhound, currant, fable, to which, on ah 
efcroll proceeding from his mouth,- for motto, Gardez, 
Take care ; of the fame fignification with Cave, the im- 
perative'of caveo , alluding to the name.—Family Seat, 
Thedingworth, Leicefferfliire. 
HATTON; of Long Stanton, Cambridgefhire; cre¬ 
ated July 5, 1641.—Sir John Hatton, the ninth baro- 
' net, LL.D. fucceeded his father, fir Thomas, Nov. 7, 
1787; married, in 1798, Mifs Bridgman, daughter of 
Mr. Bridgman, an American refugee.—This family is 
of great antiquity in the county of Chefter, the prefent 
baronet' being the twenty-fifth'in.a lineal defcent from 
Wolfrid, brother of Nigel, .baron of Hatton, and confta- 
ble of Chefter, w-ho .were Ions ofYvon, vicecomes or go¬ 
vernor of Conftantia in Normandy, by Erne, fifter to Al¬ 
len earl of Bretagne. Of this family was fir Chrifto- 
pher Hatton, knt. a celebrated charadter in the reign of 
queen Elizabeth, who was fuccefiively one of the queen’s 
gentlemen-penlioners, gentlemaruof the privy chamber, 
captain of the guard, vice-chamberlain, one of the privy 
council, and at length lord chancellor; being likewife 
• made a knight of the garter, and infialled May 23, 1588. 
—Family Seat, Fyans, in Cambridgefhife. 
A3DY, of Felix Hall, Eflex ; created July 7, 1641.— 
Sir W1LLi a*m Abdv, the feventh baronet, fucceeded 
his father, fir William, July 21," 1803; married, June 
3, 1806, Anne, eldeft daughter of Richard marquis 
Wellefley.—This family took their name from Abdy 
Houfe, in the parifii of Warth, in'.Yorkfliire; but the 
prefent refidence is CobhamPlace, near Bagfliot, Surrey. 
There was a. fecond title of baronet, conferred on this 
family, June 2, 1660, in the perfon of Robert, brother 
of the firft baronet; but fir John, the fourth under this 
patent, dying in 1759, unmarried, the fecond title of ba¬ 
ronet in this family became extindt. 
BAMFYLDE, of Poltimore, Devonfhire; created 
July 14, 1641.—Sir Charles-Warwick. Bamfylde, 
the fifth baronet, was born Jan. 23, 1753 3 fucceeded his 
father, fir Richard-Warwick, Aug. 15, 1776; married, 
in the fame year, the eldeft daughter of fir John Moore, 
baft, by whom he has iflue one ion, George.Warwick, 
born 1786, married, May 2, 1807, Emma, only daughter 
of the Rev. Ralph Sneyd, domeftic chaplain to the 
prince of Wales, and precentor of St. Afaph. Sir 
Charles is M.P. for Exeter, which city he has repre- 
fented in the prefeRt and fix former parliaments.—This 
has been a family of confequence, in Devonfhire, for 
many generations ; but it is not certain when they firft 
refided at Poltimore. They were foie lords of it in the 
reign of Edw. I. having then prefented to the living.— 
Motto, DeltElare in Domino , To rejoice in the Lord.—Fa¬ 
mily Seats, Poltfmore and North Mol ton, in Devonfhire; 
and Hardington WraxhalL, in Somerfetfhire. 
COTTON, of Landwade; Cambridgefhire; created 
LDRY. 
July 14, 1641.—Sir Charles Cotton, the fifth baro¬ 
net, vice-admiral of the red, fucceeded his father, fir 
Jolm-Hinde, J in. 23', 1795; married in 1788, the eldeft 
daughter of fir John Rowley, bart. of Tendring Hall, 
Suffolk.—This family is faid to be denominated from 
Cotton, a manor in .Cambridgefhire, whereof was fir 
Henry Cotton, knt. lord of the manor, who lived in the 
1.3th century. Sir John, the firft baronet, was -high flie- 
'riff of Cambridgefhire when the rebellion broke out, 
and proclaimed the earl of Eflex a traitor in every mar¬ 
ket town : he alfo took up.arms for his foyereign, and 
was entrufteri to carry the plate of the univerfity of 
Cambridge to the king at Oxford, which-he fafely de¬ 
livered, through.many difficulties, being followed by a 
body of Cromwell’s horfe : lie was foon after obliged, 
for his loyalty, to leave his: country, and 'lived lome 
years abroad. He was born in Sept. 1615, .and died ' 
about 1690, aged 74. Sir John, his'fon, the fecond ba¬ 
ronet, was recorder of Cambridge, and'one of its repre- 
fentatjves in parliament all king William’s, and part of 
queen Anne’s, reign. He died in Jan. 1712. Sir John- 
Hinde, his only fon and heir, was treafurer of the royal 
chamber,'and one of the lord# commiflioners of trade 
and plantations; alfo member, in feveral parliaments, 
for the town of Cambridge, and afterwards for Marlbo¬ 
rough, which he reprefented to the time ofhis death, on 
February, 4, 1752, in the 64th year of his age.—Motto, 
Fidelilas vincit, Fidelity prevails.—Family Seats, Land- 
wade and Maddingley, both in Cambridgefhire. 
BURGOYNE, of Sutton, Bedffordfhire ; created July 
15, 1641.—Sir M.ontague Burgoyne, thp eighth 
baronet, fucceeded his father, fir John, in 1786; a co¬ 
lonel in the army ; married, Nov. 1, 1794, Mils Burton; 
by whom he has a fon, born Oct. 16, 1796.—This fa¬ 
mily has been feated in the county of Bedford, according 
to tradition, ever fince king John’s time. Robert Bin - 
goyne, efq. was a perfon of opnfiderable note in the 
time of Henry VIII. and on^ of the auditors of the Ex¬ 
chequer. Fie was alfo one of the commlffibners appoint¬ 
ed by that king to talce the furrender of tHe m'onalte'ries- 
in feveral counties.—Family- Seat, Sutton Park, Bed¬ 
ford (hire. - . 
NORTHCOTE, of Hayne, Devonfhire; created July 
36, 1641.—Sir Stafford-Henry Northcote, the 
feventh baronet, fucceeded his father, fir Stafford, 
March’ 11, 1771 ; married, May 6, 1791, Jaquetta, 
daughter of Charles Baring, efq. by whom he had a fon., 
born in 1792, and another fon in 1793.—It is recorded,- 
that in the time of Henry 1. Galfridus Miles had his 
feat at Northcote, in the parifh of Eaft Down, in De¬ 
vonfhire ; and that John FitzGaulfrid held divers lands 
there, and in the hundreds of Witheridge, North Taw- 
ton, Black Torrington, &c. and changed his name to 
Northcote. John, the fixteenth in defcent from him, 
was the firft baronet of this family, and was born in 
1599.— Chrijli crux ejl mea lux, Chrift’s crofs is my light.— 
Family Seat, Hayne, inJDevonfhire. 
STRICKLAND, of Boynton, Yorkfliire; created 
July 30, 1641.—Sir George Strickland, the fifth 
baronet, fucceeded his father, fir William, Sept 1 , i, • 
1735. He has had five fons ; William, who, in April 
1778, married a daughter of Nathaniel Cholmley, of 
Howfliam, efquire; George, \yho, in 1792, married the 
daughter of the late C. Graggs, efq. Charles, who was 
a captain in the 82a regiment of foot, and died, at Gi¬ 
braltar, Dec. 1795; Walter, inarried, Aug. 31, 1.803, 
-Mil’s Weftern, youngeft daughter of Maximilian Weft- 
ern, efq. of Cokethorp, in Oxfordfhire; Henry-Eufta-. 
thins, married, Dec. 23, i 302, Mifs Cartwright, daugh. 
ter of the Rev. Edmund Cartwright, of Woburn, in the 
county of Bedford. Sir George lias alfo had feveral daugh¬ 
ters, the eldeft is married to Strickland Freeman, of Paw¬ 
ley Court, efquire.—There have been feveral perfons of 
great eminence and reputation in this family, and their an- 
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