I find that Robert Roper, Esq., of Heanor Hall, co. Derby, married ...
daughter of William Nott, Esq., of Imbercourt, co. Surrey, and had
issue, with other children, Rebecca; married first Sir William Villiers,
Bart., of Brooksby, co. Leicester, elder brother of George Villiers,
Duke of Buckingham; and secondly Capt. Francis Cave of Ingarsby Hall,
co. Leicester.
Can any one of your readers supply me with the Christian name of Robert
Roper's wife; and with the names of his other issue: also whether the
representation of this branch of the Roper family has devolved upon the
descendants of Rebecca Cave? I find in my mem. book a reference to
Dodsw. MSS. in _Bibl. Bodl._ 41. fol. 70., which I have no means of
consulting at present.
I find that William Notte, with Elizabeth his wife, his father-in-law
and mother-in-law, are buried at Thames Ditton, co. Surrey. Manning and
Bray's _Surrey_, vol. i. p. 463., contains the following passage:
"On a stone, or brass plates, are the portraits of a man kneeling
at a table, and of a woman: behind the man are three sons; behind
the woman, three daughters all kneeling, and underneath:
"'Here under lyeth the bodies of Robert Smythe, Gent., and
Katheryn his wife, daughter to Sir Thomas Blount of Kinlett,
Knyght, which Robert dyed the 3rd daye of Sept. 1539, and the sayd
Katheryn dyed the x day of July, 1549.'
"Below these, on the same stone, are also the portraits of a man
with fourteen sons behind him; and a woman with five daughters,
all kneeling; and underneath:
"'Here under lyeth the bodies of William Notte, Esquyre, and
Elizabeth his wife, daughter to the above-named Robert Smyth, and
Katheryn his wyfe; whiche William dyed the 25th day of Nov. 1576,
and the sayd Elizabeth dyed the xv day of May, 1587.'
"Above are the arms, Notte, on a bend between 3 leopards heads one
and two, 3 martlets; crest, an otter with a fish in his mouth in a
tussock of reeds.'"
Can any one of your readers refer me to any notice or pedigree of this
family of Notte, who were lords of the manor of Imbercourt in the parish
of Thames Ditton?
Can any one tell me to what family this Robert Smythe belonged? Was he
one of the Smythes of Ostenhanger in Kent? Was his wife Katheryne too
the daughter of Sir Thomas Blount by the daughter of Sir Richard Crofts
of Eldersfield? The History of the Croke family does not notice her
existence. And, lastly, would some one on the spot kindly inform me,
whether the above-mentioned brasses are still extant, and in
sufficiently perfect condition to admit of a rubbing being taken of
them?