[Illustration] The true and original name of this family is Barton,
Peter de Barton, lord of West Barton, in this county, having married
Alice, only daughter and heiress of Sir Robert de Wallop, who died
in the eleventh year of Edward I. His great-grandson Richard assumed
the name of Wallop, and was returned as one of the knights of the
shire for the county of Southampton in the second of Edward III.
Over and Nether Wallop, so called, says Camden, "from Well-hop, that
is, a pretty well in the side of a hill," continued till the reign
of Henry V. the principal seat, when Margaret de Valoynes brought
into the family the manor of Farley, afterwards called
Farley-Wallop, which has since been the usual residence of the
Wallops; of whom Sir John was greatly distinguished in the reign of
Henry VII., and Sir Henry in Ireland in that of Elizabeth. Robert
Wallop, grandson of Sir Henry, unfortunately taking part against his
sovereign Charles I., and sitting as one of his judges, though he
did not sign the fatal warrant, fell into universal contempt after
the Restoration, and died in the Tower of London in 1667. He was
great-grandfaher of the first peer.
See Brydges's Collins, iv. p. 291.
ARMS.--_Argent, a bend wavy sable_. This coat was borne by Monsieur
John de Barton in the reign of Richard II. (Roll.)
Present Representative, Isaac Newton Wallop, 5th Earl of
Portsmouth.