"The family of Tyldens, one of great antiquity, has been seated in Kent for several centuries. Of the three distinct branches into which it separated, the eldest branch became possessed of Milsted in that county; the second removed into Sussex, and one of its members, emigrating, founded the numerous Tildens of America, while the youngest branch settled at Ifield. The family anciently possessed lands in the parishes of Brenchly, Otterden, Kinnington and Tilmanstone, and as far back as the reign of Edward III, we find William Tylden paying aid for the lands in Kent, when the Black Prince was knighted."

Definition of the arms of the Tylden family, of Great Tyldens, Milsted, and Great Oak Manor, Maryland:

ARMS.-Azure, a saltier ermine, between four pheons, or. CREST.-A battle-axe, erect, entwined with a snake, proper. MOTTO.-Truth and Liberty.

SIR WILLIAM TYLDEN, of Great Tyldens, the grandfather of Marmaduke Tylden, of Great Oak Manor, Kent County, Maryland, was descended from Sir RICHARD TYLDEN, who was living in the reign of Henry II, and Richard I. He was seneschal to Hugh de Lacy, Constable of Chester, during the reign of Henry II, and afterwards accompanied Cœur de Lion to the Holy Land, and fought under him at ye battle of Ascalon against the Sultan Saladin, Anno 1190.

SIR RICHARD TYLDEN de Sittenbourne, in Kent and Congleton in Cheshire, m. Gertrude, dau. of Sir William Vernon, Lord de Frodsham in Cheshire.

SIR HENRY TYLDEN, son of the above, m. Phillipa, dau. of Sir Richard Boteler de Warrington, Lancaster.

SIR WILLIAM TYLDEN, son of Sir Henry, was living temp. Edward III, and fought in ye van of ye English armye, commanded by ye Lord Audley under ye Black Prince, at ye battle of Poictiers, Anno 1356." He m. Constance, dau. of Rudulphus Gamul, Lord de Mollington, Cheshire.

SIR WILLIAM TYLDEN, son of Sir William, m. Angharad, dau. of Sir Matthew Ellis, de Overleigh, near Chester, England.

SIR THOMAS TYLDEN, son of the above, m. Alice, dau. of Robert del Holme, Lord of Tranmore, Cheshire.

SIR JOHN TYLDEN, son of Sir Thomas, m. Isabel, dau. of Sir Roger Cotgreave, Lord de Hargrave, of Tarrin and Tuttenhall, Cheshire.

SIR WILLIAM TYLDEN, son of the above, m. Elizabeth, dau. of James Yonge, gentleman, of Tunstal, County Kent. He

was of Great Tyldens, in the parish of Marden. He sold a portion of Great Tyldens in the reign of Henry VI and bought Chatts Place, which continued in the family until the Revolution. He removed to Worms hill, in the early part of the reign of Queen Elizabeth, d. 23d June 1613, and is buried in the back chancel of the church. He was the ancestor of the Tyldens, of Milsted and of Great Oak Manor, Kent Co., Md.

This part of the Tylden pedigree was obtained from the "Papers of the late Sir John Cotgreave, Knight, &c., in which are found Pedigrees of the Cotgreaves, Gamul and Cowper de Elton; compiled by William Camden in 1591, and drawn out by Randal Holme in 1670. The armorial bearings are curious, and show that Sir Richard Tylden's ancestors had intermarried with the family of Fitzhugh, Baron Lord Malpas, and nephew to Hugh Lupers, first Norman Earl of Chester, temp. William the Conqueror; also with the family of Crews of Montel, now Mould, chez Flint." The remainder of the pedigree is compiled chiefly from Burke's Landed Gentry, and papers in the possession of the family, now living in England.

SIR RICHARD TYLDEN, son of Sir William Tylden and his wife Elizabeth Tonge, purchased 16th Sept. 9th Charles I, from Edward Chute, Esq., of Bethersden, the manor and advowson of Milsted, Kent Co., England, and m. Elizabeth, dau. of John Toke, Esq., of Godington, of consanguinity to Archbishop Chichele, the founder of All Souls' College. He d. in 1659, leaving a son, William Tylden.

WILLIAM TYLDEN, ESQ., of Milsted, son of Sir Richard and his wife, Elizabeth Toke, m. Hannah, dau. of Sir Thomas Manby, of Lincolnshire, and d. in 1703, leaving an only son, Richard Tylden.

RICHARD TYLDEN, ESQ., of Milsted, son of William and Hannah Manby Tylden, m. in 1710, Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Osborne, Esq., of Place House, Kent Co., England, and coheir to her brother. She d. in 1766, aged 79. He d. in 1763, and had child., viz., Richard Osborne, his heir,- Hannah, who m. Edward Belcher, Esq., of Ulcomb, and had two child., viz., Mary, who m. in April 1748, Rev. Thomas Bland, A. M., Vicar of Sittenbourne, and Phillipa Tylden.

THE REV. RICHARD OSBORNE TYLDEN, of Milsted, and Rector thereof, son of Richard and Elizabeth Osborne Tylden, m. in Oct. 1754, Deborah, dau. and heiress of Daniel May, Esq., d. in 1766, aged 44 years, leaving his widow, who afterwards m. Rev. Edward Smith, Rector of Milsted, and had

child., viz., Richard, his heir,-Osborne,-Richard,-Cooke, -Manby Mary, and Elizabeth Tylden.

ELIZABETH TYLDEN, youngest dau. of the Rev. Richard Osborne and Deborah May Tylden, m. twice. Her 1st husband was Vallyer Baker, Esq., of Sittingbourne, and had a son, Vallyer Baker. Her 2nd husband was John Withers, Esq., of London.

REV. RICHARD COOKE TYLDEN, Rector of Milsted and Frinsted, 3rd son of the Rev. Richard Osborne and Deborah May Tylden, assumed the surname and arms of Pattenson, in compliance with the testamentary injunction of William Pattenson, of Ibornden, Biddenden.

OSBORNE TYLDEN, of Torry Hill, Milsted, 2nd son of the Rev. Richard Osborne and Deborah May Tylden, m. Anne Withers, of London, and d. in 1827, leaving child., viz., Osborne, who d. unm.,-Charles, Lieut. R. M., d.,-John, Lieut. Gen. and Col. R. A., who d. in 1866, leaving child., viz., Henry, Lieut. R. N.,-Mary (Madame Maillie),—Eliza, -Emily, who m. 1840, Lieut. Col. Pattenson, of Ibornden,— Isabella, who m. Capt. Luke Alen, son of the late Col. Alen, C. B., of St. Wolstans, representative of Archbishop Alen, and Imogene Tylden, who m. Capt. Lempriere, R. A.

RICHARD TYLDEN, ESQ., of Milsted Manor House, eldest son and heir of the Rev. Richard Osborne and Deborah May Tylden, was m. twice. His 1st wife was Catharine Rolphe, of Ashford, and had one son, Richard Osborne Tylden. His 2nd wife was Jane, dau. of the Rev. Samuel Auchmuty, at one time Rector of Trinity, New York, U. S., a sister of Lieut. Gen. Sir Samuel Auchmuty, G. C. B., and had child., viz., Sir John Maxwell, Gen. William Burton, and Mary Isabella Tylden, who m. Rev. Ralph Price, Rector of Lyminge, Kent, England. Richard Tylden, Esq., d. 2d Feb'y 1832.

REV. RICHARD OSBORNE TYLDEN, son of Richard and his 1st wife, Mary Rolphe Tylden, was for the period of fifty-three years Vicar of Chilham with Moldash, Kent, England. He m. twice. His 1st wife was Francis, 2nd dau. of William Fairman. She d. in 1849, and had two daus., who survived, viz., Frances Jane Kemp, who m. in 1857, John Blyth, Esq., and Annabella Tylden. He m. a 2nd time, in May 1851, Harriet Lenora Frances, dau. of James Stanley Ireland, Esq., and had child., viz., Richard, b. May 1858, and Catharine Matilda Tylden. Rev. Richard Osborne Tylden d. in March 1862.