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and coh. of John Chamberlaine, of Sherborne Castle, Oxon, by Katharine, da. of Francis Plowden, of Plowden, Salop. He d. s.p., 23 Oct. 1662. Will dat. 2 Aug. 1661 (remaining, apparently, among the family deeds), devising his lands to his wife to sell for payment of his debts, &c. His widow d. between Nov. 1669 and 1694. Admon. 5 Jan. 1693/4 (wherein she is styled "Elizabeth, Baroness Dowager of Abergavenny," of Sherborne, Oxon, widow), to a creditor; Lady Mary Goring, sister and next of kin, renouncing. | |
| XI. 1662. | 11, 4, or 1. George (Nevill), Lord Bergavenny, br. and h. He appears never to have been sum. to Parl. He m. Mary, sister of Sir Henry Gifford, of Burstall, co. Leicester, Bart., da. of Thomas Gifford, M.D., of Dunton Waylett, Essex, by Anne, da. and h. of Gregory Brooksby, of Burstall afsd. He d. 2, and was bur. 14 June 1666, at Birling. Will dat. 18 May 1666, pr. 16 July following. His widow m. (as his 2nd wife) Sir Charles Shelley, of Michelgrove, Sussex, 2nd Bart., who d. 1681. She was bur. 14 Nov. 1699, from St. Giles'-in-the-Fields, at St. Pancras, Midx. Will, in which she describes herself as seized of the manor of Portslade, Sussex, dat. 10 and pr. 22 Nov. 1699. |
| XII. 1666. | 12, 5, or 2. George (Nevill) Lord Bergavenny, only s. and h., b. 21 Apr. 1665, suc. to the title at a year old. His name appears in the roll of the Parl. of 1685 as "under age." The anomalous precedency of this barony in Parl. (as the premier one) was challenged, 8 Mar. 1669/70, by Lord Fitzwalter, who sat under a writ of 1295.[1] He was chief Larderer at the coronation of James II, 23 Apr. 1685. He m. Honora, da. of John (Belasyse), 1st Lord Belasyse of Worlaby, by his 3rd wife, Anne, da. of John (Paulet), 5th Marquess of Winchester. He d. s.p., 26 Mar., and was bur. 1 Apr. 1695, at St. Giles'-in-the-Fields, Midx. Will, in which he mentions no relations but speaks of his "now wife," dat. 30 July 1694, and pr. 29 Mar. 1695.[2] His widow d. 1, and was bur. 9 Jan. 1706/7, at St. Giles' afsd. M.I. Will dat. 5 June 1706, pr. 9 Jan. 1706/7 by Dame Barbara Webb, the sister. |
| XIII. 1695. | 13, 6, or 1. George (Nevill), Lord Bergavenny, cousin and h. male, 7 years old in Dec. 1666, being s. and h. of George Nevill, of Sheffield, Sussex (by Mary, da. of Sir Bulstrode |
- ↑ Lord Fitzwalter on making good his claim to that title claimed, in virtue of the 1295 writ, "precedence of all Barons now sitting as Barons" (some Baronies, such as Mowbray, being then merged), (ex inform. J. H. Round.) V.G.
- ↑ On his death any Barony in fee possessed by his father would have passed to his niece, Frances, da. of Sir John Shelly, of Michelgrove, 3rd Bart., and only child of her mother, Bridget, only da. of George, xith Baron. She m. Richard, 5th Viscount Fitzwilliam [I.], and d. 1777, aged about 90. In 1837 the Earl of Pembroke and Edward Bourchier Hartopp were her representatives. See case of the claim to the Barony of Vaux of Harrowden; see also pedigree, p. 41.
