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 ABINGDON COMPLETE PEERAGE 47 again 17 May 1712-15 ; Chief Justice in Eyre south of Trent 1702-6, and again 1711-15 ; Recorder and High Steward of Oxford, &'c. He was also one of the Lords Justices, Regents of the Realm, i Aug. to 1 8 Sep. 1 7 14, (") nominated to govern the Kingdom after the death of Queen Anne till the arrival of George I. He m., istly, 22 Sep. 1687, (") Anne (styled " Baroness Kinderton " (°) on her monument), da. and h. of Peter Venables, of Kinderton, co. Chester (generally known as " Baron of Kinderton "), by Catharine, da. of Sir Robert Shirley. In consequence of this match he, by Royal lie. dat. 10 Nov. 1687, took the additional name of Venables for himself and his issue by his said wife. She was I?. 7 May 1674, and consequently was only thirteen at the time of her marriage. She was Lady ot the Bedchamber to Queen Anne during the whole of her reign. She ^. s.p., 28 Apr. 1715, and was ^ur. at Rycote Chapel. M.I. Admon. 25 June 1715. He m., 2ndly, 13 Feb. 17 16/7, at Beaconsfield, Bucks (registered at Rycote), Mary, widow of Gen. Charles Churchill, da. and h. of James Gould, of Minterne, Dorset, by Mary, ist da. of William BoNDE, of Bestral, in that co. He d. s.p.s., 16, and was ^«r. 27 June 1743, at Rycote Chapel. Will dat. 3 Apr. 1736, pr. i July 1743. His widow, who was accidentally burnt to death, ^. 10 Jan. 1757. Will, in which she directs to be /^ur. by her father at St. Peter's, Dorchester, dat. 3 Mar. 1742, pr. 20 June 1757. ('*). [James Bertie, styled Lord Norreys, only child, by 2nd wife, s. and h. ap., i. 14, and lap. 26 Nov. 1717, at St. Margaret's, Westm. He d. v.p., 25 Feb. 17 1 7/8, of the small pox.] in. 1743. 3. Willoughby (Bertie), Earl of Abingdon, &'c. nephew and h., being s. and h. of the Hon. James Bertie, of Stanwell, Midx., (d'. 18 Oct. 1735), by Elizabeth, (mar. lic.Vic. Gen. 4 Jan. 1 69 1/2) da. of George (Willoughby), 7th Lord Willoughby of Parham, and sister and h. of John, the 8th Lord, which James was 2nd s. of the 1st Earl. He was />. 28 Nov. 1692, at Lindsey House, Westm., registered at Stanwell, Midx. M.P. for Westbury 17 15, but unseated on petition. (*) For a list of these see note sub William, Duke of Devonshire [1684]. C") Lady Roos congratulates him in a letter, dat. 22 Sep. 1687, on his marriage to "so vast a fortune and pretty a lady as Mrs. Venables." V.G. Q a 'Yhe possessors of some lands called, but improperly called, Baronies within the counties Palatine of Chester and Durham, and in some of the Palatinates in Ireland, were called Barons, but, as they did not hold of the Sovereign, they were not Peers of his Parliament " ; again " To the Caput Baronice, as in the cases of Burford, Dudley, and others, the term Barony was applied, although the possessions formed only a part of the Ancient Territorial Barony. The possessors of the Manor of Burford and of some other heads of Baronies were also styled Barons ; but, as they had not the entire Baronies which had given title to their predecessors, they were not Peers." See Fleming's note, p. 1 8, to Authorities, &c., as to the Barony of Berkeley being "a Peerage by tenure," 1862. Kinderton in Cheshire was one of the most considerable of these so-called Baronies. ('*) " A woman of great virtues." (T. Hearne.) V.G.