450 DOWNE POPE OF BEALTIRBIT [i.e. BELTURBET], co. Cavan, and EARL OF DOWNE [I.]-0 He m., in 1595, Anne, widow of Henry (Went- worth), Lord Wentworth (who d'. 1593), da. of Sir Owen Hopton, Lieut, of the Tower of London, by Anne, da. and h. of Sir Edward Itchingham. She, who was l>. 1561, was ifur. 10 May 1625, at Wroxton. He J.{^) 2, and was ^ur. 4 June 1631, at Wroxton, aged 57. M.L Will dat. 31 Dec. 1630, pr, 18 June 1631. n. 1 63 1. 2. Thomas (Pope), Earl of Downe, &€. [L], grand- son and h., being s. and h. of Sir William P., by EHzabeth, da. and h. of Sir Thomas Watson, of Halstead, Kent, which Sir William was 1st s. and h, ap. of the ist Earl, but ^. v.p. (before his father's eleva- tion to the peerage), Aug. 1624, aged 27. He was i>ap. 16 Dec. 1622, at Cogges, CO. Oxford; matric. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.), 21 June i639.('^) He distinguished himself as an active Royalist during the Civil War. He did not take his seat in the House of Lords [L]. He w., 26 Nov. 1638, at Sherborne, Lucy, yst. da. and coh. of John Dutton, of Sherborne, co. Gloucester, by his ist wife, Elizabeth, da. of Sir Henry Baynton, of Brom- ham, Wilts. She, who was l>. 9 Apr. 1624, at Sherborne, d. 6, and was iur. 8 Apr. 1656, at Cubberley, co. Gloucester.C^) He d. s.p.m., at Oxford, 28 Dec. 1660, and was hr. 11 Jan. 1660/1, at Wroxton. (") in. 1660. 3. Thomas (Pope), Earl of Downe, &'c. [I.], uncle and h. male, ^. 1598; matric. at Oxford (together with his elder br. William abovenamed), i July 16 14; knighted at Woodstock, 3 Aug. 1625. He m., 20 Apr. 1636 (reg. at Wroxton), Beata, da. of Sir Henry Poole, of Saperton, co. Gloucester, by Beatrice, da. of William (Brydges), 4th Baron Chandos. He c^. 1 1, and was bur. 20 Jan. 1667/8, at Wroxton, aged 69. Admon. 29 June 1668. His widow was l?ur. there 18 July 1678. Willpr. 1678. (») See Creations, 1 483-1 646, in App., 47th Rep., D.K. Pub. Records; and vol. iii. Appendix H. The docquet for his creation as " Lord Lucan and Earl of Granard" is dat. 4 Oct. 1628. V.G. (») Not 2 July, as in Diet. Nat. Biog. V.G. (') On 4 Feb. 1640/1, he petitioned the peers, complaining of his stepfather, Thomas Peniston, and stating that " petitioner himself by threats, menaces, blows, hard usage and terrifying has been forced to marry Lucy, yst. da. of Mr. Dutton, member of the House of Commons, though there was no liking between them. Petitioner's allowance is not sufficient for the maintenance of himself and his two brothers John and William Pope." V.G. (<*) " Shee fasted from eating or drinking before her death ten dayes." (Cub- berley Register). V.G. (*) Elizabeth, his da. and h., w., istly. Sir Francis Henry Lee, 4th Bart., of Ditchley, and, 2ndly, Robert (Bertie), 3rd Earl of Lindsey. She d. i July 17 19, being ancestress of the Earls of Lichfield. She, however, does not appear to have inherited the bulk of the family estates, which had all been sold by her father, except Enstone, and some lands which he held in right of his wife ; these came to Elizabeth and thence to the Viscounts Dillon. G.E.C. and V.G.
