The Every Baronetcy, of

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. It was created on 26 May 1641 for Simon Every,

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in 1640 and a supporter of the Royalist cause in the

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. Born into the

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and

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, and a cousin to the Brice family of

, he married Anne, daughter and co-heir of Sir Henry Leigh, of

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. After his marriage, Every settled at Egginton.

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/ref> The family seat of Egginton Hall burnt down in 1736, and was replaced by the eighth baronet (the great-great-grandson of the fourth) with a new house, which was demolished in 1954.

Notable baronets

The fourth baronet was a

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in the

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and a supporter of William III. He was

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in 1718. The fifth baronet was Rector of Egginton and of

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. The sixth baronet was

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Every baronets, of Egginton

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(1603–1647) *Sir Henry Every, 2nd Baronet (1629–1700) *Sir Henry Every, 3rd Baronet (1653–1709) *Sir John Every, 4th Baronet (1654–1729) *Sir Simon Every, 5th Baronet (1658–1753) *Sir Henry Every, 6th Baronet (1708–1755) *Sir John Every, 7th Baronet (1708–1779) *Sir Edward Every, 8th Baronet (1754–1786) *Sir Henry Every, 9th Baronet (1777–1855) *Sir Henry Flower Every, 10th Baronet (1830–1893) *Sir Edward Oswald Every, 11th Baronet (1886–1959) *Sir John Simon Every, 12th Baronet (1914–1988) *Sir Henry John Michael Every, 13th Baronet (born 1947) The

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to the baronetcy is the 13th Baronet's eldest son, Edward James Henry Every (born 1975).

Arms

References

*''Debrett's The Baronetage of England'' 7th Edition (1839) p46 Google Books *Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
''A Topographical Dictionary of England'' (1848) from British History Online
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