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NOTES AND QUERIES. [9 th s. XH. SEM. 26, 1003.
proved 1 June, 1657. The 'other was the
second son of Henry Gorges, of Batcombe,
co. Somerset, and was brother of Dr. Kobert
Gorges, of Kilbrew, co. Meath (secretary to
Henry Cromwell and Duke of Schomberg),
a great-grandson of Sir William Gorges, of
St. Budeaux, <kc. This Col. John Gorges
was Governor of Londonderry, M.P. for Derry,
Donegal, and Tyrone, 1659 ; of Soraerseate,
co. Londonderry. He died 1680. He was
married twice, his first wife being Edith
Symes, and his second wife Jane, daughter
of Henry, second Lord Blayney. He had
issue by both these ladies, the males of
whom, however, died out, s.p., in two genera-
tions. The Ferdinando Gorges who built
Eye Manor House, co. Hereford, was of
another branch distinct from Sir Ferdinando
Gorges. He was fourth son of the above
Henry Gorges of Batcorabe, and likewise a
great-grandson of Sir William Gorges. His
daughter Barbara married her cousin (Earl
of Coningsby). The ' D.N.B.' refers to this
ferdmando Gorges in a most vindictive
manner, for reasons I am unable to fathom,
and quotes him as " sometimes styled Captain
Gorges." I have not come across a single
reason for this. Nor was he from Barbados.
He was a merchant of London (of the Ex-
change), and traded with the West Indies.
His second wife was the daughter of a Bar-
bados family. I hardly think he would have
been given the freedom of the city of Salisbury
had he been as black as the 'D.N.B.' paints
him. No doubt this is due to another mix-
up between the numerous Ferdinandos.
With regard to the Gorges monument restored in memory of Sir Ferdinando Gorges at bt. Budeaux, it is difficult to understand the connexion between it and the " Historical TT ie y i? i cifciz ens of the State of Maine, U.b., the St. Budeaux Gorges being entirely distinct from Sir Ferdinando's branch. I am afraid that some of the dates have been restored at the same time. The tablet states that Sir Wilham Gorges was buried there oh. 1583. He, however, died in the Tower of London, and was buried in the churchyard of ot. Peter ad Vincula, Tower Hill, 1584 Ad ministration was granted Lady Winifred relict, lately of St. Peter, London, 4 January' 1585. She was buried in Bath Abbey 1599 t is also stated that Tristram Gorges oh 1607 He was buried 8 May, 1608. Referring to the Gorges arms emblazoned on this monu- ment, why the mark of cadency ? Lozenev or and azure, a chevron gules, were the arms granted Sir Theobald Gorges as a new coat VJ -?i Ot , tho Lozen gy or and azure of D e Morville, formerly borne by the Gorges.
Therefore there is no necessity for the mark
of cadency. It was not until 1640 that
Sir Ferdinando received his charter from
Charles I., though in the previous year he had
been nominated Lord Palatine of Maine. jRe
St. Budeaux inaccuracies in print : Tristram
Gorges's marriage is given as 21 April, 1572 ;
per register, 2 February, 1572. Burial, 18 May,
1607; register, 8 May, 1608. Birth of son
William, 28 November, 1584 ; register,
23 November, 1584, bapt. Under these cir-
cumstances he would have been baptized
five days before his birth ! Comment is
superfluous. THORNE GEOEGE.
Your correspondents appear to be unaware of the publication in 1890, by the Prince Society of Boston, Massachusetts, of a work by J. P. Baxter, A.M., entitled 'Sir Ferdi- nando and his Province of Maine.' It consists of three 4 to (7 in. by 8 in.) volumes (pp. 260, 270, 315), and is well illustrated. A view of the ' Church of St. Budeaux, Devon, con- taining the Gorges Family Monument, restored by the Maine Historical Society,' forma the frontispiece to the third volume. It includes an extended memoir of Sir F. Gorges; a copy of the charter of the province of Maine, 3 April, 1639 ; transcripts of his will, of documents relating to the Essex conspiracy, in which he was more or less involved, and of other works ; a remarkably full genealogy of the Gorges family (pp. 42) ; and transcripts of his correspondence extending from 1595 to 1646, and occupying upwards of 300 pages.
T. N. BRUSHFIELD, M.D. Salterton, Devon.
Allow me to refer your correspondents who are interested in this family to the pedigree which is given of Gorges of Longford, co. Wilts, m Burke's 'History of the Extinct baronetage.' The honour is there said to iiave been created 25 November, 1612, and to have become extinct in September, 1712. Ihe arms are engraved as Arg., a whirl- pool azure. In Boutell's 'English Heraldry,' under the name Gauges or Gorges, the coat is detmed as a " charge formed of a spiral line ot blue on a white field, and supposed to represent a whirlpool, borne by R. de Gorges." tie, it appears, died seised of the manor of Wraxall, inter alia, 17 Edward II.
Burke in the above-named book omits the Tests, as they are unimportant compared with the arms. JOHN PICKFORD, M.A.
Newbourne Rectory, Woodbridge.
LLOYD FAMILY (9 th S. xii. 189).-! believe
ground Lloyd was an ancestor of John
Lloyd Deputy Town Clerk of Cardiff in the
rst half of the nineteenth century. ME
