loo CASTLETON for CO. Lincoln 1625; knighted at Belvoir Castle 23 Apr. 1603; was cr. a Baronet 25 Nov. 161 1. On 11 July 1627, he was cr. BARON SAUN- DERSON OF BANTRY, co. Cork, and VISCOUNT CASTLETON, CO. Limerick [I.]. He m., before 1599, Mildred, da. and h. of John Elltoft (or Hiltoft), of Boston, co. Lincoln, by Mildred, da. and h. of ( — ) Claymond, of Frampton. He d. ij May 1631, and was bur. (as was his wife) at Saxby. Will dat. 23 Feb. 1629/30, being then in his 70th year, pr. 13 June i63i.(^) Fun. Cert. II. 1 63 1. 2. Nicholas (Saunderson), Viscount Castleton, ^c. [I.], s. and h., matric. at Oxford (Queen's Coll.) 15 June 1610; admitted Lincoln's Inn 15 May 1613. He w. Frances, sister of John, 8th Earl of Rutland, da. of Sir George Manners, of Haddon, CO. Derby, by Grace, da. of Sir Henry Pierrepont. He ^.13 Nov. 1640, and was l>ur. at Saxby. Will dat. 2 Mar. 1639/40, pr. i Jan. 1641/2. His widow d. 1652. Will pr. 1652. III. 1640. 3. Nicholas (Saunderson), Viscount Castleton, tfc. [I.], s. and h., aged 4^ in 1 631, or 14 at his father's death. He d. a minor and unm. 1641. IV. 1 641. 4. Peregrine (Saunderson), Viscount Castleton, i^c. [I.], br. and h., aged 3^ in 1631. He also d. unm., in 1650, aged 22. Will dat. 4 Nov. 1649, pr. 5 Jan. 1652. V. 1650. 5. George (Saunderson), Viscount Castleton, (dc. [I.], br. and h., L 12 Oct. 1631. Vice Adm. co. Lincoln Sep. 1660; M.P. for co. Lincoln 1660-81, 1685-87, and 1689-98. He did not attend the Pari. [I.] of James II, 7 May 1689. C") Col. of a regt. of Foot 1689-94. He ?«., istly, shortly before M^ir. 1656, Grace, da. of Henry Belasyse (ist son of Thomas, ist Viscount Fauconberg), by Grace, da. of Sir Thomas Barton, of Smithells, co. Lancaster. She d. of measles, or of smallpox, 16 Nov. 1667, and was l>ur. at Saxby. He m., 2ndly, 14 Feb. 1674/5, at the Temple church, London,('=) Sarah, widow of Thomas (Fanshawe), Viscount Fanshawe of Dromore [I.], and before that of Sir John Wray, Bart., da. of Sir John Evelyn, of West Dean, Wilts, by Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Robert Cock.es, of London. He d. at Sandbeck, co. York, 27 May 1714, aged 82. Will pr. May 1714. His widow, by whom he had no surv. issue, was iur. 16 Oct. 1717, at St. Martin's-in-the-Fields. W^ill dat. 29 May 17 14, pr. 12 Nov. 171 7. (*) See an interesting account of his estates, ^c, by Sir Joseph Williamson, circa 1667, in Her. and Gen., vol. ii, p. 119. V.G. (*=) For a list of peers present in, and absent from, this Pari, see Appendix D to this volume. (') The entry is as follows: "George and Sarah, two persons of quality, were married in the Temple Church Feb. 14, by Mr. Rawlins, 1674. Two married unknown." V.G.
