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ZOUCHE, or ZOUCH

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 1045 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ZOUCHE, or See also:ZOUCH , the name of an See also:English See also:family descended from Alan la Zouche, a See also:Breton, who is sometimes called Alan de Porrhoet. Having settled in See also:England during the reign of See also:Henry II., Alan obtained by See also:marriage See also:Ashby in See also:Leicestershire (called after him Ashby de la Zouch) and other lands. His See also:grandson, another Alan la Zouche, was See also:justice of See also:Chester and justice of See also:Ireland under Henry III.; he was loyal to the See also:king during the struggle with the barons, fought at See also:Lewes and helped to arrange the See also:peace of See also:Kenilworth. As the result of a See also:quarrel over some lands with See also:John, See also:Earl See also:Warenne, he was seriously injured in See also:Westminster See also:Hall by the earl and his retainers, and died on the loth of See also:August 1270. Alan's See also:elder son See also:Roger (d. 1285) had a son Alan la Zouche, who was summoned to See also:parliament as a See also:baron about 1298. He died without sons, and this See also:barony See also:fell into See also:abeyance between his daughters and has never been revived. The elder Alan's younger son, Eades or Ivo, had a son See also:William (c. 1276—1352), who was summoned to parliament as a baron in 1308, and this barony, which is still in existence, is known as that of Zouche of Haryngworth. John, 7th baron Zouche of Haryngworth (c. 1460-1526), was attainted in 1485 as a supporter of See also:Richard III., but was restored to his honours in 1495. His descendant, See also:Edward, the See also:lath baron (c.

1556—1625), was one of the peers who tried See also:

Mary, See also:queen of Scots, and was sent by See also:Elizabeth as See also:ambassador to See also:Scotland and to See also:Denmark. He was See also:president of See also:Wales from 16os to 1615 and See also:lord See also:warden of the Cinque Ports from 1615 to 1624. He was a member of the See also:council of the See also:Virginia See also:Company and of the New England council. He had many See also:literary See also:friends, among them being See also:Ben See also:Jonson and See also:Sir Henry See also:Wotton. Zouche See also:left no soles, and ?he barony remained in abeyance among the descendants of his two daughters until 1815, when the abeyance was terminated in favour of Sir See also:Cecil Bisshopp, See also:Bart. (1753—1828), who became the 12th baron. He died without sons, a second abeyance being terminated in 1829 in favour of his daughter Harriet See also:Anne (1787—1870), wife of the Hon. See also:Robert Curzon (1771—1863). In 1873 her grandson, Robert Nathaniel Curzon (b. 1851), became the 15th baron. Two antiquaries, Henry Zouch (c. 1725–17955) and his See also:brother.

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Thomas Zouch (1737–1815), claimed descent from the family of Zouche. Both were voluminous writers, Thomas's See also:works including a See also:Life of Izaak See also:Walton (1823) and See also:Memoirs of Sir See also:Philip See also:Sidney (18o8).

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