66 NOTES AND QUERIES. [12 s. vn. JULY 24, 1920. day, may assist some in tracing further particulars regarding this family : 1730. Gerald Keon of Brendrum, co. Leitrim,
- iad lease dated Dec. 16, 1730 of the Lands of
Brendrum from George Reynolds of Loughscur,
- co. Leitrim. Witnesses to the Lease being :
JLaurence Keon of Gartnagallam, co. Leitrim ; Ferdinand Reynolds of Kilclare, co. Leitrim, "yeoman ; Ferdinand Keon of Moreagh, co. Leitrim, gent. ; Thady Beirn of Glanta, co. Leitrim, gent. 1736 Garrett Keon of Brendrum, co. Leitrim, gent., and fferdinand Keon of Moreagh, co. Leitrim, gent., were witnesses to a Lease dated May 2, 1736, between George Reynolds of Loughscur, and Chidly Cunningham. 1738. Ferdinando Keon of Moreagh, co. Lei- - trim, gent., was witness to a Lease dated June 23, 1738, between George Reynolds of Loughscur .and others. 1753. Gerald Keon of Keonbrook, co, Leitrim, was married to Miss Plunkett of co. Roscommon .-about end of February or beginning of March, 1753. [Dublin Journal, Mar. 6, 1753.] 1759. Ferdinand Keon of Moreagh and Owen McKeon of Drumdoe, co. Leitrim, and Robert Keon of the City of Dublin, gent., were witnesses to Articles of Agreement, dated June 16, 1759, between Owen Reynolds of Cavan, co. Leitrim, -gent., and others. 1764. Robert Keon of Morea, co. Leitrim, an -eminent attorney, died ante Nov. 3, 1764. 1768. fferde Keon, mentioned as " my relation iterde Keon " by Toby Peyton of Lagheen, co. Leitrim, in his will dated June 2, 1768, and he was also a Witness to it. 1769. William Keon and Robert Keon, both of the City of Dublin, gents., were witnesses to a Deed of Lease and Release dated Nov. 28, 1769, between John Reynolds and William Reynolds, 'both of Cavan, co. Leitrim, farmers, and James Reynolds of Cavan, co. Leitrim, gent. 1771. William Keon of City of Dublin, gent., 'had lease dated Mar. 26, 1771, of Lands of Eden- more, co. Leitrim, from John Reynolds of Drum- -croman, co. Leitrim. Witnessed by : Thomas ' Cuffy, of City of Dublin, gent. ; Ambrose Keon of Moreagh, co. Leitrim, gent., and William Rey- nolds of Drumcroman, co. Leitrim, gent. Also a Lease of Lands of Gorteen, Barony and .co. of Leitrim. 1783. Miles Keon of Keonbrook, co. Leitrim, Esq., had Lease dated June 30, 1783, of Lands of 'Crortnegallen, then held, &c., by John O 'Brian, Esq., eldest son of William O'Brian of Dummolly, co. Leitrim, Esq. Witnessed by Hugh Berne of Carriek on Shannon, co. Leitrim, merchant. 1788. Patrick Keon of Drumdan and Thomas Reynolds of Cavan, co. Leitrim, gent., were -witnesses to a Lease dated Mar. 3, 1788, between .James Reynolds, and John Reynolds, his the said .James Reynolds' eldest son and heir, and Rebecca Reynolds, otherwise McComas, wife of said James "Reynolds, all of Aughintobber, co. Leitrim, and .others. 1789. Edward Keon of Hospital Hall, co. JLeitrim, died about July, 1789. HENRY FITZGERALD REYNOLDS. THE WARWICKSHIRE ARDENS. . THE family of Mary Arden, Shakespeare's mother, seems to have been a branch of the Arden family of Park Hall (French, ' Shakespeareana Geol.,' p. 466). Robert, her father, was the son of Thomas, appar- ently the son of Walter, of that place. Besides Thomas, Walter had several sons, some of whose genealogies are known. Walter died 1502. He mentions in his will a son Robert, who Mrs. Stopes (' Shakespeare's Environment,' p. 49) says was a Yeoman of the Chamber to Henry VII. There was, however, a Robert Arden of Bilton, co. Warwick', styled like Shake- speare's grandfather " husbandman," at this period. Bilton was at that time held, according to Dugdale, by the Trussells of Leicestershire. Robert had a son Thomas, and a wife Joan. There was also a widowed Agnes in the family, whose relationship is not clear. Robert held property in Cheyles- more Lane, Coventry, which he sold to William Ford, founder of the beautiful Coventry Hospital that bears his name. Three deeds in the Coventry Muniment Room (Drawer 14, bundle 13) record this transaction. In the first of these (dated Mar. 20, 18 Ken. VII., ie, 1502/3) Will. Burden of Watton, Herts, releases to Rob. Ardon [sic] of " Bylton," Warwickshire, all his rights in half a messuage in Cheynesmore Lane [sic]. The witnesses are Tho. Trene of " Bylton," Joh. Gresby, Rog. Nicols of the same, and others. In the second deed (Mar. 19, 22 Hen. VII., i.e., 1506/7) Rob. Arden and Thomas, his son, bind themselves under forfeiture of 201. to Will. Forth, merchant of the Staple of Calais, to cause Joan, Robert's wife, to appear before one of the king's justices before Pentecost to take proceedings in view of any right or title she has in such lands as Ford and his co-feoffees have purchased from Robert. There is one seal remaining a bird. No further mention of Joan appears, but there is a third deed, dated the following day, in which Agnes Ardon of " Bylton," widow, and Tho. Ardon, son of Robert Ardon of Bylton, release to Will. Forth of Coventry, merchant of the Staple of Calais ; Will. Pysford, merchant, sen. ; Will. Pysford, jun., mercer ; Tho. Forth and Joh. Bryan their rights in a messuage in
