BARONETAGE
Last updated 13/08/2017 (26 Dec 2024)
Date	Type	Order	Name	Born	Died	Age
Names of baronets shown in blue have not yet been placed on the Official Roll of the Baronetage.
Dates in italics in the "Born" column indicate that the baronet was baptised on that date; dates in italics in the "Died" column indicate that the baronet was buried on that date.
POLLOCK of Pollock
30 Nov 1703	NS	1	Robert Pollock MP for Scotland 1707‑1708 and Renfrewshire 1710‑1722	c 1665	22 Aug 1735
22 Aug 1735 to     26 Oct 1783		2	Robert Pollock Extinct on his death		26 Oct 1783
POLLOCK of Hatton, Middlesex
2 Aug 1866	UK	1	Sir Jonathan Frederick Pollock Attorney General 1834‑1835 and 1841‑1844; PC 1844	23 Sep 1783	28 Aug 1870	86
28 Aug 1870		2	William Frederick Pollock	3 Apr 1815	24 Dec 1888	73
24 Dec 1888		3	Frederick Pollock PC 1911	10 Dec 1845	18 Jan 1937	91
18 Jan 1937		4	Frederick John Pollock	26 Dec 1878	22 Jul 1963	84
22 Jul 1963		5	George Frederick Pollock	13 Aug 1928	30 May 2016	87
30 May 2016		6	David Frederick Pollock	13 Apr 1959
POLLOCK of Khyber Pass, India
26 Mar 1872	UK		See "Montagu-Pollock"
POLLOCK of Hanworth, Middlesex
27 Nov 1922	UK	1	Ernest Murray Pollock He was subsequently created Baron Hanworth in 1926 with which title the baronetcy remains merged	25 Nov 1861	22 Oct 1936	74
POLLOCK of Edinburgh, Midlothian
2 Feb 1939 to     4 Jun 1962	UK	1	John Donald Pollock Extinct on his death	23 Nov 1868	4 Jun 1962	93
POLLOK of Kilbirney, Ayr
14 May 1628	NS		See "Crawford"
PONSONBY of Wootton, Oxon
27 Jan 1956	UK	1	Charles Edward Ponsonby MP for Sevenoaks 1935‑1950	2 Sep 1879	28 Jan 1976	96
28 Jan 1976		2	Ashley Charles Gibbs Ponsonby Lord Lieutenant Oxford 1980‑1996	21 Feb 1921	15 Jun 2010	89
15 Jun 2010		3	Charles Ashley Ponsonby	10 Jun 1951
POOLE of Poole, Cheshire
25 Oct 1677	E	1	James Poole	c 1640	c 1710
c 1710		2	Francis Poole	c 1682	15 Feb 1763
15 Feb 1763		3	Henry Poole		8 Jul 1767
8 Jul 1767		4	Ferdinando Poole		8 Jun 1804
8 Jun 1804 to     25 May 1821		5	Henry Poole Extinct on his death	29 Feb 1744	25 May 1821	77
POOLEY of Westbrook House, Sussex
26 Jan 1953 to     13 Feb 1966	UK	1	Sir Ernest Henry Pooley Extinct on his death	20 Nov 1876	13 Feb 1966	89
POORE of Rushall, Wilts
8 Jul 1795	GB	1	John Methuen Poore	8 Jun 1745	1 Jun 1820	74
1 Jun 1820		2	Edward Poore	4 Dec 1795	13 Oct 1838	42
13 Oct 1838		3	Edward Poore For further information on this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page	6 Mar 1826	23 Nov 1893	67
23 Nov 1893		4	Richard Poore	7 Jul 1853	8 Dec 1930	77
8 Dec 1930		5	Edward Poore	1894	Feb 1938	43
Feb 1938		6	Herbert Edward Poore	Apr 1930	2004	74
2004		7	Roger Ricardo Poore	21 Oct 1930
POPE of Wilcote, Oxon
29 Jun 1611	E	1	William Pope He was subsequently created Earl of Downe in 1628 with which title the baronetcy then merged until its extinction in 1668	15 Oct 1573	2 Jun 1631	57
PORRITT of Hampstead, London
25 Jan 1963	UK	1	Arthur Espie Porritt, later [1973] Baron Porritt [L]	10 Aug 1900	1 Jan 1994	93
1 Jan 1994		2	Jonathan Espie Porritt	6 Jul 1950
PORTAL of Malshanger, Hants
11 Mar 1901	UK	1	Wyndham Spencer Portal	22 Jul 1822	14 Sep 1905	83
14 Sep 1905		2	William Wyndham Portal	12 Apr 1850	30 Sep 1931	81
30 Sep 1931		3	William Raymond Portal, later [1935] 1st Baron Portal and [1945] 1st Viscount Portal	9 Apr 1885	6 May 1949	64
6 May 1949		4	Spencer John Portal	14 May 1864	25 Nov 1955	91
25 Nov 1955		5	Francis Spencer Portal	27 Jun 1903	11 Nov 1984	81
11 Nov 1984		6	Jonathan Francis Portal	13 Jan 1953
PORTER of Frimley, Surrey
27 Jun 1889	UK	1	George Hornidge Porter	1822	16 Jun 1895	72
16 Jun 1895		2	William Henry Porter	23 Aug 1862	27 Jun 1935	72
27 Jun 1935 to     8 Feb 1974		3	George Swinburne Porter Extinct on his death	14 Dec 1908	8 Feb 1974	65
PORTER of Keytes, Gloucs
22 Jul 1902	UK		See "Horsbrugh-Porter"
PORTMAN of Orchard, Somerset
25 Nov 1611	E	1	John Portman		4 Dec 1612
4 Dec 1612		2	Henry Portman MP for Somerset 1621‑1622	c 1595	Feb 1624
Feb 1624		3	John Portman	c 1605	12 Dec 1624
12 Dec 1624		4	Hugh Portman MP for Taunton 1625 and 1628‑1629	c 1608	1632
1632		5	William Portman MP for Taunton 1640 and 1640‑1644	c 1610	10 Aug 1645
10 Aug 1645 to     18 Mar 1690		6	William Portman MP for Taunton 1661‑1679 and 1685‑1690, and Somerset 1679‑1681 Extinct on his death	5 Sep 1643	18 Mar 1690	46
POTTINGER of Richmond, Surrey
27 Apr 1840	UK	1	Henry Pottinger Governor of Hong Kong 1843‑1844, Cape of Good Hope 1847 and Madras 1848‑1854; PC 1844	3 Oct 1789	18 Mar 1856	66
18 Mar 1856		2	Frederick William Pottinger For further information on this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page	27 Apr 1831	9 Apr 1865	33
9 Apr 1865 to     18 Oct 1909		3	Henry Pottinger Extinct on his death	10 Jun 1834	18 Oct 1909	75
POTTS of Mannington, Norfolk
14 Aug 1641	E	1	John Potts MP for Norfolk 1640‑1648 and Great Yarmouth 1660	c 1592	1673
1673		2	John Potts		c 1690
c 1690		3	Roger Potts	c 1641	14 Oct 1711
14 Oct 1711		4	Algernon Potts	c 1675	17 Sep 1716
17 Sep 1716 to     14 Jan 1732		5	Charles Potts Extinct on his death	1676	14 Jan 1732
POUND of Stanmore, Middlesex
3 Aug 1905	UK	1	John Pound	27 Jun 1829	18 Sep 1915	86
18 Sep 1915		2	John Lulham Pound	2 Mar 1862	7 Sep 1937	75
7 Sep 1937		3	Allen Leslie Pound	31 Oct 1888	15 Nov 1952	64
15 Nov 1952		4	Derek Allen Pound	7 Apr 1920	23 Dec 1980	60
23 Dec 1980		5	John David Pound	1 Nov 1946	23 Aug 2022	75
23 Aug 2022		6	Robert John Pound	12 Feb 1973
POWELL of Pengethly, Hereford
18 Jan 1622 to     1653	E	1	Edward Powell Extinct on his death	c 1580	1653
POWELL of Birkenhead, Cheshire
29 Jan 1629	E	1	Thomas Powell		c Sep 1647
c Sep 1647 to     c 1700		2	Thomas Powell Extinct on his death	1631	c 1700
POWELL of Pengethly, Hereford
23 Jan 1661 to     11 Dec 1680	E	1	William Powell MP for Herefordshire 1660‑1661 Extinct on his death	c 1624	2 Dec 1680
POWELL of Ewhurst, Sussex
10 May 1661	E	1	Nathaniel Powell		Mar 1675
Mar 1675		2	Nathaniel Powell	c 1640	c 1707
c 1707		3	Nathaniel Powell	c 1688	1708
1708 to     5 Jul 1742		4	Christopher Powell MP for Kent 1735‑1741 Extinct on his death	c 1690	5 Jul 1742
POWELL of Broadway, Carmarthen
19 Jul 1698	E	1	Thomas Powell MP for Monmouth 1705‑1708 and Carmarthenshire 1710‑1715	c 1665	22 Aug 1720
22 Aug 1720 to     21 Mar 1721		2	Herbert Powell Extinct on his death	c 1700	21 Mar 1721
POWELL of Horton Old Hall, Yorks
15 Jun 1892 to     24 Dec 1911	UK	1	Francis Sharp Powell MP for Cambridge 1863‑1868, Yorkshire West Riding North 1872‑1874 and Wigan 1885‑1910 Extinct on his death	29 Jun 1827	24 Dec 1911	84
POWELL of Wimpole Street, London
5 Mar 1897	UK	1	Richard Douglas Powell	25 Sep 1842	15 Dec 1925	83
15 Dec 1925		2	Douglas Powell	8 Jul 1874	28 Feb 1932	57
28 Feb 1932		3	Richard George Douglas Powell	14 Nov 1909	16 Jul 1980	70
16 Jul 1980		4	Nicholas Folliott Douglas Powell	17 Jul 1935	7 Mar 2019	83
7 Mar 2019		5	James Richard Douglas Powell	17 Oct 1962
POWELL of Gilwell, Essex
4 Dec 1922	UK		See "Baden-Powell"
POWER of Kilfane, Tipperary
15 Jul 1836	UK	1	John Power	c 1769	2 Feb 1844
2 Feb 1844		2	John Power	May 1798	8 Aug 1873	75
8 Aug 1873		3	Richard Champion Power	Oct 1843	24 May 1892	48
24 May 1892		4	John Elliott Cecil Power	1 Dec 1870	7 Jun 1900	29
7 Jun 1900		5	Elliott Derrick le Poer Power	21 Apr 1872	20 Jan 1902	29
20 Jan 1902		6	Adam Clayton Power	1844	5 Mar 1903	58
5 Mar 1903 to     17 Oct 1928		7	George Power On his death the baronetcy became dormant	24 Dec 1846	17 Oct 1928	81
POWER of Edermine, Wexford
18 Oct 1841	UK	1	John Power	1771	25 Jun 1855	83
25 Jun 1855		2	James Power MP for co. Wexford 1835‑1847 and 1865‑1868	6 Dec 1800	30 Sep 1877	76
30 Sep 1877		3	John Talbot Power MP for co. Wexford 1868‑1874	2 May 1845	4 Dec 1901	56
4 Dec 1901		4	James Douglas Talbot Power	6 Oct 1884	4 Dec 1914	30
4 Dec 1914		5	James Talbot Power	23 Jun 1851	4 Jul 1916	65
4 Jul 1916 to     6 Jul 1930		6	Thomas Talbot Power Extinct on his death	3 May 1863	6 Jul 1930	67
POWER of Newlands Manor, Hants
1 Feb 1924	UK	1	John Cecil Power MP for Wimbledon 1924‑1945	21 Dec 1870	5 Jun 1950	79
5 Jun 1950		2	Ivan McLannahan Power	29 Nov 1903	13 Feb 1954	50
13 Feb 1954		3	John Patrick McLannahan Power	16 Mar 1928	17 Nov 1984	56
17 Nov 1984		4	Alastair John Cecil Power	15 Aug 1958
POYNTER of Kensington, London
2 Aug 1902	UK	1	Sir Edward John Poynter	20 Mar 1836	26 Jul 1919	83
26 Jul 1919		2	Ambrose Macdonald Poynter	26 Sep 1867	31 May 1923	55
31 May 1923 to     28 Jun 1968		3	Hugh Edward Poynter Extinct on his death	28 Jan 1882	28 Jun 1968	86
PRAED of Owsden Hall, Suffolk
28 Dec 1905	UK		See "Mackworth-Praed"
PRATT of Coleshill, Berks
28 Jul 1641	E	1	Henry Pratt	c 1573	6 Apr 1647
6 Apr 1647		2	George Pratt	c 1605	11 May 1673
11 May 1673 to     17 Jan 1674		3	Henry Pratt Extinct on his death	c 1650	17 Jan 1674
PRENDERGAST of Gort, Galway
15 Jul 1699	I	1	Thomas Prendergast MP [I] for Monaghan Borough 1703‑1710	c 1660	11 Sep 1709
11 Sep 1709 to     23 Sep 1760		2	Thomas Prendergast MP [I[ for Clonmel 1733‑1760; MP for Chichester 1733‑1734; Postmaster General [I] 1733; PC [I] 1733 Extinct on his death	c 1700	23 Sep 1760
PRESCOTT of Theobalds Park, Herts
9 Dec 1794	GB	1	George William Prescott	17 Nov 1748	22 Jul 1801	52
22 Jul 1801		2	George Beeston Prescott	11 Feb 1775	25 Oct 1840	65
25 Oct 1840		3	George William Prescott	14 Nov 1800	27 Apr 1850	49
27 Apr 1850		4	George Rendlesham Prescott	27 Sep 1846	29 Jul 1894	47
29 Jul 1894		5	George Lionel Lawson Bagot Prescott	5 Oct 1875	20 Jun 1942	66
20 Jun 1942		6	Charles William Prescott	8 Apr 1877	27 Sep 1955	78
27 Sep 1955 to     3 Feb 1959		7	William Villiers Leonard Prescott-Westcar Extinct on his death	18 Sep 1882	3 Feb 1959	76
PRESCOTT of Godmanchester, Hunts
30 Jun 1938	UK	1	Sir William Henry Prescott MP for Tottenham North 1918‑1922	26 Mar 1874	15 Jun 1945	71
15 Jun 1945		2	Richard Stanley Prescott	26 Jan 1899	21 Jan 1965	65
21 Jan 1965		3	Mark Prescott	3 Mar 1948
PRESTON of Airdrie, Fife
22 Feb 1628	NS	1	John Preston		c 1655
c 1655		2	John Preston		10 Jun 1660
10 Jun 1660		3	John Preston		Mar 1675
Mar 1675		4	John Preston		after 1701
			Between the death of the 4th baronet and 1784 the descent is uncertain
1784 to     c 1792		?	Robert Preston On his death the baronetcy became dormant	c 1706	c 1792
PRESTON of Valleyfield, Perth
13 Mar 1637	NS	1	George Preston		26 Nov 1679
26 Nov 1679		2	William Preston		c 1703
c 1703		3	George Preston	c 1670	Sep 1741
Sep 1741		4	George Preston		2 Mar 1779
2 Mar 1779		5	Charles Preston MP for Dysart Burghs 1784‑1790	c 1735	23 Mar 1800
23 Mar 1800		6	Robert Preston MP for Dover 1784‑1790 and Cirencester 1792‑1806	21 Apr 1740	7 May 1834	94
7 May 1834		7	Robert Preston	3 Jan 1757	30 Aug 1846	89
30 Aug 1846		8	Robert Preston	c 1780	23 Oct 1858
23 Oct 1858 to     25 Nov 1873		9	Henry Lindsay Preston On his death the baronetcy became dormant	18 Feb 1789	25 Nov 1873	84
PRESTON of Furness, Lancs
1 Apr 1644	E	1	John Preston	1617	1645	28
1645		2	John Preston		Apr 1663
Apr 1663 to     27 May 1709		3	Thomas Preston Extinct on his death	c 1643	27 May 1709
PRESTON of Beeston St. Lawrence, Norfolk
30 May 1815	UK	1	Thomas Hulton Preston	29 Aug 1767	21 Apr 1823	55
21 Apr 1823		2	Jacob Henry Preston	25 Jan 1812	19 Oct 1891	79
19 Oct 1891		3	Henry Jacob Preston	15 Sep 1851	9 Jan 1897	45
9 Jan 1897		4	Jacob Preston	6 May 1887	12 Feb 1918	30
12 Feb 1918		5	Edward Hulton Preston	17 Sep 1888	7 Dec 1963	75
7 Dec 1963		6	Thomas Hildebrand Preston	2 Jun 1886	30 Dec 1976	90
30 Dec 1976		7	Ronald Douglas Hildebrand Preston	9 Oct 1916	4 Apr 1999	82
4 Apr 1999		8	Philip Charles Henry Hulton Preston	31 Aug 1946	9 Jan 2021	74
9 Jan 2021		9	Philip Thomas Henry Hulton Preston	1990
PRESTWICH of Hulme, Lancs
25 Apr 1644	E	1	Thomas Prestwich	6 Dec 1604	3 Jan 1674	69
Jan 1674 to     Sep 1676		2	Thomas Prestwich Extinct on his death	c 1625	20 Sep 1676
PRETYMAN of Lodington
c 1660	NS	1	John Pretyman MP for Leicester 1661‑1676	c 1612	22 Dec 1676
Dec 1676		2	George Pretyman	17 Dec 1638	14 Apr 1715	76
Apr 1715		3	William Pretyman	3 Feb 1641	8 Nov 1719	78
Nov 1719 to     c 1749		4	Thomas Pretyman On his death the baronetcy became dormant	c 1670	c 1749
PREVOST of Belmont, Hants
6 Dec 1805	UK	1	George Prevost	19 May 1767	5 Jan 1816	48
5 Jan 1816		2	George Prevost	20 Aug 1804	18 Mar 1893	88
18 Mar 1893		3	Charles Prevost	15 Dec 1831	24 Nov 1902	70
24 Nov 1902		4	Charles Thomas Keble Prevost	19 Jul 1866	6 Apr 1939	72
6 Apr 1939		5	George James Augustine Prevost	16 Jan 1910	18 Nov 1985	75
18 Nov 1985		6	Christopher Gerald Prevost	25 Jul 1935
PREVOST of Westbourne Terrace, London
8 Jan 1903 to     6 Dec 1913	UK	1	Augustus Prevost Extinct on his death	21 May 1837	6 Dec 1913	76
PRICE of the Priory, Brecon
c Oct 1657	E	1	Herbert Price MP for Brecon 1661‑1678	c 1605	3 Feb 1678
Feb 1678 to     c 1689		2	Thomas Arden Price Extinct on his death	13 Mar 1642	c 1689
PRICE of Jamaica, West Indies
13 Aug 1768	GB	1	Charles Price	20 Aug 1708	26 Jul 1772	63
26 Jul 1772 to     18 Oct 1788		2	Charles Price Extinct on his death	c 1733	18 Oct 1788
PRICE of Spring Grove, Surrey
2 Feb 1804	UK		See "Rugge-Price"
PRICE of Trenwainton, Cornwall
30 May 1815	UK	1	Rose Price	21 Nov 1768	29 Sep 1834	65
29 Sep 1834		2	Charles Dutton Price	7 Dec 1800	18 May 1872	71
18 May 1872		3	Rose Lambart Price	28 Jul 1837	17 Apr 1899	61
17 Apr 1899		4	Rose Price	26 Jul 1878	9 Jun 1901	22
9 Jun 1901		5	Francis Caradoc Rose Price	29 Jun 1880	24 Feb 1949	68
24 Feb 1949		6	Rose Francis Price	15 Mar 1910	21 Sep 1979	69
21 Sep 1979		7	Francis Caradoc Rose Price	9 Sep 1950
PRICE of Foxley, Hereford
12 Feb 1828	UK	1	Uvedale Price	1747	14 Sep 1829	82
14 Sep 1829 to     5 Nov 1857		2	Robert Price MP for Herefordshire 1818‑1841 and Hereford 1845‑1857 Extinct on his death	3 Aug 1786	5 Nov 1857	71
PRICE of Norton Manor, Radnor
23 Mar 1874	UK		See "Green-Price"
PRICE of Ardingley, Sussex
2 Jul 1953 to     12 Dec 1963	UK	1	Sir Henry Philip Price Extinct on his death	17 Feb 1877	12 Dec 1963	86
PRICHARD-JONES of Bron Menai, Anglesey
15 Jul 1910	UK	1	John Prichard-Jones	31 May 1845	17 Oct 1917	72
17 Oct 1917		2	John Prichard-Jones	20 Jan 1913	2 Jul 2007	94
2 Jul 2007		3	David John Walter Prichard-Jones	14 Mar 1943
PRIDEAUX of Netherton, Devon
17 Jul 1622	E	1	Edmund Prideaux	c 1555	28 Feb 1629
28 Feb 1629		2	Peter Prideaux	1596	3 Feb 1682
Feb 1682		3	Peter Prideaux MP for Honiton 1661‑1679 and St. Mawes 1685‑1689	13 Jul 1626	22 Nov 1705	79
22 Nov 1705		4	Edmund Prideaux MP for Tregony 1713‑1720	4 Apr 1647	6 Feb 1720	72
6 Feb 1720		5	Edmund Prideaux	13 Nov 1675	26 Feb 1729	53
26 Feb 1729		6	John Prideaux	17 Jun 1695	29 Aug 1766	71
Aug 1766		7	John Wilmot Prideaux	13 Feb 1748	4 Mar 1826	78
4 Mar 1826		8	John Wilmot Prideaux	29 Sep 1791	13 May 1833	41
13 May 1833 to     11 Feb 1875		9	Edmund Saunderson Prideaux Extinct on his death	17 Jan 1793	11 Feb 1875	82
PRIESTMAN of Monkwearmouth, Durham
25 Jun 1934 to     5 Aug 1941	UK	1	Sir John Priestman Extinct on his death	22 Mar 1855	5 Aug 1941	86
PRIMROSE of Carrington, Selkirk
1 Aug 1651	NS	1	Archibald Primrose	16 May 1616	27 Nov 1679	63
27 Nov 1679		2	William Primrose	14 Jan 1649	23 Sep 1687	38
23 Sep 1687		3	James Primrose He was subsequently created Viscount Primrose in 1703 with which title the baronetcy then merged until 1741 when the baronetcy merged into the Earldom of Rosebery	c 1680	13 Jun 1706
PRIMROSE of Ravelstoun
15 Sep 1661	NS	1	John Foulis	20 Feb 1638	5 Aug 1707	69
5 Aug 1707 to     15 Nov 1746		2	Archibald Primrose He was executed for high treason and the baronetcy forfeited	c 1692	15 Nov 1746
PRIMROSE of Redholme, Lanark
7 Jul 1903	UK	1	John Ure Primrose	16 Oct 1847	29 Jun 1924	76
29 Jun 1924		2	William Louis Primrose	1 Jun 1880	23 Dec 1953	73
23 Dec 1953		3	John Ure Primrose	15 Apr 1908	1985	77
1985		4	Alasdair Neil Primrose	11 Dec 1935	15 Jun 1986	50
15 Jun 1986		5	John Ure Primrose	28 May 1960
PRINCE-SMITH of Hillbrook, Yorks
11 Feb 1911	UK	1	Prince Smith	3 Sep 1840	20 Oct 1922	82
20 Oct 1922		2	Prince Prince-Smith	13 Oct 1869	2 Jul 1940	70
2 Jul 1940		3	William Prince-Smith	10 Aug 1898	10 Jul 1964	65
10 Jul 1964 to     28 Jun 2007		4	William Richard Prince-Smith Extinct on his death	27 Dec 1928	28 Jun 2007	78
PRINGLE of Stichill, Roxburgh
5 Jan 1683	NS	1	Robert Pringle		c 1700
c 1700		2	John Pringle	2 Jul 1662	Apr 1721	58
Apr 1721		3	Robert Pringle	6 Oct 1690	14 Dec 1779	89
14 Dec 1779		4	James Pringle MP for Berwickshire 1761‑1779	6 Nov 1726	7 Apr 1809	82
7 Apr 1809		5	John Pringle	20 Jan 1784	15 Jun 1869	85
15 Jun 1869		6	Norman Pringle	22 Jul 1787	17 Apr 1870	82
17 Apr 1870		7	Norman William Pringle	16 Apr 1836	21 Jul 1897	61
21 Jul 1897		8	Norman Robert Pringle	18 Oct 1871	18 Apr 1919	47
18 Apr 1919		9	Ronald Steuart Pringle	26 Apr 1905	24 Jul 1968	63
24 Jul 1968		10	Norman Murray Archibald MacGregor Pringle His right to the baronetcy was proved before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council on 20 Jun 2016. For a summary of proceedings, see the note at the foot of this page	3 Aug 1941
PRINGLE of Pall Mall, London
5 Jun 1766 to     18 Jan 1782	GB	1	John Pringle Extinct on his death	10 Apr 1707	18 Jan 1782	74
PROBY of Elton, Hunts
7 Mar 1662 to     22 Apr 1689	E	1	Thomas Proby MP for Amersham 1660‑1679 and Huntingdonshire 1679‑1685 Extinct on his death	18 Oct 1632	22 Apr 1689	56
PROBY of Elton Hall, Hunts
30 Jan 1952	UK	1	Richard George Proby	21 Jul 1886	15 Jan 1979	92
15 Jan 1979		2	Peter Proby Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire 1981‑1985	4 Dec 1911	18 Apr 2002	90
18 Apr 2002		3	William Henry Proby	13 Jun 1949
PROBYN-JONES of Rhyll, Flint
28 Jan 1926	UK	1	Sir Robert Jones	26 Jun 1858	14 Jan 1933	74
14 Jan 1933 to     17 Oct 1951		2	Arthur Probyn Probyn-Jones Extinct on his death	28 Jul 1892	17 Oct 1951	59
PROCTOR-BEAUCHAMP of Langley Park, Norfolk
20 Feb 1745	GB	1	William Beauchamp-Proctor MP for Middlesex 1747‑1768	11 May 1722	13 Sep 1773	51
13 Sep 1773		2	Thomas Beauchamp-Proctor	29 Sep 1756	29 Jun 1827	70
29 Jun 1827		3	William Beauchamp-Proctor	14 Oct 1781	14 Mar 1861	79
14 Mar 1861		4	Thomas William Brograve Beauchamp-Proctor (Proctor‑Beauchamp from 9 Jul 1862)	2 Jul 1815	7 Oct 1874	59
7 Oct 1874		5	Reginald William Proctor-Beauchamp	23 Apr 1853	10 Nov 1912	59
10 Nov 1912		6	Horace George Proctor-Beauchamp	3 Nov 1856	12 Aug 1915	58
12 Aug 1915		7	Montagu Harry Proctor-Beauchamp	19 Apr 1860	26 Oct 1939	79
26 Oct 1939		8	Ivor Cuthbert Proctor-Beauchamp	19 Aug 1900	8 Aug 1971	70
8 Aug 1971		9	Christopher Radstock Proctor-Beauchamp	30 Jan 1935
PRYCE of Newton, Montgomery
15 Aug 1628	E	1	John Pryce MP for Montgomeryshire 1640‑1645 and 1654‑1655		c 1657
c 1657		2	Matthew Pryce		c 1674
c 1674		3	John Pryce	c 1662	1699
1699		4	Vaughan Pryce		c 1720
c 1720		5	John Pryce		1761
1761		6	John Powell Pryce		4 Jul 1776
4 Jul 1776 to     28 Jun 1791		7	Edward Mamley Pryce Extinct on his death		28 Jun 1791
PRYCE-JONES of Dolerw, Montgomery
4 Jul 1918	UK	1	Edward Pryce-Jones MP for Montgomery 1895‑1906 and 1910‑1918	6 Feb 1861	22 May 1926	65
22 May 1926 to     27 Feb 1963		2	Pryce Victor Pryce-Jones Extinct on his death	10 Jun 1887	27 Feb 1963	75
PRYKE of Wanstead, Essex
3 Nov 1926	UK	1	Sir William Robert Pryke	15 Mar 1847	30 Mar 1932	85
30 Mar 1932		2	William Robert Dudley Pryke	5 Mar 1882	23 Mar 1959	77
23 Mar 1959		3	David Dudley Pryke	16 Jul 1912	20 Jul 1998	86
20 Jul 1998		4	Christopher Dudley Pryke	17 Apr 1946
PRYSE of Gogarthen, Cardigan
9 Aug 1641	E	1	Richard Pryse MP for Cardiganshire 1646‑1648		21 Oct 1651
Oct 1651		2	Richard Pryse MP for Cardiganshire 1660‑1661	c 1630	c 1675
c 1675		3	Thomas Pryse		May 1682
May 1682 to     20 May 1694		4	Carbery Pryse MP for Cardiganshire 1690‑1694 Extinct on his death		20 May 1694
PRYSE of Gogerddan, Cardigan
28 Jul 1866	UK	1	Pryse Pryse	15 Jan 1838	21 Apr 1906	68
21 Apr 1906		2	Edward John Webley-Parry-Pryse	10 Jul 1862	20 Oct 1918	56
20 Oct 1918		3	Lewes Thomas Loveden Pryse	5 Feb 1864	23 May 1946	82
23 May 1946		4	George Rice Pryse-Saunders	19 Feb 1870	9 Sep 1948	78
9 Sep 1948 to     5 Jan 1962		5	Pryse Loveden Pryse-Saunders (Saunders‑Pryse from 1949) Extinct on his death	12 Nov 1896	5 Jan 1962	65
PUCKERING of Weston, Herts
25 Nov 1611 to     20 Mar 1636	E	1	Thomas Puckering MP for Tamworth 1621‑1622, 1625, 1626 and 1628‑1629 Extinct on his death		20 Mar 1636
PUCKERING of Charlton, Kent
2 Apr 1620	E		See "Newton"
PULESTON of Emral, Flint
2 Nov 1813	UK	1	Richard Price Puleston	3 Sep 1765	20 May 1840	74
20 May 1840		2	Richard Puleston	20 Jun 1789	19 Dec 1860	71
19 Dec 1860		3	Richard Price Puleston	27 Dec 1813	14 Aug 1893	79
14 Aug 1893 to     20 May 1896		4	Theophilus Gresley Henry Puleston Extinct on his death	26 Oct 1821	20 May 1896	74
PULLEY of Lower Eaton, Hereford
4 Jul 1893 to     25 Aug 1901	UK	1	Joseph Pulley MP for Hereford 1880‑1886 Extinct on his death	8 Sep 1822	25 Aug 1901	78
PUREFOY of Wadley, Berks
4 Dec 1662 to     19 Aug 1686	E	1	Henry Purefoy Extinct on his death	14 Aug 1656	19 Aug 1686	30
PURVES-HUME-CAMPBELL of Purves Hall, Berwick
25 Jul 1665	NS		See "Home-Purves-Hume-Campbell"
PURVIS-RUSSELL-HAMILTON-MONTGOMERY of Stanhope, Peebles
16 Jul 1801	UK		See "Montgomery"
PUTT of Combe, Devon
20 Jul 1666	E	1	Thomas Putt MP for Honiton 1679‑1686	19 Jul 1644	25 Jun 1686	41
25 Jun 1686 to     5 May 1721		2	Thomas Putt Extinct on his death	c 1675	5 May 1721
PYBUS of Harwick, Suffolk
20 Jan 1934 to     23 Oct 1935	UK	1	Percy John Pybus MP for Harwich 1929‑1935; Minister of Transport 1931‑1933 Extinct on his death	25 Jan 1880	23 Oct 1935	55
PYE of Lekhampstead, Bucks
27 Apr 1641 to     Apr 1673	E	1	Edmund Pye MP for Wycombe 1661‑1673 Extinct on his death	c 1607	28 Apr 1673
PYE of Hone, Derby
13 Jan 1665	E	1	John Pye	c 1626	c 1697
c 1697		2	Charles Pye MP for Derby 1701	20 Dec 1651	12 Feb 1721	69
12 Feb 1721		3	Richard Pye MP for Derby 1710	2 Feb 1689	22 Nov 1724	35
22 Nov 1724 to     23 May 1734		4	Robert Pye Extinct on his death	c 1696	23 May 1734
PYM of Brymore, Somerset
14 Jul 1663	E	1	Charles Pym MP for Beeralston 1642‑1648	c 1620	1671
1671 to     4 May 1688		2	Charles Pym Extinct on his death For further information on the death of this baronet, see the note at the foot of this page	12 Feb 1664	4 May 1688	24
PYNSENT of Erthfont, Wilts
13 Sep 1687	E	1	William Pynsent MP for Devizes 1689‑1690	10 Aug 1642	1719
1719		2	William Pynsent MP for Taunton 1715‑1722 Extinct on his death	c 1679	8 Jan 1765

	Sir Edward Poore, 3rd baronet
	Sir Edward died in November 1893. On 4 January 1894, the following article was published in The West Australian, under the heading "Extraordinary Career of a Baronet":-
	A recent issue of the [Melbourne] Age gives the following account of a miner who died on board the steamer Adelaide at Fremantle, recently, and whose papers and effects showed him to be Sir Edward Poore, Bart.
	When the steamer Adelaide on her last trip to West Australia reached Fremantle, one of the saloon passengers, a miner, who gave the name of Edward Poore, died in his cabin suddenly of heart disease. He had sufficient warning of his approaching end to call the steward to bring him pen, ink and paper, and to write down an address in Victoria to which the news of his death should be sent, but he had barely finished when he fell back dead. No one knew the man, and the authorities buried him in Fremantle.
	When the news of Poore's death reached his friends in Melbourne his papers and effects were examined, and they showed beyond all doubt that the deceased was Sir Edward Poore, baronet, of Rushall, in the county of Wiltshire, England. He was the third baronet, and succeeded his father on the 13th of October, 1838, being then only 12½ years of age, as he was born on 6th March, 1826. When he was 18 years of age he was appointed an ensign in the Scotch Fusilier Guards, a crack regiment, but he retired four years later. Shortly before he attained his 25th year he married Miss Frances Elizabeth Moody, daughter of the Rev. Henry Riddell Moody, rector of Chatham [sic for Chartham], Kent. In the following year he made a voyage to Canada, and a son [who later became the 4th baronet] was born to him there. In 1860 he was in France, as is shown by a passport which bears his signature, a singularly striking one, and showing little or no alteration from autographs which he executed not many weeks ago. In 1863 a son, Herbert, was born to him, and subsequently there were two daughters, Elsie and Catherine; but since then Burke's Peerage is silent to the family history - chiefly, it may be presumed, because Poore exiled himself from England about that period. Some time in the early part of the seventies he appeared in Australia. As he admitted afterwards to others with whom he had become confidential, but never to the extent of disclosing his real identity, he had left England because he had abandoned his wife and children, and thrown in his lot with a woman with whom he was infatuated.
	His early days in Australia were devoted to a lavish expenditure of money, no luxury being too gross for him. Thousands of pounds were squandered in jewellery, especially diamonds, for which, right through his colonial career, he manifested an insatiable passion. One single diamond that he carried in a ring was of such value that a pawnbroker in the city readily advanced £100 upon it. This sort of life soon exhausted his supply of ready cash, so he embraced the contracting business. His early military training had imbued him with a certain amount of knowledge of the business of bridge building, son in his contracting efforts he confined himself almost entirely to that class of work. He threw off entirely the grandiose air of an English aristocrat, and assimilated himself to the conditions of his new life. A photograph of himself, taken on one the bridges he was erecting, shows him with a slouched hat and moleskin trousers, and under the picture, in his own handwriting, is written, "Ned, the Pile Driver". There appears to have been a stress in his money matters which stopped his contracting career and he became an ordinary day labourer, but he again emerged from that state into affluence. Money flowed in plentifully, and he then sought out as a confidential man, Mr. Adolphus Dunn, of Malvern, and through him the greater part of his future business was contracted. Hotel keeping was his next hobby, and he took the Armadale Hotel, at Armadale [Malvern and Armadale are both suburbs of Melbourne], but the venture cost him about £5,000. Better luck attended him whilst he had the Grace Darling Hotel, in Elizabeth-street [Melbourne], which he bought into after leaving Armadale; but he only made both ends meet, so he gave it up and took the New Brighton Hotel, at Lady Robinson's Beach, Sydney, and in six months, by dint of terrible bad management and extravagance, he lost £2,000. That was his last venture as a publican. For all his 68 years he was very energetic, and the news of the gold finds at Coolgardie allured him to West Australia. As usual, he adapted himself with great facility to the circumstances in which he found himself, and was soon as much a miner as the hundreds that surrounded him. He went out to the gold-fields and prospected. He discovered a reef, hastened to Perth, took up a mineral lease, and then left for Melbourne to form a company which would supply machinery and work the claim. All the speculators to whom he put the matter required too large a share in the mine for Poore's tastes, so he bought machinery himself, and left by the Adelaide for Perth on the 14th November, taking the machinery with him, but he died as already stated on the 23rd November, just as the Adelaide reached Fremantle.
	In all his dealings with people in the colonies Poore never disclosed his rank, except to one person, his medical adviser, Mr. Fitzgerald; but of late years he had taken to impressing his crest, a cubit arm, grasping in the hand an arrow, upon all cheques which he signed. One occasion on which Poore was recognised is mentioned by a friend of his, who was with him one day in Collins-street [Melbourne]. The friend whilst talking to Poore met a third party, whom he introduced to Mr. Poore. The stranger looked straight at the man to whom he was presented, and said, "Ha, Mr. Poore! Only Mr. Poore?" The latter replied, "Yes; isn't that enough? What more would you want?" Then in reply to questions by the stranger Poore said that he had never been in England, and that he did not know Chartham in Kent - the town, it will be remembered, of which his father-in-law was rector.
	Among the papers of the deceased is a diary of his life, which has not yet been looked into, but there are evidences among the collections of articles in his trunks that he had given unbridled scope to his passions, and to that alone he owed his many reverses. It is not at present clear how Poore raised the money of which he got possession from time to time, but it is believed by Mr. Dunn, his confidential man, that he disposed of some of his estates. It is not known whether Lady Poore is living [she was, and lived on until 1926], or whether she obtained a divorce when her husband left her. The deceased made a[n incorrect] statement on one occasion that his eldest son Richard, who would have been his heir, died some years ago, but there is no certainty about it. Should it prove correct, the heir, according to Burke's Peerage, would be his son Herbert who was born in 1863, and he will succeed to the title and and what is left of the estates [but Richard, being still alive, became the 4th baronet]. If the mine in West Australia proves of any value then the new baronet may be able to rehabilitate the estates.
	Sir Frederick William Pottinger, 2nd baronet
	Frederick was the son of Sir Henry Pottinger, who had received a baronetcy as a reward for a distinguished career as a colonial governor. His son, however, did not follow in his father's footsteps and, by 1856, was in deep financial straits. His income did not allow him to keep pace with his free-spending brother officers in the Grenadier Guards; bookmakers and tradesmen were plaguing him for payment of his debts. His fortunes changed somewhat when he won £500 on a lucky bet on a horse and, determined that his bothersome creditors were not going to share a penny of his good fortune, he packed his bags, resigned his commission and caught the next ship from England to Australia.
	Because the social circles of Sydney were now closed to him, he set off for the goldfields, where he had no luck. Tiring of digging for gold, he joined the New South Wales police as a mounted trooper. Not long after, he heard that his father had died but, since there was little in the way of money or estates to inherit, and enjoying the open-air life of a trooper, he decided to remain where he was, without telling anyone that he was now a baronet.
	In May 1861, a letter arrived in Sydney addressed to Sir Frederick Pottinger, care of the Police Department. No one had heard of a Sir Frederick Pottinger, but when the Department's records were checked, a Trooper Fred Pottinger stationed at the Lambing Flat (now Young) goldfield was discovered. He was immediately ordered to Sydney, where he admitted that he was a baronet. Since it was unseemly that a baronet was a lowly trooper, he was immediately promoted to Inspector and placed in charge of the whole southern district of New South Wales, with headquarters at Young and with 100 men under his command.
	Meanwhile, the country around the goldfields was the natural habitat of bushrangers (roughly analogous to British 'highwaymen' or American 'western outlaws'), of whom the most prominent was Frank Gardiner. Pottinger received urgent orders to clean them out of the area. He immediately arrested a squatter named Ben Hall, who was to later become somewhat of a folk hero in Australia, in the same manner as, say, Dick Turpin or Butch Cassidy. Pottinger ridiculed Hall's protestations of innocence and threw him into gaol, where he was held for months before being tried and acquitted. By the time he was released, Hall's wife had deserted him and his property was ruined through neglect. Thereafter Hall nursed an implacable hatred of the police in general and Pottinger in particular, and he became a member of Gardiner's gang of bushrangers.
	On 13 June 1862, Gardiner and eight men, including Hall, held up, at Eugowra Rocks, a stage coach laden with gold from the diggings bound for Sydney. Several policemen were wounded in the hold-up and around £14,000 in gold and banknotes were stolen. Pottinger quickly organised a posse to give chase. He split his forces into two, commanded by himself and Sergeant Sanderson. Sanderson's force, while losing their quarry, recovered half of the loot. Pottinger's party caught up with three of Gardiner's gang and captured two of them, but the third, Johnny Gilbert, escaped, but not before Pottinger had recovered £1000 of the amount stolen. With his two prisoners, Pottinger set out for Forbes, 150 miles away.
	Meanwhile, Gilbert had galloped to Gardiner's hideout and, once there, a rescue party was organised. Gardiner's men ambushed Pottinger's party the next morning and rescued their comrades. Pottinger got away into the surrounding bushland, where, realising he still had the £1000, he decided his duty was to save it, so he galloped away, leaving his men to their fate. His men, however, were not harmed by the bushrangers who, having achieved their aim, fled into the surrounding scrub.
	In order to regain his lost prestige, Pottinger began an all-out war against the bushrangers. He led strong parties into the surrounding ranges and tracked down their hideouts. He bullied farmers into acting as spies and burned Ben Hall's old homestead to the ground. From an informer, he discovered that Frank Gardiner paid regular visits to his mistress, Kitty Brown, at her cottage near Wheogo. One night, after dark, Pottinger and eight men quietly surrounded the house. A horse was heard approaching and when only about five yards from him, Pottinger fired a shot at the rider but missed. It was, indeed, Gardiner, who immediately fled. Pottinger then entered Kitty Brown's cottage, where he ordered his men to arrest Kitty's 15-year-old brother.
	Two contemporary ballads commemorate this event …
	Up started then Sir Fred and his men,
	With cocked carbine in hand,
	And called aloud on the 'ranger proud
	On pain of death to stand.
	But the 'ranger proud he laughed aloud.
	And bounding rode away,
	While Sir Frederick Pott shut his eye for a shot,
	And missed in the usual way.
	In slumber sound a boy they found,
	And brave Sir Frederick said,
	'By a flash in the pan we missed the man
	So we'll take the boy instead!'
	Smarting under such attacks, Pottinger redoubled his efforts to break the Gardiner gang. He arrested a young stockman, 'Flash Dan' Charters who admitted to being present at the Eugowra Rocks robbery and implicated nine other local men, who were quickly rounded up and sent to Sydney for trial at which six of the prisoners were acquitted, two given life sentences and the remaining man was hanged.
	Although these arrests did not stop the outlaws, the country became a little quieter, but Ben Hall and Johnny Gilbert were still around to plague Pottinger. In January 1865, Pottinger arranged to ride a friend's horse at a race meeting to be held at Wowingragong, near Forbes. Hearing of this, Hall and Gilbert vowed to attend the meeting and shoot Pottinger as he rode in the race. Pottinger was warned of their presence but made excuses to do nothing to capture them. Pottinger was branded a coward by a local settler, who wrote a lengthy complaint to Police headquarters in Sydney.
	As a result of this complaint, Pottinger was suspended from duty and called to Sydney to face an inquiry. Crossing the Blue Mountains west of Sydney, the coach in which Pottinger was travelling stopped for refreshments at Wascoe's Inn, near Springwood. Pottinger volunteered to get the lady passengers some peaches from an adjacent orchard. When the coachman called out 'All aboard!', Pottinger came running with his bag of fruit. To save time, and no doubt to also impress the ladies, he tried to vault the fence but fell and crashed heavily to the ground. An elaborate silver-mounted pistol he carried in his breast pocket exploded and a bullet ploughed into his chest. He was rushed to Sydney where he died on 9 April 1865.
	What of the other main characters in this story?
	Ben Hall was betrayed, ambushed and shot and killed by police on 5 May 1865. Johnny Gilbert suffered a similar fate on 13 May 1865. Frank Gardiner was luckier - he had been captured in 1864 and sentenced to 32 years in prison. After serving ten years, he was granted an early release provided he left the country. He went to the US where he is believed to have died in Colorado around 1904, the only Australian, as far as I know, to ever be exiled from his own country.
	The recent claim to the Pringle baronetcy
	A Board of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council recently heard a claim to this baronetcy, judgment being handed down on 20 June 2016. My summary of this case is as follows:-
	The 8th baronet, Sir Norman Robert Pringle, married Florence Madge Vaughan on 16 October 1902. She gave birth to a son, Norman Hamilton Pringle, on 13 May 1903, and later gave birth to two further sons, the elder of whom was Ronald Steuart Pringle, born 26 April 1905. Ronald Steuart Pringle, who died 24 July 1968, later married and had a son, Norman Murray Archibald MacGregor Pringle ["Murray"].
	On the death of the 8th baronet in 1919, his widow, Florence Madge Pringle, signed a statutory declaration in support of her son, Norman Hamilton Pringle, to be enrolled as the 9th baronet in which she stated that he was the son of the 8th baronet. Norman Hamilton Pringle was enrolled as the 9th baronet without any opposition. On his death in 1961, his son, Steuart Robert Pringle, was enrolled as the 10th baronet, again without any opposition. The 10th baronet had a distinguished military career, being created a KCB in 1982. On his death in 2013, his son, Simon Robert Pringle ["Simon"] would, in the normal course of events, have succeeded as 11th baronet.
	In about 2009, Murray established the "Pringle Surname Project" which sought to determine who was the current chief of the clan Pringle, whose last clan chief had died without a male heir in 1737 or 1738. In October 2009, Murray wrote to Sir Steuart Pringle, explaining the purpose of the project and requesting a mouth swab from him for a DNA test.
	Subsequently, in July 2010, Murray wrote to Sir Steuart Pringle advising him of the results of the DNA testing results. These results showed that there were 12 differences between the results for the 10th baronet and Murray, and that, as a result, the 10th baronet and Simon were not related to the 8th baronet through the male line. He further pointed out that these results raised the question of who was the rightful baronet, and that, as a result, he had lodged a caveat with the Assistant Registrar of the Baronetage giving notice that he [Murray] had a claim on the baronetcy, and requesting that notice be given to him of any future claim lodged in respect of the baronetcy.
	In the meantime, Murray had obtained advice from a number of DNA-testing agencies, each of which reported that the 10th baronet and Murray were not related through any male line. One report stated that the two DNA profiles differed from each other to the extent that there was no support for the view that they had a common male origin in the last 1,000 years. The report concluded that the DNA tests provided very strong support for the view that the 8th baronet was Murray's grandfather, but was not the grandfather of Sir Steuart Pringle, the 10th baronet.
	The matter was heard by a Board the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, commencing in November 2015 and culminating in the Board's judgment on 20 June 2016. At the hearings, Simon did not dispute the DNA results, but argued that such evidence should not be admitted on the grounds of public policy. Although the courts have accepted DNA evidence in both civil and criminal cases, four arguments were advanced for its exclusion in this case. Each of these arguments is discussed below:-
	(1) It was submitted that under the Scottish law of prescription (the baronetcy is Scottish), Murray's claim had been extinguished by the passage of time. Time limits for the making of claims in Scotland are governed by the Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973. The Board held that the right to succeed to a title of honour must survive the passage of time, and was therefore not able to be prescribed under the Act.
	(2) The defence of mora [undue delay], taciturnity [a failure to speak out in assertion of one's right or claim] and acquiescence [silent or passive assent to what has taken place] was also advanced. The board held that, since Murray did not know that he had a claim until he received the DNA results, this argument was excluded.
	(3) It was submitted that Sir Steuart's DNA had been obtained on a false premise, since Sir Steuart had consented to Murray's use of the DNA only for establishing who was the chief of the clan Pringle, and that to use the DNA for any other purpose was a breach of confidentiality. The Board held that Sir Steuart Pringle must have been aware that details of his DNA might be submitted to the Lord Lyon and that if his DNA were to exclude him from a claim to be the clan chief, it might also form the basis of a challenge to his entitlement to the baronetcy. As a result, the Board was not persuaded that Murray had breached a confidence or misused private information.
	(4) It was claimed that Murray's use of Sir Steuart's DNA involved a breach of the Data Protection Act. The Board decided that, even if Murray had breached this Act, that would not be sufficient to render the DNA evidence as inadmissible.
	On 20 June 2016, the Board, in its judgment, found that there was no legal ground for the exclusion of the DNA evidence, which demonstrated to a high degree of probability that Norman Hamilton Pringle was not the son of the 8th baronet. The Board therefore concluded that
	(i) Simon is not the grand grandson of the 8th baronet and is not the heir male of the 1st baronet; and
	(ii) Murray is the grandson of the 8th baronet and is, as the heir male of the 1st baronet, entitled to succeed to the baronetcy.
	Sir Charles Pym, 2nd baronet
	Sir Charles died as a result of being run through by a rapier following an argument in a tavern on 4 May 1688. A contemporary pamphlet, published on 1 June 1688, gives the following details of the indictment and the facts of Sir Charles's death:-
	[The] Clerk [read the indictment]: You Gentlemen of the Jury, look upon the Prisoners at the Bar, and hearken to their Charge, they stand Indicted by the names of Rowland Walters, Dearing Bradshaw and Ambrose Cave, Gent. for that they, not having the fear of God before their eyes, but being instigated and seduced by the Devil and their own wicked hearts, on the fourth day of May, in the Fourth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord King James the Second, in the Parish of St. Nicholas Cole-Abby, in and upon Sir Charles Pymm, Bar., Feloniously, willfully, and of their malice before thought, did make an Assault; and that he, the said Rowland Walters, having then and there in his right hand, a certain Rapier made of Iron and Steel, of the value of about 5 s[hillings] and thrust him the said Sir Charles Pymm in and upon the right side of him the said Sir Charles Pymm, a little above the right Pap, did strike and thrust as aforesaid, giving him the said Sir Charles Pymm, a little above the right Pap, one mortal Wound of the breadth of one Inch, of the depth of ten Inches; and that they the said Dearing Bradshaw and Ambrose Cave, were present, aiding, abetting, and assisting him the said Rowland Walters in the perpetration of the said wilful Murther of him the said Sir Charles Pymm; so that they three, the Prisoners at the Bar, with malice fore-thought, did intentionally Kill and Destroy, and Murther him the said Sir Charles Pymm …
	The actual details of the killing were outlined to the Court as follows:-
	My Lords, this Murther fell out on the fourth day of May last after this manner, viz. The said Sir Charles Pymm, one Mr. Mirriday and Mr. Neale, and Sir Thomas Middleton and others dined at the Swan Tavern upon Fish-street-hill; after they were come into the House, they went up stairs, after which the Prisoners at the Bar came into the House, and took another Room to Dine of Beef and other things. But one of Sir Charles's Company desired to have a Plate of it; upon which Mr. Clowdsley told them some Gentlemen had bespoke it for Dinner, but he said he would get them a Plate of it, which was sent up, and ordered to be reckoned into Mr. Walters the Prisoners Bill; after Dinner they drank their Healths, and returned them thanks for their Beef; and towards the Evening Sir Charles Pymm and his Friends came down stairs and met the Prisoners at the bottom, and Mr. Cave asked them how they liked the Beef that was sent up; upon which one in the company answered, and told them, they did not send it, for they had paid for it; upon which farther words arose, and Mr. Bradshaw drew his Sword and fell upon Sir Charles Pymm, but he got out into the Streets, after which Mr. Walters came forth, and plucked Sir Charles Pymm by the arms, and forced him to fight with him, saying, here is my hand, and here is my Sword; and as soon as he was in the Street, he received this mortal Wound, and so fell down dead; and after this Mr. Walters took him by the nape of the neck, and dashed his head upon the ground and cried out, God Damn you, you are dead; and said farther, let the Sword alone in his body. My Lords, this shall be proved to be done, without any manner of provocation; and if so, I hope your Lordships will find him guilty of willful Murther.
	Because the prosecution were unable to satisfy the Court that the prisoners had acted with premeditation (the Judge described the incident as a "hot and sudden Frolick"), Walters was found guilty of manslaughter only, and the other two prisoners were acquitted.

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