The Family History Of Hart Of Donegal 1907 PDF Download

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 edition. Excerpt: ...again in the hands of an heiress, Dorothy Ellerker, who married Sir James Bradshaw. Their son, Sir Ellerker Bradshaw, was M.P. for Beverley in 1727. It is recorded that at the election ' Squire Bradshaw gave a guinea a man, and Pelham and Sir Charles Hotham drew up a petition against Squire Bradshaw, who was voted out of the house in the second sitting.' In 1733 Squire Bradshaw gave half-a-guinea to all free men who voted for his being elected Mayor, but he was not chosen. In 1734 Squire Bradshaw was re-elected for Beverley, and Sir Charles Hotham. The new members 'treated' the aldermen and gentlemen of Beverley in September and October of this year. In 1742 Mr. Bradshaw died, leaving two daughters coheiresses, who bequeathed the property to Eaton Mainwaring, who took the name and arms of Ellerker. Here may come in what Gough says: 'Risby, near Beverley, was the ancient seat of the Ellerkers, of whom Roger Mainwaring Ellerker, the heir of Eaton Mainwaring Ellerker, dying unmarried, it was divided between his four sisters. Arabella married Thomas, son of Lord Onslow, and died 1782. The family of Onslow inherited or bought Risby. Charlotte, 1772, married George, Earl of Leicester. Two remained unmarried.' The fine old mansion house, being deserted after the death of E. M. Ellerker and his son, was destroyed by fire, and the whole estate put up to auction in 1787. The trees which were from time to time cut down during the lives of the sisters were so large that it took the workmen three days to fell one of them. The deer park was very extensive, and it is said that as many deer were killed as furnished the gentlemen of the East Riding and the north of Lincolnshire with buckskin breeches for hunting. Between 1726 and 1776 there were 645 deer...