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the Court of Exchequer, and senior of them in 1737 and 1748. They were possibly sons of Thomas Marriot, Clerk of the Pleas in the Exchequer in 1700 and 1716 (Chamber- layne'8 ' Present State ') till he d. June 12, 1724.

Leonard Peed was elected one of the 12 Common Councilmen of the Ward of Cheap between 1741 and 1745.

Joseph Major (p. 98, col. 1) was in 1700 and 1707 senior of the four City Council [sic] or Common Pleaders of the City of London, from which he was pro- moted one of the two judges of the Sheriffs' Court in Jan., 1714, in which post he d. Jan. i, 1717.

Henry Skey (p. 99) of Pencoed, co. Here- ford, cler., had a son William who matric. from Oriel Coll., Oxford, April 22, 1765, aged 16, B.A. 1769.

W. R. WILLIAMS.

Talybont, Brecon.

It will complete the notes about the Pitts if it is mentioned (1) that John Pitt was Chief at Masulipatam at the end of the seventeenth century, not Consul (ante, p. 198) ; and (2) that he married Sarah, the widow of Thomas Wavell, who was second in Council at Fort Sf. George. The marriage took place in August, 1692.

FRANK PENNY.

WRIGHT OF SOUTH ELMSALL, DONCASTER (12 S. iv. 190). The family of Wright of Kirkby and Elmsall, co. York, was at the commencement of the seventeenth century represented by George Wright of North Elmsall, who was described in the family Bible as " from Cud worth." The late Mr. Hubert Smith- Stanier, F.S.A., of Chilbolton, Hants, tried in vain to supplement this meagre information as to origin, but was enabled to establish the following facts as to progeny, gathered from a careful scrutiny of the Wright family archives and the local records.

George had a son Edward of North Elmsall, who, we may assume, was born about 1620, and a younger daughter Mary, who married Reginald Steade at South Kirkby, Sept. 15, 1657. Edward married there, Jan. 21, 1645, Rebecca Fulwood, by whom he had two sons. Edward, the younger, was born 1648, lived at North Elmsall, and had a son George, whose wife Anne died 1731, leaving a son Edward of North Elmsall, who married at South Kirkby in 1710 Rebecca Lunn, who was interred there July 12, 1733, he himself being interred there April 3, 1719.

The elder son of the first Edward and Rebecca, viz., George Wright of the Manor, South Kirkby, was born. 1646, and died ante 1709, on July 25 of which year his widow Anne was interred at South Kirkby, j leaving a son George Wright of the Manor,, i South Kirkby, who married at Doncaster, Aug. 13, 1692, Anne, natural daughter of the Duke of York by Othia, daughter of Matthew Hutton (family Bible). Anne was born May, 1666, and interred at South Kirkby in July, 1729, her husband being interred there May 11, 1729. They had a daughter Othia, who was baptized at Doncaster Oct. 6, 1694, and died young ; and a son James Wright of South Elmsall and Thurnscoe Grange, who was living in 1742, on April 29 of which year his wife Elizabeth was interred at Thurnscoe, leaving- two sons and four daughters, viz., George j Jane, ob. inf. ; Mary, b&pt. at Thurnscoe June 2, 1733 ; James, bapt. there April 22, 1735 ; Betty, bapt. there May 24, 1737 ; Anne, bapt. there Feb. 23, 1738 ; and Sarah, bapt. there July 13, 1741.

The elder son, George Wright of Thurnscoe Grange, was born 1729, and married at Thurnscoe, Nov. 22, 1768, Anne, daughter and heiress of William Casson alias Cass of Thurnscoe, a wealthy merchant of the City of London, and Anne his wife, both 01 whom were living in 1783. According to the local records and to the reports, dated June 18, 1857, of a Wright Chancery lawsuit (Record Office), George Wright was interred at Thurnscoe Jan. 13, 1813, aged 84 years, and his wife June 18, 1822, leaving three sons and five daughters, as follows :

1. William Wright, bapt. at Thurnscoe Feb. 2, 1772, and interred there April 3, 1841, leaving a widow Elizabeth, who d.s.p. aboxit 1845. 2. George Wright, bapt. there May 14, 1778, living Juno 18, 1857, whose only son William d.s.p. before June 18, 1857. 3. James Wright, surgeon, of Bawtry and Misson, co. Notts, bapt. at Thurnscoe May 17, 1787, and d.s.p. April 9, 1830.

1. Elizabeth, alias Bessy, Betsy, or Betty Wright, bapt. (as Betty) at Thurnscoe Dec. 17, 1769, and married (as Elizabeth) at St. George's Church, Doncaster, Sept. 4, 1810, Gervase Allen of Brier ley Manor, Great Houghton, co. York, of the family of Allen of Southfield Grange, Thurnscoe. 2. Sarah Wright, bapt. at Thurnscoe May 5, 1774, and married, first, at Middleton Tyas, Richmond, co. York, 1793, her relative Sampson George, a wealthy widower of fox-hunting celebrity, who was interred there 1809 ; and secondly Thomas Salter, a Quaker, who d.s.p. Her