BURDETT, of BRAMCOTE, co. Warwick

25 Feb. 1619

     Sir FRANCIS BURDETT, Bart., succeeded his grandfather, sir Robert, 22 Feb. 1797; born 25 Jan. I770; married, 5 Aug. 1793, Sophia, youngest da. of Thomas Coutts esq. (sister of Susan, countess dowager of Guilford, and Frances, dowager marchioness of Bute), by whom he has issue, 1. Sophia, b. 13 June 1794; 2. Robert b. 26 April 1796, major 10th dragoons; 3. Susanna, b. 29 Nov. 1800; 4. Joanna-Frances, b. 2 July 1804 ; 5. Clara-Maria, b. 9 Dec. 1806; and 6. Angela, b. 25 April 1814.

      Hugh de Burdett came into England with William the Conqueror ; he left issue,

     WILLIAM Burdett lord of Louseby, in Leicestershire who founded the priory at Ancote, co. Warwick, temp. Henry II.:  he was father of another

     WILLIAM, living temp, Henry III, and by his wife, Alicia, had 3 sons, 1. Richard, who succeeded his father at Louseby; 2. Hugh, ancestor of this family; 3. William, of Shepeshed, co. Leicester.

     HUGH Burdett (2d son of William) was seated at Sekington, co. Warwick, where his issue continued for many generations: 6th in descent from him was

    NICHOLAS Burdett, grand butler of Normandy, and praefect of Evreux, slain at Pontoise 1439, having m. Joan, cousin and h. of Henry Bruin, with whom he acquired the manor of Bramcote, and by whom he bad a son and heir,

     THOMAS, who was attainted and beheaded for high treason 1477, according to Fuller, on the following pretence:---Having heard that a favorite white buck had been killed in his park by king Edward IV., he, in his first passion, wished the bucks horns in the belly of him who had moved the king to do so-he had already made himself obnoxious by his attachment to the duke of Clarence, and advantage was taken of these words (as imagining the death of the king) to arraign and convict him of high treason.  His son,

     Sir JOHN, was restored in blood on the accession of Henry VII., and was seated at Bramcote. He was father of ROBERT, father of THOMAS, father of another ROBERT, who d. 1803, leaving an only son,

     I. THOMAS, advanced to the dignity of a bart. as above, m. Jane, da. and h. of William Frauncys, of Foremark esq., which seat has, since that time, been the chief residence of the family. By this lady he had issue,

   1. Francis, 2d bart.

   2. Robert, a merchant and alderman of London (who by Mary, his wife, da. of alderman Wright, left issue).

   3. Leicester, who d. at Aleppo, unm.

   4. Catharine, m. Sebright Repington. esq.

   5. Isabel, m. Francis Merrick, merchant.

   6. Lettice, m. William Hauncel, merchant.

   7. Mary, m. George Bowes, esq.

   8. Jane, betrothed to Gilbert Thacker, esq.

   9. Dorothy, d unm.

   10. Bridget, m. Thomas, son and h, of George Gresley.

   He was succeeded by his son,

     II. Sir FRANCIS, d. 10 Sept. 1608, m. Elizabeth, da. of sir John Walter, of Sarsden, co. Oxford, knt., chief baron of the Exchequer, by whom (who d. 17 April 1701, aged 88) he had issue,

   1. sir ROBERT, 3d bart.

   2. Francis, d. unm. 1709.

   3. Walter, of the inner Temple, and of Knowle Hill, co. Derby, d. unm. 1732.

   4. John, m., but d. without issue, 1729

   5. Thomas, d. unm. 1698.

   6. Jane. m. Edward Hopegood, esq.

   7. Elizabeth, m. Edward Joddrell, .esq.

   8. Mary, d. unm. 1701; 9.  Dorothy, d. unm. 1718.

     Sir Francis d. 30 Dec. 1696, and was succeeded by his eldest son,

     III. Sir ROBERT, b. 11 Jan. 1640, thrice m.; 1st, to Mary, only da, of Gervase Pigot, esq. (who d. 31 Aug. 1688 aged 27); 2dly, Magdalen,da.of sir Thomas Ashton, bart.; and 3dly, Mary, da of mr. Thomas Brome. By his 3d wife he had no issue; by the 1st he had a son, who d. an infant, and a da.,

   1. Elizabeth, m. Charles Jenens, esq. and by his 2d, besides several children who d. infants,

   2. Jane, m. John Cotton, esq. son and heir apparent of sir John Cotton, bart., and d. his widow. 17 March 1767.

   3. Robert, b. 25 June 1680, d. 11 days before his father, having m. Elizabeth, da, of William, viscount Tracy, and having issue by her (who m. 2dly, Robert Holden, esq.) 6 das. and a posthumous son, sir ROBERT, 4th bart.

     Sir Robert d. 13 Jan. 1716, and was succeeded by his grandson,

     IV. Sir ROBERT, D.C.L., b.28 May 1716, m. 1st Nov. 1739, Elizabeth, only da. of sir Charles Sedley, bart., by whom (who d. 28 Aug. 1747) he had issue, besides other children, who d. infants or unm.,

   1. Elizabeth, m. Francis Mundy, esq.

   2. Francis, m. Eleanor, da. and co-h. of William Jones, of Ramsbury Manor, co. Wilts, esq., and d. in his father’s lifetime 1794, leaving issue--- l. sir FRANCIS present bart.---2. Robert, d. young---3. Charles-Sedley, drowned at the falls of Schaffhausen, in Switzerland, 1794---4. William-Jones, m,. miss Sarah

Brent, niece of Timothy Brent, esq., and has issue, 1. Francis, b. 22 March 1813; 2. William, b. June 1814; 3. Sarah, and 4. Frances, b. 3 Jan. 1818; and 5. a son, b. Jan. 1823---5. Mary-Eleanor, d. unm.---6 Elizabeth, m. 1801, sir James Langham, of Colebrooke, co. Northampton, bart.---7. Frances.                

     Sir Robert m. 2dly, 18 June 1753, lady Caroline, da. of John, 2d duke of Rutland, and widow of sir Henry Harpur, bart., by whom (who d. 10 Nov. 1769) he had no issue. Sir Robert d. 22 Feb. 1797, and was succeeded by his grandson,

     V. Sir F RANCIS, present bart.

     Arms---Azure, two bars, or, each charged with three martlets, gules.

     Crest---A lion's head, erased, sable.

      Seats---At Foremark, co. Derby, and Ramsbury, co. Wilts.

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