LEXINTON — LEYBUEN. 73 LEXINTON OF ARAM. Barony. J, Robert Sutton, of Aram', or Aveihum, Notts, s. and 1 1GI5 Sutton, of the sum- (14 years pM in 157i>), by Susan, (la. uf Thomas Cony, of Basinptliorpe, en. Lincoln, was M.P. fin- Notts, 1024-39- April t<» May 1040. and from Nov. 1610 till disabled in Kill. He. being a zeal.. us Royalist ami having contributed largely to tlie ganisnning of the town of Newai k-npou-Treiit, was cr., 21 Nov. 1645, liARON LKXINTUNi") UP ARAM, co. Nottingham. He «i. firstly, 14 April 1616, Klizabeth, sister of John, Sth Ha hi. of Rutland, da. of Sir George MANXiins, of Haddon, co. Derby, by Grace, da. of Sir Henry PlKHRSPONT. She it. s.p. He HI. secondly Anne, willow of Sir Thomas BhoWNK, Bart., da. of Sir Gny Palmes, of Liudley, co. York, by Anne, da. of Sir Edward STAFFORD. She was bur. at Aram. He hi. thirdly, 21 Feb. 1660/1, at St. James, Clerkciiwell, Mary, da. of Sir Anthony St, LtCF.lt. He rf. 13 Oct. 166S. and was bur. at Aram. Will dat. 26 Keb. 1665, to 7 Oct. 166S, pr. 7 and 14 July 1669, and 25 April 1673. The will of his widow dat. 8 July was pr. 13 Dec. 1009. II. 1GGS. 2. Robert (Sutton), Harox Lexinton of Aram, only to s. and h. by third wife. He was (lent, of the Horse to the Princess 17'J3. Anne ol Denmark and subsequently Uent. of the Beilchamber to the Kin--; Wi.s Envoy from lung William 111. to the court of Vienna ar.d Ambassador from Quern Anne to that of Spain for the treaty of Kyswick. He »i. (Lip. Kac. office 21 Sep. 1691. he about 25 and she about 18, to marry at Coulston) Margaret, da. and h. of Sir Giles H liNQhRFOitt), of Coulston, Wilts, and Margaret, his wife. She, whose fortune was said to be £30.000,( b ; </ in or before 1712. Admou. 2 June 1712. He d. s.p.ui.s. 19 Sep. 17j3,( c J when the Barony became extinct.^) LEY. "Lev of Ley. co. Devon," Barony (Ley), cr. 1625; see " Marl- borough" Earldom, cr. 1026 ; cx 1079. LEYI'.URX. Barony by 1. AVilliam DE I.evburn, of Leyburn, co. Kent, s. and Writ. 1,. (,f Roger L, of the same, Sheriff of Cumberland, by his 1st wife, I L'99 Eleanor. 1st. da and coheir of Stephen DE Tuhnham, of Turnham, ' Kent, sue. his father ill 1271, accompanied Edward I in the expedi- .„ " tion to Wales. 12il ; Constable of Pevensey Castle. 1294 ; Admiral M»IU, () f the Meet, 4c. He KU sum. to I'arl. as a Baron (LOUD LEY- BUkN), 6 Keb. 11298/9). 27 Ed. I., as also (posthumously; 10 June (1311). 1 Ed. II. He was one of the inrons who in lyOl subscribed the letter to the l'ope,( u ) therein sty line- himself " IVil/itlmu.i, DiiVliuUB de Lfi/bmn." He m. Juliana, da. and h. of Sir Ralph DK SANDWICH, Constable of Dover Castle, who brought to him the manors of Dane Court, Westgate, and Preston, Kent. He d. s.p.m.s. before 12 March (") Lexinb n, now called Laxton, Notts, was ancieutly held by a family of that Datne, of w hom the last was Henry de Lexinton, Bishop of Lincoln, on whose death in 1258 his nephews, William de Maikham son of Cicely, his elder sister), and Robert de Sutton, then aged 40 (s. and h. of Robert de Sutton, by Alice, his yr. sister), were found his heirs. From this Robert the grantee descended, ( fc ! Luttrell'a " Diary" ( c ) Bishop Burnet's character of him when about 40 with Dean Swift's additions thereto (printed in italics) is as under — " He is of good understanding ami veiy capable to be in the Ministry ; a well-bred gentleman and an agreeable companion — a very moderate dajrec uf undcrd tudiiyi." ( a ) Bridget, his only surv. da. and h., »». in 1717, John (Manners), 3d Duke of Rutland, and was ancestress thro' her youngest Boa, Lord George Manuers-Suttou, (who eventually inherited the Sutton estates) of the family of Manners-Sutton, of Kelhaui, Notts, and of the Viscounts Canterbury and the Barons Manners of Fostun. (°) See full account thereof in " A'ieulaa," pp. 761—809.
