▁in ▁Gh ent ▁on ▁account ▁of ▁a ▁serious ▁mental ▁condition , ▁Sed ley ▁in ▁vain ▁tried ▁to ▁obtain ▁a ▁divor ce . ▁He ▁met ▁Ann ▁A ys c ough , ▁probably ▁around ▁ 1 6 7 0 , ▁by ▁whom ▁he ▁had ▁two ▁il leg it imate ▁sons , ▁William ▁and ▁Charles ▁Sed ley . ▁William ▁died ▁in ▁inf ancy , ▁the ▁brother ▁Charles ▁was ▁kn ight ed ▁by ▁William ▁III ▁after ▁the ▁coron ation ▁in ▁ 1 6 8 9 ▁and ▁created ▁a ▁baron et ▁in ▁ 1 7 0 2 . ▁The ▁relationship ▁with ▁Ann ▁A ys c ough ▁last ed ▁to ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁Sed ley ' s ▁life . ▁Sed ley ▁died ▁at ▁H amp st ead ▁on ▁ 2 0 ▁August ▁ 1 7 0 1 ▁and ▁was ▁buried ▁at ▁South f le et ▁Church ▁on ▁the ▁ 2 6 th . ▁ ▁The ▁Sed ley ▁baron et cy ▁became ▁ext inct ▁on ▁his ▁death . ▁ ▁Sed ley ▁is ▁famous ▁as ▁a ▁patron ▁of ▁literature ▁in ▁the ▁Rest oration ▁period , ▁and ▁was ▁the ▁Franc oph ile ▁Lis ide ius ▁of ▁D ry den ' s ▁Ess ay ▁of ▁D ram atic ▁Po es y . ▁However , ▁it ▁was ▁above ▁all ▁Sed ley ' s ▁wit ▁that ▁his ▁contempor aries ▁adm ired ▁him ▁for . ▁ ▁Sed ley ▁was ▁re put ed ▁as ▁a ▁not orious ▁ra ke ▁and ▁libert ine , ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁" Mer ry ▁Gang " ▁of ▁cour ti ers ▁which ▁included