ESKDALE— ESSEX. 279 ESKDALE. i.e., " Maxwell, Eskdale, and Cableill," Barony [S.] (Mcmcell), cr. 1620 (with precedency from 1SS1) with the Earldom of Nitusdale [S.l, which see ; forfeited 1715. i.e., " Scott and Eskdale," Barony [S.] (Scoit), cr. 1G19, with the Earldom ok Bicclei'ch [S.], which see. i.e., " Scott of "Wiiitciiester and Eskdale," Barony (Scott), cr. 1663 with the Dukedom ok Buccleoch [S.], which see. ESLINGTON OE ESLINGTON PAKE. i.e., " Eblington of Eslington Park, co. Northumberland," Barony {Lidddt), cr. 1874 with the Earldom op Ravksswortii, which see. ESMOND OF LIMEKICK. Barony [I.] S IR Laurence Esmond, 2d s. of William E. of Johns- I. 1622 town, co. Wexford, by Margaret, da. of Michael Furlono, of Hore- t ^ ' town, being in command of a troop of Horse was knighted at Dublin 1040 Castle, 25 July 1G03, by the Lord Deputy [I.] and having become u,±u ' Major Gen. of all the Royal forces in Ireland was cr. 20 May 1622, LOUD ESMOND, BARON OF LIMERICK [I.] He m. Elizabeth, 2d da. of the Hon. Walter Butler (4th s. of James, Earl ok Ormond and OssoRV [1.]), by Jane, da. of O'Brien Goragh. By her he had no issue and on his death 26 March 1046, the title was considered extinct.^) Admon. 6 April 1646, to Richard Esmond, nephew by the brother. ESSENDON. i.e., " Cecil of Essendon, co. Rutland," Barony (Cecil), cr. 1603 ; see "Salisbury" Earldom of, cr. 1605. ESSEX (County of). Earldom. J. Geoffrey de Magnaville, or Mandeville, (>>) s. L 1139 an< * °* William de M., Constable of the Tower of Loudon, by or ' Margaret, da. and h. of Eudo de Rie,( c ) Steward ("dapifer") to 11 King William in Normandy, was 6. about 1090; Steward of Nor- ■ Li41 mandy ; Constable of the Tower of London, 1135-43 ; and, having ^° distinguished himself in quelling the rebellion in the isle of Ely 1144. against King Stephen, was, by him, cr. "by spec, charter dat. at ( a ) Sir Thomas Esmond, knighted (at Souf.hwick, Hants), 16 Aug. 1628, and cr. a Baronet [1]. 28 Jany. 1628/9, is said to have been his sou born in wedlock with a previous wife, sister of O'Flaherty, which lady being a zealous Roman Catholic is stated to have taken herself and her issue away from her Protestant husband. The admon. of 1646, however, militates against this conjecture. ( b ) Magnaville. According to de Gerville, the commune of Magneville, 2 leagues southward of Valognes, gave name to the ancient Earls of Essex of this surname. Mem. Soc. Anliq. Nnrmandic, 1825. — " Mandeville. In charters Dc Magna Villa, and MandaviUa. Magneville is near Valognes in Normandy, and there are 2 placea called Mandeville, one near Louviers and another in the arrondissement of Bayeur." See Lower's " Family names, edit. 1860. "The French antiquaries differ respecting the locality. Mons. Le Prevost considering it to be Magneville, near Valonges, while Mons. Delisle reports that it was Mandeville le Tievieres ; the Norman estates of the Maguavilles, Mandevilles or Mannevilles (as they were indifferently called) lying partly in the neighbourhood of Creulli, and the rest round Argentan, where, at a later period, they held the honour of Chamboi." See Planche's " Conqueror and his Companions," vol. ii, p. 74. ( c ) A good account of this Eudo Dapifer is in Planche's "Conqueror and his Companions," vol. ii, pp. 126-132. The marriage of his da. with William Mandeville has, however, been questioned.
