History of the Norman Family of De Anyers--Daniells
History of the Norman Family of De Anyers--Daniells
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The Norman family of De Anyers began its career in
this country in the person of Denyas, one of the
archers of the Val de Reul and Bretheul among the
host who helped William of Normandy to conquer England.
The name like all others whose identity at that time was
preserved by pronunciation and not by spelling, is variously
rendered in all the (so-called) copies of the Roll of Battle
Abbey ; of these rolls, the preference is to be given to
Leland's Copy, which is pronounced to have been the only one
ever transcribed directly from the original MSS. in Battle
Abbey, before the fabric was destroyed by fire. This was in
effect the Muster Roll called over after the Battle of Hastings,
to ascertain who were the survivors on William's Side.
In this Roll the name was written Denyas. In Sir John
Foxe's Copy — " Out of the Annals of Normandy, in French
where-of one very Antient Booke in parchment remaineth in
the custody of the writer hereof.*' — The name is inscribed.
Le Sire Danuillers, among the archers forming a portion of
those who were at the Conquest of England. — In John Stow's
"Annales of England" the name stands also ** Lc Seigneur de
Danuillers." It will be observable that while the name was
variously spelt, its original pronunciation was retained.
In other authorities, notably Hollingshead's Chronicles, in
the rolls which were compiled at the time the name had
lapsed from Daniers of Daresbery to Daniell of Daresbery,
it is spelt in the later and modern form. Some credence may
be given to the Roll at the Church of Dives in the
Department of Calvados, Normandy. In this the name is
written D'Aniel, which corresponding with D'Anyers, and Daniell
suggests that this also was a comparatively modern production.
It is from this roll apparently that Burke the (elder) Antiquary
compiled his "Annotated Roll of Battle Abbey" in which he
says under this head " Daniel — there exists no doubt of the
fact that the personage thus recorded on the Battle Roll was
the Patriach of the great Cheshire Family of Daniel or De
Anyers of Daresbery and Over-Tabley " [Burke's Patrician Vol. I.]
Records there, are proving the existence of the predecessors
of Denyas at Bayeux, but in this instance it is unnecessary to
carry the antecedents of the Family beyond the settlement of
Denyas in England. This Denyas appears to have shared the
spoils of the Conquerer and in company with many of his
Companions-in-arms, to have settled in the County of Chester,
which subsequently became a County Palatine under the rule
of Lupus, Earl of Chester, uncle to King William.
From Denyas I purpose detailing the descent of the
various branches taking them by seniority.
The eldest line I hold to be that of Daresbury, though some
Authorities chose to doubt whether that of De Bradley were not
the Elder, but the possession of lands in Daresbury by the family
in 1150, and the existence of their name of Daresbury at that
period presumably, gives the line of Daresbury the precedence,
anterior to their branching off into three distinct houses in 1300.
Denyas had three sons who record describes as Denyas,
D'Anyers, and Danyers. The most notable charter in connection
with Daresbury was the purchase of lands by William, known as
William D'Anyers senior descendent of the second son of Denyas
aforesaid, and is thus quoted by the historian : —
"William D'Anyers senior, purchased lands in Daresbury
from Henry Le Norreys, Anno Domini 1291, 19 Ed. I., and had
to wife Agnes de Legh, daughter of Thomas de Legh of High Legh
of the West Hill, by whom he had issue, Margery married to Henry
Horshall of Lymme ; Agnes another daughter married Alexander
son of Richard, "Son of Alexander de Walton, nigh Daresbury. He
had also two sons Thomas Daniers of Bradley, eldest son (Sir Peter
Leycester in his account of Daresbury states the seniority of
Thomas Daniers to be doubtful), and William Daniers of Daresbury,
junior, second son, and (if I mistake not), John a third son, unless
that John, son of William Daniers, be meant of William Daniers
junior.
William Daniers junior, second son, had his father's lands in
Daresbery, and had a wife called Agnes and had issue John Danyers
son and heir, and three daughters, Cecily, Agnes, and Magot, and
another son called Henry, all living at the time of their father's
death, 1306, who was buried at Limme. Cecily married Robert
Stathum of Stathum in Limme, living 20 Ed. III. I conceive
William Danyers junior, was he who died 1306.
" Sir John Danyers of Daresbery son and heir of William
Danyers junior, married Ellen — and had issue William son and
heir, who married Clemence daughter and heir of Alan le Norreys,
1344, by whom he had the Manor of Daresbery and Royalty
of Over Walton in Cheshire and the lands of Sutton, Eccleston, and
Raynell in Lancashire, from whom the Daniells of Daresbery in
Cheshire are descended, a family continuing at this day 1666. I find
Sir John Danyers of Daresbery stiled Knight 1344, 18 Ed. III."
Having arrived at the period when the name of Daresbury
became incorporated with that of Daniell, we will turn to the
account given of Daresbury demonstrating its connection with the
Le Norreys, and Daresburies, and subsequently with William
Danyers.
The town of Daresbury is of the fee of the Ancient Barons of
Halton. I find that in the reign of Henry III. and before
there was a family of the Daresberles seated here, whence they took
their surname ; but whence originally sprung I know not. I find
Rogerus de Hibernia (that is Roger of Ireland), otherwise known
as Roger Pictiocusis built and garrisoned the Castle of Liverpool
consigning it to the care of his kinsman Molineux, thus originating
the foundation of the Tower. The site of the Castle (pulled down in
1700), is now occupied by St. George's Church, Castle Street).
He grants unto Beatrix, daughter of William de Daresbery, and to
her heirs by Robert of Ireland, son of the said Roger, all his lands of
Liverpool in Lancashire.
" Testibus Domino Roberto de Atherton vice-comitate
Lancastrioe domino Henrico de Thorbock, Roberto le Sauvage tunc
ballico comitis inter Ribble et Mersey, domini Willielmo parsona de
Walton, Willielmo de Walton serviente Domini Regis, Willielmo de
Molineux.
Anno 1291 — Henry le Norreys w^as Lord of Daresbery which
manor he had in right of Margery Daresbery, his wife. " Ego
Margeria Domina de Daresbery dedi Alano filio meo, et Mabilioe
filioe Ranulphi de Merton, quam idem Alanus ducet in Uxorem totum
manerium meum de Daresbery cum suis pertinentis unk cum
domino Villoe de Over-Walton 7 Ed. 11. 1313." So in the Feodary
of Halton under Edward 11., we read — " Alanus le Norreys tenet
Villam de Daresbery et Villam de Walton inferiori pro medietate
unius feodi militis."
This Alan le Noreys had a son called also Alan le Norreys and
dementia, daughter and heir of Alan the son, married William
Danyers son and heir of Sir John Danyers of Daresbery, 1344 ; in
which family (commonly now called Daniell), it hath continued to
this present, John Daniell of Daresbery being now possessed
thereof, 1666.
It seems that Daniell had land in Daresbery before the marriage
of William Daniell with Clementia le Norreys, for Henry le Norreys
Lord of Daresbery, and Margery his wife (howbeit the original deed
thereof called her Margaret, being miswrit for Margery, for so she is
called in all other deeds), granted to William Daniers the Elder one
messuage in Daresbery with all the land which William More
formerly held in the same town, and one Water Mill with a croft
called Wallmore ; and one wood called the Common Wood ; also one
Wood and Land called Daresbery Cliff, containing sixty acres by
estimation, dated on our Lady Day, 1291, 19 Ed. I. — " Reddeudo
umam Libram piperis, vel septem denarios et sex porcos qui
personam fecerint per annum."
Afterwards Sir John Danyers of Daresbery married William his
§on and heir to Clemence, daughter and heir of Alan le Norreys
about 1344, and when Sir John upon the death of Alan had
compounded for the wardship of Clemence, 25 Ed. IIL he grants the
lands to William his son in these words — " Sciant presentes et
futuri, quod ego, Johannes Danyers miles filius et hoeres Willielmo
Danyers de Daresbery concessi — Willielmo Danyers filio meo omnia
ilia maneria terras, in Villis de Daresbery et Over- Walton in
Comitate Cestrioe et Sutton, Eccleston et Raynhull in Comitate
Lancastrioe quoe nuper fuerunt hoereditamenta Alan le Norreys
domini de Daresbery defuncti : habendum usque ad plenam cetatem
Clementice filioe et hoeridis dicti Alani, et nunc uxoris Willielmo
Danyers filii et hoeridis mei apparentis in tam amplo modo pront
Thomas Stanford generalis attornatus et Waterno de Whitehorse
nuper habuerunt ex donatione ducis Lancastrioe — reddendo inde
animatino mihi proefato Johanni £40 durante termino proedicto
Testibus Thoma Danyer De Bradley Mattheo del Mere Thoma de
LeghjJohanne filio Thomoe Danyers proedicti, Johanne Boydell, Datum
apud Daresbery die Lunoe proxime ante festum, Sancti Michoelis
Archangeli, 25 Ed. III., 1351." William Danyers Senior had issue
Thomas Danyers of Bradley (from whom by a double marriage
sprung the Branches De Bradley and De Tabley), as well as William
Danyers of Daresbery junior, which of these is the elder is the
query. With regard to William Danyers junior and the disposal
of his property, the historian continues. An abstract of the evidences
of " Daniell of Daresbery " is contained in Sir Peter Leycester's
Tabley MSS., lib. C. 184-188. The Will subjoined, copied from this
volume is a curious illustration of the simple custom of the time.
The notes are by Sir Peter Leycester.
Having finished with William Danyers, Senior, the reader will
please note I take him as my standpoint, and demonstrate from
thence the three Branches. Having followed the descent of the
eldest line to the period when the Lordship of Daresbery fell to the
family through the marriage of William Danyers and Clementia
le Norreys, I shall revert to the De Bradley Branch. This Branch
became extinct in the male line after three generations, the last
representative being Margaret, daughter of Sir Thomas Danyers
de Bradley. She married Piers Legh, and conveyed to him the
property of Lyme, thus founding the House of Legh of Lyme, as
will be illustrated hereafter in the account of her Father's achieve-
ments at Cressy. I purpose then to detail the descent of the
Daniells de Tabley, the Tabley and Bradley Branches being
collateral and off-shooting from the double marriage of the first
Thomas Danyers of Bradley. On completion of this I will return to
the Daresbery line, which together with that of De Tabley are the
only ones represented now by existing Branches.
HOUSE OF BRADLEY.
I resume the history in the words of the chronicler. " Thomas
Danyers of Bradley senior, 17 Ed. IL, son of William Danyers senior,
had land in Limme by the grant of William Danyers, his father. He
purchased Bradley from Peter Dutton, Lord of Warburton, 1301,
and married Margaret, daughter of Adam de Tabley. He had issue,
Thomas Danyers, junior, eldest son (who must not be confounded
with his half-brother. Sir Thomas Danyers de Tabley) Sir John
Danyers of Gropenhale, second son ; Augustine who had lands in
Sevorton in High Legh ; Alice, a daughter, married Matthew, son
of William Were, of Were, nigh Over Tabley, 13 Ed. IL 1319;
Margaret another daughter married John, son of Vivian de Derere
Wallshand, id est Thelwallshand, 1335, and Joan another daughter,
and also three bastard sons — ^William, Roger, and Robert, 1349.
Thomas Danyers senior had to his second wife, Joan Norreys, by
whom he had issue — Thomas Danyers, afterw^ards Sir Thomas
Danyers of Over Tabley. Henry, another son, to whom his father
gave the marriage of the heir of William Clarke, of Over Tabley,
28, Ed. III., and Richard, another son, living 6, Ric. II. Thomas
Danyers senior made his will 28, Ed. III., 1354, and was buried at
Limme. Joan Norreys, his widow, married after Thomas Bostock,
of Bostock.
This Thomas Danyers was Sheriff of Cheshire, 25 and 27
Ed. III. (In the list of Sheriffs, 25 and 27 Ed. III., he is described
as Sir Thomas Danyers, Vulgo Daniell). Sir Thomas Danyers of
Bradley, knight, son and heir of Thomas Danyers senior, married
Isabel, daughter and heir of William Braggeley by Clemence his
wife, daughter and co-heir of Sir Roger Dutton, of Chedle, in
Cheshire, which William was son of Rafe Braggeley.
This Sir Thomas Danyers (distinguished at the Battle of
Crecy) died before his father, to wit 26 Ed. III., leaving only one
daughter and heir called Margaret, who had three husbands. She
carried away all her mother's lands, and had Clifton and other lands
in Chedle, but his own lands were settled on the heirs male of the
Danyers. Sir John Danyers (second son of Thomas Danyers
senior), of Gropenhale, in right of his wife, next heir male to Sir
Thomas his elder brother, had two wives. The first was Joan,
daughter of Sir William Boydell and sister and co-heir to William
Boydell, Boydell of Dodleston in Cheshire, and had issue, Margaret,
a daughter, living 28 Ed. III., whom I conceive was she that was
affianced young to Sir Robert Grosvenor, of Houlme in AUostock,
but she lived not to enjoy time. Nicholoa, another daughter, heir to
the lands of her mother, married Geoffrey de Warburton, 1358
(supplied from the Arley Deeds) and had issue, Margaret,
daughter and heir, the wife of Alan de Rixton in Lancashire, by
Hollin Ferry, which Margaret died without issue, 6 Ric. II. The
second wife of Sir John was Alice, but he had no issue by her.
This Sir John usually sealed with his coat and crest, to wit, ar., a
pale fusille, on a helmet a unicorn's head couped. The colours at
this day received are — Argent, a pale fusil sable. Sir John Danyers
died 47, Ed. III., and Alice, his widow, afterwards married Sir
Edward Benstede, living 14, Ric. II. It seems Sir John had a son
called Robert, 43, Ed. III., but he died without issue.
After the death of Sir John, Thomas Danyers (son of Thomas
Danyers of Bradley, senior by Joan Norreys his later wife) succeeded
as next heir male. He was half-brother to Sir John, and was
afterwards Sir Thomas Danyers, of Over-Tabley. He gave 20s
Annuity for his life unto Hugh Hulse, of Picmere, to be on counsel
with him, 48, Ed. III., whose descent followeth Roger, of Over-
Tabley. Adam de Tabley, son of Roger, married Beatrix, and had
issue — Adam Hugh de Tabley (this Hugh died 1346), who married
Margery, daughter of Hugh de Picmere, but left no issue; William,
another son, and Thomas a Chaplain, also Margaret, a daughter, wife
of Thomas Daniers, of Bradley senior. Adam de Tabley, son of
Adam, lord of the third part of Over-Tabley and of the moiety of
Baxton, living 35, Ed. III., married Katherine and had issue —
William, and Alice, wife of William, son of Robert, son of William
de Buckley, 18, Ed. III. (Adam de Tabley sealed with Massy's
coat-of-arms, whereby he seems to be originally a Massy.) William
de Tabley, son and heir of Adam, had to wife Mary, and had
issue — Katherine, daughter and heir, married to Sir Thomas
Danyers, of Over-Tabley, Head of the House of Tabley.
SIR THOMAS DANYERS— HIS ACHIEVEMENTS
AT CRESSY.
In connection with the House of De Bradley I will here tran-
scribe the following account given of Sir Thomas Danyers (whom
history records as the Knight of Cressy), eldest son of Thomas
Danyers, of Bradley senior by his first wife, Margaret, daughter of
Adam de Tabley. I cannot do better than proceed in the words of
the chronicler, under the heading of Lyme Hanley.
In the proceeding accounts of Over-Tabley and Clifton, Sir
Peter Leycester has stated that Sir Thomas Danyers of Bradley
in Appleton (with whose daughter the account of Lyme must
commence) died before his father without male issue 26 Ed. III.,
where-upon the Danyers estates passed to his brother ; but his wife's
estates — Clifton, a moiety of Chedle and Gropenhall — descended
to his daughter Margaret. He further correctly mentions that the
said Margaret married first John de Ratcliff who died ; secondly,
John Savage (whence the Savages of Rock Savage — Earl Rivers),
whose son succeeded to Clifton and the bulk of her estates ; and
thirdly, Piers Legh of Macclesfield, whose son had the moiety of
Gropenhall by gift of his mother.
HARLEIAN MSS. 1424.
Grants of Arms of Daniell from Margaret (Danyers) to her Sons
(Savage — Earl Rivers).
" A tous ceux ques certes tres verront onorront Margareta que
fut le femme de Feu Savage fille et hoir a Thomas Daniers. Salut
en Dieu. Saches moy avoir donne et grantejet pur c'est ma present
Chartre confirme a John Savage mon fils aigne et a ses heires a
toujours mes armes entiers,*que a moy descenderot apres le mort du
diet Thomas mon pere comme a sa fille et hoir. Avoir tenir et porter
les dictes armes avec tous les autres apertenances et tout ceu que
aux dit Armes Appartient en chaqcune maniere lieu, a tenir plaisir
quellement de Marget mes honres au dit John mon fils et a ses
hoires a toujour. En testomance de quel Chase, a veste ma
presente Charte. J 'ay mis mon Jean Donne le Dimanche prochain
apres le fest du Translation Ste. Thomas le Martier. L*an du
Rayne R.H. 5.
To this account must be added that when the flower of
Cheshire Chivalry were engaged under their Earl, the Black Prince,
at the Battle of Cressy, Sir Thomas Danyers was preeminently
distinguished above the rest of that Chosen Phalanx, aad that in
the most hazardous part of the battle, most probably when King
Edward refused his succours and bade his boy " win his spurs and
the honour of the day for himself.** The said Sir Thomas relieved
the banner of his Earl and took prisoner the Chamberlain of
France (Tankervillc), For this service the Black Prince — as Earl
of Chester, settled on him an annuity of 40 marks per annum,
issuing out of his Manor of Frodsham until a convenient grant of
land of the value of £20 per annum could be made. In 21, Ric. II.
It was "finally settled that this estate should be " the lands of Hanley
in Macclesfield Forest," which that sovereign (who this year
assumed the title of Prince of Chester) accordingly granted, to the
daughter of Sir Thomas Danyers and her third husband — Piers
Legh.
This grant which proves Hanley to have been afforested as
late as 21, Ric. II. accounts for the omission of the Will, not only
in Domesday, but in the Cheshire Mize Book. It subsequently
assumed the additional name of Lyme from the ancient designation
of the forest of which it had formed part (placed in the Limes or
border of Cheshire), and it is now ordinarily known by that name only.
With reference to this event, an augmentation was allowed in
Flowers Visitation of Cheshire, and confirmed in the latter one by
Dugdale, which is still borne on an Escochen of Pretence over the
Family Arms, viz., an honorary shield emblazoned, sable, semee of
mullets argent; an arm embowed, armed and couped proper, bearing
a pennon argent. So says Sir Peter Leycester. On the marriage
of Margaret with Piers Legh and his consequent acquisition of
Lyme, he considered himself entitled to bear the escutcheon of his
wife's family, which has continued to be borne by the Daniells' and
Leghs' to the present day. It will not be out of place to supple-
ment an account by another authority — Lyson (Magna Brittanica,
Vol II., Part II., Page 727). He says of Lyme, "The Manor was
given by King Richard II. to Margaret, wife of Piers Legh, daughter
and heiress of Sir Thomas Daniers of Bradley, knight. This brave
knight had taken the Chamberlain Tankerville prisoner at the Battle
of Cressy, and relieved the banner of the Black Prince, for which
service the Prince granted him an annuity of 40 marks out of the
Manor of Frodsham to him and his heirs, with lands of £20 per
annum should be settled on them. A descendent of Piers Legh
having been distinguished in the possession of this Manor by the
Crown in the reign of Henry VI., presented a petition to Edward,
Prince of Wales, stating the circumstances of the grant. A copy
of the petition is in Woodnoth's Collection, page 67. In this
petition Thomas Daniers is called Esquire, but in other records,
Sir Thomas Danyers, Knight,
" This heroic action of Sir Thomas Daniers has been erronously
ascribed to Piers Legh, his son-in-law, who was beheaded at
Chester in 1399 for his attachment to King Richard II."
OVER-TABLEY (LEYCESTER).
The township of Over-Tabley was held by William Fitz-Nigeli,
Baron of Halton, in the time of William the Conqueror.
We read in Domesday Book this : — ^Willielmus tenet stabelei
Lewisans tenuit et liber homo fiut: ibi tertia pars unuis hidoe
geldablis terra est una Caruca wasta fuit et est silva ibi dimidia
leuva longa, et XI. perticis lata : Valiut X. solidos. Isdem Willielmus
tenet in ipse Villa unam bovatam terra et tertiam partem unius
hedageldabilem segrid et ulsi tamerunt pro duobus manerius, et
libere fuerunt : Terra est una caruca wasta fuit et est : tempore
regis Edwardi Valevat septum solidos. But not long after certain
it is that this township was of three distinct fees. One-third part
of Over-Tabley Roger de Mainwaring gave to the Monastery of St.
Wertburg in Chester, in the reign of Henry II. This third part
came afterwards to William de Tabley, who gave the same to Sir
John Grey, son of Sir Reginald Grey, and Sir John granted it to
Roger Leycester, Lord of Nether-Tabley, anno domini 1296, which
in all the offices of Leycester of Tabley is found to be held of the
Abbey of St. Werburg, and Leycester of Tabley is now possessed of
this third part at this day, 1666. One other third part was
possessed by Adam de Tabley, in the reign of Edward III., Sir
William Boydell being chief Lord thereof, for William, son of John
Boydell of Dodlaston, releaseth unto Adam de Tabley all services
due for his third part of Over-Tabley for one penny only to be paid
at the Nativity of St. John Baptist yearly for all services — dated at
Dodleston, 17, Ed. III., 1324. This Adam de Tabley, I conceive,
was originally a Massy, for he sealed with Massy's Coat of Arms,
and his third part came afterwards to Thomas Daniell (otherwise
Sir Thomas Danyers of Over-Tabley, son of Thomas Danyers of
Bradley senior), younger son of Thomas Daniell, of Bradley in
Appleton, the elder, by Joan Norreys, a second wife in marriage
with Katherine, daughter and heir of William, son of Adam
de Tabley, 27 Ed. III., 1353, for which marriage, Thomas Daniell the
father gave to Adam de Tabley £46 13 4. By Katherine came also
the moiety of Bexton to Thomas Daniell the son, her husband, who
afterwards was Sir Thomas Daniell of Over-Tabley, 6, Ric. IL, 1382,
whose heirs are possessed of this third part at this present 1666. One
other third part remaining was possessed anciently by another
family of the Tableys called the Hall of the Woods, in Over-Tabley
until Matthew de Tabley was attainted of felony, 22, Ed. IV., 1483,
whose lands by this office taken 1, Hen. VII., were found to be held
of the honour of Halton, and so were seized into the King's lands.
And I find the Leycester of Nether Tabley, Esq., excepting against
that office of Hen. VII., and complaining to the Judges and
Chamberlain of Chester, and alledging that these lands were held
of him by homage and fealty, and twelve pence yearly rent, and
praying that he may be restored to these lands, and chief lord of
the fee ; but he was too potent a person to deal with, and King
Henry VII. granted these lands to Sir William Stanley of Holt
Caslle, Lord Chamberlain. These lands escheated again to the
King, and Henry VIII. leased them to Randle Brerton for his life,
2, Hen. VIII., and after Roger Brerton, his son, had them for
his life. Afterwards, these lands continuing in the King's hands,
Robert Chornock and Roger Chornock, of Landon, purchased the
same and sold them to Piers Leycester of Nether Tabley, Esq., for
£240, whereof one moiety was paid in hand and the other he gave
bond for; but Peter Tabley of Over-Tabley, Esq., purchasing these
lands at £9 per annum in the king's books, the Chornocks' purchased
them after the rate 18d. in the king's bookes, and cheated the said
Piers Leycester by a fraudulent conveyance, so that he could not
enjoy these lands. It was decreed in the Court of Requests
4, Maii. I. Eliz., 1559 that the Chornocks' should restore the money
which they had received, and deliver up the bond obligatory to be
cancelled. And so Daniell had the lands which his posterity now
enjoyeth, 1666.
CHARTERS IN OVER TABLEY.
Edward Hewet of Mobberley hath one tenement in Over Tabley
now in possession of his tenant John Kell, which is within Mr.
Daniell's parts. There is also one other one, Leycester's third part,
to wit the tenement in possession later of Richard Duncalfe of
Tabley Hill, whereunto formerly Coithurst Meadows (now part of
Mr. Daniell's domain), did belong. This payeth 12d. of chief rent
yearly to Leycester, now paid by William Legh of Tabley Hill. This
freehold was purchased by George le Criour from Thomas Monkeys
5 Ed, IV. Afterwards this land was purchased by John Duncalfe
of Mere, 30 Hen. VIII. After it came to Peter Hulse of Over
Tabley; Hulse sells it to Whitmore of Sudlow, 1604; Whitmore
sold it to Peter Daniell, Esquire, 1611. In this township there is an
Antient Chappel called Over Tabley Chappel, or more generally known
by the name of the Chappel in the Street ; for it is situate in the High
Street; an old pitiful* structure ill seated and now in decay. This
Chappel of Ease being within the Parish of Ratholme was built
about the reign of Hen. VI., by the ancesters of Leycester of
Nether-Tabley, and Daniell of Over-Tabley, for the ease and
convenience of these two families and of all their tenants in Over-
Tabley and Nether-Tabley; probably after the match of Thomas
Daniell and M^^ud Leycester which was in Anno Domini 1440, 18
Hen. VI. It seems to have been erected not long after for the
convenience of both families, and placed in the middle-way between
the tw^o houses, one half of the said Chappel belonging to Leycester
and his tenants, and the other half to Daniell and his tenants ; and
80 hath been enjoyed ever since accordingly. Before this Chappel
was erected here in Over-Tabley there was anciently a Chappel
situate in Nether-Tabley, within the Parish of Great Budworth in a
certain field, called at this day the Chappel Field, parcel of the
domain land of Nether-land, where, within our memory servants
in ploughing have found great stones which were the foundation
stones of that Chappel, seated in the very uppermost corner of
the great Rye field hedge, adjoining to the Chappel field, but
this Chappel I conceive was neglected and taken down upon the
erecting of the way in Over-Tabley, and was much better seated.
Having given this outline of Over-Tabley, as portrayed by
Leycester, I will proceed to detail the descent of that branch of the
Daniell family.
THE HOUSE OF TABLEY.
This Branch had for its head — as notified in the fore-going —
Sir Thomas Danyers, son of the first Thomas Danyers of Bradley,
^nd grandson of William Danyers senior. The Historian continues : —
" Sir Thomas Daniell of Over-Tabley (knight) was son of Thomas
Daniell of Bradley (Sheriff of Chester 25 and 27 Ed. III. 2), in
Appleton, senior, by Joan Norreys, and heir to his father's lands
after the death of Sir John Daniell his half-brother. I find him
stiled Knight, 6 Ric. II, in which year he served in the wars under
Sir Hugh Calverlay, of Lea, the famous soldier. The sir-name of
this family was anciently written Danyers, and I have seen it
written De Anyers under Ed. II., but in later ages it was constantl^^
written Daniell, and so at this day they are usually called, which I
rather choose to follow. He married Katherine, daughter and heir
of William, son of Adam de Over-Tabley, 27 Ed. III., 1353, for which
marriage Thomas Daniell — his father — gave to Adam de Tabley —
grandfather of the said Katherine — £46 13s. 4d., whereupon the
third part of Over-Tabley was settled on this Thorhas Daniell, the
son, and Katherine his wife, to descend after the decease of the
said Adam de Tabley. He had issue — ^Thomas Daniell, John
Daniell (living 15 Henry VI.), and Jonet, a daughter, married John
Warwick of Upton in Wirral, the younger, 15 Ric. II. Sir Thomas
Daniel died 6 Ric. II., 1383, paulo ante festium Sancti Edmundi
archiepiscopi. Katherine survived, and was living 3 Hen. V., 1416.
Thomas Daniell of Over-Tabley, son and heir of Sir Thomas,
married Elizabeth, widow of Thomas Boydell of Gropenhale, junior,
and daughter of Sir Richard Ashton, of Ashton nigh Frcdsham
Bridge, and had issue — Thomas, John, Richard, Henry, Roger and
Lawrence ; so the Herald's Book. This Thomas died 10
Hen. VI. Elizabeth died 2 Hen. VI.
Thomas Daniell of Over-Tabley, Esquire (stiled the elder,
18 Hen. VI.), son and heir of Thomas, married Isabel, daughter of
John Rixton, I Hen. V., 1413, by whom he had lands in Warrington,
and had issue — ^Thomas, son and heir ; John Daniell another son
was soldier under Captain Piers Daniell, son of John Daniell of
Daresbury, 21 Hen. VI., and Elizabeth, wife of John, son of Henry
Legh, 26 Hen. VI.
Thomas Daniell of Over-Tabley, Esquire, son of Thomas
Daniell the elder, married Maude, daughter of John Leycester of
Nether Tabley, the elder Esquire, 11. Hen. VI., 1440, lib. C. fol. 2,
36, and had issue — Thomas, son and heir, William Daniell living
12 Ed. IV. Katherine married Roger Millington, of Millington in
Rosthome Parish, gentleman. She was widow 1487, 3 Hen. VII.,
and Parnel married Robert Lathom of Congleton, 4 Hen. VII., 1489,
and Cecily another daughter.
Thomas Daniell of Over-Tabley, Esquire, son and heir of
Thomas, married Blanch, daughter of Piers Warburton of Arley,
Esquire, 1472, 13 Ed., IV., and had issue — Peter (Piers) Daniell,
son and heir ; Thomas, second son ; Richard, third son, and three
daughters — Ellen, Margery and Margaret, living 15 Hen. VII. This
Thomas Daniell died 10 Hen. VII. , 1494, and was buried in the North
Chappel, called our Lady's Chappel, in the Parish Church of
Rosthome. Blanch his wife died on St. James'Day, 1508,24 Hen. VII.
This Thomas took possession of Cheery Tree Hurst in Limme, as
next heir in 1493; for then died Thomas Daniell of Limme, without
issue, the last heir of that family of Limme, but the matter was not
fully settled till the award of William Hill, Prebend of Lichfield,
23 Hen. VIII., when William Daniell of Longdom in Staffordshire
(who claimed as next heir to Daniell of Limme, as son of William,
brother of John Daniell, late of Cherry Tree Hurst in Limme), by
virtue of that award, passed all his right in these lands to Thomas
Daniell of Over-Tabley, grandson of this Thomas Daniell aforesaid.
Piers Daniell of Over-Tabley, Esquire, son and heir of Thomas
and Blanch, married Julian, daughter of Sir Peter Newton,
Secretary to the Prince, who had the wardship of the said Piers,
15 Hen. VII., 1499, and had issue — Thomas, son and heir; Robert
Daniell of Rixton, second son ; Peter, third son, living 1422 ;
Annie, eldest daughter, married first to Whitmore, after to William
Hulse; Elizabeth, second daughter, married first to William Owen,
after to Anthony Sheppard. Parnel married John Bressy of
Querton in Cheshire.
Piers Daniell had also three bastard daughters — Margery
Daniell, Isabel Daniell, and Anne Daniell, and three bastard
sons — John Daniell, Raufe Daniell, and Humphrey Daniell,
by Annie Bracegirdle, all living 1522, lib. C, fol. 242, 7. This Piers
Daniell, Esquire, died 1522, 14 Hen. VIII., at the age of 38 years.
Julian his wife died 34 Hen. VIII., 1542 lib. C, fol. 239.
VII. Thomas Daniell of Over-Tabley, Esquire, son and heir of
Piers and Julian, married Margaret, daughter of William Wilbraham
of Woodhey in Cheshire, Esquire, 1521, 13 Hen. VIII., lib. C, fol.
237, and had issue — Peter Daniell, son and heir ; Thomas
Daniell, second son ; Sir William Daniell (Judge of the Common
Pleas), third son; Richard Daniell, fourth son, died 1605. Ellen
married John Massy of Codington in Cheshire, 1553. Margaret
married Christofer Holford of Iscoit in Flintshire, younger son of
Sir John Holford of Holford, nigh Tabley, 2 and 3 Phil, and Mar.,
1555. After she married James Barker of Hamond near Shrews-
bury, lib. C, fol. 238 J. and 243 h. k. This Thomas Daniell died
5 Edw. VI., 2, di Juin, 1551, aged 48 years (lib. C, fol. 238 i.
Margaret his wife survived. He purchased the lands in Picmere,
which his posterity now holdeth, 1666, from William Sneyd.
36, Hen. VIII., called Wiches Landes, which came to the Crown
by the attainder of Sir William Stanley, Lord Chamberlain to Henry
VII., as I have before declared in Over-Tabley, lib. C, fol., 244, I.O.
VIII. Peter Daniell of Over Tabley, Esquire, son and heir of
Thomas and Margaret, married Alice, daughter of George Booth of
Dunhan Massy, Esquire, 4 Ed. VII, 1550, and had issue only a
daughter and heir, called Dorothy, married to William Massy,
son and heir of Richard Massy of Rixton in Lancashire, Esquire,
14 Eliz., 1571, lib. C, fol. 243. This Peter purchased the Hall
of Woodlands in Over-Tabley, 3 and 4, Phil., and Mar., 1556, which
escheated to the Crown upon the attainder of Matthew
de Tabley, 24 Ed. IV., as I have shown before in Over-Tabley.
This Peter died 1557, at the age of 28 years within a month, leaving
Thomas, his brother gmd heir, to succeed him (lib. C, fol. 238 k).
IX. Thomas Daniell of Over-Tabley, Esquire, brother and heir
male to the last Peter, married Alice, daughter of Frank Dutton, of
the City of Chester, and had issue — Peter, son and heir ; Thomas,
second son ; Richard, third son ; William, fourth son (died 20 die
Maii., 33 Eliz., 1591); John, fifth son, and Margaret a daughter,
living 1575, 17 Eliz., lib. C, fol. 240 x.
This Thomas Daniell, Esquire,, died 1575, 17 Eliz., aged 41
years. Alice survived, and was living 1590, lib. C, fol. 239 and
238 1. X. Peter Daniell of Over-Tabley, Esquire, son and heir of
Thomas and Alice, married Anne, daughter of Henry Mainwaring
of Carmicham in Cheshire, Esquire, 1574, and had issue — Peter,
son and heir, six years old when his Father died ; Richard Daniell,
second son, died without issue ; Frances married Edward Littleton,
younger son of Littleton of Pillarton in Staffordshire, near
Paneridge ; Anne, second daughter, died without issue ; Mary,
third daughter, married John Woodnot of Shenton in Cheshire,
after to John King of Salmondly in Lincolnshire; Jane, fourth
daughter, died without issue. This Peter died 3 die Augusti, 1590,
32 Eliz., agsd 29 years. Annie his widow afterwards married
Thomas Ashold, parson of Swetenham in Cheshire, and she died
29 Julio 1633, and had the wardship of her son, lib. C, fol. 239 n. o.
XI. Peter Daniell of Over-Tabley, Esquire, son and heir of
Peter and Anne, married. Christian, daughter of Richard Grosvenor
of Eaton-boat in Cheshire, Esquire, and had issue — Peter, eldest
son ; Henry, second son, married Anne, daughter of Sir John
Dorell of West Woody in Berkshire, but had no issue ; John
Daniell, third son, was an apprentice in London, and married, but
died also without issue ; William, fourth son, married Dorothy
Forth of Wigan in Lancashire ; Thomas, fifth son, slain at the
Battle of Bainsford, near London, 1642.
Margaret, eldest daughter, married Richard Green of Congleton
in Cheshire, gentleman ; Christian, second daughter, married
George Davenport of Calverley, Esquire ; Mary, third daughter,
married one Colonel Finch, 1651, an officer for the Parliament
party against the King, and are both now living in Ireland, 1666;
Elizabeth, fourth daughter, died un-married ; Anne the youngest
daughter married Robert Sanford of Sanford in Shropshire,
Esquire, 1648. This Peter Daniell was one of the Knights of this
county for the Parliament, 1625, and died 18th day of April, 1652,
aged 68 years, and was buried at Great Budworth. Christian, his
wife, survived, and died 1663.
XII. Peter Daniell of Over-Tabley, Esquire, the younger son
and heir of Peter and Christian, married Sarah, daughter of Richard
Wilcocks of London, and had issue — ^Thomas, son and heir. Sarah
died in infancy and Margaret another daughter. This Peter (the
son) died at Oxford of a shot received at the Siege of Gloucester,
1643, in the life-time of his Father, being at that time a Captain of
a foot company in the regiment of John, Earl Rivers, raised on
the King's part. Sarah his widow afterwards married Robert Hyde
of Nantwich, one of the sequestrators of Cheshire for the
Parliament, 1651, but she had no issue by him.
Xlll. Thomas Daniell of Over-Tabley, Esquire, son and heir of
Peter and Sarah, married Alice, daughter of William Smith, alais
Nevill, second brother of Henry Nevill of Holt in Leycestershire,
and had issue — Samuel, Thomas, Nevill, Peter and Sarah, all living
1666. William the fourth son, died young.
All the sons of Thomas Daniell last mentioned died s.p. Sarah
married Hewitt Parker of Mobberley, and Lycia, another daughter,
married Muishall, a Captain in the Army.
XIV. Samuel Daniell, son and heir of Thomas, born April 11,
1656, served as a Colonel in King William's Army, and was knighted
by him. He married two wives, first, Anne, daughter of Robert
Tatton of Withensham, Esquire, widow of Sir Amos Meredith,
Bart., and secondly, Frances, daughter of Robert Dormer of
Rowsham in Oxfordshire, Esquire, by whom he had one daughter,
Anne, who died an infant.
(a) Sir Samuel Daniell died Dec. 24, 1726, and by his will (dated
Feb. 19, 1723, proven Jan. 12, 1726—7), he directs his body to be
buried in his Chapel at Rosthorne (where a monument remains to
his memory) orders that his Godson, Samuel Goldston of Essex,
and his brother, James Goldston, shall take the name of Daniell
(b) and bequeaths his Cheshire Estates to his great-nephew.
Samuel Duckenfield, Bart., who married Sarah, daughter of his sister
Parker before mentioned, (c) Samuel Duckenfield dying s.p„ the
Daniell Estates became the property of his younger brother. Sir
William Duckenfield, Bart., who assumed the name of Daniell in
addition. After his death (without issue) they passed from his
relict to her second husband, John Astley, Esquire. The Manor of
Over-Tabley is now in moities belonging to the Leicesters of Nether-
Tabley, and the Brookes of Mere, each holding!^ courts baron for
their shares, (d) The moiety held by the Leicesters* is claimed as
a part of the Ancient Estate which the Leycestors* of Nether-
Tabley possessed in this township, (e) The moiety held by the
Brookes* was purchased with lands in Over-Tabley, from John
Astley, Esquire, for his son, the late Thomas Langford Brooke,
Esquire, (f) Another portion of the Estate was purchased by the
Leicesters*. A large brick mansion, exhibiting an injudicious
imitation of the pointed style, was built at Nether-Tabley by Mr.
Astley on the site of the old Hall, and was purchased by Mr.
Brooke. The greater part has been taken down, and the riemains
are used as a farmhouse.
Inscription of a Monument in Rosthome Church in Memory of
Sir Samuel Daniel. '
I despise, admire, and fear nothing. Pause a little, whosoever
you are, and understand in a few words what this marble infprms
you. Here rest the remains of Sir Samuel Daniel of Over-Tabley,
officer in the Cheshire Militia. He married two wives, who were
both modest, affectionate, and loving. Ann, daughter of Robert
Tatton of Withenshaw, relict of Amos Meredith, Bart., and j
Frances, daughter of Robert Dormer of Rawsham in Oxfordshire, '
by whom he had an only daughter, Anne, who died an infant. He i
was made Captain of the Horse under Prince Aurarius in the revolution
of Great Britain, a.d. 1688, and was made Major in Ireland under
Marshal Schomberg, and at last Colonel of the Cheshire Militia.
He was always an enemy to Tyranny and Superstition, and a zealous
defender of the liberty of his country, and of pure Religion. Born
the 9th day of April, a.d. 1656, and he bid farewell to mankind, as
well as life, on the 24th of December, a.d. 1726. Let everyone who
lives hereafter follow the same course of life, that they may be
prepared to die at any time, for the lives of all men are suspended
by a single thread, and may fall by sudden accidents when they are
unprepared. The earth now covers his body, but his soul is ascended to ,
the stars, after serious accidents of life ; the coffin gave him rest.
Go now, whosoever you may be, understand the miseries of this life,
and learn the changes of it.
Farewell !
William Hutton appointed to do this in memory of Sir Samuel Daniel,
The House of Daresbery.
WE will now resume the history of the Line of Daresbery
and De Tablcy, which it will be remembered, was
broken off at the period when Daresbery became
incorporated in the family by the marriage of William Danyers with
dementia Norreys in 1344.
It will be as well here, before detailing the descent, to sketch the
outline of the history of the place, down to the time it passed from
the hands of the family in 1756.
The account proceeds — " The Manor of Daresbery continued
to descend in the direct male line until the death of John Daniell
Esquire, in 1736. Having female issue only, he bequeathed the
estate to his brother Edward, by whom it was mortgaged to the
AstOns and was finally sold by his son (Query nephew), John
Daniell, Esquire to George Heron, Esquire. The Chapel of
Daresbery stands below the Hall, near the road from Warrington
to Chester. It consists of a nave Chancel with side aisles, another
Chancel at the end of the south aisle, and a handsome tower. In
Harleian MSS. are church notes taken at Daresbery in 1572, which
mention among other coats then existing here in the painted glass,
the arms of Hallum, Daniel, Dutton, Warburton, Starkey, Norris
and Aston, and gravestones in the churchyard marked with crosses,
the heads of which were flor^es, and which had swords at the sides
of them indicating most probably the sepulchres of Crusaders.
It will not perhaps be out of place to supplement a short
account of Daresbury registered in Burke's " Visitations of seats
and arms." In the reign of Henry III. the Estate of Daresbury
was possessed by a family deriving their name from it. From them
the Manor passed to Henry le Norreys in right of his wife Margery
Daresbery, as the name then appears to have been spelt. In 1344
dementia, the daughter and heir of Alan le Norreys, conveyed it by
marriage to William Danyers — subsequently called Daniell — of
whose descendents the Hall was purchased in 1756 by George
Heron, Esquire, who pulled down the old structure and re-built it
in a modern form.
DARESBURY HALL near PRESTON BROOK, CHESHIRE,
(The seat of Samuel Beckett Chadwick, Esquire).
In the reign of Henry III. the estate was peopled by a family
deriving their name from it. From them the manor passed to
Henry le Norreys, in right of his wife Margery Daresbery, as the name
then appears to have been spelt. In 1344 Clementina, the daughter
and heir of Alan le Norreys, conveyed it by marriage to William
Danyers — subsequently called Daniell — of whose descendents the
Hall was purchased in 1756, by George Heron, Esquire, His son
the Rev. George Heron, again sold it in 1832 to Samuel Chadwick,
Esquire, the father of the present owner.
The Hall, which was rebuilt by George Heron, Esquire, in i
1756, is a substantial brick building with stone quoins, and consists !
of three stories. It stands upon elevated ground in the centre of |
the estate, sheltered upon the North- East by plantations and a fine [
rookery ; while towards the North-West it commands an extensive i
prospect over the Vale of the Mersey, including Halton Castle and \
the Lancashire Hills. The park and pleasure grounds are not 1
very extensive, but they abound in shrubs and trees of various kinds, I
the whole presenting an exceedingly picturesque appearance. ^^
(Copied from Burke's " Visitation of Seats and Arms." Vol. I.) I
William Danyers, who married dementia Norreys, 1344, and
succeeded to Daresbury, Over-Walton and the Estates in
Lancashire, died 3, Hen. IV., leaving issue — ^William Danyell eldest
son, Thomas and Alan. Margaret who married Richard
Roter of Kingsley, 3 Hen. IV., Ellen who married, first, Hugh
Merbury of Walton and afterwards Henry, son and heir of Simon
Longtree. William Daniell married Sibilla, sister of John Bold
23 Ric. II., and died 13 Hen. VI., leaving issue — John Daniell, who
died 16 Edward IV. He married Jonet, daughter of Thomas
Hallam of Newton, Hal ton, and Owlarton. His son and heir was
John whb died Vita Pafris, the other son was Piers Danyell, a
Captain, 8 Hen. VI., (junder whom John Daniell, younger son of
Thomas Daniell of Tabley, served) John Danyell of Daresbury
married Alicia, daughter of William Heteigh, Knight of the Order
of Jerusalem, 23 Henry VI., and had issue Thomas Danyell of
Daresbur^S Esquire, who married Grace, daughter of John Ogle
living (a widow) 15 Hen. VII., he died 2 Hen. VII. 1497, and was
succeeded by John Daniell, eldest son. There was also another son
Hugh. John married Joan, daughter and co-heiress of Roger
Pilkington 4 Hen. VII., he had issue Thomas Danyell, eldest son,
who married 4 Hen. VIII., Jane, daughter of Adam Birkenhead of
Chester, he died 10 Hen. VIII., s.p., and was succeeded by his
only brother John Daniel. John married 11 Hen. VIII., Anne, and
had issue Thomas Daniel, eldest son, and Richard Daniel of
Sherborne in Gloucestershire. Thomas married first, Margaret,
daughter and sole heiress of John Longtree of Lancashire, 11 Hen.
VIII., secondly, Mary, 6 Eliz., but had no family by her. By his
first w^fe he had issue John Daniell, heir, Thomas, 17 Eliz., and
Bridget who married one Robinson. John Daniell married Alice,
daughter of Richard Merbury of Walton 1544, 35 Hen. VI 11.,
he died in vita patris 1558, 6 Eliz., and left issue — John
Danyell of Daresbury, Esquire, and four other sons, Richard,
GeofiFray, Thomas and William. John Danyell was ward of the
Queen, who granted his wardship to Richard Merbury of Walton, he
married Jane de Ketulle a Fleming, daughter of Robert de
la Ketulle, Lord of Rehoven, and died 1609, leaving — John Daniell
of Daresbury, Devereux, and William who died young, two
daughters who died infants, and Mary who married Sir Henry
Gage, Governor of Oxford, notable for his defence of that place
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under Charles II. John marriedJaquet, daughter of William Agard
of Foston Hall in Derbyshire, and left issue — John Daniell who 9
succeeded to Daresbury, William who died young, . an d Francis
Daniell. This latter established two branches that settled in
Devonshire and Surrey and of whom more hereafter. John Daniell,
heir, married Alice, daughter of Richard Halton of Quistibirches in
Hatton, anterior to February, 1635, he was buried Decemoer 10, 1681
and she November 22, 1667, both at Daresbury, and left an only
child — John, who married Dorothea Evat, he had issue John Daniell,
eldest sen, Jonothan, a daughter born March 1, 1655, Alice, born
September 7, 1662, and Frajicisca, eldest child. John married
Rel'ber Jackson and their children were — John Daniell of Daresbury
(he was SheriflF of Cheshire 1730 under George lJL?)^born 168^^- ,I^-\
Edward, second son who died at Chester 1746, and was buried at
Daresbury, Thomas third son who died 1774. He married Susanna,
sister and co-heiress of Averell, Bishop of Limerick, she died 1758,
and from them claim to be descended the family of Daniell of
Hertfordshire. ^
James, fourth son, buried at Manchester, 1757, and who .
married Jane, daughter of John Grice of Sandal Magna, Co. York, i
and who died May, 1780. Also a daughter Dorothea. John, eldest
son, born 1685, married Esther, and was buried at Daresbury, 1736,
having female issue only, he bequeathed the Estate to his brother >
Edward, which at his death passed to his nephew, John, eldest son I
of James Daniell. James had also another son Edward, who died i
at Bath, s.p., and a daughter Mary, who was married to Paul, son |
of Sir William Crosbie, Bart., Dec. 31, 1750. John Daniell was
last owner of Daresbury, and died at Chester. Having no children !
he sold the Estate to George Heron, Esquire, in 1756, who rebuilt i
the Hall in that year, and the property was sold by his son (MS.
Notes say Mr. Middlehurst, steward of Halton fee), the Rev. George
Heron, in 1832, to one Samuel Chadwick, and from him it passed
to his son who, dying early, placed the Estate in trust for his f
children who are now the possessors of DaresburyV ';
Having traced the descent in the direct line to the time it
departed from the family, I will return to Francis Daniell, and give
the history of his descendents who settled the one Branch in
Devonshire and the other in Surrey. This Francis (the co-purchaser
of the Estate) relinquished the quarterings of the Daresberys',
which was borne only by the heir to the Estate, and took the same
for his crest in lieu of the family crest. He married (if I mistake
not) Helen, only daughter of Richard Mantell of Kent, and had
issue, one son, James Daniell of Canterbury, born 1707, who
married Jane, daughter of W. Mantell of Horton Priory, Kent, and
left issue two sons — Francis, who married Anne, daughter of George
Adams of Sittingbourne, whose posterity settled in Devonshire
(Knole House), and are known in connection with that county ; and
James Daniell, eldest son, a merpber of the Madras Civil Service.
He married Lucy Butler, the second daughter of Peregrine Butler
of Dungarvan, Co. Waterford. James Dani ell le ft,twQ sons, James
the Elder,, and Edward of the Madras Civil Service. The latter
was unmarried, and was drowhed from a ship while attempting to
swim ashore in the Madras Serf. There were two daughters —
Anne, who married William Brummell, brother to George, known
as Beau Brummell, and whose only child married Sir Henry
Pigott ; and Fanny, who married the Hon. Lindsey Burrell, son of
Lord Gwydyr and Lady Willoughby D'Eresby, and was mother
to the present Lorc^'Gwydyr. /f Fiiaiicis— eldest son — was a
Director of the East India Company, and lived at Beddington Park,
Carshalton. He married Eliza, daughter of James Hodges (Hodges
Nugent) and died 1839, leaving issue seven sons and eight daughters,
namely, James Frederic Nugent, born , 1789, eldest son, of Esher,
Surrey; Edward Maxwell, a commander, H.E. LC. S., who
married Emma T„ daughter of T. Ferrers ; Anthony Steuart, who
married Harriet, daughter of E. W. Ellis ; Lindsay married Louisa,
daughter of Baron Lorentz ; Murry Pattison, died unmarried ;
William, died young ; and Matthew Raikes, married Frances,
daughter of H. P. Georges. The daughters were — Honoria Anna
Maria, who married John, son of Sir J. Jackson, Bart. ; Catherine
Georgiano, married Charles Page ; Frances Amelia, married
J. J. Reynolds ; Aurora Mary, married Rev. Parker Vowles ;
Amelia Sophia Charlotte, married the Hon. E. C. Curzon, second
son of Baroness de la Zouehe; Mary Anne, married W. Ferrers ;
Eliza, married firstly William Clarke Johnstone, and secondly,
G. S. Jenks ; lastly, Maria Emily, who married F. B. Long. All
the married ones in this generation have families.
James Frederic Nugent, eldest son, was in H. E. I. C. S., and
was one of the Pages-in-Waiting at the Coronation of King
George IV. (His sister — Aurora Mary — was Herb rowote r on the
same occasion, and subsequently bore that title as a surname.) He
married Jane Anna Eliza, daughter of the Rev. Philip le Geyt
of Jersey, whose ancestors were the Cairnes' Family of
Ireland, and whose descent maternally was derived from a sister of
Lord Darnley (Lady Elizabeth Stuart). ,
James Nugent Daniell, Esquire — in right of his office at the
Coronation of George IV. — was a J. P. for the County of Surrey, a
Lieutenant of the City of London, and resided at Sandown House,
Esher, Surrey. He died in the year 1871, and was buried at
Biarritz, France — He had' issue — James Le Geyt, born 1831, eldest
son, a Captain 3rd Royal Surrey Militia, who married Sarah Cecilia,
eldest daughter of C. J. Whiteman, Esquire of Theydon, Epping ;
Charles Astell, born 1833,^ officer in the Indian Cavalry, he died
1855, having married Madeleine Carter ; Cairnes Anthony, born
1834, in the Bengal Civil Service, married Emma Catherine,
daughter of Major Eckford; Claremont John, born 1835, also in
the Bengal Civil Service, married Fanny, daughter of William
Princep of Alburey, Surrey ; Jane Anna Eliza, born 1827, married
W. P. Connolly, Captain H.M. India Army, and died 1865 — a year
after her husband ; Matilda Mary was born 1829, and married the
Rev. Newton Spicer, son of John Spicer, Esquire of Esher Place,
Surrey ; Julia Helen, born 1825, died 1842; Alice Mary Anne, born
1842, died young; two daughters born 1824 and 1830 died infants ;
Nugent Murray Whitmore of the Bombay Civil Service was born
1837, and married 1st Dec, 1870, Agnes, only daughter of the Earl of
Ranfurly ; Henry Smith, born 1839, a Captain Indian Cavalry, married
Edith, daughter of Colonel Barrow, C.B. ; Aurora Ellen, born 1841 ;
Blanche, born 1843; Marion, born 1844; and lastly, Philip, the
Compilor of this History, born 1846, married Augusta Mary,
daughter of E. F. Jenner, Esquire. /
MONSIEUR DE MAGNAY " Nobiliare de Normandie."
One of the first Ancestors of this family of Ancient
Chivalerie accompanied William the Conqueror to
England, and figured in the list of Norman Lords which was
kept to the time of Henry VIII. in the Monastry of St. Martin de
la Bataille near Hastings, published in England by Haleusent, and
in France by A. Duchesne. The Book published by William Burke
in the Battle Roll, says: — The Daniel in question is without any
doubt the head of the great family of Daniel or De Anyers de
Daresbury (Count of Chester), and this Daniel, Danyel, Danyell,
Danyers, or d'Anyers (these are all the different varieties in the
French Chart), is a Branch of the Daniel de Tabley. A century
after the conquest of England we see figuring in the Kingdom of
Naples "Hughes Daniel, Lord of Du Bosc, and of Tallion " (G. du
Monlin " Histoire de Normandie "). Two families appear to have
issued from the same source, but without doubt separated after the
return of the Conqueror, existing still in Normandy. These are
the two families —
DANIEL DE BOIS DE NE METZ.
The first Ancesters of this house lived in Normandy in the
eleventh Century, this makes us believe that Osbert Danyel who
accompanied William, 1066, was not the only member of his family
at the Conquest. A chart of the King Philippe Auguste, dated
in the year 1216, gives to Burndoris Daniel, Chevalier en fief de
Namois and the Wood of Autherverne in Vexin, therefore comes the
name of Bois de ne Metz, formerly Bois d'Anne Metz (the original
chart of the family is in the possession of the Comtesse de Sainte
Foix eldest daughter of the late Marquise de Bois de ne Metz. A
fact worthy of notice is, that the Chateau de Bois de ne Metz and
d'Antheverne, situated in the vicinity of Verne, are still in the
possession of this house. The noble extraction of this house was
recognised at different epochs, particularly by Montfaut, the more
so that in 1785, the Marquis de Bois de ne Metz, and his brother
were admitted before Chcrin to the honors of the Court.
Guilleaume Daniel, Ecuyer of the Palais du Rouen in 1361
was Captain of the same town (Archives of the Cour des Comptes),
where begins the separation of the two branches.
Michel Daniel Seigneur de Bois de ne Metz and of other places
went, accompanied by an archer and a page, to the Monastery of the
Nobles de la Chastellerie de Nemores in 1469 — Jacques was
President of the Parliament of Rouen by letters of the 7th
September, 1555, Jacques the third of that name, was Lieutenant
du Grand Maitre a TArtillerie in 1590 — Jean Paul Daniel de Bois
d'Anne Metz was page to the King 26th August 1672.
Claude Daniel, Chevalier Marquis de Bois de ne Metz, was
made one of the Ecuycrs of the Queen, Jan. 1733, and he died
Lieutenant-General the 1st of March, 1790. From his marriage
with Mademoiselle Elizabeth Anne Borel de Clarbec he had five
sons. The three elder won their spurs in 1705, and entered into
the service of the King. This family divided into two Branches.
The first is represented by Alexandre Daniel, Marquis de Bois de
ne Metz, married in 1824 to Mademoiselle Ethis de Carny, and one of
his sons, Leopold, married Mademoiselle N. de Metz. The second
has for head — Alphonse Frederic Charles Daniel, Comte de Bois de
ne Metz, who served in the King's Household before 1830. He
married in May, 1820, Mademoiselle Elize Ferdinand de Souvain,
by whom he had four children — eldest son, Armand, Captain 1st
Regiment of Dragoons, in 1862; Edward, second son, Captain 71st
Line Regiment in 1862 ; and twin sons — Gaston and Rene — born
January 6th, 1830. Victor Alphonse Armand, brother of the
Marquis Vicomte de Bois de ne Metz, formerly an officer in the
Lancers of the Royal Guard, is not married, and inhabits Dole
in 1862.
DANIEL DE MOULT, de GRANGUES est de BRETTEVILLE.
Henri Daniel Ecuyer de Gresons, de Moult, de Grangues, etc.,
second son of Guillaume and of Jane Randall (English Branch),
returned to settle in Normandy, and established himself at Caen in
1635. To avoid the taxes imposed in 1640 on strangers, he
obtained his right of naturalization, 30th November, 1646. Louis
XIV. in February 1675 gave him letters in confirmation of his
Manor and Nobility. He acquired with other lands those of De
Grangues, Pont TEv^que where his descendents have their principal
residence. These divided into two branches, those of the Lords de
Moult, the elder and the Lords and Marquis de Grangues, who
re-divide in three branches, two of which still exist. The second
branch has for ancestors —
Henri Daniel the second of the name. Lord of De Grangues,
Marquis de Martraryguy eldest son of Henri, who was Lieutenant in
the Regiment of Schomberg. Among his descendents we will mention
Henri, the third of the name. President of the Chambre des
Comptes de Normandie, 1706. Jean Henri, Robert Daniel,
Marquis de Grangues Chevalier d'Ordres du Mont Carmel and
Ste. Lazare in 1724, Lieutenant to the King at Lisieux. The line
finished in the person of Henri Charles Auguste Daniel, Chevalier
Marquis de Grangues, married to Julie Garpardinc de Robillard
who died at Rouen 16th May, 1818, without posterity. The second
branch of the Lords of Enville De Grangues have for head Marie
Francois Leone Gregoire Aime Daniel, known first under the
name of Chevalier de Grangues but later under that of Daniel
D'Enville, Officer in the Royal Regiment Contois. He married
the 20th of April, 1820 Mademoiselle Fran^oise Therese Joseph de
Mannerville, and died at Rouen in 1814, leaving an only son who
succeeded him. Francois Aime Raymont Daniel et Enville
Marquis de Grangues, actual head of the name and the armes (1862),
married in 1839, Mademoiselle Francois Therese Josephine Boscary