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Nor doth he let them be fierce, (allufive to the arms, 
which are three bears’ heads.)—Family Seats, Cottef- 
broke, and Walgrave, in Northamptonfhire. 
CULLUM, of Hawftead, and Hardwick Houfe, Suf- 
folk; created June 18, 1660.—Sir Thomas Gery 
Cullum, the feventh baronet, F.R. A. and L. S S. 
fucceeded his brother, fir John, Oft. 19, 1785 ; married, 
in Sept. 1774; Mary, daughter of Robert Flanfon, of 
Normanton, in Yorkfhire, efquire; by whom he has 
three children ; Thomas-Gery, born Oft. 1777,'in holy 
orders, reftor of Knoddefhall, in Suffolk, married Aug. 
27, 1805, Mifs Egers, foie daughter and heir of Henry 
Egers, of Woodford, Effex, efquire ; John-Palmer, born 
in 1783, Bath King at Arms; Sufanna, born in 1787, 
died May 2, 1803, and buried under the altar-tomb in 
Great Ealing church yard, with her great grandfather, 
fir Thomas Gery, knt.—This family was feated at 
Thorndon, in Suffolk, at leaf! as early as the 15th cen¬ 
tury, as appears by the will of Walter Cullum, proved 
Oft. 4,1454, now extant in the archdeacon of Sudbury’s 
office, at Bury St. Edmunds.—Motto, Sufiineatur, Let 
him be fupported.—Family Seats, Hawftead Place, and 
Hardwick Houfe, both in Suffolk. 
STAPYLTON, of Myton, Yorkfhire ; created June 
22, 1660.—Sir Martin Stapylton, the eighth baro¬ 
net, fucceeded his father, fir Martin, Jan. 21, 1801.— 
This family is of great note and antiquity, feveral of its 
anceftors having been in the earlieft times fummoned 
among the barons to parliament, and been honoured 
with the order of the garter, at or foon after the inftitu- 
tion thereof. They take their name from Stapylton, 
upon the river Teys: and they are frequently mention¬ 
ed in old deeds, as confiderable benefadfors to feveral 
priories in the county of York, and other places.—Mot¬ 
to, fide, fed cui vide ; Have confidence, but be cautious 
in whom you place it.—Family Seat, Myton, near Bo- 
roughbridge, Yorkfhire. 
ROBINSON, of London; created June 22, 1660.— 
Sir George Robinson, the fifth baronet, fucceeded 
his father, fir John, Aug. 31, 1765; he was a fellow of 
Trinity College, Cambridge, and married Dorothea, 
only daughter of John Chefter, efq. of London, by whom 
he has, George; John; William-Villiers, married, in 
1795, a daughter of Stamp Brookfbank, efq. Charles, 
•in holy orders, married, Feb. 28. 1805, Charlotte, 
daughter of fir James Pennyman, bart. of Ormefby, in 
Cleveland, Yorkfhire. Sir George has alfo feveral 
daughters, among whom are, Frances-Dorothea, mar¬ 
ried in May, 1790, Charles-Hoare, efq. and Penelope, 
who married, in 1789, Robert Blencowe, efq. of the In¬ 
ner Temple.—This family was originally feated in the 
north of England. Sir John Robinfon, knt. an aider- 
man, and lord mayor of London,'was lieutenant of the 
Tower ; and for the fervices he did king Charles II. to¬ 
wards his reftoration, was advanced to the dignity of a 
baronet.—Family Seats, Cranford in Northamptonfhire, 
and Stretton Hall in Leicefterfliire. 
HILDYARD, of Patrington, Yorkfhire; created 
June 25, 1660.—Sir Robert D’Arcy Hildyard, 
the fourth baronet; fucceeded his father, fir Robert; 
and married, Sept. 23, 1769, Mary, daughter of fir Ed¬ 
ward Deering, bart. of Surrenden Deering in Kent; and 
had iffue a Ion, born in September 1770, who died ah 
infant.—This family is of great antiquity, and is faid to 
be of Saxon extraction. The name, in the old German 
language, fignifies a perfon of a noble or generous dif- 
pofition. Robert Hildeyard, of Normandy, efquire, who 
was living 10 Hen. I. 1109, married a daughter of fir 
John Kyrton, knt. and had iffue. Sir Robert Hildyard, 
knt. gentleman of the privy-chamber to Charles I. co¬ 
lonel of foot, and commander of Marmaduke Langdale’s 
brigade of horfe in the civil wars, when the Scotch army 
came into England, and the king’s, under the; duke of 
Newcuftle, lay near them, a gentleman came out of the 
Scots camp, as their champion, and challenged any gen¬ 
tleman in the king’s army that would accept it; which 
fir Robert did, and flew his adverfary; for which fervice 
he was made in the field a knight banneret. He was alfo 
with Charles I. at Oxford, when that garrifon furren- 
dered; and foon after the reftoration was, for his faith¬ 
ful fervices, (particularly at the battle of Marfton Moor, 
near York,) and fufferings for the royal caufe, created 
a baronet.—Motto, riXeov iruflo;, Half is better than 
the whole.—Fa'mily Seats, Wineftead, near Patrington, 
in the Eaft Riding, and Sedbury Houfe, near Richmond, 
in the North Riding, of the county of York. 
ASTLEY, of Hill Morton, Warwickfhire; created 
June 25, 1660.—Sir Jacob-Henry Astley, the fifth 
baronet, was born in 1756 ; fucceeded his father, fir Ed¬ 
ward, April 13, 1802; married, in 1789, Hefter, youngeft 
daughter of Samuel Browne, of Lynn, in Norfolk, efq. 
by whom he has iffue, Rhoda, born in 1790, died 1808 ; 
Anne, born in 1791 ; Editha, in 1793 ; Blanch, in 1795 ; 
Jacob, in 1797 ; Edward, in 1799; Hefter, in 1800. Sir 
Jacob is in the prefent, and was in the late, parliament, 
one of the knights of the fhire for Norfolk.—Thomas 
lord Aftley, who was killed in the barons’ wars, at Eve- 
ffiam, 49 Hen. III. was the anceftor of this family. By 
his firft wife, Joan^ daughter of Ernold du Bois, he was 
father of Andrew, from whence are defeended the Aft- 
leys, of Pateftiull, in Staffordfhire. The ninth in defeent 
from him had three fons: 1. Thomas; 2. Sir Jacob Aft¬ 
ley, knt. who having had feveral military commands in 
the fervice of foreign princes, and acquired confiderable 
reputation for his bravery and conduft abroad, raifed it 
to a much higher degree, by the eminent and faithful 
fervices done to his fovereign Charles I. to whom he 
reforted in the beginning of the grand rebellion; in con- 
fideration whereof he was advanced to the degree of a 
baron, by the title of lord Aftley of Reading. But this 
peerage became extinft in the third generation. Thomas 
Aftley, elder brother of Jacob lord Aftley, had three 
fons; the fecond of whom was fir Ifaac, who was created 
a baronet Jan. 21, 1641, and had two wives, but left no 
iffue by either, and died Dec. 7, 1659, whereupon that 
baronetage became extinft. The third Ton of Thomas 
was fir Edward, knt. who married his coufin, Elizabeth, 
daughter of Jacob, the firft lord Aftley, and had one'fon, 
Jacob, who was created a baronet, 12 Car. II. and upon 
the death of his uncle, fir Ifaac Aftley, bart. became heir 
to his eftate, and alfo poffeffed all the entailed lands of 
Jacob lord Aftley. Sir Jacob, having forty years repre- 
lented the county of Norfolk in parliament, died in Au- 
guft 1729.—Family Seat, Melton Conftable, in Norfolk, 
BOWYER, of Denham Court, Buckinghamfhire; cre¬ 
ated June 25, 1660.—Sir George Bowyer, the fixth 
baronet, fucceeded his father, admiral fir George, in 
1801; he is M.P. for the borough of Malmefbury.— 
This family is a younger branch of the Bowyers, an¬ 
ciently feated at Knipperfley, in Staffordfhire. Thomas 
Bowyer, a cadet of that houfe, fettled in Suffex in the 
reign of Henry IV. Sir William, the firft baronet, was 
particularly aftive in the reftoration, and was afterwards 
clefted a reprefentative for the county of Bucks in two 
parliaments. The late baronet, Tir George, was brought 
up in the navy; and, having ferved in all the wars of 
his time, loft his leg, commanding as rear-admiral, un¬ 
der admiral earl Howe, on the memorable June 1, 1794; 
for his diftinguifhed behaviour in which aftion he was 
created a baronet, before he had fucceeded to the family 
honour.—Motto, Contentementpajfe richejfe, Content is bet¬ 
ter than riches.—Family Seats, Denham Court, Buck¬ 
inghamfhire ; near Uxbridge, Middlefex; and Radley, 
Berkfhire. 
STANLEY, of Alderley Park, Chefhire; created 
June 25, 1660.—Sir John-Thomas Stanley, the fe¬ 
venth baronet, born Nov. 26, 1766 ; fucceeded his fa¬ 
ther, fir John-Thomas, Nov, 29, 1807; married, Oft. n, 
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