The Juxon Baronetcy, of Albourne in the County of Sussex, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 28 December 1660 for William Juxon.[1] The title became extinct on the death of the second Baronet in 1740.
Juxon baronets, of Albourne (1660) edit
Sir William Juxon, 1st Baronet (1637–1719) edit
He was the son of John Juxon (d. 1655) of Albury Place, Sussex and Anne, daughter and co-heiress of William Michelbourne of Westmeston, Sussex.[2] William Juxon, bishop of London before the civil war and archbishop of Canterbury at the coronation of Charles II was his uncle. He inherited the manors of Little Compton, Warwickshire[3] and Lower Lemington,Gloucesterhire[4] from his uncle and married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Walter of Sarsden, Oxfordshire.[5] He served as high sheriff of Gloucestershire in 1676.[6] His daughter Elizabeth married James St Amand, apothecary to James II[7] and was the mother of James St. Amand, a classical scholar and book collector.
Sir William Juxon, 2nd Baronet (1660–1740) edit
He married Susanna, daughter of John Marriott of Stuston, Suffolk. He was buried at Little Compton.[5] His widow, who held a life interest in Little Compton, Lower Lemington and other property, subsequently married Charles Fane, 2nd Viscount Fane.[3] On her death in 1792 the estate descended to his great-nephew Sir Robert Hesketh, the son of Martha St Amand and Thomas Hesketh of Rufford, Lancashire,[8] who took the name Juxon.[9]
References edit
- ^ Wotton, T. (1727). The English Baronets. p. 180.
- ^ Visitation of the County of Gloucester 1682-3. 1884. p. 100.
- ^ a b Rudder, Samuel (1779). A New History of Gloucestershire (2006 facsimile ed.). p. 389.
- ^ Rudder. A New History of Gloucestershire. p. 523.
- ^ a b Frith, Brian (1989). Bigland's Gloucestershire Collections. p. 437.
- ^ Rudder. A New History of Gloucestershire. p. 54.
- ^ Eveline Cruickshanks / John. P. Ferris (1983). "ST. AMAND, James (c.1643-1728), of Russell Street, Covent Garden, Westminster". In Henning, B. D. (ed.). The House of Commons 1660-1690. The History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
- ^ Eveline Cruickshanks (1970). "HESKETH, Thomas (?1699-1735), of Rufford, Lancs.". In Sedgwick, Romney (ed.). The House of Commons 1715-1754. The History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
- ^ Elrington, C. R. "'Parishes: Lower Lemington', in A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 6". British History Online. 1965. Retrieved 1 February 2022.