. The Houblon family, its story and times. re, and how thegrandfather of Susanna assumed the former name onhis succession to the Archer property through his first marriage.^ It may be added that theEyre family of Derbyshire was secondto none in that county for ancient anddistinguished lineage, and it may alsobe observed how it happened thatthrougfh the failure of heirs-male inthree generations—Susanna, the thirdof her Christian name, came to unitein her person not only the name andlands of Eyre and Archer, but those ofNewton also. This later inheritancewas also the signal for a change ofname,
. The Houblon family, its story and times. re, and how thegrandfather of Susanna assumed the former name onhis succession to the Archer property through his first marriage.^ It may be added that theEyre family of Derbyshire was secondto none in that county for ancient anddistinguished lineage, and it may alsobe observed how it happened thatthrougfh the failure of heirs-male inthree generations—Susanna, the thirdof her Christian name, came to unitein her person not only the name andlands of Eyre and Archer, but those ofNewton also. This later inheritancewas also the signal for a change ofname, assumed, as is expressed in theGazette recording the fact, out of affectionate respectto the said family of Newton.^ Mrs. Houblon Newton, as she was now called, wasjustly proud of her Newton ancestors. A grand oldpedigree roll (drawn for Frances Newton, Lady Cobham,in 1584), a precious heirloom in the Newton family, wasnow continued down the generations, till in Susannaherself we have the representative of the long andillustrious line.^. Arms of Eyre. FROM PEDIGREE ROLL, 1584. Sir John Newton = Margaret, d. of alias Cradog, Kt. Sir Anthony Pointz, Kt. Wyllyam, = Frauncys, Lord Cobhamnow Lyvynge. d. to Sir JohnNewton nowLyvynge. Sir Henry = Katrin, d. to Nazareth. Newtonnow Lyvynge. Y Sir , Kt. The LordPagett. ^ See table of Mrs. Houblon Newtons descent, at end of volume. 2 Dated Whitehall, 29 June 1819. ^ The roll, which is finely emblazoned, was doubtless bequeathed to herbrother, Sir Henry Newton, by Lady Cobham. In it the earlier generationsare designated as Caradoc or Kradog, lords of Newton and Nangel in Wales.
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