CLIFFORD. 293 possession till the death s.p.vn.s., on 11 Dee. 1643, of his only ft. and h. Henry, tliu 5tb and last Earl, who in 1C2S had been sum. v.p. as Lord Clifford, as above- mentioned. During that period she (or her mother, the Dow. Countess, on her behalf) was engaged in constant law suits with the heir male. She resided at fixed times at each one of her six castles, Skipton, Appleby, Brougham, Brough, Peudragon and Bftrdon tower, all of which (besides several churches connected with her estates) she repaired. In her 63d year she compiled her auto-biography, parts of which have been printed. (») iShc d. at Brougham Castle, Westmorland, 22 March 1675/6 in her 87th year, aud was bur. 14 April in the church of St. Lawrence, Appleby. MJ. On her death s.p.m.s., the right to the Barony fell into abeyance between her 1st da. Margaret, Countess of Thanet ; and her granddaughter, Lady Akvthe? Gompton,0 > ) only surv. child of her 2nd and yst. da., Isabella, Countess of Northampton, deceased. Will (one of great interest), in which she styles herself " Countess Dow. of Pembroke, Duractt and Montgomery, by birth Baroness Clifford. Westmorland and Vesey, High Sberiffesa of co. Westmorland," dat. 1 May 1674, pr. 3 April 1676.
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XV. 1G7S. 15. Nicholas (Totion), Eauu of Thanet andl >£ g to £ ~ — i a Bauon Ti itox, s. and h. of John, 2nd Eahl op Thanet, by Margaret, 1st da. and coheir of Richard (Sackvjt.le), 3d Eaul of Dorset, by Anue, sua jure Bakoness CLIFFORD abovenamed, became on 14 Oct. 167S by the death S»p. of his cousin Lady Alathea Compton( h ) (only surv. issue of Isabella, 2nd and yst da. and coheir of the said Baroness Clifford) the sole representative of his said Grandmother, and was as such dc jure LOUD CLIFi'OBD.(«) He was 4. 7 Aug. 1C31 and (/. s. p. 24 November 1679. XVI. 1G79. 10. John (Tufton), Eakl of Thanet, &c. and, tic jure, LoltD Vuvnnw'S) br. and h. lie was b. j Aug. 1638 and d. num. 27 April 1680. XVII. 1680. 17. Richard (Tufton) Eaul of Thanet, &c, and, dejure tOBP Cuitord( c ) br. ;uid h. Ho was b. 30 May 1610 and d. mini. 8 March 1684. XVIII. Uis !, IS. Thomas (Tffton) Eaiu. of Thanet, tlx., and to dejvrc Loiin CtOTtWDC) br. and h. He was b. 30 Aug. 1644. 17-0. Tlir House of Lords, on 12 Dec. 1691 resolved that be was " the right heir to Hubert de Clifford, first sum. to Pari. 29 Dec. (12(19) 2S Eil. I. as Lord de Clifford, and that the said title of LORD DE CLIFFORD doth belong to him and his heirs. "( d ) He d. s.p.m.s. 30 July 1729 when the Barony of Dc Clifford for the second time, fell into abeyance, the Earldom of Thanet, fee., devolving on Saekville Tufton, his nephew and heir malen (") "The colour of her eyes was black like her Father's, with a peak of hair on her forehead, and a dimple in her chin, like her father — full cheeks and round-faced like her mother, aud an excellent shape of body resembling her father. The hah- of her head was brown and very thick, and so long that it reached to the calf of her legs when she stood upright ; and when she caused these memorials of herself to be written (she had passed the year 63 of her age), she said the perfections of her mind were much above those of her body ; she had a strong and copious memory, a sound judgment, and a discerning spirit, aud so much of a strong imagination in her as that ut many times even her dreams and apprehensions beforehand proved true." ( b ) Lady Alathea Compton, da. of James, 3rd Earl of Northampton, aud the only child that survived iufancy of his 1st wife Isabella, 2nd and yst. da. aud coheir of Anne, suo jure, Baroness Clifford, was 6. 14 March 1661 (exactly 7 mouths before her mother's death), m. Edward Hungerfurd, of Farleigh, Somerset (s. aud h. ap. of Sir Edward Hungerford, K.B.), and d. s.p. 14 Oct. 1678. Admon. 22 April and 19 Dec. 1881. ( c ) According to the decision as to this Barony, on 12 Dec. 1691. Until that decision, however, none of these Earls appear to have used this title. C 1 ) Some seventeen years before this, the " test " cose, whereby a writ was held to create an hereditary Barony descendible to the heir yr.nerul, had been decided in the
