BELLEW.

The founder of the Bellews, is stated, but on what authority we know not, to have been a marshal in the army of the Conqueror. Some of his descendants, of whom there were eighteen knights in a direct line of succession, settled in Ireland, at Bellewstown, in the county of Meath; and in the adjoining county of Louth, in the thirteenth century: of these we may enumerate the Baronets of Barmeath and Mount Bellow, and Sir Christopher Bellew, Knt., whose eldest son, Sir John, was created Baron Bellew of Duleek, a title that expired in 1772 with John, the fourth Lord, whose male representative is Captain FRANCIS JOHN BELLEW, H.C.S., great grandson of Patrick, son of Matthew Bellew, of Rogerstown, and nephew of John, the first lord. One branch of the family sprung from a common ancestor with the Irish Bellews, still remains in England, and is seated at Stockleigh Court, in the county of Devon.

--(This name appears on the Battle Abbey roll)