3i8 CLINTON 8 Feb. (1609/10) 7 Jac. I, by writ directed Thome Clinton de Say(^) ch' r primogenito Comitis Lincoln. He was b. 1 57 1 . On 29 Sep. 1 6 1 6, he sue. his father as Earl of Lincoln. He d. 15 Jan. 1619. XII. 1619. 12. Theophilus (Clinton otherwise FiENNEs), Earl of Lincoln and Lord Clinton, 3rd but ist surv. s. and h., b. 1600. K.B. 1616. He d. 21 May 1667. [Edward Clinton otherwise Fiennes, styled Lord Clinton, ists. and h. ap. He d. v.p., at Covent Garden, Midx. Admon. 21 Apr. 1657.] XIII. 1667 to 1692. 13. Edward (Clinton), Earl of Lincoln and Lord Clinton, grandson and h., being only s. and h. of Edward Clinton, styled 'Lokd Clinton abovenamed. He d. s.p., 25 Nov. 1692, when the Earldom of Lincoln passed to his cousin and h. male (see under that title), but the Barony of Clinton fell into abeyance between (the heirs general) his aunts and coheirs,() or their issue, daughters of the 4th Earl of Lincoln and 12th Lord Clinton. CO ft n" n r> O £ O " -J p n o W Pi '-1 o 3 XIV. 1 72 1. 14 and i. Hugh Fortescue, s. and h. of Hugh F., of Filleigh, Devon, by his ist wife, Bridget, da. and h. of Hugh Boscawen, of Tregothnan, Cornwall, by Margaret, da. (whose issue in 1692 became coh.) of Theophilus (Clinton), 5th Earl of Lincoln and I2th Lord Clinton abovenamed, being, as above shewn, one of the coheirs to the Barony. He was b. 1696, and was sum. to Pari. 15 Mar. 1720/1, as LORD CLINTON. Lord Lieut, of Devon, 1721-33; Lord of the Bedchamber to the Prince of Wales 1725-27, and to him when King 1727-33. K.B. 27 May 1725, being one of the original Knights on the revival of that most Hon. Order; cr. LL.D. of Cambridge, 25 Apr. 1728. He was a Whig, and after 1732 EARLDOM. I. 1746 to 1751. fabricated lists, wrongly gives the writ as being directed Edwardo Clinton Ch'r, no attention has hitherto been called to this recognition. V.G. (*) With regard to this description of him in the writ, the Barony of Say, as a creation by the writ of 13 13, was junior to that of the Barony of Clinton (1299), but the Lords Clinton seem to have been known from 1399 onwards (see sub 6th and 9th Lords) as Lords Clinton and Say. The Barony of Say was then (1536) in abeyance, having been so since 1399, unless indeed, as some would hold, it was terminated by this summons. J. H. Round contends {Peerage Studies, pp. 454-5) that the writ of 1610 (which would also by some be held to have terminated the abeyance if that termination had not already occurred), was issued in error. See ante, p. 315, note " c," as, also, p. 313, note "a." For a list of eldest sons of peers sum., v.p., to the House of Lords in one of their father's baronies, see vol. i, Appendix G. V.G. C") See tabular pedigree.
