AW UN'IVERS//, ^ A \\UIBRARY OP-CALIFO/? ^.OF-CAUFOft i- ^ =0 s ^ o^lOS-ANCElF <:? <^ THE PEERAGE O F ENGLAND-, CONTAINING A Genealogical and Hijlorical ACCOUNT Of all the PEERS of ENGLAND, Now exifting, cither by Tenure^ Summons or Creation Their DESCENTS and COLLATERAL LINES: Their BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, andlssuEs: Famous ACTIONS both in War and Peace: Religious and Charitable DONATIONS: DtATH3,PlACE30flfer/,MONUMElTS, EPITAPHS; And many valuable Memoirs never before printed. ALSO curioujly engraven on COPPER PLATES.' Collected from Records > Old Wills, Autbentick Manufcripts, our moft approv'd Hijiorians, and other Authorities. By ARTHUR COLLINS, Efqv VOL. I. The Second Edition, very much Enlarged, and Corre&ed. LONDON; Printed for W. INNYS at the Weft, End of St. Paul's, R. MANBY on Ludgate-Hill, T. WOTTON and F. GOSLING in Fleet-Jlreet. MDCCXLI, .f ; rteTi "\ li/ . ; O 4^ : ^&J l~ . oV *ib8 iiioY Miiugniftib Jlo n^M giibnBn3ln0oD ni 2ifoif>nfi luoY ni Jbns ^nsM bns I ^aiaix oi SWCK ANN High, Puiflant, aad fnoft Noble PRINCE, "John Manners, Duke of RUTLAND, Marquis of Granby, Earl of Rutland, Baron Rofs of Hamlake, Trufbut, and Belvoir, and Baron Manners of Haddon, Lord-Lieutenant and Cuflos Rotulorum of the County of Lei- cefter, One of the Lords of His Majefty's mojl Honourable Privy-Comet/, and One of the Knights Companions of the mojl Noble Order of the Garter. OUR Grace having fo emi- nently diftinguifti'd Your Self, in countenancing Men of Lite- rature and Merit, and in Your ftudious Application to all Parts of Learning, I flatter myfelf the Subject of this Work VOL. I. A A wilt D E DIG AT ION. will recommend the Performance to Your favourable Acceptance. YOUR Anceftors have not only been Illuftrious by their Defcent, even from Kings, both of England^ and Scotland '; but have, by their Courage, Conduct, indefatigable Induftry, Difintereftednefs, Affability, and uncommon Hospitality, endear'd themfelves to their Country. YOUR Grace has happily form'd Your Self after their laudable Examples. An eafy Cpndefcenfion : An attracting Con- verfation ; with whatever elfe is amiable in Life, fhine in all Your Actions. It would be Prefumption in me to enter further into Your Character. May ibme abler Hand hereafter tranfmit to Pofteritv j Your Great Endowments, in ftronger Lines than Your Grace will now bear to hear. THAT Your Grace may long, very long, enjoy uninterrupted Profperity, and have the Pleafure of feeing Your aulpi- cious DEDICATION. cious Offspring blefs'd with a numerous Iflue, whereby Your Noble Houfe may never want Heirs, adorn'd with all the Abilities and Virtues of their Great An- ceftors, is the moft fervent, and fincere \ (^< May it pleafe Your GRACE, , ir a'L- .fltoavtelm* Tour ffiojt humble^ moY bVmol liBrf BB^ 30iO M uoY , -noD 'jldBi jl s ?noiBA luoY I IB ni a/ml) pliJ ni y^M .i^iiBiBrlO luoY 03 ni o3 "tirrihiBT* lailfiai^d ni ^inarnv/obnH j'jiD tuoY 01 iBad v/on Uiw sDBiO ijjoY n^rb 83ni J c nol inaq moY aiadl Tio a H T i a q ^^ ^\, v THE PREFACE. much has been faid on the Subject of Hiftory, both by ancient and modern Authors, and that no Parts thereof are more Entertaining and Inftru&rve, than the Hiflory of Great Men; its only needful to fay, that Examples are Operative and Encouraging: *T.hey excite what is Generous and Worthy ^ as well as Jhew what we ought to account fo. They raife a fecret Emulation in our Breajis, and a Dejire of rivalling thofe whofe Virtues we admire : They teach us how to conduct our felves, if ever we mean either to be juftly ejleemd whilft we live, or be honour d by Pojierity. ON this account ejpecially, 'tis no fmall Happi- nefs for any one to be defcended from a Brave and Worthy Stock, as it naturally leads him into an Enquiry of what Figure his Ancejlors have made in their fever al Ages : And incites him to an 'Endea- vour of keeping up the Honour of his Name ; and, it may be, to furpafs whatever had been done by any of his Race. HE who looks back on the Fortunes of his Coun- try, and fees wha't glorious ^Things his Ancejlors have / ' done The PREFACE. done for it ; how far they have venturd, and how much they have fujfer 1 d for the Sake of it ; and what Honour they have gain'd by their Atchievements : If any thing canftir up fuch a one to aft worthily, this certainly is what will be moji likely fo to do. And we may conclude that Per/on to be paft all Senfe of Honour, all Imprejjions of Virtue, who is not wrought on by fuch Motives to a Defire of imitating their laudable Examples. And it will appear in this Work, that fuch have been mofl Fortunate and truly Happy, who had no Views but to their Sovereigns Interejl, and to the Nations Service. AS this may fuffice tojhew the Ufefulnefs of deli- vering to future Ages the moji memorable Acts of our Englifh Nobility, it may be expected I jhould give fome Account of this Work. . *fhe SubjecJ, though it hath been treated on with much Diligence by fever al Antiquaries, yet the great Lights and Advantages this Age has received from the publifiing Rymer'j Foedera, and the Difcovery of Records, Deeds, and Manufcripts, hath enabled me to correct their Mif- takes y and make large Additions to what they have left us*^ *\K R o B E R T G L o v E R, Efa Somcrfet-Herald in the Reign of whereby the Deficiencies therein muji occur to every one. B UT this great Antiquary hath made federal Mijlakes, it being indeed hardly poffible, in Works of this Nature, to avoid falling into Jbme Errors. And the Author ', on a Review of his Work, mak- ing Corrections and Additions to it, a Copy thereof, in his own Hand-writing, I purchas' d among other Manufcripts^ * fHAVE alfo been favour d with the AJjiflance of Jbme of the greateji Antiquaries in the Nation, and honour d by federal Noblemen with the Perufal of their Family-Evidences, whereby my Readers will meet with many valuable Memoirs, and an impartial Relation of the principal Events which have happen d in this Kingdom, from the Conqueft to the Prefent Age. IF the Accounts of fome Families are jhorter than others, and not jo correct, that is what ought to be fuppojed I could not help, having ufed my ut- moft Endeavours to make this Edition perfect-, to which end 1 advertifed in the publick News-Papers, that I jhould think my j elf highly obliged, if all who were concern* d would fend Information of what Omiffions or Errors they had obferv'd, or would give me leave to wait on them. 'Therefore however defective any part of it is, I may reafonably hope this Undertaking will be acceptable to all unprejudiced Perjons, and have the Approbation and Countenance of Perjons of .Diftintfion* " SUCH The PREFACE, SUC H who delight in Defamation, may think J have wrote too favourably ofjome Per Jons treated of; but that is left to the candid Reader, who will not (I hope) cenjitre me with Partiality : For my chief and only regard has been to Truth, and the Honour of my Country. T H E , H." '*^n^#M#mAtA6^6mlforfaMd. 3 fj ~"c^ y King Henry III. was annex'd to the Crown for ever, by Letters Patent, bearing Date in the 3 r ft Year of his Reign, 1 247, together with the Caftles of Gannock and >iffard; and Prince Edward his eldeft Son, was made Earl thereof, whofe Succeflbrs have been the eldeft Sons of our Kings. And the faid Earldorri of Chejter, with the Principality, was united to the Principality of Wales, by Act of Parliament, in 21 R. II. The Principality of Wales being brought under Subjection to King Edward I. that Monarch, by a Statute made at Ruth/an in the izth Year of his Reign, united it to England, In which Statute there are many Laws concerning the Divifion of Wales into Counties, and concerning diverfe Offices and Officers, Trials, the Divifions of Actions, and the Form of many Writs, and the Proceeding therein ; much like to the Laws of England. Yet he could never win the good Will of the common People of the Country to accept him for their Prince, and to be obedient unto fuch Officers as he mould appoint to govern them, unlefs he Would remain himfelf among them. Neither could he bring B them 2 Duke of Cornwall. them te yield their Qbedience to any other Prince, except he were of their own Nation ; for the Wdflwien having Experience of the Go- vernment of the Englijb Officers, and knowing that the King would rule the Country by his Deputies, would pay no Obedience to any Englijkmen ; and oftentimes (upon the King's motion) anfwered, lhat they were content to take for their Prince , any Man whom his Majefty would name, fa. that he were a Welshman, and no other anfwer could he ever get of them by any means. Whereupon the King fent for Queen Elianor, when ..great with Child, to the Caftle of Caernarvon j and being near her Time of lying in, he went to Ruthlan and fummon'd all the Barons and Men of Note in Wales, to confult concerning the Weal-publick of their. Country, At their meeting he.deferred the Confutation, until he was certified that the Queen was delivered of a Son ; then (fending certain Lords to the Chriftening o| his Child, and informing them how he would hav# it named) he called the Wel/hmen together, declaring unto them, T'hat whereas they were oftentimes$uiior$ unto him to appoint them a Prince, he nsw having occafion to depart out of the Country, would name a Prince, if they would allow and obey him whom he Jbauld name. To the which they anfwered, that they would do fo, if he would ap- point one of their own Nation to be their Prince : Whereupon the King replied, That he would narn? one that was born in Wales, and could fpeak never a Word of Englifh, whofc Life and Converfation 710 Man was able tojiain. And when they all had granted that fuch a one they would obey, he named bis own Son Edward, born in Caernarvon Caftle a few Days before, viz. on April 25th, 1 284. Yet notvvithftanding this Prince obtain'd this Title of Prince of Jflales, as our Summons to Parliament fhews, yet Edwardhis Son (King of Great-Britain, .by the Name of Edward III.) never had the Title of Prince of Wales, otherwife than in courtefy, as our two famous Antiquaries Camdcn and Selden have obferved. Edward the Black Prince (fo furnam'd by the French from his dreadful Deeds in War) the eldeft Son of King Edward III. was the firft invefted in the Principality of Wales in. 16 Edward III. with thefe Enfigns of Honour, viz. a Chapiet of Gold made in manner of a Garland, a Gold Ring;, and a Verge, or Scepter of Silver, to hold to himfelf and his Heirs Kings of England. From which Time the Heirs Apparent of our Kings have borne the Title of -Priwe of Wales, Come having been created in like 1'orra, others called fo. The Tittle; 0#xJ Dignity of Duke of Cornwall* was likewife con- fcrr'd on the fame Victorious Prince Edward., before he was 7 Yev.roof Age, in the Parliament }&&fa\.W 2 Of 4 - Duke of Cornwall. cf Grafton, Lord-Chamberlain of his Majefty's Houfhold ; and 5 the Countefs of Burlington was Proxy for her late Majefty Queert Caroline, and the Vifcountefs Harrington for the Dutchefs Dowa- ger of Saxe-Gotba, the Godmothers. On Wednefday the 24th of May, 173% at half an hour paft Seven in the Morning, Her Roval Highnefs was deliver'd of a Son, immediately chriftned by the Name of George, occafion'd by fome dangerous Symptoms which appear'd at firft, but were foon happily over ; and on 'June the 2 1 ft the Office was compleated at Norfolk- Houfe, St. James's- Square, by the Lord Bifhop of Oxford, Re&or of St. James's, Wejlminjler , when he had the Name of George- William-Frederick His Godfathers were the King of Sweden* reprefented by the Lord Baltimore, and the Duke of Saxe-Gotba, reprefented by the Marquis of Caernarvon. The Godmother was the Queen of Pruflia, reprefented by the Lady Char/at Edwin. His Royal Highnefs had a fecond Son born March 14, 173^ about 4 o' Clock in the Afternoon, and chriftned by the Name of Edward- Auguftus, April the i ith, 1739. The Godfathers were the King of PruJJia, reprefented by the Duke of ^ueenjbury, and the Duke of Brunfwlck-Wolfenbuttel, reprefented by the Marquis of Caernarvon. The Godmother was the Dutchefs of Saxe- Welflenfels, reprefented by the Lady Chariot Edwin. On Dec. 30, 1740, at 7 o' Clock in the Morning, her Royal Highnefs was deliver'd of a Princefs, who was baptized 24 "Jan. following, by the Name of Elizabeth-Carolina, the Marquis of Anfpach being Godfather, reprefented by the Lord Baltimore* and the Queen of Denmark, and the Dutchefs of Sax-Gotha Godmo- thers, reprefented by the Lady Vifcountefs Irwin, and the Lady of Lord Archibald Hamilton. His Royal Highnefs's Seat in the Houfe of Peers is on the Right Hand of the State, as it was fettled by that Noble Houfe, Die Mercurii 30 die Afaij, 1660. " The Earl of Northumberland reported, That the Lords Com- " mittees have waited on his Majefty, concerning the Seats where ** the Duke of York and the Duke of Gloucejler are to fit in Par- " liament, and his Majefty faid, he conceiv'd that the Seat on the " Right-Hand of the State, where the King of Scots anciently " was wont to fit, will be of no more ufe now, feeing that Title " is involved in his Majefty. And his Majefty faid, He himfelf fat in that Seat as Prince of Wales ; therefore defired that Place may be^ rcferved for the Prince of Wales, and that the Seats on the Left-Hand the State may be fitted fpeedily for his Brothers the Duke of York and Duke of Gloucejler. And accordingly the Houfe gave Directions to have it done." TITLES.] The moft High, Puiflant, and moft Illuftrious Prince Frederick- Lewis, Prince of Great-Britain, and Electoral Prince of Brunfcick-Lunenburgh, Prince cf Wales, Duke of Corn- wall and Rothjnj', Duke of Ghuccjlrr and Edinburgh^ Marquis of th; the Jfle &y^e!l^Wnff%2fc,l#^ LauHce/hn-, Baron of Renfrew ami .,SnaueloH y Lord of die Ifles, Steward qf-Seotian^ Knight-Qf.theJnofc Noble Orcfer'of the Gar- ter, One of his Majefty's moft Honourable Privy Council, Chan- cellor of the Uriiyerfity of Dublin, Fellow of the Royal Society, and Fir.ft Commiifioner for Building the Royal Hoipital at Green- wyfaot yd b'noikzx) ,yjwsQ to siTtsft lib yd kjnfi'ntb /bnitrwiMu ARM-.] Quarterly, r. Thoieof Great-Er'itam, viz. Gules, three Lion,- paliaiit, Or, Impaling, Or, -a Lion rampant within a double Treafure Flory and Counterflory, Gules. . v ., 2. France, Axure, three Fleur deLis,-, Or.. , 3. Azure, a Harp, Or, ftringed, Arient. - -,,- k u'V. 4. His .Majefty's Paternal Coat,"iK. G'ules, Two Lions paflant guardant, Or. For Brunfwick. Im'i>aling Ltirtenburgb^ viz. Or, Semee de Hearts, Proper, a Lion -rampant, Azure, having ancient Saxony, viz. Gules, a Horfe current, Argent, grafted jn Bale. In a Shield over all, Gules, the Crown of Charlemaine, all within ike Garter, circumlcrib'd with this Motto, - HoNiSoir Qyi MAL YPENSE. " .- ' *., ' ' Over all a Label of three Points for Difference. CREST.] On a Helmet (befitting the Degree of a Prince) a Lion of England, crown'd, Or, the Mantle and Lining proper to a Prince, of Great-Britain. SUPPORTERS.] Dexter, a Lion-guardant, Imperially crown'd, Or., Sinifter, a Unicorn, Argent, Ann'd and Crefted, Or gorged with a Collar of Croffes Patee and Fleur de Lis, a Chain thereto affixed. The Creft and Supporters are gorg'd with a" Label of three Points. MOTTO.] ICH DIEN. auoH :&fcX tub ^ abfebkvs. - , ^ DUKE of CUMBERLAND. Hi S Royal Highnefs Prince William- Augujlus^ fecond Son of his moft Sacred M:ijefty King George II. Was born at St. James's the i""5th_6f April^ 1721. He was made a Knight Companion af 'the Efith on the zjlh of'May^ 1725, at the firft Inftitution of tKat moft Honourable Order by our late Sovereign; and was created Baron of the Ifle of Aldernay^ Vifcbunt af Tre- maton in the County of Cornwall^ Earl of Kenningtbn in the County of Suny, Marquis of Bcrkbarnftead _in the County of Hertford,, and Duke o the County of Cwnbcrland^ by Letters Patent bea. ing Date the .fcffeb of uly, 1726. Alfo on the-6 tk-gf -May., i .73 o, - -f j ," 6 Duke ^Cumberland. being ele&ed a Knight of the moft Noble Order of the Garter, was Inftalled at Windsor on the i 8th of June following. On the 25th of April, 1740, His Royal Highneis was appointed Colonel of his Majefty's Second Regiment of Foot-Guards, called the Cold" jlrcam ; and the fame Year went a Volunteer on board the Fleet commanded by Sir John Norris. TIT LE s.] The moft High, PuifTant, and moft Illuftrious Prince William- Augujlus (fecond Son to his Majefty King George II.) Duke of Cumberland^ Marquis of Berkbamftead, Earl of Kenning- ton, V ifcount of Trematon, Baron of Aldernay, and Knight of the moft Noble Order of the Garter, and moft Honourable Order of the Bath. ARMS.] The fame as thofe of his Brother his Royal Highneis Frederick- Lewis Prince of Wales, with this Difference, the middle Point of the Label charged with a Crofs, Azure, and the Efcutch- eon omitted in the 4th Quarter. HOWARD, Duke of Norfolk. SEveral of our Genealogifts have endeavour'd to fet forth the An- tiquity of this Great and Noble Family ; fome fuppofmg that their common Anceftor in the Saxons T'ime had Appellation from an eminent Office or Command : And fome have deriv'd him from the famousJF^fttwr^who with great Magnanimity oppofed William the Conqueror and his Army, and was one of the braveft Heroes of his Age_and Country. But Ingulph, Abbot of Crouland (his Contemporary) affirming that he left no other Iflue than an Heir ^Female, I fh^l deduce ^the Defcent as fettlecTby "Mr. ^Harvey, who was C^?nfaux']Cing off Arms in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. The firft mention'd by him, is Auber, L Earl of PajR in ^orm^ndy. who having married Adelina, Daughter of Hubert t^rfo^Eureux^" had Iflue, among other Children, a Son, Valtrine^ Lord of Vernon, who accompanied William Duke of Normandy in his Expedition into England^ and for his Services had diverfe Caftles and Lands, of which Haward Caftle was part. ciRoger Fitz Valerine his Son, warr'dagainft the Weljh, and often- times faved himfelf in that^Caftle, which was therefore called his Denne, ami is yet called the Caftle of Howardenfi - *.' ^ s Son William de Howard, was fo call'd from being born in that Caftle, whom King Henry I. made one of his Council, and by Maud, Widow of Roger Bigod, Earl of Norwich, had Iflue Sir hn Howard* Kt. Lordof Framlingham in his Mother's Right, enjoyed diverfe LandT in ^Norfolk and Suffolk^ ^fro'm~wnoln* cenaea^nQther bir John Howard of Teringtonwd Wigenhatt, *~~ living HOWARD, Duke of Norfolk. 7 living in 45 H. III. who by Lucy his Wife, was Father to Sir William Howard 3 ; who in the 23d of Edward I. had Summons /. among the reft o4uujudges of the Courts of Weftminfter, and the King's Learned Council, Jo the Parliament then held there ; b fo likewtfe. to all the Parliaments 'till the Firft of Edward II. He is* pourtrayed in Glafoinv Judges Robes, in the Window of the Church of Long Melford in Suffolk, with two other Judges, and under them this Infcription in old Characters. Pray for the good State of William Haward Chief Juftis of Yngland and for Pycot and John Haugh Ju/lh of the Lawe. This Sir William married two Wives, Alice, Daughter of Robert ' ^ e Ujfyrd, and 'Alice, Daughter of Sir Edward Fitton, by which laft he had Iflue John^ hjs t Son and Heir, who in 34 Edward I. being c one of the Gentlemen of tEe'lting's Bed-Chamber, obtained the Wardfhip of the Lands and Heir of John de Crokedale in Norfolk ; and in 4 Edward II. was f in the Wars againft the Scots. He was Go- vernour e of Norwich in that Reign, and ierved the King in his f Wars in Gafcoigne, departing this Life in g 5 Edward III. leav- ing bv Joan his Wife, Sifter of Richard Cornwall, Efqj his Son ,. and Heir < I T ,Sir "John Howard, who in i o Edward III. was constituted *^ 1 b Admiral of tne iting's whole Fleet, from the Mouth of the TJjames to the Northward, and in 21 Edward 111, obtained a \ Grant ' for a Market and a Fair, at his Manour of Wygenhale in , Norfolk ; in which Year he was again conftituted k Admiral of the I whole Fleet to the Northward. He married Alice, Daughter and^ .__ Heir of Sir Robert Boys, Kt. and had Iflue Robert his on and ***/}_ Heirj who was alfo Knighted. t ^ 'This Sir Robert Ho^vard died in his Father's_Life-time, the 1 Third of July, 12 Richard, II. leaving Iflue, by Margaret his Wife, Daughter ra to Robert Lord Scales, John\\\^ Son and Heir. Which John being fbon afterwards Knighted, was retained n to ferve King Richard II. for Life ; and by Margaret his firft Wife, Daughter and Heir of Sir John Plaiz, Kt. had Iflue p John his ., Son and Heir, who was alfo a Knight ; q and dying in his Father's I Life-time, left Iffue r Elizabeth his fole Daughter and Heir, mar- -:,J t-^ s 'if./,.. TT^1 r f~\..f~..J T).,i. !, T."".,*!-,^. ' ~ *V.TT !/! CT_ f ried to s John, Earl of Oxford. But the Father of this laft Sir r " b Clauf. de Hfd. Ann. 1 Efc. iz R. II. n. 26. (jlaui. 3 E.'l. in dorfo m.q. '" k Fat. 21 E? ill. pTT. faTfi. c Pat. 34 E. I. m. 31. m Ex Stemmate. d Rot Scoc. 4 E. II. m. 13. n Pat. 12 R. II. p. a. m. 31. e Rot. Fin. n E.II. m. 12. o Rot. Fin. 13 R. II. m. 24. f Pat. 17 E. II. p. 2. m. i. p Clauf. 10 H. IV. in dorfo m. 16. h Co m Ln;deT e r n m 8 Mich, E.III. 3 Rot. n. a i Cart. 21 E. Ill, n, 14, B 4 8 Ho WARD, Duke of Norfolk. John having married to his l fecond Wife, Alice the Daughter* and Heir to Sir William Tendnng, Kt. he had IfTue a Son, Sir r d-> wno marr 'ed Margaret theJOauoftter and Coheir Mowbray* Duke of Noi-fplTj^y^lizabeth his Wife, Coheir of Richard* Earl of Arundel ; ' butdied >n his Father's Lifetime, leaving Iffue John* *+**. *//*- Whichjj^ obn by his Mother was defended from King Edward I. Thomas de Mtnvbray, Duke of Norfolk, being Son of John, Lord Mowbray, and of Elizabeth his Wife, Daughter and Co- heir of John, Lord Segrave, by Margaret his "Wife, eMeft of the two Daughters and Coheirs of Thomas ~de Brotherton, Earl of AV- &b, 5 tn ^ n ^ ^ n Edward I. but eldeft by his fecond Wife Jp&tfrgrftt?/, Daughter to Philip the Hardy, King of France. \Thi^ SIF John Howard began early to diftinguifli himfelf in the Wars. In the latter Part of the Reign of King Henry VI. he "accom- panied John, Vifcount U IJle, to B lay, with 22000 Men, andJbon after w marched to the Relief of~ Cbatillon, with John, Earl of Shrew/bury, where that valiant EaTl was flain. In i Edward IV. he was x made Conftable of the Caftle of Norwich, and one y of the King's Carvers ; and in Confideration of his great Services, 1 obtained a z Grant ojf feveral Manours_ which were then_ in the Crow2^ythe_Attainder of John, Earl of JfiiltflJiri, ATfo in the Second/oT Edward IV. he had the joint Command, a with the Lords Falconberg and Clinton, of the King's >> _Fleet, and did con* fiderable Service againft France ; being alfo at that time Treajurer of the King's Houfhold. In the Tenth of Ed^vard IV. bearing the Title of ILord Howard* he was b made Captain-General of the King s Forces atlSeji^for baffling the Attempts ofJhtLancaJtrjatis, then making powerful Head under the ftout Earl of Warwick. The nextJXear he was conftituted c Deputy-Governour of Calais . and the Marches, with the Lord Haftingi ; and, the Year follow- ing, fummoned d to Parliament am ong^the Barons of this Realm ; and having behaved himfelf with fmgular Prudence and Fidelity, he obtained a^ Grant e in fpecial Tail ^f djyerfe Lands and Ma- nours. In the Eighteenth iof ' Edward W. he-had a Grant f of the ffice d* Conftable of the Tower of London, and the next Year was again 8 made Captain-General of the King's Fleet, againft the Scots ; alfo, h inftalled Knight of the Garter in that King's t Ez Stemm. b Pat. 10. E. IV. m. 1 3. u 7 <>,._,,. . c Rot. Franc, n E. IV. m. ig. W S d Clauf. de eod. Ann. in dorfo. X Pat- I E. IV. p, i. m. 16. e Pat. 15 E. IV. p. 2. m. 15. y Ib. m. i. f Pat. 18 E. IV. p. i. z Ib. p. 4. m. 19. g Ex Aut-'gr. penes Cler. Pell. a Stnves Ana. b Iaftit,&c.of theGarterj^rE.Afhmole. Having HOWARD, Duke ef Norfolk. g Having thus faithfully demeaned himfelf during-the whole Courfe of King Edward JVJsLReign, he continued no le/s ftedfaftjoJCing^ gjcbard III. after he had got the Crowji. (tho* without having any /' particular Hand in the evjl Contrivances and barbarous Actions which were exercifed in order thereto) ; fo that to oblige him the more, he was, upon the twenty-eighth of June, in the mil Year of that King's "l^eign, ' made Earl-Marfhal of England, and & advanced to the Dignity of Duke of Norfolk (Thomas.) his Son, being about that Time alio created *' EatTof Surry) and preceeding that King's Coronation, was m conftituted HigrnSteward of Eng- land for the Day, alftf n Lord Admiral of England, Ireland and *Aquitain, for Life ; and, at the fame time, obtained ^a fpecial / Q^t_ofjdiyerfe Manours and Lordftiips. But he enjoyed^ not long thefe great Honours and vaft PofTefli- ons ; for, the next^enfuing Year, being P placed in the Front of the Army, at Bofworth^eld, was there flain, with the King Auguft the azd, 1485 ; and being after war<3s]aUainted, his Caftle, Barony, Honour, Lordfhig, Town and Borough of Er ember in Com'^Su/Jex, with ^diverfe other Lord fhips and Manours, were granted by Jmz Henry VII. to Thomas Weftj,\jo\& De laWarr This Duke was q buried in the Abby of Yhetford, having mar- ried T firft Catherine, Daughter to William, Lord Molins, by whom he had Ifftie Thonias, liis Son and Heir, and four Daughters, Anne, marrie(TTo~^ir Edmund Gorge,^Tt. Ifabel, to Sir Rolbert Mortimer, Kt. Jane, to John Timperly, Efq; and Margaret, to "^Sir John Windkam, Kt. Secondly, Margaret, Daughter of Sir John Chetworth, by whom fie had Iflue Catherine, a Daughter, married to John Bourchier. Lord Berners^. Which Thomas, his Son and Heir, s being Efquire of the Body to King Edwarfl IV., was retained to ferve him in his Wars ; al- fo, in the Firft ; of Richard III, created Earl of Surry (as before obferyed) and though r he took part with him, and was taken Prifoner at Bo/worth, yet did King Henry VITTreceive him into Favour, and made u -choice of him for one of his Privy-Councjl ; in whofe fourthly ear he was w reftored^tojthe Title of Earl of Surry, and was fp'fecraJly employed by that King in x reftraininy fa the Incuifions of the Scots, and fuppreffing fome NorthePft Tnfur- ,* reclions. About which Time he mared y with Maurice, Brother ^ of tytilliam, Marquis^^f_^gr^/fy, the Lands which_carne^to them by Inhcritance^^by reafbn of hi_Dejcent from .thg Coheirs to i Pat. i R. III. p. i. m. f^^"" "r Ex'fa * ***** /*<*+< k Cart, i R. III. m. i. s Rymer\ Feed. Tom. n. p. 844. 1 S'owe'sAnn. t 7"Polyd. Virg. 564,. n. 10. m Pat. i R. III. p. i. m. i*. u i 5\^. io HOWARD, Duke of Norfolk. irj Duke of Norfolk. In i 5 Henry VII. he z attended the King and Queen to Calais, and the next Year was * conftituted Lord Treasurer of England ; and on the Death of that King was one of fns"Executors. In j Henry VI%I, his Patent was b renewed of Lord Treafurer, he being likewife made c one of that King's PrivyjjCouncu7 and the year following d Earl-Marfhal of England for Life. In the Fourth of Henry VIII. he was fent e General againft the Scots, and routed their Army at \_Flodden-field, where King James 1V. was flain. In this Battle his Son^Tbomas, then Lord Admi- ral, attended him, and, with his other Son Edmund.) led the ^an : For which fignal Service he had thereupon a fpecial Grant f from the King to himfelf and the Heirs-Male of his Body, of an ho* nourable Augmentation of_his__Arms, to bear on*a Bend thereof, die upper Half of a Red Lion (depicted as the Arms of Scotland g) pierced through the Mouth with an Arrow ; being likewife g advanced to the Dignity of Duke of NorfoU^ the Firft of Febru- ary 4iext enfuing, 5 Henry VIII. which Title, John_ his Father paying his Defcent through the Heirs-Female of Mowbray and . . rave * f r ^~%boTnaj_ of Brotherton, Son to. King Edward !) ' did enjoy rjAnd by other Letters Patents, bearing Date at the | feme time, obtained the Grant of diverfe Manours and Lordfhips ; ' and, the fame Year, had a new h Patent for the Office of Lord Treafurer. In the nh of Henry VIII. he i performed the Office of Cord High^Steward at the Trial of Edward", Duke of Bucking- 1. . bom\ ami in the Fourteenth of Henry Vi\\. obtained k a Grant / to his SoQ->Tbymas ? Earl of Surry, of part of the Lands of the faid -J Duke^a^KTreugned to him his Office of Lord Treafurer of Eng- land; and departing this Life the iift of May, ib Henry VIII. buried in "Thetford Priory. He married two Wives \^,^^EHzabeth, Daughter and fole to Sir Frede r^ k ftla%f&tf%& Widow of Humphry Eour- by whom he had Iflue eight Sons, three on- of which furvived him, viz. Firfti Thomas, created Earl of Surry in his Lifejime^ Second^ jgfd Howard, Knight of the Garter^ ^nd Lord Admiraf; and Edmund. -The other five, viz. Henfy^jfohn, Charles, Hen- '-=-=_~ - - - -=- - *'' V 7^7- uza~ l_ 11 K 1. t* "%v* TI r* i ~'i Tt > * V CY 7 /" . tne_jV1 1 Qtlta> ?? Hy^en. Qlizabetb ; and Muriel, to y0# Gr?y, ~ r i***jj**' was made Standard-Bearer to tfij^ jsTirle; : And in the 4th oi / ' tHenry VIIL was p conftituted Lord H igh- Admi ral of England: At which time he convoyed q the Marquis of Dorfet mio Spain, in Aid of the Emperor Ferdinand, againft the_French ; and having with his Fleet cleared the Seas from Enemies, he landed in Britaj- ny, did great Execution in the Country, and brought away rich Spoils. The French, in the mean time, T making great Preparations by Sea, King Henry thought fit to reinforce his Fleet; which afterwards meeting the French coming out of Brejt, there happen- ed a fharp Encounter, to the Honour of this~Lqrd Admiral. He was alfo fent out againft Sir Andrew Barton, a feofffi Pirate, whom he fought, and took. But afterwards, refblving to at- tempt the Enemy in their Harbours, he f entered a Galley, and boarding the Admiral of the French Galleys, the Grapplings giv- ing way, the Galleys ftieer'd afunder, leaving him in the Hands of his Enemies, and, in the Heat of the Aclion, he was borne over Board. He was l Knight of the moft Noble Order of the Garter ; and u married Alice^ Sifter jmd Heir to Henry Lovely ==, Lord Morley, and Widow of Sir William^Parkejr, Kt. but died without Iffue. A 'f f<4j?**> ' Df the third Son, the Lord Edmund, it appears that at Flofc den-field^ he, w with his elder Brother, the Lord Thomas, led the Van-guard of the Army ; where he behaved himfelf very gallant- ly,"* b^imfatlhat time a Knight, x and Marflial of the Hoft. He married y firf^ Joyce, Daughter to Sir Richard^Co^epeper, of Hoi- m Journal of Parl. 28. H. VIIL f Herb. p. 30. n Polyd. Virg. p. 584. n. 30. t Afhmole's Order of the Garter. o Pat. i. H. VIIL p. i. m.24. u Ex Stem. p Pat. 4. H. VIIL p. 2. w Herb. p. 43 & 44. q Herb. p. 25. X Stmoe's Ann, r Herb. & Gcdw, p, 19. y Ex. Stem, HOWARD, Duke of Norfolk. /aurnt, in Com' Canti], Kt. by whom he had Iflue three Sons ; /&wj 2 __wJro_d]eiLy.oung ; Sir George Howard, Knighted in Scot.- kndby Edward, Duke of Somerjej, i Edward VI. and Sir Charles* , flain in France, all jyjng without Iflue: And fiye_|)aughters ; ~ Margaret marne3jtp Sir Thomas Arundel, Kt. (Grandfather to Thomas the fir ft Lord Arundel of Wqrdour] Catherine^ Queen of Envhnd,j;thWife to King Hewy-yJU. Mary, married to Ed- mund Trafford, Efq; Joyce, to John Stanney, Efq; and Ifabel, to .... Baynton, Efq;. To his fecond Wife he married Dorothy, Daughter of Thomas Troys, Efq; but by her had no Iflue. I now proceed with TJwnas, Earl of Surry, eldeft Son of the / laft-mentioned Duke, who Succeeded him in his Honours. This Thomas, in the Life-time of his Father, z commanded in one of tne~Ships that chafed and took that famous Pirate, Sir Andrew under his younger Brother, Edward, Lord Admiral ; and accompanied^tbq MaMi^sof /Dor Jet into Stein^ in Aid of King^^^^agairfn> {rue 7r|?/;Tand the faidlVLmpts falling fick, he had the Command of tbe_EnfrU/h Army. In the 5th of Henry VIII. upon the Death of the Lordjfj^- ivard his BroTher, being then Knight of the Garter, he was con- ftituted Lord Admiral^ in Jiis ftead : In which Command he fo icour'd the Seas, that not a Fimer-Boat of the French durfl venture forth ; and landing in WUtfand-Bay, ravaged the Country there- abouts. Upon the Invafion of King James IV. of Scotland, he landed veteran Forces of 5000 Men, b and joined his Father the Earl_ojljSwrry, then jGeneral of the Englijh Army, and fent a MefTage to that King, to juftifv_Sjr Andrew Barton's T)eath. Allb, at the Battle of Flodden-jield, with his younger Brother Sir Edmund, he c commanded the Van-guard, where he behaved himfelf with exceeding Gallantry ; and feeing his (aid Brother in Diflreis, came with Sir Edward Stanley to his Succour. In Con- fideration of which great Services he was foon after d created Earl of Surry^ the fame Day his Father was created Duke of/forffiZfr^ the ?;th of Henry VIII. And upon a Difpute in Parliament concern- ingTiTsTlaQe there, it was e declared, that he fhould fit according to his^ Creation, and not^as a Duke's eldeit Son. In the r_2th of Henry VIII. being. f conftituted Lord Deputy of Ireland, he fup- prefled the Q^Neals, and O-Carols, and Governed fo acceptably, that he gained the Love of that Country. Afterwards,Tiaving % performed many fignal Services in France, he was h conftituteH Lord Treafurer on his Father's Refignation in the 1 4th of Henry VIII. and made General ' of the KFrig*s whole Army, defigned z Herb. p. 16. f Herb. p. 109 & 123. a Ib p. 20 & 24. g Godw. p. 56. Sto-we's nn. & Herb, b Herb. p. 42 & 43. p. 132- c Ib. p. 44. h P^t, 14 H. VIII. p. I. d Pat. 5. H. VIII. p. a.m. TI. i Ib. p. 2. e Journal of Parl- de ccd. Anno. .fo U HOWARD, Duke of Norfolk, 13 to march againft the Scots. On his Father's Death, he was again made k General of the Army, at that time raifed, to advance into Scotland, in order to l fet the young King free, whom the Duke of Albany kept at Sterling. He afterwards m attended the King into 'France, and was fent chief Ambaflador to the French King, * to attend "him to Nice and commune with the Pope, in his_De- lay. touching Kjng "/Jewry's Divorce. In the 2 8th of Henry VIII. he D marched to the Affiftance of the Earl qf Shr^fv/bury, toward fuppreffing that memorable Infurreftion, called 'the Pilgrimage of Grace. But after thefe, and many other fignal Services, by the infmuating Perfuafions of fome f the Nobility, ^vho bore him no good Will, the King was fo far mifled and incenfed_againft him* * that he not only fent him Prifoner to ihejfixwer, but gave Or-*"* der for feizing_his Goods, and gave Notice, to his Ambafladofs abroad, that he ancf his Son had confpired to take upon them the Government Turing his Life, and after his Death, to get the Prince into their Hands'. For which being both attainted in Par- liament, his. Son loft hisJHead, .and hg bad_ fared no belter, had not the DeatnoF tfie T^ing preventeoir.. And fo implacable was the Malice of his Enemies, that though a Pardon was given, by Proclamation, to all Peribns for what Crimes foever, yet was he, with five others, particularly e^cepted. As to the Particulars laid to the charge of this great Duke, though the .Aft of Attainder itfelf be not pn Record,, the Aft^ of Repeal in the iftY ear -f Queen y^r^jrecijEth ; That there was no fpecial Matter in- the A^jof Attainder, but^infyjreneral H^ords.oJ^r^fon^andConfpiracyj And that out of their Care for the Prejervation of the King and the* Prince they paffed it. And this Aft of Repeal further fets fo^ttjj . That the only Thingjwith which he flood charged, was for bearing of Arms, winch he and his Ancejtors had borne both within and withou^ the Kingdom, in the King^s Prefence* and Sight of his Progenitors, which they might lawfully bear_andgive, as by good and fubftantial ' Matter of Record it did a^ear. It alfo addeth, That the King died after the_ Date, of the Commiffion : Likgyifz thatj?e only empow-^ ered them_tp_giv_hjs Confent, but did not give it himfelf:, and that it did not appear by any Record that they gave_it. Moreover, That the King did not jign the Cfqmmijjion with his o^un Hand, his Stamp being onlyfettotf, and that not to the upper part, but to the nether - e =^*** . ,*- , - r-^^ Km? s Ci Partpfit, contrary_Jo the Kmgs Cuftom. "Henad twc^Wives, p faft, Anne, Daughter IV. by whom he had Iflue dneTlSon, Thomas? who died young, the 3d of Augujl, in the 23d of Henry VII. and was buried at Lam- *:letb. Second, Elizabeth, Daughter of Edward, Duke of Buck- ingham jj|by whom he had Iflue two. Sons, Henrj,^x\ of Surry, k Autogr. in Bibl. Col(ton n Herb. p. 413. 1 Herb. p. 163. o Ibid. p. 561, &c m Stowt's An. p Ex Stem. beheaded y>V Q{ eS fttCtJC*. /**.' 14 HOWARD, Duke of Norfolk. beheaded in his Life-time, and Thomas; alfo a Daughter, Mary y married to Henry Fltz Roy, Duke of Richmond, Natural Son to Henry VIII. ' _\^hich Thomas, his fecond Son, having married Elizabeth^ ne ^ oF the Daughters and Co-heirs to John, LordMarney, h*ad Livery '--. '^; oFthe Lands of her Inheritance; was reftored in Blood in the ift . I Year of Qusei^Mar^, and, in the f ft ^of Elizabeth, advanced to ^4 \ the Title of Vifcount Howard^ of Ttindon ; and foon after fum- moned to Parliament. By Elizabeth his Wife he had four Sons ; JM Firft, Henry, who fucceeded^ hirryin his Honour ; Second, Tho- '** \ mas ; Third, FrSncis ;~and Fourth, Giles. He died the 1 4th of 'llSiftjfiebruary, Annfi^ Sz. To whom fucceeded Henry, his eldeft Son ; \ 7~- fiut he dyin^ without Iflue-MaJe, ' Thomas, his next Brother, en- ;z*T joyed the Title of Vifcount Howard of Bindon, and was inftalled Knight of the 6arter, 4th of James I. but died without Ifli: We are now to take Not fee of fReTflue ofTS^ryVTrTe eldeft Son of Thomas; thelaft Duke of Norfolk (beheaded in his Life- time, as nath been beforVobTerved.) Which [Henry was elecled at Wcjtfhlnfter in 3 3 Henry VTH. one of the Knights of the Gar- ter, and by Frances his Wife, Daughter to Jchn, Earl of Oxford, 7 left two Sons,^ Thomas and Henry : alfo three_ Daughters ; Jane T married to Charles, Earl of iVejtmor eland-, Margaret, to Henry ? Scroop of Boltonj /and \ Gather tne y *to Henry, Lord Berkley. " Wtiich'iari: Htnry", wtth J thele his three SiiferSj werejreftored^ in feood, in the rTt 'of Elizabeth ; and being a Perfon highly efteemed ^larning, was fworn of the Privy-council to King James, WarHen of the Cinque-Ports, Lord Howard of Marnhill, arl of Northampton^ and Lord Privy-Seal, and Knight of the Garter; and died_uruia2ljied, June 25, 1614. We come to Tbo?nas, the eldeft S<3n of Henry ^ Earl ' beheaded In the Life-time ot 'hl^ Father (as hath been ob- fejrved) who, upon the Death of his Grandfather^ Thomas, Duke of Norfolk, in i Maries, became his next Hereditary Succeflbr, "tci .fcrtiji- 1 "^ ^ e ^"^ ^ ear < ^"^V- reftofed q in Blood^~and the Acl: of ^^^nis ! Grandfathers Attainders then made void; being then__i8 Years of Age and upwards. In the ill of Elizabeth he was~ r elecled Knight dFfhe Garter, and made Lieutenant- General of the Northern .Pajfoof the Realm. In the 8th Year of her Reign, -, lie, -with Robert 'Earl of Leicejier, was foiemnly ^ijjvefted with the Habit and EnH'gns of the Orclefof St. Michael, in the Chapel of the Queen's Palace of Wejhnlnfter, by an Embafly fent from i the French King. But in the fame_Queen's Reign, for his De- *' ) figns of marrying the Queen of Scots, was l caft into Pr|fcn, tri- ,Led, " and beheaded, June 2, 15^72. \ Rot. Parl. i M. n. 31. f 7.... ' r C0mfa'8 Ann. t i Ibldt * . This HOWARD, Duke of Norfolk. i - This Thomas marjaed three Wives ; by the u firft of which, s Mary, Daughter ana Coheir to Henry Fitz Alan, Earl of Arun- del (who died- w Auguft 25, 1557.). he had Philip, his Son and Heir. | And by his fecond 'Wik-.Margaret, Daughter and fole Heir _to Thomas Lord Audley of Walden^ agcf Widow of Henry^ \ a younger Son to John, Duke of Northumberland, he had Iflue two- Sons, Thomas, afterwards made Eadjpf Suffolk, and William ; V. J. . alfo two Daughters, Elizabeth, who died young ; and Margaret^ ; married to Robert Sackvile, Earl of Dorfet. ^ftf i> /*** S^tey* f "" Which Philip Howard, his eldeft Son and Heir, was Earl^nf Surry, jLord Howard, Mowbray., Se^rave^ and Brufe of Gower y and Earl-MaTfhal of England; alfo, jn Right of his Mother^ ... aflumed the Title and Honour of the Earldom of Arundel, with the Appurtenances thereof; it having anciently been x adjudged in Parliament, to be a local Dignity, fo that the PofTeflbrs thereof- t**+ ftiould enjoy that Tit jejof Honour j whereupon by that Appella-"^"-t-< tion he y fat inTParliament, Anno ^ 3 Elizabeth. In which Par- '** liament he was z reftored in Blood from the Attainder of Thomas, " /< Duke oF Norfolk his Father, beheaded Anno i 5 1*-*. This Noble Peer, B being a moft zealous Roman_Ca.l]iolick, was much ma- ligned ; and being accufed to Queen Elizabeth by fome of his po- tent Adverlaries, grew very much into herJDisfavour and Diflike ; for which, after the ftridt Laws made againft the Papifts, he en- deavoured to go beyond the Seas without Leave, but being difcover- ed, was apprehended, and committe^ to the Tower* Anno is.ty.^ In the Year 1 5 8j5 3 he was fined i o^ooo ^ in the Star-Chamber, for his Mijdemeajiorsv.jmd Attempt to go beyond theJSeas ; and three Years afterwards, was Arraigned and Condemned by his Peers in WeJlmlnfter-Hall^ for diveffe Practices in relation to his Religion, and favouring of the Spaniards. Neverthelefe, by the Queen^s Grace, had his PardonJorJLife ; but continued Prifoner in^the Tower* and at length died in Cuftody, on the igtnof j^>- vember* in the ^? 8th Year o/ her Reign, Anna I 595_f not fulf^q, /^. / * Years of Age, having, during his Imprifonment, lived irTth^Se- verity qfJhis_Seligion, a moft ftridl; .and auftere Life. His Wife was Anne Daughter of Thoma s, anj Sifter and Co-heur-tp George^ == Lord D'ac res of Glllejland, by whom he had ' , ^isonly Son Thomas Howard^Ec\r\ of Arundel, born during his Fathers Imj^-ifonment, who was " reftored m clood in the i ft Year of King Jafnesls Reign. He was Earl of Arundel^A SurrjT^t\- Marfhal, and Primier Earl of England^ Knight of-tlie moftNoble Order of the Garter, 'and of his Majesty 's^oft HonoufaDle Privy- - u Ex Sfem. w I. 15. in Offic. Arm, f, 255. a a CMiWi Ann. x Rot. Parl. 1 1 H. VI. t Inter * re v. de Certiorate ae Anno 2. Journal of Parl, Council, i/l 1 6 HOWARD, Duke of Norfolk. Council* and Lord-Steward of his Houmold ; and by King Charley I. ' was conftituted Chief- Juftice oftehe Forefts North of Trent) and General of the Army in the firft Expedition to Scotland', fAnno 1638. He (aTaf Lord High-steward of ^England, \i\Weft- mlnfter-Hall, at the famous Trial of Thomas Went-worth, Earl of Strafford. Shortly after which, having a View of the Civil Ware f Beginning in England, he willingly refigned his Staff of Lord Steward of the Houfhold, refolving |o Travel. His Lady took the lame Refblution, and a fair and honourable Opportunity prefently offered : For the Queen-Mother of France, having been in Eng- IMftd about two Years, was at this Time neceflitated to return ; and the Care of conducling_her to the Sea-iide, and -wait-ing -on her oVer, was committed to this Earl, who afterwards fpent fome Time ztUtrecht, but in the Winter returned to England. And by reafon of his fpecial Services and great Merits ; as alfb ;in refpet of his lineal Defcent from Thomas de Brotherton, Earl .of Norfolk (a younger Son to King Edzvard I.) was by Letters .Patent, c * bearing Date at Oxford 6 J 'unit, in the zoth Year of King Charles I. advanc'd to the Title of Earl of Norfolk. ttj^_ Shortly afteFwhich, difcerning the Flames of War more and more to increafe, and his Agej-and Infirmities rendering him alfo not fit for further Military Employments, he obtain'd leave of the King to Travel. Whereupon, retiring to Padua in Italy, he there departed this Life in the 6ift Year of his Age, on the i4th of September, 1 646 ; and his Corpfe being brought over to Eng- land, was burieazfjfrundt'I in Sitffex. He was the greatef^Favourer ofr Arts, efpeciallj* Painting, Sculp-" j ture, Defigns, Carving. Building;, and the like, that the Age pro- duce^j^ his CoJledtiojVor Defigns being "rare than of any rer- fbn then IIving a _andliis J ^tatues equal in Number, Value and An- tiquity, to__thofe m the Houfes of moft_ Princes L to gain which, hejbad Perfgnsrnany Yg|rs_employed both L'L-^^v Greece^znd fn any Part of Europe where Rarities were to 6e had ; which wete 'Bjjrni place^^mjhe, Garden, an3 certain -Rooms belonging to f Arundel Houfe in the Strand, and are accurately defcribed in that TracTonilsJlntituTed -Marntir-a Arundellana ; and will remajn a laTHng Monument of his highly deferv'd Fame to future^Ages. Henry, Duke* of Norfolk^ 'his^Grandfon, beftowing them on the Univerfity of Oxfora 7 , they wars- orderly placed in the~WaIIslrf- clofing the ftately Theatre ; but fmce removed to a Room, over the .Bodleian Library; His Paintings likewife were numerouSj ^nd of the moft exgelle'ttt-MaHtffe, "having moj : e-fthat exquifile Painter flans Hdbcn,.t\Y<\n were' in thTWorld belid^. HL had die- to be thTfirft Ferfoirpf Quality ^ that fct a Value onthern . MI Nation ; being aTTo tne^rit FerTon lhat broughfin Uniformity iu . Building, and was chief Commiffioner to fee it pcrformecT7n^.o- c Pat. ao Car, I. don. HOWARD, Duke of Norfolk I if dot. He was likewjfe furnptuous in his Plate and Houfhold Stuff, *~and full of State and Magnificence in his Entertainments, efpecial- ly of Strangers, and at his Table very^free and pleafant. He was more learned in Men and Manners than in Books, yet underftood ^ the Latin Tongue very well, and was Mafler of trie Italian ; was . allo a great^ Favourer of Learned Men, ^Robert Cotton* Sir Henry Spelmar:^ Mr. Camden^rA Mr. Selden-, being often admit- ted to him. He was a Perfon of great and universal Civility, but yet with fuch Reftri<51ion, as that it forbid- Jny to be bold or too free with him. He was a great Mafter^of Order and Ceremony, and knew and kept greater Pittance towards his Sovereign, than any Perfon at Court, often complaining that the too great Affabi- lity of the King, and the French Garb of the Court would bring Majefty into Contempt. In Council he was Grave and Succinct, rather discharging his^Confcience arid Honour, than complying with particular Interefts; andfo was never at the Head of Bufinefs, or Principal in Favour. He was free from Covetoufnefs, and fo much above a Bribe of Gratuity (for Favours done) as no Perfon ever"_durft tempt him with one. He was in his Religion no Bigot or Puritan, and profefled more to affe^Moral Virtues than nice Queftions and Controverfies. If he were defective in any thing^ it was that he could not bring his Mind to his Fortune ; which, though great, was far too little for the vaftnefs of his noble De- figns ; but they were only for the Glory and Ornament of his Country^ and therefore may well be excufed. When he was conftituted Earl-Marfhal of England, he reviv'd that. Honourable Court, which had anciently been held^ by _the^ C^nftabje jmd^ajrjlw.ljpiatlju^ wherein Remedy was given for fuch abutfve provocations, as might occafion^no 'little bloodflj4.bjr_ Duels, or other more mifchievous ways of Revenge : And fbme fcruple being madias* to the JurifdicYion of the Earl Marfhal ajpric, without the Cpn^Jable ; he the Year after obtained other Letters rPatent* bearing Date, I . Aug. 20 Jac. whereby the King, after ; mature Advice had with the Lords of his Council, did declare, that in the Vacancy of the Conrtablej3fwg-/^w^, the Earl-Mar- fhal had the like Jurifdi&ioh in the Court, as both Conftable and Kflarmal jointlvever exercifed ; commanding him to proceed ac- cordingly. Wh*ich he thereupon did with much Honour to him- felf and his Authority ; and to the great Satisfafit[on_of the Nobility and GsatQL of ^is Realm, in Cafes where thej.- received fuch Affronts and Injuries, for which by the rule_pf the Common Law, , ho Redrefs could be had, until by the Votes of a predominant * Party, in that Parliament which deftroyed Monarchy and Epilco- jpacy, 'and brought all things into^Confufion, his Jurifdidionja. ^^ the Court was queftion'd. ^ ** ***> ret* This moft Noble Earl married the Lady dlathea, one ofthe Daughters and Coheirs of Gilbert, Earl of" Shrew/bury, by whom be had Iffus fix Sons, Jams, Henry, Thomas, Gilbert, Willicm* 'i 8 HOWARD, Duke of Norfolk. and Charles, whereof James, Lord Mowbray, and Lord Maltra-. vers, his eldcft Son, was one of the Knights of the Bath, at. the Coronation of King Charles I. and after making the Tour of France and Italy, died in his Return, at Gaunt in Flanders, ,un- * married. Thomas 3d Son, Gilbert 4th, and Charles youngeft Son,. all died in their Infancy. William 5th Son, havingrfnarried Ma- ry, Sifter- and fole Heir to Henry^Lord Stafford, was created yi 1 6 Charles I. -Baron of Stafford, and (he at the fame time was created Baronefs of Stafford^ from whom the prefent Earl of Stafford is defcended. .. Henry, Lord Mowbray the fecond, but eldeft furving Son, fuc- ceeded his Father in his Honours. He married in the fecond Year ofKing Charles I. the Lady Elizabeth Stewart, eldeft Daughter of Efrne, Earl of March, afterwards Dujce viJLenox j but being without the King's Confent, he and his Lady were confined for fome time to Lambeth, with Arch-bifhop Abbot ; but afterwards the King called him up by Writ to the Houfe of Peers, by the Titles of Lord Mowbray and Maltravers. On the breaking out of the Rebellion in 1641, he faithfully adhered to the King, and ferved in his Army 'till*kmt the end of the Year 1645, when he vifited his Father in Italy, and was with him when he died, re- turning with his Corpfe into England. He liv'd retired during the Tyrannick Government of his Native Country under Crom- wel, and departed this Life April 17, 1652. having had IfTue by his Ladv, nine Sons and three Daughters, whereof Anne died young, Catherine was married to John Digby of GothurJ}, in Com. Bucks, Efq; and Elizabeth to Alexander Macdonnel, Grandfon to the Earl * ' of Antrim in Ireland. And his-Sons were, Thomas, Henry, Pki^P> Charles, Talbot, Edward, Francis, Bernard, and Efme. Philip Howard third Son, travelling with his Grandfather Thomas, Earl of A rundcl, into Italy, became a Dominican or Black Friar at Cremona, at 1 5 Years of Age. And on the-Marriage pf King Charles II. with Catherine the Infanta of Portugal, became Lord Almoner to her, and continued in her Service feveral Years. But retiring to Bornheim In-F/anders, to an Englijh Convent of his own Order, he had a Cardinal's Cap fent to him there by Pope Qle- mentX. in May 1675, and made his Publick, Entry intp Rome with great- Magnificence. Thomas the eldeft, fucceeded his Father in his Honours and Titles of Eark of Aruxdel, Surry, and Norfolk ; and in 1661., the 1 3th of Charles II. was reftored to the Title of Duke of Norfolk', but dying at Padua in Italy, in 1678, unmarried, the Tide de- fcended to Henry his Brother. Which Henry, on the 27 th of March 1669, 21 Charles II. * .* VflStereated Lord Howard or' CaJile-Rifing in the County of Nor- ' folk> and on the 29th of Ofiober 1672, for his eminent Services to King Charles I. was created Earl of Norwich, to him and to the Heirs Male of his Body j and alfb by the fame Patent had granted HOWARD, tiuke of Norfolk. i 9 granted to him the Office and Dignity of Earl-Marfhal of Eng- land, with all Rights, Powers, Jurifdi&ions, Precedencies and Authorities thereunto belonging, &V. to him and the Heirs Male of his Body ; and for Default of fueh IfTue, to the Heirs Male of the Body of Thomas, Earl of Arundel, Surry, and Norfolk, Grand- father of the (aid Henry, Lord Howard ; and for Default of fuch Iflue, to the Heirs Male of the Body of Thomas, late Earl of Suffolk ; .and for Default of fuch Iflue, to the Heirs Male of the Body of the Lord William Howard of Naworth, in the County of Cumber- land, youngeft Son of Thomas, Duke of Norfolk (who was beheaded 1 5 of Eliz.) and for Default of fuch Iflue, to Charles Howard^ arl of Nottingham, and the Heirs Male of his Body. This Henry Howard, born 'July 12$ 1628, fucceeding in the Dukedom of Norfolk, as before- mentioned, married to his firft r Wife the Lady Anne Somerfet, eldeft Daughter to Edward, Mar- quis of Worcejier^ by Elizabeth Dormer, his firft Wife, and by her he had two Sons and three Daughters; and by his fecond, who was jane, Daughter of Robert Bickerton, Efq; Gentleman of the Wine- Cellar to King Charles II. a Lady famed for her . Beauty and Accomplifhments, he had firft Lord George Howard^ who married Arabella, Daughter and fole Heir to Sir Edmunct . Allen, of Hatfield-Peverel in the County of Ejfix, Bart. Widow " of Francis Thompfon of Humbleton, in the County of York, Efq; and died on the 6th of March, 1727. without Iflue; fecond, Lord fames Howard, who died a Batchelor, beirig drowned in Augufl 1 702, attempting to ride over Suttori Warn in Lincoln/hire ; third, Lord Frederick-Henry Howard, who married Catherine^ Daughter to Sir Francis Blake, of the County of Oxford, Relict of Sir Richard Kennedy, of Mount Kennedy, in Ireland 1 , Bart, and died 6n the 1 6th of March, 1 7 zf , his Lady furviving, who died in Janu- ary 1731. Lady Gather'mey and Lady Anne, both Nuns in Flan- ders; and Lady Phlllppa, married to William Standtjh of Standijh- Hall, in the County of Lancafter, Efq; and died in Janudry 1 683* This Duke's Daughters by the firft Wife were, the Ladies Anne-Alathea, Elizabeth, and Frances, whereof the latter was married to the Marquis Valpdrefa, a Spanijh Nobleman in Plan- ters; the fecond, to Alexander Gordon, Marquis of Huntley irt Scotland, who Was created Duke of Gordon in that Kingdom ; and the eldeft died in her Infancy. His Sons were Henry, and 'Thomas ; and departing this Life at his Houfe in Arundel-jlreet+ on the nth of January, 1683, was fucceeded by his eldeft Son Henry ) born January n* 1654. Which Henry Duke of Norfolk, in his Father's Life-tirriej oil the 27th of January^ 1677, was furrtmoned to Parliament by Writ, by the Title of Lord Mowbray; and in 1682, upfort the Death of Prince Rupert, Was made Conftable of Windfor Ctt/fle, Warden of Windsor ForeJ}, and Lord Lieutenant and Cujios Ro* tulorvm for the Counties of Norfolk, Surry, and Berks. C a On 2o HOWARD, Duke of Norfolk." On the 6th of May, 1685, i Jac. II. being ele&ed a Knight of the Moft Noble Order of the Garter, he was inftalled on the 2 zd of y///>> following. This Duke obtained a Ccmmiffion under the Great Seal, on the 1 3th of Auguft, .1687, 3 7^. II. whereby his Grace, as Earl-Marftial of England, mould revive and hold a Court of Chi- valry, &c. and fetting out for France on the 24th of March fol- lowing, conftituted his Brother, the Lord Thomas Howard^ his Lieutenant in the Court of Chivalry, and Sir Thomas Exton, and Sir Richard Raines Surrogates. His Grace returned from Flan- ders the 3oth of July, 1688 ; and on the landing of the Prince of Orjwge in England, being then in Norfolk, he immediately de- clared for .him, and brought over that and fome of the Neigh- bouring Counties to his Intereft ; for which, foon after his Royal Highriefs had accepted of the Crowns of thefe Realms, he was fworn one of his Privy Council. Afterwards he was made Conftable and Governor of his Ma- jefty's Royal Cattle and Honour of Windfor, Lord Warden of Windfor Foreft, Lord Lieutenant of the Counties of Norfolk, Sur- ry, and Berks, of the City of Norwich, and County of the fame ; as alfo Cujlos Rotulorum for the faid Counties of Norfolk and Berks, and Fellow of the Royal Society; and died at his Houfe in St. James's Square, London, on the zd of April, 1701. He married the Lady Mary Mor daunt, Daughter and fole Heir to Henry Earl of Peterborough, from whom he procured a Divorce in Parlia- ment, d for Incontinency, which in the Year 1700, pafied both Houfes, and he (having no Children by her) enabled to marry a- gain ; but leaving no Iflue, I (hall now treat of his Brother the Lord 'Thomas Howard, This Lord Thomas, at the Coronation of King James II. as Lord of the Manour of Workfop in Com. Nott. claim'd to find the King a Right-hand Glove, and to fupport the King's Right Arm while he held the Sceptre, which being allowed, he accord- ingly perform'd that Service. In 1685, he was made Matter of the Robes to King James II. and being of the Romi/h Religion, was in great Efteem at Court; fb that in the Year 1688, on King James's withdrawing himfelf into France, this Lord foon after attended him from thence into Ireland; but in his Return to Brejt, was unhappily caft away at Sea, in the Month of November 1689. His Lordftiip (in Ofiober 1681) married Alary -Elizabeth, Daughter and fole Heir to Sir John Savil, of Copley, in the Coun- ty of York, Bart, who died in November 1733; ami by her left five Sons, as alfo a Daughter, Mary, married to Walter, Lord A/ton of Forfar, in Scotland, and feated at Standon in Hertford' /hire, and died Anno 1723. The Sons were Thomas, late Duke of Norfolk; Henry, de- -; Edward, now Duke of Norfolk ; Richard, deceafed ; and 4 See the Proceedingi in State Triali, Fol. Vol. V. and Vol. VIII. HOWARD, Duke of Norfolk. 2 r Philip, who on the 7th of Jan. 172 |, married Wtmfrede^ Daugh- ter of Thomas Stoner of Watlington-Pzrk, in the County of Ox- ford, Efq; (me died, Feb. 1737.) by whom he has a Son named Thomas, born on the 3d of /v. 1 72^ ; and a Daughter, Winifrede. Thomas, the eldeft Son, born the nth of Dec. 1683, fucceeded his Uncle ./ifozry in the Title of Duke of Norfolk, &c. and in 1 709 his Grace was married to Mary, Daughter and fole Heir to Sir T- Nicholas Shirburn of Stonyburft, in the County of Lancajler, Bart, and dying without Iffue by her Decemb. 23, 1732, Edward, his Brother and Heir, fucceeded to the Honour and Eftate: f Which Edward, now Duke of Norfolk, &c. married, Anno 1727, Mary, Daughter to Edward Blount, of Blagdon near Tor- lay, in the County of Devon, Efq; (a younger Son of Sir George BJount, of Sodington in Worcefterfhire 9 Bart.) but as yet hath no Iffue. &6 i' " Ja,* *f ** '**/? ]", His Grace hath Precedence 'of all other Dukes, not cfnly by ti?s Creation, but likewiie in refpe6i of his Office, as Hereditary Earl- Marfhal of England* (by Grant to Henry Duke of Norfolk, 24 Charles II. as before obferved) and takes Place with the Lord Great Chamberlain, Lord Great Conftable (but after them) and Lord High Admiral of England, Lord Steward, and Lord Cham- berlain of the King's Houfhold, next after the Lord Privy-Seal, above all other Perfonages, being of the fame Eftate and Degree. His Grace's TITLES are, The High, PuifTant, and moft Noble Prince Edward Howard 1 , Duke of Norfolk, Earl-Marfhal, and Hereditary Earl-Marfbal of England^ Earl of Arundel, Surry, Norfolk, and Norwich -, Baron of Mowbray, Howard, Segrave, "Brewfe of Gower in Caermar- thenjhire, Fitz-Alan, Warren, Clun, Ofwaldeftre, Maltravers^ Greyjlock, Furnival, Ferdon, Lovetot, Strange (of Blackmere} and Howard, of CaJile-Rsfing, Primier -Duke, Earl and Baron of England next the Blood-Royal, and Chief of* the Illuftrions Fami- ly of t\i^Howards. CREATIONS.] Baron Howard, by Writ of Summons to Parliament, per Hen. VI. 15 Qftob. (1470) 10 Edw. IV. and alfo, 19 Aug. 1472, 12 Edw. IV. Earl-Marmal, and Duke of Norfolk, and Earl of Surry, 28 June (1*483) I R. III. confirmed Earl of Surry, 3 Ntv. (1492) 8 Hen. VII. and again, 13 May (1509) i Hen. VIII. again, Earl of Surry and Duke of Norfolk^ i. 'Fib. (i"5i3) 5 Hen. VIII. Earl of Arundel in the County of Suffix, [a Feudal Honour, or Local Dignity, as adjudged in-^Par- liament 8 July (1433) n Hen. VI.] by Inheritance and Poffeflion of that Caftle only, without any other Creation ; alfo, by Sum- mons to Parliament 16 Jan. 1580, 23 Eliz. By Defcent origi- v nally, as well before as after the Conqueft, by K. Wm. I. and by Maud the Emprefs (temp. Stepb.) confirmed by K. Hen. II. and alfo, 27 Jun. (1189) r Ric. I. Earl of Norfolk, 6 June (1644) 20 Car. I. Duke of Norfolk by Adi of Parliament, with 1 ^ &+' 9/i/s,i* ~A^. r/ 3 ^ 22 HOWARD, Duke of Norfolk. an Entail on the Heirs Male, and diverfe Limitations, 8 May (1661-) 13 Car. II. Baron Howard, of Caftle-Rifmg, In Com. Norfolk^ 27 Mar. (1669) 21 Car. II, Earl of Norwich, and Hereditary Earl-Marfhal, 19 Oflob. (1672) 24 CWr. II. Baron Mcwbray, by Writ of Summons to Parliament, 6 A&r. (1678) 31 Car. II. and likewife 21 Afor. (1639) 15 Car. I. by De-e fcent originally, 8 Jnevpn/bire, whofe Arms were Gules, 3 Crefcents, Or. H^iseldeft Son was John Sqmour,vf\\o died in 32 Ed. III. leaving Roger his Son and Heiir, i 8 Years of Age ; after whofe Deceafe the" Inheritance came to a Family of the Name of Boulas, who bore the Seymours Arms ; a Daughter and Heir of which Family was mar- ried to George Somerfet, a younger Son of Charles, Earl of Worcefler, The fecond^Son of Roger de St. Mauro, was called alfo Roger ; who, by his Marriage with Cecilia, one of the Daughters and ~ Hjeirs of John de Beauchamp, Baron of Hache, &c. in Com. Som. confiderably added to the Fortunes, as well a"s the Dignity of his Family, and was the Caufe of their removal into Somerfet/hire 9 to their very great Advantage. On this occafion 1 choofe to re- prefent, in the learned Camdens own Words, the great Acceflion that accrued to the Honour of this Family, by this Noble Alliance. " From this WiMiam de St. Maur, who firft fettled at Woundy * " defcended Roger_jk St. Maur, Kt. who married one of the * e Heirefles_pf_the_Illuftriousy<7/j Beauchamp, the Noble Baron of " Hache, who was defcended horrTSibyl, one of the CoheircfTea """'of that moft PuifTant 'William Marjhal, Earl of Pembroke, and w fro'm William Ferrars, Earl of Btrby, Hugh de Vmon, and " William Malet, Men of eminent worth in their times. The ti . This .&0g-rjmarried Maud, Daughter'and Coheir jto SlrJPl?- liam Efturmi of Cbadham, in Com. Wilts, Kt. Lord of Wolfhall in the fame County, whofe Anceftors were Bailiffs and*- Guardians of the Foreft of Savernake, by Right of Inheritance^ fronr the Time of King Henry II. as Camden has obfefved', in his Britannia^ in Wilt/hire, and that their Hunters Horn, of a mighty Bignefs 9 and tipt ivith Silver, was in his tune fcept by the Earl of Hert- ford. The Family of the Efturmij^s, were Founders and Patrons of the Hofpital of the Holy Trinity, at Eajlon near Marlborough in Wiltjhire ; which Hofpital had a Governor or Mafter fet over it (at the Prefentation of the Ejlurmies to the Biftiop) who was bound to keep continual 'Refidence in the fame, and there to keep Hofpitality, and to find five Priefts to fmg every Day Mafles for the Founders Soiils, &c; as it* appears from a Manufcript, con- taining the Rules and Orders for the Government of this Hof- pital of Eajlon, appointed by Robert, Bifhop of SaYum, in the ' Years 1363, and 1368 ; at which time Henry Ejhrmi, the Son ofJtfenry Eftormi, is named the Patron of the faid Hofpital, and 1 Rot. Fin- 36. E. Ill, m. 27. Clauf. m Ex. Colleft. Rev. .... Harbin, ^i. E III, IQ> II. n Rymer'i Feed, Tom. V. p. 845. 26 SEYMOUR, Duke of Somerfet. fo acknowledged by the Bifliop. Richard E/lurmi held his Lands in Com. Wilts and Hants, in Capite of William the Con- queror, as is evident from Doomfday-Book. The before-men- tioned Roger Seymour died in 8 Hen. V. and by Inquifition taken in the County of Glcucefter, in 10 Hen. V. he was found Coufm and Heir to Sir Peter de la Mare, Kt. viz. Son of Margaret, Daughter of Joan, Sifter of. the faid Peter ; and that John, Son of the laid Roger Seymour, was next Heir, and of the Age of 20 Years. Which John Seymiur was a very noted and ad~live Perfon, hav-> ing been Sheriff of leveral Counties, and in other Publick Offices. * In 9 //. VI. he was Sheriff * of the County of Southampton, and the Year following for Wiltjhire. In i 2 H. VI. when the Title of the Houfe of York was fct on foot, *and all Perfons of Note in the feveral Counties of England were fummoned to take the Oaths to preferve the Peace for themfelves and Retainers, he ap- peared in Wiltjhire, and is the firft mentioned in the Lift after the Knights in that County. He was that Year Sheriff of Dorfet and Somerfetjhire, and Knighted before the i5th Year of King Henry VI. when he was again Sheriff of the County of South- ampton. He was likewife in the fame Office for Wiltshire* in the 2gth of H. VI. and one of the Knights for the faid County % in the Parliament held at Reading in 3 1 H. VI. alfo the Year follow- ing was a 3d time Sheriff of Southampton, and departed this r Life in the 4th Year of the Reign of King Edward IV. He had Iffue by Ifabel his Wife, Daughter and Heir of William Mac- trz Williams of Gloucefterjhire, "John Seymour > Ejq; fiis Son and Heir. 2 The faid John was Sheriff of Wiltjhkre in 36 H. VI. and "died <- ^Atr- fi-fiJf f.g+i ^ and died in tne~Year 1550. (5 Edw. VI.) as her Laft TjfflS* .jnent, ^nd the Probat thereof mews d : Wherein fhe bequeaths her Body to be buried as her Executors think fit ; leaves diverfe Legacies of Plate, Jewels, C5V. to her Relations, and mentions dwardSeymotira.nd Henry Seymour, Sons of the Duke of Somer- fet, as her Godfons, and constitutes her Son, Sir Henry Sey~ mow, Executor. Their Iflue were fix Sons and four Daughters; i/^fL^married (as before wasjaid) to Kjng HenryiVIU. and Motner to the Pious King Edw. VI. of whom me died in Childbed, greatly lamented by the whole Realm, being reputed e (as our Hiftorians of that time relate) not only the faireft, but the difcreeteft of all the King's Wives ; and her Death fo much afflicted* the King, who always found her Humble jmd^Loyafr that notwithstanding feveral Offers made to him. he continued a Widpwer more than two Years. Elizabeth, ^'d* Daug1ifer,*was marrleS' to Sir Henry Oughtred ; fe- * eondly, to Gregory, Lord Cromwel ; and thirdly, to John, Lord St. John of Bafmg, afterwards Marquis of Wmcbejler ; Margery^ 3d Daughter, died an Infant; and Dorothy was wedded firft to Sir Clement Smith, of Little Badow in Ejfex, Kt. and after his Deceafe, to ^Thomas Leventhorp, a younger Brother of Edward Leventhorp, of Shingey-Hall, in Com. Hertford, Efq;. The fix Sons were, ift, John, who died unmarried, July 15, 1520 ; *it Edward Seymour fecond Son, Puke_ of Somerfet ; Sir Henry , ttiird Son, ftereatter mentioned. "Sir Thoj^s_^ymour, fourth Son, created Lord Se-wwur o'f Sudeley. ; John and Anthony fifth and fixth Sons, who died young. The before-mentioned > Sir < // V. Hift. of ^'.. . 1 9^1 and in. being SEYMOUR, Duke of Somerfet. 29 being in the King's Service, he had a Grant of Lands of the yearly Value of 1 86 /. and 4 d. among which were the Manours of Marvel and Tivyford, in Com. Southampton, -with a Parcel of the Lands belonging to the Bifhoprick of Win&efter. The Year after, 7 Ed. VI. he h had a Grant for Life of the Manours of Summer- ford and Hum, in the County of Southampton, and diverfe other "Lands, to the yearly Value of 202 /. 6 s. gd. In the Year i 550, 4.Edw.-Vl. the Lady Margaret his Mother died 1 , and conftitu- ted him her Executor. He married Barbara, Daughter of T'hmias ' Morgan, Efq; (as the Infcription on his Father's Monument In Great Eedw'in fliews) by whom he had Iflue Sir John Seymour^ Kt. from whom no Male Iflue is remaining, and a Daughter Jane, married to Sir John Rodney, of Stoke- Rodney, a'nd Pilton, mSomerfet/bire. Tney had 16 Children, ofwhomonly 7 were , li^viftg at the Death of Sir-^^n, the 6th of Augujl, \6iy. viz. Sons^ Sir Edward Rodney, Henry, Geoj^e, and William, ancj j TTJaughters, Elizabeth, Penelope, and Jane^ j from whom def- J tended a "numerous Offspring, whereof feveraLPerfons of No(e are now living. Thomas Sadler, Efq; now Deputy Clerk of the Pells m theJExcbequer (Son 6F John Sadler, Efq; and Jane, 3d Daughter and Coheir of John Trenchard, of Warmwell \r\Dor- fetjhtre, Efq; by Jane his Wife, Daughter of Sirjfobn Rodney, by Jane, Daughter of Sir Henry Seymour, before-mentioned) a flcilful Collector of many rare and valuable Curiofities, and well verfed in many Sciences, has with great Care and Exactness de- duced their feveral Defendants, too long to be here inferted. I now return _to Edward Seymour* cldeft Son of Sirfobn Seymour. He was educated firft at Oxford, and after fome ftay there removed to Cambridge k ; from whence returning to his Father at Court, when Martial Atchievements were encouraged by King H. VIII. he took early to Arms, /pent his Youth in the Wars ; and landing at Calais with the Duke of Suffolk, the 24th of Augujl, 1523, (15 Hen. VIIL) was in that Expedition, and at the taking of Bray, Roye, and Montdldier in France', where (hewing a prudent Conduit and valiant Behaviour, he had the l Honour of Knight- hood conferred on him by the Duke of Suffolk at Roye, on Albal- lows-Day the fame Year. In 1 6 Henry VIII. being one of the Efquires of the King's Houfliold, he was one of the Challengers before the King in the Tilt-Yard at Greenwich^ on his keeping a Royal Cbriftmas there. In 1 9 Henry VIIL he accompanied Car- dinal Woljey, who went in great State on an Embafly to the French King, and was received with the higheft Honour. In 24 Henry VIII. being 'Squire for the Body to the King m , he was in that gallant Train which attended their Sovereign to Bullolgn^ at his Interview with Francis the French King. On his Sifter's h Ib. p. 506.' 1 Norn. Equit. praed* i Ex Regis t. Coode, qu. zqt m M. S. in Bibl. Joh; Anftie. Is Wort* dibei>#, Oxon. V. ll pi 71! Marriage 30 SEYMOUR, Duke 0/"Somerfet. Marriage with King Henry VIII. he was one of the Knights for the Body ; but on that n Solemnity he had the Title of Vifcount . ^ eauc ^ am P beftbwed on him, by reafon of his Dcfcent from an Heir Female of that Houfe (as before is (hewn) and the fame Year (28 Hen. VIII.) with Sir Richard Buckley, Kt. had a Grant of the Office of Chancellor and Chamberlain of North Wales for Life; as alfb made Captain p of the Ifle of Jerfey, upon the furrender of that Command by Sir Thomas Faux, Lord Harrouden. On the i 8th ofOftobcr) 1537, (29 Hen. VIII.) he was created i Earl of Hertford', and in 32 Henry VIII. was fent r over to - Prance to difpute~the Limits of the Englijh Borders ; and on his , Return waff f ele&ed at Hampton-Court (Jan. 9) one of the ,-. _ Knights Companions of the moft Noble Order of the Garter. In 33 Hen. VIII. as^Coufm and Heir to Sit William Sturmy, Kt. viz. ),Son of Sir John Seymour, Kt. Son of John Seymour ', Efq; Son oijohn Seymour^ Efq; Son of Sir John Seymour, Kt. Son of 'Maud, Daughter and Heir to Sir William Sturmy, Kt. he had Livery of Sturmy's Lands: And the fame Year, on the Scots de- hying their Homage, he accompanied u the Duke of Norfolk in' his Expedition into Scotland. In 34 Hen. VIII. he was w made Lord Great Chamberlain of England for Life; and the fame Year * being made Lieutenant-General of the North, he em- barqued for Scotland with 200 Sail of Ships, and landing in the Frith, took Leith and Edinburgh, and after plundering and burn- ing them, march'd by Land into England. In 3 6 Hen. VIII. the King being then at the Siege of Bulloign, he y came to him with feveral Troops of Almains, &c. and after taking thereof, .routed an Army of 1 4000 French, who lay encamped hard by. In 37 Hen. VIII. the Scots making feveral Incurfions on tHe Borders, in conjunction with 5000 Auxiliaries from France; he being fent z againft them, deftroyed all the Towns upon the mid- dle Marches, and pafiing towards the Weft, made great Spoil in thofe Parts. Soon after the French endeavouring to regain Bul- lolgn, he forced them to retreat, and purfuing the Enemy, be- fides the Slaughter, gained feveral Trophies of his Succefs. In 3 8 Hen. VIII. he was elected Chancellor of the Univerfity of Cambridge ; and the fame Year the Earl of Surry, Governor of Bulloign, b being laid afide, he was fent thither with an Army of 9300 Men to oppofe the French then making Head. After which, on Propofals of Peace, he was e conftituted the Chief of the Commiflioners for that Treaty j and meeting betwixt Guifnts and Ardres, a Peace was concluded. And the King lying on his n S/<*M'sAnna]s,andPit.28.H,VIII. u Herb, ut antea. p. 3 . w Pat. 34. H. VIII. p. 7, o Priv. Sigill. 28 H. VIH. x .ffawe's Ann. f Pat. 28 H. VIII. p. 2. y Herb ut ant. q Pat. 19. H. VIII. p. 3. * Ibid. t Herb. Hift. H. VIII. a Godwin, p. 195. f >*/&c/'sOrueen of England, drew her Beginning, might not h? clouded by any higher 'Title or Colour of Dignity. Alfo the next , / Day he was ' created Duke of Somerfet, and to the Heirs Male of his^Body^by^TW^, his Wife j arid for_defeult ofjuch IfTue, to the &&Jdward Seymour, Efq; Son of him the laid Duke, 'and the' Jj2i^y Catherine his firft Wife, and the Heirs Male of the Bodv of the fa id Edward Seymour ; and for default of fuch I flue, to the Heirs Male of the Body of the (aid Duke, to be lawfully begotten on any other Wife. Likewilt: on the 1 7th of February, in confideration of his good, laudable and acceptable Services, he had a Grant k of the Office of Earl-Marftial of England for Life, in as ample Manner as John Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk, or Thomas, Duke of Norfolk (lately attainted of High-Treafon) or any other Earl-Marfhal or" ^ England, held or occupied : As alfo, that the faid Duke, as well ( in the King's Prefence as Abfence, might carry a Goldeji Staff, tipt at each end with black, and at the upper end thereof "the King's Arms, and at theTower end his own Arms. Moreover, on the i zth of March following, he had a Patent J for that great Office of Protector and Governor of the King and his Realms ; alfo on the 9th of July a Grant m of 8000 Marks per Annum, during the time he fhould be Protector. And on the 3d of No- vember next enfuing, this fpecial Grant n : " Edwarde the Sixte, &c. Forafmoche as our moft dere Vnclc " Edwarde Duke of Somerfet t, by the Advife of the Lords and " the reft of our Privie Counfaill, with the Content and good d Rymer's Fad. T. XV. p. 117. T. XV. p. liyl e Heyvtartfs Life of K. E. VI. in Hift. i Pat. in eod. Ann. ' Eng.p. ayi.&c. k Rjmcr's Fad. T. XV. p. 130. f HolinJbecTs Chron. p. 979. 1 Ibid. p. 4. g Pat. i. E. VI. p. 6. m Prim. Sigill. T. E. 6. h Pit, in eod. Ann t ana Pymfrs Fsed, o Pymtr, f t XV, p. 164. 4< Agree- 3 2 SEYMOUR, Duke of SdmeHbr. " Agreement of the Noble Men of our Realm, We have nafri- " ed, ordeyned and commaunded to be Ggvernour of our Perfon, .. " dere Father, of moft famous Memorye Kinge Henry the Eight, c diers ; alfo to take out of his Store-houfes, Provifions', Artil* '* lery, Tents, &c. for Hprfes, Ships, 'f'ranfports, Gillies, && * for the Defence of the Kingdom, both by Sea and Land. And '' for his faid Lrege Subjects, To chofen, rriuftered, and armed, as ;' well Horfe-and Foot as Archers, as well as Armies, and all ;* manner of Arms and Provifions, and other warlike NecefTaries^ 4 to trarifport and carry, riot only into any part of his Dpmi- nions, fpr the Defence of the fame, but alfo to oppofe his ' Enemies . making any Attempts on his Dominions in art ' c hoftlle Alanner, and alfo to vanquith them, and take Cities^ " Caftles and Towns : , for his U^fe, arid the fame to' Garrifori "and Hold. " He likew'ife impowersf him irt his Abfence: fo reward all * s Perfons in the Arrny (at his Difcretion) by conferring the Ho- " nour of Knighthood, or Dignity of Baron, or other Title of ' Nobility, and tp grant Arms and Enfigns of Honour, as (hall *' becpme them. : ,To hear arid determ'irie all Quarrels and Difputes of thofe ** Matters which appertain to the Office of Lieutenant- General, D " ew 34 SEYMOUR, Duke of Somerfet. ns appear more formidable, with much .Shew and Ceremony came into the City on the 2zd of Qttober ; and the feveral Companies of London being commanded to repair to their Halls, he acquainted them, that the Duke of Somerfet would have taken the Tower, feizcd on the Broad Seal, and have deftroyed the City, and then to have gone to the Ifle of Wight $ all which was thought very improbable. On the i ft of December, he was brought to his Trial in Wejl- mlnfter-Hall, the Marquis of IPlncbefter (then Lord Treafurer of England) fitting as High-Steward under a Cloth of State, on a Bench mounted three Degrees ; the Peer^jn Numhpr 27) fit- f ting on a Bench one Step lower ?. The C^nge agauill him con-/ fifted of five Parts. I. Of railing Men in the North Parts of x jGWw/j, p. a 3 9. 246, and Hay- y Statt Tritlt, Fol. Vol. 7. wWsHift. r'VI. D 4. . the j 4O SEYMOUR, Duke of Somerfet. $he Realm. 2. Of affemblingMen to kill the Duke of Nortbutn- berland. 3. Of refifting his Attachment. 4. Of killing the Gens d'Arms, and raifmg London. And, $tbly, of afTaulting the Lords, and devifing their Deaths. To which he pleaded, Not Guilty, and put himfelf upon Trial of his Peers ; denying that he had ever any Intent to raife Men in the North : But on fome Bruits apprehending a Fear, he fent to Sir William Herbert to remain his Friend, faying, That he never intended to kill the Duke of Northumberland, or any other Lord, but fpoke of it only, and determined the contrary. And farther faid, That it liad been a mad Enterprise with his hundred Men to aflail the Gens cTArms, confifting of nine hundred, when in cafe he had prevailed, it would nothing have availed the pretended Purpofe : And therefore that this being fenfelefs and abfurd, muft needs dif- credit other Matters, which might otherwife have been believed. Next that at London he never projected any Stir, but ever held. It a good Place for his Security. And that for haying Men in his Chamber at Greenwich, it was manifeft he meant no harm ; be- caufe when he might have done it, he did not. Moreover, againft the Perfons of them whofe Examinations were read againft him,, he objected many Things, defiring they might be brought to his Face ; which in regard he was a Perfon of Dignity and Eftate,. he deemed to be reafbnable. Againft Sir Thomas Palmer, one of" the WitnefTcs, he urged feveral Particulars to his Difcredit ; and yet in Opinion of many, far fhort of what might have been proved. The King's learned Council pleaded that fome of the Crimes charged againft him were Trcafon, and the other Felony : Never- thelefs, after many Varieties in Opinion, he was acquitted of Trea- .fon, but by moft Voices found guilty of Felony ; whereupon Sentence of Death was pronounced on him : Which he might have avoided, as moft of our Hiftorians write, had he required the Benefit of his Clergy ; but on better enquiry it will be found, that he was thus condemned by vertue of a Statute then jn force, which made the confpiring the Death of aPrivy-Counfellor Fe- lony, without the Benefit of Clergy. Thofe who were prefent at his Trial, hearing the Lords fay. Not Guilty (which was to the Treafon) thinking he was acquit-" |^d, and chiefly for that immediately on thofe Words, the Ax of the Tower was taken from before him, teftified their Joy with, loud Acclamations. And on his pafilng through London (as Hoi- I'm/bed relates) fome hollowed for Joy that he was acquitted, and others cried that he was condemned, and the People murmured Againft tbe^Duke^^Nsrthumberland and the other Lords who * \vere his F.nemies. The Duke of Svmgrfet (faith Godwin) having continued two Montlis in Prifon fince his Condemnation ; at length the Violence of his Enemies, notwithftanding the King's Defire to fave his Uncle, under whofe Tuition he had palled his Childhood, drew. ** SEYMOUR, Duke of Somerfet. 4 1 him to the Scaffold. On Friday the zzd of "January, as I'tnjhed and other Hiftorians relate, he -was brought cut of the Tower, and delivered to the Sheriffs of London. The fame Morn- ing every Houiholder of the City (according to a Precept from the Council to the Lord Mayor) were ftridtly charged not to ftir out of their Houfes before Ten of the Clock that Day, meaning thereby to reftrain them from being at his Execution, and for fear of a Refcue. Notwithftanding, by Seven of the Clock the Tower- Hill was covered with People from all Parts, and before Eight the Duke was brought to the Scaffold, enclofed with the King's Guards, the Sheriffs Officers, the Wardens of the Tower, and, near a thoufand Men of the Liberty of the Tower. On his af- cending the Scaffold, he changed neither Voice or Countenance, but kneeling down on both his Knees, and lifting up his Hands, commended himfelf unto God. After he had ended fome fhort Prayers, ftanding up again, and turning himfelf to the Eaft-fide of the Scaffold, he with great Alacrity, and Cheerfulnefs of Mind and Countenance, uttered thefe Words to the People. " Dearly beloved Friends, I am brought hither to fuffe* " Death, albeit I never offended againft the King, neither by f c Word nor Need, and have been always as faithful and true f unto dm Realm, as any Man hath been. But forfomuch as f I. am by Law/conderrined to jdir'| do' acknowledge rhylejf as f ' ^weflfas *c$fefs, tb^oe^fubjeCT Ihe^i^^^ Wherefore to teftify * c mine Obedience whfcn I owe unto tne La'\vs, I come hither to " fuffer Death, whereunto I willingly offer my felf with moft f hearty Thanks unto God, that hath given me this Time of f Repentance, who might thro* fudden Death have taken away *' my Life, that I neither fhould have acknowledged him jior ?' my felf. " Moreover (dearly beloved Friends) there Is yet fomewhat f c that I muft put you in mind of, as touching Chriftian Reli- " gion, which fo long as I was in Authority, I always diligently " fet forth and furthered to my Power. Neither do I repent me " of my Doings, but rejoice therein, fith now the State of Chri- *' ftian Religion cometh moft near unto the Form and Order of " the Primitive Church. Which thing I efteem as a great Benefit " given of God, both to you and me ; moft heartily exhorting 4 you all, that this which is moft purely fet forth, you will with " like Thankfulnefs accept and embrace, and fet out the fame in *" your living : Which thing if you do not, without doubt, f* greater Mifchief and Calamity will follow." More he would have faid, but a ftrange^Tumult and fudden, Confternatbn of the Affembly interrupted him, which our Hifto- rians differently relate, but (as Hollinjhed gives an Account) the puke in the mean time flood unmov'd, {haking his Cap which he held in his Hands, and making Signs to the People, to keep, themfelves quiet, An4 when they were^ pmpofed a efpying Sir 42 SEYMOUR, Duke of Somerfet. jfntbony Brown riding to the Scaffold, they conjeclured the King fcad fent his Uncle a Pardon ; and thereupon cafting up their Caps, they cried Pardon, Pardon is come, God Save the King! But at length Silence being obtained, he fpoke to them a fecond -time in this manner : " Dearly beloved Friends, there is no fuch matter in hand, as ** you vainly hope or believe. It feemeth thus good to Almighty CA God, whofe Ordinance it is meet and neceflary that we be all cc obedient unto. Wherefore I pray you all to be quiet, and let *' us join in Prayer unto the Lord, for the Prefervation of our " Noble King, unto whofe Majefty I wifh continual Health, '* with all Felicity and Abundance, and all manner of profperous " Succefs : Wbereunto the People cried uke of Somerfet. 45 Baron Beauchamp, in the firft Year of her Reign ? jJeKMgJbgr rohation. |He married the Lady Catherine Gr^s~ DaugnteraVid^ f I Heir of Henry, Duke of Suffolk, by the Lady Frances ]iis Wife^ A fclcleft Daughter and Co-heir to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk? and "Mary the French Queen, who was youngeft Daughter to King Henry the Vllth ; which Lady was Sifter to Queen 'Jane who was beheaded"; and being fo neaTly related to the Crown b , it was the caufe of great Trouble, both to her .and the Earl. In the 5th of Queen Elizabeth, being difcerned_Jo_be_big_with Child, (He"was~ commtttedTrfloner to the Tower, though Tneaclcnowledg'd herfeif to be his lawful Wife ; and he returning out of France, where he had gone with thiTQueen's Leave, and owningjiis Marriage, was alfo imprifoned with her ; where (he was foon brougHt~to Bed of her firft begotten Son ; after that., of another, having corrupted her Keeper. He was, upon this, cerifur'd in the Star-Chamber* /-^^ upon thefe three Points : Firft, for that he had vitiated a Maid of the Royal Blood ; next, That he had broke Prifon ; and laftly* That he had lain with her again. To which he anfwered, That having lawfully married her, and the Prifon Doors ftanding ppeoj he came to her, in her SacTnefs, to comfort, and pay his conjugal Debt: Yet was, neverthelefs, fin[d_ j[_ooo /. and kept Prifoner tor 7 " the fpace of nine Years; nor was fhe at_Liberty, but there conti- nued 'till her Death. /Ttbe,, Validity, of this Marriage being after- __ , _ , _ ,^. . &\f-4iU < ^4^ i f fLf^ .^ O w wards' triedat Common Law^ the Mmifter who married theni being prefent, and other"Circumftances agreeing, the Jury (where* of John Digby, Efq; was Foreman) found it a good Marriage, v This Earl livecTt6~be anTaged^Marj^ ; and in the 3d of "Jac. T. with much Importunity, was prevailed on to go Ambafiador td the Arch- Duke, for confirming a Peace. By the Lady Catherine^ his Wife, aforefaid, he had IfTue three Sons ; Edward, Lord Beau- * 7 1 CT*1 J */*! \ 1 *. TTT' f f "~~"T^~ f' y'"*^TTN "^ ~~ " JT T\ T "" j i t-t-^d'' thamp.;.\Thomas, /who took to Wire Jjabel, Daughter or Ldward Onley, of Catejby, in Com. Northamp. Efq; and died without Iflue ; and another Edward, who "died Anno i6oz'/ > allb Catjeriaf^si Daughter, who died t .ypung/ / 'lHe had. likewife two other^W.ives ; Firft, Frances, Daughter to William Howard of Ejfingham, Sifter to Charles, "Earfpf Nottingham ; and laftly_,. Frances, Daughter to *fhomas, "Vifcount Howard, 7)? B'mdon ; . but by neither of thefe had 'any Illue. And departing tKis Life in April. 16 zi. a , .was buried m the Cathedral Church of Sali/bury. . VfhlchEdipard., .Lord Beauchamp, his eldeft Son, in the of Jac^ iroDtained Letters Patent e , . that hVand' the Heirs Male, of his Body, immediately after the Death of his Father, mould be Barons of Parliament, and have Place and Voice there : As alfo, other" Letters* Patents the fame Year, for the Enjoyment of the Title of Earl of Hertford. And having married Honora, Daugh- ter to Sir Richard Rogers, of Brian/Ion, in Com. Dorf. Kt. with- b Camden's Annals of Q. Elia d J. 8. in Offic. Arm, f. 4. 6. 6 Clftdfff's Aanalsf R. y, ^,.^__ . e^t jf 2**+* /f.6 SEYMOUR, Duke of Somerfet; out the Confenof the Earl his Father, it expofed him to a greaf 'deal of Trouble. It appears from a Letter of Secretary Walfmgbam, to the Earl of Hertford^ (dated ) that on this Act of Difobedience* the young Lord had been kept under a ftricl Confinement for three Years in his Father's Houfe ; which grew at laftfo infupportable to him, that he made his Efcape ; and on a Purfuit after him by his Father's Servants, he was ftopp'd at Reading, and notice fent immediately to the Privy Council, by the Mayor of the Place. The Council taking this Matter into Confideration, laid his Cafe before the Queen, who was pleafed to order the young Lord into the Cuftody of the Archbifliop of Canterbury, where he re- mained for fome time. A Letter of the (aid Archbifhop (Wblt- gift) November the 4th, 1585, to the Earl of Hertford, (hews that the Earl continuing irreconcileaj)le to his Son, his Grace thought fit to interpofe in his behalf, and employ'd fome Arguments in order to obtain his Father's Pardon : And, 'tis probable, they took effea. By this Lady Honora he had tliree_Sons and a .Daughter ; Firft ^ :r * Edward, Lord Beauchamp, who was created Knight of the Bath, at the Creation of Charks, Prince of Wales. He married Anne 3 )or[et, by whom he had Iflue Edward, who died young;, alfo Anne^znA Mary, who both die^Trtfants ; the latter was buried in ififfinm/ler Abbey iSth of January, 1619. The Marriage Articles bear date the zoth of March, 1608; by which it appears, that Lady was to have 6000 /. for her Portion, payable by her Brother Richard,, Earl of Dorjet, at Hertford Houfe, in Cbanon Row, in the City of Weftminfter. And the Earl of Hertford hisjGrand father, covenants to fettle a Jointure of 800 /. per Ann. on $he J^aky^ady. i The fecond Son was Sir William Seymour^, Kt. ; arid fnim^irFraticis Seymour, Kt. ; and Hanora, married to Sir Ferdinand Dudley^ Knight of the ( Sath, at that time Heir- Apparent of 'Edward, Lord Dudley. / *r **$* Feather Edward^ Jvord^ Beauchamp, Hied in~TJIs Father's **ife^mie_(in the Month of Augujl, Anno \ 6j 8) ; fo that Sir William Seymour, fecond Son of this Edward^ Lord Beauchamp, on the Death of his Grandfathef f /fafar^_EarTjof 'Hertford, juccgejed him_ in_his_Honpurs. T\ttsJF'iUiam i Earl of 'Hertford* in Confideration of his emi- nent Merits, wasltdvanced f to the Dignity ^ofMarqu is of \Hert- ford, _$_Junn ( i -640) 1 6 Car. I. and thereupon conftituted Go- ; vernour Jo "tfie Prmce^f Wales: And faithfully adhering to that King, on~theGrancTRebellion againft him, was made Lieutenant- General of all the King's Forces, in the Counties of Wilts, South- ampton, Dorfet, &c. and elected Chancellor of the Univerfity of Oxford, A. D. 1643, and the {ame Year, made Groom of the Stole to the King; whom he attended throughout the Courfe of f Fat:l6 Car. I, p. I. *. " SEYMOUR, Duke of Somerfet. 47 the Civil Wars, and diftingui(hed himfelf on feveral Occafions: And on his cruel Murther, got a Licence from the Parliament to bury his Majefty's Body. During theUfurpation, he was difmifs'd from being Chancellor of the Univerfity of Oxford, Oliver Cromwell and his Son Ri- chard, Protectors of the Common-wealth, fupplying his Place. But the latter, on a Fore-fight of the Reftauration of King Charles the lid, refigning his Office by a Letter fent to the Univerfity, dated the 8th of May, the Marquis of Hertford was reftored to his Place of Chancellor on the 2 6th following ; and on the 6th of "June was confirmed by the Convocation. t He married twoJWives; firft, the Lady Arabella Stuart*"' Dau2;hterJo_C^?^^_Son to Matthew, Earl of Lenox. Which ' Lady being of the RoyaTFamily, he was thereupon committed_tp the Tower, and (he confin'd to her Houfe at Higkgate ; where,^ / after fome Imprifonment, endeavouring to efcape beyond Sea to her Hufband, who got away to Dunkirk, An. 1611, (he was." overtaken^and committed to the Tower', where (he died on the 2 yth of September, 1615, withoutlflue, and was interred in Wefl- mmjler- Abbey. # His fecond^Lady was Frances, eldeft Daughter of Robert Dt- ^* vereux^ Earfpf EJjex^_ Sifter _andjCfo^ei_r. tcr Earl, .Rchtrt., her -^ Brother. By this Lady helTac I five Sons.^nd four Daughters,*^/ which lFittianf^fabert^zr\& Edward^ filed unmarned ',/& alfo , did one_ qfTHiilDaughters, the Lady ArabeUffi' 2\nd his eldeft "^ ; Daughter, Frances^aicd without^^hjld^n, . after having married | three Hufbands, viz. Richard, Vifcount Molineux, Thomas, Earl i of Southampton, and Conyen, Son and Heir to Conyers, LtordJDar- - T/brd Bwucbamp* took to Wife Mary, eldeft Daughter offitrtbur, Lord #/>*/, and died at the Age oTlfsJYears, in his Father's Life- time, Anno 1656, leaving ^ftfrj/TRis Wife, /M ji furviving afterwards, married to /&;j 2 _DukeoL Beaufort. By_ the Lord Beauchamp (he had oqejkm, William., fj^o Tucceeded hV // *^ ~T"~;-- -^ ^.-^ , -^T %^ ^** . *4T'ri > iinf:er ^ <; April, \ 660^ reftored to the Title of Duke of S0mcj'~^ fet, forfeited by the AttainJeTof Edward, jDuTcejof S^omerjet, h}s G^eat- Grand father, with Limitation to the Heirj Male of tkeOji B /?^n/?r// i Lord Btaticbamt^ Son tt\&5ltvc to Edward* Earl of _ Hertford* younger Brother to PJ^illiani^ Duke.jof Ssmerfet^ who was' reftored to that Title, as before-mentioned. Which i Sir Francis ^ on 19 Feb. 1 6 Car. I. had been advanced to the - Dignily__of a )f_this Realm h , by the Title ,gf J^ord Seynisuroi_Trnn~ _ _ he was j conftituted Chancellor of the Dutchy of June i, 1 660, and having; married twice^ firft Frances* and Coheir ^to Sir Gilbert Prinne^ of AHington, in Cow. 7^7/fr, -hadJUTue one Sob, n^^^C^arles ; and Frances^ a Daughter, married to Sir WilliamDucie of jTertwortb^ in CM. Clone. Knight of the Bath, created JLprd_Viicpunt Dejjun* in * Pat, 16 Car, p. 7, | p u . n. Car. JI. thf SEYMOUR, Duke of Somerfet. $% the Kingdom of Ireland, and died at Cbarlton in Kent, without Iflue, in the 65th Year of his Age, 9 Sept. 1679. Secondly, Catherine, Daughter to Sir Robert Lee of BillcJIey, in Corn. Warw, Kt. by whom he had no Iflue ; and dying 1 2 "July, 1 664, was buried at Bcdwin. Which Charles hisjonly Son fucceeding him, died in Auguft 1665. Tie married firft Mary, daughter and Cole Heir of The- Soley, in the Pariih or (Jhiltoh fiojiot, ~in~~Com* whom he had Iflue one Son Edward, that jd led in \ns Infancy, and two Daughten^ Catherine, who died unmarried $ and Frances, married to Sir George Hungerford of Caderifiam, "in the' County "of ^/fo^lJart. And having married fecbnaly Elizabeth,- Daughter to William, Lord Allington, of Horf heath, in the County of Cambridge, had Iflue 'five' Sons? viz, fyy&isi William, and William, who died young ; and francis/and T! barley, who fymved : Alfb two Daughters, Eli- zalieth, who dielTyTSung ; arid Honora, married to Sir Charles Gerrard of Harrow en the Hill, in the County of MiddLjcx* Bart. She died in May 1731. Francis* ejdeft of the twoSons, fucceedej his Father, Anno t in the Barony of tfroulriclge.^fte wajs born 1 7 y<7. 1 657, by the Death oftfi e~B efore- menttone^ ^fohn* Duke anooy the Death of therefore- menrione^ ^fa^Duke fet, who died without Iflue, alfb became Duke of Somerfet ; But travelling in Italy, was mu rde re3 a t~ a Place cz\\ed_Lence, in the Territories of the Genoefe, the zoth of Aprifc 1678. This Mif- fx>rtune was occafioned by his falling into Company with feme French Gentlemen, who perfuaded him to go along with them into the Church of the Augujlinians at Lerice, wherj they offered fbme Rudenefs to certain Ladies of the Family of Botti^ of t that Town. This was fo much refented by the Hufband of one or *7 " thofe Ladies, Horatio Botti, that he watched his Opportunity, and (hot_th_e puke at the Door of his Inn, of which Wound he jnflantly died. {^4 /f.*~. i~dc*~d L!HJ It was the Duke's Unhappinefs, that he was in Company with thefe French Gentlemenj who gaye^th Provocation, he hjmfelf being entirely innocent. ""(^nTiis Deatn^ Kis" Uncle Mr^Hi/d?- brand Allingion, afterwards Lord Attingion, who travelled wiili his Grace, immediately gave notice of ft to the State of Genoa, and demanded Satisfaction. That Republick was not wanting in doing all that was poflible, in order to apprehend the faid Horatio Botti ; but he making his Efcape, they promifed a Reward to any one that {hould feize him, and bring him to Juftice ; and he was hanged in Effigie, as an Attonement to the King of England, fcr the Death of fo great a Subject. But foon after King James's lT Acceflion to the Throne, he pardoned the laid Horatio Botti, on fbme Refentment (as its faid) he conceived againft his Grace, the prefent Duke of Somerfet, for refufing to attend the Pope's Nuncio to hisPublick Audiencet IT TK 1 4 SEYMOUR, Duke of Somerfet. The faid Francis- Duke of Somerfet- warfucceeded in his Ho- noursluTd Effate by his Brother and Heir Charles the prefent Duke of Somerfet, born Augup 13, 1662. ^His Grace on the 3 ot h of May, 1682, took to Wife the Lady Elizabeth Percy ;, fole Daughter and Heir of Jofceline Percy., the Jaft Earl of Nor- Cumberland of that Family, who had been before married to ^ienry Cavenek/h 3 Jarl of~Qgfe, only &on and Heir to Henry* jjuke ot J^ewcaflle, who died beforehe was of Age to^cohabit yjth_ber. jty^which JLady (who died on the 2 3d of^Rovem- %er^\ 7 zz}_his Grace had IJTue, that furvived to Maturity, three fom ; and four Daughters, wz, (ft*** &"f9ht4~3 Ahernoon* Earl of Hertford, born November it, 1684. who is diftinftly treated of a^iong the Barons. " Lord P^rg', born June 3. 1686, Member of Parliament for Cockermoutk in Cumberland^ who died of the Small-Pox. the 4th of y/V, 1721. unmarried. */* Lord Charles, born ^/w 1698, died the 4th of January ^711, unmarried. ///' Lady "Elizabeth, married to the Right Hononourable Henry Ob'rian^ Earl of Thomond of the Kingdom of Ireland, and Vif- ^ a dcafte r in England^ and died withoutjflye. ^5 ^ fcady Catherine, married July 21, 1708, iQ^J^^'^ajnWind~ of Or chard- 'Windham in the County of SomrfetJ&t\.. and in ^r// 171 3^ -^ Lady y/, married to Peregrine, Marquis of Caermarthen^ Son and Heir of Peregrine Ofborn, Duke of Leeds. And, Lady Frances, who died unmarried J/^y 10, 1 720. His Grace was Knighted at Whitehall, Jan. i, 1683, in order to his Election of Kt. of the Garter ; and was Inftalled one of the Knights of that moft Noble Order, on the 8th of April, 1684, in the j6th of King Charles IT. and on his Demife was one of the Privy-Council, who figned the Order dated at TVblte- ball the 6th of February, 1684, for Proclaiming King James. Alfo at the Funeral of the King on the i4th of February, was one of the Supporters to Prince George of Denmark, the Chief Mourner. In 1685, his Grace was at the Head of the Militia of the County of Somerfet, to oppofe the Duke of Monmouth,. Jri 1687, he was removed from his Ports of firft Gentleman of the Bedchamber to the King, and Colonel of Dragoons, for re- fufing to attend the Pope's Nuncio to his Publick Audience. On the Coronation of King William and Queen Mary, his Grace carried the Queen's Crown, and her Grace the Dutchefs of Somerfet bore the Queen's Train, affifted by the Lady Elizabeth faulet, Lady Diana Vtre, Lady Elizabeth Cavendi/h, and Lady Hariot Hide. His Grace at the end of King James's Reign, had been eleifced Chancellor of the Univerfity of Cambridge, but was not Inftalled 'till May 30, 1689 ; at which Time the Univerfity met atA&rcbant-Taytsrs-Half, where, by his Grace's ,.* *' ," : "*< -Order, S E r M o u R, Duke of Somerfet. 5$ Order, they were entertained with a noble Collation. From whence they went in Proceffion, in their proper Habits, to the T'bree Cranes, in all about feven Hundred, the City-Marmal attending them. At the Water-fide they were received into Barges, and carried to N^tbumberland-St&irs \ his Grace met them in the Garden (Drums beating and Trumpets founding from the Top of the Houfe) and led them into a fpacious Room, where the ufual Ceremonies were performed, the Vice-Chancellor and the Publick Orator making two eloquent Speeches, to which his Grace re- turned an obliging Anfwer, and concluded all with a moft magni- ficent Entertainment. At the Funeral of Queen Mary, his Grace was one of the Supporters of the Pall, and fiis~Dutchefs was Chief-Mourner, fupported by the Lord Privy-Seal, and the Lord Prefident of the Council, and her Train fupported by the DutchefTes of St. Albans and Southampton. On the 1 4th of June, 1701, he was appointed one of the Lords Juftices of England, and on the 20th of January following made Prefident of the Council. In the firft Year of Queen Anne he was conftituted Mafter of the Horfe ; and in 1 706, was one o? the Commiffioners who concluded the Union between England, and Scotland. On the Deceafe of the Queen, he was one of the Lords Juftices of Great -Britain, nominated by our late Sovereign to Govern the Realm, with the Great Officers of State, 'till he arrived from Hanover ; after which on the 27th of September ; 1714, he was appointed Mafter of the Horfe, and on the firft of Qfiober fworn of the Privy-Council. His Grace was alfb fworn of the Privy-Council to our prefent Sovereign, June 15, 1727; and at his Coronation carried the Orb, as he did at the Coronation, of the late King. His Grace on the 4th of February, 172^, marrying to his fecond Wife, the Lady Charlotte Finch, fecond Daughter toDankf, EarTof Winchelfea and Nottingham, by her has two Daughters, the Lady Frances, born July 8, 1728; and the Lady Cnarlotte y born the 2iftof September, 1730. TITLES.] Charles Seymour, Duke of Somerfet, Earl of Hert- ford, in Com. Hertford, Vifcount Eeauchamp, and Baron of Hache, in Com. Somerfet, Baron Seymour, Beauchamp of Hache > and Baron Seymour of Troubridge, Chancellor of the Univerfity of Cambridge, and Knight of the moft Noble Order of the Garter j Privy-Counfellor, and one of the Governours of the Charter- .Houfe ; Lord of the Honours of Cockermoutbj in Com. Cumber- land, and Petvjorth, in CotnT Suffex, uPRight of Elizabeth his fote Dutchek who was Heir to i the Baronjes_""of Percy, Lucy^_ Poynings, f"j^ft*vne* Sryan ^ancf Latymer* Iremg; fide paufihter t and Heir to "Jofceline* the eleyenthand laftEarj/pf ^orthumhxa. land of that moft illuftrious Family. ~XTR E A T i O'NS.J Yifcount, 5 June, 1536, 28 Henry VIII. Earl, Oftober 18, 1537, 29 Hen. VIII, Baron Seymour by Let- E 4 ten ' 5.6 S E v M o u n , Duke of Somerfet. ters Patent 15 Fyb. 1546, i Edw. VI. Duke,. 16 Feb. i VI. Baron Beaufhamp, and again Earl, 13 Jav'. 'i 558, i Further Grant of Baron of Parliament, and of Earl, 14 May, 1608, 6 "7^. I. and Baron Seymour of irmtbndge, in Com. Wilts, by Letters Patent, 19 F gredt Titles of Hortour had not been unufual in this Rc.'alm, hisMajefty there-t' fore in puffua::ce 'of thofe fo laudable Ex.amples 3 did by v l,ettey$ Patent *f "-+ FIT z-R o Y, Duke of Cleveland. 57 Patent bearing date at Wejlminjler on the $d Day of AuguQ, in the zzd Year of his Reign, advance her to the Title of Baroneis bf Nonfucb in the County of Surry, as alfo to the Dignities of Countefs of Southampton, and Dutchefs of Cleveland^ to enjoy during her natural Life ; the Remainder to Charles Fitz- Roy, his iaid Majefty's Natural Son by her, and to the Heirs Male of his Body, and for lack of fuch Iflue to George Fitz-Roy, younger Brother to him the faid Charles. Which Charles was born in Weftminfter in June 1662 ; and having his Education in Oxford, became a Nobleman or Cannon- Commoner of.-.Ghri/t Church in that University. On the ift of 'April, 1673, he was Inftalled a Knight of the moft Noble Or- der of the Garter, bearing then the Title of Earl_of Southampton* as Heir to his Mother the Dutchefs of Cleveland. And {hewing a great Inclination to Honourable and Virtuous Deeds, was, for his future Encouragement to all Heroick Atchievements, advanced to the State and Degree of a Baron of this Realm, by the Titles of Baron of Newberry]faLS& Chichefler, and Duke of South- ampton, to him and the Heirs_Male of his Body ; and for want of fuch Iflue, to George hj$ younger Brother, and his HeirsMale, by Letters Patent bearing date the i oth of September, 1675, 27 Car.lL On the Death of his Mother the Dutchefs of Cleveland (who died at her Houfe at Ckifwick t in Com- Middle/ex, the 9th of Qftober, 1709) he fuceeeded as Duke .of Cleveland, &c. And on the Death of his Brother George itz-Roy 9 Duke of Northum- berland (who died at Epfom, m- the^^IT YeaY~ofJfiis ~Kjp 9 28 Junij, 1716) his Grace alfo fucceeded to the Office of Chief Butler of England. He took to his firft Wife Mary, Daughter and iple Heir of^ ir Henry Wood, fometime one of the derlKTofthe Spicery, in the Reign of KTing Charles^ and afterwards one of the Ojerlcs pf the Green- Cloth to King CharlejIL_e\dei' Brother ^o Dr. 'Thomas JVoad, Biihorj of Lpchfiela^a.nd Coventry ; which LadyTHed witrl- out^Ifliie, Anno Dom7 1 686, and wa^ buried in WeJlminfte.r^Aboy. .But in Michaelmas-Term k 1 685, he had al^tecree .&i Chancery for 3_o,oo o /._ againjl_ the^Bifhop ^f Litfhfield* ^as j>art Lady's fortune. Jj***i ***~< f.fr 'J S rlis Grace continued a Wjddwer 'till the Year 1694, when he married Anne, Daughter of Sir William Pultney, of Mifterton in the County of Leicejter, Kt. (fince wedded to Philip Southcote^ jEfq;) by whom he had Iflue three Sons and three Daughters, viz. William, now_JDuke of CleveJand^^^Southam^tony born the 1 9th of February,^i6<)l. Lord Charles Fitz-Roy, born the ijth. of February, 1697, and died July 31, 1723. Lord Henry Fitz~Rcy, born the lyth of ^f/? 5 1 7 OI > who deceafed in the Year 1708. k Journal 1685, M. S. fer frfgv Kif Latte t 5$ FIT z-R o Y, Duke of Cleveland. Lady Barbara. Lady Grace ; married to the Honourable /fcwry %*, Efq; elded Son to Gilbert, Lord Barnard. Lady y/w*t. C-./JJtf***: *4* f r>^ y her, as he (hall name, under the fame Limitation as the Grant by King Charles Vllth of France, Anno 142^ to Jqhn^ Stuart, Ancejlor to^ the aforefai3T3uke_of Richmond. Aubigny is. 'l& Town in Berry in /rg^ggjjfituate on__thg^ River Niere^ about ' two Miles ixottCConcreJJant^ in ^France, given, according to Pere Daniel*, to John Stuart the zd, on 24 Martii 1422^ to whom the County and EarTdohT of ~Eur/ux " was aficT granted in 142 6^ who was kille^atffie'Battle of \Hernings, Anno 1429. The FrencJffimgbyhis Grant, dated vkVerjaitfes in the Month of January, 1684, in the 4ift Year of his Reign, reciteth, *' That the Territory of Aubigny upon Niere in the Province of " Berry, having been given in the Year 1422^, by King Charles, * c VII. to John Stuart, in confideration of the great and recom- " inendable Services by him done in the Wars, andfbr default of " Heirs-Male, the fame had reverted to the Crown, Anno 167^2, *' by the Death of his CoufTn the Du^^of^r^w^^/He injig^ ** gard to the King of Great- Z?r/ tarn, nacTby ms Letfersnratents " dated in the Month of December, 1673, granted to the Lady * e Louife .Renee de Penencouet de )uerpuelle, Dutchefs of Portf- tt frrt f^-tr*-^ tftfa*Je**'**-t. Jr*fi.fe*rjfS**+'*>*+ir- n . , -.' '' mouth, tne laid^t erntory or Aubigny, with all Rights to the " fame belonging, for her Life, Remainder to fuch of the natural " Male Children as (he (hall have by the King of Great- Britain, " in Tail-Male, by the faid King to be named, Remainder to the " Crown of France. And whereas the faid King of Great-Brl- " tain had appointed Prince Charles Lenos, Duke of Richmond, " his Natural Son, Mafter of the Horfe, and Knight of the Gar- ^ ter, to fucceed the faid Dutchefs of Port/mouth, in the faid In- *' heritance ; he the faid King of France, being willing to annex * c to the faid Inheritance, a proper Title, and fuch as mould be " agreeable to the Illuftrious Birth of the faid Duke of Richmond ; *' and at the fame time to confer Honour on the faid Dutchefs of " Portfmouth, whofe Progenitors always held a confiderable Rank *' in the Province of Bntanny, as well in confideration of their " Birth, Services in the Army, as Alliance to ancient Families, * and otherwife. And alfb confidering the Revenue, and great * c Extent of the faid Territories, confuting of the Town of Au- *' bigny, two confiderable Caftles, many Parifhes and Fiefs, ex- *' tending eight^Leagues ; with the Privilege of reforting to the " Court and Parliament at Paris. Being likewife Miftrefs of the *' Waters, Forefts, Fairs, Markets, and all Places in the faid *' Territories : Therefore he unites, creates, and erects the faid i De la Milke, Franc. Vol, II, in Mgrtri Diaion, - . - V Town, (5o LENDS, Duke of Richmond. 64 Town, Territory, Caftellanry, and Caftle of Antignj, Fiefs ** and Lands, &c. into a Dutchy and Peerdom of France, with " all Pre-eminences and Prerogatives thereunto appertaining. To *' be enjoyed by the (aid Lady Louife Renee de Pencncouet de Que- " rouelle, Dutchefs of Port/mouth, during her Life ; and after her " Deceafe, by the faid Duke of Richmond, and the Heirs-Male of " his Body, in Name, Title, and Dignity, of Dukes of Auligny, ** and Pe.ers of France, with all Jurifdiclion, Rights, Honours, " Authority, &c. belonging; to the faid Dignity of Peers and 46 Dukes, and Sovereignty of the faid Dutchy, doing Homage to 4C the Crown of France" . ^ Which Cbarlfoa Duke of Richmond, was her onlj/Son by King Charles the Hd, who being prefent at his Baptifm, gave him the Sirname of Lenot, and his own Name Charles. He was born the _35^J^-2f^2_Jj-LZ^ an< J being of great Hopes, was in the third Year of his Age, created by his Royal E#^,'1Baronj>f Settring- 1ott, in the County of York, Earl ofMarcbe (a Title derived Irom the Marches of Wales) and Dnkejof^Ric^mondy in Yorkjhire ; by Letters Patents, bearing Date ^\.WefminJier,^Augu^,^i6j^, 27 Car. II. ijo'tfm t1 <>^ (Son of King Edward III. who caufed ^all his Chijdren A by his third Wife Catherine Swinford, Daughter of Sir Payn Roet, .alias Guyen, ^ King~of Arms, Widow o Swinford, Kt. to bejglled Beaufort from the Caftl in the County of ^^w,_th^_l^e_^Ltheir ^^tivityj Which came to the Houfe of Lancrifler^fi ^^^rr By the faid ~C~atherinehe had threejkirjs, ancTa - - -. who Was the fecond Vfi&'orRalph Nevill, the firft Earl of Weft- inorland', and of thd Sons, which were ^bn-^Henryja.^ Thomas* \ w Beaucjfampqf_^/etjhof, in the County of Bedford, Kt. (Sifter and ^ Heir to y^ her^Brother) an only Daughter Margaret, married to Edmund ofHadham* Earl of_ Richmond, eldeft Son of Qztwz ap MTnSetJTap Tudor, and Catherine of France^ Que_er> of England-* Dowager to King Henry V. and by him was Mothgr ,pLKing viL -=T ~"^ - fucceeded Edmund his next Brother, whojwas Earl of irt'A'brmg^v, and created Marquis of Dorfet, 24 Junii, Hen. VI. and in 24 /Zf. VI. Regent of Normandy, alfo in . VI. Duke of Somerjetyjiiid was flain in the Battle of St. n's, May 22, 1455. "He married Eleanor, fecond Daughter and Co-heir to Richard Reauchamp, Earl of Warwick, and by her had four Sons and five Daughters; of which, Eleanor the eldeft, was the fecond Wife of James^Butler, Earl of Ormond and Wilt/hire ; Joan the fecond, was firft married to the Lord of Hoath in Ireland, and fecondly, to Sir Richard Fry, Kt. Anne, the third, was married to Sir William Pa/Ion of the County of Norfolk, Kt. Margaret, the fourth, waV-fifft married to Humphrey Stafford, Earl of Stafford, and fecondly, to Sir Richard Darrel, Kt. by whom {he had a Daughter Margaret, married tojames T'ouchet, Lord Dudley, Anceftor to the prefent Earl of Cajllehaven ; and Elizabeth, the fifth Daughter, was married to Sir Henry Lewis, Kt. / x / Of thefjonsi of Edmund, DukeofSoxierfet, which were Henry, 4jf+~Edmwid, ^JobrijLnd Thoma.svufe eia^u ^j?ceeded his Father in the ' JDulcHdom ; but Tie liaving no lawful Iflue, tlie Honour devolved upon Edmund his next Brother ; but he dying withoutJ/Tue, as did ajjp John and Thomas* his next Brothers, we fhall now return to. Henry the gldeft^ -X Thisf^wy^Duke of Somerfet, and Knight of the Garter, bore the TTtle_of Earl of Mortein in his Father'i J^ife-time, and gained great SOME RSET-ScuD AMOR E, Duke of Beaufort. 67 great Honour in the French Wars. Among other Services he is remembered for his defperate AfTault of the Caftle of St. Anjou iri Mayenne, in 27 Hen. VI. in which he put to the Sword jodl Scotjj and hange.d all_the_jFrafc^ found therein. In 36 Hen. VI. he was conftituted Lieutenant and Governour of the 'Me ofWight* and Caftle of Care/broke, and the Year after made Governour of Calais; but being by King Henry VI. recalled into England, td fupply the Command of Duke Edmund his Father, who was (ag is faid before) flain in Behalf of that King in the Battle of St. Al^_ barfs, againft^jg/^gr^ Duke of York, was taken Prifoner at the Battle of Hexam, in the County of Northumberland, by "jobii Nevil, Marquis of Montacute, and there (on April 3,1 4.6 3* the. ^dofdwardl^L.) beheaded. for his Adherence to the Houfe of" leaving^Iflue^by^^J^^or, De la Montaign, art. 5 ? who affufned the Sirnajngo Somirjet. Which Charles being a Perfon of great Abilities; arrived fol very high Advancements, as well in Honour as Eftates. Li i Hen. VII. fo much did that prudent Prince difcern his Merits^ that he n conftituted, him one of his Privy Council ; and in z Hen, VII. being then a Knight , made him Conftable of Helm/lew- Cajlle, and the Year after p , Admiral of his Fleet at Sea ; in which' Poft he q continued in 4 Hen. VTJ. "Tn 6 Hen. VII. he was r fent Ambaflador with the Order of the Garter to the Emperor Maxi- milian. He was alfo, by the fame King his near Kinfman (for- the King'^^Iother, and Henjj^Y^K j>f Sofnerfet^lns Father, were Brothei^s_jChildren) created^ Banneret, elected Knight of the Garter, and made Captain of the Guards. In 17 Hen. VJL he * was fent Ambafiador to Maximilian, King of the Romans? and concluded tvfo Treaties, one dated at Antwerp, 1 9th of "June? 1 502, and the other the Day after ; at which time he gave Bond! for the Payment of zoooo/. to the Deputies of the faid King, in Aid againft the Turks, in Defence of the Chriftian Religion : And therein is ftiled Sj^Cbarles Somfjfet, Knight of the Garter, Chamberlain, and Captain of the Guard to the King of England, Which eminent Favours Were, doubtlels, the chjef Furtherance of. his Carriage with Elizabeth, Jhe fole Daughter and Heir Jo Herbert, Earl of Huntingdon* Lord Herbert of GQiuer : An^iTr]e^R7ghrhe''Bbf e the Title of ^ Lord Her- w hich Appellation he was l made Goverr^our of Payne-- and Montgomery- Caftle Jn Wales, and had u Summons to Parliament in the iltand^d of Hen.\JR. among the Baronsa by the Name of Charles Somerfet de. Herbert, Chevalier* \ - . T - ". ;' / i '~. . . "' *^~ _ f & Polyd. Virp. p". 567. r Ajhmolc'* Order' of tlie Garter, p. ^r.t Pat. a. H. VII. p, a. m. 5. , 4 Rymer's Feed. Tom. XIII. p- 8 and $, i Pat. 3; H. VII. p. I. in torf, t Pat. i$. H. VIL p. i. m. 16. 1 Pat, 4, Hi ^IJ, m, *. . u Clauf, d Ufd. Ann, in dorf. 68 SoMERSET-ScuDAMORE,Dw^c/ > Beaufort. Having been Lord- Chamberlain to King Henry VII. he was alfo in w the fame Office to King Henry VIII. at his firft Doming to the Crown, likewife one of his Privy-Council, and continued in his other Employments. In the 5th of this King, in his Ex- pedition into France, he x followedTiiirTthither with 6000 Foot, and was prefent at the taking of Therrciienne and Tourney, where meriting highly for his heroic Actions and exemplary. Vajpur, he y had the Office of Lord- Chamberlain beftowed on him for Life; and likewife, by reafon of his' noble Defcent, and near Alliance to the King in Blood z (as the Patent itfelf did then import) was on the Feftival of the Virgin Mary, the fame Year, advancedjp the Dignjty_of_Earl of Worcejter. And before the ericToT that Year, fie * FttendecTthe Lady Mary, the Queen's Sifter, on her Coronation at St. Dennis in France. He was afterwards employ- tJtsS$y the King (with the Bifhop "of Ely} for b confirming Articles <^ ,.j)f Peace between England and France ; and afterwards to mediate Peace between the Emperor and the King of France ; and 'conti- nued to_the_laft in great Favour with King Henry VIII. c By his Teftament, dated 21 Martij, Anno 1524, 15 Hen. VIII. bearing then the Title of ^^^Worcefler, Lord~Herbert of Gower and Chepflow, Lord-Chamberlain to theTCing, and Knight ofTie"mbTf~No61e Order of the Garter, he bequeathed his Body to be buried in the Church of our Lady and St. George, within the Caftle at Windfor, by his firft Wife, in his Chapel of our Lady, where her Tomb was then made, by the Confent and . ...-Agreement of the Dean and Canons of the fame Place, at fuch time as he founded a Prieft to fay Mais, daily and perpetually /? tnere t P/J2J' a y to God for his Soul, and for 'the Soul of Elizabeth ^Kis^^tWlfe, his own, her Friends, and Mothers Souls, and all other : Appointing, that in cafe he ftiould depart this Life in Lon- don, Kaihq^ or near the River of Thames, that his Body fhould be brought by Water to the faid Church of Wind/or, as privately as might be, without Pomp, or great Charge of Torches, or Cloath- ing, Hearfe, Wax, or great Dinner, but only for them that muft needs be had ; that is to fay, twenty Men of his own Servants, to bear every Man a Torch, and to have Cloathing ; and the Bier, v*.' or the Hearfe to be covered with black Cloth, and his Body un- -* ' der the fame, with a white Crofs upon it. k .,.. He likewife bequeathed ttfEle'anor his' Wife Tix hundred Marks- iia Plate ; to his Son Henry all hlTFlarnefs, Artillery, 'and Habil^- ments of War, except the liarnefs for his own Body, which he gave to his Son Georgej And to his Son Henry all his Robes of Eftate, and R~obes of Parliament, with his Mantle, Gown and Hood of the Order of the Garter. And departing this Life in 1 7 Hen. VIII. was buried in the before fpecified Chapel, where his Monument yet remaineth. w Herbert's Hift. of H. VIII. p. 3. a Herb, ut fupr. p. 52. X S'ewe's Ann. b Ih. p. 116. y Pat. 5 H. VJII. p., m. 30, e Ex Regitt. Forth, qu, Z SOME RSET-ScuD AMOR E, Duke of Beaufort. 69 To his firft Wife, he married d Elizabeth, ^Daughter jmd Heir (as_has been~faid_before) toJFjflt&n* -Ear] of Huntingdon, and by her had Iflue Henry, his Son and_Succeflgr ; and a Daughter called Elizabeth, married to Sir "fohn Savage of Clifton, in Com. Cejt.~^^ f Kt. Progenitor of the Earls River s:TQ IMS fecond Wife, Eliza- beth Daughter of Thomas, Lord La-War, by whom he had Iflue ^ Sir Charley Somerjet, Kt. Captain of the Tower of Ryfebank in x> the HaverT^f Calais, Sir George ^ Somerfet of Badnmndesfieldj in " ~ ^ Com. Suff". Kt. and Mary, married QjVttliam, Lord drey~<&f ' Wilton : By his third Wife, Eleanor', Daughter of Edioard, Lord Dudley, he had nojflue. ' f^nfj^hisSon ^and . Heir^fucceeded him ; who for his fignal /t vt '- Exploits performed in the Wars of France, during his Father's Life-time e , had been Knighted^ by the Duke of Suffolk ; and fhortly after his Father^sJDeath, was f appointed one of the Com- miffioners for concluding a Peace with the French. And depart- ing this Life g 26 Nov. 3. Edw. VL was buried at Ragland. He married h Elizabeth, Daughter to Sir Anthon_ Browne* Kt. Stan- dard-Bearer to Citing Henry^\[H. and by her had I flue four Sons ; firft, Wittiam ; fecond, Thomas, who died in the Tower_of Lon- don ; third, Sir Charles, Standard-Bearer to the Band of Penfioners in the Time of Qpen Elizabeth ; fourth, Francis, flain at Muf- felborougb-Yield, ift of Edw. VI. Alfo four Daughters; firft, 'Eleanor, married to Sir Edward Vaughan, Kt. ; fecond, Lucy, to 'John Nevil, Lord Latimer ; third, Anne, to Thomas Percy, Eafl of Northumberland; fourth, Jane, to Sir Edward Manfel, Kt. Anc'eftor to the Lord Manfel. Which (F//y/'<7^Jhijs_Son i . and. Heir, was inftalled Knight of the Garter ; and in 5 Edw. VI. he ' accompanied the Marquis of Northampton into France, to prefent that King with the Order of the Garter. In 1 6 Eliz. he was k fent into Scotland 'with a Font of pure Gold, for the Chriftning of a Daughter 'to 'James V. Kirig of that Realm, and to ftand in the Queen's ftead, as one of the Sureties. Z<^-?^-* >- /A~ fri&'L' /*/ // r & ert, who fucceeded his Father; third, Thonias, made Knight pf the Bath at the Creation "of Prince Charles, Duke of tyrj, and created, 8 ^g?__ 2 _^ggt ! ffifcount Somerfst of Cajfilm the County o{~*npperary in Ireland. The Preamble tolhe Patent" Incites, that he Kad performed many acceptable Services, both to the Kingjiimjelf, 'his JFather and Mother, efpeclally as a faithful Counsellor of his Father, and as MaBer of the Horfe. He mar- ried Eleanor, Daughter of David, Lord Barry, and Vifcount Boutevan of Ireland, Rel5 n Tif - , +f*^- t>*4~ I tt+ft*t t* j * for VVardlhips, ^Cuitoms, x Woods, or any our J&ignts an *< -ft * ff i* -*'*rf> f t^^*r \if*f+*-+\**^?lt PrfKn&T * Prcr^eatives; >Ve"5y thele obJkuiej3uiLSe]yes. our Heirs and l>*ar" f*&Z-~i~ i* *** * ** f l ^f'/f k ^ 1 ^ c j"\ i*/ 5 ** t -52TSfX:i . f /v bucctltors, to Confirm and make good the lame accordinglp', " And for Perfons of Generofity, forjwh^rnJTitle^_of_J[Jonour dejirable, We have entrufted you_ with feveral JPatent * c under our Great-Seal^ of England, from a Marquis to a Ba- -' r 92. f ' wn ' c h W^glve you full Power and Authority to date, "* and difpofe^f, without knowing our further Pleafure ; fb great " is our Truft and Confidence in you, as that, whatfoever you " do Contract for, or Promi(c.^We wULmake good the fame 44 accordingly, frorritne Date*of trusour ySrhmiffion forwards ; " which for the better Satisfaction, We give you leave to give " them, or any of them, Copies thereof, attefted under your ^*^^ /^^ Henry , Lard Herbert, who fucceeded him. eL Widow of Henry^ Lord Beauchamp* had I flue five Sons, and three Dau-kcrs, who farviving him, died in the tjih Vear of her Age, on the jth of January ; 1714. Henry* eldeft Son, died^yourjg. Secono^C^gr^jv,caljed at firft Lord Herbert, but after his Father wascreated^puke^ of Beaufort, ftiled Marquis of IVorcefter. Third, Edward^ who died^an Infant. Fourth, Another Henry, who alfo died young. And Arthur, fifth Son, who married An7, i6|j. ? was rnade~<2aptain of the Band of Penfioners in 171 o, and on i j December the fame Year, fworn of the Privy Council. The Titles and Offices he enjoyed, are thus fet forth, on the Depofitum on his Coffin at Badminton in Gloucejlerjhire, where he died, and was interred. The High, PuifTant and moft Noble PRINCE HENRY SOMERSET, .;.. -Duke of BE AUFORT, ... Marquis and Earl of WORCESTER, - Earl of G L A MO R G A N, Baron H E R B E R/T Lord of R A G L A N D, C H E P S T O W and G O W E R, Baron BEAUFORT ofCALDECOT- CASTLE, Lord-Lieutenant of the Counties of SOUTHAMPTON and GLOUCESTER, And C I T Y of B R I S T O L, And Cuftos Rptulprum, And Lord -Warden of New-Foreft, Captain of her Majefty's Honourable Band of Gentlemen Penfioners, And One of the Lords of her Majefty's moft Honourable Privy Council, And Knight of the moft Noble Order of the Garter, Died at B A D M I N T O N the 24th Day of May, 171^ In the 3othYearof his Age. His Grace married in 1702, to his firft^Wife, the Lady Mary ' only Daughter of 'Charles, "E.art'of por/et, "Sifter to pw 'Duke of Dor/et, who died in Childbed 18 leaving no Iflue^ He married to his lecpnd^Wife, Anno 1706, the Lady Rachel Noel, fecond Daughter and Co-heir tq IVrhthefely-Baptift Noel, Earl of Gamjborougb, by whom he had Iflue Henry, Marquis of Worcefter, born March 26, 1707 ; Lord John, who died as fbon as born, in 1708 ; and Lord' Charles Noel, born 12 September, 1700. j of whom me died in Childbed the next Day j who in July 1 7 3 o>_ was created Dr. of Laws^ in Acknowledgment of his diftinguilfhed Zieal fofTSg^tWO Unjverfi ties. His Lordmip is Reprefentative for A^pnMf^ in the prefent Parliament fummoned to meet at Weftmmjfer\ 13 June> 1734. and on the i ft of May 1 740, was married ...... Daughter of James Berkeley, of Stoke, in Gloucester Jhire, Efqj. His Grace on 14 Sept, 1711, married to his third .Wife the Lady Mary Ofborne, youngeft Daughter to Peregrine, Duke of but by her had no Iflue, Hsnry 76 SoMERSET-ScuDAMORE, Duke o/'Beaufort. Henry, his cldeft Son, now Duke of BtaufarL &c. after ac.- corhpliming himfelf by travelling through France and Italy, on the 28th of June, 1729, was married to_France/^on\y Child and Heir to Sir James Scudamore, of flaa^L^cy^ mthe (Trmnty of "tierefof^ Bart. ^Vjicourit Scudamaft pf^.fife/^ an y Berkeley, Sifter to the late arl of Berkeley ; by whom he had Iflue 3 Sons, Chambers, and Aubrey, now living, and Vere 9 who died an Infant.*""" 4. Lord Henry, born n Auguft, 1701, who diftinguifhed himfelf at the Siege of Gibraltar as a Volunteer under the Earl of Portmore, and is now a Colonel in the Firft Regiment of Foot- Guards. He married in Dec. 1738, Mar^ Sifter and H^'r of, Nevil, Lord Lovelace* by whom he haJa Son (reor'gt) \vW died an Infant. ~ J. Lord So BEAUCLERCK, Duke of St. Alban's. 5. Lord Sidney, born 27 Feb. 1702^ whom Richard T'opham of Windfor, Efq; made Heir to his Eftate, and is one of the Mem- frersof Parliament for" New tymdjo^'m Rerkjhire. In April 1740, hisLordftiip was declared Vice -CharnBeilain of the Houfhold to his Majefty, and fworn of his moft Honourable Privy- Council, 13 May following. On 9 Dec. 1736, he was married to Mary ; Daughter of Thomas Norris, of Speak, in Com. Pal. Lancajl. Efq; by whom he has Iflue one Son, named Topbam. 6. Lord George, born 26 Dec. 1704, Colonel of a Company in the Firft Regiment of Foot-Guards. 7. Lord James, born in 1709, who in February 173!, was made a Prebendary of Windfor, arid is Re&or of Hodnet in Shropjhire. 8. I/mLy/g^rtr, born in 171 1, who being alfo brought up in the Sea-Service, was made, in 1731, Captain of his Majefty's Ship the Ludlow-CaJlle \ and in 1736, was appointed Command- er of the Dolphin ', which Ship he alfo quitted in February, \ 7^, for the Command of the Weymouth. " Charles, now D\ike of St. Albarfs, during his being a Com- moner, was fifft el&6led a Member for the Borough of Eodmin^ on the-Deceafe of the Honourable Francis Rabartes^ Efq; in the firft Parliament called by our late Sovereign ; and in the Parlia- ment fummoned to meet on the loth of May, 1722, was chofen for the Borough of NewWmdfor. In the Year 1725, his Grace was one of thofe Lords, and Perfons of high Degree, who in Con- federation of their great Merits, Virtue, Prudence, Generofity; Valour and Loyalty, were chofen Knights Companions of the moft Honourable Order of the Bath. In 1 726, he fucceeded his Father in his Honours ; and on the 2 2d of February following, was appointed Lord- Lieutenant and Cuftos Rotulorum for the County of Berks ; as he was the 1 4th of Sept. 1727, in the firft Year of our prefent Sovereign ; and on tfce i ith ofOftober follow- ing, aflifting at his Rdajefty's Coronation, carried the Queen's Crown. In May, 1730, his Grace was made Governor of Wind- far-CaJlle, and Warden of the Foreft of IVindfor. ,-/ On the I3th of December, 1722, he married Lucy^ Daughter .nd | Co-heir of Sir.ffi.fa Woxdev^QJ J^olkporj. ir^erkfljire* Bart. wfiom he hath Tflue one Son George] , EarFof Eurford, born ne 25, I73oj'^nd on? Daughte'r ^zA^Dia^qj. TITLES.] Charles Eeauchrck, Dukeof St. 'Man's, Earl of Burford, and Baron of Heddington?Goviri\& of Windfor-CaJik, and Lord Warden of the Foreft of Windfor, High-Steward of that Borough, Lord-Lieutenant and Cuftos Rotulorum of the County of Berks, Hereditary R.egifter of the Court of Chancery. CREATIONS.] Baron of Heddington, and Earl of Burford^ vTCom.Oxdn; 27~Z>*\T^76, 28 Car. JI. and Duke of St. Ai- 'S) jnCom* Hertford, 10 Jan. 1683, 35^^. II. 3 ' BE AUCLERCK, Duke of St. Albans. 81 ARMS.] The Arms of Kins; Charles II. with a Baton Si- nifter, Gules, charged with three Rofes Argent,, Seeded and Barb- ed proper. C R E ST.] On a Chapeau Gules, turned up Ermine, a Lion paflant, guardant, Or, Crowned with a Ducal Coronet, Party per Pale Argent, and Gules, and Gorged with a Collar, Gules, charged with three Rofes Argent, Seeded and Barbed, proper. SUPPORTERS.] On the Dexter-Side, an Antelope Argent,* Armed and Unguled, Or ; on the Sinifter, a, Grey-Hound Ar- gent, Gorged and Unguled, as the other. . O. AUSPICIUM MELIORIS JE.VI. X. POWLETT, Duke of Bolton. THIS Name, according to ancient Cuftom, has been variously wrote, as Paulet, P owlet, Pawlet, &c. Her cute s, Lord of* Tournon in Picardy % came into England with Jeffery Plantaginety, Earl of Anj 'ou, ^ third Son of King ffenrgJI. ana naving, among * other PoJTefiions, the Lordfhip of Paulet in Somerfet/hire, waS wrote of that Place, and his Po$erity retained the Name. And his Son, William defaulet^ refiding ut Leigh in Devon/hire b , gave to it the Denonination of Leigh- Paulet, and dying in 27 Hen. III. i 242, was fucceeded by IvlUiam his Son and Heir, who was alfo wrote of Leigh- Pan/et, and died in 10 Edw. I. i 28 r, leaving Iflue Walter Paulet of Rode in Com. SomerfeP, who died in 8 Edw. II. 1314, and was fucceeded by J_obn 2 his Son and Heir. Which John had the Honour of TCnighthood conferred on him, and died in 30 Edw. III. 135?, having made an Addjtipn to his Eftate by Marriage with Elizabeth^ Daughter and Heir of Thomas Reyney ofRowd 'mJfFihjhire^ and Sbtrftsn In Somerjet/kire. She f was,fuch .gC^conpderable-Heire'fP, tFat^ir jfohn Paulet her Son,* t iealed'wifh^h'e'Arms of Reyney in 15 Rich. II. In 4 R. II. he was in that Expedition under the Earl of Buck- ingham d , in Aid of the Duke of Britanny againft the French^ and . had the Honour of Knighthood -conferred on him in the Camp- before St. Omers ; and afterwards the fame Honour was conferr'd * on his Son, Sir Thomas Paulet % when the Army the fame Year came hjsfore Trois. This Sir JohnPauht married EHzabeth^Dm^hter and Heir of, >f 'f William Creedy^^Crcedy^jn Gom.*.Bevon. and left fffue tWorf ^Sons, Sir Thomas Paukt^ frorn^rHonirthe-prefent Earl Paulet ia ' /V t defcended*,fend- William ; alfo a DaughteT23S^, Wife " ' Popham, Efq;. Which William Paulet, fecond Son_pf S Paulet, being called to~the Degree of_Sjrjrant_atJLaw_ \ r *~ . . . a Ex Colled. T. Miller & Stebhtng, c M. 8. in Bib 1 . IW. pr.td. Semen. Fecial. d Hol/injfal Cbroa. Vol. II. p. 426. b M. S.ce Faasi'. Nob. in BLI. Z.j;/. c 1U4, was $2 POWLETT, Duke of Bolton. was wrote of Melcomb-JPaulct in Somwjetjlnre. And departing this Life p&ty^tyg^u&fl H35 M &# VI. had Sepulture by Eleanor his vVife, wno died in i Hen. V. 141 }, and was bu- ried at Melcomb-Paulft. She was Daughter of John de la Mere of Noncy-Cajlle, and Ftjhertm de la Mere, in Com. Wilts, and Sifter f and .Heir,, ty> >yt_ f .Elias^de la Mere of the fame Places. , Whereunto fucceteded^bii ^^w Paulet their Son and Heir. * WjiichJ^Jjfj^^df added greatly to his Effate by' Marriage I with Conftance, iecond Daughter and Co-heir of Hugh, only Son ,^ pr * r / and Heif^oFSir Thomas Poynings, Lord St. '/g^/z of Bajinz, who died in the LTfe^tTme of his Father, In 5 TJenTVT. And SjrTJjte, tm^_Po^ings,LordSt.Jfobn, dying g on the 7th of March, in 7 J&K. 'Vl. the faid^Cofl/fottfi was found tq^ be one of his Co-heirs, and then of the Age of 20^ Years. And in 8 HT^JI^^John Paulet had h Livery of that Puroary of thofe Lands which were of the Inheritance of the faidJ^ow^w^Jiis^Wjfe, and by her left Ifliie 'John. _ W 5^^'// ?tt?*$ Herriard, % left Iflue twdDaughters, his Coheirs ; Lucia, married to Sir 'Tho mas ^ervoisof ChiSnarJh, in Com. Sa!oJ> Knight, and Ance*Sbr to Tloomas^ewoh c^fKrriard^ Eftjj now living : Anne, the other Daughter, ^ying witltouFTflue. i And the (aid Sir "John, b^ his -iecpnd Wife Barbara, Daughter of Sir 'John Hambderti Kt. had ' ir Hambden Paulet, of Nether -Wallop, whofe onlyDaughter * Q^bjfh,^* 1 ^ WHe pf Francis Doufe of Collingbourn, in Com. 7ffilts^T$$> and Jn_Rjght of his Wife of Wallop aforefaid : After- wards Knighted, and Sheriff of the County of Southampton, 4 Car.I. f Ciauf. g H. VI. m. 2. ' h Rot Fin. 8 H. VI. m. 18. % Efc. 7 H. VI. n. 69. j PoJyd. Vkg. p. 600.. 2 Po w L E T T, Duke of Bolton. 83 liam^ his eldeft Son and Heir, being a Perfon Angularly ao complSlhed with Learning, and excellent Parts, arrived bv fundry fteps to feveral Degrees of high Advancement, both in Honours and Eftate ft . For in 24 Hen. VIII. (being then a Knight) he was Comptroller of the King's Hflufhold; and in 25 Hen, VIII* 1 was lent with the Duke of Norfolk, to attend King Francis the Firft of France, Unto his intended Interview with the Pope at Marfeilles. In 29 Hen. VIII. m he was made Treafurer of the King's Hour- hold ; and the next enfuing Year, by Letters Patent, bearing Date 9 Martij, advanced to the Dignity of a Baron of this Realm n by the title of LordjJfc. John of 'a/mg~ And in 3* H. VIlI..< having Sunimons to Parliament, he took his Place there on the 2%ti\ of jfyri!: . In 3 2 Hen. VIII. p he was made Maftej^^the_Wards, which. Office was confirmed to him in 14 Hen. VIII. i with t*e Fee of 200 /. per Annum, he being^the firft^on whom jtw2s__befto wed, after the JEftablifhment of that Court by Authority of Parliament ; an5 the Year following, was inflalled ICmght of the moft Noble Order of the Garter/. In 36 Hen. VIII. he accompanied that King at the taking of Belogne, and was one of the King's Executors, and one of the Council to Prince Edward, afterwards King Edwar&Vl. in the firft of whofe Reign s , he had the Cuftody of the GreafSeal (being then Lord Great-Mafter of the Houfhold) 'till the" 3oth*of Nov. that the Lord Rich was made Lorfl ^Chancellor. In t 3 Ed. VI. on the" rgth of Jan. 1549, he was createdjEarj of ffiiltjhire; in the fourth u , madeLordfligh-Treafurer of Eng-* Tand; and x on i 2 Ottober, 1551, in the jiftrTcreated Marquis of y Winchejler ; in which Year he alfo fat as v Loru High-Steward upon the Trial of Edward Seymour, Jduke ofJSomerfet. By his Councils 'twas in a great Meafure, that the Duke of /, Northumberland's Defign in fetting the .Lady .J.ane'Grey on the T>I_ "" j~r" i5Si^^W'*'p'* t 4/J*****i T-T 1 hrone was prevented ; for whiclf the Queens, Mary and Lhza^ beth, continued nim In the Treafurer^s^ffice, which he enjoyed for 30 Yjears; and being aflced, how he preferved himfelf in that Place through t fb many Changes of- Government? He anfwered, By being aJVillow, and not an Oak, He built the beautiful and magmficentjeat called Bajing'm tha County of SouthamptoJt-^nS living 'till he had fully accomplifh'd the Age of ninety and feven Years, faw i o 3 Perfbn^ that were * O ^U^J- ^hto> -^^*r -rt n^ --* Jfc "T 1 '^^ ' ' ! ^.MII i .. defc^nded from him, as Camden, in his Hift. of Queen Elizabeth ~k Pat. 24* H. VI II. p. 2. r Anftift Regift. 1 He- 6m Hift. H. VIII p. 354. ' s Pat. i E. VI. p. 4. m Ibid. p. 410. t Pat. 3 E. VI. p. 7. n Pat. 30 H. VIII. p. 4. i. u u P. 4 E. VI p. ^. o Journal of Parl. X Pat 5 E. VI. p. 4.. p Pat. 32 H. VIII. p. 8. y %'*Ws Hift. , VI, p. 6 and 7. 4 Pat. 34 a, VIII. p. a, 84 POWLETT, Duke of Bolton. has obferv'd -, and that he died in his Place of Lord High-Trea&per of England, at Eafing atbrcfaid, 10 March, 1572. His fecqnd_Wife was Winifride, Widow of Sir Richard Sack- uille, K"t7 by whom he had ijp Iflug;; but by his firfVWife Eli- zabeth, Daughter to Sir William Capcl, Kt. Ancefior to the pre- fent Earl of Ejjex, he had four Sons and fourTjaughters, of which the Lady Alice was married to Richard Stcivell of Cotherflon, in Com. Somerf. Efq; Margaret, to Sir William Berkeley, Kt. Mar- gery, to Richard Waller of Oldjloke, Eiq; and Eleanor, to Sir Richard Peckfall, Kt. The Sons were John^ commonly called ' Lord St. 'John, the Lord Tjwmas_Pot/Jt>f QoJJington, in the 4 ' * f\ "T ~ " - - - Daughter iounty of Somerfet^ who married J^rffiDaughtcr and Co-heir to Thomas Mflvr of Mefojh in die County of Dorjel* Efq; the *Lord dfoedeo* Poulet oiWade, in the County of Southampton, i made Governour z of the Town and Caftle of Portfmouth, in the J Reign of Queen Mary, and was a continued in the fame Poft by Queen Elizabeth. He married Ame, Daughter of Sir Thomas. White of South- Warnbourne, in Com. Southamp. Kt. by whom he had Iffue William Poukt of Wade, E(q; who married Dowfabel, Daughter of James Paget, E(q; and the fa id LOK! Chideok by his zd Wife, Daughter of Edmund Knevit of Ejfex* Efq; had Idiie 'Tb'omas Poulet of that County, Efq;. The 4th Son, Lord Giles Poulet, was Anceftor to Bernard Pott let, Efq; whofe Daughter and Heir Elizabeth, was married to Thomas Holbeech^of Filorrgly, ! in fcom. Jfarwick, Efq; whofe Heir by her ? Marj^ was married , to Edward, Lord Leigh of Stoneley. ^ T*he eldcft Son Tgfegjt Lord St. Tolm, was fummon'd to Parlia- meht in the Life-time^?rhk_Father, as Lord St. John **, and by that Title was one of- the Peers who in the I5th of Eliz. fat on the Trial of Tbamas Howard, Duke of Norfolk. And c by his laft Will, bearing Date in 18 Eliz. ordered his Body to be buried % in the ParUh- Church of Bafing, in the Sepulchre there ordained by his-Fathtc for-himfe'lfand Jfj^Pofterity ; appointing a thoufand Pounds to be beftowed on the Charge of his Funeral. And de- parting d this Life at Cbelfea, in Com. Midd. 4 Nov. An. 1^76, i 3 Eliz. was accordingly buried at Bafing. He married Elizabeth, ^ne_'_oiftKe Daughters jind Co-heirs to Robert Willouzhby, Lord Broo^znd by her had four Sons an JTwo .s' ^ "Daughters; Mary, married to Henry, Lord Cromwell, Baron of 4, t Oakham ; and Elizabeth, firft to Sir William Courtney of Powder- '?- bum-CaJlle, in Com. 'Devon. Kt. and afterwards to Sir Henry Oughtred, Kt. Of the Sons, which were William^ George, Richard, and Th<^- <. mas; the fecond was knighted, and was ftyled of Crundal, in Com. Hants', and the eldeft fucceeded him in the Title of Win- t, Pat. I Mary p. n. c Regiit Daiightry.qu 48 a Pat. i Elix p. 9. d Ex Collet St. Leo Knivcton, Arm. fc Canuttn's Annals of Qneen /;*. Po w L E T T, Duke qfEohon. 85 defter, &c. Which William, Marquis of Winchejler, in his Fa- ther's Life-time* was fummoned to Parliament in i 7 jE7/z. by the Title of Lord St.JJoJm of Baf.ng. And departing this Life e 24 Nov. An. 1598, 41 .7/2;. was buried at Bafmg. He took to Wife Anne, Daughter of William, Lord Ho^vard of Effingham^ by whom he had IfTue Wjttiam Pvwlct\\\$ Sonjand Heir, and two , Daughters ; Anne^ married to Sir Thomas Dennis, Kt. and Caih~e^ rine, to Sir Giles Wroughton, Kt. ^William, who fucceeded, having married Lucy, Daughter to Sir Thomas Cecil, Earl of Exeter, bv her had fix Sons, tyiljiamj^ , Thomas, "John, Henry, Charles, and Ed-ward ' y of which, Wil- liam married Mary, Daughter to Anthony Brown, Vifcount Man- tacute, ut died in his Father's Life-time without Ifl'ue ; and Thomas^ tne fecond Son, dying unmarried, Johnjhe third became Heir, jind on the 4th of February, 1628, lucceeded his Father. But of the other three Sons only Henry left IfTue. Which Henry Powlett had Iflue Francis Powlett of Annep6rt\ in Com. Southamp. Efq; who married Elizabeth, Daughter of Sir Pochard Norton, and Heir of Sir yohn Norton of Rotherfield, in Com. Southamp. Bart, and by her had IfTue Norton Powlett of Rotherfield, Ffq; now liv- ing, who by "Jane his Wife, Daughter of Sir Charles Morley of Droxford, in Com. Southamp. hath Iflue eight Sons and three Daughters. I now* return to 'John, Marquis of Winchejler, eldeft fory lying Son of William. H~e was one of thofe Noblemen who ftood firm to iFCing Charles I. and made a Garrifbn for his Majefty of his fine Seat at Baftng, which endured a two Years Sie^e, from Auguft^ ^64^3, toOhoberiSjj. During which time, having; with him feveral brave Officers, he made fb many vigilant and dextrous Sal- lies, that he killed great Numbers of the Enemy; but being re- folved to maintain it to the laft, his Houfe was taken by Storm with himfglf.in.it, and about 400 Peribns. He was^ true a Loyalift, that he caufed to be written in every Window of it with a Diamond Aimez Loyaulte, i. e. Love Loyalty ; which fo provok- ed the Enemy, *that theyliurnt this noble Seat* to the Ground, having found in it Money, Jewels, and Houfhold Stuff, to the Value of 200,ooo x /. Among which was a rich Bed worth 1 4,000 /. A particular Journal of" this Siege was printed at Oxford^ Annt Dom.^i6^. He had afterwards the "Satisfaction 'of feeing 'the Reftauration of the Royal Family ; and dying Primier Marquis of England, in the Year 1674, was buried at EnglefielcT, in Com. "Berks, where a neat Monument is erected to his Memory, of black and white Marble, and in a Compartment, this lofcriptidn in Gold Roman Letters. He who in impious times untainted ftood, And 'midft Rebellion durft 'be juft and good ; > * m F. F . in OtTic. Arm. f. 625. G 3 .Whofe 86 POWLETT, Duke of Bolton. Whofe Arms aflerted, and whofe Sufferings more, Confirm'd the Caufe for which he fought before, . Refts here rewarded by' an Heavenly IPriijce^'" For what his earthly could not recompence. Pray, Reader, that fuch Times no more appear, Or if they happen, learn true Honour here. Ark of his Age's Faith and Loyalty, Which (to preferve them) Heaven confin'd in thee : Few SubjecTts could a King like thine deferve, And fewer fuch a King fo well could ferve. Bleft King, bleft Subject, whofe exalted State By Sufferings rofe, and gave the Law to Fate : Such Souls are rare, but mighty Patterns given To Earth, were.meant^r Ornaments to Heaven. O t /j~ ,, y- ,//By "John Dry den, Poet-Laureat Allb m a ^pompa/tment underjaeath, is this : Tne Lady 'Morghionejje Dowager in (Teftimony of her Love and Sorrow) gave this Monument to the Memory of a moft af- fectionate tender Hufband. And on a Marble Stone on the Ground, at the Foot of the faid Monument, is this Infcription, in Roman Capitals. Here lieth interred the Body of the moft Noble and Mighty Prince, John Pcu;let, Marquis of Winchefter, Earl of Wilt- . fore. Baron of St. John of Bo/ing, firft Marquis of England: A Man of exemplary Piety towards God, and of inviolable Fidelity towards his Sove- reign : In whofe Cauie he fortified his Houfe of Bo/ing^ and defended it againft the Rebels, to the laft Extremity. He married thre& Wives ; the firft was Jane, Daughter of T'honias, Vifcount Savage. And of Elizabeth his Wife, Daughter and Co- heir of ThomajJDarce^ Ear]__-gm?rf, by whom he had I due Charles,^ now. Marquis^of^ ^ ^^ Jler. Sis econd Wife was Hcnora, Daugl^ter of RjchardJBurgb.^ Earl of St.^Albans^ and Glanric? card) and of Frances his Wife, Daughter and Heir_o_Sir Frqnci^WfaJJingham, Kt. and Principal Secretary of State to Queen Elizabeth, by whom he had IfTue four_Sons and three Daugh- ters. His lafVWife (who furvived him) was Ifa- S~ Mia, Daughter of mam, Vifcount Stafford, iccojid^on of Thomas Howard, Earl of Arun- Jel and Surrey, Earl-Marfhal of England', fl And of Mary his Wife, Sifter ^nd foW Heir of Henry, Lord Stajferd,^ Avfib was the Heir- Male oTlnejnoft Hjghj Mighty, and moft Noble Prince Edward, Sjff/ord^J^ Dukepf Bucking bam, P o w L E T T, Duke ofBoltyn. 87 fi bam, of that moft illuftrious Name and Family, ''by whom he had nqjflue. He died in the 77th ]' Year of his Age, on the 5th of March, in the Year of our Lord, 1 674.^ By Edward Walker, Garter King of Arms. Of his four Sons and three Daughters by his fecond Lady (who died on the loth of March, 166 1 , aged 5 1 Years, 6 Months, and 19 Days, and was buried at Engkfield) only two of the Sons lived to Maturity, viz. John, Lord Pawlet, who departing this Life the zd of June, 1660, aged 22 Years, 4 Months, and I 8 Days, lies buried at Englefield, and the Ix>rd Francis Pawlet^ his Brother and Heir, left Iflue an_onIyJDaughter_a_nd Heir. .'. . married to the Revd. Mr. Nathan_Wright, fecond Son to_Sir Na- tharTU^right, Lord- Keeper of jhejQreat Seal of England, who hacf IfTue" by ~Eer ^bree_Sons, and aJDaughter, whereof Pawlet Wright, Efq; the eldeft Son, now inherits tTie Seat and' Eftate at Englefield. The three Daughters were, the Lady Frances, mar- Tied to Lewis de Ricardie of the Kingdom of France ; the Lady Anne, to 'John Lord Bellafyfe, and the Lady Honora, who died - unmarried on the 25th of December, 1660, aged 21 Years, 5 Months, and 6 Days. Charley JVIarquisof Winchefter, the eldeft Son of the faid John Marquis of Winchefter, was by King WiUiam_created Duke of JSolton, 9 April, 1689, i W. and M. and died on Feb. 26^169%, at Anneport near Bafing-ftoke, in Com. Southampton. He married to his firft Wife. Chnjiian, eldeft Daughter to John Frecheville of Stavely, in the County of Derly, Efq; afterwards created Lord Frecbeville, by whom he had an only Son jiamed John, who died L/. inhisTnfancy ; but by his^fecond Wife, who was Mary, one of the natural Daughters of Emanuel Scroop, Earl of Sunderland, and Lord Scroop of Ballon, and Widow of Henry, fecond Son to Henry Carey ^ Earl oyf Monmouth, he had two Sons, CbarJes^Jris^ Succeflbr, and ttfl/tfin; and three IDau^hters, g^wfuchLady **Jane the eldeft, w^s married to John tigerton,' Earl >6r Brjdgc- water ; Lady Mary died unmarried ; and Lady Elizabeth was married to Toby Jenkins of Grwjfon, in the County of 3Wj E% William the youngeft Son, ftiled Lord William Pawlet, in 1715, : i ft of Georg'eT. was appointed a Teller oThis Majefty's Exchequer-, being likewile a Member in feverafTarl laments for the City of Winchefler, in the County of Southampton. He died on the 2 5th of September, 17" 2 9* in the 6*-?d Year of his Age. Having mar r ried to his firft Wife, the^ Lady Louifa tU Moty/fuJlon* only _ Daughter to the Mgrjjuis of Monpouilon in Holla^d^ who was a ^5uhgerSc& to tfe Efuke*^ la force in France ; he by her had two^ %nsand two Daughters; and by his fecond Wife, Anne^ DaugHteT and Co-heir* ^Randolph Eyerton of Betely, in the County of ^Staf- _f , *T. j , WtSHfTf* ~ r & - " V , .- y A , i rr y . JA-^j Efq; (who died/in A^v. 1737) had a Daughter namad Henri- Mtf. G ~ '~QF / Bolton - Of .-the JDaughters by his firft Wife, Mary, tbe eldeft was mar- ried to Rickard Parfons, Earl of Rofs, in the Kingdom of Ire- land; and 7 eldeft Son to Charles, Earl of Peterborough and Monmouth. His^Sons are Charlej, the prefeatJDukeof_^//tf, and the Lord i / Harry3>awlei, lealed ^E'df'ngtan in Wilijhire, who on the 2 8th of Feb. 1720, was appointed one or the Gentlemen of the Bedchamber to his Royal Highnefs Frederick, Prince of Wales, and is now Mem- i'ber of Parliament for the County of Southampton, and one of the Lords Commiffioners of the Admiralty. He married Catherine^ Daughter of Charles Parry,ofOakjield\nBerkfhtre,TLfndon, and in the 25th, ?<<.?/> Lordjilayor. He was Knighted at Wefiminfter, Feb. 2, 15 84, f /^ and in 28 Eliz. * ferved in Parliament as one of the Menibers of the Citv_of London. He died in the Year 1591, having married"' ^ww^,"T5aughter and Heir to Sir William- tlewit* alfo Lord ik t * "^T* T** \' f *-S jCf/* Thomas, *. 92 OSBORNE, JD#& /* Leeds. T'homaS) Lord Viicount Wentwortb t was made Lord Prefident of of the North, Sir Edward Ojoorne was made Vice-Prefident of the Council to King Charles I. for the North of England, and was LieutenanJt-General of the Forces raifed in his Defence in that Part of the Country, upon the firft breaking out of the Grand Rebellion in 1 6^1^ He married firft Margaret^ eldeft Daugh- ter of Thomas^ Vifcount Fakonberg, by whom he had a Son Ed- ward-, who died in his Infancy ; and focondly, Anne^ Daughter to 'Thomas Walmjley, of Dunkelhalgh, in the County of Lan- cafter, Efq; (by Eleanor his Wifej_Daughter and Co-heir to Tobn ^^^^f^^^jj 11 tne County of Wilts, by Ellza- 2$Tifs^W i Fe,~ youngeft Daughter of John Nevil, Lord Latimer, '* 'smd X)o-heir to her Brother c john^ Lord Lattmer^ who died wfthout Iflue)~by r ~wh'dm he left Iftue Sir 'Thomas Ofborne, his Son and Succeflbr. This Sir Thomas faithfully adhering to the Royal Intereft, and, co-operating with many others, in order to the happy Refloration of King Charles II. was afterwards by that King made Treafu rer of the Navy in the Year i6j and on the 3d of May^ 1672, one of "the Privy-Qmncil. The next Year, June 19, 1673, he was conftitutSTLord High-Treafurer of England', and his Majefty, as a farther Teftimony of his moft gracious Efteem, by Letters Patent bearing date the ijth of Auguft, 25 Car. II. ad- Yit vanced him to thl Degree of a Baron of this Realm, by the Title of Baron o^Kheton^ in ComTEbor. "and Vifcount Latimef^ . ^ arid to hisT3^sJ0are7~Alfb by 'other tetters' Patent, 27 Juni) the f Yea.r followjng,* was further advanced to the Dignity and Title of 1'j f J* tarl of Danby ; likewife Vifc. of Dwnblaine in Scotland? 27 Car. II. On the 2iftof April) 1677, having been elected a Knight of j) - Ahe moft noble Order of the Garter, he was inftalled the 29th of the fame Month; but in 1679^ when he .enjoyed the higheft Marks of his Majefty*s Favour, he v/as Impeached by the" Hoiife of Commons, of which our Hiftonans giv^.an Account. ' . He was in Favour with the Prince^ of^Orange, being the prin- cipal Inftrument (as owned by King William himfelf ) in pro- Curing that prudent Match between him and 'the Princels^ Mary : He concerted with the late Duke of Devon, the Revolution : And, on the Landing of the Prince of Orange, fecured the City of Tork y f and declared for a free Parliament. He was Chairman of the Committee of the whole Houfe of Peers, when it was refolved that the Throne being vacant, it ought to be 'filled by*. a_Kiog, and made an excellent Speech to prove the Reafonablenels of fupplying it with their Royal High- nefles the Prince and Princefs of Orange ; who therefore, on their happy Accefllon, conftitutecThimLord-Prefident of the Council, ; ,V. as alfo on 22 March d , one of the Commiflioners for hearing and e Ped : grees, from Records, M. S. m d Pat. I W. & M. Bib!. Job. Vice Com. Perciva/. determining O s B o R N E, Duke of Leeds. 93 determining the Claims due on their Coronation ; and on April 20, } ( .16.89^ advanced him to the Title of Marquis of Caermarthzn ; ' on 4 May, 1 694, created him Duke of Leeds, He was in that Reign, Lord-Lieutenant "oT the Eaft, Weft, and North-Ridings in the County of York, of the City of York, and County of the fame ; as alfo Cuftcs Rotulorum for the Eaft-Riciing; of YorkJKre^ and the Liberties of Rjpon and Caivood, in the faid County ; and Governour of his Majefty's Town and Fortrefs of Kingjlon upon Hull. He lived to a very advanced Age, in which, by a regular Courfe of Life, he preferved a wonderful Vigour of Mind and Body to the laft. He was a good Judge of Men, and left a great Fortune, raifed more by good CEcpnomy, than by the Places he heIoV~wherein he was a ftricl: Obferver of Juftice, and was alfo an able Statefman. He died in the JhJVYearLof his. Age, July 2 ^ IZHx af Eajfon, in the County of Northampton (the Seat of his Grandion, thejTo_wJiarl_of_ Ppmfret) being on his Journey to his Seat inTcrkfi're. //.>/- // / He married the Lady Bridget, fecond Daughter (by the firft Wife) of MontagiTBertie, Earl of Lindfsy, Lord Great-Cham- berlain of England, and by her had three Sons, Edward, Thomas^ % and Peregrine, and fix Daughters, whereof" Lady Elizabeth died unmarried ; Anne, the fecond, was married to Robert Coke of Holkham, in the County of Norfolk, Efq; Anceftor to the prefent Lord Love I ; and fecondly, to Horatio J^alpqle, Eiq; and d{ed jon the <;tfi ' oS Auguft, 1722,3^^4; Bridget the third, firft to Charles Fitz-Charles, Earl of Plymouth, natural Sonof^King Charles II. by Mrs. Catherine Peg, (TJIughter of Thomas Peg, . of Yelderfley, in the County of Derby, E(q;) but by him, who died on the 1-? th of Ofiober, i '6 So, "at "Tangier, (he ha^ijo Iflue ; and fecondlr, to Dr. Philifrjjjfi, Bifhop of Hereford ; Catherine, to James Herbert, a younger Son of Philip, ^Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery ; Martha, to Charles, Son and Heir to John % Earl of Bath ; and the Lady Sophia, the youngeft, firft to foonatuf, Lord O-Brien, Grandfon and Heir to Henry, Earl of Thomondj and afterwards to William Farmer, Lord Lempfter, and died in 1 688. Hjg eldeft ^on, Edward, Lord Latimer, was one of the Gentlemen of the Bedchamber to jCing Charles II. He married Elizabeth^ eldeft Daughter to 57tfz0 Bennet, of Beechampton, in Com. Bucks y Efq; by whom he had two Sons, who died young, and depart- ing this Life without other Iffue ; and Thomas, his Brother, dying before him in his Infancy, Peregrine, the youngeft Son^ fucceeded " r Jjis Father in his Honours. T?h\._Peregrme, Duke of Leeds, was in his Father's Life- time created, Vifcount Dumblaine in Scotland, on the Surrender of his Father's Patent ; and on the I4th of March, 160.0, the zd of JPilliam and Alary, he was fummoned to Parliament" by the Title of Lord OJborne of Kiveton ; and having experienced him- felf in maritime Affairs, and commanding in feveral Expeditions at 94 OSBORNE, Duke of Leeds. at Sea, was on many Occafions diftinguifhed for his gallant Be- haviour, efpecially in the unfortunate Expedition at Cameret) where his Conduit and Bravery were very remarkable. * - - t'' /. * J In 1697, he was made Rear- Admiral of the Red Squadron of his Majefty's Royal Navy, and Colonel of the firft Regiment of Marines ; after which he was conftituted Vice- Admiral of the Whie ; and on the iith of March, 1703, was promoted to Vice- Admiral of the Red, and died June 25, 1729, in the 7 ill Year of his Age. He married Bridget* only Daughter and Heir to Sir Thomas ~ /ffi^ f. Co, Bedf, y Gidivin, p. 15^ 1 Htlimfit p. 8 74.. 98 RUSSEL, Duke of Bedford. 8th of November: And the King taking into Confidcration his great Merits and Accomplifhments, he was on the Qth of March, __ fupport conferred on him, the King took the firft Opportunity to augment his Fortune. In 1 540, the j i ft of his Reign, on that Diflblution f the_gjreater_Monafl^ries, ne obtained a Grant a to himfelf, and Annje his Wife, and the Heirs of their Bodies lawfully begotten, of the whole Scite and Circuit of the rich Abby of 'favejlock, in the County of Devon, as alfb of the Borough and Town of Tave- jfack, and of theManours of Hundewyke, McreweU, and More- welham, Milton^Abbo^ alias Milt crpLegh,]Lamer ton, Hole^Rzgn- tor, Wyke-Dabernon, Peterjlavye, Ottrew, alias Otterye, J^ r hjt- \ibnrcb and Nci^im, v.'ith tnc Hundred <>f H:iudc:v\!:^ o then wife an ci^im, c.illed the Hundred r>f T'cwefi^ck : as ;!(<> the Rcvtory and Vicarage likcwife the Manpur of Antony in the ; County of j Cornwall* and the Borough nf fttxhurv, with the Manours Denbury, Plymjloke, Worryngton, Coivyke, Enwyke, Older idge, Cavelinch, tVhimple, Wood-MarJhton, Cbriftenjlozu, Borington, and Cornwede, aij^in the County of Devon, and be- longing to the fame diflblved Monaftery of Tavejiockj H&4wd likewife diverfe other Lands giverThim in the Counties of Devon, Somerfct and Bucks; among b which was the Manour of Abbots- Ajhn, in the County of Bucks, belonging to the diflblved Abbey of St. Albany, in the County of Hertford. Besides this vaft Augmentation in Land^, he bore feveral great '"'" Offices In ' tfiaFKIng's Reign ; c as, ift, Lord Warden of the Stan- narjes in the Counties of Devon and Cormvall; and in the 32cTof Henry V r III. was d conftituted Lord Admiral of England and In- land, being the Year before e admitted into the moft noble Order bfjhe Garjer, on the 23d of April, with Sir Thomas Cheyney, and Sir William King/Ion. He f was in Nomination for Knight of the Garter in 1 9 Hen. VIII. and in feveral other Chapters of the Order, till he was chofen. His Royal Mafter Wifely 'difcern- ing there were no Employments at home or abroad, in Court or Camp, by Sea or Land, that he was not fitly qualified for ; and his Majefty having thought it expedient to eftablifti a Council, in and for the 'better Goverijment of the Weftern Parts of the King- dom, his Lordfhip was made Prefulent of the Counties of Devon, Cornwall, Somerfet and Dorjet : And in the fame }2d Year, on Differences between King Henry g , and Francis King of France, lie was fentjnto Picardy (accompanied with William, Earl of Smthampton] to oppofe Monfieur de Vendome, who was raifing For- ces in that Country. z Pat. 30 H. VIII. p. 5. ra. i. d Pat. 32 H. VIII. p. 3. a Pat. 31 H. VIII. p. 3. e ^"/'s Regift. of the Cart. p. 4IZ. h Ih. p. 4. f Ib. p. 382. & feq. c Ex Autcg. pen:i prsc r , C-. Bidf. g Herbert** Hift, of Hen. VlII. p. 4^4 j On R u s s E L , Duke of BedforcL 99 On the 3d of Decetnber, 1543, 34 Hen. VIII. he h was ap- pointed Ljd Privy^Se^l ; and two Years after, King Henry at- tacking Bologn in Perfbn, the Lord Rujfel was ^CapiainrGeneral of the_Van-Guard of_the King's Army. And King Henry VIII. drawing now towards the end of his Reign, he was pleafed, on his Death-Bed, to k appoint him one of the i6_Qpunjellors to his Son Prince Edward? at whofe Coronation he was ' constituted Lord High Steward of -England for the Day ; and in the ume Year m he had a Grant of the Monaftery of Woohirn, &c. The Council to King Edward being very intent on promoting the Reformation n , ordered the Images to be pulled down, which occafioned diverfe Infurre&ions ; whereupon the Lord RuJJel was_ the firft in Commiffion, to put in Force all fuch Laws as (hcnild be thought moft neceflary to be execute^; and was difpatch'eeT a- gainft the Devonshire and Corn'ifl) Men with a Body of Trodpi?,*-^!, with which he "defeated thofe Rebels at Fenniton- Bridge, relieved Exon, killed 600, and took 4000 Prifoners ; and for thefe and other Services to the King's Father, and himfelf, he was P, on the 1 9th of January -, ii4_Oj 3 Edw. VLjcreated Earl of Bedford^ <- * v In the 4th of Edward VX~riis Lordjhip i, with William, Loj^l & Paget, Sir William Petre, and Sir John Ma/on, were fent Am- '*> bafladors.to Guifnes in France, to treat of a Peace between the two an d to tne Heirs of his Body. ,' A.acbla -Monument is erected to the Memory of this Lady and her Huf- band, at the Eaft-end of the Chapel, on the North-fide of the Church of Cheneys, curioufly embellifhed with Arms, the Figure of an Ear] in Alabafter, lying on his Back in a Coat of Male, with a Coronet on his Head, and habited with the Collar of the Order of I he Garter. And by him his Counted, with a Coronet on her Head, habited in a Mantle ; but the Infcription fets forth only his Places of Honour and Truft that he held, which I have already cited. r His Son Francis, Earl_of_B^^r^, was 28 Years old at his Fa- ther's Death ; and at the Coronation of King Edward VI. among others, was 2 made Knight of the Bath; and upon that King'sj^ji. -jr 6iHf^<-'t~irn>t. 'J- had one Son Edward, Larl of Bedford., that married "~ ^ . ^ ^^ w ^.. *^.^.*~* ^ , ^^^ ^. ^ .. *-- , ^ - SP ter of ^ yg^^Lord \Harringi^f^mGf and Co -heir of John, the /" /-p fecond Lord Harrington, fwhich Earl died without Iflue, 3 May, *A-,-, T~ JN<\ iir William Rttffel, youngefl Son, Knighted for Service in Ire- ^i land, ma7ne^'//z^/^ L Daughter and Jfeir of //^wry Z^w^, Efqf- Son and Heir of Sir J&chard Long^ofSaehgey in Cambridgejhire, Kt. Jrle was employed by Queen Eliz. in the Low-Country Wars, made Lord Governour of Uly/hing in Zeeland, and after Lord 7ol, I, p, 72?. R u s s E L, Duke of Bedford. 10-3 -c^ / Deputy in Ireland, and by KingJ^rftf;^ created Lord Rit[[cl of Thornhaugh} where he lieth buried. 1 He died on the pth of Au- ' guft, i6i3,tieaving_one Son, Francis, Lord Ruflel of Tbornbau^b, , who in Teftimony of the Honour he beareth to the worthy Me- ; mory of his Grandfather and Grandmother, caufed the fajdJVlo- * nument to be erected", dn^Dom.i6i<^ . Lady Anne, married -fo~ Ambroje iDudlsy, Earl of Warw ick, died the gth of February, 1603. 7A^ % ^*,-. nw:^ . Lady Elizabeth, fccond Daughter, married to William Bour- ch'ier, Earl of Bath, Lord Fitzivarren, died 24 March, 1604, at Tavefttck in Devon, and is buried there, leaving one Son, Edward, ^rd_Fitzwarrjn,^nd one Daughter, the Lady Frances ffifo died afterwards unmarried, and is buried at Cbeyneys. <"&**+' *+~ *+* * . Lady Margaret, youngeft Daughter, married [on Z4th of June, !577i] to Georg^JLwc} of Cumberland^ Baron Clifford, Wjfjjbnar- land, and Vejey^ Knight of the Garter. Siie died 24 May, 1616, xCBrowgham-EaJlle, and is buried at Appleby in JVejlmorland, leaving IfTue one Daugblgj, the Ladv_^;7^. married io_Rkbqrd 9 - Earl of Dorfet. [And 2dly to P/>/7?;>, Earl of Pembroke.'} TIEalf nov^T take notice of what I find further memorable of the fai&JFWiam, Lord RuJJel of Thornbauzh. He had his Edu- cation with his Brethren in Magdalen College in Oxford; after which he travell'd through France^ Germany, Italy, Hungary, and other Countries. And, as my Author obferves, on Tm return, fpent not bis Time idly in the Court, but painfully in the Labours of the Camp, following the Wars /_Hjjn2ary, in France, Ireland, and the Low Countries, where he kfi many notable Proofs of hij^ Valour and IJ/ifdom, being StrenuiisjVljle?, Prudens Trngerator. His rlrrt Service in Ireland, was in 1580, when he had the '* Command of 150 Horfe p , rais'd by the Clergy of England, for r> to- r~\ /^ Jtft^K, W/* r- i o i rr> i the Keduction 01 the Queen s rebellious bubjccts in that Kingdom, where he behav'd fo well that the Honour of Knighthood was conferr'd on him. The Year after, 1 5 81^ when Monfieur, Bro- / ther to the French King, was in England, with the Prince of D 1 Aufine, and a royal Combat and Fight on foot, was performed before Queen Elizabeth, wherein Monfieur, with the Prince D'du- fine, and others, were Challengers \ the Lord Thomas Howard, and Sir William^ RuJJel, were the two firft that were called out as Defenders. On the 8th of December, 1585, he r embarqu/1 with Robert ? S'gar, H 4 " thorizing IO4 RUSSEL, Duke of Bedford. f ' thorizing the faid Robert. L Tav\ of Leitefter, to be their Gover- ^ nour, General, andX^aptain over all the United Provinces, and ^' Aflbciate Cities, &c. acknowledging, that the Queen of Eng- *' land had mercifully fent him, and his Forces, to their Afli- * c fiance." The Earl of Lelcejler was inftalled their Governour with great Solemnity, being feated two Steps above the States, i^of whcrn fat on each fide of him, and the reft, to the n umber of 20^ right before him, but 4 or 5 Steps defcending. On the right JHand of the Earl, (rood the Prince _pf Portugal, next him the Lord Msr- ley, next him Norrts^ .Gwernqur of Munjler l , next ^^ William "ftuffel, and divers of great Account. On hisjeft Hajidnood Prjnce Mtfunce of Naffau, the Earl of EJJex, Sir William Stanley, &c. After taklngTeveral Towns from the Spaniards, Sir WiUiajD Rujjfi. diftinguifh'd himfelf in the Fight at Zuiphcn, 22 Sept. 1586, where the Spanifi Horfe were entirely_defeaj:ed, though much fupe- : . fkir in number, ar;d their Commanders taken Prifoners. Stowe re- Jates u , from a Journal of thofe Tranfadlions, how Sir William Ri>(Jel behav'd. ft He charg'd fo terribly, that after he had broke his " Lance, he fo plaid his Part with his Cuttje Axe, that the Ene- " my reported him to be a Devil, and not a Man; for where he " faw fix^or feven of the Enemies together, thither would he, and ?' fo behave with his Cuttle-Axe, that he would feparate their f Friej^dmip." On the 5th of Oct. folio wins, he x commanded a Party of 600 Horfe, fent to intercept a Convoy of Provifions the Enemy defigned to throw into Zutphen, which he prevented. The Infcription on his Monument at Tbornhaugh (where he was buried) (hews, that he was _ and aHjo.^jpvejmour of Flujhing. Q^ieen Elizabeth, \ Feb.i^^-j, by her Patent recites % that by ^he death of the late Sir Philip Sidney, the Town of Flyfcing is without a GwVernour : She therefore confiding in the Fidelity and Sufficiency, of S]r WilliemJLuffilaJ^^ makes choice of him to fyipply the Place of (joyernpur, and Captajn^of the faid Tbu n, with the Rammckins * belonging, and oif the Garrifon ; authorizing him to punifh by Martial Law, or other- ways, 23 the Caufe fhall require, fuch of the fcid Garrifon, or other Perfbns reforting, or remaining there, either by Death, &c. 'according to the Quality of their Offence. He had alfo a Precept , to the High Admiral of England, all Vice Admirals, Captains, , tc. Searchers of Ports, &V. And to all other Officers of the Cuf- , toms, fcJV. Juflices of the Peace, Mayors, Sheriffs, &V. to fuffer , him with his Horfes, Money, Plate, Armour, Weapons, Am- ( munition, t$c. belonging to him and his private Train, and to fuch of his Train, as fhall hereafter repair to him, to pafs unmo- ,' lefled, and to be aiding in furnifhing him or them with Shipping, t Stc.'sot, p. 714, x Ib'd. p. 737. y AnnaJ, p. 737. y Rjixcr'a Feed, Tom. XVJ. p. a & 3. Veflels, RUSSE L, Duke tf/~ Bedford. 105 ' Veflels, and other Carriages, neceflary for their Tranfportation, ' at reafonable Prices. On 1 6 May, 3 6 Eliz. he a was conftituted Lord Deputy of Ireland; and in July following, the Univerfity of Oxford, in Convocation, in honour of having his Education there, conferr'd on b him the Degree of Mafter of Arts. He landed at the Head of Hoath, 3 1 ft of July, 1 5 94, and the next Day went to Dublin* but refus'd to accept of the Sword % 'till the Council had firft gi- ven him in Writing under their Hands, an Account of the State and Condition of the Kingdom ; which being complied with, he was fworn on Sunday, the 1 1 th of Auguft, with great Solemnity. He governed Ireland for three Years_ with great Wifdom, and Valour, as appears from Camden '', and other Hiftorians. On the igth of Auguft, he fet out, by the Advice of the Coun- cil, to relieve InifkiUtng, and after long Marches over Bogs, with great Danger parted the River on the ^oth with Difficulty, and ibme Lofs e ; and then entred the Caftle of hi/killing without Oppofition, the Enerny flying on his Approach. He returned by eafy Marches, and came to Dublin the 9th of September. He was afterwards very a6tive in many Expeditions againft the Rebels, and (everal of them being flain f , and fome taken, they were publickly executed. But that great Rebel Tyrone, rai- fing a Rebellion in the North, the Lord Deputy, to ftrengthen his Ability in the Management of the War 2 , befought the Queen to aflilr. him with fome able Soldiers, and an experienced Officer. Camden relates h , that he had a mind for Ba/Rervill, before any other, though he did not go fo far as to mention him ; but clear contrary to his Expectation, Sir John Norn's, was pitched upon. He went over with 1300 veteran Soldiers, who had ferved in Bretagne and the Low- Countries, and with other Supplies out of England, as Camden writes, who alfo gives an Account that the Rebels were able to mufter 1000 Horfe, and 6280 Foot in Uffter, and 2 3 oo in Connaught, every Man of them at Ttr-Oen's Conor mand. f'jAnd among thefe were feveral experienced Officers, trained ' in the Exercife of War, ever fmce the Lord Deputy Perrot had appointed every Lord in Uljler to have fuch a number of Men difciplined to ferve againft the Ifland Scots. The Lord Deputy had np^greaj: Fr iendftiip for Sir John Norris ; and Sir Richard Cox obferves ', that the Claftiings and Janglings, between thefe two fpirited_Men, did very much prejudice the Queen's Affairs : But that the Lord Deputy aled prudently and difmtereftedly, appears from Camden, Borlafe, and other Au- thorities. The former gives this Account k . " Sir John Norris a Pat. 36 Eliz. p. 5. e Cwc's Hift. p. 404. b Woofs FaftiOxon. Vol.1, p. 773. f Ibid, p; c Cox's Hid. of Ireland, p. 403. g Borlafe'j Redtiftion of Ireland p.i75 d Life of Queen Elixakttb, in Hift. h Hift. of England, praed. p. 587. of England, Vol. I, j8i, ^87, ;88, & i Hift. of Ireland, p. 406. I*J' k Hift. of England, Vol. II. p. 58!?. 2 had 106 RUSSEL, Duke of Bedford. <6 had Orders to march againfi: the Rebels, to prevent the Succours *' they expecled out of Spain ; for the Queen had given him the * c principal Command (to prevent anv Reflection that might fall 4C on the Lord Deputy) filling him, The General of the Arny in " Uifter, in the Abfence of the Lord Deputy ; and granted him " an abfolute Power to pardon what Male-contents he mould " think fit. With what Defign this was done, I cannot divine \ " but moft certainly it was the Subject of general Wonder, in " regard that the veryEflence of Government feemsto confift in " its being lodged in the Hands of one, and nothing being either " more monftrous or mifchievous than a mix'd or divided Autho- w rity. However, the Lord Deputy a&ed in Conjunction with " him, and they advanced as far as Armagh^ putting the Rebels " into fuch a Confirmation, that Tir-Oen abandoned the Fort " of Blackwater, fet Fire on the adjacent Villages, and the " Town of Dungannon, demolimed a great Part of his own , that tbeyfbould not quarter in the Enemy s Country. The Lord Deputy in the mean Time m , was in Purfuit of another famous Rebel, Q-Maden, and laid Siege to his Caftle of Clohon. O-Maden, the Garrifon Whereof being fummoned to furrender, made a rude Anfwer ; That they would never deliver the Fort) were there as many Lord 'Deputies as Jingle Perfom before^ the Place. But within a few Days they ftormed the Caftle, and put every Man to the Sword. The Loj;d_ Deputy made feveral other fuccefsful Expeditions againft the Rebels, and on the i8th of September, 1596, made very good and neceflary " Orders for the Army ; viz. i . That on their March they mould not ftay above one Night in a Place, ancj then without Exaction, give Money or Ticket for their Diet, z. That there fhall be but fix Women (and they Soldiers Wives) permitted to be Laundrefles to a Company, and but one Boy to two Soldiers, and that neither Women or Boys be any Charge to the Country. 3* No falfe Mufters, or any Charge on the Country for more Men than really are. 4. That they mall be content with fuch Food as is reasonable, and with a Breakfaft and Sup- per, without exacting Capury encreafon, or Capury ne hairk. 5. They {hall not take the Country Garrifons without Order or Payment, nor depart from Garrifon without Leave. And laftly, (hall have their Quarters afligned by the Civil Magiftrate. General Norris was not pleafed with thefe ftrift Orders , and therefore refufed to fign them ; and when Tir-Oen had broke the Truce, and attempted Armagh, which he blocked up, Norris fo far efpoufed his Quarrel p , as to write to the Council, that one good Letter would have prevented the Danger Armagh is in, co- vertly reprehending the Deputy's Severity. But the Council fent him a fmart Anfwer, telling him, Since he under/food Tir-Qen's Humour be/I, they left it to him to relieve Armagh by Force or Treaty, as he thought fit. The Lord Deputy at his own Requeft q was recalled, and was fucceeded by ThomaT, Lord Burrough, who received the Sword in St. Patrick's Church the 2zd of May, \ 597 ; at which Norris, who expected that Honour, refented Things fo deeply, and being much difturbed that Tir-Oen had fo often impofed on him, he m Camden, ut antea. o i T , P Cw's Hift, p. 409, 4o. p r Ib> p> 4I0 ' 4II> j Ibt 413, and Barlafe, p. 177. was, l o8 R u s s E L , Duke af Bedford. was, as Cawle.n writes r , overcome by the moft effeminate of his Paflions, which turned to a Diftemper, and carried him off in a little Time. SirJFilfiam Rujfeh after fome Stay in England^ returned to his Government of~FlttJhing ; and the next mention I find of him, is on King James's Acceflion to the Throne ; when on zi^'July, at Hampton-Court , in the Great Hall, the Queen pre- fent, he created feveral Peers { , and amono; them this Sir fPWiam E*$l-> D 7 the Stile and Title of Lord Ru/jel, Baron' ' Ruff I of *Tbornlyaugb. /* . I o 3 . ^ "/ pi' I find This Character of his Lordfhip l . He was daring in bis U4,Ah: \ Perfon, clofe to b':s Purpofe, firm to bis Dependencies, of a deep ] i and large Soul, who looked on the chargeable War in Ireland, as I an equal Remedy again/} a worfe in England ; and advifed the \ bejlowlng of Church Lands among the Nobility of both Perfwafions ' in Ireland, as in England, who would then ho 'd their Religion, ivitJ) their Land, in Capite, and flick to the >ueen, as the great Support of both. He was buried on the i6th oj Sept. ifnj, at 7 'bornhqugbj^ Cambridgeshire, where a Monument is erecled to his Memory. He married //'zflffft, Daughter and Heir of Henry_Low* of engay?\\$'(lom'. Cania.' J Efq', Wore- mentioned" ; and left Iflue ^ who on the Death of Edward RuJJel^ May, 1627^ was the~4th Earl of this ofJMford, in 1 6^0, 6 Car. I. became the Undertaker in that great and chargeable Work of drain- ingthpfe Fens> ^aJJdUheJGrart Level, and fmce Bedford Levch, wnich extend into the Cjo\^ni\^_oi_Northampton, Cambridge, Huntingdon, Norfolk, and Lincoln. The fame Year his Lordfhip witfilhe TEarl of Clare, Sir Robert_Cotton, Mr. Selden, and Mr. St. John, (famous Antiquaries) x were committed for difperfmg a Book wrote by Sir Robert Dudley, but Sir David Fowiis difcover- ing the Author, they were releafed. In n Car. I. he was in Commiffion with y Edward, Earl of Dorfet, Henry, Earl of Man- cbe/ter, Francis, Lord Cottingham, Chancellor of the Exchequer ; Edward, Lord Newburgb, Chancellor of the Dutchy of Lan~ cajter ; George, Lord Goring, Mafter of the Horfe to the Queen, Sir Thomas Jermin, Knight, Vicechamberlain of the Houfhold ; Sir Henry Varu, Knight, Comptroller of the Houfhold, and Sir Thomas Trevor^ Knight, Baron of the Exchequer, -to enquire uitojefeftive Titles, and to bargain and fell, and convey all fuch E^nHfaps^^ariours, &c . according to a Schedule annex'd. ^***- j In 1640, waiting on his Majefty at Tork, he was with other Lords, all popular Men, as my Lord Clarendon writes, [Hi/I. r Hift.of England, Vol. II. p. 603. u Wo-jd'sFafti. Vol. I. 773. s Stowe's Annals, p. 826. & Pat, It X WbitlocVs Memorials, p. 14. Jac. p. 14. y Rjmtr's Fxdtra, Tom. XIX t State IFertbies, p, ij. R u s s E L , Duke of Bedford. i eg Rebel. 8v. Vol.1, p. 155.] impowered to treat with Commifii- oners on the Part of Scotland, for preventing all A$s of Hofti- lity, and redrefling the Grievances of the Scotch Nation, which ended in a Cefiation of Arms, and an Adjournment of the Treaty from Rjpon to London. After which, on 28 Aug. 1640*, he was the firft of thofe noble Peers who figned a Petition, which by fome of their Number they fent to the King at York, fetting forth " The Apprehensions they had of the Dangers of the Church *' and State, and to his Perfon, and the Means to prevent them ; '' and advifed his Majefty to call a Parliament, whereby the Caufes " of their Grievances may be taken away, and the Authors and *' Councellors puniftied." The Earl of Clarendon gives this Account of him, " That in " the Houfe of Peers he was the great Contriver and principal " Agent of thofe who were for afferting the Liberty of the Sub- " jet ; but a wife Man, and of too great and plentiful a For- ' tune to wifh a Subveriion of the Government ; and it quickly '' appeared, that he only intended to make himfelf and his Friends " great at Court, not at all to lefien the Court it felf ; and, that 4 Mr. Pym, though known to be inclined to the Puritan Fattion^ ' was not of thofe furious Refolutions againft the Church as the ' c other leading Men were, and wholly devoted to the Earl of " Bedford^ who had nothing of that Spirit." Alfo, His Ma- jefty having declared to bis People, that He really intended a Re- formation of all thofe Extravagancies which former Necejfitus, or Occafions, or Mifta kes, had brought into the Government of Church or State : He could not give a more lively and demonjlrable Evi- dence, and a more gracious In/lance of fuch his Intention, than by calling fuch Perfons to his Council, whom the People generally thought majl inclined to, and intent upon, fuch Reformation ; and, that this would be a good means to preferve the Dignity and juft Power of that Board, which might otherwife, on the Account of the late Excefs and Isolation, be more fubjeft to inconvenient Attempts for the future. " Hereupon, as the noble Author before- mentioned relates, in one Day were fworn Privy-Counfellors, much to the Publick i" Joy, the Earl of Hertford (whom the King afterwards made ' MarquHsj thTEarl of Bedford, the E^ilof_E//ex, the Earl of Briftol, the LorcTjjg& the 'Lord \ Sayile, and the Ix>rd l&nboE ton ; and within two or three J3ays after, the EarPof 7Par- wick ; being all Perfons at that Time very gracious to the Peo- ple^ or^o the STotsl by whofe Election and Difcretion the Peo- pie chofe, and had been All in fome Umbrage at Court, and moft in vifible Disfavour there. This A<3 the King did very chearfully ; heartily inclined to fome of them, as he had reafon ; and not apprehending any Inconvenience by that Act from the z Wbiticck, p. 35. Others, no RUSSEL, Duke of Bedford. " Olivers, whom He thought this Light of his Grace would " reform, or at leaft reftrain." And the King confiding in the Earl of Bedford, propofed to make him Lord Treafurer ; but the Earl was refolved, " That " he would not enter into the Treafury, 'till the Revenue was in " fome Degree fettled ; at leaft, the Bill for Tonnage and Pound- " age pafled, with all decent Circumftances, and for Life ; " which both He and Mr. Pym did very heartily labour to effect ; *' and had in their Thoughts many good Expedients, by which ** they intended to raife the Revenue of the Crown. And none ** of them were very fbllicitous to take their Promotions, before *' fome other Accommodations were provided for fome of the " reft of their chief Companions ; who would be neither well '* pleafed with their fo hafty Advancement before them, nor fo fubmiflive in the future to follow their Dictates." When the Bill was brought into the Houfe of Commons, to take away the Bifhops Votes in Parliament, the Earl of Claren- don relates, That feveral of the popular Lords contented to it, be- lieving it could do the Church no harm by the Bijhops havingjewjr Diver/ions J~roni tbtir__Spjntual_ Charges. " And that the Earl of ^Bedford had no Defire, that there fhould be any Alteration in " the Government of the Church ; and had always lived, to- " wards my Lord of Canterbury himlelf, with all Refpeft and " Reverence, and frequently vifited and dined with him ; fub- " fcribed liberally to the Repair of St. PauPs Church, and fe- " conded all pious Undertakings ; though it is true, he did not dif- " countenance notorioufly, thofe of the Clergy who were uncon- " formable." The noble Author alfo relates, that difcourfing with the Earl, " He lamented the Mifery the Kingdom was like to " fall into, by their own Violence and want of Temper, in the *' Profecution of their own Happinefs." He faid, "This Bufinefs concerning the Earl of Strajford, was a Rock upon which wejhould ffl^Jjditj and that the PaJJion of the Parliament would dejiroy the Kingdom. That the King was ready to do all they cculd defire, if the Life of the Earl of Strafford might be [pared : That his Ma- si r f t i i 1 j *}**&r-i <******? r> rr jejty was Jatisfied that he bad proceeded with mere Jrajjion in many Things than he ought to have done, by which bt- had rendered himfelf ufelefs to his Service for the future j and therefore, He was well content^ that he might be made incapable of any Employment for the Time to come ; and that he fhould be banijhed or imprifoned for his Life, as They Jbould choofe : That if They would take his Death upon them, by their Own < Jud\catory, He would not interpofe any AR of his Own Confcience : But fmce They had declined that Way, and meant to proceed by an Act of Parliament, to which He himfelf mujl be a Party, that it could not confijl with his Confcience, ever to give His Royal Aflent to that AcJ; becaufe, having been prefent at the whole Trial (as he had been, in a Box provided on purpofe, incognito, though confpicuous enough) and heard all the 'je/timony Thev R u s s E L , Duke of Bedford. 1 1 1 They had given again/I him, He had heard nothing proved, by which He could believe that he was a Traitor ; either in Faff, or in Inten- tion -, and therefore his Majefty did moft earnejlly dejire, that the two Houfes would not bring Him a Bill to pafs, which in Con- ference He could, not and would not confent to. The Earl continued, That though he yet was fatisfied fo wait in-his own Conference, that he believed he Jhouldhave jwj$cru$lejji giving his_own J^ote^^forjhe PaJJingjt (for it yet depended in the Lords Houfe) he knew not how the King could be pre/fed to do an A El jo contrary to His own Confcience, and that for his Part, hg took all the Pains he could to perfuade his Friends to decline their violent Profecution, and to be content with the Remedy propofed by the King ; which he thought might be rendered fo fee ure, that there need remain no Fears of that Mans ever appearing again in Buji- nefs ; and that how difficult a Work foever he found it to be, he foould not defpair of it, if he could perfuade the Earl of EJTex ty comply ; but that he found him fo olftinate, that he cou'd not in the leajl Degree prevail with him ; that he had left his Brother, the Earl of Hertford (who w^ that JDay made a Marquis) in the lower Ground, walking with 7nm, who he knew would^do all hs could ; and he defired Mr. Hyde to walk down into that Place, and take his turn_to perfuade the Earl of Ejjex to what was rea- fbnable ; which he was very willing to do. The Earl of Bedford had alfo fo much the Intereft of his Coun- try at Heart, that when a Proportion was made to bring the Army from the North to London, to awe the Parliament, which was dilclofed to him, he thought it the more prudent Way only to hinder the ill Effects of fuch Advice, without making it pub- lick. Of which the Earl of Clarendon gives this Account. " The Difcovery being made to the Earl of Bedford, the Lord " Say, and the Lord Kimbolton, and no doubt byjThem commu- " nicated to their chief ATfbciates 7 ; as aangerbus as the Defign " was afterwards alledged to be, it was not publifhed in three " Months after to the Houfes, againft whom the Defign was in- * c tended, nor 'till long after the Death of the Earl of Bedford ; ** who, no doubt, rather defired to bind up thofe Wounds which " were made, than to make them wider, by entertaining new " Jealoufies between King and People ; and would not confent " to the extending and extorting Conclufions, which did not " naturally flow from the Premifes ; without which, this fo ufe- '" ful a Treafon to them, could not have been made up." The Death of the Earl of Bedford, was certainly a great Tx>& to the King, by whofe Credit and Intereft the Temper and Spirit of the People grew calm and compofed ; but after, by the Indif- cretions of fome about his Majefty, and the Paffions and Malice of others in the Parliament, all Things were brought in Confufion\ terminating in a moft unnatural Civil War. His Defire to pre- ferve the Peace of the Kingdom cannot better be exprefled, than- * in ii2 RUSSEL, Duke of Bedford. in the Earl of Clarendon's Words, who attributes to his Death one of the great Caufes of thofe Divifions which rent the Nation. " The other Accident (fays the noble Author) that fell out, " during the Time that the Bufmefs of the Earl of Strajford was " agitated, and by which he received much Prejudice, was the " Death of the Earl of Bedford. This Lord was the greateft " Perfbn of Intereft in all the popular Party, being of the beft "' Eftate, and beft Under (land ing, of the whole Number ; and " therefore moll like to goverri_the_reft. He was befides, of " great Civility, and of much more good Nature, than any of " the other. And therefore the |Cing refolving to do his Tufi- " nefs with that Party by him, refblved to make him Lord High " Treafurer of England, in the Place of the Bimop of London, " who was as willing to lay down the Office, as any bod v was to " take it up. And to gratify him the more, at his Defire, in- " tended to make Mr. Pym Chancellor of the Exchequer, as he had " done Mr. Saint^ohn his Solljcitor General (all which hath " been touched before) as alfo, that Mr. , Hollis wns to he Sccre- " tary of_State, the Lord Say, Mafter of the' Wards, and the " Lord Kimbolton tLordriSeal lifter the Death jofiis ^^ *' Father, who then heldjthat Place. Others were to be placed *' about the Prince, and to have Offices when they fell. " The Earl of Bedford fecrctly^undertookjohis Majefty, that " the Earl of Stniffbrd^'Llfe mould be preferved ; and to* " procure his Revenue to be fettled, as amply as any of his Pro- " genitors , the which he intended fo really, that, to my Kn nv- " ledge, he had it in Defign to endeavour to obtain an Acl for " the letting up_the_Exoie in England, as the only natural Means *' to advance the_King's Profit. "He"fell_ fick wjtliin_a_Week after *' the_ J3ill_j> JVttain3er_was Jent^ up_to_the Lords_ Houfe, and " died fhortly_after, much affliiled with the Paffion and Fury " which he perceived his Party inclined to, infomuch as he de- inted one of the Com- ! mifiloners to treat of a Union_between England and Scotland? and vrnide one of her ^Privy-Council ; alfo upon her_Dsceafe, was i made choice of by King Geofge. I. to be one of theTJo'rds Juft ices' 'till he arriveTTfrom Hanover j~after wiiich, he was appointed one of the Privy- Council, and again made Firft Commifiioner of the Admiralty. v<^y<~ 1^*^ ^.^. He^ married the Lacly^_j^rrar^, third and[youngeft FJaugh- ter to ll^illiam^ the firft Duke QJ^Bedford, his Father's Brother j but havin^~no_Ifrue, and dying November 26, 1727,^ the 75th_Year of his Age, left his Hcufe_in C event-Garden, Lon- don, to Thomas Archer^ and his_fine Seatat Chipenham, in the County of Canifrridge, to Samuel ^andys, ~nieiFjw_QL-^ives_^.the ^Daughters^ of ^Sir Thoma^ Tipping before-mentioned) being his / Co- heirs. tt ^~ fa*** '***** *<**- <^/r^/..^ "~1 now~feturn t(JWLlltam,Franch{^in^ John*? the three eldeuf""^ |>o_ns_of JFrancis,4^^\ of Tfedford, by Gather IneBridges, his-^ ' I Wlfe^before-mentioned ; whereof /r^wm/^died^aMonth before ^/ j his Father, in Franc?, unmarried ; and y^/^/oiej'oun^eft, was a c Colonel injhejC7z;/7^^r5 Terming Charles I. and after the Re- /'>' ftauration of King C^r^TlI7^vas made Colonel of the firft Re- | giment of Foot-Guards, and died unmarried. ^ ^Tfaffz. Jthejeldeft Son, had his Education in Magdalen-College in Oxford, and was made Kt. of the Zfa/& d at the Coronation of K. Charles I. He was a Member of that Parliament which met at b Peck's Defid. Curiofa praed. O f William, Lord Ruffel. e Earl of Anglejey's Speech in the Trial d Cat. f Knights. MS.- Wtflminfler llussEL; Dulie of Bedford. 115 JVeJlminfter the 3d ofJVw. 1^46 Valid the Hou^of Commons ori their firft Meeting taking into Confidefation the" Calami ties of the Nation, it was moved thatboth Houfes might jointly addrefs the King for a Fail ; and a MeiFage being fent to the Lords, they appointed i z of their Houfe for a Conference with the Commons. Where- upon the Lord Riiffel f _yv?& one of the 24 of the principal Com- moners, who were to conTTJer of Motives to be presented to the Lords thereupon, and to manage the Conference. Alfo en thd 24th of April) 1641, was s fent by the Commons to the Lords^ to defire a Conference by a Committee of bbth Houfes, on a Pe- tition of the Citizens of Ltrndon^ fetting forth their Grievances. His Lordfliipym* 'Mayiottowmg, fucceeded his Father in his Ho- nours and Eftate ; at which Time all Things were tend ins; to an open Rupture between the King and his Parliament. Many, of juft and honourable Principles, were fearful of an arbitrary Go- vernment, the Regal Power having been ft retched beyond its dud Bounds, and feveral of the Court had been fo corrupt, as to crni^ ply with the King's Encroachments on the Liberty of the Su_b- jecl:. His Lordfhip who had then one of the beft Eftates in the Kingdom, was thereby influenced to accept of the Command of General of the Hprfe in the Parliament Service, which was con- ferred on h him lA^fufy* 164.2 : But that he had no illDefign in it, may be collected from what the Earl of Clarendon has ob~ ferved ', who fays the Party were prepoffefled with an Opinion* that on the firft Appearance of their Army, the King would bd conftrained to return to his Parliament. And this Earl of _Bed- ford afterwards (hewed his good Judgment in detefling the Paf- ftons and Wickedneffes of thofe Men, who were for deftrcying and fubverting the antient Conftitution of this Kingdom, as will appear by his Actions and Conduit which I (ball now fet forth. .The Marquis of Hertford, being Jenr^by _tlie King into the Weft to^ raife Forces, in order to relieve Poftfmoutb, the Earl of Bedfordhz&jhc Command of_ 7000 Foot, and 8 full Troops of Horfe k , to prevent jlisjnakjng Head in thofe^Parts ; and march- ed with fuch Expedition, that he drove the Marquis cut of Scn:er- jetjhire^ where (as Lord Clarendon obferves) his Power and In- terefl were believed I imqueftionable, 'and fo expelled all Hopes of raifing an Army for the King in the JFeft. After which he join- ed the Earl of Ejfix, and in the Battle of Edgebill^ commanded the Referye of _Horfe , which faved the whole Army, when the Horfe of both Wings had been defeated, and after doing great Execution on the King's Foot, brought off their jown Foot, fo that it be- came doubtful who 'bad the Victory, trus Referye being the only 'Forces that flood their Ground in_gpoc}J3rder. ^ <<,./, - //.^ e Rujhwortfrs ColicAiont, Vol. IV. h'Hift. of Rebellion, Foi. Vol. 2. p. 14.. p. 19, 30. i Ih. F- 5- J S i^ fib. p. 223, 224. k Clanndjti, ib p 34, $$, 37- g Rujl/iuQTtbi ib. pi 756, I 2 Irt n6 RUSSEL, Duke of Bedford. In 1643, the Earls of Bedford 1 , Holland, and Clare, con- curred with the Earl of Ejfex, who was weary of the War, and influenced the Houfe of Lords, fo that they defired a Conference with the Commons, (5 Aug. I. 1643.) and declared to them, That they were refolved to fend Propofitions to the King, and they hoped they would concur in them. But by the Artifice of Penn'mgton, Lord Mayor of London, and the Commons, fuch Tumults were raifed to terrify the Lords, that they left the Town, the Commons refufing to agree to their Propofitions. The Earl of Bedford, and the Earl of Holland, refolved to go to the King at Oxford m ; but their Purpoie being discovered or fufpected, they with fome Difficulty got into the King's Garrifon at Wall'mgford, from whence the Governour gave Advertifement of their Arrival to the Council at Oxford. The King was then at the Siege of Gloucejler, and the Council had debated whether they mould be admitted to come to Oxford, or return from whence they came, but came to no Determination, till the King came purpofely from the Siege for one Day. The Earl of Cla- rendon obferves n , " It cannot be enough wondered at, that " there {hould be any Difference of Opinion in that Matter ; " but it cannot be expreffed with how much Earneftnefs and " Unreafonablenefs the whole was debated, and how warmly even " they, who in all other Debates, ftill exprefled all Moderation and " Temper, did now oppofe the receiving thofe Lords with any " Grace, with more Paffion, and other Reafons, than had been " offered in their former Conferences. Some moved that they " mis;ht not be fuffered to come to Oxford, or where the King * c {hould be, but have Permifiion to live in fome other Place in " the King's Quarters, until they mould manifefr, their Afftlions *' by fome Service. Others moved that they might be kept Pri- " foners of War, fmce they came into the King's Quarters with- " out any Pafc. And others propofed (who thought this too " fevere and unpolitick) their coming to Oxford, but not to *' come to Court, nor no Privy-Counfellor to vifit them. Sir " Edward Hyde, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the Lord " Savlle, were the only two of the Council who were for re- " ceivingjjf them kindly." The firft, as he writes in his Hiftory of the Rebellion, confi- dently advifed, " That they might be very gracioufly received " by both their Majeftjes, and civilly vifited by every Body, that " other Men by the Entertainment that they received, might be " encouraged to defert the Parliament too. There was one Argu- *' ment againft their Admiflion urged very loudly, That it would' " di/lurb the Peace of the Place, the Earl of Bedford having " commanded that Part of the Army, which iafefted the Mar- 1 Ib. p. 245, 47, and Wbithf k's Me- mClarendon, p. 250, p. 58, 67, 75. n P. 153, 154. qui* RUSSEL, Duke of Bedford. 117 tl -quis of fferffortat his being at Sberbourn. And the Marquis ** thereupon fending a Challenge to the Earl to fight him, which *' he with great Reafon declined at that Time ; anfwering, He ** would be ready when the Bufmefs of the Parliament Jhov.ld be over, ** to wait upon the Marquis, when he fnould require it. And it was tl faid, the Marquis would exact the Performance of his Pro- *' mife j" which (as Lord Clarendon writes) he was too wife to do. " During the Debate, the King did not exprefs any Thing of " his own Senfe, but afterwards gave Order to the Governour of " Wall'mgford to permit them to continue their Journey to Ox- " ford, where all Men might ufe what Civilities they pleafed to " them, and that himfelf and the Queen would do that towards *' them, whch upon their Application and Addrefs they mould "" think fit." Which Lord Clarendon obferves, was not grateful to the Table : Though, as that noble Author relates , The Earl of Bedford had given up his Commijfftono_General_oJ^the Horfe, and quitted the Service, and never hacTany jfffeclion to their Ways, in his Judgment. The Earl of Bedford p was much mortified with the Time he had been forced to fpend at Walllngford, and with the Difputation he had heard had been held concerning him. The Earl had Friends enough to provide for his Accommodation in convenient Lodgings at Oxford, but he chofe to take up his Aboad in Magdalen-College, of which Houfehe had been a Member. After fome Days Stay, he offered his Service to the King in his Army before Gloucejier, who accepted of it, and he waited on him thereat the Siege, and throughout his March ; and, as the Earl of Clarendon writes, charged in the King's Regiment of Horfe at the Battle of Nejiybury, very bravely, and behaved himfelf throughout very well. He afked the King's Pardon, when he firft kifled his Hand, arid wifely took it out under the Great- Seal of England. On his Return to Oxford q , the King on all Occafions fpoke very gracioufly to him ; but he was not well looked upon by many of his Court ; fo that the Earl of Holland going firft, the Earls of Bedford and Clare followed, and came to ' the Earl of Ejfex to St. Alban's, on ChriJlmas-Day, 1643. And foon after, by Order of Parliament, the Earl of Bedford was taken into Cuftody of the Black-Rod, and his Eftate was fequeftred, as was alfo the Earl of Clare's, till the Parliament on their SucceiTes againft the King in . 1 644, in a kind Temper, on their good Succefs (as Whitlock * writes) ordered their Sequeftrations to be taken off. But the Earl of Bedford ' never after fate in the Houfe of Peers, or concurred in any of their Councils during the Ufurpation. o Hift. Rebel. Vol. II. p. ajj . r Wbitloek, p. 75. p Ib. p. 257. s lb. p. 90. q Ib. p. 2.79. t CIarc>xLtt t p. 283* I 3 When 1 1 8 R u s s E L , Duke of Bedford, When the Houfe of Peers met in 1660 u , they ordered the Earl of M*ncbefter, their Speaker, to write to theEurl of Bedford to take his Place in their Houfe, which he accordingly did, be- lieving they defjgn'd to redo re the King. On Friday, 27 April, 1660, the Lords order'd a Conference with the Houfe of Com-r jnons, " to confider of fome Way and Means to make up the ' Breaches and Diftra&ions of this Kingdom"; and the Earl of Bedford, was one of the Lords appointed to manage the Confe- rence. He heartily concurr'd in all the Meafures for the Reftora- tion of the King; and on i 5th of May, was one of thofe Peers, appointed " to view and confider of what Ordinances had been *' made fince the Lords and Parliament were voted ufelefs, which ' now pafs as Ab of Parliament ; and to draw up and prepare >4 an A& to prefent to the Houfe, to repeal what they think fit, *' and the Lord Chief Baron Wild, and Serjeant Mallet to affift * them", After the happy Reiteration of King Charles II. the Earl of Bedford was fo far in his Favour, that at the Solemnity of his Coronation, April 21, 1661, he had the Honour to carry St. Edward's Scepter; and on the 2gth of May, 1672, was elected a Knight of the moft Noble Order of the Garter. He was in ' that Reign {ready to the Conftitution both in Church and State, and an Affertor of the Liberty of the Subject, and the Proteftant Religion. On the Advancement of the Prince and Princefs of Orange to, the Throne, he was fworn one of their Privy-Council. And at their Coronation, carried the Queen's Scepter with the Dove. They confHtuted his Lordfhip, Lord Lieutenant of the Counties of Bedford, and Cambridge, and Lord Lieutenant and Cuftos Ro- tulorum for the County of Middlefex, and the Liberties of Weft- vunfter. He fought for no other Honours or Employments, but their Majefty's on the i i th of May, 1 694, the 6th of William and y, created _him Marquis of Tave flock, and Duke of Bedford, among other Keaforis for beflowing thofe Honours, it is let fort!) % " That this was not the leaft, that he was Father to the Lord ' Rujjel, the Ornament .of his Age, whofe great Merits 'twas " not enough to tranfmit by Hiftory to Pofterity, but they were ' willing to record them in their Royal Patent, to remain in the c Family, as a Monument confecrated to his confummate Virtue, * whofe Name could never be forgot, fo long as Men preferred '* any Efteem tor San&ity of Manners, Greatnefs of Mind, and * a Love to their Country, conftant even to Death. Therefore 4 to folace his excellent Father for fo great a Lofs, to celebrate '* the Membry of fo noble a Son, and to excite his worthy Grand- " fon, the Heir of fuch mighty Hopes, more cheerfully to emulate u Journal Dom, Proccr. An, 1669* x Pat' 6 W, Sc Mar, ar.4 RUSSEL, Duke of Bedford. 119 " and follow the Example of his illuftrious Father, they intailcd " this High Dignity upon the Earl and his Pofterity". This Duke, in the Year 1695, having fettled all Things in Reference to his Grandfon's marrying Elizabeth Hcwland, only Daughter and Heir of John Holland of_Stretham, Efq; who was /> one oj:he greateft Fortunes of that Time, it was thought conve- /2j[nierit, for the Honour of this Alliance, to make him Baron How^. land of Jit ret bam in Surry, on the i3th of June, the fame Year. His Grace departed this Life in the g^th Year of Jjjs_Age, on the 7th of Sept. 1700, and was buried with his Anceftors at Chey- neys, wHere a molFnoble Monument is erected for him and his Counted, exhibiting their two Figures under a Canopy, fupported by two Pillars of the Corinthian Order. That of his Grace fits habited as a Duke in his Inftallation Robes and Collar of the Gar- ter, his Head leaning on his Right Arm. That of his Counteis '^{who was Anne, Daughter to Robert Carr, Earl of S^nerfet^ and died 10 May, 1684, aged 64) is in a Winding Sheet; and over their Heads are Cherubs, &c. with the Names of their Children that lived to Maturity, as Allows : Lord Francis Ruffe/, J ~=**< rM^i7Z5_,_to the Lzdy ^ n ?AEj[erJ2n^]:>n& Tjaufflf^r / oriS?rog/' ? 'jpuKe of Bridgewater, by the ^AElhaJet^ Churchill his firftJVVife, third Daughter and Co-heir to ^fohn, Duke of Marlborough, by whom he had no Iflue, And labouring under an iHState of Health, his Phyficians advifec! his going over to Lijbon ; TiutTn his Paflage, was forced to put on Shore at the Groyn in pain, where he departed thisjLife 23d of Oflober, 1732; and his Body being Drought to England^ was in- terred at Cheyneys, in the Burial-Place of his Anceftors. Whereupon his Titjes and Eftate devolved _on his Brother, the j Lord John R^^J^^JDu^j^Befj/orjL His Grace was born the 3oth of Sept. 17 1 o,_ and married Offober 11, i73r, the Lady Diana Spencer, youngeft Daughter to Charles, Earl of Sunderland* by Lady Anne, Daughter to JohnfTuuke of Marlborough, by whom he had TfTue a_Son .... Marquis_of ^viftockfsfam died the Day hejyas born, the 6th of November, 1732. Her Grace departed this Life on the 27th of Sept. 1 73$*_ And in April, 1737, his^ Grace^married Gertrude., eldeft .Daughter of John, the prefent Lord Gower, by his ift Wife, the Lady Evelyn Pierpoint, Daugh- ter of Evelyn, Duke of King/Jon, by whom he hath Iflue Francis* Marquis of Tavtftock, born 26 Sept. 1739. z f, TITLES.] 124 R u s s E L , Duke of Bedford. TITLES.] John Ruffel, Duke of Bedford, Marquis of Taviftick, Earl of Bedford, Baron Ruffel, and Baron Ruffel of Thornbaugb^ and Baron Howland of Stretham. CREATIONS.] Baron Ruffel of Cbeyneys, in Com. Bucks, by Letters Patent, 9 Mar. 1538, 30 /&;?. VIII. Earl of the County of Bedford, 19 Jan. 1549, 3 ^ w - VI. Baron Rufjel of Thorn- bough, in Com. Northampton, 21 y#^ 1603, i y^r. I. Marquis of Tain/lock, in Com. Devon ; and Duke of the County of Bedford, I i May, 1694, 6 Will, and -/kfory ; and Baron Howland of /r- ftf;rc, in Com. Surry, 1 3 June, 1695, 7 7^/7/. III. ARMS.] Argent', a Lion Rampant, Gules, on a Chief, Sa- ble, three Efcallops of the firft. CREST.] On a Wreath, a Goat paflant, Argent, armed, Or. SUPPORTERS.] On the Dexter Side a Lion, on the Si- nifter an Antelope, both Gules ; the latter gorged with a Ducal Collar, chained, armed, crefted, tufted, and hoofed, Or. MOTTO.] CHE SARA, SARA. CHIEF SEATS.] At Wooburn- Abbey in the County of Bed- ford, one Mile from IFooburn, and 36 from London; at Tborn- baugh, in Com. Northampton ; at Cheneys in the County of Bucks* three Miles from Agnrondeflxim, and 25 from London; and at Bedford-Houfe in the City of Exeter, 150 Miles from London. CAVENDISH, Duke of Devonfhire. AS 'tis evident from Authentick Records, and the Obferva- tions of Learned Men, that, after the Cuftom of the Nor- mans, Surnames were, for the moft Part, taken from Towns, Offices, C5V. and were not generally aflum'd, 'till abput_jhe quii'd by Marriage ; and TiiTSon^as was ufual in thofe Times) took the NanTe of Cavendijb, as will hereafter fully appear. The Gernons were of great Note in the Counties of Norfolk and Effex, being lineally defcended from Robert de Gernon, a famous Norman, who aflifted William the Conqueror, in his Irivafion of this Realm, and in Reward of his Services, had Grants of feveral Lordfliips b , particularly of the Manours of Merdley, Three Hides of Land in Walllngton, Two Hides and a half in Aiot, one Hide in Wimundeley, and the Manour of Leceworth, rated at Ten Hides, all in Hertfordjhire. a Comdex's Remains, Tit. Surrtame$, b Domefday Lib< Fol. I37> 138. ' S> H3- 2 This CAVENDISH, Duke of Devonfhire. 125 This Robert de Gernon c gave the Church of St. Peter in Ghu~ ce/fer, the Church of Wmterbourne, as alfo the Church of Laver- Jloke, and half the Lands thereto belonging, to the Abbey of Glou- cefter, which was confirm'd by King Henry I. in the Time of Peter the Abbot. His Son and Heir Mqttbew de Gernon A , was one of the Wit- nefies to the Charter of William de Monteficbet, of the Donation of divers Lands to the Priory of Stratford- Langton in Ejfex, found- ed M.C.XXXV, and gave e alfo himfelf to the did Priory, his Lands of Gubige. He had f to Wife Hodierna, Daughter and Coheir to Stf^Villiam \Sackvile, Second Son of Herbran de Sackvile* and Brother ~to Sir RoberiJSackvile, lineal Anceftor to his Grace the prefent Duke jti_JDorfet ; by whoraTuTEacl \\Oue~Kalph de Gernon. Which Ralph g was a Witnefs (with William, Earl Warren^ and otEersof Prime Note) to the Charter of King Henry II. made to f Bungey in Com. Suff". dated at BromhoESTw. the Thirteenth Year of his Reign ; and by h his Wife, who was Sifter to Sir William Brews, Knight, had Iflue a Son of his own Name, Ralph de Gernon ', Founder of Lye's Priory in Effex, who de- parted this Life in the 32d Year of King Henry III. leaving Iflue William his Son and Heir. Of this Surname was alfo Ramtlph for Ralph] de Gernon, Earl of Che/hr, who took that Name from the Caftle of Gernon in Normandy, for Diftinclion from his k Father Ranulph, who wrote himletfl^ Bricafard, as alfo de M j>er_jfnn. to him and his_He[rs_fbr ever. This Sir ^oJjnjCavendi/by or another of his Name (which in that Age, was wrote Caundifh) ferved under K. H. V^ in his Wars in France, and d was in the femouc Battle of Agincourt,2^^O^ob. 1415. and the King, in the ift Year of his Reign^ in Cbn- lideration of the Difcretion, Prudence, and Fidelity, of his be- loved Efq; John Caundijh, grants him the Office of Brouderer of his Wardrobe^"to aft by himielf, or Deputies, with ail Profits, &c. thereto belonging. What Time he died, I don't find ; but by Joan his Wife, Daughter of Sir William Clapton (who v/as buried in the f Auguftine Friers of Clare in Suffolk) he had Ifflie three Sons, g William, Robert, and Walter Cavendi/k. X Fuller'* Worthies, in Com. Norf. c Ibid. p. 290. p. 269. d E. Lib. MS. cont. Norn. Nob. Sec, y Efc. 18. .11. Num. xi. a temp. R.Stephen, ad H. Vlll. No*. i ExRegift. vocat. March, p. 360. in B. 5 in Bib). Joh. Ar.ftis. Cur. Praerog. Cant. e Pat. i H. V. p. i. m. a6. a MS. in Bibl. Cotton, utantejk f Wttvtr** Fun- Mon. p. 74.2. b Stew's Annals, , 489, g MS. in Bib], Cotton not. Jul. F. H. K The 130 CAVENDISH, Duke of Devonfhire. Thejaid William Cavendijh, in the 8th Year of King Henry V. was^ one of the Executors to the Lady Roje Cavendijh, Wife ofjjiir Andrew Cavendijh, eldeft Son of the Lord Chief Jufticc Cavendijh ; and having ' married Joan, Daughter of Staventon, departed this Life in the 1 1 th Year of King Henry VI. as appears by his laft Will and Teftament. By which Teftament, bearing Date at London, 5 January, 1432, he k orders " his Body to be buried in the Church of " St. Thomas the Martyr of Aeon (now called Mercers Chapel) " if fo be he departed this Life in London ; but if he (hould "die " at Cavendijh, or elfewhere in Suffolk, then his Body to be bu- " ried in the Parifh Church of the blefled Virgin St. Mary y in " Cavendijh ; and that xx/. (hould be given to that Church " where he (hould be buried. He further Wills, That his Exe- " cutors provide an Obite for him, his Parents, and Wife, in the " (aid Church of Cavendijh ; and that they repair the High- *' ways between Pojlingford and Clare, as alfb the Way between " Cavendijh and Clare ; and bequeatFs to the Church of Pentelow " Cs. and the like Sum to the Church of Pojlingford, in Stiff*!}* " He Wills to "Joan his Wife, one Moiety of his Goods and " Chattels, in the Name of her Dower. To Walter his Brother, " an Annuity during his Life ; and to his Brother Robert, the " Guardianfhip of his Son I'bomas Cavendijh, during his Non- " age ; constituting the faicf Robert , William Fleet, and William " Berneway, his Executors : To which he put his Seal the Day " and Year aforefaid." Rcbert^CavendiJh, Brother and Executor to the faid William^ was brought up in the Study of the Laws ! , and arrived to that Eminency, as to be called to the Degree of a Serjeant, in the 3d Year of King Henry VL and died 17 Martij m , 17 Hen. VI. poffeffed of the Manours of^ Ca ' i o. Cant K 2 r JYlaaoX s iiaro:na AOgua, p. 105. u u ncem. u u 4 Cowl's Interpreter, Lit, C, in Cur. Praerog. Cant, 132 CAVENDISH, Duke of Devon iliire. '* crvc for Help and Grace, during my natural Lyfe in this *' Worlde, and to his bliflid Modr our Lady St,^fcfory, and to *' all the Companyjijjfjjsvyn. toj>ray_ for_nic at the Departyng " or' my Soule out of my wretched Body, for Marcy and Pitie ; " and that my Soule may be faved by the Merits of the moft pre- *' cious Pafllon of my Sovrayn Lord God Jefu ^rifte. Alfb I " Will, That all other Teftaments and Willes made, and bering " Date before this Day, be void, adnuHed, and of noon Effgfle : " And my Body to be buried in holy Sepulture, that is to witt, " with Gocid's Sufferaunce, in the Churche of Saint Thomas of *' ///, within London^ in the North Ifle of the Quere, next *' unto my Grandfader William CavendisJ})e t yf it may conve- " niently be. And yTTt may not be, then fumewhere ells in " the fame Churche, by Licenfe of the Maifter of the fame Place *'* for the Tyme being, yf it fortune me to depart this prefent *' Lvfe in London, or nygh aboute, or ells in Chnjlen Sepulture* " in fuch Place, as it (hall pleafe God to provide andordeyne for " me. Alfb I Will, require, befeke, and pray, on Godd's Be- Ci half, myn Executors, that they pave and content my jown * ; Debits, which I owe of Right or Conference, that may be " pfovuldew before myn Executors, and the Maifter of thefaid *" Church of St. Tbcmas of Acres for the Time being, in the *' difchar^ing of my Soule, and their Confciencs's. Alfo I be- " queth to the Church Werks, of the Church of Saint feotulpht *' without Aldricbe-Gate of London \\ s. viii d. And to the Re- " paracions and Bilding of the Chauntrye of the Trinitie in the *' fame Parimxxj. Alfo I bequeth to the faid Mafterof Saint " Thomas xiii s. iiii d. for my Sepulture there, and xii d. for being '* at the Dirige and MalTe ; and to every Preift of the lame *' Place iiii d. and to every Clerk ii d. Item, I bequeth to the " high Awter of the Parrfhe Churche of Saint Man Wood-ftreet x , * ' where I am a Parimioner, for my Offerings and Tythes fbr- <; gotten, or necligently paid, in dilcharging of my Soule, vi i, *' viii d. Alfo I bequeth to the iiii Orders of Freers in London, " That is to fay~IVJfa^~Tflack, Greye^__^^_Anguflyne^ to *' e\-cry ^oT them vjj7 via d. JBrmginglny .Corps to the faid " Churche, and theTe fay_ de profundis for my Soule, and all * 4 Criffcn Soules. Alfo I Will, That myn Executours fhall " fynde, and geve Twenty Pounds at my Burying, and for other " my Funeral Expences, and all other the Circumftances belong- '" ing tliereto. And over that xl s. for a Stone to lye upon my 41 Grave. Alf) I Will, That Agnes my Wife, flial have all " my Landes and Tenements in the Countie of Kent y to fell. " And the Money thereof, coming of the faid Sale, to take and " retayn to her own U, One hundred and Twenty Pounds. " And of the Refulue of die- laid Money, that the fame Agnes x Th^ K : ne kept bb Courr and mcft of th: Nobility lived in the City in thofe Times. * " centenc CAVENDISH, Duke of Dcvonfliire. 1 3 3 " content and paye, or caufe to be contented and paid, to . / " Doughter Mary Fourty Pounds, at the Tymeof her M,.r:i.;;;e. " And yt tneriiiid Mary deceffe before (lie be married, then I " Will, That the faid Fourty Pounds be equally devided between *' Thomas Cavendis/he, and William Cavsnd'njhs, my Sonncs. And " yf any of my faid Two Sonnc-s happen to cfecsite, ar th-- % v " come to lawful Age of xxi Yercs, then I Will, Tir.it the * { Parte of him fo departing, {hall remayne to the other Brother " fb over-lyving. And of this my laft Will and Teftam.'nt, I " ordeyn and make myn Executors, Agnes my Wife, Sir PJcbard " Broke, Knyght, one of the Juftic's of the Gvncn Place, and " Henry Walter, Gentleman. Ana to every of. the faid Richard *' Broke, and Henry Walter, I gave and b-'queth a black Gowne, " and xx s. for their Labours, defiring them to take the Labour " for to fe the execution of this my laft Will and Teftamcnt. " And George Cavendlsjhe my Sonne, to be my Overfeer of the " fame, after my Decefle, in Miner and Founne aforelaid, " Thefe WitnefTe, Sir John Webbe, John Ncivyngtox* Henry c * Walter, and other." Of thefe Sons, George, the elJeft, was feated at Gkmsfgrd^'m Suffolk y , and left Iflue, WiWcirn Cavsndljh, of_ GJe}nife> r ~di T^.|; who had only two Sons,~7^////gw, an?^?^^ who oieil without Iflue. vX^ "Thomas* the youngeft Son z , was one of the Knights of St. John's oF Jerusalem, and died unmarried, j/^ /^fu^/^c^n ' 'I 'he chief Heir-MadV remairTrng", vas a William Cavenclt/Jie^ fecond Son of the before- mentioned Taomns Cav^diJhT Which diversJLands_ in Suffolk* bj^_^2tt]eoiejal_oJii8 Farther, who gave him a liberal Education, which recommended him to Cardinal Wolfev* who had a greater Efteem for him, aj was of a Suffolk Family, and therefore took him to be about hi own Perfon, as Gentleman-Ufher of his Chan^ber, and placed 3 fpecial Confidence in him. The Cardinal_Jiad, for a long Time, the Management of all Affairs under King Henry VIII. and, indeed, the Government of the Realm ; fo that the Coinage of Money being under his Infpeftion, he aflumed fo far, as to put T. W. on each Side the King's Arms, and underneath, the Cardinal's Hat ; as is evident from feveral Pieces of Coin yet remaining in the Hands of the Curious. His Court, and Servants were fuch, as no Subject be- fore, or fince, ever had, there being in his Houfliold, all Officers fuiting the Dignity of a Prince, to the b Number of 800 Per^ fons, and among them, Nine or Ten Lords, who had each of them two or three Servants; but the Earl of Derby had five Men y Ex Stemnate in MS. praed. b Life of Card nal Wotfey, dedicated to z Ibid. t|l? Marquis of Dorcbejier, p. 19, 20. a Vincent's Baronage MS. ut antsi. K 3 Mr. i ^/j. CAVENDISH, Duke of Devonshire. i Mr. Cavendijh waited on the Cardinal, in his fplendid Embaffy ; into France, in the Year i 5 27^ i 9_ffi L VIII. when the Earl of i [Derby c , the Bifliop of London, LordTiivy-Seal, the Lord Sands, \Lorcl Chamberlain of the King's Houfbold, with a great Num- her of other Lords, Knights, and Gentlemen, attended on him. At Canterbury Mr. Cavendijh was difpatched with Letters to a Ordinal at Calais ri , and ftaid,the-e 'till his Lord's Arrival. Alfo when the Cardinal had b^en feafled by the King at Amiens four- J ^j . teen Days, and it was agreed to remove to Campaine, he was it-nt before to provide Lodgings e , which he prepared in the great Gnft'e of the Town, and faw it Furnifhed, the King having one half of the Caftle, and the Cardinal the ether ; the Gallery in like Manner being divided between them. It appears, that he was admitted to more r Intimacy with his Lord, and let more into Secrets, than any other Servant ; and therefore would not defsrt him inJnsFall, but honourably waited on his old Mafter, when he had no Office, and no Salary, to beftow upon him. He was with the Cardinal in his Chamber, when the Earl of Northumberland, and Sir Walter Welfh, arreftedhim in the King's Name, and was the chief Perfbn they fuffersd to be about him. * Sir Walter telling Mr. Cavendijh, "" That the King's Majefty *' bore unto him his principal Favour, for the Love and dili- ** sent Service he had performed to his Lord ; wherefore the " King's Pieafure was, That hefhould be about him as Chief, in *' whom his Highnefs putteth great Confidence and Truft." And thereupon gave him in Writing, feveral Articles, which, having read, he was content to obey his Majefty's Pieafure, and v/as fworn to the Performance of them. He went with the Car\ dinal to the Earl of Sbrevjfiury, at Sheffield- Park, who fhewed a particular R.egard to Mr. Cavendijh h , /aying, " Forafmuch as " I have always perceived you to be a Man in whom my Lord ** putteth great Affiance, and Imyfelf knowing you to be a Man '* very honed (with many other Words of Commendations and u Praife) /aid further, Your Lord hath often defired me .to write *' to the King, that he might anfwcr his Accufations before his 44 Enemies. And this Day I have received Letters from his Ma - " jtft/, by Sir William Kingjhn, whereby I perceive, that the '* King hath him in c;ood Opinion, and- upon my Requeft, hath '* fejit for him by the faid Sir Willies,!: Kingflon. " l-heref.>re, now I would have you play your Part wifely with '* Ivm, in fuch Ibrt, as he may take it quietly, and in good " Part ; for he is always full of Sorrow and much Heavinefs * c ;t my being with him, that I fear he would take it ill if I " bring him Tidings thereof : And therein doth he not well j -;.*> e .Slav's Anna!?, p^-^ja. f P 72, 10^, 129. d Life of * iii.fr. 58. h P. l^l, I**. " for CAVENDISH, Duke of DcvonfLire. 135 * for I affure you, that the King is his very good Lord, and c hath given me moft hearty Thanks for his Entertainment : " And therefore go your Way to him, and periuade him I may *' find him in Quiet at my coming, for I will not tarry lon^ " after you." He went, according: to the Earl's Defire, and then attended him, with Sir William 'Kingjlon, to Leicejler, who, on Receipt of Letters from his Majefty, to examine the Cardinal about what Money he had, * was ,dire&ed to follow Mr. Caveti- diftfs Council : But his Death prevented what had been aimed at ; and Mr. Cavendijh, when he had paid his laft Rcfpe&s to the Car- dinal, by feeing him interred in St. Mary's Chapel, at Lejcefter 9 ,/e^, ^ the 3oth of November , 1 530. fet forward to wait on his Majefty; jf ut and BeingTntroducea by Sir*. Henry Norris, Groom of the Stole, had a long Conference with the King, who was fo well fatisfied '' in the Anfwers he made, that, in Conclufion, he told him ; k For his Honejly and Truth, he Jhould be his Servant in his Cham- ber, as he was with his Majhr. Therefore, go your Ways to "5/r John Gage, our Vice-Chamberlain, to whom we have fpoken already to admit you ourjtervant in our Chamber \ and then go to the Lord of Norfolk, and. he Jhallpay you your whole Yeafj^Woges, and a Reward be/ides. To give a more lafting Teftimony of his Gratitude to the Car- / / dinal,_he drew up a fair Account of his Life and Death, which he ' wrote in the_Reign^oTT^ieen Mary, whereof the oldeft Cor >J f py is in thelFiandadf the nobfe-'Fainilyof Pierpoint, into which!' _ _ nulcript in many Places," n "but" mentions Georj^Cavendifh to be the Author__ofjt, whkh, from diverfe Circumftances, we may conclude Jo be a Miftake. In the Year 1 667, Jt was printed^ and dedicated to Henry^ Lord Marquis of Dorckejiev, with the Author's JVeface, in which are tfieie TExpreflions. w The Car- ^ ^JS^^JSSLJ? 1 / Lord and Mafter_; whom, in his Life-time, I '' ferved : And fo remained with him in his Fall continually, ;t during the Time of all his Troubles, both in the South, and " North Parts, until hejlfed. In all which Time, I punctually " obferved all bis Demeanors, alfo his great Triumphs, and glo- : '* rious Efete, tfr. Neverthelefs, whatfoever any Man hath *' conceived of him in his Life, or fince his Death, thus much I " dare fay, without Offence of any, That, in my Judgment, t " never law this_Rea]rrim_better Obedience and Quiet, than it ^ was in the Time of his Authority ; nor Juft ice _ better ad- *' miniftred, without ^rtmfity } as I could juftly prove^ if I " (hould not be taxed with too much Affection." In thefe Par-" V.' . . ' i. ! : -" - ^ i Life of Wolfey, p. 148,. m Life of King Hen. VIII. in Hift. of. klh.p. 156, 517. fygland, VpJ.II. p. Ii2. 1 Vide his Life, p> ' ^ /^^/ ->B*^-^.IX<. . '.W^i~- sw to return, Mr. Cavendijh, ' in the Twenty-fecond Year j ' j i of King Henry VIII. (ijjoj was conftituted one of the Com- miflioners for vifiting and taking the Surrenders of diverfe religious Houfes, and in that _Year, the Prior and Convent of Shjen came before him at Sheen, and furrendered their Monaftery to him. Alfo on the 5th of December, f in 31 H VIIL the Abbot and Monks of St. Albarfs, delivered their Convent Seal, and fur- rendered to him, and other of the King_'s Yifitors. In the fame I Year he was made s one of the Auditors of the Court of Augmen-' tation^ then newly ereded (and fo- called, becaufe the Kings Revenue was much augmented, by the Accefs of thofe Mona- flery Lands, at that Time to the Crown). Alfo on 26 February Vvllrf-x*f *' f Ko A ir f^nr\{\f\*ri t ir\n s\f nic ^^rtrir-AC o fZrr3 nf +r\ following, ^liad, in Confideration of his Services, a Grant, to him, and Margaret his Wife ('as alfo to his Heirs and Affigns) of the Lordfhips and Manours of Northawe, Cuffeley, and Chyjde- vyke, in HertforMire. This Margaret was his fecond Wife ; for his firft Wife 'was Anne^ Daughter of Edmund ISoftock, of Che]hire^K^<\, by whom he had a Son JohrfArrt\o died young, and two Daughters, Annt^ married to_Sir Henry Bainton, Kt^ and Catherine, to Thomas Broke, T3q; Son to Thomas, I^d Cobhnm. His l fecond Wife, before mentioned, was Daughter of Thomas Pjirk&r. of Poflingford* in Suffolk ; but he had no Trr W* Y S**4*t* ^ / *.**'. r / e'<-***ilir Iflue^by her^who departed thisTL,ife in the "fzd le r ear of King fenry VIIL and was buried' in the Church of St. Botolph's Al~ dtrfgate^ under the Monument of Alice Cavendljh, Wife of Thomas Caveiidijh) of Cavendifh^ Father of the laid William Cavendijh, u as this Infcription in the faid Church fhewsi Here lyeth buried under this Stone, Margaret Cavendifh, late Wife of William Cavendifh, which William -was one of the Sonnes of the abffuenamed * Alice Cavendifh. Which Margaret dyed the yv\ Day of June, in the Tear of our Lord God, M.CCCCC.XL. Whos Soul Jefu pardon. Amen. Heven bits be here mede, Tat for the Sing, Prey or Rede. In the Thirty-fcventh Year of King Henry VIII. he * was conftituted Treafyier of the Chamber_to his Majefty, a Place of grearTTruft and Honour ; for by an At in 6 H. VIIL (concern- ing the King's general Receivers of his Revenues) it's declared z , " That every Perfon, whome the King hereafter fhall name and n Life of H. VII I. o 148. . u WervtSs Fun Mon. p. 693. o jRywr'sFcedsra. Vol. XIV. p. 407. x Vide the Infcription on her Monu- p A.fc-:'s A-rais, p. < 7 6. ment, whctcin lh, K mentione-d t" be the q Pat. 31 // VIII. p. 2. \Vifeof 'Tbtmai Civend'ifo, of CavenJi/b, r Bill. Sipn'd 31 // VilJ. y Pat. 37 //. VIII. p. a. s Ex Stemmate. / Rot. P*rl. 6 M> VIII. t Ibid. appoint CAVENDISH, Duke of Devonshire. 13- *' appoint to the Roome and Office of Treafurerjjf .his : Chamber, " bee not accomptable in the Exchequer, for any fuch his or their " Receipte, or any Parte or Parcell of the Premifes, but to the " King's Highnefs, or his Heires, or before fuch as his Grace " fhall thereunto lymitt and appointe, Alfo, That all fuch Per- " fons as have paid, or hereafter fhall pay, any Summe or Summes " of Money to the King's life, to the Hands of the Treafurer of " his Chamber for the Time being ; and for the Proof of tire " which Payment, the faid Perfon or Perfbns have, had, or here- " after fhall have, any Bill, or Bills, figned with the Hands of " the faid Treafurer for their Difcharge, or Difcharges : And if any of the faicTPerfon or Perfbns, bring, or caufe to"be brought, i " the faid Bills into the King's Receipt of the Exchequer, diat * " then immediately upon Sight of the faid Bill or Bills, the Trea- ( " furer and Chamberlains of the faid Exchequer, fhall ftricke7"or { * c caufe to be ftriocen, a Tallve, or Tallies, for the Difcharge of \ " the faid Perfon or Perfons, ttTat fo have paid their Money to the " faid Treafurer of the King's Chamber ; As if they had paid " the faid Summe, or Summes oFMoney, in the Receipt before- " faid, without any other Warrant in that Behalfe to be obteyn- ^ " ed, and without any Fine, Fee, or Reward, therefore to be " taken. He received the Honour a of Knighthood from his Sovereign, on Eajler-day, in 37 H. VIII. who aTteFwards admitted him b of his Privy- Council. He was likewife continued in the fame Office of Treafurer of the Chamber, both to King Edward ' VL and Queen Mary^ and was alfo of their Privy_Council ; as appears by feveral Warrants directed to him, and other Au^horitiesTjfa/ the Sixth Year of King Edward VI. he had a Grant of divcrfe Manours and Lands, belonging^ to!Teyej;al ^IfTqTyedTr'rwries and Abbeys in Derhyjhire.^ Nottingham/hire d , Stafford/hire, Dorfctjhjj-f, Cornwal, Kent, and Ej/ex, in Exchange with the King for his Manours of Northaw, in Hertfordjhire, Northawbery in Lin- coin/hire, ^^"IHeJScTf^'oF'tFiF ^Friory and ^edory^pf Caravan in flflafjT/^//rc J 'witjjj2ther Lands in Convwal, gnd eirewhere. But /the greatejl^AdditionJo his Fortunes, was made by a prudent and i Match with Elizabeth, Daughter of Jobti HardwicL of,' 5^ Leak, of Loaflcmd, Efq; and, at length, was Coheir fo "John Hardiuick, Efq; her Brother. ^=-J. TEIT^aiitifyl and di(creet_ Lady was married at Fourteen ^Years of Age K? fiSJW-f Barley, of Barley^ in_Cpm. DerJ?7~E(c\; 4 who f was alfo very j^oung, and died foon_aftX (viz. on the ad of February, i $ 32^ 2^ H^ VIII.) but hJsJaj^e_Eftate^as fettled a MS. Not. Claudius, c. 3. p. 149. in d Thar-acrf* Ant. of.MtUutg-, p, 186. l, Dib!. Cotton. e Ibid. p. 187. b Cat. of Nob. by R. B. Tit. Devon. f Life of William, c AJhmolfs Older of the Carter, in p, 154, on 138 CAVEND.ISH, Duke of Devon Hiiro. Jfeirs. She lived a Widow a confidcrable Time, "aiidTthen took for her Second Hufband, this Sir William *jt U-\ wno na d fo _great an Affection for her VThat, on her Defire, he ^ _ I fold his Eftate in the Southern Parts of England, to purchafe_Lands ( in jDerbyflnre* where her^ own Friends and Kindred lived. Alfo, / on her further Perfuafion, he begun a Noble Manpur Hpufe at Chatjworth.f wHich he did not live tpjinifh, dying 6 in the Fourth and Fiftji Years of the Reign of King Philip and Queen Mary*. He had by her a hopeful Number of Sons and Daughters, i . Henry + ' tc&Jcfffa was ' ele&ecT one of the Knights for Derbyjhire, in the ' / tJ ^ ourteent ^ Year of Queen Elizabeth, and ferved for the fame * ^ v^uhty in Five gtherjucceeding I^r] laments, in tlie Reign of that Queen. In the latter Part of his Life, he refided at Tutbury y in, Stajfordjhire ; but dying without Iflue, 1 2 Offober^ 1 6 1 6, was buried at End/ore^ in Derby/hire, whoTe Memory is preferv*d by this Infcription in that Church. F AM M M. S. Henrico Cavendifio, Gu.il. Equit. Aurati a Chatefworth, in Agro Derb. Filio natu Maximo, Ex matre clarffima Elizab. Hardwick, ab Hardvvick, in eodem Agro nata, qua quarto Marito Georgio Salopiae Ccmiti Sexto. IntQta eft. Viro Strenuo ac Forti, Ut qui unus (ex primis Hits volonibus ckiliarcbh Anglis, Anno CIOICLXXVIII) Nome*. Dederit Militia Belgicae : Cujus erat Fattens ac Peritus pariter NavuSy Agilis, Acer. Ubi autem Negoci'afeciffent Otio Locum > Liber -a liter Lauteq; ipff indulgent^ Ita tamen ut Splendidus. ' Ac Hilaris Non Defes audirety In hoc 4ro .Jlrmh Exiivifay depofitis: Et in P-irietesfixis 5 : Latet Sceleion expeftans, Pro Fames clangore tuba Clajficum Refurreftionis* Obiit xii die Otobris, Anno SErte Chrijliants CDICCXVI. g Life of Willi'av, D u k? of W<-wcaJ}!e t i tf'iltis's Notitk, Parliament, Vol. lit p. 154. {.azz. h Ex Stemmate. 2. William* CAVENDISH, Duke of Devon (hire. 159 '-**- /(&',/- A&n 2. William, Heir to the whole Eftate, and firft Earl of Devon- ' 3 . Charles, wnofe^ Son and Heir was Duke of Newcaftle^ Which Xjtle tefffiig3?ed__with his only lurviving SnnjHenry, ; 'Duke 6nWz^7^'wrio died at Ifalbec^lrTthe'&jtt} Year of his/ Age, on the 26th of 'July, 1691, leaving five Daughters, his f I Coheirs, i . Lady Elizabeth, married to Chriflopljer MonJLl&uke \ of /f&emarle^'mdjzdly'to Ralph, Duke of ^cntaputy ?&?%& Trances, married to '^ofin Campbell, Lord 'Glenorchye, eljcft Soix.'' * '' _ f ^i_ _ i? i ' i r n 'J*w '-J^ "~T r^ . ; -* ;_j ._ v ; of the JEari oFBrM&lKi&iz" ILady Marjraret^mzrried to John ' Holies* EaA ofCfare, after Duke of ^ewcajlle^ by whom fbe left Iflue one fete Daughter and ri_eir, the Lady Henrietta Cavendjjj) ^BolU^ married to Edward* theprefent Earl ofJDxfsrd. 4. Lady Catherine^ married to "fhomas Tufton, Earl of t Tt>aneT. 5. Lady youngeft Daughter, married to Charles Spencer^ Earl of Sundtrland. &*<*"-/ *^f'/tt*s*^***i ^r^u^/t The Daughters of Sir Tfflliain Cavendljb were "Frances^ mar- ried to Sir Henry Peirpoint^ of Holm-Peirpoint^ in Com. Nott. Anceftor to his Grace the prtfent Duke of Kingjlon^ and EUza- betb, wedded to Charles Stuart* Earl of Lenox* youngCT Brother to Henry^ Lord Darnley^ Father of King ^ antes I. and were Sons -^ of Matbew Stuart, Earl of Lenox, by his Wife Margarel^ Daugh- , ter of Archibald Douglafs, Earl of Angus, and_pf Margaret his ^ Wife, Daughter of King.Jto VII. The faid Charles, EarH)f ^ Lenox, left Iftue by the faid Elizabeth his Wife, that incomparable Lady, Arabella, who being fo nearly related to the Crown, State- Jealoufy confined her, and facrificed her in the Tower. $' jMary^ who was the Wife of Gilbert, Earljrf Shrew/bury. A rare Example of Two Brothers founding Two feveral Duke- doms ; and the Sifters matched, one into a direct Branch of the Royal Family of Great Britain^ and the others into the Noblefl Families of Lngland ^^f&S #^^ ^fc The Lady Cavenat/b v tBeir Mother, continued in her Widow- hood fome time, rejecting many Offers, and then k accepted of Sir William _St. Zg^Ciptain of the Guard to Queen Elizabeth, and : Pofleflbr of diverfe fair Lordmips in Gloticeflerjhire, which, in Articles of Marriage, ihe too~care fliould be^, fettled on her, " / and her own Heirsjjn Default of I flue by hire; and accordingly, having no^Child by him, {he liv'd to enjo^Jjis whole Eftate, ex- cluding his former Daughters and Brothers. A ~~A^"/jj,^ d*J~t** " In this_Third Widowhood, (heliad not furvived her Charnw 7 " of Wit and Beauty m , by which fhe captivated the thengreateft " Subject of the Realm, George^^^^hrewfbury, whom (lie *' brought to Terms of the greateft Honour and Advantage ^o_ " herfelf and Children ; for he not only yielded to a considerable '* Jointure, but to an Union of Families, by taking Mary, her k Infcriptio Turnuli. -. m Bilhop Kennel's Memoirs of the Fa - 1 Dugdates, Baronage, Vol. II. p. 420. roily of Cavmdijb, p 67. ** youngeft 140 CAVENDISH, Duke of Devonfhire. *' youngeft Daughter, to Wife of Gilbert his Son, and afterwards " his Heir ; and giving the Lady Grace, his youngeft Daughter* *' to Henry , her eldeft Son. On November 18, 1509, {he was " a FourriTUmeTeTt^ and to Death continued a Widow. A " Change of Conditions, that, perhaps, never fell to any one " Woman, to be j?our Times a creditable and happy Wife; to " r i%J?y- gyjgrX-SMlbjJlJ mto ^gg^gl Wealth, and higher Ho- * l nqurs; to have an unanimous Iflue by one Hufband only; to have all thofe Children_livej and all, by her Advice, be ho- nourably, and creditably, difpofed of in her Life-time ; and, " after all, to live Seventeen_Years_a_Widow, in abfolute Power ** and Plenty. s noble Houfe at Blenheim. It muft not be for- gotten~that this Lady had the Honour to beJCeeper_pf Maty Queenjrf Scots^comtnltted Priibner to George^ Eif I bf SJjrewf- bury^ for Sevcntgen^_Years. Her Chamber, anif Rooms of State, "vi'ith her Arms, and other Enfigns, are ftill remaining * * at Hardwick ; her Bed was taken away for Plunder in the Ci- *' vil Wars. At Chatfworth^ the New Lodgings, that anfwer " the Old, are called the Queen of Scot's Apartment, and an " Ifland Plat on the Top of a fquare Tower, built in a large " Pool, is ftill called, the Queen of Scot's Garden ; and fome of *' her own Royal Work is ftill preferved among the Treafures *' of this Family: A Carpet embroider'd with her Needle, and " particularly a Suit of Hangings, now remaining in a Chamber '* at Harchvick, wherein all the Virtues are reprefented in fym- " bolical Figures, and allufive Mottoes; an Ornament, and a " Le&ure. The Earl's own Epitaph docs betray that he was " fufpecled of Familiarity with his Royal Prifoner ", quod licet a " malevolis propter fujpeftam cum captiva Regma famdiaritatem tl feepius male audivit^ which is not to be imagin'd true : Howe- " ver, the Rumour of it was, no doubt, an Exercifc of Temper ^ i g w. " >a n a> 3 H 3 :5 Sj < f Is * j- 2 _^ s 2 1 S f C 3 rt Ps r =" iw r 1 ' a O i. O .^ , -t a c S- 1 ( de CH.ATSW FRANCESCAM VENDISH de V MANSFIELD, CAVENDISH (OniGRACIAM snem CAVEND1 ? V .VENDISH de ( S 51 II 0'^ W K g^ ta t-j val TO. i n :'-.! Gloriofam ea rnatione DM. s? 2^ - 5" 3 -^L 3" 5, "T4 W -^ rr- [. HENRICO I Et MARIA /ELBECK Eon Comitem Mjirchi o.'H $2. o. a ,o O 3 Krt? >O=T ?3?33 :00_ ^ So C I* O' ^d S n cL tl r ' r CAVENDISH I Quib (WICK de HAR ERTO BARI Jd y TP a w> MDCV 3 XI n D 3 S = pi ^ -a i> ** ^ ^ "fl o? " O ar , n o w 1^3 r , a 2. S' S S>H; o CT; O hrt r c M* S 3 ^ 3 < 2 c- Q .?W Refurre&ionem fubtus iac Q a a 3 3 1 js K & OLDCOTES magn: itoriam xiii. die menfis F LI7.ABETHA SALOPl-ffi OINT. Eqn. surato. ELIZABT BERTO Comiti SALOPI em Honoratiffimi WILL CAE ucem de NOVOCASTRO fuper ios tres; fcil't HENRICUM C ALOPI/E filiam in iixorem dux ion in Comitem DEVONI^E per Thefaurario Camerae Regibus K fuit a Secretioribus confil WE militi, Regii Satellit IORGIO Comiti SALOPI P. M. LIZABETHjE nagroDERB: Armigeri filia, f BARLEY in did. Com. ] c l-f 1 1 I tii C7" 3^ 9 3. 5 3 > f z ENDISH TINAM. i. 2 w fil tfl c- n P ^. 8 si ?s X O S JJ -fc n a. ct 5"c/> 3 ^2 w ^ Fx r*'-" *' I*. 1 S-K D ^ "t ^ ? X 2. a o ? fT P i i 3. S < 3 <' rV flimarum fabr .OLO STUART Ineo militi?, de ] niitem de OGLE e TUTBURY ir tima defunftum :r Regem IACOB1 [. EDWARDI V tandem Cohered!, g. nupta j P^* O 3 g" &3 s.? S > x' r pi 25 'O 5 O n ?? 1 3 o Si fi" f a o * > ?" W I a I CAVENDISH, Duke of Oevonfhire. 1 43 I)r. Toby Matthews, Archbifhop of Tork, preached her Funeral Sermon q , taking his Text from the 3ift of Proverbs and 25th Verfe, to the End of the Chapter. JVilliam Cavendifh, ( fecond Son of Sir William Cavendijh) by j^he Death of his elder JBrother Henry, who died without^ Hue in 1 6 1 6, inherited a great Eftate. He had his Education with the Sons of George, Earl of Shrew/bury, who married his Mother, and beii ng %fFa vourite, fhe gave him on his Marriage, and at her t)eceale, a greater Fortune than his elder Brother had. He was * returned to Parliament for Newport in Cornwall, in the 31 ft ^/>- Year of Queen Elizabeth ; and being diftinguifhed for his emi* &*/: it nent Abilities, King Ja?nes I. advanced him s to the Dignjt^^f /^ / Baron Cavendi/b, of ^t!ardwick^j.n L Com. Derb. by Letters Patent ., 4 May, "ijjoix in the 3d^Year of his Reign. At which Time /, of his Creation, his Majefty flood under a Cloth of State in the' Hall at Greenwich f , accompanied with the Princes his Child ren^ the Duke of Hol/lein, the Duke of Lenox, and the greateft Part of the Nobility, both of England and Scotland, His Lprdfhip Was one of the firft Adventurers who fettled a Colony and Plantation in Virginia i and on the firft Difcovery of [the Bermudas Iflands,nfiad (with the Earl of Northampton, t\\z/3 &*?*? (Earl of Pembroke, the Lord Paget, the Lord Harrington, and j others) a Grant of them from the King u . Whereupon, in April i biz., they fent a Ship thither with Sixty Perfons, to take Pofleflion thereof, who were followed by others, and yearly Sup- plies, which fbon made them a flourifhing Plantation. The great 1 Ifland was divided into Eight Cantons or Provinces, bearing the Name of Eight of the chief Proprietors, whereof one of them ftill retains the Name of Cavendijh. By the Death of his Lord- (hip's elder Brother, in the Year 1616, a great Addition was made to his Eftate, and being in Repute with the leading Men in that Age, and waiting on his Sovereign in his Progrefs, he was .^declared Earl of Devon/hire* 2 Aitgujl^ 1 6 1 8, in the Bifhop's P*-^** ^* ! lace at ^alljbury x , when the Vifcount Li fie was invefled with Title of Earl of Leicefler, and tfieTLord Compton, with the Title -2 oFTSarT of Northampton ; but the letters Fate^O' bear Date * 7 JfuguJF, 1 6 Jac. TT This noble Lord married two Wives : i. Anne^ rjaughterand Heir to Henry Kigbly, of Ki^hly,jn,Cjsm^.^T. Ebor. Efq; by whom T fie"nacT three Sons and three Daughters :'^r ' ^ l ' GjWert^vfho djed_ in his Y^uth, and left a very ingenious Book 2 , intitled, HjraSu^fech/fy Obfervations and Difcourres, fffc. 2. WWwm, liis'Helrand cceflbr! in his Infancy. 5 and 6. Mary and Elizabeth, wfflbo&rffltd young q Ex. Aiitog. penes Rad Thorefby de u Stmve, p. 944.. Leeds. x Cimdeift Annals in Htltory of E"g- r ^////VsNot.Parl. Vol. II. p. 164. Isrd, Vol. II. p. 649. s Pat. 3. Jac. p. 12. y Pat. 16 Jac. p. 1 1. . t Snvtt's Anna]?, p. 86j> z Waod\ Athen. 6xon t Vol. II. p. 474. ' cond 144 CAVENDISH, Duke of Devonfhire. cqnd Wife was Elizabeth, Daughter to Edward Boughton, of Caufton, in Com. Warw. Efq; and Widow of Sir Richard Wort- ley, of IVortley, in Com. Ebor. Kt. by whom he had Iflue, Sir *John_ Cavendijh, Kt. of the Bath at the Creation of Charles, JPrince of Wales, Anno 1616 V who departed this Life on the 1 8th of 'January, i6ij\ This Earl' 'or Devon/hire, deceafed at Ms Scat at Hardwlck, on the 3d Day of March, 1625, leaving JVill'iam his Son and Heir b , at that Time 3 6 Years of Age, and was buried at Endfor, near Chat/worth, where a Monument is creeled for him, with this Infcription. ARCH1VA M. S. GULTELMO CAVENDISIO Ex ifdem Parentibus fecundo genito Filio 9ui & hie etiam trabeam reliquit Viro Ad omnia nato Qttte re fie facienda funt Simplicique Virtute Merentl magis )uam captanti Gloriam )uem cum primum titulo Baronis de Hard wick, Et poftea C omit is Devon. Regum oculatij/imus, I A COB. B. M. tf M. B. Rex infigneret, Nan tarn Hominem quam Honorem Cohoneftare vi/us eft. Provinciam fujlinuit Quail perltia integritate ac laude * Imagincm Jpfam * roga fSecoSum. Fama Cmmunis non mentitur. Fir Non Seculi fui fed omnis JEvz Optimus Neque filendusy neque Dicendus Sine euro. Laboris ac Fidel capadcijfimus. Afiu otiojis fimillimus Nihilfebi vendicans Eoque aflequem omnia Cui Cum modice ac piano folo fe condi Mandaviffet Majors Pietate quam impenfa H. M. F. C. ' H. Obiit ill Die Marti i, Anno Mr a ejufdtm, CDICCXXV. a VintmCt Difc. ef BnoKt Erron, b Colt's Eft. MS.Not.6i. A. i. LiU p. i^. 5. p, 284. in Bibl, Harlej. William, .CAVENDISH; Duke of Devon fi ire. ^his Son andJHeir % having travelled^ into France and Jtaly, under the Tuition oFMr. Thomas Hobbs^ who had been taken (from Oxford in 1607) under 20 Years of Age, into his Father's Service ; was, on his Return d , Knighted at Whitebait the ytrTor March^ 1608-9; and, by the Policy of King James* married to Cbriftlan^ only Daughter to his great Favourite, Ed^_ ivarfl^ Lo.rd Bruce* of KlnlofTe^'m Scotland, whofe great Services (being tjie principal Inftrument of his obtaining the Crown of England) were rewarded by this Match into a r.ich and noble g/$_Family. And for the better Grace, the King gaVe her withhis own Hand, and made her Fortune Ten thoufahd Pounds^ and follfcited for a better Settlement on them, telling the old IsordjSavendiJb % after his Marriage with a fecond Wife, th?"t his Son being matched into a .Family, for which he was fb nearly concerned, he expected out of that plentiful Eftate he himfelf had$ fuch a Proportion mould be fettled, that Sir IVlUiam. might, bear up the Port of his Son, and his Lady the Quality of the King's Kinfwoman ; which Mediation proVed fo effectual, that the Lord Cavendi/hj$\& what jheJKing thought rrafonabte. But this Addition, though it anfwered the King's f , yet it did not rife up to the Generofity of* the Son's Mind, which occafion- ed his contracling a very great Debt, entred into by an Excefs of Gallantry, the Vice of that Age, which be too much indulged; himfelf in s ; for when he was fearl of Devon/hire, and had a' much greater Fortune than formerly, he increafed his Expences by his magnificent giving, both in Town and Country ; his Houfe appearing rather like a Prince's Court, than a Subject's. He underftood foreign Languages fo well, that h , whilft he was? Lord Ctavendiflj) he was appointed to conduct Count Swarten- burgh^ the Emperor's Ambafl'ador, to his Publick Audience of King 'James I. as alfo Seignior FalerJJlo ',. AmbafTador Extraor- dinary from the Republick of Venice ; and k Monfieitrs ffArfehnes^ and Jaacbimii Joint- AmbafTadors of the States of the United Provinces. In the Year 1629, his Lordfhip, and his Lady ^ waited on King Charles .L_to CaJttefbury, by his Royal Appoint- / j fnent, to be prefent at his jSfuptials with Maria Henrietta^ fecond: / paughter to King Henry IV. of france, who arrived aj: Dober ! | the i >th" of Ma^ and came the fame Night to Canterbury i' where the JVIarriage v/as confummated. This noble Earl '" was beloved and admired in both Houfes of Parliament, and a great Speaker in them : Air. Hobbs, in his Epiftle Dedicatory to his Son, of his Hnlory of T'bucydides, gives ^ - 4' c F? (hop foniet's Memoirs, p. 73. A'mbafTadors, p. 95, 9^ d Pbi!f>i>t\ CM. of Kn.ghtf, p. 46. i L fe, p. 112. e Pomfret's. Life of Cbrijiian, Counted k P. 138. of Dt-von, p. 23. -:'' \ P, ija, If|. f Ib. p. 24. m: Lift cf the Countcfs e)f Dntn t . P- 2f. p. 31, Sir jQbn f;rm;*s Obforatlons on- . this j 46 CAVENDISH, Duke of Devon (hire. this mining Chara&er of him. " By the Experience of many *' Years I had the Honour to ferve him, I know this, There " was not any who more really, and lefs for Glory's Sake, fa- " voured thofe that ftudied the Liberal Arts liberally, than my *' Lord your Father did ; nor in whofe Houfe a Man mould lefs " need the Univerfuy, than in his. For his own Study, it was " beftowed, for the moft Part, in that kind of Learning, which . " beft deferveth the Pains and Hours of great Perfons, Hi/lory, " and Civil Knowledge, and directed not to the Oftentation of " his Reading, but to the Government of his Life, and the " Publick Good ; for he fo read, that the Learning he took in " by Study, by Judgment he digefted and converted into Wif- " dom and Ability, to benefit his Country : To which he alfo *' applied himfelf with Zeal ; but fuch as took no Fire, either . e perceived, that Honour and HoneJJy are but the fame " Thinp; in the difFerent Degrees of Perfons." Ke departed this Life at his Houfe near Bi/hopfgate^ in London^ (where Devon/hire- Square is now built) 20 Jumj (1628) 4 Car. I. and was buried in the Vault with Elizabeth, Countefs of Shrewf- fafjy his Grandmother n , on the i ith of July following; where! a moft fhtely Monument is creeled to his Memory, his own 'Statue of XVhite Marble {landing upright in the midft of it ; 'and at. the four Corners, are the Figures of his Children, which he had by his Wife before-mentioned, Chr'iftian^ Daughter of Edward^ Lord Bruce, of Kinlojje, and Sifter to Thomas, Earl of Jilgaie, in Scotland^ Father of Robert, Earl of Aliftury. Thefe were, i. JViiiiam, his Heir : 2. Charles, Lieutenant-General of the Horfe,~under hisT^oufin tjie Marquis~cT~^w^^/^irrtIie' Civil~ Wars': ^TTrlenry, who died young : Aricf, 4. Anne mar- rfwT to Robert, Lord Rj(b y Son and Heir to Robert, Earl of n MS. J. 8. inOfSc. Arm. f iS. i CAVENDISH, Duke of Devon fhire. 147 his Son and Heir, was ten Years , eight Months, and fen Days old, at the Death of his Father, being then a Knight, as is evident from the Inquifition taken the i yth of Sep- tember, 4 Car. I. in the Court of Wards. He was p made Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of King Charlcs_\. and his Mo- ther, the Cou ntefe Dowager, getting the Wardfhip_of_him, he was under her Care, whofe clear Joynture q was no lets than 5ooo/.^aJYear, to which flie added 4000 /. by her ownjgrudent Manage. Her Son's Eftate r was charged and Complicated with near thirty Law-Suits, which, by the Cunning and Power of her Adversaries, were made as perplexed, and as ted iousjis rjofiibl'e ; yet, by Right, managed by Diligence and Refolution, (he went through them all35dhJSatisfation ; fo as King Charles jeftingly (aid to her, Mohan, you ^ye_qtt__T^^udfei_jai^o^r_^DJJp^fal. The difcharging of the Eftate from^thjofejnumerous Law-Suits, was not the only Thing that required_JTer_Care s ; there was a great Debt to bejatisfied, which was another Specimen of_hgr Trouble, as well as Patience. Her Lord had, before his Death, obtained an Act of Parliament for cutting of? an Entail, in or- der to the Salejpf Lands ; a Thing npt_u(ual in thofe Times, and had not then been effected, but for the Sakes of thofe for whom it was done, as King Charles was pleafed to exprefs jr. Yet this bore no Proportion towards the Payment of that vaft Debt for which it was defigned ; but with what Money the Sale of thofe Lands brought in, together with her own Care and Ma- i nagement, the Debt was discharged by her. She was a Lady of that Affability and fweet Addrefs, with fo great a Wit and Judg- ment, as captivated all who converfed with her ; and of fuch ftricl: Virtue and Morals, that ftie was an Example to her Sex r . .. r covering CAVENDISH, Duke of Devonfliire. 1 53 covering his Hearfe with Tears and Laurels. And when, about 30 Years after, his Body was removed to be interred at Derby with his Mother, frefh Lamentations were made by thofe whi knew, and others that had heard, his Fame ; and the whole Peo- ple of Newark, exprefled the moft fbrrowful Unwillingnefs to part jvith the Relicks of (b dear a Perfon, who had been, when alive, the Ornament and Defence of that Place. It was " his Mother's exprefs Will, that his Corpfe fhould be f aken up, and wait upon hers in another Herfe to Derby. Her Corpfe pafiing through Leicejler, due Refpe&s were paid to her Memory, the Magiftrates of that Place attending in their Forma- lities, and the Gentry of the Country meeting there at the fame Time, waited on it out of Town. The fame honourable Re- ception was paid to both of them at Derby-) where they were in- terred in the Burial Place of the Family, under a ftately Monu- ment me had erected for her Lord, Herfelf, and Children. Her funeral Sermon was preached by Mr. Frampton (Chaplain to her Brother the Earl of Elgine] afterwards Bifhop of Gloucefter j his, by Mr. Naylor, Chaplain to the Countefs. His Death is faid to come neareft the Heart of the mourning Mother, of any Affliction God was pleafed to try her Patience with. And, indeed, but for his Lofs, and that of her only Daugh- ter, the Lady Rich (whofe Memory is celebrated by the Wits and Orators of her own Time, the Lord falkland, Mr^^W/^r, Mr. Godolphin, and others) fhe had an uninterrupted Prosperity, abating her great Concern, for thofe common Calamities which befel her- felf, together with the King and Church. She retired to Green- %vicb towards the latter End of the Rebellion, and refle&ing on the deplorable Condition of the King and Church, fhe endeavour- ed, with her utmoft Skill and Diligence, to recover the Dignity of the Crown, and the Liberties of the People ; folliciting the Earls of Ejfix, and Holland, to expiate their former Engagements, by efpoufmg the Royal Caufe p . They are faid both to have been very much encouraged by her earned Solicitations and Prudence ; and that EJfix would have given the fureft Demonftration of his Loyal Purpofes, had not Death prevented him * (not without Suf- picion pf Poifon) 14 September^ Anno 1646. When the Army tiad made themfelves Mailers of the King's Perfon, and were car- rying him in their Triumph from Place to Place r , they let him reft a Night or Two at Latimer's, a Seat of this Family in Buck- ingham/hire, where this Noble Lady happened then to be, with iber Son the Ear] of Devonjhire, and hisMajefty had much private Confutation with them, concerning the State of his Affairs ; and at the fame Time, exprefled both to her, and the Earl, the great Senfe he had of th faithful Services they had done him. n Ibid. p. 95. q Dagdafrs Baronage, Vol. II. p. 182 o Life, p. 55, t I,Tr, p 55. ?' P. 6'o, ' N. -*..- j 54 CAVENDISH, Duke of Devonshire. After the fatal Fight at Worcefter, (lie was infinitely concerned for the Safety of the King's Perfon, and could not conceal her Joy, when {he heard of his fafc Arrival in France : She took care of the only Remains he left in England^ his domcftick Servants, many of whom, {he received into her own Family, and retained them with good Refpecl and Support, 'till their Royal Mailer's happy Return. By Three Years Privacy at her Brother's the Earl of Elginfs- Houfe, at Amp-thill, flic had lightned her Griefs and- Expences, and became able to renew her Hofpitality and Charity, irt a Seat which {he purchafed, for the pleafant Situation, Rvbampon, in Surrey. Here fhe took Opportunity from fuch Loyal Pcrfons as frequented her Houfe, to difcourfe with, and perfuade them to the moft active Endeavours for the King's Re- iteration s : And having; held a Communication in cypher'd Let- ters, with Duke Hamilton, the Earls of Holland, and Norwich* and other eminent Undertakers for the King ; in the writing and opening of which, (he intruded none but her Nephew the Lord Bruce (after Earl of Ailcjbury] and her Chaplain Mr. Gale: She neverthelefs became fb much fufpecled, though her Actings were not thoroughly difcovercd, that a Troop of Horfe had been fent down to fetch her up from Ampthill (about the Time the Countefs of Carlijle was put in the Tower) had not her Goldfmith (a Con- fident of the Rebels) given a Bribe to one of the then Council of State. She at laft entered into a fpeedy and fecret Correfpondence with General Monk, who, in the midft of his dark Referves, fent her by a confiderable Officer, a private Signal, by which {he might know his Intentions of Reftoring the King : The General valued her Noble Friendmip, and continued it, with the greateft Re- fpeits, to his Death. The King himfelf, exprefled frequently the Senfe he had of her conftant Zeal in his Service, and, as a Mark of Satisfaction and Favour, would himfelf, with the Queen, Queen-Mother, and Royal Family, often dine with her; and fometimes break in upon her on a fadden after Hunting. And, that no Token of Refpet might be wanting, towards the declin- ing Part of her Age, when {he could not pay her Attendance up- on the Queen, with the ufual and due Solemnities of Court- Ad- drefe, {he was admitted to wait on her Majefty with more than ordinary Eafe and Kindnefs. She lived to the laft, with all the Profufenefs of old Englifb Hofpitalitv, and in vaft Diftributions of Chriftian Charity, and yet infpfcbd her own Accounts with fo ievere a Scrutiny, that me fpent her Revenues without leflening or fquandering any Part of them. She bore her Sicknefs with great Piety and Refignation, and, being Crown'd with many Years and Honours, me went to receive that of Immortality, on the 1 6th of January, 1674. The Noble Lord her Son, tco!c care that the Solemnities of her lying in State, and thofe alfo of her Funeral, mould correfpond to the Magnificence of her Living; s Life, p. 72 73' & H CAVENDISH, Duke of Devonfliire. 15$ and the Train which waited on her to her Burial, was Great and Noble. She was carried by the Way of Newark, to Derly, and was interred_with her Son, as before is mentioned. The Earl, her eldeft Son, tho' he had been a great Sufferer for his Loyalty "to King" Charles T. he fought for no Employment at Court, on the Reftoration of King Charles II. But his Majefty fhew'd his Confidence in him l , by his being conftituted Lord Lieutenant of the County of Derby, 20 Auvuft, 1660. He liv'd in great Plenty and RefpecT:, a true Englijh Peer, honoured by his Prince, and beloved by thej*eople ; becaufe fteady in the Meafures of maintaining the juft Prerogatives of the one, and the legal Li- berties of the other. Many Perfons of Honour, lately living, agree in the Remembrance of him, That he was a Man of as much Confcience and Honour, Religion and Virtue, Prudence and Goodnefs, as they ever knew_injheTWorld. His Tendernefs and good Nature to Friends and Relations, was very exemplary. He was extreamly fond of his Grandfon the late Duke, then a Youth, and could not be eafy without him; he would therefore purchafe and redeem his Company at any Rate. He was virtuous in his whole Life, and prudent in all his Affairs ; he improved his large Inheritance, and took care to let it defcend entire to Pcfteri- ty. He died at his Seat of Rohampton, in Surrey, Tuefday the 23d of November, 1684, and was interred with his Anceftors at Derby. It was an Honour to his Family, and to the Conduct of it, that Sir Stephen Fox was here employed and trained up, 'till he became a fit Minifter for the King, and his Court abroad. Hfs Son, the late Duke, had a like Happinefe of regaining Henry Lowman, Efq; before he was preferred to be an active and faithful Servant to King William, and her late Majefty Queen Anne. The Earl, for his whole Life, entertained Mr. Hobbs in his Family, as his old Tutor, rather than as his Friend and Con- fident ; he let him live under his Roof in Eafe and Plenty, and jn his own Way, without making Ufe of him in any publick, or fo much as domeftick Affairs. He would often exprels an Abhorrence of fome of his Principles in Policy and Religion ; and both he and his Lady, would frequently put off the Mention of his Name, and fay, He was an Humor j/i, and that no-body could account for him. His Son William, Duke of Devon/hire, born January zf 9 1 640, had all the Advantages of Education, both by Studies and Travels, and was a Gentleman of Gracefulnefs and Gallantry, becoming a Prince's Court. The Companion and Guide of his Travels, was Dr. Killigfew, afterward Mafter of the Savny, &c. who gave him a juft and true Relifh in Poetry, and all the Re- finements of Senfe and Wit. t BUI Sign, iz Car. II, Under 156 CAVENDISH, Duke of Devonshire. Under the Stile of William, Lord Cavendi/h, Son to the .Eari of Devon/hire, he was one of the four young Noblemen, l who bore up the King's Train at his Coronation, 23d of April, 1661, and the fame Year u was elected one of the Knights for the County of Derby, which was the firft Parliament called by King Charles II. and ftiled the Long Parliament. On the zith of September 1663, he was created Matter of Arts in the Univcrfity of Oxford, by the fpecial Command of the Chancellor x , in Com- pany of the Earls of Suffolk, Bath, and others of the greateft Hopes ; the King, Queen, and Court, being then in Oxford. Soon after, he married a noble, beautiful, and virtuous Lady, Mary, fecpnd Daughter ot^James, Duke of Ormond, by whom he liad IfTue an onj^TJaughter, Ladyfilizabetb, married to Sir John f^ntwoflK^oS Broad/worth^ in Com7~Ebor. Bart, ancj three ^ons. i . William* late Duke of Devon/hire*. 2.' Lord Henry Cavendi/h, a Gentleman diftinguifhed for his great Merits, who y was elected for the Town of Derby, to two feveral Parliaments, in the 7th and i oth Years of King William, and died, very much lamented, on Friday, May 10, 1700, in the 27th Year of his Age, leaving by his Wife Rhoda, on 1y_jurviving^ Daughter of William Cartwrigkt, of Aynho, in ~ Com. Northamp. Efq;_(by r _Urfula his fe^i3~WTfe^~T3liugnTer of ..^rajnanSo^ L/ord Fairfax, of Cameron) one Daughter Mary, i>** iriarried^ to "John* now ]&rY~oF_WeJJmoneJana[. An3 the""" fa id Rhoda died on the 24th of January 1775^ ^ 3. Lord "James Cavendifl), of Stain Park'm Devonjbire, z who was elected to Parliament for the Town of Derby, in the 1 2th Year of King William ; as alfo in another Parliament the Year following, and in two other Parliaments in the Reign of Queen Anne: He was likewife cholen for the faid Borrough in the ift Year of our late Sovereign, and in all other Parliaments to this Time one of their Reprefentatives. His Lordfhip married Anne y Daughter of Eljku Tale, Efq; who was Governour of Fort St. George, in the Ea ft- Indies, and by her, who died 27 "June, 1734, and was interred in St. Martin's Church 2 'July following) hath Iflue one Son, William, and a Daughter Elizabeth, married to Richard Chandler, Efq; Son and Heir Apparent to Edward Chandler, Lord Bifhop of Durham. And the (aid William, has alfo married Barbara, Daughter of the before-mentioned Ed- ward, Lord Bifhop of Durham. In the Year 1 6^6 j, the Lord Cgvendijh fhewed his Bravery, in goings Volunteer inthe Fleet, and was in the midft of that dange- ro'$rSea-Fight, in Attendance on the Duke of York. Whilit he lived a Commoner, he was elected to ferve for the County of Derby, in the Long Parliament *, as alfo in three others without ^t Baker. Chron. yth Edit. p. 738. u WilKf* Not. Parliam. p. Mi- ll ^y^'s Athen, Oxen, Vol. II. p. 830. y Willis, p. 136. Ibid. 236. a Willii, p, 2?Zt Intcrmiinon x CAVENDISH, t)uke of Devonshire/ 1 57 Intermiffion, and was a very faithful and leading Member, difttn- guifhing himfelf in every Debate, wherein the Service of his King and Country required his Attendance. In the Beginning of the Year 1669, he accompanied Mr. Montagu (after Duke of Montagu) then fent on an AmbafTy to France, and whilft he was at Paris, he was moft rudely b affronted at an Opera, by three Officers of the King's Guard,- who came full of Wine upon die Stage : One of them coming up to him, with a very infulting Queftion, my Lord gave him a fevere Blow on the Facej upon which, they all drew, and pufhed hard upon him : He got his Back againft one of the Skreens, and made a (tout Defence, re- ceiving feveral Wounds, 'till a fturdy Swifs of my Lord Ambaf- fador Montagu's, caught him up in his Arms, and threw him over the Stage into the Pit : In his Fall, one of his Arms was caught upon an Iron Spike, which tore out the Flefh, and left a Scar very vifible to his dying Day. The Affailants were clapped up by the King's Command, and not releafed 'till my Lord him- felf interceded for them. The Judicious Sir IVilliam Temple % in a very memorable Let- ter to his Lordfhip, gives Tome Account of the Difcourfe at th& on this brave A&ion. Hague, July, iS, N. S. 1669. My Lord, ** '"T" y Hough I had much rather make Your Lordfhip myCom- " JL plements upon fome better Fortunes, and upon Your Health, *' rather than Your Dangers ; yet I could not omit doing it at u this Time, upon fo honourable a Part as all Men allow You " to have had in Your late Adventure at Paris ; which I do not " only as a private Perfon and Servant of Your Lordfhip's, who " wifhes You all Encreafe of Honour that may not be bought too ** dear ; but withal, as a Publick Minifter, who ought ever to " confider, above all Things, the Honour of our Nation ; and " knows, that the Complexion of it, in Times of Peace, is very " much either mended or fpoiled in the Eyes of Strangers, by *' the Actions and Carriage of particular Perfons abroad. I can *' afTure Your Lordfhip, all that can be faid to Your Advantage, " upon this Occafion, is the common Difcourfe here j and not " difputed by the French themfelves ; who fay, You have been " as generous in excufmg Your Enemies, as brave in defending " Yourfelf The Dutch will have it, That You have been the " firft in Excefs ; and fay, That fuch a Thing, as feven or eight " falling upon One, would never have been done in any other " Place, but France, nor fuffered neither by the reft of the Com- " pany. However, I am of Opinion, if Excefs may be allow- " ed in any Part,- it is in that ; and therefore, rejoice with You b BJrop Kenxtt's Memoirs p. 117, c Vide hjf Letters, Vol II. p. 70. '* tt* 158 CAVENDIS H, Duke of Devonshire. ' in the Honour of both, and with myfclf, in that of my " being, My L O R D, Your Lord/kip's Moft Obedient, Humble Servant. In 1677, when his Majefty was offended with the Commons, for Addrefling him to make a Leasue otfenfive and defenfive with the States of Holland, and, for a Mark of Difpleafure, had com- manded the Speaker to adjourn the Houfe to Monday, July 1 6 j the Lord Cavendijb was at the Head of thofe worthy Members d , who objected againft thatjibrupt Difmifflon of them, and prefied it upon the Speaker, " That he could not leave the Chair, but *' by a Queftion, and the Vote of the Houfe ;" and offered to mew a Precedent of the Commons fitting after an unexpected Meflage to adjourn. And" when, upon the faid i6th of July, the Two Houfes met, only in order to be adjourned by his Ma- jefty's Pleafure ; this Lord was in the Report of a Royal Com- mand to that Effect ; but he moved, " That their laft Order " about Adjournment might be read, to the end they might take " Notice of the Authority, by which they met here now ; and " this, he faid, was ufual and regular to be done ;" Which Mo- tion was feconded, and had been carried, if the Speaker had not left the Chair, and run away from the hard Words that followed him. In the fame Seflion, when a Vote of great Confequence was depending, and the Houfe divided, and Tellers were appoint- ed, and the Numbers were returned equal on both Sides, by which Means, he aad his Friends would have loft their neceffary Point ; he charged a Mift-ake upon the Tellers againft him, and would not fuffer it to be fhuffied up, but infifted on it, 'till, with great Difficulty, he gained die Proof of it, by which he exafperated" a Court Party to the Jaft Degree. In the next Parliament, Qtto- bcr, \ 678, the I/zrd^CavendiJb was the third named % in the firft Committee appointed for Privileges and Elections ; was alfo in a fecond Committee for drawing up an humble Addrefs to be pre- fcnted to his Majefty for removing all Popifh Recufants from within jienJVliles of the City of London f ; and in a third, for examining into the Murther of Sir Edmund- Bury Godfrey; and in g another for preparing a Bill to hinder Papifts from fitting in either Houfe of Parliament. Oh the 2 pth of Oftober^ 1678, he was one of the felect Com- mittee appointed h to go to Newgate, and examine Mr. Coleman, touching the Plot and Confpiracy againft his Majefty ; and in a fecond, to communicate to the Lords at a Conference ', " That *' upon the Evidence that has already appeared to the Houfe, they of which fifteen to be of the Chief Officers, Privy Counfellors by their Places; and tea out of the feveral Houfes of the Nobility ; and five Commoners of tiie Realm, m Whofe known Abilities, Inter ejl and Efteem in the "Nation, Jhould render them without all Sufpicion of either miftaking er betraying the true Inter ejl of the- Kingdom, In this honourable: Lift n wa our William, Lord Cguuidijh, with his inseparable Friend 'jyittiam^ Lord jfa^?/. On the next Day, the King told his two Houfes, That he had eftablifhed a new Privy Council, and bad made Choice of fuch Perfons as were worthy and able to ad'utfe him; and was Refohed, in all his itiligkty and Important Affairs, to be advifed by them. But in May, a Bill was brought in, 3^ k Journal, p. 159. n Hiftory of Eng!a*J, Vol. III. p. 1 Ibid. p. 189,195, 196. 362. m King's Speech to his Privy Council, o King's Spf eels ic the Houfe of> Lords, , 1679, /?/r/V ai, 1679. ctifabli 160 CAVENDISH, Duke of Devonfhire. jifable the Duke of York from inheriting the Imperial Cr.tnun ,of England. This, and other Proceedings againft Popery, brought; the Seffion to a quick Period, May 27, when they were prorogued to Augiift 14, and in the mean Time diflblved. Then the Duke returned from Flanders^ and before the new Parliament, fummon'd to meet Qttober 17, he chofe to withdraw into Scotland. And that in his Abfence no Proceedings might afFecl him, the Parlia- ment was put off by feveral Prorogations, and the Petitions for their Sitting were declared to be libellous, and punifhed as fuch. January 28, the King declared in Council, That he had fentfor his Royal Highnefs out of Scotland, and would, anfwer, that his Return fhould have no ill Influence upon the Publick. Thefe Mea- iiires were fo contrary to good Advice, that fome of the mod faithful Co'unfellors, despairing of any Sucqefs in giving their Judg- ment freely, and defiring to be more at Liberty to exprefs their Minds in the greater Council of the Nation, refolyed to withdraw. Accordingly, on January 31, the Lord Rujfel, and the Lord Cavendijh, Sir Henry Capel, and Mr. Powle, prayed his Majefty to give them leave to withdraw from the Council Board. p To which his Majefty was pleafed to anfwer, With all my Heart ; \ as a frank Intimation, that fince they oppofed his new Scheme of / Adminiftration, he had rather be without them. The 'LordJZavendiJh was again chofen for the County of Derby in the next Parliament; that, after fo many Prorogations, met on the ^ift of Oclober, 1680, and was in the Bofom of the Lord Ruflel, when he flood up to declare his Opinion, q Tfjat the Life of our King, the Safety of our Country, and' Protejlant Religion, were in great Danger from Popery ', and that either the Parliament . muft fupprefs the Power and Grotutb of , Popery, or elje Popery I would Json dejlroy all that wa$ near and dear to us : And therefore moved, That, in the firjl Place, they might take into Confederation bow to fupprefi Popery, and prevent a Popifl) SucceJJbr. The Lord Cavendijh r carried up the Articles of Impeachment to the Lords, againft Sir WilllahiScroggs^J^..^ Chief Juftice of the CouTl of King's Bench, for his Arbitrary and Illegal Pradjces. Alfo when the King had decfared hisTJefotution of not contenting to a Bill of Exclufion, and the great Point was, to fecure the Kingdom againft Popery ; while the Houfe was in a Grand Committee on this Queftion, and Mr. Powle in the Chair, his Lordfhip . made an excellent Speech, deploring the Lofs of trjat Bill, with fuch Reafon and Judgment, as deferves Remembrance *. SIR, ,.,,... ^ ,-,..'. *' ""yV THEN I confider the Immunities and Advantages we , VV * c enjoy, by the excellent Compofure of our Govern- 44 ment both in Church and State ; how the King, as Sovereign, p Htftory ofEaglaid, Vol. III. p. 368. r Hiftory of England, Vol. III. p. 379. q Colleft. of Debates in the Houfe of % Dibatei ut antea. p. 1^4. Cenunons, i68o> p. i, CAVENDISH, Duke of Devon (Lire* i6r ** enjoys all the Prerogative that can be neceflary to make hint ** either Great or Happy ; and the People all the Liberty and Pri- '* vilege that can be pretended for their Encouragement to be in- 4< duftrious, and for fecuring to themfelves and Pofterities the " Enjoyment of what they get bv their Induftry ; and how the " Doctrine of our Church is void of idolatrous and fuperftitious " Opinions, and the Government, of Tyranny and abfolute Do- " minion : I cannot but admire that there fhould be any body ** amongft ourfelves that fhould aim at any Alteration, and be " the Occafion of this Day's Debate. " But, Sir, it is too evident that fuch there are, and that they *' have made a great Advance to effect their Defign by many " Contrivances, which they have purfued for a long Courfe of " Years, according to the Refults and Confultations held by Je- " fuits for that Purpofe : But, above all, by perverting to their " Religion, James, Duke of York, the prefumptive Heir of the " Crown, and by engaging him to efpoufe their Intereft with " that Zeal and Fervency which ufually attends new Converts, " efpecially when fo great a Glory is propoled, as the rooting out " a peftilent Herefy out of Three Nations, and the faving fb " many Souls as would depend thereon. " The fad Effect of this Converfion we have felt for many *' Years ^J$yj" h%i, tne fame Operation in our Body politick *' as fome forts or lingring Poifon have in Bodies natural, made *' us fick and confumptive, by infecting and corrupting all the " Food and Phyfick which have been applied, in order to reduce *' us to Popery and Slavery, worfe than Death itfelf ! From this *' fatal Act, the Declination of the Grandeur of this Monarchy *' may be dated ; and, to the Confequences thereof, its abfolute ** Ruin (if not timely prevented) will be hereafter attributed. " This being our Cafe, I could not but admire to fee this Houfe " fb long a coming to confider this weighty Point ; infomuch that " I began to perfuade myfelf, that either our Dangers were not " fb great, as our Difcourfes upon fome other Occafions had re- " prefented them ; or, that we were not in good earned to en- " deavour any Redrefs. It is true, when we confider what ill " Fortune we have had with our Bill, lately fent up to the Houfe " of Lords, in having it thrown out in fuch a Heat, without fo " much as a Conference (though whenever they fhall confider of* " it, in cool Blood, they will find there can be no other Way to " fecure the Proteftant Religion) we may with fome Reafon be " difcouraged. " But I hope, Sir, That feeing our Country have thought us p Burnst's Hifiory, p. 560, Sheriff CAVENDISH, Duke of Devonfhire. 165 Sheriff of Derby/hire had a Precept to apprehend him, and bring him with his Pojfe to Town. But he invited the Sheriff, and kept him a Prifoner of Honour, 'till he had compounded for his own Liberty, by giving Bond to pay the full Sum of ^o^oooj. which Bond had this Providential Difeharge, Y bat it was ound among the P a pe*^tf Xt^'JunK, and pfaen upfy Kinli William. We ~afe~T6lc That ~tKe Countefs Dowager, hisMother, being uneafy to fee him under fo great a Hardfhip, waited on the King, to beg her Son's Pardon, and, for Discharge of the Fine, did humbly defire, That his Majefty would accept of her delivering up Bonds, and other Acknowledgments, for above 60,000 /. lent I by her Hufband, and his Mother, to his Royal Father and Brp- Ither, in their greateft Extremities. But, it feems, the Popifh 'Party then thought, the Earl had. forfeited all Title to Gratitude 'and Equity. It was under this Load of Difficulties, that he firft proje&ed the new glorious Pile at Chatfworth, as if his Mind rofe upon the Depreffion of his Fortunes: For he now contracted with Workmen to pull down the South-Side of that good old Seat, and to rebuild it in a Plan he gave to them, for a Front to his Gar- dens, fo fair and auguft, that it looked like a Model of what might .be done in after Ages. When he had finiflied this Part, he meant to go no farther, 'till, feeing Publick Affairs in a happier Settlement, for a Teftimony of Eafe and Joy, he undertook the Eaft Side of the Quadrangle, and raifed it intirely new, in Con- formity to the South, and feemed then content to fay, 7bat he had gone half way through, and would leave the reft for his Heir. In this Resolution, he flopped about Seven Years, and then began to lay the Foundation forTwo other Sides to complete the noble Square; and thefe laft, asTar as Uniformity admits, do exceed the otherVby a Weft Front, of moft excellent Strength and Elegance, arid a CapitoT~on the North Side, that is of fingular Ornament and Service. And though fuch a vaft Pile (of Materials entirely new) required a prodigious Expence, yet the Building was his leaft Charge, if Regard be had to h is Gardens^W*afcr- Works, Statues, Pictures, and other the fineft Plec'eTof Art, and 6T Nature, that could~be obtained abroad, or at home. One of the firft Rooms he finiflied, was the Chapel, which he made not only as decent, but as fplendid, as any in a Proteftant Country. This, with the A- f partments, and all theTotKer Glories of the Houfe, are a Subject I of Surprize and Admiration. It will bear the Report, That when the Marmal Tallard came hither, with fome of his Fellow Prifon- ers, by Invitation of the Duke, and was nobly entertained for feveral Days ; he is faid to have parted with this Complement, JtMy Lord, when I come hereafter to compute the Time of my Capti- ^Ivity in England, / Jhall leave out the Days of my Enjoyment at ' f Chatfworth. At this Place, the Earl kept himfelf retfred for the moft Part f the few Years of. King James, thinking the fartheft Retreat M 3 from 1 66 CAVENDISH, Duke of Devonihire. from the Court, to be, at that Time, the fitteft Place for a good Subject. Here was his Refuge from Weftminjler and Houm/low* from a Set of Judges, and a (landing Army. He heard, with Indignation, of the Proceedings above, and the great Advances made toward a French Monarchy, and a Roman Religion. He was fatisfied in his Judgment, that a Prince, governing by Law, deferved Allegiance, and the utmoft Affiftance of his People ; but he could never digeft the hard Notions of a pafiive Obedience to Tyrants, i. e, to any Monarchs, or their Minifters, who fhould bend a legal Conftitution to their own Will and Pleafure, 'till they broke up, and chang'd the Foundations of it. His Care was, if poflible, to preferve a legal Monarchy in the Proteftant Line, upon the true Eftabliftiment of Laws and Fundamental Conftitution. He had no other View of Safety, but from the Prince of Orange ; and therefore he helped to draw the Eyes of the Nobility and Gentry the fame Way. He writ his Mind freely to an Englijh Friend in the Court at the Hague, that their laft and only Hopes were from thence ; and therefore he was very much in thofe wife and fecret Meafures, which were taken to in- vite over that excellent Prince. But while he was waiting, with Impatience, the Effe&s of it, he found Dangers and Difficulties big enough to try a Noble Spirit. The King, upon the firft Alarm from Holland, or rather from France, had a Jealoufy of this Earl, above any other Peer, and fent for him to Court, that he might have the ftricler Guard upon him. His Lordfhip excufed his Attendance, becaufe he knew the Meaning of it. After this, his Kinfman, the Duke of Newcajlle was de- fired to go down to Cbat/mtrtb, to invite the Earl into the King's Service : But his Lordfhip heard the Duke's Difcourfe of the Fa- tality of Civil War, and of the Loyalty of their Family the Ca- wndijhes, and fome other Suggeftions of Intereft and Honour, with feeming Attention, and all Civilities, without making any Return or Anfwer, but in general Exprefiions. When his No- ble Gueft was gone, he concerted other Meafures with the Earl of Danby, the Lord Delamere, Sir Scroop How, and fome few others of greateft Quality and Intereft in thofe Parts. They had, at firft, an Eye upon the Prince's Landing in the North, and, when difappointed of thofe Hopes, they ftill continued their Pre- parations, and waited for him, as their Great and Only Deliverer under God. In the mean Time, the Earl treated with many of hi? Friends and Neighbours ; but he found them reflecting on the Duke of Monmoutfrs, Attempt, and bearing in Mind the Weftern L.quifition. He had the Hearts and Wifhes of ma-ny who dar'd not to ftir their Hands, So/ne Expectances were not anfwered, and even fome ProroHes were evaded. When the Prince was driven back by a Scorn?, and the King was doing fome fair Tilings to pkufe the People, his Lordfhip was then in Danger of being delivered up, or, at kaft, of being left alone. He did, howeve^ i keep CAVENDISH, Duke of Devonfliire. j 67 keep himfelf and Servants, and fbme few of his fafteft Friends in a Readinefs and filent Preparation. They talk'd over the Scene they had laid, in feigned Words and Phrafes ; and when any fuf- pecled Company feem'd to underftand them, they fell into other Inventions of Secrecy and Referve. As foon as he heard of the Prince's Landing in the Weft, he began to move, and refolved to run the utmoft Hazards for the Publick Safety. He marched firft, with a fmall Retinue, to the County Town of Derby, and invited many of the Gentry, and entertained thofe who adventured to come, at his open Table, with Freedom of Difcourfe. He called out the Mayor and Com- monalty, and read to them the Prince's Declaration, and made a feafonable Comment on it ; and delivered to them a Paper of the Declaration made by himfelf, and the Nobility and Gentry with him : e fhat they would, to their utmojt, defend the Protejlant Religion , the Laws of the Kingdom, and the Rights and Liberties of the Subjeff. While his Lordmip was in Town, a MelTenger came from London, with a Letter in the Heel of his Boot, fo much fbak'd in Water and Dirt, that it could hardly be made legible : The Contents were to fignify the Return of King James from Sail/bury, and the Advance of the Prince's Army toward London: This occafioned great Joy; but, in the midft of it, another Courier arrived, with an Account directly contrary, and left the Wifeft of them in Sufpence, and the reft in Confternation. The Popifh Party made their Advantage of it, and began to form a Plot of fecuring the Earl and his Company, if they had not left the Place with greater Expedition. From hence his Lordfhip march'd to Nottingham, where the People were well-afFecled ; and the Nobility and Gentry foon made a Number and Figure very confiderable. The Earl, at the Head of them, thought fit to unite them in a Declaration of their Senfe and Refolution ; which was accordingly made, and (Novem- ber 22, 1688.) unanimoufly fubfcribed on this profefled Principle; We own it Rebellion to relijt a King that governs by Law ; but he ivas always accounted a Tyrant that made his Will the Law ; and, to refift fuch a One, we juftly efteem no Rebellion, but a necejjary* and juft Defence. This Declaration was thought to be (b equita- ble and honourable, that many others came daily into it, and were form'd into regular Troops, and made the Appearance of a Con- federate Army. While her Royal Highncfs the Princefs Anne was under a Neceffity of providing for the Security of her own Perfon ; (he went from London with the Lord Bifhop, the Earl of Dorfet, and a fmall Train of Ladies, on Sunday Night, November 25, determining to go dire&ly to Nottingham. In her Journey a Rumour was induftrioufly fpread, That a Party of the Enemies would intercept her ; upon which, the Earl march'd out, with a good Body of Horfe, and at fome Miles Diftance from the Town, her RoyaJ Highnefs, with great Refpeft and Joy, and con- M 4 1 68 CAVENDISH v Duke of Devonshire. duiSted her to the Caftle (from whence the Noble Owner, the Duke of NevJcaftle, had withdrawn) and kept Tables at his own Expence, and provided all the other Accommodations of a Court, nnd a ftanding Council. When his Stock fail'd, he accepted of feme Contributions, and, at lad, borrowed the Publick Money in (uch a Manner, as to fatisfy the Collectors, and pleafe the Coun- try. When a Copy of the Aflbciation came, he readily went in- to it, and was followed by thofe who were moft hearty in the Caufe : When fome were fo cautious as to decline it, he wav'd their Refufal with great Temper ; but when they afterwards, on a nearer Profpect of Succefs, offerM to fubfcribe, he then check'd them for their former Warinefs, and faid, There was now no need of their doing it. The Princefs was extreamly fatisfied with her Reception ; but defining to be nearer to his Royal Highnefs Prince George, pro- pofed to go toward Oxford ; whereupon, the Earl of Devonjhire^ and his Noble Train, were a Guard to her Royal Highnefs, and, by eafy and moft convenient Stages, conducted her fafe to Oxford^ where {he was fcon after met by her moft afrer.ionate Confort the Prince. When the Earl of Devon had delivered up his Royal Truft at Chrtftchjurcb^ he was follicitous to do more, that the glorious Work might be finifhed, and the Blefling of it remain to Pofterity. So, with a private Friend or two, he hafted early next Day to London ; and hearing the Prince of Orange was come as far as Sion-Houfe, he refblved to meet him the next Morning, and came thither to the Prince, as he was taking Coach, and was received by him with all the Marks of Affection and Efteem. He was among the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, afiembled in their Houfe at Weftminfter, on the 2 5th of December, and was forward and leading in the Addrefs to the Prince, to take upon him the Adminiftration, 'till the Meeting of a Convention then fummoned. At the opening of that Convention, January the zzd, he was one of the- firft Peers in the Order, for a Day of .Publick Thank/giving to Almighty God, for having made his High- nefs the Prince of Orange, the glorious Jnftrument of the great De- liverance of this Kingdom from Popery and Arbitrary Power. And again in the Addrefs of Lords and Commons, To defire the Prince to continue in the Adminiflration of Publick Affairs^ Civil and Mi- litary, and the Difpajal of the Publick Revenue, for the Prefervation of our Religion, Rights, Laws, Liberties, and Properties. In the fallowing Debates, he was for compleating and fecuring the won- derful Revolution. He argued boldly for the Senfe of the^ Commons of England, That King James had nut only endeavoured to fubvert the Conflitution of the Kingdom, by breaking the Original ContraEt between King and People ; but, having violated the Fundamental Laws, and withdrawn bimfelf out of the Kingdom, had ABDI- CATED the Government; and the THRONE was thereby vacant. When a Majority of Lords were at firjt againft this " CAVENDISH, Duke of Devonshire. 1 69 Vote, he entered his Proteftation with about Forty other Peers'; and, after a free Conference, he encouraged the leading Com- mons, and help'd to convince fome Lords, how reafbnable it was to agree with them. When this Point was at laft carried, he had the Pleafure to fee a greater Majority with him in the final Refo- lution, That the Prince and Princefs of Orange JJjould be declared King and ghieen of England, &c. He was zealous in the Decla- ration of the Lords and Commons, for vindicating their ancient Rights and Liberties ; and diftinguifh'd himfelf in every Vote to fix the Throne, and prevent a Relapfe into Slavery. It was a fignal Mercy of Providence to infpirit thofe Noble Patriots with a firm Refolution to perfect their Deliverance, and fecuring the Eftablifliment and Enjoyment of it ; or otherwife we had then run back into a worfe Condition; and, inflead of our prefent Happinefs, we had been at this Day a moft miferable People. For thefe eminent and faithful Services, he was admitted one of the Privy-Council on February the I4th, and, for a nearer Relation to the Court, was made Lord Steward of their Majcfties Houftiold ; and it muft be remembered to his Honour, that when a Perfon offered him a very large Sum for the Liberty of filling up the Places in his Gift, and would have broughra Lift of Three Names for each Place, that his Lordlhip might choofe any one, he rejected the Offer with an Air of fcorning a Bribe, and hating the Tempter. He was, indeed, averfe to any Aft that had the leaft Appearance of Difhonour, and had fb nice a Regard to every thing that was juft, that, when, for the Enter- tainment of his Friends, he had an Aflembly at his Houfe, he fent for the Groom Porter, and his Servants, that thofe who were difpofed to play, might have no Sufpicion of being ill-treated. On April the 3d, 1689, he was elected a Knight Companion of the moft Noble Order of the Garter, with Frederick Marefchal de Sckomberg, and, having been firft Knighted by the Sovereign, was Invefted, and, on the i4th of May following, Inftalled^ with great Splendor. At the Coronation, April the 1 1 th, he was made Lord High Steward of England for that Day, and carried the Regal Crown next to the Bible and the King's Perfon ; his Daughter affifting in bearing up her Majefty's Train. In this Solemnity, his Per- fon, and Port, and Habit, were fo very graceful, that they really adorned the Proceffion, and made the Regalia more illuftrious. In the following Parliament, his Lordfliip was concerned to do himfelf the like Juftice he had fo effectually feen done on the Nation : He complained of his Grievance, and had it referred to a Committee, who, on April the Z2d, came to this Report, z I'heir Lordjhips are of Opinion, That the Proceedings againft the arl of Devonfhire, in the Court of K^ingVBench, in Eafter z Journal of the Koufc of Lord;, 170 CAVENDISH, Duke of Devonshire. Term, in the ^d Year of King James II. upon an Information for an A [fault upon Mr. Culpeper, wherein his Lord/hip's Plea of Privilege of Parliament was over-ruled, and he was fined 3 0,000 /. and thereupon committed to the King's- Bench in Execution ; was a great Violation of the Privileges of the Peers of this Realm. Their Lordjhips are likewife of Opinion, That thoje Judges who fat in the faid Court , when the faid Judgments were given, and the faid Commitment made, Jhould be required to attend at the Bar of this Houfe, to anfwer for the great Offence which they have committed thereby. Hereupon the Houfe ordered, That the Clerk of the Croivn-OJpce in the King's-Bench, Jhould bring into this Houfe the Records of that Office, wherein the Proceedings again/I the Earl of Devonfhire were entered ; and that the Keeper of Newgate Jhould bring, in fafe Cujlody, to the Bar of this Houfe, Sir Robert Wright ; and that Sir Richard Holloway, and Mr. Juftice Powel, Jhould attend the Houfe on the Day ap' pointed. Accordingly, on Monday, May the 6th, they feverally attended, and, acknowledging their Crime, and begging the Earl of Devon- foire's Pardon, the Houfe came to this Refblution, That the Court ef King's-Bench, in over-ruling the Earl of DevonfhireV Plea of Privilege of Parliament, and forcing him to plead over in Chief, it being the ufual Tims of Privilege, did thereby commit a manifejl Breach of the Privilege of Parliament : And that the Fine of 30,000 /. impofed, by the Court ef King's-Bench, upon the Earl of Devonfhire, was excejftve and exorbitant, againft Magna Charta, the common Right of the Subjeft, and the Law of the Land. And on May the yth, the Houfe heard the Judges, what Cafes and Precedents there were in the Laws, for the Commitment of a Peer of this Realm, in Execution for a Fine. And on May the 1 5th, their Lordfhips heard the Perfons who had given Judgment againft the Earl, what they could fay for themfelves, to juftify their Proceedings 3 and the King's Council, upon a Week's No- tice, did give their Attendance, but did offer nothing therein. Whereupon, after full Confederation, their Lordfhips did affirm their former Judgment ; and did further declare and adjudge, That no Peer ef this Realm, at any Time, ought to be committed for the Non-Payment of a Fine to the King. When he had obtained this Right and Honour to be done unto himfelf, and his Fellow Peers, and to his and their Pofterity, he was as much concerned for redrefling the Injuries done unto the Commons, and to the particular Sufferers among them. He pro- moted a Repeal of feveral unjuft Attainders, and helped to prevail in the Houfe of Lords, to appoint a Committee to examine who were the Advifers and Profecutors of the Murders of the Lord Ruffel^ Colonel Sidney^ Sir Thomas Armftrong, Mr. Cornijh, and others. He was fo averfe to all manner of Injufticc and Op- preffion, CAVENDISH, Duke of Devonshire. 171 preffion, that he was always ready to protect and deliver the very Enemies of the Government from any illegal Hardfhip. He re- membered his Matter King Williams Saying, That he came over to defend the Proteftants, and not to perfecute the Papi/fs. Thofe Roman Catholick Gentlemen who lived near him in the Country peaceably and quietly, he treated as Neighbours and Friends, and they bore a great Refpeft to him, and mewed it by attending his Funeral in a very decent Manner. Yet, in all publick Debates and Confitlts, the Duke was a fteady and magnanimous Oppofer of Popery and French Power : He hated the very Name of a Tyrant ; his Pen was never (harp, but on that Subject. O defpicable State of All that groan Under a blind Dependency on One ! How far inferior to the Herds that range, With native Freedom, o'er the Woods and Plains ? With them no Fallacies of Schools prevail. Nor of a Right Divine, the naufeous Tale, Can give to one among themfehes, the Poufr, Without Controul, his Fellows to devour : To reafoning, human Kind, alone, belong The Arts to hurt themfelves by Reasoning wrong. In this bright Poem, which he intituled, An Allufion to the Si/hop of CambrayV Supplement of Homer, he gives the Bifhop, who had been Praeceptor to the Duke of Burgundy, thefe foft Words : There is in Virtue* fure, a hidden Charm, To force Efteem, and Envy to difarm ; Elfe, in a flat? ring Court you ne'er had been dejignd *T inftrucJ the future Troublers of Mankind. It is acknowledged by all that converfed with him, that his Lordmip had a Reverence for the Scriptures, and read them with a diligent Eye, and defended whatever he thought the Funda- mental Doctrines in them. He looked deep into the Socinian Controverfy, and declared his Judgment freely againft thofe Pre- tenders to Reafon ; and was as much offended at any Advocates, who (he thought) helped to betray the Orthodox Caufe. He treated the Bifhops with great Efteem and Refpeft, and all the Clergy with a decent Regard to their Function j and . never made hi? Company uneafy to them, or to any others, by a prophane Jeft, or by any mocking Expreffion. His greateft Rebuke to a Clergy- man, who meddled in fbme Affairs, which his Lord(hip thought not pertinent to him, was only this, Sir, remember you are to preach on Sunday next. In January, 1697, he attended his Majefty to the glorious Congreis at the Hague, and outfliined moft of the Princes there : His Plate and Furniture were Ib magnificent, that the Sight of them drew a greater Concourfe of People to Jiis Houfe, than to, any 172 C A v E N- D I s H, Duke of Devonfliire. any other Palace a . He invited feveral of the Sovereign Princes to Dinner, and the King to be Incognito among them. On the Siege of Mom, he waited upon his Majefty to the Camp, and returned to England, without any Complaint of the Trouble or Expence, landing with his Majefty at White-ball on April the 1 3th, 1691. &lZ*? 9 1694, he. was created Marquis of Hartington* m*33evoK/hjre ; the Preamble to his Patent fetting forth, the King and Queen could do no lefs for one who had deferved the left, vf them : One who, in, a corrupted Age, and finking into the bafeft Flattery, had conftantly retained the Manners of the An- Ifc fonts, and would never fuffer himfelf^ to be moved, either by the In- lfttA*>Jinuation$, or the Threats, of a deceitful Court : But, equally de- fpifing both, like a true Ajferter of Liberties, Jlood always for the Laws\ and when he faw them violated pa/1 all ether Redrefs, he appealed to Us ; and we advifing with him how to Jhake off that Tyranny, he, with many other Peers, drawn over to us by his Ex- ample and Advice, .gave us the greatejt AJJiftance toward gaining a mo ft absolute VicJory without Blood; and fo reft or ing the ancient Rights and Religion, &c. This Dignity, with his Garter and White-Staff, and Juflicefhip in Eyre, and Lieutenancy, was as much Honour as an Englijh Subject could well enjoy. He was conftituted Lord Lieutenant and Cuftos Rotulorum of Derbyjhire, on King William's Acceflion, having on the Death of his Father been left out of the Commifliori, for not approving oT the Meafures of the Court : King Charles constituted Robert, Earl of Scarfdale, Lord Lieutenant j and Kingjfa/m appointed rteopbiluStJLzr\_of JJunttngdon. #T >, /,,^ Upon the Death of the Queen, the Duke expreffed his own Grief, and the publick Lofs, in an Ode compofed by him, with great Paflion and Judgment ; which Mr. Dryden is faid to have preferred above all that was written on that Occafion ; and, for the Satisfadlion of the Curious, I fhall here infert it. Poema eft Pi&ura loquens. T NG our divided State '*- J Hung in the Balance of a doubtful Fate, When one bright Nymph the gathering Clouds di/pelFd, And all the Griefs of Albion heaFd: Her the united Land obey'd t No more to Jealoujy inclined, Nor fearing Pow'r with fo much Virtue joiti'd. She knew her Tajk, and nicely under/toad To what Intention Kings are made ; Not for their own, but for their People's Good. *Tw.as that prevailing Argument alone Determined her to fill the vacant 'Throne : a. Exft Relation of the Eutcrtaimnent of King William at the Uogut. 1 74 CAVENDISH, Duke of Devonfhire. Ev'n M A R I A's lateji Care, Whom Winter's Seafens, nor contending Jove, Nor watchful Fleets, could from his glorious Purpofe move, Intrepid in the Storms of War, and in the Midft of flying Dtatbs fedate, Now trembles, now he finks beneath the mighty Weight. The Hero to the Man gives Way ! Unhappy Jjle ! for half an Age a Prey To fierce Diffention, or defpotick Sway ; Redeemed from Anarchy, to be undone By the miftaken Meafures of the Throne. Thy Monarch's meditating dark Dejigits^ Or boldly throwing off" the Majk, Fond of the Power, unequal to the Tajk \ Thy felf without remaining Signs Of ancient Vertue ; fo depravd y As ev'n to wijh to be en/lav' d ; What more than human Aid could raife theefrom a Staff fo / tender was he of the Forms of Law, and (b averfe to any extra- ordinary judicial Proceedings, that, for fear of leaving a Prece- dent thaF" might hereafter be mifunderftood, or mifapplied, he couldjiot come into that Bill : For, without Regard to the Au- thority of others^Tie always followed his own Tudgmen^ : As he did eminently in another Bill, for the Rejumjxion? of Eftates in Ireland* which he oppofed with Reafons unanfwered, and declared upon Honour, That be would never recede from a Report in that Matter. At the Funeral ofKing IVittiam, his Grace, and the Duke of Somerjet, were the 'Two supporters to^his Royal High- nefe Gfotfff, Prince of Denmark, the chief Mourner. Upon the Acceffion of her late Majefty" TQueen Anne to the Throne, he was continued in his high Office, and other Stations ; and ferved the Queen, with a grateful Reverence to the Memory --TqfjheJCing. A Report was induftrioufly fpreadi' That cTProjeft bad been formed in Prejudice to her Succejffion to the Crown, and was to be found anwnjke]PaJ>ers of the late King ; whereupon, at the DefirfcTof the Uouje of Lords, the Duke was one of the Prime Minifters appointed by Ter Majefty to infpecl: the iaid Papers ; and, foon after, they dicTTeverally declare in the Houle, Tbaitbey did notjee, or find, any Paper, or Papers, tending to the Prejudice of her Majffty, or her SucceJJion to the Crown, in any refpecJ whatfoever ; or which might give any GrotfiuT or Colour for fuch Report. Upon which it was relolvefl upon by the Lor3s, That the fold Report was groundlefs, falfe, villanous, and fcanda- lous, to the ~bijhontiur of the Kings Memory, and tending to the DiJJervice of her Majefiy. As, "at the King's Funeral, he was one of the Supporters to Prince George of Denmark, chief Mourner ; fo, at the fplendid Coronation of the Queen, he was again Lord High-Steward of England for that folerffrrDaj;, and bore the Crown betweerTthe Dukes of Richmond and Somerjet, 'till he prefented it at the Altar. In Parliament he was active for fecuring the Proteftant Religion, f and for declaring War againft France and Spain, and for fupport- ,' ing her Majefty in her Alliances, to carry on the common Caufe of Europe. And, within the firft Year of her Reign, was one of the Commiffioners on the "Part of England, to treat of an Union between the Two_Nations. While the Bill for prevent- ing ]Occa/tonaT Conformity was depending, he was at the Head of the Managers of the Conference with the Commons, December the 1 7th, 1702, and reported the Senfe of the Committee ap- pointed to infpecl: the Records : That they had found many Alls with Penalties begun in the Houfe of Lords, and other Atts with Penalties begun in the Houfe of Commons ; yet encreafed, lejjened y or altered, by the Houfe of Lords. After this, he reported from another Committee of Lords, the Reafons drawn by them for infifting 176 CAVENDISH, Duke of Devonfhire. infrfting on their Amendments to the Bill ; to which the Hotife agreed. And when another Bill of like Nature was fent up to the Lords in another Seffion, he made a Speech againft it, and had the Satisfaction of feeing it oppofed by a greater Majority. In which Proceedings it appears, that the Duke acted on thefe Principles : That the Protejtant Intereft ought to be united : That Proteftant Diffenters, under a Law of Eafe and Liberty, jhouldnot be made fubjecJ (especially in a Time of War) to any Appearances of Perfecution : That the Papifts and profeffed Enemies of the "** 1 J JU ' Government, were labouring to promote a greater Separation from the Church of England, and would make their Advantage of fuch an Ai : That Occajional Conformity mivht not be always owing to Hypocrify, becaufe it had been the Practice of the moft charitable Diffenters, when they had no Place or Profit depending on it : That Peace and Unity, obtained by Moderation, would make the Efta- blijhed Church moft fafe and happy : That her Majefty, by Royal Clemency to all Proteftant Natives and Strangers, would beft main- tain her juft Charafier of being Head of the Proteftant Interejl in , Europe : And farther, That the Toleration had had fuch vifible and good Eff efts \ had contributed fa much to the Security and Re- putation of the Church of England ; and had produced Jo good a Temper amongft the DiJJenters, that they ought not to give the leaft Dif credit to that Aft ; efpe daily when Liberty of Confcience, and gentle Meafures, were moft proper, and had been found moft effe- ctual, toward the increajing the Church, and diminijhing the Num- ber of Diffenters : And, laftly, That it was very apparent, how all the Papifts, and other Perfons difaffetJed to the Revolution, and the Government, did not conceal their wijhing and folli citing for the Bill, which they would not do, if they had not a Turn toferue by it. He alluded to the warm Debates on this Occafion, when he wrote thefe Lines, as from the Mouth of a Furyjiovering over a Place of great AlTembly. From a contagious Vapour I wiU blow, Within thefe Walls, Breaches Jhall wider grow: Here let imaginary Fears prevail, And give a Colour to affe^eJ^Leal ; From trivial Bills, let warm~Debates^ arlfe, Foment Sedition, and retard Supplies. The Duke~was again a ManageFfbr the Lords, in a free Con- ference with the Commons, in March 1 70*, in the great Cafe of Ajhby and White, wherein the Rights and Privileges of the Two Houfes, and the Liberty and Protection of the People, and the Regularity of Writs of Error, &c. were argued and defended with great Learning and Judgment. In April following, he wait- ed on the Queen to Cambridge, and was there created Doctor in Law, with, his own Son the late Duke, and many others of the Nobility and Gentry, He (as is before recited) received a Title, CAVENDISH, fjuke of Devonfhire. 177 Title, which he efteemed an Honour^ at Oxford: He had a great Refpe&for the Univerfities, and difliked no Part of the Education in them, only that he thought the young Men were many of them warmed with Politicks, before they underftood t'le Conli- tution of their Country. He was, however, tender of the lead Reflection on them ; recalling tymfelf in thefe Lines, with good Nature and Temper., $ay, Mufe (fence no Surprize, or Foreign Stroke, Can hurt her, guarded by her Walls of Oak ; Since wbokfome Laws, her Liberty transfer 'fo future Ages) what can Albion fear ? Can jhe the dear-bought Treafure throw away t Have Univerfities fo great a Sway ? The Mufe isflknt, cautious to reflefl On Manfions., where the Mufes keep their Seat: Barren of thought, and niggardly of Rbime, My creeping Numbers Jke forbids to climb. Venfring too far, my weary Genius fails, And o'er my drooping Benfes, Sleep prevails*. In the next Sefiion of Parliament, the Duke diftinguimed him- felf in thofe Debates, that, at laft, happily ended in this Refuta- tion of both Houfes, prefented to the Queen, December the I4th, 1705, 'fhat the Church of England, as by Law eftaUiJhed, which 'was refcved from the extremeft Danger by King William III. of glorious Memory, is now, by God's Blejfing, under the happy Reign of her Majefty, in a mofl fafe and flour ijhing Condition, &c. Iri the next Year, he was, by her Majefty, appointed, in purfuance of an Adi: of Parliament, to be one of the Cbmmifliohers to treat of a nearer Union between the Two Kingdoms of England and Scotland, having his own Son, the Marquis of Hartingtpn^ joyn'd with him, among the many Honourable and Worthy Perfons, iri whofe Fidelity, Ability, Prudence, Induftry, Diligence^ and Cir- tum/petiion, the )ueen did repofe an efpecial T'ruft and Confidence: It is obfervabk, That as their Progenitors, Bruce and Ceci/ t brought about the firft happy ConjunSion in the Perfon of King JamesJLfo their Pofterity now help'd to fettle the nearer and more complete Union between the Two Kingdoms, which they zealoufly promoted in the Meetings'of' the'Cbmmiffioners, and Faithfully confirmed in their Two Houfes of Parliament; with fufficient Security to the Church of England, a fingular Glory td her Majefty's Reign, and a common Happineis to Great-Britain. After a fevere Indifpofition, that would not yield to the Art of the beft Phyficians, he funk extremely in his Body, without any Alteration in his Mind and Senfes ; and, with a full Profp>e& of jDeath, and a Chriftian Preparation for it, he departed about Nine in the Morning, Monday A Auguft I ^j'77 ^ n Bevon/hlre-Houfei Pickadillf, in the 67Fh~"Tear of "his iAge7 *In the Time df his Sieknefs, h lent for m eminent Prelat^ W rifit and aioK! him iyS CAVENDISH, Duh of Devonihirc. who found him in a full Difpofition to make his Peace with God: He confefs'd bis being troubled, being very much troubled, for the Latenefs of his Repentance, which he hoped was fmcere, and defired the Bifiiop to pray heartily with him to Gcd, that he would be gra- cioujly pleas 'd to accept it. He profefs'd himfelf to be truly forrowful for all the many great Sins and Errors of his Life, and did humbly and earneftly beg Forgivenefs of God for them. He was truly fen- fible of the Injuries he had done to others, and in a great Readinefs, not only to ajk their Pardon, but alfo to forgive others all the Offences and Injuries they had done to him. He profefs'd his Belief of both the Truth and Excellency of the Chriftian Religion, and particularly did declare, That he firmly believed all the Articles of the Apoftles Creed. He was very dejirous to receive the Holy Sacrament, and feernd well to under/land the Nature and Ends of it ; and jhew'd great Devotion ^vhen he did receive it. His Reafon was (bund and clear to the laft. He made his Will fedately and prudently, He took Care for doing Juftice, and then for doing Charity. And every Time the Bijhop attended him, He declared again, That he did unfeignedly repent of his Sins, and requefted his Lord- fhip, That he would not only with him, but in his Retirements, pray to God heartily for the Pardon of them. In the Abfence of the Bijhop he would not bear any Intimations of Prophanenefs. He exhorted others to repent and live better in Time of Health ; and told them, they would have a different View of Things, when they came to die. He feem'd, at laft, to have obtained his Defire, of being in Peace with God ; for he bore his Pains and Weaknefs with invincible Patience and Contempt of Death : He afk'd how to obtain the eafieft Way of Dying. He fet himfelf, as it were, an Hour of Departure ; and, when that came, he fell afleep, not merely like an ancient Roman; but, rather, like a good Chriftian. The Duke was form'd by Nature and Education, for every Thing that was Juft and Honourable in the Adminiftration of Publick Affairs ; and in every Station, was firm to the true Inte- rcfts of the Crown, the legal Eftablifhment of the Church, the ancient Privileges of the Peers, the fundamental Rights of the Commons, the equal Ballance of Europe, and the Original Li- berties of Mankind. Perhaps, no Perfon ever had a better Un- derftanding, a truer Courage, or a more penetrating Judgment, with a more fteady Refolution never to depart from the Interefts of England, and the Proteftant Religion. Upon this Principle, he feared not the Difpleafure of Princes or their Minifters. He ftoutly blamed, and, as far as he could, oppofed every illegal Step. The Good of the Publick was dearer to him, than his own Safe- tv, or any other Confideration ; whereby he was a moft fignal Inftrument in that Providential Revolution, which redeem'd us from Popery and Slavery. Where it juftly belongs to any one, to be numbered among the Deliverers of his Country, all other Political Characters muft be 10w and unuecellary, unle& it were CAVENDISH, Duke of Devonfhirg. to (hew, that fuch Services were not performed by Chance, o^ indirectly, but upon Deliberation and Principle. This was emi- nently manifefted in his Grace, and it ought to be gratefully re- membered, to whofe Endeavours we chiefly owe the Blefiings we now enjoy. He look'd upon King IVilliam as the glorious Reftorer and[ Preferver of Liberty, Property and Religion. He ferv'd him for the Sake of no Honour or Station, but what were freely conferred as a Reward upon him. .He ferv'd Queen Anne with the fame Affe&ion and hearty Zeal, to carry on the Juftice of her Reign at Home, and the Glory of it by Land and Sea. It was his greateft Ambition to love and to ferve GOOD PRINCES. This put him upon ordering his Monument to fliine with this Infcription, WIL LI EL MUS Dux DEVON. Bonorum Principium Fidelis Subditus ; Inimicus & Invifus Tyrannis. He valued no other Political Chara&er. , His bearing a Relation to moft of the Noble Families in Eng- land^ gave him, as he thought, a larger Share in the common' Care and Concern for the Privileges of the Peers, and the Rights of the People. His frequent Difcourfe was to commend the Con- ftitution and Laws of this Kingdom, and to affirm, That as he always had, fo he ever would endeavour to defend and pre ferve them. He feemed to be made for a Patriot : His Mien and Afpeft were engaging and commanding : His Addrefs and Converfation were civil and courteous in the higheft Manner. He judg'd right in the fupreme Court, and on any important Affair, his Speeches were fm'ooth and weighty. As a Statefman, his whole Deport- ment came up to his noble Birth, and his eminent Stations : Nor did he want any of what the World calls Accomplimments. He had great Skill in Languages, was .a true Judge in Hiftory, a Critick in Poetry, and had a fine Hand in Mufick. He had an elegant Tafte in Painting, and all politer Arts, with a Spirit, that was continually improving his Judgment in them ; and in Archi- tecture,' had a Genius, Skill, and Experience, beyond any one Perfon of any one Age ;. his Houfe at Chat/worth being a Monu- ment of Beauty and Magnificence, that perhaps is not exceeded by any Palace in Europe. His Grace was buried with his Aticeftors, in the Church of; All-hallow' i in Derby, on Friday , September the f>tb, 1707, and liis Lady furviving him, dyed .in the 68th Year of her Age, on the 3 1 ft of July, 1710, and had Sepulture in Wejlminjler- Abbey ', the 6th of Augiift following. Their eldeft Son and Heir, William, late^Duke of Devon/hirt^ was train'd to the Publick Service from his Youth. After the Peace concluded at Refwick, he made a Tour to France, and as as hb came of Age,' he was returned a Member of the Houfe N * of 180 CAVENDISH, Duke of Devonfhire. of Commons : He was ele&ed one of the Knights for the County of Derby, in the 7th Year of King William ; as alfo in two other Parliaments in that Reign ; and one of'the Knights for York/hire, in the two firft Parliaments called by Queen Anne. While he was Marquis of Harrington, her Majefty conftituted him Captain of the Yeomen of Tier Guard ; and fucceeding his Father in his Honours, the Queen likewife conferr'd on him his Places of Dig- nity and Truft, with this moft gracious Expreflion, That Jbe bad loft a Loyal Subjeft and good Friend in bis Father, but did not doubt to find them both again in him. His Grace was declared Lord Steward of the Houfhold, and fworn of the PrJvy Council on the 8th of Sept. 1707 ; and on the zgth of Oflober, conftituted Lord Warden and Chief Juftice in Eyre, of all the Forefts, Parks and Chaces, &c. beyond Trent ; as alfo Lord Lieutenant of the County of Derby, on the 6th of November , and Cujios Rotulorum of the fame on the 24th of that Month. On the i oth of May, 1708, he was again fworn of the Privy Council, according to an Al of Parliament on a Union with Scotland, which his Grace induftrioufly promoted, when he was one of the Commiffioners for that Purpofe. On the Change of the Miniftry in 1710, he refigned his Places ; but having been elected a Knight of the moft noble Or- der of the Garter, he was inftalled at? Windfor, on the z zd of December the fame Year, when our prefent moft Gracious So- vereign was likewife inftalled with him by his Proxy. On the Demife of the Queen, his Grace was in the fame Power and Truft with her Succeflbr, being one of the Regents of the Kingdom, nominated by his late Majefty, purfuant to an Act of Parliament for the better fecuring the Proteftant Succef- fion ; and was declared Ix>rd Steward of the King's Houfhold, and fworn of the Privy Council. On the 5th of July, 1716, he refigned his Office of Lord Steward of the Houmold, and the next Day was declared Lord Prefident of the Council ; from which high Office he retired in jlpril, 1717, when feveral of the Nobility and Perfons of Honour voluntarily quitted their Places. On the i ith of June, 1720, his Majtfty defigning to vifit his Dominions in Germany, he declar- ed his Grace one of the Lords Juftices of the Kingdom during his Abfence, in which moft honourable Truft he was continued when his Majefty's Affairs called him abroad ; and on the 27th of March, 1725, Was again declared Lord Prefident of the Coun- cil. Likewife on 3 1 May, 1727, was a 5th Time declared one of the Lords Juftices of the Kingdom. On the Acceflion of his prefent Majefty, his Grace was again made Lord Lieutenant and Ctijios Rotulorum of the County of Derby, and declared Lord Prefident of the Council ; and in November following, chofe. oji$ gf the rd{hips for this very obliging .1 " Addrefs ; which is mpft agreeable to me, fince nothing " left than your good Opinion of my Zeal for his Majefty's Ser- " vice, and the Profperity of this Kingdom, could give me any V Title to fuch a Mark of your Efteem." The humble Addrefs of the Knights, Citizens and Burgefles, in Parliament aflembled. May it pkafe your Gracc> \\7 E, his Majefty's moft dutiful and loyal Subject, the Com- VV " monsof Ireland in Parliament aflembled, return your " Grace our moft fincere Thanks for your Speech to both Houfes *' of Parliament. *' The Pleafure which the Increafe of our Exportatlons of the ** Linnen Manufactures gives your Grace, and the great Defire J ' you express of having an effe&ual Stop put to that moft per- ' *' nicious Practice of Running of Goods, are pregnant In- .* ftances how much the Intereft, Welfare and Trade of this *' Kingdom are your Concern. " Under a Chief Governour who gives fuch early Proofs of ** his Care for our Profperity, whofe great Abilities, Candour V and Generality, add a Luftre to his high Rank, and whofe *' Zeal for the prefent Eftablifhment hath long fince rendered him ** moft confpicuous, we have no room to doubt, but that hisMa- *' jefty's Service, and the Happinefs of his People, will be always * l his chief Care. ** The glorious Share your noble Anceftors had in the late happy, ft Revolution, and your Grace's fteady Adherence to the fame- * e Principles, give us the ftrongeft reafon to hope, that where <* the Love of Liberty is fo firmly feated in the Heart, all its at-. <*. tendant Bleflings muft be continued to us. " We beg Leave t aflure your Grace, that nothing fhall be V wanting on our Part, that may contribute to the Eafe and Ho- '* nour of an Adminiftration, which we are fully convinced wilt ^ be moft pjudent and happy." T'he Lord Lieutenant's Anfwer. *' " " Thank you for this very kind Addrefs j and fhall upon all J_ " Occafions endeavour to convince you, that my Inclination " to promote the Intereft of this Kingdom, is not inferior to the \\ you exprefs for his Majefty's Perfoji and Government.'* On CAVENDISH, Duke of Devonshire. 185 On the Day before the Conclufion of the Seflion (March 27, 173^) the Lords b and Commons made the following Addrefles to his Grace. The humble Addrefs of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament aflembled. May it pleafeyour Grace, << \\7E the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament aflem- W " bled,humbly beg Leave, before this Seffion is concluded, * { to exprefs our grateful Senfe of the Benefits we have already *' received under your Grace's wife and indulgent Adminiftration : " The Confidence his Majefty hath in your Grace's Zeal for his c Service, and your accounting it your higheft Glory to make the " Nation entrufted to your Care happy and profperous, leave us no " Room to doubt but that they will be continued and increafed tons. " Your Grace's known Love of Liberty, and your hereditary " Steadinefs to the Principles of the Revolution, under King#7/- " liam, of ever Glorious Memory (to which this Nation owes " its Quiet and Felicity) gave us the moft joyful Hopes when * c we heard that his Majefty's Goodnels had placed your Grace in <' the Government of this Kingdom : And our Experience of " thofe Virtues hath anfwered our warmeft Hopes, and demands * e our fincereft Gratitude. " We think ourfelves under the higheft Obligations to your <* Grace, for having obtained his Majefty's Confent to thofe " X * V\/E his Majefty's moft dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Com- VV " mons of Ireland, in Parliament aflembled, in difcharge *' of the Duty we owe to ourfelves, and thofe we reprefent, take " this Opportunity to declare our moft grateful Senfe of that Can- '* dour, Vigilance, and Juftice fo confpicuous through the whole " Courfe of your Grace's Adminiftration. " We beg Leave to return your Grace our moft fmcere " Thanks for the particular Regard, and Attachment to the In- tere.ft CAVENDISH, Duke of Devonfhire. 1 89 tereft and Welfare of this Nation, with which you have a&ed " upon every Occafion ; and we from thence aflure ourfelves, " that your Grace will, upon your Return to his Majefly, re- " prefent us a People firmly attached to his Royal Perfon, zealous " for the Proteftant Intereft, and the prefent happy Conftitution, " and truly fenftble of his Majefty's Paternal Care and Goodnefs " to us, of which he has given us a moft figna! Inftance, by " committing the Government of this Kingdom to a Perfon of '* your Grace's great Wifdom and Abilities." IVbereunto Ms Grace anfwered. " T Thank the Houfe of Commons for the kind Senfe they ex-^ J_ " prels of my Endeavours to promote theWelfare and Prof- " perity of this Kingdom ; and I (hall with very great Pleafure " make a faithful Report to his Majefty, on my Return into his " Royal Prefence, of your fteady lioyalty, and inviolable Affecli- " on to his Majefty's Perfon and Government." On the 3ift of March, 1740, his Grace went to the Houf of Peers j and being feated on the Throne with the ufual Cere- monies, and the Commons being prefent, his Grace was pleafed to make the following Speech. My Lords and Gentlemen, " T Have with great Satisfaction obeyed his Majefty's Com- JL " mands, in giving the Royal Aflent to the many ufeful Bills " which you have prepared ; and I aflure myfelf you need not be " put in mind how neceflary it will be, in order to reap the full " Benefit of them, to carry them into a due and impartial Exe- " cution. i Gentlemen of the Houfe of Common^ ** * \** H E Chearfulnefs and Unanimity with which you grant- A " ed the ufual Supplies, and for which I am to return you i the County of Mid- dlefex, Efq; by whom he hath Iflue~now living four Sons, and three Daughters. 1. William, Marquis jof Harrington. 2. LiorcTGeorge Cavendffi, to whom his prefent Majefty was Godfather. / : Daughtet' 192 CHURCHILL, tiuke of Marlborough. Daughter and Co-heir to Thomas Tylle, of e fylle-Houfe in the County of Cornwall, and by her he had IVilliam Churchill^ his Heir and Succeflbr, who married Mary, eldeft Daughter to Richard Creufe of Wicroft-Gaflle in the County of Devon* Efq; and by her he had three Sons, Roger of Catherjlon t William of Gorton, and John who was feated at Mutton, all in the County of Derfet. The faid Roger marrying Jane, Relief of Nicholas Megg, and Daughter to Jtflliam Peverell of Bradford, by her had Matthew Churchill of Bradford, whofe Wife was Alice, Daughter to James Gould of Dorchefter, and by her he had Jafper Churchill of Bradford ; who marrying Elizabeth, Daugh- ter to John Chaplet of Htrring/lon, in the Countv of Dorfet, had John his Heir, and another Son named Jafper, Father of Sir John Churchill, an eminent Council in the Reign of King Charles II. who marrying Sufan, Daughter to Edmund Prideaux^ Efq; by her left only four Daughters, who were his Co-heirs. John Churchill, eldeft Son and Heir of J after, by Elizabeth Chaplet, was of the Society of the Middle-Tremble^ where, by his Proficiency in the Study of the Laws, he made an Addition to his Eftate, and was feated at Mintern in the County of Dorfet, He married Sarah, Daughter and Co-heir of Sir Henry Win/ton^ of Standifton, in the County of Glouce/ler, by Dionife his Wife, Daughter and Co-heir of Sir Thomas Bond, Kt. and bv her was Father of Sir JVinfton Churchill, born at IVotton-Glanville in the County of Dorfet. This Sir Winjloh Churchill being well grounded in Learning, was, before he arrived to the i6th Year of his Age, fent to St. John's College in Oxford, Anno 1636 ; but by the Death of his Father, his Affairs requiring his immediate Care, he left the Univerfity without taking any Degree, and fome time after married Elizabeth, Daughter of Sir John Drake* of Ajbe in Devon/hire, Kt. by Eleanor his Wife, iecond Daughter and Co-heir of John, Lord Boteler, of Bramfield in Hertford/hire, by Elizabeth his Wife, Sifter of George Villiers, Duke of Buck- ingham, the great Favourite of King James and King Charles the Firft. Mr. Churchill adhering to the King, was fo great a Sufferer for the Royal Caufe, that his Lady lived for fome Years at Ajhe, the Seat of her Father, where fhe was happily delivered of her fecond Son John, late Duke of Marlborough ; whofe Ser- Vices~to his Country are a (jlory lo thi7 Nation, and were the Wonder of all Europe. Sir Winjlone Churchill was returned for the Borough of Weymoutb in Dorfetjhire to the firft Parliament called by King Charles II. which met at Wejlminjler on the 8th of May^ 1 66 r } and on the~Eftablifhment of the Royal Society was chofeone of the Fellows. In 1663 he was Knighted, and afterwards con- fKtuted a Commifiioner of the Court of Claims in Ireland ; and on his Return, one of the Clerks Comptrollers of the Green- Cloth. He died on Mar. 26, i688,_and was buried in the Church of SL Martin'* m the FieldsT Tie had by Elizabeth his Wife, CHURCHILL, Duke of Marlborough. 193 Wife, before-mentioned, (even Sons and four Daugnters, Arabella the eldeft (the trlree youngjeff dying in their Isfancv) was born at Ajhe in 1648, arid after {he had by King jamej_\\.JJames Fitz- James, Duke of Berwick, and a Daughter, named Henrietta* married to Henry, Lord Waldegrave, (he was married to Colonel Charles Godfrey, and by him left two Daughters, Charlotte, mar- ried to Hugh Bofcawen, Efq; late Lord Vifcount Falmouth ; and Elizabeth, to Edmund Dunch, Elq; who . was Mafter of the Houftiold to Queen Anne j.A* /**/&..'.#.* Of the Sons, Jfihifh were Winfton, "John, Georgi, 'Charles* Montjoy, Jafper, and Theobald ; the latter, who was educated in .$>ueerf$-College m Oxford, and entered into holy Orders, died unmarried on the 3d"t>f December, 16855 and Win/Ion, Mont- ' jay, and "Jafper, died in their Youth. Charles the 4th jSon^ born at Ajhe, the zd of Feb. 1656, was, at the Age oj thirteen, madelr'age ; of Honour toCkriftianj King of Denmark, and at fixteeri v Gentleman of the Bed-Chamber to his Brother the renowned Prince George ; and being bred to Arms, was a Brigadier-GeneraTat tKe Battle of Steinkirl t Juv. i. 1601 ; and in 1693, at the Battle of Landen, took the Duke of Ber- wick Prifoner. KwgtFilliam made him Governour of King/off in Ireland ; and by Queen Anne he was made Governour of the Tower of London, General ofjflhe. Army, and GeneraJ jmjChlef of Foot, and had a great^and honourable Share injhe memorable Battle of Blenheim, Aug. 13, 1704.^.$^ After which, for his many '; and great Services, *He was made Governour of Brufjels, Colongl of the Cold-Stream Regiment of Foot Guards, ana Governour * of her Majefty's " Ifland of Guernsey. In 1702, he married Mary., Daughter and fbl t continued one of the Gentlemen of his Bedchamber, as alfo Co* onel of the thiriTroop of Guards ; and on the i6th of March % i$Slf, was conftituted High Jiteward of the Borough of St. Al- hn's ; and was in the fame Month fent to the Court of Frante, to notify the Death of the late King, and his Majefty's Acceflion xy to the Crown. He was alfo by King "James II. on the i4th ^of May, 1685, created Baron of Sandridge, in the County of , and was -made Brigadier-General of his Army in the e, where he greatly fignalized himfelf, when Monmoutb came Jvjv to furprize the King's Forces; the Majority of the Commanding Officers being in theuTBeds, he. kept the Enemy in play 'till the King'5. CHURCHILL, Duke of MarlborougJi. j o r *W '*' 3f / /o^v/r.^ King's Troops had formed themfelves, and thereby faved the whole Army. On his going over to the Prince of Orange, h made his Lordfhip a Lieutenant- General of his Forces ; and on King James's leaving Whitehall, he was fent to re-aflemble hjs Troop of Guards, and to preferve the Peace. On the 1 4th of February, the Day after King Jtfilliam and Queen Mary were proclaimed, he was fworn of the Priyj^Couricij, and made one of the gentlemen of the King's Bedchamber ; and on the 9th of April, 1689, was created Earl of Marlborough, and attended at the Coronation. Alfo when the Kind's Affairs, and the fit- ting of the Parliament required his Prefence in this Kingdom, his Majefty thought him the moft proper Perfon to head his Forces in the Netherlands. He landed at Rotterdam, 27 May, ' N. S. 1689, and proceeding to Maejtricbt, arrived there on the zd of June ; and after conferring with Prince Waldeck^ fet out with him the next Day for the Camp. The Confederates by the Superiority of the Enemy were obliged to acl: defrnfively ; and the French having attacked him at Walcourt the 25th of Auguft, the Earl of Marlborough diftinguifhed himfelf in guard- ing the main Pafs, and faved o.ur Army by an orderly Retreat. In 1690, he was made General of the Forces fent to Ireland, againft thofe who took up Arms for King "James II. and made the ftrong Garrifons of Cork and Kingfale Prifbners of War. In 1 69 1 , . . he-made the Campaign under King William, who (hewed the" good Opinion he had of his Conduit, by fending him to Flanden to put all things in readinefsi and to draw the Army together againft his Arrival. But the Beginning of the next Year, every Body was furprized to fee his Lordfhip difmifled from all his Em- ployments; viz. Captain of a Troop of Life Guards, Lieutenant General of the Infantry, Colonel of a Regiment of Fufiliers, and Gentleman of his Majefty's Bedchamber : He was not im- ployed or called to Council again 'till after the Peace at &efwick, when it was publifhed in the Gazette, 19 June, 1698, tc That <- " his Majefty had'been pleafed to appoint the Right Honourable " John, Earl of Marlborough, to be Governour to his Royal " Highnefs the Duke of Gloucefter, as a Mark of the good "- Opinion his Majefty had for his Lordfhip's Zeal for his Service, *' and -took his Place there." And on the i6th of July follow-/'(^^^ ing was declared one of the Lords Juftices of England fofthe Adminiftration of the Government. In which great Truft he was three Times fucceffively in the King's Abfence, who (in 1701) appointed him General of the Foot, and Commander in Chief of the Englijh Fences in Holland, AmbafTador Extraordinary, and Plenipotentiary at the Hague. "TI -=r On the Acceflion of Queen Anne to the Throne, he was im- mediately declared Captain-General of all her Forces in England^ or which were employed Abroad in Conjunction with the Troops of her Majefty's Allies ; asalfo Mafter-General of the Ordnance : O z " And - 196 CHURCHILL, Duke of Maryborough. And on the 1 4th of_the fame Month, was fent AmbafTador Ex- traordinary a'riJ Plenipotentiary, and to condole the States-Gene- ral on King Williams Death. After feveral Conferences about a War, and adjufting the Quota's of the Allies, he put himfelf at thlfHead of the Army \n Flanders ; where all the other Generals having Orders to obey him, he took the Caftles of Gravenbroeck and ffcrts, the Towns of Venlo, Ruremond, Stevenfivaert^LJegey &c. And at the Cloje of trie Campaign, coming down the Rivef Jblaefe, the Boats being feparated, he was taken Prifoner ; but, concealing himfelf, efcaped. When the States-General fent to congratulate him on his victorious Campaign, the Grand Penfio- nary Heinjius added, That his Captivity had well nigh enflaved not only their, Provinces, but put it in the Power of France to have extended her uncontrolable Dominion over all Europe^ by detaining his Perfon, whom they could not but look upon as de- ftined by Providence to be its Inftrument in afcertaining the Li- berties of the better Part of the Chriftian World. Whereupon their High Mightineffes made his Lordfhip General of their orcesj and, upon his Return to London, Nov. 28, the Commons, who had voted him Thanks for his great Services, and retrieving the Honour of the Englijh Nation, fent feveral of their Mem- bers to compliment him ; after which the Queen, on the 1 4th lt of December, made him Marquis of Blandford^ and Duke__gf Marlborough, and gave him5ooo/. a YeartorT/ife out of the Revenue of the Poft-Office. & /J&3o'n the 1 3th of March ^ 170,, he was inftalled a Knight of the moft Noble Order oF~tne Garter by his Proxy Sir Benjamin ' Baihurft, Knight, and the fame Year, his Grace too Bon, Huy, aTTd X/MtZjarg, drove the French from the Neighbourhood of Liege t and met King; Charley .III. the prefent Emperor, the"h goingTo S/xz/tt, at Duffeldorp, who gave Him a SwordTet with Diamonds ; and reprefenting the Misfortunes of the Empire, by the Defection of the Elector of Bavaria^ his Grace negotiated at the Hague ' at London the Means for its Relief. 'Ofy; In *7Q4ji he marched with the greateft Part of the Army to Germany y having Interviews by the Way ""with the Electors of !} /llentz^ e ^ r * ers '* anc ^ ot her Potentates, 'till he joined PrjnceT \IXTV: ^jof Baden 9 after a prodigious March of above 60 German JLeagues from the Maefe to the Danube _ in 30 Days.. Among other Compliments, the Prince told him, He was come to fave the Empire : "But the Duke replied, He came to learn from him how to do the Empire Service, Here he had a Vifit from Prince Eugene ; and for the~*Honour of himfelf "ami Country, a Poft wBicH equalled" him to the firft General in Cbri/lendom, viz. to command alternately with Prince Eugene, and Prince Lewis, and that in the Heart of the IrngeriaTTerritories, where always 'till then the Forces of tnc Empirel^d^ the Precedence. His f 7*^P raee on ^ e 2 ^L^33i N S. forced the Enemies Lines at CHURCHILL, Duke of Marlborough . 197 Scbellemberg ; for which he received a Letter of Thanks from the Emperor Leopold, written with his own Hand, an Honour fel- dom done to any but Sovereign Princes. "The feme Year, on the / * ad of Augujl, O. S. his Grace, in Concert with "PrinceJ?^^, .,j< gave the Enemy that Jatal JBlow Qj3_Ienbejm_ar\d Hochfht^ Jn which it was pbferved, hft was reibljflsdjto p>nquerj>r_dj ; hav- ing, fome Houra^efore the Battle, devoted himfelf t .tQ-GQd, in Pre- fence of his Chaplarn, and received the Sacrament. Forthls Action, glorious injts Sjjccefs, and much more glorious in its Confequences, hiifTrrace received congratulatory Letters from molt of the Potentates in_Jjurope, and in particular from the States- Genera], and from the Emperor, who defired his Grace to accept of the Title andJDignify of a Pr.inrg of t-pp F f rnpj/-f ^ ^ which, with the Queen's Leave, was conferred ujxm him, by the Title of Prince of Mmfielheim Jn thp Province of_&w3bia. His ImperiafMajefty alfo caufed a Pillar to be fet up at Hocbftet, to perpetuate the Memory of the'VIclory, which concludes, Exercitui ViEtori cum Immortali Gloria Imperavit Johannes Dux de Marlborough A N G L U S. His Grace ended this glorious Campaign by pofieflins; himfclf of tjomburgb) Treves, &c. and then took a Tour to the King of Pruffia, with whom he prevailed to continue his Forces in the ^| Service of the Duke of Savoy, which kept that Prince firm tj? the Alliance ; and his Grace alfo laidfuch Schemes at the Court of .Berlin, as fafpended_their Difputes with the _.D^;A~aEout^ King \Wittiayis Eftate ; which wife Conduct caufed the whole Confc- deracy to acknowledge, that he had done the greateft Services ' that could be to the common Caufe in that Juncture. The King of PruJJla prefented him with a^Hat wkh a Diamond Button and Loop, as alfo, two fine SaddleHoriesT and when he came to the IJague, he had the publick Thanks of the StatghGeneral for his Condu& both in the Field and the Cabinet. On the r 4th of December he came~to England, bringing wit him Marefchal de 'Tallard, and twenty-fix other Perfons of Not, whom Ke had taken Prifoners ; as alfo J7it)tandar^s,and j[29 Colours, taken at Blenheim, theTrpphi.es pT. his Victory (whicf on Jan. 3. iyof, were, by her Majefty's Order, "put up in Pfj$^ minJier-Hall) and the Queen^nd her Royal Confort received him with the higheft Efteem, and both Houfes of, Parliament with .their folemn Thanks. Av-*// < <*<^/,V The Commons moreover addreffed the Queen to perpetuate the Memory of h'is^Victory ; whereupon her JVLajefly granted him the Intereft of the Crown in the Honour and Manour ol" Wood/lock^ and Hundred of Wotton, to him and his Heirs for ever. And according- ly a Bill having paffed both Houfes, her Majefty gaveher Royal AfTent to it, March 14, i7Qf, whereby the fkid Honour and Ma O 3 O CHURCHILL, Duke of Marlborough. of Wood/lock, with the Hundred of IVotton, were vefted in his Grace and his Heirs, rendering to the Queen, her Heirs and Succeflbrs, on the zd Day of Auguft, in every Year for ever, at the Cattle of Wlndfir^ one Stand-arc! or Colours with three Fleur de Luces painted thereon, for all Manner of Rents, Services, &c. In 1 7 oc, ^ he retook Hay, raifed the Siege of Liege, forced the Ffencb lOines at Hilderjheim, which had been fortifying three Winters, and beat a Detachment from the Enemy's Grand Army, commanded by two Lieu tenant- Generals, who were both taken Prifoners ; all which the States afcribed, next under God," to his Grace's Care, Prudence and Valour, who had conquered Diffi- culties that for above two Years had appeared unfurmountable. And the Emperor declared, That his Grace's Services to the com- mon Caufe in general, and to his Family in particular, were fuch as (hould never be forgotten by him nor hisPofterity. His Grace having ended the Campaign, by the faking of Stan- tuliet and .Lewe, made a Tour to Vienna, upon an Invitatiori"af the Emperor Jojeph, who highly carefted him, and gave him a rich Diamond Ring. And as he returned to the Hague, he had a Sword fet with Diamonds from the King of Prujfia, a fine Calafti and fix Horfes from the Elector of Hanover (his late Majefty King George^.} and other noble Prefents from the Elector Pala- tine. But before he left Vienna, the Emperor, on the ithof j^AfrNvu ember i N. S. made a Grant of the Lordfhip of Mindelbeyn / \t\Swaliia, with all Jurifdiclion thereto belonging, which his Im- perial Mujcftv erected into a Princioality of the Holy Empire. And that his Grace and the Heirs Male of his Body lawfully be- , gotten, and their Heirs Male, and Ppfleflbrs of the faid Principali- ty, (hould be fummoned to all the Dyets of the Empire and Circle of Swabia, there to appear in Perfon, or by their Plenipotentiaries, as other Princes of the Empire _do ; and mould alfb enjoy all other Advantages, Immunities, Rights, Prerogatives, and Pre- eminences, as Princes of the Empire have. And he was after- wards inverted therein, and admitted by his Plenipotentiary Mr. Stepney, to fit and vote in the College of Princes. His Grace, at the fame Time, renewed our Treaties with the Emperor, and provided for the Security of the Duke of Savoy. And on his Re- iurn to England, December ^30, had the Thanks of the Commons * //^^thirdTime, for "His" 1 great oer v ices' to her Majefty and the Nati- on, and for his prudent Negotiations with the Queen's Allies. On the ? ^d of May, 1706, N.S. his Grace defeated the French and Bavarians at Ramellies, and gained all the Spani/h Brabant, the Marquifate of the Holy Empire, with its Capital, the famous City of Antwerp, the Lordmip and City of Malines, and the beft Part of Spanijh Flanders. He was every where in th.it desperate Action, and in imminent Danger of Life once, when fingled out By feveral of the King's Houmold Troops, who had killed cr taken hirn, l^d not fon^e of his own Foot came tA * - , 2oo CHURCHILL, Duke of Marl borough. " Marlborough's Death ( upon whom they are fettled in Jointure) " fhould go with the Title." Which Bill parting both Lords 2nd Commons, \t received the Roy_al Aflcnt on the 2ift of Dec. -"1706. And foon after, the 5000 &, flgr Annum, out of the Re- venue of the Poft-Office, wliich her Majefty had fome Time be- fore granted to the faid Duke, for Term of^his Life, upon creat- ing him to that Dignity, was, iiv further Confideration of his Services, entailed, by a fubfequent Acl: of Parliament, pafled the 2 8th af January following, on his Pofterity, to defcend in like 7 / .- Manner as the Honour and Manbur oYJ^oodJfock, &c. In 1707, the Duke went with full Powers from the Queen and the States-general, to fcveral Courts, to concert Meafures for reinforcing the Army, and to prevent the threatned Invafion of Saxony \ff the Swedes* His Grace had three Audiences of the King of Sweden, dined with him in Publick, and had an Inter- view with the Kings Stani/laus, and Auguftus, and from thence went to the Courts of PruJJla, and liano-ver, and to Frankfort, where he provided for an Offenfive War in Flanders, and for put- ting the Forces on the Rhine under the Command of the Ele- . lor of Hanover, his late Majefty King George, and returned to J the Low- Countries time enough to prevent the French from ra- tAv^gipg Brabant. In 1708, his Grace obtained the glorious Victory of Aude- nard, on the i ith of July, N. S. in the Sight of the Dukes of 'Burgundy, and Berry, who fhamefuily ran away to carry the News to the French Court, while the Electoral Prince of Hano- ver, our now moft gracious Sovereign, fought as a Volunteer among his Father's Troops in this Battle, and had his Horfelfhot under htm as he was charging with Sword in Hand. After this, ; the Duke covered the Siege of Lifle, and took it after a very obftinate Defence; relieved BruJJels, then befieged by the Elector ,of Bavaria, and retook Ghent, and Bruges, which the Enemy (had felzed by Treachery. The Houfe of Commons were fo im- patient of returning his Grace their Thanks, that they did not ftayjgr 'hjs_ Arrival, but fent ir Richard Onflow, their Speaker, to compliment him at Bruffeli. And coming Home, March i, 1 70^, the next Day took his Place in the Houle of Lords, when the Lord Chancellor Ccwper, in their Name, complimented him in anotherejegant Harangue.^ ) In 1709, his Grace went to 'Holland, from whence he made two Voyages to England in the Spring, to communicate to the "Court what had pal fed at the Hague, relating to the Overtures of & Peace made by the Minifters of France. The fame Year he was made a Plenipotentiary at the Treaty of Peace in Holland, which breaking up without Effect, he haftened to the Field, where hav- ing feized St. Arnand and Mcrtagne on the Scheld, he covered the Siege of Tournay, which foon furrendercd to him, and routed the French with great Slaughter and Booty, at the famous Battle . of CHURCHILL, Duke of Mariborough. 20 1 Blaregnies. He crowned this glorious Campaign with the Re- duction of the ftrong City of Mons, the Capital of Hainault ; and the States complimented his Grace upon this Viclory, in a Letter, wherein they gratefully acknowledged his high Dcfcrts. After which the Duke returned to England, where, on the zzd, of November, he had a fixth Time the Thanks of both Houfes^of Parliament, and the Lord Chancellor, in the Name of the Lord.-, addrefled him again in a fet Speech. In 1710, the States General finding the Infmcerity of the French in their Negotiations, prefled the Queen " to fend the " Duke over early in the Spring, if he could be fpared, that they " might have the Benefit of his wife Cqunfels, as well as reap " Advantage from his incomparable Valour." Alfo both Houfes of Parliament addrefled the Queen to the fame Purpofe, wherein they exprefled their Senfe of " his unparallel'd Services ; and ap- " plauded her Majefty's great Wifdom, in having* hor1oure$ ' he *' lame Perfon with the Character of General and Plenipotenti- " ary, who, in their Opinion ,~ was moft capable of difcharging " two fuch important Trufts." The Duke being fent accord- ingly, took the Field fix Weeks before 'the French, and reduced the ftrong Towns of Douay, Bethune, St. tenant, and Aire ; the firft of which was a Place of fuch Confequence, that the French, in all their Negotiations, always excepted it out of the Number of Towns propofed to be given as an Equivalent. When his Grace entered Douay, the Chancellor of the Uni- verfity faluted him with a noble Harangue, which (after a gene- ral Recapitulation of all his (grace's Conquefts and perfonal Vir- tues) ends thus : " No wonder then, that the Empjsror has made you a Prince . -*., CHURCHILL, Duke of Marlborough. 203 His Grace married Sarah, Daughter and one of the Co-heirs to Richard Jennings of Sandridge, in the County of Hertford, Kfq; by whom he had one Son 'John, horn on the n th of January, 1686, and died at Cambridge on the zoth of February, 1705, alfo four Daughters, viz. The Lady Henrietta, married to Francis, Earl of Godolphln^ who by A& of Parliament, as before has been obfcrved, fucceed- ed as Dutchefs of Marlborough. And her Grace departing this Life on the 241)1 of Oftober, 1733, was interred in Wejlminfier- Abbey, on the 9th of November following, with this Infcription on her Coffin. " The moft illuftrious Princefs Henrietta, Dutchefs of " Marlborough, Princefs of the Holy Roman Empire, Mar- " chionefs of Blandford, Countefs of Marlborough, Baronefs " Churchill of Sandridge, Countefs of Godolphin, late Confort " of the moft noble potent Lord Francis, Earl of Godolphin, " Vifcount Rialton, and Baron Godolphin ; died the 24th of " Oclober, in the Year 1733, an( ^ m rne 5 3d Year of her Age." And leaving no IfTue Male, her Titles devolved on her Ne- phew, Charles Earl of Sunderland, now Duke of Marlbarough. Lady Anne, fecond Daughter, was married to Charles Spencer, Earl of Sunderland, and died on the I5th of April, 1716, by whom (he had Iflue Charles, now Duke of Marlborough, as SuccefTor to the faid Henrietta, Dutchefs of Marlborough. Lady Elizabeth, third Daughter, was married to his Grace Scroop Egerton, now Duke of Bridgewater, and died on the 22dof March, 1774. And, The Lady Mary, is now the Wife of his Grace John, Duke of Montague. CREATIONS.] Baron Churchill of Sandridge, in Com. Hertford, by Letters Patent 14 May, 1685, i Jac. II. Earl of Marlborough, in Com. Wilts, 9 Apr. 1689, i Will, and Mar. Marquis of Blandford, in Com. Dorfet, and Duke of Marlbo' rough, in the aforefaid County of Wilts, i^Decem. 1 702, i Ann. ARMS.] Sable, a Lion rampant, Argent, in a Canton of St. George ; of the fecond, a Croft, Gules, being an Augmentation. CREST.] On a Wreath, a Lion couchant-guardant, Ar- gent, fuftaining with his dexter Paw a Pennon, Gules, charg'd with a fmifter Hand coup'd at the Wrift, and ere&, Argent. SUPPORTERS.] Two Wyverns, Gules, each gorg'd with a plain Collar, Or, having an oval Shield pendant therefrom, upon the Breaft garniflied Gold ; the Dexter charged with St. George's Badge, Argent, a Cro6, Gules ; and the Sinifter with St. Andrew's, viz. Sable, a Saltire, Argent. Mo T T O.] FlEL PERO DESDECADO. C H i E F-S EATS belonging to the Family.] At Blenheim in Oxfordjhire, near Woodjlock, 59 Miles from London ; and at Holkway-Houfe at St. Albatfs t in the County of Hertford, 20 Miles from Londoq, SPENCER* [204] . _' '...., ' " ' - ' ----- V. * SPENCER, Duke of Marlborough. CONCERNING the Original of this Family, our Genealogifts give no Account; yet that it was of Noble Degree in Nor- mandy, before the Conqueft, is not to be doubted ; fince Robert Defpencer was Steward to William the Conqueror, and one of his Barons; as is fully manifeft from authentick Records : Alfo- that his Pofterity were denominated from the faid Office of De- fpencer (i. e. Steward) is teftified by the learned Camden, in his Difcourfe on Surnames a ; who mentions the Spencers, to be de- fcended* from the Defpencers, the De (when Surnames were fully introduced) being omitted for brevity, as by innumerable Instances ia other Families might be proved. The faid Robert Defpencer had by Gift from the Conqueror the following Manours, which he held at the Time of the Gene- ral Survey b ; viz. Merjlon, Letb, Filingeli, and Bertanftone, in Warwick/hire ; Tozintone, Scrivdfii, Wilgejbi, Endrebi, Partenai, Butide, ladetuetif, Tuleftone, Rocftune, Cuningefbie, Meringhe, Herdertoy, Stepinge, Langetone, and Holtham, in Lincoln/hire ; Legre, Torp, Redeclive, Cumngejlone, Odejione, Efmoditone, Chi- barde y Norton^ Wicote, Stantone. Sucowe, Sacre/ione, Snarchtone, <>Flechcne, Vriftaneflon^ Tileto'rie'^and Sumerdeberie, in Leicefte rfhlre ;. j TT /^ in- LJ j j -~~ ' r< i "-*-&* /h" and VrlcQKnt- in (.rreie/fam Hundred, in (jloucejferjhlre^ He was'^rpther to c the Earl of Montgomery, and to Urjo_de. Abetct ''^Jiergditaiy Sheriff of Worcefterjhire, foon after the Con- queft ; who, in fome Records, is call dTUr/o de Worcejlre, as being Conftable of the Caftle^of Worcefter, and held, at the time of the General Survey, twenty Lordfhips, which defcended to Walter de Beaucbamp (a great Baron) who married e Emeltnelns ^nly Child. The atorefaid Robert Defpencer is mention'd among the Bifhops and Barons, affembled in Council with King f William the Con- queror, in London, A. D. 1082, in the iyth Year of his Reign; at which time they fct their Hands and Seals to the Charter of 7 fill, de Carilepbo, Bifhop of Durham ; which fets forth, That the Church of Durham being neglected, and by the Barbarity of fa- crilegious Perfons, neither Monks or Canons left therein ; he does thereupon determine, to bring the Monks from Weremuth and Girwe ; alfo, that the Liberties of the Church of Durham, with_ heLajTds(therein particularly mention'd^ fhould be preferv'djn- violabjejbTever ; laying this Anathema on the Violators : That all or any Perlons, who (hall prefume to prophane this Charter, or change any thing therein, unlefs for_the better, " By the Au- " thority of the Prince of the Apoftles, I deprive them of the So- a Remains, p. iz & 116. d Regift. Wignrn. in Bibl. Cotton. b Doomfdiy, Lib. in iiftcm. Com: c Dug. Bar. Vol. I. P. ... c 4' i g Monaft. ibid. p. 44. a. m Rot. Pip. de iifd. Ann. i Ibid. p. 185. b. . , n Atkins's GIouc- p. 717. i Regift. Wigorn. pred. o R. Pip. 8 Ric. I. Salop. k Leland. Colleft, VQ!, I, p, 840, in P Cart. An. 5 Joh. N. 52. lib. Bodl. 9 Cart. Antij. L>, D. Numb. , i Remains, p, 247* t vice 2o6 SpfcfcCER, JDuke of MarlborotigJi, vice of half a Knight's Fee. And the Year after, he gave a Fin*? of one hundred and twenty Marks, and one Palfry, to be ex- empted from attending the King in his purposed Expedition be* ^'ond Sea-. *B/ his Charter, fans Date, he beftowed the Lands which r William Delaman held of his Father Tkurftan, on the TMonks of Brutrn, Com. Oxon. He took to Wife Amabil, Daugh- ter to Walter de Chefmi^ by whom he had Iflue two Sons % Thur- ffan and Almaric^ likewife a Daughter, married to l William Sardolph. The faid Tkurftan Defpencer, his Brother Almaric, with Tho- mas Defpeticer, and other Barons, took up Arms againft King "fohn t for the Recovery of their Privileges ; for which the King Jeiz'd the Lands of u Almaric^ and gave them in the 1 8th Year of his Reign, to Oflert Giffard, his own natural Son ; having the Year before committed the Cuftody of Thurjlan x to Rowland* Blewit. This Tburjlan^ in the r 1 9th, 2Oth, and z 22d of Hen. III. was Sheriff of Glouctjhrjhire -, fo likewife for the firft Quarter of the ajd Year; and in the z6th of Hen. III. when he was commanded to attend the King with Horfe and Arms at a Xanfton, to vin- dicate the Injuries he had receiv'd from the King of France. He died about the 3 3d of Hen. III. for then the Wardfhip of his Lands lying in the Counties of Wilts, Surry, Gloucefter^ Oxon and Wor- cefter b , during the Minority of his Heir, was committed" to ' Adomare de Lezignian, and the Manour of c Ewelme in Com. Ox- on. afiigned to Lucia his Widowj for her Maintenance, till her' Dowry (hould be fet forth ; but the faid Heir dying unmarried, I now return to . ~ Hugh Dejpencffj one of the Sons of T%ur/tan, firft mentioned, and Brother to Geffrey ', of whom I {hall hereaftef treat. This- Hugh Defpencer went with King Richard^., to the Holy Land y and was with him d at the. Siege of Aeon j after which I find him in the 8th Year of King Hen. III. conftituted Sheriff of e Salop and Stafford, and f Governour of the Caftles of Salop and Bruges (now commonly called Bridgnorth}\ as alfb in the icth of Hen. III ^Sheriff of Berkfhire, for the one Half of that Year, and h Gover- nour of Wallingford Caftle ; having the Year following a Grant from the King of the ' Manour of Rihal Com. Rutl. likewife in 1 7th of Hen. III. to be Governour of k Bolefover Caftle in Com. Derb. and in 2 1 ft of Hen. III. was fent, with Stephen de Segrave r Geneal. Nobil. Antiq. per Cook. b?^, , . TTI _ Clar. MS. Not. B. ! S . in Bib.^^^- c J Clauf. A. 33 H. III. m Jin, Ar. Carter, Reg. Armor. d E. Cod.^MS, AJhwfil. Numb. 1IZO s Ibid. in Mufzo Oxon.' t Rot. Pip. 8 R. I. Northampt. e 7 p ,, m T u CIaf. 18 Job. m. 7 f ^ Pat. 8 ft III. m. l*. z Ibid. A. 17 Job. m. 16. g Rot. Pip. A. to H. III. y Atkitft Glouc- p. 73. h Pat. A. loHea. III. m. 3. a R. Pip. IT. H. III. j Cart. A. II Hen. III. m. 3. a Rjmer't Fader, Vol. J, p, 405. k Pat, A. 17 B, JJlt m, 3. tiM SPENCER, Duke of Marlborough. 207 and Henry de AlditUey, to take Charge of the Caftles of Cbefter and Bee/ton. He was fucceeded by another Hugh Defpencer, who is laid by fome Authorities, to be Son of 1 Geffrey ; but by m others, to be Son of Thomas Defpencer, a Wit- neCs to the Confirmation Charter of n Ranulph, Earl of Chefter, to Rouce/lre Priory, in Com, Stafford. And in the 3th of King John, is found with his Wife, the Daughter and Heir of Hugh de Uljle, to hold Lands in the Counties of Nottingham and Derby, by Knight's Service, and I fuppole died in that Year; for then the faid Hugh de UlJIe gave two hundred Marks, and an Horfe of Price, for the Marriage of his Daughter and Heir ; and in the i$th of that King, William de Cantilupe paid two hundred Marks for her, to be a Wife for his Son q ; her Name being Catherine. I therefore take the faid Hugh to be Son of the laft Hugh, and being one of the greateft Barons of that Time, and taking Arms with other Nobles, in defence of their antient Privileges, he was by them, in the r 4zd of Hen. III. chofen one of the twelve, who, with twelve other Barons, nominated by the King, were to a- tnend and reform what they fhould think amifs in the Kingdom : Likewife in the 44th of Hen. III. he was advanced to that great 8 Office, of Chief Jufticiar of England (which in thofe Days comprehended the Jurifdi&ion of all the prefentLaw Courts); and an the 48th of Hen. III. appear'd in Arms againft the King at Northampton. At the Battle of Lewes, the i4th of May, the fame Year, he behav'd himfelf very bravely, taking Prifoner * Marma- duke de Twenge, who compounded, to pay a Ranfom of feven hundred Marks for his Liberty. After this Battle (wherein the King was taken Prifoner) the Barons made him Governour of * Oreford Caftle, in Com. Suffolk ; as alfo of the Caftles of Devifes, \nWiltJblre, Bernard Caftle in the Bifhoprick of Durham, Ox- ford, and Nottingham: And on the 8th of June following, the King fends his Writ x for all the Cities, Burghs and Towns on the Coafts of Norfolk and Suffolk, to be obedient to the Directi- ons of Hugh Defpencer, his Jufticiary : Alfo the 8th of September following, he was conftituted one of the fix Procurators, and y Commiffioners, to treat, in the Prefence of the King of France, and G. Bifhop of La Sabina, Legat of the Apoftolick See, or cither of them, about the Reformation of the State of the King- dom, with Power to do whatever they thought fit in the Mat- ter. He wai- likewife, one of the z three that they confided in, J V,fi: Cm Northampton, A. 1617. s Matt, Weftm.inA. 1260, tc Matt; m E Col 1 . R.G lover, Somtrfct Herald. Parit. n Mo.,. Angl. Vol. II. p. 268. b. t Clauf. A. 48 Hen. III. m. 8. o Lib. Rub. in Seed u Pat. A. 48 H. III. m. 7. p Rot. Pip. A. 13 Job. Nartbtm. X Ib. Numb, i j. >^ Rot. Fin. A. 15 Job. m. a. y Brady's Hift. of */, Vel, I. p64$ * Bridf Hift, f g/, YoJ, I, p.6z5< t Ibid. p. 645, ft 208 SPENCER, Duke of Marlborough. to be always about the King. Neverthelefs, he afterwards fell from the Barons % being ilifgufted at the haughty Behaviour of Mountfort, Earl of Leicefter, who " took all the Profits, and Re- venues of the Kingdom, and Ranfbm of Prifoners to his own Ufe, which by Agreement was to have been divided ; and the (aid Earl was thereupon conftituted Jufticiary in the 49th of Hen. III. However, he put himfelf in Anns again with them, and fighting with great Courage at the Battle of Eve/ham* which happen'd on the 5th of Auguft the fame Year c (49 Hen. III.) he there loft his Life. This Hugh (by d Oliva his Wife, Daughter of Philip Baffet of Wicombe, in Com. Bucks, Widow of Roger Bigod, Earl of Norfolk) was Father to e Hugh le Defpencer, of full Age, Anno 10 Ed- ward I. who with f Hugh le Defpencer, his Son, are thofe whom our Hiftorians fo largely treat of 5 differencing them, by Hugh Defpencer, fenior, and Hugh, junior, the one, Earl tfWincheJler^ Anno i 5 E(lw. II. and the other (in Right of his Wife % Elianor, eldeft Daughter, and Coheir of Gilbert, Earl of Clare, Gloucejler, and Hertford, and of Joan his Wife, one of the Daughters of King Edw. I.) Earl of Gloucejler; both of them the moft power- ful Perfons of their Time, and Pofleflbrs of the greateft Eftates, ^nd the unhappy Favourites of King Edw. II. Hugh, the Father h , had honourably diftinguifh'd himfelf under King Edw. I. in his Wars in Wales ', alfo in France, Flanders* and Scotland ; being likewife employ'd in feveral great Embaflies. And Hugh, the Son (who was Chamberlain to King Edward II.) was not lefs remarkable for many brave Actions in the Wars of Scotland and France; but firmly adhering to that unfortunate Prince in all his Troubles, they both fuffered Death, the elder (tho' in the goth Year of his Age) being condemn'd unheard, and immediately executed before the Face of his own Son and the King ; and the younger (tho' he had by Capitulation Safety as to Life and Limbs, when he ftoutiy defended the Caftle of Kaerfilli) . would not forfake his Prince, but venturing with him to the laft, and being again taken, underwent the Fate of his Father ; and King Edward, afterward depofed, was barbaroufly and inhumanly murthered. This Hugh Defpencer, the younger, was one ' of the Godfathers to King Edward III. and left Iflue three Sons k , Hugh, Edward, and Gilbert, as alfo by other Authorities ', Philip, Anceftor to Sir Philip Spencer, a Baron of the Realm, in the Reign of King .&'- chardTL. the Daughter and Heir of which Line, Margaret, was a Lei, Col. Vol.JI. p. svSt e b Brady utantea P .6 S o. f c lbidj.6. g i Pat. 49 tj, Ill.m. 5. h Dugdafcs Baron. Brady's Hiff . &c, i Barneys Hift. Ed. III. p. I. k Mon. Angl. Vol. I. p. 156. 1 Cencal, Nobil, per Cook Clar. praed. married S p E N C E & , Duke of Marlborougli." 2o married to Sir Robert Wentwortk, front whom thole of that Namd at Elmfal, in Com. Ebor. defcend. Hugh, the eldeft, in 2 dw. lit. being in Prifort m 5 unde^ the Cuftody of Roger' Mrttimtr, Earl of March', was removed) to the Caftle of Brtftol, there to be detained ; but fome time after* the King ordered his releafe^ aild {hewing him Favour, he betook himfelf id his Service in the WarS, being in that Expeditiorf into Gafcoigne, 7 Edw. III. and iri that of Scotland, in 9 01 Edw. III. enjoy'd the Lands of his Mother's Inheritance ", Annet i r Edward III. and fervirig in feveral Expeditions againft France, and Scotland, was made a Knight Banneret, and fum- mon'd to Parliament, among the Barons, in that Reign ; but died without Iffue in the 2 3d of Edw. III. leaving Edward, Solti of hlsi Brother Edward, his next Heir. Which Edward was fummon'd to Parliament, among the Barons, from 31 to 39 Edward III. inclufive ; and departed, this Life, in the Gaftle of Gaerdiff", upon Martinmas Day, 49^ of Edw. III. (a great Barony and a goodiCnight, faith froijjafd) leaving Thomas, his Son and Heir, then two Years of Age. Which Thomas (called Thomas, Lord Defencer and Morganock} was created Earl of Gkucefter by King Richard II. and exhibit* ing his Petition to the Parliament p , Anno 21 Rich. II. for Revocation of the Judgment of Exile, againft his Great-Grand- father, Hugh le Defpencer, had it granted. In which Petition q it appe'ars that the laid ffiigb was then pof~ fefs'd of no lefs than fifty-nine Lordfllips in fundry Counties, twen* ty-eight thoufand Sheep, one thoufand Oxeri and Stears, twelve hundred Kyne with their Calves, forty Mares with their Colta of two Years, a hundred and fixty drawing Horfes, two thoufand Hogs, three thoufand Bullocks, forty Tuns of Wine, fix hundred! Bacons, fourfcore Carkafles of Martinmas Beef, fix hundred Mut- tons ; in his Lardere, ten Tuns of Cider, Armour, Plate, Jewels^ and ready Money, better than ten thoufand Pounds; thirty-fitf Sacks cf Wool, and a Library of Books. This Earl took to Wife r Conftance^ Daughter of JLdmund of Langiey, Duke of York, Son to King Edw. III. by Whom he left one Sonj called 8 Richard, who died at 14 Years of Age ; and at Daughter, Ifdbel^ who was Wife, firft, to l Riehard fceauchamp* Lord Bergaventty, and afterwards Earl of Worcejler ; but furviv- ing him, Without Iffue, married, fecondly, Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, by whom me was Mother to Henry, Duke off Warwick, who died without Iffue Male. Having thus fer trac'd the principal Bfaneh, I now return t<3 Geffrey, brother of Hugh, Son of Thurjiari, firft treated of. sn Clauf.ao EJ.UI. m. 3. q Ibid. Numb< 60, 64, and 65. n Rot. Fin. n Ed. lIL m. 47. i j t> DugJalis Sijmmons to Parliament. s CE e SteBUIl!< f Rot P r l, j R?tM, Numb. 35. 210 SPENCER, Duke of Maryborough. Which Geffry was the firft Founder of u Marlow Abby, Com, Bucks, and is a Witnefs to King Henry IT. Confirmation of Lands to * Bungey Abby Com. Buff", dated in the rgth Year of his Reign : Which King among other Grants, confirms that of Geffry Defpencer, of the Church of Boynton to y Bridlington Priory Com. Ebor. He died z Anno 26 Hen. III. (1251) leaving Ifiue John, his Son and Heir, under Age, whofe Guardianmip was granted to Emma his Mother. Which John was of full Age Anno 40 Hen. III. at which time being ftil'd Son of Geffry, and holding 60 /. per Ann. Land, in Com. Leicefter, and 1 5 in Com. Southampton, he a was calld to receive the Honour of Knighthood. In 41 of Hen. III. 1256, Pope Alexander directs his Bull, to the Bifhop of b Salijbury ; v herein he fets forth that John Defpencer, by Petition prays, that he may build a Chapel, and have a Chaplain, in his Manour of Swalefield, which he is ready to endow ; his faid Manour lying in a Foreft, in which he liv'd, and that it was unfafe for him and his Family to go to the Mother Church, by reafon many Thieves harbour'd in the faid Foreft j which Matter the Pope refers to the faid Bifhop to determine. This e John, Adam Defpencer, and others of this Family took part with the Barons in theirWars againft King Hen. III. and were both taken Prifoners at the Battle of Northampton ; on which Account the d Manours of the faid John, viz. Caftle- Carlion, and Cavenby, Com. Line, which he held in right of his Wife, were extended by the King ; but when the Barons had taken that Prince Prifoner, the (aid John, and Adam, by mutual e Agreement were releas'd ; for by the King's Writ to Roger de Mortimer, dated 4th of June, 1264, he was order'd to bring (hem, among other Prifoners, (taken in April laft, at Northamp- ton Fight) to f London, in order to their being fet at Liberty. He died before 3d of Ediv. I. for by g Inquifition taken that Year, at Gertre, Com. Leicejler, he is found to die poflefe'd of the Manour of Ber an/by, and the Moiety of Wtgan de la Mare* with feveral other Lands; as alib the Hundred of Beaumaner y held of Hugh Defpencer in Socage, paying annually a Pair of gilt Spurs, price 6 d. and of the Houfe and Park there, worth yearly 6s. 8 d. Likewife by another Inquifition, dated the fame Year, taken at his Manour of Marteley, Com. Wigorn^ he is faid to die poflefs'd of that Manour, with the Advowfon of the Church Jhs Id in chief of the King, which his Father had by Gift of King Henry. He had alfo Reftittition of his Manours of CaJile-Carl- Jen, and Cavenby ; for by two feveral Inquifitions the fame Year, hs is faid to die pofiefs'd of them, in right of his Wife Joan ; but " u Men. Augl. Vol. i. p. 445. c Brady's H'it. of England, p. 643. x Ib. p. 516. d Efcaet. incerti Temp. R, Htn. III. y Ib. Vol. II. p. 103. Numb. 190. in Turr. Loud. z Vifitat. Com. Nortbamp:on t in Coll. e Brady's ut fupra. /rmor. A. 1617. f Rymir's Feed. Vol. I. p. 791* a Lib. MS- in Bib; Cotton. Claud, C, 2i g fo;tt 3 > It Nuabi b Rjnn't Fad, Tw. I, p, 6ie. SPENCER, Duke of Marlborongh. 2 T i having no Iflue of her Body alive, he held them only by the Cour- tefy of England; and John de Merieth enter'd on the fame as his Right, by the Death of Joan, Daughter of Robert le Lou, late Wife of the faid John Defpencer, Coufin of the afore&id John de Merieth, whofe Heir he is, and at that time thirty Years old. This Sir h John Defpencer had another Wife, and left Iflue William le Defpencer, his Son and Heir, ftiled of Be/ton, and one of the Jury at an ' Inquifition taken at Bredon 8 June, 3 4 Ed. I. concerning the Right of ele&ing a Priorefs of Langley, Com. Leicejler. He refided at Defford, Com. Wigorn ; and died pof- fefied thereof about 3 Edw. III. k as appears by an Inquifition taken at Per/bore, which likewife fhews that John was his Son and Heir, and of full Age ; which John, was in the Retinue of John ' King of Co/lib, in his Voyage to Spain, and on that Ac- count had the King's Letters of Protection for one Year, bear- ing Date 6 March, 1 386 (9 R. II.) He was afterwards Efquire of the Body to King Hen. V. alfb 01 Keeper of his Great Wardrobe, and, attending him in his warlike Expeditions, was with him at the Siege of n Roan. He had Iflue by Alice his Wife (Daughter and Heir of . . . . De- vereil) Nicholas his Son and Heir. Who by ? Joan his Wife, Daughter of .... Pollard, had Iflue two Sons, 'Thomas and William. Which Thomas was Father of Henry Spencer, of Badly, Com. Northampton, Eiq; as appears by a^ Receipt dated Anno 13 H.VI. for Subfidies then paid to that King. Which Henry took to Wife Ifabel, Daughter and Coheir of Lincoln, from whom proceeded four Sons, John, Thomas, William, and Nicholas, and died about r 1 7 Edw. IV. his laft Will and Teftament bearing Date Anno 1476, wherein he appoints his Sons, John and Thomas, Executors, and Ifabel his Wife Overfeer. The Seal affixt were the Arms the Family now bear, viz. Quarterly in the Fir/I and Third a Fret, over all on a Bend, three Efcallops. He was fucceeded by his eldeft Son John Spencer, Efq; who is mentioned in feveral Deeds of Feoffment with Sir Edward Rawleigh of Farneborough, Knight, and others ; particularly in 1 3 and 1 9 Edw. IV. when he fealed with the Arms of his Mother and Wife together, being both Heirefles ; viz. On a Crofs,five Stars of fix Points (his Mother's) ; and a Cheveron between three Cinq foils, his Wife's, who was Daughter and Heir of War/led; by whom he had three Sons ; i. William, hereafter mentioned ; z. John Spencer, of Hodnell, Com. Warwick, Efq; who died * Anno 1 z Hen. VII. h Vincent's Baronage in Offic. Armor, n Lib. MS. in Mufeo, Afomol. Numb. Numb. 20. Vifit. Com. Northampton in, 1120. dift. Offic. d*no 1617. o Vifit. Co m . Northampton, prdil. iMonaft. Angl. Vol. I. p. 481. b. p Ib. & Pinctnf* Baron, praedift. k Efc A. 3 B. III. q Vifit. Com. Northampton, przdift. 1 Rymefs Feed. Tom. VII. pi 500,. .* r Ib. Ib, Vl 9. p. *jl s Reg,Horn,in Cuz.pnerog.Cant. Qa- 4 - P 2 and 212 SPENCER, Duke of Marlborough^ and held Lands in eighteen feveral Lordfhips ; as appears by ha laft Will and Teftament, by which he appoints his Body, to be buried in the Chancel of the Parifh Churdi of Hodenhull, arid conftitutes his Nephew, 'John Spencer ', of Snifter feild, Eiq; Sort of his Brother William, one of his Executors ; entailing his Lands on him in default of Iflue Male of his Son Tljomas, and in default of Ifiue of him, the (aid John, to the Heirs Male of Thomas, his late Brother. Which Thomas (;d and ypungeft Son) had Ifiiie William, who had the Eftate at ' Badby, in Com. Northampton ; whofe Son * Thomas Sptncer, Efq; was of Everton in Bedfordflnre, and x left four Daughters, Co- heirs to their Brother William Spencer of the fa id Place. William Spencer, Efq; (elded Son and Heir of John] was feat- ed at Rcdburne, Com. Warwick, Anno I Hen. VII. (an Eftate y forfeited to the Crown by the Attainder of William Cate/by, Efq;) and having married Elizabeth, Sifter to Sir Richard Empfon, Knt. had Iflue a Daughter, Jane, and two Sons, Joim, and Thomas, who were living Anno 2 Hen. VII. John Spencer, eldeft Son, was denominated of z Smtterfiild, in Com. Warwick ; having acquired that Eftate in Right of his Wife, Ifabel, one of the Daughters and Co-heirs of Walter Graunt, Efq; and in 2 H. VII. being wrote of that Place, was one of the Executors to his Coufin John Spencer, of Hodenhull. t)n the 3d of September, 22 Hen. VII. he purchafed the great Lordfbip of a tt'ormleighton, in Com. Warwick, and foon after began the Structure of a fair Manour Houfe there ; in which, (when b Inquisitions were taken concerning Waftes and Inclo- fures of Lands in 9 and 10 Hen. VIII.) he was certified, to have his Refidence therein with fixty Perfons of his Family ; being a good Benefactor to the Church in Ornaments and other Things. He was Knighted by King Henry VIII. and by his laft Will and Teftament *, it appears, that he was pofTefled of a very great Eftate, was a noble Houfe-keeper, had a great Reverence for the Clergy, was very liberal to his poor Neighbours, as alfo bounti- ful to his Tenants and Servants : He in a manner rebuilt the Churches of Wormleighton, in Com. Warwick, and Brinton, and Stanton, in Com. Northampton, and gave thereto Veftments and Chalices : And his other Bequefts to religious Houfes, and for Repa- rations of Churches, are very numerous, as are alfo his Charities to his Servants, and others ; whereby it is evident that he had a noble Spirit, temper 'd with the greateft Humanity : He was like- wife fo honeft and juft, and of fo pious a Difpofitionj " That he * c requires his Executors to recompence every one that can law- " fully prove, or will make Oath, that he has hurt him in any t > a DugdoISt Warwickflure, p- 405. u vEx Stemmat. pdidt 6 Ib. 3 * Ex Reg. TOC. Manwaritg in Cflr y Dugdale't Warwickshire, p t azo-' Pneiog. Cant, q- 24. Rtg. Hon. jJtaedifti ( wilf "" SPENCER, Duke of Maryborough. 2 1 3 *f wife, fo that they make their Claim within two Years, though " (as is recited) he has none in his Remembrance ; but he had " rather charge their Souls, than his own mould be in danger : " And requires his Executors to caufe Proclamation thereof to be " made once a Month, during the firft Year after his Deceafe, ** at Warwick, Southampton, Coventry, Banbury, Daventry, and y/wwi6o3, accompanied with many Perfons of Qua- q Fuller's Worthies, pradiQ:. x 7^/7/&/j'i Life of King Jamet, inH.ift. r Lloyd's Memoirs of Loyali/b, p. 43 1. of England^ Vol. II. t Pat. i jfat I. p. 14. y Ajhm>>le\ Older of the Garter, t Camden' s Annals of K. JMMI, p. 411, &i, BJ itan. in (TM, Nenbawf, lity; 2 1 8 SPENCER, Duke of Marlborough. lity ; and on the zd of November following, arriving at the Citf of Stutgard, was received with the higheft Refpeft and Honour by the Duke, who had made great Preparations for his Reception. He fent for his three Sons, with their Tutors, from the Caftle of Tubing (where they followed their Studies) to be prefent at the Inftallation ; likewife ordered the Vice-Prefident and 12 Aflift- ants of his ducal Ccnfiftory, with all the principal and moft noble Perfons of his Court, to attend ; appointing an Engli/h Lord, with the Lord Benjamin Buningkjbaufm, one of his Privy Council, to be principal Contrivers, Directors, and Managers, of all things that (hould belong to the fetting forth the Solemnity. The State and Magnificence of this Inveftiture is fet forth by Mr. AJhmale ', who obferves, that the Lord Ambaflador Spencer, who reprefented the Sovereign, and the elecl: Duke, were fo richly attired, glittering with Gold and Jewels, that they attracted the Admiration of all the Spectators. The Duke omitted nothing that might tend to the Satisfaction of the Lord Ambaflador and his Train. He (hewed them the prin- cipal Places of his Dukedom, as Waltebucb, the Univerfity of Tu- bing, *3c. entertained them with Comedies, Mufick, and other Di- veirfions ; and on their return to England, he accompanied the Lord Spencer as far as Afperg, taking Leave of him with the greateft Demonftrations and Expreffions of Affe&ion and Efteem. Qn his Arrival in England, he was received, by his Prince, with particular Marks of Diftindtion, for his noble Carriage and Be- haviour in hisEmbafly. I don't find that he bore any Employment at Court, but he conftantly attended his Duty in Parliament, and on all proper Qccafions, appeared a loyal Subject to the King, as well as a good Patriot and a Maintainer of the Liberty of the Subjecl:. He had excellent Parts, which were improved and cultivated by a clofe Application to the Service of his Country, and Knowledge of Men and Bufmefs, whereby he grew into the Efteem of the great- eft Men of that Age. His quick Apprehenfion and Readinefe of Thought was very remarkable, as will hereafter appear ; and in the Debates in Parliament as few fpoke better, fo none had a more favourable Attention ; on which Account he was nomina- ted in moft Committees on publick Affairs and Conferences with the Commons, as appears by the z Journals of the Houfe of Lords, whereof I {hall inftance fome Particulars. . In 9 Jac. I. 1 6 1 o, he was of the Committee for managing a Conference with the Commons concerning the great Contract with his Majefty touching Tenures. In the Year 1620, one of the Committee to take into Confideration the Cuftoms and Orders of the Houfe, and Privileges of the Peers of the King- dom ; alfo. one of the 1 6 principal Lords appointed to infpedt z Journal Procerum in Bibl^ Medii Templi. in SPENCER, Duke of Marlborough. 2 1 9 fen publick Bills for the Good and Service of his Majefty and the Eftate, prefented by Walter Morell, Gent, likewife in that Sef- fion, on a Meflageof the Houfe of Commons, that they had entred into a due Confideration of diverfe heavy Grievances, &c. con- cerning which they defired a Conference with their Lordmips. He was appointed with others (whereof his Royal Highnefs the Prince was one) to confer with them. Moreover, with that Prince, and other principal Lords, had under Confideration the erecting of an Academy, and what Qualities, Arts, Sciences, and Exercifes fhould be there taught and practifed, which was occafioned by a Motion of the Lord High Admiral (and generally approved) that forafmuch as the Education of Youth, efpecially of Quality and Worth, is a Matter of high Confequence, it was therefore necefiary to provide that fuch Perfons, in their tender Years do not fpend their Time fruitless about the Town, or elfewhere, but that fome good Courfe might be taken for Ere- &ion and Maintenance of an Academy, for the breeding and bringing up of the Nobility and Gentry of the Kingdom, in their younger Years ; and for a free and voluntary Contribution froni Perfons of Honour and Quality for that Purpofe. This Lord Spencer firft made the Motion (on a Difference between the Lord Chancellor and the Lord Treafurer) that no Lords fhould be named greater than others, as being all Peers r to which the Houfe agreed ; and the fame Day ( 1 2 March) with" his Royal Highnefs, &c. was appointed one of the ieledt Com- mittee to confer with the Houfe of Commons, both to demand of them fuch Letters Patents, Warrants, Examinations, and other Writings, which concerned chief Greivances, and to receive from them by Word of Mouth, fuch further Informa- tions as might conduce to the proving fuch Grievances as they had complained of. In the Examination whereof he put the Queftion, T'hat Sir Allen Apfley and three others who abufed the Execution of Patents, and were guilty of monopolizing, might be taken into Cuftody \ to which the Houfe agreed. In the faid Affair, he was one of the ten principal Lords for preparing Heads of the Validities and the Inconveniencies arifmg by Patent?, Penal Statutes for Inns, Grants of Monopolies, Grants of Concealments, &. all which they redrefs'd ; and in the Exa- mination thereof, the Lord Chancellor Bacon was detected of Bribery and other, indirect Practices. A Bill for the better dif- covering and repreffing Popifh Recufants, and feveral other pub- lick Accounts, were likewife under his Confideration in Com- mittees. On the 1 4th of May, 1621, the Bill for prohibiting and re- Jforming prophane Curfingand Swearing was committed to him, the Lord Archbiihop of Canterbury, the Lord Treafurer, and nine other principal Lords ; and he with the Lord High Admiral, the Lord High Steward, and nine others, were appointed to con- i fider 220 SPENCER, Duke of Marlborough. fider of the Petition of the Fimermen, Dredgers, and other Sea- faring Men, and to meet on T'hur/Hay the 8th of May, on which Day he was one of the eighteen (efpecially appointed) to manage a Conference with the Commons, concerning the Privileges of their Houfe, wherein the Lojds conceived the Commons had trenched, but were defirous to continue that good Refpeft and Correfpondency which had been between both Houfes all the Par- liament ; and they were appointed to meet the Commons the 1 1 th of May, when this Proteftation was agreed and entred in the Journal of the Houfe of Commons, viz. " That the Pro- 16 ceeding lately pafled in the Houfe of Commons againft Edward '* Floud, be not any Time hereafter drawn or ufed as a Pre- '* cedent, to the enlarging or diminiming of the" lawful Rights or 1 Privileges of either Houfe, but that the Rights an4 Privileges ;t of both Houfes (hall remain in the felf fame State and Plight '* as before." He was likewife of the Committee for managing a Conference with the Commons concerning Monopolies. Our Hiftorians inform us, that in this Parliament many De- bates arofe relating to the King's Power and Prerogative ; and that this Lord Spencer flood up boldly for the publick Liberty (with the Earls of Oxford, Southampton, Ejfix, and Warwick) ; and fpeaking fomething in the Houfe of the Adlions of their great Anceftors, Arundel, Earl Marfhal of England, a great Stickler for the Prerogative, difpleafed with the Arguments ufed, reply'd, My Lord, when thefe things were doing, your Ancejfars were keeping Sheep (alluding to the numerous Flocks kept by his Grandfather) : To which the Lord Spencer, with a Spirit and Quicknefs of Thought peculiar to him, immediately anfwered (more truly) Wlien my Ancejtors were keeping Sheep (as you fay) your Ancejlors were plotting Treafen. This caufed fuch a Heat, that Arundel, as the Aggreflbr, was fent to the Tower \ but foon after acknowledging his Fault, and offering to make his Subrnif- fion, he Was discharged. In the fame b Year he, with thirty-two other Lords, petition'd the King, " For that many of his Subjects of the Realm of Eng- '' land had been honour'd with Titles and Dignities in Scotland '* and Ireland, by which all the Nobility of this Realm, either in ' themfelves, their Children, or both, find they are prejudic'd ; * they therefore pray they may challenge and preferve their Birth- ' rights, and that no more notice may be taken of thofe Titles than the Law of the Land doth ; and that they may be excus'd, * if in civil Courtefy they give them not the Refpeft or Place as * to Noblemen Strangers, feeing that they being their Country- c men, born and inheritanced under the fame Laws, their Fa- milies and Abode among them, have yet procured their Tran- '* flation into foreign Names, only to their Injury. But this their a Ecbard's Hift. of Evgttnd, Vol. I. b Wilton's Lifccf King Jama, afore- P- 955- laid, Petition SPENCER, Duke of Marlborough; 221 Petition tjie King, took ill, and c reprimanded the Lord Spencer, as being (I t fuppo(e) the chief Promoter of it. In the Parliament following, that met at IVeftmtnJler igth of Feb. 1623, (21 "Jac. I.) he only ftaid a few E)ays, obtaining a leave (the i ft of March} of the Houfe to be abfent ; but in the fucceeding Parliaments, to the time of his Death, he was in moft Committees on publick Affairs, a corrftant Maihtainer and Pro- moter of the Manufactories, Trade, and Liberties of the Realm, an Oppofer of all arbitrary Grants, Monopolies, of Other indirect Practices ; and, finally, was feafon'd with a juft Tincture of all private and publick Virtues. He lived a Widower thirty Years, (his Lady dying in Childbed) and departing this Life the 2jth of Ottobef, 1627 ; was buried in great Splendor with his Anceftors at Brinton, the $th of November following, under a noble e Monu- ment at the Head of his Grandfather, under a like Arch equally adorn'd, but fupported by four Pillars of the Corinthian Order. The Figures of him and his Lady are likewife in the fame Pof- ture, he in Armour, with a Helmet on his Head ; (he in the Dreis of the Times, veil'd to the Knees. At their Feet, under the Arch, on a black Marble Tablet, is the following Memorial of his Marriage and Iflue in Gold Letters. /tf HEERE LYE THE BODIES OF SIR ROBERT SPENCER KNIGHT BARON ' SPENCER OF WORMLEIGHTON & MARGARET HIS WIFE ONE OF THE DAUGHTERS & COHEIRES OF SIR FRANCIS WILLOWGHBY OF WOLLATON IN THE CO: OF NOTTING: KNIGHT WHO HAD ISSUE 4 SONNES & 3 DAUGHTERS VIZ. i. IOHN SPENCER ESQUIRE WHO T5TED AT BLOIS IN FRANCE WITHOUT/ ISSUE, a. WILLIAM LORD SPENCER WHO MARRIED THE LADY ' PENELOPE ELDEST DAVGHTER OF HENRY EARLE OF SOVTHAMPT. 3. RI- CHARD SPENCER ESQUIRE. 4. EDWARD SPENCER OF BOSTON IN THE CO : OF MIDD: KNIGHT (WHO MARRIED DAME MARY, WIDOW OF SIR WILLIAM READE OF AVST- ERLEY I N THE SAME CO : KNIGHT) I. MARY, MARRIED TO TO SIR RICHARD ANDERSON OF PENLY IN THE CO : OF HARTFORD, KNIGHT. z. ELIZABETH MARRIED TO SIR GEORGE FANE, OF BVSTON IN THE CO ; OF KENT, KNT. WHO DIED WITHOVT ISSVE. 3. MARGARET WHO DIED VN- MARRIED. WHICH ROBERT LORD SPENCER, DEPARTED THIS LIEE THE 25 OF OCTOBER. ANNO DOMINI 16x7, AND MARGARET HIS WIFE THE 17. OF AVGVST. i T. ROBERT LORD SPENCER, BVILT THIS MONVMENT IN HIS LIFE, ANNO 1599. e Camdtn't Anwli in Hifa of England, J Journal f 6 S* C E* Autog, 122 SPENCER, Duke of Marlborough. William, Lord ~ Spencer aforefaid, was made Knight of the honourable Order of the f Bath, at the Creation of Prince Charles Anno 1616, and was elected, all the while he was a Commoner, one of the Knights of the g Shire for the County of Northampton^ in three feveral Parliaments in the Reign of King James I. and in two others call'd in the firft Year of the Reign of King Charles I. He inherited his Father's excellent Conduct, as well as his Honour and Eftate, as we are fully inform'd from the Infcription hereafter mention'd ; which fets forth, that he was adorn'd with all Virtues, a tender Hufband, loving Father, faithful Friend, a fincere Wor- fhipper of God, a moft devoted Subject to his King, and Patriot to his Country. He died in the 45th Year of his Age, on the 1 9th of December , and was buried at h Brinton the zyth of the lame Month 1636. Penelope, his Lady, whom he left with Child, remain'd a Widow one and thirty Years (having Sepulture at Brinton 16 July, 1667) leaving a very mining Character, for her Conftancy of Mind, prudent Conduct, unaffected Piety, and Love to her deceas'd Lord ; for whom (he erected a noble and {lately i Monument of black and white Marble, now remaining at Brinton, the Figures of a Baron and Baroneis in their Robes of State, lying on a black Marble Tomb, their Hands lifted up in a praying Pofture, and over them an Arch of black and white Marble, fupported by eight black Marble Pillars of the Corinthian Order, with white Capitols. And the following Infcriptions are on four feveral black Marble Tablets, viz. at the Eaft End. f Catal. Nobil. fc. per T. W. Lon- h Reg. Eccl. paroch. Brinton. don, 8. 1642. i Ex Autog. g MS. B. WiUit przdift. POSTERITATl SPENCER, Duke of Marlboroug'h , 223 3 r3 _ E o O Q 00 ft W wM > > OO <5 CH5SOJ05J ie?S ^^' ^^ o t* 1 M > jT 2 CO CD s w / -*- * O H5SO^!B Si r; t-i "Sjo 5 " 25 > Jo E H O H S2 E-o S1|S^S 2 S S /S88 S*Si |^> /0 E N c E R , Duke of Marlborougli. 22" | Navarre. And in particular from the Blood Royal of fixty-five feveral times, fince the Reign of King Henry III. " As ft namely, thrice from Lionel, of Antwerp, Duke of Clarence^ " (who was the third Son of King Edward III. and whole im- " mediate Heir js King Charles now living 1646.) nine times ' from John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancafter and of Aqidtain^ ft High-Steward of England, and Conftable of France^ and King " of Caftile and of Leon, (who was the fourth Son of !ing *' Edward IIL and the Father of King Henry IV.) once, frorri * c Edmund of Langley, Duke of Tork^ and Earl of Cambridge^ 61 (who was the fifth Son of King Edward ll\.) twice from" Tw_- *' mas of Wood/lock^ Duke of Gloucefter, and Earl of Buckingham^ " (who was the iixth Son of King Edward III.) nine times from " Edmund of Wood/lock, Earl of Kent, (who was the third Son of *' King Edward L) twejve times from Lady Jean of Acres^ " Countefs of C/tfr^ and Ghucejler^ and of Hertford, (who wag " the fecond Daughter of King Edward I.) five times from La- " dy Elizabeth Plantagtnet, Countefs of Hereford^ Eflex* and of ' s Holland, (who was the foventh Daughter of King Edward I.) " and fmr and twenty Times from Edmund Plantagenet, (fur- ' named Crouchback] Earl of Lancafter, Leicefter, and of Derby,. ce High-Steward of England, and titulary King of Sicilia and" of *' Apulia, who, was the fecond Son of King Henry III/,' Henry, ]^ord J S^encer (the eldeft Son of the faid Lady tie&>pa and William, Lord Spencer] was born at Althorp, and chriften'd the 23d of November 1620. He had from his Youth a l forward Inclination to Learning ; and, being under an auftere Tutor, the quicknefs of his Apprehenfion, and folid Judgment, led him to the Exercife of all generous Recreations ; fo that he was of a ftaid Nature before he arrived to Manhood ; and,, at the Parliament that met in 1641, was eminently diftinguifti'd for his excellent Parts and Accomplishments, and courted, by the leading Peers of both Parties ; but his natural love of the Liberties of his Country .foon cletermin'd him to fall in with them who were detecting the indirect Practices of thofe Couh'fellors that had violated the Lawsj in which he fo far concurr'd, that they nominated him their Lord Lieutenant fo'r the County of m Northampton : Yet he had an un* queftion'd Duty to the Crown, and Reverence for the Govern* ment, both in Church and State ; for when he faw they tvera throwing off all Obligations to Confcience, and the Laws of the Land, he boldly declar'd in Parliament (the laft Words, he fpoke fhere) n That they might have been jatisfied long before, if they hdd not ajked things that deny thcmjehes, and if fame Men had not Jhuf* fed Demands into their Propositions, on purpofe that they might he*&t Earl of Sun'deflan/^on tfie 8th of June, in the igth Year of , the Reign of that Prince, A. D. 1643 > at which time of his Cre- ation he was faid to be allied to all the Nobility then at Court, except Duke Hamilton p . . As he was much concern'd at the View of the Calamities threatning the Kingdom, he could not content himfelf as a quiet Spectator, but went into the Army ; was at the Siege of Gloucejier* and always engag'd with the moft forward in any dangerous En- terprize ; but foon after the raifing that Siege in the firft ^ New be.rry Fight, 20 Sept. 1643, in a Difpute about a fifing Ground, hot far from his Majefty, he loft his Life: And by the Lord Clarendon is thus remembred r ; Here fell the Earl .2/"Sunderland$ a Lord of great Fortune^ tender Tears (being not above three and twenty Tears of. Age] and an early Judgment ; who having no Com- mand In the Army, attended upon the King's P erf on, under the Ob- ligation of Honour ; and putting himfelf that Day in the King's Troop a Volunteer , before they came to Charge, was taken away by a Can- non Bullet. He was certainly a great Lofs to his Country, being a Perfon of an excellent Underftanding, and obliging Humanity and Good- nets to Mankind ; alfo, as another * Author characterizes him, " Virtuous above Vice, as well as without it a good Patriot, *' promoting Trade, Manufactures, and the Privileges of *' his Country ; a good Neighbour, belov'd of all, a difcreet " Landlord, a noble Houfekeeper, a Freind to the Learned, " and an exemplary Mafter of a Family." He married before he was twenty Years of Age, Dorothy Sidney, Daughter of Robert, Earl of Lelcejler, a Lady o? fmgular Beauty, and ""admirable Endowments of Mind ; commemorated by the fam'd yh.WoUez, in feveral Copies of Verfes, under the Name; of Sachartffg^ the moft celebrated in his Poems. She was 1 ike- wife remarkable for Conftancy, and Love to her Lord ; for tho* {he was left a very young Widow, {he entertain'd no Thoughts of a fecond Marriage for a conliderable time, but liv'd retir'd, a rare Example of all Chriftian Virtues, her Houfe (as Lloyd ob- ferves) being a Sanctuary c to the loyal Sufferers, and learned Clergymen in the Reign of King Charles I. and, the following Ufurpation. She married zdly Robert Smythe of Suttcn at Hone, ; ^nd Bounds in Kent, Eiq; by whom (he had Wue Robert Smyth*. Efq; Governour of Dover Caftle, who had Iflue Henry, Father of o LlytTe Mem. prJi&, r Clarmd-n praedtft. Vol. II, p, 349, p lb. t Ltyfi JMem. at amea. A. #Ws Athcn. 0*on. p, 887. t Jb. SPENCER; Duke of Marlbordughs 22 f Sidney-Stafford Smythe of Bounds in Kent) Efq; now living. Thg Countefs of Sunderland was buried by her Lord at Brinton "^ it Feb. 1 6 8^, and they left Iflue two Daughters, Dorothy, married tb Sir George Sav'tle^ Bart, after Vifcount and Marquis of Hallifax^ and Penelope, who died unmarried; likewife ah only Son, Robert Spencer, who fucceededto the Honour and Eftate.^. , Of which Robert, Earl of Swderland x , Dr. Pierce^ who had the Tuition of him, gives this Character ; That " his choice En~ " dowments of Nature, having been happily feajbn'd and crown'd *' with Grace, gave him at once fuch a Willingnefs and Aptnedf 4 to be taught, as reconciled his greateft Pains with Safe: and f c Plcafure; and made the Education of his dear Lord^.riot fcj " /nuch his Employment, as his Recreation and Reward." */*r* He had, by a regular Conducl in all Affairs of Life (in a via- pus Age) render'd. himfelf univerfally belov'd and efteem'd, wherf J3y King Charles II. he was fent Ambaflador into Spain, in 1672^ to incline that King to a War with the Dutch. And on the fe- moval of Sir Jofeph l^tlllamfon^ in the Year 1678, (who had in- curr'd the Difpleafure of the Houfe of Commons) he was cofiftp tuted y Principal Secretary ctf State ; which he executed with fuch Sufficiency and Satisfaction, both to his Prince and Country, 1 fhat$ in 1680, the firft Digeftion of Affairs was in a great rrieakire tnanag'd by him, Mr. Hyde, and Mr. Godolphin, afterward^ Earl's of Racbefter and Godolpbin. But in the Parliament that met fh^ 2 1 ft of Oftober, the fame Yearj ori the Alarms of Popery, advifing the Duke of York's going away, and endeavouring with all his Pow- fcr and Intereft the paffing the Bill for his Exclufion, he^wasfoori after removed both frpm the Council arid his Secretary's Place. 'Tis certain his Management in this Affair was with a firicefe View to the publick Good, and he could have no other Induce- inent ; fmce he voted for the Exclufion Bill, not only againfi th6 King's Mind, but his exprefs Command ; as our Writers of thofe Times give an Account. Alfo it was owing to his Corftfivarice'i that Penfioner Fagel's Memorial was fent over by his Nephew* Mr. Sidney , reprefenting the fad Cpnfequences abroad of the King*! not agreeing with his Parliament, the Danger of the Allies arid the Proteftant R^ligion^ and feeming to wt/h that the King ivou/d not break with them, though it were upon that grand Point* Theie- bold Steps, for the Prelervation of our Religion and Liberties* he was quickly fenfible had drawn him into the greateft Hatred ah4 Revenge of the Popi/h Party } and finding that moft of thofe who v/ere earned in the fame Measures, were reconciling theiri- felves to the Duke, he thought it alfo highly riecefTary, to, in- gratiate himfelf with him, as modi conducive to the publick Gocd^ as well as of Safety to himielf ; and his Endeavours' were fa fc* fe&ual, that he grew into his fpecial Favour. , _ & ^ . - "I . r. - ~ - -, u Reg'ft. Ecci. Bnnton, y Ecbnd"* Hift, of Ji*$Mil> Vol. JII Llytfs Mean, prad, Q,* 228 SP ENCER, Duke of Marltorough. On the AccefTionof King James, he was one of the Commit fioners to htar and determine the Claims concerning Services to be performed at his Coronation, and was conftituted Principal Secretary of State, likewife Lord Prefident of the Council ; alfo,- on the zzd of May, 1687, inftalled Knight of the moft noble Order of the Garter. And his Majefty chiefly confulting him in all Councils, he had thereby the Opportunity (bv complying in fome Particulars) of doing fignal Services to his Country, and it may be did, he fav'd us from Ruin ; it being folely attributed to him, that the 30000 Men, offer'd by the French Monarch to affift King 'James, were refuted. This the Popijh Cabal were fenfible of ; and, when it was too late, got him removed from his Places, which he willingly quitted, retiring for his own Safety into Holland. After the glorious Revolution, brought about by King Wil- liam, though he was, with theBifhop of Durham, and others, who a&ed in the High Commiflion Court, excepted by the Par- liament, out of the A Miles, and lay at Brejlaw, the Capital City of Silejia ; zyth they travelled 62 Englijb IVfiles, and lay at Lubcn ; the nextT)ay they travelled 6^Englt/b Miles, and came to Granlerg", 29^ they arrived at CroJJen^ the firft Town in the Dominions of the King of PruJJla, where they were kindly received and complimented by the Magistrates, and arrived that Day at Franckfort upon the Oder, where they were complimented again ; joth they travel- led bo_EngKJk Miles, and arrived at Berlin in very good Health, notwithftanding the Fatigue of a Journey of 5 5 2 Miles in eight, Days, in a very hard Seafqn. '. They went the feme Night to Court, and were received by that King with the greateft Efteem find Honour. // /' /*'- /^/'<- 5- On the 6th of December, his Lordfhip, with his Grace, ar- rived at Hanover, where they were kindly and favourably receiv'd by his Electoral Highnefs (our late moft gracious Sovereign) the Eletorefs Dowager, &c. and at their Departure were presented, his Grace with a fine Calafti and fix Horfes ; and his Lordfcip with a Set of Horfes. After fome Conferences at the Hague y ^hey imbarked, and arrived in England \b& 3oth of December ; and her Majefty (hewed particular Marks of Diftinftion to the Earl of Sunderland, as well as his Grace, for their great Servkes. The following Year he was fworn of the Privy- Council, alfo appointed one of the Commiffioners to treat of a nearer Union between England and Scot/and ; and the Articles concluded on be- tween the two Kingdoms were enabled, and ratified. Likewife on SPENCER, Duke of Marlborough, ort the }d of December ; the fame Year, was fworn one of thg Principal Secretaries of State. Which Office he was removed from, June' the I4th, 1710, on the Change of Meafures af Court, after the Trial of Dr. Sacheverel, without any Error laid to his Charge, or Blemifh on his Character ; and her Mar jefty, as a Teftlmony of her being fatisfied with hi.s Services, was pleafed to fend Word, " That fhe defigned to prefent him ** with 3000 /. per Annum^ to be fettled upon him for Life:'* But his Lordftiip, with a Generofity and Integrity hardly paral- lel v d in thefe corrupt Times, anfwered, He was glad her Majejly was fathfied he had done his Duty ; but if he could not have the Honour to ferve his Country, he would not plunder it, At his late Majefty's firft meeting in Council, 22 September, 1714, he was fworn of the Privy Council, and declared Lord Lieutenant of Ireland \ but ^ho' his ill State of Health would not permit his going over, yet while he held that P ft, he was watchful .for the Good of that Kingdom ; and, by his Intercfr, Matters were fo well managed, and difaffedte/J Perfons removecj, that notwithftanding the vaft number of Pspifts, and Malecon- t tents, that Government was able, of the few Forces it had there,, . to fpare feveral Regiments for reducing the Rebels in Great- Britain. February 10, 171*, he was conftituted joint Vice-Treafurer of Ireland^ with ncnfy Earl of Rocheji-er ; and in May following, on the Death of the Lord Samers, elected one of the Governours of the Chartef-Houfe, a Truft to which none of late have been chofen, but of the prime Nobility and chief Officers of Star.;, Alfo in July-, the fame Year (1716) made fole Vice-Treafurer gf Ireland for Life ; and embarking about the fame Time with hjs Majefty for Holland, waited on him to Hanover, returned widi him to England, arid foon after was again fworn Principal Secr- tary of State. frlarcb the r6th, 171^, he was declared Lord Present of the Council; and on the zzd of the fam? Month, cpnflituted Firft Lord Commiflioner of the Treafury, quitting his Place of Prin- cipal Secretary of State to the Right Honourable. James, Earl of Stanhope. His Lordfhip departed this Life on 19 April, 1722, at wiiich Time lie was Groom of the Stole, and Firft Gentleman of the Bedchamber to the King, and Knight of the moft noble Order of the Garter. Sir Richard Steel dedicated the 6th Volume of Spectators to bis Lordfhip, wherein he has juftly defcribed his Character. " Can- " dour and Opennefs of Heart (hined in all his Actions, and) a *' winning Condefcenfion toallfubordinate to him, made Bufinefs c< a Pleafure to thofe who executed it under him. He was ac- ** complifhed with a great Facility and Elegance in all the mo- c< dern, as well as ancient Languages, and had a perfect Knuw- *' ledge of Books and Men. He was a happy and proper Mem- " her SPENCER, Duke of Marlboroughl 23 i ^ ber of the Miniftry, having a full and deep Penetration in the w Interefts of Mankind, joined with that of his fellow Subje&s." By Anne, his fecond Lady, who died on the j 5 th of April, 1715, he had Iflue four Sons, and two Daughters, 'viz. i . Robert, Lord Spencer, born zd of December, 1 700, who (died in, his Infancy, September 12, 1701. " 2. Robert, late^Earl of Sunderland. 3. GharleJ, now Earl of Sunderland, and Duke of 4. The Honourable y^w Spencer, born 13 .Mry, 170?. who was married 14 February, 1734, to Georgia Carolina, 3d Daughter of the prefent Lord Carteret, by whom he hath Iffue a Son T^tf, born December 6, $734, and a Daughter. Lady Anne Spencer? married to William, Lord Viicount Bate- tnan, of the Kingdom of Ireland. Lady Diana, married to his Grace John, Duke of Bedford, but died in 1736, leaving no Iflue. His Lordfliip, the 5th of December, 1717, married a third Lady, Judith, Daughter and Coheir of Benjamin Tichburn,^,, E(q; Brother to Henry, Lord Vifcount Tlchburn^ and fecond r Son of 'SFr William 'Tichburn^ Son and Heirjof Sir Henry Tich- burn, Knight, one of jhe Lord's Juftices of Ireland^ in the Reign of King Charles I.| 4thSon of Sir Benjamin Tichburn, of 7'ichburn in Com. Southajnpimf Knight ami Baronet, the chief He[r Male of an ancient and Knightly Family, many of whom have borne confiderable Offices in the State. By which Lady (who fince his Deceafe is married to Sir Robert Sutton, of Broughton, in the County of Lincoln, Knight of the Bath) he left Iflue one Son, born 5th of Ofiober, 1718, and chriften'd the 2 8th of the fame Month, by the Name of William, who died of the Small-Pox on 21 April, 1722, and was buried at the fame Time with the Earl his Father at Brinton. He had alfo by her another Son, named George^ and a Daughter, Lady Margaret, who both died in their Infancy, /j -. /is He was fucceeded by his'~eTdeft furviving Son, Robert, hie of Sunderland, born OEtober 24, 1701 ; who travelling France, was feized with a Fever at Paris, and after eleven ' ~ Days Illnefs, died there on the 27th of September, 1729, in the 28th Year of his Age, unmarried ; and was buried with fcis Anceftorsat Brinton, the I7th of Ofiober following. Whereupon the Honours and Eftate devolved on his Brother Charles, now .Earl^ of Sunderland, and Duke of Marlborough^ born' 22 Nov. 1706. ]*jf%&l His Grace, Anno 1731, on the Death of William, Marquis of Blandford, only Son and Heir of Francis, EarT of Godolphin^, and Henrietta, Dutchefc of Marlborough, fucceeded to that Title, and tp_8poo /. per Annum of the lateDuke of Marlborough's ~AIfo on the Death of the faTO^nf/^putchefs of 232 SPENCER, Duke of Marlborough. Marlborottgb, the 24th ofOtfeber in 1733, fucceeded to the Tidq of Duke of Marlborough, as Heir to the Lady Anne Churchill Jlis Mother, zd Daughter and Coheir to John, Duke of Marl- borough. His Grace, on the 23d of May, 1732, married Elizabeth, Daughter of Thomas, Lord Yrevor, by whom he hath a Daughter, JL-ady Diana, and a Son, baptized 18 April, 1740, and named Charles, who has the Title of Marquis of Blandford. In April, 1738, his Grace was appointed Colonel of a Regi- ment of Foot, then in the Leeward Iflands, and was fworn of his Majefty's mpft Honourable Privy Council, and not long after jpolonel of a Regiment of Dragoons. On the 26th of Janu- Wy> '739* he was appointed Lord Lieutenant of the Counties 0f Oxford and Buckingham ; and on 12 May, 1740., wa$ ap- pointed Captain and Colonel of the zd Troop of his Majefty' Horfe Guards. 'TiTLEs.] Charles Spencer, Duke of Marlborough, Marquis pf Blandford, Earl of Sunderland and Marlborough, Baron Spcnce? of Wormleighton, and Baron. Churchill of Sandridge, one of the 3Lords of his. Majefty's moft Honourable Privy Council, Lord. Lieutenant of the Counties pf Oxford and Buckingham, and polonel of the 2d Troop of Horfe Guards. CREATIONS.] Baron Churchill of Sandridge, in Com. Hert- ford, 14 May (i68yj i Jac. II. Baron Spencer of Wormle'igh- ton, in Com. Warwick* 21 Jufy, (1603) i Jac.[. Earl of 'Marlborough, in Com. Wits, 9 April 1689, I Will and Afar. Earl of Sunderland, 8 June (1643) 19 Car. I. And Marquis of Btandford, in Com. Dorfet, and Duke of Marlhrough aforefaid, 14 D.ecernb, (1702) i y/<. ARMS.] Quarterly, Argent and Gakj, in the 2d and 3d 5 J 5 '^, Or ; over all, on a ^w,;/, ^3^, three Efcalops of the firft, CREST.] In a Ducal Coronet, Or, a Gryphon's Head be- tween two Wings erected, Urgent, gorged with a plain Collar, Quiet, beaked, Or. SUPPORTERS.] The Dexter a Gryphon party per fefe, Argent Spid. Or ; Sirtifter, a Wyvern, Argent, Wings expanded, each Cojlar'd and Chain'd, Sable ; each Collar charged with thrsQ jcallcps, Argent. ' MoTTO.] DlEU DEFEND. LE DROIT. CHIEF SEAT.] At Altborp, in the Parifh of Brinton, m Com. Northampton^ 4 Miles from. Northamptcn, and 57 from. MANNERSJ [ 2 33 ] XV. MANNERS, Duke of Rutland. IT is the Opinion of the famous * Camden, and other Antiqua- ries, that this Family had Denomination from a Place of their .own Name, and in all probability from the Village of Mannor, in b Chefter Hundred, in the Bimoprick of Durham, now depo- pulated ; it being evident, that the Anceftors of his Grace the puke of Rutland were of great Note for many Ages paft in the Northern Parts of this Realm. Henry de Manners, in 25 Hen. II. c paid 80 Marks for Li- very of his Father's Lands in the County of Northumberland* J3ut before that was William de d Manner a Witness to thp Do- nation of Maurice, Biftiop of London (who came to that See in the firft Year of King William Rufus) of diverfe Lands near the Church of St. Cadocus, to the Priory of St. Mary of Kidwelly y a Cell to the Monaftery of Shireborn. And in the Reign of* King Henry the Firft, Tirrel de e Manner gave his Church of Beneftode to the Priory of St. Mary Gvery in Soutbwark. Alfo Robert de Manners gave Nutfield in Surry to Waverly-Abby in the fame County, which was confirmed by a Bull of Pope Eu- gene the Hid. dated the 5th of the Calends of June* 1347, in the 1 3th Year of King Stephen. And the fame Robert, or ano-r ther of his Name, was f one of the principal Witnefles to a Charter of Robert de Vah (or Faux) wherein he gave his Mill in Pentenat, called Middel- Milne, to the Prior and Monks of Cajile- Acre in Norfolk. Likewife in the Reign of King Hen. II. Leo de Manners gave % Brantclijfe,w\ththe Appurtenances to the Ab- by of Roc he in York/hire, which was confirmed by Pope Urban the Illd. And in that Age, Walter de Manners and Thomas de Manners are h Witnefles to the Charters of William de Vefd fo the Priory of Alnwick. The firft in an old Genealogy of this Family, is Sir l Robert de Manners, who married Philippa, Daughter and Heir of Sir Bartholomew de Mont Boucher ; Kt. and had Iflue Robert de Man" tiers, his Son and Heir, who was alfo knighted, and had to k Wife Hawlfe* Daughter of Rabert Baron, of Alufcamp, with whom he ihad the Lordftiip of Hethall in the County of Northumberland, Part of the PofTeflions of * Robert Baron of Mufcamp, in the Reign of King Henry the Firft : From whom defcended Sir y ' ....... ... i , Remains, p. 1t. g Ib. p. 838. b Index ritfarit, pi ajl. h Ib. Tom. II. p. 594. f Rot. Pip. An *5 Hen. H. Nertbuiflk 5 E Lib. MS. Genealog. in Bib. Lam* 6 Mon. Angl. Tom. I. 0.425, letb. p. nz> 113. e Ib. Tom. II. p. 85. k Ib. f Ib, Tom. I, p. ^ag| ' J Tcfta de Ncvill, Ntrtbamh Rdert 234 MANNER s, Duke of Rutland. Robert de Manners, Kt. who in the Reign of King Henry Hid. was a Witnefs to that m Charter of Alexander, King of Scats, to Sir William Swinburne. And in 5 Edw. I. was * fum-i irtoned to meet the King at Worcefter, in the Otfaves of St. John Baptiji, with Horfe and Arms to go againft Lltwellin, Prince of Wales, and his Accomplices in Rebellion, according to the Service he owed for two Knights Fees in the County of Nor- thumberland; but being infirm, Sir Robert "Talebois fervedforhim. This Sir Robert Manners efpoufed Agnes, Daughter of Sir Da- vid, Caupland, Kt. and had Iffue another Sir Robert Manners^ who was Knighted in 6 Edw. I. for in that Year the King directing his Pracipe (dated at Wejlminfter, 26 "June] to the She- riff of Northumberland, to conftrain all Perfons in that County, who held 20 /. per Ann. or a Knight's Fee of that Value in Chief, to take upon them the Order of Knighthood at Chrijlmas. He was then returned amortg others who had not been Knighted. Cbtemporary with this Sir Robert Manners was Henry de Man- ners, p one of thofe who holding Lands of 20 A per Ann', in the County of Cambridge in 25 Edw. I. was fummoned to be at London on Sunday after the Qfh&es of St. John Eaptift, to go with the King beyond the Seas for their Honour, and the Prefer- vation and Profit of the Kingdom. And Sir Baldwin de Man- ners had a Grant from King Edw. I. (dated at Norham Caftle in -Northumberland, 1 2 June, 1 290.) of * Free Warren in his De- mefne Lands of Enhale and Fulburn in the County of Cambridge ; alfo in Kerbroch and Hengham in the County of Norfolk. In 22 Edw. I. holding by Knight's Service, he had r Command from the King to be at Portsmouth on the i ft Sept. with Hor/e and Arms, to go with him into Gafcony, to relieve that Province from the Invafion of the King of France. And in 25 Edw. I. he had the like Summons to 8 attend the King beyond the Seas. Likewife in l 28 Edw. I. to be at Carlifle to march againft the Scots ; and in 32 Edw. I. he was with the King at Dumferlingy and at the Siege of the Caftle of Strruelin in Scotland. This Sir Baldwin was living in the 5th Year of King Edward II. when he was a v Witnefs with Sir Robert de Clifford and five other Knights, to a Charter of IVilliam Sampfon, Son of Sir William Sampfon of Eperfton, in the County of Nottingham. But it don't appear how the faid Henry and Sir Baldwin were related to the laft Sir Robert de Manners, who died before the 1 3th of King Edw. II. poflefled of Lands in Stiton and Ferllng- iton, as alfo the Manour of Ferlington in the County of York, as appears by the Inquifition taken at York that Year, on Tuefday be- m Inter Cart. D. Will. Swinburnjlut. q Cart. 19 E. I. n. 37. n MS. inBlb!. Jo. Anftit, Ar. Notat. r Rymer's Feed. Tom. II. p. 677. B.5- p. loz. sMS. praed. in Bibl. An/in, p. 123. o Geneal. in MS. praed. t Ibidem, p. 191. p MS. NoUt. B. 5. in Bibi J, Atijb't, u 'fbsrntins NgtUDgH. P ^9S' Ar. p. 159. 2 fcr MANNERS, Duke of Rutland. 235 &reSt. Martin's Djay ; when it was found, that Robert de Man" peri was his Son and Heir/ and of the Age of 26 Years and. upwards. Which Robert de Manners, in 1 7 Edw. II. was returned into Chancery among the principal ferfons of the County of Nor- thumberland, who were certified to bear Arms by Defcent from their Anceftors. And in i Edw. III. fignalized himfelf in the Defence of Norbam-Caftle, whereof he was Governour, of which Mr. Barnes,, in his Hiftory -of King Edward III. Pag. $. gives this Account : " The Scots, encouraged by former SuccefTes, " and defpifing King Edward's Youth, on the very Night of " that Day whereon King Edward was crowned, intended to * c take Norham-Caftle, between the Marches of England and * l Scotland, by Surprize; and fo well they managed their Defign, " that about fixteen of them had already mounted the Wall;?. * c But the Captain, Sir Robert Manners, being warned of the " Matter before-hand, by pneof hisGarrifon, who was a Scot/man* * c had fo welj provided to receive them, that of thofe who had " mounted, he took five or fix, and put the reft to the Sword, *' their Companions below upon this Difappointment retiring." In 2 Edw. III. he was * conftituted with Henry de Percy and pthers Confervators of the Truce made with the Scots, for all Hof- tilities to ceafe in the County of Northumberland from 25 Jan a till Midlent Sunday, with Power to punifh all Infringers of the lame. In 8 Rdward III. the King appointed him to take- Set/in of the County of Selkirk, and of the King's Foreft of Sel~ . $irk and Etrid ; and grants him the Cuftody of the Prq- mifles, and of the Sheriffdom of Selkirk, and Keeper of the Foreft of Selkirk and Etr'ick. And the Year following, for his Services againft the Scots, he had a z Grant of two Parts of the Town of Paxton, which came to the King by the Forfeiture of Alexander de Chejholme, and a third Part of the Royalty of J?ra&- water near Tweed. In 14. Edw. III. he a ferved in Parliament for the County of Northumberland ; and attending 5 8 Days, he and Sir William Pel- ton^ the other Knight, had 23 /. 4 s. allowed them by the County for their Expences ; and the feme Year he with the Lord I'homas Grey, of W"erk, b were Commanders of thofe Forces which en- ounter'd and defeated the Earls of March and Southerland ; who, taking the Advantage of King Edward's being at the Siege ot Tournay, deftroyed the Country almoft as far as Durham. In 1 5 Ed. III. the King c grants Licence to his beloved and faith- ful Subject Rob. de Manners, to ftrengthen and embattle hisDwell- ing Houfe at Ethale in Northumberland, with a Wall made of Stone X Rymer't Feed. Tom. IV. p. 335, * Prya's 4 Part of brief Regift. p. 179. y Ibid. p. 617.^ b Barns, p. 99- z Efc. 9 . Ill, n, 66. c Pat. 15 . ill, p. I. m, 15. and 236 MANNERS, Duke of Rutland. and Lirne ; and fo hold the fame to him and his Heirs for ever, And the next Year, in Confideration of d his Fidelity, Probity and Circumfpe&ion, was commiilioned with Henry of Lancafter^ Earl of Darby, R. Biftiop of Durham, and others, to treat with David de Bruce and his Adherents about a Peace. In 17 Edw. III. c being Governour of Norbam-Caftle in the County of Northumberland^ the King orders the Sheriff of Berwick upon T^weed to enter on the Lands of fuch Perfbns in thofe Parts, who were not Refident there for the Defence of the Kingdom' ; but that Sir Robert df Manners, having been in the Caftle of Norharn a coqfiderable Time, for the Safeguard of the fame, and the Parts adjacent to Scotland, fhould be exempted from any Seizures of his Lands. The fame Year f this Sir Robert de Manners, with Gilbert de Umfranvillt, Earl of Angus, Henry de Percy, and fix others, were appointed Guardians of the Marches in Northumberland, and other Parts of Scotland, to the Eaft, with Power to redrefs fuch Grievances as have happened con- trary to the Truces agreed on with Scotland. Alfo, in 20 Edw. III. when King David, by the Solicitation of the French King, had broke the Truce, whilft King Edward laid before Calais, and with a great Army had wafted the County of Northumberland* and come as far as Durham, our Sir Robert de Manners was a- mong thofe Nobles and others who raifed Forces to refift him, and gave him that great g Overthrow at Nevir s-Crofs near that City? ane&*Dy'our Hiftorians the Battte of Durham, wherein King David himfelf was taken Prifoner, and Sir Robert de Man- ners had no fmall Share in the Honour of it : For the fame Year the King fignified his Commands to him, that for the avoiding the Efcape of Prifoners taken in that Battle, and elfewhere in the North, his h Pleafure was, that they {hould be carried to the Tower of London ; and therefore orders him to deliver to the Conftable of the (aid Tower, before the Feaft of the Epiphany, William Baily, and all fuch Prifoners as were in his Cuftody. The faid Sir Robert de Manners^ out of his pious Difpofition, founded a Chantry in the Church of Etale (as it was then wrote) for a Chaplain to celebrate Divine Service every Day in the Chapel of the Virgin Mary of Etale, for the Soul of him the iaid Robert whilft living, as alfo after his Deceafe, and for the Souls of his Anceftors and Heirs, and all faithful People. And ibr the Maintenance of the faid Chaplain, affigned 5 MefTuages, and u) 7 Acres of Land, in Hedreflow zn^Brauxton ; as allb 26 ShillingsTTent- Charge in T'ejhim ; as appears by ' Inquifitions taken in the i9th and zoth of Edw. III. whether it was injurious to the King, to grant Licences for that Purpofe. But the Jury Rymer\ Feed. Tom. IV. p. 305, 306. h Kymtr"s Fad. Vol. V. p. 53 3, 534 Rot. Sent. 17 E. III. m. 5. i Inq. ad quod Damn. 19 E. III. n. Rymtr's Fred. Vol. V- p. 367, 396. jo and ZO .111. n. tS, g Jjw't Hift, Ed. 1, p. 381, 382* found M A N N E R s j Duke of Rutland. 237 found that it was not prejudicial to the King, and that the faid Sir Robert held, over and above the faid Premises, 100 Marks in the Towns of Etale, Hedrejlow, Brauke/ion, Hefpotes and Eel- lefdon ; alfo holds in ft/him more than the faid 26 j. Rent- Charge. He k died on Monday the Eve of Michaelmas- day, in 29 Edward III. leaving John de Manners, his Son and Heir, a Year and three Weeks old. Alma his Wjfe^ 1 Daughter jmd _ Heir of Sir Henry Strather, of i$ewion__ Glendall^ Kt. furvived ~ Elm, it being found, by Inquifition taken at Neivca/lle upon Tyne, in the County of Northumberland, on Thurfday before St. Bar~ tholomews-day, Anno 3 2 Edw. III. That the faid Robert m was feized in Fee of a Fulling-Mill, and one Carrucate of Land in Ethale, the which he granted fifteen Days before his Deceafe to John de Wyrkfall, Vicar of Neuton, for ever ; to the Intent he fettle the fame on the faid Robert and Aliva, and the Heirs of the (aid Robert. But the faid Sir Robert died before the faid Settle- ment could be perfected, viz. Monday before Michaelmas-day^ 29 Edw. III. whereupon the faid John continued in PoflefTion fix Weeks after his Deceafe, and then enfeoffed the faid Alive therein for her Life, with Remainder 1 to the right Heirs of the. faid Robert. They alfo found, that the Premises were held in Chief of the King, by the Service of a fourth Part of a Knight's Fee, the Mill yearly worth 40 s. and the Land r 3 s. 4 d. and that it was not to the Prejudice of the King, if he grant the fame to the faid Aliva for Life. Which Aliva died on the 3d of Auguft, in 36 Edward HI. as appears n by Inquifition taken at Berwick, 3 July, 37 Edw. III. whereby the Jury found that (he held no Lands within the King's Dominions in Scotland, but that fhe held for Life, as the Inheritance of the Heir of the faid Robert de Manners (under Age, and in the Wardmip of the KingJ a. third Part of the Manour of Paxton in the County of Berwick, and a third Part of thelFim- fify in *TweeU Water (belonging to the faid Manour) of the Prior of Durham. That the faid third Part of the Lands ufed to be worth yearly 5 Marks, tho' then worth no more than forty Shil- lings. That the ^d Part, of the Ftfheryjin Time of Peace was worth 20 Marks yearly, tho' then no more than io/. That John de~~Manners, Son of the faid Robert and ATiva, is Eight Years of Age and that John del More, late the Hufband of tHe faid Aliva, receives the Ifliieslmd Profits of the "third Part of the Lands and Fishery of the aforejaid Manour. Alfo, by Inquifition taken~a Alnwyk, Sunday before St. Lukis. Day, Anno 36 Edw. III. the Jury found, that the faid Alfoa. held JbrJLife (as the Inheritance of the__Heir of the faid Robert) one Carrucate of Land in the fafd Town, as Ther "Dower,"" as Talfo fc Efc. zg E. III. fl, 2$. n Efc, 37 J5.HI, n < II S. 1 Ex Stem, prasd. IbidciQi * Eft, 32 ,III, n. 4f< 9 third M A N N fe R s, Duke of Rutland. a third Part of the Manour of Ethale, whercunto belonged a C2-* pital Mefluage, then in Ruins [befng probably dcmolifhed by the Scotch] three Hufband-Lands in the Hands of Tenants at Will, paying yearly 40 s. and three Hufband-Lands lying wafte (as un- tenanted) the Herbage whereof was worth 13 5. 4 d. per Annum. The Rents of the Cottagers were yearly Worth 9 s. a third Part of a Water-Mill annually worth 20 j. And the Premifies are held of the King in Chief by Knight's Service. Alfo, that (he held in Dower 4 s. per Ann. ifluing out of a Hiifband-Land \^CqfJa^. Which John, Son and Heir_ of the faid Sir Robert Manners^ had alfo the Honour of Khighthood conferred on him, and both he and his Wife were dead before the 4th Year of King Henry the Fourth ; for in that Year it' was found, by p lnquifition, taken the 26th of April at Newcajlle upon Tyne, that Alict, who was Wife of Sir John Manners, Kt. held at her Death two Parts of 1 6 s. Rent, ifluing out of a Tenement belonging to the Prior of Tynmoutb, in the faid Town of Newcajlle ; and that Richard de Goldejburgh, Kt. and "Joan his Wife, held the other third Part as her Dower, with Remainder to the did Alice, who died on St. Stephen' 's-day laft, and that William de IVljytclyeJire was her Son and Heir, and above 30 Years old. And by another q Iil- quifition .taken at Newcajlle, on the Feaft of the Purification of the Virgin Mary, in 4 Henry IV. the Jury found, that Alice^ who was the \yife of Sir John Manners, Kt. died feized of two Parts of the Manours of Setonde la Val*, Callerton, and North- DiJJington, and two Parts of a fourth of the Manour of Hertfaw^ and alfo of a fourth .Part of the faid Manour, likewife of tlTeRe- verfion of a third Part of the faid Manours of Seton, Callertbn^ and North- DtffingtoMj and of a third of a fourth Part of Stert- lawe Manour, with diverfe other Lands, which J'oan, . the Wife of Sir .Henry de la Vale, Kt. held in Dower, the Remainder whereof was in William de Whitcbcjlre, Soil and Heir of the faid Alice. Whereby it appears, that (he was ,the Widow of Wbitckefter^ and afterwards Wife to Sir John de Manner s, who haxflfiiie by her John\\i^ Son and Tlein Which John was conftituted r Sheriff of the County of Nor- ihwnberland in'i Hen. V. and in the Reign of King Hen. VI. with John his Son, were accufed of the Death of William Heroh y Efq; and Robert Atkinfon, and profecuted for the fame by S\t>Robert Umfranruille^ Knight, and Ifabel, then the Widow of. William Heron ; fb that an Award was made, bearing Date 28 September ', 9 Hen. VI. by John, then Prior of Durham, and Thomas, Prior of Tinmouth, to whom it was referred (by the Perfons. in each Part concerned) That the faid John de Manners, and John his Sfi**** Asc**- Jf^^^, ^ ^f?J<-+ ' This. Sir John Maners received the Holiour of Knight- hood before the i 2th Year of King Henry VI. when on a Com- plaint of the Commons in Parliament of the Violation of the Laws of the Kingdom % he was among the principal Perfons of the County of Northumberland, who fwore to maintain the King's Laws for themfelves and Retainers, and were returned into Chancery. And with him was alfo returned Robert Maners, Efq; his Son and Heir. He departed this Life on the 6th of September, in the lyth Year of King Henry VI. the aforelaid Robert de Maners, his Son and Heir, being at that time 30 Years old and more, as the r Inquifition ftiews, taken after his Deatn at IVhityncbam in (he County of Northumberland, when the Jury found that Sir yohn Maners, Knt. died feized of the Ma- nour and Town of Ethak in the faid County, wherein there was a Capital A4efFuage demolifhed, and nothing worth, and the Lands much impoveriflied jby the Invafions of the Scotch.. This Sir John Maners (as u Stow, relates) was buried In the Church of the Auguftine Friers in London, and 'Joan, Daughter of Sir Robert Ogle, Knt. is x {aid to be his Wife, and that he had Iflue by her, befide the faid Robert, John, and Gilbert. . John Manersi Efq; 2jd Son^ was buried in the y Body of the Collegiate Church of St. Mary at Warwick, under a Stone inlaid < with Braft^ reprefenting him ftanding in Armour on a Liont procumbent ; and round the Verge of the faid Stone, and at his Feet, are thefe Infqription$. cut in Brafs, in Characters of the Time. Hie Jacet Johannes Maners, Armiger .quondam Serviens No~ b'dijjimi Comitis IVarwici, & Salufberie Domini. Ricardi Ne Ah. y Duf . Aati^ Of P^arw. p. 348- 246 M ANN ERS, Duke of Rutland. Scotland, had in 27 Hen. VI. a z joint Grant with Sir Henry de fercie, Knt. of all the Goods and Chattels of Sir Robert Ogle, Knt. who was then Outlawed. And the Year following, he was with Humphry, Duke of Bucks, Jolm, Duke of Norfolk, and * others, Confervators of the Truce then made with the Scots, as b alfo in 29 Hen. VI. for that Truce, agreed, on between the Kings of England and Scotland, to laft from 1 5 Aug. 145 1, to the 1 5th of Auguft^ 1454. In 3 r Hen. VI. c he was alfo one of the Confervators for a new Truce, agreed on to commence from 21 May, 1453, to the fame Day in the Year ^57. In 33 Hen. VI. he was d Sheriff of the County of Northumberland, and in 38 Hen. VI. one of the Knights of the Shire returned for the faid County, to the Parliament then held. In the fame Year he was one .of the Confervatofs of the Truce, concluded with the Scots, to con- tinue for three Years from the 6th of July, 1465. In the firft Year of King Edw. IV. an Confideratlon of his true and faithful Service done to the King himfelf, as well as to his Father f , he had a Grant for Life of 20 Marks per Annum, ifluing out of the Manours of Locre, Newcham, Neivflede, , Shenhavj, and Elyngham, in the County of Northumberland, which Manours came to the King by the Forfeiture of Henry, late Earl of Northumberland. In the e 3d and h 4fh Years of King Edw. Vt. he was Sheriff of the County of Northumberland, be- fore which Time he had received the Honour of Knighthood. Which '' Office, 'till the Reign of King Edw. VI. was of great Power and Truft, the Sheriffs never accounting to the King in his Exchequer, but received the Ifiues and Profits to their own Ufe, with all Debts, Fines, and Amerdaments within the faid County, and all Emoluments accruing from Alienations, Intrufi- ons, Wards, Marriages, Reliefs, &c. which was chiefly to en- courage them to be on their Guard againft the Scots: In the faid 4th Year of King Edw. IV. he was in fuch Favour with Richard Nevile, Earl of Warwick and Ball/bury, (the great- eft Peer in England, ancT firnamed the King-Maker) that in fc Confideration of his Services done, and to be done, he granted him an Annuity of 20 Marks ou.t of the Revenues of his Lord- fhip of Barnard-Caftle, during his Life ; and the next Year was conftituted Deputy to ' Richard, Duke of Gloucefter, then Ad- miral of England, Ireland, and Aquitain ; for all the Sea Coafts in the Bifhoprick of Durham, from the Mouth of Tefe, to that of Twedf : And was again Sheriff of the County of Northum- z Rot. Pat A. 27 H. VI. p. i. m . 20. f R- Clauf. A. I E. IV. m. 12. a RymeSs Fad. Tom. XI. p. 2^3. g R. Fin. A. 3 E. IV. m. 2. . b Ibid. p. 193. h Fuitcr\ Worthies, p. 31^. c Ibid. p. 334. j Ibid. p. 314. d R. Fin. 33 H. VI. m. az. k Ex Autog, vlim apud Hsddon t PrpHj'iBrcv. Farl. Vol. I. p. 66, j Ibidem. MANNER s, Duke of Rutland . 241 lerland, in the m 4th Year of King Rich. III. He__ married Eleanor, eldeft Sifter and Coteirtf^EdmuntL Lord Rofs* and ^ Daughter of Thomas, Lord Rofs, by Philipa his Wife, el ic-ft Daugh- ter of John Tiploft, Earl of Worceflcr, and Coheir to her I>ro~ ibsr JEdwardi Earl of Worcefter^ whereby he greatly increafed = fiis Eftate, and among other PofTeffions, had the ancient Seat of Bchoir-Caftle.) built by Robert de Todenei, a noble Norman, on a ftattly n Afcent, overlooking the beautiful Valley adjacent (thence by him called Belvoir, from the fair View of the Country there- abouts) and became the chief Seat of that great Barony, be- ftowed on him by William the Conqueror. Which Seat and Barony, in the Reign of King_ffi.__lII. devolved on Robert de_ Rofs,' z S reat Baron, by Marriage with Ifabel, Daughter and Heir of William 'de Albini, the 4th of that Name ; defcendcd .from the faid Robert de Todenei: And from the Lord Jtojs "It " came to Sir Robert Maners, by his _Marrjage. with the eldeft Daughter and Heir of that noble JFamily, as is before related. And he was alfo poffeffed of Helmejlcy (alias Hamlake] Caftle in Torkjblre, and Or/hn-CaJJle in the County of Nottingham, with divers other Manours and Lands belonging to the faid Lord Rofs t who was lineally defcended from William, Lord Roos, of fjam- lake, who died in 10 Edw. II. and was one of the Com- petitors for the iCing'Hom of Scotland, being Great-Granj- fon of Robert, Lord Rots, and Ifabel his Wife, Daughter of William, King of Scotland. The faid Sir Robert Maners had Iflue two Sons , George //-/ ; and Edward Maner^ and two Daughters, Elizabeth, marriecT to Sir p William Fairfax, Son to Sir Guy Fairfax, Lord Chief Juftice of the Court of Common-Pleas, and Cecily, wedded to Thomas Fairfax, Brother of the faid Sir William. Which George Afaners had the Title of Lord_ Rofs after the jA^t Deceafe of his Mother, who was alfo lineal Heir to the Baronies ^ of Faux, 'frufbut, and Belvoir. ' In 13 Hen. VII. q he was in that Expedition then made into' Scotland, and, for his Conduct and Bravery, Knighted by the Earl of Surry, General of the Army. In 14 Henry VII. the King having called together the three States of the Kingdom for their Affent to the r Peace made with France, at the Staples on the Sea near Bologne^ 3d Nov. 1492, this Sir George Maners, with "Thomas Lumley, Efq; were the two fpecially deputed by the Lords and Com- mons of the Diocefs of Durham, to meet the King on that arduous Affair, and they gave their AfTent thereto. In 5 Hen. VIII. on that Expedition made by the King himfelf into France, he was in Confideration of his Royalty, Care and In- m Fuller** Worthies, p. 314. q . MS. in B,b. Cotton. Claudius,c.a. n Lelaed's Itin. Vol.1. Pol. 114. r .Rymer't Fad, Tctn. XII. p. 710, o Mon. Angl. Vol. I. p. 719. 711. P Leland-s Colleft, Vel, I, p. 911. R 242 MANNERS, Duke of Rutland. ^uftry % commifiioned with Thomas^ Marquis of Dorfet^ Earl of Arundel, and others, to review the Forces that were going under the Command of the fa id Marquis of Dorfet. Be- fore the End of which Year, being with King Henry VIII. at the Sieges of ' Theroueile and Tournay, he there fell 8->k and died. His laft Teftamerit bears Date three Days before his Death, ~wz. 26 Offgfcys iij, 5 Hen. VIII. wherein he orders u his Body to be burled next unto the Place where he (hall happen to die, or elrewhere, at the Direction of his Executors, who were Anne^ his Lady, and Sir Thomas Lovel, Knight, his Uncle. He bequeaths to the high Altar of Compton Church in Surry 6 s. 8 d. and 50 Marks to each of the Monafteries of Rievaulx 1 Kirkham^ and Wajtre, in York/hire, on Condition that every of thofe Abbies find an honeft Prieft to fay Mais daily for his Soul for feven Years next after his Deceafe, and once every Year perform his Obit in every of their Churches, for his Soul and his Friends Souls. He bequeaths to each of his Daughters unmarried, 300 Marks, to be paid at the Time of their Mar- riage, or within four Years after, if the Hufband be not 21 Years of Age, or at fuch time as the Hufband come of Age. He requires his Feoffees, to fuffer his Executors to receive the Profits of his Lordfhips, Manours, Lands and Tenements, called Helmejley, Storthwatte^ Haugh^ Cowhoufe in Grane, Harom^ Ravinflharp, Bolteby, and Turneham Halle, in the County of York) except in Storthwaite, which is appointed Part of his Wife's Jointure. Alfo, that the Feoffees in his Lands, &c. which Sir Robert Maners his Father held, and took the Profits (ex- cept the Manour of Berington, in the County of horthumber- land) make a Grant of 20 /. iffuing thereout yearly, to each of his younger Sons for Life ; with a Claufe of Diftrefs. And that his Son Thomas Maners^ and Elizabeth his Wife, Daughter of Sir Pjbert Lovel, Knight, and the Heirs of their Bodies, take the Profits of the Manours, Lands, and Tenements called Pckley^ Emdkwe^ Hcwfom, Ofijuoldkyrk, and Ample f or d^ in the County of York ; and that they ftand feized of the fame, to the Ufe of the {aid Thomas Maners and Elizabeth his Wife, and the Heirs of their Bodies. He married Anne, fole Daughter and Heir of Sir Thomas Knight, by ^;?K*%hisWjfe, Sitter to Jk.thg" ~ who was fiift married to Jjffi_ Holland. _ Whiefa Sir Tbatnas St. Le%er founded a Chantry in TEe North- crcfs Ifle of the Royal Chapel of St. Gtr.rgc in Windfor-Caftle, wherein he and the Datchefc his Wife lies buried. Alfo in the fcid Chantry lieth intombed this George Manners^ Lord R.ofs* ^ _ . 8 Rymir's Feed. Tom. XIIT. p. 364. Archiep Cantuar. t W'ww's Fun-ral Monumeim.r./tzg. x SarJforJ*' Gta<*L Hift. of the i Ft tjfbce, Qu. 24. in Cur. Prarog. Kings of England, p. 395. and M A N N E R s, Duke of Rutland. 24? &14+H~1 tt*-*7t*V~ J ahd Anne his Lady, with this Irifcription cut in Black Letters in Brafe, round the Verge thereof, as here exhibited. Here lyethe buried George Matters Knyght Lorde RODS who decefed the xxiii Day of Qftobre in the Yere of ourLorde God MV C XIII. and Lady Anne his Wyfe, Daughter of^ Anne $i Duchejs of Exetur, S -after unto ^yoge Edward the fbur^he and of Thomas Sellynger TsThyght. The whyche "Anne deceased "the xxii Day of April in the Yere of our Lord God, MV C XXVL On whofe Soulls God have Mercy Amen. They had Iflue ? five Sons, 'Thomas, Oliver, Anthony, Richard\//& and John, as alfo fix Daughters~T~E&srfto^ married to Thomas^ ^^ Lord Sands ; Catherine, to Sir Robert_C 'on/table, of Everingham,, j f in the County of Tork^ Knt. EKanof, to John Bourchier, Tarl * w bf Bath ; Cecily, who died unmarried ; Margaret, firft married to Sir Henry Strangeways, and feeondly to Robert Hencage, Efq; and Anne. f ., Of the younger Sons, Oliver 2 was Knighted by the Duke of Suffolk, at Ray in France, having been at ,the taking of the Towns of Bray and Montdedier. But Richard Mahers, Efq; only left .Ifljjie, having married firft Margaret, Daughter of Sir Robert Dimock, Knt. and Widow of Sir Richard Verhon ? of Haddon, in the Cx>unty of Derby, Knt. by whom fhe had IfTue Sir George_Vernon^ whofe fole Daughter and Heir Dorothy,^^ 1 ^ Wife to Sir John Mafters^Rne^l Anceitor to hisCjrac the pre- ^ , fent Duke ot Rutland, but cteceafed without Ifl^TBy" the feid Richard Maners, iqi who married adly, . . . . Widow of Sif William Coffyn, and by her was Father of John Maners, (q; 4 Thomas Manners, Lord Rofs, in 12 Hen. VIIL waited on the ICing and Queen at GyjneT, at their meeting the French King a 4 and had in his Retinue two Chaplains, two Gentlemen, eighteen Servants, and twelve Horfes. In 14 Hen. VIIL he b was conftituted Warden of the Eaji Marches towards Scotland, and in 16 Hen.Vlll. c had fpecial ..Livenr of all the Manours, Caftles, and Lands, defended to him IfromThe'Lady Atianofe, hi^ Grandmother, Sifter ahd Coheir td Edmund, jjQvAJRaJs ; as alfo from JJabel, the other Sifter and Coheir to the faid Edmund. The Year following, when the King* at his Royal Palace of ^ Bridewell, created divers Nobles, this I'homas, Lord Rofs, was then a advanced to the Dignity of fear! of kutland^by Letters ^*^ Patent bearing Date the 2 8th of June, i^JHenTVUl. a Title, /^ which none but the Royal Family ever bore, AncT by reafbn of y/,, his Defcent from the Sifter^of^jng^^w. IV. had ah Augmen- tation to his ancient Arms e ; Or, two Bars, dzure, and a Chiefa y Weevcr^s Fun. Monuments, p. 428. b Ex Autog. apud Belvoir. z Sfswe's Annals, p. 511. c Pat. 16 fl. VIII. p. 1. a MS. in Bibl. Job, Anfii, Arm, iibt. d Stfwe's Annals, p. 526. B. 5* p. 380. e Sandford prsM. p. 395. R 2 244 MANNERS, Duke of Rutland. Gules fas they appear on his Father's Tomb in St. Georges *s Chapel) ; which Chief was augmented to quarterly, Azure and Gules, and in the firft Quarter, two Flower de Luces, Or ; in the ?d, a Lion pajjant, guardant, Or ; the 3d as the 2d, the 4th as the ift. And feven Days after his Creation, viz, 25 June, he waslnftalled one of the Knights Companions of the moft noble Order of the Garter, but was elecled whilft only Lord Rofs, whereof Mr. Ajhmolc gives the following remarkable Relation, con- - cerning the Qualifications of fuch who were to be of that illuftri- ' dus Order. " We mail (fays my Author f ) infert an eminent Cafe, which ' " fell out Anno 17 Hen. VIII. where the Sovereign (keeping the * *' Fcafr. of St. George at Greenwich) having elecled the Lord ^Rofs, " (created Earl of Rutland the i 8th of June following) into "' the Society of thismoft noble Order, and being advertifed on " the Morrow after St. George's Day, while the Mafs of Requiem ** was celebrating, that he had not before received the Dignity of " Knighthood, according to the Statutes, which positively enjoin, " That whofoever {hall be elecled into this Society, mould be in " Degree at leaft a Knight, that is, actually Knighted before- " hand ; for Co the Words ut nvninum, here in this Place al(b of " the Annals vouched, ought juftly to be underftood, in regard the " Lord Rofs was at the Time of the Election a Baron of this " Realm, and confequently ftated in a higher Degree of Honour " than a Knight. The Sovereign therefore immediately after " Mafs, recalled the Knights Companions to a new Confutation, " whereat he declared the Election void, for the Reafon before " alledged, and commanded the Enfigns of the Order (the " Garter and George) fo lately received, to be withdrawn ; which " being accordingly done, he in the fame Place drew his Sword, " and therewith dubbed him Knight, and then proceeded with " the Knights Companions prefent, to a new Election, wherein " the Lord Rofs was, with their unanimous Consent, again ** elecled a Companion, and fo declared by the Sovereign's own " Mouth, by whofe Command alfb the aforefaid Enfigns and Or- ""naments v/ere reftored unto, and placed upon him, by the " Dukes of Norfolk, and Suffolk." In 2i Hen. VIII. he had Summons z to Parliament as Earl of Rutland, and the Year following being one of the Peers then fit- ting in Parliament, he b fubfcribed that Declaration, then fent to Pope Clement VII. whereby he had Intimation, that unlels he '-- did comply with King Henry in that Affair of his Divorce from '**>, Q^ een Catherine, his Supremacy in England would be much en- dangered. And when the Parliament met again after Eafter, in 23 Hen. VIIL he was ' one of the Lords who by the King's Ap- f 4fl>moli$ Inflitution of the Garter, h Herb. Hift. of H. VIII. p. 306. f' iws i // Of^. witrTthe Appurtenances in Linton, an$ Ybltow, in Com. Ebor. To Thomas^ Manners his Son, his Manour of Turnham'Hall. and Cliff', in the Parifh of Hemmyngburgh, with the Appurtenances. To his three Daugh- ters, Elizabeth, Frances, and Cathyine, 60 L_per Annum each, 'tJjLfeeY be married, and toward their Marriage 1000 /. each, netettles on his eldeftSon Htnry.. Lord Rofs* and Margaret his Wife, the Manour of Melton-Rofs^ in Com, Line, and all his Lands in Melton-Rofs, TSeckby, Kernyngton, Barnaby, Ulceby, J't^rawby, Glamford, Bruggs, El/ham and Wotton ; the Manour of OrJIon, and the Sooke, and all the Lands, &c. in Orjton, Stfeton, Kneion, Scarrington, Carcoljlon, Ihtirve-ten, Staunton, and Dal- lington, in the County of Nottingham, as her Jointure : Andcon- flitutes his Executors, Eleanor, Countejs of Rutland, his Wife, Sir Richard .Manners, Knt. his Brother, Sir John Chaworth, Knt. Auguftme Forter, Henry Digby, and Robert Thurfton, Efqrs. He was buried in the Chancel of the Church at Botsford (near Behoir-CaJile) in Com. Leic. where a Monument is erected to his Memory with this Epitaph : , Here lyelh the Body of Thomas Manners, Earl of Rotland, Lord of Hamlake, Trufbut, and Belwyer, and Knight of the mojl Honourable Order of the Garter ; who deceafed the xxth Day of September, at Four of the Clock at Afternoone, Anno Domini MCCCCCyliii. And the Body of the Lady Elianor Countifs, his ff'yf, Daughter of Sir William Pafton, c/"Norfolk, Knyght ; who Deceafed the Day of Anno Domini MCCCCC whoje Soules Jhefu pardon, Amen. He had to his firJlWife, Elizabeth, Daughter of Sir Robert Lovfl., Knt. bv^ whom he had no Ifl'ue. But by Eleanor before- mentioned, he'lwdTfFue five Sons, and fix Daughters. ^ Henry, his Succeflbr. John, fecond Son, Anceflor to his Grace the prefent Duke of whom I (hall hereafter treat, r i at. 34 H. VIIJ. p, I. 6 ^r^.utantea, p. 48 3. MANNERS, Duke of Rutland. 247 Roger, third Son, feated at Vffington, in Com. Line, one of the Efquires for the Body to Queen Elizabeth. Thomas, fourth Son, l who after many valiant Services per- formed by him for his Prince and Country, both in Ireland and Scotland, where he was Knighted, and witneffed by fundry great Wounds he therein received, died about the Aee of 50, in June, I? 91, and was buried at St. Leonard's Shot-edit cb, London. He u married Theodocia, Daughter of Sir Thomas Newton, Knt. and left Iflue Charles, his Son and Heir. Oliver, fifth Son, * died in his younger Years, Anno 1563, about the Age of Twenty, yet not before good Proof made of his Valour and Forwardneis in the Service of Newhaven againft the French, where he took the Sicknefs, whereof he died (hortly after ; and was alfo buried in Shoreditcb Church, by his Mother Eleanor, Counteis of Rutland, who died Anno 1551, as the In- fcription on a Monument there erected to their Memory (hews. The fix Daughters were, Gertrude, married to George, Earl of Shrew/bury, Anne to Henry Nevil, Earl of Wejlmoreland ; Frances to Henry Nevil, Lord Abergavenny ; Catherine to Henry Cape/, Efq; Anceftor by her (who died on the gth of March, 572) to the prefent Earl of Ejjex j Elizabeth to Sir Jdn Sa- vage, Knt. and Ifabel, who died young. Henry, Earl of Rutland, the eldeft Son, in 38 Hen. VIII. was one of the Englijb Noblemen y who were prefent when Francis the French King took an Oath to obferve the Articles of Peace concluded on the Confines of Ardres and Guifnes, between his Commiffioners and the Commiflioners of the King of England. In 2 Edw. VI. he was z Conftable of the Caftle of Nottingham and Chief Juftice of Shirewood-ForeJi ; and the Year after con-- ftituted Warden of the Eaji Marches and Middle Marches to- ward Scotland. And the Council not thinking it neccflary to keep the Town of Haddington in Scotland, as the Garrifon could, not be Victualled but with a great Power to conduct the Carriages in fafety (the Enemy being ready to diftrefs them on any Oppor^ tunity) the Earl of Rutland was a ordered thither to fee the For- tifications razed, and to conduft the Men and Ordnance into England. Whereupon hejnarched with three Thoufand Almanes^ .and as many Borderers, and not only performed, but made wide Wafte in his Paflage by Ruin and Spoil, returning to Berwick without any Encounter. In* 5 Edw. VL he b accom- panied the Marquifs of Northampton into Franc?, on a fblemn Embafly to that King, and to prefent him with the Enfigns of the moft Noble Order of the Garter. In 6 Edw. VI. he was at a Mufter in Hyde- Park before the King, at the Head of ar\ t 5w' Survey of London, p, 471, z Ex Autogr. apud Beivair. u E Cojlefl. Tbo. Mtll ; ; s? ter, married to oir William Courtney, or foudcrnam, in Lorn. Devon. His feconJ Wife was Bridget, Daughter of John, Lord Huffey, of Sle/ora^Tn Com. Line. Widow of Sir Richard Mor- rijon, Knt. who furviving without any Iflue by him, was after* wards married to Francis, Earl of Bedford. j[& Edward, Earl of Rutland, his eldeft Son, was in feveral emi- tw- nent Employments, which are thus fet forth in the Infcription ^ /' on his Monument at Botsford, where he lies buried. In Ann. 1569, ii Eliz. he was fent into the North Parts, the Earls of Northumberland and Wejinwreland being then in Rebellion, and made Lieutenant to Thomas, Earl of Sujfex (then Lord General of her Majefty's Army) alfo Colonel of the Foot, and one of the Council in that Service, being then but 20 Years of Age, and in Ward to her Majefty. In the Year 1570, he travelled into France. In the Year 1582, he was made Lieutenant of the County of Lincoln. In the Year 1584, Knight of the Garter. And on the 9th of July, 1586, as Chief Commiffioner for her Majefty, concluded a League of ftricler Amity with the Scotijh King's Commiffioners at Berwick upon Tweed. Gamden, in his Hiftory of Queen Elizabeth, relates, that the Queen defigned to make him Lord Chancellor on the Death of Chancellor Bromley, but that he died fix Days after him, being the third Earl of the Houfe of Manners, a profound Lawyer, and a Man accomplijht with all polite Learning. He died in his Houfe at Ivy-Bridge, London, on the /4th of April, 1587, in the 3oth Year of his Age, Ann. 29 Eliz. leaving Iflue by Ifabel his Wife, Daughter of Sir Thomas Holcroft, of fhe Vale-Royal in Chefnire, Knt, - one_fole Daughter Elizabeth, Wife of Sir William Cecil, Knt../ ~~ (commonly called Lord Burzhley} Son and jleir apparent 'ioTho- 1 ,, mas f Earl of Exeter, by whom he had Iflue Wtj/tafn,j^\o had^> tEe Title' of Lord Rofs, and died in Italy, Ann. 1 6i^8 ? without^ Ifllie. J '/* ?, Z<^A/**t'e^tc4 To this Earl Edward fucceeded John., his Brother and Heir Male. In the Reign of Queen Eliz. hlTwas k made~Conftableof Nottingham-Caftle, and l Lieutenant of Nottinghamjhire. By his laft Will, m made when fick, February 23, 1587, he orders his Body to be buried in the Parifh-Church of Botsford, in Com. Leicef. under fuch Tomb as his Executors (hall think fit to erect ; . which were the Counted, his beloved Wife, Roger, LprdjRo/}, his A*# Son and Heir Apparent, his loving Uncles John Manners^~xn& Roger Manners, one of the Efquires for the Queen's Majefty's . Body, his loving Brother Sir Francis Rhodes, one of her Majefty's 1 ' - " " * i Cat. of Nob. by R. B. Bl Rutland, Qii. i. Ex Autosr, apud Be'v^r. Jufticcs 250 MANNERS, Duke of Rutland. Juftices of the Court of Common-Pleas, and his loving Coufiij S r George Chawortb, Knt. > and Supervifbrs, the L">rd Burgbley^ High-Treafurer of England, and the Earl of Leicejhr., Lord Higii-Steward of her Majefty's Hotiftiold. And "dving the iftof February following, was- buried ztBotf- ford, leaving IfTue by Elizabeth his Wife, Daughter to Franch *fi Cbarlton, of Apley, -in Com. Salop, Efq; Roger his Son and and Francis, fucceffively Earls of Rutland ; Sir Georj QliwrjblajmerSi both Anights, the former having that conFerred orThim by^Ao^V^Earl of Ejfex in Ireland, and the lat- ter at Belvcir-Caftle, by King 'Jamei, who was entertained there jon his firft Coming from Scotland. His Daughters were Bridget, married to Rebert_7yrwhit, of Kettly^~ln 'ComT^DncT' E(q; Frances, to IVilliam, Lord Willougbby of Tarham ; Elizabeth, to Emanuel, Lord Scroop of Boltcn ; and Mary, who died unmarried. Of _ Which Earl j?gg-gr_it is evident, from the Epitaph on his Tomb at Botsford, that in ^o X 59? 37 ^z- he began his firft Travels into diverfe Parts beyond the Seas, as France, Italy, Grifeland, and the Low-Countries, where he continued three Years: That he went voluntary the Ifland Voyacre; and was Colonel of Foot in the Irijk Wars, in 1598. That he was made Lord Lieutenant of Lincoln/Jure, in the firft Year of King James : That the fame Year he went Ambaflador in Denmark^ to the Chriftening of that King's firft Son, and with the Order of ths Garter to the King himfelf. To which I (hall add, that in 42 Ell-z. he was made Con- ftable of b'ottingham-Caftle, and p Chief Juftice of the Foreft of Sbircwoad; and for his Valour in the Ifland- Voyage, had the Honour of Knighthood conferred on him by the Earl of Effex ; with whom lie contracled fuch a Friendlhip, that he en-. ga:;ej with that Earl in his I nfur region, and thereupon was q com- mitted to the y'owcr^ hut by the-Favour of the Queen was not brought to his Trial, though both he and the Earl of Southampton were imprifoncd 'till King "James came to the Crown ; who in llie firft Year of his Reign, made r him Steward of the Manour and Soke of Grantbam, and font him to the King of Denmark^ to be Godfather to his Son, &c. as before related. He was alfo s conftituted, in 6 Jac. I. Chief Juftice of Skirewood-Ftrefi. This Router married Elizabeth, Daughter and Heir to the mous' Sir Philip Sydney ; but died without : Iflue, 26 "Junij, Ann^ / 16 1 2, in 10 Jac7\. leaving Francis hlslSTo^crznd Heir. The memorable Actions of wlircfT Francis* Earl of Rutland^ are thus fet forth on his Monument tfTBotsford. At ten~Years^)f Age, Ann. 1598, he began to travel in France, Lorrain, ancj diverfe Parts of Italy, where he was honourably received by the n Infcript. Tumuli. q Camden's Annals. ?* *- Princes MANNERS, Duke of Rutland. 251 Princes themfelves, and nobly entertained in their Courts. In his Return through Germany he had like Honour done him by Ferdi- nand^ Archduke of Aujlria, at Gratz ; and by the Emperor Matthias, in his Court at Vieima ; by Count Swarteembourgh 9 Lieutenant of Javarin in Hungary ; by Count Roffcmbcurgh, at Prague in Bohemia ; by the Marquis of Brandenburg, the Dukes pf Saxony, and other Germato Princes -in the. Court, of Berlin. In ./fwz. 1 604,, he was made Knight of the Z&?4&, at the Coronation of King James. In. 1612, Lieutenant of Lincoln/hire, and Juftice in Eyre of all the King's Forefts and Chafes on the North. of Trent. In 1616, he was made Knight of the moft Noble Order of the Garter ; being the fame Year one of the Lords who attended King James, by his Majefty's fpecial Appointment, in his Journey to Scotland. And in 1623, had the Command of his Majefty's great Ships and Pinnaces, to bring Prince Charles out of Spain ; which Service he happily performed. To which I (hall add, that fucceedingj his Brother as Earl of Rutland, and that the Title of Lord Rofa then claimed by Wil- liam Cecil, and accordingly enjoyed, could not juftly be rmde ufe of by himfelf, as Heir Male, by reafon that the faid William Cecil was Son and Heir of Elizabeth, the ible Daughter and Heir to Edward, late Earl of Rutland, who had that Title by Right of Defcent from Eleanor his Grandmother, Sifter and Heir to Edmund, Lord Rofs : He procured a fpecial Patent, l bearing Date zzjulij, iq.Jac. whereby, in Confederation that he was them poflefled of the Land and Barony of Ham/ah, it was declared " that he fhould therefore be accepted, and_ called Lord Rofs, 6f Hamlake, and that his Son and Heir fhould alfo enjoy the fame Name and Title. And dying at Bi/hop's Stortford, in Com. Hertf. on the i yth Day of D.ecem. Ann. 1632, 8 Car. I. was buried at Botsford, having married two Wives, viz. Frances^ Daughter and Co-heir to Sir Henry Knevet, oiCharleton, in Com. Wilts, Knt. WidowofSi'r William Bevill, of Kilkhampton, in Com. Cornub. Knt. y by whom he 7=^ haJHTue an onty Daughter and Heir, Catjerine^tirR 'ma&i&niS George Villiers, Duke pf Buckingham ; and, fecondly, to " MacrDonaid, "Earl (atterwards Macquis) of Antrim in Ireland. ^ His lecond"Wife"was u Cecily, Daughter to Sir John ^ufion of/* / Hotbfield^irTCom. Cantij, Knt. and Bart. Sifter to Nicholas^ Earl of Thanet, and Widow of Sir Edward Hunerard, ~^nt. jy of Thanet, and Widow of Sir Edward Hungerfard, ~^nt. jyy whom fye had IrTue two Sons, Henry znd^Francis, who both In their/Childhood, byfercery, as it was fufoe&ed. -i- - -A-__ ji.-^^-j. j j^ tr)i r s ]Earl3orH"Kir~ .hsBmthW and Heir-Male, Knighted in .Ireland^ AnnT^i^^ by Robert, Tiarl of EJJex, for h~is valiant Behaviour again ft the Re- ; bels. He married x Frances, Daughter of Sir Edward Gary of ' 'Aldenham, in Com. Hertf. Knt. Sifter to Henry, . Vifcount Falk- land, and Widow of Ralph Bajbe of Stan/led., in Com. Hertf. Efq. Pat. njac. I p 13. % Ibid, F, 7i. a. 252 MANNER s, Duke of Rutland. and departing this Life at his Houfe in the Savoy, in the Suburbs of. London, 29 Martij, Ann. 1641 ^without Iflue, jwasburied at Eotsford with his Anceftors ; JwrTereBylhe Earldom of Rutland, andnis'ljtncr'Titles, devolved on John Mamursjtf_Haddon, IK Corn. Deri. Efq; Son and JHejj of Sir George Manner s* Km.. SOQ,. /!_ and Hetr tif^&t^slnt^ Manner^ fecond Son of Thomas* the firft_ Earl of Rutland. flay &, . % ^ ^T Which Sir John Manners married Dorotty, fecond Daughter Coheir to Sir George Fernon of Haddon, in the County ofi*- 4 .Derby, who^ died in 9 Eliz. feized of thirty Lordftiips and Ma- nours ; and for his Magnificence 'and Hnfpitality, was called King of the Peak. He was Grandfon of Sir Henry Vernon of Haddon, made Knight of the Bath at the Creation of Arthur Prince of Wales, in 5 Hen. VII. by Anne his Wife, Daughter to Jofm Talbot, fecond Earl of Shrew/bury, and lineally defcended L from Richard deJTernon, Lord and Baron^ jrf Shipbrook, in the Reign of William the Conqueror. ' The fa id Sir John Manners was Knighted at Workfop, in Not- tinghamjhire, on the 2Oth of April, 1603, at which Time he waited on King James on his firrt Arrival from Scotland. He departed this Life at Haddon, on the 4th of June, 1 6 1 1 , in the 9th Year of King James ; and was buried at Bakewell in Derby- Jhire by hisJLajdy, who died before him, on the 25th of June^ 1584. They had I flue three Sons and a Daughter, Sir George /fajlfagriers, born Ann. 1573; John, /txSrn Ann. 1576, who died f" at the Age of 14 Years; and Sir Roger /Planners, third Son, of IVbitwell, in ComTDerb. Knighted at Theobalds, the 2d of June, 1615; who died unmarried at Haddon, Ann. 1650, and was ^ buried at Whiiwell. The Daughter was Grace, married to Sir ^* Francis Forte feu, Knt. of Salden^ in Com. Bucks* Sir George Manners^ the elcleft Son, was married on the zd of April, in 36 Eliz. to Grace, eldeft Daughter of Sir Henry Prer- point, Knt. and Sifter to Robert, Earl of Kingjicn, by whom he IfTue John^ his Son and Hejr, who jucgff[edjto_theJEarldom Rutland ; Henry, born Mayi^, 1606, died at Haddon, aged w. 1 61 8 ; jggg- or John, Earhof Rutland, his Father ; and his Lordfhip fr enabled to Marry again ; and that the. Childrenby fuch qther^Jup- ^; tials fhould Inherit Bifhop Burvet relates, in his Hiftory of his own Times, That the Duke of York and all his Party appre- hended the Confequence of this Parliamentary Divorce, and op- pofed it_wjth_great Heat ; but that the King was as earneft in the fetting it .on, as tFeHDuke was in orjppfing it ; whereby the Bill parted, though the Zeal the two Brothers exprefled on this Qc- cafion, made all People conclude that they had aparticular Concern in the Matter. p. 285. Ibid, p, 386, and 392. His MANNERS, Duke of Rutland. 255 His Lojdftj^ im rjrje^ fecondjy, at Ampthill in Bedford/hire^ ne* Bruce, Hided Daught the Lady snne* Bruce, ded Daughter of Robert, Earl jof Aileftury, and Widow of Sir Seymour Shirley, of Stanton-Harold, S'n~Gom. Leic. Baronet, by whom he had a Son J^&nr^Dorn at Belvoir, July 15, 1672, and dying_,the lame Day, was buried at Botsford, with his Mother, who decea(ed_ in Child-bed of him. He thirdly, on the 8th of Jahuary, 1673, was married at Exton, in Com. Rutland, to Catherine, Daughter of Baptifl Noel, Vif- count Campdett, and by her, who died 24 ^rftf. 173!, he had tWo Sons^ and two Daughters, the Lady Catherine, born May *9 '675, and in September, 1692, married to John, Lord Gower ; and Dorothy, born September 13, 1681, efpoufed to Eapt'tjl Noel, Earl of Gain/borough. The Sons were T^o^ Lord. ^o/^ born the 8th of September* 1676, his Succeflor, and the Lord Thomas- Baptjft Manners^orn the r2th of February, 1678, who died on the 29th of ^ww, 1705, unmarried. This noble Earl, as he was Mafter _of a~great Fortune, kept Wp the old Englijh Hofpitality, at his Caftle of Behoir, afFedling a Rural Life, and for many Years before his Death never came to London. Alfo when he married hiseldeft Son to a Daughter of the IjorARuJJeh there was an Article in the Settlement, that me fhouid forfeit fome part of her Jointure, if ever (he lived in Town without his Confent : Yet on Experience of her admira- ble Temper, and exemplary Behaviour, as well as the excellent Judgment of his Son, he afterwards permitted them to live where they thought convenient. But though his Lordfhip declined appearing at Court, yet her Majefty Queen Anne*, in Confideration of his great Merits, and the Services of his Anceftors to the Nation, was pleafed to ad- ' vance him to the Titles of Marquis of Granby^ and_ Duke of .Rutland, by Letters Patent, bearing Date_ 29 Martij\ 1 703, jQyen _Anne. **i His Grace died at Behitr-C a/tie, aged feventy-two Yea^s, /' feven Months, and 12 Days, on the loth of January^ ijW, and was buried with his Anceftors at Botsford ; and from the Sermon at his Funeral, we have this Character of him : " He " was of unblemiflied Morals, of a Nature generous and noble, ;t yet in all his Benevolence and Hofpitality, not the leaft Ap- ' pearance of Vanity or Oftentation. He was loyal to his ^vereign -, a Patriot of his Country ; and not only a true "er of ;he Eftablimed Church, but a liberal Patron to its tie Clergv : He was conftant and fteady in his Temper, i religious Senfe of his Word and Honour, beino- not to promife, but certain to perform what he had pro- ich made his Friendship valuable : He was not only .js and Affable to all Men, b t his Juftice to thofe r ith whom he was concerned, can'r be too much imitated i commended. His Hofpitality and Chanty were alfo " equally 256 MANNERS, Duke of Rutland. " equally great, and had an Appearance of the old Englijh Ways '' and Cuftoms. To conclude ; he was a very courteous and " obliging Neighbour to all the Gentry round him, and by th?m " equally honoured and refpe&ed ; a kind and indulgent Parent ' to his Children, and Grandchildren, whofe Good he always " ftudied j a generous and noble Mafter to his Servants > and ;i among his other Virtues, ought not to be forgot his fmgular '* Humanity, and Love of doing Good, on the meaneft and " moft accidental Occafions, even to the Poor that fupplicated at " his Gate : Before his Death he enlarged the Hofpital firft '' Founded by his Anceftors, and endowed it for the Main- " tenance of more poor Brethren, crowning his End with " Honour." John, his eldeft Soiij, bearing the Title of Lord Rafs, was elected with William, Marquis of Hartington, Knights of the Shire for the County of Derby, in the i 2th Year of King Wil- liam ; and with jBenpet* Lord Sberard, Knight of the Shire for the County of Leicefter, in the laft Parliament called by King William. In the Reign of Queen_y/K married fecondjy, Lucy, Sifter to Bennet Sherrard, late Earl of Harborougb^nd by her had Iflue.five Sons and two Daughters, tne Lord Sherrard Manners, the Lord Robert Manners, the Lord Henry and Charles Twins, the Lord" James. Lady Carolina^jnlrried September 16,. 1634, to Henry ffarjmr, Efq; eldeft Son and Heir to Sir John Harpur, Bart, arid^ady Lucy* .. , His Grace died of the Small-Pox in the 45th Year of his Age, on the 2zd of February, 1717, and was buried with his Anceftors at Botsford. To whom fucceeded John* his eldeft Son and Heir. . Which John., now Duke of Rutland* born Oftofter 21, i6p6 was elected a Knight of the moft Noble Order of the Garter oh the loth of Oftober, 1722, and was inftalled at frFindfer on the 1 3th of November following. CJn the !7th of July, 1727, he was fworn of the Privy Council to his Majefty ; alfo, at the fame time, made Chancellor of the Dutchy of Lancajler, which he refigned in 1736. On the 3tith of September, 1727, he was appointed Lord Lieutenant, and Cu/los Rotulorum for the County of Leicejler ; and on the 1 1 th of Oltsbfr enfnirig, at his Majefty'a Coronation, carried the Sceptre with the Crofs. His Grace, on the 27th of Auguft, 1717, married Bridget* ^^ only Daughter and Heir to Robert Button, Lord Lexington (who ~ 'djed ou September 9, 1723); by whom he had Ifliie feven Sons, and* -iix Daughters ; of which are living, Firft, John, Marquis of Granby, born Jan. 2, i7*f. Second, Lord Rolert-Sutton, born Feb. 21, I7ff. Third, LordG 15254 17 ffen.Vlll. i Baron 258 MANNER s, Duke of Rutland. Baron Manners, of Haddon, in Com. Derby, by Writ of Sum- mons to Parliament, 29 Apr. 1679, 31 Car. II. Marquis of Granby, in Corn. Nottingham, and Duke of Rutland, 29 Mar. 1703, 2 Anne. ARMS.] Or, two Bars, Azure, a Chief, Quarterly of the fecond and Gules, the firft charg'd with two Fleurs de Lis, of the firft, and the laft with a Lion of the fame ; which Chief was anciently Gules, and the Charge thereon is an honorary Augmen- tation, (hewing his Defcent from the Blood Royal of King Ed- ward the Fourth. CREST.] On a Chapeau, Gules, turned up Ermine, a Pea- cock in Pride, proper. SUPPORTERS.] Two Unicorns, Argent, their Horns, Crefts, Tufts, and Hoofs, Or. MOTTO.] POUR Y PARVENIR. CHIEF SEATS.] At Haddon-Hall in the County of Derby, one Mile from Bakeivell, eight from Cbejlcrfield, and 1 1 4 from London ; at Behoir-CaJtle, in the County of Lincoln, 4 Miles from Grantham, and 85 from London', and at Averham-Park, in the County of Nottingham. XVI. MONTAGU, Duke of Montagu. THAT the Sirname of this Family was anciently written in Latin, de Monte-Acuto, and in old Englijh, Montacute, is evident from Domefday Book, and other Records j but the ori- nnal Name was Montagu, denominated from the Town of 11 Montagu, in Normandy, of which Name and Family there are (till remaining; many Perfbns of Diftin&ion in France. Drogo de Monteacuto, was one of thofe noble Warriors, who came over with William, Duke of Normandy, in the Retinue j)f Robert, Earl of Morton, half Brother^o_the_Conqueror j as ap- pearsl>y the Poflelfions he held under tnatgreatTEarl, at the time of the general Survey, and which were undoubtedly given him in Conlideration of his Services. The fa id Earl of Morton, having large Pofleflions in the Weg of England, by the Gift of his Br6tner7^gave tfe Manpur of dandef^to the Abbot of Athelingia, for the Manour_of Sijboj^- //^ r jn_the County of^ Somerjet ; which that Abbot held in the TimeUT King Edward tJxConfeffbr, and paid Tax for nine Hide^, whereof the faid_gr^qjheld of the Earl_one Hide. Tn this^ Manpur, * the Earl ja'S^a Caftle called Alontagitt, anJ gave it that^Name (which it retains to this Day) in Allufion to its,Si> _ y ** /**4 <-< X*. a Ex Libio Cenfuali vocat Domefday. b Monaft, And, Vol. I* P. 668< *Ibid. tuation ' MONTAGU, Duke of Montagu. 259 tuation on the Top of a (harp Hill. But in the Monctfticon, tfril- tiam, Earl of Morton* Son to the former, is faid to have built the Caftle. y*/^ > .. v *~ 3v- ./A~* /.*~. -~A This ^Drflffg deMonteacuto alfo held c of the faid Earl of Morton* in the County of Somtr/et-, the Manours of Tlutuna* " "~ ' ' V Jl 01 .... ' ' **', < w ///( -"TrfA /<'ii"~3P*r ' ^ // t*< f rt i *t'~t i-t^c'^Tysf' kheptuna* and Stpcca (now called dSteite/ which lait, 'at the Time of the general Survey, is mentioned to be added to the Manour of Sheptuna ; and all three in the Reign of King Edward the_ Conjejfir, were poflefled by Bondj, ToJi, and Robert, Son of Wimar. Befides thefe, he held of the ITmg in the fame County, the Manour of Cbenolla (now called Knolle) which Ailmer enjoyed/- at the Death of King" Edward the Confeffor, and he is there wrote Drags de Monteaeuto, in Doomefday Book, Thefe Ma- nours continued in this Family a long Tjra& of Time after^tfie^ Conqueft ; and the aforefaid Manour of Sheptuna^ being the Seat of thelFBarony, retains from them the Name of Shipton- Montagu. Anfgerus de Monte'acuto (probably the Brother of the aforefaid Drogo] alfb held of the Kingj at the general Survey, the Manour of Preftetona, in the County of Somerfet, the Inheritance of Ailwardus, in the Reign of King Edward the ConfcJJbr. The before- mentioned Dru de Monteacuto, left I flue d William his Son and Heir, whofe Succeffor e , Richard de Monteacute^ paid xx /. into the King's Exchequer for the antient Pleas, iii 2 Hen. II. and in 7 Hen. II. xx Marks f , for the Knights Fees he then held, upon the Collection of Scutage at that Time levied. To this Richard^ fucceeded Dru his Son. Which Dru de Monteacute g , had the Appellation of youfrg Dru-, in 1 2 Hen II. (as the Red Book in the Exchequer mews) ; at which Time (on the Afleflment of an Aid for marrying the King's Daughter) he certified his Knights Fees to be in Number nine, and half, and third Part, de veteri Feoffamento^ and one de novOy befides one whereof he was difpoflefled by Henry LoveL For h all which, in 14 Hen. II. he paid x Marks. To this Dru fucceeded William de Montacute, who was one of thofe Barons ' that, in 3 Rich. I. undertook for the Earl of Morton's Performance of the Articles on the Pacification made betwixt the laid Earl (after King "John} and William de Long- campy Bifhop of Ely, Chancellor of England, and Vicegerent in the King's Abfence. And in 6 Rich. I. on k Collection of the Scutage for the King's Redemption, paid for his Knights Fees in Somerfet/hrre, vi L. xx d. and in Devon/hire, vi s. vi d. And in the ift Year of King John, ' gave C L. to the King, for Livery of the Hundreds of c Ex Libro prad. h Rot. Pip. 14 H. II- Dorf. & Scmnf- d Ex Steromate. . i R. Hoved. 269. a. n ap, e Rot. Pip. i H. II. Somcrf. k Rot. Pip. 6 R. I. Devon. f Ibid. 7 S. II. 1 Ibid, I Jtb. DtrJ, tc Somerf. g Lib, Rub. fub Til, Simifa. S z 2 60 MONTAGU, Duke of Montagu. Chaldefei, and Piddeltitne : And in 7 Job. executed the Office' of Sheriff for the Counties of. Dorfet and Somerfet ; ni as he did like- wife the two next enfuing Years, none but Perfons of the greateft Note, being in thofe Days appointed. In i ; Job. upon " Collection of the Scutage for Wales, he anfwered xxi marks, vij. xid. for thofe ten Knights Fees, an half, and third Part, which were pofiefled by Dru de Montacute, and which he at that Time held. But in 1 7 Job. being one of the chief of thofe rebellious Barons then in Arms, the King gave p to Ralph de Raleigh all his Lands in the Counties of Somerfet and Dorfet, except Chel- lefey, which he had beftowed on William de Briwere. He died ihortly after ; for in i Hen. III. the King q granted the Ward- fliip of his Lands and Heir, with the Benefit of his Marriage, to Allan Baffet, of Wicombe. And the Lands of the faid Heir, who was William de Montacute, in 17 Hen. III. r were feized by- Virtue of the King's Precept, in regard he repaired not to Court at Whitfuntide, to receive the Dignity of Knighthood, as he was required to do. But the next enfuing Year, the Sheriff of Dorfet and Somerfajhires s , had the King's Command to make Livery of them to him, on his doing Homage. This William c died in 3 r Hen, III. and was fucceeded by his Son, named alfo William. Which William, in 3 8 Hen. III. had Summons u to attend the King into Gafcoign, againft the King of Cajlile. In 41 Henry III. he was x fummoned to attend the King at Chejter, on the Feaft of St. Peter ad Vincula^ well furniflied with Horfe and Arms, thence to march into Wales againft Llewelliri ap Griffith, at that Time in Hoftilitv. Alfo in 42 Hen. III. he y had the like Summons to be with the King on the Monday next after the Feaft of St. John Bapti/i. To this z William and Berta his Wife, John de la Hind by Deed, without Date, grants the Manour of Bromfield, in Wiltjhire ; and their Son and Heir was Simon de Montacute. Which Simon a , in 5 Ediu. I. being feized of the Barony of Shiptcn- Montacute, in Com. Somerf. was fummoned to meet the King with Horfe and Arms at Worcejler, in the Oftaves of St. John Baptt/i, to go againft Llewellin, Prince of Wales, and his Accomplices then in Rebellion ; and was alfo in that Expe- dition b made into Wales, in 10 Ediv. I. In i 8 Ediu. I. he obtained a c Confirmation Grant from the King, of the Manour of Sbipton- Montague, with the Woods m R-t. Pip deiifdemAnn. u E Lib. MS. not. B. 5. in BibL n Md. iijcb. Do*/. & Somtrf. J'.b. A*jl\t, Arm- , O M. Pant, Z c 4 . \.y. " x C!auf< 4 , w> IIL ; ndorf0) ,. g. P CJauf. 17 Jeb. m. 8. j Ibid. 4 a H. III. m. u. 1 lbld - T H - HI - m - iy- z PolSt ColJeftion of Chartere, MS. r Rot. Frn. 17 //. III. m. 5. a MS. przd Not- B. 5. ' Cla.,f. 18 //. III. m>7 . b Rct.deScutag.Wal. 10 E. I. m. 3. It. 31 //. III. m. ! t. e Cart- I* E, I, n, 73. thereto Mo N T A G u, Duke cf Montagu. 261 thereto belonging, fituate in the Foreft of Selewode ; as al/o of the Manours of jerlington, Chedefrye, Gothulle, Knotle, Tkulbere, and the More, all in Com. Somerf. Likewife of the Manour of Swere, with xx L Rent in Pudletune, xx L. Rent in Lullwrich, x j. Rent in Blakemore, with the Woods in Blakemtre, in Com. Dorfet. And of the Manours of Wonefird, in Com. Devon. Afton-Clinton, in Com. Bucks, and Kerjington, in Com. Oxon. with Remainder to William and Simon y his Sons, and the Heirs of their Bodies. In 2 z Edw. I. this Simon had Summons (amongfr other the Great Men of that Time) to repair to the King d , who required his Advice on important Affairs of the Realm, an Expedition be- ing then defigned into France. And fbon after that, received Command to attend the King e at Portsmouth, on the ift of September, well fitted with Horfe and Arms, thence to fail with him into Gafcoine ; where he continued fome Time, and performed many notable Services. In 24 pdw. I. thofe Englifhmen that kefit the Town of Burg, being compajfed about with a Siege by Mounjieur de Sully (as my Author * obferves) obtained a Truce for a certain Space ; during the which, they fent unto Blainesy^r fome Releef ofVittels, and where other refujed to bring up a Ship laden withyitteh, which was there prepared, the Lord Simon de Montagew, a right valiant Cheeftaine, and a Wife, took upon him the Enterprife, and through the Middle of the French Gallies, which were placed in the River to Jiop that no Ship Jhould pajfe towards that Towne, by Help of a prosperous Wind, he got into the Haven of Bu rg, and fe relieved them within of their want ofVitteh ; by Means '^hereof, Mounfieur de Sully brake up his Siege, and returned into France. In 2 5 Edw. I. he 8 was again in Gafcoine, ant} the Year fol- lowing h in the Scottijh Wars. In 27 Edward I. he was conftituted Governour ' of Corffe-' Cajtte^ in Com. Dorfet. In 29 Edw. I. he was one of the Barons that figned * a memo r rable Letter to the Pope, in anfwer to his Pretences of Supremacy in Scotland', and his Seal affix'd thereto, was a Griphon ram- pant, Circumferib'd, SIMON DNS DE MONTE A- CVTO. This Simon, Lord Montagu, in 34 Edw. I. in Confederation of his good Services in the Wars in Gafcoine, and elfewhere k , ob* tained Pardon for a Debt of a cxx L. viii . jii d. due from Ham de Montacute his Father, to the King's Exchequer. d Rot. Vafc. zz E. I. m. S. h Rot. Scoc. z6 E.I. m. 6. e Ib. m. j. i Pit. 27 E. I. m. 12. f HoUinJked, Vol. III. p. 296. * Exemplar Liter, in Bib!. C. C. C, Ojcsr. | Rot. Vafcon, 25 I, m. 1 3, k Clauf, 'n E, II, tn, ii, 262 MONTAGU, Duke of Montagu. In 3 5 Edw. I. he ' was again in the Wars in Scotland ; and in; 2 Edw. II. made Governour m of the Caftle of Beaurnaris, in the Ifle of Ang.ffey. In 4 Edw. If. he n was Admiral of the King's Fleet, then employed, having the Year before ferved in thofe Wars againft the Scots. In 7 Edw. II. he obtained the p King's Licence to make a Caftle of his Houfe at Tcrdlyngton, iy. Com. Somerfet ; alfo the Year following, a Grant for a weekly Market at his faid Manour q , on the 'luefday, and a Pair on the Eve, Day, and Morrow after the Feaft pf the Aflumption of the Blefled Virgin. In the fame Year he r received Command to repair to Newcajlle upon Tyne, pn the Feaft-day of the RlefTed Virgin, well fitted with Horfe and Arms, to refift the Hoftilities of the Scots. He was Baron pf Bbipion-Montacute, in Somerfetjhire-, by Defcent ; and having been fummoned to Parliament from 28 Edw. I. till 8 Edw. II. inclufive, died foon after. He married s Aufricia, Daughter, and at length Heir offergufius, King of the Ifle of Man, def- cended frorrrQrr^~Klng cADenmark\ which Aufrtaa l difcern- jng her Brother Orry, anTall^fhls Blood, to be overcome by Alexander III. King of Scotland, fled into England with the Charters of that Ifle; and being honourably received by King Edward\. (he was by him given, in Marriage to this Simon, Xord Monteacute, who, with the King's Aid, recovered the Ifle of in her Right enjoyed it many Years; and had IfTue by her fPilliam^his Son ^ and Hejr, and Simon de Monteacute^ _ who had to Wife, HawTfe* Daughter of Almerick^ UordJS jfmand. I \jj- j t/jCt \_J / filliam de Montacute, the eldeft Son of Simon, Lord Montacute* was trained to the publick Service from his Youth. In 3 z Edw. I. u being in the Scattifl) Wars^ he kept Ckrift- mcts with the King x at Dumferlin, and was afterwards at the taking of the Caftle of Strivelin. In 34 Edw. I. he was Governour of the Caftle of Corffe, and had the Cuftody * of William de Moreve de Sandford, Knight ; and the'* fame Year, at that grand Feftival at IVhiifontide z , when Prince Edward received the Order of Knightliood (by Bathing, and other facred Ceremonies) he was one of thofe honoured with thatj^ignitv, which was then deftgned to augment thejjlory of an jntejided^Expedition into Scotland. Accordingly he * attend- J Rot. Scoc 3, . I. m. 3. t Ex Coll. R. dove*, Scmerf. m Pat. a E. II. p. i. m. 14. u Rot. Scoc. 31 E. I. m. 5- n Rot. Sroc. 4 E. II. m. 12. x MS. not. B. 5. p. 796. in Bib!. o Rjver's Feed. T-. m. III. p. 148. Job. An/lit. p t P t.7 E. II. p. i. m . 10. y JJymer's Fad. Tom. III. q Cart. 8 .11. n. 47. z dJhmole\QrAu of the Garter, p. 39, r Rot. Scor. 8 E. II, m. 9. a Rot.Scoc. 3 at The Lady Elizabeth, their Mother, had afligned her for Dower u , the Manours of T'horjebere^n^ Gotbull, in Com. So- Qerf. Karfynton, in Com- Oxon, Afton-Clinton, with certain Lands in JPtndaverti and Dunrugge^m Ajjon, in Com. Bucks ; and after- Wards Becoming the WifcoT 'Thomas, Lord Futnival, had Sepul- ture in the Chapel on the North bicje oF the Choir of ChriJJ- Churcb in Oxford, where is yet ftanding a very noble Monu- inent cf A'larble, with her Effigies, cut to the Life. There was alfo a x Chantry for two Secular Priefts to celebrate Divine Ser- vice, daily for her Soule, and for the Soule pf William de Monteacute, her Hufband, as alfo for the Soule of Sir Peter_df_ Monifort, her Father, the \T^A\>,Maud, her Mother,, and of 'John Mountagit, William 1 Montagu, Earl of Saljbury, of Simt> 'Alcuniagu, Bifhop of Ely, and Edward Montagu, as alfo of her Daughters beforementionecl, her Children. Before I proceed to treat of the A&ions of William, the eldeft furviving Son, I {hall give fbme Account of the younger Sons. Simon de Monteacute Y , whilft he was a Student at Oxford, had King Edward the lid's Recommendatory Letter to the Pope, for fome Ecclefiaftical Benefice, fuitable to, his Age, fcfr. Alfo in 3 Edw. III. had that King's Letter to the Pope, requefting him to beftow on his beloved Qerk, Simon de Mcnteacute, the firft Dignity that mould be vacant in the Cathedral Church of Wells * : In which Letter *tis recited, that he had merited his Majefty's Fa- vour by his laudable Virtues, by being born of a noble and re- nowned Stock, and by his graceful Behaviour in his Manners an4 Conyerfatioa, ^ t Rymir, Tom. III. p. 79j, jt Pat. 3 R. II. p. 3. . 13. e T,fr. !? . II. n. 31. ' y Rymtf's Fadwa, Tom. Ill, t Ex Stwnmatc. z Jbjd, TODD* IV. p 379. W F', Z8J?. m.ft. 39. MONTAGU, Duke of Montagu. 26 5 In %Edw. in. he * was conftituted Bifhop of Worcefhr ; and pn the Death of Bithop Hotham, was tranflated (by Pope Ben. II.j fo Ely, about the Middle of March, i 336^, He began the Build- ing of that beautiful Lady Chapel on the North Side of the Cathedral Church, and beftowed great Sums of Money thereon, but his Death prevented hisjinifbinor nf jr. He c procured divers Privileges"^ the Univerfity of Cambridge ; and departing this Life June 20, 1344, was buried in the Chapel aforementioned. . Sir Edward de ~Monteacute, the youngeft Son, had in 1 \ Edw.lll. a Grant of an Annuity of C /. per Annum* till a better Provifion was made for him, in Confideration d of his good Servirps Jnne., and toj^ejjone, and that he might the better fupport himfelf in the Degree of Knighthood, which was e that Year conferred on him by Prince Edward^ Du|ce of Comwal In i __^ztOnTTie was fummoned to attend the King, on 24. J*H, at Newcaflle upon Tyne f , with 15 Men at Arms, tq march againft the Scots then in_jRcbellion, to be/ retained for a Quarter of a Year ; and the King promifed mm and other great Men then fummoned, that their Expences fhould be paid with- out Delay, and their Services greatly approved. This Sir Ed- ward s was Governour of the Caftle of Werk, under his Bro- ther William, Earl of Salt/bury ', who had it by Grant from h King Edward^ in the ;th Year of his Reign, together with the Ma- \ nour thereto belonging, on Condition to repair the Fortrels, and deferuTiFaKairift the' Scots., Which..,Caftle yof Werk endured a -rY & -iV i- rVit^-*& f csi*.(Tlir-** > , r . . memorable biegp m this ijtn Year ; the Story whereof giving Rife to King Edward's faTImglri Love with the Counted of Safif- \>ury^ I (hall relate in what Manner it came about. King Da'ind of Scotland^ having taken the City of Durham, he, in Revenge of all his Lofles for many Years preceeding, efpecially being urged even beyond his Nature, by the importunate Inftigations of the French Auxiliaries then with him, commanded Men, Women, and Children, Monks, Priefts, and all, without Diftin&ion, tdi be put to Death, which was accordingly executed without Pity_ er Remorfe; "And having gotten a great Booty out of the Churches, Monafteries, &$. he was retiring with it to his own Country. But in his Return toward Berwick, laying one Night near J^erk, which hejlid_not judge^pro^erto^ttack, being laden v/ith Booty, and the Fortrels" thought too inconfiderabie^o ein^oy fo great an Army ; wherefore early next Morning they began their March for Scotland ; Prince Robert Stuart, Heir apparent of that Crown, being in the_Van, the King liimfelf with moft of the Booty and Carriages in the Middle, and the Lord IVll- 'a Bp. Godwin^ Cat. of BiJhops,p. 443. e Barneys Hift. of Edto.lll. p. 113 \ Ibid. p. 6S. f Clauf. 15 Edto. III. p. 3. m.9- c Ibid. & Earnest Hift. of Ediu. III. g Froifarti Chron. Fol. 39. b. J>.25. h Pat, jEdiv, III. p. ^. m. H* d Clauf. 14 Edw, IU. j>. it m, is> |eir 266 MONTAGU, Duke of Montagu. */ O Ham Douglas bringing up the Rear. Sir Edward Montague * viewing from the Battlements of the Tower of IVerk, that the Scots were refblved to leave him in Quiet, and were fb charged with heavy Carriages^ that their Horfes could hardly fuftain their Burthens, prefently mounted forty Spears, and at the Head of them, fallies out of the Caftle, and covertly following the Rear of the Scots, overtook them as they were entring into a Wood, and let on them with fuch Vigour, that he prefently flew and hurt of the Scatty more than 200 K , and took from them above_i20 Horfes laden with Spoil, which he drove back toward the Caftle. Sir IVtlliam Douglas, who had the Charge of the Rear, and was already pafled the Foreft, on this Alarm looked back, and feeing his Men flying in DifbrSer, he fent Word thereof to the King, and forthwith purfuedjhe ' Englijb^ even to the Foot of the Caftle. But before he came to the Barriers, the Englijh were all entred with the Spoil they had recovered. However, the enragfd l)ou- glas falls immediately to the Aflault with great Fury, and was received with as much JBravery ; this AHon continuing till the whole Army, and King David himfelf, were returned before the Caftle. Next Morning King David gave Command for a gene- ral Aflault, which was received bylhe Befieged with great Bra- very ; and the Counters, of Saliflury being in the Caftle, (hewed fuch a Mafculine Spirit, 'that inftead of receiving Courage from others, (he added Heart to all. She diftributed her Gold and Silver largely among her Soldiers, and promifed more, telling them, King Edward, their Lord, would fbon come to her Af- fiftance, and fpake in fb engaging a Manner ', that every Man performed his Part with great Refblutipn. Wherefore the Dif- pute was on both Sides maintained with great Ardour and Ani- mofity ; but the Aflailants were expofed to infinite Hazards, the Prefence of their King making them venture on any thing ; while the Befieged fought with all poflible Care and Difcretion, as well as Courage, as being Guardians~oF Beauty and Virtue, befides the Charge of their own Lives, and the Honour of their King and Country, which they were to maintain againft a cruel and numerous Enemy. The &rof^carried thither Timber, Fag- gots, and othex_Stuff, intending to fill up the Ditches, whereby their Engines might the better approach the Walls ; but, after a long and bloody Conteft, the Aflailants were obliged to retire, weary and welJlEejiten, and^jeaving erpat Numbers (lain j on which King David ord4atne' Engines, for thafNtgKt, 'to^bc^ guarded, being fully refolved the next Day to renew the Attack,' m Sir Edward Montagu, Governour of the Caftle, callsd a Council of War in the Interim, where it was refblved, that Jbmebody muft adventure to pate through the Scotch Camp, and i Freifart, cap. 76. & Du ChefilC 1 Froifart;' Hiftoirc d'Angkt^K e, p, 655. B ra FroiJ, c. 76. & Du Chcihe. Mo N T A G v^Duke of Montagu. 267 ride Poft to King Edward, (who, as they heard from their Pri- foners, had been for fome Time at York^ forming his Forces) to tell him their Condition. Hereupon Sx Edward Montagu threw down a Purfe of Gold, offering it as a Reward to him who would adventure to do fo fignal a Service, and his beft Gelding to carry him : But it feemed fo defperate an Undertaking, that none offered to engage in the Attempt. Sir Edward feeing this, laid, Welly Gentlemen, however I am fiifficimtly ajfured of the Loyalty and Good-will that you all bear to my Lady of this Ca/lle ; where- fore for her Sake^ and yours. Til put my Life in Hazard to do this Errand myfelf: For iTiave fnch Knowledge of you, that I doubt not but you will make a Shift to hold out till my ^Return : And I repofe fuch a Confidence in the Goodnefs of our Sovereign Lord the King, that he will fhortlv^fend me back unto you Mnth fuch Reliff_as^will_ple^ife you : And then believe it, his Majefty wiirjowell reward jou, that you Jhall all remain highly/ fatisfad. With thefe Words the noble Countefs, and the reft wrh her, were refolved to abide all Extremities : So when Night came, he provided all Things for his Purpofe, and Heaven was propffibu^' to the Enterprise; for it rain'd fo hard, that jjje Scotch Sentinels kept all under Shelter, whereby he paflecf th'rougK the Army un- hurt, and unperceived. About Day-break, when near half a League from the utmoft Limits of the Scotch Camp, he met with two Scots, driving two Oxen and a Cow toward the Army, and wounded them both in feveral Places, for he would not kill them, that they might tell their King what he was gone about ; faying to them, Now go your ways, and fell your King that I am Edward Montagu, . who have this Night broke through his Camp, and am now going to direcJ the King of England hither with bis Army; and then he fet forward on the Spur. This News being quickly brought to the King of Scats, he renewed the Aflault with all the Fury imaginable, but gained no- thing. Whereupon the Lords of his Council, who had feen fo jnany Attacks made to no Purpofe, and that his Army was daily diminiflied, having lain before the Caftle ifiDjWp advifed their King to return home. So early the next R^rnmg he-fsfle^ Tweed with his Army, taking to the Forefts of Gedeors, there to wait Tiling Edward's Motions, whether he would break Army and return, or pierce into Scotland. That u very Day at Noon, King Edward came with hi? .Army to the fame Place where the 6'cott had .lain, and in fuch hafte, with Hopes to give them Battle, that his Infantry was much wearied. The King, after giving Orders to encamp there that Night, faid, He intends d to fee tlx Caftle, and give a Vifit to the noble Lady, the Countefs of Salifbury : For (fays Froifart) he had not feen her fince Jhe was married, which was 1 4 Years, as n Frdf. c". 77, & Du Chelae, niay 268 MONTAGU, Duke of Montagu, may be gathered from the Age of her eldeft Son, who was 1 5 Years old Two Years after this, as appears by~* Record. WKei? King Edward had unarm'd himfelf, he took 10 or K"bf his Barons with him, and went to the Caftle to falute the Countefs, and fee the Manner of the foots Afiaults, and the Defence that was made againft them. As foon as the Countefs heard of the King's coming, fhe commanded the Gates to be fet open, and the King being admitted, its faid by fome Hiftorians, he was fo captivated with her Beauty and Deportment, that from her the Cognizance of the Order of the Qarter had its Rife, ju* I Jo^ Mr. Barnes, f in Jiis Hiftory of Edw. III. has rightly obferved, that the faid Countefs of Soli/bury^ being bv fome of our Hifto- rians called Joan r and by s Frotffart Alice^_ ' wnen her reaf*^" Name was Catherhje,^\fiffinc\uAesig Story of King Edward's. Amours with her to be a FictiortT- and departing this Life in 3 5 Edw. Ill, left Iflue hy the aforefaid Alice his Wife y , whom he^furyjved (and held by the Courtefy of England, during his Life, the Manour of Wyching- ham) an only Daughter jfoan+ the Wife of IVilllam de Uffird (afterwardj^Earl of Suffolk} his next Heir, and aT that Time ijLYcars of Age. Which Joan, for her Ptlrparty of the Land? defcended to her from Alice her Mother, z had, in 36 Edw. III. an Affignation of the Caftle and Manour of Framelwzham^ and of the Manours of Sobam^ ffi^^ffi^fe*^ fionfhfpvorthy^ Cratefeld, Halbergate, and Sut^^/M^inCom^^rf. & Suff. WithtEe~ r '1koytie of wo Pieces of Manfli and Paftuire in Hal- bergate, containing 980 Acres. .^^ 1 now "return ioPf/ilTicfih de Mantacute* eldeft Son and Heir of William, Lord Montacute, laft mentioned! This William^ the next enfuing Year after his Father's Death, obtained a Grant from the King b of the Wardfhip of^all his own Lands, being then not full 1 9 Years of Age ; and in 1 6 Edw. II. making Proof of his Age c , and doing his Homage, had Livery of theni. In 19 Edw. II. being honoured with the Dignity of Knight- hood (by Bathing, &c.) he had 4 Allowance for Robes, at that Solemnity, as a Banneret ; and in i Edw. III._ was in that Ex- pedition then made into Scotland. In 3 Edw.TR. he e was one of the Barons chofen by his So- vereign, to attend him to the City of jfmiensjn France, the Place appointed for King Edward to do Homage, for his Dutchy of ^qurtanT, Jto J'hilip of Valois, King of Prance. At which Meeting were the Kings of Bohemia , Navarre, arid WKyorcq^ '* the elevenJPeers of France (the Kfng of England being himfelf the twelfth) and all other the Earls, Barons, and chief Lords of France^ In the fame Year f he obtained the King's Pardon for ,.the embatteling (without Licence) a certain Part of his Houfe ar Doneyeate. In 4 Edw. III. he was in the higheft Favour with his Prince, who having made 8 a Vow in Devotion to vifit fome holy Places in France, on Account of his late Danger at Amiens, where he narrowly efcaped being feized on by the French King^he had fo great a Confidence in his valiant and loyal Servant William Mon- tagu, that he made choice of him, and John Stratford, Bifhop of Winchefler, to attend on him for the Performance of his Vow : And being difguifedlike Merchants^(the whole Company amount- ing but to ijj_Per{ons)~they fet out on Thurfday in Eajfer Week, x Chuf. deiKdem An. Gardrobae. y Efc. 35 E. Ill, p. 2. n. 7. e 5un, Earl of Hereford and EJJex, High Conftable of England, Edward Bobun, Vice-Conftable, and Sir William Bohun, after- wards Earl of Northampton, a martial Man of that Age, John, Lord Molins, Robert, Lord Vfford, Ralph, Lord Stafford, Wil- liam, Lord Clinton, and Sir "John Nevil, of Horneby. While thefe noble Perfons were confulting how to feize on Mortiriier m , he, at the fame Time, held a clofe Council in the Caftle of Nottingham with the_ Queen Mother, the Bifhop of *-lugb furt Lincoln^ Sir Simon Beresford, Sir HugbjTur^tington, Sir yw. Jlflonmoutb, and other his Creatures, how to bring tp^ utter Ruin all thofe~that had accufcd him of Treafon and Felony. But the Lord Montagu, and thofe of the Council concerned with him, being not admitted to take up their Lodgings in the Caftle, had a Sufpicion that Mortimer defigncd their DeftrufUon : And there- upon Sir William Montagu told the King, That fince neither he, wr any of bis Partakers, were admitted to lodge in_ the Ca/f/e, they Jhould neverbe ~able to feJze^Aor^sisiJwithout the Confent and Afliftance of the^onJlaUe^ ^/VTVilliam Eland . Now, furely faid the King, I love you well, and ilwefore advife you to go to the Con- JlaUe~m my Name, and command him to be Aiding and Affiftant to 'h Du Ckffrie, p. 639, &c. Monf. 1 Sdrwj's Hift. of Edto. III. p. 47, 4& Ju Wlet, &c. m MS. Vet. jingl. in Bibl. C.C.C. i Rot. Rom. 4 E. III. m. . Cantab, c, zzz. k Pat. 5 . III. p. I, m 37, Mo N T A G u , Duke of Montagu. 271 you in taking Mortimer, all other Things laid afide, on Peril of Life and Limb. Sir, faid Montagu, then God grant Succefs ; and thereupon he went to the laid Conftable, and telling him the King's Wff J )e %' e thg J^ft f his Accomplices ingeneralJTerms, I'hat it was the King's Pleasure he Jhould^be AJJiftant to them in a certain Matter relating to the King's Honour and Safety ; the Cor.- ftable anfwered, I'hat the King's Will Jhould be obeyed, in what he could, and that he would notjland out for fear of Death it felf ; " and thereupon he was fwore to be conftant andjecret to the " Lord Mountagu, and Mountaguto him, in the Hearing^? all_ " theuISffiftantsT' Now furely, ~dear~T?riend, faid the Lord Mountagu to the Conftable, It behoved us to gain your Acquain- tance, in order to feize on Mortimer, fence you are Keeper of the Cajlle, and have the Keys at your Difpofe. Sirs, reply 'd the Conftable, You Jhall under/land, that the Gates of the Co/lie are lotizrf-with the Locks that >ueen Ifabel fent hither, and at Night jhe haffTatt the Keys thereof, and layeth them under the Pillow of ]jer_ Bed, until the Morning : And fo I may nofTiejjji~yau^mto the Caftle arihe_Garel~by_ any Means : But I know an Hole, that ftretcKeth out f^^^ ar ^ under Earth into the Caftle, beginning onjhe W7flr$ide_\ ^vahich HoU, neither liabel ffje^ueen, nor none of^her Reiinue^~n(ir MortinTer himfel knovTany iBng of; and Wrougb you come into the Caftle, without t tie jtjptat of any that are your Enemies. That fame Night Sir William Mountagu* and all the Lords his Affiftants, withjhe Conftable, took Horfe^pretend- ing to go out of~TQwn,"~which when Mortimer heard of, he" thought they were fled away for fear of him* and devifed how to entrap them : But about Midnight^ being " a Friday, and the Day after the Feaft of St. Luke, or the igth of OcJobjr, re- turning back again, they all came to the Pallage aforefald, and following the Direction of Sir William Eland^ entered a difmal Cave which went all under the Caftle, dug unequally through ftony, and other fort of Ground, till it came to the Rock on which the Caftle ftood ; through which it alfo pafled with Stairs, till it opened itfelf above within theJCeep, orjjiief Tower. This wonder ul Paffage had been hewed and dug, during the Danijb tnyafionsy by fome of the Saxon ; jCings, for their better Security in'oate of a Siege: But fmce the Aoion of jhis_Night, it fiath the Name of Mortimer's Hole ; whom without any great Noife, and with little l<.eHttance, the^atjaft took^ not in the_Queen M 'ther's CKamber, (as many too malicio.u% YuppofeT'out in another, not Tar fromjt, in the Company of Itienry Burwajhy Bi?Kt>p of Lincoln.. .Before he could be feized, the Lord Mouniagu iwlmg fome Rei^ftance from his Attendants, . flew p Sir Hugh Turplinzton, Steward of the King's Houfhold, and Sir Jofm n Lit. Dbm. G. SUnz. 46. o Drayttn't Baroni Wirs, h 6. p H. Knigbton, p; 2556. Monmoutb^ 272 MONTAGU, Duke of Montagu." jHcnmouth ; and at laft, chiefly by the great Valour of Sir Ham Eland, fecured the Lord Mortimers Perfon,~ to~ be referved for fome more publick Death. The Queen Mother being then in Bed, heard the Noifc of this Rencounter, and fuppofing what the Master really was, and that the King himfelf muft needs be there, Ihe calledout to him in thefe Words % Eel Fitz, Bel Fitz, ayes Pitie^ du Gentil Mortimer, Dear Son have Pity en thr gallant Mortimer : Or, as the r aforefaid MS. (which takes no Notlceof 1 the King's being there) reports~lier~~Words more pro- bably, Now fair Sirs, I pray ycu, that you do no Harm unto J^s Eod'jy for ne is a ivortfy Knight, our well-beloved Friend, and bur dear Cozen. However, Mortimer was hurried jhence; and brought before the King, who immediately commanded him iritts fare Cuftody in the Caftle ; the Keys thereof being feifced and put into the King's Hands, lhat rione might iflue out to difcover what had been done, till the reft of Mortimer's Abettors were alfo fecured. The next Morning^ by the King's fpecial Command s , two of his Sons were feizcd in the Town, Sir Edmund, and Sir Geoffry Mortimer., together with Sir Oliver Byngkam, Sir Simon Beref~ ford., arid Sir John Deveritt, Conffable of Corfe-CaJlle ; and the lame Day Mort'wer with the_ reft, were conveyed with a flrong Guard towards Lomhn, to the great Satisfa&ion of all Spe&ators ; and being brought thither, were comriiitted to the ^ctogr.^ Mortimer had Sentence of Deathj by Judgment of all_ the^ Earls, Barons^ &c. in .Parliament, without Being * oiled to any kind of Anfwejr, as he^ hi mfelf had before ordered in the Ca{e~bf the Sfencen^ and of^the Lord Edmund^ late Earl of_ Kent, the King's Uncle, He was executed according to his Sen- tentencc % at tEecbmmon __GallpWa called the Elmes, near Smjthfield, upon the Eve of St. Andrei ; and fo odious was he to the People, that to fatisfy them, he was permitted to hang^ there twp Days, and two Nights, naked._ I have been the more particular in relating this Story of Mar- timer, as by the great Power he aflumed, the Nation lay under a "heavy Load of_Murder, and long intermjtted_Ju{tice ; and 23 the Authors thereof were now brought to condign Punifliment, by the Courage and Fidelity of this ^GrAjf^fcntagu, the whole Kingdom fprang out with new Toy ; and the Regal Throne being fixed and fettled, and armed with the Sword of juft^ Au- thority, all publicTcTranfa&ions fucceeded with an uninterrupted Serenity during the Reign of this glorious Monarch, "Kor was the young King unrrtindn.il of thofe whofe faithful Friendship had thus aflerted his royal Prerogative, and delivered him from the over-awing Tyranny of his Enemies. He liberalljr q Strive, p. aao, (c. s Kfiigbum, p. r MS. vet. Ang, u> BibJ. C C C. t Vet. MS. Oxm. K. 84^ p. 104. tl Gaotib. c. aaz.^ u Knigknn, *jS*. N. 40. reward*! MONTAGU, Duke of Montagu. 27 3 rewarded all who were Aflocials_ with i this Lord Montagu. Buf- fo tender are the Laws in relation to Murder andTSoodmed, that tho' they acted in the King's Behalf, and atJbiiS Command, yet they ftood in need of a Pardon, before they could be fully re- ftored to the State of Innocence, Wherefore bis Majejly x by the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual an4 jmf>ora^ and Com- mons in Parliament ajjemblecf, iffued out his mbft gracious Pardon (dated aTfFTfin&nfttr, January the ioth,) for the aforefaid William^ Lord Montagu,, in Confederation, ttwt what he did (in apprehend- ing Mortimer^ &c.) was by his Majtftys fyecwl Command^ and for the Security of the puUick Peace of the Kingdom. And on the i 8th of January following y, the King beftowed on him the Caftle, Town, and Honour_ i of_ J .D>'^^a_ w ' t ^ tn ^ Cantreds of Rofs ? Reyivynock, Kaermor, and Commot of Dymnach^ with the Appurtenances in North Jf''ales, forfeited by the Attainder of the faid Roger Mortimer ^ Earl of March ; having alfo z got it enacted in the fame Parliament, that the"Lofd William _ Mountagit^ for his loyal Service again/} the late Earl of Ma . rch, and^hisFa- uourersi ffibiiTd have the geheral Entail of _ipooT ~per Annum ^^ Aloreover^ he obtained a GranTTri TaiL to himfelf and Catherine his Wife% of the Caftle of Shireburne^ in Com. _DorJet^ with the Cuftomsof Beer at that Pjacej As alfo of the Manour pf.^^^ nefton^ in the f/kjif_ff^gbt _^ and Caftle of Chrift-Church Twyn- ham, with the .Borough ; the Manour of Wejloure, Hundred of Chrift -Church^ and Manour of ~R'tngrtooa t , in Com.Southstmpt. ; of the Manour of Crokham^ in Com. Berh_ ; Fulmere, in ComT Bucks, Catfourd and LeVe/bam, in Com. Can't ij, with Remainder to the King, & Ci His Majefty had likewife fuch Experience of his other manifoict Services b , that the fame Year he retained him, for Term of his whole Life, N to ferVe him, as well in Time of Peace, as War, for which he had a Grant of the Manour of H^erke upon Ttveedf^ for his Life, as a'lfo of the Manour of Camel ? with" the Park, in Com. Softer fet^ of the Manour, Town, and Hundred of Somer- ton, with the Lordfliip of King/bury^ all in the faid County. Moreover, he was the fame "Year v conftituted Governor of ^hireburne -Caftle^ in Com. Dorjet. as alfo d of the Gaftfe :of Corfe* with the Chafe of In 5 Ed-W. III. he hacTa Charter e for Free-warren in all his Lorufhips of Crokham\ in Com. Eerks^ Syrenejion^ in Com* Southampt. Fulmere, in Com..Buch^ Catfourd and Levejham^ iri Kent : Likewife f , Wreck, Waife, Strey, Goods of Felons^ and Fugitives, with Fines, Amerciaments, and Forfeitures of hi 5 x Rymer^s Fdera, Tom. IV. p. fo6, c Ibid. m. 18. y Clauf. 4. E. III. n. 3. J Rot. Fin. 4 E. III. m. S. z Rot. Par!. 4 E. III. n. 14. e Cart. 5 E. III. n, l8> a Cart. 4 E. III. n. 3. f Ibid, n, i, fc Pat. 4-E, HI, p. i, m. 31' Tertfrits, 274 MONTAGU, Duke of Montagu. I Tenants, in his Manours of Chrift-Cburcb Twynbam, Ry \ and Sweynejlon^ in the Jjle of Wight ^ and County of Southampton. *. Furthermore in 6 Ediv. III. having z a Grant from John l^f de Wylington of the Jjle of Lund^ with its Appurtenances, he procured the King's Confirmation thereof. And the next entiling Year, in Confideration of his great Merits h , and in regard the Caftle of Werke* {landing upon the Marches ^Scotland, was then ruinous, he obtained a Grant thereof (by_Cojnfent of the Lords then aflemblcd in Parliament) to John his Son and Heir, and to_the. Heirs of his Body., on Condition that he (hould for- tify it, and maintain_if in gnod Repajr.^ 'As alio a Releafe from \ the King ', of all his Claim, Right, 'and Title in the whole I/le of Man, with all its Appurtenances, for him and his Heirs for ever. Whereupon he procured a Charter k for a Market every Titejday at his faid Manour^ of /&?, and a Fair yearly on the Eve, Day and Morrow after the Feaft of St. Giles. Thefe Grants^ were principally beftowed on him for his_Services, the fame Year,7n the Scott ijh \Vars, he being the principal 'Commander of thole Forces (ent by King Edward l to make Reprizals on the Scots, for the Outrages they Had committed on the Marches of England ; and pafiing with King Edward Baliol inlQ_jScotla>id, did much Damage to the Enemy, and, among the reft, took a certain Fortrejs, wherein they found the Lord Rober t Coluile* a Baron o{_Englandj Prifoner, whom they releafed, and alfo de- livered many other Engli/h Gentlemen, and feveral great Ladies of the Country. After which they marched direclly for Ber- ivkk, which they laid Siege to^ both by Sea and Land. It muft alfo be remembered, that not long before this, King Edward hold- ing a Parliament at York, whereunto Edward BalioL King of Scotland was fummoned to do Homage, he employed this Lord Montagu m (with the Lord Beaumont, and fome others) to make his Apology, being not able to come, by reafon of his Enemies lying in wait with Defign to take him. The Siege oi_Berwick was judged by the King to be of fuch importance, that he came thither in Ferfon with a well appointed Army ; but before the .(idi^f Surrender thereof, a famous Battle enfued at Halidown. wherein I the Scots (according to their own Writers) had 14000 flam, with \ the Lord Archibald Douglas their General, and "anany~of their f ~ Tobies. The Englijh were led (as my Author " writes) by Kingj Edward, Prince John of Eltham^ the King's own Brother J Thomas of Brotherion. his ynclp, William, Lord_ Monta- \ ter, Lord 'Mauley, wcrnas Eaucl:-amp, 1'iarl of U'cn v E&z^zcVft&IC. J-? -tAZ^oGLe* jP-cv , T , .. 9 \ wrry, C2Y. Sir John frojyart_K- \ * * J ' * /l I ist^fi? tn^l /**J^' rlcr arf-en zn g Pat. 6 E. III. p. 3. m. 4. I Barnes's Hift. of Ediv. III. p. 73. h Ibid. 7 E. III. p. a. m. 24. _ and Knigbtv*, p. 2562. i /?)*r's Feed. Tom. IV. p. 7$. " m Tto. Waif. p. 115. n. 40. k CMt.7. Ill.n. 13. n BamtSt Hift. Ed-w. III. p. 79, So. 2 lates MONTAGU, Duke of Montagu. lates , that in this Sea/an the King of England wanne the mojl Part of the Realm of Scotland, who had many expert Knights about him, among other was Sir Willyartl Mountague, and Sir Walter Manny. T'hey were hardy Knight es, and did many Dedes of Arms? avainjl the Scots. And the better to have theyr entre into Scotland, they fortified the Baftyde of Roufebourge, and mad* it 4 Jirong Caftell, and Sir Will. Montague did fa well in all hys Enter- prifes, that the King made him Erie of Salyfbury. &i In 8 Edw. III. he wa p conftituted Ijovernor of the Ifles 0r Garnfey, Jerefy, Serke, and Aureny ; and fent y (with fbme other of the Englijh Nobles) to the Parliament of Scotland, a Truce be- ' ing then concluded. In 9 E. III. r he was with the King at his Interview with King Edward Baliol, at Carlijle, when it was finally determined be- tween them and their Council, that King Edward of England (hould enter Scotland in a hoftile Manner. Accordingly begin- ning his March, and pafiing ever the Sohuay Frith, he entered Scotland in good Order of Battle. The Lord William Montagti y with certain other Barons of England, coafting on the left Hand towards the Parts of Caer!averock in Nidi/dale^ arid the next Day returned all fafe with great Numbers of Cattle. After which the King pafled the Ford of Anand, which giveth Name to Annan- dale,, and then he reared his Banners Royal, and made many Knights : But to the Lord William Montagu, as Knight on s in- forms us, he gave, Is Creft with Eagle with a- War Horfe Capari- joned, with the Coat Arms of Montague, with the Reverfton of the Mancurs of Wetton and Merfhwood; Which Grant is on Re- cord, 12 July, 9 Edw. III. 1335 ; by which it appears, that r , the King grants to William de Montagu, Tymbriam Nojlram dt Aqui'la (i. e. the Standard of the Eagle) to be borne by himfelf and his Heirs for ever. And in Confideration, that he and his Heirs may with the greater Splendor fupport the Honour and Dignity of bearing the aforefaid Standard^ he grants to him the Ma- nours of Wodeton, Frome^ White feld,^zn& Mgr/hewode, with the Advowfions of the "Churches. Alfb the Man our of r Pole, jvvith the Aflvowfion of the Church, after the DeathTnf Robert le__Fitz-* Pam^and E/a his^Wife, without Iflue_j paying to the King, hii' Heirs and Surc?flbrs'7upo;ft Chriftmas-Day, wherefoeVer he or they ftiould happen to be, a Sword of 3 s. 4 d. Price, for all Services* Encourag'd with this Honour, the Lord Montagu pierc'd further 1 into Scotland ; making great Havock and Spoil, and continually bringing into the Army great quantities of Provifions. But the Scots retiring with the belt of their Subftance into their Fortrefies, among the Marfhes and thick Forefts, there were daily Skirmifh- es u , and in one of them, this Lord Montagu loft one of his Eyes. o Chren. fol. 16. a. I Decem Script. Col. 156;, & fea. p Rot. Fin. 8 E. Ill.ra. 20. t Cart. 9 E. III. n. 16. q Rot. Scoc. 8 . Ill, u Frtiffnrt, fol, l6.b. r Sara t P , 94. 276 M o tf T A G u , Duke of Montagu . It alfb appears that in the fame Year, he x was aflbciated with Robert, 'LordUfford} and Ralph dc Nevill, to treat on and com- rx>re thofe Differences^ which did then depend betwixt Sir Andrew JWurrffi, an eminent Knight of Scotland, and King Edward. In Confederation of his great Expcnces and Labour, in thefe and diverts other Services y , he obtain'd a Qrant of the Foreft of Sel- kirk, and Elryb, witfetbe TP W 9 ? n ^ CoujliLpf Selkirk (in Scot- .latid) with all Knighte Fees^Advoufions of Churches, Abbeys, , /Priorys, Hofpitals, Chapels, Royalties, Offices, &C. to hold in t ( Fee Farm to him and his Heirs ; paying to the King's Exchequer * at Eerwick upon T'wsed, the yearly Rent of thirty Pounds., at the Feafts of St. Martin, and Pentecoft, by even Portions. And alfo z a Grant of the Town and County of PjbUs^ with its Apurte- nances, cc. //-n-**^-6. tjtm^<^ / Moreover in the fame Year (9 Edw. III.) he was made * Cor- ftable of the Tower of London ; and had another G rant b of the Manners of H^odcton, and Merjhewode-Vale, with all other the Marinors__pf 7&kjrt ^Fii^-Paim and la his Wife, lying in the Counties of Somerfet, Dorfct, and Wiltshire, part of the PofTeflions of "John Maltravtrs the younger, attainted. Likewife a c Grant of the Mail nor of Dac/xtfe in Buckinghamjhire. In 10 Edw. Iir. (Jan. 14) his Majefty having full Confidence in the Fidelity, Probity, Circumfpetion and Prudence of his beloved and faithful William jle Montagu d , conftitutes him Ad- miral of his Navy in t\\e~&inque Ports, and all other Ports and PlaceOrom the Mouth of the 'Thames weftwards ; with Power to Punifh, &c. as he thought juft, and as heretofore was ufed. In the fame Year e he had the chief Command of thofe Forces, amounting to near zogoofighting Men, that laid Siege to the ftrong Caftie of D unbar ^ fcituate on the Sea Coaft between Bar^ wick and St. Andrew j, which began on the 2 7th of 'January , and was obfrinately defended for the Space of 1 9 Weelcs^ when by tlie Suhtijty of the Scots^_wbo fought t Re Mediation of the Pope and the French King, whofe Ambailadors obtain'd a Truce, the Siege was raisjJ. Alfo beforeTthe end of the fame_Year, he was f commiffion'd with Henry Burwajh, JBifhop of Lincoln, William, Lord ^Clinton, and others, on an Embaffy to the Earl of Heinalt, T^ather in Law to King, Edward III. On their arrival at Valenciennes, the chief City of Heinalt, where they found the old Earl lying on his Bed fick of the^Gout, and^the Lordjfa^j, his Brother, with him. They were highly" emetflnin'd and refpecT:e:l by them ; and having diftin&ly fliew'd the Caufe of their coming, with King Edward's Pretenfions to the Crown of France, they were thus anfwer'd by X R t. bc,.c 9 E. III. m. 7. c Carr. 9 E III. n. 54. y JJywr's Feed. Tom. IV. p. 671. '' d Rymsr, Tern. IV. p. 726. z Rymcr, ibid. e Barnu, p. joi, I02i a Pat. 9 Ed. IH. p. i. m. 29. f ibid p, 105. b Cart.9-E;-;-'/, in Com. Sor'fjT-nn^t. upon the Eve, Day, and Morrow after the Feaft of St. Andrew the Apoftle. The King was fo wdi advis'd by his Council to ftrengthen him- felf with Alliances, that the fame Year (3 Off.} another Com- mifilon ' was iflued to the faid Earl of Sali/bury, Robert, Earljjf Suffolk, John, Lord Darcg, Steward of the Houfhold, and Henry, Biihop of Lincoln, to" treat thereupon with Lewis the Emperor. And that all Methods to obtain Peace might not be neglected, they u were alfo conftituted the King's Agents, to treat with the magnificent Prince the Lord Philip, the illuftrious King of France (as he is ftiled in the Commiflion) or his Deputies, touching his n AJhrn-le^ Life of- III. in Kjit. of r Cart, n . ill. n. 19. the Cart, p- 64.7. r s Ibid. n. 32. o Rot. Alman: E- III. m. 4. t Rot Aim. IT E. Ill, n. TO- p Rot. Scoc i i,fi' III m. 10. u Ibid. (7 Of} ) m, 7. n. 13. a Ry/ner Tom.V.-p. 824. Right MONTAGU, Duke of Montagu. 279 Rightto the faid Crown, whether it ought to remain to hirrij Q_ King ~Edyuard_i AncT by another Commiflion, they * were"~im- powered to treat upon all Controverfies and Demands whatfbever, relating to the Dukedom o^/lquitane^ and other Parts beyond Sea, and alfo of a happy and perpetual Peace. But thefe Offers being all reiectgdj and the King's Prefence requefted in Flanders, this Earf? emEarqt/d with the King (Ju- ly 1 6) at the Port of Qrewel^ near Harwich in Suffolk, with a royal Navy of 5 oo Saij^ and many of the great Barons of Eng- land, with their Retinues; the King choofing the moft perfbn- able of all his Nobility, to accompany him in this Expedition, thereby to gain the greater Reverence to the Englijh^ Nation from Strangers, who fhould fee their Proportion, Shape, and Slature. They arriv'd at Antwerp, belonging then to the Duke of Brabatit^ on the 2zd of July* where the King was met by that Duke, the Ear] I of \Gueldre, the Marquis of Jutiers, the Lord 'John flemajt, Uncle to the young Earl, and all others who were retain'd ; and People flock'd from all Parts to fee the Kino;, and to obferve the royal Magnificence of his Court. His Majefty continued abroad the whole Year, and gave the Emperor an Interview at Cologne^ which was very Glorious and Magnificent ; and during his Stay, 2 the feveral great Lords of England rode about Flanders and Heinalt, freely beftowing Gold and Silver and Jewels to the Lords and Ladies of the Country, to incline them to their Party; and were extoll'd among the common Sort, becaufe of the fplen- did Shew they made. In this i 2th Year of the King % in Confideration of the emi- nent Services of this Earl, as well in Peace as in War, he obtain'd a GranfjFr hisJLife (bearing Date at Antwerp, Sept. zoth) of the Office of Earl-Marfhal of England, then void by the Death of Thomas, Earl of Norfolk, the King's Uncle. And by reafon of his great Expences^ whilft he continued abroad, he obtain'd the King's Precept b , to~the Lord Treafurer and Barons of his Exchequer, for an Allowance of five Marks per diem, during; the time he was i employ 'd in his Service to Holland, Zeeland and Alma'mc\ as alfo Recompcnce for his Horfcs loft in that Service ; and for the Wages of 200 Mariners, in four Ships of his own, for the War; like- wife for the Wages of 202 Welfhmen, whereof two were Men at Arms, and 2.0 were HoBelars on Horfeback, chofen out of his Territory of Denbygb. And having, by the King's fpecial Com- mand c , paid \o f ojMurks to certain Perfons beyond_the Seas, for the difpatch of fome very urgent and fecret Affairs, he had ri fpecial Orders directed to Prince Edvoard, to fee the fame repaid to him out of the Mint: A^nd had iikewife an Aflignation out of the x A^rnole, p. 648. a Rymtr, Ton^ 5. p. 83. y T Waif. p. 119. djbmlt, p. 649- b Clauf iz flUI p 1.111.39. Knigbt"n, 2571, tec. c Rymtr, Tom^V. p. 749. z Barntt, p. 114. d CUuf. 12 . t (. p. 2. m, ia. T 4 Exchequer 280 Mo N T A G u, Duke of Montagu. Exchequer % of what he had expended whilft he was Joint Go- vernour of the Tiles of Garmfey, Jerefey, Serke, and Aureneye'yi'itii Henry de Ferrers. Moreover, f in the faid Year, he was in that Expedition then made into Scotland ; and, for his Services, ohtain'd from the King g a Grant of ' the'Caftle of Hawardyne, the Stew- ardfhip of Chejicr ; the Manner of Kenynghale, in tern. Norf. ; the Manner of CaJJynglond, in Com. Suff.; the Manner of Malverthorpe^ in Com. Line, with the Advoufion of the Church ; the Caftle and Town of Mohaut, with the Appurtenances, late Robert de Mo- baytj Steward of Chejler, in all which Queen Ifabel had an Eftate for Term of Life h , which he procui'd her to releafe to hirn. for fix hundred Marks. in the ijth_Year of King; Edward, the War being begun with France, this Jarl of Saiifbury attended on his Sovereign at Mechelen, and was the firft who begun Hoftilitics, making an Inroad into the Bifhoprick of Lejge \ where having wafted all before him for feveral Miles together, he return'd fafe again, laden with Spoil and Glory. He was afterwards at the Siege of Cam- bray, and was one~ ir of the chief Commanders under the King at Vironfcjfi, when his Army was drawn up for Battle with the French, on Friday 2 i ft of Oftobcr* which the French King de- clin'd, tho' a folemn Agreement had been made for both Armies to engage onjthatJDaj'. On King Edward's return to Antwerp r , the Earl of Salifburv was commiflion'd with the Archbifhcp of Canterbury, and others, to treat of Peace with Philip of Valoh (as he is call'd in the Commiffion) or with Commiflioners from him ; and a Month after, viz. on the i 6th of December, the faid Com- jnifiion was renew'd, Rober^llfford, Earl of Su/oti, being added. Alfb when the King's Embaffadors m could not finally agree, and conclude the League with the "Duke of Brabant, he infifting upon_j7oooo7. in Confideration thereof, and they offering but 60000, King Edward and the faid Duke mutually agreed to leave the Arbitration of that Difference to this Earl of Sakfotry* and Otto, Lord \_de_ Citye, who concluded, That Edward, King of England, ought to p^y the Duke 5 ogp /. more ?.t three Payments, by equal Portions. In the mean time the King kept his Chrtft- mas in great Splendor at Antwerp, together with his Queen and her Ladies, and many German Lords, moft part of his Army re- maining rtill about him. In the faic[Year on Account with the Earl of Sal(fbury * for his Expences in the Siep;e of the Caftle of Ditnbar ; in Scotland, and in Provisions for Ijis Attendance on the King into Flanders, which amounted to a thpufand Pounds, he e Cbuf. iz E. III. p. i. m. 14. k Froif. p. 23. b. f Rot. Scoc. ii .111. m. 22. ;> . v . . . J Afrmdc, p. 650. ex Pat. inter Re- g Ex Autog. penes Job. Pbilpot, Somerf. gem & diverts Magnat. German. 15 Niv, Her. 11, E. III. h Pat. iz E. IU, j-, 2. m. 10. per "in Rymer, Tom. V. p. 148. infpex. * J^ot, Vafc. 13. E. 3. m. 13; i Knigbtor, p, 2573. obtain'd MONTAGU, Duke of Montagu. obtain'd the King's Precept, for Reception thereof out of his Treafury. In 14 Edw. III. when the King had aflum'd the Arms and Style of France, and determin'd to return to England, he left the Earl Q^jSalifbury " Commander in Chief of his Forces in Flanders^ and committing his Queen and Children to the Care of this jarl, landed fafe at Orwell in Suffolk, the 21 ft of February. His jLord- fhip, for the better annoying of his Enemies, took up his Head- Quarters on the VrontiersofJFrance. at Ypre \ from whence palling with the Earl of Suffolk^ to meet Jacob van Arteveld, Commander of the Flemings, at Tournay^ they were taken Prifoners by the Garrifon of Z^/fe^as Froifart particularly relates : " They being ' both taken and fworn Prifoners (with their Men) and then ** clapjJn Irons, were carried to_^?, and laid in the Town- ;t Hall Prifon. or common Goal, till it might be refolv ? d what " to do with them. I At laft it was determined that thefe two ' illuftriqus Captives, being fetter'd and {hackled with Iron, '' fhould be fent and prefented to the French King, as a lucky ' Hanfel of his future Succefs. As they were convey'd to Paris, " they were drawn in a Cart thro' every Town, VillageorFfem- ' let in their way, with great Shouts_and Scqffirof the Vulgar. ' c p Being at laft brought into the King of France's Prefence, he '' moft unworthily commanded they fhould be put to,Death.; but '' to this the moft noble King of Bohemia*. John of Luxemburg}}, fc oppos'd himfelf with Words to this effe&. Sir, if tbefe Gentlemen, your Prifoners, -were not Perfons of as high Merit as Quality, I Jhould not take much Notice of them at this time ; tho I Jhould hardly allow of putting the moft mean or undeferving Enemy to Death in cold Blood. They are indeed, as Matters now ftand, open Emmies to your Majejly ; but they am honourable Enemies however, and fuch as never fought again/} you, but^m their ~Ltege MaJJer's Quarrel.^ nor then till open Defance_ had been made. Nor were they taken fe muchjy the Valour tf your Subjefti, as ^ r ^ an Excefs of their own, and that too by a JuKU Contrivance of their Advcrfaries ; nor even then perhaps had they fo^Jamely yielded, but that they believd they Jhould not fail o being us'd like Prifoners of War. / Let not the moft Chri- Jfian King of France prove more Jeygre and lefs jujt or 'honoura- ble than even ' his Enemies fuppos'd him to be. Befide, the Event of War is uncertain^ and the King of ^^England is not only himfelf of great Puiffance, but has gained jlrong 'Allies in^ the Empire ; fo that he may be fuppos'd able to return like for like : _ If thcJeMen therefore Jhould now die, who of pur Lords would willingly fghtjn your ^uarrel^ JinctTtf taken, they muft never ex- pecJto be put to Ranfom* ^Tntt in revenue of tbefe Mem Blood, to in- /7w^~5^. Nor are your Enemies onfyjlike to refent this A/^ion^ n Barret, p. 1^60, 162, P Stvwt, p. 236, o Chron, p. z6 ( b, / if 282 MONTAGU, Duke of Montaou. J O if you proceed feverely, but ike better part of your Friends^alfo, at you may guefs from me, who am the firft that blame this Re/option of year's again/ijhem. To kill thofe that refift, is Valour and Jujiice ; but to put thofe to the^Suior^jivho have laid down theirs.^ is both cruel and ungenerotts: It may be any Man's Fortune to be taken Pri- foner j but it will be an eternal Blot to that Conqueror, who de/lroys thofe in cold Blood, whom the Law of Arms makes only Prifsners of War. My royal Friend and Brother, let us refolve to be valiant Enemies but merciful Fifton; ; at leajl let us forbear tbefe unrea- fonable Severities, till iue are firft provoked by the Example of the Englifh to ufe them. King Philip, convinc'd by thefe Reafons of his old Friend, the heroick K\ng^af_JBqhemia, revok'd the Sentence of their Death ; tut however q committed them to clofe Priion. The Earl of Salisbury foon after offer'd to Ranfom himfelf, but the French King, knowing his Abilities in War, would confent to no Condi- tions, unlefe he would fwear never more to bear Arms againft hinW>r h' s Adherents, within the Kingdom of France r . This v jiard Condition he made known to his Sovereign ; who out of his cordial Affection to him, and fince he coulcf not poffibly gain his Liberty upon any other Terms, granted him his royal Licence jb ( to do, Dated. 20 M0jj. Neverthelefs he was not releas'd till King Edward had made a Truce with the King of France, when it was ftipulated that he fhould be exchanged s for the Earl of Murref, or Murray ', a chief prince of the Blood in Scotland. Accordingly, on the 2 6th of October (14 Edw. III.) the Earl of Salisbury u having his Majeftj^ Grant of the Body of the Earl of Murref, then lately taken Prifoner, and at the King's difpofe ; and "paying three thoufand Pounds Sterling, was fet at liberty. Whereupon (with many other Knights of England) he took his Journey into Spain?, unto the Frontiers of Granada } to the Sieee of Algefters (a great Town of the Sarafens, upon the Straits of Marock} which the go'xl Kin;: Jlpboxfus had beleuguer'd. Mr. Barnes z complains, that Matters having been fo confi'.fed- ]y related by Authors, much Difficulty arofe to him in reconciling them. Neverthelefs, he is in an Error about the Earl of Salifburfs, Exchange, by allcdging the Earl of Murray was not taken Pri- foner till the Year after, when the Record cited in Mr. Rymer's Fxdera, makes it otherways evident. Yet the Credit of his Hifto- ry miifl be allow 'd, he having wrote diffidently of this and fome other Particulars, that he could not well reconcile. 'Tis certain, the Earl of Salt/bury was prefent at the Parliament, which fat in April, 1 5 Edw. III. being one of thofe Nobles % who were to q Walfingb. Hift. p. 134. & 805. r Rymer, Tom. V. p. 313. y Ibid. Froifart, p. 41. a. z Life of E. III. p tag, 2*+/ ford, and Suffolk, went from Cannes with 1000 Men of Arms, and 3000 Archers, and laid Siege to the City of^Rennes, from whence the Lord C/wrles of Blois had been gone for four Days before. Thefe were all undejr_the..Cftnirnand^_of the EarTof 'Salt/bury^ the Lord Robert of Artoh being left in Vannes, which was carried by Aflault, whilft the Earl lay before Rennes, and the Lord Robert received a Wound, whereof Jie died, and narrowly efcapecTbeing taken Pri- Prtif, p.47. IBarnet, p. 271. 1 froif- & Barnet, p, 271, 272. .'"''.''* ioner '*' '- MONTAGU, Duke of Montagu.' 285 foner in Fannes. The Enemy, notwithftanding this Succefs, never attempted to difturb the Earl of Salijbury in hisSiegepf Rennes m , who continued before the Place, till his royat'Mafter King Ed- ward came to him, having vow'd to take fevere Revenge for the Death or" his dear Friend, the Lord Robert of drtoh. The King landed in Bretagne with fuch numerous Forces, that Nantes, Vanne^ and Rennes^ were befieged at one_JCime. His IVlajeffy only (laid fiyjeJjPaTTTiefor^I^^wj, and then returned to his Armv, when having ravaged the Country and taken Dinant^ the French King Cent his.Son, the l^uk^s^Normandy, witH~a great Army to oppofejiim. This caufed the Kmg~tb~recal his Forces from, before Nantes and Rentes, and the " Earl of Salt/oury joined the Army before__^wn^, not being able to reduce the Town of Rennes, though he made feveral fierce Aflaults on it; but was fo well defended by fome of the moft confiderable Cap- tains of thofc Days, that he could gain no Entrance into it. At length, after the two Armies had fronted one another for feveral Davs, without any A&ion further than fome light SkirmifJhes, (the French not daring to attempt the Englijh in their Camp) the Wet and Cold, and other Co'nfiderations, prepared the Minds of the t\vo Kings, to accept the Mediation of the Pope, for a Truce between England and Prance, to hold for three Years. This being agreed to, both Armies feparated, and King Edward, after fome Stay at Hennebond with the Countok_of_.Montfor^, took Shipping, and for five^jgeks together was tofledabout with Tem- pefts on the Sea, fo that he expected inevitable Death 7 but after ^ much Difficulty, landed at Wejmouth f _?^^_Chrifl'nas. Be- fore his Departure, a Time was appointed in "January, for to treat more fully of the Truce, in the Priory of St. Mary Ma?- dalene in Maleftroit, a Town of Bretagne ; and on 1 9 ^January y 1343, the Commiflioners of both __ Kings took their corporal Oaths (according to a CommiiTion by the faid Kings to them made) for the Obfervation of the Articles concluded on. The Commiflioners for the King of England were q the Lor de Lanca^er^E^rl of^Der^j the Lord William Bobun^ ^ Northampton, the Lord William Montagu* Earj Lord Stafford, and other_ Lords. And on the French King's Part, were the Lord_0/A^_Duke of Burgundy, the Lord Peter, Duke of Bourbon, the Earls of Boulogne, duxerre, and other Earls and Lords. This r Earl of Salijbury, and Henry Earl of Derby, were at the fame Time alfo appointed Ambafiadors from the King, their Matter, to treat with Aljhonfo, King Q^ Caftile, for the compo- luig certain Differences betwixt the Subject of that King, and m Barnes, p. 278. 279. p Froif. p. 49. a. n Froif. p. 49. & Barr.et t ft i8l, a82J q Barna, p. 284.' o Btraes, p. 283. X Rot. Franc, i-j III, HI; 12: the 286 MONTAGU, Duke of Montagu. the Subje&s of King Edward: And taking their Journey ' with all hafte into Spain (with many great Lords and valiant Knights of England, France, and Bretagne) they found King Al- phonftf at the Siege of Algezira, before which he had now lain a_ long time : And here the" Englijh, under thefe two valiant Earls, '< fought twice with the Pagans (who came to relieve the Place) and, to their great Honour, behaved themfelves fo well, that at length, after a Siege of three. Years, the City was yielded to the King of Spain. Thus the two Englijh Earls, as our Hiftorians have obferved, went not only in Quality of Ambafladors from their King, but were alfo Champions of Chrift; and having happily performed all Matters, both of War and Peace, they fhortly after returned home with great Glory. It has been already mentioned, that the Earl was at the Siege of Algljhrs two Years before, which Mr. Barnes ' thinks to be a Miftake; but Sir IVilliam Dugdale n having placed it in that Year, and cited Leland for his Authority, I chofe not to omit it, leav- ing the Reader to judge, whether he might not be there then, and at this Time, as the Seige continued three Years. Soon after this noble Earl's Return to his native Country, his Sovereign, to encourage martial Exercifcs, began to hold his Round Table at Windfor x j and having iflued out his Royal Let lers of Protection, for the fafe coming and return of .foreign Knights, their Servants, &e. who being defirous to try their Valour, (hould come to a folemn Juft to be holden at Windfor ; on y Monday after the Feaft of St. Hillary (which then happened on z the i gth Day of January). There was a fplend id Conven- tion of the Lords of England, and foreign Lords, fifft who exercifed themfelves in all "Knightly Feats of Arms, as Jufts, Tournaments, Running a_J:he Ring, &c. In thefe martial Sports, this great Earl of Sajtfhitry, King_of_the Ifle of Man, and Marfhal of England, through his immoderate Courage and Labour, for three or four Days together, was at laft fo bruiied and wearied with thofe boifterous Encounters, that failing a into a Fever thereby, he died within eight Days after, in the 43d Year of his Age b on the ^oth^jf, January, 1344.3. to the In- finite Regret of the King and all the Court, as well Strangers as Englijb, of whom c Walfmgham \sbxs his Leave in thefe Words, This Tear departed this Life, the Lord_ William JVfontagu, Earl ,^jSalifburyj King^o^JAaB, and Mar/hal with the Lordfliips of Ros, Roweynok^ and Keymergh, in North^Wqles j of the Caftle of Sbirhurne> in Com. Dorfety with the Cuftom of Beer there ; as alfo of the Manours of 'Worth, Swere and Pole, in that _Cou nty ; of Icbenton, Stoke y Triftre, with its Members of Cokelyngton and Boyfore ; alfo of the Hamlet of Blackmore, parcel of the Manour of Sbipton-Mon- tacute, ^Jn^Cem. Somerjet , likewife of the Manour of Sweyn- fton,tiw\th its Members in the I/le of IFigbt ; and of one Mef- fuage, and one Carucate of Land in Wonford^ in Com. Devon^ with the Advowfon of the Priory of Bujilejham^ leavingj?^? // Ham his_Son and Heir, at that Time 15 Years of Age : He alfo ,-, dledleized_ of _the^Cafl:je and Manour^if Werke^ in Com. Nor- thumb, for Term of his. Life, the Remainder .SQ^ohn his So and the Heirs of his Body. BefiJes thefe two Sons already mentioned, he had Iflue fo Daughters ', -viz. Sibyll, Wife of Edmund, Son to Edmund, Earl of Arundel', Pbillr^a^^ of Roger de .. _Mprtimer. 3 Earl of March ; Elizabeth^ of Giles, l>ra~Badlefmere, and Agnes~*^ who in 9 Edw . III. was contracted to "John deJZreyj Son and Heir of Roger. Lord Grey of Deffrencloyt^ her Portion being a thoufand Marks. Their^Mother was Latherfne ', Daughter to William^ Lord Grandijon fand Sybylla his Wife, Daughter afld. - Heir oTjohn de Tregoz, a great Baron) and Sifter "and Heir to " Otto, Lord "^ without Jliue. ~This Lady Catherine had for her Dowry" an TOHgliation of the Manours_j3f ^JKno/le_^.nd_ Ckeddejey, in Com. Someifet) Swere^ in Com. Dorfetj the Hamlet of Blachnore, Pudilton, with the Hundred, and Six Pounds Seven Pence yearly Rent from the Abbot of Bynedon, for the Manour of Wejl- Lullewortby all in the fame County of Dorjet^ ; as alfo of one Meffuage and one Carucate of Land in Wonford^ in Com. Devon. and one Toft and one Carucate of Land in Watyngwell^ irilhe " e Mon. Ang). Vol. II. p. 355. k Clauf. 9 E, III. indorfo. in. 24. f Ajhmolt, p. ^.Mills' Cat. p.iO42. 1 Rot. Fin. i H. IV. m. ao; g Manaft. Ibid. p. 83. b. m Clauf. 20 .R. II. p. i. m. 18; h Efc. 18. E. III. Numb, cjj p Clauf. 18 ,1JJ,P, j.m; J3i i Caul, of Nob. by tf. 5. ^ 28 & MONTAGU, Duke of Montagu . Me of Wight. She departed this Life in 23 Edw. III. and wa$ buried at Buftlejham, now called Bifnam, with an Inscription, fettting forth, that William, Lord Grandifon, her Father, was a Burgundian, and Coufm German to the Emperor of Ccnjlantl- nole^ King of Hungary, and Duke of Bavaria. William, Earl of Saiifiury, eldeft Son of the (aid Earl of ?// ry, was born p the Morrow after Midsummer-day, ^ Edw. III. The Z4th of May, 20 / III. the Wardmip of 'his Body q was committed to "John de Somerton, and Tbomat Waryn, until Cbri/i- mas following, and then renewed till Whiifontids % and thence till Michaelmas enfuing ; and being within Age, he attended the King the fame Year % in that great Expedition then made into France, at whofe landing at La Hague in Normandy l , lie received the Honour of Knighthood ; fhortly after which he was u at the Siege of Caen, and at that famous Battle of CrcJJy, which happened the fame Year. In 2 i Edw. III. he was * again in the Wars of France, as alfb y in 22 Edw. III. and in 23 Edw. III. (though not then of full Age) in Recompence of the valiant Actions then performed by him, had fuch Favour from the King, as z that he obtained Livery of the Rcverfion of all the Lands of his Inheri- tance. Alfb before the End of this Year, making Proof of his Age a upon the Death of Catherine his Mother, he had Livery of the Manours of Sweynefton, and Bright ejlbny in the IJle of Wight, which (he held for Term of her Life. On the Inftitution of the moft refiowned Ordef of the Gar- ter b , he was the yth Knight elected ; and in 24 Edw. III. was * In the Sea-Fight againft tfie Spaniards near Wincheljey. In 27 Edw. III. (24 Ottob.} he d did his Homage to the King (in the new Chamber of his royal Palace at Weftmmfter) in th6 Prefence of Prince Edward^ for his Barony of Den/ygb in North-Wales. In 29 Edw. III. on the Dutchy of Aquitane being afllgned to Prince Edward(*$\\C12xft attended him in thofe Parts, taking f Shipping at Plymouth, upon the FefHval of the Nativity of the blefled Virgin : Whereupon he obtained Letters, dated 8 Julij y directed to the Senefchal there, with Command g , that he mould not be fued or molefted, for any of his own, or Anceftors Debts, during the Space of two Years. From that Country he rode (with the Prince, C5V.) h over the Hills of Languedoc (within two O Millet's Cat. of Hon. p. 1042. a Ib. 2. tn. 14. p Efc. IS E. III. Numb. 51. b AJbmolt^ 9.690. q Rot. Franc, ao E. Ill, p. i.m.6. c Barnes, p. 4^1. z Ib. p. 2. m. 4. d Clauf. 27 E. III. m. 10; s Ib. p. i. m. u. e Ypod. Nniftr. 123. Numb. 10. t Barnes, p. 341. f MS. in Bib. Bodi. K. 84. 121. a u St/rwts Annals, p. 241. T. Wall. 162. Numb. 30.' r Rot. Franc, ai . III. p. 2.01.20. p Rof. Vafr. 29 E. III. m. 5. y. Ib. ir. 2. h Lei. Col. Vol. I, p. 812 Since'* Aa- 9. CJ^uf. *i. J1I. p. i, no. 12; naif, . 2^6. b. * Days Mo N T A G tr, Duke of Montagu. 289 Days Journey of Avinion) burnt the Suburbs of Narlone, de- ftroyed Karkafon, and the Parts adjacent ; and returned to Bour- deaux, over the Country of Errmniak, without Battle. In 30 Edw. III. being again ! in the Wars of France, he commanded the Rear of the Engli/h Army, in that famous Battle of Poiftiers : In the Heat of which Fight, it is faid k , that he ftrove with the Earl of Warwick, which of them (hould rnqft bedew the Land with French Blood. 'Tis certain, that the En- glijh Rear ', under this Earl, came to fuftain the firft main Strefs of the Battle, and wholly difcomfhed thofe they encountered" with, flaying the Lord Cjermont, the French Marfhal ; and of 3000 Scots who were in his Battalia, few efcaped. Afterwards this Earl m fought, with the greateft Magnanimity, againft thofe Forces fnat were headed by the King of France in Perfon, and totally defeating them, the faid King, and his Son Philip., were taken Prifoners. In 3 1 Edw. III. he continued n ftill in the Wars of France, as he did likewife in 3 3 Edw. III. when the King himfelf was there, with his four Sons ; and 'tis memorable, that on muttering his Men between Sandivich and Dover, he declared aloud to all Jiis chief Captains, and caufed to be proclaimed thro' the Army, p That it was his Refolution to go over into France, and never to return again alive, till either by War be fimdd have ended the Controverfy, or elje obtain a Peace both to his Honour and Advan- tage ; otherwife that he would lofe his Life in the Attempt. And therefore (faid he) if there are any among you, that is not very wil- ling to partake with me in whatever God foall pleafe to fend us, Ho- nour or Dishonour, Peace or War, Life or Death ; that Man hath now my free Leave to depart. But all anfwered, They were re- folved to live and die with him. This Earl continued with the King in France the Year fol- lowing (34 Edw. III.) who fo well iucceeded in his victorious Progrefs, that 1 on the laft Day of March, being the Tuefday be- fore Eafter, he came with his Army before the City of Pari^ and our Earl of Salijbury r , with the Duke of Lancajler, and the Earl of Northampton, had the Command of the firft great Batta- lia, the King himfelf leading the fecond, and the Black Prince, with his three Brethren, the laft. And on the Conclufion of the Peacevthe fame Year, he s was one of the Great Men, who, with the King, took their Oaths for the Obfervation thereof. In 4.3 Edw. III. he was ' the chief of thofe named by the King, to accompany his Son John, Duke of Lancajler, in his i Rot. Vafc. 30 E. HI. m. 4. Cantabr. c. 230. & catteri omnes. k Srcvwr's Ann. a6l. b. q Bamet, p. 578 1 Barnes, p. 506. r Knigbton, p. abzj. & Matt, rtllant, m Ibid. p. 508, 509- * 9- c - 85- P- 5^9- n Rot. Vafc. 31 E. HI. m. 16. s B^KS, p. 602. Ibid. 33 E. III. m. 8. . t Frstfat, p. 157 b. W/> p. 44" p MS. vet. Angl, in Bibl. C.C.C. U Voyage 290 MONTAGU, Duke of Montagu. Voyage into France, againft whom the Duke_of Burgundy was fent with fo great an Army u , that the EngKJh were but as a 'Handful to them, vet he could obtain no Advantage; for having pitched his Tents near Calais, within a Mile of the Englijb Army, after 19 Days ftay, he diflodged and went to St. Omers. On whofe Departure, the Duke of Lancajler returned to Calais, and having refrefhed his Army for three Days, marched thence to St. Omers, and the Country of St. Paul, and naffmg the River Some, entered the Countries of Vexin and Ewe, within the Arch- bifhoprick of Rohan ; thence to Diepe and Harflew, with De- fign to barn the French Fleet that lay there ; but the Earl of St. Paul entering the Town, before the Arrival of the Duke G- Lancajler, and the Earl of Salijbury, fecured the Haven. There- upon they returned through Ponthieu^ where, before Abeville, they took .Prifoner Sir Hugh de Chaftelon, Mafter of the Crofs-bows in France ; who, with the Earl of St. Paul, had before taken it from the King of England: And having wafted the Country with Fire and Sword, as they pafled to Calais, (laid there feme Time, and taking Shipping, arrived in England about the Feaft of St. Martin the Biihop, /'. e. Nov. i o. In 44 Edw. III. this noble Earl x was a Witnefs to the King's taking an Oath, for the Prefervation of the Privileges of the People of Aquitqne, Copies thereof being thought auvifeable to be k-i-.t to fome of the Principal of that Province, to be made pub'ick, to fatisfy the Minds of the People who had complained of divert Grievances. In 46 Edw. III. when the Earl of Pembroke was taken Pri- - foncr, and by that Mifchance the King and his Council were in Fer.r that alj Pslfiau and Saintogne would be loft, the King or- dered the Ear! of Salijbury to go into thofe Parts, with 500 Men of Arirs befides Archers ; but the Affairs of Bretagne coming on prcfently after, put it by, which King Edward repented of after- '..-:>. r,is, as y Authors obierve. He attended the King, when % ir. the fame Year, he took his Voyage to relieve Thouars, who <':r .ling Ijis Courfe towards Rachel, was not able to land, by rea- ( i of contrary Winds and Tempefts, but forced to return after d '.(-,-_ Vv r cc'cs being tofied on the Sea. The Year following, on a H:; snour that *Jevan Prince of Wales, Son of Prince Aymon^ was upon the Englifh Coafts with 6000 Men, defigning to land, he ' was appointed to guard the Seas, and at that Time was re- tained by Indenture to ferve the King b , with no lefs than ?oo Men of Arms, whereof 20 befides himfelf were Knights, and t'le others, Efquires j as alfo with 300 Archers. In this Fleet , - ,^~ \'; - n Frctfart, cap. 268, 260. z 7 _ ., Bom,,, p. 7 g 9 , 790 . Fn ;f t p. j66> a j Fr fl( /. C2 p. 305, 308 (which p . ,,. b x Aut ne , Cleric Mo N T AG u, Duke of Montagu. 291 (which confirmed of 40 great Ships befides Barges) c were 2000 Men of Arms, befides Archers ; and departing from the Courts of Cornwaly they made directly for the Port of St. Malo in Bretagne, where they burnt 7_huge Spanijh Carracks. Thence they failed to Brejl, and there relieved the Garrifon (where Sir Robert Knowles was befieged) with Men and Provifions ; after which they failed with Defign to keep the Frontiers of Breia%ne and Normandy, and being reinforced with i-ooo Men of Arms, and 2000 Archers (on hearing the Garrifon of Brcft had made a Competition with the Conftable of France] he again directed his Courfe d to Breft, and landing, ranged his Men in Battle Array to fight the French. Thereupon the Conftable of France, who who had fent a good Part of his Men into' Picardy,' and with others maintained a Siege before Becherel in 'Normandy, little thinking the Earl of Sali/bury could fo quickly come to BreJ}, ftrong enough to give him Battle, laid afide his Intention of going to Brejr % which induced the Earl of Salifbury to fend a Herald to him, who delivered his Errand in thefe Words : Sir, my Lord the Earl of Salifbury, and the other Lords of England, fend you Word by me, who am an Herald of Arms, how they under/land, that fame while fines you laid Siege to the Caflle of Breft, and how certain Treaties and Compofitions were made between you and thofe of the Garrifon, importing, that if they were not relieved byfuch aJDay, which is now at Chanel, then they Jhould deliver up the Town and Cajlle into your Hands. Wherefore, Sir, may it pleafe you to know, that they are now come before Breft to keep their Day, and to defend the Place. AncTfor your Part, they expecJ you Jhould repair to meet them ; which if you Jhall do, they promife you Battle without fail ': 'But if you refufe thus much, then they require you to fend them again fuch Hojlages as you have upon this Account. Whereunto the Conftable fubtily anfwered : Herald, whereas you tell us how the Englifh are come to give us Battle, you bring us good NewSj and are therefore welcome : Tou Jhall tell your Majlers alfo, that we are more defirous to ~fight with them, than they can be with us $ but yet they are not in that^ Place where the Treaty was confirmed and author ifed : Therefore let them know, that if they will come hither ( to Nantes ) without fail we will prefent them with Battle. This the Conftable fai^ to evade meeting the Earl of Sali/bury, knowing that the Englt/h '* forces could not, without the greateft Hazards, go as far as Nantes, where the Treaty was made. Whereupon the Earl of Salifbury fent back another Meflage by the fame Herald, which he thus delivered : Sir 9 I am come again to you from my Lords and Majlers, to whom I have related your firft jfnfwer from Point to Point : c Fraif. p. 188, & feq. d Bamtt, p. 856. from M&tr.iy, &c, Frtif, cap. 309. U 2 292 MONTAGU, Duke of Montagu. Sir, they fay, how they fire Men of the Sea, and being lately c-ome thence, bave_ no Horjes with them, fir.d that they are not ac- cujlorned to travel Jar on Foot : But thh they fay, that if you will fend tfom your Horfej, they will come to what Place you will ap- point, and give Batik, to keep touch with you. No more Hafle than gaod Speed, (replied the Conftable) we are not in the Hu- mour to do cur Enemies fuck a Kindnefs as to fend the?n our Horfes ; it would furely be a fmall piece of Wijdom fo to do : And yet if we had fuch a Purpofe, we Jhould demand good and fufficient Hojtages, which Jhould be rcfponfeble for our Horfes again. Sir, (faid the Herald) I have no Orders to fay any thing as to that Matter : But this, Sir, they commanded me to tell you, that if you will not yield thus much, you cannot lawfully detain the Hojlages which are in your Hands. Wherefore, Sir, in fending them lack, you will Jo honourably, as you ought to do. The Confiable faid, he was not advifed to do any fuch thing ; and fo the Herald returned to the Earl of Salifbtiry before Ere ft. The Earl, after tarrying till the Time limited was expired, entred Brejl the Day following ; . and having; reviclualled the Town, and greatly reinforced the Garrifon, he returned to his Ships, to keep the Marches and Frontiers on the Sea-Coafts, as he had been commanded by the King to do. In 48 Edw. III. he e was one of the Embafladors fent (with the Duke of Lancajler^ the Lord Ccbharn, and others) to Bruges in Flanders, to treat of a Peace with the French, which was managed on the Part of the King of France, by Lewis Duke of Anjou, Philip, Duke of Burgundy, and others. Which Treaty was carried on for two f full Years _with incredible Expenccs, the Frenchmen all the while preparing at Home g for War, fitting lind making of Arms of all forts, and providing all man- ner of Warlike Habiliments. A Truce was however made, and the Feaft cf All-Saints in 50 Edw. III. being appointed for another Meeting at Bruges,' our E.irl of Salt/bury was again there, and tarried the remainder of the Winter, and moft part of the Lent following h , the Embafladors keeping great State. On his Return he was conftituted ' (ibjufy) Admiral of ti^e King's Fleet, from the Mouth of the River Thames to the Weftward Parts : And on the ad of "January in 5 i Edw. III. k one of the Commiffioners for Arraying all able Men from 16 to 60 Years of Age, in the County of Do>fct, to witfiftand the Attempts of the French, then thrcntning an Invafion. On the z6th of April following, this Earl being again appointed one of the Embafladors for holding another Treaty with the French. e Fioif.p. 192. Ypod. Nenftr. 133, n. h B-nnts, p. 79. 3- Rot Franc, co E- m. 14. f MfHfn-. k ^id. -\\' alfo a Perfon of great Note in his Time. In ro Edw. III. he 1 was in the Wars of France^ in which Year the famous Battle of Cre/Jey happened, as k alfo in 21 Edw. HI. and difiinguiftied himfelf in the2zd Year of Ed-tuardthz Hid, 'when the French, in Time of Truce, attempted to furprize Calais^ having fuborned Sir Emeric of Pavia, a Lombard, Captain of the Caftlc, to de- liver it up. In 34 Edw. III. he m was retained by Indenture to ferve the King in Gafeointwlth fix Horfes ; and in 43 Edw. III. was n again in thofe Wars of France with *Jobn^ Duke of Lancajler. Al- fo in 46 Edw. III. (being then called 'Johannes Montacute le piere. miles) was, in the King's Fleet at Sea, of the Retinue with William (his Brother) Earl j)f Salt/bury. AnXirTyF7i3tt7. III. Tie was, with the Biftiop of Hereford and others p , empowered by the King to go to Bruges^ to treat with the Earl of Sakbrufe, the Lord of Cbaftillon, and Mor.fieur Philibert C Efpiote^ ^KeFrencb Commiflioners, atout a Peace be- t weerT the twcTRealrnsT In i__Ricb. II. being then a Banneret, he was q pgain retained to ferve the King with 60 Men at Arms, and 60 Archers, him- felf of the Number, with one other Banneret, 5 Knights, and the reft Efquires. In 3 Rich. IL he was, among other noble Perfons r , appointed tQ_werIoolc theState of the Kingdom, and {he_ K i ng's H oufooki , that all the Abufes and Grievanceslni^ht be red refled^ of \vhicH ad~ that Ye7r ^mpkmed" in Parliament. And in Rich. II. being~theh"Stewaf3 of the King's tJoufliold % was Tent to Calais in his Service, being affigned to cbndiiM Queen Anne (Sifter to Iffnce/aus, King of the Romans) with all State anH Honour to the Prefence of King Richard,, to whom (he had lately been efpoufed. f Rot. Fin. 6H. IV. m. 5. n Rnt. Franc. 43 E III. m. n. g Hollinf. p. 366. o Ibid, 46 E. III. m. 14. h Efc. 2O R. II. n. 25. p Barret's Hift. of Edw. III. p. 906. i Rot. Franc. ao. IH'.'m.e. q Ex Autng; penesrOer. Pell, k Ibid. 21 E. III. p. i. m. 3. r Rymer's Foedera, Tom. YJIt fol. 250^ 1 Barnes's Hift. of _with an Ewer. To the fa id Sit/tlbis Daughter (a_Nun) xx /. and to the Priorefs and Nuns of Ambrejbury, xx /. to pray for his Soule. Alfo to Margaret his Daughter (a Nunjikewife) xx /. And to the Abbefs and Nuns of Berfanz xx /. to pray for his Soule. Laftly, he bequeaths to his Sons John, and Richard, all his_Ar- mour, Spears, and Swords, to be mared_betwixtjthem. Ofjh&^Sons^ John the eJdeft, fucceeded his Uncle in the Earl- / / 49 m 2f-^^^0' ' Thomaswas Dean oi Sajifbury, x and by his *#*' .JTft^A/^Ti ^Tf/.j ^ Tt^TTTTTrr^ A w. TV ,^r,u^ K; P "R^tr z p^TJ&piy dated 6 .Mm (1404) 6 /^. IV. orders his Body to * C( ' ^^huncjlzt the Foot of the Tomb of Su_John Mountagu, Knt. his Father, in the Chapel of the BlefTed Virgin Mary, in the Church of Salifbury. He had another_Spn, Simon Montagu, who died before him, ^^Q the ^r^^t Duke's ^ Montavu^ Manrhf/lt-r^ &c. ./' - "TTiefaidl Sir *jobn Montagu married Margaret y , Daughter *"*"eir of Sir Thomas Monthermef, Lord JMontbermer, in jjLnd other great PofTeffions,, being Son and Heir of Ralph Montberraer (who had the Title of Earl of Gloucejhr and Hereford)_ and of Jaan of Acres his Wife, Daughter of King 3* = t Ex Autoe. penes Cler. Pell. pj*rog. Cant. u Ex Regift. C.urtxry, fol. 136. y Efc. 23 E. III. n. 90. Bt-vO*. x Ex Regift. vocat March y in Cur f Ediuara M ON T A G u , Duke of Mon tf g . 2 g 7 Edward the Firft : In whofe Right he was fummoncd to Par- liament among the Barons of the Realm % from 3 i Edw. III. until 13 Rich. II. inclufwe, departing this Life 25 />. a the fame Year, being then feized of the Manour of Ht'rncre^ in the Towns of Gosfelde ; Backing, and Pinching felde^ in Com. Effex ; of the Manour of IVonford, in Com. Devon, ; if'erke^ fuprr Tweede, with the Caftle, r'w C b Clauf. 13 R. II. p. 2. m, I. k Rot. Franc. 15 R. II. m . w . c Efc. 13 R. II. n. 34. 1 Efc. 18 R- II. n. 31. ,3~ ' '** it.?!* ; SJ~o 4 Rot. Fin. 14 R. II. m. 13. Barnu-t Hift. of Edw. I. p, 767 771. i.ii II * 298 MONTAGU, Duke of Montagu. and d:cd pofTefled of, viz. The Manours of Warblintsn r and Hunt, in Ccm. Southamf). ; Erif/toke, in Com. Wilts ; Mon- tberwers, lying in the Towns of Gosfelde, Eockinge, and Fincb- in?felde, in Com. Effex'^ Lanbeyr, and Walflj-Bykenore, in tha Marches of Wales ; Werke upon Tweede, in Ccm. Nortbumb. j Lantyan, in Com. Cornub. ; Stokenbamme, the Borough of Cbeilelyngton, the Hundred of Colryggc, the Manour of Yalbamp- ton, the Borough La Neffe, with the Manours of Pywortby and Okforde, in Ccm. Devon. And before the End of this iSth Year, he vas fent into Ireland with the Duke of Gloucejler, the Earls of March, Arundel, and Rutland. Moreover, he had Summons to Parliament n amongft the Birons of this Realm, from 1 6 Ric. II. until the zoth of that King's Reign, that he came to be Earl of Salijbury. And in the faid zoth Year, was imployed* beyond the Seas in the King's Service, and had Licence p to ex- change his Caftle of Werji, unto Ralph de Neville, for other Lands. In 2 1 Ric. II. doing his Homage, he had Livery q of all the Lands defcended to him from William de Montacute, late Earl of Salifbury, then deceafed, whofe Heir he was, viz. Son of Sir John de Montacttte, Knt. Brother to that Earl. \ And then bear- ing the Title of Earl of SaUJbury^ obtained from the King a ( r 6rant to himfelf and the Heirs Male of his Body, of the Manours of Cheddewortb^ and Ledeney^ in Com. Glouc. Had- ' defore^ Sbrabeley, Roke^ and Ribbesford^ in Com. Wlgorn^ with 20 /. yearly Rent in Worcefier ; as alfo of the Manours of Saham and Panewortkall, in Com. Nor. with the Hundred and Advow- v fons of the Churches belonging to thofe Manours, then feized into the King's Hands, by the Attainder tf^homas de JBeau- chamfa ^ Earl of Warwick. This^arl_ had the greateft_Share in lavrng^tne Life of the_Jaid ^Ajc^Wariinr.lt^ condemned for combining; with the PujjM of Glwcefter* of which my Author s ^' gives this Account. The Earl^of Salifbury, who bad been the 'arl pf Warwick T j Companion divers times, in excufing of him f aid ^ How be was an old Man, and was drawnjy ilie Duke ofQlou- cefter bj his fair Words. Wherefore he faid, that what he did was not o his ow.n ~M&tion, but by theirs : Affirming how there was neverjanyof the Beau champs, tljai ever did_Trea fan againft the Crown of ^ngland. Sirjfabn Froifart allb relates r , That when the Duke of Glouce/ter had wrought on the Londoners, fo that they went to Eltham with Complaints to the King ; and, among pther Particulars, that Calais was to be delivered up ; this Earl of Salijbury addrefled himfelf to themjn thefe Words : Sirs, ye good, m Efc. 18 R. II. n . 3 1. q Rot, Fin. 21 R. II. m. 20. n Clauf. de iittem Ann. r Pat. ai R. II. p. i. m. 9. o Rot. Franc. 20 R. If. m. n. s Frsifart, p. 294. b, p Pat, ao R, II. m. i?. ^ MONTAGU, Duke or Montagu. 2 no ' Men of London, go home to your Hwfes^and be well offered' that the King and his Council will do mr intend to do any thing but that that Jhall be for the Honour and Profit of ibis his Realm of England.' And whofoever hath_JirJl br ought _ up theft J fords, are ev'd counfelled, and Jhcw well how they would gu7lly h:tve this Realm in Trouble -, and to have the Peop't_tp rife againft the King. WhicF Thing, ye o/~ London qught to fear^ ly reafon of the Ivjl Rebellion, ye were tn great Peril to have been nil utterly iliftroyid : For when evil People be up and govern , 'Juftice nor Reajon then can take no place. Thefe Words, as my Author iys, appeafed greatly the Londoners, who contentedly returned to the City of London ; but feme of them confeffed, they were in Mind to have jlamjhe King, the Earl of Salisbury, the Earl of Oxford, and all the King's Council, /n.*..^****, 0^**^, ' fri 22 R. ft. he was ^ conftituted MarfM of England, in the Abfence of Thomas ^/^?^? i _Duke__2f_5^T^, then employed in Ireland : And inline Parliament then held at Wejlmmjler *,~ob~~ tained a Scire Facias againft the Earl_pf Mafch* for the Lordfhip of Denbigh. Soon after Jieliad a Licence y to go into France, which was in order to break a Treaty of Marriage then on foot between the Earl of Derby (after Kin;:; of England, by the Name of Henry IV.) and the Daughter ofjhe Duke of tttrry, whTch he affected, and oFwhich my Author * gives this Account. ' King Richard ihearing of the Treaty of Marriage between the " Earl of Derby and the Duke of Berry's Daughter, he took " the News in great Difpleafu re, and (aid to the Earl of Salifbury, *' in whom fie had great Affiance," / muft ordain you to go into France with Letters of Credence to our Father -in- Law the French King, and to our Friends his Brothers and^UJnc^, and Jhew to them from us, that in. no wife, they conclude any Treaty or Alliance with fuch a traitor as is that Earl of Derb_, who wattld betray his natural Sovereign Lord. And for the Remnant of the- Matter, ye are wife enough, do Jo therein that I may thank you , andthfit the Marriage may bejbroken. The^Earl of Salifbury faid. Sir, I Jhall do right well your Commandment. But, Sir, if it /night be broken by fome other Means, or by feme other Perfpn^ I re- quire your Grace it ?nay fo be. Sir, quoth the King, I excu/ej/ou. not : For I will, and aljo I pray you dojhis Meflage ; and what- foever Jhall fall thereof I Jhall fujlain you. IV ell, Sir, quoth the Earl, " Sith you command me fo fpecially, and that I fee the " Matter toucheth you fo near, I fhall do it, though be loath " thpreto. You Jhall go, quoth the King, and make ha/fe~ere this jf&ance be concluded. " Then the Earl prepared for his Depar- " ture. The Letters of Credence written and fealed, he de- " parted from the King, who was at that Time at Leeds, and u Pat. 22 R. II. p. x. m. :a, y Rt. Franc. 22 R. II. m. 12. p. japt t ' z Froiftrt, fol, 305, a & b the .300 . MONTAGU, Duke of Montagu. " the Queen alfo. The Earl made hafte and came to Dover-, " and fo took the Sea, and arrived at Calais , and there found " the Earl of Huntingdon, who was Captain of Calais, and ** Brother to_the King. The Earl {hewed unto him all the " ^yiAk, an d f tarried not lono^at Calais, but rode to Amiens, " and fo, to_ Paris, and all the Way that he rode he hrd good " Cheer, and was lodged at the White Horfe : And when he " had changed him, he went to the King and to the Queen, and " to the Lords, and delivered his Letters of Credence. When " the King had read the Letters, he took the Earl apart, and *' demanded what was his Credence. The Earl at length " (hewed his Charge, and named the Earl of Derby Trakor " againft his natural^Lord. When the French King heard thefe " Words, he was in great Difpleafure ; for he loved fo the Earl " df Derby, that he would hear nothing evil fpoken of him, " and gave the Letters of Credence again to the Earl of Salifbury^ and (aid, Early we believe you well enough, hit our Son ^Eng- land is too fore moved againft our Cozen of Derby, and we marvel greatly that his evil Will continueth fo long, for we think he Jhould be the better furnijhed if he were about him, and one of his Council. Sir, quoth the Earl of Sali/bury, " I do but as I am commanded." 'That is true, quoth the King, tve are not difpleafed with you, and peradventure our Son of England knoweth more than we do : Do your MeJJage as ye were charged : And fo he did, and to the Duke of Berry alfo. On his Return from France, he was joined in Commiffion * with the Bimop of St. Afaph and others, to treat of a Peace with the Scots : And before the End of that Year b , he attended the King into Ireland ; but upon the News of the Duke of Here- ford's Arrival in England, he was difpatched thence with a great Power (whilft King Richard might get his Fleet together at/%- terford) and landing at Conway in Nsrth Wales, c on Advertife- ment that the Duke of Hereford had obtained the greateft Part of the Realm, he fummoned in the IVelJh, and likewise the Chejhire- men, to the Number of forty thoufand, who feeing nothing of the King, whom they fuppofed to have been at Conway, they difperfed themfelves, leaving this Earl almoft alone. Whereupon the Duke of Hereford advancing towards him^ he retreated to Conway to the King, (who by that Time was come there) and advifed him to go to Beaumaris. At the Coronation of King Henry the IVth, the Earl of Salt/bury was in Prifbn, and in great Danger of his Life d , the King's Council, and divers Noblemen, and the Londoners, be- ing for Beheading him openly in Cheapftde, faying, " He had ______ a Rot. Scoc. a* R. II. m.2. e Stow'sAnflals, 320, a, J> fat, 43 R. II. p. 3. m. 57, i froifart, fol. 315, a. MONT AG u, Duke of Montagu. 301 " well deferved it, for bearing Letters of Credence from Richard " of Bourdeaux, to the French King, and there to report openly, ** that King Henry was ^a Traitpr, whjch Fault , (they^, faid) " ought ^not to he pardoned." But the Earl alfed'ging/ That what he did was by the King's Commandment \ King Henry ex- cufedjbim. That he was fet at Liberty foon after, is not to_jje_ doubted, all our Hiftorians making mention of his being in. a^ Conspiracy to reftore King Richard, which being differently re- lated, I (hall cite the Account given by Sir John Froifert % as it feems moft authentick. " Sir John JFMrfw^JEarl of Huntingdon (Brother to King; " Richard} and.. the_ Earl of 'Salt/bury, had at Oxford fecret " Council together, and devifed how they might deliver King " Richard out of the Tower, and deftroy King Henry. They *' devifed to make Jufts of 20 Knights, and 20 Efguires, to be " holdenat Oxford, and defire the King to be there privily, and " while he fhould be fitting at the Ta^le, to flay, him ; for they " devifed to have Men enough to perform their Intents : And " they had ready a Prieft, called Maladyn (who was a'Singer in " King Richard's Chapel) to have put him in the King's Ap- " parel, being like King Richard in Favour : And then they " would have made the People to have believed, that King Rich- " ard had been delivered, and then to have fent Word of their " Deed to the French King, that he fhould incontinent have " fent into England forne_ Succour to them. As they had de- " vifed, fo they did^ begin. They caufed a^Feaft at Oxford, to be ** proclaimed, of 20 Knights and Efquires, well accompanied " with Ladies and Damfels. They had alfo on their Part, the " young Earl of Kent, J^ephew to Sir John Holland, and alfo " another great Lord, the Lord Spencer : And they believed to " have on their Part, the Earl John of Rutland, becaufe King " Henry had put him'out of the Office of the Conftablefhjp of '* England, but he failed them ; for fome faid, by him they " were betrayed. This Feaft provided for, then the Earl of " Huntingdon came to Windfor, where the King was, and de- " fired the King to come to the Feaft j and the King, who thought " no Evil, granted him fo to do, whereof the Earl was right " joyous, and departed from the Ipng, and took his Leave. *' Divers Knights and Efquires prepared themfelves to be at that " Feaft. All the Armourers in London were fet at Work, to *' trim Men in their Harnef for the Jufters : But the King, by " the Advice of his Council, came^ not_there, nor none of his " Knights^ nor but few of fuch as they would have flain". " When the Earl of Sali/bury, the Earl of Huntingdon, the Earl " of Kent, and the Lord Spencer, faw they had failed of their In- " tent, and that they could not have the King as they would, " they aflembled 500 Men, and putting Madalyn in Apparel e Ghron, Fol. 317, 318. Royal, 3 02 MONTAGU, Duke of Montagu. " Royal, gave out that King Richard was delivered out of Pri- " fon, and fo rode towards tPiyffir, where King Henry was. 44 The Kins; having Tidings how the faid Lords were coming " with Madafyrt, &c, and had Men enough to win the Caftle, 44 rode immediately towards London, and was not far gone be- '* fore the Lords came to fyindfor, who entering the Caftle, 44 fearched every Chamber to find the King : But failing there- 44 in, they departed fiom Windfor, and lay that Night at Col- 44 brock, and made much People to go with them, by Force and " by Treaty, faying King Richard was in their Company, and " fbme believed it, and fome not. King Henry coming to the " Tower of London by a fecrct Way, went directly to Richard 44 of Bourdeaux, and faid, / have faved your Life -with much " Pain, and now you would murther me by your Brother and " others ; but this Enterprise Jholl be Evil for you. Whereunto he replied, " as God might help him and (ave his Soul, he knew " nothing thereof, nor would ever defire other Eftate than he 44 was in. Then King Henry lent for the Mayor of London, 44 and other of his Friends, ai;ci (hewed them all the Matter as it 44 was. The King wrote to his Conftable, the Earl of Northum- " beiland, and to his Marfp.al, the Earl of ffa/lmoreland, and to " all other Knights and Elrjuircs into Effex, and other Places, * where he thought to have Aid of Men, and fuch as heard 44 thereof carne tptngKing. /( ^ ***+.& c^ 44 Then the^'EansTof HiintingdorrS^and Saliftury, and oth.er of " their AfSnity, drew towards London ; for they faid jt could not 41 be otherwise, but that fome of the Londoners loved King " Richard, and all fuch, they faid, would come_to take their " Part. Then they departed from CoJbrcok, and lodged at 4 Brentford, but noJLndpnet came_to them, but all drew into 44 the City. When the Lords faw that, the next Aborning they " took their Way to St. Albaris, and tarried there a_Day, and " from thence went to IZerwqinjlcd, reporting that Madalyn was 4 King Richard, and fo came to Cirencefter^ where they lodged " one Night in Reft and Peace. The next Morning, the Earl 44 of Sail/bury^ and the Lord Spencer, departed from the Earl of " Huntingdon, and thi 1 . Earl of Kent, faying they would ride fur- 4 thcr, to get and turn more Men to their Opinion, and to go 44 and fee the Lord Berkley. The Earl of Huntingdon began to 44 treat with the Bailiff and'Men of Cirencejter, telling them King 44 Richard was delivered by the Londoners, and that he would be " there in two Days. The Bailiff (who had aflembled a good "" Number of the Country) faid the contrary was true, and that 44 he had fuch Tidings from King Henry, and would execute his 44 Commands. Thereupon the Earl of Huntingdon arming him- "' felf and his Men, thought to conquer them, andfet the Town * 4 ^ on jure. The Bailiff -on- the other Part afierrrbfed his Men * 4 (abcut zooo) and the Lords (by the Earl of Salfiurfs leaving i * { them) MONTAGU, Duke of Montagu. 303 ** them) had not above 300 Men. Howbeit they began JBat tie, " and the Earls and their Men beingjovercome, by the great " Numbers of their Opponents, withdrew into the Houfes. *' Then the Bailiff and his^Men environed their Lodgings where '* the two_ Earls were, and made fuch Aflaults that they entered " by J^orce. The Earl of Huntingdon defended himfelf valiant- .*' ly>"but was there flam, and with him/the Earl of Kent. The " Men of Cirencefler ftruckjoff their Heads^ and fcnt them to ** London. The Earl of Salifburti and the Lordjipencgr, came to " aTHce Conclusion ; for certain Knights and Efquires of the " King took them_where_they_were, and ftruck off their Heads, " and fent them to London," . Being thus put to Death, his f Body was buried in the Abby of Cirencefter, and there refted till 8 Hen. V. that the King, upon the humble Petition of Maude his Widow, gave her leave to tran- ilate it to the Abbey of Bujllejham, in Com. Berks, of his An- ceftors Foundation. His g Death ! happened on the ^tfa Qay of January, viz. the Eve'oCthe Epiphany \ V Hen. IVTbeing then h Kited in Fee-tail, of the Manour oT $taJtertbam, with the Burrough of Chydelington, the Hundred of Colrigge, the Manour of Polhamp- ton, with the Burrough of La NaJJe\ the Manours of Okcford^ and Pywortby ; the Manours of Woneford^ CliJi-St. Mary^ with the Advoufion of the Church ; the Manour of Lantyan^ aH in^ Com. Devon, and Cornwall', with two Parts of 200 Marks yearly Rent, iffuing out of the Cunage of Tin in Com. Cornub. Like- wife of the Manours of Huningdon, and Warblyngton ; of the Caftle of Cbrijlchurck) the Manours of Ryngeiuode^ and Ebbeforde^ with the Advoufion of the Churches of Ringwood and Sbaldeftut ; of the Manour of Erie/lake^ and 20 /. Rent of the Farm of the Coun- , ty of Wilts. Of the Honour of Sherneton, and divers Knights 1 Fees thereto belonging, with the View of Frank -pledge, and Hun- dred of Sherneton ; as alfo of the Advoufions of the Churches of Wynterborne, and 1'odeworth-Meks^ with three Knights Fees in Upton-Skydemore, &c. all in Com. Southampt. and Wilts. Alfo of the Manours of Knolle^ 'fburlbere, La More, one Knight's Fee in Pontyngton^ one Knight's Fee in Eaft-Gbellewortb ; of the Ad- voufion of the Priory of Montacute, with the Cells of Care/weII y St. Carrie, and Malpas ; likewife of i 20 /. yearly Rent, out of the Farms of thofe Priories and Cells ; of the Manour of Swere, with the Advoufion of the Church ; 20 /. Rent in Hillewortb, i o s. \ Rent in Blakemore, with the Wood of Blakemcre, and Manour of jBlakemore, called Ncwland, all in Com. Somerf. and Dorjet, of the Manour of Kerfyngton, in Com. Qxpn^of the Manour of Crokbam, 200 Acres of Wood in the Parifh of Httrft, with the Hundred of Ajberugge ; two Knights Fees in Hankford, &c. . ^An^^laftly, \ , of the Manours of IPal/be-Bykenore, and Lannoir. m^Com. Heref. ? -L . : ' f Pat. 8 H. V. m. 4. b^lauf, 10 W, IV, jfc. u. g Efc, to fl, IV, n. 54. Not 304 MONTAGU, Duke of Men tagii. Not long after his Death ', the Kin? taking notice, that & great Part of the Inheritance of Maude his Widow, was by him. (bid, and much compaffionating the iow Eftate of her and her Children, by reafonof his Attainder, he, in the ift of hisReigri, granted unto her the Manour of Stokenkojfa with the Hundred of Colrigffc, and free Burrough of Chcdelyngton, all in Com. Devon, Parcel of his faid Pofleffions, and then valued at i oo /. per Annum, over and above all Reprifes. As alfo the Manour of Polhampton, in the fame Qounty, then in the Crown, by reafon of his Forfei- ture, to hold for Term of her Life. \ This Earl was one of the Chief of that Se& jn his time, called Lollards, and the greateft Phanatick of them all, faith T. JFalfingham k , being fb tranfported with Zeal, that he caufed all the Images which were in the Cha- pel at Sbeneki there fet up by John Aubrey, and Sir Allan Buxhull, liis Wives former Hufbands, to be taken down and thrown in obfcure Places'} only the Image of St. Catherine, in regard that many did aftecl :t, he gave leave that it fhould ftand in his Bake- houfe. He married Maude, Daughter to Sir Adam Francis of London, Knight, Widow of "John Aubrey, Son of Andrew Aubrey ', as alfo Widow of Sir Allan Bnxhitll, Knight of the Garter, and had IfTue by her two Sons, viz. Thomas, at the time of his Death 12 Years of Age, and Richard,^\vho died ifluelefs ; as alfo three n (for her fai'd: Purparty) p of the Manour G^Scmmerton^in Coin. SbmeHeL with a certain Fee-Farm Rent of LIV /. per Annum frofrrthe'Bifhop of Bath and IVelhy for the Manours of Ceddere^ Cungrejbury^ and Arebrigge, in Com, Somerfet^ and xxx /. xriij. iv d. yearly, out of the Fee- Farm of the Town of Bdfyhgfioke^ with the Hundred, In Com. Southampt. J tout* / J*~j //w. b't /it** 6t*~ ^^1 In 2 Hen.VATK was join'd ErribafTador q with the Bifliops of Durhamf : and jforwich, to fettle a firm and lading Peace betwixt the Englijh and French, and to demand in Marriage the Lady Catherine, Daughter to the French King. But it took no effeft r ; and the French Writers fay, that they were fold, that the King had no liifiire to think on that Bujinefi. In the lairie Year, in the Parliament then held, he ende^yourM to reverfe s the Judgment given in z Hen. IV. againn fiis JFather, but did not fucceed. In 4..ffin.V. he was by Indenture % retained to ferve the King, in Defence of the Town of Uarfte-w^ (then befieg'd) for one quarter of a Year. And embarquing at ^ u , with the Duke of Bedford, the King's Brother, and divers other Nobles, came with 200 Sail of Ships, on~the Day of the Aflumption of our Lady,' ta the Mouth of the River Sejne^ where they engaged the French Fleet, and, after .a- Jong_FigJht, gain'd an^ entire Victory, finking and taking tbe_whole'l^avy of France^ whlcli, with Hulks, t$c. a- niounted^tOj^o~Sail. I On this Succefe^, they landed without Im- pediment, refreflrd the Garrifon of ffar/tewboth with Victuals and Money ; and the French raifmgthe_Siege, they returned ta England^ with many Prifonefs ahd^Booty, as well in Ships, as^ Provifionjpr the Sea j and were receiv'cfwith great^Triumph and Glory, "^~" . r u ,, . ... 1115 -^' j^ the King taking Ship at Portfaouth : with a pu- iflant Army, ^abput the end of July ", this Earl of Salifbury at* tended him y , with a rop ^Pears, and 300 Archers'. And being Condulqr of the King's fecond~Battle, whillt the Duke of Glou- cefter befieg'd the Cafue of^ Tongue z , he wan the .Caltle of Dari~ t>illers, which was furrender'd to hipi * by Sir K'ichard Tou Knt. on rjth of Auguft, i4i_li_ After which he join'd the King's;, Army before Caen " in Normandy^ who had fo great a Senfe of o Rot. Fin. 4 H. V. m. ar. u Hall's Chron. fol. 54. a it b. p Rot. Fin. 12 M. IV. m. 7. x Ib. fol. 55. b. ^ Rot. Franc. 2 H. "tf". m. 23^ y Stavue, p. 353. a; j Serf's Chron. p. 639. z Ibid. p. 51:4. * Rot. Par!, a H- V. m. 23. a Rymer, .Torn. IX.' p. 480, t Ex Autog. penw C!cr, Pell, , > b T, Waif. 445, n, ao", 306 MONTAGU, Duke of Montagu . his Services, that on z6th of Sept. following, he had c _a Grant of the Caftle and Lordfhip of D'Anvillers, to him aod thfr Heirs male of his Body, and all die other Caftlcs, Lands and I^ord (hips ad- jacent, except the Ixmlfhip of I?Angt, which the King had be- fore granted to his Brother Thomas, Duke of Clarence, and his Heirs. He wa$ t a principal Commander at the Siege of Caen a , his Quarters heing aflign'd on the King's right Hand, and on tlie Surrender thereof, commanded_jn_ e Chief before Fajoize, which furremler'd to him on the 2oth of December. In 6 Hen. V.TJefieging the Town of Freney f , he gave Battle to the French, who came to relieve it, flew of them near five thoufand, and took Prifbners the Marefchal de Rows, with many other noble Perfons, and fix hundred Archers. The fame Year he was at the Siege of Rohan z , and had his Quarters aflign'd a- bout the Abbey of St. Catharine's ; and was one h of the Com- miffioners on the Part of the Englijh^ that agreed on the Articles for the Surrender of that capital Town, which held out from Lammas to Chrijlmas. During the Siege, the King alfo confti- tuted him ' one of the Commiflioners to treat with the Dauphin of France about a Peace, and a Marriage between the Princefs Catherine, Daughter to the King of that Realm, and Henry, King of England. The Inftruclions given to thefe Commiffioners, I (hall fet forth Literatim k , as they are curious, and diicover the Manner of thofe Times. Inductions yeven by the King to the right worfhipfull Fadir in God th' Archcbifhop of Caunterbury, Pfimat of all England, and Legat of the Apoftolick See, and to the worfhipfull Fadir in God the Bifhop of Gbecbejlre, and to his Coufyns Th' Erlys of Wawvic and of Sarcjbury, his trufti and welbeloved Lordes, Gray, and Fitzbujrh his Chambirleyn, Walter Hunger ford, Stuard of his houfhold, William Eourgcbter, Mayfter Philip Morgan^ Oiaun- ^er _pf his Duchje ^>f Normandye, ~R.oulande Leyntak^ Mayfter "JohnKempe, his Privcv Seal, and his Welbeloved Thomas Chatici- et:^ William Alyngton Squyers, and Mr. 'John State, "D'cdtargf "Eav/e. All J4 togededirs, or_to^, or 3 of ham. Firfte the King woll After yair power fey en, and the Proteftations in fuche cafe accuftumed, made for his Partye. Sith yat Peas is defired by the Partye adverfe, that it be faid by the Kingcs Ambaflatours unto them, that ib all thing that may turne to the Commune Godc of all Chriften to the reft of the c Rymer, Tom. IX. p. 495, & Pat. g ffa//'s Chron. fol. eg. b. Norn. S H.V. m. 7. h Ibid. f. 6z. b. d Stmvc, p. 354. 5 Rymt', Tom. IX. p. 626 & feq. e Rymer , Tom. IX. p. <$i. Jt Jtjtifr, Tom, JX. p. 628 & feq. livey MONTAGU, Duke of Montagu. 307 tivdy Reaumeys, and fo efchuyng of (heding of Chriften Slode* the King hath be all tymes and now is enclyned and notwithftanding that he is here in the Duchie .of Normandy.e with his Royal power werreying for fecoVeryng of his right and al(b the goode and gra- tious fpede that God of his myght hath fend unto him, he is ay ready to entende to the Tretye of the (aid reft and accorde and to accept all reafonable wcyes and means that fhall be offered him yerin : To opening of whiche weye? and means the King's Am- baxators (hul drive him by all motives and refbns that they cart make and fynde and yeruppon abide till that oyir Partye open. And whanne^they have opened yf it fo be that they profre the Duchie of Normandy* or any other thing that the King hath now in h is hafldes, Be it faid to them that the Profre isvoide: For freer yan that that God hath geve the King this day Th his handcs, may noo man yeve him : And forafmuche be it defircd of them, that they wolde forber all fuch voide Offres, and only to profir him fuche things as he hath not in his ha.ndes. And yf they prefer any thinglefs than is contened in the great^ Peas, Be it faid unto them that afore this tyme gretter j-*rofr have been made by perfones of notable Aftate havyng fufficeant power other than the Kinges Ambaxatours felyn yit that thay have. And whan they have profered all that may be geten of hem, without fpeciale Demands on the Kings behalve, yf their Prefers ftretche to all that is contened in the jjfeat Pees or more, than move the Kinges AmbaxatoursTfceherfe unto them what hath he axed of thaire J?jirtie_lefle than the Corone of 'France herafore. That is to fay, The Soverayntee and Lordmip of Tureyne, Anjtty, Mayn,^ The Countrey and th Erldome of ^laundry's, with all that, that the King fhuld have hade betweene the waters of Sommejind of Gravelyng ; of the whiche the Kings Aunceftres have be pofiefled, And be it axed of them whether they woll graunt it to the King to the whiche be they meoved by fuche Refofls, as the Kings Ambaxatours yeuken bed. And whan they have dryve thaim to the utmoft Profir that may be had of them in _this wife, then be it axed of them, how they mow make the King fure of the Pees that they profre & defire ? And then be it (hewed unto them, by the Refons that now be made therein, that, ftanding the Cafe 33 it is, it femyth that it is not in her power to make the King fure of fuche a Pees, the which Refon as it femeth, (huld dryve them to fall to a Trewce. And after it hath be cleerly (hewed them that thay ne rnow make the King fure of the faid Pees beyng the Cafe as it i oh her (aid, and that the Kings feurtc to thernward is both perfait & fufficieant, It may be faid unto them, fith tHey" defire fo much the Reeft and Friendfliip'to be had between the King and her Lord, that they came fro, and that the King is for R partye we!T dif- X 2 308 MONT AGU, Duke of Montagu. pofed thereto, lat them fee what other way reafonable they cafl find thereto. And yf fo be that thay defire to have a Pees appointed, the whiche fhuld be affirmed engrofied & put in Execution, as (cone as they myght come to fuffeceant power, and in the^mean tyme a Trew with fuch Landes 33 may be accorded bet wen the Kir-gis Ambaxatours and them, and the King wol that, yf the Profri* thit they make, to have this Pees_appointed by Gret and notable and fuche as the King wol agre to, that it be fayd unto them, that thay be not in Doute but that the King is fully difpofed to have and appoint a Peefe with their JPartye fo that they make him Profres acceptables and that therewith he fawe_a fure groundejip fett this Pees upon, neverthelefs, yf this Pees (huld 6e appointed like as thay defire, the matiere is fo greet, and foo high fifJLt felf, the gretteft that may be jrthly that it fittith not, ne yer dar noo perfones, olefle_than they be inly nygh of the Kinges blode, tak upon them to appoint jtheyrn wherefor be it faid by the Kings Ambaflatours unto them that they woll fende unto her Soverayn Lord of thair prefers, and defire and to wete there upon his will. And if the Ambaxatours for that other Partye open the wey of a long Trewe, weie is : Els be it opened by the Kingis Partye (thay taking occaffion & colour of opening of this wey forafmuchas it was onys opened and entred at IVincbeftre) in procefs of the which wey, if the Ambaxatours of that other Partye, wolde melde the matfer of Alliance, with the matier of the faid True, be it faiel unto them putting them out of Doute that thay have full an fuffi- ceant power of the King to Trete and Commune with them upon her matier of Alliance, and to graunt them fuche that by refounc they fhul be plefed and Content. Nevertheless thefe be twey_matiers diver fe. That jxm a matter jof ceiling of wer_and Inconvenience that alday fueri thereof, and fetting of oon accorde and reft betwene the Twevjkgamesi s<^jt*<~ And that othir a matier of a fengkr Lige and Frindfhip, out of the Commun_cours of Trewes" concerning her fingler profit & auvantage. Whef for be it (aid that of Refounc thaim ought to be departed in Tretye, and the matier of Tre\ve to be Treated afore : And therfor be it defired of them that the Matier of the Trewe be firft communed & appointed & after it thair matier of Alliance, and then to be concluded togedirs uppoune both i and hereuppon that the King's Ambaxatours abide. And then in Communication of the faid Trewes be it axed of them what^Landes they wol_veve_to_the_King withjthis Trewes, and, yf thay make diificulte to^grauntj^andei with thj^Trewes, be it faid untolHern that tlierri ought of Reibn for to do it, Toe mayCaufes. : right the King hathjo_the Caronc and all the MONTAGU, Duke of Montagu? 3 09 tfce Reaume_of Frounce, of Exadtion and recoveryng for th e whiche he mqqft Jurcefle dureing the time of jhis Trewe, and to fuffer the partie Adverie to occupie as he doth, the which it is noo Doute the King will npj^doo^n_noc^wife, olefle that they tloo {b to him therefor^a^Jhe_woLJhold him ^ content j an oyer, for their Ele and the Security that thay {null have thereby. XEcTaUp confidering that that the King allieth not with their contrary partie, that in fuch Cafe as it femeth have more power than they, fo doo, fee thay out of Doute that the King being now rbadvjienvith hjshoft wpljjreyejhem_to Joparde, with them all on a day Trufting in Goddis Grace and his mercy that like as he hath begonne with him him he wol contynue in purfuyng of his Right. And over thefe, that the Kingis Ambaxatours make fuche mo- tyves and Refons in thes matters, as God wol fend to there Dif- cretions for the tyme. And yf it happen that the Partie Adverfe offre to the King all that is contenedjn _the_Gret Pees, with that partie of Normandy that they jiavejn ther hands^ and the County of Perch and their Labour ^TSocour to helgjo^ett to~the~King that Fartje of Nor- mand^ that is occupied fay the BwrgoyniLw'iih all IRe Royalteez Ifc Soveraynteez and all other apportenances, longing ^hereto of oldejtyme, or els all that is abovefaid ffave the County of Ponteif) the King wol that his Ambaxatours afke of them whan thefe Landes foul be delivered unto the King^and jnjwhat wife_? ) ^f^ Artd~after that they have opened fuche weyes of deliveraunce, Jat the Kinges Ambaxatours impugne them in fuch wife as thaim think reaibnable, & foo dryve them to finding of the weyes fuch as raay_be_bgth fure^ndjhafty, lating thernwete that, till That be doo, thay canot Jfele that_the King wol graunt them _that they defire. The which weyes herd & Communed, fEe King wol be cer- tified, by his Ambaxatours j in the whiche Certification be it alfb wift of the' King, fo be that his Ambaxatours fhul appoint in the ( **+* time whom he wol Conferva tours for his partie. Aridj after that appointment made in the Matier ofJTrewe, yf the laid Ambaxatours defcende to the Trety of the Matier of Alliance & Socours, be it afked of that other partye, what Socours they wold defire, perfbnel Socours _ of _the JCing ? Be it anfwered unto thern7~that their defire is Difcrete and of the moft notable Socours that may be hade, & mooft likely with long delaye to iet them in Refte ; Nevertheles, to bynde the Kingis perfone in efpe- cial, thay darjnpught ne^ ought fakg_uppoun them. But yit fuche things myght they offre to the King, over that that they offred him afore, that they wol take upon them to Trele vdthjhem, & graunt them a Socours of a IfoyaLpflaEr, havyng thereof the Captaine, noo leff^erfone than oon_of notable JEftate of thejCingisilod. . And rhereuppon be it enquired of them ayens whom thajjdefire $hge$lSoccours. ? and of the manner and of the time? and of all ~X other * 310 MONTAGU, Duke of Montagu. othejiCircumftaunces thereof, and when it (houd bigynne &_cnde? and whatjhey woldjdojtq the KLing, over that they have profred afore, if it fo be that the King wol graunt^ them that Soccours, confidering how great a thing it is, and how greetJDooft it wold draw_tp, and the grete profite & Seuretye (huld fall to them thereby. And if thay defire a Jefle Soccours than is (aid above, he it faid ynto them, that Forafmuche as the maner of werreying of Fraunct hath be wont to have long Taryng and delayes (ye whidie the Kingisjgntent is to cfchew. as them ought alfb, by refoune, as no we for mony fkilles) tb^efore/it is the^^^js^woj.vOhe {hall any Socours graunt thernuj/he as Wuld (oneftTett botntnemj and thaim, and the both Rcaumes in quiete and Refte. A* **./ And yf foo be that thay defire thes Socours in efpeciall avens the Due of Burgsigne, & with that make difficult in graunting any more than thay have doo before, be they moved to c^nfidcr the great profitt that thay be like tojiave by thefe Socours and by the Deftruction of ther_Enemys, whiche profitt js more than thay have profred to the ICing^ above, wherthrow_it Jhall wel mow be - that the King have j?th1r Landes jhan thay have profred afore, without eny gret Charge to jherru the whiche as it feemyth them ought not by Reafon to refufe, yf them Jufte to have the Kingis Fnendfliip_|c Socours. And if foo be that jther pajtie, after tliees motyves above, or oder made unto them, ne condefcende to prefer more than thay Juve_doo_before, or els_profir thing of noo jreputatioune eyjther de- fire, (to wit) what the Kyng wold have over that they have pro- fred afore { be it axed of them to have the Countees of Boloigne &Bol_Morgan, Rsuland Leyntale, iViUiam Alllngton, zncLfobn Stokes^ met The Ainbafia^ dors of the Dauphin at Alenfon, and after divers Con fei ei -ces, bcrh Parties were duiatisfaed, and the Tre?rty_was broke off, without comingjo any ConcIuTion. v T^^\\r\^Sai/biirf^^\i^{^^ was conftituted Lieutenant-Gentral of the whole Dutchy of Nor- mandy^ and, continuing in France, was fo intent in fervins; bis Country, that the Winter Seafon did not impede the Succefs of his Arms m . For on the 25th of February, the Town. and Fortrefs of Honnefleu furrender'd to. him ; after which he " took Moxficur de VillierS) Ewe, Gurney, the New Caftle, and generally all Places thereabouts. In Confideratlon of which eminent Services, he had a Grantjto himfelf and his .Heirs male (26 April, 7 Hen. V.) of the Earldom of Perch in Normandy* with Power of Life and eath, and all Knights Fees, Advouiions of Churches, Abbeys, jPriorys, Hofpitals, Chantrys, &c. and all Appurtenances, &c. /thereto belonging, prefenting a Sword to he King, his Keirs and Succeflbrs, at the Caftle of Caen, on St. George's Day, every Year forever, ^id obliging himfelf tpfind a number of Men and ArcHers, proportjonable to tne yearfy^aluf^? "ilic fa id County, to march with the King and his Succeflbrs, or Lieutenant of Nor- mandy^ during the prefent War ; and at the end thereof his Ser- ,, vices to ceafe. 'Tis recited in the Preamble to this Grant, " TJiat c< the King duly confidering and weighing the Acls and noble " Exploits of all who had commendaWy ferv'd him, defired to < the utmoft of his Power, to Honour and Reward them accord^ cc ing to their Deferts. But he defired more earneftly to Reward c thofe, whom he found mere forward than others, in the reco- ** vering of his Rights and Privileges. And the more obedient " they were to his Will and Pleafure m that Particular, the more " ready he fhould be to confer on them Favours, Re ware's, and utchy~of'~ " Normandy -, and eliewherc in the County ofj&rche. And be?, '* Ing willing (as^t became his royal Dignity) to ^Reward him O lo ^L fijd? 3xt)%A 3 * 1 2 MONTAGU, Duke of Montagu. Thefe great Succeffes brought the Duke of Burgtmdy to fenc? Letters and Ambafladors to the King, of 'England q , " adverti- " fmg, that ifTiJfwould perfonally come to a Communication, '*. to be "had between him and Charles _the_ _ French King, he ** doubted not but by his only Means, Peace fhould enfue." And thereupon a Place ^f Interveiw being appointed befide the River Seyne, our^ Earl of Sali/bury waited on the King, who received the Duke of Burgundy, If a be I the French Queen (the JCing her Hufband being ill) and the fair Princefs Catherine, her. Daughter, with their Nobles, under a large Tent of blue and_ green Velvet, embroidered with two Antelopes, one drawing an Horie-MtH, and the otherjitting in an high'Stagewith a Branch lof OHve'in his Mouth, and "decked with this Motto,~yf/?gr bufy labour* Cfputb vffiorious Reft T . When Salutations were parr, tbe Commiffioners of both Parties (whereof the Earl of Salif- bury was one) met feveral times in a Pavilion alfigned them, bu^ came Jo no Conclufion . Neverthelefe the next enfuing Year (8 Hen. VV) the Treaty was again renewed, and this_^Earl_ was one of the Ambafladors withthe King's Uncle, the Duke of Exeter* and others, who with 4500 Horfe came to the City of Troys m Champaign* 21 March, znd were welcomed by the French King, the Queen, and the Princejs Catherine, with great Signs and Tokens of Love and Amity; fo that at length it was concluded, That King ffenry^of England fhould come to 'Troys, and marry the_Lady Catherine, and that the King of France fhould make him Heir of his Realm, Crown and Dignity. Accordingly, on the 36 of 'June following, 4rje* royalCoupfe"were married with great Solemnity, before the high Altar in St. Peter's Church : And the Exgtiflj made fuch Triumphs (as 3 French Writers affirm) that the Nobles o France more marvel'd at their Honour and Glory, than they, difdained or maligned at their own Fortune. Soon after, our Earl of Salisbury ' was at the ?ic?r_of Mdyn on the Seyne* at which were preient both the Kings oi^England, and France, the young King of Scots, the Duke of BtJrjrunJy, and all the Nobles of England. When this Town was taken u , he at- tended on his Majefty in his folemn Entry thro" his City ;_of Paris, and from thence, on the King and Queen, to their City^of Roan, where he did Homage to the King for his County <3TPerthe_ x , and was declared Deputy Governour of Normandy* under Th^rna:* Duke of Clarence, the King's Brother: As alfo Governour y of the Town and Caftle of Alenytn, with full >*ower to fet at Liber- Jy, and grant Paflports or fafe Conduct, to all that were or mould 'B3 taken Prifcners by his Garrifon. q Hall, Ki. 65. b. u Jb. p. 75. a. i Ibid. fol. 66. a. x Ib.p. 75. b. e Fol. 68, 69. y jij m tr, Tom. X. p. 29.. / Hall, fo!. 74. a. ra D MONTAGU, Duke of Montagu. 313 In 9 Hen. V. the King z directs his Writs to the Bailiffs_of jjioan^ Caux, liureux, Alenfon, and other Places jwthin_rHsJPq- minions in France^ commanding all his Subjects (of whatsoever State "oVCondition) that bore Arms, to repair with all Speed, on in of Death, to Thomas, Earl of Sal/bury, Lieutenant of his utchy of Normandy, and grand Senefchafbf his faid Dutchy, to 1 roarch_with him againft his Enemies. Soon after the Duke of Clarence, and the Earl, march'd into Anjou^ when the Duke too' forward to encounterjthe jPfinrA (being betrayed by one Andrew Forgufa a Lombard} having with him only the Horfe of his_Army, was (lain at Bawgy on J?rf/&r_Exe, HZJN But the Earl of Sattf- bury 2 who followed with the other Forces, tho- he came toolate to the Encounter, yet forc'd the Enemy to give ground, and re- cover'd the dead Body of Clarence, and fent it to Roan, from whence it was convey'd to England. How he proceeded after that unfortunate Adlion, is delfver'd to us in his own Letter tq the King' b , * Alfo our Rof)cfe*was fo that our Renneres rannen afore Aw- ' And trewly my moft hy & Sourein Lord we were afore di- r * verfe places, that what time hitjiketh zow to fette on them. *5 or to Commaunde any other Manjo fette orx hem , they be_nat '* able, with Goddes Grace, to holde ajenft zow no while. Rymer, ibid. p. 99. \ fc /?;', To/P, X. p p. 658, 5j W S An4 3 r4 MONTAGU, Duke of Montagu. " And trewly Sir zif hit liked zour Grace to Commaunde me " to Sture Aghwere in recquriinge^jiiy_thing, now I have refted ** many a day I am full redy fteretoT"^ ft*n* t* e > t ,u^>*' *' Furthermore my rnoit hy & Sourein Lord liKeth zow to wite * c that I fent, nat longe agoe, Bellefme my Pourfuant, unto zour ** hynefse with litres the woche Bellefme , as I am fikerly in- " formed, is Sleien in comynge to^me ward azen_with Brigaundejr. ' " And for I wot neure whether ze, my Sourein Lord, fenten " me any Lettres or word by him of any of zour Graces wille, " that caufeth I lete zour hynefse have witeing therofFe. *' My moft hy & Sourein Lord, I write no more to zour hy- " nefse at tits time, But that I befeche Almighty God that he " fave & kern^zour hy Sc myghty ifcrfone in as long Lif Joie & *' welltlie as ournadd Creature ' *' Writen at jfrgentben the 2 1 day of jfun. *' Sour humble Lige Man " The Erie of SaKJbury. In the feme Year, the Forces of the Dauphin having forpriz'd jfurancbes, King Henry fent part of his own Army c to the Earl of Sali/bury, his Lieutenant of Normandy? who within few Days recover'd the Town, and reveng*d the Death of the Surprized. In the i oth Year of King Henry V. this glorious Monarch directs his Writ (bearing Date the i yth of April) to the Bailiff or Lieu- tenant j>f Roan? commanding Proclamation to be made, that alt his liege Subjects, bearing Arms (except thofe neceflary to remain in Garrifon) fliould repair d to Thomas^ Earl of Saljlmr_y at Mante* under Penalty of the Forfeiture of their Goods, and Imprifonment /jdurtng pleafure, if they were not at the Place appointed in three Days. And the like Writs were fent to the Governours and, Failifrs of feveral other Towns in Normandy wAJ'rance. But King Henry falling ill, fo that he was conveyed in aJHorfezLitter to Boyes de Vjn^ens % this_EarJ, with the Dukes of Bedford, and Gloucefter., an3njie Earl of Warwick^ repair'djto him, and the KingTovingly entertain'd and embracM them, and on his Death- ed recommended his Arlairs to them. And on his Majefty*s T)ecea(e, he_ f and the_ Duke of Suffili were left in France, for Jtlcfenc^of the Caftfes and Towns then remaining in the Power of the Englifh. " He continued in France E in i Hen. VL but the Scene Kfrf*- > much altered, by the King's Deceafe, and the Death of Charleses Frenck_K.'mg y who died in Oftober following : For Charles the Pauphin taking on him the Title of King of France, the French Myereinfpjr'd with new Courage, and bringing their Army before the Town of Afettlan (lying \vpon Seine in Normandy] took it by Storm, putting aljjhg_wr@ therein to the Sword. The New& "*e Speed, p". 659. a".' f ?. Waif. 457. n. 40. .d Rimer, Tom..X. p.ACI^v g Ret. Fttnc, I & VI, in, 19. -C ?//, ttflQ't*" whereof MONTAGU, Duke of Montagu. whereof being brought to the Famous John* Duke of then Jlegent of France^ he forthwith difpatched the ry (as a Perfon more of an oid Roman Courage, than one of Age, faith my Author h ) with "John of Luxemburffh* Mafter of theJBtirgundian Cavalry, and a choice number of Men, to reco- ver^ And fetting down before it j , in a {hort Space got it a- gain, retalliating to the French the^ like Meafure as the EngKfn had there ; and the Earl k appointed Sir HenryjMortimer * and Sir- RichardJ^ernon* Captains of the Town. And from thence de- parting into Champaign^, befieged the Town of Sens* and took Sir GuiUam_Maryn y the Captain, and flew all the Sojdiersjherein. In 2 Hen. VI. the French befiegjng Cravant* he was ordain'd General of the Army fent to relieve it m , confifting of 15000 Men ; and giving Battle to them, kill'd and took Prifoncrs 7000 Men. Among the Slain n were four Earls, one Vi (count, the Lord deJPor_t* the Lord Montmorency* and 1 800 Knights and Efquires, befides Commoners. After this fortunate Victory, thev enter'd the Town of Cravant* and when all things were fet in Order, the Earj^ return'd to Paris to the Regent, who receiv'd him with graatjoy, and conflituted him , Vicegerent and Lieu_- e Kin tenant for_t_he King and him, in the Countries of France* ' and Champaign. " Thereupon the Earl of Salt/bury (who, as my 1 Author faith, could not Jkep in his great Office of Truft} laid Siege to the Town and Caftlc of Montaguikn in Bryc, which \vai vali- antly defended for the Space of five Months, and on the Surrender, die Captains fwore never to bear Arms againft the Engllfh on this f^ije the Rivgr of J^re^ After which, he laid Siege to the Caftle of Mons^ theJtrongeft Place In Champaign* and on thejurrender thereof, caus'd it to bejrafed^ In 3 Htn. VI. the Duke of BcdforjL, Regent of France ^ re- folving to feek out the^ Dauphin, and, if poffible, to give him Bat- tle, aflembled a great Army, of which thisJEarl__had the chjei Command under him q : And laying Siege to Tury, the Captains oFlhe CSille promifed to yield it up, on a Day affign'd, if the Dauphin **-, f/i?f^L, J r ^ f to dejende themjelfes^ and thet had within the loune a Lrewe oj Warelike and Praftifed Souldiors. However the Earl having with him Great Quins (not before that time known to the French] fhot from them largejkones, wKicrT'fd" batter'd the Walls and the Towers of the City, that the Citizens amaz'djhereat, and de- fpairing of Relief, rendefd it to him in few Days . From thence the Earl march'd to the fair Town of_St^^/an, and after taking a View of it, order'd fcal ingj^addcrs, and an A/Fault to be made, which was carried on with great_Vigour, and manfully defended, fo that many on each Side were Jkin. ,,fyh&z\rpm t n f^ Earl, perceiving he could not gain the Place that'way7*be < girt~the*" < Walls with a Trench, and planting the Guns towards that Part of the Town which was leaft fortified, fo batter'd it, that within two Days the Governour capjtulated, offering^ 2000 Crowns for himfelf and his Soldiers to"3epartjn their_Do_ublets only ; which being agreed to, the Earl made Sir John Popham^ a valiant Knight, . > C*x /iCf+*-j[*4[ r H 318 MONTAGU, Duke of Montagu. tftre$ly to Paris, to the Duke of Bedford; and confulting with Mm on the Affairs of the Realm of France, propofed to him the attacking of the City and Country of Orleans* {landing on the l^ivcr Loyre. But bccaufe the City was well fortified, both by Situation and Art, he thought it not the Work of one Day to agree on it ; therefore remitted it to further deliberation, defiring the matter might be debated in the Privy Council. Yet as my Author c relates, " He was^the Man at that Tyme, by whofeWit, " Strength, and Pollicie, the EngUJhe Name was much fearfull u and terrible to the French Nacion, whiche of hymfelfe might u both appoynt, commaunde and do all Thynges, in maner at " hys Pleafure, in whofc Power (as it appeared after hys Deathe) " a greate Part of the Conquefte confifted and was_ejftemed, be- " caufe he was a Man bothe painfull and diligent, redy to with- '' fraud thynges perilous and imminent, and prompt in Counfail, " and with no Labour be wericd. nor yet hys Corage at any " tyme abated or appalled, fo that all Men put no more Truft in " any one Man, nor no fyngular Perfbn gat more the Hartes of " all Men. After this_great Enterprize had long been debated " and argued, the Earle of~Sajj/jurtff devife (although it femed " harde and ftraunge to all other, and to hym as it were a thyng *' very^afie) was graunted and allowed." Whereupon being fur- nifh'd with Artillery, Ammunition, &c. requifitc for fo great a Siege, he fet forward with the Earl_pf Suffolk, the Lord Ta&yt, and other valiant Captains ; and entring the Country of Beaufe, took by A/Fault the Town of Ya'invillf ; but many of the French flying to the Caftlc, held it out five_Days, and then furrender'cl ; whereupon fbme of them were put to Death for their Qbitinacy. He alfo took the Town of Bawgency^ fuffering every Man, who would become fubject to the" King of England^ to inherit their Lands, and enjoy their Goods. Which Conditions being made known to the Towns of iMeun upon Ltyre and Jargenan, the Keys tjiercof were prefented to him on the fame Terms d . In the Month of September he laid fiege to the City of Orleans ; but before he came there, the Earl of jDunoys, the Governor (Baftard- Son_pf Lewes, Duke of Organs) the Bifliop of the City, and a great Number of Scots, having Intelligence of his Defign, made diverfe FortificationTabout the Town, and deftroyed the Suburbs, in which were 1 2 Parim-Churchcs, and 4 Orders of Friars. They alfo cut down all the Vines, Trees, and Bulhes, within 5 Leagues of the Town, that the Englijh might have" no Comfort or Re- fuge. After the Siege had continued 3 Weeks, the Governour iflucd out of the Gate of the Bridge, on the Englijh, who receiv'd the French with fuch Bravery, that they were compeird to retire, and fly back to the City, and were followed fo clofe by the Eng- K/b, that they entred with them the Bulwark of the Bridge, which, c Hell, ut fuprj; 4 Ib t fol, 104- b r with MONTAGU, Duke of Montagu. 319 with a great Tower ftanding at the End thereof, they immedi- ately made themfelves Mafters of. This Bulwark being thus ob- tained, the Earl e was fure that neither Man nor Victual could pafs into the City, having caft Trenches quite round it, and plan- ted Ordnance in every part, where he perceived it would moft effect the Befieged. In the Tower, at the Bridge-end, before- mentioned, was a high Chamber full of Barrs of Iron, through which the City might be very plainly difcover'd, and many of the ; chief Captains ftood there diverfe times, viewing the City, and deviling in what Place it was beft aflaultabie ; which being per- ceiv'd, the Enemy planted a Piece of Ordnance directly againft the Window. And it unfortunately fell out, that the fifty-ninth Day after the Siege, the Earl of_Sa]ifiury, Sir Thomas Gargravt, ^ ^ , and diverfe others, went into the faid_Chamber, and looking out of the Grate, was perceiv'd by the Sor^of the Mafter-Gunner (then gone to Dinner) who took his Match, as his Father directed him, and firing the Ball at the Iron Barrs of the Grate, one of them (truck the Earl on the Head with fuchJForce f , that it car- ried away one of his Eyes^ and the Side of his Cheek; and Sir Thomas Gargrave was fo wounded, that he died within two L)ay9. The Earl was conveyed to Meun on the Loyre* where he lay eighty Days before he expirjd ; during which Time, he receiv'd the ffily Sacraments with great Devotion, and, with a true Chriftian Spi- rit, recommended his Soul to Almighty_jGrod. His Body was conveyM into England with great Pomp and Solemnity 8 , and buried at Bijham, in Berk/hire, by his Progenitors. Our oldTIjftgnans_ unanimoufly a|ree,vThat he was the Life of the War in thofe Parts, 'ahd^rTirDeath was 'universally regret- ted by the Englijh. Prefently h after the Death of this Man, the Fortune _of the War changed. Jtfow ' both mortal and immortal Powers began to look favourably on the State of France. This to the Englifh : was Imtium Malorum ; for, after this Mijhap, they ratherjoji than won ; fo Tfcat by little and little they loji all their Pof- fejjlon in France : And albeit that fomewhat they got after, yet for one that they won, they loft three. This great Earl left Mue, by Eleanor his firft Wife, Daughter of Thomas, and Sifter and Co- heir of Edmundf arl of Kent, one fole DaughterjmdJjLeir, Allce^ Wife of Richard Nevil, who, in jier Right, wajJEarl of Sali/lury. ^_ In his laft Teftament he is ftiled Earl of SaKf^ury_, Perch^and Lord. of Mont-Hermer ; directing, that in whatever Part of the World he fhould happen to die, his Body (hould be buried at Euftlejham in England. That the faid Alice, his Daughter and Heir, brought ueen Mary* i and what G&tttiitmnt be couU nst 222 MONT AGTJ, Duke of Montagu. not find in Weftminfter-Hall, his Hofpital-Hall at Boughtofj afforded unto him. His laft Will m and Teftament (which bears <3ate 17 'July* 1556) manifefts his great Piety, Probity, and Cha- rity. " He bequeaths his Soul to the blefled Trinity, and his *' Body to be buried in Chriftian Burial, without great Pomp " or great Solemnity, or common Dole didributed ; but that " Alms be fent to the poor People, to theirjpwn Homes, in the '* Towns next adjoining, if fo be he deceafed in the Country ; ** but if in London, then fuch Dole to be diftributed as his Exe- *' cutors think convenient. He bequeaths Legacies for the Re- *' pnrations of the Churches of Hemyngton, Wekely, Brig/lock, " Sbaldwett, and Werketon-, and to fifty poor Maidens 40 s. *' each towards their advancement in Marriage, and to the In- " tent, they pray for his Soul, and the Souls of Roger Raddijf, " J e ff er y Raddiff, and 'John Ajbeton, with all Chriftian Souls. " He Wills to his eldeft Son and Heir Edward Montagu, his " great Ring with a Signwynarye in it, which his Father gave " him, that remaineth in his Study at Brigfock ; and his Ring " of Gold with his Seal of Arms in it ; as alfo his Ring with the " beft pointed Diamond, and his Broche with a blue Saphire fet " in it, famioned like a Flower -de-Luce ; which Ring with the 4t Diamond and Broche, he bought of his Father Kirkbam. He " further Wills to him, his Manors, Lands and Tenements irt *' Werktton, Brig/lock, Houghton, Langeport^ Mallejley, Holwell y " Gille/borough, Br'mgton-magna^ Brington-parva^ Grafton, and 4< the Parfonage of Wekely^ in Com. Northamp. and all and fm- 44 gular his Manors and Lands in Wekely, Denford, Benyfield, " Sprottorii Lv.ffick, and Ellington^ in the faid County. And in " Colleortb, Sblrenbroke^ Souldrop, Febnerjham y Luton Hoo^ Per- ic tenfallj Mecbelborne^ Sw'mefljed, and Woodend, in Com. Bcdf. *' And in Rnigbton, in Com. Leicejt. Folkefworth^ Stilton, Little ' Styvecley, Much Styvecley, and Alcombery, in Com. Hunt. And *' all h>s Leafes, Lands, Tenements, csV. in the Parifti of St. Dun- ** fan's in the Weft, London. He conftitutes Executors, his *' Sons Edward, and Roger Montagu, and moreover Wills, that ** they fell as much of his Plate, China, Rings, and Jewels, as " they think convenient ; and that Edward his eldeft Son fhould ** have the remainder, and all his Timber and Stone, as well ' Free-ftone, as Rough-ftone, lying at Boitgbton, Wekeley, Brig- " Jlock, and Hemyngton, or elfewhere. And if the faid Edward " died before he was married, to be equally divided between his '* Sons Roger, Thomas, and JVilliam. He fettles all his Lands in *' Tale-male on his Sons, Edward, Roger, 'Thomas, William^ '* and Simon, and the remainder to the Heirs of his Father Tbo- " mas Montagu. He bequeaths to his Coufin Sir Edward San- " den, Knt. one of the Juftices of the Cannon-Pleas, his Book * ElRegffl. 1TraJlkj> ia Cur, Prsrog. 6ane, of Orlingbury, in Com. Northamp. Efq; by whom he had IfTue three Sons, Ralph, Thomas, andjlobert, who all died young ; and three Daughters p , Dowfe, wedded to^Ir Edward Watfon of Rockingham, Anceftor to the prefent Earl of Rockingham ; Anne to John Roufe of Rouflinch, in Com. Wigorn, Efq; and Amy to 'George Lynce, of Southwick, in Com. Northamp. Efq;. His fecond Wife was Daughter of George^ Kirkham of Warmingtcn, in Com. Northamp. Efq; but by her he had _rip ^fTuet "His third Lady was Hellen, Daughter of "John Roper, of Eltham \njtent, Attorney- General to King Henry VIII. (who furvived him and * died in May, 1 5 6jj by whom he had Iflue_five_Sons and fix Daughters ; firft, Edward ;. fecond, Roger /f of Bri*ftock, in Com. Northamp. who married Alice, ' ffiaugrifef o? ' ' ^ Smith, and died without jflue ; third, Simon, who married Chriftian, Daughter of Waftlin ; fourth, Thomas of Stivedey, in Com. Hunt. ; fifth, ^77- liam, who died unmarried, and was buried at Oakley, in Com* Northamp. where a Monument is erefted to his Memory againft the Norm- Wall of the Chancel, with this Infcription in Capitals. Here is interred the Body of William Montagu, Efq; who was Lord of thi$ Manor, and Patron of this Church ; he was the fifth Son of Sir Edward Montagu, Kt. late Lord Chief- Jujiice of the .KingV Bench, by Eleanor Roper. He lived Jeventy- three Tears a Batchelor, and fo died on the z%th Day of September, 1619. He n Stryfv's Memorials, V9l,III, p. 314. p Ex Regift. Wrafllty, ut ?ntea. q Ex Regtftt Cbapt, Dexterity, and Pru- j - -rr^-^e *L t ^ x *c e 1*\:- **/* & <*' c ** c\-*%K*? A -\ j dence, King femes chofe him 7 to be one or his rnvy Council, and, that he might be near him, continued him Dean of his Chapel,' Jiot only when he was Bifhop of Bath and Wells, but of Win- cbejler likewife. He was a nurfing Father to Sidney-College, and to the Univerfity of Cambridge in general no fmall Benefactor, in bringing running Water, at a great Expence, into King's- JDitch, which being at firft made for its Defence, was become fiaufeous to it. He difburfed z vaft Sums in repairing the Cathe- dral of Bath, and by his laft Will and Teftament, defired to be burjed there. He died on a the aoth Day of July, 1618, aged Fifty^ and was interred 20 Auguft following, on the North-fide pFthe Church ; and over the Grave is an Altar-Monument erect- ed between two Pillars of the fame Church, with his Effigies ill full Proportion, painted to the Life, lying thereon. '. The fixth Son, was Sir Sidney Montagu, Mafter of Requefts tq |Cing James I^and Anceftor to jhe prejent Earl of Sandwich. Lucy, eldeft Daughter, married to Sir William Wray of Glent~ worth, in Com. Line. Son and Heir of Sir Chrijlopher Wray, Knt. Lord Chief- Juftice of England. Sufannti, fecond Daughter, \vedded to Sir Richard Sands, of ^hrowley in Kent. Theodofia, youngeft Daughter, was Wife to Sir Henry Cape! 9 ; pf Rayne in Ejjex, Father by her of Sir Arthur Capel, Lord Capel^ Great Grandfather to_the^referjt Eajd of EJfix. ' I how return to the eldeft Son Sir Edward Montagu. Which Sir Edward devoted himfelf entirely to the Service of his Country, wherein he had fuch Credit and Efteem, that he b was always cho- fen one of the Knights of the Shire, 'till he was created^a jJarqn, fie was made one of the Knights of c the Bath at the Coronation Of King James I. and was one of the prime and principalPro- pounders and Profecutors of Bufinefs, for the good of the Church and Common- wealth, in the firft ^Parliament of his Reign d , fe- Cbndir^Sirj&bertJ^ojhz who fpoke on their JirJLrneeting about Grievances, and befides thofe he mentioned, prayed that fbme Care might be taken to remedy, firft, The Burden, Fixation and JC Ibid. p. 280. b Ex Collea. B.fPlllis, Arm. y Lenetic's Fafti EccJ. p. 34. C Cat. of Knights, &c. p. izz. % Fuller, in Com, Swerf. p. 13, d Journ. Dom. Com. i Jac, J. Darf. | *y;:d. prxd. 31 in Bib], lad Teirpl, * MONTAGU, Duke of Montagu.* 327 Charge of \Commiflary Courts ; fecondly, The Sujpenjton of font learned and grave MimJTersfor Matters of Ceremony, and for preachin^_again/tJPopi/hJDoffrine ; thirdly, Depopulations^ and In- clofures_r~^k was afforone~bT"the firft named in the Committee^ to whom it was referred to confider, Firft, The Confirmation of the Book^_of_ Common-Prayer. Secondly, The Wardfnips of^Mens Children, as a Burden and Servitude toJ.be_SubjecJ. Thirdly, The general Abufe and Grievance of Purveyors and~Cartakers. Fourthly, Particular and private Patents, commonly catted Monopolies. Fifthly, Difpenfationsjwith Penal Statutes. Sixthly, Tranfportation o Or- dinance. Seventhly, The Writ^Qw^T^^js^eK^^fc. and Abufe in the Exchequer. /feA^rtsfJ/j*^ t/iv.f^/.y". And was likewife of the Committee for continuing^ repealing, and reviving of Statutes, as alfo at the Head of thofe Members who managed a Conference with the Lords, about the proper Means for abolifhing the Court of Wards, which both Lords and Commons conceived to be of the greateft Concern to them, as every Man's eldeft Son and Heir (the dearejt Thing he hath in the World) was by a Prerogative warranted, by the Laws of the Land 9 to be in Ward to the King for his Body and Lands, than which they conceived (to a Free Nation) nothing was more grievous. But Sir Francis Bacon reported from the Conference, that the Lords de- fired this Proportion might be agreed to; That they efteemed it only a Grief, no Wrong, fence it had been patiently endured by their An- ceftors and themselves. And therefore that they Jhould offer it to the << <*- King's Grace, and not as Jujlice, knowing it concerned the King in ' 7 two Sorts ; firft, in his Revenue ; fecondly, in his Rewards to his faithful Servants and Officers of the Wards ; concluding that their Defire and Refolution might be, not to proceed by way of Bill, but by way of Petition to his Majejly, for Licence to treat, &c. which was* confented to. Yet this Court, fo extraordinary in its Nature, was not taken away 'till the Reftoration of King Charles II. Of his further Proceedings in Parliament, I {hall only obferve, that in 3 Jac. I. he was the principal Promoter of keeping a Day of Publick Thankfgiving on every 5th of November, as a thankful Remembrance of our happy Deliverance from the Gun-powder Treafon. Which Day he hath alfo e honoured by a Charitable Gift of forty Shilling Yearly to the World's End, to be given to the Poor of certain Towns in Northamptonjhire, if prefent at Di- vine Service the lame Day. His Services and great Abilities being thus conspicuous, he was by Letters Patent f , bearing Date 29 Junij, 19 Jac. advanced to the Dignity of a Baron of this Realm, by the Title of Lord .//?>/: s,JMontagu of Boughton^inCom. Northampt. The Preamble tcT his PatentTfets forth, that he was paternally defcended from the illuftrious Family of Montacute, and f Viu ejus MS, penes Job. Due, Mwtngu. f Pat. 19 JJ L- fL f TL1 ***' T -^ >>?<' fff f*+ ^ t ^^^ \ Hift. Rebel. 8vo, Vel, III. p. za, , > < ' 332 MONTAGU, Dukt ofMontagn. very aged: But being Lord Lieutenant of Northamptonfhire, tag King, when he was at York, had fent him his Commiffion of Ar- ray, and he readily acknowledged the Authority, and was putting it in Execution. But Northampton being nigher London than York, and thofe at London being much troubled, that a Man of Reputa- tion, and againjl whom they had not the leaft 'Thing to charge, Jhould influence thofe Countries, they fent a Party of Horfe for him, tit bring him up a Prifoner j and this wasjujl about the time when the arl of Eflex was marching out with his glorious Army againjl the King. T'bis good Lord met this great General about Barnet, upon the Highway, and the Lord of Efle# Jlopfid his Coach, intending to go andfalute him ', but asjoon as my Lord Montagu heard of it 9 be commanded his Coachman to drive away, andfaid, This was not a Time for Compliments j which was a true Piece of Englifh Bravery and. Loyalty ', and fo dif appointed the General's Civility. JVhen he cajne to London, and was brought before the Committee of State, be ajjerting the Legality of his Obedience to his Majejly, they (complimenting his former Courfe of Life, as an eminent Patrio^, though now difaffeSled) told him they mujl now detain him a Prifoner , but it Jhould be in his ownJDaughter's Houfe, the Countefsof ^Rut- land ; which he utterly refujed_ 9 andfaid., If he deferved to be a Prifoner, he deferved to be fent to a Prifon ; and in conclujion would not be fent to her Houfe (for Jhe was bufy in the Parliament Caufe, and fo her Houfe was irkfome to him) until the Warrant named her Houfe his Prifon, which the Lady was much difgrunt- ied at. This noble Lord ma.rried three Wives, firft Elizabeth, Daugh- ter and Heir of Sir John Jejfery, of Chit'mgley, in Com. SuJJexj 5= Kt. at that time Lord Chief-Baron of tbeJSxche^uir^&n^ of Alici , his Wife, Daughter and Heir~oTJobnjfpJ!ey* Efq; by whom he had Hue an only Daughter Elizabeth, married to Robert, Lord Wtlloughby, of Erefiy,after Tfavlj^Lindfey. He fecondly jnarrie^ Frances, Daughter ofThomas Cotton, <^Conn,ington^ in Com. Hunt. Efq; (Sifterjodie famous Sir Robert Cotton,. Kt. and jfert.) by ^ whom he had Tfuje three Sons, Chrj/toffierffirhb died unmarried, 'le+A Edward his Succejfor in his Honour, and Irilliam ; alfo a Daugh- tvTFrances, married to John, Earl of Rutland His thjidLWife was Anne, Daughter to John Crouch of Cornbur^ in Com. Hertf. Efq; but by her he had nojfliie. /y*v '- A~ IVilliam Montagu,\^f\!^i Son 9 was Attorney-General to QueelTC^7^^J^o|iI6lToT King Charles II. in the i jth Year l of which Reign he waTeleSled. Treafurer "6t the Middle Temple, whereof he was a Member, and was afterwards conftituted Lord Chief-Baron of the Exchequer, in which high Station he continued 'till April 21, i gl?67"w' nen "is ^///^_was fent him, for not complying with King James II. and giving bis Opinion that the I D'jgd* QriE. p, 2z* Teft MONTAGU, Duke of Montagu. 1 3 3 3 //Tcft and Penal Laws could not be taken off without the Content ',/( of King and Parliament. He afterwards lived retired, highly. efteemed for his Integrity, unbounded Charity, and other Chriftian Virtues. He married Mary, Daughter of Sir John Aubrey, Knt. 1 and Bart, by whom he had Iflue William jMontagUi^fq ; his Son. r and Heir, who married Arme, fble_Daughte.r andLHeur -of Ricbazj JUvefyn, of Woodcot, in ^Com^Surr. Efq; alfo a Daughter --- - married to - ' " - Drake, Eftj; an,d fecondly to Samuel < Trotmah2 t of Si/ton, in Com. Glouc. Efq; and departed this Life in the 89th Year of his Age, zfv&jf. 1706. Edward, Lord ^ofgg,Jucceeded hia Father, Anna Dorn. 1 644, and in the^fear 1 646 was nominated by the Houfe of Lords, witri the Earl of PembroZe^znd the Earl of Djmfrigh, m Commiffibners, to receive the~^mg T s < Pejr^3iJrorn_the Scots, and with fuch Guards as they (with fix Members of the Ffoufe of Commons, Commif- fioners on their Part) mould think convenient, to conduit him to Ifolmely-Houk. But his Lordfhip oppofed the bringing of that unfortunate Monarch to a publick Trial, and both He and his Sons heartily engaged in the Reftoration of Kxs&Charles^II. Edward* his cldeft Son, had a great Share In thaiJ^ervice, and undertoolc an unpleafanT Voyage to Copenhagen, on purpofe to difpofe Admi- fal Msritagufafter Earl of Sandwich) to lay hold of the firft Op- portunity T5lervehjs_Majefty ; as the Earl of Clarendon relates : And Wbitlock gives arTAccbunt, That he went often to the King* and made Terms for General Montagu and others, which were ho- nourably performed, but he himfelf was jsst -fo - Well xfspj.jte/1 fry his fitgyices, as thofe for whom beafted. Tis " certain he carried to Us Majefty ^he hflTNews, That the Officers of the Fleet were . ready to receive and obeyjiis Orders, even before the Parliament aflembled. // c //<*< /A~ <^-&*r*t ./>****-0 //*-/" He was a vefy fine Gentleman in Perfon and Addrels, and King Charles II. conftituted him Mafter of tKe~Horie to'ftfs Queen, on the Settlement of her Houftiold ; but being difmifs'd from that: Poft, and going a Voluntiejjajjea in the fecond L)utfh War (withf his Kinfman, the braveEarl of Sandwich] was flajnjrvjbe Attack of the Dutch Eaft-India Ships^ in the Port ofZHez^^, in Nor^ way, tHe tHmTIDay ^f Xugujf^i 665, in the 25th Year of his_Age. The Lor? Monta&u, his FajEhfc, "lived moitly at his Country- Seat after the Reftoration, neither was it very pleafing to him that his Sons engapdTrTthe Service of the Court. His Lordfliip de- parted thTs~Life in the fixty-fevent^ Year of his Age, on the i oth of January, 1683. and was buried at Weekly. Anne, his Lady, died in the Year 1634, and was buried in Little St. Bartholomew's . Church, London. She was fbie Daughter to $?r tylph Wim^ri^ _ Kt. Principal Secretary, of State to King "James ^Land at length ^"*K^HeTr. They had ifl'ue Edward Montagu* their Son "and Heir m Whit lack's Memorials, p. 237. Burntf, Hift. p. 3 a C&rw 'Lord Montagu, Anno Dom, i683j and for his eminent Abilities ^reated Vifcoant Mont-Hermer, and Earl of Montagu, by William and Queen Mary ; and by Queen Arme^ Marquis of Mont-Hermer, and Duke of Montagu. He had his Education in Jfaftmmfter School, and whilftlRere, wrote a Latin Elegy on the Death of Henry, Lord Ha/lings, eldeft Son of Ferdinando, Earl of Huntingdon, publim'd An. 1650, under this Title, Lacbry- m $ KQ bJ&rtpb Montagu ; and Third*. Winwood Montagu, who both died unmarried; Fourth, "Joba^ tgr now I)&e of Montagu^ His Grace after his Marriage waited on his Majefly, and was fworn of his Privy-Council the 2d of January, 1677, and, with the King's Confent, bought of the Earl of Sandwich the Place of Matter of the Great Wardrobe. In the Year 1676, he was fent again Ambaffador to the Court of France, on the Death of Ambaflador Lockart, and remained there 'till the Year following, when he came over for new Inftrudtions on the Marriage of the Prince of Orange. He foon after returned_again to France, and before the End of the Year 1678, came into England, expecting to be Secretary of State, Mr. Coventry having agreed to refign it to him for 10,000 /. but the Earl of Danby oppofmg it, the Mat- ter dropp'd, and there enfued a breach of Friendfhip between them: In the Parliament that met at Weftmmftcr the 21 ft Day_.x>f Oftober, 1 678, he complained of an undue Return made by the SherlrF of tKeCounty of Northampton, pf Syt William Temple ^ ^O'-JP- JEY-.fer~b?JBQrough_of Northampton ; and the Matter of "the Return being heard at the Bar of the Houfe on Monday the 1 1 th of November, " and it appearing to the Houfe that the Pre- * c cept from the Sheriff was directed to the Mayor and Juftices of " the Borough o^Northampton, and that the Indenture annexed ** to the Writ (whereby Sir William Temple is returned to ferve '* for the &id_Rojough) is not figned by the Mayor, and the Seal 4 * of the Corporation fixed thereto, and that the fame is annexed " to tfie Precept from jhe Sheriff. Refolved, Nan. Can. That " the Indenture ferved by the Mayor- of Northampton, and fealed " with the Seal of the Corporation, and which is annexed to the ct Sheriff's^Precept, whereby_j?j?/ft& Montagu-, Efq; is returned " to ferve for the faid Borough, is a due_;Return, and ought to " be annexed to the faid Writ". And the Sheriff and Clerk of the Crown being called in, the Indenture whereby Sir William_ c //.WS_returned, was taken off from the Writ, and the In-^ Venture whereby Mr. Montagu was returned was annexed to the faid Writ. And the Houfe ordered Mr. Neale, High-Sheriff of the County of Northampton, intOjCuftody of the Serjeant at Arms, for hisjfaid Offence. Mr. Montagu ""being now in the Houfe, and the Popijh-Plot (which had very much alarmed the Nation) coming under their Confideration, he was (22 Nov.] the fecond Perfon nominated in the Committee appointed to draw -up an Addreis to his Majefty, " to 336 MONTAGU, Duke of Montagu." ** to defire that fuch Letters and Papers which relate to the Plpf s " now under Examination, as have not been peruied by the * c Houfe, may be communicated to them." And it was alfp. re- ferred to the faid Committee, to confider of the Accefs and Re- ception of foreign A mbafladprs. It is already mentioned on whatOccafion the Earl of Danby broke with Mr. Montagu ; and the Earl knowing what Letters he had writ to him, and with what Secrets he had trujted him, was apprehenftvf be might accufe him j fo he was refohed to prevent him ; of which J3ifhpp Burnet gives, this Account : " Jenkins, then at Nimeguen 9 ;c writ over, according to a Direction fent him, as was believed, 4 that he underftood that Montagu had been in a fecret Cor- ' c refpondence, and in dangerous Practices with the Pope's Nun- " cio at Paris : This was meant of one Con, whom I knew well, ** who had been long in Rome ; and moft of the Letters between 44 England and Rome pafs'd through his Hands : He was a crafty " Man, a,nd knew News well, and loved Money ; fo Montagu " made ufe of him, and gave him Money for fuch Secrets as he " could draw from him." Upon Jenkins's Letter the King fent a Meflage to the Houfe of Commons, letting them know, 'That Ms Majefty having received Information that his late AmbaJJador in, France, Mr. Montagu, a Member of their Houfe, had heldfeve- ra I private Conferences with the Pope's Nuncio there, without any Directions or InftruSiions from his Majefty ; His Majejly, to the End that he might know the Truth of that Matter ', had given Di- re ff ions for the Seizing Mr. Montagu'.* Papers; " And at the fame " time he fent to fecure his Cabinets and Papers. This was a " Device of JLord \_Danks, to find his own Lettes, and deftroy ** them, and tlien to let the Profecution fall : For they knew *' they had nothing againft Montagu. But Montagu underftood ic the^Arts of a Court too well to be eafily catched, and had put * a Box, in which thofe Letters weje, in fure~ Hands, out of *' the way. A great Debate arofe upon this Matter in the Houfe " of Commons : It was thought a high Breach of Privilege to * c feize on the Papers of a Member of their Houfe, when there " was nothing of Treafon fworn againft him. After foine De- *' bate, during which Montagu fat filent very long; atlaft, when c the Box was brought to him from the Perlbn to whom he had ' trufted it, he opened it, and took out two of Lord Dantys 4 .tiStters, that contained Inftruffions. to him, to treat with the *' KjngjaL/rtfw^ for ^00,000 /. a Year, for three Years,i a " Peace fucceeded, fince it would not bc_convenient for the King " to jneeT a Parliament m all that^ time, and he was cha?gM ** to mention^ no part of this to the Secretary of State." On which theEarlof Danby wasjmpeached of High-Trcafon-by the Houfe of Commonsj which caufed great ^Alterations In the K.irig*s_ Meafures, broughljn_a new Miniftry, and the DUiolution of that called the Lons-Parliafiient, wherein Mr, Montagu fat only the " - * I .M . f. ff . : * Sdnwi MONTAGU, Duke of Montagu. 337 Sefllon before- mentioned, being employed in his Majeily's Ser- vice. On choofing a new Parliament fwhich met March 6 8^74) he was elected one of the Knights for Huntingdon/hire^ and was among the chief Members who diftinguiuYd themfelves in their Endeavours to fecure the King and Kingdom againft the Growth and Danger of J'ogery, and difabling the Duke of York from in- heriting the Imperial Crownjof^England ; whicTT with other Pro- ceedings againft Popery brought the Seflioft to a Period. Mat 2 7 t when they were prorogued to Angujl \ ^ and in the mean tima difljplved. "In "the next Parliament, which after _fojnarjy Prorogations met at Weftmmftcr, on z i Off. l.6p he was chofen a Member for the Town of Northampton^ and fpoke ojieii_with great Reafbn and Freedom for the Bill to difaUe Tanies v .Daig j g_York, to in- herit the Imperial C :-jun of England and Ireland, and the Domi- nions thereto belonging. Bifhop Burnet relates, "Th'&'Mx.Montagil '' had the chief ^Management in endeavouring to diippfe__the c Court and the King to come into the Bill of Exclufion, and 14 that he artificially brought over the Dutchefs of Portfmouth to '* declare openly for the Houfe of Commons. It was propofed ;t to her, that if ihe could bring the King to the Exclufion, and ' forne other popular Things, the Parliament would go next to * prepare a Bill for fecuring the King's Per (on ; in which a ' Claufe might be carried, that the King might declare the Suc- " cefTor to the Crown, as had been done in Henry the Eighth's ' Time. This would very much raife the King's Authority^ '*' and would be no Breach with the Prince of Orange ; but would " rather oblige him to a greaterDependar.ee on the King. The " Duke of Monrnouth and his Party would certainly be for this^ '* .Clauje, fmce he could have no Profpefl any Bother way, and ** and he v/ould pleafe himfelf with the Hopes of bejng_rjreferred ** by the King to any other Perfon. But fince the Lady PortJ'- *' mouth jbund (lie was fo abfolutely the Miftreis of the King's !< Sptrtt, me might reckon if fuch an A /T per Annum, in lieu of Meajuragg_and Pound- age, and that his Sons fhould enjoy it after him ; on which Foot- ing 'tis eftabliih'X He fhcwed on all Occafions a true and hearty Zeal for the Welfare of his Country, and the publick Safety* ' which induced her Majefty Quccn"]?wy, in the fourth Year of her Reign, to advance him to the Honours of Marquis of Mwnt- i Hermcr, and Duke of Montagit. His Grace had a Spirit equal "*to his high Titles and vaft Fortune, and lived with as great Splen- and Ncwland, Hawkf- MONTAGU, Duke of Montagu. 341 \head, and Aldingham, the Fee of Totmgton, the Lordfhip and /Liberty of Fumes, the Forefts of Roland, Blackbornfmre, 'Traiv- I don, Acringion, Rofendale and Pendle in the County of Lancajler ; / and of diverfe Lands and Tenements in the County of Middle- I fex ; and was fucceeded in his Honours and Eftate , on|yju ryJyingSonjandJEIeir-, now Duke of Montagu, ^1 * "WhicTPT^ 1 ^ Duke of Montagu, in the Year i yoj^married " the Lady Mary Churchill, fourth and you ngeft Daughter, and one of the Co-heirs to his Grace John, Duke of Marlborough, by whom he had IfTue, firft, 'John^ Marquis of Montfyermer, born 'November i, 1706, and died Augujt 26, ~ij'i i^/1econd, Lady Jjabslla MontajrUl_m^rr\eA to William* late Duke of Manchefter ; ^V third,' La3)T Eleanor Montagu, born March 9, 170*, who di- J~ ed an Infant ; fourth, Lady Mary Montagu, married to George, '" the prefcnT!&arl of Cardigan-, alfo George^ and Edward-Churchill* ^ < - Marquifles of Montbermer\ Vf\\Q diedJbj^nts. J-A^L- -Jr*** His Grace was Lord High-Conftable of England at the Coro w G L A s s, Duke of Cover. Bvennefs of Temper, Solidity of Judgment, and an unaffected Piety, left a mining Character, as well as Example to Pofterity, and whofe Conduct as a W ife, a Mother, a Miftrefs, and in all other Conditions of Life, rendered her Lofs a lafting Grief to her Relations: While me lived with the Duke her Hufband, they were a true Pattern of Conjugal Love and Affection, blefs'd with a numerous and happy Offspring, viz. four Sons, and five Daugh- ters : The eldeft Son, William, was born at Edinburgh, May \ 8, 1696, and died feven Months after; the fecond Son James, born at London, November 1 2, 1697, is of an infirm Conftitution both/ of Body and Mind ; the third, Charles, born at Edinburgh, No~ vtmber 24, 1698, was in 1707, for the Services of his Father and Anceftors, created Earl of Ssloway, Vifcount of Tibers, C3V- now Duke of >ueenfbury and Dover, all the Honours of the Fa- mily being fettled on him by hi^Father, with Confent and Con- firmation of tiie Crown ; the fourth Son, Lord George, born at London, February 20, 1701. His eldeft Daughter, Ifabella, was born at London, December 4, 1688, and died at Edinburgh, July 7, 1694 ; the fecond, Eliza- beth, was born at London, Aiiguft 11, 1691, and died at Edin- burgh, July 17, 1695; the third, Mary, was born at London, February 4, 1699, an ^ died at Edinburgh, November 16, 1703; the fourth, Jane, married April ;, 1720, to the Earl of Dal- *ntol and 1 the* fifth, Lady Anne, was married on the 25th of ~January, -1737, to the Honourable William Finch, Efq;. His Grace the prefentDuke of Dover and of Queen/bury, married oh March 10, 17 if the Lady Catherine Hyde, fecond Daughter of Henry Hyde, Earl of Rocheftcr ; and on June 8, 1 7 20, was appointed one of the Lords of the Bedchamber to his late Majefty. Alfo in April, 1738, accepted of the Place of Gentleman of the Bedchamber to his Royal Highnefe Frederick, Prince of Wales. His Graee hath Iflue two Sons, Henry, Heir-Apparent, born Oftober 50, 1722 ; and the Lord Charles, born July 17, 1726. .TITLES.] Charles Dowglafs, Duke of Dover, and of ury y Marquis of Beverly and Qtteenfiiay, Earl of ^ueenfbury and Sollo- ivay, Vifcount Drumlangrig, and Baron of Rippon. CREATIONS.] Baron of Rippon, in Com. Ebor. by Letters Patent 26 May, 1708, 9 Anne. Vifcount Drumlangrig in North-Britain, J April, 1628, 4 Car. I. Earl of Queenfbury in that Kingdom, by Letters Patent 13 June, 1633, 9 Car. I. Earl of Sallow ay in the faid Kingdom, by Letters Patent, dated - - - Day of 1707, 8 Anne. Marquis of Beverly, in Com. Ebor. by Letters Patent, 26 May, 1708, 9 Anne, and of ^ueenfbury in Scotland, by Letters Patent, dated 13 Jyne, 1633, 9 Car. I. and Duke of Qutenfbury, 3 Feb. 1684, 37 Car. II, Duke of Dover in Kenf, 3>6 May, 1708, 9 Anne. ARMS.] Quarterly, i ft and 4th, Argent, a Heart, Gules, cmwn- cd with an Imperial Ciw", Or t on a Chief, Azure, three Mul- lets 352 DOVVGLASS, Duke of Dover. lets of the Field, Dowglafi ; zd and 3d, A?,ure, a Bend between fix Crofs Croflets, fitche, Or, (for the Earldom of Marr] the whole within a Bordure, Or, charged within a double TrefRire fleury and counter-fleury of the fecond, being an Augmentation J as is alfo the Heart in the firft Quarter, ufed in memory of the Pilgrimage made by Sir James Doivglafs, Anceftor of his Grace, to the Holy-Land, with the Heart of King Robert Bruce, in the Year 1330, which was there interred according: to that King's Delire : And the double TrefTure was added by King Charles II. when he honoured the Family with the Marquifate of ^ueenfbury^ the Bordure before that time being borne only plain. CREST.] On a Wreath, a Heart between two Wings, Gules, crowned with an Imperial Crown, Or. SUPPORTERS.] Two Pegafus's, Argent, Wings, Crefts, Tail?, and Hoofs, Or. MOTTO.] FORWARD. CH i E F-Se AT.] At Drumlangrig in the County of Du it 4. Miles from Dumfrieze, and 5 ^ from Edinburgh. XX. HAMILTON, Duke of Brandon. IS paternally defcended from the ancient and noble Family of Dowglaff, and enjoys the Title of Duke of Hamilton, by the Marriage of his Anceftor with the Heir of that Illuftrious Family ; the firft whereof mentioned is a Sir fflilliam de Hamblcton (fo called from the Manour of Hambleton in Buckingham/hire, whereof he was poflefs'd) who was third Son to Robert, Earl of Leicefttr, fir- named Blenchmains, by Petronilla, Daugliter and Heir of Hugh de Grantfmilne, Lord of H'inkley, and Great Steward of England. This Sir William, in the Reign of William, King of Scots, went into Scotland, where his Brother Roger, was Arch' ifhop of St. Andrew's, and Chancellor of Stotlarid, and his Sifter Margaret was married to Saer de Quincy, Earl of Winton, and Great Con- ftable of Scotland ; and he himfelf had to Wife Mary, the only Daughter and Heir of Gilbert, Earl of Stratherk ; but the frequent Wars that were between the two Nations of Scotland and England^ breaking out fome Time after, the faid Sir IVilliam was obliged to return .to his native Country, his Eftate being forfeited by be- ing an Englijhman ; for all of that Nation had their Eftates con- fifcated, as the Writers of thofe Times teftify. This Sir JVilliam bore for his Coat of Arms, The Cinqugfoil Ermine (as all his Predecefibrs, Earls of Leicefter, had done, being the paternal Coat of the Earls of Melknt in Normandy] and had IfTue Sir Gilbert, who about the time of King Alexander II. went a x Steromite, HAMILTON, JDuke of Brandon. into Scotland, was kindly received by that Prince ; and in Reccnv* pence of his Father's Eftate forfeited, as before was faid, had con- fiderahle Lands given him, as KadJho-W (now called Hamilton} Edilwood, and feveral other Manours. He married Jfabel, Daugh- ter to Sir 'James Randolph, of Strathdon, and Sifter to Thomas, Earl of Murray, afterwards Governour of Scotland: This Lady was Niece to King Robert Bruce, by his Sifter Margery ; and of this Marriage were Walter, and 'John, of which laft the Family of P re/Ion is defcended. Sir Walter fucceeded his Father, and is a "Witnefs to leveral Charters to the Monaftery of Pafely, about the End of King Alexander Ill's Reign ; alfo a Witnefs to the Confirmation Grant of the Privilege of Fiftiing Herring, &c. to that Monaftery, by -James, Great Stewart of Scotland, in r 294 : He is likewife one of thole who fubfcribed the Ragman Roll, in i 296, where he writes himfelf Walter Fltz Gilbert de 'Hamilton. There are extant four Charters granted to him by King Robert Bruce, relating to the" Lands of Kadjhow, (now Hamilton] Edilwood, Machanfmre, Dal- ferf, En/haw de Watftoun, Kenneil, Larbarbrumage, Old Caiby$ &c. This Sir Walter married firft Eupham, Daughter to the Earl of Rofs, by his Wife Maud, Sifter to King Robert Brute \ but {he dying without Iflue, fecondly he married Mary, Daughter to the Lord Gordon, by whom he had Sir David, who fucceeded him, and "John, Anceftor to the Family at Inrterwick. Sir David was one of thofe, who having behaved himfelf very bravely at the Battle of Durham, was taken Prifbner there with King David Bruce, and delivered into the keeping of the Arch- bifhop of York. He afterwards fat in the Parliament when the two great Entails of the Crown of Scotland were made, one irt i 370, and the other in 1373 ; his Name is inferted in the one, and his Seal is affixed to the other. He married the Daughter of Walter Lejley, Earl of Rofs, by whom he had Sir David, who fucceeded him at Hamilton; and another Son, from whom the! Families at Cambufkeneth and Sangbar are defcended. Sir David fucceeded his Father in 1375. ^ e married Jenet Keith, Daughter to the Lord Keith, and was Father to Sir John Hamilton, and four other Sons, of whom the Families at Bath-* gate, Bruntwood, Borland, and Bardonwie, are defcended. Sir John Hamilton, in 1388, married Jacoba de Dowglafs y Daughter to the Lord Dalkeith, by whom he had Sir James, who fucceeded him, and David, Anceftor to the Family of Dalferf, and Thomas, of whom the Families at Darngaber, Raploch and Torrence delcend. Sir James fucceeded his Father, and was by Ordinance of Paf- liament created a Peer, by the Title of Lord Hamilton, in H55 This Lord was one of the Hoftages for the Payment of the Ran- fom of King James I; In 1 449 he, With John, Bifhop of Dun-^ k ' n Confideration of his great Services, he was, with Confent of Parliament, married to the Princefs Mary, eldeft Sifter to that King , by her he had James, who fucceeded him, and a Daughter Elizabeth, married to the Earl of Lenox. James, the third Lord Hamilton, was by King James IV. created Earl of Arran. He was fent into England to negotiate the Marriage betwixt that King and the Princefs Margaret, Daugh- ter to Henry VII. of England, and having concluded that Match, did in the moft pom pens Manner folemnize the fame. The King was fo fenfible of his good Services, and great Expences in this Matter, that he granted to him the Ifland of Arran. This Earl was a Man of great Prudence and Courage, and was fent with three thoufand Men to the Afliftance of the King of Denmark, againft the Lubecktrs, whom he brought to fubmit to that King's Terms. He was afterwards made Admiral of Scotland, and fent with a confiderable Force to the Afliftance of the King of France, and did that Princq very confiderable Services j who in Reward of them, made him Knight of the Order of the Cockle, with a Pen- fion of Twelve Thoufand Livres per Annum for Life. During the Minority of King James V. John, Duke of Albany was de- clared Goveruour of Scotland, as neareft Relation to the young King; HAMIL TON, t)uke of Brandon. King ; but that Duke defigning to take a Voyage into France, he appointed James, Archbifhop of Glafgow, Chancellor; this James^ Earl of Arran, Alexander, Earl of Huntley, Colen, Earl of Argyle, and Anthony Darcy de la Baffle, JCnt. to be Regents of the King- dom during his Abfence : But the other Regents, and Lords of Council, foon after, viz. the 24th of September, 1514, devolved all their Authority upon this Earl of Arran, to continue Regent during the Duke of Albany's Abfence ; in which time of his Re- gency he concluded a Peace with England, fupprefied feveral In- furreclions, preferred good Order upon the Borders, reftored Peace and Quiet to the whole Country, and difchare-ed that Office to univer/al Satisfaction ; fo that upon the Duke of Albany's fecond Voyage into France, he was again appointed Recent during his Abfence, which he discharged very faithfully. He married firft Beatrix Drummond, Daughter to the Lord Drummond, who died without TfTue. His fecond Wife was Janet Home, Daughter to the Lord Home, by whom he had no IfTue. His third Wife waS Janet Beaton, Daughter to Beaton of Creich, Comptroller: of Scotland, by whom he had James, who fucceeded him, Sir John Hamilton of Clydfdale, and one Daughter, married to Ar- chibald, Earl of Argyle. This Earl died in 1530. James, fourth Lord Hamilton, and fecond Earl of Arrant, was$ though but young, one of thofe who attended King James V. of Scotland into France, where that Prince was married to Magdalene^ Daughter to the King of France, and on the Death of his Sove- reign, was declared Governour of Scotland, and Tutor to the In- fant Queen Mary, Soon after his Advancement to this Dignity, he called a Parliament, and as neareft Kinfman of the Blood-Royal of Scotland^ he was by them declared rightful Tutor to the Queen by a fpecial Act : Alfo by a fecond Act of the fame Parliament, he was declared Governour of the Queen and Kingdom during her Infancy ; and by a third A&, declared to be fecond Perfon of the Kingdom, next Heir to the Queen, and failing of her, by De- ceafe, without Heirs of her own Body, to be rightful and un- doubted King o f the Realm of Scotland. Thefe three Acts parted unanimoufly, and were by a fpecial Ordinance appointed to be extended or engrofled upon a Sheet of Parchment, and the Great- Seal of Scotland, together with the Seals of all the Members of Parliament, as well Clergy as Laity, to be affixed thereto^ Thefe Acts fo Extended and Sealed, are now in the Cuftody of his Grace the Duke of Hamilton. This Earl foon after concluded a Treaty of Peace between England and Scotland, and likewife a Treaty of Marriage between the Prince of Wales and the Infant Queen of Scots ; but King Henry VIII. making feveral additional Demands after the Treaty was concluded, to which the Governour would by no means comply, the Treaty proved abortive^ and the Parliament of Scot* land, the i xth of December, 1 542$ declared the King of England A a * had 356 HAMILTON, Duke of Brandon. had broken and violated the Treaty, and therefore was not to ba kept on the Part of Scotland, by Law and Equity, and juft Rea- fon ; and the young Queen was foon after fent into France, on a Marriage between her and the Dauphin. In i 548, this Governour was made Knight of the Holy Gbojl, and created Duke of Chattleherauld in France ; and his Right of Succeflion to the Crown of Scotland was acknowledged and recog- nized by the King of France, the Dauphin, and young Queen. He continued Governour 'till 1555, when the young Queen being of Age, chofe her own Curators or Guardians, by whofe Advice fhe named her Mother to be Regent, and the Duke very willingly refigned in her Favour, and laid down the Employment which he had held to univerfal Satisfaction for twelve Years ; and his Conduct, during all that time, was mod folemnly approved of by the Parliament of Scotland, and a very ample Teftimony given him of the good Services he had done his Country, the Words of the Acl importing, " That he, by his great Labours, vehement *' Expences, and daily Danger of himfelf, his Kin, and Friends, " had reliev'd their Sovereign's moft Noble Perfon from the cruel " Purfuits of the King and Council of England; and had left free " the hail Realm and Dominions of his faid Sovereign Lady, " without any Part thereof witholden by her Highnefs's old Ene- " mies of England, notwithstanding the Afliftance given them by " fevcral of the Subjects of Scotland" He very zealoufly and couragioufly aflerted the Caufe of Mary^ Queen of Scots, for which he underwent Imprifonment, and ma- ny other Sufferings. He married Lady Margaret Dctvglafe, eldeft Daughter to the Earl of Mcreton, and by her had Tllue three Daughters and four Sons; fir ft. James, who died without I flue; fecond, John, who fucceeded him ; third, David, who never married ; and Claud, Lord Paijly: His Daughters were Anne, married firft to the Lord Gordon, then to the Lord Firming ; Joan, married to the Earl of Hitniley ; and Cbriftian, to the Earl of E glint on. This Duke was a Perfon of great Juftice and Candour, and let nothing before his Eyes but the Publick Good ; fo that Archbifhop Spotfivocd fays of him in his Hiftory, " That in his Court there " was nothing feen that the fevereft Eye could cenfure or reprove; " in the publick Government fuch a Moderation was kept, as no " Man was heard to complain ; the Governour was reverently " obeyed, and held in as great Refpe& as any Kings of preceding " Times.'' And indeed though he had feveral Opportunities of aggrandizing his Family, particularly by marrying the young Qjeen to his eldeft Son, to which he was follicited by the greateft Part of Scotland* yet in regard of the Greatnefs of his Queen, he did not embrace them. Archbifhop Spotfwood farther fays of him, " He was a Nobleman well inclined, open and plain, and with- " out all Diffiiniiiationi and though he met with great Troubles, HAMILTON, Duke of Brandon. " yet by the Goodnefs of God, who doth always favour the in- " nocent and honeft minded, he went through all, and died ho- '* nourably, and in Peace." He was fucceeded by "John, Lord Aberbrotbick, his fecond Son (the eldeft dying without IfTue) : This Lord was, together with his Father, forfeited for his firm Adherence to Queen Mary, in 1571; and though by the Pacification he was reftored, yet he, together with his Brother, the Lord Claud, was again forfeited in 1579, and the Eftate and Dignity of Earl of Arran was beftowed upon Captain James Stewart? and he continued in Banifhment 'till 1585, when he and fome other Lords, that were banifhed, finding the King (James VI.) then but young, influenced by very perni- cious Councils, returned to Scotland in a Body, without any In- tention of Violence, and were reconciled to the King ; but efpeci- ally this Lord, whom he made immediately Governour of Dum- barton-Ca/ile, and from that time he continued in great Favour with his Prince. He, as all the other of that Name, had been a violent Stickler for Queen Mary ; and, whilft he was in France, he publifhed a Cartel, under his Seal, offering to fight any Man who durft fay Queen Mary was acceflary to the Murther of her Hufband, or guilty of any of the Crimes {he was charged with by her rebellious Subjects. And that Princefs, when the fevere and unparalleled Sentence of Death was to be executed upon her, took a Ring off her Finger, and gave it to one of her Servants, and ordered him to carry it to her Coufiri Lord John Hamilton, and tell him that was all (he then had to witnefe her great Senfe of his and his Fa- mily's conftant Fidelity to her, and of their Suffering for her In- terefts ; and defired it might be kept in the Family, as a lafting Evidence of her Kindnefs to it, which is preferved to this Day with a fuitable Regard. King James treated him with the fame Refpedt his Mother had done the Duke of Cbajtleberauld, calling him always Father, and wrote to him often with the greateft Freedom and Familiarity that was poffible ; and when that King went to Denmark to bring home his Queen, he named him Lord-Lieutenant of the South of Scot- land, and left him a Letter, yet extant, full of great Efteem and Kindnefs, to which he added this Poftfcript with his own Hand. My Lord, If my conftant Tru/f bad not been In you of your great Love towards me, I had not thus employed you upon '.fetch an Occajion^ therefore I a (Jure myfelfyou will not frujlrate my Expectation. In the Year 1599, he was created Marquis of Hamilton (the firft in Scotland that ever bore that Dignity) and having lived to a very advanced Age, died the i zth of April, 1604. He had all the Advantages of Education, was a Gentleman of very bright Parts, and an excellent Scholar : Loyalty, the inherent Quality of the Family, he had to the greateft Degree ; for though he and his Father ftood next the Crown from 1543, that King James V . A a 3 died, 358 H AM i L TON, Duke of Brandon. died, 'till 1593, that Prince Henry was born; during which time there was none but Queen Mary and King James of the Royal Blood ; yet their Deportment (hewed, that they had no other De- fign but to ferve thofe Princes with all poflible Fidelity and Zeal ; and though Scotland was then much diftracled with intefrine Broils 2nd Diforders, yet they never fet themfelves at the Head of any Faction, nor departed from the Intereft of the Crown ; but on the contrary, this Marquis, though he was follicited by a Letter, fign- ed by Mr. Bruce, and Mr. Balcanquell, two of the violent Clergy in 1596, in the Name of their Godly Brethren, to head them a- gainft the King ; he pofitively denied it, and by his early Informa- tion thereof to his Prince, nipped that Rebellion in the Bud ; and giving his Bleffing to his Son on his Death-Bed., and reckoning up the moft fignal Favours of God to him, he named Three more particularly : Firft, that during all his Troubles, and notuuithftanding the great Offers made him in France by the Houfe ofGuife, if he would change his Religion, yet God had never left him to do fo bffe a thing, tho' he loft his Interejl in that Court by refufing it. The Other was, that he had never opprejfcd any of his Vajjals and Tenants. And the third, that he never entertained ene Thought contrary to the Duty he owed the Crown ; and that no hard Vfage he met -with had ever prevailed on him to any fuch Dejign. And therefore charged his Son on his Bleffing, to continue in the fame Courfes. He married Margaret Lyon, Daughter to the Lord Glames, Chancel- lor of Scotland^ by whom he had Iflue James, who fucceeded him, jmd a Daughter, married to John, Lord Maxwell, Anceftor to the Earl of Nithifdale. James, the fecond Marquis of Hamilton, had his Education in Scotland, but went very early abroad ; and having travelled feveral Years, he returned Home through England; and though King James did then very much defire his Stay at Court, yet he declined it j but fome time after, he was prevailed upon by his Prince to quit his native Country, and was made Lord-Steward of the Houfhold to the King, who in 1619, created him Earl of Cam- bridge, a Title never before conferred on any but fuch as were of the Royal Blood. He was alfo made Knight of the Garter, the zd of February, 20 Jac. I. The King defigning to have the Articles of Religion, common- ly called the Five Articles of Perth, enacted into a Law, called a Parliament in Scotland; and as his Majefty knew this Matter would meet with great Oppofition from the Puritan Faction there, fo he thought none fo proper to employ in the high Station of Commiflioner, whofe Intereft in Scotland was able to quell thofe Proceedings, as this Marquis. Accordingly being named Com- miffioner, ne came to Edinburgh; and underftanding fome turbu- lent Minifters were endeavouring to obftruct the Ratification of thefe Articles, he ordered them all out of Town, and fuch as not obey, he imprifbned. He was in great Efteem in both Kingdoms, HAMILTON, Duke of Brandon. 3 59 Kingdoms, equally dear to the Sovereign and the Subject; ?.nd it is certain no Perfon could have difputed with him the King's Af- fection and Confidence, the Duke of Buckingham excepted. He had a Spirit fitted for the greateft Affairs, and was one of the handfomeft Men of his Age. He died in England, March $d, 1625, aged 36; and his Corpfe being (ent to Scotland, was in- terr'd at Hamilton with his Anceftors, his Death being univerfally lamented, but by none more than the King himfelf, who when he heard of his Deceafe, faid, If the Branches are thus cut down, the Stock could not continue long ; for fome time before the Duke of Richmond and Lenox died, and this proved too true, the King dy- ing foon after. This Marquis married the Lady Anne Cunningham, Daughter to James, Earl of Glencairn, and by her had two Sons, James and William, both Dukes of Hamilton, and three Daughters, married to the Earls of Crawford, Eglington^ and hteenfbury, Predecefibr to the Duke of ^ueen/lury. James, the third Marquis of Hamilton, was born at Hamilton the. 1 9th of June, \ 606 ; he was fent for to Court, and married to Lady Mary Fielding, Daughter to William^ Earl of Denbigh^ whilft he was but fourteen Years of Age ; and continuing at Court during his Father's Life, he was a great Favourite of the young Prince Charles, and was one of the honourable Train that waited on his Highnefs when he went to -Spain. After his Father's Death, he refolved to retire from Court, and live privately in Scotland, but could not execute this fo foon as he intended, being obliged to wait and aflift at the Coronation of King Charles I. where he carried the Sword of State before the King; however, loon after he went to Scotland, and though the King fent feveral preffing Letters to him to come to Court, yet he could not be prevailed upon 'till 1628, when his Father-in-law, the Earl of Denbigh^ came to Scotland, and brought Letters from. the King, defiring him to come to Court, which he complied with. He no fooner waited on his Majefty, but he was made Mafter of the Horfe, Gentleman of the King's Bed-chamber, and Privy Councilor in both Kingdoms; and it was prefently obferved, that none had more of the King's Heart than he. In the Year 1629, he was appointed to treat with the King of Sweden about the Re- lief of the Palatinate, and a Treaty was actually concluded and figned by that Prince the 3oth of May, 1630, when the Marquis v/as appointed General of the Army that was to affift that King ; whereupon on the Eve of St. George's Feaft, in 6 Car. I. b he was elected a Knight Companion of the moft Noble Order of the Garter, and immediately Ihftalled at Windfor, being neceffitated to leave the Place next Morning, which occafioned the Sovereign to give a particular Difpatch to the Ceremonies ufed on that Oc- b Jjbmole't Order of the Garter, pt 279. A a 4 cafion, 360 HAMILTON, Duke of Brandon. cafion, and is the only Inftance of a Knight being Elected and In- ilalled in one Day. Whilft the Marquis was in Scotland raffing Forces to carry into Sweden, a fmifter Confpiracy was contrived againft him, as if he had no Defign to go to Germany, but when his Army was raifed, he intended to attempt the Crown of Scotland: This being told the King, he rejected it, in Terms fo full of Affection to the JVlarquis, as dilcovered he was .incapable to entertain any Jealoufy of him, or any of his Actions ; and foon after coming to Court, Utterly ignorant of the execrable Defigns againfl him, he was re- ceived by the King with an uncommon Kindnefs, who told him the Story, and exprefled his Confidence in him in fuch obliging Terms, as fcarce to allow him to fpeak in his own Ju unification, commanding him to lie in the Bed-chamber that very Night ; and upon the Trial of the Lord Qcbiltree, who had contrived this Sto- ry, it appeared to be the greateft Forgery and Calumny ever in- vented. On the i6th of July, 1631, the Marquis fet fail from Tar- mouth, and the 3 1 ft came to the Mouth of the Oder, between Vwlgag and the Ifle ofU/edon ; and two Days after landed his Men, in Number about fix Tboufand, very feafonablv for the King of Sweden j and though he did not meet with the Reception he ex- pected, and the Plague broke out in his Army, yet he relieved Croffeu, and took Guben, and did feveral other considerable Servi- ces ; but King Charles wanting him in England, writ for him to come Home ; which the Marquis obeyed, and was extremely well received by the King at his Return. In 1638, he was named CommiiTioner to the Parliament of Scotland^ which Office he accepted moft unwillingly; he told his Majefty, " His Life and Fortune, and all he had, he would ne- " ver flick to hazard for his Service, but thought himfelf unequal " to this Bufinefs, being much a Stranger to Scotijh Mtn and * f Scots Affairs :" However, his Majefty's Commands were po- ftive. He arrived at Edinburgh the 9th of 'June, i 658, and was met by about fix Thoufand Gentlemen and others on Horfeback, and there acted a Part entirely approved by his Majefty. He went to England, to acquaint him with the Pofture of Affairs ; and had his good Advice been at that time received, the fetal Cataftrophy that afterwards followed, might have been in feme meafure pre- vented ; however, he was again fent into Scotland, where he ar- rived the i oth of Auguft, and finding Matters in a bad pofture, he took another Journey to London, and was foon after named Commiflioner to the General AfTembly which was appointed to meet at Glafgow \ but finding them undutiful in their Behaviour, he diflblved them. And when the King refolved upon a War againft the Covenanters, the Marquis was appointed General of the Army, and failed with it to Leitb, but was by exprefs Orders kept from entring upon Action ; and though the King prefled him again H AMI L TON, Duke of Brandon. 361 again to be Commiffioner, yet he declined it, and for fome Years ated only in a private Sphere. In 1643, he was created Duke of Hamilton, and was then, with his Brother the Earl of Lanark, labouring to prevent Scot' land from agreeing with the two Houfes in England', but becaufe .Affairs there did not fucceed well, his Enemies at Court laid aB the Blame upon him, and again revived their old Story of his Pretences to the Crown of Scotland : The Duke underftood this ; "but fo much was he convinc'd of his own Innocency, that he made all poflible hafte to Court, which was then at Oxford : This was interpreted as a new Crime, and it was then faid, that both he and his Brother had betrayed the King's Caufe in Scotland} and were coming to Court to be Intelligencers. Thefe Stones made fome Impreffion upon the King, and both the Brothers were confined to their Chambers. The Charge againft the Duke was great, but he juftified himfelf fully ; and though he prefled very much for a Trial, yet that was denied him, and he was fent to Pendennis-CaJlle, and continued a Prifoner to the End of April, 1 646, when fome of the Parliament Forces took the Caftle of St. Michael's Mount, in Carnival, where he was in Cuftody. He no fooner was fet at Liberty, than he refblved on a private Life ; however, did not fail to ufe his Intereft, both with the Scotijh Commiflioners at London, and his Friends in the Houfe of Peers, to treat with the King upon eafy Terms. In July, 1646, he waited on the King at Newcajlle, was very well received by his Majefty, who excufed his Imprifonment from the Importunities of thofe that were about him ; and though the Duke inclined to go abroad, and afked Permiflion for it, yet his Majefty telling him he hoped he would not leave him when he moft wanted his Afliftance, his Grace laid afide his former Refolution, defiring his Majefty to lay his Commands on him ; and very fbon gave an earneft Proof of his Obedience, in refcuing the great Montrofs out of the Inconveniencies he was then in, and that even though for- merly a Mifunderftanding had been between them. The Duke foon after going into Scotland, ufed his beft Endea- vours to bring over the Scots to the Intereft of their Prince j and did all in his power to prevent that infamous Vote of delivering the King to the Englijh ; which though he could not prevent, yet he and his Brother contributed very much to the taking of the Refolutions the Scotch went into for the King's Relief, in which he and his Friends met with very great Oppofition ; yet, by an affiduous Application, they carried the Refolution of putting their Country in Defence, and an Engagement was entered into for Defence of the King, and the Duke declared General. This Matter was carried on with all Vigour, though mightily oppofed by the Minifters, and he marched with his Army into England, where he had the ill Fortune to be defeated, and himfelf, with feveral Officers, made Prifoners, He 362 HAMILTON, Duke of Brandon. He was carried firft to Derby, thence to Ajhty cle la Zoucb, ne>* to Windfor, and in the end brought Prifoner to St. James's, ani foon after tried by the fame pretended Court of Juftice which had condemned the King ; and though he juftified himfelf and hi.t Conduct, yet as it was not likely that thofe who had broke all tho Bonds of Loyalty and Duty would ftick at any thing to fupport; their Caufe, he was condemned on the 6th of March, to be be- headed on the gth of that Month, which was accordingly done in the Old Palace-Yard. He was a Perfon of extraordinary Qua! ities ; had a profound Judgment, a quick Apprehenfton, and a manly Eloquence. He was moft devout in his Service to God, and loyal to his Prince, which made him beloved in his Life, and lamented at his Death. He was buried at Hamilton among his Anceftors, and was fucceeded by his Brother. He married the Lady Mary Fielding, Daughter to William, Earl of Denbigh^ by Sufannah Filliers, Sifter to the Duke of Bucking- ham, who bore him three Sons and three Daughters ; the Sons were Charles, James, and William ; but they, and Lady Mary, the eldeft Daughter, died young ; the other two Daughters were Lady Anne, the late Dutchefs Dowager of Hamilton, and Lady Sufannah, married to the Earl of Cajles. His Brother and Succeflbr, William Duke of Hamilton, born at Hamilton, the 24th of Dec. r 6 1 6, was educated at the Univerfity of Glafgow, afterwards went abroad, and returned from his Travels when he was One and Twenty. In the Year 1 640, he was made Secretary of State for Scotland, which he executed to the great Satisfaction of his Majefty, as well as his Subjects. There was an entire Friendship between him and his Brother, and he had a great Share in the Management of the Affairs of Scotland, in concert with him, during the Troubles of thofe Times ; wherein he con- ftantly oppofcd all the traiterous Defigns of thofe that had rebelled againft their Prince, and vigoroufly executed whatever he thought for his Matter's Intereft. As foon as he heard of his Brother's De- feat at Prejton, and the violent Meafures then in agitation, he made his Elcape to Holland, where he ftaid 'till King Charles II. came to Scotland. After his Arrival there, he continued to aflift that Prince with his beft Advice, and attended him, with all his Friends, in his March to England; and having diftmguifhed him- felf at the Battle of Worcefler, he received a Wound in his Leg, which proving mortal, he embraced the News of it with all the Refignation imaginable ; and dying the i2th of September, 1651, was interred in the Cathedral Church of Warcefter ; for though, according to his Orders for burying him with his Anceftors at Hamilton, his Servants earneftly defired they might have leave to carry his Body to Scotland, yet it was abfolutely denied. He married in 1638, the Lady Elizabeth Maxwell, eldeft Daughter to the Earl of Dirleton, and left four Daughters, Lady Anne ; :o rittiS -^Elizabeth, o* HAMILTON, Duke of Brandon. 363 ^ Mary* and Margaret, married to the Earls of Southejk y Glencairn, and the Laird of Blair. He was fuccecded by Anne, Dutcheis of Hamilton, his Niece, deleft Daughter to his Brother Duke James : She was married to William, Earl of Selkirk, eldeft Son of William, Marquis of Dow- glafs, by his fecond Wife, Lady Mary Gordon, Daughter to the Marquis of Huntley. Which William, at the Requeft of the Dutchefs, was created Duke of Hamilton in 1661, and foon after made Knight of the Garter. The Meafures towards the latter end of King James's Reign difpleafing him, he appeared very early in the Jntereft of the Prince of Orange, and had a chief Hand in bringing about the Revolution, and placing that Prince on the Throne of the Kingdom of Scotland. He was chofe Pre- fident of the Convention of Eftates, and had a very extraordinary Power vefted in him by Parliament, of feizing and imprifbning all fufpicious Perfons; and when the Convention was turned into a Parliament, in 1689, he was appointed Lord Commiflioner, and Lor,d Prefident of the Privy-Council of Scotland, and was foon after appointed Lord High- Admiral of that Kingdom. In 1693, he was again named Commiflioner to the Parliament ; was afterwards made one of the Lords Extraordinary of the Seflion, and one of the Lords of the Treafury. He died in the Palace of Holyrood-Houfe, April 18, 1694, and was buried in the Burying- Place of the Family at Hamilton, where there is a ftately Monu- ment erected for him. By Anne, his Dutchefs aforefaid, he had Iflue James, Earl of Arran, who fucceeded him ; Lord William, who died in France^ a Batchelor j Charles, Earl of Selkirk ; John, Earl of Rutherglen ; George, Earl of Orkney ; Lord Eafd\ and Lord Archibald ; and three Daughters, Lady Catherine, married to "John, Duke of Athol; Lady Sufan, married firft to the Earl of Dondonald, and after- wards to James, Marquis of Tweddale j and Lady Margaret, married to the Earl of Penmure. He gave great Application to the Publick Bufinefs, and at the fame time looked carefully after his own ; for he was an excellent CEconomift, as appeared by retrieving his Fortune, which had been impoverimed by the great Succours raifed out of the Eftate for the Service of King Charles I. James, Duke of Hamilton, fucceeded his Father : After his Education at the Univerfity of Glajgou; he fpent fome time in Travel, and on his Return, difcovered fo much good Senfe, agree- able Humour, and pleafant Wit, that he foon became diftinguilh'd by King Charles II. (an allowed Judge of Men) who appointed him one of the Gentlemen of his Bed-Chamber, and continued him 'till his Death. In the fame Year, he was appointed his Majefty's Envov-Ex- traordinary to the kte King of France, to congratulate that Prince upon the Birth of Philip Duke of Anjou t King of Spain. He continued 364 HAMILTON, Duke of Brandon. continued fome time in France, and ferved two Campaigns under the King as Aid-de-Camp (the late Dauphme of France, and he, being fworn Aid-de-Camps at the fame time) where he gained an univerfal good Character. During his Abode in France, England was unfortunately deprived of their Prince ; but King James II. continued to have the lame Regard for the Duke (then Earl of Arran) and named him his Envoy-Extraordinary to the Court of France, and after his Return to England, made him Knight of the moft Noble and moft Ancient Order of the Thiftle, or St. Andrew, \n Scotland, Matter of the Wardrobe, and Colonel of the Royal Regiment of Horfe. He continued with that un- fortunate Prince to the laft ; and though he highly difapproved of his Adminiftration, yet, on the Revolution, he freely declared his Opinion, that the Irregularities committed were not fufficient to diflblve his Allegiance ; and therefore when he was called to a meeting of the Peers of Scotland, then in London, to concert Mea- fures in that extraordinary Juncture, he ftrenuoufly oppofed the addrefling the Prince of Orange, to take on him the Government of that Country ; and at the fame time, with feveral other Lords, propofed the calling back King James, and that a free Parliament might redrefs the Grievances of the Nation : And his Notions in this great Affair, with his Obligations to King James, had fuch Effect on him, that he retired from publick Bufinefs for feveral Years ; and being fufpe&ed of holding Correfpondence with the Court, after its Removal to St. Germains, was twice fent to the *fower, but difcharged without any Profecution. In Anno 1698, at the Requeft of the.Nobility and Gentry of Scotland, who thought themfelves very much prejudiced by the Treatment they met with in relation to the Settlement at Darlen, he was prevailed on to take the Oaths to the Government, and appear in that Affair. About which time the Dutchefs, his Mother, made a Surrender of her Titles in his Favour (he being then Earl of Arran only) and a Patent was figned, creating him Duke of Hamilton, &c. with Precedency in the fame Manner, as though he had fucceeded thereto by his Mother's Death. After the Conclufion of the Union, he continued in Scotland 'till the time of the intended Invafion of the Pretender, in the Year 1708, when, amongft many others of the Nobility of that Nation, he was taken into Cuftody of Meflengers, and brought to London, but was fet at Liberty on his giving Bail, which was foon after difcharged ; and he immediately returned to Scotland, and by his Intereft, got him- felf, and fix more of his Friends, elected Peers to fit in the Houfe of Lords, contrary to the united Jntereft of the then Miniftry. In the Year 1710, he was made Lord-Lieutenant of the County Palatine of Lancafter, Gujlos Rotulorum for the faid County, and Ranger of her Majefty's Fcrefts there, and Admiral of the Sea- Coafts, and fworn one of the moft honourable Privy-Council. 2 The HAMILTON, Duke of Brandon. The next Year he was created a Peer of Great-Britain, by the /^ Title of Duke of Brandon, in Com. Suff". and Baron of Button, ' In Com. Ceft. by Letters Patent, bearing Date September 10, 1711. The Preamble to his G R A C E's Patent is as follows. " Whereas the Anceftors of our very faithful and entirely be- " loved Coufm and Counfellor, James, Duke of Hamilton, " Marquis of did/dale, Earl of Arran and Lanark, Lord of " Polmont, Aven, Marchinfhire, and Innerdale, have very much " recommended themfelves to our Royal Predeceflbrs of moft " glorious Memory, by the Noblenefs of their Birth, eminent " Services, and by their unfpotted Loyalty, even unto Death, " and alfo their Proximity in Blood ; We taking Notice, that the " faid James, Duke of Hamilton, treading in the Steps of his " moft Noble Family, and by his Virtue, unftiaken Conftancy, " and Fidelity, has continued to illuftrate that Affinity, by which " he is related to our Royal Lineage : That both himfelf may " have fbme Monument of fingalar Benevolence, and that his " Pofterity may be excited by his Grandeur and Dignity, to per- *' form Things worthy of fo Great a Name, we have decreed " to adorn and advance with new Titles, the ancient Honour " defcended to him from his Noble Anceftors. Now know " ye, fcff. On the Death of the Earl of Rivers, in 1712, he was con- ftituted Mafter-General of the Ordnance, and foon after elected one of the Knights Companions of the moft Noble Order of the Garter ; and though his Grace met with confiderable Oppofition, and had a Precedent againft him, yet he prevailed with the Queen to allow him to keep both Orders ; and her Majefty was Ib well fatisfied with the Reafonablenels of it, that {he was pleafed to declare, (he would wear both Orders herfelf. In 1713, on Con- clufion of the Treaty of Peace, he was appointed Ambafiador Extraordinary to the Court of France ; but before he fet out for that Kingdom, he was in a Duel with Charles, Lord Mohun (whom he flew on the Spot) unfortunately killed, not without fufpicion of being ftabbed by Maccartney, Lord Mohun s Second ; which occafioned a Proclamation to be iflued, for the apprehend- ing the faid Maccartney, and five hundred Pounds were offered by the Government for that Service, to which the Dutchefs pro- mifed a farther Reward of three hundred Pounds. The Peers of North-Britain gave a publick Teftimony of their great Regard to the Memory of the Duke, by uniting in an Addrefs to her Majefty, that (he would pleafe to write to all the Kings and States in Alliance with her, not to fhelter the infamous Man who was fufpected to have committed this execrable Fat, but to caufe him to be apprehended, if he fhould retire within their Dominions, and to fend him over to Great? Britain, that he might come to publick Juftice ; But General Maccartney, taking his Trial af- ter' 366 HAMILTON, Duke of Brandon. ter the Acceflion of his late Majcfty King George, he was ac-* quitted of the Murder. This unhappy Action happened on the 1 5th of November , 1713, and the Duke died the fame Day. He had excellent natural Parts, with a quick Apprehenfion, as appeared by his feadinefs of Thought on any fudden Debate, of which he gave frequent Inftances in the Parliament of Scotland, where he was always well heard. His Stile was ftrong and man- Jy, without any Affectation, or ftudied Ornaments of Speech, yet was powerful in the Art of Perfuafion, and no body made more Profelytes to his Opinion, whenever he exerted his Talents* He had naturally a Greatnefs of Mind, that would not fuffer him to defirend to any thing Mean and Sordid ; was liberal, and ready to do all good Offices to his Dependents ; and for his Fidelity to the Crown, it was a Virtue pofiefs'd in the moft eminent Man- ner by all his Anceftors ; fo the Duke in this came fhortof none of them. He had a ftrong Pafiion for his native Country, and demonftrated, in many Inftances, that no Temptation was fuffi- cient to lead him into Meafures he thought would prove de- itruclive to it. When the Union of the two Kingdoms was la- boured by the Court, he oppofed it with all his Intereft ; v and when it was patting into an Aft, he made a fet Speech to the Lord Chancellor, declaring, that what he had done to prevent the Union, was owing purely to the Love of his Country, being firmly perfuaded it would turn to the great Detriment, if not the Ruin of it. He was the moft univerfally beloved and efteem- ed there of any Man of the Age ; and when his Death reached Scotland, it can't be exprefs'd with what Lamentation Perfons of all Ranks received the News : For he had many Virtues, was an obliging and conftaut Friend, and aftable to all he convers'd withi His Grace had to his firft Wife, Lady Anne Spencer, Daugh- ter to Robert, Earl of Sunderland, by whom he had two Daugh- ters, Lady Anne, and Lady Mary, that died youne ; and this Lady deceafmg, at his Grace's Houfe of Keinoil in Scotland, was buried at Hamilton. He married to his fecond Wife Elizabeth Gerard, Daughter and fole Heir to Digby, Lord Gerard of Bromley, with whom he had a very confiderable Eftate in Lancajhire and Stajfordjhire ; and his Children by her were Lady Elizabeth, who died young ; Lady Catherine, who died that Day Seven-night the Duke her Father was killed ; James, now Duke of Hamilton and Brandon ; Lady Charlotte ; Lord William, who married, in 1732, Anne, Daughter of Francis Hawes, Efq; and_ dying without I flue, at his Houfe in Pall- Mall, 1 1 July, 1734, was interred, with great Solemnity, in the Burial-place of his Anceftors, at Hamilton ; his Lady furviving, who, in May, 1735, was married to the pre- fent Lord Vifcount Vane; Lady Sufan, married, in 1736, to Tracy Keck, Efq; and Lord Anne, fo Chriftened, in regard her Majefty Queen Anne was his Godmother. Which HAMILTON, Duke of Brandon. 367 ' Which James, now Duke of Hamilton, and Brandon, was, on thtt Acceflion of his prefent Majefty, appointed one of the Gentle- ma i of the Royal Bed-chamber. His Grace married to his firft Wi fe, the Daughter of John Cochran, Earl of Dondonald in Sco^and, by whom (me dying on the I4th of Augufl, 1724* in the .i8th Year of her Age) he has an only Son, James, Marquis of Hamilton. His Grace married fecondly, in 1727, Elizabeth, Dauj ;hter and Co-heir of Thomas Strangiways, of Melbury-Sand- ford, in the County of Dorfet, Efq; but by her (who died on the ?< 1 of November, 1729) had nolflue: And married to his third .Lady, - - Daughter of - Spencer, Efq;. Tl TLES.] James Hamilton, Duke of 1'iamilton, and of Bran- don, \ Marquis of Hamilton, and Baron of. Dutton, and Knight of the moft Ancient and Noble Order of the Thiftle. CREATIONS.] Baron of Dutton, in Com. Cejl. 10 Sept. 1711, QQ^/.lnne; Marquis of Hamilton, 19 Apj'il, 1599, 42 Eliz. Duke nf Hamilton, 12 April, 1643, 19 Car. I. and again, 10 Aug . 1698, r i Iffill. III. and Duke of Brandon, in Com. Sujf. 1 o Sept. 1711, 9 Q^ Anne. ARM s.J Quarterly, i and 4, Gules, three Cinqfoils, Ermine, 2 and 3., Argent, a Ship having her Sails furl'cl, Sable. CREJ T.] Or, an Oak frufted proper, having a Frame-Saw, tranfverfl y fixed in the Body of the firft. SUPPORTERS.] Two Antelopes, Argent, arm'd and gorg'd with Due :al Coronets, Or, Chains affixed to th c Coronets, and their Hoc fs of the fecond. MOTT.O.] THROUGH. CHIEF SEATS.] At Hamilton, in the Coun ty of Lanark, i 2 Miles from Glafgow, and 3 4 from Edinburgh ; . Uid at Kennel, in the County of Stirling. XXI. BERTIE, Duke of Ancafle r. ' I *" HIS Family originally came into England from L\rtiland JL in PruJJia, when the Saxons invaded this Nation ; and by the Gift of one of the Saxon Kings had a Caftle, and alfo a Town, which was denominated from them Bertieftad*, now Berfted, near Maid/lone in Kent j Sted a.nd Stad denoting in the Saxon Language, a Town. b It appears from an old Manufcript in the Cotton Library,, tl ut Leopold de Bertie was Conftable of Dover-C< iftle in the Reign c tf King Eihelred, from whom defcended Hisronymus de Bertie,i Founder, or at leaft a great Benefactor to one of the Monafteries in Kent, the North Part of which he built at his own Expence, a Pbi/jw's Survey of Ktnt, b Ex Collect I 'd>> Ghvtr, Sm. 368 BERTIE, Duke of Ancafter. and himfelf was buried in a Chapel there, where thefe Arms were put up againft a Pillar, viz. T'hrte Battering Rams in Pale. The faid Leopald* quarreling with the Monks of St. An/tin, at Canterbury, about Tythes, and the Monks endeavouring to carry them off by force of Arms, a Fight began, wherein a 5 ion of LeopalcTs was flain ; of which he complained to the King, but receiving no Satisfaction, he flew to Swain, King of the Danes, for to aid him, who invaded the Kingdom with a powerful F.'ieet, which was divided into two Squadrons, one fleering tovrards Northumberland, and the other for Kent, where they joined Leopald's Forces, and laid Siege to Canterbury, which they took in the Year 1014, leading the Archbifhop away Captive. But Swain dying, the Scafe foon turned, for Ethelred miferably f >erfe- cuted the Danes, and Btirbach Bertie, the only furviving Son of Leopold, confcious of his Father's Actions, went to Robert, King of France, who received him honourably, and taking to Wife a French Woman, fettled there, where his Pofterity continued 'till the Year 1154, when Philip Bertie, with his Family, accompa- nied King Henry XI. \fAo~Etjgland, and, by that Prince's favour, recovered^ hjs Patrimony in Berfted. This Philip had IfTue a Martin, who was Father of Robert, who had IfTue W^liarn, who had Tflue Edward, who was Father of Jerome^ Bertie, who lived -zaBerfted aforefaid, in thu Reign of King Henry V^ This "Jerome t one Sunday in Lent, hearing a Monk in a Church exclaiming againft the Murder occafioned by his Anceftor, rufh'd in upon, him, and flew Jiim; for which rafh Aft he was Excommunic.'ited by the Archbifliop, from which he could not be abfolved a': any rate; (b he went to Rome, where he obtained Abfolution, i/i'ith this Injunction, viz. To bear, in the Monastery of Canterbury., Mafs publickly on a Sunday ; then to ajk firft of the Archbijhop, and then of the Monks, Pardon ; then to bf Abfolved, and to recdve the Sacrament, and to give to the Convent two Pieces of Gold, es the Fruit of his Repentance, and for the Souls of his Anceftort;. He 'afterwards became a Benefactor, by new building, at his own Charge, their Church, by which (as my Author faith) he mu'jh impaired his Fortune onJEarth, but by^ it he obtained a greater in Heaven. Ju giu'lfiawk" arf) f ?i '&Cv't>\fc>i 'V i( ' j. r : [ - r; 1JI ^ ^ .(ny r jnirf yd .siiffl at TOiWf^W ^/January, i68r. ^ ' 'W'P\ i iv 1 W" ;J iV^T-r'x-A tf" v c lX V>PQ DF - NEFEN, Secretary defundli Amanuenlis. 15 Pat. i Eli*, p. 2 m. ^^ f.\n .'l-m? ! t" ' B b a tikt~ 372 BERTIE, Duke of Ancafter. Ltk-wife this Infer ipt ion is placed at the Raft Entrance of the Porch of the Church of St. IVillebrode in Wefel. Anno Dom. 1555. 12 Octobris In hoc Ecclefise Velalienfis Propybeo natus eft, ideoq; appellatus PERIGRINUS BERTIE, Baro WILLOUGHBY deErefby inRegno Angliac, Domini RICARDI BERTIE & CATHARINE Duciflae Suffolciae Filius, Qui Conjugal} inter fe, et pia erga Deum Fide infignes Ob Profeflionem Religionis a Papifmo repurgatae Sponte ex Anglia profugerunt, Maria Regnante, A. D. MDLIII. Idem PERIGRINUS BERTIE Poftea Regnante ELIZABETH A A. D. MDLXXXVIII. Copiarum Anglicarum in Fcetierato Belgio Sub Feliciffimis illius REGIN/E Aufpiciis Militantium LOCUM TENENS GENERALIS conftitutus eft, Et Pofteros deinceps reliquit, Qui etiamnum inclarefcunt Titulo Comitum de Lindfey, & Jure Haereditario Magnorum Angliae Camerariorum. TT T M Hunc Lapidem Altero partim vetuftate exefo, partim Militum vi fra&o, Inftauravit CAROLUS BERTIE MONTACUTI Comitisde LINDSEY Filius & Sereniflimi D. C A R OLI Secundi Magnae Britannize Regis Ad plerofq; Sac. Rom. IMPERII ELECTOR ES Aiiofq; Germanise Principes Ablegatus Extraordinarius A - D - On the Death of his Mother he claimed the Dignity and Title of Ere/by^ wearing his^Mburning Apparel^t uneral in all Points as a Baron r ; and was by Queen dmitted to the Dignity of Lord WiUough^ and to the Place __ ^fitegrity of Honour thereunto belonging (his Father then iving) on Friday the 1 1 th of November > 15 80, 22 Eliz. by the Vlouth of $M William Cecil, Knt. Lord 'Burleigh, Lord High- Treafurer of England^ T'bornas, Earl of Sujfex^ Lord High-Cham- __ berlain, and Robert^ Earl of Leicefler^ who by her Majefty's Af- * ligament had before heard and feen the Petition, and Proofs ex- Pom. Qui. i'A^C, *. in KW. Job, Anjfis, Arm. Not. B.ai. hibited r dS BERTIE, "Duke of Ancafter. 373 hibited and fhewed by the faid Peregrine, for the fame Dignity of Lord Willoughby of Ere/by^^nA were, after Report made unto her Majefty of his Right and Title to the fame, commanded by her Majefty to declare unto him the faid Peregrine, that, according to his Right, her Pleafure was, that he (hould be named and called Lord Willoughby, and be placed, reputed, and taken Lord Willo uglify* of Erefby, which they did in the Star-Chamber the Day and Year aforefaid, even as they were ready to fit down to Dinner there : And at the fame time placed the faid Peregrine, J^_ord Willoughby, (at the Table with them, according" to his Degree, above diverfe jother Barons whicbTcfined with them at the Table, and did all of 'them drink to him by the Name of Lord Willoughby. And on ' Monday ', 1 6 'January following, he took his Seat in Parliament, next unto the Lord Zottcb of Harringvjorih. In 1582. (25 Eliz.) he % with the Earl of Leicefter and other Nobles, attended the Duke of Anjou to Antwerp, at the Queen's Command (who had ftaid in England three Months in Hopes of gaining her in Marriage). And before the End of that Year was 1 fent to Frederick^ King of Denmark, with the Enfigns of the Order of the Garter. In 29 Eliz. at the Siege of Zutphen, in the Netherlands u , on a ftiarp Encounter with the Forces of that Gar- rifon, he overthrew George CreJJiak, at that time Commander in Chief of the Horfe, and took him Prifoner. The Year after, on the Recefs of the Earl of Leicefter, he was made x General of the Engli/h Auxiliary Forces in the United-Provinces, and mod vali- antly defended Bfrgen-op-zoam, whereunto the Prince of Parma laid Siege. In 3 2 Eliz. he was y fent General of 4000 Auxiliaries into France, in Aid of the King of Navarre. And being Gover- nour of Berwick, makes his Will there 7 Auguft, 1599, 41 Eliz. bequeathing his Body to be buried in the Parifh Church of Spilfby in Com. Line, and dying in i6i^ was there buried, as is evident from a Monument creeled to his Memory. Sir Robert Naunton fays of him in his Fragmenta Regalia, p. 39. T'hat he was one of the ghteen's firfl S-wprdfmen y and a great Majler of the Art Mili- tary. His laft Teftament is very memorable, and begins as follows : ' z In the Name of the blejfed divine Trynitie in Perfons, and of omnipotent Unity e in Godhead, who created, redeemed and fanffified me, whom I fteadfajllye beleeve will glorifie this fmfull corruptyble and flejhely Bodye with eternal! Happinefs by a joyeful Refurreftion at the general Judgement, when by his incomprehensible Juftice and Mercye having fatisfied for my Jin full Soule, andjhred it upiie in his heavenly Treafure, his Almightie Voyce jhall cattail Flejhe to be joyned together with the Soule to everlafting Comforte or Difcomforte. In 8 Camdcrfs Annals* y Camderi's Annals. t Stowe'i Annals, p. 695. z Ibid. u Ibid. p. 736. a Ex Reg' ft. in Cur. Praerog. Cant. voc. Z Rjmer\ Fed. Tom. XVI. p. 14. Woodball, qu. 58. B b 3 that 374 BERTIE, Duke of Ancafter. fk/rf bolye Name I Peregrin B-j-.tye, Knighte, Lorde Willoughbie of Wiibugbbie, Beeke, cw^Erefbie, inperf e ft Hcaltbe and Remem- brance^ and cwfidering the Frayltie of Man, and the Incertentye hone Jhnri! and evill his Dayes h>, and intending to eftabli/ke and difpofe then world 'fly Benefytt? that God bath lent me, to the Com forte #nd Advantage of fucb Cbilldren as God bath bleffed me withal/, hoping that they my faid Cbilldren will nouri/he and mayntaine all Brotherly Kindenejs, Love and Aff'eftyon betweene them/elves, confi- dering the Mifery Divifion bringeth in all E/lates of this batefall Worlde^ ftyli to the Wurfe declining. Now I the faid Lorde Wil- loughbie make and declare this my lafte Wyll and Tejlament, asfol- loweth : - He orders bis Body to be buried in the Church of Spilfby in the County of Lincoln, obferving Cbriftian Conveniency, and avoiding fuperfluous Charge. He bequeaths to his Son Peregrine Bertie bis ^TgQ^g/'Wheatacre Borough in the Counties L> francis^fth Son, was Captain of Horfe, and killed in the King's Service in Ireland, Anno 1641 ; Robert, fixth Son, born i Jan. 1619, married firft Alice, Daughter of Richard Barnard^ Efq; and fecondly Elizabeth, fecond Daughter of Sir Thomas Ben- net of Baberham in Com. Cantab. Henry, feventh Son, was a Captain of Horfe, and loft his Life in the King's Service at the Battle of Newberry ; Vere, eighth Son, died unmarried at New- " port in Com. EJJex \ and Edward Bertis^ youngeft Son, born 17 Qttob. 1624, died 25 Dec. 1686. And having alfo five Daughters, Catherine was married to Sir I William Pajlon of Oxnead-in- the County of Norfolk, Bart. Eliza' beth, to Sir Mjks Stapleton of Carlton in Com. EborT 'Anne, died unmarried ; *&^w'was married to John Hewit, D. D. whojffigs beheadedforJis;Loyalty to King Char fa I. and after to Sir Aha- \>V ^::j til +* -. /vaon ^ a LT >-, i 378 BERTIE, Duke of Ancafter. ffiaraCL^ uvwfi. j ibW::; V > Sir Montagu* his eldeft Son, in 1639, was Captain of the King's Guards, in that Army raifed to march againft the Scots? and waited on his Majefty in that Expedition. He was in the fatal Battle of Edge-bill, where he commanded the King's Royal Regiment of Guards ; and being near his valiant Father, and feeing him wounded and taken Prifoner, was mov'd with fuch filial Piety, that he voluntarily yielded himfelf to a Commander of Horfe on the Rebels Side, to be near and attend him. Being afterwards exchang'd, he refolutely adher'd to the King's Service, and couragioufly Commanded the Regimen^of_Guards, in feveral Battles, as thrice at Newberry, Cropredy, Leftwitbie^ and other Places j alfo in tliat fatal Battle of Nafeby, where he was wounded-; and had a Share in all the Misfortunes of that King, being one of the Gentlemen ofhis Royal Bedchamber, and of his Privy-Council, attending him even to the time his Majefty put himfelf into the Hands of the Scots.. At the Treaty in the IJle of Wight, the King fent for him, to be one of his Commifiioners and Advifers. After the Murther of his Majefty, he compounded, and liv'd privately, expecting and endeavouring the Reftoration of Monar- chy, and Epifcopacy ; which being effected, King Charles^L fwore him of his Privy-Council, and he was elected a Knight of the moft Noble Order of the Garter, at a Chapter held at Whitehall the iftofy^>r//, 1 66 1. At the King's Coronation, exhibiting his Claim, for the Exercife of that Great Hereditary Office of Lord High-Chamberlain of England^ and for the Reception of fuch Fees and Benefits as his noble Anceftors had heretofore thereupon enjoyed, did accordingly, on that folemn Day, execute the faid Office of Lord High-Chamberlain, and receive thofe Fees and Benefits, which were of right his Due. This noble and valiant Earl departed this Life at Campden- Houfe in Kenfmgton, zjth July-, 1666, Aged 5 8 Years; and was buried at Edenham, in the Vault with his Noble Father. He had to his iJl_Wife, Martha, Daughter to Sir William Cockain, of Rujbton in the County of Northampton, Knt. (An- ceftor to the prefen^JL^tfdyjfcount Cullen] Widow of John Ram- fay, Earl of Holdernefe ; andHSy her, who died .... July, 1641, \ had five Sons, and three Daughters ; and by his zd \Vife, Bnd- get. Daughter and folc Heir to Edward Wr ay, T^^Gropjn_of - imeJBedchamber to"K7ing James I. ( 3d Son of Sir William Wray of Glentworik in the County of Lincoln^ Knt. and Bart. ) by Elizabeth his Wife, Daughter and Heir to Franci^'Lord Norj-is* T Earl of Berkfhire* had two Sons, and_Tjaug]ucr Alary ? born \Anno 1640, married to &w3eTl)ornier\^vt\ of Caernarvon: And of _tEe Sons by the zd^Wife, which were ^ames^zfld Henry ; the latter married Philadelphia, Daughter to Sir Edivard Narris of tPeftcrT'm-the County ^"Oxford ; and having liv'd to a very advanced Age, died at Chejlertw^ in the County of Oxford, in 2 December, BE R T.I E, Duke of Ancafter. 379 ~ i was^r'e^edjEarljif Abingdori, and fs Anceffor to the prefent Earl^^ X / or"that Name, His Da^g7rtirs : 1>y r Kis ^ift Wife were Elizabeth^ % ^ marnecTto Baptift Noel, -VifciSunt Campdeti, Bridget, to Thomas 1659. Of his fiye_Sons, Robert the eMefh facceeded to the Honour ' and Eftate ; Peregrine 2d Son, married Sufan/ BatigHfib'r and "Coheir_of Sir Edward Motims, of Walderjkare in j&;rf, Bart. ^ by whom he had two Daughters, Bridget, Wife of John, Jfcarl Poulet ; ^ and Mary, married to Anthony Henley, of the Grange Tn Com. Southamp. Efq; 2dly to Henry Bertie, Efq; $d Son of James, EarT of Abingdon ; Richard jdSon^died unmarried in T685 j ~Vere 4th Sqn,-^wls one of the Juftices of the Common- Pleas, in the Reign of K.\n^^Charles II. and died unmarried 13 Feb. 1680; Charles the^yolingeft, was feated at Uffington^in Lincolnjhire, and died 13 Jan. 1 67 J^ leaving by Mary his Wife, Daughter of Peter Try on, of Harringworth in Com. Northamp. Efq; (and Widow of Sir Samuel Jones, of Court enhall in the fame County, Kt.) one Son Charles, and a Daughter Elizabeth^ married to Charles Mlldma^ Lord JFttz- Walter. The faidJ2harles 9 his_only furyiving Jon, married Marys&xu^rtizr and_ Heir to yw^pfjGreat Steukeley in Huntingdon/hire, Efq; and "J~^ neJDsLUZhterJSufanna, married_to Edward ' H&les of Brother to Sir ChrjJjg^he_r_JtJalej_^_^!^-. ; and 3 Sons, i. Charles, feared at Uffin^ton, who married BeMhJheba^ Daughter orBr^Miad, and hath MTue 5 Sons, Charles, Richard? ' . James, Montagu, ^nd Fere ;\ 2d Peregrine oFLincoln's Inn, Efq; who married Elizabeth, Dailghter of Edward Payne, of Totten- ham-iyick in I'/iltlhire, and has a Son Peregrine, born 22 y#w 3^ Narbonne Bertie, of S/. Jebn's College, OATOW. un- ! married. Robert, Earl of Lindfey, (eldeft Son_of_^fg/g?/ ? Earl of ZjWr feyjwas fworn of the Privy-CouiicITto King Charles II. in 1 666. He firft married Man-. j[d Daughter and Coheir of John^MaJ^ ,. (jngbej-d, of^an ancient Family in Lincolnjhire, by whonThe had an only Daughter Arabella, marriecTto Thomas Savage, Earl of Rrueri. ~And talcing to his 2d Wife Elizabeth, Daughter to Philip, Lord Wharton, had by her ^ Sons ; and by his jd Wife Elizabeth, Daughter of Thomas l*ope, ~Exr\ of Dow y in Ireland^ had one Son C harlesf'An d~ Daughter ElizabetK^}\iQ both died A? unmarried. His 5 Sons were t jr. Robert, his Succeflbr ; 2. P^r'** Robert* ni ^'.o\<.O ^io vjfiuoQ sib fu e ififh Qf.jufy, 1 71 5. His Grace ..married to his i ft Wife, July 30, 1678, Mary, Daughter to Sir ^Richard Wynn, of Gwedier in the County of Caernarvon, who dying zotb^Sept. 1689, left Hue two Sons^ and two Daughters ; &oberi, born 6th Feb. 168^, and died at Wolfenbuttle in his Tra- vels; Peregrine^ now Duke Q^^dncffJler^ Lady Elizabeth, and Lady Eleanor unmarried. He married, 2xilv, Alblna, Daughter to Major- General William Far ring ton of Chifelhurft in Kent, by whom he had Iflue four Sons, t . Lord Vere Bertie, who, in 1 736, -;Was married to Mifs Cafey, of Braiinfton, near Lincoln, Niece -^*;to Sir Cecil Wray-^ ?a r J. > 2. Lord Montagu Bertie, Captajn of one of his Majefty.% Ships of *War :*fle "married irty^r/7, 1736, .//wa?, Daughter of William Piers, Efq; Member for 7i^//f, / Com. Somerf. 3. Lord Robert, and 4. Lord T'bomas: Alfo a Daughter, Lady Louifa, married in 1736, to - Blood- ivorth, E(q; Gentleman of the Horfe to his Royal Highnefs the Prince of Wales. And his Grace departing this Life on the. 26th of July, 1723, was fucceeded by his onh/Jurviving; Son by his firft_Lady ; ana his 2d has fince married Charles Douglas, Efq;. Which Peregrine, now Duke of Ancafier, born zgth of April, 1686, was in the 7th Ye^r of Queen Anne elected one of the Knights of the Shire for the County of Lincoln, and in all Parlia- me; , v' '\ he was a Commoner. On the i6th of March, I/F*, h-~T/as fiimmoned by Writ to the Houfe of JPeers, and took hiyPlace as Lord_^2^^%-fif -f-Tffy ' Succeeding his Fa- ther in 1 723, I* Was -on thejd of Jan. following, fworn one of the Privy-Council, and on the 30* of Feb. enfuing, appointed Lord-Lieutenant and Cis/tos Rotnhriim of the County of Lincoln; in which Pofts (on the 3oth of Sept. 1727) he was continued by his prefent Majefty. And June 21, 1734, was appointed Lord- Warden nnd Juftice in Eyre of all his Majefty's Parks, Chaces, Forefts, &c. North of 'Trent. His Grace married Jane, one of the = Four Daughters and Co-heirs to Sjr John Brownhiv % of Belton in 7 r **- the B E R T i E ? Duke of Ancaflen 381 the County of w/0/^Bart._ by whom he has frllie now living, threeJSons, and fivt Et&^fehterflU^tffett no fyy&Jty&Ljjfoi ,lt4o3L ^ T^frtgrme* jMarquis of Lindfey^ who married 2 td^^a^vf^^i^ >??' Elizabethf/&A&'?\\te\: and fble Heir to William Bliindell of Bating-* Jloke, ~inCom. ^Soutbamp. Efq; Relict of Sir C harks Gunter-Nt* chol, Knight of the Bath ; Lord AlbenuiHc, Lord Brownie w, Lady Her Grace departed this 'Life at Grimjlborfr, T'hurfday, 26th of Augujl, 1736. eirf to arto rnowl ew ad f Vr\i f A^M^C TIT L E s.} Peregrine ^r/^V^Dbkabfi jiatafttrK^AK^e^n^ ^//^ Marquis and Earl of Llndfey^ Baron Wilkughby of -r<$y, Lord Great-Charnberlain of England^ Lord Chief- Juftice in Eyre of all his Majefty's Parks, Chaces, Forefts, 6ff. North of Trent, Lord- Lieutenant and Cuftos Rotulorum of the County of Lincoln^ ,. and alfo of the City and County of the fame City, one of the j '.-,- Lords of hisMajefty's moft Honourable Privy- Council, and Fel- low of the Royal Society. CREATIONS.] Baron by Writ of Summons to Parliament, 1 6 Jan. 1580, 23 Eliz. bv Defcent, originally, 26 fitly, 1313, 7 Edw. II. Earl of Lindfey, in Com. Lincoln, by Letters Patent dated ^^ Nov. r6z6, 2 Car. I. Marquis 21 Dec. 1706, 5 Anne\ Duke of Ancafter and Ke/ieven, in Com. Lincoln, 29 Jww, 1715, i Geo. I. \4 u ARMS.] Argent, three Battering Rams, bar-ways, arm'd and garnifh'd, Azure. CREST.] On a Wreath, the Bufto of a King (nam'd Barbi* con) Coupe at the Breaft, proper, Crown'd Ducally, Or, being the Creft of the Barons Willoughby. Their Creft, as Bertie^ is a Pine-Tree, proper. SUPPORTERS.] On the dexter Side, a Pilgrim, or Fryar, vefted in Ruflet, with his Staff and Pater-Nofter, Or; on the Sinifter, a Savage wreathed about the Temples and Middle with Ivy, all proper. MbTTO.] LOYAULTE ME OBLIGE. C H I E F S A T s.] At Grim/ihorpe in the County of Lincoln, eight Miles from tirantham, and eighty from London-, and at Chelfea in the County of Middlefex, two Miles from Lt, _ j .-_- auv/ a c s^i n ^^ii^fton? : io ^nuoJ sdflo w-ro\wft^L yj^U feus insoSuaivl-bio J AT the Anceftor of this noble Family was in England - of WM the Conqueror,.TJWflftiiti553fqr- , in Domefday Book * (which contains a Memorial of the Poflef- fors of the Lands in England^ accbrding to a Survey begun in die 1 4th Year of the Conqueror, and not perfeSJed 'bert ^ 82 PIERREPONT. Duke of Kin?fton. &1 t4rj7 // *^/K/ >f JJaJiings; of Feu- luitk, and 2dly a Daughter of Roofe^of Jugmanthorp, but leaving je, Francis his_Brpther fucceeded to the Inheritance. and diyorc'Tb^ASToT *>iS^' arnent ' Anno_ifrf&) an< ^ ^ je Lady Gracj, who died unmarried c 6'fiffi\\~March, 1 703, and was buried in St. Anne's Church \n.Wrft- mlnfter. His fecond Wife was Catherine, Daughter to "James^ Earl of Derby, by whom he had Tflue Sl^^P^^^Swh' o died, jnjiis Infanc.! 9otliat Robert theXyrandlon.pt tyilLiamtfvt fecond ^jjo tivat Kouert } tne ^r ran a ion or wiUianrme leconq , Ear] of J&nzjhn, fuccccded to the Earldom. But before I proceed to treat of the fa&Willlam and his Defendants, I (hall give an Account of his younger Brothers, as alfopf his Sifters. His next Brother, and the third.Son of Robert ^Y^\\ of King- Jton, was the Honourable Francis Pierrepont of Nottingham, who married Elizabeth, Daughter and Co-heir of Thomas Bray of Eyam in the County of Derby, Efq; by whom he had Iflue three Sons, Robert, aged 24, 1662; William, and Henry; alfo a Daugh- ter, Frances, married to William, Son and Heir of William, Lord Paget. And having built a fair Seat at Nottingham, died on the 3Oth of 'January, 16:7, and was fucceeded by Robert his eldeft Son, who married Anne, Daughter of Henry Murray, Efq; Groom of the Bed-Chamber to King Charles I. by whom he had IfTue Francis Pierrepont, Efq; born roth March, \66\ ; George, zd Son, aged 9, 1674 ; William, third Son, aged 4, 1674; Jane, married to the Rev. Mr. Bernard Gilpir., and Anne, wedded to Thomas Newport, Lord rforrington. And the faid Robert having ferv'd the Town of Nottingham in Parliament many Years, from the 1 3th to the laft of King Charles II. was fucceeded by Francis his ^Jdeft Son, beforemention'd, who was elected to Parliament in the firft Year of King William and Queen Mary, for the Town of Nottingham ; and dying without Iflue, was fucceeded by William his Brother, George his 2d Brother dying before him unmarried; which William ferv'd in Parliament for Nottingham in four feveral Parliaments in the Reign of King William, and in the two firft of Queen Anne. He married Anne eldeft Daughter of Robert G revile, Lord Broke, and Widow of William, Earl of King/ton; by whom he had no Iflue ; and zdly married Elizabeth Daughter of Sir Thomas Darcy of Efex, and Sifter to the Wife of Sir Wil- liam Daws, Archbifhop of York, by whom he left (dying An. 1706) two Sons, William and Samuel, who both died young. The fourth Son of Robert, Earl of Kingjlon, was Robert, who died unma/ried, Cc 3 The 390 PIERRE'PONT, Duke of Kingfton. The fifth Son was Gervafe, who alfo died unmarried. The Probat of his Will bears Date 13 Febr. 1679, whereby he be- queathed Ten Thoufand Pounds to the firft Perfon of his Family who mould obtain the Honour and Title_of_Duke. George, the fixth and youngeft Son of Robert, Earl of King- jlon, was feated at Old-Cotes, in Com. Derb. and married Daughter of Jones, and Sifter to Sir Samuel Jones of Corten-ha/l, in Com. Northamp. by whom he left two Sons, Henry, and Samuel, who both died unmarried, the latter in 1707 ; for on the loth of November that Year, the Probat of his Will bears Date. The Daughters of Robert, Earl of KingJIon, were Lady Frances, married to Philip Rollefton, Efq; Mary, who died yotmg, and Elizabeth, who died unmarried in January, 160*. I now return to William r the ieoond Son, of RoberTTJLart of Kingfton ; which William was feated at Thorefby, in Com. Nott., . A( ' e i_ v i***T** f""Hr~*? and in 15 Car. I. was cnofen one or the Knights or the Shire for the County of Salop ; and being alfo one of the Members of that Par- liament which met z\.WeJ1minJier,An. \ 64 1 ,he was ri one of the twelve Commiffioners, with the Earls of Northumberland, Pembroke, Salt/bury, Holland, and others, fent to the King at Oxford, to treat of an Accommodation, and had his Majefty's Safe-Conduct, dearing Date 28 January, 164.2. And in 1643, he was again commiffioned with the Earl of Northumberland, and three Com- moners, to treat with the King at Oxford; which, though it took no Effect, yet Mr. Pierrepont is faid, by Whitlock, in his Memo- rials % (who was alfo one of the Commiffioners) to a6t in that Affair with deep Forefight and Prudence, and was exceeding courteous to his Fellow- Commiffioners. He was in allCommiffi- ons to treat with his Majefty, being one who always prefs'd for an Accomodation with the King ; and the famous Mr. Waller was examin'd in the Parliament, whether Mr. Pierrepont was con- cern ? d with him in hif Plot. In 1 645, he f was one of thofe prin- cipal Perfons whom the King declar'd to the Parliament, he was willing to commit the Truft of the Militia to; and if thofe did not fatisfy, he offered to name orjejialf, and the Parliament _to name thejather. In 1648, being * one of the Commiffioners for the Treaty" with the King in the Ijle of Wight, he was one of { the three that had the Thanks of the Houfe h _/0r their great Care 1 and Pains in managing it ; who afterwards voted, that his Ma- jefty $ ConceJJions to the Proportions to the Parliament upon the ^Treaty, are fufficient Grounds for fettling the Peace of the Kingdom. Thereupon he was one of the Members fecluded, and, as Whitlock writes ', exprefs'd much Diflatisfaction at thofe who con- tinu'd to fit in the Houfe, and at the Proceedings of the General d WbltUclCt Mem. p. 63. g Ibid. p. 329. eP 65. h Ibid. p. 353. fJbid. p. ig i Ibid. 357, and PIERREPONT, Duke of Kingfton. 391 and the Army, and with their Proceedings againft the King. Yet when Oliver had afTum'd the Prote&prfhip, he and feveral Mem- bers, on Debate between themfelves, and by the Advice of their Friends, refolv'd not to be filent Spectators, but by feeming to comply with fome Particulars, they mould endeavour to prevent the Ruin of their Country. He heartily efpoufed the Intereft that was making for the Reftoration of King Cbarks the Second, and was one of the Members elected for the County of Nottingham, in that memorable Convention which voted his Return to his Kingdoms. In this Parliament he did his Country the Service, at a time when things were little confider'd k , that having collected many Inftances of the Oppreffion of the Courtj>f JWaxds, he re- prefented them fo effectually to the Houfe of Commons, that he perfwaded them to redeem themfelves by an Offer of the Excife ; which was complied with, whereby the Dependance in which all Families were held, by the dread of leaving their Heirs expos'd to be fold, and their Eftates compounded lor, was taken away. He was aged 64 in 1672, and died before Henry*. Marquis of Dor- cbefter, in 1 679 ; for the Probat of his Will bears Date AuguJl^OQ 1 7th that Year. He had fuch Penetration and Judgment, and was Mafter of all thofe Virtues which make a good Man confpi- cuous ; fo that among his Relations and Friends, he had the Ap- pellation of WISE WILLIAM, and by that Name, jag^is yet remember'd in the Family. He married Elizabeth,^ Daughter and Coheir of Sir Thomas Harrjfs_o_f _TjrnfLraflle* injbomJSalop._ Bar trSerjeant jt Law, by whom he had Iffue five Sons, and five +p Daughters; .^^n^hej^after mention'd ; Henry^ who died un- ^* married m the zoth Year of his Age ; William^ who died Jn 'his Infaricy ; George, born Anno Dom. 1642, who died unmarried ^ alfo Gerva/e.bprn Anna Dom 1640, who in 170-?, the fecond *?&, r r< * ' V // t oT---K~*xf , -, ^-" . ' ,- '' 7 > . , ,- ; / or Queen ygnne^ was created caron rierrepont of Ardgla[s, m the Kingdom of Ireland, and on Ottober 19, 1714, in the firft Year of our latejSovereign, was advanced jo the Dignity of ^ Peer of this Kingdom, by the Title of Baron_Pterrej)ont of Hanflope in the County of Bucks. He married Lucy, Daughter to Sir John Pelbam of Laugbton in the County of Suffex, Bart, but dying on the 22dof May, 1715, without Iflugi aged 66 thofe Titles be- came extinct. The Daughters of the Honourable WjUiairr Pierrepont, were Frances, marriai to Henry, _Earl of Ogle, afterwards Duke of Newcqftjejt Eleanor, -2^ Margaret, who ^ied young; Grace, wed-: ded to Gilbert, Earl of Clare j and Gertrude to George, Vifcount, ancfafterwards Marquis, of Halifax, t/^biqx^ f'a^JiT, Robert, Son and Heir of the faid William Pierrepont, born Au- gujl 30, 1636, married Elizabeth^ Daughter and Coheir to Sir "John Evelyn of Weft-Dene, in Com. Wilts, Knt. and died in the k Burnett Hiflory of his own Times, Vol. I. C c 4 Life- wrji Title 39* PIER REP ONT, Duke of Kingilon. Life-time of his Father, An. 1699^ for the Probat of his Will bears Date the loth of May, that Year. He left Ifiue _ three. Sops, Robert, William, and Evelyn ; and a Daughter, Gertrude, married to William, Lord Cheynty, Vifcount of New-haven in the Kingdom of Scotland. t^j-^-. - > v*94+^* /C0&r/,_the_eldeft Son of tne^ faid Robert, on the Death of wrji Marquis of Uerchefter, Anno i68p r fucceeded to the itle of Earl of Kingflon ; but dying unmarried in 1682, at ~- Diepe in France, as he was on his Travels, William, his nejcLBfo- Iz. >CwJ5 ner ^ enjoy'd the Title. Which William married Anne, the eldeft Daughter of Robert,, Lord Brook, by whom he left no Iflue ; and dying in September, 1690, Evelyn, his only Brother and Heir, fucceeded him in Ho- nour and Eftate. Which Evelyn was created Marquis of Dorchefler, on the z 3d of December, 1 706^ in the fifth Year of the Reign of Queen jtnne, with Remainder to Gerva/t^Lard Pierrepant, and his Heirs Male ; and on the zoth of, Juy, 171 5", In the firfi; Yearof^our late Sovereign, was created Duke of Kmgjlon. On December the 1 4th, 1716, he was appointed Lord Privy -Seal ; and on the 6th of February, 171*, made Prefident of the Council ; but foon after was again made Lord .Privy-Seal, and continued fo to his Death. On the i ith May, 1719. he was appointed cne of the Lords Juftices of Great- Britain, whilft hisMajefty went to Hanover, and was Inftalled Knight of the moft Noble Order of the Garter on the Z4th 'June following ; alfo on the i ;th of June, 1726, be was a fecond time appointed one of the Lords Juftices of Great- Britain, during his Majefty's Stay at Hanover; as he was a third time, June 3, 1725. He married to his firjTWife, the Lady Mary Fielding, Daugh- ter to William, and Sifter to Bazil, Earl of Denbigh, by whom T ^ hejyd an only Son, William^ and three Daughters, i . Lady "'".M?;}', married to Edward-Wortley Montagu \ Efq; (Son and Kcir of Sidney -Wortley Montagu^ fecond Son of Edward, the firftEarl of Sandwich), a. Lady^_/rfl^j, to John J5>g/fg, late Earl of KjMarr, by whom ihe has an only Daughter, married to her ift Coufm ..... Erejkin 3 Efq; Son of ..... Erejkin^ com- jnonly called, Lord Grunge. 3. Lady Evelyn, the firft Wife of John^ Lord Gcwer^ who hath Iffue by her Sons and Daughters, whereofjthe eldeft is ^pjejent Dutchefs of 'Bedford. ., His Grace had to hilnecond Wife^tfjet/ady Ifabella Bent'mck^ fifth and youngeft Daughter to William^ Earl of Portland, (by his firft Wife) and Sifter to Henry, Duke of Portland; and by her (who died at Paris on the 23d of February, 172^) had two Daughters, the Lady Caroline, unmarried, and Lady Anne, who' died unmarried, An. 173^ His Grace jdeparted this Life on the 5th of^Marcb, 172^ and was 1(ucceVde9 'by his Grandjpn Evelyn* Son of William) his only Son, who was born PIERRE p o N T, Duke of Kingfton. 393 born on the zift of Oftober, 1692, and died^in the one and twentieth- Yeafof his ^Age, on the rft of Julyi J^-jj^TleaVing Ifluely Jggir&^nfeWife,' "DaugHtdr of TbomalBe^ntm, Efq; the faid Evelyn., Duke Q^Ctngfton, and an only Daughter, Lady Frances, married to Philip Meadows, Efq ; eldeft Son ^mcTHeir of Sir /%///> Meadows, Knight- Marfhal. The Lady, their Mother, died An. 1722. Which Evelyn, Duke of Kingfton, July 8, -i^ja^wai c6h- ftituted Mafter of the Stag-Hounds on the North of Trent, and is yet unmarried. TITLES.] Evelyn Pierrepont., Duke of TGngJlon npon //^Mar- quis of Dorche/ler, Earl of Kingfton, Vifcount Newark, and Baron Pierrepont of Holrrte-Pierrepont. CREATIONS.] BzronPterrepont of Holme-Pierrepont, and Vif- count Newark, in Com. Nott. 29 June, 1627, 3 Ctfr. I. Mar- quis of Dorchefter, inCom.Dorfit, 23 December, 1706, 5 Q^dnne ' 3 and Duke of Kingfton, 20 yfy, -i^l'^i ' Gw. 1. ARMS.] Argent, Seme of Cinqfoils, Gules, a Lion ram- pant, Sable. CREPT.] On a Wreath, a Lion rampant, Sable, between two Wings ere&, Ardent. O J SUPPORTERS.] Two Lions, Sable, armed and langued, Gules. MOTTO.] PIE REPONE TE. C H i E F -S E A T s .] Holme -Pierrepont , the ancient Seat and Bu- rial-place of the Family, 3 Miles S. E. from Nottingham, and 98 from London. Thorefby-Park^ in the Foreft of Sherwood, in Com. Nott. 1 6 Miles N. from Nottingham. c Tong-CaJile, inCom* Salop. 2 Mile,s from Shifnall. Bradford, in Com. JVilts, 6 Miles from Bath, and at Han/lope, in the County of Bucks t 3 Miles from Netuport-Pagnel, and 47 from London. XXIII. PELHAM HOLLES, Duke of Newcaftle. HI S Grace C fhomas-Pe!ham Holies, now Duke of Newcaflle^ is the eldeft "Son' and ^Heir of *fhomas^Pelham, LordPelham* __ bv the T nA\i~Flrfirr^ hjs "Wi^, ^i"fter~ of John HcI/esT~Duke of " Njygajfle,,. who, by his laft Will and Testament, teft the Bul of his*~great Eftate to his Nephew, the/ faidTfyp^. Duke of Newcajlle, on condttiori, that he, an'd fc^slHeTrsT fliould bear the _^Name and Arms of Holies, tijut roralmuch as "Thomas^ late L,ord ~,4i~t "Petham* ^cfvancedjij| family to the Dignity^ of Feeraze,~ I fhall * '' here_give an Ac<^uaLoIIHrs Defcent. The Name Is taken from - tHeLordfliip ofj?elham y in Hertfordjbire, where anciently was a Caftle*, the Owner of which in 49 H. III. was amerc'd 40 /. 's Hift.of the Excheqner, p, 395, & Mcmorand, in Scac, 49 H, III. Rot. 19. in Compot, Vic, Ejftx & Htrtf. 394 PELHAM HOLLES, Duke of Newcaftle. for a Contempt in not coming to an Inqueft to be taken concern- ing a Trefpafs of the Mint. This Lordfhip of Pelbam is recorded to be part of the Pofleflions of Walter^ de Pelham, in 2 1 Edw. I. and, 'tis probable, his Anceftors poflefs'd it before the Conqiieft ; for, in Doomfday-Bookji appears, that Ralph held of the Bifliop of London, two Hides and a half in Pelbam b , the Pofleflion of two 'Thanes in the Reign of King Edward the ConfeJJbr, one un- der the Protection of Anfehil tiaras, and the other of Godwins Benefell. Al(b after himjwas another Ralph de Pelham, who held of the Bifhop of London, a , Rnighfs Fee, in theTame Cburv- ty of Hertford, as is evident from the Certificates of Knights Fees, in the Reign of King Henry II c . and 'Jordan de Pelham his Son^held the fame_Knight's Fee in the Reign of King John. It alfoappears, that the Pelicans, the Arms of this Family, were painted in the Church of Pelham. The" tefore-mentioried Walter__de Pelham, died feized of the faid Manourjaf Pelham, in 21 Edw. I. 1297, and was alfo d pof- fefs'd of the ManouFofjGf ttenham in. Kent, and the Manour of Twln/hd, in Ejjex, and left William* his Son andjieir, of the Age of Fifteen Years, and upwards j as alfo Walter jAe Pe&aniy Second Son.. /*(/- - "Thejajdji^^^d^^ in 28 Edw. I. delivered Seizin to John, Son of Richard dePlefingho % of 40 Acres of Land, 3 Acres of Meadow, 14^. Rent, and twq Parts_ of a Mefluage, lying within Wellinghale, and Rokele. ~ de PelbamfSon of Walter, and Brother to the faid William f , had a Confirmation Grant from William le Horpere, of one Mefluage, with Gardens, Paftures, fcfr. in the Pariih of Heyle/ham, in SuJJex, and one MefTuage at Efcetune, with Lands, &c. extending from Heylejham, to Horfye ; as alfo the Lands of the Eagle, and one Piece of Land, with Wood and Meadow, called Stony-Land, and one Piece of Wood called Hedge- Grove, one Parcel of Land called Weft-Field, and others called Stoke, and Hamme. The faid Walter, his Heirs and Afligns, to hold them in Capite, paying Fifteen Pence Half-Penny an- nual Rent, which William le Maf^ Mj^fljltyetfi'-ptyi Nicholas Wygge, Margery itfareman, Henry de Garlonao, Gilbert de Bere- uiyke, and their Predeceflbrs paid : Dated-at- Heylejham, the 3d of the Nones of Auguft, in 28 Edw. I. When this Walter died, I don't find, but Thomaj_jle_Pj!lham*, his Son_and_Heir, was a Witnefs to a Deed without Date, ot Lawnnce Lecole, concern- ing Lands in the Parifh of Waldern, and was living in 2 Edw. II. as appears by another Deed. And in that Reign, was John de b Cbauncey^i Hift. of Hertjordjhire, p. e Afliae in diverts Comitat. An. 28, & 140. 29 Edio. I. Rot. 3. c Ex Stemmjte fecit A. D. 1632. per f Ex Eviden. in Stemmate prsed. Jeb. Pbilpot Somerfet Fecial. g Ibid. d Efc. zi Edw. I. No. 39. Pelham^ PELHAM HOLLES, Duke of Newcaflle. 395 Pelham, of whom Humphry Stracy complains, in a Petition to the Parliament, in 14 Edw. II. h that he had divers Goods, &c. for the King's Ufe, and no Payment had been made for them ; and praying Relief, it was ordered, That a Writ be granted to the Steward and Marjhalof the King's Houjhold, to do him 'Jujlice. Another Thomas de Pelham (Son of the former, as Philpot, So- merfet- Herald zfarts) is mentioned in a Deed dated at WarUeton, in Sttffex, on the Vigil of St. Philip and James, in 20 Edw. IIL and left Iflue a Son, John de Pelham. Which7ol>K deJPelbam, was a Perfon of great Fame in the Reign oFKtng~ZiWM;. III. and in Memory of his valiant Acts, his Figure, in Armour, with the Arms of the Family on his Breaft', was painted in Glafs, in the Chapter-houfe at Canterbury, being ('tis probable) a Benefactor to the Cathedral, or was buried there. He attended that victorious Monarch in his Wars with the French, and was a Competitor in taking^^^JKLing of France, Prifoner, at the Battle of Poittiers, on Monday the ipth of September* 1 3 5 6 3 Edw. III. Which Battle was full of ftrange and me- morable Events, as our Hiftorians relate k j but great was the Contention about taking^ thejrencb King. Froyfart l gives an Account, that with the King wer6 taken, befide his Son Philip, the Earl of Tankerville, Sir Jaques of Bourbon, the Earls of Ponthieu, and Ewe, with divers other Noblemen, who being chafed to PoicJiers, the Town fhut their Gates againft them, not fuffering any to enter ; fb that divers were (lain, and every En- glijhman had 4, 5, or 6 Prifbners, and the Prels being great to takejthe King, fuch as knew him, cry'd, Sir, Yield, or you are dead : Whereupon, as the Chronicle relates^~Tie yielded himfelf to Sir Dennis Morbeck, a Knight of Artkojs,^ in the 'Engltjh JSer- vice, and being afterwards forc'd from him, more than ten Knights and Efquires, challeng'd the taking of the King. " Among thefe, Sir Roger la Warr, and the before-mentioned John de Pelham, were moft concerned, and in Memory of fo fignal an Adlion, and the King's furrendering his Sword to them, Sir Roger la Warr, Lord La Irarr, had the Crampet, or Chape of his Sword, for a Badge of that Honour, and John de Pelham (afterwards knight- ed) had the "Buckle ;of a Belt, as a Mark of the fame Honour, which was fbmetimes ufed as a Seal-Manual, and at others, on each fide a Cage, being an Emblem of the Captivity of the faid King of France, and was therefore borne for a Creft ; as, in thofe Times was cuftomary. The Buckles, &c. were likewife us'd by his Descendants, in their Great-Seals, as is evident from feveral of them appendant to old Deeds. h Ryfey's Placita Parliament, p. 411. . 1 Chronicle, Chap. 164. i Ex Eviden. in Stem. prsd. m Leigb's Accedence of Armoryej 1576. kBai-nes's Hift. of King EJv>. III. p. Fol. 51. 510, 512. n Ex Script, prsf. Job. Pbilfot. The 396 PELHAM HOLLES, Duke of Newcaftle. The faid John de Pelham was fo well efteemed by J&hn de Vere, Earl of Oxford, one of the greateft Peers pf_ the. land (who was alfoat the Battle of Poiftiers) that he conftituted him f one of his Executors of his laft Will and Teftament, dated at Bentley in Ejjex, on Friday ', the Feaft cf All-Saints, in 33 Edw. III. Likewife, for his Prudence, Valour, and Fidelity, John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancajler (fourth Son of King Ed- ward III. and Father of King Henry IV.) chofe him one of his s Efquires, and attending him in his Wars, the Honour of Knight- hood was conferred on him r before the 43d of Edw. III. for, July 29, that Year, Sir John Sutton, Knt. and "Thomas Tt/we, constituted Sir John Pelham, Knight, their Attorney, to deliver Sei- fon of the Manour of Laughton, and Hundred of Shiplake, in the County of Sujfex, to Thomas de Vere, Earl of Oxford, and Chamberlain of England. In the Reign of King Richard II. William, Archbifhop of Canterbury, ordains his beft beloved Knight, John de Pelham, Mafter and Surveyor of his whole Demefnes, Woods, and 'Fifheries, in the Bailyfhip of Stoneham, with full Power to punifh all Malefactors, and others, afting con- trary to Cuftom, and the Peace of the Realm ; dated 8 Martii, 2 R. II. He had certain Lands and Houfes in Wmchelfea, in Marriage with s Joan, Daughter to Vincent Herbert, alias Finch, Anceftor to the prelenfEarl of lVmckeljea_ and Nottingham, and wasTucceeded by a Son of his own Name. /-/vtt~&- ~ ^ *****- hich John de Pelham was no lefs famous than his Father, r many great Atchievements and honourable Exploits, being, from his Youth, in the Service of Henry of Bolinbroke, Earl of Derby, (Son of the before-mentioned Duke of Lancafter] after- wards King of England, by the Name of King Henry IV. Which Duke of Lancafter, in 1 7 R. II. Knowing and Confiding in the Loyalty and Difcretion of his moft Dear, and Well-beloved, John Pelham ', Efq; to his faid Son, grants to him the Office of Corirhble of his Cattle of Peyenfey^ during Life, with the Fees, Wages, &c. thereto belonging; given under his Seal, in the Caftle of Hertford, Dec. 7. in the aforefaid Year. He was alfo Efquire tg_theJDuke_of_Z,gfffg^gr himfelf % as appears by Inden- ture made between them, bearing Date at London the 1 6th of February, wherein he had a Grant, from the fajdJDuke, of all his Lands in the Marfhes of Pevenfey, with the Lands, Tene- ments, "Hejluages, V. thereto belonging ; and, *tis probable, that he attended the Duke, that^Year, into France zn&Gajcoigne, ' ._>"_ J o Tb. Waif. p. i6z. n. 30. r Ex Eriden. hujus Fam. in Steaunate p Ex Regtft. vocat. IJlip. p. 159. 6. in prcd. Offir. Prinrip. Cantuar. s Ex Stemmate & MS. de Famil. de q Vif. deCom. Suff. per J. Pbilpot, So~ fitch. merftt, in Bibl, Harty. Not. 65. B. so. t Ex Orig. Pat. 17 R. II. p. 61. B EK Cop. Origin, per J. Pbilftt. on PELHAM HOLLES, Duke of Newcaftle. 397 on his being with w King Richard, at his meeting with the King of. France at Guynes ', for, about that Time *, he constitutes "John Collebrcnd of Barbara, John Squyer of Pevenfey, and 'John Aiafler of IVeftbam, his Attornies, to receive and pay for him, it) his Name, and take his Rents of all his Lands in SuJJex ; dated at Pevenfey, on the Feafl of St. Matthew the Apoftle, in 20 R. II. whercunto was his Seal appendant, Quarterly three Pe- licans, and a Fefs between two Cheverms. About two Years after, when the Nobilky, Gentry, and Com- mons of the Nation, finding themfelves opprefTed, and flighted by the King and his Favourites, fo that they invited Henry, Duke of Lancafter, from his Banimment, in order to the Depofal of King Richard, this John Pelham ftood firm to his old Mafter ; and, landing withjhim in Torkjhire, attended on him 'till he ob- tain'd the Crown ; as is evident from an original Letter of his Lady to him from Pevenfey Caftle, which (he bravely defended in the Abfence of her Lord. His Grace the Duke of Newcajlle* having permitted me_tojggrufe jhe_ old Writings QfJus-Eamily, I {Kail inlert thelauTLetter literatim, as I copied it from the Ori- ginal, not doubting but it will be fatisfa&ory to the Ciarious, as well as to his Grace. " My Dere Lord, I recommande me to yowr hie Lordefchipp " wyth hert and body and all my pore mygth, and wyth all this I " thank zow as my dere Lorde dereft andbeft yloved off all erth- *' lyche Lordes, I fay for me, and thanke yhow my dere Lord, *' with all thys that I fay before, off your comfortable L,ettre that " ze fend me fro Pownefraite, tnat'com^ to-rrie or( Mary Magdd- c< leyn Day ; ffor by my trowth I was never fo gladd as when I *' herd by your Lettre that ye warr ftronge ynogh wyth the *' Grace off God, for to kepe yow fro the Malyce of your En- " nemys. And Dere Lord iff it lyk to your Hyee Lordefchipp " that als fon als ye myght, that I myght her off your gracious " fpede whyche as God Allmyghty contynue and encrefle. And " my dere Lord iff it lyk zow for to know off my ffare, I am " here by layd in manner off a Sege^vyth the Counte off SuJJex^ ** Sudray, and a grett parcyll off Kentte ; fo that lue may nogth * e out, no none vitayles gette me, bot w 1 myche hard. Wharfore " my Dere iff it lyk zow by the awyfe off zowr wyfe counfell " for to fett remedye off the Salvation off yhowr Caftell, and w c " ftand the Malyce off ther Schires forefayde. And alfo that ye " be fullyche enformede off there grett malyce Wyrkers in thefe " Schyres, whyche y r haffes fo difpytffuy wrogth to zow, and to * zowr Caftell to yhowr Men, and to zour Tenaunts ffore this ** Cuntree, have yai waftede for a grett whyle. Fare wele my ~~" dere Lorde, the Holy Trinyte zow kepe fro zowr Ennemys, and w Tbi, Walfing. 388. No. 4<3 t * Ex Cop, Origin. pr*d. '"v foil I 398 PELITAM HOLLES, Duke of Newcaftle. " fon fend me gud Tythyngs of? yhow. Ywryten at Pevenfay m " the Caftell on Saynt Jacobe Day laft paft. By ybowr aiunn Pore Thus directed J. Pe&am. To my trew Lorde. Which Service y is recited in the Patent of King Henry IV. dated at Weftminjler, i 2 Feb. in the i ft Year of his Reign ; in confideration whereof his Majefty granted to him, and his Heirs Male, the Office of Conftable of the Caftle of Pevenfey, with the Honour of the Eagle, and all thofe his Manours, Lands, Tene- ments, Rents, Services, Fees, Chaces, Parks, Warrens, Mills, Rivers, Fiftieries, &c. as alfo all Perquifites of Courts of the Hundred, Heriots, Reliefs, Efcheats, Franchifes, Returns of Writs, Iflues, Fines, and Felons, &c. and all other the Profits whatfb- ever, and Franchifes of the Cinque-Ports, within the Rape of Pevenfey ; which was ratified and confirmed, by Letters Patents, bearing Date the i ft of July following. He was alfo created z one of the Knights of the Bath, at the Coronation of that Mo- narch ; Who, being moved of his fpecial Grace, and in good Confi- deration of the grateful Services of his beloved and faithful Knight, John Pelham, heretofore done (as the Words of the Patent import) grants to him, a for Term of his Life, the Honour of bearing the Royal Sword before him, in all Places, and at all Times re- requifite j dated at Wejlminfter the 24th of October, i Hen. IV. In the fame Year, he ferved in Parliament with John de Prejlon, b as Knights for the County of Suffex ; and in Commemoration of the AcTiort of his Father, m^kjn^the_K[ng^f.^rggPri- foner, he ufed, for a Sign Manual, the BuckkofaJB7!i^~3^ on each Side thereof, were the Letters ^J\P^ as is evident from his Seal to an Acquaintance, to Tbomas_la_Warr, given at Pevenfey, 7 Julu* i Hen. IV. In the fecond Year of King Henry IV. he c was Sheriff of the County of Sujftx* which, in thofe Days, was a Poft of great Power and Truft : d Alf? mj^Hen. TV. he and Slr^Jtfenry Hujjey, were elected Knights for the (aid County, in the Parliament then held, and for their Attendance, had 21 /. 2 s. allowed them for their Expences. In the fame Year, he was in Commiffion e with Sir Thomas Erpingham, Conftable i)f Dover- Gajtte, the Prior of Micbelham, William: Fenys, zn&'' William Makemade, for the View and Repair of the Banks in Pevenfey- Marjh, betwixt Bixle and Bechief, and to perform all Things therein, according to the Cuftom of that Marfti, as of theMarfh of Romney, and the Law and Cuftom of the Realm. - Whereupon the faid John de Pelham, the faid Prior, and Wil- liam Makemade, f went unto Wejlham, in the Partfh of Pevenfey, y Pat. i H. IV. ex Script. J.Pbilpet. A Pryn's 4th Part of a brief Regifter, z Hollinjbed's Chron. Vol. III. p. 511. 0.458. a Ex Origin. e Pat. III. H. IV. p. i. M. 26. b Pryn"t BreviaParl. p. 91. f Dugdalt\ KiRory of Imbanking anil t Fulltr's Worthies, in Com: Suffex, Draining, p. 95. upon PELHAM HOLLES, Duke of Newcaftle. 399 upon Friday before the Feaft of St. Gregory, by the Confent of the Lords of the Towns, the Bailiffs, and the 1 2 Jurats (other- wife called Skawers) and of the Commons of the faid Marfti, and ordained Statutes for the due Governance of the faid Marfh, and Salvation thereof in the Time to come. In 5 Hen. IV. be- ing Conftable and Governor of Pevenfey Caftle, the King, from Coventry, writes to him, That the Count de St. Paul is on the Seas, and near the IJle oflPigbt^ with a great Force, in order to invade his Kingdom, and therefore defires him to come to him with what Forces he could bring with him. In that Year he obtain'd for his Services, a Grant of the Manour of Caundijh Grey, in Com. Sujf. and being returned to Parliament with Sir Robert Leuknore, as Knights for Suffex y had 28 /. 8 s. allowed them for 71 Days Attendance. On the Feaft of St. Michael, the fame Year, a Rent-Roil was made of his Eftate and Offices, which ftill remains among the Evidences of the Family ; and forafmuch as it (hews the annual Income of the feveral Manours, Lordfhips, and Offices he poffefs'd, whereby the Rents and Value of Lands at that Time may, in fome fort, be difcerned, a true Copy of the Roll is here inferted. The Value of the Manors of Sir JOHN PELHAM, Knight ; taken, on the Feaft of St. Michael, in Hen. IV. D. Pevenfe, valor ib'm cumjtauro Portremis, valor* ib'm hoc anno xxxin IX VI Ballium Porte Caftri valor* difti Offici hoc 1 L. s. D. anno . Jyi ix IIII L. D. Seforde valor* ib'm hoc anno ixxm VI I ,,- ,-,,,-,$., D. $^ valor* ib'm hoc ann, ^T7*Y - " " Grynftead bfi.nsrij j. X xni vi '-'iv' ; ' 'si ' D; Forejla de AJhedoune i3 aci'^v xn I ^4 .id-'jc Maresfield xxv . W%^ im,vii v1 ^- vn X.X. t. ? ". D. Battiva de Culnewykc liri.nn xii 111 :^.-'. Feodar* valor* dicJi Officii hoc anno xn T Laughton valor* ib'm hoc anno C g Rjmer's Fadera, Vol. VIII, p. 343, D. 400 PELHAM HOLLES, Duke of Newcaftle. Caundyche xxi L. Trevere LX,IX t. s. Swanfey LX,VI xiii nil L. Ifythiam xxx,i . L. Hampmes xx,ii L. Pelham vi , Pevenefe 1 ^ ._ " _ __ Bartlots 3 L. Byrlyng valor* ib*m cum Jlauro D'ni x L . L. Bok/lede valor* if hoc anno v 1 1 1 . 8* 0* Hydonege LXXIII in Rapa de 7 valor* Manlor* difti Domini ut \ Hajlyng ) p'ticularit* pafet infer im 5 L. Burgherre valor* ib'm hoc anno xx,m xin nil I. D. i S. Benylham xx,m v L. 8. Crowhurjl xx v V t. #7/0r' } t. s. ^ eceptoria valor* difti Officil hoc anno LXX,VII xv L. Cicefter de feod" fir ma iV per a nn 1 xx,vi - L. Dray ton valor* ib' per ann* xun - -. L. s. D; Sum dutoram Maneriorwn D,CCC,LXX v in In 6 Hen. IV. ferving in Parliament with John Dalyngrugge^ as Knights for Sujfix, they had 1 8 /. 1 8 s. for their Expences, in attending 46 Days ; and was in Commiffion h the fecond of Jufy, the iame Year (6 Hen. IV.) to array all Men at Arms, Archers, and other defensible Men in the County of Suffix, to defend the Coafts, or attend the King into Plcardy againft the French. Like- wife in September following, was ' commanded to draw together all the Liege Subjects of the King in the fame County, and to h fyiwr': Fcedcra, Vo.', ViH, p, 403; i JWd, p. 413, attend PEL HAM HOLIES, Duke of Newcaftle* 462 attend the King in Perfon at the City of Hereforc \ to march a* galnft the Rebels in Wales, who were affifted by the French. 'Tis alfo further memorable, that in the taid Year, he vas k commif- lion'd to borrow Money on the Credit of the Tenths and Fifteenths^ granted in Parliament, and payable on Michaelmas- Day, and to be bound for the Payment thereof. Alfo this Sir John Pelham l and 7homas, Lord Furnival, were affigned Treafurers of War, and Paymafter of the Forces, as well within, as without the Realm* by Aflent of Parliament ; which Office was confirmed to thent in the following Year (7 Hen. IV.) when he m attended in thg Parliament held at Coventry : About the fame Time, the Duke of York was committed to his keeping n in the Caftle of Ptbenfyi 'till the Meeting of the next Parliament, being accufed of con^ veying to Owen Glendour, the Sons of Roger, Earl of Marcb^ who (by reafon of his Defcent from Lionel, Duke of Clarence) was declared Heir- Apparent to the Crown, in the Parliament held hi 9 Ric. II. 'Tis likewife to his Honour, that he petitioned the Parliament in the Eighth Year of King Henry IV. praying, That certain Auditors might be appointed and ajjigned, to take his Accounts as Treasurer of War^ and to make him due Allowance.; and that itport the fame Account^ he, his Heirs, and Land-Tenants^ might be clearfy difcharged ; p which was agreed to, and Auditors were affigned accordingly. He fat in that Parliament, as Knight of the Shire for Suffex, and with John Dalyngrugge* the other Knight, had. for their Expences 68 /. 8 s. for 171 Days Attendance, which was longer than any Parliament before had continued fitting, oo* cafioned by the King's Wars and Treaties with France, and the great Schifms between the Popes, which the King and this Parli- ament endeavoured to remove, as our Hiftorians and the Rolls of Parliament atteft. Alfo in that Parliament the Commons made more Requefts and Demands to the King, and Lords, concerning their own Privileges, and all Bufineis, than any of their Prede- ceflbrs did before them. They exhibited Petitions againft the Pope's Ufurpations, Extortions, Schifms, Pluralities ; as alfo concerning the Ele&icn of Knights of Counties, Merchants, Artificers, snd Labourers, and the AcTs they pafs'd, as well as the Aids they grant- ed, for the Wars, and Defence of the Realm, by Land and Sea, were more than ever pafs'd in any Seflion. In the Ninth Year of King Henry IV. this Sir John Pelhani was conftiluted Chief-Butler of the Port of Chichejler, r and of all and fingular the Ports in the County of SuJJex ; and the fame Year was again returned with Sir John Dafyngrugge, s as Knights k Rymer's Fcedera, p. 412. o Rot. Par], 8 H. IV. 1 Rot. Parl. 6 H. IV. dorf. II. in Bibl. p dtten's Abridg- of Records, j>. 456. Int. Temp. q Pry's4thPartof a Brief Reg.p.4&jj m Rot. Par]. 7 H. IV. r Pat. 9 H. IV. p. i. m. 31. 9 -Srcwr's Ancalf, Edit. 1614. p. 33 Pry*. Dd frr 402 PELHAM HOLLES, Duke of Newcaftle. for the County of SuJJex, to the Parliament held at Gloucejler, where they attended 56 Days, and had ^^L 8 j. for their Ex- pences. Alfo in that Year, he, and the faid Sir John, were 1 commiffioned to View, and to Order the Repair of the Banks on the Sea-Coafts, between Haftings and Bexley, and to tranfaft all Things therein, according to the Law and Cuftoms of the Realm. Two Years after this (u Hen. IV.) the King having experienced his Fidelity, commits, * in Confederation of the good Dualities of his Beloved and Faithful Knight, Sir John Pelham, the Keeping of Edmund, Earl of March, and his Brother, Sons of Roger, Earl of March, who was declared Heir-Apparent of the Crown. In June, 13 Hen. IV. this Sir "John Pelham, Thomas, Archbifliop of Canterbury, and the Bifhop of Durham, had a Releafe from the King, x and for his Heirs and Succeflbrs, of all his Right in the Manor, Lordfhip, and Hundred, of Berton, near Br'i/lol, in Com. Gloucejler, which they had by Grant of Edmund, Duke of York, by Authority of the King. Alfo on the pth of July, the fame Year, being then Treafurer to the King, and of the Privy-Council, he was y a Witnefs to the King's Charter, creating, Thomas his fecond Son, Duke of Clarence ; which Duke had fuch a Confidence in him, that when he was fent by his Royal Father, to help the Duke of Orleans 2 againft the Duke of Bur- gundy, he impowered him, during his Abfence, to * manage his Affairs in all the Courts of England. Alfo the fame b Year, he was commiflton'd to review the Forces that were going into A- quitain, under the Command of the faid Duke. And bearing the Title of Treafurer to the King % he was a Witnefs to the Pa- tent, creating 'Thomas Beaufort, Earl of Dorfet, and fign'd before Richard Grey of Codnore, Chamberlain, and John de Stanley, Steward of the Houmold to the King. In 14 Hen. IV. (21 No- vember) in d confideration of his good and faithful Services, he had a Grant of the Manours of Crowehurfl, Burwajh, and Benyl- bam, with the Appurtenances : As alfo the Rape of Hajitngs, in SuJJex, with all Franchifes, &c. in as full and ample Manner, as "John, Duke of Britain, and his Anceftors, enjoyed them, or the King's dear Father, John, Duke of Lancajler, deceafed. He was alfo one of the Executors and Adminiftrators e of the laft Will and Teftament of King Henry IV. (together with Henry, Archbifliop of York, 'Thomas, Bifhop of Durham, Robert Waterton, and John Leventharpe ( ) and intruded to beftow divers Sums on the Poor, and do other pious Works for the Health of the Soul of that King ; as alfo to fatisfy his Creditors. t Pat. 9 H.IV. p. . m. i. b Rymer. ibid. B Pat, ii H. IV. p. i. m, 15. c Cart. 13 H. IV. m. 3. x Pa% 13 H. IV. p. a. m. i?s d Cart. Oig. penes D. T. T^CT-,Bart. y jRywrr's Fcedera, Tom. VIH p. 7574 e Rymer, Tom. IX. p. 9. T Stomfs Annals, p. 340. f Ex Regift. vocat Cbicbley, in la Offic. * Rjmtr, ibid. Tom, p , 762* pine' Cant 1 apud Ltmbttb, p, 415. It's PELHAM HOLLES, Duke of Newcafile. 403 It's remarkable, that in Parliament r Hen. V. the faid Execu- tors prayed g to be excu fed from that.Truft, for that the faid Goods were not fufficient to iatisfy the Debts ,of . the faid Kins, and the Legacies ; whereupon the Goods and Chattels of the King being valued at 25,^00 Marks, the King kept them, and granted to the faid Executors the faid Sum of 25,000 Marks, to be paid out of the great Wardrobe in three Years, who were to difpofe of the fame on Account. And further than the fame, the faid Executors Were difcharged by the King and Parliament, of all Executions growing by the faid Will. This Sir John Pelham, was likewife in the higheft Favour with King Henry V. one of the braveft Monarchs of this Realm, who chofe Men of great Worth for his Councilors ; and it is faid of him, 'That every Day after Dinner, he ufed, for the Space of an Hour, to receive Petitions of the Opprefs'd, and, with great Equity, redrefs their Grievances* He was particularly fummoned to attend at his Coronation among the Privv-Counfellors, and had Robes of Scarlet affigned him out of the Royal -Ward robe. Alfo in the ift Year of his Reign, in Confidzration of the Circumfbefiion, Fidelity, and Induftry of his beloved and faithful Counfellor, h Sir John Pelhani, Knight , his Majefty conftitutes him one of his Ambafladors to treat of a Peace, and to conclude a Marriage between him and the Princefe Catherine, Daughter to Charles the French King, a folemn Em- bafly having been fent into England by that Monarch, to offef Peace, and, to bind it more firm, to give his faid Daughter in Marriage. Thefe Affairs were in agitation ' in 2 Hen. V. wheri he had the King*s Safe Conduct, being appointed to go over to France with Thomas, Biftiop of Durham, Thomas, Earl of Sarum* Richard, Lord Grey, and other Counfellors, to treat about the faidl Marriage, &c. And in the fame Year, the King granted to him, k the Guardianfhip and Government of 'James, King of Scotland, with an Allowance of 700 /. per Annum for his Diet* and to find him in all Necefiaries, in fuch Place, or Places, as fhould be agreed on by his Majefty*s Council, and the laid Sit John Pelham. This Prince was taken on the Seas by certain Mariners of Cley, in Norfolk, in 7 Hen, TV. ' being but 9 Years of Age, and was going to France under the Care of the Earl of Orkney, and a Bifhop, there to be brought up and inftru&ed in the French Language and Cuftorns ; but being brought to King Henry, at Wind/or (though they prefented to him the King of Scots Letters, requeuing his Favour to his Son, if he fliould land in any Part of his Dominions) he ordered them to be kept in the Tower of London, faying, He would teach the young Prince td fpeak the French Tongue, and fo they need go no further. And ic is Recorded to the Honour of the King, and Sir ^ohn his Go* . - _... g Cotton's Abridg. of Records, p. 535. k Pat. 2 H.V. p. 3. m. 9. h Rymer, Tom. IX. p- 131, 13*. 1 .SVc-w^i; Annals, p. 334. Hift. of Eigt i Ibid. Tom* p. 141, 151, 109, Vol. I, p. 291. P d * Vernoufy 404 PELHAM HOLLES, l)uke of Newcaftle. vernour, That be had fuck perfett Inftnitfors" 1 to teach him, as well the Underjlandlng of Tongues, as the Sciences, that he became right expert, and cunning, in every of them. He was taught alfo to ride, to run at the Tilt, and handle all kind of Weapons, conveniently to "be ufed of fuch a Perfonage ; whereunto he was fo apt and ready, that few, in any Point of Activity, might overmatch him. He had good Knowledge in Mufick, and could play on fundry Inftruments right perfectly. To be brief, it appeared in all his Behaviour and Manners, in what Company foever he came, that his bringing up had been according to his Nature, neither of them differing from his Birth, and the Quality of a Noble and moft Virtuous Prince. In the 3d Year of King Henry V. this Sir "John Pelham, and Sir William Efturmy, n were appointed by the King to borrow cer- tain Sums of Money, to enable him to go beyond the Seas for Recovery of his Right, and to fignify the Security that fliould be given for the Payment thereof. He was likewife that Year commiffioned to array all defenfible Men, Hoblers, Archers, &c . in Suffix, for Defence of the Realm, on the King's going beyond Sea, for the Recovery of his Inheritance, and the Right of the Crown ; and to be in readinefs, as well to expel and repulfe any Attempts of the Enemy, as to go beyond the Seas, if Neceffity required it. As alfo in Commiffion with Vincent Finch, p and others, for the View and Repair of the Banks, t$c. betwixt the Towns of Pefemerjh, Rye, Farleigh, and Pette. In 4 Hen. V. he and the Sheriff of SuJJex and Surrey % were ordered to draw together to the Sea Coafts, all the fenfible Men of Surrey and Suffex, to be ready to expel any Attempt of the French, as to the Succour of the King, if Need required. That he had great In- tereft in the King, and was highly efteemed by the moft potent Peers of the Realm, is very evident ; for in the {aid Year, John, King of Portugal, ftiling him, Noble and Prudent, and well knowing his Noble Dualities, defires him (by Letter dated the r 6th of September) To /hew the Lady Beatrix his Daughter (being de- prived of her Hu/band, the Earl of Arundel) the fame Favour and Affettion he had before Jhe^ved to her, which he Jhould always grate- fully acknowledge. He was alfo in no lefs Efteem with the Duke of Clarence, the King's Brother, than he was with King Hen- ry IV. his Father ; for that Duke making his laft Will and Tefta- ment, dated the i oth of "July, in the 5th Year of King Henry V. nominated him r the firft of his Executors, with the Lady Mar- garet his Wife, and others. On the 3d of July the fame Year, he was prefent * with the King in Council, on his Delivery of the m Ht'linjhcd's Chron. Vol. I. p. 256. r Teftam. Tho. Dun's Claren' in Ri-gift. n M-S. in Bib. Cot. not. Cleop. F. 6~. Cbicbley, p. i. Fol. 376. in Bibl' Lam- o Pat. 3 H. V. p. a. m. 37. bttb. p Ibid. 3 H. V. p. i. m. 17. s Clauf, j H, V, mi i. dorf. ; Rymtr, Tom. IX. p. 351. Great PELHAM HOLLES, Duke of Newcaftle. 405 Great Seal of England to the Bifhop of Durham ; and al/b waited on that Warlike Prince, in his Expedition into France, in the Year 1417. (6 Hen. V.) when, after taking feveral Towns, l they be- gun the Siege of Rohan the 3oth of July-, 1418. which was fo boldly defended by the Citizens, who where above 200,000 Men (and had fworn, Never to refign the City, as long as they could hold Swords in their Hands) that they did not furrender 'till the 1 9th of January following, when they were reduced by Famine, and 50,000 died thereof. Whilft he was at this Siege of Rohan, the King committed to his Cuftody, Queen Joan, the laft Wife of King Henry IV. and Mother-in-Law to King Henry V. who was arrefted by the Duke of Bedford, the King's Lieutenant in his Abfence, u and committed to the Caftle of Leeds, there to abide the King's Pleafure, being accufed of confpiring with Friar Ran- dell, her Confefibr, by Sorcery and Necromancy, to deftroy the King. And being ordered into Sir John Pelham's Cuftody, x he appointed nine Servants to attend her, and to bring her to his Caftle of Pevenfey. In the 8th Year of King Henry V. he, and Sir John Dalyn- grugge, y ferved again in Parliament, as Knights for SuJJex, and in the fucceeding Year, he was commiffioned, with Henry, Arch- bifhop of Canterbury, and the Sheriff of the Counties of Kent and SuJJex, to z borrow and receive fuch Sums of Money, as fhould be lent the King in the faid Counties, to be paid into the Treafury before the 8th of May. In the fame Year, a he was alfo in Com- miffion with Robert, Lord Poynings, and others, for the View and Repair of the Banks on the Sea Coaft, betwixt Fletching and Sea- ford, as alfo for thofe betwixt Ha/lings and Eoxele. After which, I find no other mention of him in this Reign, b but that he was likewife one of the Adminiftrators of the Will of King Henry V. In the Rei2;n of King Henry VI. he was alfo at the Head of Affairs, and no lefs trufted, being in two feveral Commiffions c for the View and Repair of the Banks of the Sea Coafts in Suf- fex ', and ferved in Parliament for that ll County, with Sir Thomas Leucknor, in the ift Year of that Reign. Alfo on the 3d of December, z Hen VI. 1523, he, with John Stafford, Treafurer of England, and others of the e Council, were appointed Am- bafTadors to treat with William, Bifhop of Glafgow, and other Ambafladors and Governours of Scotland, for concluding and fet- ling a Peace between both Realms. Purfuant to which, it was agreed between them on the 4th of December, That James, King of Scotland, (who had been f Prifoner in England for 1 8 Years) t Hairs Chron. b Teft. in Regift.Ci/Vrfc/gr, ^1,414,41 5. O Hellitijbefa Chron. Vol. II. p. 568. c Pat. i H.VI. p. I. X S/ewe's Annals, p. 358. d Pryn praed. p 131. y Pryi's Brevia Parliament. e Rjmer's Fcsdera, Tom. X. p. 301. & z Rymer, Tom. p. 97. feq. a Pat. 9 H. V. p. i. 111.13. f Stetve's Annals, p. 334. Jbouli 406 PELHAM HOLLES, Dwfo of Newcaftle. Jhould be fet at Liberty, on the Payment to the King, bis Succcffor?, cr tbofe be Jhould appoint, the Sum of Forty Thoufand Pounds ; which Agreement was confirmed and ratified, the <;rh of April, 14.24, (3 Hen. VI.) and the faid King, g and all his Nobles, were bound for the Payment of the faid Sum, and did Homage in thefe Words", / James Stuart, King of Scots, Jhall be true and faithful to you Lord Henry, King of England and France, the fuperior Lord of Scot- land ; and to you I make my Fidelity for the faid Kingdom ; which I held and claim of you, and Jhall do you Service for the fame ; fo God me help, and thefe Holy Evangell/ls. In the fame Year (i Hen. VI.) to a Charter between him, Richard, Earl of Warwick, Edmund, Earl of March, and others his ' Seal of Arms appendant, were Three Pelicans v/ounding themfelves in the Bre:it, and his Creft a Peacock in her Pride, circumfcribed, Sigil. Johannis Pelbam. In 5 Hen. VI. he was elected to Parliament k for the County of Sujjex, with William Ryman, Efq; and in 6 Hen. VI. the King, in Confederation of the Fidelity, Circumfpeftion, Difcretion, and the full Confidence he had in him the faid Sir John Pelham ', the Ar chin/hop of Canterbury, the Bijhops a/Rocheto, and have had no Wages fon that we " came out of Ingelond, fo that we have almoft fpent al that ever *' that we had, wherefore my rizt Worfliipfull and rizt reverent " Fader y befcheche zou hertly lik as al my truft is unto zou, and " and to zour trewe behefte that ze wull fouchefaf to fend me be " my trufti Servaunt WiUiam Bryton, brynger of this Lettre zo/, *' and y {hall trewly paie hit zou a zen, wethir I leve or deye fo *' as ze muld hold zou wel content be the grace of Almyzty God, <' and alfo y prey zou hertly that ze let not my man be taryed but Vr . q Cart,,*, VI. Dd 4 408 PELHAM HOLLES, Duke of Newcaftle. u as litel while as ze mowe, but that ze haft hym forth a zen in & al haft, And zif hit be likyng unto zou to her of the Tidyngs '* that we han her, the beft is our Kyng and all his Bretheryn '* being in hele blefled be God, and as we her he hath wonne the '* Town of Lovers ', and as zit ther wot no Man whether he wul. '* And my Lord of Gloucejtrie and other Lordes with hym lyen " at the Siege of Chierburgb, and that dured this ten Wikis and grants to her thrice Dear and Well-beloved Sir John Pel- ham and Owen ap Tyder, Efq; full Power and Authority to re- move and difplace the Bifhop of Lifteux, her Chancellor in France, and to take from him her Seal, as alfo to Survey and Repair all her Towns, Caftles, &c. Which Charter is fealed with the Great Seal of the Arms of France and England quarterly, impailing the Flower de Luces, the Arms of France. And 'tis obfervable, that notwithftanding Owen Tyder was then her Hufband, yet Sir John Pelham had Precedency of him. This Sir John was alfo as pious as his Father ; for, by his Char- ter, dated at WarUeton, the 4th of September, 9 Henry VI. he grants to Stephen, Prior of St. Trinity of Haftings, and the Con- r Ex Col!. Job. Pbilpet praed. t Pat 3 H, VI, CX Orig. Vif. de Com, Stf, in Offic, Arm. vent 3 If) SOW 3^5 PELHAM HOLLES, Duke of Newcaftle. 411 vent of the faid Place, all his Lands, Rents, and Services, in the Parifh of IVarbleton, which belonged to Richard Leverer and Mr. John Waller, granted to him by his Father, Sir "John Pelham ; and to the faid Charter, a fair Seal of green Wax Is appendant, viz. Quarterly in the firft and fourth, three Pelicans, and in the fecond and third, Ermin, on a Fete three Crowns ; and for the Creft, a Cage on a Helmet, and on each Side thereof the Buckles of a Belt, circumfcrib'd, Sigillum Johannls Pelham. In 1 7 Hen. VI. being wrote Sir 'John Pelham, Knt. Son and Heir of "John Pelham, Knt. He u releas'd to Sir Roger Fenys> Knt. and his Heirs, all his Right in the Hundred of Foxberle, with the Appur- tenances,, in Com. Stiff, as alfo all his Right, Fealty, Suits of Court and Caftle-Ward appertaining to the Manour of Hur/l- Monczcux, which the faid Roger held of the faid Sir "John Pelham. In t8 Hen. VI. the Kinf; x confirmed to him the Mancurs of Crowhurft, Eurivajhe, and Bevylham* with the Rape of Ha/lings. He had alfo the Office of Mafter of the Royalties and Forefts, which the Queen held in Dower in Normandy, as appears by his Reprefentation to the King after her Death, wherein he prays, in Confideration of his good Services done to his Father and Mo- ther, to grant him the faid Office. Tn 25 Hen. VI. he prefented the following Petition to the Parliament. " Unto the Noble and moft difcrete Knyghts of the Schires " and Borgeffis of this prefent Parliament. Befeching unto your " noble and wyfe Difcretions. John Pelham, Chivaler of the '* Counte of Suffex, that for as muche in the tyme of the Ryght " High and Myghty Prince Kyng Henri the 4th, Progenitor and " Grantfadyr unto our Soverayne Lord the Kyng that now ys. " Hit lyked unto that good Kyng and Progenitor, for the notable " and trew Services don be "John Pelham, Knyht, unto the feid " Kyng and Progenitor to geve and grante unto the feid John '' Pelham, Kt. Fadyr of your befeecher, the Manerys of Crow- " herft, Bourwarfch, and Bevylhame^ forthwith the Rape of " Hafyng, with the Appurtenances yn the Conte abovefeyd after " the Deth of Radulph Erie of Wejlmerlande tenante of the forfeyd " Manerys and Rape terme of lyfe, and to the feyd John Pelham^ 4 Kt. and to hys Heyrys yn Fee Simple for ever. To have and c to holde the feyd Manerys with the feyd Rape forthwith the ; Honours Lordchipis Londis Tenements Rents Servifis Parkys ' Clofurys Hundreds Wapentackes Courts Lets Knyghts Fees 1C Offices Advefons Patronages of Churchis Chapels Chaunterys 6. King, 412 PELHAM HOLLES, Duke of Newcastle. " King, Henry the 4th, confermed be our Soverayn Lord that " now ys, as of the whiche Manerys and Rape was never Inter- 4 upcion made ayens the vertu of the feyd grant, ynto now late ' with yn the tyme and begynnyng of this prefent Parlement tyer " hath been purchafed be Sir Thomas Hoo Chivaler a Patent be a ' newe grant be odyr manere of form of owr Soverayn Lord the ' Kyng that now ys, for to anulle and diftroye the Vertu of the "* firfte Grante unto ymportable hurt, and defherytyng of your 1 Befecher the whiche lyeth yn yowre noble and wyfe Difcrefiions, 4 for to remedye as well be Confcience as Lawe, confiderins; all pt the olde and grete charges fervices and coftys unto the Kyng |C and his Progenitors, that have be doon yn alle the Werris as c well be your feyd Befecher, as be his Fadyr, and in efpeciall the '.' grete Jupardie and enprife of the Caftell of Pevenfe which the " forefeyd John Pelham Fadyr of your Befecher toke and held '* with ftrong hand unto the ufe of the Kyngs noble Progenitours '' at that tyme grete Pleafaunce and Cumfort unto the Kyng and '' alle his trewe Sugetts of all the Reme, whiche ys not unknowen '' unto the mofte part of notable and auncienyd People of this ' Lond: Wherefor plefe your noble Wyfdoms, all thow that '* fugeftion have or feolde be made unto yow be the feyd Sir mond, Chief of the Family of Fitzgerald, and who had been long in Rebellion, gave him moft Trouble ; for being affifted by many of the chief Papijls, he grew fb infolent, as to write to the Lord Juftice, That be, and his Brethren, were entered into a League for the Defence of the Catholick Faith, under the Prate ft ion of the Pope, and the King of Spain, and advifed him to join with them. The Lord Juftice fmiled at his Prefumption, and by his Vigilance, Conduct:, anchCourage, difpoflefled that Lord of all his Caftles, forcing him, and his Followers, to lurk in Places of Secrecy. He continued Lord Juftice of Ireland, 'till the 1 4th of September* i q 80, when z he furrendered the Sword to Arthur, Lord Grey, of Wilton, Knight of the Garter, and then embarked for England. Our Hiftorians'give this Character of him, I'hat'in Council he was wary and circumfpeft, was ajlrift Obferver of Juftice, and by who/efonie Severities, kept thofe in Awe that had not ihe Will to be quiet a , fitting in Per/on in the Courts of Juftice, to fee the Laws duly executed ; and he reconciled many Differences, between feme of the mojl potent Families of that Kingdom, who had long contended one with anxla\ The Queen was fo well fatisfied with his Services in Ireland, that {he conftituted him Mafter of the Ordnance b , and fwore him of her Privy- Council; and in the Year 1585, when the States s Camden's Annals of Q^EIixatetb in Ireland, p. 134. Hift.Engl.Vol.il. p. 392. - y Cambden, 9.360, t Cox's Hift. of Ireland, p. 358. z Cox, p. 366. * Cambdtn, ibid, pi 466. . " a Ibid. p. 360. & feq; Cox, P . 359. b Jtkyrt Libgr Baionett, Mi S. Z Barlatis AccottQt cf the Redu&'on of E 9 Depu- 418 PELHAM HOLLES, Duke of Newcaftle. Deputies bad earneftly befbught her Majefty to accept of the Go- vernment of the Confederate Provinces of the Netherlands, and receive the People thereof, who were moft unjuftly opprefled, into her Protection and perpetual Vaflalage ; and her Majefty thereupon had appointed the Earl of Lelcejler General of her Forces ; Sir William Pelbarn e was likewife conftituted Field-Marfhal. Li the Year 1586, having the Command of the Englifn Horfe, he d ranged all over Brabant, taking in feveral Places, and performed many gallant Ats, which are particularly related in Stowe's Annals, from Page 733, 10741. At the Siege of Dow/borough he narrowly efcaped with Life, from the Rebound- ing of a Bullet, which hit him on the Belly, pierced his Buff Jerkin and Doublet, and wounded him. It was likewife owing to his particular Conduct and Courage, that Daventry was fe- cured. At length, after many fignal Services, he died at Flujh- ing, on the 24th of November, in the 3oth Year of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, A. D. 1587. c leaving William, his Son and Heir, 20 Years of Age, on the ift of April preceding his Death. I find this Character of him among the Worthies of that Age : f Sir William Pelham had aftrong Memory, whereof he built his Experience, there being no Town, Fort, or Pajfage, either in Ire- land or Holland, but he retained by that jlrong Faculty, which was much his Nature, more his Art. Three Things were obferved in his Converfi, That his Friends were either Valiant, Ingenious, or Wife, being Soldiers, Scholars and Statefmen ; and Four Things he was very intent upon, during his Government in Ireland ; The Priefts, the Pulpit, and the Prefs ; Secondly, The Nobility ; Thirdly, The Ports ; Fourthly, The Foreigners ; which he pur- fued with fuch Aftivity, that, during his Government, the King- dom was in a better Condition than it had been for Sixty Tears be- fore. His laft Teftament bears g Date the 27th of June, in 28 Eliz. which mentions his being commanded by the Queen to ferve in the Low-Countries. He Wills his Body to be buried in fuch Place as Jhould feem good to his Executors. He fettles his Lands in Truft (according to Letters Patents, dated the jth of June the fame-Year) on Roger Manners, Henry Bromley, Robert Dormer, and Thomas Pelham, Efquires ; viz. The Scite of the Priory of Newfted, with the Rights and Members thereof, in com- mon Line ; his Manour of Cadney and Howfeham, called Bel- lowes-Manour in the faid County, his Manour called St. John's- Manour ; as alfo his Manour called Gracedue- Manour, in Great- Lymber, or Little-Lymber in the faid County, his Manours of Awdley, Brokelfbye, the Parfonage of Killingholme, two Parts of the Scite of the late Monaftery of Newfham, and two Parts of the Demean Lands there, with divers Lands and Rents in Halton, c Sfowe, p. 711. f State-Wartbict, p. rgg, 600. Camdtn, p. 511. g Ex Regift. vocat. Jutland, Not. 71. .Lib.UI. p, 231, qu, 12. in Cor. Pncrog. Cant. Killing-, PELHAM HOLLES, Duke of Newcaftle. 419 Killingholme, Ultebie, Hotofte, Kelebie, Nettleton, Habroughe, Rothewell, Croxton, Acrehoufe, and Brokelfbye, in the faid County of Lincoln. He bequeaths to Dame Dorothy Pelham, his Wife, all his Goods and Chattels whatfoever, refraining in ha Man/ion at Eythrop, or elfewhere in Com. Bucks, as alfo her jointure according to Covenants, bearing Date the \otb Day of September, in 18 Eliz. amounting to the yearly Value of 800 Marks, without Lett .of William Pelham, his Son and Heir ; to whom he bequeaths all his Goods, Chattels, Houjhold- fluff, Plate and "Jewels, remaining at his Houfe at Newfted. He bequeaths to his Daughter, Anne Pelham, 2000 /. to his Son, Peregrine Pelham, and his Heirs, two Parts of bis Manour of Wickham, with the Rights, &c. thereto belonging, and two Paris cf his Lands lying in Acrehoufe, Nettleton, Rothewell, Normanbie, Claxbie, Kelebie, and Croxton in the County of Lincoln. The Refidue of his Goods, Plate, Jewels and Debts, he bequeaths ti his Son, William Pelham, that he may be the better able to dif- charge the Legacy to his faid Daughter Anne. He appoints Execu- tors, bis Well-beloved Wife, Dame Dorothy Pelham, and his faid Son, William Pelham, and dejires his ilery good Lords, Sir Tho- mas Bromley, Knight, Lord Chancellor of England, and Sir Wjlliam Cecil, Knight, Lord Burghley, Lord Ireafurer of Eng- land, to be Supervtfors, hoping, by their good Lordjhips Aid and Furtherance, the fame will be the better accompli/bed and perform* ed ; and, in token of his good Will bequeaths one Bafon and Ewer to each of tbem> of the Value of 25 /. apiece ', to be delivered, by his Executors, within one Tear after his Deceafe. This Dame Dorothy, his Second Wife, was Daughter of Anthony C ate/by, of Whifton, in Com. Nortbamp. h and Widow of Sir Robert Dormer of Afcot in the County of Bucks, Knight ; but by his firft Wife Eleanor, Daughter to Henry Nevile, Earl of Weftmoreland, he had William, his Son and Heir before-men- tioned, who was knighted, and married Anne, eldeft: Daughter to Charles, Lord WUloughby of Parham t from whom the Pelbams of Brokel/by, in Com. Line, defcend. I now return to Nicholas Pelham, eldeft Son of Sir William Pelham, and Brother to the before-mentioned Sir William. Which Nicholas was elected to Parliament for the Borough of Arundel, in the ift Year of K. Edw. VI. Was Sheriff of the Counties of Surrey and Sujfix, in the 3d Year of the fame King ; and on the 1 7th of November the fame Year, ' received the Honour of Knight- hood at Wejlm'injler, with the Duke of Lunenburgh, Sir Ambrofe Dudley, Second Son to the Earl of Warwick, Sir Jobn Parrottj and Sir I'homas Rjiflel. He had the greateft Intereft of any Com- moner in the County of SuJJex, and when the French attempted h Ei Stemmate. Not, Claudius, c. ^, p, 1 86, iNora. Equit. MS. in Bibl, Cotton. e z te 420 PELHAM HOLIES, Duke of Newcaftle. to land at Seaford, he gathered fuch a Force, as fruftrated their Defign, and obliged them to return to their Ships. He was k e- lected one of the Knights for the County of SuJJex to the Parlia- ment held in 4 & 5 Phil. & Mar. and departed this Life in the Forty-fourth Year of his Age, on thi 1 5th of December, in the fecond Year of Queen Elizabeth, leaving l John, his eldeft Son and Heir, Twenty- three Years of Age. He was buried in St. Mi- cbael's Church, in Lewes, where a Monument is ereled to his Memory, with this Infcription ; Here under lye buried the Bodies of Sir Nicholas Pelham Knight (Son of Sir W" Pelham of Laughton) and Dame Anne his Wife (Daughter of John Sackvile Efq; Grandaughter of the Right Honourable Tho: (late) Erie of Dorfett. They had Iflue, Six Sons and Four Daughters. His Valour's Proof, His manlie Ver- tues Praife Cannot be Marfliall'd in this narrow Roome. His great Exploit in great King Henry's Days Among the Worthies hath a Wor- thier Tomb. What Time the French fought to have fack't Seaford This Pelham did repell them back aboard. Obijt 15 Decembris A. D. 1559. ./Etat. fuas 44. He was a learned Per (on, a Favourer of the Reformation, and one of excellent Morals, as is evident from feveral Authorities, and from the Preamble of his laft Will ; which being memorable, is here inferted in his own Words m . 3!ti tlje Aflame of uene of Englonde, Fraunce, and Irelande, Defender of the Faith, etc. being whole of Bodie, and of good and perfefte Memory, our Lord God be praifed ; Knowing and Confi- dering the Brittlenef$ of this Jhorte irancitory Lyef, do make this my prefente Tejlamente and lajle Wille, of certaine my Manors, Landes, Tenements, and Hereditaments, and of all my Goods and Cattails, in Manner and Forme hereafter following ; Revoking, andplainely, by thefe Prefents, adnulling all other Te {laments and frills heretofore by me made by Word or I Writing : Firjt, knowledgirge my f elf a grcuut Offender and Sinner, againjt the Laives and Commaundiments of Al- mightie God, throughe the Frailetie of this mortal Flejh, andfuerd- ley trufling unto his moft fwete and comfortable Promts, that in whatfofver Houre the Sinner doth bewaile and repent his Synnes, that he will gracioujly here hym, and receive him to his Savior. I, hartefy repenting my finful Lyef, and being in parfecfe Love and Charitie k MS. de Parl. pene Btvajn Wiltit t m Ex Regift. vocat. Street, not. 45. Arm. qu. o. in Cur. Prrog< Caniuw. I Cstft Efc. Lib. V. p. 353. with PELHAM HOLLES, Duke of Newcaftle. 421 with all Men, doe righte fo q/ke of Almightie God, Mercies and Forgivenefe of my faid Offences and Synncs. certainely believing, that through the Merrits of Chrijfs blejfed PaJJion, to be accompted and received amongs his Elefte, and chofen to the mofte joyus and everlajling Kingdom of God, according to his licke Promts made unto all them, which faithfully believe in him ; of which Number ', Itrujle dughtlefs to be one : And my Boddie, which, after my Soule departeth from the fame, is but Terth, I Will it be buried by the Discretion of my Executors and Overfeers. He Wills to Dame Ann his Wife, his Manour called Colbornes, with the Appurtenances, and his Lands called Poundfelde and Frot- fham, Scottes and Murlands, in the Ripe of Lawghton, during her Life, as alfo a yearly Rent of 30 1. out of the three Manour s of Burwifh, Bevelham, and Crowhurft, in the Rape o/'Haftings ; likewife the Manour of Cowden, on Condition Jhe find and bring up Thomas Pelham his Second Son, in Virtue and Learning, 'till he comes to the Age of 1 8 Tears, and then to pay him out of the faid Manours, 20 1. per Annum, during his Life. Bequeaths alfo to the faid Dame Ann, his Wife, all his Lands, called Melwoods, CrefTelands, Yonge, Wikeland, tfWHired, otherwife called High- red and Farthingland, lying in Laughton, on Condition, Jhe bring up, in Virtue and Learning, Robert Pelham his youngejl Son, 'till he comes to the Age of 1 8 Tears, and then pay to his faid Son xx /. Yearly. And if fo be Vis faid Wife dyes, before his faid Sons accom- pli/b the Ages of 1 8 Tears, he then Wills the Tfjiies of the faid Lands to his Heir, paying unto them the faid Yearly Rent. He further bequeaths to Dame Ann his Wife, half his Plate, and three hun- dred Pounds in old Gold, in the Hands of his Uncle Anthony Pel- ham, a 3 alfo all his Interejl in the Parfonage of Glyne. And to his Daughter Anne Pelham, towards her finding and bringing up, until fuch Time as Jhe Jball be married, lol. Yearly, and 500 Marks, and all her Apparel, at the Day of her Marriage ; and if Jhe happens to dye, before Jhe be married, that then Ann Thetcher, and Margery Thetcher his Daughter's Daughters, have each of them 100 Marks out of the 500 fo bequeathed, to be paid them at the Days of their Marriage. The Refedue of all his Goods, Chat- tels, Plate, Jewels, and ready Money, his Debts paid, and his lajl Will in all Things performed, he gives and bequeaths to Joh'n Pelham his eldejl Son, whom he ordains his fole Executor, and George Go- ring, William Morley, and John Leighe, Efquires, Overfeers ; concluding thus, Into thy Hands, O Lorde, I commend my Spi- rite : thow hafte redemed me, O Lord God of Truth. Nicholas Pelham. WitneiTed by his Brother Edward Pelham, Robert Veez, 'John Lewes, Richard Moes, and John Mujlbamp. This Sir Nicholas (as the Infcription on his Monument (hews) had IfTue fix Sons and four Daughters, n whereof Mary was inar- n Ex Stemmate. 422 PELHAM HQLLES, Duke of Newcaflle. ried to John Thatcher of PrieftbaiiH, in Sujfix, Efq; and Anne to Thomas Shirley, of hfield, in the fame County, Efq;. His Sons were John, his SuccefTor, Thomas, hereafter mentioned, An- thony, Edward, Robert, and Nicholas. Jghn Pelham, the eldeft Son, jvas elected with Tjjomas Palmer, Ivnights for the County of Suffix, in the Parliament held in the 1 3th Year of Queen Elizabethan A received the Honour of Knight- hood from her Majefty p at Rye in Suffix, on the 1 2th of Augujl, ,1573. His kft "Will and Ttftament is dated the z8th of July, 'in the zzd Year of Queen Elizabeth ; Wherein he orders his Body to be buried decently and feemly, without Pomp or Superjtition, at the Difcretion of his Executors ; and bequeaths to Judith, his Wife, for Term of her Life, all his Manours within the Rape of Haftings, fettled on her on his Marriage, as a/Jo his Manours In Laughton, and Colbrons, with the Pro/its of the faid Manours, for the Space of 20 Tears after his Deceafe (if Oliver Pelham ; his Sen, lives fo long) to buy the Wardjhip of his faid Son to his own Ufe, and to bring him up in Virtue, Learning, and Knowledge. And bequeaths to his faid^ Son Oliver Pelham, his Manour of Bifropfton, and on Failure of IJJue to defcend to Thomas Pelham, Brother to him the faid Sir John. And for that his Son is very young, and to be left to the Queen's Favour, where to beftow the bringing up of him, he makes his Wife fole Executrix, to the Intent j^f_may_purchaje_hh ; Ward/hip, being willing foe Jhould keep him i her own Poffiffion, carefully to bring him up in Virtue and Learn- ing, and therefore gives her the more largely, that foe may liberally leflow on him, when he cometh to Tears to u/e it. "He Ordains his Brother-in-Law Mr. John St. Johns, his tinkle Sir William Pel- ham, Knight, his Co/in Herbert Pelham, and his Brother Thomas Pelham, Overfeers of his Will, requiring them to be aiding and comforting to his faid Wife, as well in the Execution of his Will, as in the obtaining the Wardjhip, and bringing up of his Child. And Wills to her, his faid Wife, the Refidue of his Goods, Chat- tells, Debts, &c. nothing doubting of her good Nature and Mind towards her Chi'd and his. He concludes in thefe Words : And jthus leavinge them both to the Prote&ion of the Almightie, unto jvhefe Handes I committe my Spiritte. Thowejiafte rcdemed me, thowe_ Lord God of Trewthe. Judith his Lady, was Daughter of Oliver, Lord St. John, of E^fjlo-icf. who mA-d a Monumt nt to h^ A'Vmn-y ~ p-iinft the Notih Wall of t!.e Chancel in Jrw&j?- Church in the Alhiorlfs (where he lies buried) with two Figures, a Knight, with his Lady kneeling, and a Child behind them, and the following Infcription. o M.S. de Parl. prsrd. r Stew's Survey of Lcndo", p. 888. P Jekyl\ Cat. of Knt?. MS. p. 46. StyfSs Survey > Bock II. p. 15. q Ex Regiii. vocat A undtl, not. 62. u, 46. Death PELHAM HOLLES, Duke of Newcaflle. 423 Death fir/I did Strike Sir John, here Tomb'd in Clay y And then in/breed his Son to follow fajlj Of Pelham'j Line, this Knight was Chief e and Stay : By this behold, all Flejh muft die at loft : But, Bletfow Lord, thy Sifter moft may mone^ Both Mate and Son hath left her here alone. Sir John Pelham died the i *$th of O&ober, 1 580. Oliver Pelham his Sonne, died the igth January, 1584. _ Thomas Pelham, Brother to the faid Sir John, fucceeded his Nephew in the Eftate at Laughton, &c. In * the 2 8th Year of/" Queen Elizabeth, he was returned to Parliament with William Covert^ as Knights for Suffex ; and in the 3 1 ft of Elizabeth, l was Sheriff of the Counties of SuJJex and Surrey. On the Ere&ion. of the Dignity of Baronets, by King James 1. he was advanced *;'' to that Degree, "the 22d of May, 1611, and was the 7th in * Order of Precedency. In the Creation-Patent 'tis recited, That his Majefty calls to Mind the good and acceptable Services of Sir John Pelham, Knight, as well to King Henry IV. and to our Lord Henry, late King of England the Ftfih~,~as to his Ancejtor James^" late King of Scotland, the firft of his Name, as Guardian and Go- vernour to his f aid Ancejtor, during his Minority, whiljt he remained in England, as by certain Letters-Patents of the aforefaid Henry, late King of England the Fifth, more plainly appears, &c. He took to Wife, Mary, Daughter of Sir Thomas Walfingham-^ of Scadbury, in' ChifelhurJ}, In Kent, and left Iflue, Sir Thomas Pelham, Baronet, and a Daughter Judith, married to Henry Cary 9 Lord Hunfdon, and Earl of Dover. The Inquifition taken after his Deceafe at Lewes, the 2 5 th of September, i Car. I. mentions his x Death to be on the 2d of December, Anno Dom. 1624, and that his Son Sir Thomas Pelham was of the Age of 27 Years, and Heir to the Caftle, Honour, Barony, and Rape of flajtings, with Netherfield, &c. lield of the King by the Service of two Knights Fees ; as alfb of the Manours and Rectory of Laughton, Burwajhe, Burgherjh, and Binelham, the Manours of Crowhurjl, Colbrand alias Colbornes, Pepleham, alias Pepjham, Warlington, Ballington, Bi/hopftone, Cowdene, Merisfield, and Foxhunt, the Hundreds of Hawkefturrough, Shiplake, and Shoefwell, the Manours of Balfo, Bejllmg, Golf/pur, Henhurfl^ Nederfield, and Staple-Henfield, with other Lands, &c. He was buried at Laughton, with great Solemnity, by the Heralds of Arms, y his Son-in-Law, the Lord Vifcount Rochfort* having his Train borne, and his Son Sir Thomas Pelham, Baronet, principal Mourner (with the Supporters, Sir John Shirley, Sir s MS. de Parl. y MS. ent. Funeral Ccremonys. not. t Futier's Worthier, p. 94. H. 10. p. 161, tnBibl* Job. Amlis Cart, u Heyli'tCs Help to Hiftory, p. 5-77. Reg, Arm. X Cole's Efc. MS. Lib. III. p. 136. not. 6 1. A. 14. in Bibl' liar ley. EC 4 Edward 424 PELHAM HOLLES, Duke of Newcaftle. Edward Burton, Anthony Stapefy, Efquire, and Thomas Shir ley ^ Efquire,) were followed by a great Number of the Gentlemen of' fhe County. WhichjSir ThomasJ^elham, Baronet, was, in his Father's Life- ime"'(2i ~*Jac. f.) ele&ed one of z the Knights for the County of SuJJex ; as alfo in the firft Parliament called by King Charles \, and likewife, in that held in the i5th Year of the fame King, and to that which met at Weftminfier, on the 3d Day of Novem- ber^ 1 640. In thefe Parliaments, he conftantly voted with thofe who were for preferving the Rights and Liberties of the Subject, and endeavoured the compofing of our Differences during the Civil Wars, without being any ways concerned in the Ufurpation of the Government. His Kinfman Henry^ Pelham, Efquire, who ferved in thofe Times for Grantharr,, in Lincolnshire, was a Perfon a likewife diftinguifhed for his eminent Abilities. The Members at IVeft- .piin/ter, voted (after a long Debate) the Twenty-eigth of June, 1645, That^he, the Earl of Warwick, and Mr. Benfe, Jhculd be -. Commijfionenjf the Admiralty. Yet when King C'harles I. \\ as .confined, he oppofed the Proceedings of the Army, and a Differ- ence arifing thereupon, wherein eleven Members b were fuipended from fitting in the Houfe, at the Inftance of the Officers of the Army, this M.r^Pelham c was, on a Meeting the 3oth of July, 1647, chofen Speaker of the Houfe of Commons, and the Lord Hunfdon, Speaker of the Houfe of Lo/ds. And thereupon d both Houfes voted, That the King-faing feized en, and carried^ from Holm by, without his Confent, or the Confent of the Houfes of 'Par- ment , by a Party of the Army^where his Majefly yet remainetb, Lords and Commons, in Parliament ajfembled^ deftre his Ma- -will be pleafed to come to fuch Places, as both Houfes of Par- liament Jhall appoint, declaring, He Jhould be in Freedom and Safe- ty, and that they^ with the Commoners of~the Kingdom ^Scotland, will make their Addrejfes to his Majefly, for afafe and well- ground- ed Peace. They further reiblved on the Queftion, That his Majefty might ' (ome to* London : And afterwards declared, They would endeavour fo procure thT Soldier s^Indemnity, and that their Arrears Jhould be ' paid them, having no other- End, but the fettling his Majefty in his jttjt Rights, the Parliament in the Enjoyments _of their Privileges and Freedoms, and the SubjecJ in_ their fundamental Laws, Liberty, and Peace." THey alfo ordered, f The Militia of the City have Power to raife fuch Forces, as they Jhall think Jit for Defence of the City, and z MS. de Par). d Rujbu.>frtb's Colieftions, Vul. VII. a Wbitkck's Memorialr, p. 138. p. 737. b Ibil. p. 258. e Ibid. p-74<3. c Ibid. p. 264. f Wbithck t p. 264. that PELHAM HOLLES, Duke of Newcaftle. 425 that they ckoofe a Commander in Chief \ to be approved by the Haufe, and he to choofe Officers, to be app r oved by the Militia. Thefe Proceedings were with the Concurrence of the Sheriff, and Common-Council of the City, who attended the Houfe, and, in the Afternoon, they chofe jGeneral MaJJey to command their Forces ; but on the 6th of September, General Fairfax entering the City with his Army, he, and his Officers, fubfcribed a De- : .claration for making Null all_A&s pafled 8 from the 26th tfjuly, which, on the i yth of September following, was agreed to by the Houfe of Commons, h being carried by three Votes. Mr. Pelham, on this Occafion, oppofed thofe who were in the Intereft of the Army ; and being a leading Member in the Houfe, and one whom they much feared, he was feized on, with other Perfons of Note, by Order of the faid Officers, on ' Wednefday the 6th of Decent- . ber, 1 648, they having voted the Day before, That his Majeftys Conceffions to the Proportions of the Parliament upon the Treaty, were Jit fficient Grounds for fettling the Peace of the Kingdom. Sir Thomas Pelham had his Share in th'jfe Troubles, being of the fame Opinion with his Kinfman ; and living retired during Oliver's Ufurpation, departed this Life in Augujl, 1654, and was .buried with his Ancestors at Laughton, the 28th of the fame Month. He had three Wives, firft Mary, third Daughter and Coheir of Sir Thomas Wilbraham, Knt. one of the Mafters of Requefts to King James I. by whom he had k Iflue, Sir John Pelham, Baronet, his Succeflbr, Thomas Pelham, zd Son, of the Age of 7 Years, 1633, and buried at Taught on, the i3th of September* 1638. Judith, married to Sir John Monfon, Knight of the Bath, Son and Heir of Sir John Monfon, Baronet, Anne, Jane, and Elizabeth, married to Pelham, of Lincoln/hire, Efq;. Sir Thomas, by his fecend Wife, Judith, Daughter of - - - Shirley (who was buried at Laughton the 21 ft of November, 1638) had no Iflue that furvived to Maturity. But, E5y his third Lady, Margaret, Daughter of Sir Henry Fane, of Fairlane, in Kent, Knt. he had feveral Children, whereof Phi- ladelphia was married to Francis, Lord Howard of Effingham. And the eldeft furvivingSon was Sir Nicholas Pelham, Qi Catts field- Place, in Com. SuJ/l who, in his Youth, had the Honour of Krffgthood conferred on him by King Charles II. and took the Degree l of M. A. in the Univerfity of Oxford, on the 8th of September, 1665. He was elected Knight for the County of SuJJex m , with his Brother SirjMiiPflham, in the Parliament that met at Wejlminjlertix. 6th ofwfarch, 167 f j and having married Jane, Daughter of James Huxley, of Oxford/hire, Efq; hath Iflue 'Thomas Pel/jam, Efq; a Member in the laft, and in the prefent g Ibid. p. 266. k Vif. de Com. Suffex. praed. h Ibid. p. 268. 1 Cat. ef Graduates, p. 116. i Rujbwrtb, Vol; VII. p. 13JJ. m MS. de Parliament. Parliament, 426 PELHAM HOLLES, Duke of Newcaftle. Parliament, for the Borough of Lewes, and one of the Commiffi- oners for infpe&ing into Trade and the Plantations, who married Elizabeth, Daughter of Henry Pelham, Efq; hereafter mentioned. "James Pelham, fecond Son, is Secretary to his Grace the Duke of Grafton, as Lord Chamberlain, and a Member in the prefent Parliament for the Town of Newark upon Trent. Margaret their Sifter, is married to Sir William Ajhburnham, of Bromham, in SuJJex, Baronet, one of the Chamberlains of the Exchequer. Sir John Pelham, Baronet, eldeft Son of Sir Thomas, was elected one of the Knights for the County n of Suffix, in the Parliament that met at Weftminfter the 2 5th Day of April, 1660, which voted the Reftoration of ibng- Charles II. By his Hofpitafity, Moderation, and other exemplary Virtues, he gained the Efteem of all that knew him, and had a greater Intereft in his County, than any Perfbn of his Time, as appears by his being chofen Knight of the Shire in four fucceeding Parlia- ments, in the Reign of K. Charles II. And, as was faid before, his Brother Sir Nicholas Pelham was elected with him, and Thomas Pelham, Efq;. his eldeft Son, chofe for EaJl-GrmJlead, as alfb for the Bo rough 'of Lewes, an Honour whereof few Inftances can be given. He was upwards of nine Years of Age in the Year 1633, and being near eighty Years old, died at his Seat at Holland, in the Parifh of EaJl-Hoadley and Laughton, and was buried in the Chancel, with his Anceftors, on the 2 6th of January, I7of, having furvived his Lady feventeen Years, who had Sepulture at Laughton, on the igth of Oftober, 1685. He married Lucy, fecond Daughter of Robert Sidney, the fecond Earl of Leicejler of that Name, by whom he had Tnue three Sons and two Daughters ; ''Elizabeth, married firft to Edward Mon- tague, Efq; by whom (he was Mother of George, late Earl of Hallifax, and her zd Hufband was Thomas Woodcock, Efq; firft Commiffioner for the Duty on Salt, who died the 3d of July, 1732, and {he the i 3th of July, 1723, without any Iflue by him. ' Lucy, fecond Daughter, was wedded to Gervis, Lord Pierrepont, and was buried at Laughton the i6th Day of July, 1721, with- out Iflue by him. ,. His Sons were,' Thomas, Lord Pelham, his Succeflbr in Title and Eftate7^7f_Peers, where he fliewed the fame Refolution, in fupporting dhe~Tnterefts of the Kingdom, and the Proteftant Religion. In his private Capacity, I no Man was more regular irTXlre, or more exemplary in Con- ) verfation, or in his Paternal Care of his Family, and other rektive /'Duties, as a good Chriftian, Neighbour, and Friend. His Lordfhip had to Wife, fab^Uzabetb (Daughter to Sir JVilliam Jones, Attorney-General to~King Charts II.) who de- parted this Life, and was buried at Laughton, the I3th of Otfober, 1 68 1, leavingjflue two Dai^hters ; Lucy, who was buried by her Mother the 2d of May, 1689, and Elizabeth^ the firTFXadV of CharJeSjhte Lord Vifcount Towrfiend. A His Lordlhip afterward^ married the Lady Grace Holies, fourth and youngeft Daughter of Gilbert, Earl of CIare 3 and Sifter to PELJIAM HOLLES, Duke of Newcaftle. 420 lt&&4 - j . ..w, p u fe ^jrty?$? '' Which Lady deceafed in Septet. r y'ooy Ieaving~I'fFue five Daughters, and two Sons, Thomas J I)ue~of Newcaftie, and the Right HonourableT&wry feifiam^lLiq',. ' ""Which f^nry was elekd to Parliament, as foon as he came of Age, for the Borough of Seaford, and conftituted Treafurer of his J~~ /* Majefty's Chamber tfie 1 " 2$th ot May, 1720, as ano~orie~of the Lords Commlflioners of The Treaiiiiy, tKe 33 of April, 1721. And has been conftantlvjileQed one of the Knights _for the Coun- ty of Suffix, from the 2d Parliament call'd by his late Majefty. On the i ft of April, 1724, he was appointed SecretarjTof War,^,, ^ and fworn of his Majefty's moft Honourable Privyj-Council, the i ft of June, 1725. On the Acceflion of his prefent^Mapffj^ he was continued in his Poft of Secretary of War, anH~was fworn of his Privy-Council. On tlie 8th of May, 1 730^6 was appointed Pay-Mafter General of all his Majefty's Guards, Garrifbns, and Forces In Greaf-Jtirrtain ; which he yetenjoys. He was married on Saturday, the 2Qth of OcJober, 1726, to the Lady Catherine Manners, Daughter of John, late Duke of Rutland, and Sifter to his Grace Jorm, the prefent Duke of Rutland, by whom he had Iflue two Son^jT/fo/ggf _ and Henry, and fix Daughters, Catherine, Frances, Grace and Mary, nowTivmg, and Lucy and Dorothy de- ceafed. His two Sons unhappily died both in aWeek ? inNovem- His Lonlftiip's five Daughters were, 1. Grace , married to George Nattor, of Herft-Moncedux, in the County ofSuJfex, Efq; and deceafed in April, 1710. 2. Frances, married to Chr'iftopher wandesford, Lord Vifcount Cajlleconier, of the Kingdom of Ireland, which Lord died A. D 1719, leaving by her Cbrijlopber, the prefent Lord VifcountC^^ 3. Garthwright, married to David Polhill, of Otford, in the County of Kent, Efq; and is fince deceafed. 4. IMCV^ married to the Right Honourable Henry Clinton, Earl . of foncyn^bg whom fhe was Alother of the pretent JSartT" '' 5^. jMargaret, married to Sit John $he!/ey, of Michel-Urove, in SuJ/ex, Bart^ . His Grace Thomas^ Lord Pelham, the pfefent Dukeof New- caftle, was.bqjri.tie 2.1 ft of July^ 1 6o^,^n3~By Ihe Taft "Will and, Teftament of his Uncje fobn HottesTlDuke rijtieivcji/ile, Lord . Privy ^Seal, and Knjght of thp Garter, whoT^ied at hisSeatat- Welbeck in Nottingham/hire) on the 1 5th of July, 1711, was adopt - ed ffeir to his great Eftatq, and to bear the Name and Arms of' Hol&. On the 2 6th of October, 1 7 i4j,pur late Sovereign, King George, was pleafed to advance him to tEe DignityoT Earl of Clare, in Com. Buff, and Vifcount Haughton* in Com.^iott."\vifh Remainder to the Honourable Henry Pelham his Brother, and his Heirs Male 5 the Reafons whereof are thus fet forth : z GEORGE 430 PEL HAM HOLLES, Duke of Newcaftle. GEORGE R. &c, * f^UM Regii muneris f? dignitalis fit, KobHiffimos j'uvenes ad ma- *^~* jorum merita non folum imiian'da, fed ftii's etiarn virtutibus fuper- anda exhortafi, nullus fane Inter Proceres eo nomine commcndatio?^ no/Jrdque favor e dignior, quam per quam fidclis & dilecJus nofter ^Thomas Holies, dom' de Pelham, nobis iftnotuit. Si enim vel a patre, vela moire Jibi derivation fangulnem fpettemus \ bt'nclioUe- ; fiorum, inde Pelhamorum feries antiquiffiffia tarn rerum bene gefia- rum, quam titulorum numero infignis elucefdt : ille autem utriufq; pentis hares nequaquam indignus, ad avitas virtutes tanquam heere- ditatem optimam adeundas imberbis adhuc felidter contende'bat, & tarn -matura indolis egregiee exhibebat argumenta, ut avunculus fu?is Dux Novi-Caftri nullumjibi extitifje filium minime dolere videretur, cum nepotem tali ingenio pr&ditum in loco filii cbariffimi habere pojjit. sai3 on the i ^th'of April following, was declared, Lord Chamber- lain of his 'Majefty' s Houjhold, and fworn of the Privy-Council, ' the 1 6th of April; alfo at a Chapter held at St. James's, the 3 ftl Day of March, 1718, was elected one of the Knights Companions of the moft Noble Order of the Garter, and inftalled at Windfir'* the soth of April following. On the zzd of Jufy,+i7i$, his Grace was one of the Peers commiffioned by his Majefty, who figned at 'the Cockpit, White- hell, (in Conjunction with the Imperial Plenipotentiary and others) the PEL HAM HOLLES, Duke of Newcaftle. 431 tlie Treaty nf fiance between his Majefty, the Emperor, and the King of France, purfuant to a Convention between his Brl- tannick Majeflj, and_the French King. On the ipth of May, 171 9, he was oeclared one of the Lords 'Jujlices, for the Admini- ftration of the Government, during his Majefty's Abfence j and on the 4th of June, being commiflioned by the Sovereign, with Henry Grey, Duke of Kent, Lord Privy-Seal, and John, Duke of Mountagu, they inftalled, at Windfor, Evelyn, Duke of Kingfton, a Knight Companion of the moft Noble Order of the Garter. He was likewife in CommiflSon with the (aid Duke of King/fan, 24 May, 1720, and inftalled Charles Spencer, Earl of Sunderland, a Knight Companion of the faid Order. On the nth of June, 1720, his Majefty declaring his Defign of vifiting his Dominions in Germany, to put an End to the Trou- bles in the Nqrth, he was again appointed one of the Lordsjjfyfti-. ces', in whichT*ruft, his Grace was continued the 26th of May, 1723, when his Majefty declared to his Privy- Council, that fome extraordinary Affairs called him Abroad for the Summer. On the-2dt>f-^r/7, 17 zj^his 1 Grace -refigning his Poft of Lord Chamberlain, was declared one of his Majefty^ Princital Secretaries of State, and on the 8th of the fame Month, took his Place at ttieJBoard. On the 3d of 'June, 1725, he was again declared one of the LordiJuJlices ; and in April, 1726, was chofen Recorder of Nottingham. In 1727, he was a 5th time one of the LordsJJjufticesj, and on his prefent Majefty's Accefiion to the Throne, liis Grace was continued in all his Places, and fworn of his Privvj.Counc.il. In July, 1737, he was chofen High-Steward of Cambridge, and this prefent Year 1740*. was appointed one of the Regents, during ^iis MajeffyVStay beyond the Seas. TITLES.] Thomas-Pe/ham Holies, Duke of Newcajlle, Mar- quifs and Earl of Clare ~ Vifcount Houghton, and Baron Pelham, of Laughton, and Baronet, Lord-Lieutenant and Cuftos Rotulorum of the County of Middlefex, and City and Liberty of Weftminjler, and County of Nottingham, Steward, Keeper, and Warden of the Foreft of Sherwood and Park of Folewood, in the County of Not- tingham, one of his Majefty's Principal Secretaries of State, one of the Governours of the Charter-houfe, and Knight of the Moft Noble Order of the Garter. CREATJONS.] Baronet, 22 May, j6n, 9 Jac. I. Baron ^ Anne. in the . _ aforefaid, and Duke of__Newcaftle* in-Corn^Northumb. 2 Auguft^ 1715, 2 Geo. I. *"" ARMS.] Quarterly, in the ift and 4th, three Pelicans Argent (the Arms of Pflham] and in the zd and 3d, two Piles, in Point, Sable, the Arms of Holies* a CREST.] 432 BENTINCK, "Duke of Portland. CREST.] On a Wreath, a Peacock in his Pride, Argent ; and fometimes, a Buckle, Argent, in Memory of Sir John Pelbanis taking King John of France Prifoner. SUPPORTERS.] On the Dexter Side, a Bay-horfe; ontheSi- nifter, a Bear, proper, each collar'd, or gorged, with a Belt, Ar-> gent, Buckle and Studds, Or. MOTTO. J VICIT AMOR PATRIJE. CHIEF SEATS.] At Claremont, in the County of Surrey ^ 4 Miles from King/fan, and 1 4 from London ; at Nottingham- Caftle, in the County of Nottingham, 87 Miles from London ; at Haughton in the fame County, 2 Miles from 'Tuxftrd, and 108 from London j at Holland, and Bifiopflone, in trie County of XXIV. BENTINCK, >& of Portland. , WILLIAM BENTINCK, Earl of P^/^l, was the ~Soh of Henry Bentinck, Heer Fan Diepin, whofe a Fa- ther Bentinck had alfo IfTue 7^/^ Bentinck, a General Officer in the Service of the States of Holland; and four Daughters, Eleanor, married to the Baron of Nicnurcn Hut/hen in Overyffel^ Anne> married to the Baron of Van Zandtnburgh m Utrecht, So- phia, Wife to the Baron Van Engelenburgh, and Joanna-Maria Van Bentinck, who died unmarried, Anno 1705. Which IPJltiatu, Earl of Portland, in his Youth, was Page of Honour to the Prince of Orange, his late Britannick Majefty William the Third, and from thence was advanced to the Place of Gentleman of his Bed-chamber. In the Year 1 670^ he waited on him in England*, and vifiting the Univerfity of Oxford, was created Doctor of the Civil Laws. In the Year 1675, that Prince being taken with the Small-Pox, Mr. Bentinck gave fuch fignal Proofs of his Love and Affection for his Mafter, to the no fmall Hazard of his own Life, that it fix'd him entirely in his Efteem and Favour ; and his Courage and Abilities equally anfwer'd the great Opinion his Highnefs had of him for his Con- duel both in Civil and Military Affairs. In the Year 1677, he c was fent by the Prince of Orange into 'England, to. follicit a Match with the Prkrcefs Mary, eldeft Daughter of Jame s (at that time Duke of Tork} which was foon after concluded. On the Duke of Monmouth's Invafion of this Kingdom, he was fent over to offer his Matter's* Afliftance to King James, both of his Troops and Perfon, to lead them againft Stemmatc. c Hift, of Ewf, Vol III. Fafti Oxoa, p. 857, the I BENTINCK, Duke of Portland . 43 3 the Rebels ; but, through a Mifconflru&ion put on his Meflagc?,' he was co!d!y received, ^^.t, t**tji Jady Anna-Margaretta? fecond Daughter, married to Mon- fieur Duyvenvorde, one of the principal Nobles ot HoiUind. La- dy Frances Williamyna? third Daughter, marriol ^ JI'Ttiiam, Lord Byron, and died March 31, 1712. Lady ^eaorv^ fourth Daughter, died unmarried. Lady Ijabell , - 1) Daughter, married to Evelyn Pierrepont, Duke of. Jilngjh^ and dicrd on ^.\- neQ mod tiiw baa nudjiiiboL) mw ni^I BENTINCK, Duke of Portland. 435 His Lordfhip, on the i6th of May, 1760, married zdly Jage* fixth Daughter of Sir John Temple, of Eaft-Skeen in the County- of~Surry, Bart. Sifter^ to Henry, Lord Vifcount Palmer/Ion, and Widow of John, Lord Berkeley of Stratton, and by her (who was Governefs to the three PrincefTes, eldeft Daughters of his prefent - ,Majefty) had two Sons, and four Daughters; WtlKam^ritm one othg Nobles GiJ^iland, who in 1733, married Cbarlotta-Stphia- Hedwige- Eleanor^ Countefs of Alder&unib* 'only Daughter and ^ Heir to Anthony, Count Aldenlurgb, &c.\n Germany,; and Charles- John, arT Officer in the Army of* & r e" State^Trlneral, married March, 173^, to Lady Margaret, zd Daughter and Coheir of William^ Earl of 'Cadofan ; Lady Sophia, marriecT on the 24th of March, 172$, to his Grace, Henry de Grey, Duke of /Tr/7 15, 1736. ' The ejdeft Son Henry^ Earl of Portland, married the 9th of urte, 1704, the Lady Elizabeth NoeL eldeft Haughter and Co- == heir of Wriothejley Bap'lfi r F.ar| r>f (^^nfhnmu^ with whom he ^ liad Jamong other ^pfleffions) the Lordfliip of Itch field, in the County of Southampton, and a noble Manfion Houfe there, which ^/f came to the faid Earl of Gainfbormgh, on the Deceafe of the gr~Countefe his Mother, who was eldeft Daughter and Coheir pj[ ~X "Thomas, Earl of Southampton, Lord High-Treafurer of England, in the Reign of King Charity II. At this Seat the Earl of PW- /^W refided, whilft he was a Commoner; and by his Affability, and Hofpitality, gain'd the Love and Efteem of his Country, fo that he was elected one of the Knights of the Shire for the Coun- ty of Southampton, whilft his Father was living ; viz. in two Parliaments, in the Reign of Queen Anne. On the 21 ft of Ju- ly, 1710, he was constituted Captain of the firft Troop of Horfe Guards,- which the Earl of Albemarle refign'd to him, on a valu- able Consideration. He was created by his late Majefty, Mar- quis of Tic^ela^^Com^Southamp. and Duke of Portland^ by Letters Patent, bearing Date the 6th of July, 1716 ; and was one of the Gentlemen of his Bedchamber. On 29 Sept. 1721, he was appointed Captain- General, and Governour of the Ifland of Jamaica ; where he died, on July the 4th, 1726, in the 45th Year of his Age, greatly lamented, being of a moft noble and generous Temper, and of fb fweet a Difpofition, that made all eafy about him. Her Grace accompanied him to "Jamaica, and came over with his Remains, which are interr'd at Tichfield', and {he dying March 19, 173^, was buried by him. They had feveral Children, and left Iflue_t}vo Sons, and three Daughters; fFilliam,_T)uke of Portland^ and LordTr^Xf, to whom the late King" was Godfather, and was born ^35^rrfte 27th, 1715; Lady Anne, married to Captain Paid, Lady Ija- 'bella, 436 BENTINCK, Duke of Portland. bella, married Nov. 8, 1739, to Henry Monk, Efq; of the Kingr dom of Ireland^ and Lady jftttilia, unmarried. His eldeft Son, William, now Duke of Portland, after three Years Travel in France and Italy, return 'd to England m 1733. His Grace was married at Mary le Bone Chapel, July 1 1, 1734, ' to the Lady Margaiet-Cavendi/h Harlej, only Daughter and Heir 'of Edward, Earl of Oxford, and Earl Mortimer, by whom he .. hath Iflue, Lady Elizabetb-Cavendi/h Bentinck^ Lady Henrietta- vse*- Cavendijh, William^Henry-Cavcndtjh, catted Marquis of T'ichfield, born April 14, 1738, Lady Margaret- Cavendijh, and Lady Frances-CavendiJh. sJ ^ "-,*"* ,~- / ie ~e~ii At a Chapter of the moft noble Order of the Garter, held at St. James's, March 20, i74f> his Grace was firft knighted by hisMajefty, and immediately after was inverted with theEnfignsof that moft noble Order, and was inftalled at Windfor, April 21, 1741. TITLES.] William Bentinck, Duke of Portland, Marquis of Ticbfield, Vifcount Jfccdjlock, and Baron of Circncefter, and Knight of the moll noble Order of thx? Garter. CREATIONS.] Baron of Circncejlcr, in Com. Gloucefter, VJf- count- Woodjlock, in Oxfordjbire, 'and Earl of Portland, in Com. Dorfet, 9 April, 1689, I JFilliam and Mary; and Marquis of Tichfield, and Duke of Portland, 6 July, 1716, 2 Geo. I. ARMS.] Azure, a Crofs Molinc, Argent. CREST.] Out of a Marquis's Coronet, proper, two Arms counter, embow'd and vefted, Gules, glov'd, Or, and holding each an Oftrich Feather, Argent. SUPPORTERS.] Two Lions double Quevec; the Dexter proper, the other Sable. MOTTO.] CRAIGNET, HOUTE. CHIEF SEATS.] At Buljlrode, in Buckingham/hire, 5 Mile: from Uxbridge, and 20 from London. XXV. C AM P B E L, Duke of Greenwich. THIS Noble Family, deriv'd from" a Scries of liluflrious Anceftors, was poffefs'd of Lochow, in Argylejhirc, accord- ing to the traditional Accounts of the Bards and Sanacbies, as early as the Time of King Fergus II. who reftored the Monarchy of Scotland, Anno Chri/li 404. The firft Appellation they ufed was O-Dwbin, aflum'd from Dinnned 0-Dwbin, one of their Anceftors, a bmve and warlike Man, and in the Irijh Language tiis Defcendants are called to this Time, Seal Diarmed, that is, the Pofterity and Ofti,prJng of Diarmed. From this Dlarmcd O-Divbin the Eirus have recorded a lng Series of the Barons of Locbow, whofe Actions they tell us were very renowj^u both for Conduct and Valour. Paul O-Divbin, Lord of ' Locbw, caird Paul rn Spuran, fo de- nominated from his being the King's Trtafurer, having no Male Illiie, his Eftate v/ent to his Daughter Eva, who married Gilcjpkk Q-Dwlnn, a Relation of her own, who chang'd the Name firft from 0-Dwbin to Cambel, to preferve and perpetuate the Memo- ry * C A lit Virfctl Mt4f GfttA^mi 437- 1 \O ip*"f . w a\. |^<>\\ OJ ,Q?"T .8 ,.V^ ili^lTKHV , ' "S ry of a noble and heroic Piece of .Seutt.ce performed -by him to .the ' ' Crown af-.Frifncf., irt. the Reigrj o/ i j'ng, tliis Lady he jeft a^ Sqn, &uw#n ,A^O,", was |x>^ of ; Lccbo^)^ _ and was the' Father of Golrrt^xyd He,,agpin of, ^rf^ld i: called- J&Y lefpick, and he of ' -tbuncan, llarAa$( .^^w/,^, ^.,^7 , 7 ^j This laft mentioned Duncan was the,Ea$hec: of another Glkfyick . Campbel, Knr. Lord of Lachow, whofe Son and Heir, Sh Colin Moor, call'd Domimis Colinus Campbel,. $#/a ////.? quondam Domini Gii-afpick Cambell, did; acp^uir^; from Sir Williarif-jLind- fay, Kr.t. ti;e Lands of &ynufiMoun t in Air/htre\ the Reddendo of which, he made o-,'er' to the jV^li^pfr^M^^j .P^ Mfrjijjn crajl'mo beatl Clementis Martyris ty Pontif.cis y ^rio r \2g.\. I find he was alfo one of the Great Men who were fummoned to Berwick on the Part of Robert de Bruce^ in the Competition with _7<7^ de Baliol for the Crown, on the Demife of Queen Mar- ' garct. The particular Hiftory of the Family of Argyle reprefents this . Sir Colin Moor to have been a very renown'd and warlike Chief- tain, and that he was flain in a Conflift with a great Neighbour. of his own, the Lord of Lwn .: His Death occafioned great Bloodfiied in thofe Parts, and kindled fuch a Flame betwixt the the two Families of Lockout and Lorn^ as was not extingui{hed for many Years after., even fo long as the Argadi\> Lords of Loro, exifted. From this Calm it is that the Head of the Family of Argyle is called by the Irifa Mac-Callan blare. B/ his Wife, a Lady of the Family of the Sinclairs^ he had two Sons, Sir Nell his Suc- ce/Tor, and Sir Donald Campbel of Redhoufe^ of whom the fa- mily ef Loudon y and the other Cadets of this illuftrious Branch of the Campbels derive themfelves. Sir Nell^ his eldert Son, was honoured with Knighthppd by King Alexander III. in the End of his Reign j but I can parricu- . larize none of his Atchievemcnts 'till the Year i 292, that on the Demife of Queen Margaret ', he was one of the Great Men CM Scotland fummoned to Berwick on the Part of Robert de Bruce, when he and all the other Competitors for the Crown had referred the Decifion of their refpeclive Claims to Edward \> of England; and when that Prince declared in Favour- of Jthn de Bath/,: Sit Neil Campbel did fj far acquicfce in^ the Decifion^ as to continue faithful to King John^ 'till lhac unhappy Prince unkirtged^hvm-'. I felf by an inglorious Surrender of tlie Independency of the Crown .. to the King of England, whom he acknowledged Superior, and direct Lord of Scot It nd. f w t '^ro^ i j^>.A Put no fooner did King Robert Bruce aflert his Title-Cathe Crown, and form a rational Projecl of recovering his own' Ri^Kt, and of redeeming his Country from its Subjection to a -Foiuiga r Power, then Sir Neil Campbel was among the earlidK Patriots- - F'f o j3ii lo noiitbSI K t B^^ 34; azsoiaqiaq bn& w&yiq 03 ^w'.O oj f\V.M(.\-0 438 CAMPBEL, Duke of Greenwich. who firft reforted to him, owned his Title, and gave fo many Proofs of his Zeal and Merit, for the Liberty and Honour of his Country, and of his Loyalty to that heroick Prince, that he was thought mo'l: worthy, and pitch'd on to command a Party of Loyalifts lent to Argyll/hire ^ to curh and over-awe the Lord of Lorn, who v:as a declared Enemy to his Country, and of con- fequcnce to the Brucian Title : And he performed that Service committed to him with Honour and Succefs, infomuch thjat in a fhort time he recovered the Countries of Argyle and Lorn, and brought them to fubmit to King Robert, notwithstanding the joint Efforts of the Lord Lorn, and his numerous Accomplices on the contrary ; which fhews him to have been a very refolute and hardy Patriot. Sir Nie! (luck clofe to King Robert, and was among the few Scots Patriots who accompanied him to Scoon, and aflifted at the Solemnity of his Coronation, Anno 1306. After which he gave many fignal Inffonces of his Stedfaftnefs and Loyalty to that Mo- narch, even in his worft Circumftances : For when he was very far from being firmly eftablifhed on the Throne, Sir Niel Campbel entered, into an Aflbciation with Sir Gilbert Hay and Sir Alexander Sttcn ; wherein, in a molt folemn manner, they bound themfelves to defend, 'till the laft Period of their Lives, the Liberties of their Country, and Right of Robert Bruce, their King, againft all Mortals, French, Englijh, and Scots ; to which they appended their S^afc, at the Abbey of Cambuftennetb, 9 Sept. 1308. In 1314, he was one of the Commiflioners on the part of Sccl^ land, authorized to treat with the Englijh for a Peace, which at that Time took not its defir'd Effeft : And the next enfuing Year he was one of the Barons at the Parliament held at Alre, where they made an Entail of the Crown to King Robert, and his Heirs. About which Time, in Confideration of his good Services, and fignal Loyalty, he obtain'd a Grant of feveral Lands, then in the Crown, by the Forfeiture of thofe who adhered to the Intereft of Baliol', and to oblige him the more, the King beftow'd on him the Lady Mary Bruce, his Sifter, in Marriage. He departed this Life in the Year 1315, leaving Iffue two Sons, Colin his Succefibr, and John Campbel, who was by King David Bruce dignified with the Title of Earl of AtM-, but dying without Ifliie, the Honour went no further in the Family. Which Sir Colin Campbel of Locbow, began early to diftinguifh himfelf for Military Atchievements. Hewas in the Expedition made into Ireland, in 1316, in behalf of Edward Bruce, then King of that Realm, where he behav'd with exceeding Gallantry, and perform'd many fignal Services : In Confideration whereof he obtained a Grant of diverfe Lands in Argyle/hire, by a Charter yet extant; and having faithfully demean'd himfelf during the whole Courfe of King Robert's Reign, he continu'd no lefs ftedfaft to Q AM p B E L, Duke of Greenwich. 439 to King David his Son ; for whofe Service, even when his Affairs were lookt on to be loft, he rais'd 400 Men, and took the Caftle of Dunoon, then in the Hands of the Englijh : for which notable Service, when that Prince came to be eftablimed on the Throne, he made him Hereditary Governour thereof, which his Defendants ftill enjoy. He married a Daughter of the Family of Lenox, by whom he had three Sons and a Daughter, viz. Arcbbald his Succeflbr. "John Campbel^ Anceftor of the Branch of B&rbreck, of whom defcended Campbel of Succoucb. "3d, Sir Dougal Campbel, who loft his Eftate for adhering to Edward Baliol. Alicea, his Daughter, was married to Alan Lander of Hatton. He had a Natural Son, Niel, of whom\ the Campbeh of Melfort derive their Defcent. And departing this Life about the Year 1340, was fucceeded by Arcbbald his Son, who conftantly adhered to King David, during his Captivity in England, after the Battle of Durham ; and that Prince, on his Return, to reward his Loyalty, beftow'd on him feveral Lands then in the Crown, by the Forfeiture of Sir Dougal Campbel^ his own Brother, Anno 1357. He married Mary, Daughter of Sir 'John Laumont, by whom he had Colin, his SuccefTor. Which Colin obtain'd from King David II. a Charter, ratifying the Alienation made by Chriftian, Daughter and Heir of Sir Dou- gal Campbel, of the Lands of Craignifh, to be holden of him and his Heirs in as ample manner as Duncan Mackdwyne, his Anceftor, held the Barony of Lochow, which bears Date 25 March, 1 370. He was employM by King Robert II. in reftraining the Incurfions of the Highlanders, who then infefted the Weftern Parts of the Realm, whom he reduc'd to the King's Obedience : In Confide- ration whereof, he obtain'd from the faid King diverfe Lands yet in the Family. He married Mary Campbel, a Lady of his own Family, by whom he had two Sons, Duncan his Succefibr, and Colin, Founder of the Family of Arkinlafs, of whom Sir "James Campbel^ Baronet, is lineal Heir; and of Arkinlafs, the Families of Arntenet, Dunoon, Carrick, Skipni/h, Blytyfwood, Shawfield^ Rachane, Auchvillen, and Dergachie are Branches. He had likewife two Natural Sons, Dougal, Progenitor of the Family of Dunjlafnage, of whom 'Colin Campbel of Ederlln, and Robert Campbel of Bahie are defcended. Sir Duncan Campbel (eldeft Son of Sir Colin] being a Perfon of great Parts, arriv'd to very high Advancements as well in Honour as Eftate : He married firft the Lady Margery Stuart^ Daughter of Robert, Duke of Albany, Governour of Scotland, and improv'd the Opportunity of his near Alliance with Murdoch^ Duka of 4lbany, Governour, while King James I. was detain'd Prifoner F f 4 itt 440 CAMPBEL, Duke of Greenwich. in England-, Bart, is lineally Heir Male, and hath produc'd the Campbels of Giencardtl, G'enfadale, Kildujkland^ KHmorie, wefter Keams, Kilberry, and Dana. ' Niel, the fecond Son, was Anceftor of Campbel of Ellengreg, whereof the Heir is Sir Niel Cafnpbel. Of this Branch is Colin Campbel of Ormandale, Major-General in the Mufcowte Service. ' Of the 3d Sum iflued the old Campbels of Ottar, extinct. The "Lord Duncan departing this Life, in 1453, was buried iri the Church of Kilmun, where there is a noble Monument erecled bver him, with the Statue of himfelf as big as the Life, and about the Verge of the Tomb this Infcription : Hie 'facet . Dominus Duncanus, Dominus le CampbA, Miles de Locbow. To tne fa id Duncan, Lord Campbel fucceeded Colin his Grand- fon and Heir. He was created Earl of Argyle by King James II. Anno 1457; and being a Man of eminent Parts, was, in the Reign of James III. employ'J in the higheft Offices in the State, as Privy-Seal, Mafter of the Houihold, and Lord High-Chancel- lor i all "which he difcharged with great Ability and Integrity. 6 AM P B E L, Duke of Greenwich* 441 In 1465, 5 Edw. IV. he and others had the King of England's '^rote&ion and Safe Conduct, for one Year coming, on an Em- bafly, with 200 Perfons in their Retinue. His Commiffion from "James, King of Scotland (wherein he had the Title of Mafter of his Houfhold) bears Date at Down in Merited, 28 Nov. 1465 ; which iinpowers him to treat with the Embafladors of the King of England at Newcaftle, on the 4th of December next, about an Alliance, as alfo about a Truce or deflation of Arms. In the Year 1482, the Realm of Scotland being invaded by the Duke of Gloucefter, at the Interaction of the Duke of Albany, who was banHhed the Kingdom, he was one of the Lords who, in order to prevent the Defolation of the Realm, fign'd a Pardon to the faid Duke, whereby he and his Followers regained the Pofleffions of their Eftates. And to fatisfy the King of England, who had been deceived in a Promife of Marriage between his Daughter and their King's eldeft Son, it was agreed on by an obligatory Inftru- ment, made by the Provoft and Burgefles of Edinburgh, that either the faid Marriage fjiould be compleated, or a Sum of Money be paid to him j at the figning of which, he was one of the Lords prefent. He was in no lefs Favour with King 'James IV. after his Ac- ceilion to the Throne (tho' without having any particular Hand in the Contrivances and barbarous Actions which were exercis'd in order thereto) who constituted him again Chancellor, Anno 1488. And he enjoy'd that Office 'till his Death, Anno 1492. He married Ifabel, one of the Daughters and Co-heirs of John Stuart, Lord Lorn, by whom he had two Sons, Archbald, his Succeflbr, and "Thomas, a younger Son, of whom defcended the Family of Lundie, in Angus ; likewife five Daughters, i ft, Mar- garet, married to George, Lord Seton, and had Iflue ; ad, Ifabel, to William, Mafter of Drummond, Son and Heir of John, Lord Drummond, and had Iflue; 3d, Helen, to Hugh, firft Earl of Eglintoun, and had Iflue j 4th, Elizabeth, to "John, fecond Lord Qliphant, and had Iflue ; 5th, Mary, to JEneas Macdonald, of Tai/zie, Natural Son and Heir to John, Earl of Rofs. Archbald, Earl of Argyle, his Son, fucceeded him, being a Nobleman of great Accomplifhments : He was by King James IV. promoted to be Chancellor of Scotland, Anno 1494; Lord Chamberlain, Anno 1495 ; and Mafter of the Houftiold, 1498. At the Battle of Flowden, he commanded the Van-Guard of the Army, and behaving himfelf with great Valour, was there killed, with his Royal Mafter King James IV. and the Flower of his Nobility, .9 Sept. 1513, leaving Iflue, by Elizabeth his Wife, Daughter of John 9 firft Earl of Lenox^ four Sons, Colin, his Suc- ccflbr. Archbald Campbel, of Skipnijh, was the fecond, which failed in an Heir Female, in the Reign of Queen Mary. Sir 442 C A M p B E L, Duke of Greenwich . Sir John Campbel, third Son, came to the Pofleffion of a fair Eftate by the Marriage of Moretta, Daughter and foii- Heir of John Calder of that Ilk, whofe Succeflbr is Sir Hugh Carrtbcl, of Gaidar: Of this Branch of the Family of Argyle, are the Camplels of Archattan, Airds, and Sir Archbald Campbel of Chmiers de- fcended. Donald^ fourth and youngeft Son, was Abbot of Coupcr, of whom the Campbeh of Kythack in Angus derive their Defcent. Befides thefe Sons he had likewife four Daughters ; Margaret, married to John, Lord Erjkin, and had IfTue : Ifabel, to Gilbert? fecond Earf of CaJJlls, and had IfTue : Mary, to John Stewart, Earl of Athol, and had IfTue : And Jane, to Sir John Laumont of Inneryne, and load IfTue. Colin, Earl of Argyle, his Son, was named one of the four Counfellors to King James V. Anna 1525 : In 1528 he was con- ftituted Lieutenant of the Borders, and Warden of the Marches ; which Office he difcharged fo much to Satisfaction, that he obtain- ed, firft a Grant of the Lordfliip of Abernethy, then in the Crown by Angus's Forfeiture, and after, an ample Confirmation of the hereditary Sherifflhip of Arvylejkire, Jufticiary of Scotland, and heretable Mafter of the Houfhold. He married Janet, Daughter of Alexander, Earl of Huntley^ by whom he had two Sons, and one Daughter, viz. Archibald, who fucceeded him. John Campbel, fecond Son, from whom is defcended the Branch of Lochnel, which produced the Campbels of Balerne and Ston- flcld. Alexander Campbel, third Son, was Dean of Murray. Margaret, his Daughter, was married firft to James Stuart^ Earl of Murray, Natural Son of King James IV. and then to John, Earl of Sutherland ; and departing this Life in 1542, was iucceedcd by ArMald, his Son and Heir. Which Arcbbald was one of the Peers who, on the Death of King James V. entred into an Aflbciation to oppofe the then in- tended Match betwixt Queen Mary and King Edward VI. of England, and confequential Union of the Crowns, as tending To the high Dijhonour, perpetual Skaith, Damage, and Ruin of the Liberty and Nobkncjs of this Realm, as it runs in the Original, bearing Date the 4th of July, 1 543. On the breaking out of the War with England, he remarka- bly diftinguifhed himfelf by his Valour and Conduct, both at the Battle of Pinkie, Anno 1547, and at the Siege of Haddingtoun, 1548, in Defence of his Queen and Country, related at large by our Hiftorians. This Noble Lord was the firft of his Quality who embraced the Protejtant Religion in the Beginning of the Reformation, of which he was a hearty Promoter, and continued ftedfaft in the Profeffion thereof: When a-dying he recommended; > his Sonj, to propagate the preaching of the Gofpel according to the C A M p B E L , Duke of Greenwich. 443 the reformed Principles, and the fupprefling Romijh Superftition and Idolatry. He died Anno 1558, leaving Iflue, by Lady Helen Hamilton, his firft Wife, Daughter of James, Earl of Arran, Archbald his Son and Heir ; and by his fecond Wife, Mary Gra- ham, Daughter of William, Earl of Monteith, Sir Colin Campbel, of Buchuan; and two Daughters, ift Margaret, married to James Stuart, Lord Down, Anceftor to the prefent Earl of Murray, and had Iflue j zd, Janet, to Hettor Macklane of Dowart, and had Iffue. Archbald, Earl of Argyle, his Son, being a Perfon of fingular Accompliftiments, was, by the Eftates of Scotland, fent Ambafla- dor to the Queen, then in France, Anno 1559, to fupplicate her Majefty in Favour of the Reformation : But that taking no Effect, and the French having got footing in Scotland, he, with the Duke of Chattel-Herauh, and the Earl of Arran, his Son, fued to Queen Elizabeth for Aid to expel them, by which he was inftrumentaj in obliging them to quit the Kingdom ; and, together with the Earls of Glencairn, Morton, and others, entred into an Aflbcia- tion, wherein they bound themfelves to aflift one another in ad- vancing the Caufe of Religion, which at laft they got happily eftabliftied by Ac~t of Parliament, Anno 1560. The fame Year he was one of the feven Peers authorized by Queen Mary, on her Refignation of the Grown, to be Regent of the Kingdom, if the Earl of Murray fhould refufe to be Regent alone. On the breaking out of the Civil War, in the Reign of Queen Mary, he efpoufed her Intereft, and was General of her Forces at the Battle of Langfide, againft the Earl of Murray, then Regent : After which he fubmitted to the Authority of her Son, King James, and came to be fo confiderable, that on the Death of the Regent, Matthew, Earl of Lenox, in 1571, he flood a Candidate to fuc- ceed him ; but the Earl of Marr being preferred to the Regency, he was conftituted Lord High-Chancellor ; which Office he enjoy- ed with univerfal Reputation for the Space of three Years, even to his Death, which happened in September, 15 75, to whofe Memo-? ry the famous Mr. John/ton compofed this Epigram. Gens Albina vet us, gemini incunabula Regni )uee pofuit, (fuerant nam duo Regna prius : ) ,Jlla viris armifque potens, totque aucla troptsis, ^ute dominos rerum tot dedit una Deos ; Hac & avosy ataitofque dedit; locaprifca tenemus y Tefla, Lares, mores, & ducora aha decum. Sufficeretque vetus nobis ea gloria : verum Major ad ignoti nos vehit ajlra poll. jtdfcriptiqut Deijamfantta in feeder a ches 9 Magnanimi audemus propitiate morl. Gens qua jura prius dederat, nunc accipit. Ergo Bisfelix : qua dat, qua nova jura capit. This 444 C A M p B E L, Duke of Greenwich. This Lord married two Wives ; ift, Lady Jane Stuart, Na- tural Daughter of King James V. zdly, Jane, Daughter of Alexander, Earl of Glencairn, but by neither of them left any IfTue; whereupon his Eftate and Honour came to Sir Colin Camplcl of Buchuan, his Brother and Heir. Which Colin was conftituted one of the Lords of the Privy- Council to King James VI. Anna 1577, and Lord High-Chun - cellor of Scotland, on the Deceafe of John, Earl of Athol, in 1570 ; which, together with feveral other great Employments in the State, he enjoyed 'till his Death, in the Year 1 584. He was married firft to 'Janet Stuart, Daughter of Henry, Lord. Methven, by whom he had no IlTue ; but by Agnes, his fc- cond Wife, Daughter of William, Earl Marifchal, and Widow of James, Earl of Murray, he had two Sons, Archbald, who fucceeded him, and Sir Colin Campbel of Lundy, Bart. This Archlald, Earl of Argyle, was conftituted General of the Forces raifed againft the Earls of Huntley and Errsl, at the Battle of Glenlwet, Anno 1^94; and fuppiefs'd the In fur reel ion of the Mac Gregors, in the Year 1603, and another more for- midable by the Mac Donalds, in the Weftern Ifies, Anno \ 6 1 4 ; and in refpeft thereof, and his other great Merits, he obtained a Grant of the Country of Kintyre, Anno 1617, which was ratified by a fpecial AS of Parliament. In 1618, he went to Spain, and fignaliz'd himfelf in that Ser- vice againft the States of Holland, and afiifted at taking feveral Places of Strength, 'till by his Majefty's Permiffion he returned to England, and died at London, Anno '638: Having married, firft Anne, Daughter of William, Earl of Morton, by whom he had Archbald, his Succeflor, and four Daughters ; Anne, married to George, fecond Marquis of Huntley, and had Ifiue ; zd, Annabel to Robert, fecond Earl of Lothian, and had I flue; 3d, J^nc, to John, firft Vifcount of Kenmure, and had Ifiue; 4th, Mary, to Sir Robert Montgomery ofJSkebnurle, and had Ifiue. And having married 2dly, Anne, Daughter to Sir William Cornwallis of Brome (Anceftor to the Lord Cornwallis] by Mary his Wife, third Daughter, and one of the Co-heirs of John, Lord Latimer, he had a Son James, created fir ft Lord Kintyre, by King James. VI. jfnno 1622, and by King Charles I. dignified with the Title of 7 HEarl of Irving by Letters Patent, bearing Date 28 Mar. 1642 ; ^nd a Daughter Mary, married to 'James, Lord Rolls, and had Iflue ArchbaM, Earl of Argyle, his Son and Heir by his firft Wife, was a Man of great Learning, fingular Judgment, and other Endowments, which recommended him fo much to the Favour of King Charles I. that he conftituted him one of the Lords of his Privy-Council. In 1628, he rcfigned into his Maj.fty's Hands the Jufticiary of all Scotland (which "had been in his Family for diverfe Ages) referving to himfclf and his Heirs the Jufticiary of Argyle CAMPBEL, Duke of Greenwich. 445 Argyle and the Weftern Ifles, and wherever elfe he had Lands in Scotland ; which was ratified by A& of Parliament in 1 63 7, when his Majefty was prefent in Perfon. Not long after which, in refpecl of his own Merit, as well as the remarkable Fidelity and Loyalty of his Family in former Times to the Crown, his Ma- jefty was gracioufly pleafed to create him Margin's of jfrgyle^by Letters Patent, bearing Date November i 5th, 1641. During the Civil Wars in that Reign he join'd with the Parlia- ment of Scotland, and {hewed himfelf a zealous Aflerter of the Prefbyterian Church-Government, which was then eftablifhed, : And after the horrid Murder of the King, he contributed much to the dutiful Reception of King Charles II. into Scotland, Anno 1650, and at the Solemnity of his Coronation, ift January, 1651, put the Crown on his Head : But on the Reftoration in 1660, he was accufed of High-Treafon, for correfponding and complying with Oliver Cromwel (the too common Faul^^afljiejr'irnes) and being found guilty by the Parliament, /was beheadecf at jZainburgfjl the zjth oi May, 1661. Immediately before his Execution, he folcmnly declared, That from his Birth to that Moment, he was free of any Accejjion to the Death of King Charles ; and, like a good Chriftian, prayd God to blefs his Majefty in his Perfon and Government. .i-t^^-^^fC^u^f y <,\: This great Peer wa/married to Margaret, Daughter of Willi- am, Earl of Mortoun, by whom he had two Sons, Archbald, Earl of Argyle, and Lord Niel Campbel, of Ardmaddie, fometime Go- vernour of Dunbartoun Caftle, married firft to Fere, Daughter of William, Earl of Lothian, by whom he had Archbald Campbel, his Son and Ht-ir, a Gentleman of eminent Learning and other Accomplifhments : Alfb by his (econd Wife Sufanna, Daughter of Sir Alexander Men%\es, of Weim, he had two Sons, Mr. Niel Campbel, Advocate, and Mr. Alexander Campbel. The Marquis had likewife three Daughters; ift, Anne, a Lady of excellent Endowments, never married ; ad, jane, married to Robert, firft Marquis of Lothian, and had Iflue ; }d, Mary to George, Earl of Caithncfs, and after his Death, to John, Earl of Broadalbin, and had I Hue. The Title of Marquis of Argyle failing by the Forfeiture of this Archbald, his Majejly was gracioufly pleafed to reflore Arch- bald, Lord Lorn, his Son, to the Eftate, Title, and Precedency formerly enjoy'd by his Anceftors, Earls of drgyle. Which Arckbald, Earl of Argyle, was conftituted Captain of the Foot-Guards in 1650, with this Speciality, That though all Commiili-ns were then given by the Parliament, yet he would not ferve without a Commiffion from the King. After the De- feat of the Royal Army at Worcejler, in 1 65 1, he took Arms for his Majefty's Service ; which incenfed Oliver Cromwel fo much againft him, that though he granted a Pardon and general Indem- Mitjr to the People of Scotland, by his Proclamation the z.*t.hof ; 446 CAMP BEL, lyuke of Greenwich. April, 1654, yet was he, with feveral other Loyalifts, particularly excepted. And with fmgular Conftancy preferving his Duty and Fidelity to his Majefty inviolated, would never capitulate 'till he had General Middleton's Order from the King fo to do, bearing Date 3ift December ; 1655 : Then he made his Compofition without any other Engagement than laying down his Arms ; whereupon he retired to his own Houfe, that he might live quiet- ly, and retain'd ftill his Affection and Fidelity to the King ; of which his Majefty was fo perfectly fenfible, that he was pleafed to make his eminent Loyalty and Zeal toward the Reftoration, the chief Caufe of reftoring him to his Father's Fortune in 1663. Not long after which, he was nam'd a Privy-Counfellor, and one Of the Conrmiffioners of the Treafury, which for many Years he difcharged with great Fidelity, and through all Changes appeared an earneft Efpoufer of the Proteftant Intereft : But feeing to what Pafs things were like to come, he propofed in a Committee of Council, that to the Teft might be added fome Acts againft Po- pery ; which was 'fo ill taken, that all Methods were devifed to ruin him ; and at laft it was affected under a Pretence of putting his own Senfe and Explanation on the Teft, when he took it in thefe Words : " I have confidered the Teft, and am defirous to give Obedi- " ence, as far as I can : I am confident, the Parliament never " intended to impofc contradictory Oaths ; and therefore I think " no Man can explain it, but for himfelf, and reconcile it, as it " is genuine, and agrees in its own Senfe ; and I take it fo far as " it is confiftent with itfelf, and the Proteftant Religion : And I " do declare, I mean not to bind up myfelf, in my Station, but " in a lawful Way, to endeavour any thing I think for the Ad- " vantage of the Church or State, not repugnant to the Proteftant *' Religion, and my Loyalty : And this I underftand as part of " my Oath." For which, by the infinuating Perfwafions of fome who bore him no good Will, the King was fo far incenfed againft him, that he was fent Prifoner to the Caftle of Edinburgh, and on his Trial, the 1 9th of December, 1681, was found guilty of High-Treafon. But he made his Efcape out of the Caftle very dexteroufly, in the Drefs of a Lady's Page, and got over to Holland, whence with a few Men he invaded Scotland in 1685, a little before the Duke of Manmoutb fonded in England. But never having got together above 2,000 Men, was foon after totally routed near Kilpatrick, and taken Prifoner. And thereupon (on his former Sentence) was beheaded at the Crofs of Edinburgh, the 30th of June, 1685. It is feid he compofed this Epitaph a few Hours before his Death. I'hou PaJ/enger, that jhalt have fo much Time, As view my Grave, and ajk what was my Crime f N Stain of Error, no black Vices brand^ Did me compel to fove my native Land, C A M p B E L, Duke of Greenwich. 447 Lovi to my Count l ry, Truth condemned to dif 9 Deforce my Hands forgotten Arms to try : More from Friends Fraud my Fall proceeded hath 9 Than foes, tho' thrice they did attempt my Death. On my Defign, tho' Providence did frown, Yet G o D at lajl will furely raife his own : Another Hand, with more fuccefsful Speed, Shrill raife the Remnant, bruife the Serpenfs Head. This Archbald, Earl of Argyle, married Mary Stuart, Daugh- ter of James, third Earl of Murray, by Margaret his Wife, Daughter of Alexander, Earl of Hume, by whom he had four Sons, viz. Archbald, late Duke of Argyle, John Campbel, of Mamore, fecond Son, Member of Parliament for Dunbarton- Shire, who married Daughter of John, Lord Elphing- ftoun ; Colonel Charles Campbel, third Son ; and Colonel James Campbel, fourth Son, married Margaret, Daughter of David LeJJy y Lord Newark. Alfo two Daughters, Lady Anne, married firft to Richard, Earl of Lauderdale, and fecondly, to Charles, Earl of Murray ; Lady Jane, to William, Marquis of Lothian. Archibald^ Lord Lorn, his Son, was one of the few Scots Peers that came over from Holland with the late King William in 1 688. He was own'd by the Convention of the Eftates as Earl of Argyle, before the Attainder of his Father was repealed, which, by the nth Article of The Claim of Right, was declared to be to the Scandal of the Juftice of the Nation. He was particularly active to have the Crown eftablimed on the Prince and Princels of - range ; which being carried by a great Majority in the Houfe, his Lordfhip was fent from the Nobility, with Sir James Montgomery and Sir John Dalrymple, from the Barons and Boroughs, to offer the Crown in the Name of the fafd Convention to their Ma- jellies, and tender'd them the Coronation-Oath ; for which, and many other eminent Services, on their Advancement to the Throne, he was admitted one of the Privy-Council ift of May, 1689, and in 1 690, made one of the Lords of the Treafury, and after a Colonel of the Scots Guards of Horfe, and one of the Extraordi- nary Lords of the Seffion, on the Deceafe of William, Duke of Hamilton, in the Year 1694 : And further, in confideration of his great Services, was by his faid Majefty created Duke of Argyle, Marquis of Kyntire and Lorn, Earl of Campbel and Cowel, Vif- count of LochoW} and Glengla, Lord Inverarey, Mull, Morvern, and Kerrey, by Letters-Patent, bearing Date at Kenftngton the z^d of June, 1701. He fent over a Regiment to Flanders for King williams Service, confiding almoft of Officers of his own Name and Family, who bravely diftinguifhed themfelves through the whole Courfe of the War. He married Elizabeth, Daughter of Sir Lionel Talmajh, of Hfl- in Com. Suff % by EtHtabeth) Dutchefs of Lauderdale, his Wife, 448 CAMPB E L, puke of Greenwich. Wife, Daughter and Heir of William Murray, Earl of DyfaYtj and Sifter to Lionel, late Earl of Dyfart, by whom he' lelt Iffue two Sons and a Daughter ; John, the prefent Duke of Argyle ; and Arcbbald C&npbel, Earl of Ilay. Lady Anne married to James Stuart, fccond Earl of Bute, by whom {he had the prefent Earl His Grace departed this Life the z8th of September, 1703, and his Dutchefs Surviving him, died on the 9th of May, 1735. His eldeft Son John, the prefent Duke of 4rgyle, from his Youth, according to the Rule of his great Anceftors, betook him- felf to a Military Life, was Colonel of a Regiment of Foot at the End of the War in the Rtign of King William, when not full feventeen Years of Age, and even then gave fignal Proofs of his Valour. On the Acceflion of her lateMajefty Queen Anne, bearing the Title of Lord Lorn, he had the Command of a Regiment of Foot; and when the War was proclaim'd with France, made the firft Campaign with the Duke of Marlborcugh, Anno 1702, di- ftinguifhing himfelf in the Attack of Fort St. Michael, when it was taken by Storm, which facilitated the Surrender of the Town of Venlo in Gelderland. The Year after, on his Father's Deceafe, fucceeding him in his Honours, he was conftituted one of the Lords of her Majefty's Privy-Council, Captain of the Scots Guards of Horfe, as alfo one of the Extraordinary Lords of Sefiion in Scot- land. And the Queen having figned a Patent for reviving and reftoring the moft ancient and noble Order of the Thiftle, his Grace was receiv'd into that Order on the 4th of February by her Majefty, the Sovereign thereof ; as were three Days after, John, Duke of Athol, William, Marquifs of Annandale, James, Earl of Dalkeith, George, Earl of Orkney, and James, Earl of Sea field. In the Year I 705, her Majefty was pleafed to add to his other Employments, that of Lord High-Commiflioner to reprefent her Royal Perfon in the Parliament, though his Grace was then but twenty-three Years of Age. On his Entrance into the Kingdom, he was met near Berwick by a Squadron of the Marquifs of Lo- thian's Dragoons, on the 2 3d of April; and that Night his Grace arrived at Dumbar, attended by a great many Perfons of Honour. The next Day the Lord- Advocate, the Lord-Provcft, and Ma- giftrates ef Edinburgh, met his Grace at Edgbucktinbrac with above fix hundred Horfe, and thirty-four Coaches of the Nobility and Gentry with fix Horfes each. From the Time that his Grace came to the Corner of her Majefty's Park, 'till he entered the Pa- lace, the Guns fired ; and there were two Salvos from all the Ordnance round the Caftle, befides the Great Guns from the Park, and from the Men of War, both Scotch and Dutch, in Leith Road. O C A M p B E L, Duke of Greenwich. 449 On the 3d of July, his Grace opened the Seffion of Parliament^ and concluded his Speech with the following Expreffions. My Lords and Gentlemen, I am moft fenfible of the Difficulties that attend this Po/f, and the Lofs 7 am at by my want of Expedience in Affairs ; but J Jhalt endeavour to make it up by Zeal and Firmnefs in ferving her Ma- jf/ty* and the great Regard 1 Jhall have to whatever may be for the Good of my Country. On the 2ift of September following, his Grace having given the Royal Aflent to the A#s that were ready, the Parliament ad- journed to the 2oth of December, ^nd on his Arrival at Court, her Mai' fi", was fo well fatisfied with hi^ Condi-ft and Services, that fhe created him a Peer of England, by the Title of Baron of Cha- tham, and Earl of Greenwich. And on the jd of December , his Grace was introduced into the Houfe of Peers between the Earl of Rivers, and the Earl of Kingfton. In 1706, his Grace made the Campaign under the Duke of Marlborough, and diftinguimed himfelf in the Battle of Ramellies, at the Siege of Oftend, and on the Attack of Menin* a Towrt that was_a_..Kgy to the^ /gmrJTConquefts_ in the Netherlands* whereof he took Pofleffipn. \ After which he fet out for Scotland, to be prefent in Parliament, the Treaty for the Union of the two Kingdoms being then in Agitation, which his Grace induftrioufly prompted, and was very inftrumental in bringing that great Work to a Conclufion^v And, when, onlhat/Ji x? tf '*^/Vj { "His Grace married to his firft Wife Mary, Daughter to John Brown, E&\', and Niece to S\FUharle$ Duncomb, who in 1708^ was Lord-Mayor of^London ; which* Lady died without IfTue on Jan. 15, 1716. , His Grace married fecondly 3 on the 6th of June^ 1717, Jariei Daughter of Thomas TVarburton, of Winningtoh in Chejhire, Efq; Her Grace was one of the Maids of Honour to Queen Anne, as alfo to her late Majefty Queen Caroline* when Princefs of Wales'^ by whom he has Iffue now living four Daughters, the Lady Co* roKne, to whom her Majefty Queen Caroline was Godmother, theLady Anne, If Dunbarton, fifty- two Miles from Edinburgh. XXVI. MONTAGU, Duke of Manchefter. SIR HENRT MQNTAGU, the.,firftEarl of Ma*, chefter, from^whom his Grace the prefent Dukeof Mancbejier is lineally defcended, was thirj Brother \oEdward, who wascre- Death ales of tliis Noble Family, after his Grace the Duke of Montagu. Which MONTAGU, Duke of Manchefter. 4 53 Which Sir Henry Montagu had in his tender Years fuch a Vi- Vacity and pregnant Parts, that a one fkflful in myfterious Arts, beholding him at School, foretold, That he would raife himfelf a- bove the reft of his Family ; which accordniglv^arne to pajs. He hacTa liberal Education in CbrijPs-College, in Cambridge ; and be- ing afterwards placed in the Middle-Temple, London, for the Study of the Laws, he was fuch a Proficient, that he foon acquir'd a great Reputation, and had the Honour b of Knighthood conferr'd on him at Whitehall, before the Coronation of King James the Firft ; being c alfo the fame Year (i Jac. I.) elected Recorder of the City of London. He was a Member in 43 Eliz. for Higham-Ferrers* ; and when Serjeant Heale, on a Motion in the Houfe of Commons for a Supply, faid, He- marvelPd much, that the Houfe will ftand on granting of a Subfidy, or the Time of Payment, when all we have is her Majeftys -, and Jhe ma^ lawfully at her Plea fare* take 7^ from n s^: TeaJ (hejjqth as much QjghA to all ovr Land^s and Goods, as to any Revenue to her Crown, quoting Precedents to prove it. At which the Houfe humm'd and laugjh'd. And when the Speaker had call'd to Order, thjTjVlr. Montagu ftood up, and faid : There iverenojuch Precedents^ wid If all the Preambles to the_ Subjidies were look'd upon, it would be found, that it^was of free Gift ; and although~~h~er Majejly requireth this at our hands, yet itj^in us^to sive* and not ^>f her to exa$ q^Dutv. tf ^n the Parliament, caH'cT by'that Kingjgn hia,.Acceffion to the Crown, holden at Weftminfter, \ 9 Martij, 1*804. % he was one of the Members for the City of London, and with Sir Robert Wroth, Knt. Sir George More, Knt. and Sir Henry Nevile, Knt. were appointed, by Charles Howard, Earl of Nottingham, Lord High- Steward, to adminifter the Oaths to the feveral Members during the Time of Parliament. In that Sefllon f , he was the firft nam'd in a Committee, to continue, repeal, and review the Statutes of the Kingdom ; was alfo one of the Twenty- four, fpecially appointed to manage a Conference with the Lords, concerning the taking awav the Court of Wards ; and, with his Brother Sir Edward Montagu, Knight of the Bath (after Lord Montagu) were at the Head <:f all Debates and Committees on Affairs of Moment, as the Journals^ of the Hoi/e {hew. In the 4th Year of King James the Firft, he s was chofen Autumn-Reader of the Honourable Society of the Middle-Temple, to which none butPerfons of great Learning v/ere elected, and four Years after (8 Jac. I.) was h called to the iftate and Degree of a Serjeant at Law ; alfo on the 1 1 th of February enfuing', conftituted the King's Serjeant. In thefe a F/Vr's Worthies, in Com. Nortbamp, e Journ.Dorn. Com. ijac.l. p. 289. f Ibid. b PbilpoCs Cat. of Knts. p. 14. g Dugdale's Orig. Jurid. p 219. a cStryfe'$SuTveyofLondZookV.p.i6i. h Ibid. p. roi. in Chron. feries. d Drive's Journal of the Houfe of Com- i Pat. lljac. pars 19. G g 3 Stations, 454 MONTAGU, Duke of Manchefter. Stations, his eminent Abilities and great Knowledge in the Laws fo far recommended him, that on k the i8th of Nov. 1616, 14 'Jac . he was advanc'd to be Lord Chief- Juftice of the Court of King's-Bench, wherein he fo well demean'd himfelf, that King Daffies delivered him 1 the Staff of Lord-Treafurer of England at Newmarket, the }d of December, in the eighteenth Year of his Reign (but his Patent m bears Date the i4th of the fame Month) and on the 1 9th of Dfc. next enfuing ", raifed him to the Dignity of a Baron of this Realm, by the Title of Lord Montagu of Kimbolton, in Com. Hunting, and Vifcount Mandevll ; thofe Ti- tles being chofe by him, as he was in pofleffion of the Caftle and Lordthip of Kimbolton, which many Ages fmce belong'd to the Family of Mandevil. He continued in the Office of Lord-Trea- furer not quite a Year, for Sir Lionel Cranfeild having married the Countefs of Buckingham's Niece, he, by the Favour of George Filliers, then IVJarquis of Buckingham, was firft created a Baron, on the pth cfjfuly, in the loth of King James, ancl on the I3th" of Otfober following, fucceeded the Lord Vifcount Man/evil as Lord-Treafurer, which his Lordfhip did not unwillingly refign,' the Projects then on foot, being fuch as he did not think fit to. countenance ; and the King confented to 'his Removal the more readily, .finding (as V/ilfon, in the Life of King James obferves) the^Lord Mandivil intelligent in all the great Affairs of State, and thereupon made him Lord-PrefidenLof the Council. On the AccefHon of King Charles I. p his Lordfhip was conti- nued Lord Prefident, and was ** created Earl of Manchejler jn Com. Pal. Lane, on Feb. 5, in the firft Year of his Reign. The Preamble to the Patent recites, Toot be was defended from the antient and illujlrious Family of Montacute ; and that for the fpace of four Tears, in the Office of Chief-Ju/Kce, and afterwards in the Execution of the Pojl of Lord-Treafurer, he had behavd with extraordinary Fidelity, Gravity, and Indujiry ; likewife with no Jefs Prudence, Diligence, and Sweetnefs of Dijpo/ition, had ferved loth the King and his Father, as Prefident of bis Council : There- fore his Majejly thought he could do no lefs than accumulate fame Honour on a Perfon who had deferv'd fo well both of himfelf, and the Commonwealth. On the Death of Edward, Earl of Worcefter, in the Year 1627, his Lordlhip fucceeded him r as Lord Privy-Seal'; in which Office he continued 'till his Death. He was a great Speaker in the Houfeof Peers, and was employ*d by hisMajefty in the Delivery 5 of fcveral of his Meffages to them ; yet, in thofe Times of Tri- al, preferv'd his Intereft and Reputation amongft all good Men s k Pat. 14 Jac. p. a. p HeyMs Help to Hift. p. 390. 1 CamJca's Annals, in Hifto of Eagl. q Pat. i Car. I. p. 7. n. 241 VoJ.II. p. 6js- r Pat. $Car. p. 19. m Pat. \KJae. p. 6. t Hi&ofEng/. Vol. III. p.zi, at, 4; n Pat. 18 Jac. p. 6. fcq. Sanderfon'i Life cf King Cbarlet I. o Wttfoti's Life of King yamtt t ia Hift. ft 40$, &c. of Engi. Vol. n. p. 7x7. dying MONTAGU, Duke of Manchefter. 455 dying (as ray Lord Clarendon r obferves) In a lucky Time, in the beginning of the Rebellion, when neither Religion, Loyalty, Law, or Wifdom, could have provided for any Man's Security. In the Year 1640, he "was one of the Regents commiflion'd to provide for the Peace and Safety of his Majefty's Kingdom and People, by all good Ways and Means, during his Majefty's Abfence in Scot- land, and to hear and order all Complaints, &c. And his Conr cern for the Peace and Welfare of his Country, appears as well from other Authorities, as from being one of the four v/ Lords cho- len by the Houfe of Peers, in the fecond Year of King Charles L to prefent their Petition to his Majefty ; " wherein they humbly " ofter'd their Loyal and Faithful Advice, to continue the Par- *' liament, by which thofe great and apparent Dangers at home " and abroad, fignified to them by his Majefty's Command, might c ' cellent Temper, of great Induftry and Sagacity in Bufinefs, " which he delighted in exceedingly, and preferv'd fb gre^t a " Vigour of Mind, even to his Death (when he was very near ;c eighty Years of Age) that fome who had known him in his. " younger Years, did believe him to have much quicker Parts in " his Age than before. His Honours had grown fafter upon him ' than his Fortunes ; which made him too follicitous to advance ' the latter by all the Ways which offer'd themfelves ; whereby '' he expos'd himfelf to fome Inconvenience, and many Reproach- u es ; and became lefs capable of ferving the Publick by his Coun- 4 fels and Authority, which his known Wifdom, long Experi- " ence, and confefc'd Gravity, and Ability, would have enabled '* him to have done ; mpft Men confidering more the Perfon that |C ipeaks, than the Things he fays. And he was unhappily too ;< much ufed as a Check upon the Lord Coventry ; and when that t Hift. of Rebellion, Vol. I. p. 55. w Annals of King Chalet, p. 199. u RujbwonVs CjUcftion, Vol. III. x Hift. of Rebellion, Vol. I. p. 26. y Ibid. P . 54. 55; G g 4 456 MONTAGU, Duke of Manchefter. " Lord perplex'd th?ir Councils, and Defigns, with inconvenient " Ob^tions in Law, the Authority of the Lord Manchefter, " who haJ trod the fame Paths, was ft ill call'd upon ; and he did " too frequently gratify their unjuftifiable Defigns, and Pretences; " a Guilt arid Milchief, all Men who are obnoxious, or who are " thought to be fo, are liable to, and can hardly preferve them- *' felves from. But his Virtues fo far weigh'd down his Infirmi- " ties, that he maintain'd a good general Reputation and Credit w with the whole Nation and People , he being always look'd " upon as full of Integrity, and Zeal to the Protejlant Religion, *' as it was eftablifh'd by Law, and of unqueftionable Loyalty, " Duty and Fidelity to the King." He departed this Life on the 7th Day of 'November, 1642, and had Sepulture at Kimbolton, where a noble Monument is erected to his Memory. He married three Wives, firft Catherine, Daughter to Sir William Spencer of Tarnton, in Com. Oxon, 3d Son of Sir John Spencer of Althorp, in Com. Nortbamp. (Anceftor to the prefent Duke of Marlborougb] by whom he had IfTue four Sons, Edward, his Succeflbr. Walter Montagu, ad Son, who after being carefully educated in Sidney-College in Cambridge, travell'd into France and Jtaly, where he imbib'd fuch Notions^of the Romifh Religion, as induc'd him to quit his native Country, and retire into a Monaftery in France ; at which Time he wrote a Letter, juftifying the Change of his Religion y , and was anfwer'd by Lucius, Lord Vifcount Falkland, A. D. 1635. Being of a Noble Family, he was foon taken notice of by the z Queen-Mother^f France, who received him into her efpecial Favour., making him firft Abbot of Nant- vell, of the Benedi6tine Order, in the Efiocefs of Metz, and af- terwards Abbot of St. Martin's Abbey, near Pontoife, in the Dio<- cefs of Rkaan. He was alfo one of her Cabinet-Council, and the chief Inftrument of bringing the famous Cardinal Mazarine into her Favour, who, when fix'd, {hew'd himfelf, in many Re- fpe&s, ungrateful to him and his Friends. Mr. Wood 1 , in his Atkentz O\on. obferved of them, that " Mazarine made it one " of his chief Endeavours to raife a Family, and to do fuch things *' as might perpetuate his Name ; but Montagu, who was of a ** moft Generous and Noble Spirit, acled to the contrary, by ** fpending all that he could obtain for publick and pious Ufes." He was in England in the Year 163 9*% and employed by the Queen with Sir Kenelm Digfy, to prevail with thePapifts for a liberal Contribution to the King, for raifing Forces to repel the Scots. In the Year 1643, he c was apprehended at Rochefter, coming to London with Letters of Confequence ; and though the Athenae OXOB. Vol. I. Eol. a Wood, ut anrea. eoz. b Wbitlock'g Memoriali, p^ 31. z Ibid. Vpl. n. InF?(U 4 Fol, 837. c Ibid. p. 71, 264. French MONTAGU, Duke of Manchefter. 457 French Ambaflador demanded his Enlargement, as one employed by the King of France, it was denied him, and he remain'd un- der Confinement 'till the Year 1647. But two Years afterwards, on a Report from the Council, that he was a dangerous Perfon, the Parliament then in being d , voted that He Jhould depart the Nation within ten Days, and not return without Leave of the JHoufe, on Pain of Death, and Confifcation of his Eftate. After his Return to France, the Queen-Dowager of England made him her Lord-Almoner, confiding in him, and the Lord Jermyn, (after Earl of St. Allans] more than in any other of her Servants; fo that when {he defign'd to pervert the Duke of Gloucejler in his Religion, and to that End had difplac'd his Tutor 6 , fhe commit- ted the Duke to the Care of Mr. ^jjj^fK, her Almoner, who having the pleafant Abbey of Pontotje, entertain'd his Highnefs there, 'till King Charles II. fent the Marquis of Ormond for him. In the Year 1659, ne f was fent with the Lord Jermyn to the King in Flanders, to acquaint his Majefty, that on a Peace be- tween the Kings of Sweden and Denmark, France would declare avowedly for him ; and returning to Prfm^j^ttinued in Favour with the Queen-Mother of England 'till n^HDeath, which hap- pen'd on the laft of Auguft, \ 669 8 j and he himfelf departing this Life fbon after, was buried in the Church belonging to the Hofpital of Incurables at Paris. In his younger Years, before he left the Church of England, he wrote (A. D. 1629.) The Shep- pard's Paradife ; and after he had left it, Mifcellanea Spiritua- Ka ; or, Devout EJJays, in Two Parts. y antes Montagu, 3d Son, was feated at Lackham in Wiltflnre^ by Marriage with Mary, Daughter of Sir Robert Baynard, of the fame Place, by whom he%ad IfTue feven Sons, as alfo a Daughter,* Mary, married to Thomas Ewer of Eujhy-Hall in Com.Hertf. Efq; and departing this Life in February, 1665, aged 63 h , was fucceeded by James Montagu, Efq; his Son and Heir, from whom th^ Montagu's of Wiltjhire defcend. Henry Montagu, 4th Son, was Matter of St. Catherine's Hof- pital near the Tower, and died without Iflue. Elizabeth, eldeft Daughter, was firft married to Sir Lewis Manjel of Mar gam in Com. Glamorgan, Knt. and fecondly to Sir Edward Seabright of Besford in Worcejlerjhire, Bart. Lucy, youngeft Daughter, was married to Hugh Hare, Lord Colrain^ of Longford, in the County of Wilts, Great-Grand- father to the prefent Lord. The faid Earl of Manchejler had to his ?d Wife, Anne, Daughter_and_jHejr to William Wmcot of Langham^in. the County of Suffolk, Efq; Widow of Sir Edward Holiday , Knt. Alderman of London j but by^ier had no Iflue. "" * " ' ' ' d Wlitltck, p. 407. f Ibid. p. 690. t CtartTubn\ Hift. of Rebel], VI. Vt g Athenz Oxon. FoJ. 837; p 546. h Ex Stemraase, To 458 MONTAGU, 'Duke of Mancheften To his third^ Wife he married Margaret, Daughter of John Crouch of Cornbury in Com. Herif. Efq; and Widow of John Hare, Efq; by whom he had Iflue two Sons, r George, Anceitpi: jojhe ^refent JEarl_of Hallifax, and Sidney,* wrio aiecf unfnSrfi- ed ; alfo a Daughter, Sufan, married to George, Lord Cbandos. Ejh^ard Montagu* his eldeft Son andjjucceflbr, had his Edu- cation \n^Cambr'ulge\ where he took the Degree of Mafter of Arts, and returning from the Univerfity to Court k , attended on Charles,- Prince of Wales* when he was in Spain ; and, on his Coronation, was made one of the Knights of the Bath. He was elected one of the Knights for Huntingdonjhire, in the firft Parliament call'd by that Monarch ', and ferv'd for the fame Coun- ty in three other Parliarftel^k'till he was call'd by Writ to the Houfe of Peers, as Baron of Kimbolton, his Father then living. In the Year 1 640, he m was one of the Lords who petition'd the King to fummon a Parliament, " whereby the Caufes of the '' Grievances of the Nation might be* taken away, the Authors ** and Counfellors of them puniflied, and the War with Scotland " compofed wi^tauJ^31ood, to the Honour and Safety of his " Majefty, the Cormort of his People, and the uniting of both *' Realms." And waiting on his Majefty at York the fame Year, he was with the Earls of Hertford, Pembroke, Salijbury, and other Lords, all popular Men, (as my Lord Clarendon n writes) impower'd to treat with Commiffioners on the Part of Scotland, for preventing all Acts of Hoftility, and redreffing the Grievances of the Scotch Nation ; which ended in a Ceflation of Arms, and an Adjournment of the Treaty, from Ripon to London. His Lordflbip, at that Time, 4fed fuch a Senfe of the miferabfe State and Condition of the Kingdom by the arbitrary Councils of fome at the Head of Affairs, and their Contrivances to deprive the Nation of all Liberty and Property, as induc'd him to form a Party to prevent thofe growing Evils, which th^aten'd theSub- verfion of our Conftitution. And he, with the Earl of Bedford, and the Lord Vifcount S'ay, are mention'd by my Lord Clarendon , to be the great Contrivers, and Defigners, of bringing thofe to Juftice, who were concern'd in arbitrary Meafures, which this Lord, on all Occafions, fliew'd a Diflike to. The fame Author relates \ *.* That to fupport, and the better to improve that Po- " pularity (the infeparable Effeft of efpoufmg the Liberties of his *' Country) he liv'd at a much higher rate than the narrow Ex- " hibition allowed him by his wary Father, could juftify, making *' up the reft by contracting a great Debt, which long lay heavy i Woof* Fafti Oxon. Vol. II. Fol. 816. n Hift. of Rebell. Vol. J. p. 15*. \iClarendon\ Hift. Vol. I. p. l8z. " o Ibid. p. lz. 1 Ex Collet. Br. Willit , Arm. p P, 183, tn 1%bitktk'i a^cnnoriaJs, p. 34., 35. MONTAGU, Duke of Manchefter. 4 ^9 * l upon him : By which generous Way of living, and by hi4 " natural Civility, good Manners, and good Nature, which " fiow'd towards all Men, he was univerfally acceptable and *^ belov'd; and no Man more in the Confidence of the dif- " contented and factious Party than he, and none to whom t{ie " whole Mafs of their Defigns, as well what remained inChaqs, " as what was form'd, was entirely communicated, and no Man $' more confulted with. " Hereupon (as it is further q related) in one Day were fworn ** Privy-Counfellors, much to the publick Joy, the Earl of" Hert- " ford (whem the King afterwards made Marquis) the Earl of *' Bedford, the Earl of EJfcx, the Earl of Brijiol, the Lord Say, " the Lord Savile^ and the Lord Kimbolton ; and within two or " three Days after, the Earl of Warwick \ being all Peifons at " that time very gracious to the People, or to the Sects, by whole '* Election and Discretion the People chofe ; and had been all in '* fbme Umbrage at Court, and moft in vifible Disfavour there." Alib when it was thought reafonable, that fuch who had the Cou- rage to appear againft thofe arbitrary Defigns, which terrified all good Men, (hould be provided with Places and Preferments in the Court, whereby they might be able to do their Country better Service, by preventing the evil Councils, which us'd to fpring from thence, my r Lord Kimlolton was among thofe whom the King refolv'd to employ ; and the noble Author beforemention'd obferves % " That it was great pity it was not fully executed, " that the King might have had feme able Men to have advifed " or affifted him \ which probably thofe very Men would have *.' done, after they had been fb throughly engaged : Whereas the *' King had none left about him in any immediate Truft in Bu- ^' finefs (except the Duke of Richmond') and fome very few Men ** r^ore about his Per(bn, who always behaved themfelves ho- " nourably) who either did not betray, or fink under the Weight " or Reproach of it." In the Year 1641, when both Houfes of Parliament had ad- journ'd themfelves, and it was thought neceflary for the publick Safetyj that Committees fhould be chofen to meet twice a Week, or oftner if they (aw Caufe, during the Recefs, to tranfadl fuch Bufmefe, as by Inftrutions they were authorized to do j the Lord Kimbolton * was one of the 1 6 Lords nominated by the Houfe of Peers to be of their Committee. But being fo much confided in by thofe of his Party, he was reprefented to the King by the Lord Digfy, as an Enemy to his Majefty's Perfon and Government, who advis'd him (in order to ftrike a Terror into others) to accufe $ie Lord Kimbolton to the Houfe of Peers, and five Members to the Houfe of Commons, of High-Treafon. This the King af- fented to, without confulting any other Perfon than the Lord Dig' q Hift. of Rebel, p 19$, P. 211. * P. x, 254. $ P. 894, 460 Mo N TAG u, l)uke of Manchefter. by, as my Lord Clarendon aflerts ; and the extraordinary Manner of vifiting their Lodgings, and fealing up their Studies, Trunks, &c. together with the King's going to the Houfe of Commons, to demand the five Members, occafion'd new Difcontents, and was voted, the higheft Breach of the Privilege of Parliament that could be made. The Proceedings againft the Lord Kimbolton are thus deliver'd u , by the noble Hiftorian before-cited, " The Purpofe of accufing *' the Members, was only confulted between the King and the * e Lord Digby ; yet it was generally believ'd, that the King's " Purpofe of going to the Houfe, was communicated to William " Murray of the Bed-chamber, ^ with whom the Lord Digby had " great Frlendfhip ; and that it was difcover'd by him : And " that Lord, who had promis'd the King to move the Houfe for " the Commitment of the Lord Kimbolton, as foon as the Attor- '*, ney-General fliould have accufed him (which if he had done " would probably have raifed a very hot Difpute in the Houfe, " where many would have join'd with him) never fpoke the leaft " Word ; but on the contrary feem'd the moft furpriz'd, and per- *' plex'd with the Attorney's Impeachment ; and fitting at that *' time next the Lord Kimbolton, with whom he pretended to live " with much Friendfhip, he whifper'd him in the Ear with fbme " Commotion (as he had a rare Talent in Diffimulation) That " the King was very mifchievoitjly advifed ; and that it Jhould go very " hard^ but he would know., whence that Council proceeded; in order " to which, and to prevent further Mif chief, he would go immedi- " ately to his Majejty ; and fo went out of the Houfe. " Whereas he was the only Perfon who gave the Counfel, " named the Perfons, and particularly the Lord Kimbolton (againft " whom lefs could be faid, than againft many others, and who " was mo're generally beloved) and undertook to prove that fl;e ** faid Lord Kimbolton told the Rabble, when they were about the * e Parliament-Houfe, that they fhould go to Whitehall. When " he found the ill Succefs of the Impeachment in both Houfes, "*' and how unfatisfied all were with the Proceeding, he advifed tc the King the next Morning to go to Guild-Hall, and to inform It Ibid. p.6z2. k Ibid. p.6a8. in MONTAGU, Duke of Mancheflef . 46 5 ** in a Conjuncture with them, I fliall defire your Lordfhip tp *' believe that my Heart is the lame with theirs in this Bufinefs* " and their Expreffions in their Letter to your Lordfhip* arefujly ** own'd by me as my Senfe ; and therefore if your Lordfhip will " pleafe to read the firft Letter from the Earl of Levc& and the ;t L )rd Fairfax, you (hall by that clearly fee the Resolution of " your Lord/hip's Leaguer before York, Mofl Humble Servxxt, June 9, 1644. MANCHESTER* The Generals after this fentPropofitions; which being not agreed to, the Siege continued with daily Skirmifties 'till ift July 1 , and then, on Intelligence of Prince Rupert's advancing with twenty thoufand Men, they drew off all their Forces to HeJJam Moor y commonly call'd Mar/ion Moor, 4 or 5 Miles froiA York, where a bloody Battle was fought on the 2d of July. The Victory wai principally gain'd by the Earl of Manchejtet^s Forces, the left Wing of Horfe m , commanded by his Lordfhip, and under him by Lieutenant-General Cromwel, having entirely defeated the right Wing of the Prince's Army, and returning from theChace 9 gave a fecond Charge on all the Prince's Horfe and Foot, that had put to Flight the Right Wing of their own Army ; whereby the Battle being again renewed, grew very defperate ; but after the utmoft Efforts of Strength and Courage on both Sides, Victory inclin'd wholly to the Earl of Manchejler** Forces, who took all the Prince's Train of Artillery, and followed the Chace with great Slaughter, within a Mile of York. Here it was, that Cromwel (whom the Earl of Manchejler had raifed from a low Fortune, being his Country-Man) acquir'd fb great Reputation, as raifed him to the fupreme Command of the Army, whereby he procur*d himfelf to be declar'd Lord Proteclor of the three Nations ; and this was the Battle, that was the Ruin of the King's Caufe, which ever after declin'd. After the Army had refrefh'd themfelves, the Earl of Maticke- Jler, on the 4th of July, marched down to York n , and the fame Night fummoned the Town to furrender on Mercy : Whereunto Sir Thomas Glemham, the Governour, and the Mayor anfwer*d, That they could not yield It on fuch Terms. So that proceeding vi- goroufly in the Siege, they were preparing to ftorm the Town on the 1 1 th of July, when the Befieged beat a Parley. Whereupon Colonel Montagu (after Ear!, of Sandwich) and others being fent into the City, Articles were agreed on for the Surrender thereof on the i 5th of July. York being thus vielded up, the General* on Confutation agreed to feparate ; and accordingly on Saturday* 1 Rujhivortb, p. 631. n Rujbviortb, p. '637. n Ibid. p. 633, 634, 635. Ibid. p. 641. Hh the 466 MONTAGU, Duke of Manchefter. the zoth of July, the Earl of Manche/ter advanced Southward, and quarter'd his Foot that Night and Sunday, at Tadcajier, and on Monday marched to Ferry-briggs, and pafled near PontefratSb Caftle (a itronge Garrifon of the King's) ; but being on a March, it was not thought convenient to, fit down before it. Tuefday, the 4 ^d, he came to Donca/Jer, and from thence, after taking in p 7/V&*7/-CaftIe, Sbeffield-Cz&k, Bolfover-Houfc, tfelbect-Houfe, and other Garrifons, quarter'd his Forces about Gain/borough, and returning thro* Lincoln^ drew his Army to q encounter the King's Forces in their Return from Cornwal to Oxford. His Lordihip came up with them at Newberry ', and his Forces began the At- tack, and had a full Share in the Battle, where both Sides claim'd the Victory; but the King after this relieving Dennington-C&ft\e y the Parliament were much diflatisfied, and Lieutenant-General Cromwel exhibited a Charge againft the Earl of Mancbejler^ to thisEffea 8 . " That the faid Earl hath always been indifpofed and backward * c to Engagements, and againft ending of the War by the Sword, * l and for fuch a Peace to which a Victory would be a Difadvan- " tage ; and hath declared this by Principles cxprefs to that Pur- 6{ pofe, and a continued Series of Carriage and Actions anfwer- *' able. And fmce the Taking of York (as if the Parliament had *' now Advantage full enough) he hath declined whatever tended *' to further Advantage upon the Enemy, neglected and ftudioufly ** fhifted off Opportunities to that Purpofe (as if he thought the, " King too low, and the Parliament too high) efpecially at Den- ." nington- Caftle. That he hath drawn the Army unto, and *' detained them in fuch a Pofture, as to give the Enemy frefh " Advantages i and this before his Conjunctions with the other " Armies, by his own abfolute Will, againft or without his " Council of War, againft many Commands from theCommit- " tee of both Kingdoms, and with Contempt and vilifying thofe 1 ** Commands. And fmce the Conjunction, fometimes againft " the Councils of War, and fometimes perfwading and deluding " the Council to neglect one Opportunity with Pretence of an- " other, and that again of a third, and at laft, by perfwading " that it was not fit to fight at all." Before Crornwel brought in this Charge, the Earl of Mancbefter was appriz'd, that his Conduct was queftioned ; whereupon he * gave in this Narrative to the Houfe of Peers, according to their Defire. My Lords, " The Trufts with which the Parliament of England have ho- c< noured me, are of fo great Concernment to the Publick, as I p Rujhwrtb, p. 641, 642, 644. s Rujbwertb's Colleft. Vol. V. p. 73*. q Wbitlock's Memorials, \>. 101, 104, t Jbjd. Vol.-V, p-733 r Clarendon's Hift, Vol. IV. p. 546. MONTAGU, Duke of Mancheflef. 467 ?*" fhould be failing in the higheft meafure to your Lordfhips, and " myfeif as a Servant employed by you, if I (hould not be fenfi- " ble of thofe Afperfions which common Fame brings to my EarSj " fo as to endeavour to clear myfeif from that ignominious Brand " of Unfaithfulnefs towards the Parliament, who have thought ** me worthy of their Favour and their Truft . Therefore I look " upon this Command of your Lordmip's to give you an Account *' of my late Actions, not only as an Addition to your formef " Favours, but as an Advantage equivalent to my Life, for which " I humbly offer your Lordmips my Acknowledgments as youi? *' Servant. My Lords, " I mall not plead my Abilities to ferve you, I {hall only juftify " my Integrity in your Service ; which if any (hall contradict* ** if they be fuch as have either known me, or feen my Actions* " when they mall queftion with their own Hearts, I doubt not$ " but they will there find fuch Refults as will give them Occaliori " to afk me Pardon for the Injury they have done me. My Lords, " That which I hear gives the greateft Diflatisfa&ion to thft " World in my Particular, is the King's relieving Dennmgton- " Caftle, and the Armies not engaging with him : To this I *' fhall make a Profeflion in general, that from the Time I camfi '* to join with my Lord-General's Army, I never did any thing " without joint Confent of thofe that were the beft experienc'd " and chiefeft Commanders in all the Armies \ and herein I (hall " appeal to thofe who were fent down from the Committee of " both Kingdoms, whether upon all Debates my Expreffions were " not thefe : I cannot pretend to have any Experience in this Way+ " therefore what you jhall refolve, I Jhall pbferve. And I am con- *' fident, that both they, and all the Commanders of the Army^ *' will juftify my Practice made good my Profeffions. My Lords, " At our firft drawing up of our Armies towards Newberry t '* when the King lay there fecur'd in his Quarters, it was refolv'd, " that our Armies mould be divided, that my Lord-General's " Foot, and the City-Brigade, with the moft of all the Horfe^ " (hould march to the Weft Side of Newberry, and that the Foot '* under my Command with fome Horfe mould remain on the *' Eaft Side, and that as foon as I mould fee fome Warning-pieces, " and fee that they were engaged, that then I mould make my " Engagement for a Diverfion : This Command was obey'd by '* me, and it pleafed God, through the Valour of my Lord-Ge- 14 neral's Foot and fome Horfe, we had a very happy Succefs of " that Service ; but where thofe Horfe were, that Lieutenant- " General Cromwel commanded, I have as yet had no certain H h z " Account. 468 MONTAGU, Duke cf Manchefler. ** Account. After this (to omit our marching from Newberry *' towards Ablngdon, and returns thither again, all which was by *' the Advice and Confent of the Council of War) the King *' having gathered all his Forces together, draws them down to- " wards Waltingford^ and our conftant Intelligence gave us, that tl he intended the Relief of Denm'ngton-Czftle ; wherefore upon " the Tkurfday my Intelligence being confirm'd, I fent unto '* Major-General Skippon^ to confult what was fitted to be done : '' We both refolved, that in regard all our Horfe were quarter'd * c fb far from us, it was necefTary to call them to a Rendezvous " the next Day, which he accordingly did. I fent likewife unto * c Lieutenant-General Cromwel^ to give the like Orders to my " Horfe ; but he came unto me, and in a difcontented manner ex- " prefs'd himfelf, afking me, whether I intended to flea my Horfe ? et for if I call'd them to a Rendezvous, I might have their Skins^ tt/xVs Memorials, p. 91. e Clareiuloii'a Hitt. Vol. V. p. 63, blbid. f. 135. f Ibid. c P. 1 88. { Ltr.wti Fafti Eccl. Ang. p. 391. d Ibid. p. 191. Majefty, MON T A G u, Duke of Manchcfter. 47 Majefty, together with his White-Staff and Garter, and Lieute- nancy, was as much Honour as he defir'd, or a Subject could we]l bear. His Lordfhip, by his prudent Management, h and feafonable Advices and Confultations with General Monk^ was particularly inftrumental in the King's Reftoration, being ' prefent at that Con- ference in Northumberland- Houfe^ where fome have /aid the Ge- neral was influenc'd, and even over-aw'd. When the Parliament met, he was call'd to the Chair of the Houfe of Peers, and offi- ciating as Speaker^ k receiv'd the King's Letter to that Noble Body ; ' alfo on the 5th of May, 1660, was declar'd, both by Lords and Commons, Firft Lord-Commiffioner of the Great-Seal of England. On the joyful Entry of his Majefty, the Earl of Manchester being appointed by the Lords to congratulate his Re- turn to his Subjects, made this juftand memorable Speech to Him; in the Banqueting-Houfe, Wlrite-kall m . " That this Day may prove happy to your Majefty, is the Hope, '* the Expectation, and the earneft Defire of my Lords the Peers, ** whofe Commands are upon me, to make this humble Tender *' to your Majefty, of their Loyal Joy for your Majefty's fafe Re- " turn to your Native Kingdom, and for this happy Reftoration " of your Majefty to your Crown and Dignity, after fo long, and " fo fevere a Suppreffion of your juft Right and Title. " I (hall not reflect upon your Majefty's Sufferings, which ** have been your People's Miferies ; yet, I cannot omit to fay, *' That, as the Nation in general, fo the Peers with a more per- *' fonal and particular Senfe, have felt the Stroke that cut the " Guardian-Knot, which faftned your Majefty to your King- " dom, and your Kingdom to your Majefty. " For fince thofe ftrange and various Fluctuations and Dif- " compofures in Government, fince thofe horrid and unparellel'd " Violations of all Order and Juftice, Strangers have ruled over " i, even with a Rod of Iron : But now, with Satisfaction of p. 452. k Hift, of England, Vol. III. p. i^' Dread 476 MONTAGU, Duke of Manchefter. " Dread Sovereign ! I offer no flattering Titles, but fpeak the " Words of Truth ; you are the Defire of three Kingdoms, the " Strength and the Stay of the Tribes of the People j for the mo- ** derating of Extremities, the reconciling of Differences, the fa- " tisfying of all Interefts, and for the reftoring of the collapfed " Honour of thefe Nations. Their Eyes are toward your Ma- " jefty ; their Tongues, with loud Acclamations of Joy, fpeak ft the Thoughts and Loyal Intentions of their Hearts; their *' Hands are lift up to Heaven with Prayers and Praifes j and " what Oral Triumph can equal this your Pomp and Glory ? " Long may your Majefty live and reign, a Support to your " Friends, a Terror to yonr Enemies, an Honour to your Na- " tion, and an Example to Kings, of Piety, Juftice, Prudence, and " Power ; that this Prophetick Expreffion may be verified in your *' Majefty, King Charles //;/ Second Jhall be greater than ever was " the greateji of that Name. Whereunto His Majefty made this moft Gracious Anfwer. My Lord, *' I am fo difordered by my Journey, and with the Noife ftil* " (bunding in my Ears (which I confefs was pleafmg to me, be- " caufe it expreiTed the Affections of my People) as I am unfit " at the prefent to make fuch a Reply as I defire > yet thus much " I fhall fay unto you, that 1 take no greater Satisfaction to my " felf, in this my Change, than that I find my Heart really fet " to endeavour by all means for the reftoring of this Nation to " their Freedom and Happinefs. And I hope, by the Advice of " my Parliament, to effect it. Of this alfo you may be confi- * c dent, that next to the Honour of God, from whom princi- " pally I fhall ever own this Reftoration to my Crown, I mail " ftudy the Welfare of my People ; and fhall not only be a true " Defender of the Faith, but a juft Aflertor of the Laws and " Liberties of my Subjects." On reporting his Majefty's Anfwer, the Lords order'd the Thanks of their Houfe to his Lordfhip, for fo juftly exprefTmg their Senfe to his Majefty. It being thus evident, that his Lordfhip cherifh'd all Endea- vours tending to the Reftoration of King Charles the II. and with great Zeal, Affection and Irtduftry, promoted the fame ; His Majefty held it fit to honour and reward this Noble Peer, by making him of his Council, and of his Bed-chamber, as allo Lord-Chamberlain of his Koufhold, in which great Charge, Sir Edward Walker, n who knew him well, has obferv'd, that be be- hav'd bimfelf with that Honour^ Candour, and great Civility, as he juftly obtain d the Affeftion and Refpett of all Men. Finally, to n Sir Edward Walker' % Hift. Ace. of Knts, of the Garter, MS. penes Job. Arm. ev- MONTAGU, Duke of Manchester. 477 evidence the further Value and Efteem his Majefty had for him, he was elected a Knight Companion of the moft Noble Order of the Garter, at a Chapter held at 11/kite-hall the firft of April^ 1 66 1, together with the Right Honourable Montagu Bertie^ Earl of Lindfey, and William Wentworth, Earl of Straffbrd. At the Coronation of the King,. p he had the Honour to bear the Sword of State before his Majefty ; and was alfo q one of the Lords Commiflioners, appointed to call together fuch Perfons, as were to be made Knights of the Bath. On a War with the Dutch) in the Year 1 664, he r was chofen, as the moft proper Per- ibn, to prevail with the City of London, to lend his Majefty 100000 /. which was advanc'd with great Readinefs, on his Lord- (hip's Speech delivered in Guild-Hall, London, on T'hurfday, . De- cember i . and the City having before advanc'd the like Sum, the Earl of Mancbefter tender'd to the Lord-Mayor, &c. the Refolu- tion of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons in Par- liament ; " that the Thanks of both Houfes of Parliament be *' given unto the City of London, for their Forwardnefs in affift- " ing his Majefty ; and in particukr, by furniming him with " feveral great Sums of Money, toward his Preparations, for the " Honour, Safety, and Trade of the Nation." In the Year 1665, after waiting on his Majefty in his Progrefs in the Weft, his Lordfhip, and the Earl of Clarendon were fent from Sali/bury to Oxford, to provide Lodgings for the King, du- ring the Winter, by reafon of the Plague then raging in London and IVeftminfter ; s and thereupon, on the 8th of September, was incorporated Mafter of Arts, in that Univerfity (the fame Degree he had taken at Cambridge] with great Solemnity, the Chancel- lor, Vice-chancellor, and Mafters being prefent, and the Orator of the Univerfity making an eloquent Oration. On the ad of July, 1668, he l had the Honour to entertain his Majefty, his Royal Highnefs, and Prince Rupert, at his Houfe ztWaltham. And at length ended his Days at White-hall, u about 1 2 o' Clock at Night, on Friday, the 5th of May, 1671, in the 6pth year of his Age, much to the regret of the King, and the Grief of the whole Court, as we are inform'd from the account of his Death, publifh'd by Authority in the Gazette. He was pretty well, and * abroad the Day before, and died of the Cholic. He was J a great and a publick Inftrument in the Miferies of the Civil Wars, and afterwards a very conjiderable one in the Reftoration ; when he jhew'd himfelf the mo/t real and unaffefted Penitent of his Party, and publickly declared fame Things y much to the Honour of Xing Charles the Firjl. o Sir Edward Walker's Hift. Ace. of t Woof* Fafti Oxon. Vol. II, p. 836. K.nts. of the Garter,MS. penes Job. Anjiit, t Hiftorians Guide, p- 71. Arm. u Hift. of England^ Vol III. p. 308. p Baker's Chron. 7th. Edit. p. 739. x Peck's Defid- Curiof. Vol. II. Lift of Parl from 1640, to the Re- e Ex Colfea. BrownWMis, Arm. ftoration, p. 61. , , .= f flood's Fafli Oxen, folt 837. father MONTAGU, Duke of Manchefter. 479 father of Henry Yelverton, Lord Vifcount LengueviBt, Father of Talbot, Ix>rd Vifcount Longueville, and Earl of Suffix] by whom he had IfTue five Sons, and four Daughters, I Edward, z Henry, who died Infants. 3 . Charles, who fucceeded to the Honours, and Eftate. 4. Robert, who was eleted one of the Knights for Huntingdon- Jhlre g , to the two firft Parliaments, call'd in the Reign of King William and Queen Mary, and died unmarried in the Year 1693. 5. Heneage, who h was alfo return'd for the County of Hun- tingdon to the Parliament fummon'd to meet at Weftminjler on Friday, 22 Nov. 1695, and on the Death of Sir Francis Lawley, in the Year 1696, fucceeded him as Mafter of the Jewel-Office ; but accompanying his Brother the Earl of Mancbefl".r in his Am- bafly to the Republick of Venice, died there A. D. 1698. Lady Anne, eldeft Daughter, was married to 'James Howard, Earl of Suffolk. Lady Elizabeth, fecond Daughter, was married to Sir James Montagu, Lord Chief- Baron of the Exchequer. Lady Catherine, third Daughter, married to Samuel Edwin, of Lanvihangel, in the County of Glamorgan, E(q; Son and Heir of ,Sir Humphry Edwin, Lord Mayor of London. Lady Eleanor, youngeft Daughter, died unmarried on the jd of July, 1695. Charles, Earl of MancheJIer, eldeft furviving Son of Robert^ Earl of MancheJIer, had all the Advantages of Education, both at the Univerfity of Cambridge, and abroad; and being early diftin- guifh'd for a manly Behaviour, and polite Addrefs, was appointed Carver to the Queen ', at the Coronation of her Majefty, and King 'James IT. on the 23d of April, 1685. The long Inter- miffion of Parliaments prevented his Lordlhip's taking his Seat in the Houfe of Peers k , 'till 2 1 May, in the firft Year of King James, having received his Majefty 's Writ of Summons, dated the 1 4th of February ; but not approving of the Meafures taken in that Reign, he retir'd from the Court, and, on all proper Oc- cafions, {hew'd his Concern for the Religion and Liberties of his Country. He appear'd ' with other noble Patriots, at the Trial of the Seven Bifhops ; and the Figure they made in Court, had a good Effect on the Jury, as well as the Judges. He afterwards waited on the Prince of Orange at Dieren, who let him into the Secret of the Revolution ; and thereupon returning to England, whilft the Prince was landing, his Lordftiip rais'd a number of Horfe in Huntingdon/hire, which iecur'd that County for hisHigh- iiefs. His Lordftiip was alfo among the Peers who voted for the Vacancy of the Throne, and the fupplying of it with the Prince and Princefs of Orange ; on whofe Acceffion, he was m conftituted g Ex Collect B. Willlt. k Journ. Dom. Proctr. h Ibid. 1 Hift.of England, V. III. p. 513, 514., I Hift. of the Coronation, p. o m Cbambtrlaifi State of England, Captain 480 MONTAGU, Duke of Manchester. Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard; and at their Coronation* II April, 1689 % bore St. Edward's Staff*, part of the Regalia. In the Year 1 690, he embarqu'd with King JVilliam for Ireland % and landing at Carickfergus, 1 4 June, was at the Battle of the Boyn, and the Siege of Limrick, returning to England with his Majefty in Sept. the fame Year. On 14 April, 1697, he p was appointed Ambafiador Extraordinary to the Republick of Venice, where he made, a fplenclid Entry, and on his Return in Jbi'ay, 1698, was 1 received by King William with great Marks of Fa- vour and Efteem, who admitted him of his Privy- Council the 9th of 'June the fame Year. In May, 1699 r , his Majefty declar'd him Ambaflador Extra- ordinary to the King of France ; in which Station he behav'd with that Prudence, Sagacity, and Honour, as won him the Re- gard of the Miniftersof that Kingdom, and the peculiar Efteem of his own Sovereign. In the Year 1700, when all Europe was in Expectation of a turn of Affairs, by the Death of the King of Spain, his Excellency ever uatchful of the French Intrigues, had early Notice of the laft Will of that Prince % and immediately prefs'd the French King to declare his Intentions, putting; him in mind of his folemn Engagements to the King of Great-Britain. And when that Monarch gave evafive Answers, and declar'd the Pretender King of England, &V. his Lordfhip immediately left the Court, and arriving in England r , was conftituted Principal Secretary of State on the 4th of "January, \ 70^ ; about which time he refign'd his Place of Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard. Soon after the AccefHon of Queen Anne, he was remov'd from his Place of Principal Secretary of State, but continued of her Majefty's Privy-Council, and was alfo Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Huntingdon, and Cujlos Rotulorum of the fame, a? he had been in the Reign of King William, Alfo in the beginning of the Year 1 707, he u was fent Ambaflador Extraordinary tcT the Court of Vienna, to confult with the Emperor's Minifters, the Invafion of Provence, or Dauphine, in France, in Conjunction with our Fleet, which at that time was in the Mediterranean Sea, under the Command of Sir Cloudejley Shovel/. He afterwards fet out for Turin, where he x conferr'd with the Duke of Savoy, and Prince Eugene; and on the 24th of June, proceeding on his Ambafly to Venice, was received by that Repub- lick with the higheft Honours, having had a full Knowledge of his Lordfhip's Munificence, and polite Demeanor, during his for- mer Refidence with them. He made his Publick Entry on the zift of September (N. S.) 1707, with that Grandeur and Magni- ficence, which fhew'd his great Accomplifhments, and that the n Hift. of Sag. V. III. p. 560. s Ib. p. 791, 792. o Ibid. p. 598. t P. 831. p Poiater't Chron. Htft. p. 439. u AnnaJg of Q^cen Jbmt, Yctr 6tb> S Ib. p. 450. p. 68. x Hift. of //, V. Ill, p, 768. x Ib. p. 71, Glory MONTAGU, Duke of Manchester. 48 i Glory of the Briti/h Nation, was not to he excell'd ; and after a year's Stay there, return'd to England, in Decembir^ 1708. Dur- ing the Remainder of the Queen's Reign, his Lordfhip had no defire of beirig further imploy'd, but on all Occafions, fhew'd that his Concern for the Honour and Interefts of his Country, above private Views. On the Acceflion of our late Sovereign King George, he continued Lord-Lieutenant and Cujlos Rotulorum of the County of Huntingdon, alfo fworn of his Privy-Council, and was one of the Gentlemen of his Majefty's Bed-chamber; and finally, iri confederation of his great Services, was created Duke of Man- cbejier, by Letters Patent bearing Date 30 April, 1719. Hi^ Grace married Dodingion^ the youngeft of the two Daughters^ and Coheirs of Robert Grevile 3L \jy(^Brook. He deceased I bn the zoth of 'January, 1 72 \, and his Lady on the 6th of February, the Year .before, and were depofited in a Vault, in which the Bodies of many of his noble Anceftors lies in the Church of Kimbohon in tfuMtryrdanJbtrt. They had \K\\tWilliam, late Duke of Mqncheffer^ Lord Robert Montagu, zd Son, now Duke of Marbefter\ Lady Anne Montagu, who died unmarried. Lady Dodington Montagu^ Lady Elizabeth Montagu. Lady diarist Montagu, married to Pdttee, Lord Vifcouni Torrington. His Grace William, Duke of Manchefter+ wa^Jbbrrt in Prantt in the Year 1 700, at the time of his Father's Ambafly, and was Lord-Lieutenant, and Cuftos Rotulorum of the County of Hunt- ingdon, and one of the Lords of his late Majefty's Bedchamber, as alfo one of the Knights Companions of the Order of the Bath. He enjoy'd the fame Honours under our prefent Sovereign; and iri tte7. 1 737, was conftituted Captain of the Yeomen of the. Guard. His Grace marriedj6th of April, 1723, the Lady_^c//, eldeft Daughter toJ$>n^~]Dukeof Montagu, but hadno Iflue by her ; and departing this Life at the Bath (where he went for theReco-r very of his Health) Sunday, Oflober ^\, 1739, was fucceeded by his only. Brother and Heir, the Lord Robert Montagu. Which Robert, ._now Duke of Manchefler, was elected one of the Knights of thFShire for the County of Huntingdon, in the prefent Parliament ; and was Vice-Chamberlain of her late Ma- jefty's Houfhold. And on his Brother's Deceafe, was cohfiituted Lord-Lieutenant, and Cufles Rotulorum of the County of Hun- tingdon, and made one of the Lords of his Majefty's Bedchamber. His Grace on the 3d of April, 1735* was married to Harriot Daughter of Edmund Duncb, Efq; Mafter of the Houfhold to Queen Anne, by whom he hath IfTue now living, one Son and two Daughters, Gecrj^JLord Mand(vtlle t Lady Caroline, and Lady 482 MONTAGU, Duke of Manchefter. TITLES.] Robert Montagu, Duke and Earl of Mancbe/hr^ VHcount Mandeville, Baron Montagu, of Kinibolton, one of" the Lords of his Majefty's Bed-chamber, and Lord-Lieutenant, and Cujlos Rotulorum of the County of Huntingdon. CREATIONS.] Baron Montagu, of Kimbolton, in Com. Hunt- ingdon, and Vifcount Mandevittf, (the Name of a Family) 19 Dec. 1620, 1 8 Jac. I. Earl of Mancbejler, in Corn. Lane. 5 Feb. 1624, i Car. I. and Duke of the fame Place, 30 April, 1719, 5 George \. bri'ARMs.] Quarterly i ft and 4th Argent, three Lozenges, con- join'd in Fefs Gules, within a Border, Sable, with a Crefcent for Difference for Montagu \ fecond and third, Or, an Eagle difplay'd, Vert, Beak'd and Member'd, Gules, for Montbermer. CREST.] On a Wreath, a Griphon's Head coupe, Or, Wings indorfed, Sable, gorg'd with a Collar, Argent, charg'd with three Lozenges, Gules. SUPPORTERS.] On the Dexter Side, an Antilope, Or, arm'd, crefted and hoofed, Argent; on the Sinifter, a Griphon of the Firft, gorg'd with a Collar, Argent, charg'd with three Fufils, Gules. MOTTO J DISPONENDO ME, NON MUTANDO ME. CHIEF SEAT.] At Kimbolton-Caftle, in the County of Hunt- ingdon, 7 Miles from that Town, and 47 from London. \ ^j. ,-}* A > i .\\&i , s -\ '. XXVI. BRYDGES, Duke of Chandos. ' ' ' ^ LL our Antiquaries agree, that Sirnames have been taken JL.L from Caftles, Manors, Offices, &c. and that it was ufual in former Ages, for younger Sons to denominate themfelves, from the Pofleflions or Abode of their Anceftors ; whereof feveral In- ftances might be produced ; particularly thofe of the Name of Norwich, were descended from the Bigots who were Earls of Norfolk* and refided at the Caftlc of Norwich. In 4ike manner this Family may be of the fame Lineage with the Montgomery who were Earls of Arundel^ and Shrew/bury, and Lords of the Caftle of Brugge in Sbrcpjhire^ from whence the Name of Brugge accrued to a younger Son ; for that the Sirname of this Family was anciently "written Brugge, Bruges^ Burgh^ Brigge, &c. ap- pears from feveral Authorities. Gemiticenjis, Odericus Vitalh, and other Writers of the Norman Hiftory, give an Account, that Roger de Montgomery, the firft Earl of Arundd and Shreufoury *, was the Son of Hugh de Mont- gomery, and of Jsfceline his Wife, Daughter of * Turoifof Pont- Andomar (Brother to Turcbeti/l, Father to 'Anjbetill de Haft court} a CeroJt. Lib. VIII. cap, 35. b Ibid, Lib, VJH, cap. v by BRYDGES, Duke of ChandoSi 483 by JPeva, Sifter to c Gunnora, Wife of Richard the Firft of that Name, Duke of Normandy, Great -Grandfather to King William. the Conqueror. The firft mention of the faid Roger is, that he was A Oximenft- um Ficecomes : And after that, when e Geoffery Mertel, Earl of Anjou, a Perfon of a haughty Spirit, and profperous in his military Attempts on his Neighbours, had gotten the Callle cf A!en$cn, belonging to William, Duke of Normandy, it fo irritated* the Duke, that he forthwith laid Siege to the Caftle of Danfront, in Anjou: Whereupon the faid Geoffery marching with no fmall Power to relieve it, the Duke fent this Roger de Montgomery, and William Fitz-Ofborne, (then both gallant young Men) to difcovef his Strength } who meeting with the Earl, and reprefenting to him f the Courage and Refolutions of their Duke, he furioufiy threatned, that within a Day or two he would manifeft to the World, that the Valour of an Anjovin fhould far furpafs that of Norman \ arrogantly vaunting what colour'd Horle he would ride" on, and what Arms he would put on. But they with as much DifHairi magnifyM Duke William, told him the like of his Horfe and Arms ; and fo returning, encouraged their Party to fight; This Roger was alfo of that Council which form'd the Invafiori of this Realm g , and led the Centre of the Army in that famous Battle in Sujfix, wherein the Crown accrued to the Conqueror $ and in Memory whereof he built a Town and Abbey, which re- tains the Name of Battle- Abbey. After the Coronation of Dukg IVilliam, he went with him in Lent following;, Anno 1066^ into 1 Normandy, being defign'd Governour there, when the King fhould be abfent h ; but that Prince hearing of fome Difturbances like to be in England, from the Danes and difcorttented Spirits there, had fuch an Opinion of his Abilities, that he brought him back on his Return, in December the fame Year, and firft advanced him to the Earldoms of Cbicbefter and Arundel ' ; and foon after to that of Shrewsbury k , alfo giving to him a Grant of the Honour of Eye In Suffolk. His Pofleffions, as appears by Domefday-Book, were three Lordfhips in Jt^ilts, four in Surry, nine in Hampfhire, eight in Middlesex, eleven in Cambridgefl^re, one in Hurt for dfmre, one in Gloucejhrjhire, two in Wigorn, eleven in Warwick/hire, thirty in Stafford/hire, Seventy -feven in Sitffex, befides the City of Chicke/ter and Caftle of Arundel \ and in Sbropjaire Very near all the County, befides Shrcwjbury. He had like wife large Pofleffions in JFales ; for after the Normans became victorious l , they thought the whole Realm of England too little a Recompence for fo great and hazar- dous an Adventure ; and defiring King William to grant them c -Norman Hitt. p. IOSZ. g Ib. p. 493, Gefta Wit* Duels, p. 197, d Ord. Vit. p. 470. a. h Ord. Vit. p. 505. f . t p. ,. ,S 3 . .=4 ***?, , k ,^p. 1;; . v ^ if Ord, Vit Ut fi-ptti . J ,-, ;: ,., i f*&iffi& 91 Wit, p. iji: I i 2 what 4^4 B R Y D G E s, Duke of Chandos; what they could obtain from the Weljh, he readily aflented there to, as it would enlarge his Dominions ; and thereupon this Ear Roger entering Powifland, won the Caftle and Town of Baldwins^ which he fortify'd m and call'd after his own Name Montgomery. He likewife cunquer'd the Town of Cardigan, and did Homage for them to the King. It is alfo farther memorable of him, that he n built a ftrong Caftle at Shrew/bury, upon that Neck of Land fituate betwixt the Stream of Severn, which River fo admirably environcth all the reft of that beautiful Town, as to be a good Fence to it. Anno 1081, on that great and dangerous Breach betwixt the King and his eldeft Son Robert Curtbofe, when both of them were in Arms, and the Confequence thereof fear'd by moft Men , this Earl, with fome few others, fo far prevailed on the King (then at Roan) by their mild and moderate Councils, that he was content to remit the Offences of his Son, and to receive him to his Grace and Favour. But when the Conqueror died, and Wil- liam Rufus had aflurned the Crown, he fhew'd his Affections to this Robert Curthofe, endeavouring to raife him to the Royal Throne ; and in order thereto, march'd from Sbrewjbury with a great Power, and laid Siege to the City of Worcefler ; but by the Courage and Refolution of the venerable Woljlan p , then Bifhop (at that Time in the Caftle) a Sally was made, and his Forces routed. But fo many and fo potent were thofe of the Nobility, who then were againft the King, that he feeing his Danger, gave out that he would cafe them of Taxes % alleviate the Laws, and give them free Liberty of Hunting ; and riding with this Earl Roger, fubtilly told him, that he would moft willingly quit the Govern-, ment, if he, and thofe others whom the late King had afiign'd to be his Curators, (hould think it beft: Adding that they mould do what they pleas'd, fo that it were not Treafon, with many other fmooth Expreflions, which this Earl thought fo r.eafonable, that he thenceforth fell off from his Party ; and then the King fo expe- ditioufly prevailed againft Odo, Earl of Kent, and the reft of them, that they all foon after fubmitted. Odericus Vitalh, a Monk of Utica, who liv'd in thofe Times* givs this Character of him, That he was a very prudent and moderate Man, a great Lover of Equity, and of difbreet and mo- deft Perfons. He had three Clergymen, by whofe Councils he was always profoeroufly guided j viz. Godebald, Deler, and Her- bert, The Governour of Sbrcwjbury he committed to JParing the Bald, a Man of fmall Stature, but of great Spirit, by whofe Valour and fkilful Conduct he kept ^KtWelJb in Awe, and that whole Province in Peace. Other principal Perfons employed un- m DOOT flay Lib. ^-Kiigbton Coll. p. 2359, n zo. n Ibid in Sc ropfe. ' q Mat, Pan't, p. 14, 15. o OaJ. Vit. p. s;z, p. 573, A. R. de B R Y D c E s, Duke of Chandos. 485 der him, in his County of Salop, were William Pantolf r , Corlet y and two of hts Sons, viz. Roger and Robert, by whofe Wifdom, Courage arid Afliftance, he was as glorious amongft the greateft Nobles as any of them all. ' [ have already 'mentioned the Father and Mother of this Earl Roger, whofe Grandfather was William de Montgomery, Earl of Montgomery, Son of Roger, Earl of Montgomery, Father of Roger de Montgomery, Earl of Montgomery in Normandy before the Time of Duke Rollo. The faid Earl's Marriages and Ifilie are thus fet forth by Odericus Fitalts, W. Gemeticenfis s , and others. He fir ft took to Wife Mabel, Daughter and Heir of William Talvace (Son of William, Son of Ivo de Belefme, a Perfbn of great Power and Note in the Time of Richard, Duke of Normandy) with whom he had a large Inheritance in Belefme, and elfewhere. They had I/TuG five Sons, and four Daughters; Emme, the eldeft Daughter, was Abbefs of Almanifca, Maud was Wife of Robert, Earl of Morton (Half- Brother to the Conqueror) Mabel of Hugh de Neuf- Chajlel, and Sibil of Robert Fitz-Hamon, Lord of Cor boil in Nor- mandy, and Earl of Gloucejler. Robert, the eldeft Son had * all his Father's Eftate in Normandy, and took the Name of Belefme ; Hugh, fecond Son, enjoyed the Earldoms of Arundet^znd Shrewf- bury, and dying without Iflue, was fucceeded by his Brother Ro- bert, from whom the Earls of Arundel defcended ; Roger, third Son, was firnamed Piftavienjis u , by reafbn he married a Wife put of Poiaiers ; Philip, fourth Son w , was a Prieft. Of Arnulph, youngeft Son, I am principally to treat, but fhall take notice of the fecond Wife of this Earl Roger, who was Ad- deliza, Daughter of Ebrard de Pufaic, by whom he had Iflue * an only Son Ebrard, who was Chaplain to William Rufus, and King Henry I. The faid Arnulph, having little of his Father's Inheritance, be- took himfclf to Arms y , and following his Example, in his Ad- ventures in Wales z , won that part of South-Wales called Divet (now Pembroke/hire] and thereupon had the Title of that Earldom, * built the Caftle there, and afterwards fortified it b on tne behalf pf his Brother Robert, Eari of Shrewjbury, in the Time of his Rebellion againft King Henry I. for which they were both banifh- ed the Realm c in the Year 1 1 1 2. And this Arnulph being out- lawed, the Caftle of Pembroke came to the Crown : The Time of his Death I don't find, but Odericus Vitalis mentions his Mar- riage with Lafracoth, a Daughter to one of the Kings of Ireland^ and Camden, and other of our Genealogifts agree, that the Carewt r Mon. Ang. V. I. p. 375, n. 60. y Ord. Vit. p. 708. s Ord. Vit. p. $70. a. W. Gemit, p. z PoW's Hift. of Wah* t p. 151. 272. a. 275, &c. a Mon. Anjl, V. I. p. 381. b. n. 3*. t Ord. Vit. p. 581. C. b Hift. of Walet, p. 157. i , u W. Malmejb. p. 88. b. n. 30, c Defc. of Nob. MS. Not. B. i. p. a w Ibid. p. 36. b. n. 10. inBibl.^i, Anfiii^ Arm. * Or4, Vit. p. 578, . J \ 3 (firnamei 4? 6 BRYDGES, Duke of Chajidos. (firnamed from their Seat Carew-CaJlle in P embrokejhire] defcendr cd from him ; and I am of Opinion that the faid Jrnulph is alfo the dire& Anceftor to his Grace the prefent Duke of Chandos, it being ufual heretofore for younger Sons to denominate themfelves from the Pofleffions or Aboad of their Forefathers ; and the Caftle of Brugge being part of trie Pofieffions of Roger de Montgomery, Earl of Sbrcufiury, Father to the faid jfrnulph, it is very probable that the Name accrued to the Anceftors of the Family I am to treat of, which was anciently written Brugge, Burg, Bruges, &c, as is evident from our Records and other Authorities. d Sir Simon de Brugge, who v/as living in the Reign of King Henry III. and King ^Edward I. was Lord of Bruge-Solers, in Herefordjhire \ which accrued to him by Marriage with the Daugh- ter and Heir of the Family of Solers, and now retains the Name of Bridge-Solers. On which Account it may juftly be inferr'd, that he was a Perfon of Eminence, as after his Marriage the Place retain'd his Name. It alfo appears on Record % that in 49 Hen. III. Roger, Lord Clifford, had a Grant of all the Lands and Te- nements, which were Simon de Bruges, in Bruges, for his Adhe- rence' to S'tmsn fife fit fort, Earl of Lekefter, in his Rebellion ; but by the Ditlum de Kenilworth, were f reftored to the Owners. He had Iflue John, his Son and Heir, Hugh, Giles, and Walter ; as alfo a Daughter Eleanor. John, the deleft Son, fucceeded in the Lordfhip of Bruge-Soler's, &c. and' being wrote John de Brugge, is the firft named in thd Return of Knights of the Shire for Hereford, in the Parliament held at York, in the 1 6th Year of King Edward II. g and on that Account he, and the other Knight Philip de Claverione, had an Allowance of 1 08 Shillings for their Expences, and two Shillings a Day, for fix Days going and returning. This John, by Sarah his Wife, had Iffue, Sir Baldwin Brugge of Bruge-Solers, who married Ifa- bel, fecond Daughter of Sir Peirs Grandifon, Son of Sir William Grandifon, by his Wife b Sibil, Daughter and Coheir of 'John, Lord Trfjoze, by whom he had two Sons ', Sir Thomas Brugge* and Sir "John Brugge. Sir John Brugge, or, as fometimes wrote Bruges, was in Franc* in the famous k Battle of Agincourt, 25 Oflober, 3 Hen. V. and the Year following was J Sheriffof HerefordjJrire ; alfo in the 7th of Hen. V. m Sheriff of Gloucejlerjhire ~, and chofen one of the Knights for n Hereford/hire in the Parliament held in 8 Hen. V. being wrote in the Indenture John Brugg. In 12 Hen. VI. he was d Lilly* s, Pedig. of Nobility, MS. p, 61. k MS. entitled Names of the Nob. and penes Job. Vicecom, Perci-val, Perfons of Quality from the Reign of King e Cart. 49 H. III. m. i. Stepb. to 32 H. VIIJ. f Dugiiale^t Wanohkjbire, p. 657. 1 Fullers Worthies, in tod. Com. p, 44. g Pryn's 4th Part of a Brief Reg. p, ^5. m Ibid, in Com. Glouc* p. 366. h MS. Ni*. L. 15. p, 274. in Bibl. n Pryn's Brevia Parliaaent, p. 114. J. Anftis, Arm. o Fuller, p, 41. i Ddc. of Nob. przd, rtturn*d B R Y p G j& s, Duke qf Chandos. 487 rsturn'd among the principal Perfons of Note in the County of Hereford, who made Oath to obferve the King's Laws for thcm- felves and Retainers, and was fucceeded at Bridges* Sokt-s, by Tho- mas, his Son and Heir, wrote of Leye, in Com. Hereford; in iz Hen. VI. when he was alfo return'd with his Father, that he had fwore to obferve the King's .Laws, fcfc. He by Alice, his Wife, Daughter of Hugh Hacket, was Father of Thomas Bridges of Dy- mock, in the County of Glntceftcr, Efq; p in Right of his Wife Maud, Daughter of Thomas Henborow of the (aid Place, by whom he had feveral Sons j from William the eldeft, who married Alice* Daughter and Coheir of Wittiam Ejiington, of Ejiington, in Com. Wigorn, defcended the Family at Dymock and Eflington, and from Sir John Bridges, fecond Son, who was Lord-Mayor of London in 1 2 Hen. VIII. and married Agnes, Daughter of Thomas Ayloff of the County of Ejjex, Elq; defcended thofe of the Name at Weft- bam in Ejjex ; and his Daughter Winifride was married firft to Sir Richard Sackville, by whom (he was Mother of Thomas, Earl of Dorfet, and afterwards was the fecond Wife of William, Mar- qui(s of Winton. I now return to Sir Thomas Brugge, Son of Sir Baldwin Brugge^ and Brother to Sir John Brugge beforementioned j which Sir Tho- mas, by Marriage of Alice, Daughter and Coheir of Sir Thomas Berkley, and of Eliz. * his Wife, Daughter of Thomas, Lord Chandos, and eldeft Sifter and Coheir of Sir John Chandos, Lord Chandos, and Knight of the Garter, had large Pofleffions, and the Manour of Cderley in Gloucefteffhire, which had been r in the Family of the Lords Berkley (whereof Sir Thomas was a younger Son), from the Conqueft. The faid Thomas, Lord Chandos % was the fecond Son of Sir Roger Chandos, Knt, and Heir to Walter, Lord Chandos, his Brother. And the faid Roger was the Son and Heir of Robert Chandos, Baron of Snodehill, who was the Son and Heir of Walter Chandos, Lord of Fanbope, Snodehill, Ettmgwar- den, and fPillmgtm, in Com. Heref. who was Son and Heir of Gilbert de Chandos, Son of Robert de Chandos, a noble Warrior, fam'd for his Feats in Arms, who came out of Normandy with miliam the Conqueror; and afterwards, when the Normans be- gan to enlarge their Pofleffions, by invading the ^Lands ofthe Weljh, he entered the Territory of Caerlyon and Goldchve, ir iMon- noutbjhire, whereof Oweyn Mwvm then Owner, and won them from him Sir John Chandos, Knight of the Garter, who died without IfTue as Woremention'd, was one of the great** Hero s of the As;e: His noble Atchicvements would fill a Volume, and all our Hlftorians make the moft honourable mention of him. , Dte of Nob. p: 3 6, 9 Lilly, Fed* pr^d. 1 4^8 B R Y'i> fe-fe ^ -Duke &f Chandos. Elizabeth, his eldeft Sifter before-mention'd, after the Death of her Brother 1 , by her Deed dated at London \ 373, 47 Edw. III. convey'd to the King and his Heirs, all her Right in the Barony of St. Saviour le Vifconte, &c. granted to John, her Brother; and his Heirs. She was after married to Sir 'Thomas Berkley, and her Daughter Alice (as I have already faid) was wedded to Sir Thama < Brugge, whom flie furvived % and was zdly the Wife of Thomas Brouning, Efq; who in. .9 Hen. IV. had a Pardon for marrying her the faid Alice, Widow of the faid Thomas Brugge (as his Name was then wrote) without the King's |-*ave, and making Entry on her Lands, me holding in Capite. By Sir Thomas flie had Iffnc two Sons w , Sir Giles Bruges, and Edward Bruges of Lone, who was return'd among the Gentry of Gloucefterjhire in 1 2 'Hen. VI. and died in* i Hen. VI. feized of the Manours of Overlee, and Hasfelde, in Gloucejlerjhire, as al(b the Manour of Pendock, One of his Daughters and Coheirs wai married to 7 p . 363. u Pat. 9 H. IV. p. 2. , Ibid. p> 3 6 7 . w Defc. of Nob. ptacd. b Pryn's Brevia Parliam. p. 40. at Efc. 15 H. VI. n . 36^ c p ryn > 3 jft y. p. 40. y Fuli'tr, p. 366, 4 Ibid. p. 114. -,*ii - B R Y D G E s, Duke of Chandos. ^ 89 Gloucefter, in i Ric. III. and was living in the fourth Year of King Henry the Vllth, when he was in Commiflion e with Wil- liam, Earl of Nottingham, Sir John Savage, Knt. and the Sheriff of Gloucefter jhire, to array all Men at Arms, Archers, and others in the faid County, and to return their Names, and certify their Number to the King, in order to fuccour and relieve the Dutch/ ofBritanny. He took to Wife Florence, Daughter of William Dar r rel, of Littlecote, in Com. limits, Efq; by whom he had Iflue 3 Sons and 5 Daughters ; Elizabeth^ married firft to William Cajffcy, Efq; and fecondly, to Walter Rowdon, Efq; and departed this Life in 1535, as appears by an Inscription in the Church of D&rhmj}, in Com. Gloucejler, where {he was buried ; Alice, fecond Daughter, married to . . . ; . Chicbeley ; Eleanor, third Daughter, Wife to Sir Thomas Pauncefoot, Knt. Joan and Anne? who died un- married. Their Sons were_ Giles, Richard, and Henry, whereof Richard Bridges, fecond Son, feated at Shfford, in Com. Berks, was f made one of trje Knights of the Bath at the Coronation of Queen Ma~ ry ; and having married Jane, Daughter of Sir William Spencer, of ' Wormleighton, Anceftor to the prefent Duke of Marlb&rough, de^ parted this Life in the Year 1558, as the Probat of his laft Will and Teftament (hews g . By which Teftament, bearing Date the 1 8 of July, 1548, at WeJl-Shifford, in Com. Btrks, he bequeaths his Manor of Bradley, in Somerfetjhire, to his Son Edmund Brid- ges \ and to Anthony, his Son and Heir, his Seat and Eftate at WeJl-Shifford, with the Furniture of his Houfe, as alfo his Ma- nors of Leybrook, in Ringwood, in Com. Southamp. Falley, in Com. Berks ; Ajhton Giffard, in Com. Staff. ; and other Lands in $taffbrdjbire and Wilt/hire, in default of Heirs Male of his Body, to revert to Edmund his Son. 5/pj Giles Bruges, eldeft Son and^ Heir of the before-mention'4 'Thomas Brugge, fucceedeJ_tojtfieT3tate at : Celerity, &c. He was b knighted for his Valour at the Battle of Blackbeath tj Jufy^ in 1 2 Hen. VII. 1 496 ; was ' Sheriff of Glouce/lerjhire, in 1 5 Hen. VII. and departed this Life Anno Dam. 1511, in 3 Hen. VIIJ. By his laft Will k , which bears Date 20 Nov. 1511, and {he Probat thereof the 1 8th of February following, he orders his Body to be buried in the Chapel of Coberley, and that a Prieft have Ten Marks to fing for his Soul for the fpaceof a Year and a Quarter : And bequeaths to his Daughter Anne, 200 /. and his beft Chain of Gold, and to remain in Ward to his Brother Henry 'till fuch time as (he be married : To his Son T'homas, all his Lands in Gloucefterjhire, and all his Lands in ByJJeleigh Hundred : To his Son William, all his Lands in Brakenborowe and Horton : To his e Rymer's Feri. T.XII. p. 357. h Nom. Equit. in Bib!. Cotton. CLudi- f Jekyft Cat. of Knts. MS. p. 40. us, C. 3. g Ex Regift. vocat, Nudet, $1. 40, in i Fuller** Worthies, in eod. Com. Cur. Przrog, Cant. k Reg. F^uffae, Earl of Derby ; Henry, Earl of Su/fex ; fPilJiam, Earl of Pem- 'froke ; Cuthbcrt, Bifliop of Ditrlxim ; William, Lord Paget ;_Sjr dVilUam Petre* Knt. one of the twoPrincipal Secretaries-of State ; 'and SJL^cbn JSourne^ 1^n*frn^e^otner_Pr^cu3aT^ He attended Queen Jane on tne Scaffold d , who mTeftimony of his. Civilities to her, gave him her Prayer-Book. His laft Will e bears Date the zd of March, in the .zd and 3d of Philip and Mary, and the Probat thereof the 28th of May, 1557. By which Teftament he orders his Body to be buiied in the Chancel ofSud- lev* according to his Degree,, but without worldly Pomp, or vain . His LordQiip left this World on the 4th of March, in the 3d 4th of Philip and Mary, and on the 3d of May, 1 557, his, , . ,. , r ~, X Strype, praed. p. 179, ig o . b AtKim s Hift. of Ciouf p. 702. y AnjtiC* Regift. of the Garter, Vol. I. c Stome's Annals, p. 623. oo. iCur. I Funeral- p. 441- d Hvllinjhefs Chron p. noo. z Ibid. p. 442, 443, 446, 447. e Reg WroflUy t qu. l4i in Cur. Pr- V. III. p. 14 & 64, tog. Cant, B R Y : fif #E s , Duke of Chancfosr A <) 3 Funeral-Solemnities were f performed wi$ great Pomp, being car- ried in a Hearfe of War, with four Banners of Images, or,d all Appendages of Honour. He took to Wife Elizabeth, Daughter to Edmund, Lord Grey, of Wik8ni by whom he had Iflue Edmtnd, his Son and Heir, Charles ^& Son. .. Anceftor to his Grace 1 the prefentDuke of Ckandos., 'Richard 3d Son, Jnlhony 4th Son, Hen- ry $th on, Giles and Stephen ; likewife three Daughters, Gather ri-it, Wife of Edmund Sutton, Lord Dudley, Elizabeth married- 16 '/^Att 'Tracy, of 'Todington, in Com. Glouccfter, Efq; from whom is dtfcended the prefent Lord Vifcount 7rfSir George Throgmorton, of Coughton, in Com. Warwick. "The Lady Elizabeth, their Mother, died in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, Anno Dom. 1559, as the Probat of her laft Will (hews, bearing Date 5 'January, 1559. Edmund "Bruges, Lord Chandos, following his JatheVs Exam- ple, took early to Arms, and ferv'd under the Earl of Hertford in France, in the Reign of King Henry the Eighth ; and in the firft Year of King Edward the Sixth, being one of the Commanders in that Army fent into Scotland under the Duke of Somerfet, Lord Prote&or of the King and the Realm ; and behaving himfelf with great Bravery in the famous Battle of MvJJeborough, was * made Knight-Banneret by the faid Duke on September 27, in the Camp at Roxborough, when the Lord Grey of Wilton, the Lord Edward Seymour, and others, received the fame Honour. He was" elected one of the Knights for Gloucejlerjhire to the Parlia- ment of the Firft of Queen Mary, fummoned to meet at Weft- minfter 5 Qttober ; and ferv'd j at the Siege of St. >uintin, in Pi- Icardy, in 4 Philip and Mary. In the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, he was fo highly in her Majefty's Favour, that (he elected him d Knight-Companion of the moft Noble Order of the Garter, and he was inftalled at Windfor, the iyth of June, 1572, as appears by a Plate yet remaining in the Chapel of St. George af Windfor, in the 1 3th Stall on the Sovereign's fide. On the 1 6th of "Janu- ary following k , he was one of the Peers which fat on the Trial of ^Thomas, Duke of Norfolk. And on the ift of March enfuing, being then fick, makes his laft Will and Teftament ', whereiri he orders his Body to be buried in the Parifh-Church of Sadley^ and bequeaths to the Poor of that Place, of Winckcomb, 13 /. 6 s. 8 d. as alfo, 3 /. to the Poor of Highworth, and 3 /. to the Poor of Cricklade. He bequeaths to his moft faithful and loving Wife, for her Obedience, Truth, and faithful Love towards him, as that he had alien'd and fold fome of her Inheritance, his Manors and Lord(hips of Blunfdon-Andrcwe, Blunfdon-Gayebrode, Blunf- don-Wyddel, WeJl-Wyddel, Haydon-Strutton, Pirtcn-Keynes, and f Stryfe, V. Ill, p. 375. i Hallinjb: p. 1133. :** .q g JekyFs Cat. of Knts. M3. p* 3*. . k CamJyi's Ann of Queeft EKx. fa CoUeft. B. irtltlt, Arm. 1 Reg. Peter tp.io. Stvcnhamptstt} 494 B k y D G fc s, Duke of Cliandos. Sfvenhampton, in Com. Wilts, for Term of Life, paying William fcrydges, his youngeft Son, 40 /. per Annum } and after her De- eeafe to remain to the Paid William and his Heirs Male, and in Default, to Gyles Brydges his Son and Heir, and Heirs Male ; Remainder to the right Heirs of him the faid Edmund, Lord Chandss. And that the Refidue of his Manors, Lordftiips, &c.- fhould defcend to Giles Brydges, his Son and Heir, and the Lady Frances, his Wife, and their Heirs ; in Default to his right Heirs. He further wills to Eleanor his Daughter 2000 /. To his be- loved Nephew John Tracy, Efq; the heft Gelding he will choofe among all his Geldings : To his Coufm Thomas Throgmorton, his next beft Gelding : To his Friend Edward Ftrryi, his own trelding he was wont to ride on, call'd Turner ; and to his Neighbour and Friend Humphrey Dike, his grey Nag, call'd Ea- ton : He makes his Lady Dorothy, his well-beloved Wife, fole Executrix, and his Son- in-Law William, Lord Sands, his Brother Charles Brydges, his Nephew John Tracy, and Thomas Throgmor- ion, Efqrs; Overfeers. It further appears by his Will, that he Was a generous Friend, a noble Houfe -keeper, and a bountiful Mafter, had many Gentlemen, his Retainers and Servants, to whom he left Annuities for their Lives, if they did not refufe to ferve the Lady Dorothy, his Wife, and Giles, his Sonjind_Heir; It appears by the Inquifition m taken after his Death at the Ca- flle of Gloucejler, on Sept. 17, in 15 Elizabeth, that he died on i ith September, 1572, feized of the_Caftle_and Manor of Sudky, the Houfe and Scite of the IVlonaftery of Winchcomb, the Manors of Cowberley, Blysfield, Norton, Harsfield, Burton, Badworth, and Stokechard, with Lands in Myntie, &c. all in Gloucejlerjhire ; and that Giles, his Son and Heir, was then 25 Years of_Age. He had alfo another Son William, and two Daughters, Catherine, /Wife to William, Lord Sands, and Eleanor, married after his De- ceafe to George Gtjffard, of Chillington, in Com. Staff". Efq; The Lady Dorothy, their Mother, was the 5th Daughter and Coheir of Edmund, Lord Bray, and was married fecondly to Sir William Knowlet, Lord Knowles, Knight of the Garter ", and departed this Life on the 3 ift of Ottober, in the 3d Year of King James jy the Firft, Grey Brydges, Lord Ctjand Earl of Rivers, by whom he likewife had only two Daughters, Lucy, married to Adam Loftus, of Refarnum in Ireland, and Catherine, whereby Honour delte'ndecJ iQjpyilham^\ns Brother ; but the"ma]bTPart of his Eftate was fettled upon Jqn_e^ his lait Wife, afterward* * in Co om. Soutkamp. Efq; ~ wfio in her Right became poflefe'd of Sudley-Caftle* and othef Lands of great Value. TWhichJ^?//M/H, Lord Chandos, fo fuc- ceeding his Brother, had three Daughters, MarVjjJfrances* and ~*ng no Son A IT return to Chariei unty of Hereford, feconc firft Lord Chandos. ^ J&bTcca \ but leaving no Son A ^return to Charles Brydzej of Wilton, in the County of Hereford, fecon fecond Son of Johq the Which.CharIes became Cup-Bearer to King Philip, and was Deputy-Lieutenant of the Tower to his Father John, Lord Chandos, when_theJWarrant came for execyjjng. jjie Princefs Elizabeth., which he refused to^bgy, 'till he had received Orders from The King and Queen therein ; and' thereupon was the Means of faying^ jh^Ijfe oTTH^excellent Princefs ; for the Order be- ing difown'd at Court, put a, final Stop tojthe Execution. In the 3d Year of Queen Elizabeth he was fent with 3 60 Men, from Berwick, to the Siege of Leith, in Scotland, then in Pof- feffion of the French, on the Marriage of their Monarch with the Queen of Scotland, and was at the Surrender thereof. He to agreat Age, and was Sheriff of Hereford/hire in the 3 zd Yea^* of Queen Elizabeth; and having married "Jane, Daughter to Sir Edward Carne, of Wenny, in Com. Glamorg. Knt. had IfTue three ^Ms^Giles^Tri/iram, and 'Thomas, who died Anno 1652, leaving two Daughters, Deborah, and Catherine. ^ Giles Brydges, the eldeft Son and Heir, was (bated at Wilton- / Cajlle in Herefordjhire, antiently wrote Willington, part of the ^ antient Pon^ffi^ns^jD^.theJLord Chandos. He was created a LZi_JJ^L' I ^ 2 7. > at which Time he was Knight of "SfimPfor the Tlbunty of Hereford. He died in the Year 1 637, and by Mary his Wife, Daughter to Sir James Sctidamore, had Iflue three Sons, Sir John Brydges, Bart. Charles, who died ^#0 1669, and was buried in the North Ifle of the CfSancefa? Tewke/bury, and (?;'/ ; alfo two Daughters, Jane, married to Jama Phipf of Swallowfeld in Com. Wilts, Efqj and Francts. K k Sir 498 B R Y D G E s, Duke of Chandos. Sir John Brydges, Bart, had to Wife Mary, only Daughter ,^_aru! tiAi 'of "faauf Pearle of Dewfal, and Aconbury^ in "CJom. "ZZlfieref. Efiji by whom he left Tffae^fames^his only Son and Heir. ^"WKich James fucceeded to the Title of Lord Chandos, orTthe / Death Q^Wtlfiam, Lord Chandos ; anT~Tn~TDir6~was appointed /* Mis MajeftyVAmbafTador at Conjlantinople, where he refided fome Years in great Honour and Efteem, and tiied "on the i6th of /Qftober, 1714. His Lordmip married Elizabeth, ejdeft Daugh- fEr and Coheir of Sir Henry Bernard, "Ftnt. an emirent~7arfey- Merchant, by wh5m"~he-rrad" TWgfT[y^two ChildrenToFwTiich NumEer fifteen jonjy were chriften'cl, and feverfof them dying youhg,~the reft were tfnree Sons, and five Daughters^ T7 Barnes, now'TJuke of Chandos : 2T^The Hon. and Rev. Henry nrydges of Addlejihorpe in the VJounty of Ghucejler, who was Archdeacon and Prebendary of Rochester, alfo Rector of A^mondejham in the County of Bucks. He married, June 7,1 705, Annabella, Grand-Daughter of Sir Robert Mtkins, Lord Chief- Baron of the Exchequer, and died on May the th, 1728, in the 54th Year of his Ag*e, leaving Iflue two Sons, Henry and James, and five Daughters now living, whereof Eliza-Louifa, the eldeft, was married in January \ 77!, to Sir Robert Walters, Bart, who died without Iflu bjf her, Nov. 10, 1731 ; and Annabella, fecond Daughter, is now the Wife of Colonel Inwood, of Stanrnore in the County of Middlefex ; Mary, 3d Daughter, married to Simon Adeane of Char/grove in Oxford/hire, Eiq; Henrietta and Cat7}erine~unmzrried.~ "^^ Francis, who was Receiver- General of the Duties on Salt, and died in that Office Sept. 25, 1714, in the 3 8th Year of his Age without Iflue ; and a Monument is ; erected to his Memory in the Chancel of Wbitchurch, in the , County of Middlefex. The Daughters were, r. Mary, married Nov. 28, 1689, to Theophilus Leigh of Glouc ejlerjhire, Efq;. 2. Elizabeth, married on the 26th of December, 1691, to Alexander Jacob, Efq;. 3. Emma, married on May 26, 1692, to Edmund Chamberlain of Stjiiv, in Com. Glouc. Efq; and died in June 1738. 4. Anne, married"" to Charles Walcote of Walcote, in Com. Salop, Efq;. 5. Catherine, married on the 2d of May, 1700, to Brereton Bourchier of BarnJley-Court, in Com. Glouc. Efq; and 2dly to Henry Perrot of North-Leigh in the County of Oxford, Efq;. I now return to James, the eldeftJSpn, now^Duke of 'Chandos. In the tife^time of liis'TatnerTie was ^lecTfedTbrlHe~City of Hereford to feveral Parliaments ; and in the Year 1 695, was no- minated by the Houfe of Commons, one of the Committee to examine Sir 'fhomas Cook, and to infpet into Bribery and corrupt k . ' Practices, of which fome of their own Members were then ac- % cus'd; alfo was chofen by that Houfe, one of the Commifiioners for Stating the Publick Accounts. About the Year 1707 he was conftituted one of the Council to his Royal Highnefs George, Prince B R Y D G E s, Duke of Chandos; 499 Prince of Denmark, in the Affairs of the Admiralty ; and after- wards Pay-mafter General of all the Forces in her Majefty's Ser- vice abroad. <* ,' On the Acceflion of his late Majefty, he was created Vifcounj^ Wilton, and Earl of Carnarvon, by Letters Patent' Bearing Datd Qttober the i9th, 1714. And in November following, a Patent* (ft* pafs'd the Great Seal, granting to his Lordftiip and his two Sons* X ' John&n&Henryjhe Reverfionof the Office of Clerk of the Hanaper in Chancery. On the 3Oth of April, 1719, he was created Mar- /**/ quis of Carnarvon, and Duke of Cbandos, the Preamble to the Patent fetting forth his Services as follows ; ", We are fenfible that our Favours have been very wel^be^ * " ftow'd, when we find the very fame Perfons lately rais'd by 'us '* / " to high Honours, purluing conftantly the right Method to dc- # > " ferve greater. In that View it is that we 'have thought pfepei; <: X " to raife to a higher Rank our well-beloved and trufty Coufm, " "James, Earl of Carnarvon, one of thofe Noblemen on whom, " at the Beginning of our Reign, we conferr'd new Titles. This *' young noble Lord, defcended of an ancient and illuftrious Fa- .^ " mily, devoted the firft Years of his Manhood to the Service of " the Nation, and when a Member of the Houfe of Commons, " gain'd both Honour and Friends by his being no lels fkill'u in " fpeaking upon, than capable of managing Affairs, and wa3 "Judg'd a fit Perfon to be appointed of that Council, to infpecfc " the Publick Accounts, and to prevent, by his Vigilance and " Integrity, the committing of Frauds in the fame. After hav- ' ing for fome Time difcharged that Truft, he was made one >e of the Lords Commiflioners of the Admiralty ; and after >c having honourably behav'd himfelf in the Affairs of the Ma- > rine, was made Pay-mafter to the Army ; which Office was " attended with very great Difficulties, both by reafon of the " Multiplicity of Affairs, and the Diftance of the Armies ; not- " withftanding which, he fo prudently regulated itj that tlvs ' Troops were punctually paid both in Germany ' and Spahit " When his Time was moft taken up in the Management of '' the Affairs of State, he never abated any thing of his Piety " towards his Maker ; did all good Offices poflible to every BJ-- * dy j fpent fome of his Hours in noble Studies ; and being ;:ii " Encourager of Liberal Arts, the Greatnefs of his Soul^v^J " always fuperior to his great Fortune. This may be added to. u the Praife he fo well deferves by his other Virtues, that.beliig ' born with high Tides, he fome Time fince had higher :t>h- " ferr'd on him by Us : And now let him enjoy the hlghtilj ' both by Virtue of our Ipecial Favour, and of his Dciirtoi " Know ye therefore, &c" In April^ 1721, he was elecled one of the Governours of ib- Charter -Houfe ; and in September following conftituted LoJJ* lieutenant and Cu/los Rotulorum pf Hsrt/Qrdjbire \ alib irt %= K k 2 WittF? B R Y D G E s, Duke of Chandos. vember, the fame Year, was fworn one of the Privy-Council to his late Majefty King George. On the r 4th of September, 1727, , ; *he was by his prefent Majefty appointed Lord-Lieutenant and Cujios Rotulorum of the Counties of Hereford and Radnor, into which Office he was fworn on the zd of November following ; fc \%* .and in March, 1728, was appointed Ranger of En/ield-Ch&k, .%, in the County of Middltfex. ** He married to his firft Wife, 27 February, 169^-, Mary, on- ; * ly furviving Daughter to Sir Thomas Lake of Cannons, in the * * County of Middle/ex, Knt. by Rebecca, his Wife, Daughter of ^jfeir '.John Langham, of Cotejbroke, in Com. Northamp. Bart, by * whom he had Iflue fix_Sons, Jjwntji Thomas, Lancelot, Jjbs, Charles, and Henr% ", as alfo two Daughters, Mary, j.nd_jR/- . ^ tecca, who diedjroung, as did ITke wife four of tfieTSons, jfohg * : ' and jHtnry only~furvmng their Mother, who died in the 47th Year of her Age, in December, 1712, and was buried at Wbit- was e le&ed Member of Parliament for the Bo- rough of Steyning in Suflex, and married on the r ft of September, 1724, the Lady Catherine Talmajh, Daughter of Lionel, Earl of Dyfart, by whom, on the i7th of December, 1725, he had a ^SrDaughter, named Catherine ; and dying of the Small-Pox on the 28th of April) 1727, aged 24, left his Lady with Child of ano- ^ther^Daughter, namedj^wg, born _pn the 27th of Jufy follow- _ ing. Whereupon^^^ry, His "Brother, became thF^TlySon and Hgirpf his Father^jtheDukej^f Chandos. ^Q Which Henry^ Marquis of Carnarvon, was a Member in the laft Parliament, for the City of Hereford, and now ferves for the ^^ Borough of Steyning, in the County of Suffex. In December, 1728, he was appointed firft Gentleman of the Bedchamber to his Royal Highnefi Frederick, Prince of Wales, and being elected a Knight of the moft Honourable Order of the Bath, on the 1 2th of January, 1737, was Inftalled in King Henry VJIths Chapel at Weftminfter, on the 3oth of June follow ing; and on the 6th of April, 1738, was elecled Grand-Mafter of the Soci- ety of Free and Accepted Mafons. His Lordftiip on the 2 1 ft of December ; 1728, married Mary, eldeft Daughter of Charles, Lord Bruce, only^Son and Heir apparent to Thsmas, Earl of Atlejbury~, T?y wfiomhe has Iflue one Son, James, Lord VTfcount Tlfrilton^ and one Daughter, Lady Caroline. Her Ladylhip departing this Life on thTT4th of ~AuguJf, "i73~8 was buried at ifrhitchurch. His Grace the prefent Duke of^Cbandos married, 2dly, CaJ/an- dra, Sifter to 'Thomas Willoughby,\jcn& Middteion>\>y wnoin he had no jflue ; who departing tliis Life in July, 1735, his Grace, in Abril, 1736, married Lydia-Catherine, Widow and Relict of Sir Ikomi Davall) Knt.R'Iember for Harwich in the laft Parliament. TITLES. B R Y D G E s, Duke of Chandos. 50 1 TITLES.] Jame$ Brydges, Duke of Chandos, Marquis and Earl of Carnarvon, Vifcount Wilton, and Baron Chandos of Sud- ley, and Baronet ; Lord-Lieutenant and Cuftos Rotulorum of the Counties of Hereford, and Radnor ; one of the Governours of the Charter-houfe ; Chancellor of the Univerfjty of St. Andrew, in Scotland', Clerk of the Hanaper, and Ranger of Enfield- Chafe, in the County of Middlefex. CREATIONS.] Baron Chandos of Sudky-CzRk, In Com. Glouceft. by Letters Patent 8 April (1554) i Mar. Baronet, 17 May (1627) 3 Car. I. Vifcount Wilton, in Com. Heref. and Earl of Carnarvon, in North-Wales, 1 9 Oft. 1714, i Geo. I. Marquis of Carnarvon, aforefaid, and Duke ofCbandos, 30 ^r. 1719, $G*0. I. ARMS.] Argent, onaCrofs, a Leopard's Head, Or. CREST.] On a Wreath, theBuftof an old Man fide-fac'd, Proper, wreath'd about the Temples, Argent and Azure, vefted paly of the firft, and Gules and Semi of Roundles counterchanged, the Cape Ermine; and on his Head is a Cap, Or, lin'd with white Fur. SUPPORTERS.] Two Otters, Argent. MOTTO.] MAIN TIEN LE DROIT. CHIEF SEATS.] At Cannons, in the County of Middlefex, near Edgworth, 10 Miles from London', at /%$- Caftle in the County of Hereford, one 1 Mile from Rofs, and 94 from Lon- don ; and at Aconbury in the fame County, three Miles from Hereford. XXVIII. SACKVILLE, Duke of Dorfet. IT is evident from the Norman a Hiftorians, that this Family was of very ancient Extraction, long before the Conqueft, and Lords of the Town and Seigniory of Sackvil in Normandy, antiently written Salchevilla, Salcavilla, Saccavilla, &c. Herbrand de Salchevilla, was one of the Leaders of thofe Forces who came into England with William the Conqueror b , and is the ?th named in a Lift of them, in an old Manufcript, in the Pof- ieffion of Edward Gwyn of the Cu/los Brevium Office, in the Reign of King James I. This Herbrand returning into Normandy, was there living A. D. 1079, *4 Williaml. having three Sons, Jordan, William, and Robert, as alfo a Daughter Avice, of whom Ordericus Vitalh * makes this honourable mention. a Hiftor. Nrman. p. 605, 607. Hen. St. Georgi, #)cbmond t delineat Aa b Ex Stemmate ejufdem Famil. per Will. 16*3. S'gar, Gert t & Ritb $t, George, Ktrroy t c Hift. NgrBittU p. 605, 606. K k j 502 SACKVILLE, Duke of Dorfet. " Avice, Daughter of Herbrand de Salchevilla, was married to :( Walter i Lord of Alfage, and Hugleville, Son of Gilbert , Found- l( er of the Monaftery of Alfage, and Lord of Hugleville in Nor- '' tnandy. She was a beautiful Lady, of great Piety and Prudence, '' and by her extraordinary Conduct, gain'd fo great an Afcendant '' over her Hulband, as to prevail with him to relinquim thofe depraved Courfes he had been accuftomed to before Marriage. The Htftorian who lived in that Age, fays (he had three Bro- * thers famous Knights, Jordan, William, and Robert, by ' whofe Afliftance (he furmounted the many Difficulties which 4 furrounded her ; and after having lived 1 5 Years in Matrimo- ' nv, died the 8th of the Kalends of February , having been the Mother of 1 2 Children, whereof only four furvived her. And * her Hufband dying three Years after, Richard, Jordan, Walter 4 and H:lias, her four Sons, were in Ward to King Henry, who ** granted the Cuftody of them to Jordan de Salchevilla their * Uncle, who honourably maintained them four Years." d The faid Sir Jordan de Sackvill was Sewer of England, by Grant of King William the Conqueror, but refided in Normandy , where he died. Sir William Sackvill, the 2d Son of Herbrand, was refident in Fngland, and poflefs'd e Lands in Braxted, Neyland, and Bures y (d Montem in Ejfex, with f one Knight's Fee in Falley, &c. in Buckingham/hire. He g had Iflue by Albreada, his Wife, three paughters, his Heirs, Hodierna, married to Matthew de Gernon, s'gnes, to Richard de Anejlye, and Beatrix to Willliam de Glanvil, 1 ord of Brcmholme, in the Reign of King Henry I. and Founder pf ihe Church there. ir Robert de Sackvill, 3d Son of Herbrand, is the direct An- ccfor to his Grace the prefent Duke of Dorfet. He was the h i ft of the Witnefles to a Charter of King Stephen, whilft he v. os but Earl of Morteign, wherein he gave the Church of Lille- ' hurch to the Monks of St. John of Colchefter ; and his Name is th-?re wrote Robertus de Salkavilla. Of this Robert it is related, that being beyond the Seas, and purpofing to come ' to England v ith the Children of King Henry I. it fo chanc'd that the Earl of Morteign, when they fhould have weighed Anchor and put to Sea, %va?, on a fudden troubled with a Loofenefs in his Body, and there- upon he left the Ship and went afhore, together with two Knights, Sir Robert de Sackvill and Walter, who by that means were pre- ibrv'd, the reft being no fboner at Sea, but the Ship wreck'd, and t-ey all, except one, periflied ; which was occafioned by the ex- ' cfr.ve Drinking of the Mariners on board. This Sir Robert ..T,fL'//4 in 20 Hen. I. Anno Dom. 1119 , k held the Manors of f *.* St<-mmate pra?d. h Ibid. p. 10. t L,;b Rb in Scaccar. j Orderic.Vital. in W&.Norman. p. 70? f Ev Chart. P?ytonorum: k Antiq. Lib. Honoris de Eye penes. I Lib., Abb, 4? Colcefl, M. Si JM. Gray Senefchahm eiufd. Honoris. SACKVILLE, Duke of Dorfet. 503 Bergbolt, Eures on the Hill, and Alfemunfttm in Ejjex, as alfb the Manors of Ri/hangel, Wytham, Melys, Clapton, Br'ifwood, Co- ton, Drockford, Rudham, Fornham, Faltham, and IVickham in Suffolk ; of the Honour of Eye, by the Service of one Knight's Fee in Mendham, in the fame County, as a Plea in 1 ^ Hen. III. (hews ! - He was with King Richard I. in m his Expedition to Jerufalem, as appears by thefe old Rhymes. King Richard the Firft with good Entent To that City of Jafes went, On Morroe he fent after Robert Sakevile And Sir William de Watervile, Sire Hubert and Sir Robert of Turnham, Sire Bertram Braundes and John de St. John. Goth be fent to the Soundan, And Sey my felfe a yen thriffty Man In the Fetid y wole with him fight For to doe yeme Godes right, &c. At length beholding the Calamity of the State in the Reign of King Stephen, and thinking it Time to leave off all Thought of Secular Affairs, he profefs'd himfelf a Monk" in the Monaftery of St. Jobn at Colchejler, as his Grant to that Convent (hews ; whereby he gave to the Monks there for ever, his Manor of JPlck- ham, before-mentioned, with the Content of his Sons and his Wife, and by the Advice of the Arcbbifhop of Canterbury, and the Bilhops of London and Norwich ; whereunto fign'd as Wit- nefles, Earl Eujlace, Son of the King, Ingellus, Chancellor, Jordan de Salkavilla, and Stephen his Brother, Sons of the faid Sir Robert Sackville. His Wife was Lettice, Daughter of Sir Henry Woodvil, Knt. * by whom he had alfo two other Sons, Nigel, and Hclias de Sack-ville. p Nigel! de Sack-ville was excommunicated by Thomas Becket, Archbifhop of Canterbury. Rapin mentions this Particular in his Hiftory of the Reign of Henry II. and fpeaking of the Arrogance of that Prelate, he fays, " Mounting his Archiepifcopal Chair on Chriftmas-day, he " folemnly excommunicated Nigelt de Sackvilte and Robert Brock, " both diftinguifti'd for their Birth and High Pofts. He accus'd " the former of unjuftly detaining a Manor belonging to the " Archbimoprick, and the latter of having cut off the Tail of a " Horfe that was carrying Provifions to his Palace, Helias de Sackville was a Witnete to Gilbert* Earl of Clare*s Grant of the Church of Tunbridge to the Monks of Lewes. \ Plac. 12 Hen. III. Rot. 9. m. iz cEx Stemmate pratd. TO Ex Hift. Robert de Glouccjltr. p Lib, Frier, de Lrwes t li Lib, Gelcf/f; ut antea, K k 4 Jorda* 504 SACKVILLE, Duke of Dorfet. Jordan de Sackville, the eldeft, living in the Reigns of King Stephen and King Henry II. was a Baron. He q confirm'd the Grant which his Father Sir Robert Sackville made of the Manor of J^tckham to the Priory of St. John in Colchefter, and added other Lands of his own free Gift, being wrote r Jordanus de Saukevil Miles, Baro de Bergholt Saukevil, filius & hares Robert i Saukevil. 6 He was alfo a Benefactor to the Abbot and Convent of Grlftine in Normandy, and a Witnefs to ' William Mare fchal, Earl of Pembroke's Grant to Carmele Priory, in Com. Lane. T as alfo to Earth de Glanvilles Confirmation of Lands to Brombobne Priory, in Com. Norf. He took to Wife w Hela, Daughter and Coheir of Ralph de Den, Lord of the Manor of Buckhurjl, who gave with her, on her Marriage, a Hide of Land in Waldene, with the Church of the faid Vill, and Common of Pafttire hi Sud-Park, near Chalventune ; alfo the Land which Robert Fraunceis held of Sutton's Fee, the Manor of Saperton, and a Yard-Land in Chalventune, with the Manfion thereto belong- ing, and Geyle in Normandy, together with all his Right in that Country. The faid Ralph de Den was Son of Robert Pincerna x , who was living in the zoth Year of William the Conqueror y , and held in Chalventune fix Knights Fees, whereof the Manors of Buckhurft, Claverham, Buggeley, Horfey and Ombeford are Par- cel. All which Manors the faid Hela brought to her Hufband ; ^nd in her Widowhood z being wrote Ela de Saukeville, Daughter of Ralph de Dene, gives Licence to the Abbot and Convent of Otteham in Kent^ to tranflate their Convent to Begeham in the fame County, and confirms to them all thofe Lands which her Father gave them ; viz. the Lordfhip of Otteham with the Cha- pel, (he Land called Dudintone and Thorne ; as alfo the Land called Telletone, which her brother Robert gave them. She like- wife grants to the faid Convent, the Land which Fukeri held of her Father in Sefford, and Megham-MarJh^ in the fame manner as her great Uncle Ralph Dene held it ; and all that Marfn which was Wlur'icuss, and the Nnv Marjh, as much as belonged to the (aid Ralph Dene ; where unto her Son Jeffrey de Saukeville was a Witnefs. Which Fabrick at Begeham was dedicated to the blefled Virgin Mary, and was, for fome Ages, the Burial-place of the Family. This Ela had Iflue Jordan de Saukeville, Richard^ Jeffery^ Ralph) Guy, and Warren^ a Witnefs b to the Charter of William Sidney, Chamberlain to King Hen. II. And Ralph Sackvill, the 3d Son, was Lord of 'Thorp, in Leicejierjhire, which now retains q Lib. Cokejt. ut fupra. X Hift. Nerraan. p. 1030. r leaver's Fun. Monuments, p. 613. y Lib. Prior de Ltvttt, ut fupra. i Z)gv/0/Y Monaft. Vol. II. p. 983. z Monaft. Ang. Vol. II. p. 637. t Ibid. p. 301. a Weaver's Monuments, 9.379. p Ibid. p. 63}. b Ex Eriden, Rob. Com, Ltictft. w Ex Charu Rad. de Dent in Stemmate. the SACKVILLE, Duke of Dorfct. 505 fhe Name of Thorp-Sacbevill, as Mr. Burton has obferv'd in his Antiquities of Leicefterjhire, p. 286. Sir Jordan de Saukeville, the eldeft Son, is mentioned to be a Baron in the c Charter of King Richard I. figned at Birmingham (which is without Date) granting to the Monks of Bordejley, in 'Buckingham/hire , diverfe Privileges. In the 2d Year of King d John, he obtained for himfelf, and his Heirs, a Weekly Market on Friday, and once a Year, a Fair, on the Feaft of St. John Baptift, in hjs Town of Sauquevill (as it was then wrote) in Normandy ; and having married dementia e , Daughter of John Fere, Earl of Oxford, died without Iflue, in the gth Year of King John f . Richard de Saukeville, his Brother, fucceeded, and was g alfo a Baron, but left no Iflue, fo that the Eftate devolved on Sir Jeffery de Saukeville, third Son of Jordan, who, with Ralph his Brother (bearing the Surname of Marfey) lived both in the Reign of King John, and incurring the faid King's Difpleafure, had their Eftates fcized, and for h regaining thereof, and the King's Favour, paid a Fine of 3000 Marks. The faid Ralph, in 5 Hen. III. was pof- fefs'd of 'Thorp-Sachevile, in Leicejierjhire, fo called from* his Anceftor, who held it by Gift of the Conqueror. Guy de Sackville, another of the Sons of the faid Jordan k , was dead in the Reign of King Hen. III. his Heir being then found to hold Six Knights Fees in Chahington, in the County of Sujfix. The beforementioned Sir Jeffery Saukeville confirmed * the Grants of Jordan his Father, and Robert his Grandfather, made, as aforefaid, to the Abbey of St. John Baptift, in Colcbejier m , and held the Manour of Buckhurjl, the Knight's Fee of the Honour of Eye, and a Knight's Fee n in Mendham, as in Right of Defcent from his Anceftors. He alfo confirmed to the Abbey of Bege- ham, the Gifts of his Grandfather Ralph de Dene, Robert his Uncle, and Ela his Mother, viz. His Grandfather's Grant of the Lordfhip of Otteham, with the Chapel of the fame Place ; his Uncle's Gift of the Land called Telletune ; and his Mother Eta's Grant of the Land at T^jorne, and the Land called Twifel and Forejlrete. He had Iflue p by his Wife Con/lance, Daughter of Sir Edmund Brooke, Knt. Jordan, Guy, and Joan Sackville 9 mar- ried to William St. Leger. Jordan Saukeville, eldeft Son of the faid Sir Jeffery, was a Man not only wealthy, but potent amongft the Nobility ; q and being himfelf a Baron, fided with thofe who were againft the c MS. inBibl.Conot.7//w,C.7i k MS. not. Juliut, C. 7. p. 16. iq p. 22: BiW. Cotton. d Cart. Norman, z.jfob. n. 18. 1 Lib. Cokeft. e Ex Stemmate. m Lib. Rub. in Scac> f Clauf. 9 Job. n Placita, la H. HI. rot 9- m. I*. g Lib. Rub. in Scaccario. o Monaft. Ang. Vol.11. p> 637. h Oblata Curia, gjfot. dorf, m, ll t p Ex Stemmate. i Burton'* Lekcit. p. 286. q Hollinjbtd, p, z86, King? 506 SACKVILLE, Duke of Dorfet. King ; for which Difloyalty he fared as his Father had done before him, and loft his Lands in Ireland ; but when King Hen. III. was fettled on the Throne, Gilbert de -Marefchal, Juftice r of Ire- land, had Orders to deliver full Seizin to his beloved and faithful Jordan de Saukevill, of his Lands of Clannelly, Clanbeg, Arglas, and Holywood, with all the Appurtenances ; and all his Chattels, or the Price of them, according to the Inventory at the Time of the Seizure by his Father King John, dated at itinchejler, 4 April, i Hen. III. For that he found him always wife, and willing to win the reft of the Nobility to a dutiful Subjection and Acknow- ledgment of fovereign Authority. This 'Jordan is, without doubt, the feme Sir "Jordan de Saukvil, who, in the Reign of King John, Anno Dam. 1215, Tiding with the Barons, was by them elected and s fworn, to fee the Liberties of Magna Charta per- formed, and fuch Articles as were then agreed to with the King, who finding himfelf not able to refift the Barons, contented, That they Jhould choofe Grave and Honourable Perfons, who Jhould have Power and Authority to fee thofe Things performed, which he then granted to them, and to compel every one to the obferving of them. This Sir Jordan, by his Charter l without Date, confirm'd to Roger le Noble all the Lands, &c . which he held of him in the Parifh of Wydihamme (as it was then wrote) paying to him and his Heirs five Shillings at the four Terms of the Year, and Suit of Court to his Manour of Bochurft, &c. whereunto was appendant a Seal of the fame Arms the Family now bear, circumfcribed, S.IORDANI DE SAVKEVIL. He had IfTue by Maud his Wife, Daughter of Nor- manvil, two Sons, William, and Bartholomew Saukvil, who was living in 2 5 Hen. III. and died feized of the Manour of u Policy, in Com. Bucks, with other Lands, as the Inquifition (hews, taken after his Death, in 2 Edw. II. William de Saukvil, eldeft Son of the faid Jordan, was not of Age at the Time of his Father's Deceafe ; and thereby became the King's Ward. He was Lord of Saukvil, Bergholt, Buckhurjl, &c. His Uncle Guy de Saukvill, by Grant of his Brother Jordan, for the Ufe of the faid William, Son of the laid Jordan his Bro- ther, had Lands in Chahington, Bochurft, and Pevenfell, which he fettled on the (aid William de Sackvill, and Clara, his Wife, Daughter of Matthew de Hajlings, and the Heirs of their Bodies. This William died before 19 Hen. III. for in that Year, Jor- dan de Saukavil (as it was then wrote) his Son and Heir having been in the x Guardianfhip of Edeline, late Wife of Gilbert de t Clauf. I H. Ill; p.. m. 19. u Efc. a E. II. n. 82. 8 Mattb. Paris, Hift. of Eng . p. 6z, w Ex Chart. Guy de Saukvil. Bollinfied, p. 186. x Clauf. 19 tf.IIl. SuJJcx, Sc Plaeita, t Cart. 7. dt Savkevil, ia Stem, pm- 18 H, III. Rot. *$ Su/cx. SACKVILLE, Duke of Dorfet. 507 'Aquila, who had the Manours, &c. of the faid 'Jordan afllgn'd for her Dower, and being then dead, the King grants the Wardfhip of the faid 'Jordan, and his Lands, to Ralph) Son of Nicholas, his Steward. This Jordan de Saukvil was y fummon'd in 40 Hen. III. to take the Degree of Knighthood, or Fine for the fame. And being in Arms 2 with the Rebellious Barons, was taken Prifoner in the Battle of Eve/ham, in 49 Hen. III. and departed this 3 Life, in 1 Edw. I. leaving Iflue by Margery his Wife b (Daughter and Cohei r of Si r Robert de Aguillon, Sheriff of Suffix, Temp. Hen. III.) Andrew, his Son and Heir, and was feized of the Manours of Bergholt and Bures, in Ejjex ; as alfb of the Manour of Aminton, in Oxford/hire, the Manours of Buckburjl, Chalveton, and Bugge- ley, in Suffex. On an Inquifition of the Extent of the Manour of Bochurft, made the Day after the Feafl of St. Valentine, in 2 Edw . I. it was found by the Jury, that Jordan de Sakevill held the Manour of Bochurft, of the Barony of the Eagle, by Knights- Service, containing two Knights-Fees c ; and that Andrew de Sakevill was his Son and Heir, and of the Age of nineteen Years at the Death of his Father, who died on the Tuefday before the Feaft of the Annunciation of the blefled Virgin Mary, in i Edw. I. and that the fame Day, the Bailiffs of our Lady the Queen came and feized the faid Manour for the Ufe of our Lady the Queen. And they fay further, That the faid Jordan held Six Knights-Fees cf the Honour of Pevenfee, and two Knights-Fees belonging to the Barony of Montecute. The faid Andrew being under Age at his Father's Deceafe, and the King having the Guardianmip of him, ordered d him to be kept in Cuftody of Stephen de Penecejter, Conftable of Dover- Cajile, where he remained two Years, and e then, by the Media- tion of his Friends, obtained his Enlargement, but was, witlial, enjoin'd by the King's efpecial f Command, to marry without Dower, one Ermyntrude, an Honourable Lady of the Houfhold to Queen Eleanor, 8 and Daughter of Sir Roger Malyns, whereby he had not only his Liberty, but thenceforward had the King's Favour. In 5 Edw. I. 1276, he was fummoned 11 to attend the King at Worcejier, with Horfe and Arms, according to the Ser- vice he owed for one Knight's-Fee in Rungeton, in Oxfordjhire, to go againft Lewellin, Prince of Wales, and his Accomplices, then in Rebellion. Which Service he acknowledged before Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford, Conftable of England, and Roger j MS. not. B. V. p. 64. in Bibl. Jtb. d Efc. 3 E. I. n. 26. Arfii, Arm. e Fuller's Worthies in Suffix, p. 92, 2 Efc. 49 //. III. n. 107. Inq. poft f Libertate, 3 .1. m. iz. Bellum de Eve/bam. g Ex Stemmate. a Pat. a E. I. m. 20. h E Lib. MS. not; B.V. in b Plac. de Banco, 5 E, I. rofc 23* 'i&iftil, c Pat, z E, I. m, 20, 508 SACKVILLE, Duke of Dorfet; Bigot, Earl of Norfolk, Earl-Marflial. In the fucceeding Year', 6 Edw. I. he was fummoned among thofe of the County of Suf- fex^ who holding a Knight's-Fee, or 20 /. per Ann. Land, were called to receive the Honour of Knighthood, which, I fuppofe, was then conferred on him ; for that he was Knighted is evident. He died before the 2 5th Year of King Edw. I. for then the Lady Ermyntrude, his k Widow, holding 20 /: Land in Suffix, was fummoned to fend one well accouter'd with Horfe and Arms, to be at London on Sunday, after the O&aves of St. John Baptijt, to go with the King beyond the Seas, for their Honour, and the Prefervation and Profit of the Kingdom. He was fucceeded by his Son, a 2d Sir Andrew Saukvil, of Buckhurji, Knt. Which Andrew, in 25 Edw. I. 1 received the like Summons as his Mother had, to attend the King beyond the Seas, with Horfe and Arms, accouter'd, for Lands he held in Suffolk and Norfolk. Alfo in 29 Edw. I. was m fummoned with other great Men, to attend the King at Berwick on Tweed, on the Feaft of St. John BaptiJFs Nativity, well appointed with Horfe and Arms, to march againft the Scots. And in 3 2 Edw. I. had for his good Services in Scotland, a n Grant of Free- Warren in all his Lands at Emyng- ton in Oxford/hire, dated at Stryvelin the 2 8th of July. He re- ceived the Honour of Knighthood in the 34th Year of King Edward I. when that Prince, for augmenting the Glory of his intended Expedition into Scotland, did, at Whitfuntide, begirt Edward, Earl of Carnarvon, his eldeft Son, with the Military Belt, and thereupon the young Prince, immediately, at the high Altar in Wejlminfter- Abbey, conferred the fame Honour on near 300 more, the Sons of Earls, Barons, and Knights. The faid Sir Andrew took to Wife * Joan, Daughter of Mortimer, and dying in the gth q Year of King Edward II. left Iflue a Son of his own Name, Andrew de Sackvill. Which Andrew, on Proof of his Age r , was found to be born at Emyngton in Oxford/hire, on the 28th of Sept. in 34 Edw. I. and was baptized the Day following, being the Feaft of St. Mi- chael, in the Church of St. Nicholas of Emyngton. He followed the Wars in France with Edward, the Black Prince', and received the Honour of Knighthood before the 8th Year of King Ed- ward III. when I find him a Knight, and one of 1 the Sureties (with John, Earl of Cornwal, the King's Brother) for Nicholas Ufus Maris (Hufey) fafe keeping of the Caftle of Bourdeaux, and that he fhould well and faithfully difcharge the Office of Conftable of Bourdeaux, &c. In the lyth" Year of King Edward III. i MS. ut antea, p. 1 14. p Ex Stemmatc. k MS. in Bibl. Cotton, fub Effig. Clm- q Efc. 9 . II. Jim, C.i. r ibid. 1 Ibid, p. 91, s yinctnfi Review of Tork't zd Editi- m flymcr's Feeder*, p, 68 J. n Chart. 32 E.I. n. 39. t Rymer\ Fosdera, Vol. IV. p. 6JZ. o -4/fcw/f'i Order of the Garter, p. 37. a Pat. 17 E. III. p. a, m. 6, this SACKVILLE, Duke of Dorfet. 509 this Sir Andrew, Sir John Fines, and Sir Andrew P ever el, were in Commiffion to view and order the Repair of the Banks, &c. on the Coafts of SuJJex. In 34 Edw. III. he was ele&ed one of the w Knights for that County, to the Parliament then held. In 4 1 Edw. III. he was Sheriff of the Counties of SuJJex * and Sur- rey, which was then a Poft of great Truft ; and in the fucceeding Year, being again returned to Parliament for y the County of Suffex, he, and John Waleys, the other Knight, had r o /. allow- ed them for their Expences in attending twenty-five Days. He departed this Life on the z Monday after the Feaft of St. Mary Magdalen, in 44 Edw. III. a and was buried in Chri/f -Church, London. He b married three Wives ; His firft Lady was Joan, Sifter and Heir of John de la Beeche, by whom he had Sir Andrew Sack- vlll, Kt. who died before him (and by his Wife Alice, Daughter of Sir John Walliis, Knt. left no Iffue) alfp John Sackvill, fecond Son of Debenham Sackvill in the County of Suffolk, who took to Wife Agnes, Daughter of Sir Thomas Hot), Kt. and died like- wife without Iflue, his Wife furviving (afterwards married to John Gobat, c laftly to John Nevile] who died in 7 Hen. IV. whereby the Manor of Debenham devolved on Thomas Sackvile, his Brother. The faid Sir Andrew had no IfTue by Maud his third Wife, but by his fecond Wife Joan, Daughter of Burgeis, he had d a Daughter Alice, married to John le Zouch of Sidenham, in Com. Oxon. and a Son, Thomas Sackvile y who fucceeded to the Eftate of his Anceftors. Which Thomas Sackvile > pofleffing an Eftate e in Buckingham- jhire, was chofen one of the Reprefentatives of that County in Parliament, in the firft Year of King Ric. II. having, before that Time, received the Honour of Knighthood. He likewife ferved for the fame County, in feveral f other Parliaments, to the 1 8th Year of that King, when he was returned for Suffex, with Hugh ^uetche, and in 21 Ric. II. with John Ajhburnham. He was Sheriff of Suffix* in the ;th Year of King Hen. IV. h and ferv'd that victorious Monarch King Henry V. in his Wars in France, whofe glorious Actions are related by the French Hiftorians as well as our own. In 8 Hen. V. he * was in Commiflion with the Lord Camoys, Sir John Pelham, Knt. and the Sheriff, to array all Men at Arms, Archers, &c . in the County of Suffex, for the Service of the King in his Wars. This Sir Thomas died in De- w Pryn's Brev. Parl. p. 91. d Weaver's Monuments, p. 319. X Fullest Worthiej, p. 92. e Pryn't Brev. Parl. p. 14. & I&6. y Pryn's 4th Part of a brief Reg.p.zyy f Ibid. p. 91. & 131. z Efc. 44 E. III. g Fuller'* Worthies, p. 93. a Sdnu's Survey of London t p. 347. h Vincent on Brook, p. 68 1. b Ex Stemoute. * Pat. 8 H. 5. p. I. c Aparatus Gencal MS. p. 3%. ia Bibl. k ^i ,ii*i K amber* 510 SACK vi L LE, Duke of Dorfet. cember> 1432 ; as his laft Teftament, and the Probate thereof fhews, which are both dated in the fame Month and Year. ' By which Teftament, writing himfelf Thomas Sakevyle, Miles de Com. Suffex, he wills his Body to be buried in the Conventual Church of Beygham, and bequeaths to the Abbot and Convent eighty Marks, beftde 20 in their Hands owing to him, whereof 5 Marks to be diftrubuted to every Ghanon of the Church, and every Prieft of the fame ; 20 s. to every Deacon and Sub-Deacon, and i o s. to every Nun ; on Condition they be every one enjoined in their Celebra- tion of Obfequies, Vigils, Orations, and other Works of Charity and Contemplation, to mention him and Margaret his Wife, his Father and Mother, all his Ancejlors and BenefacJors, and all the Faithful deceafed ; and the Rejidue of the 80 Marks to be dijlributed by his Executors, to pay the Debts of the faid Abbey and Convent. He be- queaths to the Church of St. Richard of Chichefter zo s. to the Church /"Sf.Chriftopher o/" Canterbury, 20 s. to the Friers Predicants of Winchelfey, i o s. and to the Brother Minors of the fame, i o s. to the Brothers of Lewes, 6 s. 8 d. to the Brothers Augujlin of Rye 6s. 8 d. and to the Brothers Carmelites of the fame, the like Sum. He further Wills to 50 poor Virgins (fuch as his Executors Jhould flecJ) 135. 4 d. each, towards their Marriages, and to Edward Sackville his Son, all his Goods in his Houfe and Wardrobe, &c. and all his Manors, Lands, &c. Margaret his Wife, was Daughter of Sir Edward Dalingruge^ of Bodyam-CaJlle in SuJJex, Knt. and Sifter and Coheir of Sir John Dalingruge. And the faid Sir Edward, k was Grandfon and Heir of 'John Dalingruge, of Dalingruge in Suffix, by 'Joan his Wife, Daughter and Heir of Walter De la Lynde, of Bolebroke, by Joan his Wife, Aunt, and one of the Heirs of Philip de Ne- vile, and Daughter of Hugh de Nevile, Daughter, and one of the Heirs of Alice de Curcy, and Warren Fitzgerald, a Noble Baron, and Chamberlain to King John. And the faid Alice de Curcy, was Sifter and Heir of John de Curcy, Earl of Ulfter, in Ireland, Son and Heir of William de Curcy, Baron of Stoke-Curcy, in the Reign of King Henry the Second, lineally defcended from 1 Richard de Curcy, a Noble Norman, living Anno 1090, in the time of Robert, fecond Duke of Normandy. The Iffue of the faid Sir Thomas Sackvile, by the before-men- tion'd Margaret Dalingruge, were Heirs to all the laid Noble Fa- milies, and were in her Right poflefs'd of a great Eftate ; the Manors of Dalingruge, Bodiam, with the Caftle, Bolebroke, &c. accruing to them ; and his Grace the Duke of Dorfet, has a Right to Quarter with his own Arms, thofe of the faid Noble Families. Their Iflue were, i. Andrew, who m died on the Feaft of the Virgin Mary, in 9 Hen. IV. leaving (by Agnes his Wife) An- i Ex Regift. vocat Lvffisnbamp. 13*, in 1 Ordenic Vital, p. 691, 692. Cur. Praerog. Cant. & f c , 3 ft, JV, k Ex Stcmmate; drew, SACKVILLE, Duke of Dorfet. drew, his Son and Heir, one Year and a half old, who was living at his Grandfather's Deceafe, but died without IfTue. 2. Richard, living in 15 Ric. II. n but died without Iflue, as did two other Sons, William and "John ; fo the Eftate defcended to Edward, the 4th Son of the faid Sir Thomas Sackvile, who had alfo four Daughters, Joan, Catherine, and Alice married to Reginald Malyns of Chynor in Oxford/hire, Efq; and Elizabeth^ Wife of William St. John, of the County of Sujex, Efq;. The faid Edward Sackvile, 4th Son, furviving his Father, was Heir to his Lands unfettled, and alfo fucceeded his Nephew in his Eftate. He releafed all his Right in Body am- Caftle ; and having taken to Wife Margaret, Daughter of Richard Wakehurft, of Wakehurftln. Sujfex, Efq; departed this p Life on the Tuefday before Chriftmas, in 29 Hen. VI. leaving Humphrey his Son and Heir, fourteen Years of Age and upwards, and was buried at Withiam. By the Inquifition taken after his Death, it appears, that Mar- garet his Mother was then living, and had in Dower the Manors of Bergholt-Sackvil, and Bures ad Montem in Ejfex, with the Advowfons of Emington in Com. Oxon. Buckhurjt, Chalvington 9 Claverham, Chedingkgh, Bugeleigh, and Horjley in Sujfex. Which Humphrey Sackvile being under the Guardianftiip of Thomas Hoo, William Gainsford, and Richard Wakeburft, Efq; they covenanted 1 2 Maij, 3 1 Hen. VI. with Sir Thomas Brown 9 Knt. then Chamberlain of the Houfhold to King Hen. VI. That the faid Humphrey (hould marry Catherine, Daughter of the faid Sir T'homas, on or before the Feaft of St. Thomas next enfuing. Which Lady furviv'd him, and he dying the 24th of January, 1488, 4 Hen. VII. was buried at Withiam, under a Porphyre- Stone, with his Effigies in Armour, treading on a Greyhound, and under him this Infcription in Roman Capitals : PRAY FOR HUMFRY SAKEVYLE, ESQJ THE WHICH DISCESID THE xxiv DAY OF JAYN. THE YEARE OF OUR LORD GOD, MCCCCLXXXVIII. ON WHOSE SOUL JHU HAVE MERCY: AMEN. By Inquifition, after his Death, it appears, that he died feizecf of diverfe Manors, Lands, &c. in Sujfex, Oxfordjhire, and EJJex^ and that Richard was his Son and Heir. He had likewife two Daughters, Elizabeth, and Catherine, as alfo five other Sons, William, who died Anno Dom. 1508, 21 Hen. VII. John, who was in the King's Service at Calais, and left a Family. Edward, 4th Son, who was feated at Darking in Surrey ; and bv Joan his Wife, Daughter of Sir Roger Kynajlon, Knt. left Iflue William, his Son and Heir% who died in Fleet-Jlreet, on the I9th of May, in 3 and 4 Phil, and Mar. leaving John, his Son and Heir, aged a Banco Rot. 15 R, H. q Cc/'s Efc, MS, Lib, I.p.473.inBibl. o Ex Stemmate. Harley, P Efc, ^ who, in his Preface (Page 2^3) gives this Account of his Lord- fhip, " That the Pen-Men [of the' Chronicle] being many and " diverfe, all diverfly afte&ed in the Method of this their Mirror, """ ha followed the intended Scope of that moft honourable Perfon- " age, who, by how much he did furpafs the reft in the Emi- " nence of his noble Cqndition, by fo much he hath exceeded " them all, in the Excellency of his heroical_ Stile ; which, with ;t a Golden Pen, he hath limmed out to Pofterity, in that wor- " thy Object of his Mind, the Tragedy of the Duke of Bucking- " ham, and in his Preface, then intitled, Mafter SackvilV In- " duflion. This worthy Prefident of Learning, intending to " perfect all this Story himfelf, from the Conqueft, being called " to a more ferious Expence of his Time, in the great State Af- " fairs of his moft Royal Lady and Sovereign, left the Difpofe " thereof to M. Baldwin*, &c. He was eleled one of the Knights for the County e of Weftmor- land, to the Parliament held in 4 and 5 Philip and Mary ; and in the firft Year of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, was chofe for the County of Snjfex, at the fame time as his Father was elected for Kent. Alfo in the ;th Year of Queen Elizabeth, when his Father wasTchofen for Sujfex f , he was returned one of the Knights for Buckingham/hire, to the Parliament then held. He afterwards travelled 8 into Foreign Parts, and was detained, for a Time, a Prifoner in Rome. His Return into England being procur'd, to poffefs the great Inheritance of his Father, about that time deceafed, he was, foon after, firft knighted by the Duke of Norfolk h , in her Majefty's Pretence, 8 Junij, 1567, 9 Eliz. and ' the fame Day advanced to the Degree and Dignity of a Baron of this Realm, by the Title ,- of Lord Buckhurjl, Baron of Buckhurjt. He was of fuch a generous Temper, that though he then en*- joyed a very great Eftate, yet, by his magnificent Way of Liv- ing,, he fpent more than the Income of it ; and the k Story goes of him, 'That calling on an Alderman l and others, was agreeable thereto ; for he was received upon '' the Coaft by the Governours of the fortified Towns right ho- *' nourably, by Order from the King. Among other, the Baron >c of Bournoifel was one, who being very well mounted and ap- ' 4 pointed, left not his Lordmip before he came to the Court, *' and from thence accompanied him back until his Imbarkment *' homewards. " In the main Countries he was accompanied with the Gover- ** pours and Nobles of the Places about : And in the good Towns " where he pafled, he was prefented by the chief Magiftrates, * e wherein their good Wills were to be thankfully accepted, tho' " his Lordfliip's Rewards far overvalued their Prefents. At his ' Approach near to Paris, he was incountred on the Way, for lC Courtefy fake, by two MarquifTes of Trans, and Saluces, this - being of the Houfe of Savoy, and the other of the worthy Fami- *' ly of Foix. Thefe wanted not fuch as accompanied them, and *' the fame even of the beft fort. At the Lord Ambaflador's firft '* Audience, which was at the Caftle of Mndril, otherwife called '* BuUcgne, near Paris, (where the King then lay) the Queen's lc Almain-Coaches, very bravely furnifhed, were fent to Paris '* for him, in one of which his Lordfhip, with the Marquis of *' Trans, rode towards the Court, very narrowly efcaping from a " (hrewd Turn, and great Mifchance, by reafon the fame Coach f ' was overthrown by the Dutch Waggoners, their Negligence, ** who, in a Bravery, galloping the Field, made an over-fhort ** Turn ? wherewith the Marquis was fore bruifed. IT, HMinJbid, p. izi/. n 30 The SACKVILLE, Duke of Dorfet. 521 ** The Lord Ambaflador, at his Arrival at the Place, was *' right honourably received ; he was banquetted by diverfe, and ** that very fumptuoufly ; which by him was not left unre- M quited to the uttermoft, and rather with the better j for his ** Liberality unto the French was very large, but his Reward at P, $Z2. turn 522 SACKVJLLE, Duke of Dorfet. turn he was confined to his Houfe for more than nine Months. But furviving that great Earl, (who died the fame Year) Queen Elizabeth had afterwards, the higheft Efteem of his great Merits, fb that on the 2 4th of April following f , he was elected at White- ball one of the Knights Companions of the moft noble Order of the Garter, without being prefent, or having any Knowledge of it ; but was not ' inftalled 'till the 1 8th of December, in 3 2 Eli- zabeth ^ in u which Year he was one of the Peers that fate on the Trial of Philip Howard, Earl of Arundel. Alfo, being ftiled, T'he Queens beloved and faithful Counfellor, was w commiffioned with John Fortefcue, Efq; Sub-Treafurcr of the Exchequer, Sir John Hart, Mayor of London, Sir George Barns, Sir George 'Bond, and Henry Billing Jley, Efq; Aldermen of London (whereof his Lordfhip, and John Fortefcue, to be always one) to enquire into the Goods of the Spaniards concealed in London, and to call before them fuch Perfbns as they think proper, and to make Sei- zure, 3V. The Affairs of the United Provinces being likewife under his Infpedlion, he x was one of the Council at Greenwich, 7 April, 1590, who figned a Letter to the States, about the keeping ofO/tend-, and in 34 Elizabeth, 1591, being ftiled Do- minum de Buckhurft, Magnam Pincernam Angliae, was y one of the Commiflioners that figned a Treaty on the Part of her Ma- jefty, to which were Parties, on the Behalf of the French King, the Lord Beavoir, Counfellor and Ambaflador of Henry, King of France and Navarre, the Lord Sancy, Counfellor, and firft Matter of the Horfe to the King, and others. Alfo on the Death of the Lord Chancellor Hatton, on the zoth of November, the fame Year, he z was one of the four Lords of the Privy-Council, that for fome Time had the Cuftody of the Great-Seal, and the Authority of enfealing of all Writings; the Adminiftration of Juftice being delegated to two Juftices of the King's-Bench, and two of the Common- Pleas. His Lordfhip likewife fucceeded the faid Sir Chrijlopher Hatton, in a the Chancel lorfhip of the Univer- fity of Oxford, in Oppofition to Robert Devereux, Earl of Ejfex, Mafter of the Horfe to the Queen, who, a little before, was in- ,corporated Mafter of Arts in the faid Univerfity, to capacitate him for that Office ; but on the Receipt of Letters from her Ma- jefty jn Favour of the Lord Buckhur/I, the Academians elected him Chancellor on the i7th of December following; and there- upon he was incorporated Mafter of Arts in the Univerfity of Qxford, in his Lodgings in London, on the 6th of 'January, by certain Officers appointed by the venerable Convocation. r of the Garter, p. 301. x MS. in Bibl. Cottot Not. Caligult t Aft/mole's Lives of the Knightsot the E. 6. f. 381. Porter, MS. Not. 1118. in Bibl. djhm, y Rymer, Vol. XVI. p. 151. Oxon. z Stowed Annals, p-J&l u Hift. of Eng. Vol. II. p. 554, a ^Twrf's fafti Oy^'p- y6i ; 7$6j W Rjtner, \ ' SACKVILLE, Duke of Dorfet. 52; In 35 Elizabeth he was in a fpecial Commiffion with b John t Bifhop of London, Sir Robert Cecil, Knt. Sir "John Foriefcue, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and others, to enquire and find out allfucb Perfonsas held any feeret Conventicles, or Meetings, within ten Miles of London, under Pretence of any Excrcife of Religion^ etherwife than according to the Laws and Statutes of the Realm, and to call all fuch Perfons before them, imprifon them, and punijh. them as they Jhould fee Caufe. And in September, the fame Year, vifiting c the Univerfity of Oxford, her Majefty honour'd him with her Prefence, and (raid there feveral Days ; where fhe was agreeably entertained with elegant Speeches, Plays, and Difputa- tions, and received a fplendid Treat from the Lord Euckbitrjl. In the 40th Year of Queen Elizabeth, he joined with the Lord Treafurer Burleigh in promoting a Peace with Spain ; but though their Endeavours did not produce the defired Efter, yet did they tend to pare off a great Part of the Charge of the War : For when the Lord Burleigh lay fick, tiie States of the United Pro- vinces fent over John Duvemvoord, Admiral of Holland, and others, for renewing their Treaty with the Crown of England,, fearing a Peace might be made with Spain ; and the Lord Buck- bur/i, being one of the A Commiflioners appointed by the Queen to confer with them, a new Treaty was concluded, and figned by his Lordfhip and the faid AmbafTadors, whereby the Queen was eafed of no lefs than 12 0,000 /. per Annum* befides other Advantages. On the Death of the Lord Burleigh, the Queen taking into Confideration his great Services to his Country, which had hither- to been at his great Expence % was pleafed to conftitute him [i 5 Malj, 41 Eliz.} Lord High-Treafurer of England. In the fuc- ceed ing Year 1599, he f was in Commifllon with Sir 7%omat Egerton, Lord Chancellor, and the Earl of Ejjex, Earl-Ma rmal, for negotiating Affairs with the Senate of Denmark, as alfo in a, Special Commiffion for s fupprefling of Schifm. And afterwards, when fcandalous Libels were difpers'd by the Earl of Ejfex's Fac- tion, infmuating, That the Queen and her Council took little Care of the Government, and altogether neglected the State of Ireland h , his Lordftiip thought himfelf concerned to vindicate her Majefty, and made (harp reflections on thofe infamous Libels,, reprefenting how brave and well-regulated an Army had been fent into Ireland, compleatly furnifhed with all manner of Provifions, and likewife, that her Majefty had expended on that War, in fix Months time, the Sum of 600,000 /. which, he faid, the Ear! of EJfex muft own to be trup. He was watchful for the Puwlick Good, and her Majefty*s Safety ; and fufpedYmg the Earl of EJfix'-s evil Defigns^ by a greater. b Rymer, 2CVI. p. aoi. e Pat. 42 F.lix. p. 10. m. 21. e Qamdtn in Sift, of *. Vol. II. f Ryner, Vol. XVI. p. 350. J. 569. g IbM. p. 384. 1 d CamJen, pj*d, p,6i<^ k Ki^ ef ?r. Vol. II. p. 617 SACKVILLE, Duke of Dorfct. Concourfe of People reforting to his Houfe than ordinary*, he ient his eldcft Son to pay him a Vifit, ordering him to obferve the Company he kept ; and afterwards contrived Means, where- by the Earl, fufpeting his Defigns were difcovered (which had been four Months in Agitation) he and his Friends, forced by their Fears, enter'd on new Meafures, and breaking out into open Rebellion, were obliged to furrender themfelves Prifoners. When that unhappy Nobleman was brought to his Trial, (to- gether with the Earl of Southampton) the Lord Buckhttrjl* was con- ftituted, on that Occafion, Lord High-Steward of England j and pafllng Sentence on the Earl of Ejftx, his Lordfhip h , in a very eloquent Speech, advifed him to implore the Queen's Mercy. Af- ter which it being highly requifire that feme of the chief Confpi- rators, for an Example to others, fliould fuffer Death, his Lord- {hip advifed her Majefty to pardon the reft, and inflicl fome Pu- nifhment on others. Whereupon he was ' in a fpecial Com- miflion with the Lord- Keeper, Charles, Earl of Nottingham* Lord-Admiral, Sir Robert Cecil, Principal Secretary of State, Sir Jo/m Fortefcue, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and others (where- of his Lordfliip, or any two of thofe before-mentioned, were to be of the Number) to call before them all fuch as were concerned in the Rebellion with Robert, late Earl of .Effex, Henry, late Earl of Southampton, &c. and to treat and compound with fuch Offenders, for the Redemption and Competition of their Lands ; and upon Sealing, and fufficient Surety given for the Payment of fuch Fines, t3c, fo aflefled by them, to caufe a Pardon to be made out for the faid Treafons, and of every their laid Lands. In the Year i6oz (^Eliz.} he was conftituted k one of the Lords Com- miflioners for exercifing the Office of Earl-Marfhal of England ; and was l commiffioned, with fome other Lords of the Privy- Council, to reprieve and ftay from Execution, all fuch Perfons attainted or convicted of any Robbery or Felony, as they mould think convenient, and to commit them to ferve in fome of her Majefty's Galleys, in fuch Order and Manner, and for fuch Time, as they fhould limit oraffign. In 45 Eliz. he was in m Commifli- oi>, with others of the Council, for putting the Laws in Execu- tion againft Jefuits, Seminary Priefts, and other Ecclefiafticks, ordain'd according to the Order or Rites of the Romijh Church, and brought up feditioufly beyond the Seas, or elfewhere. After the Death of Queen Elizabeth, his Lordfhip was con- cerned in taking the neceffary Meafures for the Peace and Securi- ty of the Nation, the Adminiftration of the Kingdom being de- volved on him and other CounfeUors, who unanimoufly proclaim- ed King James", and fign'd a Letter the 2 8th of March, 1603, * Hift. of Eng. Vol. II. p. 630, k Pat. 44 E/'x. p. 14. in dorf. g Hiftoryof England, p. 633. 1 Rymer. V. 16. p 446. h Ibid. p. 636. m Pat. 45 //. p. 3. m. 17. i Paj. 43 //. p. 7. m. 431 a Rymer, y, 16. p. 430. SACKVILLE, Duke of Dorfet. 525 to the Lord Eure, and the reft of the Commiffioners for the Treaty of Breme, notifying her Majefty's Deceafe, and the Re- cognition and Proclamation of King James of Scotland. Which King had fuch a Senfe of his Services, and great Abilities, that before his Arrival in England, he order'd the Renewal of his Patent of Lord-Treafurer, for Life , which pafled the Seals the 1 7th of April) before his Lordfhip waited on his Majefty; for he ftaid to pay his laft Refpecls to the Memory of the Queen, by fee- ing her interred in a moft folemn Manner, among her Royal Pre- deceflbrs, the 2 8th of April, 1603; when he, with the Earl of Nottingbam 9 were the Supporters to the Chief Mourner, the Lady Marchionels of Northampton, who had her Train borne by the Countefs of Oxford, and the Countefs of Northumberland, affifted by the Vice-chamberlain ; and there were fixteen Countefles Afiift- ants to the Chief Mourner. His Lordfhip afterwards fet out to pay his Compliments to her Succeflbr, with the Lord Chancellor Egerton, his intimate Friend, and other Noblemen, who met the King the ad of May p , at Broxborn in Hertfordjhire, where his Lordfhip was very graci- oufly received, and confirmed in his Poft of Lord-Treafurer of England, at Sir Henry Cock's Seat at that Place. He had alfo, the next Day, the Satisfaction of being prefent % and one of the WitnefTes to the Delivery of the Great-Seal to Sir Thomas Eger- ton, before-mentioned ; and waiting on his Majefty at Theobaldf^ the Seat of Sir Robert Cecil, Secretary of State, was one whom the King principally confided in, and confulted in the Meafurcs proper to be taken, as alfo the Choice of his chief Officers, which, for the moft Part, were then fettled, his Majefty ftaying there four Days. On the 1 3th of March next enfuing, he r was cre- ated Earl of Dorfet, and his Majefty likewife 'conftituted his Lordfhip one of the Commiffioners for executing the Office of Earl-Marfhal of England, and for reforming fundry Abufes in the College of Arms. He waas alfo the firft in Commiflion, with four other Lords of the Privy-Council, for mediating and concluding a Peace with Spain r , which was fign'd at London the 1 8th of Augujt, 1604, by his Lordmip, and the faid Lords on the one Part, and John de Felafco, Conftable of Co/file, Great- Chamberlain to Philip III. King of Spain, and others, on the Behalf of the Spanijh King, and the Arch-Duke. In the fecond Year of King James I. his Majefty reciting v , That Tobacco being a Drug brought into England, of late Tears, in fmall Quantities, was ufed and taken by the better fort, only as Pby- fick, to preferve Health ; but finding (through evil Cuflom, and the o Pat. I. Jac. I. p. 14. l Pat. I Jac, I. p 12. fCbauncey's Hiftory of Hertford/hire t ( Rymer y Vol. XVI. p. 608. p. 289* t Stove's Annals, p. 846. a Rymtr, Vol. XVI, p, 494. v Rymtr, p, 601 , Teltratio* 526 SACKVILLE, t)uke of Dorfet. toleration thereof) that riotous and disorderly Perfons, of mean and lafe Condition, fpent moft of their 'T'ime in thai idle Fanity* to the fonfuming of their ffitges got by their Labour, contrary to the Ufe which Perfons of good Calling and Quality made thereof ; and per- teiving; great Quantities of Tobacco to be daily brought jn. wills and commands Thomas, Earl of Dcrfet, Lord High-Treafarer" of Englind, to warrant and authorize all Cuftomers, Comptrol- lers, Searchers, &c. to demand the Sum of 6s. 8 d. on every Pcund Weight, over and above 2 d. in the Pound ufually paid. It further appeareth, that his Lordfliip fnewed a particular Concern for the Prefervation of the Records of this Kingdom, 2nd the Jewels of the w Crown ; for Robert, Earl of Salifbury y Principal Secretary of State, delivers to him feveral Treaties and Writings, fpecified in an Indenture the 9th of Ofiober, in 5 'Jac. I. And in the Year 1606, he x was a Party to the King 1 * Indenture, wherein he annexed diver fe Royal and Princely Dia- dems, Crown?, Coronets and Jewels of great Eftimation and Value, infeparably for ever hereafter, to the Crown of this llealm ; which his Majefty fign'd by his Lord(hip*s Perfwafion and Advice y , and the Schedule annexed was drawn by his Order. At length this Great Man, worn out by continual Thought for the Publick Good, died fuddenly z at the Council-Table at White- hill, the 1 9th of April, 1608, and on the 2 6th of May follow- ing % his Remains were depofited, with great Solemnity, in Wejl- inin ft er- Abbey, his Funeral-Sermon being preach'd by Dr. Abbot ', his Chaplain, afterwards Archbifliop of Canterbury. Sir Richard Baker b fays of his Lordmip, ' That he had ex- * cellent Parts, and, in his Place, was exceeding induftrious ; ' and that he had heard many Exchequer Men fay, rfkere never * was a better Treafurcr, both for the King's Profit, and the Good * of the Subjefl. That dying fuddenly, at the Council-Table, * his Death was by fome untowardly interpreted ; but his Head ' being opened, there were found" in it certain little Bags of Wa- * ter, which, whether by the {training of his Study the Night c before, in which hi fat up 'till Eleven o' Clock, or otherwife, * by their own Maturity, fuddenly breaking, and falling upon * his Brain, caufed his Death. The Lord Bacon gives this Character of him, in a; Letter he lent with one of his c Books. May it pleafe your good Lordmip, T Have finifhed a Work, touching the Advancement or fitting for - * ward of Learning, which I have dedicated to bh Malejly, the moft learned of a Sovereign, or Temporal Prince, that T'ime hath .. __, . . , p. 635. a Athens Oxon. V. i. p. 499. X Ibid. p. 641. b Chronicle, ad Edit. p. 596. y Ibid. p. 644. c Letter* and Momein, p. 16. a. Strut, p. 89$. know*. SACKVILLE, Duke of Dorfet 527 known. And upon Reafon not unlike^ I humbly prefent one of the Books to your Lord/hip, not only as a Chancellor of an Unherfety, but as one that was excellently bred in all Learning ; which I have ever noted to Jhine in all your Speeches and Behaviours. And there- fore your Lordjhip will yield a gracious AfpecJ to your fir Jl Low ; and take Pleafure In the adorning of that, wherewith yourfelf are fa much adorned. And fo humbly defiring your favourable Accepta- tion thereof, with Signification of humble Duty, I remain^ &c. Sir Robert Naunton, Mafter of the Court of Wards, and a Privy- Counfellor, gives this Account of. him d , c My Lord of * Buckhurjl was of the noble Houfe of-Sac&villt'f, and of the * Queen's Confanguinity ; his Father was Sir Richard Sackville, * or, as the People then called him, Fill-fack, by reafbn of his ' great Wealth, and the vaft Patrimony which he left to this his 1 Son, whereof he fpcnt in his Youth the beft Part, until the * Queen, by her frequent Admonitions, diverted the Torrent of ' his Profufion. He was a very fine Gentleman of Perfon and * Endowments, both of Art and Nature ; but without meafurtf 4 Magnificent, 'till on the Turn of his Humour, and the Allay 4 that his Years and good Counfels had wrought upon thofe im- ' moderate Courfes of his Youth, and that Height of Spirit in-* ' herent in his Houfe : And then did the Queen, as a moft ju- 4 dicious and indulgent Prince, when (he faw the Man grow flay- * ed and fettled, give him her Afiiftance, and advanced him tor ' the Treafurermip, where he made Amends to his Houfe for his * mifpentTime, both in the Irtcreafment of Eftate and Honour, * which the Queen conferred on him, together with an Oppor- * portunity to remake himfelf, and thereby to (hew, that this * was a Child that mould have a Share in her Grace, and a Tafte * of her Bounty. * They much commend his Elocution, but more the Excel- * lency of his Pen ; for he was a Scholar, and a Perfon of a quick * Difpatch (Faculties that yet run in the Blood) ; and they fay of ' him, I'hat his Secretaries did little for him, by the way of In- * ditement, wherein they could feldom pleafe him^ he was fa facete 4 and choice in his Phrafe and Stile : And for his Difpatches, and * the Content he gave to Suitors, he had a Decorum feldom fince * put in Practice ; for he had, of his Attendants (that took into * Roll) the Names of all Suitors, with the Date of their firft ' Addrefles ; and thefe, in their Order, had hearing ; fo that a * frefli Man could not leap over his Head, that was of a more ' ancient Edition, except in the urgent Affairs of State. ' I find not that he was any ways inihared in the Fa&ions of 1 the Court, which were, all his Times, ftrong and in every 4 Man's Note j the Howards and the Cecils on the one Part, my d Fragment* Regalia, p. 79, * Lord 528 SACKVILLE, Duke of Dorfet. Lord of Ejjex, &c. on the other Part : For he held the Staff of the Treafury faft in his Hand, which once in the Year made them all beholden to him. And the Truth is (as he was a wife Man, and a flout) he had no rcafon to be a Partaker, for he flood fure in Blood and in Grace, and was wholly intentive to die Queen's Service ; and fuch were his Abilities, that (he re- ceived affiduous Proofs of his Sufficiency ; and it hath been thought, that (he might have more cunning Inftruments, but none of a more flrong Judgment and Confidence in his Ways, which are Symptoms of Magnanimity and Fidelity ; whereunto methinks his Motto hath fome kind of Reference, Aut nunqnam tentes, aut per/ice. As though he would heve charactered, in a Word, the Genius of his Houfe, or exprefc'd fomewhat of an higher Inclination, than lay within his Compafs. Some Part of this Character is liable to Objection, as the fpending the beft Part of his Eftate in his Youth, was, 'tis pro- bable, taken on Truft : For if it be confklered, that he ferved in Parliament in the Reign of Queen Mary, and that when his Fa- ther died, his Son Robert was five Years of Age (as is evident by the Inquifition taken after his Death) he muft be then towards Thirty ; fo that 'tis likely his Profufenefs (if any) was, in the Life-time of his Father, whereby he was induced to travel : And the Queen's promoting him to the Dignity of Peerage on his Acceffion to the Eftate, and employing him on a fplendid Embafly, in the fourteenth Year of her Reign, to his great Expence, makes it hardly credible, that her Majefty would fend him to wafte his Fortune, had his Eftate been much impaired, when he was alfo not pofleffed of a great Part of it, his Mother being then living, and enjoying a large Jointure. It alfo further appears, that he negotiated Affairs of great Weight, long before he had any Employment of Profit ; where- by it may be concluded, he was before that Time grown flayed^ and had not expended his Fortune, fo far as to need the Queen's Support. Camden, in hjs Hiftory of Queen Elizabeth, afcribes all the* Glory of her Reign to his Patron the Lord Burleigh ; but, with- out doubt, the Lord Buckhw-Jl was as deeply concern'd in the Councils of thofe Times, and her Majefty thought him moft ca- pable of fupplying the Place of that great Statefman. His Lord- fliip's Honour and Integrity were, indeed, fuperiour to private Views or Interefts, as all Writers teftify ; and his taking on him the Examination of the Conduct of the Earl of Leicester, the Queen's great Favourite (whilft he govern'd the States of Holland) (hews, that he valu'd no Man's Frowns, when the Honour of his Country was at Stake : This I think proper to obferve, in Juftice to his Character, who was certainly, confider him in all Capa- cities, one of the beft Men of that, or any other Age. The SACKVILLE, Duke of Dorfet. 529 The learned Sir Henry Wotton, in the Parallel he has drawn e between Robert Devereux, Earl of Ejfex, the Favourite of Queen Elizabeth, and George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, fays of the Earl of Ejfex, that he received of Queen Elizabeth three hundred Thouiand Pounds in Gifts, beiides the Fees of his Offices, and the Difpofition of great Sums of Money in her Armies; as it was valued to the Earl of Dorfet, who was a wife Man, and a Jtritt Compute/?. Dr. Abbot^ in his Funeral Sermon, gives this further Account of him ; ' That Queen Elizabeth^ not long before her Death, 4 being pleafed with fome fpecial Piece of Service, which his 1 Lordfhip had done unto her, difcouried with an Honourable * Perfbn, and Counfellor of State, concerning him, and was ' then pleafed to decypher out his Life by feven Steps or Degrees; ' 'The firft was, his younger Days, the Time of his Scholar/hip, * when firft in that famous Univerfity of Oxford, and afterward * in the Temple, he gave Tokens of fuch Pregnancy, fuch Studioizf-- ' nefs, and Judgment , that he was held no way infer iour to any of ' his Time or Standing. ' The fecond was, his Travel, when being in France and Italy,. * he profited very Much in the Languages, in Matter of Story and * State. And being Prifoner in Rome, for the Space of Fourteen * Days (which Trouble was brought upon him by fame who hated 1 him for his Love to Religion, and his Duty to his Sovereign) he * fo prudently bare himfelf, that, by the Blejfing of God, and his * temperate Kind of Carriage, he was freed out of that Danger. ' The third Step which her Majefty did think good to obferve^ * was (upon Return into England) his coming unto her Court^ where, on diverfe Occajions he bountifully jeajled her Highnefs$ and her Nobles 3 and fo he did to Foreign Ambajjadors. At that Time he entertained Mujicians, the moft curious which any where he could have j and therein his Lordfhip excelled unto his dying Day : Then was his Difcourfe judicious, but yet witty and de- lightful. Thus he was, in his younger Days, a Scholar, and a Traveller^ and a Gourtier of fpecial Eftimation. * The Fourth Step of his Life, noted by her moft Sacred Majefty, was, His Employment of higher Nature in Embajfages beyond the Seas. As firjl, when his Lordjhip was fent to tha French King Charles IX. partly to congratulate his Marriage with the Daughter of Maximilian the Emperor, and partly about other weighty Affairs, touching both the Kingdoms : At which Timi his Lordjhip was fo honourably attended with Gentlemen of choice Duality, and was fo magnificent In his Expence, as Was admirable to the French, honourable to his Country, and gave much Con- Wottoman it was his fpecial Care to fubftitute fuch under him, ' as were moft found for Religion, which the wifer Sort did ob- ' ferve, although common Men did not mark it. As he kept " down With one Hand all Novelties and Humours in Opinions, * which laboured to fet Trouble in the Church and Common - ^^wealth, fo with the other Hand, to the uttermoft of his Power, * he deprefled the Priefts and Jefuits, which have ufed too much ' to that Place ; not to the Univerftty, which, God be praifed, is ' free from all fuch Imputation, but to fome few of the City, * who embrace their old Superftitions. In that Place, this I can * witnefs, That his Lordftiip neither openly, nor fecretly, did ' ever give Countenance unto any that was backward in Religion. ' And, on the other Side, that there Was never any Thing foberly * and wifely propofed, which might forward true Piety, which ' his Lordmip did not further } as I could, by many Particulars, 4 make plain to whomfbever. Touching the Education of thofe .* Honourable Plants, his Grand-children, his Lordmip was ever ' careful that they (hould be trained up in the Truth of Religion, * far from Popery and Idolatry. His Charge was unto their Tu- ' tor (as I well knew in his Life-time) T'bat as he would anfwer * him in the Day of the laft Judgment , before the Face of Chrift^ * that he Jhould train them up in the Truth of the Religion profcjftd ' now in England. How angry would he be, when he was at ' his Country-Houfe, if they came not duly to Prayers ? He ne- * ver could endure that they fhould otherwife be matched, than ' where there was found Religion. Concerning his own Soul, * when the laft Year he was fick, befides ordinary Prayers, he * compofed himfelf to God, by receiving, at Horfeley, the Holy * Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, when he looked to depart the World. ' But two Days before he died, devoutly and religioufly, he * heard a Sermon at Home, in his Lordmip's own Chapel, at ' Dorfet-Houfe ; and how Holily, and Chriftianly, in his laft c Will and Teftament, doth he commend his Soul unto God : So it SACKVILLE, Duke of Dorfct. 533 it may well be fuppofed, that he gave him more than ordinary Conje&ure, or Sufpicion, that his Death was not far from him. The laft Year, when he returned, after his grievous Sicknefs, he fpake it more than once to his honourable Friends, That he had fettled his Soul, and compofed it to another World) whenfoever God Jhould call for him. Soon after, he began to difpofe all thofe Worldly Things, which the Lord had lent unto him. Of late it was his common Speech, I am now an old Man, therefore this, or, therefore that, as I myfelf can witnefs. The Day before he died, writing with his own Hand unto one of his Grand-children, he more than once in that Letter, ufed this, or the like Phrafe, After my Death : And, When I am dead and gone. The laft Morning of his Life, it was noted by thofe who were neareft about his Lordfhip, that he was appa- rently longer at his private Meditations, than commonly he did ufe. But the Words of his laft Will, written with his own Hand, may give great Satisfaction to a Man of hard Conceit, that he did fit himfelf for Mortality, whereof, in the former Year he had a Warnings-Piece.' His Lordfhip made his Will maturely and deliberately a ; and forafmuch as it (hews his Integrity and Piety, as well as fome Paflages of his Life, I have transcribed the Preamble, and the moft remarkable Parts of it, Literatim. * ^ ^ < external <350D of Heaven and Earthe, the Father, the ' Sonne, and the Holie Ghofte, guyde and profper this myne ' Intent and Purpofe ; which, in their Name, I here take in, ' Hand, and begynne ; becaufe that is a Truthe infallible, fuche * as every Chriftian ought not only perfe&lye to knowe, and * fteadfaftlie beleue, but alfo continually to meditate and think * upon ; Namely, tfhat we are born to dye ; that nothing in this * Worlds ys more certeyn then Deathe, nothing more incertyne then ' the Hower of Deathe, and that noe Creature livingf knoweth nei- ' ther when, where, nor howe it Jhall pleafe Almightie God, to call ' hym out of this Mortal Life, fa as here we live every Hower, naye % * every Injtant, a thoufande Wayes fubjeff to the fuddayne Stroafa ' of Deathe, which ought e to terrifie, teache, and warm us, tf> ' make ourfelves readye, as well in the Preparation of our Soules to ' God, as by the Difpofition ofa.ll our Earthlie Fortunes to the Worlde^ ' whenfoever yt Jhall pleafe the Heavenlie Power to call us from ' this miferable and tranfttorye Life, unto that blcjfed and everlaft- * inge Life to come ; Therefore, I Sir "Thomas Sackvitte, of the * Noble Order of the Garter, Knighte, Baron of Buckbujft, Earl < of Dorfet, and Lord High-Treafurer of England ; beyng, at * this prefcnt, Thanks be to Almightie God, in found and per- 9 Ex Rejift, rocati Dorfet, qu. i, in Cur, Pr*ro$, Caar. Mm 3, * * .* * tv-'C i' 534 S A c K v i L'L E , Duke of Dorfet. * fed Healthe, bothe of Bodie and Mynde, do here ordayne, * conftitute, and make this my prefent laft Will and Teftament, * the Eleaventh Daye of Augujl, in the Yere of oure Lord God * One thoufend fixe hundred and feaven, in Manner and Forme * followinge : Firft, therefore, as a Living Creature moft bound * thereunto, I here throwe down, and proftrate myfelf in all Hu- * militie and Thankfulne(s at the Foote of my Creator, Redeem- * er, and Saviour, rendrtng unto his Divine Majeftie, my moft * lowlie, hartie, and infinite Thankes, in that he hathe vouch- * {afed to create me a Man, endewed and enfufed with Soule and * Reafon, and fafhion'd like unto the Image of his owne eaternall ' Sonne, that mighte have made me a Bruitifh and Soulelefie ' Beafte, to have fedd and grazed upon the Earthe, like unto * thofe irrational living Creatures of the Field ; but, fpeciallie, in ' that he hath pleafed to make me a Chriftian Man, whereby, in * this Life, I may joye and rejoyce with the Sounde and Badge ' of that Glorious Name : And when I go from hence, I may ' thereby, and thorough the Mercys and Goodnefs of Jefus Chrijle^ * departe, and dye in AfTurance and Comforte of my Soule's and ' Bodie's Salvation and Refurre&ton, and to reft at his Right * Hand, in the Fruition of thofe Cceleftial and Unfpeakable Joyes, ' and Bleflednefs that never (hall have End. To Hym therefore ' my moft Merciful and Omnipotent God, and into the Hands * of his inexplicable and eaternall Goodnefs, I give, will and * bequeathe my Soule firmely and afluredlie truftinge, believing, * and freelie confeffinge, that by the Deathe and Paflion of his * Sonne Jefus Chrifte^ and by his onlie Mercy, Mean, and Me- * diation for me, and by none other, and not by any good Worke c or Merit of myne own (although I muft acknowledge, that I ' am bound, upon Payne of Damnation, to doe as manye good * Workes as pofliblye I can, or maye : All which, when I have * done, yet am I but an Unprofitable Servante, and a fynnefull * Creature, full of all Iniquitie :) I (hall live and partake with ' his Sainftes, in his Heavenlie Kingdome of that eaternall and * inexplicable Blifle and Happinefs which he hath prepared for his * Elect, of which Number, thorough his infinite Mercy and * Goodnefe, I do confidentlie, and fteadfaftlie hope, knowe, and ' believe, that I am one. And my Will is, That my Bodie be * buried in the Church of Withiam in Suffix^ Namelie, Within * the Ijle and Chapel there appropriate to /^SACKVILLES ' my Anceftvrs, and with, and amongeft the reft of my Progenitor^ ' there Interred. And my Funeral to be performed without unne- ' cejjarye and fuperfluous Pompe, and yet with that comelie Order ^ ' Honoure, and Decencye^ as apperteynethe to the State and Dign'ttie * of fo noble a Degree , and fa highe a Place^ as in this mojl re- * nouned Common- wealth^ by the Goodnefs of Almightie Gsd y and * the Grace and Favour e of the famous ^netn Elizabeth, but fpe~ * f if/lit SACKVILLE, Duke of Dorfef. 5-- 5 6 ciallie of my nowe moji Gracious and Benign Soveraigne, Kynge c James, / have heretofore, and do, at this prefent, Imdd and ' PJfilfc' And nowe, touching the Ordering, Diftributing, and * Difpofing of all fuche Jewells, Plate, Money, rY. Firfte, My ' full Will, and Meaning, and hartie Defire is, and to the due * Performance thereof, do earneftiie chardge and require my Ex- * ecutors, and every of them, Namelie, That all my j> and nowe that (he is gone to God, her blefled " Name remayneth glorious and famous to all Pofteritie and Na- '* tions ; yea, even to the very uttermoft Endes of the Worlde. ' Likewife the faied Rynge of Gould, with the great Table Dia- * mond, fett therein togeather with the faied Cheyne of Gould, * Spanijhe Worke, and with a hundred fortie-fower Diamondes ' therein fet 4 were allfo given unto me by the Kinge of Spayne, * I beyng then a Commiffioner, deputed with other, by my moft * gracious Soveraigne Kinge James, at hisfirft Entrance into this * Kingdome, for the Conclufion of the Peace betwixt my faied * renowned Soveraigne of the one Part, and the faied Kinge of * Spayne and the Arch-Dukes of the other Partie : The which ' Peace I befeeche the God of Heaven may longe continewe to the * Publicke Weale and Good r firft and principallie of our moft * gracious Soveraigne, and of his Heires and Succeflbrs for eve?, 4 and next of (he faied Kinge of Spayne, and Archdukes, fo longe ' as they remayne firme and faithfull Frefndes unto the Crowne ' of Great Britanye, fmce yt is a Truthe infallible, that the firme * and faithfull Conjunction of thefe twoe Crownes and Arch- ' Dukes togeather, and theire Strengths and Profperities encreafing * and contynewing in the Courfe of true Love and Amitye with each SACKVILLT, Duke of Dorfet. 543 * each other, (hall not onlie bring Saffetie to themfelves and theire ' Eftates, but make them alifo bothe famous and formidable even c to all Forraigne Princes whatlbever. ' He further bequeaths to his dearly beloved Wife, during her 1 Life, the Ufe and Cuftody of one Jewell of Gold, being a fair * Colar, containing 27 Pieces, and one little Pendant Jewell, ' fixed to the middle Peece thereof, of which 27 Pieces, 6 are * enamell'd white, and made like to the Fafhion of a Rofe, and * fo refembleth a white Rofe, with a Table Rubie in the midft * of every one, and a fair Pearl, pendant to the fame : And other * 6 of the faid 27 Pieces are enamell'd red, and made inFafhion as ' the former: And other 14 Peices of the faid 27, arefet between * every the faid white and red Roles, to make a Divifion between * them, having fair found orient Pearl, faften'd to either End : * And the laft of the 27 Peices, being in the Middle, doth like- c wife referable the Fafhion of a Rofe, having one big Diamond * in the Midft thereof, and nine lefler about it : At the End of * which middle Peice is fixed a little pendant Jewell, and in the c upper Part, is fett a fair great Table Rubie, and under it a * very fair large and longe Table Diamond, of great Price, with ' a fair orient great Pearl pendant to the fame. And likewife * three other Jewells richly fett with Diamonds, Rubies, Pearl, * &Pf . defcrib'd in the fame Manner ; which four Jewells he gives ' and bequeaths, after her Deceafe, to the Lord Buckhurji his ' eldeft Son, during his Life, and after his Deceafe, to his Grand - ' fon Richard Sackvile, during his Life, and then to his next * Heir-Male, for and during Life ; and fo from Heir-Male to c Heir-Male of the Sackviles, feverally and fucceflively, for and * during their Lives. And Wills, That as often as his next Heir- ' Male, at the Time of the Deceafe of his Anceftor, fliall fortune * to be within Age, that then, and in fuch Cafe, the Executor ' or Executors fliall, with all convenient Speed, demand the faid ' Ring of Gold with 20 Diamonds, the faid Picture of Queen * Elizabeth, and the other Jewells before fpecified ; and after re- * ceiving them, ftiall make Choice of one principal difcreet Per^ ' fon, and of four other trufty and fufficient Men to attend him, ' and they to carry and conduct the laid Jewells to the new Col- ' lege in Oxford, there to be delivered into the Cuftody of the * Warden of .the (aid College, for the Time being, and to fuch ' fenior Fellow as then (hall happen to be prefent there, by Wri- * ting indented, containing a Defcription of the faid Jewells, one ' Part to remain with the faid Executors or Adminiftrators, and * the other Part with the faid Warden and fenior Fellow, to * whofe fafe Cuftody he committs them to be kept within the * laid College in a ftrong Cheft of Iron, under two feveral Keys, * one to be with the (aid Warden, and the other with thefenior * Fellow i and when his faid next Heir-Male (hall come of ' Age, 544 SACKVILLE, Duke of Dorfet. 4 Age, then, on his Requeft to the faid Warden, to be delivered * to him, he paying the faid Warden, for his Trouble, for the ' firft Year, ten Pounds, and the faid fenior Fellow, five Pounds, 6 and to all the Fellows and Scholars, for the Encreafe of their * Diet, at fbme one Dinner and Supper, twelve Pounds, the ' more to move them all to a general Care and Afliftance, for 4 the fafe keeping and preferving the faid Jewells ; but if the * Minority of his Heir mould fortune to continue a long Time, 4 then further Satisfaction to be made. 4 This Travell, Care, Circttmfpeccion, and Laboure, by the * faied Warden and fenior Fellowe (as his own Words are) to be 4 taken and fufteyned as ys aforefaid, being a Worke of Pietie 4 and Chariti.% to further and fulfill the good and godlie Inten- 4 tion and Will of the Dead, I am the bolder thus, when I ' am gone, to recommend and committ unto them; the ra- ' ther, becaufe as well the faid Lord Bucburfte^ myne eldcft Sonne, * as all other my younger Sonnes were^ and have been bred and * brought up in their Studyes of Learning within the Mures and * Walles of the faied College, and for that me felfe befides c havinge the Honor to be the Chauncellor of that Univerfitie 4 have ever ben bothe glad and readie to performe all good Offi- 4 ces, Travells, and Etideavores, not onlie for the Good and 4 Benefit of the whole Univerfitie in generall, but cheiflie even c for that Colledge in efpeciall ; foe as betwixt that Colledge and * myfelfe, and between my Sonnes and that Colledge, there is, 4 and hath been, a peculiar and reciprocal! Bond of fpeciall Love ' and Liking, thus knytt and tyed betwixt us, whereby I am 4 ftrengthened with the more confident Hope, that fo worthy a 4 Warden, Sub- Warden and Senior, as that Colledge, ys like * allways to pofieile, will not, at any Time, refufe ; both for 4 their own Creditt and Reputacion, and in the Memorye of * hym that was a principall Ruler in that Univerfitie amongft c them, and in all theire private Caufes and Occafions, moft * readie to helpc- and further them. * He moreover Wills to his faid Son Buckburft^ all his Georggi 4 and Garters of Gold whatfoever, not before bequeathed ; * and to the right Reverend Father in God, "Jobn^ Archbifliop * of Canterbury^ his dear good Lord and Friend, a Ring of * Gold, enamell'd green, wherein is fet with Claws of Gold, a 4 fair fquare Table Emerald ; defiring his Grace to wear and ' keep it as a Memorial of his hearty Love to him. Alfb to his 4 fpecial good Lord and Freind Thomas^ Lord Ellefmere, Lord ' Chauncellor of England, a Pair of gilt Flaggons, with his * Arms thereon, to be graven, and to contain in Weight 300 ' Ounces of Silver, which he requires his Executors to prefent ' to htm, in his Name, defiring his Lgrdihip to ufe them, and keep SACKVILLE, Duke of Dorfet; t keep them in Remembrance of his hearty Love to hiril. Alftj ' to his very good Lord and Kinfman, Charles, Earl of Nbtting- * bant) Lord High Admiral of England, one Cheyne of Gold * made of Wirework, conteyning 3 Foldes, and a George pen- ' dant, fet on one Side with 1 1 Diamonds and 4 Rubies, and the! * other Side enamell'd j and one Garter of Purple Velvet, laid ' on each Side with two Cheynes of Gold, and divers Letters ' of Gold enamell'd white, wherein is fet one faier great Table * Rubie ; defiring his Lordfhip to wear them and keep them ' as a Remembrance of his hearty Love to him. , Alfb td * his fpecial good Lord and Kinfman Thomas, Earl of Suffolk, * Lord-Chamberlain of the King's Houfe, one Cheyne of ' Gold made of Wirework, containing eight Foldes, and 4 having a George pendant, fet on one Side with nine Diamonds * and feven Rubies, and the other Side with feven Diamonds and * nine Rubies, and one Garter, with two Cheynes, &c. alfo one * Ring of Gold enamell'd black, wherein is fet a great Diamond ' rifing flope to the Form of a little Table in the Top, and one * other Ring of Gold enamell'd black, fet with Claws of Goldj ' like to the Form of a Slow- Worm, defiring his Lordfhip to 4 wear them and keep them in Remembrance of his heartie LoVe * to him. Alfo to his dear good Lord and Freind, Gilbert , Earl * of Shrew/bury, one Ring of Gold enamell'd black, fet with a c fair pointed Diamond, and one Gold George on both Sides ena- * mell'd, and with three little Cheynes at Top to hang it by, as ' alfo one Garter of Purple Velvet, with two Cheynes of Gold, * and divers Letters of Gold, enamell'd blue, and fet with one ' Diamond at the End ; defiring his Lordfhip to wear and keep ' them in Remembrance of his heartie Love to him. Alfo to! * his very good Lord and Friend William, Earl of IVorceJicr, one * Ring of Gold enamell'd white, wherein is fet with Claws of ' Gold, a fair Emerald, cut Lozengewife, and rifing Slopewifej c to the Form of a little Table in the Top, and ftanding with- * out a Foile ; and one Gold George enamell'd, and three Cheyned ' at Top to hang it by, and one Garter of Purple Velvet, with * two Cheynes of Gold on each Side, and divers Letters of plain * Gold, and with fix Trafles enamell'd white, to make a Sepa- ' ration between the Words ; defiring his Lordfhip to wear and * keep them as a Remembrance of his heartie Love to him. Alfo * to his very good Lord and Freind, Harry, Earl of Northampton^ * one Ring of Gold, enamell'd white, fet with a great fquare * Emerald, rifing flope to the Form of a Table in the Topp, and 4 one fair large George of blue Agat Stone on the one Side, form'd * out of the Agat itielf, the Figure of St. George on Horfeback, * fet with fix Diamonds and fix Rubies, and on the other, the * like Picture is formed in Gold enamell'd, fet with 1 2 Diamonds * and 1 2 Rubies, and one great Pearl pendant] defiring his Lord- N n (hip 546 S A c K v i L L E, Duke of Dorfet. (hip to wear them, and keep them as a Remembrance of his hearty Love to him. Alfo to his fmgular good Lord, his moft fpecial and deareft Freind, the Earl of Salisbury, one Cheyne of Gold, of open Spanijh Work, enamell'd with divers Colours, and containing 5 1 feveral Peices of three feveral Sorts, whereof 13 Peices, being of the biggeft Sort, Oval Fafhion, hang in the Cheyne longwife ; and other 1 3 Peices, being of a lefler Sort, hang in the Cheyne crofs Ovalwife, and 25 other Peices, of the leaft Sort, made to hold and knitt together the two other Sorts of Oval Fafhion, do all together make the Form of a fair Cheyne with a George on both Sides, pendant to the fame, and fet on each Side thereof, with 3 Rubies and 12 Diamonds; and likewife a Garter of Purple Velvet, with two Cheynes of Gold on each Side, and divers Letters of Gold enamell'd white, let with 1 2 Diamonds and one great Diamond in the Midft of the Buckle : And one Ring enamell'd black, fet with a fair great Diamond rifing flope to a little Table in the Top ; and one Ring of Gold enamell'd white, fet with a fair Table Rubie ; and one Ring of Gold likewife enamell'd white, is fet with Claws of Gold, and a fair Rock Rubie ; and one Ring of Gold enamell'd black, wherein is fet, with Claws of Gold, a rare Opal, fafhioned like a Heart; defiring his Lordfhip (as his own Words are} To weare them and, keepe them as faithfull Memory es of my moft hartie Love unto htm ; beyng moft affured, that his Lordjhippe, according to the Noblenes of his owne Nature, and the jincere Meritt of my true Harte to wardes hym, which allwayes hathe ben, is, and ever will be, fa longe as Life endureth, as firmelie and as trulie devoted and knitt unto hym, as yt is pojjible for one Frende to be unto another : With which faithfull Bond, the Heavenlie God doth knowe, I have felt my Harte theife many Yeres, faft tyed unto hym, not onlie in Refpel of thofe privat, particular Benefittes and Fa- voures, which he fo often and fo amply hath (hewed, both to- wardes me and myne (wherein me felfe likewife, neither hath, nor will be founde fo ingratefull either unto hym, or any other, as not to feeke, to the beft of my Power, ever, with all Kyndnefs and Thankfullnes, to requite the fame agayne) : But allfo, and moft chiefelie, even in regarde of his publique Meritt, both towards his Majeftie and this Common- Wealthe. Wherein, when I behould the heavie Weighte of (b many grave and great Affaires which the fpecial Dutie of his Place, as Principal! Secretarie, doth daylie and neceflarilie caft upon hym ; and do noate withall, what infinite Cares, Crofles, Laboures, and Tra veils of Body and Minde, he dothe thereby contynewallie fufteyne and undergoe. And, laftly, do fee with how greate Dexteritie, Sinceritie and Judgment he dothe ac- coropliftie and performe the painfull Service of that Place. Theife k v i L L , Duke of Dorfet. * Thei/e divine Vertues of his, fb incefiantlie exercifed and em- * ployed for : the Good of the Publique, I muft confefle have s made me long fince fb grcatlie to love, honour, and efieem ' faym, and fo firmelie and faithfuliie fixed ray Harte unto him.s * as I do daylie and hartelie praye unto Almightie God, to con- * tynewe all Strengthe and Abilitie, both of Bodie and Mynde^ *, in hym, that he fyncke not under the Weighte of fo heavie a ' Burden } and that the Kinge's Majeftie, in him, may many &r!yere& enjoye the fruitefull Laboures of fo worthie a Servaunte ; * an.d he, in the Kinge's Majeftie, may longe poflefle the gra- tfr.gious Favours and Love of the moft judicious, learned, and 1 rareft Kinge that ever this Worlde produced. By the Hand * of 'w'hofe Royall and Prudent Direction, and the grave Ad vife * of thofe other wife and faithfull Councellors, to his Highnes-i ' he may help to guyde and ftere the Stern of this Eftate, in the ' Courfe of Safetie and plentiful Profperitie, allways keeping * artd preferving the Shipp of this Common- Weale, within the ' Porte and Haven of flour ifhing Peace, fo often blefled even by ' God himfelfe : And that yt may there reft faft fixed to the * facred Anchor of our Securities and Quyet, and not uppon * the Rifmg of every Puff of Wynde, to hoife and fayle into * thofe deepe and daungerous Seas, furged and bellowed with * the Stormes, and Tempeftes of Hellime Warre, and where ' no better Effecles ar, or can be expecled, then contynewall * Doubtes, Perills and Feares of many woefull Wrackes, Mife- * ryes and Calamities to fall uppon us. Thus I have faithfuliie 6 fet downe, in fome Sorte, the noble Partes pf this Honorable * Earle, whoe befides fuch, his Worthines and Sufficiencey for the ' Publique Service, both of his Soveraigne and Countrey, ys allfa * framed of fo fweet a Nature, fo full of Mildnets, Courtefy^ * honeft Myrthe, Bowntie, Kyndnefs, Gratitude and Difcourfe, * fo eafily reconciled to his Foe, and evermore fo true unto his ' Freind, as I may juftlie faye, y t were one of the cheifef! Felici- 4 ties that in this Worlde we can poflefle, to live, eonverfe, and ' fpend oure whole Life in mutual Love and Friendfhipp with 4 fuch a one : Of whofe excelling Vertues, and fweete Condi- 4 tipns fo well knowen to me, in refpe& of our longe Commu- * nication by fo many Yeres in moft true Love and Friendfhipp * together, I am defirous to leave fome Faithfull Remembraunce ' in this my laft Will and Teftament, that fynce the livinge * Speeche of my Tounge, when 1 am gon from hence, muft then ' ceafe and fpeake no more, that yet the livinge Speeche of my * Penne, which never dieth, maye herein thus for ever trulie * teftifie and declare the fame, b c g j^ j{g v * Hf furthermore Wills and Bequeaths unto his fpecial good Lord * and Friend the Earl of Dunbar^ a Pair of gilt Fkggons with his ' Arms thereon to be graven, oif the Weight of 300 Oz, of Silver, $Tn a * whicli 548 SACKVILLE, Duke of Dorfet. which he requires his Executors to caufe to be made immediately after his Deceafe, and to prefent them in his Name, to his Lord- fhip, defiring him to ufe them, and keep them as a Memorial of his hearty Love to him. Alfo to the Reverend the Bifhcp of London? his dear good Lord and Freind, a Ring of Gold ena- mell'd black, wherein is fet an Emerald of the old Myne on a Foyle, being tabled long-wife, defiring his Lordihip to wear it as a Remembrance of his hearty Love to him. Alfo to his very loving and dear Freind Sir "Julius Cafar, Knt. Chancellor, and Under- Treafurer of the Exchequer, a Pair of gilt Flaggons of 300 Ounces, or thereabouts, defiring him to ufe and keep them as a Remembrance of his hearty Love to him. Alfo to his dear Friend and Chaplain Dr. Abbot, Dean of JVinchefter [He was afterwards Archbijhop of Canterbury] a Bafon and Ewer, gilt with his Arms thereon to be graven, and to contain 100 Ounces, which he requires his Executors to caufe to be made, and prefent to him, dcfiring him to keep them as a Remembrance of his hearty Love to him. Alfo to his dearly beloved Son-in-Law Anthony Brown. Vifcount Montague^ a great gilt Cup, with his Arms therein to be graven, of the Weight of 200 Ounces, de- ftring his Lordmip to keep them as a Remembrance of his hearty Love to him. Alfo to his moft dearlie beloved Son-in-Law, Sir Henry Nevill, Knt. Son and Heir apparent to Edward-, Lord Bergavenny, all Houfehold Furniture, &c. which at the Time of his Deceafe, fhall happen to remain at the Court, and appointed for his Ufe at the Court, defiring his faid moft dearly beloved Son-in-Law, to accept it as a Remembrance of his hearty Love to him. Alfo to his dear Freind Sir Henry Hubbcrd^ his Ma- jefties Attorney-General, a moft learned, wife, and worthy Gentleman, a Pair of gilt Flaggons, with his Arms thereon to be graven, and of the Weight of 300 Ounces of Silver, defiring him to keep them as a Remembrance of his hearty Love to him. Alfo to his very loving Freind Richard Amberfl^ Efquire, High- Steward of all his Manors, Landes and Pofleffions within the County of SuJJex, theSume of 40 /. and to hisLovingServants, Fofter^ the Sume of i oo Marks ; Edward Legg and Edward Lyn/ey y 40 1. ; and to all and every of his Servants fet down in his Book of Wages at the Time of his Deceafe, not having any yearly Annuities or Penfions for their Lives, or Years, one. * whole Year's Wages, and Meat, Drink, and Lodging for the ' Space of three Months after his Deceafe. * He finally Wills to his well-beloved Son Robert, Lord Buck- * bur/}, his Heirs, Executors and Afligns, all and every his other * Farms, Leafes, Devifes, Leters Patents, and Grants not already * Willed and Bequeathed, and which either he himfelf, or any * other for him, holdeth and pofTefleth, and conftitutes and ordcyns 2 ' his SACKVILLE, Duke of Dorfct. 549 his faid moft dearly beloved Wife, the Lady Cecilie^ Countefs of Dorfet, and his faid Well-beloved Son Robert^ Lord Buckburjl^. Joint-Executors, on the great Truft and Confidence he repofes in them, and each of them, That they will carefully, faithfully and truly perform this his laft Will and Teftament. And con- ftitutes and ordeyns his fpecial good Lord and dear Freind and Kinfman I'homas^ Earl of Suffolk , and his fpecial and moft dearly beloved good Lord and Freind Robert, Earl of Salt/bury, Supervifors of his Will, hartily defiring thefe his two fingular good Lords and deareft Freinds, to aid and fupport his iaid Executors with their ready Help and Afliftance. Recommend- ing, in like Manner, to their fpecial Favour and Defence, as well his faid moft dearly beloved Wife, and well-beloved Son, the Lord Buckburft, as all the reft of his Sons and Daughters, * into the Safeguard of their moft Honorable Patronage ; of ' whofe firme and true Freindfliippe (as bis own Words an, with ' which he concludes) like as I fhall allwayes reft with greateft * Confidence, fo muft yt be the lefTe greivous unto myne, yf ' others, of whome I have righte well deferved, fhall neverthe- ' lefle, when I am gone, perhaps foone forget the Memorye ' of my Deferte towardes them ; confidering as well the greatc * Incertitude of mortall Comfortes, as the common Ingratitude ' of this iniquious World, where, for the moft Parte, Miflikes, c and Mifconceipts, thoughe never fo unjuftlie apprehended, ar c graven in Brafle, and good Tournes and Benefittes, thoughp * never fo kindlie beftowed, ar written in the Dufte.' & l THO. DORSETT. His Lady was his Kinfwoman, Cecile Daughter of Sir yohn ^ Knight, who furviv'd his Lordfhip, and lies buried in the Chapel of Buckkurftj under a handfome Tomb erected to her Memory, with this Infcription. Cicely CountefTe Dowager of Dorfet daughter of S r John Baker of Cyffigenhurft in Kent, Councellor of Eftate to H. v 1 1 1 King Edw. Q^M. & Q^Eliz. She married to Thomas Sackvile E(q. (afterwards Earl of Dorfet & Lo. Thr: of Engl:) in the firft yeare of the Raigne of King Phil: & Q^M. She lived his Wife LI yearcs died his Widow on Sunday the firft of O&ob. A )'ni M.DC.XV. feaven yeares and five Moneths after his deceafe, Nn 3 They Pi*- if \ TA 1 f T\ C x. SACKVILLE. Duke of Doriet. J, ttft AMf t' t* They had e Iflue, ift Robert, Earl of Dorff ; zd /toy ; 3 d IVilliam, Knighted in France { by King Henry IV. 0#c. 1589, / at the Age of nineteen Years, * and loft his Life in the Wars, in that Country, Anno Dom. 1591";' 4th Thomas, who diftinguifhed himfeif againft the Turks, in the Year 159?- Alfq three Da^igh- ters, E Anne, married to Sir Henry 'tjfenham oi.GUnbam in bom. '~Sujf, j 'Jane^' wedded^ Tn February, *i 59 1 J to' Anthony Vifcount Montagu ; and Mary, 'to Sir Henry 'Neville, Son and Heir to Edward, J^qrd Abergavenny. Robert, eldeft $on and Heir,- was h 47 Years old and upwards* at "the Deceafe of his Father : He had all the Advantages of Edu- cation, attaine4 feveral Languages, ' and was fo deeply learned in Greek and Latin, that they became as familiar to him, as his own natural Tongue. He had, befide, a fmgular Knowledge u in many Sciences ; and in the Houfe of Commons, J was a leading Member, and at the Head of feveral Committees (as the Journals ef the Houfe ihew) having been m elected for the Borough of Lewes, in the thirty-firft Year of Queen Elizabeth, and in all other Parliaments, whilft he continued a Commoner, was chofen for the County of Suffix. He lived in the Dignity of an Earl not full a Year ; and by his Will, dated the i oth of February, i 608, orders, c His Body to be buried in the Vault in the Parifh * Church of Withiam, where diverfe of his Anceftors lie buried, ' as near as can he to his firft dearly beloved Wife, the Lady f Margaret, only Daughter of Thomas late Duke of Norfdk : A ' Lady (as his own Words are) whileft Jhe lyvsd, afas.gr eat Ver- c tue and Worthynes, and indued with as many excellent Properties * $f ? g 00 ^ and fociable Wief, as is poflible for any Man to wtfh or ' aefire~to be matched withall. He orders, That inftead of the e Charge ufually expended in the Burial of Noblemen, which he ? thinks prejudicial to the Poor, that his Executors ufe no great ' Solemnity at hi Funeral, but diftribute xxx 1. among the Poor * of the Parifh of Withiam ; xxx 1. among the Poor of the Parim 4 of Eaft-Grinfted; xxx 1. among the Poor of the Parifh of ' Hartfield; and the Sum of xxl. to the Poor of every the Pa- * Fifties of Southover, St. Mary Wejtout, and St. Anne\ St. Mi- * chaeFs, jilhalkws, St. John's under the CaflL- of Lswcs, and the * Cltffe, within the County of Suffix. * He further Wilh, That two or three hundred Pounds, as 6 , his Executors thinks beft, be beftowed on a Tomb, to be e- ' recced in his Chapel, in the Church of IPttbiam, and his own * Figure, with the Figure of the La^ly. Margaret his Wife, to ,-_,. .. ~~~~~ / e Dcfcent of Nob. utantea MS, not.B. h Eic. 7 Jac. I. p. a. n. no. *i. P- 63. 1'MJTs Cat. of Hon. p. 114. f Mill't Cat. of Hon. p. 413. - k Jbid. * Ex Stnnfiateutantea.:,:3 t>n ^JV* M. ID Ez Colleft, Br. Will,,, A m>< ' SACKVILLE, Duke of Dorfet^ ' be placed thereon, as alfo his Children, as well thofe that were ' dead, as thofe who were living. He bequeaths to his very good ' Lord and Brother-in-Law, the Lord William Howard (whom ' he conftitutes one of his Executors) the Sum of 200 /. to be 4 kid out either in fome Ring or Plate, which (hall be beft to his ' Liking, as a Token of his great Love and good Will ever car- 4 ried towards him ; and to his faithful and dear Friend, Sir ' George Rivers of Chafford in Kent, Knt. (his other Executor) ' the Sum of ioo/. to be laid out in Plate, as a Teftimony and ' Remembrance of his true and unfeigned Love ever carried to- * wards him. Alfo to his loving Friend Robert Boyer, Efq; 40 /. ' for a Cup, as a Teftimony of his Love and good Will many ' Ways merited ; and to his honeft Servant Henry Bellingbam, ' the Summe of fifty Pounds, and to all his Houfehold Servants 6 one Year's Wages, over the Wages due to them. The Refi- * due of all and fingular his Plate, Jewels, Houfehold Stuff, * Money, Debts, Leafes, Goods, &c. he bequeaths to the (aid ' Lord William Howard, and Sir George Rivers, Knfcon (pedal ' Truft and Confidence, and to fuch Intents and Purposes, as are ' after exprefled in his Will. And, particularly, that all fuch ' Jewels, Plate, &c . as were to him bequeathed by the laft Will 1 and Teftament of his late good Lord and Father decealed,(hould ' always go, according to the Intent and Meaning of the faid 5 Teftament of his deareft Father, from one Heir-Male to an- ' other. ' And whereas he had been long, and was ftill purpofed to build ; and erecT: an Hofpital or College in the Town of Eajl'Grlnfled^ ' and to beftow on the Building thereof the Sum of i ooo /. or ; fuch Sume as (hall be necefTary j and to endow the fame with a Rent-Charge of 330 /. a Year, to be ifTuing out of all and fin-^ gular his Lands within the Realm of England for ever, towards the Relief of 31 fingle and unmarried Perfons, whereof 21 to be Men, and the other i o to be Women, there to live, to pray, ferve, honour and praife Almighty God. ' He therefore Wills, that his Executors (if he fhould not live to perform the (ame) purchafe a convenient Place in the (aid Town or Parifti of Eaft-Grinfted, thereupon to erecl: and build the faid Hofpital, or College, of Brick and Stone, with Rooms of Habitation for the faid one and thirty Perfons, and incorpo- rate the fame, according to the Laws and Statutes of this Realm, by the Name of Sackvil-College for the Poor ; and that one of the (aid thirty-one Perfons be Warden of the faid 'College, and two of the honeft arid better Sort of the Inhabitants of the Town of EaJl-Grinfted, Affiftants to the faid Warden ; to be e-r 'letted and chofen from time to time, by his Heirs and Succef- (brs, for the better Government of the faid College. The (aid Warden to have xx /. per Annum, and each of the two Ajfif- tants to have 3 /, 6s, %d. per Annum^ and every of the other Nn 4 * sopoot 552 $ A c K v i L L E , D u fr e O j Dorfet * 30 poor People Til. per Annum, paid at the four ufual Feafts of * the Year, by equal Portions : Alfo, that his faid Executors, with f the Advice of learned Council, fhould fet down fuch good and * neceflary Orders and Ordinances, whereby the faid Colledge and * Corporation might be ruled and governed. And that his Heirs,, * with the Confent of the Lord Chief- Juftice of England, for the * Time being, {hould have full Power and Authority to add new ' Orders and Ordinances, from time to time, for the better Go- * yernment of the Perfons in the faid College. And as often as * any of the faid Perfons died or married, or ptherwife departed, * his Heirs (hould place others in their Rooms. And for the * Maintenance of the faid Perfons and College, he gives and de- ' vifes to his fajd Executors, their Heirs and Afligns, one An-r ' nuity of Three Hundred and Thirty Pounds, to be ifluing out *' of all and fingular his Lands and Tenements in the faid County * of Sttffex, or elfewhere, within the Realm of England, to be ' paid at the four ufual Feafts of the Year, or within 60 Days * next after, by even Portions.' This noble Earl departed this Life n at Dorfet-Houfe near Fleet- J}reet, London, on the 2yth of Feb. 1608, and was buried at Wi- thiam, according to his Directions, where a noble Monument is erected to his Memory. His firft Lady was Mary, only Daughter 'of Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk, and (he dying the 4th of Sept. 1591, his Lord- fhip married, *dly, Anne, Widow of ffenry, Lord Compton j, but had I flue only by bis firft Wife, viz. three Sons; ift, Thomas., P who died in his Infancy, An. Dom. 1581 ; zdly^ Richard, who fucceeded him in his Honours ; and, jd, Edward, Suc'cefipr to ,, / his Brother Richard: Alfo, three Daughters, Wtnifrede, whodied^ x/ ' in her Infancy, in the Year 1587 ; Cecily, married to Sir Henfy Compton, Knight of the Bath, third Son of Henry, Lord Compton ; ' and Anne, firft wedded to Edward Seymour, Lord Be/iuchamp, Grandfon to Edward, Earl of Hertford, and afterwards to Sir Edward Lewes, Knt. Richard Sackvile, Earl of Dorfet, q born 28 March, 1589, in the Chartreufe, in London (after purchafed by Mr. Sutton, who ^bunded an Hofoital there, now called the Charter- Hottfi] was married to the Lady Anne Clifford, Daughter and Heir of George, Earl of Cumberland, on the zfth of February, 1607, in her Mo- tfier^Chamber, in Auguftyie- Friers Houie, in London -, and two Days after his^Father deceafed, whereby he became Earl of Dorfet. When He married he was twenty Years old wanting a Month, and his Lady was nineteen Years and a Month. / In the Year j6i i, his Lordfhip travelled into France and the Low 'Countries, ~ ^-' *" - ' ... S n Efc. 7 Jot- L p. 2. ni 128. q MS. dc o Infcr : pt:o Tumuji, Dom. Lovef, m fixStemmate, . - * - ' r Ibidt Famil. de Clifford penes Tt. on S A c K: v I L L E , Duke of Dorfet. on a Pre-engagement to his Grandmother and other of h-is Friends before he married. He ftaid beyond the Seas about a Year, an4 returned to his Seat at Knowle in Kent, on the 8th of April,i6\z. He lived with great Magnificence and Hofpitality in his Houfes at Knowle, in Kent, Bolebrook in Suffix, and Derfet-Houfe, in London ; which laft fell not to hifn 'till after the Deceafe of his Grandmother. Cicely, Countefs of Dorfit, who, at her Death, the ift of Ofio- fao, 1615, was more than 80 Years of Age. He likewife out- lived his Mother, Anne, Countefs of Dorfet, a Lady of great Wit and Spirit, who died on the 2 ad of September, 1618. This Lord died in Great Dorfet-Houfe, London, when he was juft 3 5 Years old, on the z8th of March, 1624, being Rafter-Sunday, at iz o'Clock at Noon, and was buried the yth of April following, with his Anceftors, in their Vault in Wlthiam Church, in Suffix. He had three Sons, who died Infants ; and two Daughters, Lady Mar- garet, born at Dorfet- Houfe the zd of July, 1614, who was mar- rl John Tufton, Earl of Thanef, and Lady Ifabella, born at Knowle in Kent, the 6th of Oflober, 1622, married the 5th of July, 1647, to James Compton, Earl of Northampton. Anne his Counted enjoyed great and extenfive Pofiefllons of her own Family, the Cliffords, which {he Jeft to her Grandfon, the Earl of Thanet. She was re-married June 3, 1630, to Philip Herbert, Earl of Pembroke, Lord Chamberlain to King Charles I. who left her again a Widow in the Year 1650. She was a Lady of an admirable Judgment, and has left the Occurrences of her own Life in Manufcript, wherein fhe has given the Account be- forementioned of the Earl of Dorfet, as alfo this Character of his Lordmip. ' He was in his own Nature of a juft Mind, of a fweet * Difpofition, and very valiant in his own Perfon : He had a great * Advantage in his Breeding by the Wiftlom and Difcretion of * his Grandfather Thomas, "Earl of Dorfet, Lord High-Treafurer 4 of England, who was then held one of the wifeft Men of that ' Time ; by which means he was fo good a Scholar in all man- ' ner of Learning, that in his Youth, when he lived in the Uni- * verfity of Oxford, there was none of the young Nobility then ' Students there, that excelled him. He was alfo a good Patriot ' to his Country, and generally well-beloved in it, much efteemed ' in all the Parliaments that fat in his Time ; and fo great a Lover c of Scholars and Soldiers, as that with an exceffive Bounty to- ' wards them, or indeed any of Worth that were in Diftrels, ' he did much diminim his Eftate : As alfo, with exceffiVe Pro- * digality in Houfe-keeping, and other Noble Ways at Court, as ' Tilting, Mafking, and the like; Prince Henry being then alive, ' who was much addicted to thofe Noble Exercifes, and of whom * he was much beloved. _^____ * His younger Brother, Sir Edward Sackvill, fucceeded him in 1 the Earldom of Dorfet, who at his Deceajc was at Florence in Italy, . ' 554 SACKVILLE, Duke of Dorfet. * Italy, but came through France into England the latter End of * May following.' Which Edward, Earl of Dorfet, born in the Year 1590, hav- ing been accomplifJhed by Study and Travels, was early diftin- guifhed for his eminent Abilities; but in the Year 1613, nar- rowly efcaped with Life, in a Duel with the Lord Bruce ; a par- ticular Relation whereof (as I find it in a * Manufcript in Queen's College Library in Oxford) may be acceptable to the Curious. It contains firft the Letters previous to the Duel, and an Account of it wrote by the Survivor to his Friend, which are as follow. A Monfieur, Monfieur Sackvile. * TThat am in France, hear how much you attribute to yourfelf JL ' in this Time, that I have given the World leave to ring e your Praifes ; and for me, the trueft Almanack, to tell you how * much I fuffer. If you call to Memory, when as I gave you * my Hand laft, I told you I referved the Heart for a truer Re- ' conciliation. Now be that Noble Gentleman, my Love once * fpoke, and come and do him Right that could recite the Tryals 4 you owe your Birth and Country, were I not confident your 4 Honour gives you the fame Courage to do me Right, that it did * to do me Wrong. Be Mafter of your own Weapons and Time ; * the Place wherefoever, I will wait on you. By doing this, you ' {hall fhorten Revenge, and clear the idle Opinion the World * hath of both our Worths. ED. BRUCE. ';>' '-..[-' A Monfieur, Monfieur Baron de Kinlofs. S it (hall be always far from me to feek a Quarrel, fo will I always be ready to meet with any that is defirous c to make Tryal of my Valour, by fo fair a Courfe as you re- * quire. A Witnefi whereof yourfelf mail be, who, within a * Month, (hall receive a ftri& Account of Time, Place, and E Weapon, where you mail find me ready difpofed to give ho- * nourable Satisfaction, by him that ihall conduct you thither. In * the mean time, be as fecret of the Appointment, as it feems you are defirous of it. f. SACKVILE. A Monfieur, Monfieur Baron de Kinlofs. ' *i ! >^ I* Am at Tergofe, a Town in Zeland, to give what Satisfaction JL * your Sword can render you, accompanied with a worthy * Gentleman for my Second, in Degree a Knight. And, for your ' coming, I will not limit you a peremptory Day, but defire you , w - -" * s E Lib. MS. in Coll. Reg, Oxon, not. Mifcell. 1600 to 1630. p. 118. SACKVILLE, Duke of Dorfet. 555 * fq make a definite and fpeedy Repair, for your own Honour, f and Fear of Prevention j at which Time you mall find me there. Tergofe icth of 1 SACK VILE. Augujl, 1013. J A Monfieur, Monfieur Sackulle. c T Have received your Letter by your Man, and acknowledge j_ 4 you have dealt Nobly with me ; and now I come, with * all poffible Hafte, to meet you. E. BRUCE. Sir Edward SackviPs Relation of the Fight betwixt him and thf Lord Bruce, in a Letter to a Friend. Worthy SIR, 6 ,% S I am not ignorant, fo ought I to be fenfible, of the Falfe JT\_ :vital Spirits, and fo prefied down thofe Parts, which ought to 5: enjoy free Refpiration. That of his own Knowledge hisMa- *': jefty had commanded a felecl Number of Noblemen and Gen- *- ttemen, who had been Commanders in the Wars, to confult ' together of what Number of Men an Army ought to be com- * pos'd, which might be able to recover the Palatinate^ and pro- * tedl it from a fecond Invafion. That they had met together, ' had finifh'd their Talk, advifed the King of the Number of ' Soldiers, and given an Eftimate of the Charge (which he in- * form'd them of) telling them, that the Daughter of their King * and Country, fcarce knew where to lay her Head ; or if {he ' did, not where in Safety. And therefore advis'd them, as the ' King call'd for Aid, to give it, which would make his Majefty, * not only in Love with Parliaments, but be the Way to recal ' them home from Exile, and again render them frequent : Con- ' eluding, 'That God would be pleafed to incline their Hearts, to do * that which might be moft for his Glory, next for the King's Service 9 * then for his Country's Happinefs. He had been an Eye-Witnefs of the Sufferings of the Bohemi- ans^ being y one of the Principal Commanders of thofe Forces, fent in the Year 1620, to affift Frederick, King of Bohemia; at which Time the Battle of Prague was fought. He return 'd with the Earls of Effex, Oxford, and others, the r oth of November the fame Year. In July, 1 6 z i , he fucceeded Edward, Lord Herbert of Chirbury % as Ambaflador to the French King, who was re- called on a Mifunderftanding between him and Luines, Conftable of Prance ; and having difcharged that Truft with Honour and Fidelity, King James I. * called him to be of his Privy-Council. When his Brother the Earl of Dorfet died, he b was at Florence in Italy, from whence he return'd thro' France the latter End of May, 1624. Soon after his Arrival, he found his Brother's Eftate much incumber'd ; the faid Earl being ever forwardly and honourably difpofed, that all his Debts might be juftly paid, having convey'd diverfe Manors, &c. to Sir George Rivers, Knt. and two others c , as exprefs'd in King Charles's Grant of Protec- /iion to them, wherein is alfo mentioned, that this Edward, Earl of Dorfet 3 had given his Confent for the Payment of the faij Debts. X Annals of King James, p. 95, 96. 8vo. V. I. p. 60. y Hift. of Engl. V. II. p. 650. b Records de Famil. de Clifford, MS. z Ibid. p. 657. c Rymer, VoJ. XVIII. p. ^^^. a Clartndw's Hiflory of th Rebellion, On $66 S A c K v 1 1 L z , Duke of Dorfet. On 14. May, 1625, i Car. I. he f! with the Lord President of the Council, and others, were appointed Commiflioners of Trade-, hisMajefty reciting that by Advice of his Privy-Council, he had made choice of fuch Peribns of Quality, of whofe Experience, judgment, Induftrv, and Care, he could commit the fearching out the Decay of Trade, and applying Remedies for preventing it. And on the 3oth of the lame Month, he was e with other Lords in Commiffion to examine into all new creeled Buildings within the City and Suburbs of London, and prevent them as they fhould think proper. He was elected Knight f of the mod noble Order of the Garter, the 1 5th of May, and inftalledat Windfor the 23d of November, 1625, by his Proxy Sir Richard Young; for being at that time Sick g , he obtain'd the Sovereign's Licence to be Infralled by his Proxy, who accordingly took Pofleffion of the Stall appointed for him. On 24th ofjan. 1625, his h Lordftiip with Thomas Coventry, Lord Keeper; James, Lord Ley, Lord Treafurer; Edward ', Earl of Worcejler, Lord Keeper of the Privy-Seal ; 'Thomas, Earl of Arundel, Earl Marfhal ; William, Earl of Pembroke, Lord Chamberlain ; and Sir Randal Crew, Lord Chief- Juftice of the Common-Pleas, were conftituted Commiffioners, and authorized to receive and determine the Claims of all Perform* concerning Services to be performed at the Coronation ; and ' at that Solem- nity bore the firft Sword, Part of the Regalia. On his Majefty's Marriage with a Daughter of the French King, his Lordfnip was conftituted Lord Chamberlain to the Queen ; and being of the Privy- Council, {hewed himfelf a true Patriot both to his King and Country, as appears from the Order of Council for fetting k at Liberty thofe Gentlemen that were imprifoned for refufmg to' pay the Loan of Ship-Money, as alfo from other Orders for re- drefling the Grievances of the Subject ; it being likewife as re- markable of him, that he was never prefent in Council, when Warrants were iflued for levying Soldiers on Ship-Money; nei- ther is his Name mentioned in fuch Orders, as 1 infringed on the Liberty of the Subject, or were contrary to Law, as is evident from Rufowortti 's Colkffions, and other Authorities. On 15 February, i Car.l. he m was in Commiffion with other Lords of the Privy- Council, to exercife all Jurifdi&ions, Privi- leges, &c. concerning any Spiritual or Ecclefiaftical Jurifdidions in England, Ireland, and Dominion of Wales. On 5 Sept. 1626, 2 Car.l." this Earl, with Thomas, Earl of Arundel, being Lords-Lieutenants of the County of Suffix, were commiffion'd to proceed according to Martial Law, againft fuch d Rymer, V. XVII f. p. 8 z. i Fair's Church Hift. p- 1*2- ~ e Ibid. p. 97. k Annals of King Cbarlet, p. 230. f MS. in Muf. A/hmolc, Dcrf. nig, 1 Ibid. p. 846. g Aftrr.ole'^ Order of the Garter, m Rymer, p. 295, & &q. h Rymtr, p. 277. n Pat, z Car. I, p, 13. n, 14. Soldiery SACKVILLE, Duke oj Dorfef; Soldiers, or Mariners, or other diflblute Perfons joining them, (hould commit any Murder, Robbery, &c. in that County, Alfo on 1 5 Sept. following, the King reciting how the Reve- nues, &c. of the Crown of England, had of late Years been impair'd, &c. He therefore has chofcn forrie of his Privy- Council, and others of Experience and Quality, to be Cornmiffi- pners of his Revenue, and among them is the Earl of Ddr/et, They were impower'd to retrench all unneceflary Expences, and to reduce his Revenue to more Certainty ; and to grant in Fee- Farm^ all or any of his Honours, Manours, &V. both in the Survey of the Exchequer, and Dutchy of Lancafler j with other large Powers. On 12 November nextehfuing , the Earl of Dorfct is the ift iri Commiflion (on the War with France) to enquire what Accidents may fall out at Sea between the King's Subjects and Strangers ; and on Conference with foreign Ambafladors, or others experi- cnc'd in fuch Affairs, to collect fuch Advices and Directions, 39 might tend to the Prefervation of Peace and Amity between the King and his Allies, and the preventing of all Abufes in colouring Ships Provifions, or Goods of our Enemies, and the Maintenance of Juftice, as well in Matters of Commerce, as Prize. In January, 162%, his Lordfhip p , with the Duke of Bucking- bam, the Earls of Pembroke, and Marlborough^ the Lords Gran- difon, Conway, and Carbon, were appointed a Committee of Council for the Management of Affairs in Ireland. Alfo the laft of February, the fame Year, was q in Commiflion with Henry, Earl of Mancbejler, Prefident of the Council, and others, iri confideration of their approved Wifdoms, Fidelity ^ and fincere' Afre&ions to the publick Good, to treat and conclude^ with the Lord Arnold of Randwicke, and Sir Adrian Pawe, Knt. Am* bafladors Extraordinary from the States-General, and Monfieur Joacbimi, their Ambaflador-Refident, an Alliance for the publick Good of Cbrtftendom, the Defence of his Majefty's Dominions, and thofe Provinces, and the Increafe of the long-continued A- mity between England and the States. And by another Com- miflion, dated 6 March following, the King fetting forth, that ' he was cohftrain'd to enter into a War r , he appoints the Earl of Dorfet, and other Privy-Counfellors, Commiflioners, and a ftand- ing Council of War, with large Powers (in order to the good hufbanding of the Treafure) for Muftering, Government of the Munition, Victuals, Apparel, and Arms for Soldiers, &c. On 1 1 December, 4 Car. I. bearing the Title of Lord-Cham- berlain to the Queen, he was in Commiflion with other Privy* Counfellors to re-examine all Proceedings in the Court of Admi- lalty, concerning all Prizes taken by Letters of Marque, Repri- - r o Pat. 2 Cir. I. p. 13. n 5. q Rynttr, Tom, XVIII, p. $TJ, p Cwt'j Hill, bilrtlend, V 1, II. p. 43. r Ibid, p, Q O fe> 562 S A c K v i L L E , Duke of Dorfet. fals, &c. as well thofe depending, or {hould hereafter depend iu the faid Court of Admiralty, and the fame to affirm, or reverfe, alter, &c. as in the Judgment of three or more of them, {halt be thought fit. In 5 Car. I. he was * in Commiffion with Richard, Lord We/Ion, Lord-Treafurer, Robert, Earl of Lindfey, William, Earl of Pembroke, Dudley, Vifcount Dorchefter, and Sir John Cook, Principal Secretary of State, to fend to Sea fuch Ships they thought proper, vicluali'd and equipp'd in warlike Manner, againfr. the Pirates, which at that Time infefted the Seas, and very much damaged our Trade. He was alfo the firft in" Commiffion l to iurvey the Armour, Arms, and Munition, in the Tower of London and elfewhere, and to inquire what Stores of Armour, &c. both for Horfe and Foot, Ordnance, Shot, Munition, &c. were or are in the Cuftody of the Officers of Ordnance and Armour. Alfo 28 January, 1629, one of the Commiffioners for com- pounding " the Fines for Contempts in not receiving the Order of Knighthood according to the Statute. The fame Year, he w ob- tained a Grant of the Office of High- Steward of the Honour of Grafton, with all Privileges, Jurifdi&ions, &c. thereto be- longing, in the Counties of Northampton, and Buckingham, during Life. In 6 Car. I. he was in Commiffion x with other Lords of the Court, to order the Preparation and State Ceremonies at the Bap- tifm of Prince Charles (after King) which was folemnized at St. James's, Sunday, 27 June, 1630. He was alfo one of the Commiffioners for Y treating with the Dutch AmbafTadors about a Marriage between the Princefs Mary (eldeft Daughter of King Charts the Firft) and William, Prince of Orange ; which being concluded on, (he was Mother to King William of Glorious Memory. On 2 Oftober, 6 Car. I. he ' z was in Commiffion to furvey the Records, Writings, &c. in the Pofleffion of Sir Robert Cotton, Knt. and Bart. Alfo on 8 December enfuing % was in Commiffion to treat with any Company or Corporation, &c. for the eftablifhing a common Fifhery on the Coafts of the King's Dominions, to be a Nurfery of Seamen for the increafe of Na- vigation, and to make Fifh at reafonable Prices. And on 5 January following, in a Commiffion for the Relief of the Poor. The fame Year b , he obtained a Grant of the Office of Conftable of the Caftle of Beaumaris in North-Wales, and Governour of the Town ; for Life. On 10 April, 7 Car. I. he was in c Commiffion for the re- pairing of St. Paul's Cathedral, London. Alfo 6 May d , for ex- S Rymer, p. IQI. & f e q. y Ru/wortb, Vol. III. p. Hl6. t Jbid. p. 106. z R ymer> p. 198. u Ibid. p. 1 19. a j bid . p 2II . w Pat. <; Car. I. p. 4. n . 1 5. b Pat. 6 Car. I. p. 6. n, 15. x MS. ia Bibl. Job. A*ftlt, Arm. c Rymer, P . 272. C?j(ii w *jrt-v? Ja 564 SACKVILLE, Duke of Dorfet. In the Year 1 640, being Lord- Chamberlain to the Queen % and Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Middlefex, he ifl'ued Orders for the Prefervation of the Peace ; and was r fpecially commiflioned one of the Resents (with the Lord Treafurer, the Lord Privy-Seal, the Earl-Madhal, and other Lords) to provide for the Peace and Safety of his Majefty's Kingdom and People, by all good Ways and Means, during his Majefty's Abfence in, Scotland, and to hear and order all Complaints, &c. In the Year 1641, he 5 was in Commiffion with the Lord-Keeper, the Lord Privy-Seal, the Earl of Lindfey, the Earl of EJJex, the Marquis of Hertford^ and the Earl of Bath, to pafs fuch Bills of Parlia- ment, during the King's Abfence in Scotland, as fhould be ready for the Royal AfTent. His Lordftiip, whilft he had this Power, was fb vigilant, and fo concerned for his Country, that having Intelligence of the MafTa- cre in Ireland, he and the Lords before-mentioned fent a MefTage to the Commons, November i, 1641, that they had Bufmefs of great Importance to impart, and defired to do it in Perfon ; which being agreed to, the Earl of Dorfet, with the Lord-Keeper, and the Lord Privy-Seal, entered the Houfe of Commons, and being feated on Chairs ordered for them, inform'd the Houfe ; ' That they had Intelligence of a great Confpiracy in Ireland, which was difcovered but the Night before it was to be put in Execu- tion, and they defired they would come to a fpeedy Refolution to fupprefs the Rebels, who were to have feized the Caftle of Dublin, and the Proteftants, arid all Britljb Men, Women, and Children were to be cut off.' This bloody Defign was to have been put in Execution on the 23d of Oflober, a Day dedi- cated to St. Ignatius, Founder of the Society of Jefuits. And tho' the Rebels were difappointed of feizing Dublin by the Difco- very of the Confpiracy, yet they feized feveral ftrong Towns, and committed many Murders, a particular Account whereof, and of the Confpiracy, is in Rujhworth's Collections, p. 385, 398, 403, 405, & feq. And in Commemoration of this great Deliverance, the Day is particularly obferv'd in Ireland, and by the Gentlemen of that Nation in England. The Earl of Dorfet, and the Lords- Juftices difpatch'd Sir Henry Spotfwood with an Account of the Difcovery to the King then at Edinburgh ; and on his Majefty's Return, his Lordftiip was fent by him, 28 December, 1641 c , with a Meflage to the Lords, * That being fenfible of the Miferies of Ireland, he will, as he * hath offered, raife 10000 Voluntiers, if the Commons will * undertake to pay them/ 4 Rufbtoartb, Vol. III. p. IIl6. t Saunderjvft Life of KingCirfr&J I, t 1W. p, 1156, , JifH 5 p. 43. t Ibid. p. 471. -i. a and waiting on the King at Oxford, he took all Occafions to bring about an' Accommodation between his Majefty and his Parliament ; and, like a true Patriot, at the Council-Table, in Feb. 1 64*, made this remarkable and honeft Speech, in Anfwer to one of the Earl of Bri/tol's, for continuing the War a . u Hift. of Ret gvo. V. II, p. 335, e Hift. of the Revolution in England, w Ibid. p. 655, 656. p. 6z. x Ibid. Vol. Ill, p,S. a JtB/hnrti't CotycftioBi* Vol. V. y Ibid, p. 38. p. J*8. Oo 3 My t66 SACK v i j. L E, Duke of Dorfet. \ V-" ^-,CT : -- *. -::.< '1 "I . My LORDS, rr* HE Earl of TSriJlol has delivered his Opinion ; and I fhalj I ' with the like Integrity, give your Lordfhips an Account ^ of my Intentions in this great and important Bufmefs : I fhall * not, as young Students do in the Schools, argumentandl gratia^ f repugn my Lord of BriftoFs Tenets ; but becaufe my Conference f Itells me they are ngt Orthodox, nor confonant to the Difpofition * of the Commonwealth, which, languifhing with a tedious Sick- f nefs, muft be recovered by gentle and eafy Medicines, in Confi- e deration of its Weaknefs, rather than by violent Vomits, or c any other corroding or compelling Phyfick. Not that I will ' absolutely labour to refute my Lord's Opinions, but juftly deli- *^ver my Own, which being contrary to his, may appear an ex- 4 prefs Contradiction of it, which indeed it is not : Peace, and * that a fudden one, being fo necefTary betwixt his Majefty and ' his Parliament, as Light is requifite for the Production of the * Day, or Heat to cherifh from above all inferior Bodies. This 8 Divifion betwixt his Majefty and his Parliament, being (as if ' by Miracle) the Sun mould be feparated from his proper EfTence. * I would not, my Lords, be ready to embrace a Peace that ' mould be more difadvantageous to us than the prefent War, ' which, as the Earl of Briftol fays, mould deftroy our Eftates f and Families. The Parliament only declares againft Delin- * quents, fuch as they conjecture have mifcounfelled his Majefty, 4 and to be the Authors of thefe Tumults in the Common- ' wealth ; but this Declaration of theirs, except fuch Crimes can ' be proved againft them, is of no Validity ; the Parliament will * do nothing unjuftly, or condemn the Innocent ; and certainly, * innocent Men need not fear to appear before any Judges what- * foever. And he who fhall, for any Caufe, prefer his private ' Good before the publick Utility, is but an ill Son of the Com- * monwealth. For my Particular, in thefe Wars I have fuffered c as much as any ; my Houfes have been fearch'd, my Arms ' taken thence, and my Son and Heir committed to Prifon ; yet ' I fhall wave thefe Difcourfes, becaufe I know there was a Ne- ' eeffity they fhould be fo ; and as the darling Bufmefs of the ' Kingdom, the Honour and Profperity of the King, ftudy to. * reconcile ajl thefe Differences between his Mujefty and his Par- * liament j and fo to reconcile them, that they fhall no way * prejudice his Royal Prerogative, of which, I believe the Parlia- * ment being a Loyal Defender (knowing the Subjects Property * depending on it ; for where Sovereigns cannot enjoy their * Rights, their Subjects cannot) will never endeavour to be an * Infringer : So that if Doubts and Jealoufies were taken away, 5 by a fair Treaty between his Majefty and the Parliament, no 6 doubt a Means might be devifed to rectify Differences. The * Honour of the King, the Eftates of Us his Followers and f Counfellors, SACKVILLE, Duke of Dorfet. 567 *" Counfellors, the Privileges of Parliament, and Property of the * Subject, being inviolably preferv'd in Safety ; and neither the ' King ftoop in this to his Subjects, nor the Subjects be deprived * of their juft Liberty by the King. And whereas my Lord of * Briftol affirms, That in Spain very few Civil Diflentions arife, ' becaufe the Subjects are truly Subjects, and their Sovereign truly ' a Sovereign ; that is, as I underftand it, the Subjects are fcarccly ' removed a Degree from Slaves, nor the Sovereign from a Ty- ' rant : Here, in England, the Subjects have, by a long and re- ' ccived Liberty granted to their Anceftors from our Kings, ' made their Freedom refult into a lecond Nature ; and neither * is it fafe for our Kings to ftrive to introduce the Spanijh Go- ' vernment upon this free-born Natipn, nor juft for the People * to fuffer that Government to be inforced upon them ; which I * am certain his Majefty 's Goodnefs never intended. And whereas ' my Lord of Bri/lol intimates the Strength and Bravery of our * Army, as an Inducement to the Continuation of thele Wars, ' which he promifes himfelf will produce a fair and happy Peace ; ' in this I am utterly repugnant to his Opinion : For, grant that ' we have an Army of gallant and able Men, which indeed can- ' not be denied ; yet have we infinite Difadvantages on our Side, ' the Parliament having double our Number, and furely (though ' our Enemies) Perfbns of as much Bravery, nay, and fiire to ' be daily fupplied when any of their Number fails ; a Benefit * which we cannot boaft, they having the moft popular Part of * the Kingdom at their Devotion ; all, or moft of the Cities, ' confiderable Towns and Ports, together with the maineft Pillar ' of the Kingdom's Safety, the Sea, at their Command, and the 4 Navy ; and which is moft material of all, an unexhaufted In- ' dies of Money to pay their Soldiers, out of the liberal Contri- * butions of Coin and Plate fent by People of all Conditions, * who account the Parliament's Caufe their Caufe, and fo think * themfelves engaged to part with the uttermoft Penny of their ' Eftates in their Defence, whom they efteem the Patriots of ' their Liberty. Thefe Strengths of theirs, and our Defects * confidered, I conclude it neceflary for all our Safeties, and the * Good of the Commonwealth, humbly to befeech his Majefty 7* to take fome prefent Order for a Treaty of Peace betwix.t him- * felf and his High Court of Parliament, who, I believe, are fo * loyal and obedient to his Sacred Majefty, as th' ey will pro- ' pound nothing that fhall be prejudicial to his Royal Prerogative, ' or repugnant to their Fidelity or Duty. And being afterwards among thofe Peers aflembled in Parlia- ment at Oxford, in January, 1643, his Lordftiip had the chief Hand in drawing up a Letter, and procuring it to be fubfcrlbed by them, and directed to the Earl of Ejjex b , * Inviting him to b Annals of King Cbar. I. p. 877,-,-:* JQ Tu->r,-.H : Oo 4 ufe 568 A c K v I L L B, Duke of Dorfet. * ufe his Intcreft for making Peace, conjuring him by all the f Obligations that have Power upon Honour, Confcience, oy * publick Piety, that laying to Heart, as they did, the inward * bleeding Condition of their Country, and the outward more * menacing DeftrucYion by a Foreign Nation, upon the very ' Point of invading it, he would co-operate with them for its t Prefervation. Which Addrefs they declare they fhould not * have made, but that his Majefty's Summons by which they were ' met, moft gracioufly proclaiming Pardon to all without Ex- c ceptiori, is Evidence enough, that his Mercy and Clemency *- can tranfcend all former Provocations ; and that he had not *-"0nly made them Witnefles of his princely Intentions, but ' honoured them alfo, with the Name of being Security for 6 them.' Whilft his Lordfhip continued with the King, he left no Means unattempted for eftablifhing the Peace and Welfare of his. Country, though the turbulent Spirits of fome among both Par- ties hindered the defired Effect. After the Treaty at Uxbridge> his Majefty purpofing to have a perfonal Treaty with the Houfes of Parliament at Wejlminjler^ his Lordfliip was nominated ( De- cember > 1645) among thofe c to whom his Majefty was willing to commit the Truft. of the Militia for fuch Time, and with fuch Power, as was exprefied by his Commiffioners at Uxbridge^ believing them unexceptionable Perfons. But no Treaties taking Effect, and the King having put himfelf under the Power of the Scots Army, the Earl of Dorjet^y with the Marquis of Hertford^ the arl of Southampton^ and others of the Council, figned the Capitulation for the Surrender of Oxford^ 20 June^ 1 646 ; where- by they had Liberty to compound for their Lands, and not to be rated at above two Years Revenue for Eftates of Inheritance, f/V. XVhen the King was delivered to the Englijh Army, and brought to Hampton- Court^ his Lordftiip % the Duke of Richmond^ the Marquis of Hertford^ the Marquis of Ormond, the Earl of Sou- tbampton y and the Lord Seymour, repaired thither in Oftober, 1 647, intending to refute there as his Council ; but the Army declaring againft it, they were obliged to leave his Majefty. In the fuc- ceeding Times, there was no room for Employment of Men of his Lordfhip's Honour and Principle ; and he took f fo much to Heart the Murder of King Charles I. that he never after ftir- red out of his Houfe (as is obferved by Sir Edward Walker) and fo in a few Years departed this Life g , on the i yth of July^ 1652, and had Sepulture with his Anceftors at IVitViam. My Lord Clarendon has made ibme Miftakes h in the Account he gives of his Lordfhip and his Family ; particularly, that his c Wtitlo&t Memorials, > 191, f Sir Edtu. Walker^ Account of Knts." d Ibid, p 215. ' ;_ . ___ of the Garter, MS. penes J.Anftis, Arm. e Ibid, piijj. g Heylin\ Help to Hift. p. 304.. b Hjft.of Rebell. Vol. I, P. 59, 6c. & IT u rather ' Father died before utur-, as alfo, in what he fays of Hffic6hc'efnjn'g^)s t)uel .with, the Tx>rd Bruce, which was in the 236 Year of his Age, before he was Knighted; all which (hews his Acquaintance . wjft him to be chiefly from the Beginning of the Civil Wars. But he gives this Character of him, e That his Perfon Was beautiful, and graceful, * and vigorous; his Wit pleafant, fparkling, and fubllme; and ' his other Parts of Learning and Language, of that Lufrre, that ' he could not mifcarry In the World. '" The Vices he had were * of the Age, which he was not ftubborn enough to contemn or * refift. Yet his known great Parts, and the very good general * Reputation he had acquired, notwithftanding his Defeas (for * as he was eminent in the Houfe of Commons whilft he fat there, ' fb he fhined in the Houfe of Peers, when he came to move ia * that Sphere) inclined King James to call him to his Privy-, * Council before his Death. And if he had not too much che- * rifhed his natural Constitution and Propenfity, he would have ^ been an excellent Man of Bufmefs ; for he had a very fharp difr * cerning Spirit, and was a Man of an obliging Nature, much ' Honour, and great Generofity, and of moft entire Fidelity to ' the Crown.' It does not appear, by what has been already mentioned, that his Lordftiip was over indulgent in his Pleafures } fince, before the Time he was called to the Council, he mewed an Application to , Bufinete, and was abroad in the Service of his Country, and after- wards had his full Share of the Weight of Affairs, in the Reign of King Charles the Firft ; and in thofe troublefome Times, when Men too much inclined to their Eafe, would have chofe to haV^ flood Neuter ; but having a Head and a Heart capable of ferving his Prince, he valued neither Life nor Fortune, when they came in competition with the Interefts of his Country; on which Ac- w ; count the greateft Part of, or all his Eftate, was under Sequeftr^ 4 tion ; and the Houfes at Weftminfter, in the Year 1645, ord^rei^w that his Son, * the Lord Buckburft, fltould have a^j-th^ jfefoftni his Maintenance. This noble Peer took to Wife Mary } Daughter and Heir to Sir George Curfcn of Crpxball^ in Com. Derby^ _Knf. (by his Wife .7 Mary, Daughter and Heir of Sir Walter Levifon of L'lllc/bul^ in Com. Salop, Knt.) Which Family of the Curfons were ajfo ejji-j,; < riched by the Marriages of the Heirsjaf Brabazon, Ferrers^ Cam- -: vile, Clement, Hampton, Rujkall, Prejlvjood, Bradbury, and Rookewcod ; and lineally defcendcd from Robert de Curjim k ,who came in with William the Conqueror, and in reward of his Ser- vices, had * Lands in Bcrkjhire and Suffolk. His Grandfon, Richard de Curfon . m paid Scutage for four Knights Fees in Com. i ffbitlstVs Memorials, p. 191. 1 Lib. D^tnefd. in cod, Com, k Hift, ^firmatimrantf p. j;z ;, m Lib, /?^, in Scat, Derb. 570 SACKVILLE, Duke of Dorfet. Derb. in 1 2 Hen. II. and refided at Croxball. He had Iflue two Sons, Richard* who had the Eftate at Croxhall, and Thomas Curfon of Keltlejton in Com* Derb. Anceftor to the Curfom of Keltlejion, now exifting. From the beforemention'd Richard Cur- fon of Croxhall, lineally defcended the faid Mary, Countelf of Dorfet, who had the Seat of Croxhall, and a great Eftate in Derbyflnre^ tpjjer Fortune, which his Grace the Duke of Dorfet now enjoys. She was a Lady accomplished with all Virtues, and an excellent Judgment, whom King Charles I. entrufted with the Tuition of the Princefe his Daughter ; and me was Lady Gover- nefs of the Duke of Turk in \ 63 8, as I find by a Dedication to her Ladymip of a Book, Of the Vanity and Mutation of the World. Her Conduct and Prudence were fb confpicuous, that when me died, both Lords and Commons fitting at JVeJlm'mfter*, ordered (17 May, 1645) that her Funeral mould be at the publick Expence; and (he was buried with great State and Solemnity, the 3d of September, 1645. His Lordfhip had IfTue "by her, a Daughter Alary, who died" young, as alfo two Sons, Richard his Succeflbr, and Edward, who married Bridget, Baronefs Norreys, Daughter and fole Heir to Edward Wray, Efq; by his Wife Elizabeth, Daughter and Heir to Francis, Lord Norreys, Earl of Berkjbire. ' This Edward was with his Father at Oxford, and wounded in the Fight at Newberry, 1643. Alfo in the Year 1645, being with a Party of the King's-Forces at Kidlington , three Miles from that City, he was taken Prifoner by the Parliament-Forces, and after- wards barbaroufly p murdered, leaving np_Iflue. His Brother Richard, Earl of Dorfet, born at Dorfet-Houfe , 1 6 September, 162?, was elected q for the Borough of Eajl-Grin-i fled, to that Parliament which begun at Weflminjler the 3d of November, 1640, bearing the Title of Lord Buckkurjl, and was r in the Lift of thofe who were reproached for being Straffordians. His Lordmip fucceeded his Father in 1 652 ; and on the Meeting of the Houfe of Lords in 1660 (after being laid afide by Cromwef) this Richard, Earl of Dorfet, was admitted with other Noble Peers, who haying fucceeded to the Honours of their Fathers had never fate in the Houfe. He was before this in an Intimacy and Credit with other No- bles, who meant to reftore the Royal Famih', Monarchy, and Epifcopacy ; and on taking his Place in the Houfe, was at the Head of all Affairs in that Critical Time, when it's well known the Lords influenc'd General Monk, and had a great Share in the Happy Settlement of the Kingdom. On their firft aflemblins;, they fent a Meflage to the General, That they would employ their , ,- - - _ . . . . * WbitleeVs Memorials, p. 141, 154, p Lloyd's Mem. of Loyalifts, p. 676. ifig. q Annals of K.CbarlesI. p- 875. n Ex Stemmate. c Ibid. p. 895. 9 Wbitkti, p. 160. 8 Ac K v i L L E, Duke of Dorfet. 57 1 Councils, and utmojl Endeavours with Him, for the procuring a fafe and well grounded Peace. On the 26th of April, the Earl of Dorfet, * with the Earls of Oxford, Northumberland, Rutland, and Lincoln, the Vifcount Say and Seal, the Lord W barton, and the Lord Grey of Work, were appointed a Commitee to frame an Ordinance, for the conftituting a Committee of Safety of both Houfes, and report the fame to the Houfe. The Day after, the 27th of April, they ordered a Conference with the Houfe of Commons, to confider of fame Way and Means to make up the Breaches and Diftraftions of the King- dom. And appointing a Committee to confider of the Privileges of their own Houfe, the Earl of Dorfet was chofen Chairman of that Committee. . On the i ft of May, they ordered the Earl of Dorfet, the Earl of Oxford, the Earl of Lincoln, the Earl of Denbigh, the Lord Hunfdon, and the Lord Craven, or any four, to meet every Sa- turday in the Afternoon, as a Committee to perufe and perfect the Journal-Book of their Houfe, once a Week. And it appears by the Journals, that the Earl of Dorfet was alfo Chairman for fet- tling the Militia, and Chairman of the Committee for the King's Reception, and of feveral other Committees. On the 2d of May, it was order'd that the Statues of the late King's Majefty be again fet up in all the Places from whence the fame were pulled down, and that the Arms of the Commonwealth be demolifh'd where ever they are, and the King's Arms fet up in their rooms ; and that the King's Majefty be publickly prayed for by all Minifters in their Churches ; and that fome Place be confider'd of, where General Monk's Statue fhall be fet up. All which Particulars were referr'd to the Committee of Privileges (whereof the Earl of Dorfet was Chairman) to confider and make Report to the Houfe. On the 4th of May, the Earl of Dorfet reported from the Lords Committees of Privileges, the Cafe of the Lord Sandys, touching his Claim to fit in the Houfe, as a Peer of this Realm. " That " in the 2ift Year of King Henry VIII. William Sandys of the *' Pine, Chevalier, was fummon'd up by Writ of the faid King, " bearing Date the 9th of Augujl in the faid Year. That Thomas, " Lord Sandys, was fummon'd by Writ, i ft of December, 36 H. " VIII. fcfr." Whereupon the Houfe agreed, that the LordJSandys fhould fit as a Peer. The fame Day he made a Report concerning the Judgment given in the Houfe againft the Earl of Northampton, and others in in July, 1642. On which it was order'd, that the Earl of Lin- coln, the Earl of Dorfet, the Vifcount Say and Seal, and the Lord Craven, do prefently meet, and draw up an Order to repeal the faid Judgment, and report the fame to the Houfe prefently j and - t Journal Dom, Procer, 12 Car, II, the 572 SACKVILLE, Duke of Dorfet. the Lord Chief- Baron Wild to affift their Lordfhips. Thereupon the fcme Day the Earl of Dorfet reported the Draught of an Or- der, concerning the nine impeach'd Lords, which was read and approv'd of by the Houfe as follows. " Whereas upon Wednefday the zeth of July, 1642, It was ** by the Lords, then aflembl'd in Parliament, awarded and ad- " judg'd in thefe Words following : That is to fay, that Spencer^ " Earl of Northampton, William, Earl of Devon/hire, Henry, ** Earl of Dover, Henry, Earl of Monmottth, Charles, Lord Ho- " ward of C bar/ton, Robert, Lord Rich, Charles, Lord Grey of " Ruthen, Thomas, Lord Coventry, and Arthur, Lord Capet, ** fhall not fit and vote in the Lord's Houfe, during this prefent " Parliament. 2. They fliall not enjoy the Privilege of Parliament. " 3. That they fhall ftand committed to the Tower, during the " Pleafure of this Houfe, with other Matters therein contained, " as by the (aid Judgment and Award remaining on Record may * c appear. Now, upon ferious Debates and Confiderations, had " by the Lords now affembled in Parliament, of the faid Judg- " ment or Award, and of the Matters and Things therein con- " tained ; They do declare, ordain, and adjudge the faid Judg- " ment or Award, and every Matter therein, (hall be repealed, " annulled and made void, &c. May the 8th, they appointed a Committee to confider of all things for the Reception of the King, in fuch a Manner, as may be moft for his Honour, and Expedition of his Coming ; of which the Earl of Dorfet was chofen Chairman. And fent a Meflage to the Commons to join a proportionable number of their Houfe to them, to meet and agree, in what Manner his Majefty's Re- ception in England may be moft for his Honour. May the gth, the Earl of Dorfet reported from the Committee of Privileges, " That their Lordftiips think it fit for the Peers of *' this Kingdom, to afTefs themfelves with Horfe and Arms for the " Militia, and not to be rated arid afiefs'd by the Commiflioners " of the County." Which was accordingly order'd by the Ho{e. The fame Day he reported from another Committee,y/ Ordinance for conjlltuting a Committee of both Houfe s of Parliament, for ma- naging the great Affairs of the Kingdom, and fettling the Militia far the Safety thereof. Which was read twice, anJ recommitted. Alfo a Committe being then appointed to receive Informations, where any of the King's Goods, Jewels or Pictures are, and to advife of fome Courfe how the fame may be reftored to his Ma- jefty, he was chofen Chairman thereof: And on the i2th of May, order'd that all Perfons poflefs'd of any of the King's Goods, Jewels, or Pictures, fhall bring them in to the Committee, within leven. Days, on forfeiture of all fuch Goods, &c. and that this Order be forthwith printed and publifh'd. May the i5th, The Earl of Dorfet reported from the Com- mittee, for the King's Reception, " That they Yefterday had be- ** fore SACKVILLE, Duke of Dorfet. 573 < fore them feveral of the King's Servants, and Sir Robert Fenn,, " and Sir Henry Wood, Clerk of the Green-cloth, Mr. Kennerjley " of the Wardrobe, Mr. Armory of the Stable, and Mr. Jack- '* fan. Clerk of the Kitchen, gave in their Eftimates, viz. notju cs^i ( . b'idftyiik nsrir A * <* For Neceflaries for the King's preient Re-Tf ception, as Silver Plates of all : Sorts and > 2000 o o Sizes ^WSRK&MO 13 ,vt. \ > For Table-Linnen of all Sorts 300 o o For a Week's Diet, at 53/. per Diem r*35; o o For Coaches and Stables rr n - 2 95 For furnifhing his Majefty's Bed-chamber 1801 19 o For repairing the Meuje : :.,7?v, fen: '- i Somerfet-Houfe eftimated at . 500 o o The Crown and Scepter, befides Robes 900 o o In all 1450; 19 o ~ftO5 abjeffct .-...-- Which Report was confirm'd. ^% the zgth, The Lords went, as a Houfe, to wait on his Majefty at Whitehall) and the next Day, the Earl of Manchefter, the Speaker, acquainting them, that the Duke of York, and the Duke of Gloucejler commanded Him to return Thanks, for their Lordfhips Civility to them, and to fignify their Defire to come and fit in the Houfe as Members, and that Places may be pro- vided for them. The Earl of Northumberland^ the Earl of Dor- fet t and the Earl of Bridgwater^ were named to attend imme- diately his Majefty, and acquaint him, that there being no Pre- cedents that fhews where their proper Places are, they defire hb Majefty will pleafe to confult with what Perfbns he pleafes herein, and then to determine the Place himfelf ; and their Lordfhips were to acquaint the Duke of York and the Duke of Gloucefter with his Majefty's Anfwer. Whereupon, on their Return, the Earl of Northumberland re- ported, ** That his Majefty faid, He conceived that the Seat on " the Right-hand of the State, where the King of Scots antiently ** ufed to fit, will be of no more Ufe now, feeing that Title is " involv'd in his Majefty. And his Majefty faid, He himfelf " fat in that Seat as Prince of Wales ; therefore defir'd that "Place " may be referved for the Prince of /%/f King JlU /0* * fVl*Q' Hi fi "SU .-V4r" -' U Charlet SAC K v i L L E, Duke of Dorfet. Charles ttfe II. was, I prefume, his own Choice, fmce his Noble Father had been fo great a Sufferer, and his Lordfhip himfelf had been imprifon'd in the Caufe of King Charles the Firft. In Qftober, 1660, he l was commiflion'd with the Dukes .of Somerfet, Albemarl, and Ormond, the Earls of Southampton, Lind- fey, and other Lords, for the Trials of the Regicides of King Charles the Firft. And at the Coronation of King Charles the Second, was "appointed Sewer of England for that Day. On the 3d of November, in 13 Car. II. 1661, he was w admitted with his Royal Highnefs the. Duke of York, into the Society of the /- ner ''Temple. On the Death of Jocel'm, Earl of Northumberland, in 1670, he x was on the i jth of July the fame Year, conftituted jointly with Charles, Lord Buckhurjl his Son, Lords Lieutenants of the County of SuJ/ex, and Cuftos Rotulorum thereof. His Lordfhip in his private Capacity, was an indulgent Hufband, tender Father, and a generous Friend. He had to Wife the Lady .Frances^ Daughter to Ltonel^Cran- field. Earl of Middlesex, and at length. Heir to Lionel, Earl of ZS MiddlekxE&c Brother, by whom he had Iflue fevgn Sgfls y , and J\ *~~ Hx JCfyugfettrs. i ft, Charles, who fucceeded himjnjjis Honours and Eftates ; zd, Edward,*tyorn the 2d of April, 1641, who djejl unmarried in the Year 1678; 3d, Lionel, born 2; June, 1645, and died the zift of July following; 4th, Richard, who lived to Man'sEftate, and deeeajed in the Year 1712; 5th, a fecond Lionel, b^grn 25 Oftober, 1656, who digd.young ; 6th, Cranjield, born iSi)ecember, 1660, and died the i ft of JanuaryJoUowlng ; 7th, Thomas, born the 3d of February, 1662, who departed this i/ife 19 Augujl) 16^5. Alfo fix Daughters, EUzabeth^^^fnne.^ ^nd Cathjrim, whojiiedjyoung; Lady Mary, born the 4th of Feb~ ruary, 1646, mar ried. to7Z.oer_Boyk, _Lord Bro^htll^ Son and Heir^ of Roger, Earl of Orrery, by whomlne wasJVIotherjjf C~harks T kte EarrofjOo:gry T and LordJSgy/i ; Lady Anne, born the yth of June, 1650, married to Alexander, Earl of Hume in Scotland ; Lady Frances, born February 6, 1665, married to Sir George Lane, Knt. and .Bart. created Lord Vifcount Lane/borough ; j 6 ,, ' pAWiFu^JII, i-'^cfttt.n*. j.f* and adly, to Mufiian, Efq;. C^r/gj, Earlof jPgy^f (eldeft Son of Richard, Earl of Dorfet} born~the24thTof "January, 1637, was one of the beft bred Men f the Age. On the Reftoration, he was chofen one of the Members for Eaft-GrinJlead, and diftinguifh'd himfelf, whilft he was in the Houfe of Commons. The Sprightlinefs of his Wit, and a moft exceeding good Nature, recommended him very early to the Intimacy of King Charles II. and thofe of the greateft E- t Bvktr's Chron. 7th Edit. p. 731. x Pat. 22 Car. U, u Ibid. p. 738. y^lx Stemmate. w Dugdale't Orig. Jurifd. p. 158. ininency SACK vi L LE, Duke of Dorfet. 57- minency in the Court ; but his Mind being rather turned'to Books and Converfation, than to what more immediately concerned the publick Bufmefs, he totally declined it, though (as Bifhop Burnel obferves z ) the King courted him for a Favourite. ^ But when the Honour and Safety of his Country demanded * his Afliftance, he * readily entered into the moft active Parts of ' Life ; and underwent the greateft Dangers, with a Conftancy ' of Mind, which (hewed that he had not only read the Rules of ' Philofbphy, but underftood the Practice of them.' He went a Voluntier under his Royal Highnefs the Duke of York, in the firft Dutch War, 1665, when the Dutch Admiral, Opdam, was blown up, and above Thirty capital Ships taken and deftroyed. And his making b a Song the Night before the Engagement, car- ried with it fo (edate a Prefence of Mind, and fuch unufual Gal-- lantry, that it was paiticularly taken notice of; and his Behavi- our diftinguifhed him to be a true Heir to the Virtues and Cou- rage of his Anceftors. From hence, during the remaining Part of King Charles's Reign, he continued to live in honourable Leifure. He was of the Bed- Chamber to the King, and poflefled not only his Mafter's Favour, but in a great Degree his Familiarity ; never leaving the Court but when he was (ent to that of France, on fbme (hort Commiffions and Embaffies of Compliments ; as if the King de- figned to (hew the French, who would be thought the politeft Na- tion, that one of the fineft Gentlemen in Europe was his Sub- ject ; and that we had a Prince who underftood his Worth (b well, as not to fuffer him to be long out of his Prefence. Among other Commiffions, he was fent in the Year 1669, to compliment the French King on his Arrival at Dunkirk, in return of the Com- pliment of that Monarch, by the Dutchcfs of Orleans, then in England. Being pofTefled of the Eftate of his Uncle the Earl riJMjddle- ^ , fex, who died in the Year 1674, ne was cr ?^2d_EarJ qfjha,t > County, and Baron of Cranfa/d in Com. Bedford, by Letters Pa-* tent bearing Date at Weftminjler the 4th of Apri% 1675, 27 C. II. And in Auguft, 1677, fucceeded his Father as Earl of Dorfet', as alfb in the Port of Lord Lieutenant of the County of Suffix, having been join'd'in the Commifiion with him in 1670, as be- fore-mention'd. Alfo, aoth February, 1684, was made Cuftos Rotulorum of that County. Having buried his firft Lady Eliza- beth, Daughter of Harvey Bagot of Pipe-Hall in Com. Warwick, Efq; Widow of Charles Berkley, Earl of Falmouth, without^any Iflue by her ; he married fecondly, on March 7, i68f, the Lady 'Mary, Daughter of James Compton, Earl of Northampton, fam'd. for her Beauty, and admirable Endowments of Mind, who was . &i ~ .q .bja't ! t H/ft. of his Own Times, p. 264. b Ibid. a Pncr's Epifi, Ded, to his Poem?, 576 S A c K v i L L E, Duke of Dorfet, one of the Ladies of the Bed-Chamber to Queen Mary, and left his Lordfhip again a Widower, Auytft 6, 1691, leaving Ifiue fy him one Son, his Grace Lionel, now Duke of JDer/k.; and one Daughter, the Lady Mary, ^married Tri i the Year 1702, to Henry Somerfet, Duke of Beaufort ; and dying in Child -bed on the i8th of June, 1705$ was buried at Badminton, leaving na I flue. At the Coronation of King^Tm II. and his Queen, his Lord- (hip attended, and bore part of the Queen's Regalia, viz. The Ivory Rod with the Dove : ' But that Reign neither reliftied his ; Wit, nor approved his Maxims ; fo he retired altogether from c Court. Yet, when the irretrievable Miftakes of that unhap- c py Government, went on to threaten the Nation with fbme- ' thing more terrible than a Dutch War, he thought it became ' him to refame the Courage of his Youth, and once more to c engage himfelf in defending the Liberty of his Country/ He appeared in Court at the Trial of the Seven Bifhops, accompa- nied with other Noblemen, which had a good Effect on the Ju- ry, and brought the Judges to a better Temper than they had ufually fhewed. He alfo engaged with thofe who were in the Prince of Orange's Intereft, and carried on his Part of that great Enterprize in London, and under the Eye of the Court, with the fame Courage and Resolution, as his Friend and fellow Patriot, the Duke of Devon/hire, did in open Arms at Nottingham. When Prince George had left the King, and joined the Prince of Orange, fb that the Princefs, after Queen Anne, was in fuch vio- lent Apprehenfions of the King's Difpleafure, that being defirous of withdrawing herfelf,. my Lord Dorfet was thought the pro- pereft Guide of her neceflary Flight ; and being iecretly brought to him by his Lady's Uncle the Bifhop of London, his Lordmip and his excellent Lady furnifhed her Royal Highneft with every thing neceflary to it, and attended on her Northward as far as Northampton, where he quickly brought a Body of Horfe to ferve for her Guard, and from thence went on to Nottingham, to con- fer with the Duke of Devon/hire. His Lordmip proceeded to ftrengthen the Proteftant Intereft, was at London d the Day after King James had withdrawn him- felf, and continuing there, was one of the principal Peers who had the Management of Affairs, 'till the Prince of Orange's Ar- rival : And, in the Debates in Parliament, argued and voted, For the Vacancy of the T'hrcne ; and that the Prince and Princefs of Orange Jhould be declared King and ^ueen of England, &c. When their Majefties had accepted the Crown of thefe Realms, his Lordmip e was the next Day fworn of their Privy- Council, and declared Lord-Chamberlain of their Houftiold, * A Place c Burnett Hift. of his Own Times, p. dHift. of Eng. Vol. II. p-533,535,^- 70z, Ibins of a Mind, that had looked through the World with too ' piercing an Eye, and was grown weary of the Profpect ; fo that * it may very juftly be faid of this Great Man, with regard to ^* jthe Publick, that through the Courfe of his Life, he acted like * an able Pilot in a long Voyage ; contented to fit quiet in the ' Cabin when the Winds were allayed, and the Waters fmooth ; 4 but vigilant and fteady to refume the Helm, when the Storm * airofe, and the Sea grew tumultuous.' His Lordfhip being ad- vifed to go to the Eath^ he there ended his Life , on the zgthDay of January i 170';, and was buried with his Anceftors at Withi- am, on the ijthof February following. Although his Generofity was unbounded, yet he was, in a more particular Manner, a Patron to Men of Letters and Merit. Dr. Sprat) Bimop of Rochejler, fam'd for his polite Writings, appealed to him when under a Cloud, for the Part he a&ed in the Reign of King James II. and by his Lordfhip's Intereft preferred himfelf. Mr. Dry den dedicated to him his Tranflation of Juve- na!, wherein he particularly defcribes his Lordfhip's great Genius and Judgment in his Writings, and his other admirable Quali- ties, and had often Proofs of his Bounty. Alfo, the ingenious Mr. Prior (among others who owed their Rife and Fortune to my Lord Dorfet) makes this publick Acknowledgment p , That be fcarce knew what Life was, fooner than he found himfelf obliged to his Favour; or had Reafon to feel any Sorrow fo fenfibly^ as that of his Death. And as he had the Honour to be admitted to an In- timacy with his Lordfhip, he has been fo grateful to the Memory of his Patron, as to leave this Character of him. ' A Thoufand Ornaments and Graces met in the Compofition c of this Great Man, and contributed to make him univerfally be- ' lov'd and efteem'd : The Figure of his Body was ftrong, pro- c portionable, beautiful ; and were his Picture well drawn, it muft 6 deferve the Praife given to the Portraits of Raphael, and at 4 once create Love and Refpect. While the Greatneis of his * Mien informed Men they were approaching the Nobleman, the ' Sweetnefs of it invited them to come nearer to the Patron : ' There was in his Look and Gefturc fomethins; that is eafier & ; ___ . i) Ibid. p. 751;. p Epift. Dei to his Poems, Li Ncve't Monum. Angl. p. 104. " ' con- j^A c K v i L L E , Duke of Dorfet. 579 * conceived than de/cribed, that gained upon you in his Favour, * before he fpoke one Word. His Behaviour was eafy and cour- * teous to all j but diftinguiflhed and adapted to each Man in par- ' ticular, according to his Station and Quality. His Civility was * free from the Formality of Rule, and flowed immediately from * his good Senfe. ' Such were the natural Faculties and Strength of his Mind, 'that he had Occafion to borrow very little from Education ; ' and he owed thofe Advantages to his own good Parts, which * others acquire by Study and Imitation. His Wit was abun- ' dant, noble, bold: Wit in moft Writers is like a Foun- ' tain in a Garden, fupplied by feveral Streams brought through * artful Pipes, and playing fometimes agreeably : But the Earl * of Dorfet's was a Source rifing from the Top of a Moun- ' tain, which forced its own Way, and with inexhauftible Sup- * plies, delighted and inriched the Country through which ' it pafled. This extraordinary Genius was accompanied with ' fo true a Judgment in all Parts of fine Learning, that * whatever Subject was before him, he difcourfed as proper- * ly of it, as if the peculiar Bent of his Study had been ap- ' plied that Way ; and he perfected this Judgment by Reading ' and Digefting the beft Authors, though he quoted them very feldom: Conlemnebat pottus literas, quam nefctebat. ilSVIfjtaTi ^t'i^^lfll K fll/i^?y't ' * And rather feems to draw his Knowledge from his own Stores> * than to owe it to any foreign Affiftance. ' The Brightnefs of his Parts, the Solidity of his Judgment, * and the Candour and Generofity of his Temper, diftinguifh'd * him in an Age of great Politenefs, and at a Court abounding c with Men of the fineft Senfe and Learning. The moft emi- * ncnt Matters, in their feveral Ways, appealed to his Determi- ' nation : Waller thought it an Honour to confult him in the * Softnefs and Harmony of his Verfe ; and Dr. Sprat, in the De- ' licacy and Turn of his Profe: Dryden determines by him, un- ' der the Character of Eugeniu^ as to the Laws of Dramatick * Poetry. Euiler owed it to him, that the Court rafted his /&- * dibrafs ; Wickerley^ that the Town liked his Plain-Dealer ; * and the late Duke of Buckingham deferr'd to publim his Re- * hearfal, 'till he was fure (as he exprefled it) that my Lord e Dorfet would not rehearfe upon him again. If we wanted fo- * reign Teftimony, La Fountaine^ and St. Evremont have ac- 4 knowledged, that he was a perfect Mafter in the Beauty and * Finenels of their Language, and of all they call Les Belles * Lettres : Nor was this Nicety of his Judgment confined only * to Books and Literature ; but he was the fame in Statuary, * Painting, and other Parts of Art. fyrnini would have taken * r ft; ,q jnA ,muroM rwM .' 580 SACKVILLE, Duke of Dorfet. 4 his Opinion upon the Beauty and Attitude of a Figure ; and King Charles did not agree with Lilly, that my Lady Cleveland's Picture was finifhed, 'till' it had the Approbation of my Lord Buckburft. ' As the Judgment which he made of others Writings could not be refuted, the Manner in which he wrote, will hardly ever be equalled : Every one of his Pieces is an Ingot of Gold, inttinfically and folidly valuable ; fuch as wrought or beat thin- ner, would fhine through a whole Book of any other Author. His Thought was always New, and the Expreflion of it fo par- ticularly happy, that every Body knew immediately it couM only be my Lord Dorfet's', and yet it was fo eafy too, that every Body was ready to imagine himfelf capable of Writing it. There is a Luftre in his Verfes, like that of the Sun in Claude Lorains Landfkips ; it looks natural, and is inimitable. His Love- Verfes have a Mixture of Delicacy and Strength; they convey the Wit of Petronius in the Softneis of 'Tibullus. His Satire indeed is fo feverely pointed, that in it he appears what his great Friend, the Earl of Rocbefter (that other Pro- digy of the Age) fays he was ; 'The be/1 good Man, with the worft-natuSd Mufe. Yet even here that Character may juftly be applied to him, which Pcrfius gives of the beft Writer in this Kind, that ever lived. Omne vafer vitium ridenti Flaccus armcfi langit, & admifliis circum prcecordia ludit. And the Gentleman had always fo much the better of the Sa- tirift, that the Perfons touched did not know where to fix their Refentments, and were forced to appear rather afhamed than angry. Yet fo far was this Great Author from valuing him- felf upon his Works, that he cared not what became of them, though every Body elfe did. There are many Things of his not extant in Writing, which however are always repeated : Like the Verfes and Sayings of the ancient Druids, they retain an univerfal Veneration, though they are preferved only by Memory. 4 And it is often feen, that thofe Men who are leaft quali- fied for Bufmefs, love it moft ; my Lord Dorfet's Character was, that he certainly underftood it, but did not care for it. The Fire of his Youth carried him to fome Excefles ; but they were accompanied with a mod lively Invention, and true Hu- mour : The little Violences and eafy Miftakes of a Night too gaily fpent (and that too in the Beginning of Life) were al- ways fet right the next Day, with great Humanity and. ample Retribution. His Faults brought their Excufe with them ; and h ; s very Failings had their Beauties : So much Sweetnefs ac- ' companied S A c K v I L L E , Duke of Dorfet. 58 c ' companied what he faid, and fb great Generality what he did, * that People were always pofiefled in his Favour ; and it was in * FadT: true, what the late Ear] of Rochefter faid in jefl to King * Charles, That he did not know hoiv it was ; but my Lord Dor/et ' might do any thing, yet was never to blame- ' He was naturally very fubjecl to Paffion ; but the fhcrt Guft * was loon over, and ferved only to let off the Charms of his ' Temper, when more compofed : That very Paffion broke out c with Force of Wit, that made even Anger agreeable : While ' it . lafted, he laid and forgot a thoufand Things which other * Men would have been glad to have ftudied and writ ; but the * Impetuofity was corrected upon a Moment's Reflexion ; and ' the Meafure altered with fuch Grace and Delicacy, that you ' could fcarce perceive where the Key was changed. He was ' very fharp in his Reflexions ; but never in the wrong Place : * His Darts were fure to wound j but they were fure too to hit ' none but thole, whofe Follies gave fair Aim; and when ha ' Allowed no Quarter, he had certainly been provoked by more * than common Error ; by Mens tedious and circumftantial Re- ' citals of their own Affairs, or by their multiply'd Queftions * about His ; by extreme Ignorance and Impertinence, or the e Mixture of thefe, an ill-judg'd and never-ceafing Civility ; or * laftly, by the Two Things that were his utter Averfion, the -* Infinuation of a Flatterer, and the Whifper of a Tale-bearer. 4 If therefore, we fet the Piece in its word Pohtion, if its ' Faults be moft expofed, the Shades will ftill appear very finely ' joined with their Lights ; and every Imperfection will be di- * minifhed by the Luftre of fome neighbouring Virtue. But if * we turn the great Drawings and wonderful Colourings to their ' true Light, the Whole muft appear beautiful, noble, admi- rable. ' He poflefled all thofe Virtues in the higheft Degree, upon ' which the Pleafure of Society, and the Happinefs of Life de- e pend ; an4 he exercifed them with the greateft Decency and * beft Manners, As good Nature is faid, by a great Author, to ' belong more particularly to the Englijh than any other Nation ; * it may again be faid, that it belonged more particularly to the * late Earl of Dorfet, than to any other Englijh Man. ' A kind Hufband he was without Fondnefs, and an indulgent * Father without Partiality : So extraordinary good a Matter, ' that that Quality ought indeed to have been numbered among * his pefe&s j for he was often worfe ferved than became his Sta- * tion, from his Unwillingnels to aflume an Authority too fe- * vere. And during thofe little Tranfports of Paffion, to which * I juft now faid he was fubjec~t, I have known his Servants get * into his Way, that they njight make a Merit of it immediate- ? \y after ; for he that had the good Fortune to be chidj was fure. * of teing rewarded for it. 582 ScV ixiv Duke of Dorfet. , H ' ; tIis Table was one of the laft that gave us an Example of ' the old Houfe-keeping of an Englijh Nobleman. A Freedom ' reigned at it, that made every one of his Guefts think himfelf ' at Home ; and an Abundance, which {hewed that the Matter's ' Hofpitality extended to many more than thofe who had the Ho- * nour to fit at Table with him. ^ In his Dealings with other Men, his Care and Exactnefs that ' every one fhould have his Due, was fuch, that one would think ' he had never feen the Court : The Politenefs and Civility with * which this Juftice was adminiftred, would convince one, he * never had lived out of jjt^.,' ^ tteuwas ^ ^ r ^ an Obferver of his Word, that no Con- ' fideration whatever could make him break it ; yet fb cautious, * left the Merit of his Act (hould arife from that Obligation on- ' ly, that he ufually did the greateft Favours without making any * previous Promife. So inviolable was he in his Friendfhip, and * fo kind to the Character of thofe, whom he had once honoured ' with a more intimate Acquaintance, that nothing lefs than a * Demonftration of fome efTential Fault, could make him break * with them j and then too his good Nature did not confent to ' it, without the greateft Reluctance and Difficulty. Let me * give one Inftance of this among many : When as Lord Cham- ' lain, he was obliged to take the King's Penfion from Mr. Dry- 6 den, who had long before put himfelf out of a Poflibility of * receiving any Favour from Court, my Lord allowed him an * Equivalent out of his own Eftate : However difpleafed with ' the Conduct of his old Acquaintance, he relieved his Necefli- ' ties ; and while he gave him his Afliftance in private, in pub- c lick he extenuated or pitied his Error. ' The Foundation indeed of thefe excellent Qualities, and the * Perfection of my Lord Dorfefs Character, was that unbound- * ed Charity which ran through the whole Tenor of his Life ;. ' and fat as vifibly predominant over the other Faculties of his * Soul, as fhe is faid to do in Heaven above her Sifter Virtues. ' Crowds of Poor daily thronged his Gates, expecting thence c their Bread ; and were ftill leflened by his fending the moft ' worthy Objects of his Bounty, to Apprenticefhips or Hofpitals : * The Lazar and the Sick, as he accidentally faw them, were * fent from the Street to the Phyiician ; and many of them not ' only reftored to Health, but fupplied with what might enable c them to refume their former Callings, and make their future ' Life happy : The Prifbner has often been releafed by my Lord's ' paying the Debt ; and the Condemned has been faved by his c Interceffion with the Sovereign, where he thought the Letter ' of the Law too rigid. To thofe, whofe Circumftances were * fuch, as made them afharr.ei of their Poverty, he knew how c to beftow his Munificence, without offending their Modefty, and under the Notion of frequent Prefents, gave them what ' amounted SAC K vi LI, E, Duke of Dorfct. 583 '.. .amounted to a Subfiftence : Many yet alive know this to be ' true, tho' he told it to none, nor ever was more uneafy than ' when any one mentioned it to him. 4 We may find among the Greeks, and Latins, Tibullu^ and ' Callus, the Noblemen that writ Poetry ; Auguftus and 'Me- * canas, the Protestors of Learning ; Art/tides, the good Citi- ' zen ; and Atticus, the well-bred Friend ; and bring them in * as Examples of my Lord Dorfefs Wit, his Judgment, his ' Juftice, and his Civility ; but, for his Charity we can fcdrcc ' find a Parallel in Hiftory itfelf. 'Titus was not more the JJc- c llcia Humani generis on this Account, than my Lord Dcrfrt ' was. And without any Exaggeration, that Prince did not do c more Good in Proportion, out of the Revenue of the Roman ' Empire, than his Lordfliip, out of the Income of a private < Eftate/ The Ingenious Mr. Pope, has given the Publick this Enco-- mium on his Lordfhip. r^iori iirJ iojoi.bnia di Dorfet, the Grace of Courts, the Mufes Pride, Patron of Arts, and Judge of Nature, dyd : T'he Scourge of Pride, tho' fanfiifyd or great, Of Fops in Learning, and of Knaves in- State ,v. Yet foft bis Nature, tho' fever e bis Lay, His Anger moral, and bis Wifdom gay. Blejl Satyri/i ! who touch* d the Meanfo true, Asjbowd, Vice had his Hate and Pity too. Blejl Courtier ! who could King and Country pkafp 9 Yet facred keep his Friendjhips, and his Eafe. Blejl Peer ! his great Forefathers eory Grace Reflecting, and reJlecJed in his Race ; Where other Buckhurfts, other Dorfets, Jhine, And Patriots Jiill) or Poets, deck the Line. His Son and SuccefTor, Lionel, Earl of Dorfet, born Jan. i68, has, in Confideration of his great Merit, been promoted ^^ to the Dignity of Duke of Dorfet. On the 8th of December, ' 1708, her late Majefty Queen Anne, conftituted him Conftable of tyover-Caftle, and Lord- Warden, and Admiral of the Cinque- Ports, then vacant by the Death of his Royal Highnefs, George, Prince of Denmark; which Office he refigned in the Year 1713. On the Demife of Queen Anne, his Lordfhip was commifHon'd by the Regency to go to Hanover, and notify her'Death in Form, and congratulate his Majefty's Acceffion to the Crown ; where- upon his Majefty, before his leaving the Yatch that brought him to England, appointed him firft Gentleman of his Bed-Chamber ; alfo, on the 8th of Ottober, 1714, Conftabeof Dover-Ca/lle, and Lord- Warden of the Cinque-Ports, having before been fworn of his Privy-CounciL Likewife, on the i6th of the fame Month, ?t a Chapter held at St. James's, his Lordfhip was elected one of P p 4 the, SACK v l L i, t! ; Duke of Dorfet. the Knights Companions of the moft noble Order of the Garter ; and affifting at the Coronation, the zoth'of October, bore the Scepter with the Crofs, by his Majefty's Appointment On the ^oth of April$ 1718, being commiflion'd by the So- vereign, with his Grace the Duke of Kent, they inftalled at Wind/or (by their Proxies) his Royal Highnefs Prince Frederick- Lewisy Prince of Brunfwick and Lunenburgh, and his Royal Highnefs Erncjl-AuguJlus, Duke of York and Albany, Knights Companions of the moft noble Order of the Garter ; as alfo the Dukes of St. Alban's, Montagu, Newcaftk, and the Earl of Berk- ley, who were perfonally prelent. On the i ?th of June, 1720, his Majefty, in Confideration of his great Merits and Services, was pleas'd to advance him to the Dignity of Duke of Dorfet; the Preamble to his Grace's / 7 f Jf atem teing & follows. W /..*" Q-9,-{i ^JiV'riA.&V^'lOs' . ' . W , ," /M Sackvillorum Gentem recoltmus, qui Guhelmum . Con- queftorum in Angliam comitati magnam etiam eo tempore Inter Normannos fuos a generis Antiquitate, majirem vero a virtutibut vendi caverant Glorlam, cumque Horum pojleri, ferie perpetua egre- gia Majorum fafta fuis illitftraverint, 6f Regiis No/iris AnteceJJo- ribus mer'iib & apprirrie chart fumma cum laude fumma regni muncra expleverint ; idebque ex hoc Sanguine. Orlundus units a Richardo pr'tmo Baronis titulum accepit, pojlea vero alter longo Annorum in- tirvallo a Reglna Elizabetha cui erat etiam confanguineus, Baro de Buckhurft creatus ejl, vel potius in priftinum honor em revocatus ; idemque poft paulo Dorfettise Comes faff us eft ; Huic etiam Fami- li<, fatisjam fuo Splendore illuftri, novi ex Matrimonlo tituli, Ba- ro fcilicet de Cranfield, & Comes Middlefexiae, accejjerunt ; Hi Crimes tot tantiq; tituli in Carolo nupero Dorfettije, Comiti coUeEli fulferunt, & cum hi omnes jam ad ilium Virwn a Patre derivati fuerint, qui eos non modo dignc fuftinuit, fed fuis etiam Firtutibus ampliavit Ipfum ob multa in Nos presjlita Officia Perifcelidis bonore duditm ornavimus ; Eundemq; quern inter Comites pene primum in- venimus ad fuperiorem Nobilitatis gradum bodie evehimus, ne alias dim ad fummum bunc Ordinem promovendo Illius & locum iff meri- tum oblivifci irideamur, & illam dignitatem quamfuo qua fi jure pe- iere potuerit, etiam non petenti ultra concedimus. Sciatis igitur, &c. On the 3oth of May, 1725, his Grace was appointed Lord- Steward of his Majefty's Houfhold ; and on the yth of June fol- lowing, one of the Lords Juftices for the Adminiftration of the Government during the King's Abfence. Likewife on the 3ift of May, r 727, his Grace was again appointed one of the Lords- Juftices, on his Majefty's going to Hanover, who died on the i ith of June following. At the Coronation of our prefent Sovereign, his Grace was Lord Steward of his Houlhold ; and being appointed Lord High- Steward of England, on that fcLmn Occafion, he bore St. Ed- ward's SACK v i L L E, Duke of Dojfet. 585 ward's Crown, wherewith his Majefty was crown'd. Oh the 4th of January, 172^, his Grace was alfo confirm'd in the Office of Lord- Warden of the Cinque-Ports, and Conftable of Dover- Co/tie t And on the Death of Francis Wtikughby,- Lord^w/^- ton, was on the i 3th of April* 1729, chofe High-Steward of the Borough of Tamwortb.isiH fo'/ofl aid (esixoiS liodi yd) - On the i gth of June? 1730, his Grace (on refigningliis Place of Lord-Steward of the Hpufhold) was,declar'd in Council, Lord Lieutenant, General, and General-Governor of Ireland. And on the i7th of November the fame ."Year, was chofen one of the -Go- vernors of the Charter- Houfe^ in the Room of the Bifhop of Durham decealed. His Grace fet out for Ireland on 2 1 Augujl^ 1731, and arrived at Dublin on Saturday the i ith of September; where he was received with the loudeft Acclamations of the Peo- ple, and a great Appearance of the Nobility and Gentry,' who exprefled great Satisfaction on his Grace's Arrival to the Govern- ment of that Kingdom. On the Monday following, his Grace was waited on by the Lord-Mayor, Aldermen, Sheriffs, &c. in. their Formalities ; and was complimented by the Recorder in their Name, as follows : TI /r '. , i /* /" May it pleaje your Lrrace, ' The Lord-Mayor, Aldermen, Sheriffs, and Commons of ' this City, think themfelves extreamly happy in having this . * Opportunity of expreffing their Satisfaction, in the Choice h?s ' Majefty has been pleafed to make of your Grace, to reprefent 6 his Royal Perfbn in this Kingdom. ' If we only confide red the Family from which your Grace Is ' defcended, a Race of Patriots, as eminent for their Abilities as ' for their Quality, who have fignalized themfelves in almoft eve- V ry Reign fince the Conqueft, in the Service of their Country ; * we might with Reafon hope for Profperity under your Grace'-s ' Adminiftration. But when we reflect, that your Grace has ' long fince convinced the World, that you inherit the Virtues, * as' well as the Titles of your Anceftors ; that you have not only 4 formed your felf by the Example, but have in every Action * (hewed a moft lively Refemblance of your noble Father, (the ' Hontmr of 1iis Age) when we think on the Share he had in the * late Revolution, to which this Nation chiefly owes its prefent * Happinefs ; it is no wonder that your Grace is received with * univerfal Joy, and that we are aflured of all the Advantages, * which can poffibly be obtained under the moft aufpicious Go- * vernment. * Your Grace is happily diftinguifhed by the greateft Honours e a Subject can enjoy; it adds, my Lord, confiderably to their * Value, that they were conferred upon your Grace by his late, * and his prefent Majefty ; but they are ftill more illuftrious, as * they were certainly due to your Perfonal Merit, '- I'Our 586 SACKVILLE, Duke of Dorfet. .,,* .Our Loyalty to his Majefty, our Veneration for the Queen, * and Royal Family, and our Zeal for the prefent happy Efta- ' blifhment, which we have (hewn upon every Occafion, will, 4 we are perfwaded, recommend Us to your Grace's Favour ! ' Permit Us, my Lord, humbly to aflure your Grace, of our in- ' violable Duty and Efteem, and that we {hall contribute every ' thing in our refpective Stations, to make your Government both ' eafy and profperous. His Grace open'd the Seflion of Parliament on Tuefday, Qfto- ler 5th, 1731. And the Lords in their Addrefs to his Majefty thus exprefs themfelves : ' Your Majefty's Subjects of Ireland^ * who muft want that Happinefs which attends your immediate 6 Prefence, cannot but exprefs their moft fenfible Acknowledgc- * ments of your Majefty's extenfive Goodnefs, in committing ' their Affairs into the Hands of his Grace the Duke of Dor- ' fet ; whofe known and approv'd Character leaves us no room * to doubt, but that, in Obedience to your Royal Commands, he ' will juftly reprefent your Majefty, in continuing to do every ' Thing in his Power, that may contribute to the Honour, ' Welfare, and Intereft of this your Majefty's Kingdom. And the Commons in their Addrete to his Majefty, fay, * That they moft gracioufly acknowledge his Royal Favour, ' in committing the Government of the Kingdom to his Grace * the Duke of Dorfet ; of whofe fincere Inclination for their ' Profperity they are fully convinc'd, and whofe great Honour, * and eminent Abilities, in difcharging the Duty of the higheft * Stations, leave them no room to doubt, that he will take * every Opportunity to promote his Majefty's Service, and the ' Intereft and Profperity of their Nation. The Lords alfo in their Addrefs to his Grace, have the follow- ing Expreflions : May it pleafe your Grace, * We the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament af- ' fembled, humbly beg leave to return your Grace our moft hear- ' ty Thanks for your excellent Speech, delivered from the Throne, ' to both Houfes of Parliament. * It is with the greateft Pleafure and Satisfaction, that we fee * your Grace placed over this Kingdom ; and we efteem it a fignal ' Inftance of his Majefty's tender Care of Us, that he has made * choice of a Perfon of your Grace's Wifdom and Goodnefs, as * well as Zeal for the Proteftant Religion, and hearty Affection ' to his Majefty and Royal Family, to entruft with the Govern- * ment of this Nation. .f g j,/j ... We cannot fufficiently exprefs our Gratitude, for that Warmth ' of Heart and ftrong Inclination you bring with you, to promote * the Honour, Welfare, and Intereft of this Kingdom ; and the * many Benefits we have ^ikeady received under your Graced ia$A b >o SACKVILLE, Duke of Dorfet. 587 c Adminiftration, give us the ftrongeft Afliirance of all future * Advantages from the Continuance of your Government. Concluding^ 6 And it is with the utmoft Pleafure and Acknowledgment, ' that we receive your Grace's Aflurances, that you (hall efteem ^it your greateft Honour, in obedience to his Majefty's Com- * mands, to concur in every thing that may beft promote our ' Happinefs ; and we {hall make it our Endeavour, that your Ad- ' 'ininiftration may procure you the great Satisfaction you propofc * to your felf from fo generous a View. To which his Grace made this Anfwer : My Lords, ' The obliging Manner in which your Lordmips exprds your * felves to me, lays me under the ftrongeft Engagements, for the ' Good of this Kingdom, to continue my Endeavours, and to de- ' ferve your Efteem, for which I have the greateft Value. And the Commons made the following Addrefe : May it pleafeyottr Grace, 6 We his Majefty's moft dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Com- ' mons of Ireland in Parliament aflembled, do, with the greateft * Satisfaction, attend your Grace, to offer our fincereft Thanks ' for your excellent Speech to both Houfes of Parliament. ' We beg leave to congratulate your Grace upon your being * appointed Chief Governor of this Kingdom, and to exprefe our * Confidence, that the Welfare and Intereft of this Nation will c be maintained and promoted by your Grace's vigilant and wife c Adminiftration. ' The Commons of Ireland very naturally conceive the greateft c Expectations from a Perfon, whofe Birth intitled him to the 6 firft Distinctions of a Subject, and whofe perfonal Honour and * Integrity have raifed to the higheft Offices in Great- Britain: ' And they have the ftrongeft Reafon to hope, from your Grace's * unwearied Endeavours for the Good of this Nation before your c Arrival, that as you have long been the Ornament of on * Kingdom, they {hall find in your Grace the Guardian and ' Support of another. * We are highly fenfible of his Majefty's Goodnefs in commir- ' ting the Government of Ireland to your Grace, at a Time c when the Nation is fo greatly diftrefled by the publick Debts, ' and the decay of Trade : We beg leave to aflure your Grace, ' that under thefe Difficulties, we will grant, to the beft of our * power, fuch effectual Supplies as may provide for the Debt of * the Nation, and {upport his Majefty's Government with Ho- *_ nour. * By our Unanimity and Temper in all our Confutations^ we ' {hall endeavour to render your Grace's Adminiftration eafy and * honourable. And we hope, from a Reprefentation of a true 5 State of this Kingdom, and of the Zeal, Loyalty and Affection * of 588 SACKVILLE, Duke of Dorfet. ', of his Majefty's Proteftant Subjects of Ireland, by a Perfon of * your Grace's Candour and Humanity, we fliall be happv in the * Continuance of his Majefty's Royal Favour and Protection. Whereunto his Grace was pleas'd to anfwer. .jkYour Satisfaction in my Endeavours for the Intereft of this * Kingdom, gives me the greateft Pleafure. Nothing {hall be ' wanting on my part to anfwer the Expectations of this Houfe ' of Commons, who exprefs fo much Zeal to promote his Ma- 1 jefty's Service, and the Eafe of my Adminiftration. Before the end of the Seflions, the Houfe of Lords, on the eighth of March, prefented their Addrefs to his Grace as follows : JVLay it pleafe your Grace, ,^ r We the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament afTemb- f led, humbly beg Leave, on the approaching End of this Seflion, * to exprefs to your Grace our grateful Senfe of the Bleflings we ' have enjoyed under your juft and wife Adminiftration, and our * Hope of their being yet further extended by the good Bills ' which by your Grace's Influence are now ready to be pafe'd * into Laws. : ?uo * By the Reduction of Intereft at the fame Time that a Provir e (ion hath been made for a large Part of the National Debt, * and by the Precautions taken for the better Securing the publiclc ' Revenues, and thereby preventing the Encreafe of it, we have ' the agreeable Profpedl of maring the Advantages which his 4 Majefty ? s generous and fuccefsful Labours for the Peace of Eu- c rope cannot fail of diffufing thro' every Part of his Dominions. * Your Grace's known Vigilance, your tender Regard for the. ' Intereft of this Kingdom, before your Arrival in it, and the * Experience of thofe great and amiable Qualities which have * gained you the Hearts of a whole People fmce you appeared '. among us, leave us no room to doubt, but ypur Grace will ' favourably reprefent to his Majefty our Zeal and Fidelity to his ' moft (acred Perfon and Government. ' And as we have chearfully concurred in every Provifion for- ' the Benefit and Quiet of our Coumry, we {hall think ourfelves * obliged, on the fame Principles, by a due Execution of the ' Laws, to preferve the Continuance of his Majefty's Favour, c and the Protection of a Chief Governor, for whofe Wifdom, ' Honour, and Integrity, we profefs the higheft Veneration. To which Adcirets his Grace was pleas'd to give the following , . _ / Anfwer ' My Lords j I fet the greateft Value upon the Regard (hewn me by your : Lordfhips in this obliging Addrefs, and cannot doubt of preferv- ; ipg your Efteem, as it is founded on your Confidence in my : Zeal for his Majefty's Service, and on my conftant Endeavours : for the Profperity of this Kingdom, S A c it v i L L E, Duke of Dorfet. The Day following the Commons made this Addrefs to his Grace; May it pleafe your Grace^ ' e We his Majefty's moft faithful Commons, think it our in- * difpenfible Duty, before the Conclufion of this Seflion of Parlia- *' ment, to return your Graee our moft fmcere Thanks for your * juft and wife Adminiftratiort. ' We beg leave to exprefs.the grateful Senfe we have of your ' Grace's Zeal, for the Advancement of Learning and good ' Literature in this Kingdom ; and of the many Benefits and ' Advantages we enjoy under your Grace's mild and prudent ' Government, and are convinced your Grace has nothing more * at Heart than the Service of the Crown, and the Good and ' Profperity of this Country. ' Your Grace, through the whole Courfe of your Adminiftra- ' tion, has fully made good thofe AfTurances you were pleas'd to 4 give us at the Beginning of this Seflion of Parliament, of your * Inclination to do every thing in your Power that might contrp- * bute to the Honour, Welfare, and Intereft of this Kingdom. * We therefore depend on your Grace, that when you (hall at- * tend his Majefty's moft (acred Perfbn, you will reprefent us to ' him as a moft dutiful and loyal People, placing our greateft * Happinefs on the Continuance of his Royal Favour and Pro- ' teiStion, ready, under the utmoft Difficulties, to grant him fuch * Supplies as are neceflary for the Support of his Government, * and truly fenfible of the many Bleffings we enjoy under his * moft aufpicious Reign. His Grace was pleas'd to return the Anfwer following, ' I am very much obliged to you for this -kind and affe&ionate * Addrefs, and (hall continue my Endeavours to preferve your e good Opinion, by purfuing my own Inclinations to promote ' the Intereft of Ireland to the utmoft of my Power, and by re- ' prefenting in the moft faithful Manner your loyal Behaviour ft ' his Majefty. The next Day his Grace being feated on the Throne, and having made his Speech, the Lord-Chancellor prorogued the Par- : liament. His Grace, having fettled his Afrairs in that King- dom, embarked for England^ and, after a tery dangerous Paflage^ landed on the z8th of April^ 1732. On the 4th of Sept. 173 3 % his Grace fet out again for Ireland^ with a very great Retinue, and accompanied with his Dutcheis, the Earl of Middlefex, and the Lord John Sack-pille, his Sons, and his Daughter the Lady Caroline. His Grace landed on the 17/th of Sept. following, and was received f at the Water-fide by the Lords-Juftices, the Lord -Mayor, Aldermen, and Sheriffs of &ub~ Im, and proceeded amidft tne Acd.imations of a vaft Concour/e ., ' 'JfT;^ - Gazette, No, 72*7. f Gazette, No. 723. of 590 SACKVILLE, Duke of Dorfet. of People to the Caftle, where he received the Complements of the Nobility, and other Perfons of Diftin<5tion, on his fafe Arrival. The Parliament met h on the 4th of Oft. and fuch Bills as were neceflary to be pafled for the Service of the Kingdom, pro- tracted the Seffion till the zgth of April. The Houfes of Lords and Commons made thefe remarkable Addrefles to his Grace, on the Conclufion of the Seffion. The Humble Addrefs of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament aflembled. May it pleafe your Grace^ ' We the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament * aflembled, lay hold of this Opportunity, before the Conclu- * fion of the Seffion, to exprefs our fincere Thanks for the ' many good Bills which have, by your Grace's Influence, been ' procured to the great Benefit and Advantage of this Kingdom. * And at the fame time we cannot, without Ingratitude, be un- * mindful of the univerfal Happinefs which this Nation has en- ' joyed during the whole Courfe of your Grace's Adminiftration. ' We beg leave to acknowledge the grateful Senfe we bear in * our Minds, of the Confidence your Grace has reposed in our * Univerfity, and of the many Inftances you have given of that * hereditary Virtue, by which your Anceftors have been fo emi- * nently diftinguifticd for their generous Encouragement of ufeful 4 Learning and polite Literature. * The Splendor and great Dignity with which your Grace has * fupported the Government of this Kingdom, do likewHe de- ' mand our juft Acknowledgments. And as it is our Intereft, ' fo it is our Inclination, which urges us to hope that his Majefty*s * Subjects, whofe Welfare and Profperity his Majefty hath always * efteemed his greateft Happinefs, may long continue to reap the * Benefits of fo wife and prudent an Adminiftration. * The Zeal with which this Kingdom has always diftinguifhed * itfelf for the Proteftant Succeffion, in the illuftrious Houfe of ' Hanover^ cannot but be acceptable to a Perfon of your Grace's 'iS'.'fc&nown Affection for his Majefty's Service and Government : ' We therefore depend upon your Grace's Goodnefs for repre- * tenting Us to his Majefty, as moft dutiful Subjects to the beft of * Kings. To which his GRACE was pleafed to give this Anfwer. My Lords, 'The beft Return I can make for this very obliging Addrefa wilt if to reprefent truly to his Majefty^ your Duty and Affettion to his facred Perfon and Government. The kind Manner in which you exprefs your Senfe if my Endea- vours for the Service of the Kingdom, gives me the greater Plea fur e^ as I am confident that whatever may promote the Welfare 0f Ireland, - ' .' - .L d 3& Gazette, No. (annot S A c K v i L L>E , Duke of Dorfet. 59 1 cannot be more agreeable. to your Lord/hips, than it will be to bit Majefty. The Houfe of Commons on Saturday the 27th of April, 1 734, attended on his Grace with their Addreis as follows : To his Grace, Lionel^ Duke of Dorfet, Lord Lieutenant, .General, and General- Governour of Ireland. May it pleafe your Grace, ' The Period of this Seflion being at hand, the Commons ' would be wanting to themfelves, if they did not take this * publick Opportunity of afluring your Grace, That your Ad- Jfif miniftration has given them the higheft Satisfaction. * To do Good with Readinefs, and with Reluctance to hear i . * it mentioned, are Qualities ufually found in the fame Perfon : * It would therefore be tedious to your Grace, were we to enu- * merate the many Inftances of your tender Care and Regard for ' the Welfare of this Nation : However, it muft not be patted ' over in Silence, That tho' this Seifion has been drawn into an ' unexpected Length, yet you have thought no Time long, that ' was neceflary for the obtaining fuch Laws, as might ftrengthen ' the Proteftant Intereft, and promote the Profperity and Happi- * nefs of this Kingdom. 6 When your Grace was firft nominated to this Government, ' we prefaged from your known Truth and Honour, and your ' great Abilities for filling that Station, all thofe good Effects ' which we have fince experienced: And when a People feel ' themfelves thus happy under a Governour, whofe Fidelity to ' the Interefts and Prerogative of the Crown has been made per- ' fectly to confift with the Liberty of the Subject, who has been * Juft and Humane in the Exercife of Power, and who has fup- * ported the Dignity of his Character with uncommon Magnifi- c cence, it is but natural for them to wifh for the Continuance of 4 fo much Felicity, and it would be the higheft Ingratitude in us, * mould we neglect to acknowledge his Majefty's Wifdom and 4 Goodnefs, in fending fuch a Governour to prefide over us. ' Since Your Grace is preparing to return into the Royal Prefence, what we have now moft humbly to requeft is, That you will be pleafed to reprefent to our moft Gracious Sovereign, the Duty and Affection of the Commons of Ireland, in fuch a Light, as may afliire to Us the Continuance of his Majefty's Royal Favour, Confidence, and Protection. His GRACE was pleafed to return the Anfwer following. My Endeavours for the Service of the Kingdom are very agree- ably rewarded by this obliging Addrefs : It is the greatejl Honour to Tou, and Satisfaction to Me, that my Perfeverance in my Duty to his Majejly, and my Regard to the Interejis of the Pubtick, are the jurejl Means to prtferve your EJleem. Oa the -i ft of '-May, 1734, his Grace embarked for England, and was accompanied to the Wateriide by a great Number of the 59 2 SACKVILLE, Duke of Dorfet. the Nobility, and other Perfons of Distinction : And had Ib quick a Paflage, that he arrived at his Houfe at Whitehall^ on the yth of the fame Month. In September 173?, his Grace fet out again for that Kingdom, to be prefent at the Meeting of the Parliament. He opened the Seffion with a Speech from the Throne on the 7th of Ottober : And before the Rifmg of the Parliament, the Houfe of Lords, the 24th of March, made the following Addrefs. To his GRACE Lionel, Duke of Dorfet, Lord- Lieutenant, General, and General- Governour of Ireland. The humble Addrefs of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, in Parliament aflembled. Prefented to his GRACE on the 24th of March. May it pleafe your GRACE, E We the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament aflem- c bled, beg Leave, before a Period is put to this Sefllon, to con,- gratulate your Grace upon the remarkable Unanimity and Temper with which it has been carried on, and the happy Conclufion to which it now approaches ; which we doubt not will be as agreeable to his Majefty, as it is beneficial to his * faithful People. ; We fhould not deferve this Happinefs, if we did not with * the fmcereft Gratitude acknowledge it to be owing to the fteady ' Wifclom and Juftice of your Grace's Adminiftration ; through * the whole Courfe of which you have {hewn, that you had no c other .Views than his Majefty 's Service, and the real Intereft of this. Kingdom. So difinterefted, fo juft and prudent a Conduct, 6 could not but produce that univerfal Efteem and Affedtion for * your Grace, which this whole Nation upon every Occafion * expreiles. ' The Benefits which by your Grace's Influence have been * derived to us, from his Majefly's Royal Goodnefs, are fo many * and fb known, that it would be as needlefs, as it is difficult, to ' enumerate them ; but we cannot omit returning our particular 1 Thanks to your Grace, for the late eminent Inftance of Royal * Favour which you have obtained for us, whereby private Pro- * perty is more effectually fecured, and the Laws become a more * certain Rule by which every Man's Right may be determined. * It will ever diftinguifh your Grace's Government, that * from the Beginning of it we have feen the reafonable and juft ' Demands of the Crown, always anfwered by the moft chear- * ful and ready Compliance of the People ; and in Return, the ' moft gracious Conceffions made to the People, of whatever * they judged neceflary to fecure and increafe their Welfare and * Happinefs. You, my Lord, who are fo happy as to be em- * ployed in conveying theft mutual Advantages, have a Right to, * and SACKVILLE, Duke of Dorfet. 593 * and can never fail of that Reward, which your Grace (like ' other great Benefactors of Mankind) feems to have moft in view ; to be beloved and refpecled by the prefent Age, and re- mem bred with Honour by Pofterity. * We muft ever acknowledge his Majefty could not have given us a more defirable Proof of his gracious Acceptance of our Duty and Loyalty to his {acred Perfbn, and of our inviolable Zeal and Attachment to his Royal Houfe, than by continuing your Grace in the Government of this Kingdom ; the Intereft of which, you have in fo diftinguiflied a Manner promoted. And we firmly rely upon your Grace's Goodnefe, that whert you return to his Royal Prefence, you will make fuch Reprefen- tations of the fteady Loyalty and Affe&ions of his Subjects of Ireland, as may incline his Majefty to think us not unworthy of the Continuance of his Royal Favour and Protection. To which Addrefs his GRACE was pleafed to give this An- fwer. My LORDS, This very kind Addrefs is a convincing Proof, that a Zeal for bis Majefty 1 s Service, and the Good of his People, can never fail of gaining your Ejleem, I Jhalt never forget this publick Mark of your Approbation, which I confider not only as Honour done me, but a lofting Obligation laid upon me, to promote the Welfare of this Kingdom to the utmoft of my Power. The Houfe of Commons the next Day^ (March 25, 1736,} prefented their Addrefs. The Humble Addrefs of the Knights, Citizens, and Burgefle?, in Parliament aflerri'oled. May it pleafe your GRACE, * The Commons of Ireland in Parliament anembfed, truly fenfible of your wife, juft, and frugal Admin iftration, return their fincere Thanks to your Grace, for your conftant Endea- vours and unwearied Care to promote the Welfare of this Kingdom. , The Chearfulnefs with whicff'we have given the Supplies, the Succefs which has attended our Deliberations, and the great Efteem and Refpeft which on all Occafions we have (hewn for your Perfon, muft be lafting Monuments, That we confefs ourfelves happy under your Grace's moft prudent Adminiftra- tion. v .. We humbly requeft your Grace to reprefentUs to the King our Sovereign, in the ftrongeft Terms of Duty and Loyalty, and to exprefs our Confidence and intire Satisfaction in his Royal Word for the Security of our Rights and Poifcfiions. * Oa 594 -SACKVILLE, Duke of Dorfet. ' On our Part, We will always endeavour to deferve this Prote&ion, and the Continuance of your Grace's Recommen- dation : Your high Rank, Experience, and great Abilities can never fail to have an Influence in our Favour, and with us it will be ever efteemed our Felicity, that the Government of this Kingdom was committed to your Grace's Hands, where you always brought Joy and Honour, where your Prefence is moft acceptable, and where there will always be the warmeft * Wimes for your Return. . . - , . , To which his GRACE was pleafed to anfwer : I return my fincere l^ants for this affecJtonate Addrefs, and. fall ever acknowledge, with the utmofl SatisfacJion, that not only your Exprcjflions, but your Aftions have Jhewn the greatejl Zeal for his Majejiy's Service, and the moft obliging Regard for my Admini- ftration. < .., _ -O. !_ "jT}--vW l -l'-'- "'QlH Which being reported to the Houfe, they order'd the (aid An- fwer to be enter'd in their Journals. His Grace put an End to the Seflions the 3oth of March, and embark'd for England on the ijth of May, 1736, leaving the Lord-Primate, the Lord-Chan- cellor, and the Speaker of the Houfe of Commons, Lords- Jufti- ces in his Abfehce. On the 3 ift of March, 1737, his Majefty in Council, in con- fideration of his great Merits and Services, was pleas'd to appoint his Grace Lord-Steward of his HoufJbold, having before ferv'd his Majefty in that high Office. And on the izth of May, 1740, he was nominated one of the Lords- Juftices for the Adminiftra- tion of the Government during his Majefty's Abfence. At the Funeral of her late Majefty, 17 December, 1737, his Grace was one of the two Supporters to her Royal Highnefs the Princefs Amelia. And her Grace the Dutchefs of Dorfet atten- ded at that Solemnity, in her Place of Firft Lady of the Bed- chamber. In January, 170*, his Grace married Elizabeth, Daughter of Lieutenant- General Walter-Philip Colyear, Brother to the Right Honourable David, Earl of Portmore. Her Grace was one of the Maids of Honour to Queen Anne, and Firft Lady of the Bed-chamber, and Lady of the Robes to our late Queen when Princefs of Wales, and afterwards. And reprefented the Queen ofPruffia, as God- Mother to his Royal Highnefs Prince JVill'iam- Auguftus, Duke of Cumberland. His Grace had Iflue by her ; i . Lady Anne Sackvillt (fo named by her Majefty Queen Anne, her God-Mother) who died in the i ith Year of her Age, on the d of March, i7ff. 2, Charles, Earl of Middle fex, born the 6th of February, rh Member in the prefent Parliament for Eafl-GnnJled. t > 3' Lady ILLE, Duke of Dorfet, 3. Lady Elizabeth Saekville, married December 6, 1726, to *fhomas, Lord Vifcount Weymouth, but died before Cohabitation (whilft his Lordfhip was on his Travels) on 29 June, 1729. 4. Lord John-Pbilip^ born ^att? 2 id, 1713, Member of Parliament for Tamworth. 5. Lord George Sackville, born January 26, 17-'*, who had his Name from his late Majefty, his Godfather. 6. Lady Caroline, who had his prefent Majefty for her God- Father. TITLES.] Liohel-Cranfield Sackville, Duke of the County of Dorfet, Earl of Dorfet, and Earl of Middlefex \ Baron of Buck- burji, and Baron of Cranfield ; Lord-Steward of his Majefty *s Houlhold i Conftable of Dover-Cattle ; Warden and Admiral of the Cinque-Ports ; Cujlos Rotulorum of the County of Kent, and of the City and County of Canterbury, and Vice- Admiral of the faid County of Kent ; High-Steward of Stratford upon Avsn, in the County of Warwick, and High-Steward of Tamworth, in the Counties of Stafford and Warwick ; One of the Lords of his Majefty's moft Honourable Privy-Council ; and Knight of the moft Noble Order of the Garter ; and Lord Lieutenant and General Governour of the Kingdom of Ireland, from June 17 3 o t iQ April, 1737- CREATIONS.] Baron of feuckhurjl in Suffex, by Letters- Patent, 8 June, 1566, 8 liz. Earl of the County of t>orfet^ 13 March, 1603, i Jac.l. Baron Cranfield of Cranfield, in the County of "Bedford, and Earl of the County of Middlefex, 4 April, 1675^ 27 Car. II. and Duke of the County of Dorfet} I 3 June, 1720, 6 Geo. I. ARMS.] Quarterly, Of and Gules, a Bend over all, Valfe. CREST.] Out of a Ducal Coronet, Or, an Eftoile of eight Points Argent. SUPPORTERS.] Two Leopards Argent, fpotted Sable. MOTTO.] AUT NUNQJJAM TENTES AUT PERFICE. CHIEF-SEATS.] htKnoiule, in the County of Kent, 5 Miles from Tunbridge, and 2 3 from London : At Buckburjl, in the County of Suffex, 5 Miles from EaJi-Grinfted, and 26 from London : And at Croxhall, in the County of Derfy, ^ Miles fron* Licbfield, and 126 bom London J * . bris fi'KiminD-Daci .ebisvroJlfi 'bnis i3rhoM ; o Ki3 ^> 596 E G E R T'Sfrj, 1 ' Duke of Bridgwater. XXIX. EGERTON, Duke of Bridgwater. ttfcfc fc^fow'Vinl^OTKfll B Wl -\ -, ,, 0i ,,;j ,\ . V\ ,A IvAwV ^Syf" tt'\ CAV> IVi L L our Antiquaries agree that the antient Family of Eger- ton, defcended from Ah^Barpns^of.j^/jtoj, in Che/hire j and that Philip, fe cond Jx>n_ of l&J^Ob r6n oFJHalpas, being feated at Egerto.n%& Manorjiear Mal^as] toolc that Sirname ; from vvhom > iiTlinealDefcent, was Sir joknEgerton, of Egerton, Knt. a who fighting valiantly fer the Houfe of Lancafter^ .under the Lord Audley, General for King Henry VI. was flain at the great and bloody Battle of Blore- Heath, in Staffordshire, on the 2 3d of September, 1459. This Si^T^fr/Lwas fucceeded by Philip h]s eldeftSon ? who had Iffue John Egerton oj Egerton, Efq; and Sir Ralph Egerton of Ridley, \n"CbeJhire, Knt. Which Sir Ralph, with .ftj^r Manwaring, in i /&;;. VIII. were made Efcheators of Chejhire, for their Lives, and to the Sur- vivor of them b ; alfo in the 6th Year of that Reign, he was con- ftituted Ranger of the King's Foreft of Delamere, in the fame County, during Life. He was one of the Gentlemen of the Bed- chamber to the King, and was c knighted in 5 Hen. VIII. for bis Valour and Conducl at the Sieges of Terouen and Tournay, and the Battle that enfued, call'd by our Hiftorians the Battle of Spurs, for the Swiftnefs of the French in running away. Alfo on the 2d of January following, the King in Confederation of the good Services done by Sir Ralph Egerton, Knt. d grants to him the Office of Stan- dard-Bearer of England, with the Fee of i oo/. per Annum, during Life, and to enjoy the fame as fully as Sir Thomas Knevit, or Sir 'John Cheyney did. In 1 4 Hen. VIII. he was e appointed to attend the King at Canterbury, on the 2/th of May, on his Meeting with the Emperor. And died about the zoth of Hen. VIII. for in that Year, May the 26th, the Probate of his Will bears Date, tho' it was made on the 2d of March, 1525, 17 Hen. VII. f He thereby orders his Body to be buried in the Chapel ^f Bunhury, and that 1 2 Torches be born by 1 2 Men in black Gowns, the Day of his Burial, and 24 Tapers burning about his Body the fame day. And that his Executors diflribute \ o 1. Sterling not only to Beggars, but alfo to fuch poor Men and Women, as they Jhall think convenient. He likewife orders his Executors to finijh at his proper Co/} and Charges, the faid Chapel, covered with Lead, ceiVd, and drawn _ a Smith's Vale Royal of England. d Rymr'a Feed. Tom. XIII. p. 378. b Leicejler't Antiquities of Cbcjhirc; e Ib. 9.768. <: Nona. Eqoiti Bibl, Cttttfl Claudiui f ExRegift. vocat Forth g. 3 3. in Cur, C. j. Frerog. C- his jacket of Cloth of Silver, and of blue and rulfet Velvet, to make CroJ/es, and other Ornaments to the faid Chapel, which he orders to have pav'd with fquare AJheler, or other Tyle, or Stone, as his Exe- cutors think convenient. And that they ereft a Tomb for him, with a large Marble Stone, with his Name and Arms engraven thereon, with this Addition, The King's Standard-Bearer, andTreafurer to the Lady Princefs. As alfo a gilt Plate fajtned on the Hall, with his Name, and Arms, and Addition as aforefaid. And that they alfo eaufe a Houfe to be built at Bunbury, bajfed with free Stone, and covered with Welfh Slate (on fuch Ground as his Brother William will appoint] for two Chantery Priejis to pray for his Soul, his Fa- ther and Mother's Soul, with all other Souls of his kin, and all Chriftian Souls for ever. Which Priefts to attend on Holidays, &c. and perform Divine Service in the Quire. And if they neglecJ Duty according to fuch Articles as his Executors Jhall appoint, in a Table to be hung up in the faid Chapel, that then they be remov'd ; and that his Cozin Philip Egerton, and the Heirs Males of his Body, put in fuch Priejl, or Priejis, as he /hall think virtuous and />#- nejl ; and in Default of the faid Philip, and his Heirs, the faid Priefts to he nominated by ....... Wylbram, and the Heirs Males of his Body. Which Chantry-Houfe to contain two Chambers, one Parlour, a Buttery, and a Kitchen ; and the faid Priejis to be main- tain' d out of his Mills at Nantwich, andWyche- Houfe, and other Lands, at the Difcretion of his Executors ; as alfo for the Mainte- nance of the faid Chapel at Bunbury, with Ornaments and Reparh- rations. He bequeaths tg his Son Richard, all his Apparel not be- queath' d, and one third Part of his EJiate ; alfo one third to his Wife (Mother of the faid Richardj ; and the other third to his Ex- ecutors, for the Performance of his Will, defiring them to make Suit to the King's Grace, to buy the Ward of his Son's Marriage. Which Richard E^erton^Efq; (being wrote Son and Heir of Sir Ralph Egerton, KnTy was of Age in 23 Hen. VIII. for on the 5th of December in that Year, he had fpecial Livery of his Lands by Grant from the King. He was afterwards knighted, and by Alice, Daughter of -------- Spark of Bickerton in Chejhire^ had Iflue Sir Thomas Egerton of Doddkjlon in the fame County a 598 E G E R T ON, Duke of Bridgwater. who by his great Knowledge in the Laws, and in consideration of feis great Merits was made Lord-Keeper of the Great-Seal of Eng- land by Queen Elizabeth, and by King James the^Firft created Biron of El/mere, and Vifcount Brackley, and confiituted Lord Chancellor of England. The faid Sir Thomas Egerton, was h enter'd a Student at Bra- yen-nofe College in Oxford, about the Year 1556, where continu- ing about three Years, he remov'd to Lincolns-lnn for the Study of the Laws, and became fo great a Proficient, that on 2 8th of June, 1581, 23 Eliz. ' he was conftituted the Queen's Sollicitor- General. The Year after he was chofen Lent-Reader of the So- ciety of Lincolns-lnn, to which none but Perfons of great Learning were elected k . Alfo the fame Year was chofen one of the Go- veinors of that Society, for twelve Years fucceflively. On the zdof June, 1592, 34 Eli*. ' he was conftituted Attorney-Ge- neral ; foon after which he had the Honour of Knighthood con- ferr*d on him; and on the loth of April, in 36 Eliz. m was fur- ther promoted to the Mafterfhip of the Rolls. In 38 Eliz. 6 May, he had n the Great-Seal of England deliver'd to him at Greenwich, with the Title of Lord-Keeper, being at the fame time fworn of her Majefty's Privy-Council ; of whofe fair an4 equal Deportment, faith Camden, every one had conceiv'd migh- ty Hopes and Expectations. He held the Place of Mafter of the Rolls p , with Lord-Keeper of the Great-Seal, till the rft Year of King James, who then conferr'd the Mafterfhip of the Rolls on Edward Bruce, Lord Kinkfs, Anceftor to the prefent Earl of Ailjbury. Queen Elizabeth had fuch a Senfe of his Sufficiency, and great Abilities, that fhe likewife imployed him in her Councils. In 40 Eliz. he was in 1 Commiflion for treating with the Dutch, in order to leflen our Charge of the War with Spain, and with the Lord Buckhurjl and others, figned a new Treaty at London, with the Embaflaidors of the States, whereby the Queen was eafed of no left than 1 20000 /. per Annum, befides other Advantages. In 42 Eliz. he was in Commiflion with the Lord Buckhurft, Lord-Treafurer, and the Earl of Ejjex, Earl-Marfhal, for negoti- ating Affairs with the Senate of Denmark. That he was a Friend to the Earl of EJJex, appears from his Letter to that Lord when in Difgrace, printed in the Supplement to the Cabala, pag. 27. wherein with great ftrength of Reafon and Judgment, he endear yours to perfwade him to fubmit to the Queen. The Earl in anfwer to it, begins thus, My very good Lord, though there is not that Man this Day living, whom Iwouldfooner make Judge of any cn that might concern me, than your/elf; yet you mujl give me h WonTs Athenae Oxon. p. 354. o Annals of Q^EltK. in Hilt, of Eng, i Pat. 23 Eli*, p. i. P-552- k Dugdale\ Orig. Jurid. p. 153, *6l. p Pbilpot'i Cat. of the Chancellors of ] Pat 34 //*. p. 7. England, p. 77. m Pat. 36 //. p. 5. g Rymtr's Fcedera, Tom- XVI. p. 343* Clauf. 38 EiK, p. 14, leave E G E R T o N, Duke of Bridgwater. 599 leave to tell you-, that in fome Cafes I mujl appeal from all earthly Judges. And if in any, then furely in this, when the bigheft Judge on Earth hath impofed upon me the heavieji Punijhment without Trial or Hearing. After which the Earl goes on to vindicate himfelf, and con- cludes ; / mufl craw yeur Lord/hip's Patience to give him that hath a crabbed Fortune, leave to ufe a crooked Stile. But whatfoever my Style is, there is no Heart more humble nor more affefted to your Lord/hip, then that of Your Lordfliip's poor Friend, ESSEX. After this he wrote another Letter to the Earl, which is print- ed in the afore&id Collection, p. 87. and is as follows. Sir, 4 How things proceed here concerning your felf, you {hall partly underftand by thefe inclofed. Her Majefty is gracious towards you, and you want no Friends to remember and com- mend your former Services. Of thefe Particulars you fhall know more when we meet. There are fharp Eyes upon you ; your Actions publique and private are oblerved. It behoveth you therefore to carry your felf with all Integrity and Sincerity both of Hands and Heart, leaft you overthrow your own For- tunes, and difcredit your Friends that are tender and careful of * your Reputation and Welldoing. So in haft I commit you to c God, with my very hearty Commendations, and reft At the Court at Rick- Tour ajjured Loving Friend* ntond, 21 O3. 1599. THO. EGERTON, C. S. The Year after, when the Earl of Ejfex, intoxicated by his wild Ambition, had with his Dependants aflembled in an hoftile Man- ner at Ej/ex-Houk in the Strand, the Lord-Keeper, with the Earl of Worcejler, Sir William Knolles, Comptroller of the Houf- hold, the Earl's Uncle, and Popham, Lord Chief- Juftice of Eng- land, were fent to know the Caufe thereof: And being, after fome Difficulty, admitted into the Court-yard (but without their Attendants) the Lord-Keeper found the Earl in the midft of a confus'd Rabble, and addreffing himfelf to him, faid, That the Queen had fent him and the others, to know the Caufe of their Con- courfe, and if they had fujfer'd any Grievances, to promife them & fair and equitable Redrefs. Whereupon EJfex anfwer'd him in a louder Tone than ordinary, r That there was a Confpiracy again/I his Life ; that fome were employ d to murder him in his Bed: That o great deal of Treachery had been ufed again/I him ; and that Let- ters had been counterfeited under his Hand and Seal: That they were met in defence of themfelves, &c. Thereupon the Lord- Keeper prefling him once more to difcover his Grievances (as privately as he pleafed) the Rabble interrupted him, crying out, Let us be gone, they do but abufe your Patience, they dtfign nothing t fcwxfcs'l Aflnala of Q^EHx. in Hifttof , Vpl. II. p^X; O q 4 ht 6oo EG E R T ON, Duke of Bridgwatcr. ^ lut to deftroy and abufe you ; and in the mean -while we hfe Time. Then the Lord- Keeper bad them on their Allegiance lay down Arms. ,.,#& After which EJJex retir'd into the Houfe, and the Lord -Keeper with the reft followed him on purpofe to have fomc Difcour&with hiro in private ; the Mob in the mean time uttering theje Ex- prcflions, Cut their Croats; away with thai Great-Seal; t/ap them up in Cuftody. When they had got into the inner Apartments, EJJex order'd the Doors to be bolted r.n them, telling thelfn, That if they would have but a little Patience-, he would go and advife with the Lord-Mayor and the Sheriffs, and be back again in a very Jhort Time. Thus were thefe four of the Privy-Council confin'd, and left in Cuftody of a Rabble, in peril of their Lives. In the Interim, EJJex having tried the Affections of the Citizens, and found none would join with him, and that the Lord- Admiral was advancing with a ftrong Party againft him, refolv'd to return Home, in hopes of obtaining the Queen's Favour by the Lord- Keeper, and the 3 other Privy-Counfellors, he had confin'd in his Houfe. But when Sir John Levifon, who commanded a Party of Men at Ludgate? had refus'd Sir Ferdinando Gorges the Liberty for a free Paflage for Effex ; Gorges confulting his own Intereft, per- fwaded the Earl to fend him to his Houfe to difcharge the Counfcl- lors, and with them to interceed with the Queen for his Pardon, while there was no Blood fpilt, and her Majefty remaining in fbme fufpcnce, as well as the Citizens. The Earl contented that the Lord Chief- Juftice Popham mould be releafcd, and none elfe ; but he rcfufmg to accept of his Liberty, except the Lord-Keeper might enjoy the fame, Gorges difcharg'd them all, and went with them by Water to the Court. EJJex having met with a Repulfe near the weft Gate of St. Paul's Church, (wherein foine were kill'd) got to Ghteen-Hithe, with a few Friends that flood firm to him, and there took Boats and retir'd to his Houfe. He was very angry, at find- ing the Lord-Keeper, and the Council difcharg'd, and laying afide all hopes of Afliftance from the City, began to make his own Houfe as ftrong as he could. But how that unhappy Nobleman furren- der'd, and fufFer'd Death, is no part of mv prefcnt Work. But after he had receiv'd his Sentence, hedefir'd to fpcak with fome of the Privy-Council; whereupon the Lord-Keeper, the Lord-Ad- miral, the Lord-Treafurer, and Sir Robert Cecil, were fent to him *. After he had aik'd the Lord- Keeper's Pardon, for detaining him in Cuftody, and Cecil's for accufing him in the Matter of the In- fanta, he told them that the Queen could never be fate as Jong as he lived, and difcover'd his whole Defigns, impeaching feveral Perfons. After the Earl was executed, it being thought neceflary that fome Punifhment fliould be inflicled on thofe who were his Confederates, the Lord-Keeper was in a fpecial Commiffion * CimJtn, at fupra, p, 636. t RymeS* Fade*, V, XVI. p. 4*1- with .. - E R T o N, Duke of Bridgwatcr. 601 with the Lord-Treafurer, the Lord-Admiral, Sir Robert Cecil* Principal Secretary of State, Sir John Fortcfcue, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and others (whereof any two of the beforemention'd were to be of the Number) to call before them all fuch as were concern'd with Robert,, late Earl of EJJex, Henry, late Earl of Southampton, &c. and to treat and compound with fuch Offenders, for the Redemption and Competition of their Lands; and on Seal- ing, and fufficient Surety given, for the Payment of fuch Fines, ts*c. fo affefs'd by them, to caufe a Pardon to be made out for the faid Treafons, and of every their faid Lands. In 1602 (44 EKz.) he was u in Commiffion with others of the Privy- Council, to reprieve and ftay from Execution all fuch Perfons, convicted of any Robbery or Felony, as they fhould think convenient, and to commit them to ferve in fome of the Queen's Gallies, in fuch Or- der and Manner, and for fuch Time as they fliould aflign. In 45 ERz. he was in Commiffion w for putting the Laws in Exe- cution againft Jefuits, Seminary Priefts, &c. ordained according to the Rites of the Ronujh Church. After the Death of Queen Elizabeth, his Lordfhip was con- cern'd in the neceflary Meafures for the Peace and Security of the Nation, the Administration of the Kingdom, being devolv'd on him and other great Officers of the Crown, 'till King James's Arrival from Scotland, who by his Sign Manual, dated at Hatty- rood Houfe 5th of April x , appointed him to exercife the Office of Lord- Keeper of the Great-Seal. And waiting on his Majefty at Sir Henry Cock's Houfe at Broxborn in Hertford/hire, he was there, on the 3d of May, confirm'd Lord-Keeper, by the King's Delivery of the Great-Seal to him. On the 21 July following ( i Jac.) he y was rais'd to the De- gree of z Baron of this Realm., by the Title of Lord Elefmere*_ AndTiis Majefty taking into Cbnfideration z his good and faithful Services, not only in the Adminiftration of Jujlice, but alfo in Coun- cil, both to the late ^ueen, and himfelf (as is exprefs'd in the Pa- tent) conftituted him Lord High- Chancellor of England, on the 24th of July, the Day before his royal Coronation. In 16091 (7 Jac.} * he was commiffion'd to compound with all thofe, who. holding Lands by Knights Service, fcfr. were to pay the Aid for making the King's eldeft Son a Knight. On the Death of Dr. Richard Bancroft, Archbifbop of Can-, terbury, who died on the 2d of November, 1610, the Lord Elef- mere, Lord-Chancellor of England, was the next Day unani- moufly b chofen Chancellor of the Univerfity of Oxford, and oq the loth of the fame Month was inftalled in the Bifliop of Dur- ham's Houfe at London. In 1612, he ' was one of the Lords t - u Rymer, p. 446. z JKymif ut anfta. F Ibid. p. 489. a IWd. p. 680. X Ibid. p. 405. b fund's Fafti Oxgn, p. 807. y Pt, ?$* p. 14,. ' * ^ Bjfwr, p. 73. 602 E G E R T o N, Duke of Bridgwatcr. who fign'd the Articles of Marriage between the Princefs Eliza- beth, Daughter of King Jama, arid the Ele&or Palatine. And was conftituted Lord High-Steward of England ' on the 1 2th of May, 1616 (14 Jac.) for the Trial of Robert, Earl of Somerfet^ and Frances his Wife. Alfo 20 May following he ' was con- ftituted one of the Commiflioners to treat with Sir Noel Caron 9 Knt. Ambaflador to the States-General concerning the Rendition of the Cautionary Towns into the Hands of the States. In 1 6 1 5 his Lordftiip was very ill, which is evident from fe- veral Letters of Sir Francis Bacon (then Attorney-General) to the King. In one dated Jan. 3 1 . he gives his Majefty this Ac- count : * For Mr. St. John your Majefty knoweth the Day draweth ' on ; and my Lord-Chancellor's Recovery, the Seafon, and his Age, promifing not to be hafty. I fpake with him on Satter- day, at what time I found him in Bed, but his Spirits ftrong, and not fpent or wearied ; and fpake only of your Bufinels, leading me from one Matter to another. And wifhed and feemed to hope that he might attend the Day for O. S. and it c were (as he faid) to be his laft Work to conclude his Services, * and exprefs his Affection towards your Majefty. In another Letter to the King, February 12, 1 6 1 5, he writeth, * Your worthy Chancellor I fear goeth his laft Day, God * hath hitherto ufed to weed out fuch Servants, as grew not fit ' for your Majefty ; but now he hath gathered to himfelf a true * Sage, or Salvia, out of your Garden : But your Majefty's Ser- * vice muft not be mortal. And thereupon moves his Majefty to confer the Chancellor's Place upon him. And three Days after he let the King know of the Chancellor's Amendment, as follows. ' I do find God be thanked a fenfible Amendment in my * Lord-Chancellor. I was with him Yefterday in private Con- * ference about half an hour : And this Day again at fuch time 4 as he did Seal, which he endured well, almoft the Space of an * Hour, though the Vapour of Wax be ofFenfive to him. He is * free from a Fever, perfedl in his Powers, of Memory and Speech ; * And not hollow, in his Voice nor Look ; He hath no panting, ' or labouring Refpiration ; Neither are his Coughs dry or weak. ' But whofoever thinketh, his Difeafe is but Melancholy, he * maketh no true Judgment of it ; For it is plainly, a formed * and deep Cough, with a pe&oral Surcharge ; So that, at times, * he doth almoft, Antmam agere. In a Letter to Sir George Vittien, dated zift of Feb. 1615, he gives him an Account, ' That the Lord -Chancellor's Health * growing with the Days, and his Refignation bHng an Uncer- d Ryner, p,73l c ibid, p, 783. * fcinty. , ' EG E R T o N, Duke of Bridg water. 603 ' tainty, he defires by his Intereft to be fworn a Privy-Counfek < Jor. ^ Adding that the Lord-Chancellor told him the Day be- * fore,' That if the King would afk his Opinion, touching the Per Jon that he would recommend to jucceed him, upon Death, or Difability* he would name him for the fittejl Man. And afk his ( Wilier i) -* Advice whether Ule may not be made of that Offer. Alfo in a Letter of the fame Date to the King he begins as follows. Aiuz'.J * I was Yefterday, In the Afternoon, with my Lord-Chan.- * cellor, according to your Commandment, which I received by * the Mailer of the Horfe ; And find the old Man well comfort- * ed, both towards God, and towards the World, and tbat ' fome middle Comfort which is divine and humane, proceeding 4 from your Majefty, being God's Lieutenant on Earth, I am * perfwaded, hath been a great Caufe, that fuch a Sicknefs hath : been portable to fuch an Age. I did not fail, in my Con- * je&ure, that this Bufmefs of the Chancery, hath ftirred him ; * He meweth to defpife it, but he is full of it ; and almoft, like * a young Duellift, that findeth himfelf behind hand.' And pro- ceeding to give his Majefty an Account of that Affair, he writes thus, ' The laft D.ay of the Term ; (and that which all Men ' condemn, the fuppofed laft Day, of my Lord-Chancellor's * Life;) there were two Jndi&ments preferred, of Premunire, * for fuing in Chancery, after Judgment in Common-Law ; the * one by Richard Gknvile, the other by William Allen. For the ' Cafes themfelves, it were too long, to trouble your Majefty, 6 with them i But this I will fay ; if they were fet on, that pre- 6 ferred them, they were the word Markfmen that ever were, * that fet them on. For there could not have been chofen, two ' fuch Caufes, to the Honour, and Advantage of the Chancery, f for the Juftnefs of the Decrees, and the Foulnels, and Scandal, ' both of FacT: and Perfon, in thofe that impeach the Decrees. : The Grand Jury confifting of very fubftantial and intelligent f Perfons, would not find the Bills ; notwithstanding they were ' clamour'd by the Parties, and twice fent back by the Court : " And in Conclufion refolutely 17 of 19 found an Ignoramus. 9 This Attack*on the Court of Chancery Sir Francis Bacon imputes to the Lord Chief- Juftice Coke principally ; and in the before- mention'd Letter to the King, calls it a great andpublick Affront not only to the Reverend, and wett-deferuing Perfon of your Chancel- lor (and at a time when he was thought to lye on dying, which was barbarous} but to your High-Court of Chancery. He advifes his Majefty to make fome Example againft the Prefumption of a Judge in Caufes that concern his Majefty, and cites a Precedent in Queen Elizabeth's Time in the like Cafe, when the Judges anfwer'd it on their Knees. The Lord-Chancellor in the Spring of the Year being recovered his Indifpofition, purfued the Affair concerning the Jurif- di&ioq 604 E G E R T o N, Duke of Bridgwater. diction of the Court of Chancery, and King's- Bench ; and it be- ing brought to a Hearing before his Majefty, he, in July, gave Judgment, That the Statutes of 27 Ed. III. cap. i . and 4 Hen. IV. cap. 3. did not extend to the Court of Chancery. But the Lord- Ghancellor finking under the Weight of old Age, tho' in full Pofleffion of the King's Favours, he intreated his Majefty by two Letters (extant in the Supplement to the Caballa) to be dilcharg'd from an Office, which even in thofe Days was fufficient to em- ploy the Powers of any Man, in the Strength and Perfection both of Body and Mind. His laft Letter is as follows. Moft Gracious Sovereign. * I find through my great Age, accompanied with Griefs and Infirmities, my Senfe and Conceipt is become dull and heavy, my Memory decayed, my Judgment weak, my Hearing im- perfect j my Voice and Speech failing and faltering, and in all the Powers and Faculties of my Mind and Body great debility. Wherefore" confdentia imbecilitatis, my humble Suit to your moft facred Majefty is, to be difcharged of this great Place wherein I have long ferved, and to have fome comfortable Teftimony under your royal Hand, that I leave it at this hum- ble Suit with your gracious Favour : So {hall I with Comfort number and fpend the few Days I have to live, in Meditation and Prayers to Almighty God, to preferve your Majefty and all yours, in all heavenly and earthly Felicity and Happinefs. * This Suit I intended fome Years paft ex dittamme ration'n & * confdentia : Love and Fear flayed it ; now Neceffity conftrains * me to it : I am utterly unable to fuftain the Burthen of this * great Service ; for I am come to St. Paul's Defire, Cupio diffbl- * vi & ejfe cum Chrifto. Wherefore I moft humbly befeech your * Majefty moft favourably to grant it. Your Majefty's moft humble and loyal poor Subject and Servant, THO. ELLESMERE Cane. The King parted with an old and faithful Servant with all imaginable Tendernefs ; and firft as a Mark of his royal Favour, advanc'd him to the Dignity of Vifcount Brackley^ on 7 Nov. 1616, 14 jfac. ; and afterwards refigning the Seal, it was on the jyth of March following f committed to the Cuftody of Sir Fran^ (is Bacon, whom his Lordfhip defired might fucceed him. He had before g on the 24th of January, i6rf, voluntarily refign'd the Office of Chancellor of the Univerfity of Oxford, wherein he was fucceeded by William, Earl of Pembroke. And in the Gal- lery over the Schools is yet to be feen the Pi&ure of his Perfon, in the Habit of Lord -Chancellor, which was fo venerable, that his Prefence and Carriage gave a Grace and Ornament to the Court in which he prended, as his Ability and Integrity did a Sanction to his Decrees. f Cbronica Series, p. 104* g Weid's Faft, Oxan, p,8z2a 25 His E G E R T o N, Duke of Bridgwatcr. 605 His Lordfhips Illnefs increafing b , the King fent the Earl of Buckingham to fignify to him that he intended to give him the Title of an Earl, and an annual Penfion. But being at that Time 7 7 Years of Age, he did not live to enjoy either j decea- fmg at Ybrk-Houk in the Strand, on the J5th of March, i6jA, and was buried at Doddlefton in Chejbire, without any Pomp, or Glory, other than refulted from the Fame of his virtuous A&i- ons, being of a quick Apprehenfion, clear and folid Judgment, and confummate Wifdom. From Sir Francis Bacon's Letter to his Lordfhip with his Book of the Advancement of Learning, we have fome part of his Cha- racter, which I (hall infert in his Words. May it pleafe your good Lord/hip^ * I humbly prefent your Lordmip with a Work, wherein, as you have much Commandment over the Author,, fo your Lordmip hath great Intereft in the Argument : For, to fpeak without Flattery, few have like Ufe of Learning, or like Judgment in Learning, as I have obferved in your Lordmip, not only in thofe Places in the Church, which have been in your own Gift, but alfo in your Commendatory Vote, no Man hath more conftantly held ; Let it be given to the moft de- ferring detur digniori : And therefore both your Lordmip is beholden to Learning, and Learning beholding to you ; which maketh me prefume with good Aflurance that your Lordmip will accept well of thefe my Labours ; the rather becaufe your Lordmip in private Speech hath often begun to me in expreffing your Admiration of his Majefty's Learning, to whom I have dedicated this Work, &c. 9 His Lordmip left four Manufcripts of choice Collections con- cerning, the Prerogative, Royal Priviledges of Parliament, Pro- ceedings in Chancery, and the Power of the Star-Chamber : And in his Life-time was printed in 4/0, in 1 6 Sheets, Land. 1609, his Speech in the Exchequer-Chamber touching the Poftnati. Al- fo after his Death, Obfervations concerning the Office of Lord- Chancellor, Lond. 1651. He had three Wives : Firft, Eltzabeth,jya.ughteT of Themis Ravenfcroft of Bretton^ in the County of Flint, E(q; by whom he "had Iffue two_Sons, Sir Thomas Egerton^Jfirtt. who deceafed in his Life -time, and John, who fucceeded him, and was created Earl of BridgwateK. *A[fo~a DaughteT^arJ, married to Sir Francis^ Leigh of Newnham-Regis in Com. Warwick, Knight of the Bath, Father of Francis, Earl of Chichejler. She died on the ^d of April, 1612, aged 3 6, and was buried at St. Margaret's^ Wejlminjier. To his zd Wife he had Elizabeth, Daughter to S.ir Geargt Moor^ of the County of Surry, Knt. Widow of Sir J^hn Wol- b S*mden\ Annals of King Jamn in Hift, of E& Vol. IJ. p. 6-^7. *v- 606 E G E R T o N, Duke of Bridgwater. ley, Knt. Chancellor of the Garter. And to his 36 Wife, Alice y Daughter to Sir 'John Spencer of Althorp, in Com. Northamp. Knt. Widow of Ferdinando, Earl of Derby ; but by neither of thefe bad any Mue. His eldeft Son, S^Thprnas^Egerlon, was knighted for his Va- lour under the Earl of E-ffex, at the taking of Gales ; and he and his Brother ferved a-lfo with the fard Earl in that Expedition a- gainft the Rebels in Ireland, An. 1599, where this Sir Thomas tieQ,, leaving Iflug ,by Elizabeth his W tfe T Daughter^of Venablei of Kinder ton, in Corn. Cejlr. Efq; 3 Daughters j lb married to John Dntton, Son and HeiF apparent^ ef . Thomas Dutton of Dutton, in Com.JCtftr. Efqj Vere, to William Booth> Son and Heir to Sir George Booth of Dunham, in the fame County, Knt. and Bart, and Mary, to Sir Thamas Leigh, Knt. after Lord Leigh of S-tweley, in Com. War-wick. Whereupon^ John his^Brdtlier "fucceeded to the Title of Vifcount Brackley, &c ; on the Deceafe of his Father the Lord-Chancellor, as beforemen- tioned* _ Which Jeihn^ (ervuig under tl)e Earl of Ejjex in Ireland, Ax. 1599 J , was there knighted; and at the Coronation of King jfames, Was made one of the Knights of the Bath. The fame Year his Father died he was advanced to the Degree of an Earl, by the Title of Earl of BrjdsuiQl&-> vrz on 27 Maij(i$ y<7f.) 1617. He was in the Reign of King Charles I. Lord- Piefident of Wales, and the Marches thereof, alfo Lord-Lieute- nant of the Counties of Salop, Wercefter, Hereford, Momnouth, Angle fey i Carnarvon, - Merioneth, Flint, Denbigh, Montgomery, Pembroke, Cardigan, Carmarthen, Glamorgan, Brecknock, and Radnor; and one of the Privy- CounciL His Character, Mar- riage and Iflue, as alfo his Lady's, are fet forth on a fair Monu- ment, at little Gadefden, near his Manfion-Houfe of AJheruge^ in Cam. Bucksy where they were buried, and is as follows.- M. S. Here Refts (Till the laft Trump awakens his Duft) The Right Honourable and truly Noble Sir John Egerten, Knt. of the Honourable Order bf the Batbj Earl of Bridgewater, Vifcount Brackky^ and Baron of Ekfmere, &c. He was Son to the renowned PatriotSii tfh^jJEgf&ort* J&!Qa of Elefmere, Vifcount Bradley, ancfLord-Chancellor of Eng- land, and was_fole Heir both^of his Eftate and Virtues. He "married the Right Honourable the Lady Frances Stanley, Se- cond, Daughter^ and one of the Coheirs of Ferdinands, Earl of ^Chrby, &c. A Wife worthy fach a liufband, by whom he was bleft with a numerous and vertuous Offspring ; four Sons ltt M C S- EGERTON, Duke of Bridgwater. 607 and eleven Daughters ; three of his Sons died before him, viz. James, Vifcount Brackley his eldeft, and Charles, Vifcount Brackley his fecond Son, who both died in their Infancy, and Mr. Thomas Egerton, his fourth Son, who lies here interred, dying unmarried in the three and twentieth Year of his Age 5 and three of his Daughters, viz. the Lady Cecilia Egerton, the Lady Alice Egerton, and the Lady Anne Egerton. His third and^ only furviving Son and Heir, John, Vifcount Brackley he few happily married to the Right Honourable the Lady Eli- zabeth Cavendi/b, the fecond Daughter to the Right Honourable Wittiani, Marquiisjof 3VewcaJlle,jbcc. Seven of his Daughters he likewife (aw well and honourably married, viz. the Lady Frances, the Lady Arabella? the Lady Elizabeth, the Lady Ma- ry, the Lady Penelope, the Lady Catherine, and the Lady Mag- dalen -, and left only his eleventh Daughter, the Lady Alice Eger- ton, unmarried. He was endewed with incomparable Parts, both Natural and Acquired, fo that both Art and Nature did feem to ft rive which ftiould contribute moft towards the making him a moft accom- plifh'd Gentleman ; he had an active Body, and a vigorous Soul ; his Deportment was graceful, his Difcourfe excellent, whether extemporary or premeditated, ferious or jocular; fo that he feldorn^ fpake, but he did either inftruc} or delight thofe that heard him ; he was a profound Scholar, an able Statefman, and a good Chri- ftian ; he was a dutiful Son to his Mother the Church of Eng- land in her Perfecution, as well as in her great Splendor, a loyal Subject to his Sovereign in thofe worft of Times, when it was accounted Treafon not to be a Traytor. As he lived 70 Years a Pattern of Virtue, (b he died an Ex- ample of Patience and Piety, the fourth of December, in the Year of our Lord 1649. Prov. the loth and yth. The Memory of the Jufl is blejfid. M. S. In hope of a happy Refurre&ion, Here lyeth the Right Honourable and moft Noble Lady Frances, Counted of Bridgwater. She was fecond Daughter and one of the Coheirs of the Right Honourable Ferdinando, Earl of Derby, &c. Wife to the Right Honourable Sir John Egerton, Knt. of the Honourable Order of the Bath, Earl of Bridgwater, Vifcount Brackley, Baron of Elefmere, and Lord-Prefident of Wales, and the Marches there- of, by whom Oie was a happy Mother of fifteen Children, four Sons and eleven Daughters, five of which flie buned young, wis^ "the Cord jfames a Vifcount Brackley her eldeft, the Lord Charles, who fucceeded him in Birthr and~Honour fecond Son, the Lady Cicilia Egerton, Mrs. Alice Egerton her eight, and the Lady Anne Ggcrton her tenth Daughter, who lies here interred, dying in the 608 l&G E R T o N, Duke of Bridgwater. eighth Year of her Age ; feven of her Daughters fhe married richly and honourably, viz. the Lady Frances her eldeft, the Lady Arabella her fecond, the Lady Elizabeth her third, the Lady Mary her fifth, the Lady Penelope her fixth, the Lady Catherine her feventh, and the Lady Magdalen her ninth, one of her Daughters, viz. the Lady Alice her eleventh fhe left un- married, as (he likewife did two of her Sons, the Lord John, Vifcount Brackley her third, and Mr. Thomas Egerton her fourth Son; (he was unparallel'd in the Gifts of Nature and Grace, being ftrong of Conftitution, admirable for Beauty, generous in Carriage, of a fweet and noble Difpofition, Wife in her Affairs, Chearful in her Difcourfe, Liberal to the Poor, Pious towards God, and Good to All. She lived vertuoufly 52 Years; (he died religioufly the nth Day of March) in the Year of our Lord 1635, and fhe reigns triumphantly for ever. Pfal. xvi. 15. Pretious in the fight of the Lord is the Death of his Saints. Of the furviving Daughters, Frances was married to Sir John Hobart, of Stickling in Norfolk, Bart, but died without Iflue. Arabella to Oliver, Lord St. John, Son and Heir to Oliver, Earl of Bolingbroke. Elizabeth to David Cecil, Efq; after Earl of Exeter. Mary to Richard, Lord Herbert of Chirbury. Penelope to Sir Robert Napier of Luton-Hoo, in Com. Bedf. Bart. Cathe- rine to William Curtain, Efq; Son and Heir to Sir Ifflliam Cur- tain, an eminent Merchant of London. Magdalen to Sir Gervafe Cutler of Stainburgh, in Com. Ebor. Knt. and Alice to Richard, Lord Vaughan in England, and Earl of Carbury in Ireland. His eldeft furviving Son and Heir John, Earl of Bridgwater, was k fworn of the Privy-Council, ijth of February, 1666; and tho' he comply'd not with the extravagant Councils of thofe Times, yet he continu'd a Privy-Counfellor the remaining Part of King Charles IPs. Reign,as appears by his being again l fworn in the Year 1679, when his Majefty determining to give Satif- fa&ion to his People, diflblv'd the old Privy-Council, and con- ftituted fuch Perfons who had eminently diftinguifhed themfelves in the defence of the Liberties of their Country. In the Year 1667, he m was appointed to examine into the Application of the feveral Sums of Money granted to his Majefty for the maintaining of the War againft the Dutch j and was alfb in that and the fuc- ceeding Reign, Lord -Lieutenant and Cujlos Rotulorum of Buck- ingham/hire and Hertfordshire, as alfo High-Steward of the Uni- verfity of Oxford. Sir Henry Chauncey, who was well acquainted with his Lordftiip, has given us this Memorial of him in his Hiftory of Hertfordjhire. k Hift. of Jftgr. Yd, III, p. *?5, Ibid. p. zS6< I Ibid, p. ate, He EGERTON, t)uke of Bridgwater. 609 He was a Perfon of midling Stature, fomewhat corpulent, with black Hair, a round Vifege, a modeft and grave Afpect, a fweet and pleafant Countenance, and a comely Prefence. He was a learned Man, delighted much in his Library, and allowed free Accefs to all who had any Concerns with him. His Piety, Devo- tion in all Acts of Religion, and Firmnefs to the eftablimt Church of England, were very exemplary; and he had all other Accomplifh- ments of Virtue and Goodnefs. He was very temperate in Eating and Drinking ; but remarkable for Hofpitality to his Neighbours, Charity to the Poor, and Liberality to Strangers. He was com- plaifant in Company, fpoke fparingly, but always very pertinent- ly; was true to his Word, faithful to his Friend, loyal to his Prince, wary in Council, .ftridt in his Juftice, and punctual irt all his Actions. He lyes buried by his Lady in the Chancel of Gadefden beforemention'd, where are thefe Infcriptions to their Memory. Here lies interred John, Earl of Bridgwater, Vifcount Brackley, Baron of Elef- mere, and one of the Lords of the Privy-Council, and Lieutenant of the Countys of Bucks, and Hertford, and CuJ?os Rotulomm of both, to King Charles II. and King James II. Who defired no other Memorial of him but only this. That having (in the i9th Year of his Age) married the Lady Elizabeth Cavendijh, Daughter to the then Earl, fince Marquefs, and after that Duke of Newcajtle, he did enjoy (almoft 22 Years) all the Happinefs that a Man could receive in the fweet Society of the beft of Wives, till it pleafed God in the 44th Year of his Age to change his great Felicity into as great Mifery, by depriv- ing him of his truly loving and intirely beloved Wife, who was all his worldly Blifs; after which time humbly fubmftting to^ and waiting on the Will and Pleafure of the Almighty, he, did forrowfully wear out 23 Years 4 Months and i 2 Days, and then on the 26th Day of October, in the Year of our Lord 1 686, and in the 64th Year of his own Age yielded up his Soul into the merciful Hand of God who gave it. Job. xiii. i 5. 'Though hejlay me, yet will I trujl inhlm. And the Infcription for his Countefs, is as follows, D. b. To the facred Memory of the late tranfcendently vertuous La- dy, now glorious Saint, the Right Honourable Elizabeth, Coun- tefs of Bridgwater. * She was fecond Daughter to the Right Honourable William, ' Marquis of Newcajile, and Wife to the Right Honourable ' John, Earl of Bridgwater, and whofe Family fbe hath en- 4 riched with a hopeful Ifl'ue, fix Sons, viz/ John* Vifcount * Brackky, her eldejl j Sir William. Egerton, fecond Son, both TTr7~ ' Knighte "Vs 3 6 TO E G E R T : ON, Duke of Bridgwatef. Knights of the Honourable Order of the Bath-, Mr. T'homas Egerton, her third ; Mr. Charles Egerton, her fourth ; Mr. Henry Egerton, her fifth ; Mr. Steward Egerton, her * fixth Son; and three ^Daught^rs, viz. Mrs. Frances Egerton, 4 her eldeft ;' the "Lady Elizabeth, her fecond : and the Lady 4 Catherine Egerton, her third Davp;hter ; of all which Chil- * dren, three, viz, Mr. Henry Egerton. her fifth Son ; Mrs. ' Frances Egerton, her eldeft ; and the Lady Catherine Egerton, 4 her third Daughter, lie here interred, dying in their In- 4 fancy ; the reft are ftill the living Pi&ures of their deceafed ' their difconfolate .ady in whom all the Accomplifhments both of * Body and Mind did concur to make her the Glory of the pre- 4 fent, and Example of future Ages : Her Beauty was fo unpa- ' rallel'd, that it is as much beyond the Art of the moft elegant 4 Pen, as it furpafTeth the Skill of feveral the moft exquifite Pen- 4 fils (that attempted it) to defcribe, and not to difparage it: She * had a winning, and an attractive Behaviour, a charming Dif- 4 courfe, a moft obliging Converfation : She was fo courteous ' and affable to all Perfons, that (he gained their Love, yet not * fo familiar to expofe herfelf to Contempt : She was of a noble * and generous Soul, yet of fo meek and humble a Difpofition, ' that never any Woman of her Quality was greater in the * World's Opinion, and lefs in her own : The Rich at her Ta- * ble daily tailed her Hofpitality ; the Poor at her Gate herCha- 4 rity ; her Devotion moft exemplary, if not inimitable ; wit- * nefs (befides feveral other occafional Meditations and Prayers, full * of the holy Tranfports and Raptures of a fanctified Soul) her 4 Divine Meditations upon every particular Chapter in the Bible, * written with her own Hand, and never ('till fmce her Death) 4 feen by any Eye but her own, and her then dear, but now 4 forrowful Hufband, to the Admiration both of her eminent 4 Piety in compofing, and of her Modefty in concealing. Then ' fhe was a moft affectionate and obferving Wife to her Hufband, ' a moft tender and indulgent Mother to her Children, a moft * kind and bountiful Miftrefs to her Family. In a Word, me 4 was fo fuperlatively good, that Language is too narrow to ex- 4 prefs her deferved Character j her Death was as religious as her 4 Life was virtuous : On the 1 4th Day of June, in the Year of * our Lord 1663, of her own Age 37, {he exchanged her earth- ' ly Coronet for an heavenly Crown. Prov. xxxi. 28, 29. Her Children rife up and call her BleJJed, her Hi-fland alfo y end he praifeth her : Mary Davghfgrs have dam virtuoujly, but tbou txullcft them all. The E G E R T o N, Duke of Bridg water. 6 1 1 The only furVivfngJ-)aughter, the Lady Elizdkth, born 24 Autr. 1653, was married to Robert, Earl of Lficejler, by whom fhewas Mother of the prefent Eari^ Of the furviving Sons^^^th^ejdsfi, fuopeedin^jJa- thrr, "'3*_arl cfr:Brid&ioator\ William,, the .fecond, born 15 y/t/"'. 1 649, was feared ?A\Wor.fle^, ; CV. /W, #??<:. made one of the Knig'hts of the Bath at the Coronation of King Charles II. and ferved in Parliament for the Town of Ailejbury in the firft Year of Kin^ James II. He married Hanara^ Sifter of Thomas* Lord >, "of Stonely, by whom he had IfTue an only Son, John Egsrtsn, Efq; who died ja>ung,,and fojuJ^ughjgrs > 7*^ born November 4, 1679, who died the Year after ? November. 26 ; Mary, born on the yth of January, 1680, and died the 2 oth followW; Elizabeth, born 21 .Jw*, 1684, died unmarried i and ifcte, hern on the i ith of ;%/?, 1685, wedded to Park* in Chejhire, who married Hejler, only Daughter of Sir Jchn Bujhbcy of Addington, in-.Com. Bucks, Knt. by whom he had Iffue four Sons and a Daughter ; John, born on the 1 2th ^UUfruar'-i 16^9, who left IfTue John Egerton, ^_Tatton-' orL> J_Ccrtf*_ CeJL Efq; now living ; Thomas, born the 9th of February, 1680, died unmarjyed ; William, born July 6, 1682, is Do&or of Divinity and Prebend of J^anterbury, and hath IflLe: Mamuarmg, born the 2 8th of June, 1683, died Sept. 8, j86-j-and Elizabeth, bom the i 5th of January, 1678, mar- ried to the Rev. Mk Leigh, Reftor of H'hitchurch, in Shropjhire. Charles, Jfouctb, Son, born 12 March, 1654, feated at Newborongh, in Com. Staff, was chofen _a_Msher for the Te^n]Qf_&a^Z, in ^orthamptonjhtre, in eight leveral r'ar- liaments, in the Reigns of KfpgjCTfW and Queen A-^: B departed this Life on the 1 1 th ot December, 1 7 1 7, having had to Wife Elizabeth, Widow of P.ar.dolph Egcnm o_^H-.J-J^gga/^ born on the 9 th of AV^w^-r, 1 646. ~Hewas made one of the Knights of the Bath at the Coronation of King Charles II. and in that Parliament called by King James IL bearing the Title of John, Lord Vifcount Bradley, was returned one of the Knights for Buckingham/hire. On the Revolution, he was one of the Lords that concurred in that Vote of the Houfe cf Peer?, for R r a fettling 6 1 2 EGERTON, Duke of Bridgwater. fettling the Crown on the Prince and Princefs of Orange, who on their Succeffion conftituted him Lord-Lieutenant of Buck- inghamjhire, fwore his Lordmip of their Privy-Council, ?.nd firft Commiffioner of Trade and the Plantations. On 3 i May, 1 699, he was conftituted firft Commiffioner for executing the Office of Lord High- Admiral of fiygldnelj .and on the ift of June fol- lowing, orie of tne ^Lprias, ju{|ices .of .the Kingdom, during the King r s Abfenc6 beyoifti 'tne^Seas J ; ami was in the fame great Trufts the Year folJpwin^., He died in the Place of firft Lord Commiffioner of the Admiralty^ jfitne g ;th Year of his Age, on the tgth^tif Marcb^' 1707^ much Mmentea! [as is obferved in n the Life of Kin^ JfSittta>ri)for a lujf and^ood Man., a faithful J^r lend, and a wife Gounfelhr. He niarned. fujiE/i mtk, eldeft Dau^h- . VK V tA"^ ^ !( r>' ^4^ ^" ' ter and_Heui_ot_X^?? 5 Ql'. ir "faM-> * ___ ^ 3 id Year_qfV herAge. .<3n 'tlie. 3^ of Mdrcb^ ,^669^ 'had Jffue one__Son_^^,\ Born the ijth of January, 1668, and died ManbrLj i^?oj alfo one Daughter, who dial r rt "~*" t '' '^** ' as loon as the was born. J '/\\f* *"*r*n -y.-i-i,v/ His Lordfhip had to his iecond Lad} ; ,^ Jane, eldeft Daughter of C'Mrles^_D\ik& of Bolton, who furvlvm'g liTm, died" '""on the 2 3d Dav of May, 1716, m the 6ift Year of her Age, having hid IfTue feven Sons and two Daughters, Charles, Vifcount Bmckley, bofri on ^the 7th of Moy, 1675 ; 'Thomas j b"oTn*tiie i^th "of Aitguft, 1679, who were both unfortunately burnt in their Beds, by the great Fire at BTfo/rit/vrter-Houfe, in Barbacan, * jf . *J ^ r in April 1687. ^y i mod *w odjff t o\-n% ' ^ E G E R T CLN, Duke of Bridg water. 613 being Member of Parliam'^Kt'for Chipping-IfSicorrib, in Bucking- ham/hire : He married Catherine, Sifter to William, late Lord Brook, and left IfTue a Son and two Daughters, Scroop, Catherine, and Dodinpton. The two 0^1^ M the >; La% ^mx^rA^the 4th of March, 1676, married td' William, Lord Byron, but died of the Small-Pox foon.after, on the i2th of April* 1703 ; and the Lady Elizabeth, married on" the 3d of May, 1718, to T'homas, Lord Paget, eldeftSori and. Heir to Henry, Earl of Uxbridge. Scroop, the prefent Duke of JSridgwater, born the iith of Au$jl, \ 69 1 , was in" the Reign of Queen v& at .fiVow-School ; and another^jon who died foon after he was born ; aRo one Daughter, the Lady Anne Egerton, who on the 22d^Day of Jjtril, 17^5", was~rriarried to ^ Duke of Bedford; and fecondly, to /K///tfm^~jEarl- of Jfrfey "^OrTthe 4th of Auguft, 1722, his Grace married to his jTecor^ Wife the Ladv_gg^^J??//7?/j Daughter to f^to^he^JP^^^ ^ Father^Tthe prefer^ Duke, by whom he nath ' had" 1. Lady Lowja Egerton, Jx)rn 30 April, 172.3* , 2. Lady Carolina Egerton, born 21 .My, 1.7 2 ^y^ 3. Charles, Lord Marquis of Brackley, born 27 July, 1725, who died 2 jfcfoy, 1731. M' v 4. yo&K, the prefent LordMarquis of Bra/chley,, born 2yAprili 5. Lord Wittiam Egerton, who was born 15 January, 172!, and died 1 9 February following. /y* * Rr 3 6. Lord L< ; y' - tL y_ ^.^ Bridgwater. 6. Lord -ffbomas Egerton, born. 18 April, 1730, who did i May Mowing,, .-f.A , i 736. TITLES.] Scroop Egcrton, Duke of Bridgwater^ Marquis of Brackley, Earl of Bridgwater ', Vifcount Bradley, and Baron of CREATIONS.] Baron of Eli/mere, in Com. Salop, 21 ' - (1603) i Jac. I. Vifcount Bratkky, in Coin, Nortbamp. (1616) 14 Jac. 1. And Earl of Bridgwater, in Com. Somerfet, 27 Maij (1617) 15 Jac. I. Marquis of Brffckly, and Duke of /?r/- water aforeiaid, 18 ^aw^, 1720^ 6 G<:3 I. ARMS.] Argent, a Lion Rampant, Gules, between three Pheons Heads, Sable. CREST.] On a Chapeau, Gules, turn'd up Ermine, a Lion Rampant of the Firft, holding a Phecn, Or, headed and feather- ed, Argent. SUPPORTERS.] On the dexter fide an Horfe, Argent, gorg'd with a Ducal Coronet, Or ; on the finifter, a Gryphon fegre- ant, Or, gorg'd with a plain Collar and Chain, Azure. MOTTO.] Sic DONEC. CHIEF-SEAT.] At Ajhrugve, in the Counties of Ettcbs and Hertford ({landing in Both) two Miles from Bcrkhambftead, and z from London. XXX. SCKUYLENBERG, Dutcbcfs of Kendal. HER Grace Erengard-Melufina Schuylenberg, Baronefs of Sfhuylenberg, in Germany, was created Baroncfs of Dun-* dalk in Com. L ,uth, Countefs and Miirchionefe of Dungannon, jn the County of Tyrone, and Dutchefs of the Province of Mun~ Jler, in the Kingdom of Ireland, July zd, 1716, 2 Geo. I. And created a Peerefs of Great -Britain, by the Title of Baror.efs of Glaftenbury, in the County of Somerfet, Countefs of Fever/ham, in the County of Kent, and Dutsfrefs of Kendal, in Weftmcrland y March 19, 1718, 5 Geo. I. And her Grace was created Piin- cefs of Eberjlein, in the Empire of Germany, in 1723. TITLES.] Erengard-Melufma-Scbuyknberg, Princefs of Eber- Jfein, Dutchefs of Kendal, and Munfter, Marchionefs and Coun- (^ of Dunganren, Gmntefs of Fcverjbam, and Baronefs of Schuylenberg , Dundalk and Glajlenbury. GREAT IONS.] Baronefs of Dundalk, in Com. Loutb; Mar- fhionefs and Countefs of Dungannon, in Com. Tyrone ; and Dutch- ffc of the Province of Munjler (Jri/b Honours) i. July, i/ l6 2 Geo. SCHUYLENBERG, Dutchefs of Kendal. 615 2 Gee I Baronefs of Glaftevbur?* in Com. Somerf. Countds of Fever/bam, in Kent; and Dutchefi of Kendal, mCtm.WeJi- moreland (Englljh Honours) 30 Afnl> 1 7 1 9, 5 Gw L And Prin- cefsof Eberjlein, ^Germany ' X 7 2 3, 9 <* 1. ^, ARMS 1 In a Lozenge, two Coats, quarterly, the rftand 4th, Or a Lamb Paflant in Fefs, quarter'd, Gules and Argent, en- fien'd on its Head with three Standards of the zd; 2 and 3, Ar- gent threeEagles Legs, coupM at the Thigh, Gules: And, as Princefs of the Empire, her Highnefs bears in a Shield Surtout, TuDiter aLionrampam^Lima, Imperially crown'd, proper. J SUPPORTERS.] Two wild Men with Clubs on their Arms, all proper, and each Man wreathed about the Temples and Middle, \r V I Dn t^m^-m 10 ciupiEr/ CHI "E* -SEAT.] P^Ifl^oHb, in the County of Middltfcx, Two Miles from Brentford, and eight from L,^. iToivI.B t omrnr3 qr/ ' bVmiJ f ?,3[ :>H 'is sbfl J :!>:,i A )-< Ofb nQ [.eflaTflpll U< ;rO ,i3ncnoO#ifiDiXl i. di; -'iO fenajYUHDa -XXX m. lx> xl'jfiouiv.:-M bns lo aDnivoi*!. adi *o fJsd^iuCI bos' t MW > s: yiriuoD 3dJ n; ; ^IffJk .OfuiM l .^'i4iri\'ftt'-Vi'2-w^iVV nuo'J [jni; elanoidDifiM f T'j^vn\:li. bns iOiiicI bns (iBB&t^oA lo stemiioD .R^wws^aCi lo KX lo L. .enoi r / Vf r T ^ v 1 ^ '?rl, "? .it , btf>vOi# tMOblfiW iO -' ^~ 'A .TOSS A am ^li bioa f y9l: *?i itrfjtAhaH-- A 3^ 355- Robert and Murdoch 439, 440 Albemarle, Duke 574. Chriftopher 139, 339, 340 - Earl 435. William- Anne 61. William 125 Albini de William 241 Aldenburgh, Count Anthony 435 Aldithley, Henry Alencon, Duke Earl Alexander, Pope Alfage, Lord Walter Allen, Edmund William 603 Allington, Lord William 53, 119. 207 3'5 3' 6 270 2.O 5O2 Hildebrand Giles William Alfton, Edward Amherft, Richard Anderfon, Richard Anderton, Francis Aneftye, Richard Anglefey, Lord - - Earl Arthur Angus, Earl Archibald 216. 306, 311 52 548 Z2I 70 5 2 163 253 344- 345 Philip 363 _____ Earl Geffry 483 Annandale, Marquis William 346, 448 Annefley, Lord James 253 Antrim, Marquis Randolph Mac Donald 25 1 Earl 18 Ap-Grenon, Reni 263 Ap Griffith, Llewellin 261 Ap-Madock, Audoen 263 Ap-Thomas, Rhefe n Ap-Vaghan, Madock 263 Apfley, Allen 219. John 332 Aquila de Gilbert 506 Archer, Thomas 1 1 3 Argadij, Lords of Lorn 437 Argyle, Earl Colyn and Archibald 355 Arlington, Earl Henry 63, 65 Arminac Armory Armftrong, Thomas Arnall, Mary Arran, Earl James Arras, Bifhop Arfennes, Moniieur Artois, Lord Robert 490, Anjou, Duke 78, 101, 297, 373', 520. Lewis 292 310 573 170 49 443 369 '45 283;, 284. 285 Arundel, Earl 39, 220, 293, 298, 404, 563. Richard 8. Henry 15, 73, 492. Richard 278. Edmund 287. Philip 522. Thomas 242, 560 of ^ardour, Lord Tho- mas ijj, 70, 71 Lord 496 Thomas 1 1. Richard 256 Alhburnham, William 413, 426. Joan 414, John 509, 515 Afhby I N D Alhby 176 Afheton, John 322 Afhley, Lord Anthony 253 Aftimole, Mr. ^ t ei8, 244 Afton, Edward 2 1 6. William 490 : Lord Walt. ?wp* { so Athol, Duke 363. John 448" Earl 343. John Stewart 442, 444 Atkins, Robert 498 Atkinfon, Robert 238 Auberie *sQ 264 Aubrey, John 1-13304, 333 E X. Bafkevill 105 Baflet, Philip 208. Alan 260. Thomas 32 Bath, Earl iq6, 564. John 93 - Earl John Bourchier 44, 103, 243 Andrew 304 Aubigny, Lord 150 Audley, Lord *7 596 James Touchet 66 - . of Walden, Lord Thomas Auguflus, King rut 200 Aupey, Nkholas 394 Auftria, Archduke Philip 97. Ferdinand 251 Auxerre, Earl 285 Ay lard, Richarclm! 4*3 Ayloff, Thomas 487 B. Babington, Anthony 387 Bacon, Lord 219, 526, 558 Edmund 64. Francis 327, 602, 603, 604 Budlefmere, Lord Giles 287 Bagot 6 1 1 . Harvey 575 Baining, Vifcount Paul 389 Bain ton, Henry 130 Baker, John 512, 513, 549 Richard Balcanqudl Baldwine Balfour, William Bahol, Edward John 437 Baltimore, Lorebocn;! 4 Banafter, John) silu 317 Bardolf, Daun 95. William 206 Barley, Robert 137, -141 Barnard, Lord Gilbert 58 ' Richard mEiiJi^ 377 Barnes 268, 282, 286 Barns, George 522 Bartilmew, William^O , 129 Barton, Andrew X lfl? ^t *? Bafhe, Ralph swnarljJJ'i j ,i 519 377 275 Bathurft, Benjamin 196 Bateman, Vifcount William 231 Bavaria, Ele&ofj,;^^ 78, 196, 199, 200 Rupert 277, 278 Bavent Baurnoifel, Baron > A uQ Baynard, Robert 457 Bayning, Viicounteis Anne 61 1 Baynton 12. 'l^ omas 393 BEAUCLERCK, DUKE 01 ST. AL- BANS j- 3r 76 Beauchamp, Lord Henry 74. Edward Seymour 552 :.-... John 1*3, 2 4> b6 Walter 204, 410 Beaufort, Duke Henry 47, 78, 94, Beaumont, Lord Francis Beaton, Janet !0 j 555 Beavoir, Lord 522 Bedford, Duke 305, 314, 405. Wriothefley 181, 256, 613. John 231, 315, 316, 317, 318 Earl 45 8 > 459- Francis 71, 249, 478, 495. William 495 Beeches, John de la 509 Bellafyffe of Worlaby, Lord Hen- hs3. ,^OTO " Lord John 87 Bellefme 214. Ivo 485 Bellingham, Henry 551 Beliomonte, Earl of Leicefter 4? Benefell, Godwine 394 Bennet, Simon 93. Thomas 377 Bence, Mr. ^ oisi!' 4 2 4 Bentinck, Duke of Portland 432 Bergavenny, Lord Edward 548 Beresford, SimoBloJ biofjc, 272 Bi;rezini, Count 229 Berewyke, Gilbert 394 Berkley, Marquis William 9 >** Earl 79, 584, James 6 -< Lord 302., Henry 14 Berkley E X. Berkley of Stratton, Lord John Bouling, Chriftopher 43; Boulogne, Earl James William 84. Maurice 100. Thomas 487, 488 Berktriire, Earl Thomas 224 Francis 378, 570 Bernard, Henry 498 Bernrrs, Lord John Bourthka? 9. Lord Humphry Baurehier 10 Berneway, William sduC Bernini ~- Berry, Duke 78, 200, 299, 300 BERTIE, DUKE OF ANCASTKH 367 Berwick, Duke James 193 Belb trough. Earl Brabazon '^ifljftr Eevill, William 251. Robert 47 8 Bickerton, Robert 19 Bigod, Earl of Norfolk 48, 482 Billingfby, Henry 522 Bine, John 426 B.fcet, Walter 407 Blair, Laird 363 Blake, Francis 19 Blewit, Rowland 206 Blois, Lord Charles 284 Bloodworth 380 B'ount, Edward and George 2 1 Blundell, William 381 Bohemia, King 269. John 281, 282. Frederick 559 Bjhun, Earl of Hereford, Efiex and Northampton 48 Humphry 270 462. 608 612 3*3 192. 522 78 Boles, Thomas Bolingbroke, Earl 253 Oliver Bolton, Duke Chares i J Mr. (iH ,mfi/{ Bond, Thomas George Bonnevil, Monfieur^oAi.S Booth, William and George 6b5 Boremont, Nichol Boftock, Edmund ,ynnv 136 Boteler, Lord Johtt"ni(i Bctetort, John Jnuo Botti, Horatio "=*Jli ). Boufflers, Marefchal>iM Eoughan, Earl " h*3 Bough ton, Edward Boulas 24 28 5 Bourbon, Duke 97. Peter 28; . ri . . Dutchefs . . 337 Jaques 395 Bourchier, Earl of Eflex and Ewe 48 f . William JIKV, 306. Bremen 498 Bourne, John radotf 491 Boittevan, Vifcount David 70 Boyer, Robert 551 Boyle, Roger 574 Boys, Robert 7 Brabant, Duke 277, 279. 280 Brabazon, Famityv" 569 Bradbury, Family 569 Bradford, Earl 1 1 3 Bramfhot, John 4*3 Brandenburgh, Marquis 251 Elector 43) Brandon, William 126 Braunche, Henry Braundes, Bertram Bray, Lord Edmund Thomas Brenchefle, Joan Brent, Thomas 414. Bretagne, Duke 293 Brews, William i te Bridges 4^7 Bridge water, Duke Scroop 1 23, 203, 435 Earl 573. John 87 Earl Henry Daubeney 1 1 Bringfield, Colonel ign Briftol, Earl 109, 459, 565, 566. 567. George 113, 228 Brittanny, Duke 87, John 2, 411 Briwere, William biawh 260 Broadalbin, Earl 139. John 445 Brockbury, Sirnonbioa t i< >.-.. i^' Brook, Lord Fulk Grevile 74, Robert Grevile 389, 392, 481 Lord Robert 84, 113. 613 William burbLft -113, J 33 Thcmas 136. Edmund 505 Bromley, Chancellor 249 Henry y/aibnA 418. 419 Broughton, John 91, 99 Browning, INDEX. Browning, Thomas 488 Bute, Earl James Stuart 448 Brown, Anthony 42, 69, 517. Buxhull, Allan 304. Henry 70. John 407, 451. Byconyll, Elizabeth 27 Thomas 511 Byngham, Oliver 272 Brownlow, John 380. Byron, Lord William 434, 613 William 497 Byfhe, Edward 325 Bruce, .King of Scotland 328 Lord Edward 145, 598, C. 554 555> 55 6 557 55 8 5 6 9 Cadogan, Earl William 61, 90 177, 358. David 236. General 451 Robert 353, 437, 438. Caernarvon, Marquis 4 Edward 438, 439 Earl Charles Dormer 378 Brunfwick and Lunenburgh, Prince Caithnefs, Earl George 445 Frederick 584 Calder, John 442 Brunfwick Wolfenbuttel, Duke 4 Calvin, John 43 Brugis, Richard 214. John 518 Calfton, Thomas 26 BRYDGES, DUKE OF CHANDOS CAMPBEL, DUKE OF GREEN- 482 WICH 436 Bryton, William 407 Campbel, John 344 Buccleugh, Duke 344 Cambray^Bifhop 171 598. Camden, VHcount Baptift 255, 216 379 I;, 22 509 569 Buckhurft, Lord Thomas Buckingham, Duke 359, 362, Mr. 434. 455 5'9 5 6l > 579- Camoys, Lord Edward 10, 13. George 56, Camoile, Family 251, Buckley, Richard 30 Sullen, William 515 Buningkfhaufin, Lord Benjamin Burdon, John Burgeis Burghurit, Bartholomew Burgoin, William Humphry 240 Canterbury, Archbifhop 3, no, - Duke George Villiers 174, 219, 280, 283, 306, 192, 529 368, 406, 563. Marquis George 454 William 396. Thomas 402. Earl 8 1 Henry 405. John 544 Archbifhop Whitgift 46 Archbifhop Richard Ban- croft 6 ; i 218 Cantilupe, William 207 385 Capel, Lord Arthur 47, 74, 572 509 William 84. 270 Henry 120, 160, 247, 32;. 407 Arthur 325. Edward 416 BuHeigh, Lord 250, 523, 528. Carbery, Earl John 90, 122 William 372, 418 Cardigan, Earl George 61, 341. Burlington, Earl Richard 47, 350 Rouert 61 - Countefs 4 Carew, Family 4^5 Burnet, Doftor 163 - Richard 416 Burrough, Lord Thomas 107 Carleol, Wi lian^- t 263 Burton, Edward 424 Carlile, Roger 344 Bury, Prior John of Cambridge Carlifle, Earl James 113, 47*. 128 Henry 229 Colonel 152 Countefs 154 John 62 Carlton, Lord 561 Burgundy, Duke 78, 171, 200, Carnarvon, Earl Robert 73 290, 310, 312, 317, 402. Carne, Edward 497 Otho 285. Phiiip 292 Carnwath, Larl 344, 346 Buflibey, John 611 Carol, O 12 Butler _ -9 Carcn, Noel 602 Carrel, INDEX Carrel, Nicholas Carteret, Lord Camvright, William 146. Fulke 387 Cary, Henry 87. Edward a$i Cafey, CalHecomer, Vifcount Chriilopher 413 Chefnei, Walter 206 231 Chefter, Earl Ranulph Blandeville 48. Ranulph de Gernon 125. Hugh Lupus 125 Earl Ranulph ap/, 382 380 Chetworth, John 9 ''91. Cheverell, Walter 96 429 Cheyney, Lord William 391 Thomas 98. CalUehaven, Earl . 66. James v | 496 John 408, 409, 596 CaiUeton, Vifcount Nicholas 252 Chichefter, Earl Francis 605 '""362 97. Bifhop 306, 406 Chicheley, 489 Child, Jofiah 64, 74 Chrichton, Robert 344 CHURCHILL, DUKE OF MARL- BOROUGH 191 Clare, Earl Gilbert 108,116, 117, 208, 391, 428 and Gloucefter, Countefs Joan 225 Cavalcanti, Guido 520 Gilbert 263 Cave, Richard and Thomas 324. Clarence, Duke Lionel 225,401 Cafles, Earl C..ftile, King Ferdinand John 211. Alphonfo 28$, 286 Caffels, Earl Gilbert 442 Cafiey, William Cathcart, Lord John Catefbv, William 9 44 212. Richard 213. Anthony 418 Catelia, Robert : . a /H j 217 r-^roi,,^ n;A~ ' f ** Ambrofe 517 CAVENDISH, DUKE OF DEVON- SHIRE 124 Cavendifli, Lord 120, '121 " Elizabeth, 54. William 38"7. Charles 388 Csefar, Julius 548 Cecil, 177 251, 517. Thomas 306, 312, 313, 402, 404 Clarendon, Earl Clavenone, Philip Clement loth, Pope - 6th, Pope Family 455, 477 486 18 294 569 289 William 249, Clermont, Lord Robert 375, Cleveland, Dutcliefs Barbara Vil- 25, 600, oo i liers 62 32 3 ........ Secretary Charlton, Francis Chamberlein, Leonard 36. Thomas 38. Edmund 498 Chambers, Thomas 79 Champaigne, Baldwin 316 Lady 580 250 Clifford, Lord 343. John 3 ~8 5 . Roger 486 H| Robert ,rf n j 2 34. Henry 325. James 488 Clifton, Gervafe 387 Chandler, Richard 156 Clincarty, Earl m r,i!~' 228 Chandos, Lord Giles Bridges 113 Clinton, Lord fl {- 8. Lord George Thomas and John Chaplet, John Charles Vth, Emperor z 458. William bJni- 2 7 o 2 7* 5 487 Clopton, William 10 ft 129 * ,*. _ Chartres, 345 Chaftelon, Hugh 290 _ _ -\firtc* i~V 192 Cobham, Lord 97 Thomas Chaftillon, Lord Cqckain, William C6c)c, Henry bnolSi Chattel-Herault, Dtlktt , J 443 Cdffyn, William nrto ' Chaucier, Thomas 306 Cogan, > . . ^ ,. 3 jfuG Chaworth, Vifcount Patricius 253 Coke, Lord Chief-Juftice 292. 297 378 60 1 > 264 603 John 246. George 250 Robert Cheek, Thomas 113, 119, 478 Cokefield, Neila Cheiholme, Alexander 335 Coker, Robert . 26 Coleman, IND Coleman, Colepeper, Richard Thomas Collebrond, John Colrain, Lord Hugh Colvile, Lord Robert .Coiumbiers, Family Colyear, Walter, Philip Compton, Lord Henry 158 II. 496, 457 274 191 594 210, 552 552 33.5 194 164 243 288 56, 102. John 562 21 4 485 Henry- 1Z , ., Con, _ Conde, Prince Coningfmark, Count Conftable, Robert Conftantinople, Emperor Conway, Lord Cook, Anthony Thomas 427, 49?. Cope, Anthoay Corbet, _ Cordell, William Corrulh, - CORNWALL, DUKE Cornwal, Duke Edward Earl John Richard Cornwall, William Co/by, William Cottington, Lord Francis io8J Cotton, Robert 17, 74, it 8, 33 2 5 6z John 214. Thomas 332 Coventry, Earl Thomas 74 Lord 455. George 89. Thomas Mr. 57 170 I 265 508 7 444 64 560, 572 335 Covert, John 413. William 423 Cbupland, David 234 Courcil, Roger 191 Courcey, Jean 410, 413 Courtney, William 84, 249 Cowdrey, Peter 82 Cowper, Earl 199, 200 Cox, Richard 105 Cranfield, Lionel 454 Craven, Lord 571 T- John 223, 224 Crawford, Earl 354, 359 Mr. 555 Creedy, William 81 Creffiak, George 373 E X. Creufe, Richard 192 Crew, Randal 560 Crofts, Lord William 224 John 27. Henrietta 89 Crokedale John 7 Croker, Family 191 Cromwel, Lord Gregory 2$. Henry 84 General 465, 466, 467, 468, 469, 470, 471 Oliver 47, 445 Crophul, John 48 Crouch, John 332, 458 Crow, Sackville 252 Crumbewell, Lord Ralph 385 Cul!en, Vifcount ."arr 378 Culpeper, Colonel 164 John CUMBERLAND, Cumberland, Duke William Earl George i o i 5 79 341, 594 103, 552 510 608 484 Curry, John and William Curtain, William Curthofe, Robert _,. . T Curfon, George, Robert ar,d Ri- chard 569. Richard 570 Cutler, Gervafe 608 Cuye, de Lord Otto 280 D. B'Aubeney, Lord Gilea 27 D'Abetot, Urfo 204 Dacre?, Lord 5 1 2. Gregory Fines 518 of Gillefknd, Lord 1 ho- mas and George 15 of the North, Lord 39 Dalkeith, Earl 351. James 448 Lord Dallifon, Charles Dallzeille, Robert Dalrymple, John Dalyngrugge, John 40;, 510. Damarel, . 353 463 544 346 447 400, 401, Edward 510 24 Danby, Earl 159, 166, 335, 33 6 > 338 D-nes, King Swain 368 Daniel, Pere 59 Darcy, Lord Conyers 47. John 278. Anthony 355. Thcrna* I 7 N~ ? D E X. Thomas 389. Conyers 434 George 26. William 26, 489. Richard 66. Darnley, Lord Henry Dafhv/ood, Richa'd Davail, I hom^j ;,. D'Aufine, Prince Davis, John..-,, Dawney, Roger Daw?, William Dcincourr, John De la Bret, Lord De la Force, Duke De la Hind, John Dela Lynde, Walter Delaman, William De la Mere, Lord . Peter John and Elias DelaVal, Admiral 114 De la War, Lord Thomas Weft 395 Deler, : , r ..,; ,T 4 8 4 Denbigh, Earl 333, 474, 57 ' Bazil 392. William 359, 363 Dene, Robert 504, 505. Ralph 54 5S Denmark, King 354, 457- ChriiHan 193. Orry 262, 283. Frederick 373 Prince .Q 73 George 54, 175, 193, 613 Dennys, Gilbert 96 Derby, Earl 133, '34- 2 99> (300, 516. Edward u, 492. Ferdinand 216, 496, 606, 607. Henry 23 , 285, 396. James 3 ^9 Earl William Fene/s 24 Countefs i $ i Defmond, Earl 417 Dcthick, Gilbert 100 Deverell, 21 1. John 272 Devereax, John *93 Devcnlhire, Duke 587, 450, 576. William Cavendifli 1 22 Earl 339. William 571 Devynyihe, John 415 Digby, Lord 459, 460- Simon 76 John 18, 45. Henry 246. Kenelm 456 Dike, Humphry 294 : I)imock, Robert Dirleton, Earl Dondonald, Earl John Dorchefter, Marquis Henry 243 362 Cochran 367 254 562 73 ; _ . yifcount Dudley Dormer, Lord Robert v^ Elizabeth 19. William ' 73, 293. Robert 379. 4 8 Dorlet, Duke 125; Lionel 75 Marquis n, '12. 'Thomas 242 i- - Earl 167. Thomas 65, 420, 487. Richard 103. Edward 108 illt - Earl Robert Sackvile 15, 46. Thomas Beaufort 402 Dover, Earl Henry . 423, 572 Doufe, Francis 82 DOWGLASS, DUKE OF DOVER 343 Dowglafs, Marquifs William 363 - Earl 315, 3 l6 354 266. 274 356. 353 443 379 515 101. 578, 57 - Countefs - Lord William Archibald - Margaret 1 1 , Jacoba Down, Lord James Stuart Downe, Earl Thomas Pope Downton, John Drake, - - 333. Francis John 19* Drogheda, Earl 224. Henry 89 Drummcnd, Lord 355. John Drury, Drew Dryden, - 172, 582. Dryland, Richard Dunch, Edmund Dncie, William Dudley, Lord Edward Ferdinand = - Lord Edmund Sutton 493 - Robert 108. William 320. John 413, Edmund 414. Ambrofe 419 Dugdale, William 125, 215, 286 Dunbar, Earl ?47 Duncomb, Charles 45 r Dundonald, Earl William 94 Dunkeld, Bifhop John 3 ; j Dunoys, 44* 374 579, 86 416 193, 481 5 2 46, 69. 46 INDEX Dunoys, Earl 318 Durham, Bifhop 228, 505, 601. William 204. Thomas 402, 403, 401;. Cuthbert 492. , Edward Chandler 156 Dutton, John and Thomas 606 Duvenwoord, John 523 Duyvenvorde, Monfieur 434 Dyggs, John 513 Dyfart, Earl William Murray 448 Earl Lionel 448, 500 E. Edwin, Chariot 4. Samuel and Humphry 479 Edward I. King i ECERTON, DUKE OF BRIDCWA- TER 596 Egerton, Randolph 87. Thomas 216, 523, 525. Henry 435 Eglington, Earl 356, 359. Hugh 245, Eland, William 270, 271, Eldrington, Edward Elgine, Earl Thomas 146, Ellefmere, Lord Thomas Ejliot, Thomas Elphinftone, Lord John Ely, Biftop 68. William Empfon, Richard 212, Erbagh, Earl Erefkin, Lord Grange Lord John Alexander Frpingham, Thomas Errol, Earl Efcures, John F/cotavig, Loid Effex, Earl 91, 115, 153. 332, 377 47 Z 474> 564, 598,; 600, 6c6. Robert 5 2 Algernon Fvelyn, Richard 333. Eure, Lord Eureux, Farl Hubert Euflace, Earl Ewe, Earl William Bourchier Ewer, Thcmas Exeter, Duke John Holland Earl John Thomas John 391 5 *l 495- 53 395- 44 457 66, 312. 242 148, 253. 249 Earl Thomas Cecil 85, David Cecil 608 20 441 272 2i6 154. 544 24 447 386 37 39 2 442 348 398 444 4'3 37 104, 109, in, 163, 220, 325, 416, 4^9, 471, 5 6 5> 5 6 7> 250, 251, 601. 434 F. Fane, George 221. Henry 425. Francis 463. Fagel, Penfioner 227 Fairfax, Lord 464, 465. Ferdinand 156 General 425 William and Guy 24,1 Falconberg, Lord 8. Thomas 92 Falkland, Lord 153. Henry 251. Lucius 456 Falmouth, Earl Charles Berkley 575 Vifcount Hugh 193 Farrington, William 380 Ferdinand, Emperor 1 I Felton, William 235 Fenn, Robert 573 Fenys William 398. Roger 406, 411. Thomas 41 ^ Ferrers, Earl of Derby 4* of Groby, i.ord William 304 Ferrers, Family 569 Henry 280 494 343 44 Earl Robert Devereux 47, 522, > FlT7- INDEX. FiTz-Rov, DUKE OF CLEVE- LAND AND SOUTHAMPTON 56 FiTz-Ror, DUKE OF GRAFTON 62 Fitz-Walter, Lord Charles Mild- may 379 Fitz-Williams, 100, 384, 5*3 Fleet, William 130 Fleetwood, Thomas and William 9' Fleming, Lord 356. Floud, Edward Flower, Hockehyn Foote, John Forbes, James Forgufa, Andrew Fortefcue, Francis John 522, 523, Fortibus de Cecilia Fofter, 548. John 346 220 and Roger 409 524, John 164 252- 001 24 IO2 Fourde, Robert 415 Fowlis, David ic8 Fox, Stephen 154 France, King 207, 354.35 6 - Francis 97, 98. Francis II. and Charles IX. 100. Philip 263, 269, 270, 278, 281, 282. Charles 312, 314, 410. Robert 368. John 395 Francis, Adam 304. Robert 504 Frankc, William Fretchevil, Lord John . Peter Freuxmere, Frotflart, John 274, Fry, Richard Furnival, Lord Thomas 264, 401 Furftenberg, Count 78 Fyldene, 91 G. Gage, John 13; Gainfborough, Earl Wriothefley 75, 435. Baptift 255 Gainsford, William 5 1 1 Gale, Mr. 154 Galloway, Earl 34,. Henry 63. Alexander 347 Gallway, Vifcount John Monkton 257 Gamage, William 24 Gargrave, Thomas 319 Gardiner, Stephen 369 Garlondo, Henry 394 Garnetier, Thomas 408 Gates, Thomas 488 GefFery, Richard 512 Gernon, Matthew 502 Gerrard, Lord Chancellor 417 Lord Digby 366 Charles 53 Gerrifon, Roger 344 Gethyns, Richard 317 GifTbrd, Thomas 191. Ofb.'it 206. George 494 Gilpin, Bernard 389 G lames, Lord 358 Glafgow, Archbilhop James 355. William 405 Glanvil, William 502. Bartholomew 504. Richard 603 Glafdale, William 317 Glemham, Thomas 465. Henry 550 Glencairn, Earl 363, 443, James 359. Alexander 444 Glendcur, Owen 401 Glenorchye, Lord John Campbel Gloucefler, Duke 4, 195, 298, 305, 314, 408, 44.1, 457, 573. 613. Thomas 44, 48, 225. Richard 240 WillLm 577 Earl Gilbert de Cl>re 24. Robert Fitz Hamon 485 .' and Hereford, Earl Ralph 296 Bifhop Frampton 153 Gobat, John 509 Godcbald, 484 Godfrey, Edmundbury 158 Godolphin, Earl Francis 94, 203, 23!; 227. 430 'S3- 43? 238 William and Henry Goldtfb-irgh, Richard Goodwin. John 214 Goos, Hugh c 16 Gordon, Duke Alexander 19 Lord 353, 356 John 344, 346 Gorges, Edmund 9. Ralph 96. Ferdinando 600 Goring, Lord George 108 . . Colonel 150, 463 s Goring INDEX. Goring, George Gould, James Gough, Matthew Gournee, General Gower, Lord John 192, 421 ^93 3 '7 7* 123, *55 39/ Grafton, .Duksi [yc 4,426. Charles 75 Grandifon, Vifcount William Vil- liers 56 i ,; m ,,i Lord , lift 561. William and Otto 287, 288 sii-mm Jchn, ;n < , 296. Peris and William 486 Grantham, Earl Henry 63 Grantfmilne, Hugh ^ 352 Granville, Lord John 74 Graunt, Walter 212, 213 Gregory, Pope 205 Greirfon, Roger 345 Grevile, Algernon 74 Grey, Lord 306. John 287, 311. Roger 287. Richard 403 of Wilton, Lord 39, 491. William 69. Arthur 417. Edmund 493 ofWerk, Lord 571. Thomas 235 - of Ruthen, Lord Charles 572 , Jane 83, zoo, 248. Richard 402 Griinlion, George and Harbottle 5 2 GueMre, Earl 277, 278, 279 Guildford, Henry 70 Ganter-Nichol, Charles 381 Guy, Henry 60 Gwm, Eleanor 76, 77 Gyre, Htmfell 488 H t H. Hacket, Hugh Hales, Robert Hallifax, Marquis George Earl George Hambden, John 487 128 227, 39 1 426 82 HAMILTON, DUKE OF BRANPON 352 Hamilton, Duke 154, 226. James 228. William 447 Marquis James 347 ii ? Hampton, Family 569 Hanby, Mr. 374 Handlo, John 278 Hankford, Richard 304 Hanover, Elector 198 Harboard, William and Charles Harborough, Earl Bennet 257 Hardon, Robert imi' 27 Hardv\ick, John 137 Hare, Stephen 127. John 458 Harecourt, Anlketill 482 Hariies, Thomas 391 Harrington, Lord 143. John 102 James 325 Harrowden, Lord Thomas Vaux 3 Harpur, John 257, 386. Henry 257 Hart, John 522 Hartfield, Earl James Johnftoune 34 6 Harrington, Marquis William 256 Harvey, Clarencieux 6 Daniel 334, 335, 377 Hafelngg, Arthur 469 Hailings, Lord 8. Henry 334, 385. Matthew 506 Hatfield, Stephen 96 Hatton, Lord Chriftopher 325 Chriftopher 522 Haveryng, John 263 Haugh, John Hawes, Francis 366 Hawkins, - 416 Hay, Gilbert 438 Heale, Serjeant 453 Roger 94 Heidon, John 555, 556 Heinalt, h'arl 276, 278, 279 Henborow, Thomas 487 Heneage, Robert 243 Henley, Anthony 379 Henry III. King i Herbert, Lord Henry 102 , of Cherbury, Lord 135, 136. Edward 497, 559. Richard 008 .. 484. William 40. Henry and Thomas 69. James 95 alias Finch Vincent 396 Hereford, Duke 300 Hereford, I N it) E ^Hereford, Earl MHo !iOjf 3 rai ' H 48.' ^4Jow A KD, DifKS or NORFOLK Humphry ^H-o^i 6 and Eifei., tarPtei ^Bo- ! Howard, Earl of Arundeh Tho- hun Hj 7 <*- OL_- Fflex ahdHoSM4 n Mun. tels Elizabeth <> MZZ$- Biihop 295. T ti j_u Philip Bifi 93 William Heringham, Herriz, John ' r Heron, William ' -. ' Hertford, Marquis IU . fe'%< mas 4;; Howard of Bindon, Vifccunt Tho- mas 45 Lord Thomas t>3. 491, 551 , ; Lord Wil- Earl 'I'M, ^5p-vj v 7 Hewit, William 91. "Jb'fi Hey ward, John " ; Hide, Ha; riot m * 55 liam 85 j 3 8 * of Efcricky Lord Charles ii, 497 of Charltorti Lord Charles ' 572 Hi!berfdon, Andrew iTji Hubbt;rd^ Hill. M. ^13'1^'Huddleuon, j Rowland ; z6. John 478 Huic, Dodor 67 Hinchinbroke, Vifcount Edward 335 Hinxman, Jofeph 88 Houh, Lord Hobart, John Hobbs, Thomas ___^_ ]^j r Hobby, Thomas 5 '..8 493 377:* 32f K ?fe George HgtiH .^nlimumr/i J co * c^t Hovvland^Jdh^io-I ^ilif^o. iz? 'tW ,rro)it3-jt>j6 r.iir.s de la Montaign Joan Hulneilcn, Joh^." v i ^8 Hjme, Earl Alexander 447, 574 Hungary, King z8ii Hungerford, George 53. Ed- ward 251. Walter 306, 3.1 Hunfdcn, Lord 424, 571. George 216 Huntingdon, Earl 24^,300,408. Fr?ncis 70. Theophilus j 72. William 277. Ferdinando 334 Earl William Herbert 66 608 H5 IO2 434 Holdernef?, Earl Robert John Ramfay Holbeech, Thomas : 84 Holben, Hans 16 Holcot, William 320 Holcroft, Thomas 249 Holiday, Edward 487 Holland, Earl 116, 117, 153, 154, 390. Robert 478 '1 homas 294 112 Holloway, Richard Hoilis, Mr. Holftein, Duke 143 Home, Lord >H 2 t* 495 fjOOy A iiwiitaj fC\~* SW Hopton, Owen Horn, Robert Horpere, William 394 Hofkins, John 190 Hotham, Bimop of Ely 265 67, 69 Earl John Holland 301, 302* 303, 304 Huntley, Marquis 363.. George il ^iLhu,^^. Earl 346, 356, 444. Alexander 355, 442 HufTey, Lord John 249 Robert ^!H ; niw.,. > 96. Henry 398. < Nfchrfas 508 Huxley, James 425 Hyde, Earl of Rochefter 227 Thomas^uH ^jlacH 97. Edward do^l ,colxHn6 Hynkelee, William /tfl Jackfon, Jacob, A iw***nj a_iiiivy L' /i JL-* w A* W V 1 i*VX/*j J *,i**rf*a**^v^^ i *'~^ w.- A. A JLO O Houghtcn, Henry 126.: Jefferies, John 377 William 320 Jeffry, John 4uG ,floiJi< 332 How, Vifcount Scroope 253 Jenkins, Secret 163 ' Scroop 39- ;-/' Duke Edmund 65, 225, William 428 584. Henry 397 Jofeph, Emperor 198 Lane, George 574. Ireland, Duke 294 John 324. William 323 Irwin, Vifcount Henry 478 Langford, Nicholas 3!$ ' "io, 417 Langham, James 500 lers, Marq^' 278, 279 Langhorn, William 253 Langfton, Colonel ,77 K. Lafcelles, Bryan 324 Keck, Tracy 366 Latimer, Lord John Nevile 69, Keith, Lord 353 8z, 444 Kelly, Earl Thomas 387 Lauder, Allan 439 Kempe, John 306 Lauderdale, Earl Richard, and Kenmure, Vifcount 346. Dutchefs Elizabeth 447 John 444 Laumont, John 439, 442 Kennedy, Richard 19. La Warr, Lord Thomas 69,414 John 495 -Thomas 398 Kennerfley, - 573 Law ley, Edward 377, and Kent, Duke 584. Francis 479 Henry. 181, 431, 435 Leak, Thomas 137 Ear) 254, 301, 302, 303. Lecole, Lawrence 394 Edmund 225, 272, 29,4, 305, Leeds, Duke Peregrine 54, 75. 319. Thomas 305, 319. Duke Thomas 379 Odo 484 Lee, Robert 53. Henry 47!? Earl Edmund Holland 66 Legg, Edward 548 ** Earl Reginald Grey 370 Lempfter, Lord William Farmer Kerr, William 345 93 Kighley, Henry 143 Leon, Family 191 Killi-rew, Doftor 155 Leopold, Emperor 197, 229 Kilrington, Joan 191 Leicefier, Earl 143, 2:0, 418, Kimbokon, Lord 109, in, 112 5,8, 521, 528 Kingfton, Duke 1 3 9. Earl Robert Dudley 1 03, Evelyn 123, 431, 434 104 Earl 449. Robert 252 Earl Robert Sidney 426 William 98, 134, 135 Earl Robert 14, i oo, Kirkhani. 22. 226 352, 372, 373, 6n George 323 Leige, Bifhop 277 KJrkudoright, L$rd Tho. Mack- Le ; h, Lord Edward $4 telkn 346 Thomas $06, 439, Lothian, Marquis 445, 448" 143 William 350, 447 !$ j^li Earl Mark 346 *C4. ~* Robert Duke Duke Efme Earl Earl Charles ,jH5 139, William il/. John 441. Matthew 47,443 Loudon, Earl 34 Lou, Robert li L'Efpiote Philibert Leven, Earl Leventhorp, Thomas ancT Edward 28. John 402 Leverer, Richard 411 Levifon, Walter 569. John 600 278 Lewis, Emperor Lewis of Baden, Prince 196 Lewes, Henry 66. John 304, 421. Edward 552 Lewkner, Thomas 405, 413. Robert 399 Lexington, Lord Robert 252, 295 464, 46 j Lovain, Lord Lovelace, Lord Lovel, Lord T- 1 Thomas Robert 246. Lowman, Henry Lowther, Thomas Isnofo aoi ni 2A2 Htnry 259 306, 270, 560 206 382. Ley, Lord James Leyntall, Rouland Lezignan, Adomar Lincoln, Bimop Henry 271, 276 Lincoln, Earl Henry om T- - i -Oii-v/ha . Eaward 494 Lindfay, William Lindfey, Earl Robert Montaeu Lilly, . Limerick, Vifcount James Hamil- ton 43 Lifle, Vifcount John 8, 10, 38 Hugh Lancelot Lifeux, Bimop Littleton, Charles Livingfton, William Alexander 353, Lixnaw, Baron Lockhart, Ambaflador William Loftus, Adam London, Bifhop 37, 112, Luines, Conftable of France 559 Lumley, Thomas Lunenburgh, Duke Lunsford, William Thomas 461. Luxem burgh, John Lynel, George Lyon, Margaret Lynfey, Edward 57' 429 495 < 437 5 6 4 574 332, 562- 93, 476 580 207 317 410 '94 34 6 354 47 M. Maccartney, General Mackay, General Macdonnel, Alexander Mac-Donalds iEneas Mac-Gregors \ r ' rr- " ' Majorca, King Makemade, William Macklane, He&or Mack-Williams, William, Mallet, William 241 m John 515 315 rr>l ' 22? fifiof ,aq J aiio *:. ~^f< 3J 349 iS 444 44* 398 443 26 ,*4 Mai pas, Baron Maltravers, John Malyns Roger fux>( bloj 2Ox Man, King Fergufm " . Orry 283 Manchefler, Duke William 341 " .V,/ Earl nt, 573 r! Earl Henry 108,497, B50i ifhop Maurice Mandevile, Earl of Eflex 48 S5 3 _ , MANNERS, I N D E X. MANNERS, DUKE or RUTLAND 233 ..''-' George 387. Roger 41 Manny, Walter '275, ' Mantel, Lord 69. Edward Lewis. '457. Richard Manwaring, Roger Manwood, Roger >f.tTjl Manvers, Michael and Lione Mapes, Walter 205 Marr, Earl J 445, * /! ' March, 408 _ - . Earl Roger Mortimer 209, 270,271, 272,273,287,401. - - Eaj-1 Pdmund 402, 406 - Earl Gavine Dunbar 343 Marifchal, Earl Wfliiam 444 Markham, John 36. Thomas 151. William 324 Marlborough, Duke 140, 430, 448, 449, 456, 489 - Duke John 123, 229, - Earl John Churchil Marney, Lord John 63, 561 14 Mareichal, Gilbert 506 Marfey, Family 50; Marfhal, Earl of Pembroke 48 Maryn, Guillam 315 Mafs, William 394 Mafon, Jonn 59 Mafiey, General 425 M:iiihigberd, John 379 Mu'ier, John 397 Matthews, -- 143 274 67, 97 Maxwell, Lord John 34C, 358 -- John 344. Elizabeth 362 Maynard, William -143 M.'.zarine, Cardinal Meadows, Phflip.1 kJ Mead Doftor -- ^379 Megg, Nicholas 5 Mellent, Earl Me'roTs, Abbot Andrew Mtknn, John Merietti, John Mrriet, John , Mauley, Lord Peter Maximilian, Emperor n, 353 385 211 Methuen, Lcrd Henry Menz es, John *-rf ^46. Alexander 445 Mildmay, Walter 517 Miudlciex, Earl Lionel Cranfield l ^74> 57 > Earl James 612 Middle >on, Lcrd Francis Wil- 585. Thomas jco General ? ^0-4^6 Richard J ,10.421. ttiaut, Robert 280 n, Lord John M&ihs, Lord William rmsiilr : H6rd John"~c Mbfineux, Vifccunt Richard 47 Monins, Edward- - 379 Monbouclicr, George I ,V- 385 Monk, General 49, 154, 870 -X Henry 435 Monmouvh, DuKe 54, 60, 63, 163, 164, 166, 194, 337, 432, 446 Duke James Scot ^9. Earl Henry 87, 572 . John 270, 272 Mor.povilon, Marquis 87 Monibn, John 425 MONTAGU, DUKE OF MONTAGU 258 MONTAGU, DUKE OF MAN- CHESTER 452 Duke 157, 253, 584. Duke Ralph 1 39. Duke John 43 T , 481 Vifcount Francis Brown Vif'count Anthony 71, 8c, 548, 558 **-> Lord Edwara 253, 377 < : Edward 426. Mr. 159 Montacute, Marquis John 67 Mont Boucher, Bartholomew 233 Montegle, Lord William 216 Montefichet, William 125 Monteith, Earl Mvles Graham - 354. Earl William 345, 443 Montfort 486. Peter 264. fOiCountdfcnu>;l 283, 284, 285 I T.ri c.fLeicuter 208 Monthermer, Lord Thomas and Ralph 296 Montgomery, Earl of Arnndel and Shrewftury 482 Earl 204 Montgomery, Montgomery, John Robert 346, 444. Montmorency, Lord Montrofs, Marquis Moor, Bartholomew George Thomas 84. More del John Morbeck, Dennis Mordant, Lord John Moreton, Earl Moreve, William Morgan, Thomas William 70, 181 306, 325 Philip Henry Morrifon, Richard 102, 249 Morley, Lord 104. Lord Henry Lovel .-;-i)-' f >lndW| Charles 85. Thomas William 421 Morteign, Earl INDEX. ftif.!- Nefen, Godfrey 371 James 447 Neuf-Chaftel, Hugh 4$$ 3*5 Nevbcrgh, Lord Edward 108 417- Newingron, John 173 347 Newport, Lord Francis 113 24. Newton, Thomas , 247- 453, 605 NevJIe, Henry ico, 453, 548, Arthur 89 550. John 270, "509 237 Ralph 276, 298. Jcffery 383 395 Richard ^319. 'Pnilip5io- So Nienuren-Iiuifiien, Ban n 432 356 NewcalUe, Duke 166, 1 63, 584.- 262 Duke William 609. Duke. 490. Duke John Holies 139,429 4:0. , Marquis 1^4, 151, 38* William 464, 607 -fcn-Tr E> rl ^ 463 Newark, LorJ David Lefley 44 -p Newmarch, James and Bernard wJ -rtl) 325 414. Robert 512 502 Mortimer, 508. Robert 9. Roger 2;O. Hesry 315. Edmund and Geffery 272 Morton, Earl 443. Earl Robert 258, 485. Earl William 259, 444, 445 Mulgrave, Earl 254 Munceaus, Waleran 383 Murray, Earl James Stuart 442, 444, 447. Earl 282, 443. NicoIIs, Richard Nithifciale, Earl 354, Naylor, Mr. Noble le Roger Norman vi lie, 95 358 '53 505 506 447- 353 Earl Charles Earl Thomas and David James 346. Henry 389, 611 Willinm 460 Mufcamp, Baron Robert 233 John 421 Muftian, 96, 574 Mowbray, Lord John /8 : . N *'D . Earl Harryg 5^.' Earl Wil- liam Bohun 270, 285 Northumberland, Duke 39, 40,: : . 43, 5f2-I'. : Duke George tirz^Roy DToJ jtiofitpjl Duke John Dudley 41 3'.'" John nsd!:O ^5, 44. Earl 4, 134, 249, 254, 302, 390, 474, 571, V3 - ' Karl Thomas 44. Earl Thorn ns Percy 69. Earl Joce- lin Percy, 54, .55. Counters 5 2 S Norwich Family 482. Earl 154. Earl Roger Bigot 305 - Bifhop 306 Nottingham, Earl Charles 45, 453, 524, 525, 554. Earl .William 489 Qfi Obrian, Margaret 73 . Lord Hen- ry 74. Lord Dpnat 9? Ochiltree, Lord 360 O Maden IO; Onley, Edward ::. jf.fi Onflow, Richard 200, 517 Ogle, Earl Henry Caver.dim 54 Robert 239, 240 O^lethorp, Theophilus 60 Oidhall, William 317 Oiiphant, Lord Jolin 441 O Neal ,.;:*.*>; Opdam, Admiral J f^ O BORNE, DUKE OF LEEDS 91 Oughtred, Henry 28, 84 Orange, Prince 20, 77,1 13, 195, .ttHit>6,.i,6S, 335' 337> 43 2 > ?. 1 433 57" 612 T- P r i nee William 562 Orkney, Earl 403. Earl George <-tfl 448 ' Orleans, Duke 78, 334, 402 - Duke Lewes 3 \ 8 - %4** i, j?35utabefs - - 5>8 , *^7 5 Orrery, Earl Koger and Charles r * 574 Oyropnd, Duke 574. . Duke James . 74, i ;6 Oiftiond, Marquis 457, 568 __, snd Wiltfliire, Earl James 66. Earl Thcm;.s Jjudcr 70 <\ r ' 7 ,- Earl tiugh, 344 ?o^ a&m..i Oxford, Earl 28, 220, 284, 299, 14, 376, 396, 505. Earl An-* brey 79. Earl Robert 94. EarlEdward 139, 376. Earl Thomas -.jgS. Countets 525 Oxford, Biihop 4 aicilii // SQ jiadcOl t -l373V9^ P. Paget, Lord $8, 39, 143 4^ : Lord William, 99, 389, *?492. Lord Thomas 613. Paget \\-james 84 Paiflcy, Lord Claud I ,; 356 Palatine, Elector 198, 6oz Palmer, Thomas 40, 513. John 416 Palmerfton, Vifcount Henry 435 Pantolf, William 485 Parker, John and Robert 513. William u. Alexander 517. Thomas 136 Parma, Prince I ,ori^ 373 Parry, Charles 89 Parrot, John 419 Pafly, Earl Aubery i .baslwl Paiton, William 66, 246, 377 Paulet, Earl John 379. William ; 36. Amias 141,182. Eliza- beth 54 Payia, Emeric 3 ,u3, 295*' Pauncefoot, Thomas 489 Pawe, Adrian 561 Payne, 379 Pearle, James 498 Pcckfall, Richard 84 Peg, Thomas 93 PELHAM HOLLES, DUKE OP NEWCASTLE 393 Peiham, John 391, 509. Henry i-t <6. Nicholas 515 Pembroke, Earl 143, 284, 290, 297> 333' 39. 45 8 > 474* -. .518, 561 Pembroke, EarlWilliam-Marfliall jj^, 504. Earl Gilbert 23 Pembroke, Earl William- Herbert 492, 560, 562, 563. Earl Philip 10.3, 553 Penceiler, Stephen 507 Pendleton, Mr. 120 Fenmure, Earl 3aa< 363 j Pepper, 368 ;, Henry 235, 236, 240 .1 Pcrrot, I /N ;D E X. Pcrrot, Lord Deputy 105. Hen- ry Perufel, Mr. - r ,0o. Peterborough, Earl Henry 20. Earl Petre, William 99, 492. William Peverel, Robert 96. Peyton, Henry 44. f ,QO r mi!li W Philip's, RobenhodTinui Phi ps, James Pincerna, RobttteD bio J PiERRfcroNT, DUKE STOM 13 t C JSfimo Pierrepont Family Lord Gervii Henry 139, Pierce, Dr. Pitts, George Plaiz, John Plefingho, Richard Plimouth, Earl Charles Pollard Poland, King Polhill, David Pomeroy, Thomas Pomfret, Earl fonfbnby, William ^omhieu, Earl Poole, Francis and James Richard 490. Henry Popham, John 81 ander 335. Lo Port, Lord Portland, Duke Henry i Earl William 6 1 2 Portmore. Earl 79. Earl Charles 94. Earl David 594 Portfmouth, Dutchefs Lovife 58 Dutchefs 337 jPorter, Auguftine id Portugal, King John Queen i .^.oj ,43 . Prince 104 Potton, John sdp 126 Powel, Judge 170. William 70 Powis, Earl William-Herbert 73 Powle, Mr. 1 noj 160 POWLETT, DUKE OF BOLTON, Si Poynings, Hugh and Thomas 82 to|. Hen- Poymngsj Lord Robert 40? 49 8 406 369 Predeaux, Edmund 192 (.50. . Earl Piers, William 380 lharles $9 Prendergaft, Thomas 434 (.92. Lord Preftpn, Lord 339. John 398 70 Preftwood, Family 569 William Prinney Gilbert 5 2 192 Prior, Mr. ,fft iogv iro^ IT t i-j^8i{ rt3 135 Q^ 426 Queenfberrj', Duke ;r.^ 142, 25 z Earl 395 227 Quetche, Hugh 509 miiir497 7 R 394 Radcliff, Roger and Geffery 322 \tn 93 Raines, Richard 20 2ii Raleigh, Ralph 260 370 Ramfilen, William 89 429 Ramfey, David 376 491 Randell, Friar 405 395 Randolph, James 353 190 Randwick, Lord Arnold 395 Ravenfcroft, Thomas 6oc lgbob.426 Rawleigh, Edward 2l l y 495 Reyney, Thomas Bi 6. Alex- Read, William 221 lief-Juftice Rea, Lord 376 599 Rhodes, Francis 249 315 Ricardie, Lewis 8 7 392 Rich, Lord 83. Lord Robert 146, 374, 572. Lord Charles 148. Lady 153 Richmond, Duke 150, 175, 341, 559, ;68 fof I Richmond, Duke Henry Fite- Roy 14. Duke Efme Stuart 59,60. Earl Edmund 66 Rivers, Earl 69, 365, 449 Earl Thomas Darcy 86 Earl Thomas Savage 37^ Earl John 3MtQ 497 George 55 1, 559 Robartes, Francis 80 Roberts, Robert .iliiii 513 Roche, Baron 48 Roghford, Vif count Thomas 10 Rochester, INDEX. Rochefter, Earl 580, $8>i : - - .. "' Earl Henry Hyde 351 *: Earl Henry 236 Bifhop 406. Bifhop Sprat 578, 579 Rockingham, Earl 3,23. Lord Lewis iciz 376 Rofcommon, Ear^ - 1 74 Roet, Payn 65 Rogers, AndffiR^ 1 ' ' $3&& t? a'i lr?.l. .TlOjfoB K St. Afaph, Bifhop St. Evremont J St. George, Henry St. John, Lord Oliver ''- '' of Bletlho, Lord Oliver 102, 422, 423 oalL Oliver 579 558 608 Rookfwood John 12$ Rookfwood Family 569 Rollo, Lord James 444 Roliefton, PhjHp Romans, King Charles 293. ceflaus Romfey, Colonel 163 Roper,- John 323 Roos, - 385. Earl 3-3 Rofs, Earl Richard Parfons 88 -^* Earl John 441 -- Lord Edmund 241, 243, 251. Lord Thomas 241. Lord William 241,249. Lord Ro- bert 241 Rok, Robert ?,z. John 278,414 Rcfiembourgh, Count 251 Roffel, John 387 Rudinge, -Humphry 213 Rufus, William 484, 485 Rumfey, Colonel izz Rupert, Prince 19, 376, 463, 466, 477 Rufhal Family 569 Roxborough, Duke 34? Row., M,refchal 306 Roufe, J,hn 323 Ryman, William 406 Rymer, Mr. g 282 Sacheverel, Dodor 82, 474. John loz, 563, 422. William 511 St. Leer, Thomas 242, 243. William 505 Sf.Lo, William 139, 142 St. Paul, Earl 290, 398 Salebrufe, Earl 295 SaUlbury, Earl 254, 390, 458, 474,546. William 1 48. James 253. Robert 526, 549 210 5 20 234 522 322, 517 Thomas 243, Salaces, Marquis Sampfon, William Sancy, Lord Sanders, Edward Sands, Lord i 34. 571. William 416, 494, 571 Samuel 113. Richard 325 Sandwich, Earl 335, 339, 465. Edward Sanquhar, Lord Sapcott, Guy Sarum, Earl Thomas Bifhop Robert 392 345 99 403 25 - ., John . 3*6 SACKVILLE, DUKE OF DORSET 501 Sackville, Richard 84. Richard '-' 48^. William, Herbran and Ro- bert 125. Robert 216. John 420 Sadler, Thorn? s and John 29 St. Albans, Duke 584 Dutchefs 55 Earl 45 7. Richard Burgh 86 'si Abbot 136 St. Amand, Lord Almerick 262 Savage, Vifcount Thomas 516. John 69, 247,489 Savile, Lord 109, 116, 459 John' 20 Saunders, George^ 6 j 2 Saunderfon, Robert 478 Savoy, Duke 197 480 Saxe Gotha, Duke Frederick 3, 4 Saxe Weiffenfeis, Dutchefs 4 Saxony, Duke 251 Eleftor John-George 577 Say, Lord 109, in, 112, 459 i^ and Seal, 08 Vifcount 571 Scales, Lord y~6. Robert 7 Scarfdale, Earl Robert 172 Scawen, Thomas 120 Scherfenberg, General 78 Schomberg, Marefchal Frederick 169 SCHUYLENBERC, DuTCHESS OF KENDAL 614 Schuylemberg, General 449 Scroggs, William 'to Scrope, I NO J-F *^T * ix ~f^ * jfL-* ./v Scrope, Lord Emanuel -v.^fco ;jSomer?, Lord 230 fllV wiii'-i ? . j^wiu , 44VP- ot'Bolton, LordHenry 14 .SOMERSET ^ScttDAWpRt, DUKE Scotland, King 5*2,^573. Vth, 35, 69. James IflL 6/6. Alexander IiId.;,}2$?.-<., David 265, 266. James 403, 405, 406, 423. Fergus Ii. 436 . Queen Matgaret 1 1 . Ma- ry mz'&WP . Prince James 100. Somerton, John, Scot, David 344 Somervile, Lord Scudamore, Vifcoun.t James 130. James Seabright, Edward j 1 g Seafield, Earl James OF UEAUFOR.T 65 Someriet, .Duke .17.5, 493, 574. l ; d'.var.d .12, 83.' Char.ej 94. -35 66. Robert am 288 344 440 Segrave, Lord John-; _ d , Stephen , wdo a f c t*# Selden, Mr. Selkirk, Earl Seton, Lord George . Alexander SEYMOUR, DUK^^ SET ,;{""} ,2.: i Seymour, Lord 568. 5? - ) i ?.&*(' Edward 493 408 An- 47> 163. 224, Sync'ere, John Shaftfbury, Earl 122, thony 224, 253 Sheffield, Charles 374 Shelly, Henry 513 Shephard 121 Sherard, LordBennet 256 Shirburn, Nicholas 21 Shipman, Abraham 377 Shipperius, Admiral 38 Shirley, 424. Seymour 255 Thomas 422, 424. John 423 Shovel!, Cloiidefly ,j'.' c 480 Shrewlbury, Eari 134, 245. John 8, 13, 252. Gilbert 17,139, 142, 545. George 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 247, 248, 388 Shippon, General ..--; ; 468 Sidney 227. Philip 104, 250. William 504 Colonel 163, 170 Sinclair's Family 437 Smith, 323. Clement 28. Thomas 53. John 131. Wal- ter 214. Robert 226. Sidney- Stafford 227. Thomas 495 Snelling, William 320 Solers tanuly 486 a J""' t - ^u r Southampton, Dutchefe 55 Earl 49,220, 250, 565, 8, 574. Thomas 47, 334. illiam 98. .Henry 221, 223, 224, 601, 524 Earl Thomas Wriothefly 122, 369 Sontherland, Earl Southcoate, Philip Southefk, Earl Spain, King Ferdinand Spark Spelmar., Henry SPENCER, DUKE OF MARLBO- ROUGH 204 Spencer, Lord 301, 302, 303 367. William 456, 489. John 456, 656 Spotfwood, Archbifhop 356 Henry . 564 Sqwyer, John 397 Stafford, Edward Duke of Bucks 86 Earl Humphry 66 Vifcount William 86 Lord Henry 1 8, 86. Ralph 270, 285 John 405 Standifh, William 19 Stanhope, Earl James 230 _ Michael 39 Edward 44. John 384 Staniflaus, King 200 ,, '* John 402 Stanley, Edward wiliiam 104. .;;:,,, Stanney, John , /u 12 Stapeley, Anthony 424 Stapleton, Miles 377. Brian 386. Richard 387. Anthony 517 Starem berg 79 Staventon, . 130 Richard. ^ 230 Stepnej-, I v NT D E X. Stepney, Mr. Stewart, Robert ' Alexander 345. Stoke, John Stoner, Thomas 198 344- James 357 "*" ' ^-Ji Stourton, Lord John 26. William Stowel), Richard Swynbourne, Robert William Sydenham, Edward John Stracey, Humphry Strafford, Earl 5 ^ .i^tcVil 2^ Talbot, Lord T. H 395 113 Thomas 16. William 476 Strangeways, Henry 243. Thomas 367 Strather, Henry 237 Strathern, Earl Gilbert 352. Patrick Graham 354 Stratton, Geffry 126 Strelley, John 429. Nicholas 213, 214, 384 Stuart, Prince Robert 365 Lord Bernard 150 Mary 35. John 59, 440, 441. Jane 444 Sturmy, William 30 Suffolk, Duke 28, 29, 69, 243, 244, 314. Henry 4;, 126. Charles 45! 126, 369 Earl 156, 3*4, 317, 318. Robert 278, 280, 281. Thomas 545, 549 .. ';.;' Earl William de Ufford 26). James Howard 479 and Bindon, Earl Henry 74 Sully, Mcpfieur 261 Sunderland, Earl Emanuel Scrope 87 - Earl Charles 123, 130, 431, Robert 366 Surry, Duke Thomas Holland 299 Earl Thomas 131 ren Suflex, Earl Henry Thomas Talbot Yelverton Sutherland, Earl John Sutton, 552. Robert 231. John 396 Swartenburgh, Count ' 145 Swartzembourgh, Count 251 Sweden King 4, 2 oo, 359, 457 Swinford, Or.es 65 128. 234 48. 49 WiX-i j rr r.riol vj.r.T Talebois, Robert Tallard, Marfhal 165, 197 Talmafh, Lionel 447 Talvace, William 48$ Tame, Edmund 400 Tankerville, Earl 395. ^, , ' ?cmodT Wje Charles 88 Temple, William 120, 121, 57> 335- J hn 435 Tendring, William 8 Teviott, Vifcount 346 Thanet, Earl Thomas 1 39. Nicholas 251. Joh n 553 Thetcher, Margery and Anne 421 John 422. Thomas 513 Thomond, Earl Henry 54, 73, Thompfon, Francis Thorold, Thomas Throgmorton, John 74. 93 15 386 4 88. 97, 241. ohn de War- ;.;$ 492- 249. 372. 479 442 George 493. Thomas 494 Thurfton, Robert 246 Thwaits, William 386 Thynne, John 23, 39 Tichburn, Vifcount Henry 231 Benjamin, William and Henry 231 Tillotfon, Archbifhop of Canter- bury I 22 ' . Dcftor 163 Tilney, Earl Richard 64, 74, 123 Frederick 10. Philip 1 1 Timperley, John 9 Tipping, Thomas 1 1 3 Tirrel, George 324 Todenei, Robert 241 Topham, Richard 80 Torbay, Guy 191 Torrington, Vifcountefs 4 , Lord Thomas Newport no * _ 389 Tortefon, 496 Tournebu, Richard 305 Tourville, Monfieur 1 1 3 Tower de la John 96 Townihend, INDEX. Townfhend, Vifcount Charks 88, 428 Thomas 88. Robert 224 Tracy, John 493, 494 Traffbrd, Edmund ^fj| Trans, Marquis L 51 Traquhair, Earl Johp^ ^347 Tregoze Lord John ^'^' S M Trenchard, John 29. T IOO3H / , Tryon, Peter 379 Tudor, Owen 66, 410 Tufton, John 251 Turenne, Marefchal 194 Turnham, Robert and Hubert 503 Turplington, Hugh 270, 271 Turvile, Thomas 495 Tuwc, Thomas 396 Tuya, Ifabel 191 Tweddale, Marquis James 363 Tweedie, James 345 Twenge, Marmaduke 207 Tyler, Wat 128, 129 Tylle, Thomas 192 Typtot, 4 ?o Tyrone, 105, 106, 107 Tyrwhit, Robert 250 v Vale de la Henry 238 Valentine, Henry 374 Valerffio, Seignior 145 Valparefa, Marquis 19 Van Arteveld, Jacob 281 Vane, Vifcount 366 Henry 58, ic8 Van Engelenburgh, Baron 432 Van Zandenburgn, Baron 432 Vaughan, Lord Francis 122 : Edward 69 Vaux, Robert 233 Veez, Robert 421 Velafco, John 525 Venables, Thomas tc6 Vendorae, Monficur 98 Verdon, Lord ',. 48 Vere, Diana ^,,54 Verney, Grevil 119 .Edmund "9 -5% /nori Vernon, Lord , ^..~ ~ .. Richard 243, 2^2>, 3/5. _ r < Vefci, William Afford, .Lord Robert 270,276 ^- , Robert. 7, ,- Edmund ',3 83, _.,i. _, . JlHJjCl .r 31i. > 7. 'rv VUbers, Edward ,;|,fe 4^4- Safanna ji Uhton, Edward T^^^ nor^ Umfranville, Gilbert ..*3'6- Robert 238, 239 Uxbridge, Earl Heng^. ,' 6.13 D!ij>S b'O.I 498 w , Wachop, - Wadham, William Walcote, Charles Waldeck, Prince 195 Waldegrave, Lord Henry ( ( 193 Wakehurft, Richard 5 1 1 Walker, Edward 476, 568 Wales, Prince 25, 51, 355. Charles 46, 144, 458, 5^8. Llewellin 234, 260, 263. Jevan 290. Edward 383. Henry Waleys, John Waller , 386 509 153, 226, 390, Richard 84. John 411. William 468, 4.96 Walmfley, Thomas 92 Walpole, Horatio Q ''9^3 Walfh, Walter 134 Walfmgham, Secretary 46 Francis 86. Thomas 304, 423 Walter, Henry 153 Walters, Robert ;, .498 Walworth, William , y y " 1 29 Wandesford, Chriftopher ^9^. Waras, Anfehil ' 394 Warburton, Thomas 4.^1 i * Wareman, Margery ,, > _| Waring the Bald ' 484 Warren, Earl William 125, 382 and Surry, Earl John 274 Warded, 211 Warwick, TT, i i- '".' r '.am3 Warwick, F.arJ aL '00,220, 289, 306, 314, 408, 41^,417, 419, 424, 459, "472,' 474. John 3.-, 36, 37, 38, 44, ,50. Charles 148. Richard 8 g k. Thomas ;*, and O. mend, Earl Tho- Robeft 146. 240, 406 - Earl Ridttrd Beauchamp f. I ^1 R T 1 . , f 65, 209. Thomas Beauchamp 274, 298. Ambrofe Dudley Robert Rich Philip Waryn, Thomas Waftlin, Waterton, Robert Watervile, William Watfon Edward Watts, William Webbe, John Weemes, Earl David Welby, Colone! Weliefborne, John Wentworth, Vifcount 103 John Robert Weftmorhnd, Earl 343 Ralph 65, 488 The mas 91, 127 28, 156. 209 249, 302, Charles 14. 249, 411 mas Bullen^, 515 Wmchelfey, Earl Heneage 47. Daniel 55, 58- Wir.cheller, Marquifs 39. Joha '" 28. Will iarh Paulet 487, 518 v Ear! Roger de Quincy 48 * Bifliop 37, 66. John 269. Stephen 492 478 Wincot, William 457 331 ^^frindnam", John 9; ' V/illiam 54 288 Windfor, Lord William 69, 82. Thomas 70 Wingfield, John 304, Window, Thomas Wintoer, Edward Winton, Earl Saierde Quincy Winilone, Henry Winwood, Secretary Ralph Wirtemberg, Duke 323 402 53 323 3*4 '3? 347 370 26 7o John 1^6 Henry 247, 419 Wefton, Lord Richard 562 Wey mouth, Vifccunt Thomas S 2 , 595 V/haley, 38 Wharton, Lord 571. Philip 379 Whytcheftre, William 238 White, 176. Thomas 84 Whytington, William 488 Whitmore, William 70, 325 Wicherley, 579 Widdrington, Lord William 377 Widvile, William 191 Wigtoun, Earl John 346 Wilbraham, Thomas 425 Wild, Lord Chief-Baron n.8, 572 Williams, 94 Williamfon, Jofeph 227 Willoughby of Parham, Lord 388 William 250 Charles 419. Hugh 611 of Erefby, Lord Robert 304. William 369 Francis 217, 221 Wili&ire, Earl John 8. Wolley, John Wolfey, Cardinal 2 Wood, Henry Thomas 57. Anthony Woodcock, Thomas "W-oodvil, Henry 192 33' 333 Frederick 217 605 7' 2 9> '33> 386 57. 573- Robert 324. 325, 389 426 503 Worceiler, Marquis Ed\vard 19. Charles 64 Earl 599. Charles 24. Edward 102, 241, 454, 560. John 241. William 545 Earl Richard Beauchamp 209 Bilhop Woluan 484 Worden, John. 79, 80 Wortley, Richard 144, 478. Edward and Sidney 392 325 Wotton, Henry Wray, William Chriltopher Edward 378, 570. Wright, Nathan and Paulet Robert Doclor Wroth, Robert 325 Wydvile, Earl of Rivers Wygge, Nicholas Wylbram, . Wylington, John 529 378. 325- Cecil 380 87. 170 330 453 48 394 597 274 Wynn, E X. -/ rrort I -*~~ '~ss ~e> ^J~T Wyrkfall, John () h 237 _ --;rrr Archbifhop 248. ' \ HWirv Wy, ttdwrf B modT &> . < Erneft Augu_fbs ... +?> >~ * " iV j- 1+--+' ^ Y- i i John 20 ... ;-:*j.tJ'. Jibrbfifw ,,c?.,,i-! --L. ,; ,pf < ndoi ^ w v atC> E K A^ ^Cl S^JW*)* lClfcU % f . ^hldJ 3<>* I Yarmouth, Adam ,-fb^^jd ^ _ b.r.rio:^ Yelyerton, Chnftoph ? r >8s 47 q ^jJ ? a Jfljyt>& ^ York, Duk^ 4, 121, 227, 337, Zouch of Harrmgworth, Lord i j 1 , ^ */I**M V, J^ , -Jf.JSA. t I J. *^^w^ " .LX/* iV-V' . , . A *73, 574. 575? ^> go, i fi-nQf^^ mr/ ': 373 Richard 67. James 161, Lord Edward 374, 375 162, 194, 432* \< Edmund Williaoij.^ r j >$ az 209, 225^4.^,, iph^^. nfiHUV/ bioJ ,iolbr; asmo/ir oriT t Y1BJ31033 < b(jcf//niW r^ btVEtT hsH , 23/1133 W *Q pos rrnoH ? bor>W ,.20? t o{.s : \j^ 8j;.moriT. vf. t a^IifidD \nodinA- .iii. ,94.?: ,?d rtqifiX ^^baoii au. ,-Is -a;:.: f f TV T T O x* X lV / u. eahsfiO ^g t s?. j-^ 8g ,SOJ 3'.; .i^s niioj 88^ " ^ bn An '. bnjj fliftifiVI ^rfgiiW ^ss mdoH S3s btoJ ,fnfidiB4 io 'T&JoSL t fi3oiV7 nd xiguH !t3 ,3'cvhyW r.rsdo.'J bi dcdsi/I ,^gvW ^d i r c ^ * ^ ** *\* 38 ; . Itfi3 a e to VI fo 737 m D VtfqKfiQ : ' 3Di:O eiri /^-T f cs flcm >TI t Ji v .. ; :oro sdj lo JtiginJH bns ,bbs e .f? 3. . *^2 .8cr ,q .q .orfw .wO .6^^ ,i .1 . .1 s-4~--4'.&8 ,19 ,^ -T ^ .0^ .1 r Cl 10! , , . . ^ . - - ^:;^i isfts =s .1 .8 .figg .iR- .: .^F' Sw^-tatvitj\vtb ni aluoH i >jlc f fUi .1 . f:o^ .s; uiginjl ftiH ajrw WiD c: . !o ani9itn3 c-n: : . om f}^rf ivswvi.^ . Jtsf ft^ .v^. iia lo fiilaH . **:w srft b ; .q ;f1c ' nod : JnJ . i bns f fcns r : .^ .1 ,ftsl .632 . : 2 oi H . . O aril ni i ?jii: oibaQ r ^3niiq .- . :Z *&\ rijiw 'to prii o3 ^ t y^i vcm I t o1 lo 4nomem7ri flsv a .Jsd) 2nibni.flrjt, arfj ni srll gno; .Lad} gniif: Addenda & Corrigenda, VOL. I. PAg. 21. Sea. i. 1. 3. for 17;*, r. 173*. p. 64. Seel. 3. 1. 5. for Earl of Tilney, r. Earl Tilney. p. 74. See}. 6. 1. 3. after of r. Hugh Calverley. p. 78. Seel. 2. 1. laft, for' 1663, r. 1693. P. 80. Seel. 6. 1. laft, after Windfor, r. at a Chapter of the Garter held at St. James's, March 20, 174% his Grace was elecled one of the Knights of that moft noble Order, and was inftalled at Windfor, April *i f 1741. And Seel. 8. 1. laft, after Chancery, add, and Knight of the moft noble Order of the Garter. P. 91. Seel. 4. 1. 2. dele who. p. 93. Seel. 2. 1. 14. after Herbert, r. of King fey, in Cem. Buck. p. 1 08. Seel. 5*. 1. n. for Cottingharn. r. Cottingtan. p. 127. 1. 40. for 1691 r. 1591. p. 156. Seel.. 4. 1. i. after Park, for Devon/hire^ r. Dfrbyjbire. p. 181. Seel. 8. 1. 2. after Bart, dele and died at her Houfe in Grofuenor-Square, in June 1737. P. 232. Se&. 3. 1. laft, after Guards, r. and on March 20, 1 741 , his Grace was firft knighted by his Majefty, and immedi- ately after invefted with the Enfigns of that moft noble Order, and was inftalled at Windfor April 21, 1741. P. 233. Seel. 3. 1. 5. for Alufcamp r. Alufcamp. Line laft, after Sir r. Henry de Manners firft mention'd, Father of Sir. p. 258. Seel, laft, 1. 6. for Drago, r. Drogo. p. 270. Seel. i. 1. 12. for Bargherjh, r. Burgherjh. p. 332. Seel. 2. 1. laft, after Efq; r^eliel of Sir Ralph Hare^ Knight of the Bath. p. 367. Seel/ i. 1. Jaft, after Daughter, r. Edward Spencer, of Rcndlejham, in Suffolk, Efq; and (he was deliverM of a Son at Edinburgh, 27 July, 1740. p. 372. for Perigrinus r. Pere- grinus. I p. 377. Seel. 2. 1. 6. after married, add Urfula, and 1. 8. after 1654, add, and left a Son Robert, who died in Auguft, 1698, without Iflue, and 1. 10. after Daughter, add and Co- heir ; p. ibid. Seel, laft, 1. 4. fpf Sophia, r. Mary ; and 1. laft, after Knt. r. Sophia, married to Sir Richard Chaivorth, Knt. L. L. D. p. 381. Seel. 2. 1. 2. after Erejby, r. Hereditary; and in the chief Seats, add, at Erejby near Spij/by in the County of Lincoln. p. 389. Seel. i. 1. 3. after Glory, r. I have lately met with a remarkable Dedication, to this Marquis of Dorchejier, of a fmall Treatife, printed 1664, entituled, Judge RumfeyV Injlrument to cleanfe the Stomach, &c. which may be acceptable to the Curious : " As Apollo among the Planets, fo, I may fay, your Lordfhip ' is among the Peers : In the vaft Firmament of Learning, you *' Outfhine them all: And. underftanding tha{, among other fci- T t "** entifical Addenda & Corrigenda. " entlfica! 'Specuhtions, your Tor^ftlp hatri been addlcl^d to the tc Study of Pky/ick^ (wherein you have made fuel- an a&nirable ^ x * ^^*^ te yi 4; ^ fc V