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No. 16.

THE HONOURABLE MRS. GUNNING.

White lace cap, and fichu.

BORN 1764, DIED 1810.

She was the younger daughter of Henry Bridgeman, first Lord Bradford, by Miss Simpson; married in 1794 George William, only son of Sir Robert Gunning of Horton, County North Hants, by whom she had several children.

No. 17.

ELIZABETH, WIFE OF JOHN BRIDGEMAN, BISHOP OF CHESTER.

''Black dress. Cap.''

DIED 1636.

She was the daughter of Dr. Helyar, Canon of Exeter and Archdeacon of Barnstaple, of an ancient family in Somersetshire. She married John Bridgeman, Bishop of Chester, famed alike for his piety and his loyalty, by whom she was the mother of five sons:—1. Sir Orlando, afterwards Lord Keeper; 2. Dove, Prebendary of the Cathedral Church of Chester; 3. Henry, Dean of Chester;