born August 11th, 1795. His Grace died July 19th, 1799; and his widow remarried in April 1801, Charles Lord Whitworth. GEORGE JOHN FREDERICK, his only son, born November 15th, 1793, is present, and FOURTH DUKE OF DORSET. Titles. George John Frederick Sackville, Duke and Earl of Dorset, Earl of Middlesex; Baron of Buckhurst, and Baron of Cranfield. Creations. Baron of Buckhurst in Sussex, by letters patent, June 8th, 1566, 8 Eliz. Earl of the county of Dorset, March 13th, 1603-4, 1 Jac. I. Baron Cranfield of Cranfield, in the county of Bedford, and Earl of the county of Middlesex, April 4th, 1675, 27 Car. II. and Duke of the county of Dorset, June 13th, 1720, 6 Geo. I. Arms. Quarterly, Or and Gules, a bend, Vaire. Crest. Out of a coronet, adorned with Fleurs de Lis, Or, an estoile of twelve points, argent. Supporters. Two leopards, Argent, Spotted Sable. Chief Seat. At Knowle, in the county of Kent. "THE first of this family, of whom I have found mention," says Dugdale," is Geffery de Clinton, lord chamberlain a and treasurer to King Henry I. grandson to William de Tankervilla, chamberlain of Normandy, and Maud his wife, daughter of William de Arches, as some say. But of this I have some reason to doubt, in regard that a writer of credit cotemporary with him affirms, that he was of mean parentage, and raised from the dust through the favour of the King, by whose bounty he had large possessions, and was afterwards advanced to that great office of justice of England." This GEFFERY built the great and strong castle of Kenilworth in Warwickshire, which he much delighted in, by reason of the spacious woods, and that large and pleasant lake lying amongst them (as is observed by Sir William Dugdale in his History of Warwickshire) near unto which he also founded a monastery for Black Canons. But this branch terminated by the death of his great grandson, Henry de Clinton, without issue. e OSBERT de Clinton, brother of Geffery, had four sons, f first, Osbert, his successor, and ancestor to the present Duke of New . Registr. de Kenilworth, p. 1. b Rot. 1. Rous. • The series was as follows: Geffery, his son, by Agnes, daughter of Roger Earl of Warwick, had Henry, living 14 John, who, by Amicia de Bidun, had Henry, who died without issue 17 Hen. III. leaving his three sisters his coheirs: viz. Amicabil, wife of Lucas de Columbers; Isabel, of Ralph Fitz John; and Agnes, of Warine de Bragenham. f Mr. Edmondson's Baronagium Genealogicum. castle; second, Roger de Clinton, who died bishop of Coventry, A. D. 1148; third, Hugh de Clinton; and, fourth, Maurice de Clinton. h OSBERT, the eldest son, had a grant of the Lordship of Coleshill, from his kinsman Geffery de Clinton; and thereupon was denominated of Coleshill, in 8 Hen. II. as also in 10 and 11 Henry II. on payment of the scutage collected in those parts. He had to wife Margaret, daughter of William de Hatton (son to Hugh, founder of the priory of Wroxhall) and by her (who afterwards married Richard Beauchamp, and John de Abetot) had Osbert, his son and heir, who was also possessed of Amington, in the county of Warwick, the inheritance of his mother. Which OSBERT bore the surname of CLINTON in 1207. In 9 Joh. he obtained the King's charter for a weekly market at his lordship of Coleshill. But having been in arms with the rebellious barons; he made his peace in 1 Hen. III. and had his pardon; whereupon his lands, which had been seized for that transgression, were restored to him. He died in 1223, leaving m (by Elisant his wife) Thomas, his son and heir. Which THOMAS was one of the justices of assize for the county of Warwick; and in 38 Hen. III. " obtained a charter for free warren, within his lordship of Coleshill; but resided at Amington in com. Warwick. He married Mazera, daughter and heir of James de Bisege, of Badsley, in com. Warwick, by whom he had issue five sons, first, Thomas; second, Sir John, of Coleshill (whose male line expired in 1353); he was an adherent to the rebellious Barons, 49 Hen. III. but restored to favour. He had issue John, a powerful man, who by Alice Grendon, had another John, who died 27 Edw. III. leaving Joan his daughter and heir, married, first, to Sir John de Montfort, Knight; secondly, to Sir John Sutton, Lord of Dudley; thirdly, to Sir Henry Griffith, Lord of Whichnour, com. Staff. Third, Osbert, Lord of the manor of Austrey, com. Warw. who died without issue; P fourth, William, rector of the church of Austrey; and, fifth, James, who was seated at Badsley (the inheritance of his mother) which now retains the name of Badsley Clinton; and left issue " Rot. Piso 8 H. II. Warw. and Rot. Pip. 10 and 11 H. II. Ex Vet. Membr. penes Robert Dom. Digby. i Dugdale, p. 825. 'Claus: 17 H. III. m. 16. n Claus 38 H. III. Dugd. ut antea, p. 810. Thomas, his son and heir, whose two daughters were his heirs, whereof Joan the eldest was married first to John Coningsby, and secondly to John Fowkes; and Petronilla, the youngest, was the wife of John Woodward of Solihull, in Warwickshire. THOMAS de Clinton, the eldest of the said five sons, married Maud, daughter of Sir Ralph Bracebridge, of Kinsbury in com. Warwick, Knight, and left issue by her, John, his son and heir. r X t Which JOHN de Clinton, residing at Amington, as his father did, was wrote of that place in 28 Edw. I. and called John de Clinton, junior (his uncle John de Clinton of Coleshill being then alive) in which year he obtained a charter for free warren in all his demesne lands there. In 26 Edw. I. he was in that expedition then made into Scotland; also in " 28 Edw. I. on February 6th, 1298, he had summons to parliament as BARON CLINTON of Martock; and in 1301 had special summons among divers great men, to attend the King at Berwick upon Tweed, on June 25th, the feast day of the nativity of St. John the Baptist, to march against the Scots. At which time the King invading Scotland with his royal army; as a particular badge of his favour to him, for his special service in that expedition, called him his beloved Esq.; he by his letters patent, dated August 2d, at Glasgow, granted unto him lands in that kingdom, the value of 40l. per annum, which were part of the possessions of Malcolm Dromond (ancestor of the family of Perth) then in arms against King Edward. a In 31 Edw. I he was again in the wars of Scotland; and in June, 34 Edw. I. by the King's special command, he attended Edward Prince of Wales into Ponthieu. In 1308, he had the castle and honour of Wallingford committed to his keeping. Ida his wife, in 6 Edw. II. was in her widowhood, and an attendant on Isabel the Queen, into France, with King Edward; and thereupon had the King's letters of protection, May 3d, 1313, to hold till August 1st following, being therein wrote Ida, late wife of John de Clinton. She was the eldest of the four sisters and co Plac. coram. I de Valibus, 12 E. I. Rot. 10. . Curt. 28 E. I. m. 14. x Rot. Scoc. 26 I. m. 12. Claus. 29 E. I. in dorso. m. 13. 2 Ex Autog. in Bibl. Hatton. b Pat. 34 E. I. m. 20. Rym. Foed. tom. ii. p. 405, et seq. • Dug. Warwick p. 688. heirs of Sir William de Odingsells, Lord of Maxtock Castle, and other possessions in Warwickshire, whose wife was Ela, daughter of William Longspee, second of that name, Earl of Salisbury. After this marriage her husband seated himself at Maxtock, The said John de Clinton left issue by her two sons, both in minority, John his heir; and f William, a younger son, whose great actions, and eminent employments, do so sufficiently manifest his great abilities, that he may well be reputed one of the chiefest worthies of the kingdom. In 17 Edw. II. I find this William, & and his eldest brother John, were both knights. In 3 Edw. III. he wedded Julian, h daughter and heir of Sir Thomas de Leybourn, a great Kentish heiress, and widow of John Lord Hastings of Bergavenny; which, by Sir William Dugdale, is observed to be a great step to his advancement; but it is evident, he had distinguished himself before his marriage for February 20th, 1325, the King signified to him, that having put off his expedition into Guyen from Midlent to the morrow of the ascension, he nevertheless commands him to be at Portsmouth the Sunday after Midlent, to accompany John Earl Warren, with the forces under his command, in those parts. And King Edward III. in the first year of his reign, reciting that whereas the said William de Clinton had performed good services to him and Queen Isabel his mother, when beyond the seas, for which they had promised him lands of the value of 2001 per annum; on confidence of which he had enlarged his family et se posuit ad Vexillum; he now grants to the said William, the castle, manor, and hundred of Halerton, in the counties of Chester and Lancaster. Also the same year, he was ordered to conduct John Earl of Heinault, with his men at arms (who then landed at Dover) to aid King Edward in his Scottish wars; and was also that year with the King in his expedition into Scotland. In 4 Edw. III. he was constituted governor of" Dover Castle, and warden of the Cinque Ports; also in 1333, constituted admiral of the seas; and the same year attending the King into Scotland, was at the famous battle of Hallidown; after which great victory, the King had Berwick surrendered to him, 1 Pat. 8 E. II. m. 6. et Claus. 9 E. II. m. 12. MS in Bibl. Cotton. Nom, Milit. in Cancel. ret. 17 E. II. E. III. m. 27. * Ibid p. 311. i Rymer's Fœd. tom. iv. p. 133, et seq. 1 Rot Scoc. 1 E. III. in dorso, m. 9. » Rot. Fin. 4 E. III. m. 11. Barnes's Hist. of E III. p. 7, et seq. • Barnes, p. 80, et seq. |
