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daughter of William Cruwys, Esq., of Cruwys Morchard. He was 
member of Parliament for Plymouth in 1558, and married Mar- 
garet, daughter of Henry Champernoun, of Modbury, by his wife 
Catherine, daughter of Sir Kichard Edgcumbe, of Mount Edg- 
cumbe. By this lady Nicholas Slanning had several children, the 
eldest, Gamaliel, being the father of the well-known Eoyalist, Sir 
Nicholas Slanning. Nicholas Slanning died 8th April, 1583, and 
was buried in Bickleigh Church, where a monument, little of 
which now remains, was erected to him. 
22. Sir William Morice, Gu. a lion ramp, regard, or: imp. Arg. 
a chev. sa., in chief a label gu.; Prideaux. Sir William Morice, 
Knight, was the son and heir of Jevan Morice, Chancellor of 
Exeter in 1594, by Mary, daughter of John Castle, of Ashbury. 
Sir William was born in the parish of St. Martin's, Exeter, 6th 
November, 1602, and was only four years old when his father 
died, leaving him very rich. His mother became the third wife of 
Sir Nicholas Prideaux, of S olden, whose monument remains in 
Padstow Church. In 1645 he was elected member of Parliament 
for Devon. In 1651 he was High Sheriff of Devon, having in 
that year settled at Werrington, which he had purchased from Sir 
Francis Drake. In March, 1659, he was constituted Governor of 
Plymouth, and was knighted in 1660. He was made one of the 
principal Secretaries of State and a Privy Councillor. He married 
Elizabeth, daughter of Humphry Prideaux, of Solden, Esq., by 
whom he had several children. The eldest, William, was member 
of Parliament for Plymouth, and was created a baronet in 1661. 
This title expired with his grandson, Sir William Morice, in 1750, 
whose sisters and coheirs were Catherine, married Sir John St. 
Aubyn, Bart. ; and Barbara, married Sir John Molesworth, Bart. 
23. Thomas Wise, Sa. three chevronels erm.: imp. Sa. a cross 
arg. voided of the field, charged with four eagles disp. of the first ; 
Buller, of Shillingham. Thomas Wise, of Sydenham, married 
Mary, daughter of Kichard Buller, of Shillingham, Esq., by his 
wife Margaret, daughter and coheir of Thomas Trethurfe, and 
relict of Edward Courtenay of Landrake, Esq. Both Thomas 
Wise and his wife are mentioned in the inquisition post-mortem 
taken on the death of her father, who died 9th December, 1556. 
Sir Thomas Wise, son of the above, built a mansion in Stoke 
