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namely, Henry Fitzherbert, Chamberlain to King
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their proper name is Her-
bert; and that, with marriage of the Finch's heir,
they took the . Finch's name. One Vincent
Finch, in Henry IV.'s days, recovered of the
King the manor of ---, by Winchelsea
and in an old inscription in Braborne Church,
the name is written Herbert, alias Finch:
Sir Moyle Finch, Knight, eldest son of sir
Thomas Finch, Knight, by Catharine, daughter
and coheiress of Sir Thomas Moyle, of East-
well, in the county of Kent, was created a Baro•
net on the 29th of July, 1611. He married.
Elizabeth, only daughter and heiress of Sir
Thomas Heneage, Knight, descended from the
ancient family of Heneage, of Hainton, in the
county of Lincoln, by whom he had seven sons •
and two daughters—namely, Theophilus, who
succeeded to the Baronetcy, but died before his
mother; Thomas, the successor of his brother
John, who died unmarried ; Heritage, Sergeant
at Law, Recorder of the City of London, and
Speaker of the Mime of Commons. Francis,
William, and .Robert. The daughters were
Anne, who married Sir William Twystlen, Bart.;
and Catherine, Sir John Wentworth, Bart.
After the demise of Sir Moyle, his widow, Ca-
therine, Lady Finch, was elevated to the Peerage
on the Bth of July 1623, by the title of 'Vis-
countess Maidstone, and advanced to the dignity
of Countess of Winchelsea, in the county of Sus-
sex, on the 12th of July 1628. Sir Moyle died
in 1614, and was succeeded by his eldest son,
Sir Theophilus.—This gentleman married Eli-
zabeth, daughter of Sir Christophei Heydon ;
but dying without issue, the title devolved on his
brother,
Sir Thomas, who succeeded to the Peerage of
Viscount Maidstone and Earl of Winchelsea
upon the demise of his mother on the 13th of
March, 1633. His Lordship married Cecilia,
daughter of John Wendworth, Esq., by whom
he left three sons and five daughters. He died
at his house in Charter-house yard, in the (then)
suburbs of London, on the sth of November,
1634, and was succeeded by his eldest son,
Heneage.—This Nobleman, having adhered
firmly to the Royal Family during its misfor-
tunes, and contributed, by his exertions, to the
restoration of the Monarchy, was created by
King Charles 11., on the 26th of June 1660, as
a special mark of Royal favour, and in conside-
ration of his descent from the ancient house of
Herbert, formerly possessors of the Manor of
:Eastwell, Baron Fitzherbert, of Eastwell, in the
county of Kent. His Lordship married four wives,
by whom he had twenty-seven children, 16 of
whom lived to maturity. His first Lady was Diana,
daughter of Francis Lord Willoughby, of Par-
ham, by whom he bad no surviving child. The
second was Lady Mary, second daughter of
William Seymour, Duke of Somerset, by whom
die had seven sons and four daughters ; the third,
!Catherine, daughter of Sir Thomas Northcliffe,
and relict of Christopher Lister, Esq., by whom
he had two daughters ; and the fourth, Eliza-
beth, only daughter and heiress of John Ayres,
Esq., of the city of London, by whom he had a
son and two daughters. He died in 1689, anti
was succeeded by his grandson,
Charles, son of his deceased eldest son, Lord
Maidstone. This Nobleman died without issue,
on the 14th of March, 1712, when the family
honours reverted to his uncle,
Heneage, who, dying also without issue., on
the 30th of September 1726, was succeeded by
his brother,
John, at whose demise, without issue, on the
9th of September, 1729, the Barony of Fitz-
herbert expired, but the Earldom of Winchelsea
and Viscounty of Maidstone, reverted to his
kinsman,

Daniel, second Earl of Nottingham, and
Baron Finch of Daventry, son and successor of
Heneage Finch, a distinguished lawyer (who
was grandson of Sir Moyle Finch, through hip
fourth son, the Hon. Sir Heneage Finch, Knt.)
This Heneage, when Solicitor-General, in 1666,
obtained great fame as Summer Reader of tht:
Society of the Inner Temple, his Readings being
attended by all the learned professions, by the
Nobility, and, finally, by the King (Charles II.)
and his Court ; and terminating in a grand en-
tertainment given by the Learned Reader to his
Majesty, in the great hall of the Middle Tem-
ple. On the 10th of May, 1670, Sir Heneage
was constituted Attorney-General, and made
Lord Keeper of the Great. Seal on the 9th of
November, 1673, when he was elevated to the
Peerage the Ioth of January, 1674, as Lord
Finch of Daventry, in the county of Northamp-
ton. On the 19th of December, 16( _5, he.
was declared Lord High Chancellor of Eng.:
land, and on the 12th of May, 1681, he was
advanCed to the dignity of Earl of Nottingham.
His Lordship died on the 18th of December,
1682, and was succeeded by his eldest ion Daniel,
who, as stated above, succeeded to the Earldom
of Win chelsea god Viscounty of Maidstone:.
This NObleman took an active part in the poli-
tical affairs before and after the Revolution ; he
married twice ; first, Lady Essex, second (laugh-
ter and co-heiress of Robert Rich, Earl of War-
wick, by whom he had one daughter, Mary,
who first married William Saville, Marquis of
arid, after his decease, John, Duke of
Roxburgh. Lord \Vinchelsea married, secondly,
Anne, only daughter of Christopher Vis-
count Batton, by whom he had five sons and
eight daughters. The Earl died on the Ist Ja-
nuary, 1730, and was succeeded by his eldest

son,
Daniel.—His Lordship married, first, in
1729, Lady Frances Fielding, daughter of the
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ttbey;
and, secondly, in 1738, Mary, daughter and co-
heiress of Sir Thomas Palmer, Bart. of Wing-
ham, in the county of Kent, by whom he had
four daughters. He died in 1769, and was sac-
ceeded present Earl,
only
Sonb ofe fi,s
the nephew,ad yHon.
Charlotte
George,
William Finch, by his
(leactigonhd wife,
of Thomas, first Earl of Pomfret, and
,y- ihiarlotte the
r Femor, second
:itint of George, the present Earl of Pomfret.
The motto of the Earl's arms is—Nil conscirc
sibi.

Line above is copied from the Morning Herald, and it
Will be seen is incorrect, as it does not come down to the
present Earle.)