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CREATIONS

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BY JAMES , Bart. [1611], of Staunton Harold, and of Astwell aforesaid, s. and h., b. 9 Sep. 1623; ''suc. to the Baronetcy'', 8 Feb. 1632/3 matric. at Oxford (Merton Coll.), 2 March 1639/40. By an ordnance of Parl., 12 Aug. 1645, he had to pay a fine of £600 for his estate. He d., unm., aged 23, at Essex House, Strand, Middlesex, 7 June and was bur. 3 July 1646, at Bredon. Admon. 14 Aug. and 26 Nov. 1646, and again 1 June 1650.

, Bart. [1611], of Staunton Harold, and of Astwell aforesaid, and of Chartley Castle, co. Stafford, br. and h., matric. at Oxford (Corpus Christi), 12 Aug. 1645, as a Gentleman Commoner; ''suc. to the Baronetcy'', 7 June 1646. On the death (14 Sep. 1646) of his uncle, the 3d (above mentioned), he suc. to a moiety of the estates of the, including Chartley Castle. He was the first Protestant of his race, and rebuilt the church at Staunton Harold. He was a zealous Royalist, and was imprisoned no less than seven times, dying a prisoner, "not without suspicion of poison," in the Tower of London. He m. 1647, Catharine, da. of Humphrey, of Okeover, co. Stafford, by Martha, da. of Sir Oliver Cheney. He d., as aforesaid, 6 Nov. 1656, and was bur. 22 Dec. at Bredon, but, in 1661, his remains were removed to Staunton Harold. Will dat. 29 Nov. 1654, pr. 1657. His widow d. 18 Oct. 1672, at Astwell, and was bur. 20 at Staunton. Her will proved 1673.

, Bart. [1611], of Staunton Harold and of Chartley Castle aforesaid, s. and h., b. 23 Jan. 1646/7; ''suc. to the Baronetcy'', 6 Nov. 1656; matric. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.), 20 March 1660; M.A., 12 Sep. 1661. He m., 29 Jan. 1666, Diana, da. of Robert, 1st , by Diana, da. of Henry, 1st. He d. 16 July 1667 in his 20th year, and was bur. at Staunton. Admon. 13 March 1666/7. His widow m. 10 Nov. 1671, at the chapel at Ampthill, Beds, (as the 2d of his 3 wives) John, styled , then s. and h. ap. of John, 8th. She d. s.p.s. 15 July 1672 at Belvoir Castle, and was bur. at Bottesford, co. Leicester. Her husband, who in 1679, after her death, suc. as 9th, and was cr., 29 March 1703, , d. 10 Jan. 1710/1, aged 72.

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, Bart. [1611], posthumous and only child, s. and h., b. Jan. 1667/8, and ''suc. to the Baronetcy on his birth; d. an infant, aged 14 months, and was bur.'' 11 March 1668/9 at Staunton Harold. Admon. 8 April 1669.

, Bart. [1611], of Staunton Harold and of Chartley Castle aforesaid, uncle and h., b. at East Sheen, Surrey, during his father's imprisonment, and bap. 20 Oct. 1650 at Mortlake; matric. at Oxford (Ch.Ch.) 3 May 1667, and was M.A. 15 July 1669, having meanwhile ''suc. to the Baronetcy'' in March 1668/9. He m. firstly, 28 Dec. 1671, at her age of 15, Elizabeth, da. and h. of Laurence, of Garesden, Wilts, by Eleanor, da. of William, of Elmore, co. Gloucester. She was living when, on 14 Dec. 1677, the abeyance of the Barony of Ferrers [of Chartley] (of which, in right of his grandmother abovenamed, he represented a moiety) was terminated in his favour. He, accordingly, on 28 Jan. 1677/8, took his place in the House of Lords as in the precedency of the writ of summons issued to the first Lord, 6 Feb. (27 Ed. I) 1298/9. On 3 Sep. 1711 he was cr. EARL FERRERS. In that Barony and, subsequently, in that Earldom this Baronetcy then merged, and in the latter still so continues. See Peerage.

 STRADLING cr. 22 May 1611; ex. 27 Sep. 1738.

"John Stradling, of St. Donates, co. Glamorgan, Knt.," s. and h. of Francis Stradling, of St. George's, near Bristol (d. 1589), by Mary, da. of Bartholomew, was b. 1563; matric. at Oxford (Brasenose)