CHATHAM 147 death. High Steward of Colchester, ^c. He ;«., at the house of her father in Albemarle Str., St. Geo., Han. Sq., 10 July 1783, Mary Eliza- beth, 2nd surv. da. of Thomas (Townshend), ist Viscount Sydney, by Elizabeth, ist da. and coh. of Richard Powys, of Hintlesham, Suffolk. She, who was i. z Sep. 1762, d. in Hill Str., Berkeley Sq., 21, and was bur. 30 May 1 82 1, in Westm. Abbey. He d. s.p., in Charles Str., Berkeley Sq., 24 Sep., and was bur. 3 Oct. 1835, in Westm. Abbey, aged 79, when all his honours became extittct.i^) Will pr. Oct. 1835. CHAUNDOSC) BARONY BY i. Sir Roger de Chaundos,(^) s. and h. of Robert de WRIT. Chaundos, of Snodhill, W^ellington, and Fownhope, co. Hereford (**) (who d. shortly before 26 Nov. I302),(^) by I. 1337. Alice, his wife. The King took his homage and he had livery ot his father's lands, i Jan. 1302/3.0 He was knighted, with the Prince of Wales, 22 May 1306. Sheriff of co. Here- ford, i3ii/2-i4,(») 1322-27, 1328-3 1/2, and 1334. Appointed Keeper and Sheriff of the land of Glamorgan and Morganwg, i Dec. I326,() Keeper of Caerphilly Castle, 30 Dec. I326,C^) and Sheriff of Glamorgan and Morganwg, 8 Mar. i329/30.() On 6 Feb. 1332/3 the King took his fealty, and he had livery of the lands lately held by Thomas, his brother.(') (*) His two sisters, Hester, Countess Stanhope {d. 20 July 1780) and the Hon. Harriet Eliot {d. 24 Sep. 1786) both left female issue. The well known and eccentric Lady Hester Lucy Stanhope, b. 12 Mar. 1776, d. unm. in Syria, 23 June 1839, was the 1st daughter of the elder sister. () This article has been kindly contributed by G. W. Watson. V.G. (■=) His arms were, Or, a pile Gules. There was another family of Chaundos, of Radburn and Mugginton, co. Derby, of which was the celebrated Sir John Chaundos, K.G. Candos is between Barentin and the Seine. (<J) He held Snodhill, l fee, Wellington, J of 2 fees, and Fownhope, i fee; also ■^ fee in Shipton Sollars, and Badginton, I fee, co. Gloucester: all held of the King in chief. He had livery of his lands 8 Jan. 1265/6, being s. and h. of Roger (who was under age 1232), h. of Roger de Chaundos (under age 1220, d. shortly before 12 Dec. 1232), h. of Robert de Chaundos {d. shortly before 23 Oct. 1220), who left a widow, Sarah. {Fine Rolls, 4 Hen. Ill, m. I ; 5 Hen. Ill, m. lO; 17 Hen. Ill, m. 9; 50 Hen. Ill, m. 8). («) Fine Roll, 31 Edw. I, m. 18. The Inq. p. m. is now defaced, but it is said that his s. and h., Roger, was therein described as aged 20. Fine Roll, S^Edw. I, m. 18. (s) Not 1311/2-15. In the List of Sheriffs, Roger de Baskerville, appointed 20 Nov. 1314 {Fine Roll, m. 17), is omitted. (•>) Patent Roll, 20 Edw. II, m. 4. Fine Rolls, 20 Edw. II, mm. 2, I ; 4 Edw. Ill, m. 25. (') Fine Roll, 7 Edw. Ill, m. 17. This Master Thomas de Chaundos was Arch- deacon of Hereford {Inq. a. q. d., file 215, no. 13: Charters and Records of Hereford Cathedral, p. 202, ^c), and held the manor of Lugwardine (Ch. Inq. p. m., Edw. Ill, file 34, no. 5). He has been the cause of Dugdale and others dividing his br. Roger into two persons.
