Collins's peerage of England; genealogical, biographical, and historical . f real sorrowto hundreds. His Grace was the common benefactor of whom-soever lived around him ; and as a landlord, was regarded as thebest in England. Very few of those who held farms on the ex-tensive domains of the Duke have had their rents advanced duringthe thirty years iti which his Grace wag their landlord. It is re-ported, that the principal estates, including Grimsthorpe, devolveon lady Willoughby of Eresby, and the large personal propertyon Mr. Colyear, son of Lord Milsington, and grandson to theDuke by his onl
Collins's peerage of England; genealogical, biographical, and historical . f real sorrowto hundreds. His Grace was the common benefactor of whom-soever lived around him ; and as a landlord, was regarded as thebest in England. Very few of those who held farms on the ex-tensive domains of the Duke have had their rents advanced duringthe thirty years iti which his Grace wag their landlord. It is re-ported, that the principal estates, including Grimsthorpe, devolveon lady Willoughby of Eresby, and the large personal propertyon Mr. Colyear, son of Lord Milsington, and grandson to theDuke by his only daughter. * * Cent. Mag Ixxir. p. 189. 308 PEERAGE OF ENGLAND. General Bertie married about 1795, the widow of .... Scropc,Esq. but I believe has no issue. Creations. Earl of Lindsey in com. Line, by letters patentdated November 22d, l626, 2 Car, I. Arms, iSfc. Same as Duke of Ancaster, with exception of thecoronet. ^ The occunence of the Dukes death at the moment this sheet is passingthe preset ii the cause of this imperfect article- EARL OF PETERBOROUGH, &c. 30f. MORDAUNT, EARL OF PETERBOROUGH ANDMONMOUTH. It appears from the records of this family, collected in the reigiiof King Charles II. anJ printed at the charge of Henry Earl ofPeterborough^ * that Osbert le Mordaunt, a Norman Knight,was possessed of Radwell in Bedfordshire, by the gift of hisbrother, which he had of William the Conqueror, for his services,and the service of his father, in the conquest of this kingdom, asis evident from the following charter. Eustachius de Sancto ^Egidio omnibus hominibus & amlcissuis tam Francigenis, quam Anglicis, salutem. Sciatis me de-disse, & hac praesenti charta confirmasse, Osberto dicto le Mor-daunt, fratri meo, pro homagio & servitio suo, terram raeam deRadwell, cum omnibus pertinentiis, & libertatibus suis, sibi &hseredibus ejus, tenendum de me & hseredibus meis, libere &quiete, honorifice & haereditarie, sicut ilium ego inter alia recepiac tenui de donatione & muniticentia W
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