HERA 
Caroline/died an irtfant; Emma, born May 1803; Lou- 
ifa, born April 1805.—The name of this family is takc j n 
from the place of their habitation, which they are fup- 
pofed to have been poflefledof ever fince, if not before, 
the Norman conqueft; fir Hugh de Wrottefley was 
feated here in the reign of Henry III. as was alfo fir 
William de Wrottefley, 9 Edw. II. Sir Hugh de Wrot¬ 
tefley,,fon and heir of fir William, was one of the knights 
pf the. Garter at the foundation of that order. Sir Wal¬ 
ter, the firft-baronet, fullered greatly for his loyalty, and 
was fined. 13321. tosi by the fequeftrators of thofe times. 
—Family Seat, V/rottefley, near Wolverhampton, in 
Staffordihire. 
THROCKMORTON, of Coughton, Warwickfliire ; 
created September 1, 1641.—Sir John-Courtf.nay 
Throckmorton, the fifth baronet, was born July 27, 
1753; fucceeded his jgrandfather, fir Robert, Dec. 8, 
1791 ; married, Aug. 19, 1782, Mary-Catharine, daugh¬ 
ter of Thomas Giffard, of Chillington, in Staffordihire, 
efq. by his firft wife, Barbara, daughter of Robert lord 
fetre.—Throckemertona, Throcmorton, or the Rock- 
moor-Town,- from whence this family is denominated, 
is fituated in the vale of Evefham, in Peffhore.hundred, 
in Worcefterfliire. John de Throckmorton, according 
to fir William Dugdale, was lord of the manor of 
Throckmorton, about fixty years after the Norman con- 
queft, 1130, which leaves no room to doubt but that 
this family pofl'efled it at the entrance of the Normans, 
or long before, the etymology of the name being.either 
Britifh or Saxon. From this John defcended fir Ro¬ 
bert, of Coughton, the firlt baronet, who, in the civil 
wars, had his eftate fequeftered, and his iioufe at Cough¬ 
ton plundered and made a garrifon of, by the parliament 
forces; whereupon he was forced to lecure himfelf at 
Worcefter, and died Jan. i6 } 1650. Sir Francis, his only 
furviving fon, aiid iucceflor, added to the manfion 
houfe at Coughton, and lived in great hofpitality after 
the . reftoratioii.—Motto, Virtus fola nobilitas, Virtue 
alone is nobility. Moribus antiquis. Ancient manners.— 
Family Seats, Buckland in Berkfhire; and Coughton in 
Warwickfliire. 
HALTON, of Stamford, Effex ; created Sept. 10, 
1642.—Sir William Halton, the fixth baronet, fuc¬ 
ceeded his father, fir Thomas, and married Mary, 
daughter of Richard Garner, of King’s Ripton, in Hun- 
tingdonfhire, efquire.—Family Seat, Reach* inHunting- 
donfliire. 
BLOUNT, of Soddington, Worcefterfliire; created 
Odt. 5, 1642.—Sir Edward -Blount, the eighth 
baronet, LL. D. was born in 1793 ; fucceeded his fa¬ 
ther, fir Walter, Oft. 1803.—This very ancient family 
is faid to take its rife from the Blondi, or JBiondi, in 
Italy, whofe hiftorians derive them from the Roman 
Flavii. Blound, lord of Guifnes, in France, had three 
Tons, who came to England with William the Conqueror; 
one returned into France; the other two, Robert and 
William, gave a beginning to all the Blounts in this 
kingdom. Robert, was created by the Conqueror, ba¬ 
ron of Ickworth in Suffolk; and married Gundred, 
daughter of tire earl Ferrers. His defendants con¬ 
tinued to be of high note and eftimation; amongft them 
were the barons Montjoye, and federal earls of Devon- 
fliire. Sir Walter, the firft baronet, was a great fuffierer 
for Charles I. for whom he was long impriloned, firft at 
Oxford, then in the Tower of London: his brothers, 
and four fons, were all in the fame fervice. His fecond 
fon, John, was lieutenant-colonel in Charle's the Second’s 
own regiment, when prince, of Wales. His third fon, 
William, was major in the queen’s regiment. Peter, the 
fourth fon, was a captain at Worcefter fight.—Motto, 
Lux lua via mea, Thy light my way.—Family Seats, 
Soddington in Worcefterfliire, and Morley in Shrop- 
fiiire. 1 
LDRY, 701 
LIDDELL, of Ravenfworth Caftle, Durham ; cre¬ 
ated Nov. 2, 1642.—Sir Thomas Henry Liddell, 
the fixth baronet, fucceeded his father, fir Henry-George, 
Nov. 26, 1791; married, 1796,- Mafia-Sufanna, daugh¬ 
ter of John Simpfon, of Bradley, in the county of Dur¬ 
ham, efquire,. by whom he has a fon, born in Feb. 1803. 
—The Liddles were anciently lords of Liddell Caftle, 
and barony of Buff; and have been proprietors of con- 
fiderable coal works in the counties of Durham and 
Northumberland. Sir Thomas, the firft baronet, was 
much efteemed, and had great intereft in Northumber¬ 
land, which he exerted in fupport of Charles I. defend¬ 
ing Newcaftle againft th,e Scots. He was taken prifoner, 
and on Feb. 13, 1645, upon petition, w r as admitted to 
compound; it appears that he paid400ol. to the fequef¬ 
trators for his eftate. He was alfo fo obnoxious to the 
then powers, that fir Thomas is mentioned among thofe, 
in the propofitions from the parliament, who were de¬ 
manded to be removed from his majefty’s councils, and 
to be reftrained from coming within the verge pi the 
court, and not, without advice or confent of both houfes 
of parliament, to bear any office or employment. The 
late baronet, fir George, was diftinguiflied for a warm 
and generous fpirit, which fometimes, however, carried 
him into romantic tranfadtions. His excurfion to Lap- 
land, upon a wager, and his return with two Lapland 
girls, and fome rein-deer, are well remembered. See 
Tour through Sweden, Swedifh Lapland, &c. See. by 
M. Confett, efq. The Lapland girls were returned fafe 
to their native country, after an abfence of feveral 
months, with 50I. and a cargo of trinkets; and the 
rein-deer have bred in England.—Motto, Fama femper 
vivit. Fame always lives.—Family Seats, Ravenfworth 
Cattle, and Newton, both in the county of Durham j. 
and Ellington,Northumberland. 
HUNLOKE, of Wingerworth, Derbyfhire ; created 
Feb. 29, 1642.—Sir Thomas-Windsor Hunloke* 
the fourth baronet, fucceeded his father, fir Henry, 
Nov. 16, 1804; married, Oft. 1807, Mifs Ecclefton* 
daughter of Thomas Ecclefton, efq. of Scarifbrick, Lan- 
cafhire.—Robert de Ros, of Furfar, was only thirteen 
at the deceafe of his father, and paid 1000 marks to the 
crown, for livery of his lands, in 2 Richard I. and 
claimed from the crown the baronial eftate and caftle 
of Werke, or Warke, in Northumberland, which after¬ 
wards palled into a branch of the Grey family ; he mar¬ 
ried Ifabel, daughter of William Leo, king of Scotland* 
and had iffue by her, William de Ros, in 17 king John. 
Fie was one of the twenty-five barons, elefted by the 
whole , body, to fecure the king’s performance of the 
great charter of that year. He died 11 Henry III. 
leaving iffue William de Roos, or Rofs, his eldeft fon 
and heir, who polfefled from him the caftle and manor 
of Helmpfley, and Robert de Ros, a younger fon, to 
whom he gave the caftle and barony of Werke. He is 
the perfon to whom the firft exifting writ of fummons 
to parliament, for the barony of de Ros, was dir-efted. 
It was to attend the parliament of 49 Flenry III. This 
writ was directed to Robert de Ros, without any men¬ 
tion of Hamlake, or any further defeription whatever 5 
he married Ifabel, daughter of William de Albini, not 
the William de Albini, anceftor of the F'itz-A.ans, earls 
of Arundel, and brother of Nigel de Albini, anceftor 
of the Mowbrays, dukes of Norfolk, but one who was 
of a different family, with the fame Chriftian name, and 
foie heir of William de Albini, lord of Belvoir in 
Leicefterfliire, and whofe father was great grandfon of 
Robert de Todeney, recorded in Domefday book as 
holding great pofl'eflions in Leicefterfliire and other 
counties; this Robert de Ros died in June 1285, or 
Edw. I. and, having become a knight templar, he was 
buried in the Temple church, leaving ilfue by Ifabel, 
his wife, who furvived him, William de Rt>s, his heir ; 
Robert, a younger fon; and a daughter, Ifabel. The 
