erected for himself, with this remarkable inscription : FULKE GREVILLE, SERVANT TO QUEEN ELIZABETH, The present Mr. Fulke Southwell Gre- Arms. Sa. on a cross engr. or. five pellets, all within a bordure engr. of the second. Crest. Out of a ducal coronet gu. a swan, wings expanded arg. beaked of the first. Motto. Vix ea nostra voco. Esq., KENT.-MATTHEW BELL, of Bourne House, near Canterbury, son of the late John Bell, Esq., of Lincoln's Inn, the wellknown Queen's Counsel-the friend and contemporary of Sir Samuel Romilly, and all the eminent lawyers of his day. His native county was Westmoreland. The present High Sheriff is married to Fanny, daughter of Thomas Bigge, Esq., of the ancient family of Bigge, of Linden, in Northumberland. Arms. Sa. on a chev. between three church bells arg. as many lions' heads couped gu. Crest. A lion's head erased. NORTHUMBERLAND.-SIR WALTER CALVERLEY TREVELYAN, Bart., of Wallington. This gentleman whose family possessed the Lordship of Tre Villion, in Cornwall, at a period antecedent to the Norman Conquest, resides generally at his Somersetshire seat of Nettlecombe. The Northumberland property comes to him through his great-grandmother Julia, only daughter of Sir Walter Calverley, Bt., of Calverley, and sister and heir of Sir Walter Calverley Blackett, Bart. The mansion of Wallington is one of the finest residences in the north. The old Tower owed its erection to the Strothers; the stone house adjoining was added by the Fenwicks, and the present edifice arose in the time of the first Sir William Blackett. In border song, this noble residence frequently occurs and is invariably given precedence of its neighbours : "Harnham was headless, Bradford, breadless, Arms. Gu. a demi horse, ar. hoofed and maned, or. issuing out of water in base, ppr. Crest. Two arms counter-embowed, ppr. habited az., holding in the hands a bezant. Supporters. Two Dolphins. Motto. Time Trieth Troth. HIGH SHERIFFS OF ENGLAND. NORFOLK-EDWARD ROGER PRATT, Esq., of Ryston, the representative of an old county family, which possessed, in the reign of Henry VIII., the estate and manor of Carles in Hockwold, and shortly after obtained Ryston, by marriage with the heiress of Walter Gylour, Esq., of that place. Sir Roger Pratt, who was knighted by King Charles II., for his exertions after the great fire of 1666, in rebuilding the city of London, in concert with Sir Christopher Wren, was a scion of the Ryston family. The present High Sheriff is grandson of the late Edward Pratt, Esq., of Ryston, by Blanche, his wife, daughter of Sir Jacob Astley, Bart., and great-grandson of Roger Pratt, Esq., of Ryston, by Henrietta, his wife, daughter of Sir Robert Davers, Bart., and Mary, his wife, one of the coheirs of Thomas, last Lord Jermyn. Arms. Ar. on a chev. sa. between two ogresses, each charged with a martlet of the first in chief, and an ogress in base, charged with a trefoil slipped ar. three mascles or quartering GYLOUR, viz. sa. on a chev. ar. between three pewitts' heads erased erm. beaked gu. as many annulets of the field. Crest. Between a branch of oak, and another of pine, each fructed or. a wolf's head, per pale ar. and sa. gorged with a collar, charged with three roundels, all counterchanged, largued and erased gu. Motto. Rident florentia prata. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. WILLIAM BRUCE STOPFORD, Esq., of Drayton House, fourth son of the late Hon. and Rev. Richard Bruce Stopford, Canon of Windsor, who was brother of the late, and uncle of the present Earl of Cour town. The estate of Drayton, Mr. Stopford possesses in right of his wife, Caroline Harriet, daughter and heir of the Hon George Germain, which lady succeeded to it on the death of her uncle, Charles, last Duke of Dorset. Arms. Az. three lozenges or. between nine cross crosslets of the last. AN ESCUTCHEON of PRETENCE for SACKVILLE and GERMAIN quarterly. Crest. A wivern vert. Motto. Patriæ infelici fidelis. NOTTS.-The RIGHT HON. EDWARD STRUTT, of Kingston Hall, son of the late William Strutt, Esq., of St. Helen's House, Derby, F.R.S., by Barbara, his wife, dau. of Thomas Evans, Esq. and grandson of Jedidiah Strutt, Esq., who Arms. Sa. a chev. erminois, betw. three cross crosslets fitchée, or. Crest. A dexter arm erect, couped at the elbow, habited sa. cuff erminois, the sleeve with a cross charged on crosslet fitchée or., holding in the hand ppr. a roll of parchment of the last. Motto. Propositi tenax. RUTLANDSHIRE.-The HON. WILLIAM MIDDLETON NOEL, of Ketton, fifth son of the late Baroness Barham, and brother of the present Earl of Gainsborough. In 1838, he was elected M.P. for Rutlandshire, at the decease of his father, Sir Gerard Noel, Bart., but resigned his seat in 1840. In 1839, he was appointed to the command of the Rutland militia. The Noels have for ages been of eminence. In the time of Elizabeth, Sir Andrew Noel, of Dalby, the father of the first Lord as to vie with noblemen of the largest Campden, lived in such magnificence fortunes. He stood high in the favour of his royal mistress, by whom he was knighted; but the expenses he became involved in, occasioned the sale of his fine manor of Dalby, and the following distich, which the Queen made on the occasion:: "The word of denial, and letter of fifty, Is that gentleman's name who will never be thrifty." Arms. Or. fretty gu, a canton erm. Crest. A buck at gaze, arg. attired or. Motto. Tout bien ou rien. HIGH SHERIFFS OF ENGLAND. family. Mr. R. M. Leeke's grandfather, Ralph Leeke, Esq., served as High Sheriff of Shropshire in 1796. Arms. Ar. on a chief gu., a fleur-de-lis or., over all a bend. engr. az. Crest. A leg couped at the thigh ar. charged with two fleur-de-lis. Motto. Agendo gnaviter. SOMERSTSHIRE. LANGLEY ST. ALBYN, Esq., of Alfoxton. This gentleman, whose patronymic is Gravenor, succeeded to the estates in Somerset and Devon, of his paternal great uncle, the Revd. Lancelot St. Albyn, M.A., and assumed, by royal licence, the surname and arms of St. Albyn only. The family, from which he derives, and of which he is now the representative, became established at Alfoxton on the marriage in 1439 of John St. Albyn, Esq., of Paracombe (a descendant of the Norman, St. Albine), with Joan, dau. and heir of Richard Popham, Esq., of that place. Mr. Langley St. Albyn was born 13th Aug. 1785, and married 10th. Feb. 1810, Frances, only surviving dau. of the Rev. L. H. Luxton, of Ash Priors, co. Somerset. Arms. Erm. on a bend sa. three bezants. Crest. A wolf sejant erm. collar, ring, and line reflexed over the back or. Motto. Deus meus dux meus. SOUTHAMPTON, Co.-JOSEPH MARTINEAU, ESQ., of Basing Park, eldest son of the late John Martineau, Esq. of Stamford Hill, Middlesex, and a near relative of Miss Martineau, the distinguished writer. He purchased Basing Park from Sir Thos. B. Lethbridge, Bart. in 1835. Arms. Paly of six, or. and gu.; on a fesse of the last three roses ar. Crest. A martin ppr. STAFFORDSHIRE.-JOSIAH SPODE, Esq., of Armitage Park. SUFFOLK.-SIR THOMAS ROKEWODE GAGE, Bart of Hengrave Hall. The Gages of Hengrave are a branch of the noble House of Gage of Firle, springing from Sir Edward Gage (3rd son of Sir John Gage, Bt., of Firle), who inherited from his mother Lady Penelope D'Arcy, dau. and co-heir of Thomas Earl Rivers, the estate of Hengrave. The present High Sheriff, who is 8th Baronet of his family, was born in 1810, and assumed the additional surname and arms of Rokewoode, by sign manual, in 1843, under the will of his uncle, John Gage Rokewoode, Esq., of Coldham Hall, Suffolk. Arms. Gironny of four az. and arg. a saltire gu. Crest. A ram passant arg. armed or. SURREY.-JAMES WILLIAM FRESHFIELD, Esq., of Moor Place, Betchworth. This gentleman, who was formerly head of the eminent legal firm which bears his name, and has been so long connected with the Bank of England, claims to be a descendant of the ancient baronial family of Frescheville. Arms. Az. a bend. between six escallops ar. Crest. A demi-angel issuing from a wreath, ppr. Crined and winged or. on the head a cross formée of the last, vested in pale, and the arms in armour, ppr., holding in both hands an arrow in bend. feathered and headed ar. or., SUSSEX-GEORGE CAMPION COURTHOPE, Esq., of Whiligh. The Courthopes are an old Sussex family, and gave a Sheriff to the county, 3rd William and Mary, when George Courthope was appointed. Arms. Arg. a fesse az. between three estoiles of six points sa. Crest. A demi stag salient gu. attired and charged with three estoiles or. WARWICKSHIRE.-DARWIN GALTON, Esq., of Edstone, eldest son of the late Samuel Tertius Galton, Esq., of Duddeston House, co. Warwick, by Frances Anne Violetta, eldest dau. of Erasmus Darwin M.D., the poet. He possesses Edstone in right of his wife, Mary Elizabeth, eldest dau. and co-heir of John Phillips, Esq., of that place. Arms. Erm. on a fesse engr. gu. betw. six fleur-de-lis of the second, an eagle's head erased, arg. between two bezants. Crest. On a mount vert, an eagle erm. looking up at the sun or. its claw resting on a fleur-de-lis gu. Motto. Gaudet luce General, Edmund Ludlow, Governor General of Ireland, who died at Vevay, in Switzerland, in 1693. The present High Sheriff is the only son of the late Abraham Ludlow, Esq., and Susanna, his wife, only child and heir of Gaisford Gibbs, Esq., of Heywood House. He was born 11th Aug., 1809, and married 27th Aug., 1833, Fanny, dau. of the late Robert Clerk, Esq., of Padworth House, Berks Arms. Arg. a chev. sa. between three bears' heads eased ppr. Crest. First a lion rampt., and second a dexter arm embowed in armour, holding in the hand a battle-axe ppr. Motto. Nec temere nec timide. WORCESTERSHIRE.-JOHN GREGORY WATKINS, Esq., of Woodfield, the representative of a highly respectable family which came originally from Brecknockshire, and settled in Worcestershire about the year 1630. His father, the late John Watkins, Esq., of Woodfield, succeeded in 1789 to the estates of his kinsman, Gregory Watkins, Esq., of Hagley, and died in 1837. Mr. Watkins, who is a County Magistrate, was born 4th June, 1803, and married 9th Sept., 1834, Eliz. Randle, only dau. of John Parker, Esq., of Balsall Heath. Arms. Az. on a chev. between three escallops arg. as many leopards' faces jessant de lis, gu. Crest. A talbot's head arg. erased and gorged with a collar of cinquefoils gu. Motto. Ffyddlawn Beunydd. YORKSHIRE. WILLIAM RUTSON, Esq., of Newby Wiske, and Nunnington, co. York, a Magistrate and Deputy Lieutenant of the North Riding. The family of Rutson, was resident at Kendal, co. Westmoreland, during the 17th century, of which town, Robert Rutson son of William Rutson and Agnes Osliff, his wife, served as Mayor in 1752. His son, William Rutson, Esq., also filled the same office, in 1773: he died 4th April, 1793, leaving by Elizabeth Calton, his wife, a son and successor, William Calton Rutson, Esq., an eminent merchant of Liverpool, who m. 16th Dec., 1790, Frances, only child of Simon Wrather, Esq., and Margaret Beckwith, his wife, and died 26th March, 1817, leaving surviving issue, a dau., Fanny, wife of Wm. James, Esq., of Barrock Park, Cumberland, and a son, the present WILLIAM RUTSON, Esq., of Newby Wiske, and Nunnington, who married 17th February, 1825, Charlotte Mary, dau. of William Ewart, Esq., and has three surviving sons, John, Henry, and Albert Osliff, and two daus., Charlotte Fanny, and Jane Margaret. CORRESPONDENCE. To the Editor of the St. James's Magazine. DEAR SIR,-Amongst your numerous admirers and correspondents, do you think I am likely to obtain any information respecting the futher and ancestors of Andrew Carmichael, residing in Dublin in 1693, then about 18 years of age. In 1702 or 1703, he was at the Glasgow University, and had before that married a Miss Montgomery, of Killelegh, co. Down, Ireland. Your insertion of this in your next number will much oblige, Your obedient Servant, LOYAL TO THE LAST To the Editor of the St. James's Magazine. SIR, Several typographical mistakes occur in the notice inserted in the January No. of the St. James's Magazine, relative to the De Maris family. In the first place, the name should have been printed "D'Alneto," not D'Alveto, as rendered; and in the few names given, the names are " Pensford," (not Persford) "Belluton," (not Bellaton ;) "Exton, (not Eyton.) Can you, Mr. Editor, or any of your antiquarian friends, give particulars relative to the family or descendants of" Robert de Mareyes," or "Mareis," who, in conjunction with the Abbot of Winchcombe, William Pinchpole, held the Manor of Winrush, Edward II., anno 1315, "Nom Villar."-(See Fosbrooke's Gloucestershire.) Richard de Maris, or De Marisco, the Chancellor, during the reigns of John and Henry III. (afterwards Bishop of Durham), though cotemporary historians assign him to have been brother to Sir Geoffrey de Maris, the Irish Justiciary, yet he is inserted in the English College as bearing the royal arms, with a bendlet sinister, denoting royal illegitimacy. Can you, or any of your correspondents say who his royal father was, and give the Christian name of his mother? Clifton, Bristol, January 16, 1850. To the Editor of the St. James's Magazine. M. SIR,-As many of your subscribers have obtained genealogical information by correspondence, through the medium of the St. James's Magazine, I am induced to request that you will insert in one of your next numbers, an inquiry whether any of your readers could tell me anything about the family of Miller, of Dorsetshire, prior to the year 1530 or thereabouts. For nearly two centuries after that period they were seated at Winterbourne Carne and Little Bridy, in that county, and bore for arms "Azure four mascles, one, two, one, or.," which are set down to that name at the Herald's College, in a roll of arms compiled from several old ones, but chiefly one drawn up about the time of Edward IV. From this I infer that the family belonged to the class of gentry before the sixteenth century, and more especially as the arms themselves offer by their simplicity a striking contrast to those granted in the time of the Tudors. I should also mention that the name Meller occurs in some copies of the Roll of Battle Abbey, Being a lineal descendant of the family, I am very |