The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-06
NUMEROUS BETS PAID
AFTER MANS DEATH


Indeed, the wagers for and against
this probability assumed altogether
phenomenal proportions. and many or
the betters endeavored 70 protect them
selves by taking out insurance at
Lloyd's. both against and in favor OF
his dying before he reached the CEN
fury mark.
Now the betters and Lloyd have
been called upon to settle up. since the
ola baronet has been gathered to his
fathers. within a little more than
twelve months OF the goal, his baro-
netcy becoming extinct. For he has
10 male heir, and his estates pass to
his only daughter. wife Of the Rev.
Alfred Hobart Hampden. rector or
Cottred, in Herts., and grandson Of a
former Earl of Buckinghamshire.
Strictly speaking, Sir Henry was not
Vavasour. Spald!ngton came Into
the Vavasour family through the mar
riage of John Vavasour to Isabel de
la Haye. heiress of the De Hayes Of
SpaIdington. Their lineal descendant
Thomas Vavasour, died at the end OF
the seventeenth century without male
issue. leaving an only daughter. and
for the next hundred years Spalding-
ton passed through a succession of fe-
male heirs, until at the end OF the
eighteenth century Lieute nant- General
Henry Nooth, on his marriage to Anne
Yates, great-great- granddaughter OF
Thomas vavs5our. obtained permission
of the crown to assume the name and
arms OF Vavasour Of Spaldington. and
was created a baronet-
The Vavasours of Spaldi ngton were
at the best but a junior branch. The
parent stem, the Vavasours of Hazel
wood, descended from that Mauger lie
Navasour. OF Norman extraction. VINO
cbtsined from Henry l. the grant or,
Hardwood Castle and of extensive
lNnds in Yorkshire. became extinct In
the male line through the death, I'M
married in 1926, of Thomas Nava-
sour. of Hazelwood Castle. He devised
his estates to a cousin. the Honorable
Edward Stourton. younger son of the
sixteenth Lord Stourton. He assumes.
on succeeding to Hazelwood Castle. the
name and armorial bearings of Nava-
sour in accordance with the require
ments of the testator's viii, and was
created baronet. The present
holder of this baronetcy. Sir William
NavasOur. is his grandson In his
younger days d Zouave in the papsi
army. and as such a veteran of the
battle Of Montana. where Garibaldi
was defeated by the pontifical ana
French forces, he has been over
taken in his old age by misfortune.
For gazetted some years ago as
bankrupt. he was shown on that oc-
CASTOR. not only to DC entirely with
out assets, but even without any
means of subsistence. his estates in
Yorkshire. including HazelwoOd Castle
having been taken possession of by the
Lakewood Castle was already the
home OF the Vavasours before the
building Of the present Minister of
York in 1870: for II is a matter OF
historic record that the stone used
in the construction OF the Cathedral
Of York. came from the Thieves Gill
quarry. on the HazelwoOd Castle es-
tate. and was donated for the purpose
by the then owner of HazelWoon
Castle. Sir william L. Vavasour.
The Vavasours may be said to be
Indebted for their name 10 their rank
in the aristocracy. in OIden tiuses the
latter was divided. according to Brac-
ton. into "Emperors. Kings and
Princes. Counts. Barons. NavaSourS and
knights In the Canterbury Tales.
.he word Vavasour. or vavasseur. IS
rsed in the prologue to designate
person next III ttNlib- ~ a hNt'A W.
superior u a knight sort Of sub
vassal-and this Interpretation Is
borne out by the fact that Sir AauScr
T. Vavasour. the founder of the family.
is mentioned on DoOmSlay Book as
being subvaSSsl to the Earl Of North
cumberland. in respect To a consider
able number OF manors and estates.
There IS no connection between these
NavasourS. and that Cecil Fisher
NavaSseur. only son and heir q Nd
miral OF the Fleet Lord Fisher. ano
who Is married 10 Miss Jane Morgan.
daughter Of Randall Morgan. % Thiia-
dclphia- some years ago. on the death
OF IN. late Josiah Navasour. who wss
one 81 the directors o. ArmstroHg.
Whitworth & Co n was found that
nc had bcqueathed the greater part Of
his large fortune. some two millions
In cash. and the manors u Thcttord.
Crextou and KIivcrstone Hall. In Nor
foikshirc. e. the Hon Cecil Fisher. on
condition that he should adopt the
name and arms % Navasour. 70 was
mainly because cecil Fisher had 6eea|
compelled % change his paironymio|
that his father. on being raised 20 the
p~rrarc. decided 20 take - his title
that Of lord Fisher 80 that the
family name might BE- in this fashion
preserved " g. doubtful whether
ord Fisher. whose controversy With
ADMIRAL Lord Charles Bcrcsford. origi-
mating By trouble between Lady Charles
ana Ts.dv Fisher a. Malta set the en-
Ire EritsA lazy ~ the ears, fspia