9. SIMON WARD.-The male line of his ancient family expired in Sir Christopher Ward, standard-bearer to king Henry the Eighth, at Boulogne. He lived* at Grindal (though Mulwish he lived at), leaving three daughters, married into the respected families of Strickland, Musgrave, and Osborn. EDWARD III. 17. THOMAS DE ROKEBY.-Nothing can be written too much in the praise of this worthy knight, who was twice, 1351 and 1355, lord justice of Ireland. He came over thither, when the damnable custom (so is it called in the old statutes of Ireland†) of Coigne and Livory was publicly practised. This was a custom begun in the time of king Edward the Second, by Maurice Fitz-Thomas, earl of Desmond, whereby the commander-inchief (and others pretending his power) extorted from people horse-meat, man's-meat, and money at pleasure, without any ticket, or other satisfaction. A thing so destructive to that Sic. Orig.-ED. + Statut. 12 Hen. IV. cap. vi. country, that it is thus described in an ancient discourse of the Decay of Ireland (the author's zeal against it transporting him into the marches of profaneness), that " it was invented in hell, where, if it had been used and practised, it had long since destroyed the kingdom of Belzebub,"* as tending to the making of division. Sir Thomas endeavoured, to the utmost of his power, to extirpate this practice; and effected it in some measure, famous for this saying, which he left in Ireland behind him, "That he would eat in wooden dishes, but would pay for his meat in gold and silver.+" Quarterly G. and Vairy, a bend O. 2 Rob. de Nevill de Horby. G. a saltire Arg. 3 Joh. Savill. Arg. on a bend S. three owls of the first. 4 Rad. Hastings, mil. Arg. a maunch S. 5 Will. de Erghom. 6 Joh. Savill 7 Gerard Ufleet. 8 Rob. Constable 9 Idem 10 Rob. de Hilton. ut prius. Arg. two bars Az.; over all a flower-de-luce O. Quarterly O. and G. on a bend S. three escalops Arg. 16 Joh. Upeden, mil. Ermine; on a chief Az. three lions O. 17 Ja. de Pickering, mil. 22 Joh. Upeden ut prius. . ut prius. ut prius. . ut prius. The words are cited by Sir John Davies, in his Discovery of Ireland, p. 30.-F. † Annales Hiberniæ, at the end of Camden's Britannia, anno 1356. S.a bend, issuant six flowers-de-luce,viz. three on each side,O. Will. Dronsfield, mil. G. three cuissons Erm. buttoned and repelled O. 5 Idem. 6 Will. Dronsfield, mil. 7 Joh. Ebton, mil. 8 Tho. Rokeby, mil. ut prius. Arg.a chevron betwixt three rooks S. beaked and legged Az. 9 Will. de Harrington, mil. Arg. a fret S. 10 Edw. Hastinges, mil. 11 Edw. Sandeforde, mil. Per chevron S. and Erm.; two boars'-heads in chief couped O. 447 Anno. Name. 13 Will. Ryther, mil. . 14 Will. Tyriwhit, mil. G. three pewets O. 15 Joh. Constable, mil. 16 Rob. Constable, mil. 17 Will. Ryther, mil. 18 Joh. Tempest, mil. Arg. a bend betwixt six martlets S. 19 Rob. Waterton, mil. Barry of six Erm. and G. three crescents S. 20 Will. Gascoign, mil. Gauthorp. Arg. on a pale S. a luce's head erected O. 21 Tho. Metham, mil. Quarterly Az. and Arg. on the first a flower-de-luce O. 22 Edw. Talbott, mil. S. two lions passant Arg.; paly G. 25 Rob. Oughtrede, mil. O. on a cross flurt G. four martlets of the field. 26 Will. Plumpton, mil. . Plumpton. Az. on five fusils in fess O. as many scallops G. ut prius. 4 Marm. Constable, mil. . ut prius. 5 Hen. Wentworth, mil. . Woodhouse. S. a chevron betwixt three leopards' heads O. 6 Tho. Wortley, mil. Arg. a bend with three bezants betwixt six martlets G. 7 Hen. Wentworth, mil. . ut prius. 8 Ja. Strangways, mil. 9 Marm. Constable, mil.. 10 Joh. Nevill, mil.. 11 Will. Gascoign, mil. 12 Joh. Melton, mil. ut prius. ut prius. ut prius. ut prius. ut prius. ut prius. 13 Will. Conyers, mil.. 16 Walt. Griffith, mil. 18 Will. Conyers, mil. 19 Rad. Ryther, mil. 20 Jo. Cutts, mil. (sive Carr). (Let the name first be agreed on.) 21 Rad. Eure, mil. 22 Jo. Norton, mil. 23 Idem ut prius. ut prius. ut prius. |