, another brother of the preceding, was a commoner of Brazen-nose college in Oxford,
and afterwards studied in the inns of court. He was a man
of great learning, and distinguished himself as an antiquary, as also by writing the History of the Isle of Man, a
manuscript copy of which was in the valuable museum of
Mr. Thoresby, of Leeds, and afterwards bought by Edmondson, but it has been also printed at the end of King’s
“Vale Royal of Cheshire,
” in 1656. He was likewise a
member of the Long Parliament, deep in the transactions
of those times, and one of the king’s judges; for which,
at the restoration, he was excepted from the benefit of
his estate, but his life spared; and this distinction seems to
have been owing to his not having, signed the warrant for
the king’s death, which his brother Thomas did. He married Ursula, daughter of sir William Fairfax, of Seeton, in
the county of York, and dying in 1661, was succeeded in
his estate by his only son Edmund. Wood says he poisoned himself, when a search was making for him. One
James Chaloner made collections of arms, &c. in the city
of Chester, which, Mr. Gough informs us, came into Vincent’s hands; but this perhaps is one of the three Chaloners
who were herald-painters of that city, and no wise related
to sir Thomas Chaloner’s family, although in a late history
of Chester, 1791, James the herald-painter is said to be
the author of the History of the Isle of Man. Mr. Gough
also informs us that the author of that history made collections of arms, monuments, &c. in Shrophire, which in
1700 were in the Heralds’ office, numbered 2 So among
Vincent’s books; but they were purloined from thence
(probably when lord Oxford was collecting his library, and gave any price for Mss.), and are now in the British Museum, No. 2163, Harl. Cat. But it appears from other
parts of the British Topography, that even Mr. Gough
has not always kept in view the distinction between the
two James Chaloners.