HERA 
ACLAND, of Columb-John, Devon'fiiire; created 
March i, 1644-5. — Sir Thomas Aclanq, the tenth 
baronet, fncceeded his father,: fir Thomas Dyke* 'May 
■ i7> 1794; married, April 7, 1808, the only daughter of 
H. Hoare, of Mitcham Grove, efquire.—This family 
derives.its name from the fituation of its ancient feat, 
in the parilh of Lankey, near Barnftaple, being in the 
midft of large gloves of oaks (in Saxon fignified by Ak 
or Ac), and from thence called the Ac or Oak land. In 
.early times, their arms were, three oak-leaves, on a 
bend, between two lions rampant. The prefent fir Tho¬ 
mas is the twenty-third in a lineal defcent fi-om Hugh 
de Accalen, feated at Accalen in 1155. Sir John, the 
fil'd baronet, created as above, with precedency before 
all baronets created fince the year 1644, engaging very 
zealouffy in the fervice of Charles I. greatly impaired 
his fortune, not only by railing, but lupporting at his 
own charge, a party, with which he garrifoned his houfe 
at Columb-John ; which at one time, as lord Clarendon 
takes notice, was the only force the king had in the 
county of Devon, to controul the power of the earl of 
Stamford, then at Exeter. Upon the decline of the 
king’sAffairs, his houfe was plundered, and himfelf fined 
for his.delinquency, by the commifiioners at Goldfmith’s 
Hall, 1.800I. which, not being thought fufficient, was af¬ 
terwards, by vote in parliament, increafed to 4000I. but 
upon great application it was reduced to the firft fine. 
He was, in confidfiation of his ferv.ices, advanced to the 
degree of a baronet ; but, amid/t the confulion of the 
civil wars, the letters patent were deftroyed, and new 
ones not being granted till the year 1677, by reafon of a 
long minority in this family, there was in them inferted 
a fpecial claufe of precedency, from the date of the firft, 
namely, 1644.—Motto, Inebranlable , Immoveable.—Fa¬ 
mily Seats, Columb-John, and Acland, both in Devon- 
lhire. 
EDWARDES, of Shrewfbury; created March 21, 
1644-5, and exemplified to fir Francis, April 22,167S. 
—The Rev. Sir John-Thomas-Cholmondeley Ed-i 
war o es, the eighth baronet,M. A. fncceeded his father, 
fir Thomas, in Aug. 1797; married Frances, daughter 
oFJohnGaib, of Wellclofe-fquare, London, efquire ; by 
whom he had five children; Frances, Henry, Juliana, 
Beniamin, and Charlotte.—The firft anceftor mentioned 
in this family pedigree, is Ynyr Carudoch, a nobleman 
in Mtelors, one of the barons of the prince of Powis, de- 
feended from th'e king of Powis, who was defcended 
from Gurtherin, {called by the Englillv Vcrtigern,) earl 
of Eurgain and Ewyas, in Hereford Ih ire, and afterwards 
king of the Britons, about the year 450. He married 
Rhetnger, daughter and foie heir to the earl of Hereford, 
who was defcended from Cariadoc Ureichfras, one of 
the knights of the round table to king Arthur; they 
left ifl'ue, Tudyr, furnamed Trevor, who was earl of 
Hereford in right of his mother, and married Gladufia, 
daughter to Howel Dda, king and governor of all 
Wales. The title of earl of Hereford continued in this 
family many years, till the Saxons wrefted it, and all the 
kingdom, out of the hands of the Britons. Defcended 
from the above Tudyr, after a long feries of anceftors, 
who married with the daughters oi' the princes of North 
and South Wales, the king, of Cornwall, the lords of 
Powis, and barons of Burford, &c. was Morris Edwardes, 
efq. who lived in the reign of Henry VII. and was the 
firlt that took that furname. Sir Thomas, the firft ba¬ 
ronet, had his efta.te very much impaired by the civil 
wars, in which it is fuppofed the baronet’s patent was 
loft ; for* in April 167S, a new one was granted to Fran¬ 
cis (then (ir Francis) Edwardes, of Shrewfbury, the fe- 
cond baronet, with a fpecial claufe "for precedency be¬ 
fore all baronets created after the year 1644, viz, ac¬ 
cording to the former jpatent. This fir Francis was a 
colonel of foot*in the fervice of king William, and died 
in Ireland, about 1690.—Family Seat, Frodefley, Shrop- 
Ihire. 
Vol. IX, No, 620. 
LDRY. 703 * 
WHICHCOTE, of the Inner Temple, London; cre¬ 
ated April 2, 1660.—Sir Thomas'Whichcote, the 
fifth baronet, was born March 5, 1763; fncceeded his 
father,'fir Chriftopher, March 9, 1786; married, June 
24, 1785, Diana, third daughter of the late. Edward 
Turnor, of Paiiton, in Lincolnlhire, efquire; by whom 
hejias Diana, born May 7, 1786; Thomas, born Aug. 
10, 1787; Harriot, born Sept. 26, 1788; married, Nov. 
28, 1807, to Capt. Atty, of the North Lincoln militia ; 
Henry, born Jan. 21, 1790, and died an infant; Caroline, 
born April 15, 1791 ; Benjamin, born May 16, 1792 ; 
Francis, born June 17, 1793; George, born Dec..21, 
1794 ; Katharine, born May 15, 1796.—This family has 
originally of Whichcote, in Shroplhire, and. thence de¬ 
nominated De Whichcote, for feveral generations, as ap¬ 
pears by tw-o inquifitions taken 2 Edw. II. and 44 Edw. 
III. Sir Jeremy, the firft baronet, was a barri.fter at 
law, and folicitor-general to the prince elector Palatine. 
• At the requeft of Charles II. during his exile, he pur- 
chafed the wardenffiip of the Fleet y and, by officiating 
fometimes -himfelf, fheltered . the king’s agents'. He 
died in 1677.—Motto, JuJle & droit, Juft and right.— 
Family Seat, Afwarby, in Lincolnlhire. 
PALMER, of Carlton, Northamptoriffiire; created 
June'7, 1660.—Sir John Palmer, the fifth baronet, 
fucceedcd his father, fir Thomas, June 14, 1765 ; mar¬ 
ried, June 25, 1768, Charlotte, daughter .of fir Harry 
Gough, of Edgebafton, Warwickffiire, baronet; and by 
her (who died Aug. 8, 1783) he had fix ions and two 
daughters; Jolm-Edward, born 1769, and died young;.' 
Thomas,'born 1771, and married, Dec. 1J793, Sophia, 
daughter of fir Juftinian Ilham, bart. of Lamport,' 
Nor^hamptonfiiire, and has iffitie a daughter ; Geoffrey, 
born 1773, died 1780; John-llenry, born 1775; Char¬ 
lotte,born 1776, died 1793 ; Edward,died young ; -Henry, 
born 1780; Barbara-Catharine,born 1781.—This family 
was feated at Holt, and Stoni-Stnhton, in Leiceftei Ihire, 
in 1408. Sir Geoffrey, the firft baronet, was,a manager 
again!! the earl of Strafford, hut loft his credit and in- _ 
tereft with that party, and never recovered it, fonufing 
a decency and modefty in his carriage and language to¬ 
wards the earl. He was much efteemed in the houfe of 
commons; and in the debate about the remonftrance, his 
fpeech not being agreeable to the prevailing party in the 
houfe, he was committed to the Tower, but was in a few 
days enlarged, and returned again to the houfe; he did 
his majefty great fervice, and was one of his commiilion- 
ers at the treaty of Uxbridge. He was afterwards at¬ 
torney-general to Charles II. and died May'5, 1670, 
aged 72:—Motto, Par Jit for tun a labori, Let the reward 
equal the labour.—Family Seat, Carlton, in Northamp- 
tonlhire. 
LANGHAM, of Cottefbrooke, Northamptonlhire; 
created June 7, 1660.—Sir William Langham, the 
eighth baronet, was.born Feb. 10, 1771 ; fncceeded his 
father, fir James, Feb. 7, 1795; married, Aug. 20, in 
the fame year, Henrietta-Elizabeth-Frederica Vane, only 
daughter and heir of the hon. Charles Vane, of Mount 
Ida in Norfolk, fon of vifcount Barnard, and brother of 
the 'firft; earl of Darlington ; by whom, who died Nov. 
11, 1807, he has a fon, William-Henry, born July 8, 
1796 ; a daughter, Henrietta, born Dec. 21, 1797 ; and 
Charlotte, born July 30, 1804.—This family is defcend¬ 
ed from William, Ion of Henry.de Langham, who held 
land in Langham, in Rutlandflure, 10 Edw. I. The 
fourteenth in lineal defcent from him was fir Jphri, the 
firft.baronet. He was knighted by Charles II. at the 
Hague (with James, his eldeft fon), being one of thole 
principal citizens deputed by the, city of London to 
wait on his majefty in Holland. He largely contributed 
toward the fupport of the royal family during their 
exile. He was Iheriff of London in 1642, and member of 
parliament lor the faid city in 1654, and for Southwark 
in 1660. He was one of the aldermen fent to the Tower! 
in 1647 ; and again in 1648.—Motto, Nec fnit jfe feros , 
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