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BURKE'S COLONIAL GENTRY. 197 I. Gladys Louise, b. 1878. II. Beatrice Alma Ashley, b. 11 ILincnae. ElCHAED DE VEEKON and Walter de Vernon. This family descends from tlie Lords of Vernon, in the Duchy of JNormandy. Their common ancestor, WlLUAAi DE Veknon, assvimed that sur- name from the town and district of Vernon, of which he was proprietor in 1052. This William had ttvo sons, fwho both came I into England with <j William the I CONQUEEOB. The l^elder, RiCHAED, LoED OF Veenon, was One of the barons created by Hugh Lupus, earl of the county palatine of Chester, by the title of Babon op Shipbeoke. This Richard, pccording to Domesday Book, was a consider- able landed proprietor. His 2nd son was, William db Veenon, whose great grand- sou, RiOHAED DE Veekon, m. Avice, daughter and co-heir with her sister, Elizabeth, of William de Avenell, of Haddon, co. Dei'by, and dying before his father, left four sons, whereof, I. Warine, who *. his grandfather as Baron of Shipbroke, m. Auda, daughter and co-heir of Williana Malbank, Baron of Wich-Malbank, now Nampt- wich, CO. Chester, with whom he acquired several manors in that shire, and by whom he had two sons, Warine and Ralph. He was s. by the elder, Warine, Baron of Shipbroke, who m. Margaret, daughter of Ralph de Andeville, and relict of Hugh de Altaribus, by whom he had a son, Warine (who d. s.p.), and three daughters, his co-heirs, viz. : Margery, m. to Richard de Wilbraham. Edith, m. to Sir William Staf- ford, Knt. Eohesia, m. to John Little- bury. These ladies, after a pro- longed litigation with their uncle, Ralph, were obliged to surrender to him a moiety of their patrimony. The son of this Ralph, Sir Ralph de Vernon, lived to a prodigious age and thence was called The old liver. He was a witness on the Scrope and Grosvenor controversy. II. Ralph, a priest, d. s.p. III. SiE William. IT. Robert. The 3rd son, SiE William de Veenon, Knt., chief justice of Chester, 15 Henuy III, m. Mar- gery, daughter of Sir Robert de Stokeport, and sister of Robert de Stokeport, who d. 1239, and acquired by her the manor of Appleby-Parva,andthe advowson of Appleby- Magna, in Leicestershire; he was s. by his son, SlE RiCHAED DE Veenon, who in 12.52 had a grant from King Henet III of the castle of the Peake, m. Margaret de Vipont, and was .?. by his son. Sib RiCHAED de Veenon, Knt. He m. 1st, Alionore, daughter of Giles de Frenes, which lady d. s.p. ; and, 2ndly, Juliana, daughter of William de Vesey (by Agnes, daughter of William de Ferrars, Earl of Derby), by whom he acquired Har- laston. By her he had a son, SiE RiCHABD DE Veenon, who TO. Matilda, daughter and co-heir, with her sister, Alio- nore, of Sir William Camville, Lord of Aston and Clifton Camville, summoned to Parlia- ment as baron, 2nd and 4th Edwabd II. Sir Richard d. before his father, leaving a son, William, ten years old, and a daughter, Isa- bella, who m. in 1337 Sir Richard Stafl'ord. The son. Sib William de Veenon, Knt., b. 1312 — 13 ; m. Margaret, daughter of Robert, Baron de Stopford, and was s. by his son. Sib RiCHAED de Veenon, Knt., of Haddon and Harleston, who in. Juliana, daughter of Robert, or Roger, de Pembruge (by Juliana Zouche), and sister and heir of Eulco de Pembruge, and d. 1377, leaving a son and successor, SiE RiCHAED DE Vebnon, Knt., of Had- don and Harlaston, b. 1370 ; m. Johanna, 2nd daughter and heiress, with her sister Isabella, of Richard Stackpole. (After her sister Isabella's death, who was widow of Rese ap GritBth, she became possessed of the Griffith and Somerville estates.) Sir Richard Vernon d. in 1401, leaving two sons and two daughters. The eldest son. Sib RiCHAED Vernon, b. 1394 — 95, in. Benedicta, daughter of Sir John Lndlowe (he inherited Tong, co. Salop, on the death, in 1446, of Isabella, the widow of Eulco de Pembruge). He was speaker of the Parliament held at Leicester in 1425, and treasurer of Calais ; d. 1451, aged 56, and was s. by his eldest surviving sou, StE William Veenon, Knt., J. 1416; m. Margaret, daughter and heir of Sir William Swyufen, Knt., by Jocosa, youngest daughter of William Durvassal als Spernore ; she was also heiress of Robert Pype. Sir William was knight-constable of England ; he d. in 1467, aged 46, leaving four sons and four daughters. He was s. by his eldest son, SiE Henbt Vebnon, Lord of Haddon, &e., governor and treasurer to Prmce Arthur, eldest son and heir apparent of King Henex VII ; the Prince spent much of his time