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achievements and infcriptions engraved on the walls of 
the laid houfes. Sir William de la More was made 
knight-banneret, by Edward the Black Prince, at the 
battle of Poidliers. He was a very conliderable man, 
and wrote the Life and Death of Edward 1 . and III. 
which is made much ufe of by Barnes, and other hifto- 
rians who wrote of thofe times.•—Motto, Comme je fus , 
As I was.—Refidence, Stamford, Lincolnlhire. 
BARKER, of Booking Hall, ElTex ; created March 
29, 1676 — Sir William Barker, the fourth baronet, 
fucceeded his father, lirWilliam, March 20, 1770; mar¬ 
ried the foie daughter and heir of William Lane, of 
Dublin, efquire.—This is a junior branch of the family 
of fir Robert Barker, of Griniftone Hall, in Suffolk, ba¬ 
ronet, now extindt.—Family Seat, Kilcooley Abbey, 
near Kilkenny, in Ireland. 
HEAD, of Hermitage, near Rochefier, in Kent; cre¬ 
ated June 19, 1676.—The Rev. Sir John Head,, the fe- 
venth baronet, M. A. fucceeded his father, fir Edmund, 
N®v. 24, 1796; married, Odt. 8, 1801, Mifs Walker, of 
Ruffel Place, Middlefex, and has a fon, born in Feb. 
1805.—This family is of great antiquity in Kent, and 
took the name of De Hede, from the ancient port now 
called Hithe, which was formerly called de Hede. One 
of this family was Hamo de Hede, who, in 1291, was 
bifhop of Rochefier, and confeffor to Edward II.—The 
late baronet, fir Edward, fettled as a merchant, in 
Charlefton, South Carolina, where he was chofen prefi- 
dent of the court of trade and commerce; and at the 
commencement of the troubles was elected a member of 
the American Congrefs, but no motives could induce 
him to accept the fituation ; he was therefore obliged to 
leave the country, with the lofs of his property.—Mot¬ 
to, Study quiet.—Family Seat, Great Hermitage, near 
Rochefier, in Kent. 
HOSKYNS, ofHarwood, Herefordlhire ; created Dec. 
18, 1676.—Sir Hungerford Hosicyns, the feventh 
baronet, born in July 1776; fucceeded his father, fir 
Hungerford, in July 1802, married, Aug. 5, 1803, Sa¬ 
rah, youngeft daughter of John Philips, efq. of the 
bank, near Stockport, in Chefhire, by whom he had a 
fon and heir, born Sept. 19, 1804.—John Holkyns, of 
Monketon, in Herefordlhire, efquire, was the father of 
Mr. Sergeant Holkyns, famous for his wit, who was 
committed to the Tower by order of James I. for a 
fpeech he made in the houfe of commons, reflecting 
upon mercenary Scottilh favourites. — Family Seats, 
Morehanapton Park, and Harwood, in Herefordlhire. 
STANDISH, of Duxbury, Lancalhire; created Feb. 
8, 1676.—Sir Frank Standish, the third baronet, 
fucceeded his grandfather, fir Thomas, Dec. 13, 1756. 
—This family is of great antiquity, being denominated 
from the lordlhip of Standifh, in Lancalhire, in their 
poffefiion for many ages.—Family Seat, Duxbury, near 
Chorley, in Lancalhire. 
DYKE, of Horeham, Suffex; created March 3, 1676. 
—Sir Thomas Dyke, the fourth baronet, colonel of 
the Weft Kent militia; fucceeded his father, firjohn- 
Dixon, in May 1803.—This family was feated at Dykes- 
field, in Cumberland, before the Norman conqueft, but 
removed to Wardale, or Wardhole, in that county. A 
branch of the family very early removed into Suffex, 
where they have ever Ihice been feated at Henfield and 
other places; another branch lived, for feveral genera¬ 
tions, at Cranbrook, in Kent, of which was Reginald de 
Dike, high Iheriff of that county, 29 Edw. III. from 
whom delcended fir Thomas, the nrft baronet.—Family 
Seat, Lullingftone Caftle, in Kent. 
COTTON, of Cumbermere, Cliefiiire; created 
March 29, 1677.—SirRoEERT-SALUSBURY Cotton, 
the fifth baronet, fucceeded his father, fir Lynch-Saluf- 
bury, in 1775 ; married Frances, daughter of James- 
Rufl'el Stapleton, efq. by whom he has had, Robert-Sa- 
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lulbury, who died about 1798 ; Sfapleton, a major-gene¬ 
ral in the army, and lieutenant-colonel of the 16th regi¬ 
ment of dragoons ; who married, Jan. x, x8or, lady 
Anna-Maria Clinton, daughter of the late, and filler of 
the prelenf, duke of Newcaftle, and by her, who died 
May 31, 1807, he hasillue; William; Lynch; Frances, 
married, Jan. 10, 1792, Robert vifeount Kilmorey ; Pe¬ 
nelope, died in Dec. 1786; Hefter-Sophia, married, 
Jan. 1S03, fir Henry Mainwaring, bart. of Over Power, 
in Chefliire.—This ancient-family was feated near Hod- 
nett, in Shroplhire, before the conqueft. Sir Hugh Cot¬ 
ton, knt. in the reign of king-John, married Elizabeth, 
daughter of Hammond Titley, efq. and after many de- 
feents lived fir Robert, who was knighted at the reftora- 
tionof Charles II. and afterwards created a baronet ; 
he ferved in parliament for Chelhire thirty-fix years.— 
Family Seats, Cumbermere, Lee, and Newhatl, in Che¬ 
lhire; Llewenny, Cotton Hall* and Beraign, in Denbigh- 
Ihire. 
POOLE, of Poole, Chefliire; created Oct. 25, 1677. 
—The Rev. Sir Henry Poole, the fifth baronet; fuc¬ 
ceeded fir Ferdinand v o, in title and eftate, June 8, 1804. 
—This family is very ancient, and the Item of many 
eminent branches; as the Poles of Devonlhire, and 
others. They are denominated from the lordlhip of 
Poole, in Wirrall hundred, in Chelhire ; where, as 
Camden obferves, they had lived in a flourilhing condi¬ 
tion for many years. Robert Pull, alias Poole, alias 
De la Poole, was lord of Barretfpoole, 8 Edward I.— 
Family Seats, Poole, in Wirrall, Chefliire ; and Hooke, 
near Lewes, in Suffex. 
OXENDEN, of Dene, Kent; created May 8, 1678. 
—Sir Henry Oxenden, the feventh baronet, fucceeded 
his father, fir Harry, June 15, 1803; married, June 29, 
i795> Mary, daughter of colonel Graham, of Stone- 
houfe, near Canterbury; and has i ffue two daughters; 
Mary, born 1794; and another, born Sept. 1804; and 
five Ions: Henry, born 1795; George; Montague; 
Charles; and Graham.—The family of Oxenden have 
been refideht in Kent, from the reign of Edward III. 
Solomon Oxenden being the firft mentioned in the feve¬ 
ral pedigrees of it; whofe near relation, Richard Oxen¬ 
den, was prior of Chrift Church, Canterbury, in that 
reign.—Family Seats, Wingham, and Broome Houle, 
both in Kent. 
DYER, of Tottenham, Middlefex; created July 6 , 
1678.—Sir Thomas-Richard-Swinnerton Deer, 
the fixth baronet, a lieutenant-colonel in the army, and 
lieutenant-colonel of the 14th regiment of foot, fucceed¬ 
ed his father, fir John-Swinnerton, in i8ox.—Family 
Seat, Spain’s Hall, in Effex. 
BECKWITH, of Aldborough, Yorklhire; created 
April 15, 1681.—Sir Jonathan Beckwith, thefourth 
baronet, fucceeded the late fir Marmaduke.—This fa¬ 
mily is defeended from Hugo de Malebifl'e, who flou- 
riflied in the reign of king Stephen. His defeendants 
changed their name to Beckwith in the reign of Ed¬ 
ward III.—Motto, Joir tn bien, To enjoy innocently.— 
Family Seats, Aldborough, Walburne, and Allerton 
Gleadhow, all in Yorklhire. 
BUNBURY, of Bunbury, Chefliire; created June 29, 
1681.—Sir Thomas-Charles Bunbury, the fixth 
baronet, was born May 1740 ; fucceeded his father, the 
reverend fir William, June 11, 1764; married, June 2, 
1762, lady Sarah Lennox, daughter of Charles; fecond 
duke of Richmond (by lady Sarah Cadogan, daughter 
and co-heir of William earl Cadogan), which marriage 
was diffolved by adt of parliament, in 1776, and her 
ladyfliip re-married, in Aug. 1781, the honourable 
George Napier, Ion of Francis, fifth lord Napier. Sir 
Thomas-Charles has reprefented the county of Suffolk 
in nine parliaments.—The family of Bunbury, originally 
called St. Pierre, came over at the conqueft, and lhared 
