732 HERA 
Ill's fir ft coufin, became chief of the family ; and his 
great grandfon, Richard, was created a baronet as 
above, with remainder, in default of iflue male, to his 
brother Thomas. In 1777, fir Richard was fworn a 
priyy-counfellor in Ireland, and held the office of chief 
fecretary of that, kingdom nearly four years, during the 
government of the earl of Buckinghamftiire.—Motto, 
Ardua petit ardea, The Heron feeks high places.—Family 
Seat, Stubton, Lincolhfhire. 
COGHILL, of Coghill, Yorkftiire; created,July 25, 
1778.—Sir John Coghill, the fecond baronet, fuc¬ 
ceeded his father, fir John, March J790; born 1766.— 
John Cockhill, of Cockhiil, gent, anceftor of this fa¬ 
mily, lived at Knareftrorough, in Yorkftiire, in the reigns 
of Richard II. and Henry IV. as appears by ancient re¬ 
cords remaining in the caftle, where the family continue 
to this day. The creft is a cock with expanded wings. 
—Motto, Non dormit qui cujlodit, The guardian does 
riot fieep.—Family Seat, Randalls, near Leatherhead, 
Surrey. 
LLOYD, of Pengvvern, Flintffiire ; created July 25, 
177S.—Sir Edward-Pryce Lloyd was created a*ba- 
ronet, as above, with remainder, in default of iffue male, 
to Bell Lloyd, of Bodfack, in Montgomerylhire, efq. 
M.P. in the prefent parliament for Beaumaris 5 married 
Margaret, daughter of the late fir Roger Moftyn, bart.— 
Motto, Heb d'duzo Heb, ddym DDuwadygan, If we have 
God, we have enough.—Family Seats, Pengwern, and 
Pon'tryffit Hall, Flintffiire. 
HAWKINS, of Kelfton, Somerfetftiire; created July 
25, 1778.—Sir John-C^ESar HawkIns, the fecond ba¬ 
ronet, was born Feb. 9, 1782; fucceeded-his brother, fir 
Cafar, July 2, 1793 ; married, Aug. 11, 1804,-the eldeft 
daughter of John Surtees, efq. of Seaton Burre, in North¬ 
umberland.—Family Seat,'Kelfton, Somerfetftiire. 
LIPPINCOTT, of the City of Briftol; created July 
X778.—Sir Henry Lippincott, the fecond baro¬ 
net, fucceeded his father, fir Henry, in 1781.—Motto, 
Secundis dubiifque rettus, Upright in profperity and perils. 
.—Family Seat, Stoke, in Gloucefterfttire, near Briftol. 
TAYLOR, of Leyfel, Staffordffiire ; created July 23, 
1778.—Sir R. B. Taylor, the fecond baronet, born 
October 1779, fucceeded his father, fir.Jo.hn, in 1788.— 
Family Seat, Leyfel, Staffordfhire. 
COPLEY, of Sprotborough, Yorkftiire; created Aug. 
? 5, 1778.—Sir Joseph Copley, the third baronet, fuc¬ 
ceeded his brother, fir Lionel, April 11, 1801 ; married. 
May 23, 1799, Cecil Hamilton, daughter of the Hon. 
and Rev. Frederic Hamilton, foil of lord Archibald Ha¬ 
milton, fon of William the third duke of Hamilton; 
whole former marriage with John-James marquis of 
Abercorn, K.G.ihad been dilfolved by aft of parlia¬ 
ment in 1798, and to whom his majefty, Oct. 27, 1789, 
was pleafed to grant the precedence of the daughter of 
an earl of Great Britain.—Family Seat, Sprotlborough, 
Yorkftiire. 
WOMBWELL, of Wombwell, Yorkftiire; created 
Aug. 26, 1778.—Sir George Wombwell, the fecond 
baronet, was born March 4, 1769; fucceeded his father, 
fir George, Nov. 2, 1780; married, July 19, 1791, lady 
Anne Belafyfe, daughter of Henry earl Fauconberg, by 
whom he has had three fons: George, Norn April 13, 
1792; Henry-Waiter, May 24, 1795; and Frederic-Rich- 
ard-Henry, April 13, 1797, died Aug. 24, 1807.—The 
firft of this family was Robert de Wombwell, living in 
the fecond of king Stephen. From him the pedigree is 
regularly brought down, for twenty generations, to the 
prefent baronet.—Motto, In well beware.—Family Seat, 
Wombwell, in Yorkftiire. 
RIDDELL, of Ardnamurchan, and Sunart, Argyll¬ 
shire ; created Sept. 2, r'778.— Sir James-Milles Rid- 
®ell, the third baronet, LL.D. fucceeded his grand- 
L D R Y. 
father, fir James.—This family derives its origin from 
the earls of Angoulefme, in France. Wulgrinus, ftyled 
a kinfman to Charles the Bald, king of France and em¬ 
peror of Germany, in 886, was created by that prince 
earl of Angoulefme and Perigord. Fie married Rofa- 
linda, daughter of Bernard, the famous duke of Thou- 
loufe, who was fon of William duke of Aquitain, who 
died 806, and grandfon of earl Theodoric, one of the 
chief captains under Charlemagne, and was afterwards 
canonized. In right of Rofalinda, Wulgrinus acquired 
the earldom of Agen. By her he had two fons: Alduin, 
(fo called after his paternal uncle, Alduin, the famous 
abbot of St. Dennis, and chief minifter of France under 
Louis Ie Debonnaire,) who fucceeded to the earldom of 
Angoulefme ; and William, who had for his inheritance 
the earldoms of Perigord and Agen, anceftor of the earls 
of Perigord, which branch was afterwards united to this 
family. Wulgrinus died 886. 
Alduin, earl of Angoulefme, rebuilt the walls of this 
chief city of his principality, in order to defend it againft 
the incurfions of the Normans, who, at that time; griev- 
oufty infefted the country. He died 916, and was fuc¬ 
ceeded by his fon, William, furnamed Sector-ferri, or 
Taille-fer, that is, Iron-cutter. Fie acquired this name 
from his having, in an engagement with the Normans,, 
cloven through, with one ftroke of his {'word, the body 
of Storis, their king, though clad in armour. He was 
Fucceeded, 963, by his fon, Arnold earl of Angoulefme, 
who becaqie a monk, 998, and was fucceeded by his 
fon, William, who married Gerberga, daughter of Gal- 
fridus or Geoffery I. earl of Anjou, ahd lifter of Filled 
IV 7 . great grandfather of Henry II. king of England. 
This William died ftiortly after returning from the croi- 
fades in 1028, leaving two fons, Alduin and Galfridus. 
Alduin died 1034, and was fucceeded by his brother, 
Galfridus, who married Petronilla, daughter and heir of 
Marnard, furnamed the Rich, baron of Archiac and 
Botaville; by her he had five foils, the two eldeft of 
whom were, Fulco earl of Angoulefme, (which branch 
ended in Ifabella, wife of John king of England : from 
her every fovereign who has fince lat on the throne of 
England to the prefent day has been defeended ;) and 
Galfridus, ajiceftor of this family, who married Agnes, 
daughter and heir of Albert II. earl of Perigord. By 
her lie had two fons: Helias, who fucceeded to the earl¬ 
dom of Perigord, whole line ended in Margaret, mar¬ 
ried to Reginald de Pons, anceftor of the once celebrated 
houfe of De Pons, in France; and Galfridus II. Ridel, 
renowned for his warlike exploits. He aflifted tile Nor¬ 
mans in the reduction of Apulia, and William the Con¬ 
queror in his expedition againft England, where he was 
rewarded by that prince with large grants of land. He 
married the filter of Roger Bigot, earl of Norfolk, by 
whom he left four fons. He was fucceeded by his eldeft 
fori, Galfridus III. ,wlio was lord jufticiary of all Eng¬ 
land, the higheft office under the crown in the time of 
Henry I. but fufferedffiipwreck, and was drowned, with 
prince William, king Henry’s Ion, 1120. His wife was 
Geva, daughter of Hugh Lupus, earl of Chefter, nephew 
to William the Conqueror, by whom he had a daughter,' 
Matilda, who became his heir, wife of Richard Ballet, 
lord jufticiary of England to king Henry I. after the 
death of Galfridus, his father-in-law. He was of an an¬ 
cient and noble family, being the fon of Ralph Ballet, 
lord jufticiary of England. The ifiiie of this marriage 
was four fons: 1. Galfridus, who, in honour of his mo- 
tlier, afl’umed the name of Ridel, and was anceftor of 
this family 2. Ralph, anceftor of the Balfets of Dray¬ 
ton, peers of the realm : this branch ended in heirs fe¬ 
male. married into the families of Beauchamp earl of 
Warwick, the earls of Stafford, and the Chaworths; 
3. William, anceftor of the Ballets of Sapcope, peers of 
the realm, which branch alfo ended in heirs female, 
about the end of the fourteenth century.; 4. Jordan. 
Galfridus IV. was baron Blaye, in France, and held 
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