f took his seat at the same day: August 8th, 1786, he was created a peer of Great Britain by the title of VISCOUNT HAMILTON, of Hamilton in the county of Leicester, with remainder to John James Hamilton, son of the Honourable John Hamilton deceased, next brother to his Lordship. He died unmarried October 9th, 1789, and was succeeded by his nephew, JOHN JAMES, fourth Viscount Strabane, ninth Earl of AberHe corn, SECOND VISCOUNT HAMILTON AND FIRST MARQUIS. was born in 1756, married first in June 1779, Catharine Copley, daughter of the late Sir Joseph Copley, Bart. and by her, who died September 13th, 1791, had, First, JAMES, Viscount Hamilton, member of parliament for Leskeard, 1807. Second, Lord Claude, member of parliament for Dungannon, in Tyroneshire, 1807. Third, Lady Harriot. Fourth, Lady Catharine, married July 28th, 1805, George Earl of Aberdeen. Fifth, Lady Mary. His Lordship was created MARQUIS OF ABERCORN, October 2d, 1790. On March 4th, 1792, he remarried his cousin Lady Cecil Hamilton, from whom he was divorced in 1798. He married thirdly, Lady Anne Jane Hatton, relict of Henry Hatton, Esq. of Great Clonard in Ireland, and daughter of Arthur Gore, Earl of Arran. Titles. Sir James Hamilton, Viscount Strabane, Earl and Baron of Abercorn, Baron of Strabane, Paisley, Mouncastle, and Killpatrick, Viscount Hamilton, Marquis of Abercorn, and Baronet. Creations. Baronet, by King Charles II.; Baron of Paisley in the shire of Renfrew, anno 1591; Baron of Abercorn in the county of Lanark, anno 1604, 2 Jac. I. Earl of the same place; Baron of Hamilton, Mouncastle, and Killpatrick, July 10th, 1606; 4 Jac. I. Baron of Strabane, May 8th, 1618; 16 Jac. I. Viscount of Strabane and Baron Mouncastle in the county of Tyrone, December 2d, 1701, 13 Will. III. and Viscount Hamilton of Hamilton in the county of Leicester, August 8th, 1786, 26 Geo. III. and Marquis of Abercorn, October 2d, 1790. Arms. Gules, three cinquefoils pierced, ermine. f Lords Jour. vol. iii. p. 352. Crest. In a ducal coronet, or, an oak tree fructed and penetrated transversely through the main stem by a saw, proper, the frame gold. Supporters. Two antelopes, argent, their horns, ducal collars, chains and hoofs, or. Motto. Sola Nobilitat Virtus. Chief Seats. Bentley Priory, Middlesex; Dudingstone House, Edinburghshire; and Baron's Court, Ireland. A FAMILY sprung from commerce, and settled honourably in Suffolk more than four centuries ago. WILLIAM HARVEY, Esq. Clarenceux king of arms, in his Visitation of the county of Suffolk, made anno 1561, gives an account, that THOMAS Cornwalleys of London, merchant, (as the name was anciently wrote) the first of this family, mentioned in the said Visitation, was a younger brother, and born in Ireland, from whence the surname cometh, (where at this day be found divers of that name) as appears by a deed indented in the forty. first year of Edward III. and that this Thomas gave the same arms which the house at the time of the said visitation did bear with a fess dancette, the like whereof (he says) is engraven in stone upon the church porch of Ocley, near Broome; nevertheless, they do now bear, and of long time have borne, the fess plain; which deed, with the seal of arms and the escutcheon upon the porch, as is aforesaid, the said Clarenceux testifies to have seen in his said visitation. b Which Thomas Cornwalleys was sheriff of London in 1378, and married Jane, daughter of William Hansard, a and relict of Henry Farmer, and dying on January 4th, 1384, was buried in the church of St. Martin's Vintry, London, with this inscription: "Hic jacet Thomas Cornwallis quondam civis London. qui obiit quarto die Januarii, Ann. Dom. 1384. Cujus, &c." He was succeeded by JOHN Cornwallis, his son and heir, who a Pedigree of the Nobility, by Hugh Cothgrave, Richmond Herald. added to his patrimony the lordships of Broome, and Ocley, with other lands, in the county of Suffolk, by marriage with Philippe, daughter and one of the heirs of Robert Bucton, who died possessed of the said manors, &c. on December 17th, 1408, and whose wife was daughter and heir of Braham, who married the daughter and heir of Sir Robert a Tye. This John Cornwallis, Esq. was elected one of the knights of the shire for Suffolk, in two parliaments in the reign of Richard II. and died in August 1446, 14 Henry VI. as appears by the date of his will, and the probate thereof, the first being on the 10th, and the latter on the 23d of the same month in that year. By this testament he bequeaths his body to be buried in the church of St. Martin's Vintry, London, and wills, that his daughter Catharine be under the guardianship of Walter Clouvyll, till she comes to the age of fourteen or fifteen years, and that a true inventory be taken of all his goods, for his executors to dispose of them in alms, and other works of charity, for the health of his soul, as they see expedient; and ordains Walter Clouvyll, his cousin, and John Cornwallis, his son, executors. But THOMAS Cornwallis, Esq. was his eldest son and heir, who took to wife Philippe, daughter and heir of Edward Tyrrel, of Downham, in the county of Essex, Esq. and died the year after his father, " on the Monday after the feast of the blessed Virgin Mary, in 15 Henry VI. leaving Thomas his son and heir, twentyone years of age, and upwards. Which THOMAS Cornwallis, Esq.i was returned one of the knights for the county of Suffolk, in 28 Henry VI. and left issue, John, Edward, Robert, William, and Catharine, married to Francis Froxmer, Esq. JOHN, the eldest son, succeeded to the lordships of Broome, &c. but died without issue in the twenty-second year of King Henry the seventh, 1506, as appears by his last will and testament, and the probate thereof, which bears date November 29th, the same year. And, forasmuch as it shews the custom of those times, I shall insert it in his own words: He lies buried at Ockley, with the following inscription: Hic jacet Robertus Bucton Armiger, Dominus et Patronus istius ville, qui obiit xvii die mensisDecembris, anno Domini MCCCCVIII. cujus anime propitietur Deus." Ibid. 764. a MS. Cothgrave, præd. in Bibl. Joh. Anstis, Arm. e Pryn's Brev. Parl. first part, p. 86. f Ex Regist. in Cur. Prærogat. Cant. vocat. Luffenham, qu. 20. Esc. 15 Hen. VI. n. 13. Pryn's Brev. Parl. p. 86. "In the name of God, Amen. I John Cornwaleys, of Broome in the county of Suff. Squyer, being of whole mynde and good memory, the XVI day of August, the yere of our Lord God MV. VI. make my testament in this wise. First, I bequeth my soul to Almighty God, our Lady Seint Mary, and to all the holy company of hevyn; my body to be buried in the chauncell of the churche of our Lady of Broome, nygh to the walle of my chapell there, if that I die in the said parish of Brome, or nygh to it. And if I die elliswhere, as it shall please God, to be buried where myn executor or assign shall think most convenient. I bequeth to the parson of the saide churche of Brome, for breking of the grounde in the highe chauncell, VI'. VIII. I bequeth to the highe alltar in the said churche VI. VIII. for my tiths forgotten, and other dutyes neglected. Item, I bequeth to the belles of the saide churche of Broome XX. Item, I bequeth to the reparacions of the saide churches of Okely XX, Struston XX and Thranston XX', to the church of Bartyllesdon XX', in Essex. Item, I bequeth to Ellyn Barker, my servant, VI. VIII. Item, I bequeth to my nece, Elizabeth Froxmore, X, and to hyr sustenaunce LXVI VIII.; and to my nece Elizabeth Cornwalleys LXVI. VIIIa.; and to Agnes Fastolfe Xlb. to hir marriage. Item, I will and bequeth that myn executors shall leve at Lyng Hall, theiras now I dwell, to hym that shall be myn heyre these pressis following: first, in the chapell my greate masse booke, a vestiment of silke, one challice, one corporas case with a corps therein. In the hall, the table, formys, and all the brewying vessell and standards in the brewhouse and bakehouse, one hole plow, a cart and V horse to go withall. A gilt goblet with a cover, that was my faders, and a gilt cuppe with a cover standing. A grete potte of brasse, and a secunde potte of brasse; II spits, a grete and a lesse; II coberdy, and a garnish of vessell in the chambyr ovyr the parlour; the bedde of bokkys tester seder, corteyns, counterpoynt, fether-bedde, bolster, and II pelowes, and one payre of blanketts. Item, I bequeth to the priour and monkys of Ey abbey XX. Item, I bequeth to the churche of Ey four combe whete; to the churche of Oxon, IIII combe whete; to the churche of Dysse, IIII combe whete; to the churche of Palgrave, one combe whete; to the churche of Shotle, one combe whete; to the churche of Billingford, one combe whete; to the churche of Yaxley, a combe whete: the residue of my goodes and corn at * Ex Regist. vocat. Adean, qu. 12. |