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ants also quarter Hardwick.
ELIZABETH HARDWICK, the next daughter, was the celebrated Countess of Shrewsbury. Her representatives are all noble, and their pedigrees may be found in the Peerages. They are--
1. _The Duke of Devonshire_, representing Wm. Cavendish, first earl.
Certain descendants of Sir Charles Cavendish, of Welbeck Abbey, or rather of his grandson, Henry, second Duke of Newcastle, namely,
2. The _Duke of Portland_, representing Margaret Pelham, the Duke's eldest coheir;
3. The Marquis of Salisbury from Catherine, and second coheir;
4. The _Earl De la Warr_; and
5. The _Earl of Aboyne_, are the coheirs of Sir Charles Cope, Baronet, of Orton; who represented Arabella, Countess of Sunderland, third coheir. These five all quarter Hardwick.
ALICE HARDWICK, next daughter, married Francis Hercy, according to some pedigrees. No issue recorded.
There are therefore descendants certainly known of only two of the children of John Hardwick. Possibly some of your correspondents can supply those of Wingfield and Hercy.
The crest and arms of the Hardwicks may be found in Edmondson. They only quartered Pynchbeke. I am not aware of any motto. {284}
Miss Costello, and other biographers of the Countess of Shrewsbury, have quite overlooked all the descendants of her sisters. Possibly, should these lines meet the eye of the Duke of Devonshire, who possesses the estates and papers of the Hardwicks, it may lead to more particulars concerning the family being made public.
ERMINE.
Torquay.
Quotations in Bishop Andrewes (Vol. ii., p. 245.).--
"Minutuli et patellares Dei."
is from Plautus:
"Di me omnes magni minutique et patellarii." _Cistell._ II. 1. 46.
and
"Sed quæ de septem totum circumspicit orbem Collibus, imperii Roma Deumque locus."
is from Ovid (Trist. I. 5. 69.).
J.E.B MAYOR.
Marlborough College.
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