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SAYE. GD V. 1710. 5. Laurence (Fiennes), Viscount Saye a.vd Sele, cousin and h. male, being 5th but only surv, s. and h. of the Hon. John Fiknnhs, by Susanna, da and h. of Thomas HoBBS, of Great Amwell, co. Herts, which John, who was a Col. in the Parliamentary army and one of the members of Cromwell's " House of Lords "( il ) was Becund s. "f the 1st Viscount. He was b. before Feb. 1090 ; sue. to the ftterage, 2 Jan. 1709/10, and took his seat 21 Feb. following, lie d. uum. 27 Dec. 1742. Will dat. 14 June 1738, pr. 5 Jan. 1742/3. VI, 1742, 0. RlOHARD (KlENNES), VlSCOUNT SAVE AND SELE, to cousin and h male, being only s. and h. of the Rev. Richard Fiknnks, 1781. M.A., Rector of Akeley, co. ISucks, aud sometime Fellow of Winches- ter College, by Penelope, ( b J da. of George Cha.mhkkt.aynb, of Wardington. co. Oxon, which Richard (who d. 1 72"J. aged 48), was only s. of the Hon. Richard Fiennes, of [xworth, co. Suffolk (will pr. 1674the 3d s. of the 1st Viscount. He mat. at Oxford, 23 April 1737, aged 20 becoming Feilow of New Coll.; B.C.L., 13 June 1743, being or. D.C.L., 8 July 1756. He m. at Hillesden, Bucks,'*) 13 Nov. 1753, or 28 Jan. 1754, Christobella, widow of John Pigott, of Doddershall, in that county, formerly widow of John Knait, of Cutnnor, co. Rerks, da. and coheir of Sir Thomas Tvuhkl, 2d and last Bart., of Castlethorpe, co. Rucks, by Dorothy, da. of Sir Giles F.YKK, one of the Justices of the King's Bench. He d. s.p. suddenly at Doddershall afsd., 29 July 1784, C 1 ) aged 64, and was bur. at Greudon Underwood, co. Bucks. Will pr. Sep. 1781. On his death the Viscmmicy became cxtinct.(') His widow rf. s p. 23 July 1789, in Queen street, Mayfair, aged 94, and was bur. at Grendon afsd.( r ) M.I. Will (in which there are divers charitable bequests) dat. 8 Dec. 1787, pr. [with seven codicils) 2S July 17S9. Tlie Barony of Sai/e and Sele (which, sinco the death of the 2>1 Visc.unt and 9th Baron), 15 March 1673/4, had fallen into an abeyance, which termi- nated^) in 1715, by the death of one of the two coheirs) balouged de jtire{ h ) after the date of 22 July 1715, to the following persons, fir., Barony. W, or J h Cecil, de jnre( b ) suo jure Baroness Sate X 1715 AND ^ EI E ' °"'y ( ' i> - an "- Q - John Twisleton, of Barley Hall, co. York, and of Horsman place, in Dartford, co. Kent (rf. 14 Dec. 1682., by Elizabeth (rf. 28 March 1674 (the 3d of his 4 wives) elder of the two daughters and coheirs of James (Fiennes), 2d VlSCOUNT Say and Sei.h, and 9th or 3d Lord Say and Sklk. By the extinction of the issue of her only sister, 22 July 1715, (s) she became representative of her said grandfather and, as such, entitled to the aboienamed Barony. She m. firstly, shortly before 1670, George Twislkton,C) of Woodhall, in Wormsley, co. York, aud secondly Robert Mionon. She d. 1723. (») See p. 67, note " f." (t>) They were m. at Banbury 30 Oct. 1705. ( c ) Lipscomb's " Bucks," vol. i, p. 409, where the date given is that of 13 Nov. 1753. ( d ) A curious note from him to George Grenville, dated Nov. 1763, has been pre- served, in which he returns a bill for £300 sent him for having supported the Administration, but shows himself neither insulted nor surprised at the offer. (°) The male line of the aucieut family of Fiennes appears to have also come to an end on the death of this Viscount in 1781. (0 " When she m. his Lordship, she had the charms of a good jointure tho' not of youth ; she dressed even at the close of life more like a girl of 18 than a woman of 90. Her favourite amusement was dancing, aud she indulged iu it almost to the last week of her life. She was always lively aud had an excellent heart." [Gent, ifag.] (B) See p. 68, note "b." ( h ) Accordiug to the decision of the House of Lords on 21 June 1781. (') Probably the George Twisleton, who was 6. 6 and bap. 14 Dec. 1652, at Clap- Iwm, co. Surrey, son of George Twisleton, a Lieut. Col. iu the Pai l, army, sometime Gov. of Denbigh Castle.