length figures, on canvas 50 in. by 60 in., painted by Henry Tilson, in possession of Mr. Thomas Shaen Carter, No. 980, in South Kensington Catalogue. There is also an original portrait of Henry Tilson, a skillful artist in portraiture, the son of Nathaniel Tilson. He was born in Yorkshire in 1619, and was the grandson of Bishop Tilson. He was a pupil of Sir Peter Lely, and was esteemed a good painter of portraits, both in oil and crayons, especially in the latter. He died in 1645, or 1655. (From Yorkshire Weekly Post, May 24, 1890.)

For nephew of Bishop Tilson, (see Walpole's Anecdotes of Paintings. Vol. III., page 103, Edit., 1763).

                       Watson's His. of Halifax, Eng., Pub. 1775. 
Archbishop John Tillotson's pedigree is as follows: Nicholas1 de Tilston, Lord of Tilston in Cheshire, had John2 de Tilston, who had Nicholas3 de Tilston (9 Edward III.) who had John4 Tilston of Tilston, who married Joanna 3d dau. of Thomas Danyers of Bradley in Cheshire, by whom Robert5 Tilston of Tilston, who had Roger6 Tilston of Tilston, Esq., in the time of Henry V., who married Catherine, 2d dau. of Sir John Leigh of Baguley in Cheshire, Knt., by whom Thomas7 Tilston of Tilston, Esq., who married Elizabeth, dau. and heiress of Hugh Heath of Huxley in Cheshire, by whom 1st, Hugh Tilston of Huxley, Esq. (or as one authority calls him John), and 2d, Richard8 Tilston. This Richard8 married Maud, dau. of Richard Bostock, by whom he had Thomas (who had issue), and Richard9 and others. This Richard9 Tilston was of Newport in Shropshire, (and by an unaccountable mistake, Dr. Birch in his life of the Archbishop, calls him first Roger and then Ralph.) He mar. Elizabeth, 2d dau. of William Leighton, second son of Sir Thomas Leighton of Wattsborough in Shropshire, Knt., by whom Ralph Tilston of Goldaston, Tristram Tilston, Thomas10 Tilston of Wookliff, in the parish of Carlton in Craven, and William Tilston. This Thomas10 changed his name from Tilston to Tillotson, as I was informed by the late Rev. Mr. Tillotson of St. Paul's school, who heard his father say that the name was altered as above; the said Mr. Tillotson's father was told so by this Mr. Tillotson's grandfather, who was father to the Archbishop. This Thomas10 Tilston, alias Thomas Tillotson, had George11 Tillotson, who married Eleanor, dau. of Elias Nutter of Pendleforest in Lancashire, by whom Robert12 Tillotson of Sowerby, who was buried at Sowerby Feb. 22, 1682-3, age 91.

Robert12 Tillotson (was a Puritan clothier); married Mary, dau. of Thomas Dobson of the Stones in Sowerby, by whom he had Robert John (Archbishop of Canterbury), Joshua and Israel. John Tillotson was born in Tuile-lane, Sowerby, Yorkshire, Eng., Oct., 1630. He studied at Clare Hall, Cambridge, 1647, took degree of B. A., 1650, and A. M., 1654; in 1657 became private tutor in the family of Edmund Predeaux, Devonshire. Attorney General, under the protector, but returned to London before Cromwell's death. He became