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ABINGDON. 31 the Prince aimed at the Crown he steadfastly opposed him,( a ) and exerted nil his influence against declaring the throne vacant. He was, however, again nominated Lord Lieut, of Oxon., was Chief Justice in Eyre of all Royal Forests south of the Trent, and was High Steward of Oxford. He m. firstly, Eleanora, 1st da. and at length sole 1. of Sir Henry Lkk of Quarendnn, 3rd Bart., by Anne, da. of Sir John Daxvkiss of Cornbury. Oxon., sister and coheir of Henry D. She d. 31 May 1691, and was bur. at Rycote Chapel, in the parish of Haseley, Oxon. See an elegy on her by the poet Dryden. He m, secondly, in 1698, Catherine, Dow. Viscountess Wesman 1st da. and coheir of Sir Thomas CHAMBERLAINS, 2nd Bart., by Margaret, da. of Edmund Prioeaux. He d 22 May 1699, in his 46th year and was bur. at Rveote Chapel. Will dat. 27 July 1 6.S3 nr.. with three cods., 3 Feb. 1699-1700. His widow hi. (for her third husband) Francis Whmmhko; of Estcourt, Wilts, who died there 8 May 173:1, and was hur. at Long Nowntoii, Wilts. Her will dat. 9 July 1741 (signed " Catherine Abingdon," and directing her burial to be at Newntou) ; pr. 5 March 1741-2 by William Wroughton. II. 1699. 2. MoifTAGt) (Bertie, afterwards Venaijles-IIertie), Earl ok Ahinodon, &c, s. and h. by first wife. He was M.P. for Berks, 1689; for Oxon.. 1690, ]69"> and 169S; B.C. to Queen Anne and Geo. 1; Constable and Lord Lieut, of the Tower of London ; Lord Lieut, of Oxon. ; Chief Justice in Eyre; Recorder and High Steward of Oxford, &c He was also one of the nineteen Lords nominated to govern the Kingdom after the death of Queen Anne till the arrival of George I. He hi. firstly, 22 May 16S7, Anne (styled "Baroness KiN'DERTON _ "( b ) on her monument), da. and h. of Peter Venaiiles of Kinderton, co. Chester (generally Ormonde. James ( Butler), 2nd Duke of. Peyton, Sir Robert (in the Dutch invasion he was " a colonel," under the Prince of Orange.) He d soon afterwards, rh. 4 May 1689. Radnor, Charles Bodvile ( Jloburtex ), 2nd Earl of. Rutland, John (Manner*), 8th Earl of. He was cr. Duke 1703. See also above under " Manchester." Searsdale, Robert (Lcke), 8th Earl of. Shrewsbury, Charles fWaibotj, 12th Earl of. He was cr. Duke 1694. Somerset, Charles (Seymour), 6th Duke of. Stamford, Thomas ( Ore//), 2nd Earl of. See also above under " Manchester." "Tipping, 'Squire." (Query Thomas Tipping of Wheatfield, Oxon, cr. Bart. 169S ?) "Trelawny, Sir John." (Query Sir Jonathan Trelawny, 2nd Bart. ?) "Trenehard, 'Squire." {Query William Trenchard of Cutteridge in North Bradley, Wilts, who m. Ellen, da. of Sir George Norton of Abbotsleigh, Somerset, and d. 22 Aug. 1713 aged 78.) Westmoreland, Charles (Fane), 3rd Earl of. [Wiltshirel, Charles Pawlet, styled Earl of Wiltshire, s. and h. ap. of the Marquess of Winchester, afterwards Duke of Bolton. He sue. his father in 1699 as Duke of Bolton. (") "He was the .first Peer ok the Realm who [in Nov. 1688] made his appearance at the quarters of the Prince of Orange." Hitherto the Earl had "been regarded as a supporter of the Arbitrary Government. He had been true to James in the days of the Exclusion Bill. He had, as Lord Lieut, of Oxon, acted with vigour and severity against the adherents of Monmouth, and had lighted bonfires to celebrate the defeat of Argyle. But dread of Popery had driven him into opposition and rebellion." See Maeaulay's "History of England." He had also shortly before (as some recompence for having been deprived of the Lieutenancy of Oxon owing to his zeal for the Protestant faith), been mentioned for the Chancellorship of the University of Oxford, which how- ever was given to the young Duke of Ormonde, grandson to the late Chancellor. 'The Earl of Abingdon, with a party of SO Horse is gone thro' Dorchester to join i, P "" ee 0l ' a "8 c -"' " Diary of Narcissus Luttrell," under 17 Nov. 1688. ( ) "The possessors of some lands called, but improperly called, Baronies within the counties Palatine of Chester anil Durham, and in some of the Palatinates in Ireland, were called Baikws, but, at they did not hold of the Sovereign, they were not Peers of his Parliament"; again "To the Caput Buronhe, as in the cases of Bi heord, Dudley and others, the term Barony was applied, although the possessions formed only a part of the Ancient Territorial Barony. The possessors of the Manor of