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_The Keate Family, of the Hoo, Herts_ (Vol. viii., p. 293.).--The following
account is taken from Burke's _Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England_,
Lond. 1841:
"William Keate of Hagbourne, in Berkshire, left five sons. The second
son, Ralph Keate of Whaddon, in Wiltshire, married Anne, daughter of
John Clarke, Esq., of Ardington, in Berkshire, and had with other issue
Gilbert Keate, Esq., of London, who married, first, John, daughter of
Niclolas Turbervile, Esq. of Crediton, in Devon, and, secondly,
Elizabeth, daughter of William Armstrong, Esq., of Remston, Notts, and
by her had another son, Jonathan Keate, Esq., of the Hoo, in the county
of Hertford, which estate he acquired with his first wife, Susannah
daughter of William, and sister and heir of Thomas Hoo, of the Hoo and
Kimpton, both in Hertfordshire. Mr. Keate was created a baronet by King
Charles II., 12th June, 1660. Sir Jonathan was sheriff of the county of
Hertford, 17 Charles II., and knight of the same shire in Parliament,
in the thirtieth of the same reign. By his first wife he had issue,
Gilbert Hoo, his heir, Jonathan, Susan, Elizabeth: all died _sine
prole_. He married, secondly, Susanna, daughter of John Orlebar,
citizen of London, but by her had no issue. He died 17th September,
1700. The baronetcy became extinct in the person of Sir William Keate,
D.D., who died 6th March, 1757."
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_Hour-glasses_ (Vol. viii., p. 454.).--In the church of Wiggenhall, St.
Mary the Virgin, the iron frame of an hour-glass, affixed to a wooden
stand, immediately opposite the pulpit, still remains.