Complete Baronetage Vol. 1/Stradling (1611)

by George Edward Cokayne

STRADLING

cr. 22 May 1611;

ex. 27 Sep. 1738.

I. 1611. "John Stradling, of St. Donates, co. Glamorgan, Knt.," s. and h. of Francis Stradling, of St. George's, near Bristol (d. 1589), by Mary, da. of Bartholomew Mitchell, was b. 1563; matric. at Oxford (Brasenose) 18 July 1580; B.A. (Mag. Hall) 7 Feb. 1583/4; Sheriff of Glamorgan, 1607-08, and 1607 and 1620; Knighted, 15 May 1608 (as "of Salop") at Whitehall; suc. to the castle and estate of St. Donats aforesaid, on the death, s.p., 15 May 1609, of his second cousin, Sir Edmund Stradling,^[1] shortly after which he was cr. a Bart., as above, at the institution of that Order, 22 May 1611; was M.P. for St. Germans, 1624/5; for Old Sarum, 1625, and for Glamorgan, 1625/6. He was also an author of some note as a Historian and a Poet. He m., in or before 1600, Elizabeth, da. and h. of Edward Gage (5th son of Sir Edward Gage, of Firle, Sussex), by Margaret, da. of John Shelley, of Mitchelgrove, co. Sussex. He d. 9 and was bur. 11 Sep. 1637, at St. Donats, aged about 73. Funeral certif. in Coll. of Arms. Will pr. 1637.

II. 1637. Sir Edward Stradling, Bart. [1611], of St. Donats aforesaid, s. and h.,^[2] b. 1601; matric. at Oxford (Bras. Coll.) 16 June 1615; suc. to the Baronetcy, 9 Sep. 1637; M.P. for Glamorgan, April to May 1640; was concerned in several business undertakings; was Col. of a Reg. of foot, on behalf of the King, at Edgehill, in Oct. 1642, where he was taken prisoner, but was soon released. He m., about 1620, Mary, da, of Sir Thomas Mansel, 1st Bart. [1611] of Margam, by his second wife Jane, da. of Thomas Pole. He d. while attending the King at Oxford, and was bur. 21 June 1644, in the chapel of Jesus College in the parish of St. Michael's there. His widow gave protection to Bishop Ussher, at St. Donats, in July 1645.

III. 1644. Sir Edwald Stradling, Bart. [1611], of St. Donats aforesaid, s.and h., b. about 1624; Knighted, at Oxford, 13 June 1643; suc. to the Baronetcy in June 1644; fought for the Royal cause (^[3]) at the battle of Newbury, Oct. 1644.. He m. about 1642 Catherine, da. of Hugh Perry, Alderman and Sheriff (1632-33) of London, He d. (it is said "of consumption") before 1661. His widow m. Bussey Mansel, of Briton Ferry, co. Glamorgan.

IV. 1660?. Sir Edward Stradling, Bart. [1611], of St. Donats aforesaid, s. and h., b. about 1643; suc. to the Baronetcy before 1661; matric. at Oxford (Jesus Coll.) 26 Oct. 1660, and cr. M.A. 12 Sep. 1661, being then a Baronet. He m. 20 Nov. 1667, at St. Giles' in the Fields (Lic. Vic. Gen., he about 24, she about 18, with consent of her mother) Elizabeth, da. of Anthony Hungerford, of Farley Castle, co. Somerset. He d. 5 Sep. 1685.

V. 1685. Sir Edward Stradling, Bart. [1611], of St. Donats aforesaid, s. and h., b. about 1672; matric. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.), 18 July 1684, aged 12; suc. to the Baronetcy, 5 Sep. 1685; M.P. for Cardiff in five Parls., 1698—1701 and 1710-22; Sheriff of Glamorgan, 1709-10. He m. Elizabeth, sister of Thomas, 1st Baron Mansel of Margam, da. of Sir Edward Mansel, 3d Bart. [1611], by Martha, da. of Edward Carne. He d. 8 April 1735. Will pr. 1735.

VI. 1735 to 1738 Sir Thomas Stradling, Bart. [1611], of St. Donats aforesaid, 2d but only surv. s. and h.; b. 24 July 1710; suc. to the Baronetcy, 5 April 1735. He d. unm., at Montpelier, in the south of France, 27 Sep. 1738, aged 37,(^[4]) when the Baronetcy became extinct.(^[5]) Will dat. 4 March 1735; pr. 15 Dec. 1738.

1. This Edward Stradling, who died at the age of about 80, was s. and h. of Sir Thomas S. (d. 1571, aged about 73), s. and h. of Sir Edward S. (d. 8 May 1535), s. and h. of Thomas S. (d. 1480, aged 24), which Thomas was father of Henry S.; father of Francis and grandfather of the legatee. He was an author, antiquary, and a great genealogist.
2. He was one of six brothers, all of whom were distinguished Loyalists, viz:— (1) He himself; (2) Thomas, who was Lieut -Col. under him; (3) John, Capt. in the Expedition to Rhee; (4) Sir Henry, Capt. of a Man of War, and one of the two naval officers, whom the Parl. could not bring over; (5) Francis, a Capt. in Ireland, who, however, d. before the rebellion; (6) George, who, as a Fellow of All Souls' Coll., Oxford, served in the army during the Civil War, and who afterwards (1672-88) was Dean of Chichester.
3. His brothers John and Thomas were on the same side, and were implicated in the Glamorganshire risings, 1647-48. John died a prisoner in 1648.
4. "The estate of St. Donats Castle was bequeathed to the Drakes of Shardeloes, now [1838] possessed by Thomas Tyrwhitt Drake, Esq. Merthymawr and Monknash passed to Hugh Bowen, Esq., and Penlline Lampey and Cwm Hawey to Bussey Mansel, Esq." [Burke's Extinct Baronetcies.] Jane, the great aunt of the last Baronet (da. of the 3d Bart.), had m. George Bowen, of Kettlehill, co. Glamorgan, and Dame Catharine Mansel, widow of the 3d Bart., had m. Bussey Mansel. The disposition of the property in the will gave rise to a Chancery suit, which lasted sixty years from 1738, at the close of which, the valuable library, furniture, etc., of St. Donats Castle were sold. [N. & Q., 3d S., xi, 153.]
5. In Walford's County Families (2d edit. 1864), under "Nicholl-Carne, of Nash Manor, co. Glamorgan," the following very extraordinary statement appears. The dormant Baronetage of Stradling of St. Donats is centred in and claimed by this family. The writer of an article, signed "N.O." [Herald and Genealogist, vol. iv, p. 234], justly ridicules "the notion of claiming a Baronetcy by virtue of female descent in the case of a dignity in which "all the male heirs of the grantee included in the remainder are well known to be exhausted."