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Jo. Croke Ar. afterwards Knighted, [monarch Q. Eliz.] Son of Sir Jo. Croke, one of the six Clerks in Chanc. The Name was assumed by their Ancestors for that of Le Blount, which they concea∣led in the Civil Wars between York and Lanc. As for this Sir John Sher. of Buck. he was fortunate in an Issue, happy in the knowledge of our Municipal-Law. Of whom Sir Jo. Croke his eldest Son, Speaker of
the House of Commons in the Parl. 43. Eliz. re∣ceived this Elogium from her Majesty. That he had proceeded therein with such Wisdom and Discretion that none before him had deserved better.
Rob. Dormer Ar. Jun. 10. 1615. made Baronet by King Ja. and 30 of the same Month, Baron Dormer of Wing in this County. His Grand-child Robert was An. 4. King Ch. I. created Viscount Ascot and Earl of Carnarvan, and lost his Life fighting for him who gave him his Honour, in the first Battle of Newbury. Being a little before his Death desired to make a Suit to the King, he replyed I will not dye with a Suit in my Mouth to any King, save to the King of Heaven. By Anne Daughter to Philip Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery, he had Charles now Earl of Canar∣van.
Edw. Bulstrod Ar. Whose Arms are Ancient, viz. S. a Buckhead, Ar. attired O. shot the Nose with an Ar∣row of the 3. headed and featherd of the 2. a Cross pa∣tee fitchee betwixt the attire O.
Hen. Longvile Ar. Had to his 4th. Son Sir Mich. Longvile who Married Susan sole Daughter to H. Earl of Kent. Now when the Issue in a direct line of that Earldom failed in our memory, Mr. Selden proved that the Barony of Ruthyn parcel of the Earldom, ought to descend to the Son of the said Sir Michael, and thereupon he sat as Baron Ruthyn in the late long Parl. His sole Daughter and Heir was Married to Sir Henry Yelverton of Earton in the County of Northampton Ba∣ronet, a worthy Gent. of fair Estate.
Benedict Winchcombe, whose Arms I re∣present in gratitude to the Memory of his Ancestor so well deserving of New∣bury, [monarch K Ja.] viz. Az. on a Chev. engrail'd between 3 Birds O. as many Cinqfoiles of the 1. on a chief of the 2. a fl. de luce between 2. Spears-heads of the 1.
Edward Coke, Knight, the English Tre∣bonianus, [monarch K. Ch.] famous for his Comments on the Common-Law. The Court-party to prevent his Election as a Member of Parliament got him prickt Sheriff, whose Oath he scrupled to take, because (amongst other things) the Sheriff is bound thereby to prosecute the Lollards, wherein the best Christians may be included, but no excuse could serve, so that his Friends must behold him who had been Lord Chief Justice attend on the Judges of the As∣sises.
Francis Cheney, Knight. A noble Ancient Name. There was a Family of the Cheneys flourishing in Kent, giving for their Arms Az. 6. Lyons Ramp. Arg. a Canton Ermin. Of this House was Hen. Cheney High-Sheriff of this County and Bedf. An. 7. Eliz. and not long after, created by her Baron of Tudding∣ton in Bedf. tho in his Youth wild and venturous, witness his playing at Dice with Hen. 2. King of France, from whom he won a Diamond of great worth at a cast, and being demanded what shift he would have made to repair himself, in case he had lost the cast; I have (said the young Cheney in an Hyperbolical Brave) Sheeps-tails enough in Kent, with their Wool, to buy a better Diamond then this. His reduced Age afforded the befitting fruits of Gravity and Wisdom. And this Lord deceased without Issue. As for Sir Fr. Cheney, Sher. he was Father to Charles Cheney, Esquire, who by his Exquisite Travelling hath Naturalized Forreign Perfection to himself, and is Ex∣emplarily happy in a Vertuous Lady, Jane, Daughter to the truly Noble Will. Marquess of New-Castle, and by her of hopeful Posterity.