Sir Pury Cust (1655-1698/9)

British (English) School. Oil painting on canvas, Sir Pury Cust (1655-1698/9), British (English) School. Simulated stone oval. Half-length portrait of a man, turned slightly to the right, gazing at ths spectator, in a brown cloak and white lace jabot. Sir Pury Cust was born 1655. He was the son of Sir Richard Cust, 1st Bt. (1622-1700) and Beatrice Pury (1623-1715). He married: (i) Ursula Woodcock, daughter of Edward Woodcock, on 21 August 1678. and (ii) Alice Savile, daughter of William Savile, before 1698. He was invested as Knight c.1660. His children were: by Ursula Woodcodk: Sir Richard Cust, 2nd Bt (1680-1734) married Anne Brownlow (1694-177) by Alice Savile 1.Savile Cockayne Cust (1698-1772) 2.Mary Cust (1679-1718), married Robert Thompson (1667/8-1711) 3.Ursula Cust (1683/4-1757), married Richard Newton (d.1737) Sir Pury predeceased his father, hopelessly in debt. Only when his son Sir Richard was free of the debt in 1715, at the age of 35, could he aspire to marry the future Brownlow heiress, Anne Brownlow (1694-1779) who brought Belton into the Cust family. Pury maintained a troop of horse 1689-90, but never seems to have taken part in any engagement. He died on 21 February 1698/99. Belton House, Lincolnshire (Accredited Museum)