Around 1635 Thomas Cartwright was born to Timothy Cartwright of Gloucestershire.
On 14th August 1671 John Lewis 1st Baronet [aged 56] died without male issue. Baronet Lewis of Ledstone extinct. His daughters Elizabeth Lewis Countess Huntingdon [aged 17] and Mary Lewis Countess Scarsdale [aged 13] inherited his estates. He and his wife Sarah Foote Lady Lewis [aged 43] were buried at All Saints Church, Ledsham [Map]. Hand On Skull. Sculpted by Thomas Cartwright [aged 36].
Elizabeth Lewis Countess Huntingdon: In 1654 she was born to John Lewis 1st Baronet and Sarah Foote Lady Lewis. John Evelyn's Diary. 24th June 1670. Came the Earl of Huntington and Countess, with the Lord Sherard, to visit us. On 19th February 1672 Theophilus Hastings 7th Earl Huntingdon and she were married. She by marriage Countess Huntingdon. He the son of Ferdinando Hastings 6th Earl Huntingdon and Lucy Davies Countess Huntingdon. In 1688 she died.
Mary Lewis Countess Scarsdale: In 1658 she was born to John Lewis 1st Baronet and Sarah Foote Lady Lewis. On 11th February 1672 Robert Leke 3rd Earl Scarsdale and she were married. He the son of Nicholas Leke 2nd Earl Scarsdale and Frances Rich Countess Scarsdale. On 27th January 1681 Nicholas Leke 2nd Earl Scarsdale died. His son Robert succeeded 3rd Earl Scarsdale, 3rd Baron Deincourt of Sutton, 3rd Baronet Leke of Sutton in Derbyshire. She by marriage Countess Scarsdale. In 1684 she died.









Hastings Arms impaled
Lewis Arms.
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Lewis Arms.
On 27th December 1703 Thomas Cartwright [aged 68] died.