HENRY VIII. 1 Mar. Constable, mil. 2 Rad. Evers, mil. 3 Jo. Constable, mil. 4 Jo. Everingham, mil. ut prius. Wadsley. G. a lion rampant Vairy; a label with three points O. 5 Will. Percy, mil. (See our notes.) 449 35 Joh. Dawney, mil. Arg. on a bend cotised S. three annulets of the first. 36 Nich. Fairfax, mil, 37 Chri. Danby, mil. Arg. three chevrons bracy S.; on a chief of the second three mullets of the first. Whitby. 1 Rich. Cholmeley, mil. G. two helmets in chief Arg. ; in base a garb O. Az. on a chevron betwixt three mullets O. 13 Tho. Fairfax, arm. 14 Joh. Dawney, arm. 15 Mar. Constable, mil. ut prius. ut prius. ut prius. Anno Name. SHERIFFS. Place. 451 16 Will. Bellasis, mil. . . Newborough. Arg. a chevron G. betwixt three flowers-de-luce Az. 17 Tho. Danby, mil. 18 Tho. Boynton, arm. O. a fess betwixt three 19 Will. Fairfax, arm. ut prius. ut prius. 21 Rich. Goodrich, arm. Ribton. Arg. on a fess G. betwixt two lions passant guardant S. a flower-de-luce of the first between two crescents O. Ripley. G. three barralets Az. 30 Rich. Maleverer 31 Jo. Dawney, mil. 32 Phil. Constable, arm. 33 Rich. Goodrick, arm. 34 Will. Mallery O. a lion rampant queué forché G. collared Arg. 35 Rad. Eure, arm. primogen. Domini Eure. 36 Fran. Vaughan, arm. 37 Chri. Hilliard, arm. 38 Fran. Boynton, arm. 39 Tho. Lassels, arm. S. a cross flurt O. ut prius. ut prius. 40 Marm. Grimston, arm. Arg. on a fess S. three mullets of six points O. 12 Jo. Armitage, arm. Az. a lion's head erased between three croslets O. 13 Edw. Stanhop, mil. Quarterly Erm. and G. 14 Mich. Warton, mil. Beverly. O. on a chevron Az. a martlet betwixt two pheons of the Manythorp. Az. five mascles in cross O.; a chief Erm. 3 Thomas Fairfax, mil. ut prius. 4 Math. Boynton, mil. et b. ut prius. 5 Art. Ingram, jun. mil. ut prius. 6 Joh. Gibson, mil. 7 Tho. Laton, mil. Laton. Arg. a chevron betwixt three cross croslets fitchée S. 8 Arch. Robinson, mil. Newby. 9 Mar. Wyvell, mil. et bar. Constable Burton. G. three chevrons braced Vairy, a chief O. 10 Joh. Hotham, mil. et bar. ut prius. 11 Will. Pennyman, bar. Mask. G. a chevron Erm. betwixt three spear-heads Arg. 12 Joh. Ramsden, mil. . Byram. Arg. on a chevron betwixt three flower-de-luces S. as many rams'-heads couped of the first. 8. THOMAS ROKEBY, Mil.-I may call him Sir Thomas junior, in distinction from an elder, (probably his ancestor) of his name, of whom in the 17th of king Edward the Third. This Sir Thomas, in this year of his sheriffalty, acquitted himself loyally and valiantly against Henry Percy earl of Northumberland and the lord Bardolfe, who, returning out of Scotland with considerable forces, began a war against the king; both which, Sir Thomas, at Bareham-moor in this county, overcame, and took prisoners. A service the more remarkable, because performed by the sole assistance of this shire; and, quenching the fire in the first spark, he presented the king with a cheap, sudden, and seasonable victory. HENRY V. 8. HALVATHEUS MAULEVER, Mil.-Or Mal-levorer, in Latin Malus leporarius, or the bad hare-hunter. A gentleman of this county, being to slip a brace of grey-hounds to run for a great wager, (Tradition is the author), so held them in the swinge, that they were more likely to strangle themselves than kill the hare; whereupon this surname was fixed on his family. I doubt not but many of this extraction are since as dexterous in the criticisms of hunting as any Nimrod whatsoever. HENRY VI. 11. HENRY BROMFLEET, Miles. In the next year he was sent with other ambassadors, both of the clergy and laity, to the council of Basil; and, after his return, was by the king created lord Vescy, in the right of his mother Anastasia, daughter and heir to William Atton Lord Vescy. Master Camden* observeth this passage inserted in his patent, unusual in that age, "Volumus et vos, et Hæredes vestros masculos, de corpore vestro legitimè exeuntes, Barones de Vescy existere." Now though hereby the barony of Vescy was entailed only on his heirs male, yet was the king's favour more extensive than his patent in this particular. For this Henry leaving no male issue, but Margaret his sole daughter and heir, married to John lord Clifford (father to Henry first earl of Cumberland of that surname), she, notwithstanding the premises, derived the barony of Vescy into that family, which at this day they enjoy. 22. EDMOND TALBOT, Mil.-This family of Talbots is (though unrelated to the house of Shrewsbury) of right ancient extraction, seated in this county ever since the time of king Henry the Second. As for this Edmond Talbot our present sheriff Britannia, in Yorkshire. |