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LINCOLN. 95 Clinton- df. Say( j ) and placed accordingly. He sue. to the Earldom of Lincoln, 29 Sep. 1616. He m. Elizabeth, da. and coheir of Sir Henry Knkvitt, of Charlton, Wilts, by Elizabeth, da. and h. of Sir James StUMPE, of Maltnesbury, Wilts,( b ) He d. at his Castle at Tattershall, CQ. Lincoln, 15 Jan. 1618/9, aged 50, and was far. at Tattershall. Will dat. II Jan. 1618/9, pr. 18 Oct. 1619. His widow, who was au authoress, long survived him. XVI. 1619. 4- Theophilus (Clinton, alias Fiennes), Earl of Lincoln and Lord Clinton, 3d but 1st suit. s. and h„ b. about 1600, being 19 years old at his father's death, styled Lord Clinton, 1616-19 ; K.B., ■I Nov. 1616 ; sue. to the peerage, 11 Jan. 1618/9 ; Col. of au English Keg. in Germany for the assistance of the Elector Palatine, 162-1 ; Col- of a Keg. of Foot, 1612, and Commissioner to the Scotch army, 1645, for the Pari. ; Speaker of the House of Lords, 1 Aug. 1647; assisted as Carver at the Coronation of Charles II., 23 April 1661. He m. firstly Bridget, da. of William (Kif.nnf.s), 1st VlscofNT Say and Sele, by Elizabeth, da. of John Temple, of Stow, Bucks, He »!. secondly his cousin, Elizabeth, widow of Sir Robert Stanley (</. 10:i2). da. of Sir Arthur Goroes, of Chelsea, by Elizabeth, "da. of Henry (Clinton), 2d Earl of Lincoln. He rf. in London 22 May 166", aged about 67.(") His widow was bur. 5 May 1675, at Chelsea. Admon. 2 July 1675, to her son, Sir Charles Stanley, K B. [Edward Clinton, alias Fiennes, styled Lord Clinton, 1st s. and h- ap. by first, wife ; was M.P. for Calliugton, 1616, till secluded in 1648. He IB. Anne, 1st da. of John (Hollf.s). 2d Earl of Clark, and d. v.p. at Covent Garden, Midx. Admon. 21 April 1657. His widow m. Charles Hates, who survived her. She d. at St. Giles in the fields, Oct. and was far. Nov. 1707 "in a Presbiterian meeting house yard."(-') Admon. 5 Dec. 1707, to her said husband.] XVII. 1667. '). Edward (Clinton, alias Fiennes), Earl of Lincoln ami Loud Clinton, grandson and h , being only s. and h. of Edward Clinton, alias Fif.nnks, styled Lord Clinton, and Anne, his wife, both aboveimmcd ; b. about 16".0 ; sti/led Lord Clinton, 1657-67; er. K.B.. 23 April 1661, at the Coronation of Ch..rles EL j sue. to the p«r.i;;e, '21 May 1667. He m. after 1670 Jeanne,( 0 ) da. of Pierre DK Gl't.lERF, Lord of Verun in France. She d. 25 and was far. 1 Sep. 16SS, at Westm. Abbey. He d. s.p , 25 Nov. 1692, at his house in Bloomsbury square, when the Barony of Clinton fell into abeyance between (the heirs general) his aunts and coheirs or their issue.(f) He is said to have been far. privately ( a ) Lords Journals. In bis father's will lie is spoken of as my son and b. ap. "the Ht. Hon. Sir Theophilus Fines, KB., Lord Clinton and Save." See vol. ii, p. 306, note " a," as to this description of 11 Suye." The family of Fiennes was (as was that of Clinton) a coheir of the Barony of Say and the great great grandmother of the 1st Earl was a da. (but not h. or coheir) of Richard (Fiennes), Lord Dacre, but there seems no apparent reason why the name of " Fiennes was substituted for " Clinton." The surname of the second Earl when made a K.B. in 1553 was " Sir Henry Clinton," but that of the 4th Earl when, in 1661, he was so made (by his courtesy title) as " Lord Clinton," is not given. ( l) ) See " Coll. Top. ct Gen.," vol. vii, p. 83. ( c ) In Sir Joseph Williamson's Lincolnshire families, temp. Charles II. " {ffcr. and Gen., vol. ii, p. 116), the Earls of Lincoln are thus noticed ; "calle themselves Fiennes, alias Clinton, tho' really they are Unions Clinton, of ye eldest, in England. At Tattershall Castle, on Lmdsey coast ; at Sempi inghaui, in Kesteven ; ye first was ye L. Cromwell's in H. VI. and in likelyhood purchased by Clinton, ye last a monastery and dissolved ; about £3,000 per anu. or better." ( A ) Peter Le Neve's " obituarg." (») " A Frenchwoman, niece to Sir William St. Ravi (of Monpeiier), Ranger of Woodstock Park, temp. Bigi* Cm-. 1" 1 1 lugdale's MS. " additions," Colt. Top. el Gen., vol. i, p. 217] (.' See tabular pedigree in vol. ii, p. 308, note " c," n:tb " Clinton."