DUGDALE, OF MEREVALE. 489 the most elaborate of which—The BARoN when he bequeathed his estates to (the son Age of ENGLAND, remains yet unrivalled. of his sister Jane,) his nephew, Richard Sir William wedded Margery, second dau. GEAst ; and thus terminated the MALE line of John Huntbach, esq. of Seawall, in the of the great genealogist, Sir William Dug county of Stafford, by whom (who died in DALE. 1681) he had issue to survive infancy, The family of Geste or Ghest, derives John, his successor. from Mary, m. to Daniel White, of London. John Geste or Ghest, of Handsworth, in Elizabeth, m. first, to Elias Ashmole, the county of Stafford, who was admitted esq. secondly, to John Reynolds. tenant of copyhold lands there, in the 12 Anne, m. to Thomas Hill, of London. HENRY VII. He m. Margaret, daughter Martha, m. to Edward Daniel, of Lon and heiress of Thomas Hawkes, and great don. granddaughter of Henry Hawkes, of Hop Judith, m. to Heny Joyce, of London. wode, in the county of Worcester, close to Jane, d. unm. in 1720. Row Heath, in right of whom John Ghest Margery, m. to George Dod, esq. claimed a messuage and lands there. By Lettice, m. to Bruyn Radford, esq. of this lady he had issue, London. Richard, his heir. Helen, m. to Anthony Fitzpatrick, esq. Lăurence, of Row Heath, to whose son He died on the 10th February, 1685-6, and William, Thomas Blount and George was s. by his son, Tokey, esqrs. granted Owley Grange, Sir John Dugdale, knt. b. in 1628. This in Worcestershire, for a thousand gentleman adopting the profession of his years. eminent father, was appointed Windsor 'Thomas, whose son, Herald in 1675, and Norroy King of Arms EDMUND, having taken holy orders in 1686, when he received the honor of acquired high distinction in the knighthood. He m. first, in 1662, Mary, church. He was appointed Arch second daughter and co-heir of Alexander deacon of Canterbury, in 1559, Baker, gent. of New Windsor, and had consecrated Bishop of Roches issue, ter in 1560, and constituted Bi

William, his heir. - shop Almoner of Salisbury, in Mary, m. to Anthony Townshend, esq. eleven years after. His Lord of Herm, in Denbighshire. ship d. in 1676, and was interred Sir John Dugdale espoused secondly, in in Salisbury Cathedral, to the 1671, Elizabeth, only daughter and heiress dean and chapter of which, he of Thomas Pidgeon, an alderman of Co bequeathed his library. ventry, and had a daughter, Elizabeth, who The elder son, wedded, first, Thomas Skeffington, esq. of Skeffington, and, secondly, William Hyde, Rich ARD GEste, of Handsworth, d. in esq. of Langtoft, in Lincolnshire. He d. in 1541, and was s. by his son, 1700, and was s. by his son, John Geste, esq. of Handsworth, who William Dugdale, esq. of Blyth Hall, left at his decease in 1601, (with a younger who m. in 1686, Judith, youngest daughter son Henry, who m. Dorothea Smallwood, of of John Gough, esq. of Bushbury, in Staf Queyslade,) his successor, fordshire, and had issue, Richa Rd Geste, esq. of Handsworth. John, his successor. This gentleman wedded, on the 4th Febru William, killed by a fall from his ary, 1595-6, Elizabeth, daughter of Roger Cooper Piddocke, esq. of Windsor Green, in horse in 1733. - Elizabeth, died unmarried. Warwickshire, and had issue, JANE, m. to Richard GEAst, esq. of John, his successor. Handsworth, in the county of Staf Maria, m. in 1616, to Thomas Ashford, ford. esq. Judith, m. in 1710, to Francis Bickley, Elizabeth, m. in 1625, to Abraham esq. of Kingsbury. Their daughter, Errington, esq. *: wedded William Francis Cor Martha bet *. esq. and was grandmother Jane. of Sir John Dugdale Astley, bart. The son and heir, Isabella, d. unmarried. Joh N Geste, esq. b. 8th January, 1601, Mr. Dugdale d. 19th February, 1714, and resided at Hopwode, and marrying in 1627, was s. by his elder son, Joan, daughter of John Court, esq. of Stud John Dugdale, esq. of Blyth Hall. This ley, in the county of Warwick, was s. at his gentleman, who was Moubray Herald Ex decease in 1649, (when he was seized of traordinary in the reigns of GeoRGE I. and lands at Handsworth,) by his son, George II. died s. p. 4th August, 1749, Richard GEast, csq. who wedded in