• General Notes

  dau and heiress of Richard Cabell, of Brook, Devonshire
  
  By Elizabeth Cabell he had two sons, both of whom predeceased him, and the only recorded of whom was
  1. Cabell D'Oyly, who was born in Jan. 1696-7, but died an infant, and was buried at Stadhampton in April following.
  
  
  Meanwhile Sir John had become father of a very large family, which, added to the expensive habits of the aristocracy, had led him into considerable debt, and was quickly consuming the substance of his family. Thus, in 1693, he made it a stipulation on marrying his son Cholmley D'Oyly to Elizabeth Cabell, that she should pay him Sir John 6,000l. in consideration of his settling his Oxfordshire estates on her husband
  
  ***************************************************************** Sir John D'Oyly met with a wealthy heiress for his son, viz. Elizabeth, only child of Richard Cabell, Esq. of Brooke, co. Devon, heiress to him, and eventually also to her uncle Samuel Cabell, Esq. of South Paterton, co. Somerset, from whom and her father together she inherited the manors of Brooke or Button and Buckfastleigh in Buckfastleigh, co. Devon: which family recorded its arms and pedigree at the Devonshire visitation, 1620, and bore "Vert, fretty argent, a fesse gules."[370]—This lady was an heiress of landed property to the amount of 20,000l. beside a considerable personal estate; and the intrigues by which her marriage with Cholmley D'Oyly was brought about, could scarcely be exceeded in skill and contrivance by the imagination of the novelists of the present day. Suffice it to mention, the project succeeded, and that by indentures of lease and release, dated 20th and 21st Nov. 1693, all Eliz. Cabell's estates were conveyed to the use of herself and her heirs till her marriage, then to trustees for the term of 500 years, for securing to Sir John D'Oyly 6,000l. (which was undertaken to be discharged in four years), then to Cholmley D'Oyly for life, then to Elizabeth for life, with divers remainders. About the 9th Dec. 1693, they were married, and Sir John D'Oyly then settled on them lands in Oxfordshire to the value of 500l. per annum, with provisions for their possible issue. But it was impossible such a proceeding could ultimately produce either credit or satisfaction to the family. Cholmley D'Oyly not only sent his heiress out of the kingdom, soon after their marriage, but when with her would frequently joke about having another wife elsewhere (and little doubt there was of it, for both of them were bringing him children at the same time); though she herself admitted he had always made her a kind and affectionate husband.
  

Details of Elizabeth's family with Cholmley D'Oyly