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| | Pentlow Miscellany |
 | | Thomas Cavendish, son of the last named Thomas, was clerk of the pipe in the Exchequer, and by his wife, Alice Smith, was the father of George Cavendish, of Glemsford, in Suffolk, and of William. |
 | | Sir Villian Cavendish, brother of George, one of the commissioners for taking the survey of religious houses, and became the fortunate founder of the ducal families of Devonshire ans Newcastle, the latter now being extinct in that name, but the present Duke of Devonshire is the ninth in lineal descent from this Wiliam Cavendish. |
 | | George Goodday, his grandson, was of Bowers Hall, and of Gray's Inn, London, and had by Frances Alston, his wife, a son named Samuel, who died young, and Elizabeth, his daughter and heiress. |
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