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cle, the iaft ear! of Caftlehaven, as baron Audley, April 
28, 1777. His Jordffiip, April 3, 1784, alTuined the 
name of Touchet, bv permidion of his majefty; mar¬ 
ried, (May 19, 1781, Elizabeth Delaval, co-heir of John 
lord Delaval, by \Vhich lady, who died J.uly’n, 1785, 
he had iffue, Elizabeth-Sufan, born April 3, 1782, mar¬ 
ried, in November 1805, John Coffins, efq. George- 
John, heir apparent, born March 17S3, a captain in the 
royal. Eaft Middlefe'x militia. His lordfliip married, 
fecondly, May 2, 1792, Mrs. Moorhoule, relidl of colo¬ 
nel Moorhoufe. 
Tlie family of Tonchet is in the lift of thofe Norman 
chiefs, who came over to England with William the 
Conqueror. William Touchef, in the reign of Edward I. 
had fummons to parliament in 1299, by the title of lord 
Touchet of Lewenhales. William, his fon, took part 
with the refra&ory barons againft Edward II. and was 
beheaded, together with Thomas earl of Lancafter, 
graudfon of Henry III. March 23, 1322. Robert, the 
defcenditnt of another branch, who alfo bore the ftyleof 
lord Touchet, adhered to the party of the earl of Lan¬ 
cafter, but afterwards went over to Edward II. John, 
grandfon of Robert, greatly diftinguillied himfelf in the 
wars of Edward III. "for the crown of France; and was 
killed in the battle of Rochelle, June 22, 1370, in which 
the earl of Pembroke and his whole fleet were captured 
by the Spaniards. He married Joan, daughter of James 
lord Audley, of Heleigh, in whofe right the title of 
Audley defcended to the family of Touchet. 
James, fecond lord Audley of the family of Touchet, 
ferved under Henry V. in his wars for the crown of 
France ; and, adhering to the houfe of Lancafter i i the 
conteft of the two rofes, commanded the r^yal army at 
the battle of Blore Heath, where he was defeated and 
flain, September 23, 1459. He had iffue, 1. John, third 
lord. Audley. 2. Humphrey, who was killed in the bat¬ 
tle of Tewkefbury, May 4, 1471. 3. Edmund, eledled 
In 1480 to be lord bilhop of Rochefter; tranflated, in 
1493, to the. fee of Hereford ; and farther tranflated, in 
1502, to thefee of Salifbury. He died Auguft 23, 1524. 
John, third lord Audley, was taken prifoner in 1460; 
upon which occafion he became reconciled to the party 
of the houfe of York, and had a principal command in 
an expedition into the duchy of Bretagne, in which they 
reduced the town of Conquet, and the ifle of Rite. He 
was conftituted by Richard III. in 1484, lord high trea- 
furer of England, and died September 26, 1491. James, 
fourth lord Audley, his fon, being implicated with the 
Cornish men in the reign of Henry II. was beheaded 
June 28, 15^7. 
George, eighth lord Audley, fourth in defcent from 
James, diftinguillied himfelf in the wars of the Nether¬ 
lands ; and was wounded at the battle of Kinfale, in the 
kingdom of Ireland, December 24, 1601. By James I. 
he was created, September 6, 1617, baron Orier, and 
earl of Caftlehaven, ctf the kingdom of Ireland. Mer- 
vin, fecond earl of Caftlehaven, his fon, was beheaded 
May 14, 1631. He. had iffue, 1. James, third earl of 
Caftlehaven, who was conftituted, in 1649, commander 
in chief of the royal forces ailing againft Cromwell in 
the kingdom of Ireland. 2. .Mervin, fourth earl of 
Caftlehaven. 
James, fixth earl of Caftlehaven, grandflpn of Mervin, 
died in October 1740, having married Elizabeth, daugh¬ 
ter and heir of Henry, fifth lord Arundel of Wardour 
Caftle ; by wfcich lady, who died in July 1743, he had 
iflue as follows : James, the feventh earl,Who died un¬ 
married, May 6, 1760; John, the eighth and laft earl, 
who married, in 1776, Mrs. Cracraft, who died July 
2789, and his lordfliip died in 1777, without iflue, when 
the earldom and Irifh barony be'eame extinil, and he 
was fucceeded In the Englilh barony by his nephew the 
prefent lord; Elizabeth, married Philip Thicknefle, 
efq. and died in 1762, having had iflue three foils and 
two daughters: 1. George, the prefent lord. 2. Philip, 
born June 23, 1760. '3. James, born January 1 4, 1751, 
died an infant. 4. Elizabeth, born Auguft 4, 1750. 
5. Joyce, born March 25, 1733. Charlotte, who mar¬ 
ried,.July 15, 1786, Mr. Wilder. John, the eighth earl, 
died in 1777, and was fucceeded in the Englilh barony 
of Audley by his nephew, George, .the prefent and fix- 
teenth lord. 
Creation. —Baron Audley, OTober 20, 1403; but 
originally, January 6, 1296. 
Residence.— Sandridge Park, in the county of 
Wilts. 
Armorial Bearincs.— See the annexed Engraving. 
Motto. —Jt U tiens. —“ I hold it.” 
TREFtfSIS, BARON CLINTON AND SAYE. 
ROBERT-COTTON-5T.-JOHN TREFUSIS, Ba¬ 
ron CLINTON and SAYE; born April 28, 1787; 
fucceeded his father, the late baron, Auguft 28, 1797; 
who had fucceeded to the barony on the death of tile 
late earl of Orford, defcended from Samuel Rolle, fon 
of Arabella, baronefs Clinton and Saye, only daughter 
ofTheophilus, fixth earl of Lincoln. Baron Clinton, 
the late lord, was defcended from Bridget, a daughter 
of the fame baronefs, who married Francis Trefulis, of 
Trefufis, in the county of Cornwall, efquire, by whom 
file had iffue, Samuel Trefulis, father of Robert Trefu¬ 
fis, who married Elizabeth Affleck, by whom he had 
iffue, Robert-Cotton Trefufis, who married, May 4, 
1761, Anne St. John, daughter of John, the tenth lord 
St. John of Bletfoe, who died in 1776, by whom flie 
had iffue, Robert; George-Willimn Trefufis, the late 
baron Clinton, born October 9, 1764, married, April 28, 
1786, to Marianne Gaulis, a Swifs Ldy, by whom, who 
died February 7, 1798, he had iflue, Robert-Cotton-St.- 
John, the prefent lord; Marianne, died March 3, 1806 ; 
Anne-Matilda ; Charles-Rodolphus ; George ; and Lou- 
ifa. His lordfliip, dying Auguft 28, 1797, was fucceeded 
bj his fon, Robert-Cotton-St.-Joljn, the prefent lord. 
The heir prefumptive is Charles, brother to the prefent 
lord. 
Creation. —Baron Clinton, February 6, 1293. 
Residence. —Trefufis Caftle, in the county of Corn¬ 
wall. 
Armorial Bearings. —Seethe annexed Engraving. 
Motto..— Tout vientde Dieu. —“ All things come from 
God.” 
YELVERTON, BARON GREY. 
HENRY YELVERTON, Baron GREY, of RU- 
THYN, Haftings, Weyford, and Valance; born Sep¬ 
tember 8, 1780; fucceeded to that title on the death of 
Henry, third earl of Suffex, and vifeount Longueville, 
April 22, 1799, when the earldom and vifeounty be¬ 
came extjndl; but his lordfliip being the only fon of 
lady Barbara Gould, only daughter of the above-men¬ 
tioned earl, who died without iffue male; the baronies 
of Grey de Ruthyn, Haftings, Weyford, and Valance, 
being baronies in fee, devolved on his lordffiip, who 
was enjoined by his grandfather’s will to take the name 
and bear the arms of Yelverton. 
The family of Yelverton is defcended from fir William 
Yelverton in the reign of Henry VI. who was confti¬ 
tuted, February 6, 1444, one of tiie judges of the court 
of King’s Bench ; and, Odtober 9, 1470, exchanged this 
office for that of one of the judges of the court of Com¬ 
mon Pleas. William, fourth in defcent from fir Wil¬ 
liam, had iffue, 1. Henry, whofe fon William wasraifed 
by James I. May 3i ? 1620, to the dignity of a baronet, 
which title expired in his fon. 2. Chriftopher, who, in 
1597, was elected fpeaker of the houfe of commons; 
and, April 8, 1601, exchanged that-office for the ap¬ 
pointment of one of tjie judges of thp court of King’s 
Bench. He 1 died in 1607. 
Henry, his Ion, was conftituted, QTober 29, 1613, fo- 
licitor general to James I. which office he exchanged. 
