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BURKE'S COLONIAL GENTRY. 303 knights of liis body at the siege of Therouene and TourDay, &c. He m. first, Eleanor, daughter and co-heir of Sir Richard Sorope, Knt., of Upaal, co. York, by whom he had issue, I. Edmund (Sir), of Felbrigg. He ob- tained from Hei^rt VIII., with whom he was a favourite, large grants out of the confiscated Church lands. He m. Susan, daughter of Sir Roger Towns- hend, of Raynham, Norfolk, and was s. by his son, Francis (Sir), barrister-at-law, who was made one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas, 21st Elizabeth. His lordship and his two brothers dying s.p., Fel- brigg and other estates devolved upon the heirs of their uncle, John, of whom presently. II. John (Sir), of Orchard Wyndham. I. Margaret, m. Sir Andrew Luttrell, Ent., of Dunster Castle, Somerset. II. Mary, m. Sir Erasmus Paston, Knt., ancestor of the Earls of Yarmouth. III. Elizabeth, d. s.p. Sir Thomas m. secondly, Elizabeth, daugh- ter of Sir Henry Wentworth, K.B., of Nettle- sted, and rehct of Sir Roger D'Arcy, by whom he had one son. Sir Thomas Wyndham, an eminent naval officer. The line of Edmund, the eldest son of Sir Thomas, failing as above, we proceed with the second son. Sir John Wtndham, who was knighted at the coronation of Edward VI. He m. Elizabeth, daughter and co-heir of John Sydenham, Esq. of Orchard, Somerset, and thus acquired that estate, which now retains the name of Orchard Wyndliam. Sir John had (with four daughters, Margaret, m. John Fraunceis ; Eleanor, m. Thomas Carne ; Catherine, m. Christopher Wood ; and Eliza- beth, m. — Welch) four sons, I. John, m. Florence, daughter of John, and sister and co-heir of Nicholas Wadham, Esq. of Merrifield, Somerset (founder of Wadham College, Oxford) , by whom he left at his decease, 25th August, 1572, v.p., an only son, John (Sir), heir to his grandfather. II. Edmund, of Eentsford, m. Mary, daughter and co-heir of Richard Chamberlaine, Esq., alderman of Lon- don, and liad, with other issue, Thomas (Sir), of Kentsford, m. Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Coningsby, Esq. of Hampton Court, and by her had several children; of the sons, most of them were engaged in the service of Charles I. The fourth son, Colonel Francis Wyndham, is memorable for having con- ducted King Charles II. to his seat at Trent, after the battle of Worcester. Colonel Wyndham, for his devotion to the royal cause during the civil wars, was created a baronet. He m. Anne, daugh- ter and co-heir of Thomas Gerard, Esq. of Trent, with whom he acquired that estate, and d. in 1676, leaving three sons, 1. Thomas (Sir), second baronet of Trent, whose only daughter and heir, Anne, m. William James, Esq. of Ight- ham Court, in Kent. 2. Gerard, d. unm. 3. Francis (Sir), third bar- onet, whose son, Thomas, d. v.p., leaving a son, Francis, fourth baronet, who d. young ; and a daughter, Frances, m. Henry Bromley, Esq., afterwards Lord Mont- fort. Hugh (Sir), fourth son, created a baronet 4th August, 1641, but by Mary, his wife, daughter of Christopher Alanson, Esq. of London, leaving only daughters and co-heirs, his title became extinct. III. Humphrey, of Wivehscombe, in Somerset, whose only daughter and heir, Elizabeth, m. John CoUes, Esq. of Barton. IT. Charles, ancestor of the Windhams OE Sandhill. Sir John Wyndham was s. by his grand- son, Sir John Wtndham, Knt. of Orchard- Wyndham, m. Joan, daughter of Sir Henry Portman, of Orchard, and had issue, I. John, of Orchard-Wyndham, ancestor of the Earls of Egremont (see Burke's Extinct Peerage) . II. Henry, d. unm. 1613. III. Thomas, of Felbrigg, ancestor of the distinguished statesman, the Right Hon. William Windham, of Felbrigg, who d. in 1810. IT. Francis, d. 1624. T. George, d. young, 1624. Tl. George (Sir), of Uffords, near Cro- mer, Norfolk, knighted 16th July, 1633 ; m. twice, but had issue only by his second wife, Frances, daughter and co-heir of James Davy, Esq. of Suf- field, a son and successor, Francis, of Ufibrd's Manor, m. Sarah, daughter of Sir Thomas Dayrell, of Shudy Camps, co. Cambridge, and dying 1694, left issue, Francis, of Ufford's Manor, whose son, John, of Cromer, m. Elizabeth, only child of Richard Dalton, Esq., and ■was ancestor of the Wtnd- HAMS OE CrOMEE HaLL, Norfolk. Thomas, m. first, Jane, daughter