CHIRBURY — CHOLMONDELEY. 243 CHIRBURY. See " Hebbert of Chirbury, co. Salop " Barony (Herbert), cr. 1629 j ex. mi See " Herbert of Chirbury, co. Salop " Barony (Herbert), cr. 1694 ; ex. 1738. i.e. " Herbert of Chirbury, co. Salop " Barony {Herbert), cr. 1743 ; as also "Herbert of Chirbury and ok Ludlow, co. Salop (Herbert), Barony (this lost being with a spec, rem.) cr. 1749 ; see " Powis," Earldom of, ci: 1748 ; all such honours becoming extinct in 1S01. i.e. "Herbert of Chirbury, co. Salop" Barony (Olive), cr. 1804, with the Kauldo.m of Powis, which SCO, CHIRKE. ' See " Mortimer de Ciiirke " (Mortimer), Barony by writ, as Mortimer (only) 1299 to 1300, and as Mortimer "de Chircke," 1307 to 1321. CHISLEHURST. i.e. "Sydney of Chislehurst, co. Kent" Barony (Townshcnd), cr. 1783 ; see "Sydney of St. Leonards," Viseountey, cr. 1789. CHOLMONDELEY, CHOLMONDELEY OF KELLS AND CHOLMONDELEY OF WICHE-MALBANK alias NANTWICH. Viscountcy [I.] l. Robert Choljiondei.ey, s. and h. of Sir Hugh O, I 1G2S °^ Cholmoudeley, co. Chester, by Mary, da. and h. of Christopher Holford, of Holford, in that co., was b. 26 June 1584, at Crouchend, TWnntr n? 1 Highgate, Midx. ; Matrie. at Oxford (Queen's), 24 Oct. 1600 ; sue. naiuuy L j..j ^ F(lther in the estates, 23 July 1601, and was, 29 June I. 1G4I), 1611 a: a Baronet, being the 36th of that order from its institu- te Sim. High Sheriff of Cheshire, 1621. On 2 July 1628, he was a: 1G59. VISCOUNT CHOLMONDELEY OF KELLS, co. Meath [I.] Having greatly distinguished himself in the Royal cause by raising troops ill Cheshire, in which county, in 1642, he was a Joint Commissioner of Array, lie was, on 1 Sep. 1645,(") cr. BAHON CHOLMONDELEY OF WICHE-MALBANK, co. Chester [E.], and on 3 March 1645/6, cr. EARL OF LEINSTER [I.] He was a Compounder to Pari, for the large sum of £7,742. He m. Catharine, da. of John (Stanhope), 1st Baron Stanhope of Hahrington, by his 2nd wife Margaret, da. and coheir of Henry MacWillia.ms. Shed at Cholmondeley, 15 June 1657, and was bur. 3 July at Malpas. Admon. 18 Feb. 1657/8. The Earl of Leinster d. s.p. legit.( b ) 2 Oct. 1659, aged 75, at Cholmondeley, when all his honours became extinct. Both are bur. in the chancel at Malpas. Viscountcy [I.] 1. Robert Cholmondeley, of Cholmondeley afsd., II 1GG1 nephew and h. to the above, being s. and h. of Hugh C. (his next surv. br.) by Mary, da. of Sir John Bodvile, of Bodvile Castle, co. Carnarvon, sue. his Father 11 Sep. 1655. About four years before, by his uncle's (the Earl of Leinster's) death, he became the head of the family. (") In " Creations, 1483-1646, in ap. 47th Rep. D.K. Pub. Records," this creation is given as 1 Sep. 1646 (following the creation of the Earldom in March 1645/6), but as the grantee is called (only) " Viscount Cholmondeley in Ireland," and not Earl of Leinster, the date of the docquet (for such it is) is probably an error. ( b ) He settled the estate of Holford which came from his mother, on Thomas Cholmondeley, his Elegit, son, who d. there 6 Jany. 1667, leaving issue. See " Lodge," YoL v, p. 65, for au account of this line. R 2
