DERING, SIR EDWARD, BARONET
Arms.—Or, a saltire sa. Dering.
Crest.—Out of an heraldic coronet a plume of 9 ostrich feathers, 4 and 5, arg.
Legend.—Edoardvs dering miles et baronettvs.
[The Catholike Moderator. London, 1623.]
Edward Dering (born 28th January 1598, died 22nd June 1644) was the son of Sir Anthony Dering of Surrenden. He was educated at Cambridge, and soon became a collector and lover of antiquities.
In 1619 Dering received the honour of Knighthood, and in 1627 became a Baronet. He represented Kent in the House of Commons, and interested himself much in religious matters. He eventually got into trouble with Parliament about some of his writings, and was imprisoned for a time in the Tower. He raised a regiment for the King at the commencement of the Civil War, and in consequence he suffered sequestration of his estates. He does not appear to have succeeded well as a soldier. Dering never recovered from the troubles incident upon his advocacy of the Royalist cause, and he died in comparative poverty. He has left several works and pamphlets, chiefly political or theological.
D'EWES, SIR SYMONDS, BARONET
Arms.—Or, 3 quatrefoils pierced gu. D'Ewes.
Crest.—A wolf's head erased or, about the neck a collar vairé.
[D'Ewes. Journals of Parliaments temp. Eliz. Harl. MS. 73.]
Symonds D'Ewes (born 18th December 1602, died 8th April 1650) was the son of Paul D'Ewes of Milden in Suffolk. He went to Cambridge, and was called to the Bar in 1623. His tastes were always of a literary and antiquarian character, and he was a friend of Sir Robert Cotton. In 1626 he received the honour of Knighthood, and on his father's death in 1631 he inherited considerable property.
D'Ewes was High Sheriff of Suffolk and Member of Parliament for Sudbury, and in 1641 he became a Baronet. He wrote many valuable historical and antiquarian works; his "Diaries" are now in the British Museum, as are several others of his manuscripts, forming part of the Harleian Collection.
