The HUNTLEYs of Boxwell Court - Gloucestershire

The history of the town and parish of Tetbury, in the county of Gloucester ...

 By Alfred Theophilus Lee

pp 207-211

Huntley Of Box Well Court.

This family is one of the oldest in Gloucestershire.

GWYTHENOC, Or WYTHE

Noc, came from Brittany to England with William the Conqueror. He held the Castle and Barony of Monmouth. He founded the Abbey of Monmouth, and died ante 1086.

His brother Baderon, who came into England with Wythenoc, had five sons: Arms of Hnntle5r

i. William Fitz Baderon, Baron of Monmouth, mentioned in Domesday, living in 1119.

ii. J evan.

Huntley Crest

iii. Roaps or Robert, who had a son, John Fitz Robert.

iv. Pagan, who had a son, Thomas Fitz Pagan.

v. Owen the Slender.

William Fitz Baderon had issue, Badeeon De Monmouth, Baron Monmouth, living in 1128, married Roesia, daughter of Gilbert de Clare, and sister of Strongbow, Earl of Pembroke, and had issue,

i. Gilbert de Monmouth, Baron Monmouth, (died about 1290.) He married Bertha, daughter of Philip de Braose, and had issue,

i. John de Monmouth, Baron of Monmouth, married, first, Cecily, daughter and co-heiress of William Walleran; and secondly, Agnes, daughter and co-heiress of Wm. de Musgros, and had issue, i. John de Monmouth, who married, first, Maud, daughter of David, Earl of Huntingdon, and had issue, a daughter;

married, secondly, Catherine . He died

before 1274. ii. Richard de Wyesham, ancestor of the Wyeshams.

ii. James de Monmouth.

iii. Roaps or Robert.

iv. Sir Walter De Huntley, the son of Baderon de Monmouth and Roesia de Clare, married Petronilla, eldest daughter and co-heir of Walter de Musgros. He had granted .to him Huntley, parcel of the Barony of Monmouth, by John the Baron, who styles him "Consangineus p

meus." Sir Walter de Huntley, by his marriage with Petronilla de Musgros, had issue,

i. Sir Walter De Huntley, Jun., who married the daughter and co-heiress of William de Hastings, younger son of Lord Hastings.

ii. Richard de Huntley, living in 1243.

Sir Walter de Huntley, Junr., had issue, Sir Thomas De Huntley, who married the daughter and co-heiress of — Grendour, Lord of S. Brides, Netherwent. He was living in 1299, and had issue,

i. Thomas, (called Tomlyn by the Welsh.) He married Alice, daughter and heiress of Sir William Wallis, of Treowen.

ii. John Huntley, Lord of Purton, Worcestershire, 1313; and of S. Brides in 1315. He died s. p.

Thomas Huntley had issue,

i. Gwilym, or William Huntley, of Treowen, from whom descend the Huntleys of Treowen.

ii. John Huntley of S. Brides.

iii. Hugh.

iv. David, living 1382.

v. Adams ap Tomlyn, living in 1389; d. s. p.

vi. Ptobert; d. s. p., 1376.

John Huntley married Elizabeth, daughter of John ap Adam, (heir of her brother John, in 1399,) and had issue,

i. John Huntley, of S. Brides.

ii. A daughter, married to Thomas Pell, of Usk, and living in 1441.

John Huntley of S. Brides, married Jane, daughter of Sir Roger Vaughan, of Bredwardine, (who was killed at Agincourt, Oct. 25th, 1415,) and had issue.

i. John Huntley, (living in 1449,) who married Johanna, daughter and heiress of John Roufus als ap Adam, and had only female issue.

ii. Thomas Huntley, of Hadnock, who married Margery, daughter of Christopher Baynham, and had issue,

i. Hugh Huntley of Hadnock.

ii. William.

Hugh Huntley, who was living in 1526, had issue,

i. Richard Huntley, who married Margaret Owen, or Gwyn.

ii. John Huntley of Hadnock; living in 1537.

iii. Elizabeth.

iv. Catherine.

John Huntley married Margaret Andrewes, and had issue,

i. Thomas Huntley, of Hadnock, who died before 1564. He married Anne, daughter of Richard Brayne, and had issue, daughters.

ii. John Huntley, of Standish, in Gloucestershire; mentioned by Sir R. Atkyns and Rudder, living in 1545. He married Alice, sister and heiress of Edmund Langley, of Siddington, in Gloucestershire, and had issue,

i. George Huntley, of Frocester Court, Gloucestershire. He married Catherine, daughter of John Walsh, of Sodbury, and had issue, i. John Huntley, of Frocester Court, who married Jane, daughter of Sir Edward Karne, Knt., of Glamorganshire, and had issue,

i. George Huntley, of Frocester Court, who married Eleanor, daughter of Sir William Winter, and died 22nd Sept., 1622, s. p. This Sir George Huntley entertained Queen Elizabeth at Frocester Court, on her way to Berkeley Castle.

ii. William.

ii. Henry Huntley, of Boxwell Court, Gloucestershire, (will dated 1556.) He married, first, Elizabeth, daughter of Wm. Throgmorton, of Tortworth, Gloucestershire, and had issue,

i. George Huntley, of Boxwell Court, of whom hereafter.

ii. Frances, married John Bowdler, of Tortworth.

iii. Elinor.

Henry Huntley married, secondly, Anne, daughter of John Rufford, and had issue,

i. Edmund Huntley, Colonel in the army; served in the Low Countries. He was married to Anne, daughter and heiress of John Kemys, and died s. p. (Will dated 25th June, 1591.)

George Huntley of Boxwell Court, was M.P. for Cricklade in 1555, and High Sheriff of Gloucestershire in 1563. He married Constance, daughter and co-heiress of Edward Ferrers, of Wood Bevington, and Baddesley Clinton, County "Warwickshire, and had issue,

i. John Huntley. He married Frances, daughter of Sir John Conway, and died vitd patris. He had issue, a son John, killed at the storming of Cirencester by Prince Rupert.

ii. George, d. s. p.

hi. William, who married Anne, daughter of Thomas Morgan, and had issue, an only child, Elizabeth.

iv. Matthew The Cavalier, (baptized at Boxwell, 1580; buried there 1653.)

v. Constance, who married, first, Richard Baskerville; secondly, Sir John Sidney. Matthew Huntley married, first, a daughter

of Algini, and had a son, Matthew, who died

young; secondly, Frances, daughter of Sir George Snigg, Baron of the Exchequer, and had issue,

i. George Huntley, born 1623, of whom hereafter, died 1670.

ii. William, d. s. p.

iii. Thomas, d. s. p.

iv. Henry, d. s. p.

v. Gabriel, d. s. p.

vi. Edmund, d., s. p.

vii. Francis, d. s. p.

viii. Alice, married to Sir John Wynniard, and died in childbed

ix. Mary, married to George Lyte, of Lyte's Cary.

x. A daughter, married to Thomas Smith, of the Inner Temple.

George Huntley, of Boxwell Court (who died in 1670, aged 47,) married Sylvester, daughter and heiress of Edward, the son of Nicholas Wekys, Esq., (she died in 1675,) and had issue,

i. George, d. a p. 1679. Buried at Boxwell.

ii. Amy, married — Guise; died in childbed.

iii. Matthew, of whom hereafter.

iv. Henry, d. s. p.

v. Edward, d. s. p.

vi. Wekys.

vii. Henrietta.

viii. Frances.

ix. Susanna.

x. Elizabeth.

xi. Anne.

xii. Alice.

xiii. Mary, married, 1st, Sir Thomas Englefield, Bart., of Englefield, County Buckinghamshire; second, Walter Allday. Matthew Httntley, of Boxwell Court, was

born in 1655, married Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of John Chandler, and niece and heiress of Edward Chandler, D.D., Lord Bishop of Durham, and had issue. He died in 1711.

i. Richard, of whom hereafter.

ii. Matthew, buried at Boxwell, 1711, d. s. p

iii. Elizabeth, d. s. p.

iv. Rose, buried in 1714, d. a p.

v. Mary, d. s. p.

vi. Elizabeth, married Thomas Johnson, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, and d. s. p.

Richard Huntley was born in 1690. He was in holy orders, Rector of Boxwell and Castle Coombe, buried at Boxwell, 1723, set. 39, married Anne, daughter of Colonel Lee, of the Donjon, Canterbury, and of Walsingham, Norfolk, and had issue,

i. Richard, who died an infant.

ii. Richard, born 1721.

iii. Dorothy, d. s. p.

iv. Elizabeth, d. s. p.

v. Anne, married Henry Stephens, Esq., of Chavenage.

vi. Mary, married Daniel Woodward, of Bristol, from whom are descended the Lee Warners of Walsingham Abbey.

Richard Huntley, born in 1721, in holy orders, Rector of Boxwell and Shipton Moyne, buried at Boxwell, 1794, set. 73, married Anne, daughter and heiress of Nicholas Beaker, of Nettleton, County Wilts, and had issue,

i. Richard, died an infant.

ii. Richard, born 1766.

iii. Wadham Huntley, in holy orders, Vicar of Aston Blank, and Rector of Eastington, died unmarried, 1844, aet. 73.

iv. Anne, married James Hardwicke, D.D., and d. s. p.

v. Mary, married, first, Thomas Hughes, surgeon; second, W. W. Darke, M.D., and d. s. p.

vL Catherine, married Rev. Benjamin Spry, from whom are descended the Skrines of Warleigh.

vii. Sarah, married William Veel, Esq., and had issue, Joseph Colbourne Veel, Esq. Richard Huntley, born in 1766, in holy orders, Rector of Boxwell and Dodington, died in 1831, sat. 65, married Anne, daughter and heiress of James Webster, LL.B., Archdeacon of Gloucester, and ultimate heir of William Warburton, D.D., Lord Bishop of Gloucester, and had issue,

i. Richard Webster, born 2nd April, 1793, at Boxwell.

ii. James Webster, in holy orders, Vicar of Thursby and of Kirklington, Cumberland. He married Anne, daughter of Samuel Goodenough, son of Samuel Goodenough, Lord Bishop of Carlisle, and has issue,

i. Anne. ii. Frances.

iii. (Sir) Henry Veel, Kt., R.N., married Anne, daughter of General Skinner, and has issue,

i. Spencer Robert, R.N.

ii. Henry Ferrers.

iii. Constance.

iv. Edmund, married Harriett, daughter of William Goode, of Brompton, Middlesex, and had issue,

i. Osmond Currie Huntley, an only son.

v. William Warburton, married Emily Theresa, daughter of Sir Lewis Versturme, Knt., d. s. p.

vi. Lee Warner, d. s. p.

vii. George, d. s. p.

viii. Osmond Charles, d. s. p.

ix. Anne, d. s. p.

x. Frances, d. s. p.

xi. Clara Jane, married William Miles, of Great Saxham Hall, County Suffolk, and has issue, two sons and six daughters.

xii. Frances, married W. B. Brodie, Esq., late M.P. for Salisbury, and has issue, four sons and four daughters.

xiii. George Henry, living unmarried in 1856. Rev. Richard Webster Huntley, M.A. and

late Fellow of All Souls, Oxford, and Proctor for that University in 1825, is Rector of Boxwell and Vicar of Alberbury. He married Mary, daughter of Richard Lyster, Esq., M.P., of Rowton Castle, County Salop, and has issue,

i. Richard Freville, born 15th Dec., 1833, of the Inner Temple, Barrister-at-Law, of Balliol College. Oxford.

ii. Henry, born 23rd Feb., 1835, of Exeter College, Oxford.

Anns. Argent, or a Chevron sable, between three stags' heads, erased of the second, as many bugle horns of the first.

Crest. A Talbot ppr. Collared and lined or, on a wreath.

Motto. Je voul droit avoir.

Seat. Boxwell Court, Gloucestershire.

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