amplum obsequii amoris ergo Patriverâ— pio verè Catholico Thomas mâ—stissimus filius haeres multis cum lachrymis scripsit posuit Beati qui in Domino moriuntur Leaving Issue one only Son viz. Thomas and two Daughters Elizabeth Married to Dixey Hickman of Kew in Com. Surr. Esq and another Elizabeth to Andrew Windsor Esq her Kinsman Which Thomas succeeding him in his Honours Married Katherine the Daughter to Edward Earl of Worcester but dying Issueless 6 Dec. an 1642. was buried at Tarbick with his Ancestors Whereupon the Title of Lord Windsor being in the King's disposal so that he might confer it on the Issue of either of these Sisters before-mention'd or retain it His Royal Majesty King Charles the Second considering that this last Thomas Lord Windsor had setled the greatest part of his antient Inheritance upon his Nephew Thomas Windsor Hickman Son of Dixey Hickman by Elizabeth his elder Sister was pleased to dispose and confirm to him and his Heirs the said Title of Lord Windsor with such place in Parliament as his Predecessors had formerly enjoy'd as by his Letters Patent bearing date 16 Iunii in the twelfth year of his Reign appeareth Which Thomas thus hearing the Title of Lord Windsor Married two Wives Anne Daughter to Sir William Savile of Thornhill in Com. Ebor. Baronet Sister of George now Vicount Halifax by whom he hath Issue one Son called Other and Mary a Daughter Married to Sir Thomas Cokesey of Bentley in Com. Wigorn. Baronet Secondly Vrsula Daughter and Coheir of Sir Thomas Widdrington of ... in Com. Ebor. Knight by whom he hath Issue two Sons Thomas and Dixy and a Daughter called Vrsula Iohn Lord Hussey 21 H. 8. WHat relation in blood this Iohn Lord Hussey of whom I am now to speak had to that Family of Hussey whereof I have already made mention in the first Volume of this work I have not seen nor can I discover more of him than that he was Son to Sir William Hussey Knight who being a learned Lawyer was first constituted Attorney General to King Edward the 4 th in 11. of his reign next Serjeant at Law in 17 E. 4. and lastly Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Kings Bench 7 Maii 21 E. 4. In 2 H. 7. this Iohn was in Arms for the King at the Battel of Stobe against Iohn Earl of Lincoln and his adherents and in 13 H. 8. being then a Knight was made chief Butler of England In 21 H 8. he was one of the Knights for the Kings Body and being summoned to that Parliament begun at Westminster 3 Nov. the same year was admitted into the House upon the first of December following In 22 H. 8. bearing then the title of Lord Hussey he had a grant of the custody of the Mannour of Harewode in Com Ebor. and was one of the Lords who subscribed that Declaration then sent to the Pope whereby they intimated to his Holiness that unless he did comply with King Henry in that cause of his divorce his Supremacy would not much longer be owned in this Realm And in 24 H. 8. being then one of the Lords of the Council had a grant of the wardship and marriage of Thomas the Son and Heir of Christopher Wymbushe deceased But in 28 H. 8. being in that commotion in Lincolnshire occasioned by the assessment of a Subsidy he suffered death for it at Lincoln in Iune the next ensuing year Whereupon his lands were confiscate and his Mannour of Sleford in Com. Linc. where he had his chief residence was granted by Thomas Cranmer Archbishop of Canterbury to Richard Goodrick of London Esq and Mary his Wife in Fee This Iohn Lord Hussey married two Wives and by them had many Children First Anne Daughter to George Earl of Kent by whom he had Issue two Sons Giles and Thomas and five Daughters Bridget first married to Sir Richard Morison Knight afterwards to Henry Earl of Rutland and lastly to Francis Earl of Bedford Elizabeth to ... Hungerford Anne to Sir Humphrey Browne Knight one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas Anne to ... Dimock and Dorothy to ... Doâ—wray Secondly Margaret Daughter and Heir to Simon Blount by whom he had Issue Sir William Hussey Knight Giles Hussey of Carthorpe in Com. Linc. Sir Gilbert Hussey Knight and Reginald and one Daughter called Elizabeth All which Sons and Daughters were restored in blood only in the Parliament held at Westminster 5 Eliz. Wentworth 21 H. 8. OF this Family though of great antiquity in Yorkshire the first that became advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm was Thomas Wentworth Son of Sir Richard Wentworth of Nettlesâ—ed in Com. Suff. Knight who after the sitting of that Parliament which met at Westminster 3 Nov. 21 H. 8. and continuing by Prorogation till 27 of that Kings reign gave the first fatal stroke to the Monasteries of England was admitted as a Peer upon the second of December in the same 21 th year by virtue of a Writ of Summons This Thomas having married Margaret the Daughter of Sir Adrian Fortescue Knight and by Anne her Mother Heir to Sir William Stonore Knight had a special livery of all the lands which by the death of the said Anne descended to her And upon that Insurrection of the Norfolk Men led by Captain Ket in 2 E. 6. accompanied William Marquess of Northampton then sent against them Being afterwards Lord Chamberlain of that Kings houshold he died 3 Martii 5 E. 6. and was buried in the Abby Church at Westminster leaving Issue eight Sons viz. Thomas Henry Richard Philip Iohn Edward Iames and Roger and nine Daughters scil Anne married to Iohn the Son of Edmund Poley Cecelie Mary Elizabeth Margaret Margery to Iohn Lord Williams of Tame afterwards to Sir William Darcie Knight and lastly to Sir Iohn Crofts Knight Iane Catherine and Dorothy To whom succeeded Thomas his Son and Heir who had summons to Parliament in 6 E. 6. and being about that time made Deputy of Calais was shortly after removed from that trust by reason of his youth and want of experience Upon the death of King Edward the sixth he was one of the first that appeared for Queen Mary And in the first year of her reign being one of her Privy-Council was again made Deputy of Calais and the Marches thereof and so continued till the fatal Siege of that Garrison by the Duke of Guise in 5 Mariae whose Army was so great and the assaults made by it so irresistable that seeing no hopes of defending it he craved a parly whereupon it was yielded upon condition that the Inhabitants should depart without carrying any thing away and that the Governour with fifty other such as
advanced to the Title of Duke of Buckingham to hold to himself and the Heirs-male of his Body with the Fee of Forty pound per annum out of the Counties of Bedf. and Buâ—ks Moreover in Iune following he was again retained by Indenture to serve the King as Captain of the Castle of Calais during his life with twenty nine Men at Arms on foot and twenty Archers on foot taking two shillings per diem for himself and for his Men at Arms and Archers six pence And soon after that was sent Ambassador with the Archbishop of York and others to treat with the Ambassadors of Charles of France the Kings Uncle touching a perpetual Peace betwixt both Crowns But being thus created Duke of Buckingham ther soon hapned thereupon great animosities betwixt him and Henry Beaâ—chamâ— Duke of Warwick to whom the King had given precedence next before him For the appeasing whereof there was a special act made in Parliament viz. that they should have precedence by turns the one one year and the other the next and so alternately during their lives And the Survivor during his life to have precedence of the others Heir but afterwards such of the Heirs of each who should first happen to have Livery of his Lands to have precedence of the others Heir and the Duke of Warwick to take place the first year Which Duke of Warwick departing this life about two years after without Issue-male this Duke obtained a special Grant bearing date 22 May 25 Hen. 6. unto himself and his Heirs for precedence above all Dukes whatsoever whether in England or France excepting only such as were of the Blood Royal. Moreover in 28 Hen. 6. he was made Constable of Dover Castle as also of the Castle at Quinborongh and Warden of the Cinque-Ports And in 34 Hen. 6. after that fatal Battle of S. Albans where the Duke of York being victorious Humphrey Earl of Stafford his eldest Son lost his life seeing what specious pretences were made by that party to captivate the people he with the Duke of Sommerset got privately to Queen Margaret and gave her notice of the danger For which great adventures and inconsideration of his vast expences in attending the King in those turbulent times as well in Kent against his adversaries then in Arms as in other places in 38 Hen. 6. he obtained a grant of all those Finâ—s which Walter Devereux of Webley in Com. Heref. Esquire William Hastings of Birby in Com Leicest Esq and Walter Hopton of ... in Com Salop. Esq were to make to the King for their transgressions As to his works of piety all that I have seen is that in 24 Hen. 6. he setled an hundred marks per annum Lands and Rents upon the Dean and Canons of his Free-Chappel at Stafford for the perpetual maintenance of certain Priests there to celebrate Divine Service for the good estate of himself and of Margaret then Queen of England as also of Anne his own Wife during their lives here Likewise for the health of their Souls after their departure hence and for the Souls of all the faithful decâ—ased By his Testament bearing date at Marstoke Castle 16 Augâ—t anno 1460. 38 H. 6. he appointed that his Funeral should be solemnized without any sumptous costs or charge and that on the day of his Obit and Funeral two hundred Marks in Money should de distributed to poor people to pray for his Soul over and above all other costs that day in Meat Drink Cloathing of his Servants and Cloathing and Reward to poor men holding of Tapers Also that the Canons of Marstoke should before his decease have an hundred pounds in money to purchase Lands to the value of an hundred shillings per annum which if it were done in his life they should therewith augment that Covent with one Canon more for ever so that thenceforth there might be fourteen the Prior for the time being accompted for one Of which number one should sing daily and pray for his Soul and for the Souls of his ancestors as also the Souls of his Wife and Children at the Altar in the North Isle of the conventual Church at Marstoke abovesaid And moreover willed thereby his Colledge of Plecy in Essex of the Foundation of Sir Thomas of Wodstoke late Duke of Gloucester his Grandfather should be augmented with three Priests perpetually and six poor men to pray for his Soul and for the Souls of his ancestors his Wife and Children And that there should be purchased and lawfully amortized to the said Colledge by his Executors in case it were not done in his own life time for the augmentation and sustenance of the Master and Brethren of the said Colledge and of the said three Priests and poor men Lands and Tenements to the yearly value of an hundred Marks whereof every of the said seven poor men to have every week twelve pence for his sustenance and to find himself except Housing which he appointed to be built there for them by the advice of his Executors And that there should be builded on the North side of the Church of the said Colledge a Chappel to be hallowed in the worship of the Trinity and our Lady Moreover that there might be found and said in the said Chappel after that it should be so made and hallowed a Mass of our Lady whereunto the said seven poor men to come daily except they were letted by sickness to pray for the Souls abovesaid Of which Testament he ordained Executors his Wife as principal and his Brother of Canterbury But the date of this Will is certainly mistaken it should doubtless be 16 August ann 1459. which falls out to be in 37 Hen. 6. for on the 6 Kalend. of August which is 27 Iuly 38 H. 6. this Duke was slain in the Battle of Northampton fighting stoutly there on the Kings part and buryed as our Historians say in the Gray Friers at Northampton though others affirm that many of the slain were buried in that Monastry there called De lo pre and others in S Iohns Hospital By the Inquisition taken after the death of this Duke it is found that he died upon the tenth of Iuly in 38 Hen. 6. and that Henry Son of Humphrey his eldest Son who was slain in the Battle of S. Albans 22 Maii 33 Henr. 6. as hath been already observed was his next Heir and at that time somewhat more then five years of age Moreover that he then died seized of the Mannor ot Brustwyke with the Hamlets thereunto belonging commonly called the Dominion of Holderness in Com. Ebor. likewise of the Mannor of Desenyng with its members as also the Mannor of Hoverhull and Mannor of Cavenham called Shardlows in Com Suff. of the Mannor of Stratton-Audley in Com. Oxon. Ratcliffe upon Sore and Kneshall in Com. Notting Okeham Camerwell Blechynglegh with the Burrough Essyngham Chepsted
prisoner without any fight and delivered him to the King In 10 Hen. 4. he procured the Kings Charter for Free-chase in all his Demesn-Lands at Kettâ—ewel beforementioned And in 12 Hen. 4. was again constituted one of the Commissioners to treat with those from Scotland upon a General Truce In 3 Hen. 5. he obtained a Charter from the King for Free-chase in all his Lands of Burton in Bishop dale Walden West Witton and Penhil In 6 Hen. 5. he was with the King at the Siege of â—ame in Normandy And in 1 Hen. 6. again constituted one of the Commissioners to treat with Iames King of Scotland for a firm Peace betwixt both Realms This Earl Ralph â—ounded the Collegiate Church at Staindrope in the Bishoprick of Durham for one Master six Priests six Clerks six Esquires six Grooms and six poor people amply endowing it with Lands and Revenues And having wedded two Wivâ—s viz. Margaret Daughter of Hugh Earl Staâ—ford for which Marriage a special Dispensation from Pope Vrban the Fifth was obtained in regard they were within the third and fourth degrees of Consanguinity who dying â— Iunii An. 1370. 44 Edw. 3. was buried in the Quire at Brancepath and Ioane the Daughter of Iohn of Gant Duke of Lancaster Widow of Sir Robert Ferrers of 〈◊〉 Knight who died 13 Nov. 19 Hen. 6. and was buried at Lincoln departed this life 21 Ocâ—ols 4 Hen. 6. and lieth buried in the midst of the Quire at Staindrâ—pe undeâ—â—â— stately Tomb whereon are the Figures of himself and both his wives being then seised of the Mannor of Stiford in Com. Northumbr As also of the Mannor of Bostou called Burtâ—â—all on the East part of the River the Seke of Muniby the Mannors of Wikes Frompton Ledenham Fiâ—â—eck and Wasâ—ingâ—â—â—gh in Com. Linc. The Mannor of Chesthunt in Com. Hertf. Clavering and Calmore in Com. Essex the Castle and Mannor of Sheriff-Hoton the Mannors of Elinington Sklepembeck Yaresthorp Raskel Howke Soreby Wiberfosse Stanfordbrigge Haunt-Burton Kâ—ayton Rise Sutton super Daâ—went Shithorne in Herford-Lithe Apelton in Ridale the Castle Mannor and Lordship of Middelham the Mannors of Carlton Coverdale West Witon Woodhal Kettlewel in Craven Thoraldby New-Biggâ—â—g with Bishopdale Bainbrigge Esiâ—gwold and Hoby Gilling Aldeburgh â—owes Forset Danby Catrike Arkelgarthdale and New forest also of the Castle of Richmond with its Members the Mannors of Snape Well Crakhal Rand Newton East Hawkeswel Ruskby Faceby Earlton in Eleveland Hllderwel Caldingston South Couton Fergherby Leybourne Sutton in Galtres with the Bailiwick of Longbergh all in the County of York Likewise of the Mannor of Balingbourne in Cambridgeshire Penreth Soureby the Hamleâ—s of Langwathby Scoutby Carleton Lidell Gamelesby Blenerâ—asset Wigton in Allerdase and Bolton in Allerdale all in Com. Cumbr. Leaving Ralph Nevill his Grandson viz. Son of Iohn his eldest Son who deceased in his life time his next heir then Nineteen years of age Which Ioane the second Wise of this Earl Ralph Founded a Chantry at the Altar where Katherine Swinford her Mother lay buried in the Cathedral Church of Lincolne for two Priests to celebrate Divine Service daily thereat for the good estate of King Henry the Sixth Henry Cardinal of England and of her self during this life and for their Souls after their departure hence As also for the Souls of K. Henry the Fourth Iohn of Gant Duke of Lancaster Katherine Swinford his wife Ralph Earl of Westmorland her late Husband and all their Ancestors and Benefactors and departed this life 13 Nov. 19. Hen. 6. leaving Richard Nevill then Earl of Salisbury her Son and Heir forty years of age But I return to Iohn eldest Son to this last mentioned Ralph This Iohn in 12 Hen. 4. was made Governor of the Castle of Roxborough in Scotland for ten years And in 2 Hen. 5. constituted Warden of the West Marches toward Scotland Moreover in 3 Hen. 5. joyned in Commission with the Lord Grey of Codnore to receive Henry the Son of Sir Henry Percy Knight at the hands of the Duke of Albany Governor of Scotland and to bring him to the King In 5 Hen. 5. being still Warden of the West Marches and the Kings Lieutenant there he had a special Commission to conclude a Truce with the Scots from two Moneths to two Moneths In which year he was made Governor of the Town and Castle of Ueruoil in France and soon after had another Commission to receive all and all manner of Castles Lordships Forts Cities Towns and other places in France and Normandy into his hands for the Kings behoof as also to assault and subdue those which yielded not and to place Garrisons in them Lastly having married Elizabeth Daughter of Thomas Holland Earl of Kent he departed this life in An. 1423. 2 Hen. 6. his Father then living and lieth buried in the Gray Friers Church in London Which Elizabeth being the fifth Sister and Coheir to Edmund Earl of Kent upon Partition of the Lands of Edmund her Brother had for her Purparty an Assignation of the Mannors of Hornlington and Aton as also a certain Pasture called Colpighil Youland Northaverflat on the North Raulinflat Senederningham Westhel Langlands Twelfhendes Northaverflat on the South the Leys near Thurstanslat a certain Pasture called Benerclolt extending to Hulgot in Com. Ebor. The Mannor of Athford in the Peke in Com. Derb. And Allerton in Shirewood in Com. Nottingh As also the Mannor and Hundred of Liston the Mannors of Kenton Shaftbery Chatescumb A Fee-farm of eighteen pound four shillings four pence Rent from the Abbot of Clive for the Mannor of Brompton in Com. Dorset And twenty six pound twenty pence Fee-farm of the Mannor and Town of Balingstoke with the Hundred and departed this life upon Friday next before the Feast of the Epiphany 1 Hen. 6. ¶ The other Children of this Earl Ralph were these viz. By Margaret his first Wife Ralph who wedded Mary the Daughter and Coheir to Sir Robert Perrers of Oversky in Com. War Knight Maud married to Peter Lord Mauley Alice to Sir Thomas Gray of Heton and after to Sir Gilbert de Lancaster Philippa to Thomas Lord Dacres of Gillefland Margaret to Richard Lord Scrope of Bolton Anne to Sir Gilbert de Humfranvile Knight Margery Abbess of Berking and Elizabeth a Nun at the Minoresses in London And by Ioane his second Wife eight Sons viz. Richard Nevill Earl of Salisbury William Lord Fauconberge George Lord Latimer Edward Lord Bergavenny Robert Bishop of Durham of all which I shall speak farther by and by Cuthbert Henry and Thomas who died without issue And five Daughters viz. Catherine first married to Iohn Monbray Duke of Norfolk and afterwards to Sir Iohn Widvile Knight Son of Richard Earl Rivers Eleanor elswhere called Elizabeth first to Richard Lord Spenser and
the fourth then King of that Realm was slain and for his special service there received the honor of Knighthood at the hands of Thomas Earl of Surrey the then General In 14 Hen. 8. he executed the Sheriffs Office for the County of Glocester And in 22 Hen. 8. was one of those Lords who subscribed a Letter to Pope Clement the seventh importuning him to give his definitive sentence in that cause of Matrimony concerning the King and Queen Katherine which not only to the two Universities of this Realm but divers other in forrein parts as also many learned men had deemed unlawful being there placed next after the Lord Dacre and next before the Lord Morley And in 24 Hen. 8. was made Constable of Berkley-Castle in which year by his Testament bearing date 11 Ian. he ordained that his Body should be buried without great pomp or pride in the Parish Church of Mangotts-field in Com. Glouc. near to the place where he used to kneel under the partition between the Quire and his own Chappel and afterwards viz. within one quarter of a year be brought to the Abby of St. Augustines near Bristoll and there buried near unto his first Wife Willing that the Executors of Maurice Lord Berkley his Brother should pay to the Abbot and Covent of that House all Legacies by him the said Maurice given He likewise bequeathed to the Lady Cecilie then his Wife his Chain with the Cross And appointed his Executors to find a Priest to sing where his Body should be buried for the space of ten years as also that they should bestow forty pounds upon a Tombe to be raised over his Grave This Lord Thomas married two Wives first Elianore Daughter of Sir Marmaduke Constable of ... in Com. Ebor. Knight Widow of Iohn Iâ—gelby Esq Son and Heir to Sir William Ingelby Knight Secondly Cecilie Widow of Richâ—â—d Rowdon of ... in Comâ— Glouc. Esq And departing this life 22 Ianâ—â—r Ann. 1532. 24 Hen. 8. was first buried at Mangoâ—s-field but afterwards removed to that new Tombe which he had set up in the Abby Church of St. Augustines near Bristoll leaving issue two Sons and two Daughters viz. Thomas his Son and Heir who succeeded him and Maurice who taking to Wiâ—e Frances the Daughter and Coheir of Richard Rowdon Brother and Heir of Walter Son of Iohn left issue by her Sons and Daughters The Daughters were these Mary married to Sir Robert Throgmorton of Coughton in Com. Warw. Knight and Iane to Sir Nicholas Poinz of Acton Knight Which Thomas being of full age had Livery of his Lands the same year and had also two Wives first Mary the Daughter of George Lord Hastings by whom he had no issue and secondly Anne Daughter to Sir Iohn Savage of Frodsham in Com. Cester Knight and departing this life at Stone in his journey from his House at Yale in Gloucestershire towards London 19 Sept. An. 1534 26 H. 8. was there buried leaving issue Elizabeth a Daughter then scarce three quarters of a year old afterwards married to Thomas Boteler Earl of Ormund and Henry a Son born nine weeks and four days after his death Which Henry by the death of King Edward the sixth the last heir male to King Henry the seventh came to 〈◊〉 Berkley-Castle and all those other Lordâ—hips so given to that King by William Marquess Berkley as hath been observed and by the special Grace and Favor of of Queen Mary had Livery of them in 1 2 Phil. Mar. before he arrived to his full age Which Castle and Lordships had rested in the Crown by the space of sixty one years four months and twenty days and were then of the value of six hundred eighty seven pounds and five shillings per annum in old Rent not accounting the Parks and Chases in them contained This Henry thus repossessing the old Barony of his Ancestors being summoned by Writ to Parliament in 4 5 Phil. Mar. was there placed 25 Ian. He first took to Wife Katherine third Daughter to Henry Howard Earl of Surrey by Frances his Wife Daughter to Iohn Earl of Oxford Which Katherine died at Calaudon 7 Apr. Ann. 1596. 38 Eliz. and was buried in the North Isle of S. Michaels Church in Coventre Secondly Iane Daughter of Sir Michael Stanhope Knight Widow of Sir Roger Tounsend Knight who survived him and died 3 Ian. Ann. 1617. 15 Iae. without issue By Katherine his first Wife he had issue two Sons viz. Thomas born at Caloudon 11 Iulii Ann. 1575. 17 Eliz. and Ferdinand who dying at â—ale in Gloucestershire was there buried And four Daughters viz. Mary Wife of Iohn Zouch Son and Heir to Sir Iohn Zouch of Codnore in Com. Derb. Knight and Frances Wife of George Shirley of Aâ—â—well in Com. Northamp Esquire afterwards a Baroner Which Thomas married Elizabeth only Child of Sir George Carey Knight then Knight Marshal and Governor of the Isle of Wight Son to Henry Lord Hunsdon and after his Fathers death Lord Hunsdon Chamberlain of the Queens Houshold and Knight of the Garter But all that I have seen farther memorable of this Thomas is that upon the death of Queen Elizabeth he rode into Scotland to carry the News thereof to King Iames and being made Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of that King died at Caloudon 22 Novemb. 9 Iac. and was buried in St. Michaels Church in Coventre near to the Grave of his Mother in his Fathers lifetime leaving issue George his Son and Heir and Theophila a Daughter married to Sir Robert Coke Knight Son and Heir to Sir Edward Coke Knight Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas. This Henry Lord Berkley lived to a very great age for his death hapâ—ed not till the 26 Nov. An. 1613. 11 Iac. at Caloudon before-mentioned Whence his Body was honorably conveyed to Berkley and buried in the Chancel there over which a Fair Tombe hath since been erected to his Memory To whom succeeded George his Grandson and next Heir who took to Wife Elizabeth the second Daughter and Coheir of Sir Michael Stanhope of Sudburne in Comit. Suff. Kt. 13 Apr. 12 Iac. he being then of the age of thirteen years and she nine Which George departed this life ... Ann. 1658. leaving issue two Sons viz. Charles drowned at Sea in his passage towards Diepe in France ... Ian. Ann. 1640. unmarried and George now Lord Berkley As also Elizabeth a Daughter married to Edward Coke Son and Heir to Iohn Coke of Holkham in Com. Norf. Esquire Son of Sir Edward Coke Knight sometimes Chief Justice of the Kings Bench. This George now Lord Berkley took to Wife Elizabeth the eldest Daughter and Coheir to Iohn Maâ—â—ingberd Merchant of London of the East-India Company and hath issue by her two Sons viz. Sir Charles Berkley made Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of
Which William had the Mannor of Uppingham in Rutland of his Fathers gift and Robert other Lands in that County who notwithstanding his former activeness on the Barons part with his Father was afterwards received into favorwith the King Having thus finished my discourse of this Peter I shall observe that in him this family was in the Meridian of its glory which thenceforth daily faded For being the fourth in Descent from Thurstan who had been first inriched with such fair Possessions by his Kinsman the Earl of Warwicks gift as before is noted and honored with divers imployments of special trust through the favor of his Soveraign being puffed up with ambition which prompted him to a Confederacy with the Rebelliâ—us Barons of that age he became at length partaker of that deserved destruction which then befel them And that thenceforth the luster of his Descendants though no whit abridged of their ancient Patrimony in regard of that indulgent Decree called Dictum de Kenilworth which admitted them to Grace upon favorable terms began daily to diminish till in the like fourth Descent his Male-line was in a manner extinct much of the ancient Inheritance with the Castle of Beldesert their principal Seat then divolving by Females to other Families and the memory of his name preserved only in an Illegitimate Off-spring I now come to Peter his eldest Son This Peter fiding with his Father in those his Rebellious Actings before specified was with him taken prisoner at Northampton in 48 Hen. 3. being as it seems the Commander in cheif of the Forces then there met for no less saith an Author of that time Horum erat praecipuus Petrus de Monteforti junioâ— qui ad castrum confugerat sed in crastino reddidit se. But the next mention I find of him is That he was wounded and taken prisoner in the Battle of Evesham where his Father lost his life and thereupon committed to Thomas de Clare unto whom his forfeited Lands were granted and whereof he received the benefit according to the Dictum de Kenilworth But shortly after was not only admitted to grace and favor to the reinjoying his paternal Inheritance but had restitution of an Annuity of fifty five pounds per annum to be received out of the Exchequer by himself and his Heirs which had been formerly granted to his Father in lieu of certain Woods lying in the Forest of Rutland wherein he had quitted his title to that King After which resolving on a Pilgrimage to S. Iames in Gallicia he constituted Humphrey de Hasting and Richard de Wrenbull or one of them his Attorney to transact his affairs in the mean time But whether he went the same year or not I make a question viz. 56 Hen. 3. For in 3 Edw. 1. he had another License to that purpose and within a short space grew in such esteem with King Edward that being imployed in his service in those Wars then had against the Welsh in 5 Edw. 1. he obtained in the eighth of that Kings Reign a Grant unto Queen Eleanor of the marriage of Iohn his Son and Heir with power that she should dispose of him in that kind to whom she pleased And in 11 Edw. 1. attended the King in that expedition then made into Wales those parts being then totally reduced to obedience for which service he was acquitted of fifty pound debt due by him to have been paid into the Exchequer After which scil in 15 Edw. 1. he departed this life leaving issue Iohn his Son and Heir and Elizabeth a Daughter afterwards married to William the Son and Heir of Simon de Montacute for which Lady there is yet standing a very noble Monument of Marble with her Effigies cut to the life in the Chappel on the North side of the Quire at Christ Church in Oxford heretofore the Conventual Church of S. Frideswide where there was afterwards a Chantry of two Secular Priests founded to celebrate Divine Service daily for her Soul and for the Soul of the same William de Montacute as also for the Souls of Iohn Bokingham Bishop of Lincoln Sir Peter de Montfort her Father the Lady Maud her Mother and of Iohn de Montacute William de Montacute Earl of Salisbury Simon de Montacute Bishop of Ely Edward de Montacute Alice de Aubeny the Lady Mary Cogan Elizabeth Prioress of Haliwell the Lady Hawise Bavent the Lady Maud Abbess of Berking the Lady Isabel a Nun at Berking Children of him the said Sir William de Montacute and her And moreover for the Souls of Sir Thomas de Furnivall her second Husband Sir Peter de Limesey her Kinsman Simon Islip and for the Souls of all her Parents and Friends I come now to Iohn de Montfort Son and Heir to the last mentioned Peter This Iohn was a Servant in Court to King Edward the First and in the twentieth of Edward the First obtained from Queen Eleanor a Grant of the marriage of William the Son and Heir to Simon de Montacute before mentioned to marry Elizabeth his Sister In 22 Edw. 1. he was in the Wars of Gascoigne and having been summoned to Parliament the next ensuing year amongst the Barons of this Realm departed this life in 24 Edw. 1. being then seised of the Mannor of Preston in Com. Butl. Acstead in Com. Surr. As also of the Castle and Mannor of Beldesert with the Mannors of Wytechirche Wellesborne and Ilmindon in Comit. Warr. leaving issue by Alice the Daughter of William de la Plaunch two Sons viz. Iohn his Son and Heir at that time five years of age and Peter as also two Daughters Elizabeth and Maud the one married to Frevil the other to Sudley whose posterity afterwards came to possess a great part of the Inheritance belonging to this Family For Iohn their elder Brother who had been summoned to Parliament to sit with the rest of the Barons of this Realm in 7 Edw. 2. and the same year received his pardon for the murther of Piers de Gaveston wherein he had a hand then marched with our English Army into Scotland and there lost his life in the Battle of Strivelin without issue Peter his Brother having none legitimate Which Peter was first in Holy Orders but after his Brothers death enjoying the Inheritance was notwithstanding his sacred Function so dispensed with that he betook himself to the World and became a Knight and standing loyal to King Edward the Second in the time of that great defection when many adhered to Thomas Earl of Lancaster was joyned in Commission with William de Beauchamp and Roger de Ailesbury for the safe custody of the City of Worcester in 15 Edw. 2. And in the twentieth of that Kings Reign was constituted Governor of
with Horse and Arms and to attend the King at Rokesborough in Scotland upon the Feast-day of St. Peter ad Vincula to march against the Scots then in Hostility As also soon after another Precept to attend him with ten Men at Arms at New-castle upon Tine on the morrow after All-Souls-day next ensuing In 8 E. 2. he receiv'd farther Summons to be at Newcastle with Horse and Arms upon the Feast-day of the Blessed Virgin And had Summons to Parliament amongst the Barons of this Realm from 23 E. 1. during the whole Reign of that King So likewise to all the Parliaments of King Edward the Second's Reign and part of King Edward the Third's viz. till 6 E. 3. inclusive but was not a Baron that is to say held not his Lands by Barony as appeareth by the Testimony of this Record which I have thought fit here to insert EDWARDUS c. Thes. Baronibus suis de Scacc. salutem Ex parte dilecti c. Thomae de Furnivall senioris nobis est ostensum quod licet ipse Baro non sit nec terram suam per Baroniam vel partem Baroniae teneat nichilominus idem Thomas pro quibusdam defaltis in quibusdam Curiis nostris incidit ut dicitur in iisdem Curiis tanquam Baro amerciatus fuit vos xxviii l. xiii s. iv d. per diversas particulas ab eo ad opus nostrum eâ de causà exigi faciatis in ipsius Thomae dispendium c. Teste c. Et modo ad Quindenam Purificationis Beate Mariae venit hic praefatus Thomas c. Et dicit quod non est Baro neque tenet nec unquam tennit aliqua tenementa in Com. praedictis per Baroniam nec per partem Baroniae Dicit enim quod tenet manerium de Sheffeild in dicto Com. Ebor. de Domino Rege per Homagium tantum manerium de Whystan in eodem Com. de Galfrido Lutrel maneria de Wyrksop Gresthorp in Com. Nott. de Rege ut de Honore Tykhill per servicium quatuor feodorum quarte partis feodi unius militis manerium de Eyom in Com. Derb. de Rege ut de Honore Peverel manerium de Middleton in eodem Com. de Thomâ de Chaworth manerium de Bracington in eodem Com. Derb. de Honore de Tuttebury c Et quod idem Thomas aliquo tempore tenuit manerium de Tyreswell in dicto Com. Nott. de eodem Honore per servicium quartae partis feodi unius militis quod manerium perquisivit de Thomâ D'eyvil sed postmodum se inde dimisit c. Similiter c. quod idem Thomas tenet de Nich. de Langford de manerio suo de Haveâ—shegg in eodem Com. Derb. unum Hamelettum vocatum Baumford per servicium sectae ad Curiam ejusdem manerii de tribus septimanis in tres c. And having married Elizabeth Daughter to Peter de Montfort of Beldeâ—â—rt-Castle near Henley in Arden in Com. Warr. Widow of William Son and Heir to Simon de Montacute Progenitor of the Montacutes Earls of Salisbury departed this Life on the morrow after the Feast of the Purification of our Lady Anno 1332. 6 E. 3. being then seised of the Mannors of Wirksop and Gresthorp in Com. Nott. Eyom and Stony middleton in Com. Derb. the Castle and Mannor of Sheffeild as also of the Mannor of Treton in Com. Ebor. Thomas his Son and Heir being then thirty years of age having likewise had two younger Sons William and Nicholas Elizabeth his Widow for her Dowrie having the Mannor of Wyrksop in Com. Nott. Wbiston in Com. Ebor. Eyom and Stony Middleton in Com. Derb. with vii l. ii s. xi d. Rent in Baumford in the same County then assign'd unto her Which Elizabeth afterwards scil on Tuesday next ensuing the Feast of the Blessed Virgin 28 E. 3. departed this Life being then seised of the above-specified Mannor of Whistane with its Members viz. Aston Totewyke Treton Ullay Brampton Cuâ—â—eclift and Orgrave in Com. Ebor. of the Inheritance of Sir Thomas de Furnivall Knight her Grandson then of full age She also held in Dower the Mannor of Wryksop in Com. Nott. with the Mannors of Eyom Stony-Middleton Baumâ—ord and Haversegge in Com. Derb. For this Lady there is yet standing a beautiful Monument of Marble with her Portraiture thereon cut to the Life on the North-side of the Quire of Christ-Church in Oxford heretofore the Conventual Church of St. Frideswide's Monastery there where there was afterwards a Chantry of two Secular Priests founded to celebrate Divine Service daily for her Soul and for the Soul of the said William de Montacute as also for the Souls of Iohn Bokyngham Bishop of Lincolne Sir Peter de Montfort her Father Maud her Mother and of Iohn de Montacute William de Montacute Earl of Salisbury Simon de Montacute Bishop of Ely Edward de Montacute Alice de Aubenie the Lady Mary Cogan Elizabeth Prioress of Haliwell the Lady Hawise Bavent the Lady Maud Abbess of Berking the Lady Isabell a Nun at Berking Children of him the said Sir William de Montacute and her And moreover for the Souls of the before-specified Sir Thomas de Furnivall her second Husband Sir Peter Limesie her Kinsman and Simon Islip and for the Souls of all her Parents and Friends But I return to Thomas This Thomas doing his Homage the same year viz. in 6 E. 3. had Livery of what so descended to him by his Father's death But here I must look back a little In 10 E. 2. his Father then living for which respect he was called Thomas de Furnivall junior upon the Feast-day of St. Matthew the Evangelist he took to Wife Ioane the eldest of the four Sisters and Coheirs to Theobald de Verdon a great Baron Widow of William Son of William de Montacute but without the King's Licence for which Transgression he afterwards paid CCl. Fine Which Ioane in 12 E. 2. making proof of her Age had Livery of those Lands which upon Partition made of them in 10 E. 2. were allotted to her viz. the Castle and Mannor of Alveton with its Members viz. Bredeleye Farleye Coten Wotton Denston Staunton Streingeshull Buckenbale Fenton and Balterdeleye all in Com. Staff Moreover in 1 E. 3. his Father being still alive he was in that Expedition then made into Scotland And in 2 E. 3. there being a new Partition made of the Lands of his Wifes Inheritance had Allotment of the said Castle and Mannor of Alvetone with its Members then thus exprest viz. Wotton Stanton Farleye Rammesobere Corene Brayelepe Spenne Denston Strongeshull Shene Wytston and Bedulf Furthermore in 5 E. 3. doing his Homage with other the Husbands of the rest of the Coheirs he had another Livery of the Lands which were of his said Wifes Inheritance And in 7
received command to be at Newcastle upon Tine on the Festival of our Ladie 's Assumption to restrain the Incursions of the Scots And in 11 Edw. 2. obtain'd License for a Market every week upon the Thursday at his Mannor of Ipplepenne in Com. Devon as also for two Faires yearly the one on the Eve Day and Morrow after the Feast of St. Andrew the Apostle the other on the Eve Day and Morrow after the Nativity of St. Iohn Baptist. Likewise for a Market every week upon the Thursday at his Mannor of Wydenay in Com. Berks and a Fair there yearly on the Eve Day and Morrow of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin with Free-warren in all his Demesn-lands at Ipplepenne before-specified And having been summon'd to Parliament from 6 until 19 Edw. 2. inclusive departed this life shortly after leaving Almaric his son and heir who in 9 Edw. 2 making proof of his age had Livery of his Lands and the same year was in the Wars of Stotland So likewise in 12 Edw. 3. And in 16 Edw. 3. in that great Expedition then made into France as also in that of 20 E. 3. And in 21 Edw. 3. having been retain'd to serve the King in all those Wars in consideration thereof he obtain'd a Grant of Two hundred pounds per annum to be paid out of the Exchequer In 29 Edw. 3. he was again in the Scotish-Wars Likewise the same year in those of France And in 31 Edw. 3. being made Justice of Ireland had Forty Men at Armes and One hundred Archers on horseback assign'd to attend him there over and above the number of those Men at Armes which belong to that great Office But the next ensuing year he was imploy'd again in the Wars of France So likewise in 42 E. 3. And in 47 Edw. 3. was made Steward of the Forest of Rockingham and Governor of the Castle And having been summon'd to Parliament from 44 Edw. 3. till 5 Rich. 2. died the same year as it seems for then had Almaric his son and heir Livery of his Lands doing his Homage After which scilicet in 8 Rich. 2. he was by Indenture retein'd to serve the King in his Wars of Scotland and in 1 H. 4. made one of the Knights of the Bath at the solemn Coronation of that King In which year by his Testament bearing date upon St. George's day he bequeathed his Body to be Buried in the Quire of the Friers-Preachers at Oxford near to the Grave of Ida his first Wife And having been summoned to Parliament from 6 R. 2. until 3 H. 4. inclusive departed this life upon Thursday next after the Feast of St. Barnabas the Apostle scil 13 Iunii 4 H. 4. being then seised of the Mannor of Ippelpenne in Com. Devon Catton upon Trent in Com. Derb. Netherhaven and Hakeleston in Com. Wiltes Bastelden Widhay Ildesle St. Elenes juxta Abington and Eton juxta Co. ... in Com. Berks. South-Cerneye and Cernewyke in Com. Glouc. Alcrinton Pudlicote Childeston Bloxham with the Hundred and the third part of the Mannor of Adderbury in Com. Oxon. Grendon in Com. Buck. Herlingdon Cotes Milbroke Houghton Ampthull and Graunge in Com. Bedf. leaving Gerard Braybroke Son of Alianore his only Daughter by Ida his first Wife and Ida his other Daughter by Alianore his Second Wife his next Heirs the same Gerard and Ida being each of them at that time of the age of ten years Which Ida afterwards became the Wife of Thomas West and in 7 H. 4. making proof of her age 〈◊〉 Livery of her purpartie of the Lands of her Inheritance The like Livery had Gerard Braybroke in 4 H. 5. of the other Purpartie his Homage being respited Alianore the Second Wife of the said Almaric still surviving who by her Testament bearing date 15. Maii An. 1426. 4 H. 6. bequeath'd her Body to be Buried in the Quire of the Fryers Preachers in Oxford before the High Altar near to the Grave of her said Husband She likewise bequeath'd to the Priests and Children of New-College in Oxford forty shillings to pray for her Soul Also to the Fabrick of the Church of Oselbury in the Diocess of Winchester twenty shilling to pray for the Soul of Sir Thomas Wodelock Knight her late Husband and for the Souls of her Sons and Daughters there Buryed and departed this Life upon Friday in Whitson-week 4 H. 6. being then seised of the Mannor of Cotes and third part of the Mannor of Hertingdon in Com. Bedf. leaving Elizabeth the Wife of William Beauchamp Maud the Wife of Iohn Babington and Alianore Braybroke her Cosins and Heirs viz. Daughters of Gerard Braybroke Son of her the said Alianore Daughter to the before specified Almaric de St. Amand and Ida his first Wife the said Elizabeth being at that time Sixteen years of age and Maud Fifteen Which William Beauchamp was Son to Walter Beauchamp of Powyk Treasurer of the Houshold to King Henry the Fifth and he a younger Son to Iohn Lord Beauchamp of Powyk and Alcester as in my discourse of that Family is shewed And had shortly after the Title of Lord St. Amand being summon'd to Parliament in 27 H. 6. and afterwards by the name of William Beauchamp de St. Amand Chivalier Tyes 28 Edw. 1. IN the time of King Henry the Third Henry le Tyes held Shireburne in Com. Oxon by the Grant of Richard Earl of Cornwall which was part of the Barony of Robert de Druis And in 28 E. 1. obtained a Charter from the King for a Market every week upon the Tuesday at his Mannor of Mosehole in Com. Cornub. and a Fair every year upon the Eve Day and Morrow after the Feast of St. Barnabas the Apostle As also for Free-Warren in all his Demesn-Lands at Allerton in the same County Shireburne in Com. Oxon. and Hordewell in Com. Berks. But in 1 E. 2. departed this Life whereupon Henry his Son and Heir doing his Homage had Livery of his Lands Which Henry in 2 E. 2. was in that expedition then made into Scotland so likewise in 4. and 7 E. 2. had Summons to be at Newcastle upon Tine upon the Festival of our Ladies Nativity well furnisht with Horse and Arms to restrain the Hostilities of the Scots In 13. E. 2. he was again in the Scottish Wars And having been summoned to Parliament amongst the Barons of this Realm from 28 E. 1. till 14 E. 2 the next ensuing year took part with Thomas Earl of Lancaster in his Insurrection then made but miscarrying in that Enterprise suffered Death for it at London as others of their Confederates did in several places being then seised of the Mannors of Chylton in Com. ... Alwerton and Sywornell
Iaques whence he went to Bayone whereupon all that he had in Gallicia was again recovered by the French in fifteen days After this the King of Castâ—le sent to him to Treat of a Marriage betwixt his own Son and his Daughter And at the request of the Duke of Berry a Truce was made by him in the parts of Tholouse and â—vergue In 11 R. 2. he had commission to Treat of Peace with the King of Spaine and the same year was constituted Lieutenant of the Dutchy of Aquitane In 12 R. 2. during his absence he obtained divers priviledges in his Dutchy of Lancaster viz. for a Chancery Court there and to have Writs for that Office under his own Seal as also Justices for Pleas of the Crown as well as other with all Royalties belonging to a County-Palatine in as ample manner as the Earls of Chester ever had Likewise for an Exchequer with Barons and other necessary Officers and power to make Justices-Itinerant for pleas of the Forest c. Besides Câ—istance his Wife there was Catherine his Daughter by her as also his two other Daughters by Blanch his first Wife viz. Philippa then unmarried and Elizabeth Countess of Pembroke who had left her young Husband behind in England by reason whereof he caused a Divorce betwixt himself and her and Married the Sister of the Earl of March which Elizabeth had been formerly Wedded to Sir Iohn Holand but his Daughter Philippa he Married to the King of Portugal and Catherine to the King of Spaine Whereupon that King making agreement with him he came back into England in November An. 1389. 13 R. 2. with much Treasure for it s said that he had forty seven Mules laden with Chests full of Gold for his second payment and divers great Men of Spaine as Pledges for the yearly payment of sixteen thousand Marks for his life and in case his Wife should survive him she to have twelve thousand Marks yearly In his return from those parts he releived Breâ—t in Britanny then Besieged by the French Being thus come home by the consent of the Lords and Commons then assembled in Parliament 2 Martii the same year he was Created Duke of Aquitane by putting a Cap upon his Head and giving him a Rod of Gold to hold it of the King as of the Realm of France In An. 1390 14 R. 2. he had a great and noble Hunting in Leicester-Forest and all the Parks thereabouts divers eminent persons then accompanying him And in 15 R. 2. being constituted Lieutenant of Picardy went thither for the defence of those parts In the same year also being the chief of the Commissioners appointed to Treat of Peace with the French he concluded the same for one whole year Moreover the next ensuing year he was sent again as one of the Ambassadors to Treat of Peace with them and coming to the King of France at Amiens agreed with him for a Truce by the space of two years Whereupon after seventeen days stay there he returned accompanied by the Bishop of Durham the Earl of Rutland Son to the Duke of Yorke with a thousand Horse bravely appointed In 17 R. 2. he was again sent into France to Treat of Peace with the Dukes of Berry and Burgundy Unkles to the King of France In the time of whose absence Constance his Wife died and was buried at Leicester with great Solemnity upon the Sunday next after the Feast of the Apostles Peter and Paul About this time he was again constituted the Kings Lieutenant of Picardy as also joyned in Commission with Edmund Duke of Yorke to ratifie the Truce betwixt England and France which was agreed on for four years the Scots being also included therein In 18 R. 2. he obtained a Charter for divers Priviledges in his Hundreds of Gallow and Brothercrosse in Com. Norff. viz. Fines Amerciaments and Redemptions of his own Tenants as also year day and Waste Felons goods Return of Writs c. And in Autumne the same year went into Aquitane with a great power for the subduing of that Country But in 19 R. 2. after he had spent a vast summe of Money to gain the affections of the Inhabitants of those parts having been made Duke of Aquitane as is before observed the people rejected him Whereupon being recalled he came back and repaired to the King then at Laâ—gle where he kept his Christmass But though in shew he had an honorable reception he did not find it cordial he therefore hasted to Lincolne where his old Friend Catherine Swinford lay and Married her on the Octaves of the Epiphany whereat there was no little admiration in regard of her low birth After which he attended the King into France being with him at Guynes upon the meeting then had with the King of that Realm In 20 R. 2. he was again made Lieutenant of Picardy and shortly after that went again into Gascoine In which year the Parliament then convening at London he procured an Act for the legitimation of those children which he had begot on Catherine Swineford the Widdow of Sir Hugh Swineford Knight and Daughter to Sir Paen Roet Knight alias Guyen King of Arms which Children were these viz. Iohn sirnamed Beaufort afterwards Earl of Somerset Henry Bishop of Winchester and Cardinal as also Lord Chancelor of England Thomas Earl of Dorseâ— and afterwards Duke of Eâ—eter Ioane first married to Sir Robert Ferrers of Oversley and afterwards to Raphe Earl of Westmorland In 21 R. 2. he had a special Commission to raise three hundred Men at Arms and six hundred Archers and to bring them to the next Parliament to be held at Westminster for the Kings Guard And in 22 R. 2. was constituted Lieutenant in the Marches towards Scotland from the beginning of the Truce betwixt both Realms for twenty eight years Before the end of which year he departed this life some say at his Castle of Leicester others at Ely House in Holburne and was honorably buried on the Northside of the Quire of St. Pauls Cathedral in London with Constance his second Wife where they had a noble Monument which was utterly destroyed in the time of the late usurpation Shortly after which Raphe Earl of Westmorland and Thomas Earl of Worcester with other his Executors procured Licence to found a Chantry there of two Priests to celebrate Divine Service for the health of his Soul as also for the Soul of Constance his Wife and all the faithful deceased But Catherine Swinford his third Wife surviving him departed this life upon the tenth day of May in the year 1403. 4 H. 4. and lyeth buried under a fair Tombe of Marble in the Quire of the Cathedral
Lord Berners Likewise a daughter called Anne married to Iohn Moubray Duke of Norffolk And was buried in the Conventual-Church at Lanthony near Glocester Which Henry in 5 H. 6. was in that Expedition then made into France And in 8 H. 6. being retein'd by Indenture to serve the King in those his wars with Thirty three Men at Armes and One hundred and fifteen Archers landed with them at Calais upon the 27 th of Aprill Furthermore in 11 H. 6. bearing then the Title of Earl of Ewe upon the death of Elizabeth the Widow of Sir Lewes Robsart daughter and heir of Bartholomew Lord Bourchier before-specified without issue he was found to be her cosin and next heir as hath been already observed And in 13 H. 6. had summons to Parliament by the name of Earl of Ewe but never after by that Title In 18 H. 6. he took shipping at Portsmouth with the Duke of York then made Regent of France and landed with him in Normandy And in 19 H. 6. was in another Expedition then made into France Also in 21 H. 6. he was Captain of Crotoy in Picardy In 25 H. 6. he was advanc'd to the dignity of Viscount Bourchier as it seemes for by that Title he had summons to Parliament the same year and afterwards And in 28 H. 6. was joyn'd in Commission with Iames Earl of UUiltshire and others in the Governership of the Town and Castle of Calais the Tower of Rysebank and Marches of Calais for five years Moreover in 32 H. 6. he was sent to Calais by King Edward there to consult with the Soldiery for the safe custody and defence of that Garrison and in 33 H. 6. 29 Maii was constituted Lord Treasurer of England Moreover in 38 H. 6. taking part with the Earles of March and UUarwick he was with them in the Battel of Northampton where they had the better of the day against the King's Forces Whereupon soon after viz. 18 Martii 1 E. 4. he was again made Lord Treasurer by that King And by Letters Patents bearing date 30 Iunii the same year was advanced to the Title and Dignity of Earl of Essex This Henry being a person of singular parts had such esteem from Richard Duke of York son to Richard of Conyngsburgh Earl of Cambridge as that in his younger years the more to oblige i him to the Interest of that House in those great and sharp contests which for a long time continued betwixt it and the House of Lancaster that Duke gave him his sister Isabell in Marriage And in 4 E. 4. that King in recompence of the charge he had been at in his service granted him License to transport sixteen hundred Woollen Clothes of his proper Goods or any others without any Accompt or Custome for the same Moreover upon the 22 th of April in 11 E. 4. he was again constituted Lord Treasurer of England And in 14 E. 4. in consideration of his farther services he obtain'd a Grant of the Castle Honor and Lordship of UUerke in Com. Northumb. as also of the Honor and Lordship of Tindale in the same County to hold to himself and her the said Isabell his Wife the King's Aunt and to the heires of their two bodies lawfully begotten by Fealty only for all services As also of the Mannors of Aylesbury â—oorton and Woddesdon in Com. Buck. with the Advouson of the Church part of the possessions of Thomas Courtney Earl of Devon attainted Likewise of the Mannors of Great Holand and Forherd in Com. Essex with the Advouson of the Church of Holand of the Mannors of Acton and Moreves in Waldingfeld in Com. Suff. Chellefeld Estwell juxta Chellefeild Asthe juxta Frenyngham with the Advowson of the Church of Chellefeâ—d in Com. Lanc. late of Iames Earl of Wiltshire attainted Of the Mannor of Chyngford in Essex with the Advouson of the Church part of the possessions of Thomas Lord Roos attainted and of the Mannors of Colviles Zouches Mannors and Sherdlowe in Fulburne in Com. Cantabr with the Advouson of the Church of Fulborne part of the possessions of Iohn Ormund alias Boteler attainted to hold to him and her the said Isabel ut supra In 17 E. 4. he was constituted one of the Commissioners to treat with others deputed by Lewes King of France touching a prorogation of the Truce formerly made betwixt both Crowns Not long after viz. in 21 E. 4. with the Lady Isabell his Wife Sir Iohn Dynham Knight and others he obtain'd a License to found a certain Gild to the glory of God and the blessed Virgin consisting of two Wardens and divers other Men and Women of the Parish of Ultyng in Com. Essex as also of such other persons as out of their Devotion would enter into that Fraternity in a certain Chapel of our Lady situate in the Church-yard of Ultyng and to purchase Lands of Ten Marks per annum value for the maintenance of a Priest to celebrate Divine Service there every day for the good estate of King Edward the Fourth and Queen Elizabeth his Conâ—ort during this life as also for the health of their souls afterward and for the good estate of them the said Henry and Isabel and all other the Brethren and Sisters of that Fraternity And departed this life 4. Apr. 23 E. 4. being then seised s of the Mannors of Aylesbury and Woddeston in Com. Buck. Colviles and zouches Mannors and Sherdlowes in Fulborne in Com. Cantabr Acton Moâ—eves in Wadingfeld Bildeston Driâ—geston Hoptâ—â— and Shelland in Com. Suff. Chellefeld Esthall and Ashe juâ—cta Fremingham in Com. Cantii Holland Magna Foxherd Chingeford Langeford Totham magna Totham Onesey Tolleshunt Lachingdon Staunford Eystanes ad Turrim Rothing Ethorp Stansted Halfted Brenge Fordham parva Moreton Laver parva Messing parva Burcher's Mannor in Rewenhale Assheldeham Maldon Magna Maldon parva Ultyng Broxhede Stockhall Wakeryng magna Wakeryng parva Ramesdon Belhouse Halingbury parva Manhale Grenstede Patchinghall Wodehall and Little-Hays in Com. Essex And was buried with his Lady within the Chappel of the blessed Virgin in the Abby of Bylegh juxta-Maldon in Com. Essex leaving Henry his Grandson his next heir viz. son of William his eldest son who died in his life-time by Anne the daughter to Iames Luxemburgh Earl of St. Paul eleven yeares of age and the before-specified Isabel his Wife surviving who soon after died viz. 2 Oct. 2 R. 3. The other children of this deceased Earl besides the said William who so died in his life time were these viz. 2. Sir Henry Bourchier Knight who married Elizabeth the daughter and heir to Thomas Lord Scales of Nucells 3. Humphrey who bore the Title of Lord Cromwell having married Ioane the daughter of Richard Stanhope Neice and coheir to Raphe Lord Cromwell of Tatshall which Humphrey
of black bord Alisander to kneel upon Also a long Cushion and a short Cushion of Motley Cloth of gold Item Two Curtains of Linnen Cloth to cover the Images with in the Lent of elle-broad Cloth two leves of bredth and three yards of length Item An Hanging of Linnen-Cloth to cover the Pictures of the Chappel in Lent time round about from the one Arch to the other At the same time also the obtain'd the like Licence to found that Hospital at Heighresbury before-mentioned for one Chaplain twelve poor men and one Woman the Chaplain to be Warden to celebrate divine service every day in the Parish Church of Heigtesbury for the good estate of the persons above-mentioned and for the health of the Souls of all before-specified which she endowed with the Mannors of Cheverell Burnell and Cheverell Hales otherwise called Cheverell magna in the same County of Wiltes and gave thereunto xx Loads of Wood yearly out of her Wood of Southlegh in that County After which 8 Aug. an 1476. 16 E. 4. she declared her Will at Heytesbury Whence I have thought fit to take notice of the vast charge she was at in the redemption of Robert Lord Hungerford and Molyns her Son taken Prisoner in Guyen as hath been already observed as also of other her disbursements and losses which were  l. s. d. In sending Chester-Herald into France sundry times by the space of seven years and sixteen Weeks to procure his enlargement 140 00 00. In gifts and rewards to those who had part in him 733 06 08. In Apparel sent to him with an Ambling Horse to please his Friends and for healing his wounds 176 00 00. For meat and drink by the space of seven years and sixteen Weeks for himself and his Servants at xl s. a week before he was put to his finance 760 00 00. For the like board for himself and his servants by the space of LXXX weeks after he was put to his finance viz. vi s. viii d. a day 186 13 04. For his Finaunce over and above all other expences and costs 6000 00 00. For Exchange of money viii d. by the Noble for payment of his Ransome being 7690 l. paid 769 00 00. In Giâ—ts to divers Noblemen which were sureties for her upon borrowing of money to pay this Ransom and to quit those Lords harmless 945 06 00. Lost in the sale of Plate which she sold towards that payment 160 00 00. Item Paid for her Sons Expences from the time he landed in England until the time he went to Florence with Gifts and rewards to great Lords and other after he escaped out of the Tower of London and for his Licence to go to Florence 768 13 04. Paid for his Shipping and Expences 255 00 00. Paid in Expences of his Wife Children and Servants by the space of seven years and xvi weeks with the Expences of Sir Thomas Hungerford Knight Son and Heir of her said Son waiting upon the Earl of Warwick in the King's Service after the departing of King Henry arrayed and accompanied for the War 800 00 00. Paid to her said Sons Creditors to whom he was indebted before he went out of England 400 00 00. Paid and spent for the Composition of the Lands of her late Husband Robert Lord Hungerford which had been divers times seized and given to several great Lords 2160 00 00. In the charge of being under the Arrest of the Earl of Wiltshire by the Kings Command and to be restored to her Lands and Goods 400 00 00. In the loss which she sustained when she was put into the Abby of Ambresbury by the Lord Chancellor of England at the Kings Command her movable Goods of great value being there burnt viz. Beds of Cloth of gold Arras and silk Hangings for Halls and Chambers Plate money and other stuff to the value of 1000 l. more besides repairing the Lodgings so burnt 200 00 00. Item When the Duke of Clarence and the Earl of Warwick went out of England against the Kings Will She being then put in Ward to the young Dutchess of Norfolk In making means to the King to be at Syon cost her 200 00 00. Item Whereas Robert late Lord Hungerford her Husband ordained by his last will to have a Chappel for his Sepulâ—ure builded adjoining to our Lady Chappel in the Cathedral Church of Salisbury and two Priests there to be founded and livelyhood amortized therefore and his and her Obit to be kept solemnly in the said Church Which Chappel she did make accordingly and removed his Body thither into a Vault of Marble and made another Tomb for her self all this cost 497 00 00. Item In Ornaments for the said Chappel viz. three pair of Candlesticks of Silver whereof one pair gilt Three pair of Cruets whereof one pair gilt Three Pax-bredes one Bell of Silver Nine pair of Altar-Cloths Nine pair of Vestments Mass-Books Leigers and other necessaries to the Chappel 200 00 00. Item For Licence to amortize the Mannors of Immer and Homyngton in Com. Wiltes and the Mannor of Folke in Com. Dors. to the Dean and Chapter of Salisbury for maintenance of those two Priests and keeping the said Obit for ever 176 13 04. Item Whereas Walter late Lord Hungerford built an Almeshouse for xii poor men and one woman and an House for a Schoolmaster being a Priest as well to teach Grammar as to have the rule and oversight of those poor men and woman at Haytesbury in Com. Wiltes and ordained that the Mannors of Chyverell Burnell and Chyverell Halys alias Chyverell magna should be amortised to the said Schoolmaster poor men c. and their Successors This being not perform'd in his days she paid for the effecting thereof 200 00 00. Item In other sums upon other occasions which she paid all which computed amounted to 26180 marks 06s 08d But the next year following the departed this Life and was buried in the Cathedral at Salisburg I now come to Robert Son and Heir to the last Robert by this Margaret Lady Botreaux above-mentioned This Robert in 19 H. 6. which was in his Father's life time by the name of Robert Hungerford Esq having married Alianore the Daughter and Heir of Sir William Molins Knight Lord Molyns Son and Heir to Sir William Molins Knight and Margery his Wife deceased and Cousin and Heir to them the said Sir William and Margery making proof of the Age of her the said Alianore and doing his Fealty had Livery of the Lands of her Inheritance And in 14 H. 6. by the name of Sir Robert Hungerford Knight Lord Molyns obtain'd a Grant of C l per annum to himself and the said Alianore his Wife and the Heirs of her the said Alianore to be paid out of the Exchequer until such times as Lands of the like value should be assigned unto them In 31 H. 6. he was amongst others retain'd to serve the King in that Expedition then
war doon to hym and to hys Realme and he gave to hym then at his depertyng greatt gyftes And at the comyng home agayn of the seid Erle for the truste that the Kyng our Soverayn Lord hed to hym hys Grace made hym one of hys Executors And after the dethe of Kyng Henry the seventh Kyng Henry the eighth made hym lykewise of his prevay Counsayll and still continued Tresourer of Englond and made hym high Marshall of the same and for the syngler truste that the Kyng had aswell to his truthe as to hys wysdome and actyvytte at hys goyng into Fraunce with hys pussunce havyng wyth his Highnes the moste part of hys Nobles of this Realme lefte the seyd Erle wyth a certâ—yn power in the Northe partys and made hym Lyvetenaunte-generall from Trente Northward to defende the Realm ageynste the Kynge of Scottys whom hys Highnes had no trust unto for cause of the leege betwyxt Fraunce and them in case the seid Kyng wold invade thys hys Realme whiche he dide in deede contrary to his Oth and promyse wyth the hoole power of the Realme of Scotland Whiche when the seid Erle hard of he made as greatt haste towardis hym as he coude wyth the Kyngys power of the North-partys and toke hys lodgyng in the Campe or playn callyd Wollar-haugh in the Countie of Northumbreland which was in the sight of the Kyng of Scottys and of all hys Army then lying on Flodden-Hill a ground more like a Campe or Forteres than any meete ground to gyve Batayle on Contrary to hys promyse made to Rogeâ—ras Pursesâ—vaunte at Armys before sent unto hym from the seid Erle wyth Message that the seid Erle wyth the Lord Howard then Admerall of Englond hys Son and the nobull men of the North-partis wyth other the Kyngs Subgettis of the same North partys was come thedir to represse and resiste hys Invasyons of hys Soverayn Lordis Realme desyring the seyd Kyng of Scottis to gyve him Betayle Which his Message the Kyng of Scottis take very thankfully and joyusly promysing hym to abyde ther on the same grounde wher he than was Whyche hys promyse he brake as is aforesaid and tooke Flodden-Hillys a ground impregnable and shot at hym hys grete Ordenaunce where as he lay like one mynded to kepe it like a forteres And when the seid Erle did perceyve that â—e had broken hys promys and takyâ— so stronge a grounde as Floddâ—n Hillys he then the seyd Erle removed all hys Batâ—yle into a playn besydis Barmenâ— Wood to the eâ—tente to get betwene hym and hys own realme of Scotlond and ther leygeed but one nyght and on the next mornyng toke hys passage over the water of ... at â—wyfull-forthe and than be marched the sayd Kyng and his oâ—te in such maner as he gat betwene hym and hys aâ—ne Reame of Scotlond by force whereof the seid Kyng was fayne to leve hys Campe and to prepare hymself to Batayle witthe seyd Erle on a Hyll besydis Bramston in Northumbrelond very near unto Sandyford wher the seyd Erle witthe good assistauns of the nobull men and the power of the seyd North partys fought witthe seyd Kyng and hym vanqueshed and slew in plain Batayle derectely before hys own Standard In which Batayle were slayne on the Scottyshe parte two Byshoppes Eleven Erles seventene Barons four hundred Knyghtis besydes other Gentilmen with seventeen thousand in nombre whiche ware nombred asweel by Scottyshe-men as by them that dyd bury the most part of them And of trouth divers Gentylmen and others aswel of the seyd Erlys servantys as of the North-partyes and of Cheshire and Lankashire war ther slayne for hard it ys and half impossible yn such a conflicte and Batayle to be wonne wythout losse of men whoys deth may be joyed among ther frendis to dye in so hygh a servys doon to ther Prynce And thys noble act was don by the helpe of Almyghty God to the hygh Honour of the Kyngis Hyghnes honour and prayse to the seyd Erle and to all other noble men and other the Kyngis Subgettis that war ther wyth hym atthe Batayle the nynth day of Semtembir in the fivth yere of our Soverayn Lord Kyng Henry the viii th And this doon the seyd Erle went to Barwike to establyshe at thyngys well and in good order and sent for the dede Body of the Kyng of Scottis to Barwike and when the Ordenaunce of the Kyng of Scottis was brouth off the Feld and put in good sueâ—â—e and all other thyngys in good order then the seyd Erle toke his Iorney toward Yorke and ther abode during the Kyngis pleasure and caryed with him the dede Body of thafforseyd Kyng of Scottis and ther lay unto such tyme as the Kyngis Hyghnes cam from beyond the See after hys wynnyng of Tyrwin with Torney and then hys Hyghnes sent for the seyd Erle to mete hym at Richemond and so he dide and ther delyvered unto his Hyghnes the dede body of the Kyng of Scottis whych dede Body was delyvered in the Charter-hous ther andther to abyde duryng the Kyngis plesur And for the service that the seid Erle dide he was honourably restored unto hys right name of Duke of Norfolk and also had geven unto hym great possessyons by the Kyngis Hyghnes And whan the Warre betwyxt the Kyng our Soverayn Lord and the Frenche Kyng was eended then the seyd Duke was sent into Fraunce as chieff Commyssioner wyth Lady Marye the Kyngis Suâ—ter to be marryed unto the French Kyng Lewes And after when the Kyng and the Quene were both out of the Reame to mete wyth the Frenche Kyng Fraunces at Guynes and the Prynces remaynyng in the Reame beyng a Childe the seyd Duke was left behynde as Protector and defender to mynister Iustice and to see good rule and governaunce in the Reame in the absons of the Kyngis Hyghnes and so continued about the Kyng and of hys prevye Counsayle tyll he was of age of fourescore yeeris and then the Kyngis Highnes was content that the seid Duke shuld go home into hys own Countrey unto the Castell of Framlyngham wher he contynued and kepte an honourable Howse unto the houre of his dethe and ther dyed like a good Crysten Prynce I now to wytnes whose sowle Iesu pardon And at hys depertyng out of Framlyngham-Castell towards his Buryall he coude not be askyd one Grote for his dette nor for restitution to any person and so was had to this present Abbâ—y of Thetford with moche honor accompanyed wyth many greatt Lordis and the Neble-men of both Schires of Norfolk and Suffolk Levyng then lyvyng these hys Children hereafter named that is to sey hys Son and Heyre the Lord Thomas Duke of Norfolk the Lord Edmond Howard the Lord Willyam Howard and the Lord Thomar Howard witthe Lady Elysabeth Wyffe to the Vicount Rocheford the Lady Agnes Countes of Oxenford the Lady Kateryn espoused to the Heir of Sir Rice ap Thomas of Walys the Lady
And lastly Hesther the second daughter and coheir to Gideon le Lou Lord of the Mannor of Columbiers in Normandy widow of Iames Richer Lord of the Mannor of Cambernon in the same Province but by neither of these hath had any issue Which Sir Francis his only son hath had two wives first Lucie the youngest daughter to Sir Robert Carr of Sleford in com Linc. K t by whom he had issue two daughters Mary and Denzilla who died in their Infancies Secondly Ann the eldest daughter and coheir to Sir Francis Pile of Compton Beauchamp in com Berks. Baronet by whom he hath had issue Iane a daughter who died young and one son named Denzil Roper Lord Tenham 1 Iac. OF this Family which hath been of great antiquity in Kent was Iohn Roper of Eitham in that Country Esquire Son of Iohn Roper Attorney-general to King Henry the Eighth who took to wife Iane the daughter of Sir Iohn Fineux Knight Chief Justice of the Court of Kings Bench in part of King Henry the Seventh and beginning of King Henry the Eighth s Reigh and coheir to her mother daughter and coheir to William Apulderfeild Esquire Which Iohn had issue two sons William Roper of Eltham sometime Clerk of the King's Bench who married Margaret the daughter of the famous Sir Thomas Moore Knight at that time Lord Chancellor of England from whom the Ropers of UUelhall are descended and Christopher Roper of the Lodge in Linsted who by Elizabeth daughter to Christopher Blore of Kenham in com Cantii Esquire had issue Iohn Which Iohn upon the ninth of Iuly An. 1603. 1. Iac. received the honor of Knighthood Also upon the ninth of Iuly 14 Iac. was advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Tenham a fair Mannor of his own inheritance in those parts And departing this life about the end of August An. 1618. 16 Iac. left issue by Elizabeth his wife daughter and heir to Iohn Parke of Malmaine in com Cantii Esquire Christopher his son and heir and two daughters Elizabeth married to George son and heir of William Lord Vaux and Iane to Sir Robert Lovel Knight This Christopher thus succeeding him in his honor married Catherine the daughter to Iohn Sebourne of Sutton St. Michael in com Heref. Esquire and by her had issue two sons Iohn and William and four daughters Bridget married to Sir Robert Hurleston of Sawson in com Cantabr Knight Mary Abbess of the English Nunnery at Gant in Flanders Catherine wedded to Sir Robert Thorold of the Heath in com Linc. Knight and Elizabeth first to Iohn Plunket an Irishman and afterwards to ... Bagnall Which Iohn being made Knight of the Bath at the creation of Henry Prince of Wales and upon his death succeeding him married Mary daughter to William Lord Peter and by her had issue three sons Christopher Francis and William and four daughters 1. Catherine who died unmarried 2. Elizabeth wedded to Sir Iohn Arundel of Lanherne in com Cornub. Knight Mary a Nun at Gant in Flanders and Margaret who died young and departing parting this life 10 Feb. 1627. was buried at Lingâ—â—ed in Kent To whom succeeded Christopher his son and heir who married first Mary daughter to Sir Francis Englefeild of Wotton Basset in com Wilts Knight by whom he had issue Iohn a son who died young and a daughter called Frances His second wife was Philadelphia a daughter to Knolles of Grove-place in Hantshire by whom he had issue three sons viz. Christopher now Lord Tenham Henry who died young and Thomas And departing this life 23 October Anno 1673. was buried at Lingired in Kent with most of his Ancestors Whereupon Christopher now Lord Tenham his eldest surviving son succeeded him in his honor Which Christopher married Elizabeth the daughter to Francis Vicount Mountagu and by her hath issue Catherine a daughter Stanhope Earl of Chesterfeild 14 Iac. THat this Family hath been of great Antiquity in Notinghamshire though not arriv'd to the dignity of Peerage till of late times is evident from sundry authorities For in 48 E. 3. Iohn Stanhope of Rampton underwent the Office of Eschaetor for that County and Derbyshire which was then not inferior to that of Sheriff From whom descended another Iohn who married Elizabeth the daughter and heir of Stephen Maluvel cosin and heir to Iohn Lungvilers grandson to Thomas Lungvilers who had summons to Parliament in 16 E. 3. Which Iohn had issue Richard who in 6 H. 4. being a Knight was Sheriff of those Counties From whom descended Sir Edward Stanhope Knight Which Sir Edward in 18 H. 7. was made Constable of Sandale-Castle in com Ebor. whose second son Michael Stanhope Esquire afterwards Knight in 31 H. 8. obtain'd a Grant of the Mannor of Shelford in Com. Nott. with its members parcel of the possessions of the then dissolved Monastery there with the Rectories of Shelford Saxendale Sedlyng Burton Ioys and North Muskham in that County Rowceby and UUestburgh in Com. Linc. Elwaston and Okebroke in Com. Derb. and to the heirs male of his body by Ann his wife This Sir Michael Stanhope had issue Sir Thomas Stanhope of Shelford in com Nott. Knight as also divers other children sons and daughters Which Sir Thomas took to wife Margaret daughter and coheir to Sir Iohn Port of Etwall in com Derb. Knight And had issue Iohn who in 38 Eliz. was constituted Treasurer of the Chamber to that Queen for life and in 42 Eliz. being then a Knight was made Constable of the Castle of Coichester in com Essex for life Which Sir Iohn by Cordell his wife daughter and heir to Richard Allington Esquire by Ioane his wife Sister and heir to Sir William Cordell of Long Melford in com Suff. Knight had issue Philip his son and heir who by Letters-patents bearing date 7 Nov. 14 Iac. being at that time a Knight was advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Stanhope of Shelford and upon the fourth of August 4 Car. 1. created Earl of Chesterfeild This Earl married two wives first Catherine daughter to Francis Lord Hastings son and heir to George Earl of Huntington by whom he had issue eleven sons of which Iohn Charles Edward William Thomas Michael and George died young or before they came to ripe years Philip was slain at Shelford-House in the time of the late Wars being then in Armes for the King and Ferdinando lost his life at Bridgâ—oâ—d about the same time in His late Majesties service Henry became his heir apparent but died in his life time and Arthur the youngest survived him As also two daughters Sarab married to Sir Richard Houghton of Houghton Tower in com Lanc. Baronet and
Halifax He first Married Dorothy Daughter to Henry Lord Spenser Earl of Sunderland by whom he hath Issue three Sons Henry William and George and one Daughter called Anne Secondly Gertrude Daughter to William Pierpont of â—horesby in Com. Nott. Esq second Son to Robert late Earl of Kingston upon Hull Wentworth Earl of Strafford 4 Car. 1. ABout the beginning of the Reign of King Charles the First Sir Thomas Wentworth Baronet Son and Heir to Sir William Wentworth of Wentworth-Woodhouse in Com. Ebor. Baronet the chief branch of that antient Family being a person of a fair Estate and one of the Knights for that spacious Shire in divers Parliaments did by his management of sundry Conferences with the House of Lords in those great Conventions and otherwise make his abilities so conspicuous as that the King having notice thereof soon chose him into the number of his Privy Council and in short time discerning his parts to be such as did worthily merit some special mark of Honour by his Letters Paâ—ents bearing date 22 Iulii in the fourth year of his Reign first advanced him to the Title of Baron Wentworth of Wenâ—worth Woodhouse Next viz. upon the tenth day of December following to that of Vicount-Wentworth After this constituted him Lieutenant of Ireland and upon the 12 th of Ianuary in the xv th year of his Reign to the farther dignities of Baron of Raâ—y by reason of his Descent from that great Family of Nevill sometime Lords of that place and Earl of Strafford and lastly elected him into that honourable Society of Knights Companions of the most noble Order of the Garter Which great Trust of that Lieutenancy he underwent with such gravity and prudence administring Justice impartially to every one as gave no little satisfaction to his Majesty and all good people And upon that Insurrection of the Scots in an 1639. being call'd back from that charge after he had form'd an Army there of eight thousand men which might have been useful to that Kingdom had not those who design'd his destruction prevented it was constituted Lieutenant-General of those Forces then raised for the repâ—lling of those Invaders who had at that time possess'd themselves of some of the Northern Counties But the good King considering that it was not a Foreign Enemy who had thus entred this Realm and therefore deeming it safest to call a Parliament here by the advice whereof he might receive best direction how to get them out found the leading Members in that unhappy Convention secretly confederated with that rebellious people whose Principles being Anti-Monarchical nothing but the absolute extirpation of the Religion establisht and the total ruine of this peaceful Government whereby they might share the Revenues both of Church and King would serve their turn To which end the removal of every impediment in their way being design'd they first began with this incomparable person exhibiting a Charge of High-Treason against him Whereupon he was brought to Tryal before his Peers but when they came to the particulars of proof though they searcht into all the actions of his life from the first time that he ever had any publick imployment of Trust and found nothing that amounted to a considerable misdemeanour Nevertheless by diveâ—â— unjustifiable devices they at length passed a special Bill for his Attainder but with this particular clause that the like should never be drawn into practice again And having so done by sundry other indirect practises extorted from that good King his Royal assent thereto and then cut off his Head at Tower-Hill upon the 12 th of May ensuing an 1641. An Act in truth of such Injustice and Cruelty as that not only some of those who had been seduced to concur with them therein when they themselves afterwards came to be destroy'd by the hands of the Common Executioner infinitely bewailed and repented of but which lay heavy upon the Conscience of that most pious and devout Martyr the King himself when he suffered Death by that barbarous Generation in whose destruction they had design'd the utter ruine and extirpation of this formerly long-flourishing and famous Monarchy But the particulars of the unhappy sufferingâ— of this worthy person and the steps by which his and those Enemies to Monarchy did tread in order to the accomplishing their pâ—â—nicious purposes I leave to the relation of some more able Pen which may transmit them to future ages in due time it being not yet so needful to bring them upon the Stage of this World considering that there are many yet alive who cannot forget what themselves have seen so lately acted and whom it will highly concern to impart what they know thereof to their immediate descendents This most noble Earl married three Wives First Margaret Daughter to Francis Earl of Cumberland by whom he had no Issue Secondly Arabella Daughter to Iohn Earl of Clare by whom he had Issue one Son called William and two Daughters the Lady Anne married to Edward Lord Rockingham and the Lady Arabella to Iustin Macarti Son to Donâ—gh Earl of Clancarti And lastly Elizabeth Daughter to Sir Godfrey Rodes of Great Houghton in Com. Ebor. Knight by whom he had Issue one Daughter called Margaret Being thus barbarously cut off his Body was carried to Wentworth Woodhouse and there buried To whom succeeded William his Son and Heir who married the Lady Anne the eldest of the three Daughters of that most Heroick and truly Loyal Iames Earl of Derby who suffered death also by the hands of those Antimonarchists and since the restoration of our present Sovereign hath by him been honoured with an election and Investiâ—ure into the Society of the Knights of the most noble Order of the Garter and one of his Privy Council Francis Lord Dunsmore Earl of Chichester 4 Car. 1. AMongst the many whose ample Fortunes did much conduce to those advancements which their Posterity afterwards obtained to several eminent Titles of Honour Sir Thomas Lâ—igh Knight was not the least who being Son to Roger Leigh of Wellington in Com. Salop. dâ—scended by a younger Branch from that antient Family of the Leigâ—s of High-Leigh in Cheshire and bred up under Sir Rouland Hill an opulent Merchant of London became at length his Factor beyond Sea and underwent that trust so well that Sir Rouland having no Issue matcht Alice his Niece Daughter to ... Barker of Hâ—ghmon in Shropshire unâ—o him and bestowed upon his Children the substance of his estate Which Sir Thomas being â—ord Mayer of London in the first year of 〈◊〉 Elizâ—beths reign departed this life in that Câ—ty 17 November 14 Eliz. and was buried in Merâ—ers-Chapell with this Epitaph upon his Tomb Sir Thomas Lâ—igh bi civil life All offices did bâ—are Which in this City worshipfull Or honourable were Whâ—m as God blessed with great wealth So losses did be feâ—le Yet nâ—ver châ—ng'd he constant minde Tho' Fortune turn'd her wheele Learning he lov'd and helpâ— the poore
to find one Lamp continually burning before the Altar of S. Iohn Baptist in the Conventual Church of Berencester for the health of her Soul and all her Ancestors and Childrens Souls and lieth buried in the Monastery there of her Fathers Foundation The issue which this last mentioned Earl Henry had was only one Son viz. Thomas and one Daughter called Margery both by his first Wife Which Thomas was of full age at his Fathers death for the same year paying One hundred pound for his relief he had Livery of his Lands And in 17 Hen. 3. four years after inherited D'Oilies Lands in Oxfordshire by the death of Henry D'Oily his Uncle without issue Of which paying One hundred pound for his releif and two Palfreys and doing his homage he then had Livery and at Whitsontide following the King then keeping that Festival at Glocester was girt with the Sword of Knighthood with Roger Bigot Earl of Norfolk and Hugh de Vere Earl of Oxford Nay I make a question whether he had full Seism of this Earldom of Warwick till then though he had Livery of his Lands four years before for the Kings Precept to the Sheriffs of this County bearing date at Tewksbury 24 May the same year saith thus Rex ciâ—xit Thomam de Warewic â—ingulo Cemitatus Warewic mandatum est Vicecomiti Warwici quod eidem Comiti habere faciat de praedicto Comitatu id quod habere debet nomine Comitis Warwici de quo praedecessores sui Comites Warwici â—eisiti fuerunt tanquam ad eos pertinente nomine Comitatus Warwici And that this was the meaning of that Writ viz. That he should thereby be invested into this Earldom may seem by what the Historian addeth to that mention of his being Knighted with Roger Bigot and Hugh Vere scil Willielmus Longespe accingitur gladio Militari sed non fit Comes Sarum which was at that very time In 25 Hen. 3. this Earl Thomas gave Clxxx marks fine to the King to the end he might be exempted from attendance upon him in his expedition into Gascoigne which sum was over and above his Scutage thereupon due For discharge whereof and that he might levy the like upon his Tenants he paid the year following Cxx l. more But farther than this I cannot say of him other than that he married Ela Daughter to William Longespe Earl of Salisbury Natural Son to King Henry the Second As also that he departed this life without issue 26 Iune An. 1242. 26 Hen. 3. and was buried at Warwick Moreover that upon the new Building of the Quire of the Collegiate Church there in King Edward the Thirds time his Monument with divers other of his Ancestors were removed and never set up again Which Ela surviving him had by the Kings Precept bearing date 29 Iuly next ensuing the Mannors of Tanworth Claverdon and Sutton all in Com. Warr. as also Hoke-Norton and Bradam in Com. Oxon. with all the Corn and Hay then being upon them assigned for her Dowry And by vertue of another Mandate from the King to the Archbishop of York and William de Cantilupe obtained an augmentation thereto For it appears that besides all these she was possessed of the Mannors of Hatherop and Chedworth in Com. Gloc. And had of the Kings gift also for her better support the Mannor of Dimmock in the same County during her Widowhood Which Mannor afterwards upon her marriage with Philip Basset was at the request of Richard Earl of Cornwal the Kings Brother granted to her to hold during her life This Ela was a Benefactress to the Monks of Reading to the Canons of Oseney to the Nuns of Godstow and to the Canons of S. Sepulchers in Warwick to which last she gave all her Lands in Claverdon formerly granted unto her by Sir Henry de Lodbroke Knight and others And was so great a Friend to the University of Oxford that she caused a common Chest to be made and did put into it Two hundred and twenty marks out of which such as were poor Schollars might upon security at any time borrow something gratis for supply of their wants in consideration whereof the University were obliged to celebrate certain Masses every year in S. Maries Church Which Chest was in being in King Edward the Fourths time and called by the name of Warwick Chest. And to the Gray-Fryers in London she gave a parcel of Land with the Buildings thereon for the enlargement of their House In 17 Edw. 1. she released to William de Beauchamp then Earl of Warwick all her Right in the Mannor of Tanworth in Com. Warr. which she held in Dower And departing this life very aged viz in An. 1300. 28 Edw. 1. was buried before the High Altar in the Abby-Church of Oseney at the head of the Tomb of Henry de Oilly under a flat Marble in the habit of a Vowess graven on a Copper Plate This Thomas dying thus without issue the Inheritance of this great Earldom came to Margery his Sister who first became the Wife of Iohn Mareschal Brother to William Mareschal Earl of â—embroke as some say and afterwards of Iohn de Plessets of whom in due place I shall speak farther Earls of Warren and Surrey THough it doth not directly appear that this Earldom of Surrey was conferred upon William de Warren until the time of King William Rufus yet in regard it is manifest that he was Earl of Warren in Normandy in the Conquerors days I shall take the boldness to rank him amongst the Earls of His Reign and so begin my Discourse of these Titles with him This William standing nearly Allied to Duke William of Normandy viz. Nephew to the Countess Gunnora his Great Grand-mother accompanied him amongst many other gallant Men of that age Normans French Britons Anjovins and Flemmings in that his Signal Expedition for England in An. 1066. and fought courageously on his behalf in that notable Battle against King Harold wherein the Duke became Victor and thenceforth King For which he had diâ—ers Lordships and Lands in Norfolk and other parts of this Realm conferred upon him and amongst them Carletune and Benington in Com. Linc. After this viz. in An. 1067. when Odo Bishop of Bayeux and William Fitz-Osborne had the whole Government of the Realm the King then going into Normandy committed to their charge he with Hugh de Grentmesnil and some other active Soldiers was sent to accompany them and yield his assistance Nay he was in such great esteem with that King that he constituted him together with Richard de Benefactis an eminent Baron of that time his Substitutes for the universal Administration of Justice throughout the whole Realm Whereupon
the same year made Constable of Dover-Castle Warden of the Cinque-ports for Life and Admiral of the Seas for the South North and West-Coasts He was likewise one of the Founders of the most Noble Order of the Garter and departing this Life without issue 2 Decem. 34 E. 3. lyeth buried betwixt two Pillars on the South part of the Cathedral Church of Saint Paul in London before the Image of our Lady where he had a Noble Monument which was usually called Duke Humphreys Tombe He had summons to the Several Parliaments from 24 unto 34 Edw. 3. inclusive And for his residence in the City of London built a fair house in the Parish of S. Andrew near Baynard's-Castle which by his Executors being sold to King Edward the third was afterwards made use of for the Kings great Wardrobe I now returne to Thomas the succeeding Earl born in Warwick-Castle having to his Godfathers Thomas Earl of Lancaster and Henry his Brother with Thomas de Warington Prior of Kenilworth This Thomas was not two years old at his Fathers Death yet who had the Custody of him during King Edward the second 's Reign I find not Most like it is that Hugh le Despencer the great favorite of that time having a grant of his Lands as hath been observed had also the tuition of his person But certain it is that in 12 Ed. 2. which was about three years after his Fathers death the King wrote to the Pope that there having been great Contention and Discord betwixt Guy de Beauchamp Earl of Warwick then lately deceased and Roger de Mortimer Lord of Wigmore touching certain Lands in the Marches of Wales he desired for the future appeasing of them that this Thomas thus in minority should marry one of the Daughters of the same Roger de Mortimer and therefore besought his Holiness for a special Dispensation to that purpose by reason they were allied together in the third and fourth degrees of Consanguinity And in 18 of his Reign sent other Letters to the Pope representing the animosities and discontents amongst divers of his Nobles with the dangers imminent to the whole Realm thereby and for the quieting whereof desired his Dispensation for several intermarriages of their Children which otherwise by reason of their near alliance to each other in blood could not be lawful and in particular instanced for this Thomas the young E. of Warwick and one of the Daughters of Edmund Earl of Arundel Howbeit notwithstanding these last Letters the first became most prevalent as I shall shew by and by for in order thereto the Lord Mortimer in 1 Edw. 3. obtained the custody of Warwick-Castle and the rest of his lands untill he should come to full age but in 3 E. 3. the King being minded to do him a special favor as the words of his precept do import accepted of his Homage though he was not then of full age commanding that he should have Livery of all his Fathers Lands and the next ensuing year admitted him to the Sheriffalty of Worcestershire which was of his inheritance as also to his Office of Chamberlain in the Exchequer with power to appoint whomsoever he should think fit for the executing of both those services in such sort as in his ancestors times had been used And in 5 E. 3. made him Governor of the Isles of Gernsey Serke and Aureney And now that he arrived to years of Action he was scarce ever out of some great and memorable imployment for in 7 Edw. 3. he attended the King in his Scottish Expedition at which time Edward de Baillol did Homage to King Edward for the Realm of Scotland with the adjacent Isles In 9 Edw. 3. he was again in the Warrs of Scotland and had the Guardianship of the Marches then committed to his trust In 10 Edw. 3. he continued still there And in 11 Edw. 3. was the principal person in Commission to conferr with those of the Nobility and others who were marching into that Realm and to declare unto them the Kings pleasure as to their actings and stay there All this being whilest he lived a Batchelor for in 12 Edw. 3. the King having in satisfaction of a great summe of money which he owed to Roger Lord Mortimer for the time he was his Lieutenant of Ireland granted unto him the benefit of the marriage of this Earl he thereupon took to Wife the Lady Catherine Mortimer his Daughter In 13 Edw. 3. he was with King Edward at Uyronfosse and commanded in a Wing of the Army there drawn up to give Battle to the French After this his marriage viz in 14 Edw. 3. he attended the King in that expedition then designed for Flanders in which passage the King obtained a notable Victory at Sea upon the French Fleâ—t that lay to obstruct his landing there In 15 Edw. 3. he was at that famous Feast and â—usts held at London by King Edward for the love of the Countess of Salisbury And in 16 Edw. 3. in order to a Voyage-Royal which the King intended for France was sent with the Bishop of London and some others as Commissioners to treat with the Kings friends and allies in Brabant and Flanders touching that affair and likewise with Philip de Valois upon other particulars In the same year being in that expedition then made into Britanny he had an assignation of an hundred and twenty sacks of Wooll for the wages of fourscore men at Arms himself accounted one Baneret eighteen Knights threescore Esquires and an hundred Archers on Horseback and being at the Siege of Nants Skirmished so stoutly with the Army upon a Sally then made that they were forced in again The next ensuing year he marched into Scotland with Henry Earl of Lancaster for raising the Seige of Loughmaban-Castle whereof William de Bohun then Earl of Northampton was Governor And before the end thereof was sent with the Earl of Lancaster and others to the Pope for ratifying the peace then concluded on betwixt King Edward and Philip de Valois In 18 Edw. 3. he had a grant of the Sheriffalty of Warwick and Leicestershires for terme of his life and was the same year constituted Marshal of England In this year likewise he went again into France and continued in the Warrs there the greatest part of the next ensuing year In 20 Edw. 3. he attended the King in another expedition thither where ariving with him at Hoggs in Normandy in the Month of Iuly he manifested his valor to admiration by making the first attempt there with one Esquire and fix Archers though he had but a weak Horse with which and those few men he encountred with an hundred Normans whereof he slew sixty thereby making way for the Army to Land And in the
with the Scots So likewise in 11 R. 2. Moreover in 12 R 2. he was made one of the Commissioners for the custody of Carleol and guarding of the West Marches and in 13 R. 2. a Commissioner with the Bishop of Durham and others to treat of Peace with the French So likewise with the Flemings In 14 R. 2. being recalled from Calais he was again constituted Governor of the Marches of Scotland and in 18 R. 2. a Commissioner to treat of Peace with the Scots Moreover in 19 Rich. 2. being at the enterview betwixt King Richard and Charles the Sixth then King of France near Gisnes he was one of the English Lords that conducted the King of France to his Pavilion And in this year Founded a Chantry in the Chappel of All-Saints at Cokermouth for one Priest to celebrate Divine Service there daily for the good estate of himself and Maud his Wife and for their Souls after their departure hence as also for the Souls of their Ancestors and all the faithful deceased And for his support gave one Messuage lying in the City of Carlâ—â—â—e But in 21 Rich. 2. upon information given that he and his Son Henry commonly called Hotspur had spoken some words in derogation of the King he was sent for out of the North and neglecting to come banished Whereupon he resolved to flie into Scotland Howbeit long after it was not that the discontents against King Richard by reason of his misgovernment put an end to his reign for the Duke of Lancaster being weary of his banishment and having advertisement from hence how ill affected the people stood to King Richard adventured to Sea and landed at Ravenspur in Yorkshire where this Earl soon repaired to him And afterwards when that King fled into North Wales and saw no hopes left treated with him and the Earl of Arundel at Conway Castle touching the resignation of his Regal Authority which soon after ensued Whereupon the Duke of Lancaster being then proclaimed King by the name of Henry the Fourth acknowledging the extraordinary merits of this Earl first advanced him to that great Office of Constable of England to hold for term of life and to exercise the same by himself or such his sufficient Deputy as he would answer for Next gave him the Isle of Man to hold by carrying the Sword which he wore at his landing in Holderness called Lancaster Sword on the day of his Coronation Then made him Justice of Chester and after that Constable of the Castles of Chester Conway Flint and Carnarvon and moreover General-Warden of the West Marches toward Scotland as also Governor of the Town and Castle of Carlisle And the next ensuing year constituted him one of the Commissioners to treat of a Marriage for Blanch his eldest Daughter with Lewes Duke of Bavaria eldest Son to Rupert King of the Romans After which viz. in 3 Hen. 4. the Scots again invading England this Earl and his valiant Son having then the Earl of Dunbaâ— with them who had deserted his Countreymen raised a considerable power and giving them Battle at Halwedon Hill obtained a singal victory wherein the Earl Douglas their General was wounded and made prisoner But the next year following viz. 4 Hen. 4. having been at no small charge in the Kings service and requiring such Moneys as were then due to him for the Wardenship of the Marches he received no good answer which inflamed him with so much discontent as at length wrought his own ruine So likewise his stout Son Henry who breaking out into Rebellion soon after lost his life in the Battle of Shrewsbury as I shall farther shew anon It is said by some That after that Battle of Shrewsbury before he could possibly have notice thereof he set forwards out of Northumberland where he then was towards his Son but others thought his intentions were to address himself to the King in hope to reconcile all and that being prevented by the power of the Earl of Westmorland he retreated to his Castle at Werkworth Howbeit after this he came to the King upon promise of safety and disavowed his Sons action whereupon he had pardon of life upon commitment to safe custody and in 6 H. 4. being restored in Parliament to all his Possessions at Midsummer following came again to the King at Pontfract But the death of his Son notwithstanding this favor so stuck upon his stomack that the next ensuing year viz. 7 Hen. 4. he took advantage of the discontents of Thomas Moubray Earl Marshal and Richard Scrope Archbishop of York and joyned with them in their Rebellion who failing in that attempt lost their lives Whereupon the King marching after this Earl forced him to flee with the Lord Bardolf to Barwick and thence into Scotland Soon after which he got into Wales but ere long returning to Chreske in Yorkshire caused Proclamations to 〈◊〉 set out that whosoever desired Liberty should take up Arms and follow him whereupon he had a multitude of partakers Howbeiâ— the then Sheriff of Yorkshire viz. Sir Thomas Rokesby Knight raising the power of that County met him at Bramham Moor near Haselwood where in a sharp Battle fought upon the second Calends of March being slain they cut off his Head then white with age and sent it to London there to be set on the Bridge with a Pole and quartering his Body into four parts placed one of them upon a Gate in London another at Lincoln a third at Barwick upon â—wede and the fourth at Newcastle upon Tine But in May following they were all taken down and by the Kings special Precept delivered to his Friends to be solemnly buried in holy Sâ—pulture The Children which this great Earl had were all by Margaret his first Wife Daughter to Ralph Lord Nevill Sister to Ralph first Earl of Westmorland viz. three Sons Henry Thomas and Ralph Which Thomas and Ralph were both Knights But of them all that I have to say is First that Sir Thomas took to Wife Elizabeth the eldest of the two Daughters and Coheirs of David de Strabolgy Earl of Athol and in 1 Ric. 2. had Livery of that purparty of the Inheritance which Mary de S. Paul Countess of Pembroke held in Dower during her life after the death of Adomare de Valence Earl of Pembroke her Husband and had issue by her one Son viz. Sir Henry Piercy Knight who left issue two Daughters and Heirs viz. Elizabeth married to Thomas Burgh Esquire Ancestor to the late Lord Eurgh and afterwards to Sir William Lucy Knight and Margaret first to Henry Lord Grey of Codnoure but after
obtained his special Letters to the Pope sent by the Archdeacon of Buckingham whereby representing to his Holiness the great animoâ—ities which then were from divers of the Nobility towards one another occasioned by the Rebellion of Thomas Earl of Lancaster and that for reconciling them and abolishing all farther feuds which might thereupon ensue no means could be more proper then the linking their Children together by interchangable Marriages he did intreat his Holiness through his plenary power to dispence that Iohn the Son and Heir of Humphrey de Bohun Earl of Herâ—ford which Earl was slain at Burrowdrigge in that Rebellion of Thomas Earl of Lancaster might marry one of this Earls Daughters and that the Son and Heir of Guy de Beauchamp Earl of Warwick might take to Wife another of them But this high esteem which he had from that unhappy King became the cheif occasion of his utter ruine For in that violent storm of the peoples fury raised by those Nobles who had harbored implacable discontents against the Kings misgovernment through the sway of the Spensers and other his Favorites amongst which Roger Lord Mortimer was not the least and by whom he was perfectly hated after they had surprised the person of the King whose cruel murther not long after ensued he was beheaded at Hereford by the procurement of the same Mortimer upon the morrow after the Feast of S. Edmund the Archbishop Froissard says That the Queen landing in England with a great power divers of the Nobility repaired to her and hasting to Bristol where the King and this Earl then were as also both the Spensers who were then the most obnoxious having taken Hugh le Despenser the elder together with this Earl she caused them to be brought before Prince Edward and divers of the Barons then with him where being judged to death first to be drawn then beheaded and afterwards hanged on a Jebet Execution was accordingly done at the Gates of the Castle of Bristol in the sight of the King himself and of Hugh le Despenser the younger upon the day of S. Denis in October An. 1326. By Alice his Wife Sister and Heir to Iohn Earl Warren and Surrey this Earl left issue Richard his Son and Heir and Edmund a younger Son on whose behalf the King wrote to the Pope for preferring him to some Ecclesiastical Dignity as also two Daughters Alice who married to Iohn de Bohun Earl of Hereford and Essex and Iane to Warine Gerard Lord â—Isle But notwithstanding this hard fate to him she the said Alice obtained some favor from the succeeding King For it appears that in 2 Ed. 3. she had an Assignation of three hundred twenty pounds annuity for the support of her self and her children I now come to Richard his Son This Richard being restored in Parliament 4 Edw. 3. had the Castle of Arundel which had been given to Edmund Earl of Kent the Kings Uncle then rendred to him Which Restoration and Render was afterwards confirmed in the Parliament of 25 Edw. 3. And in 5 Edw. 3. obtained the Kings Charter for Free-Warren in all his Lordships of Kynele Bulâ—ington Wike and Patesholl in Com. Wilts Moreover in 7 Edw. 3. he was constituted Governor of Chirke Castle in Com. Denbigh and the year next following had a Grant of the Inheritance of that Castle with all the Territories thereto belonging being part of the Possessions of Roger Mortimer Earl of March attainted And in 9 Edw. 3. was made Governor of Porchester Castle The same year he was also in the Wars of Scotland so likewise in 10 Edw. 3. the King himself being in person there also Furthermore being Steward of the Realm of Scotland by Hereditary Right and giving up his whole title therein to King Edward he had in consideration thereof the Grant of a thousand marks to be received out of the Kings Exchequer at Carnaâ—von as part of the issues of North Wales And in 11 Ed. 3. being joyned with William de Montacute Earl of Salisbury in the cheif command of the Army then marching toward Scotland he had an Assignation of one of the Kings Ships called The S. Edward of Sandwich for the carriage of their Victual and other necessaries In this year also he was constituted Justice of North Wales and obtained the Kings Charter for a Market every week on the Thursday at his Mannor of Chirchestreton in Com. Salop as also a Fair yearly on the Eve Day and morrow after the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross with priviledge for himself and his heirs to have Return of Writs within his Hundreds of Westburne Singleton Esebourne Box Stokebrigge Anesfourd Bury Rotherbrigge and Peling in Com. Suss. Likewise of all Summons of the Exâ—bequer and a Court within his Borough of Aâ—undel and by himself and his Bailiffs to hold the Sheriffs Turn within that Liberty paying yearly to the King the sum of three pound sixteen shillings eight pence In 12 Edw. 3. he was again in the Scottish Wars and had an allowance of one hundred forty five pound sixteen shillings two pence of his Wages for service at Dunbar and elswhere in Scotland And being still Governor of the Castle of Porchester had an Assignation of ten Men at Arms and forty Archers for the defence thereof as also for security of the parts adjacent from Forein Incursions with twelve pence per diem for each of his Men at Arms and three pence per diem for each of his Archers In 13 Edw. 3. he was constituted Admiral of the Western Seas and Governor of Carnarvon Castle And in 14 Edw. 3. was in that expedition then made into Flanâ—ers In 15 Edw. 3. he was present at that great Feast and Justing held at London by the King for love of the Countess of Salisbury as it is said And in 16 Edw. 3. being at the Siege of Uannes in France continued there the next ensuing year In 18 Edw. 3. he was joyned in that Embassie with Henry de Lancaster Earl of Derby unto Alfonsus King of Castile and Leon for according of those differences which had hapned betwixt the Kings Subjects and those of that Realm cheifly in Maritime Affairs and was the same year again in the Wars of France In 19 Edw. 3. he had the Sheriffalty of Shropshire granted to him for life being at that time still in France And having contracted Marriage with Isabel the Daughter of Hugh le Despenser when he was in minority and thereunto constrained for fear afterwards disavowing his assent to the same and a nullity made thereof by the Pope he took to Wife Eleanor the Daughter of Henry Earl of Lancaster and had the Kings Letters to the Pope for dispensing therewith by reason of their
affinity The same year also he was constituted Admiral of the Kings Fleet to the Westwards and in 20 Edw. 3. did again attend the King in his Wars of France being one of the cheif Commanders under Edward the Black Prince in that famous Battle of Cressie where the English obtained lasting honor In 22 Edw. 3. he was constituted one of the Kings Commissioners to treat with certain Flemings and likewise with the Earl of Flanders touching certain differences then betwixt them As also one of the Ambassadors sent to confer with the Ambassadors of Philip de Valois in the Popes presence concerning thâ— form of that Truce which had been made betwixt King Edward and the same Philip. And in 26 Edw. 3. was charged with eighty Lanciers out of his Territories of Oswaldstry Clun and Chirke well armed and arrayed for service in France He was likewise constituted one of the Commissioners for guarding the Sea Coasts in Surrey and Sussex as also for the arraying of Men in the Counties of Saloy and Stafford And the next year upon the Twenty fourth of October did his homage to the King in the Palace at Westminster for his Barony of Bromfield and Yale In 28 Edw. 3. by Indenture made betwixt this Earl and Roger de Mortimer Earl of March it was agreed that Edmond his Son and Heir should take to Wife Alice the Daughter of the â—ame Roger and that she should have three thousands marks for her portion viz. one thousand at the Sealing of that Agreement upon their Marriage at seven years of age one thousand marks more and at their accomplishing the age of thirteen years the remaining thousand marks And the same year was again sent to Rome to see that Agreement ratified by the Pope which had been made betwixt the Kings of England and France wherein was contained That the King of England should enjoy all his Lands in the Dutchy of Aquitane which the French had unjustly detained in case he did totally quit his claim to that Realm Moreover in the Parliament held this year it being adjudged that Edmund Earl of â—rundel his Father was unjustly put to death in 1 Edw. 3. He was thereupon fully restored as Heir unto him And in 34 Edw. 3. in consideration of the great expence he had been at in guarding the Sea Coasts of Sussex when the French threatned an Invasion there was exempted from the charge at which his Mannor of Medmenham had been then taxed for arraying of Men at Arms and Archers for the Kings service at Sea In 46 Edw. 3. with the Prince the Duke of Lancaster and divers other of the Nobility he again attended the King into France for the relief of Thouars but being crossed by contrary Winds after nine weeks stay at Sea returned And in 47 Edw. 3. was retained by Indenture together with Iohn his Brother to serve the King in his Fleet with forty Men at Armes and forty Archers for one whole year Of which Men at Arms four to be Knights and thirty four Esquires In 49 Edw. 3. this Earl procured License from the King to Found a Chantry in his Chappel at Arundel for a certain number of Priests and Clerks and to endow it with Rent of one hundred and seven marks per annum out of his Lordships of Augemering Wepham and Warncamp in Com. Suss. And by his Testament bearing date 5 Dec. the same year bequeathed his Body to be buried in the Chapter-House of the Priory at Lewes near to the Tomb of Eleanor de Lancaster his Wife appointing that his Funeral should be solemnised without any Men at Arms Horses Herse or other Pomp likewise to have but five Torches with their Mortersâ— as was about the Corps of his Wife and no more then five hundred marks to be expended thereon Moreover he bequeathed two hundred pound to purchase Lands and Rents for the Monks of Lewes or else one or two Churches to be appropriated to that Monastery for the maintenance of two Monks to celebrate two Masses perpetually every day for the Souls of his Father and Mother his Wife with their Children and Successors and all Christian People in the Chappel of S. Thomas the Martyr in that House or else in the Chappel of our Lady on the North of the great Church the one Mass of our Lady the other of the Holy Ghost And that every Prior of that House at the first entrance upon his Government should swear to see the same punctually performed Likewise a thousand marks to purchase Lands of one hundred and seven marks per annum value for the maintenance of six Priests and three Choristers to celebrate Divine Service every day by Note in the Chappel of his Castle at Arundel and pray for the Souls of his Father and Mother his Wife and Children their Successors and all Christians And to rise every day in Summer at the Sun-rising and in Winter at break of the day to their Mattins by Note as also to perform their Masses high and low and other Divine Services according to the direction of his Executors By this Testament he gave to his Son Thomas then Bishop of Ely two thousand marks To his Son Iohn five thousand marks with all the stock upon his Lands at his decease To Ioane his Daughter two thousand marks To Alice his other Daughter three thousand marks To Iohn the Son of his Son Iohn five hundred marks To Wilâ—iam likewise another Son of his Son Iohn five hundred marks To the eldest Daughter of his said Son Iohn a thousand marks To Henry and Edward younger Sons of his Son Iohn each five hundred marks To his Nephews and Neices the Sons and Daughters of Sir Roger le Strange and to his Sister Aleyne la Strange Wife of the said Roger a thousand and a hundred marks over and above a thousand marks more paid to them already To Richard his Son and Heir his best Coronet charging him on his Blessing to keep it during his life and then to leave it to his Heir and so to remain from Heir to Heir Lords of Arundel in remembrance of him To Ioan his Daughter his second Coronet with the like charge to keep it all her life and then that it continue to her Heir and so from Heir to Heir as abovesaid And to Alice his Daughter his third Coronet upon the like conditions And departed this life 9 Kal. Febr. An. 1375. 49 Ed. 3. By Isabel his first Wife whom he repudiated as hath been observed he had issue a Daughter called Philippa married to Sir Richard Sergeaux of ... in Com. Cornub. Knight And by Eleanor his second Daughter to Henry Earl of Lancaster Widow of Iohn Lord Beaumont three Sons viz. Richard who succeeded him in his Lands and Honors Iohn of whom I shall speak further by and by and Thomas Bishop of Ely but afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury and
of St. Austines beforementioned with his Ancestors leaving issue by Iane his Wife Daughter of William de Ferrers the younger Earl of Derby and of Margaret his second Wife Daughter and Coheir to Roger de Quinci Earl of Winchester four Sons and two Daughters Which Iane had for her marriage portion the Mannor of Coston in Com. Leicest and Eynesbury in Com. Hunt but died before him viz. 19 Martii Anno 1309 3 E. 2. and was buried in the Abby of St. Austines before-specified in the Arch betwixt the Vestry and the South Isle for whose Soul he gave ten Quarters of Wheat and Beans in Dole to his poorest Tenants in every of his Mannors His Sons were these viz. Maurice who succeeded him Iohn Lord of Wymundham in Com. Leic Iames a Doctor in Divinity and Rector of Slymbridge but afterwards Bishop of Exeter His Daughters Isabell and Margaret who both died unmarried Which Maurice being of a milittary disposition in his very youth was in the several Tournaments held at Worcester Dunstaple Stanford Blithe and Winchester And in 23 Edw. 1. in that expedition then made into Wales with his Father In 24 at the Siege of Barwick In 25 with his Father in Flanders In 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 and 34 Ed. 1. again in the Warrs of Scotland In 35 Edw. 1. he accompanied his Father to the Court of Rome in that Embassy wherein he was then employed with the Bishop of Worcester as I have already observed In 1 Edw. 2. he attended the King into France with his Father In 2 Edw. 2. he was summoned to the Parliament held at Westminster his Father then living In 3 Edw. 2. he had summons with his Father to be at Newcastle upon Cine upon Michaelmas-day to march against the Scots In 6 Edw. 2. he was made Governor of Gloucester In 7 Edw. 3. he marched again into Scotland being of the retinue to Adomare de Valence In 8 Edw. 2. he was constituted Captain and Governor of the Town and Castle of Barwick upon Cwede In 9 E. 2. he was made Justice of South-Wales having all the Castles therein committed to his Custody In 10 Edw. 2. he raised a thousand Foot in those parts two hundred more out of the Forest of Deane and an hundred besides out of Gowherland in Wales All which were by the Kings special Precept directed to come to North-Allerton in Yorkshire upon the Munday next after St. Matthew's day in 11 Edw. 2. In which service also were Thomas and Maurice his two Sons all of the retinue of Roger de Mortimer with whom they then marched into Scotland In 13 Edw. 2. being stiled dileciÌ„us consanguineus Regis he was made Steward of the Dutchy of Aquitane and had for his wages an assignation of two thousand pounds Tournois In 15 Edw. 2. adhering to Thomas Earl of Lancaster and others who put themselves in Armes upon pretence of reforming what was amiss in the Government he joyned with the Lord Audley and both with Mortimer to whom they were Brothers by affinity viz. by marriage of their Children and harrassed the Lands Houses and Castles of the two Spencers Plundring their Goods and driving away their Stock and Chattel which at that time was exceeding great the particulars of which outrages aâ—e expressed in the Parliament Roll of 21 R. 2. But declining to submit to the Kings obedience upon special summons his Castles and Lands were seized and committed to the custody of others whom the King better trusted And after this having Letters of safe conduct together with Mortimer and three other to come to the King and confer amicably with him he was sent prisoner to the Castle of Wallingford but Mortimer and the rest to the Tower of London Whereupon Thomas and Maurice his two Sons made great devastation and spoils upon the Spencers Lands And the year following Sir Iohn de Goldington and others attempted his rescue but without success so that continuing still a prisoner there he departed this life upon the 31 of May Anno 1326. 19 Ed. 2. and being thence carried to the Abby of St. Austines near Bâ—â—stoll was buried in the South Isle of that Conventual Church under the Arch before the dore of the Quire This is all I shall say of him other then that he built a Friery in a place called the Dolmes an Island in Severne not far from his Mannor of Portbury and that having two Wives viz. Eve Daughter of Eudo la Zouch and Milisent his Wife Daughter and Coheir to William de Cantilupe who died upon St. Nicholas day scil 5 Decemb. Ann. 1314. 8 Edw. 2. and was buried in the Parish Church of Portbury and secondly Isabell Daughter to Gilbert de Clare Earl of Gloucester who died without any Children he left issue five Sons viz. Thomas the eldest who succeeded him 2. Maurice from whom the Berkleys of Stoke-Giffard in Com. Glouc. Bruton in Com. Somers and Boycourt in Kent are descended 3. Iohn who was with his Father and two elder Brothers in Scotland in 28 Ed. 1. So likewise in 29 31 and 32 Edw. 1. and in France with them 1 Edw. 2. from whom the Berkleys of Shropshire are descended 4. Eudo Rector of Lamprudevaur in the Diocese of St Davids in Wales And 5. Peter a Prebend of the Cathedral Church at Wâ—lls He had also one only Daughter called Isabell who became the Wife of Robert Lord Clifford ¶ I should now go on with what I have tâ— say of Thomas son and Heir to the last Lord Maurice de Berkley But considering that Maurice the second Son from whom are descended the Berkleys of Stoke-Gifford Bruton and Boycourt was a person of such great note in his time I shall take leave to observe some particulars of him This Maurice in 1 Edw. 3. had restitution of his Lands which were seized on for his activeness in that Rebellion of Thomas Earl of Lancaster whereof I have already given some touch and was constituted Governor of Proudhou-Castle in Northumberland In 2 Edw. 3. he was made Constable of the Tower of Lonâ—on and Governor of the Castle at Gloucester And was in those days in such high esteem for Martial Feats that amongst other the accoutrements prepared for certain Justs and Tournaments in 3 Edw. 3. divers surcotes were depicted with his Armes In 4 Edw. 3. he was reteined to serve the King during life in his Warrs with fourteen men at Armes and in time of Peace with his own person only for which he had a Grant of ninety pounds per annum out of the Exchequer and likewise of the Ferme of Andover And in 5 Edw. 3. had in confideration
King Charles the second and George And six Daughters viz. Elizabeth Theophila Wife of Sir Kingsmill Lucie Baronet Arabella Mary Henrietta and Arathusia d'Arcie AT the time of the general survey Norman de Areci enjoyed no less then thirty-three Lordships in Lincolneshire by the immediate gift of the Conqueror of which Noctone was one where he and his Posterity had their chief seat for divers after-ages This Norman in 6. Will. Ruâ—i being with the King in his great Councel held at Gloucester together with divers Bishops Abbots and others was a Witness to that confirmation there made to the Monks of St. Maryes Abby in York of divers possessions which had been formerly bestowed on them and of his own Lands then gave unto them three Carucates in Brunnum To this Norman de Areci succeeded Robert his Son and Heir who farther gave to those Monks the Churches of Nocton and Duneston as also two parts of the Tithes of Fisceburre and founded a Priory for Chanons-Regular of St. Augustines Order at his Lordship of Noctone before-mentioned He likewise gave the Church of Caukewell to those Canons of Noctone Also to the Monks of Kirkeâ—â—ede in Lincolnshire certain Lands in Noctone and Duneston lying Westward from the great Road-way which goeth from Lincolne through Mere and so to Scapewiche and left issue Thomas his Son and Heir and Robert a younger Son Which Thomas in Anno 1163 9 H. 2. confirmed that Grant so made by his Father to the Monks of Kirkestede as also the gifts of his Father and Grandfather formerly made to the Abby of St Maries at York And upon assessment of the Aid for Marrying of the Kings eldest Daughter in 12 Hen. 2. certified that he then held twenty Knights Fees de Veteri Feoâ—â—amento with half a Knights Fee and a fourth part de Novo for which in 14 Hen. 2. he paid thirteen pounds six shillings eight pence This Thomas became a special benefactor to the Canons of Nocton for having as it seems by some Composition with the Monks of St. Maries at York regained the Churches of Nocton and Duneston given to them by his Father as hath been observed he bestowed them on those Canons with a great proportion of Land Meadow and Woods in and near Nocton set forth by Metes and Bonds And died upon St. Swithin's day 27 Hen. 2. as appeareth by the Presentment made before the Justices-Itinerant in 32 Hen. 2. leaving Thomas his Son and Heir then eighteen years of age whereupon William Basset then Sheriff of Lincolnshire seized his whole Barony for the King and committed it with all the stock then upon it unto Michael d'Arci but after this Alice or Aelina as she is sometimes written his Widow who was Daughter of Ralph d'Eincurt obtained the possession thereof with the custody of her Children for which she gave two hundred pounds This deceased Thomas had also two younger Sons and four Daughters one whereof was in his lifetime married to ... de Munbegon two other at the time of this presentment marriageable and the youngest but eight years of age Et sunt nati de Baronibus saith the Record and moreover that he held twenty Knights fees of the King and of the fee of William de Perci Which last mentioned Thomas viz. Son and Heir to the deceased Thomas was with King Richard the first in that expedition which he made into Normandy in the sixth year of his reign and in 5 Ioh. was reteined to serve the King with three Knights for one whole year beginning on Wednesday next before the feast of St. Iohn Baptist in consideration whereof the King remitted to him a debt of two hundred twenty five Marks which he then owed to the Jews but besides this reteiner he was to perform the like service for his Barony as other Barons did To him sucâ—â—â—ded Norman de Areci his Son and Heir who in 7 Ioâ— giving five hundred marks six Palfreys with one Horse for the great Saddle and doing his Homage had Livery of all his Lands descended to him by the death of his Father In 13 Ioh. this Norman had a special discharge from the King for his Scutage due upon that expedition then made into Scotland In 15 Ioh. there was one Robert d'Arci who attended the King at that time into Poictoâ— but whether he was Uncle or Brother to this Norman I cannot say To proceed This Norman d'Arci being one of the Barons in Armes against King Iohn in the seventeenth year of his reign had his Lands seized by the Sheriff of Lincolnshire and given by the Kings Command to Peter de Warcop but soon after viz. in 1 Hen. 3. there being a peaceable accord betwixt the King and those Barons giving good Pledges for his future fidelity he had Livery of them again So likewise had the before-mentioned Robert d'Arci who having been in that rebellion had restitution of his Lands in Hantshire In 3 Hen. 3. this Norman d'Arci gave to the King a Sore-Goshawke of Norway to have a Market at his Lordship of Noctone and in 29 H. 3. answered twenty pounds for the Knights fees he held upon assessment of the Aid for marrying the Kings eldest Daughter as also forty pounds in 38 Hen. 3. upon Collection of the Aid for making the Kings eldest Son Knight In which year the King considering his great age and infirmities granted the custody of all his Lands so long as he should live unto Philip d'Arci his Son and Heir As to the time of this Norman's death I find nothing but to presume that he lived not long after and therefore shall descend to Philip his Son and Heir This Philip adhering to the Royal Interest in those turbulent times about the later end of King Iohns reign had in 1 Hen. 3. a grant of all the Lands of Robert de Camberleng After which I have not seen any more of him till 27 Hen. 3. that he had an assignation of twenty three pounds thirteen shillings then in arrear to those souldiers who served under his Command in the Warrs of France and twenty marks to himself In 34 Hen. 3. he is said to have been the accuser of Sir Henry de Bathe Knight an eminent Judge of that time for his unfaithfulness and corruption in point of Judicature In 37 H. 3. being ready to attend the King into Gascoâ—gne and râ—ceiving advertisement that his father had a purpose to alienare certain Lands which were of his Inheritance upon complaint thereof to the King he obtained a precept to the Sheriff of Lincolnshire requiring him that he should not suffer any one to enter into them during his continuance in the Kings service In
of them again And the same year obtained the King's Letters to David King of Scotland for restitution of his Lands in that Realm which had been seised by Robert de Brus his Father In 5 Edw. 3. he was constituted Governour of the Isles of Garnesey Ieresey Serke and Aureney So likewise in 6 E. 3. he was again in the Wars of Scotland as also in 11 E. 3. And in 13 Edw. 3. being appointed Guardian of the Sea-coasts in Lincolnshire against the danger of an Invasion and having in that service many Souldiers under him for whose support he had been at great expences he was in consideration thereof discharged from finding such men at Arms Hobelars and others for his Lands in Yorkshire whereunto otherwise they had been liable In this year the King returning from Brabant came about mid-night to the Tower of London and finding no more than three servants there and his own Children grew so highly offended that he presently caused the Lord Mayor of London with the Lord Chancellour and Treasurer as also this Thomas several of the Judges and other persons of note to be sent for and committed them to several prisons but soon after being set at liberty with honour in 16 Edw. 3. he was in the Wars of France In 17 Edward 3. he obtained License for a Market every week upon the Munday at Buttercram in Com. Ebor. and two Fairs yearly one on the Feast day of S. Butolph the other on S. Leonard And in 21 Edw. 3. gave one Toft and ten Acres of Land in the Moor of Blakeshowe in Farnedale in Com. Ebor. to the Crouched-Friers for the building of an Oratory with other Edifices for their Habitation As to his other Works of Piety he founded a Monastery first at Newton near Cotingham in Com. Ebor. and afterwards translated it to Haut-Emprise plentifully endowing it with Lands and Revenues for the health of his Soul and for the Soul of Blanch his Wife daughter to Henry Earl of Lancaster as also for the Souls of Iohn his Father Ioane his Mother their Children Parents Ancestors and Heirs for the Pope's approbation whereof the King wrote his Letters And having been summoned to Parliament from 11 Edw. 2. till 22 Edw. 3. inclusive departed this life without Issue 31 Maii 23 Edw. 3. being then seised of the Mannor of Stivington in Com. Bedf. of the Castle and Mannor of Lydel in Com. Cumb. of the Mannor of Merton in Com. Westm. Stowe-Bydon in Com. Norff. Ware in Com. Hertf. Colne-Wake with the Advowson of the Church in Com. Essex Cheâ—erfield with its members in Com. Derb. Wyastngden in Com. Rotel of the Castle and Mannor of Brunne with the Mannors of Dieping and Kelby in Com. Linc. And of the Mannors of Cotyngham Wyneton Kirkeby-Moreshed Atton Hemlyngton Buttercram Middleton Cropton and Langton in Com. Ebor. leaving Margaret Countess of Kent Widow of Edmund of Wodstoke Earl of Kent his Sister and Heir forty years of age Which Margaret performing her Fealty had Livery of them shortly after Blanch his Wife then surviving who had for her Dowry an Assignation of the Mannors of Brunne Deping and Kelby in Com. Linc. Styvington in Com. Bedf. Ware in Com. Hertf. Colne-Wake in Com. Essex As also certain Lands in Stepenhithe in Com. Midd. ¶ A younger Son to the last Baldwin Lord Wake was Hugh Wake who in 34 Edw. 1. was in the Scotish Wars so likewise in 4 Edw. 1. This Hugh had by the gift of his Father the Lordships of Blyseworth in Com. Northt with divers other Lands and left Issue Thomas his Son and Heir Which Thomas in 4 Edw. 3. obtained a Charter for Free-warren in all his Demesn Lands at Blyseworth Crauely and Helpeston in Com. Northt as also in those which he then had at Deping in Com. Linc. But neither he nor his Posterity whose chief seat hath since that time been at Blyseworth having been Barons of this Realm I have no more to say of them Trusbut THE first of this Family of whom I have seen mention was Geffrey Fitz-payn which Geffrey had his residence at Wartre in that part of Yorkshire called Holderness but of him nothing farther memorable than that he there founded a Priory of Canons-regular of S. Augustines Order and gave to the Canons of Nostell two Bovates of Land lying in Tockwith This William took to Wife Albreda Daughter of ... Harecurt one of the Coheirs to Maude de Dover as the Descent here drawn doth shew and had part of her Inheritance which Albreda calls the Canons of Scokiâ—k Dominicos Canonicos mei Domini mei her and her Husband 's own Canons This William Trusbut was also seated at Wartre and left Issue three Sons Richard Geffrey and Robert and three Daughters Rose Hillaria and Agatha Of which Sons all that I have met with is first that Richard in 3 Henry 2. accounted to the King forty Marks for his Lands at Reibi and that Geffrey did adde so much to what his Grandfather had given to the Canons of Wartre that he thereupon had the repute to be the first Founder of that Religious House Likewise that Robert gave to those Canons of Wartre the Church of All-Saints at Melton within his own Fee But none of these Sons having Issue the three Sisters became Heirs to the Estate Rose being Wife to Everard de Ros a great Baron in Holderness Hillaria of Robert de Budlers and Agatha first of ... and afterwards of William de Albini of Belvoir the third of that name Of which three Sisters Hillaria departing this life without Issue the Lands of her Inheritance were shared betwixt William de Ros Grandson to Rose the eldest Sister viz. Son of Robert Son of Everard de Ros above-mentioned and Agatha the third Sister Widow of William de Albini as hath been said Which Agatha gave to the Nuns of De la pre near Northampton four Ox-gangs of Land viz. two in Brandestone and two in Falclibe but deceasing also without Issue the whole at length devolved to the same William de Ros whereupon in 32 Hen. 3. he paid one hundred pounds for his Relief for that whole Barony of Trusbut and Wartre Traili IN the time of King Henry the First Geffrey de Traili with William Gilbert and Nicholas all Sons to Albreda second Sister of Walter Espec a great Baron in the North were witnesses to his Foundation-Charter of Rievaulx-Abbey in Com. Ebor. As also to his Foundation of that at Kirkham in the same County This Geffrey with Albreda his Wife as also William and Geffrey his Sons bestowed the Church of Giâ—eldene on the Monks of Thorney and in 5 Steph. gave a Fine to
and the heirs-male of his Body And the next year following return'd In 7 R. 2. upon an Invasion made by the Scots he attended the King in his Expedition then by him made Northwards And in 8 R. 2. was again retein'd to serve him in his Scotish Wars And having for these and many other his great services merited highly in 9 R. 2. he was advanced to the dignity and title of Duke of York the Parliament then sitting his Charter bearing date 6 Aug. whereby he had also One hundred pounds yearly granted to him out of the issues of the County of York and Forty pounds per annum out of the Customes of Wools Skins and Pelts in Kingston super Hull as also Five hundred pounds per annum out of the Port of London until a Thousand pounds yearly in Lands and Rents should be setled upon him the Ceremony of his Creation by cincture with the Sword and putting a Cap on his head with a Circle of Gold being perform'd at Hoselow Lodge in Tiâ—idale where the King then lay with his Army But soon after this he adhered to the Duke of Glocester as also to those other who opposed the Duke of Ireland And in that Parliament of 10 R. 2. wherein the great Lords were so powerful was one of them that had License and Authority to enquire into all abuses in Government and Grievances whatsoever from the death of King Edward the Third till that very time In 14 R. 2. in part of satisfaction for the sum of a Thousand pounds per annum promised to him upon his advancement to the Dukedome of York he obtained a Grant of the Mannor of Hychen in Com. Buck. then valued at One hundred pounds per annum As also of the Mannor of Somerford Keyns of Forty Marks per annum and of the Mannor of Wendover of Eighty four pounds both in that County In 15 R. 2. he was at that Treaty for Peace then held at Amiens in France in Mid-Lent and in 17 R. 2. had a Grant of the Castle of Mouretagne upon the River Gyronne in Aquitane for life In 18 R. 2. being constituted Lieutenant here the King being then in Ireland he called a Parliament at London And in 20 R. 2. was again made Lieutenant for this Realm in his absence In 21 R. 2. he obtain'd a Grant in special tail of the Mannor of Sevenhampton with the Hundreds of Heyworth and Kirkelade in Com. Wilts which Lordships and Hundreds Iohn Duke of Britanny and Ioane his wife held so long as the Castle of Brest should be in the possession of the King or his heirs and the same year had License to raise One hundred men at Armes and Two hundred Archers to attend the King at his next Parliament In 22 R. 2. he was constituted Steward of England to hold the same office until Henry of Lancaster Earl of Hereford or his heir should sue for it By all which instances the King 's great trust and bounty towards him is sufficiently manifested But drawing now near his death by his Testament bearing date 25 Nov. An. 1400. 2 H. 4. wherein he calls himself Duke of York Earl of Cambridge and Lord of Tividale he bequeath'd his body to be buried at Langele near to the Grave of Isabell his first wife appointing that two Priests should be ordained by his Executors to performe Divine Service there every day for his Soul and the Souls of all his Kindred and departing this life 1 Aug. 3 H. 4. was there buried accordingly being then seised of the Mannor of UUendovre in Com. Buck. of the Castle of Fodringheye with its Members viz. Yarewell Southwike and â—assington in Com. Northampt. Of the Mannors of Fasterne UUotton Winterborne Tokkenham Compton Basset Somerford Keyns Cheleworth with the custody of the Forest of Bradene and Sevenhampton as also of the Hundreds of Heyworth and Crikelade in Com. Wiltes of the Mannors and Towns of Staunford and Grantham in Com. Linc. of the Castle of Rysing in Com. Norff. of the Castle and Mannor of Aâ—sty and Mannor of Hechen in Com. Hertf. of the Honor and Mannor of Reilegh the Mannors of Thunderle Estwode with the Castle and Lordship of Hadlee in Com. Essex of the Mannors of Coningsburgh Sandhale Haitefeld Thorne Fishlake Holme-frithe and Soureby Likewise of the Mannor and Lordship of Wakefeld all in Com. Ebor. as also of the Dominion of Tyndale in Com. Northumber leaving Edward Earl of Rutland his son and heir Twenty six years of age Of which Isabell his Wife I find that in his life-time by his authority and special License she declared her Testament 6 Dec. An. 1342. 6 R. 2. and thereby bequeath'd her Body to be buried wheresoever he her said Husband and the King should appoint ordaining that upon the day of her death an Hundred Trentals and an Hundred Sauters should be said for her Soul Likewise that four Priests or one at least should sing for her by the space of four years Moreover that upon the day of her burial her best Horse should be delivered for her Mortuary She also bequeath'd to the King her Heart of Pearls To the Duke of Lancaster a Tablet of Jaspar which the King of Armonie gave her To Edward Earl of Rutland her son her Crown to remain to his heirs to Constance le Despenser her daughter a Fret of Pearls and to the Dutchess of Glocester her Tablet of Gold with Images as also her Sauter with the Armes of Northampton And to King Richard after her other Legacies paid all the remainder of her Goods with trust that he should allow unto Richard her younger son his Godson Five hundred Marks per annum for his life Whereupon out of the great respect he bore to her over and above that Hundred pounds per annum which young Richard did receive out of the Issues of the County of York he gave him Two hundred thirty three pounds six shillings eight pence for his life to be received out of the Exchequer until he should settle upon him Lands or Rents of Five hundred Marks per annum value It is said that this great Lady having been somewhat wanton in her younger years at length became an hearty penitent and departing this life in An. 1394. 17 R. 2. was buried in the Friers Preachers at Langele His second wife was Ioane daughter of Thomas and sister and coheir to Edmund Holand Earl of Kent Who surviving him married to William Lord Willâ—ughby of Eâ—esby next to Henry Lord Scrope and lastly to Henry Bromslet Lord Vesci His younger children were these viz. Richard Earl of Cambridge and Constance married to Thomas Spenser Earl of Glocester I now come to Edward the eldest son of this Edmund of Langley This Edward was created Earl of Rutland 25 Febr. 13 R. 2. but to enjoy that
an obscure Creeke what through the treachery of some of his servants and the Master of the Ship he was apprehended and committed prisoner to the Tower And being thus imprisoned a Charge was brought against him into the Star-Chamber that he had supported Romish-Priests contrary to Law As also that he held Intelligence with Cardinal Alen and Parsons the Jesuit the Queens enemies Likewise that he had by a publick writing declin'd the Justice of the Realm with purpose to be gone Whereupon though he professed his Allegiance to the Queen and love to his Countrey excusing himself for his ignorance of the Laws through his Zeal to divine contemplations and submitted himself to the censure of that Court they fined him at ten thousand pounds and doom'd him to imprisonment during the Queens pleasure And as if all this had not been enough upon suspicion that he favoured the Spaniard in 32 Eliz. he was brought to his Tryal by his Peers in Westminster-Hall before Henry Earl of Derby Lord High Steward for that occasion The substance of his charge being that he had contracted a strict friendship with Cardinal Alen and Parsons the Jesuit and other trayterous people who had conspired the ruine of their Prince and Country by stirring up both Forreiners as well as Subjects for restoring the Romish-Religion Also that he had sent Letters to Cardinal Alen by Weston alias Burgesse the Priest for advancing the Catholick cause and upon that account resolved to quit the Realm That he was privy to the Bull of Sixtus Quintus the Pope whereby he had excommunicated the Queen and exposed this Realm to the Spaniard That being a prisoner in the Tower he had caused Mass to be celebrated for the good success of the Spanish Fleet and likewise for that purpose had conceived private prayers To which hepleaded Not guilty But being found guilty had Sentence of death pronounced against him being then but thirty three years of age Whence being carried back to the Tower and his Execution forborn he totally applied himself to his devotions and to an austere and strict course of life until the nineteenth of November An. 1595. 38 Eliz. that he there died leaving Issue by Anne his Wife Daughter of Thomas and Sister and Coheir to George Lord Dacres of Gillesland Thomas his only Child Which Thomas being restored in blood in the Parliament held at Westminster 1 Iac. and to all such Titles of Honour and Precedence as the before specified Philip Earl of Arundel his Father lost by his attainder As also to the Honour State and Dignity of Earl of Surrey and to such dignity of Baronies only as Thomas late Duke of Norfolk his Grandfather lost by his attainder was installed Knight of the most noble order of the Garter 13 Maii An. 1611. 9 Iac. After which he travelled with his Lady into Italy but in November An. 1614 12 Iac. returned And upon the 29 of Aug. 19 Iac. was constituted Earl Marshal of England for life with a pension of two thousand pounds per annum Whereupon reviving that honorable Court which had antiently been held by the Constable and Marshall jointly wherein remedy was given for such abusive provocations as might occasion no little bloodshed by Duels or other more mischievous ways of revenge and some scruple being made as to the Jurisdiction of the Earl-Marshal alone without the Constable the next ensuing year he obtained other Letters Patent bearing date 1 Aug. 20 Iac. whereby that King after mature advice had with the Lords of his Council upon the point did declare that in the vacancy of the Constable of England the Earl Marshal had the like jurisdiction in that Court as both Constable and Marshal jointly ever exercised commanding him to proceed accordingly Which he thereupon did with much Honour to himself and his authority and to the great satisfaction of the Nobility and Gentry of this Realm in cases where they received such affronts and injuries for which by the rule of the Common Law no redress could be had until by the Votes of a predominant party in the late Long-Parliament his jurisdiction in that Court was blasted This most noble Earl a little before the Coronation of King Charles the first was join'd in Commission with William Earl of Pembroke to make such persons Knights of the Bath as the King should then think fit to call to that dignity And in 9 Car. 1. constituted Chief Justice of all the Forests North of Trent Moreover in 16 Car. 1. he was made General of the Army then raised to march into the North the Scots at that time being in Arms with no small numbers And by reason of his special services and great merits as also in respect of his lineal descent from Thomas de Brotherton Earl of Norfolk a younger Son to King Edward the first was by Letters Patents bearing date at Oxford 6 Iunii in the 20. year of the same Kings reign advanced to the title of Earl of Norfolk Shortly after which discerning the flames of War occasion'd by the prevalent party in the late Long Parliament more and more to increase his age being also such as rendred him not fit for further military imployments he obtained leave from the King to travel Whereupon going to Padua in Italy he there departed this life upon the 4 day of October An. 1646. After which his Corps being brought over into England was buried at Arundel in Sussex Leaving Issue by the Lady Alathea his Wife one of the Daughters and Coheirs to Gilbert Earl of Shrewsbury two sons surviving 1 Henry called Lord Moubray and Maltravers and secondly Sir William Howard Knight of the Bath who by reason of his marriage with Mary Sister and sole Heir to Henry Lord Stafford was by Letters Patent bearing date 12 Sept. 16 Car. 1. advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the title of Lord Stafford and she the said Mary of a Baroness And by other Letters Patent bearing date 11 Nov. next ensuing to the dignity and title of Vicount Stafford the other Sons of the said Thomas Earl of Arundel viz. Iames Thomas Gilbert and Charles dying all in his life time Which William so created Vicount Stafford hath Issue by her three Sons Henry Iohn and Francis and five Daughters 1 Alathea 2 Isabella married to Iohn Marquess of Winchester 3 Vrsula 4 Mary and 5 Anastasia I now come to Henry Lord Moubray and Maltravers for by those Titles he was summon'd to Parliament in his Fathers life time This Henry succeeding his Father in his Honours took to Wife Elizabeth Daughter to Esme Steward Lord d'Aâ—gbignie and Earl of March afterwards Duke of Lenox and by her had Issue nine Sons viz. Thomas Henry Philip Charles Talbot Edward Francis Bernard and Esme And three Daughters viz. the Lady Anne who died young the Lady
Eliz. took his place there upon the second of April In 15 Eliz. he was one of the Peers upon the Tryal of Thomas Duke of Norff. And the same year upon the League made by Queen Elizabeth with the States of the United Provinces was one of the Lords then sent into France with Edward Earl of Lincoln Lord Admiral for ratifying thereof In 29 Eliz. he was also one of the Peers which sate at Fotheringhay upon Tryal of the Queen of Scots Likewise in 43 Eliz. upon that Insurrection made in London by Robert Earl of Essex he was one of those Lords which appear'd with him therein and thereupon suffered Imprisonment This William Married two Wives First Christian Daughter of ... Anslow Esq by whom he had Issue one Son called William And to his second Wife Catherine Daughter of Edmund Lord Chandos by whom he had Issue one Daughter named Elizabeth Married to Sir Edwyne Sands Knight Son and Heir of Miles Sandys of Latimers in Com. Buck. Esq Master of the Kings Bench Office and departed this life 29 Sept. an 1623. 21 Iac. To whom succeeded William his said Son and Heir Which William took to Wife Alathea eldest Daughter and Coheir of Iohn Panton of Brinneskiâ— in the Parish of Hanthlan in Com. Denb Esq and died 12 Nov. an 1629. 5 Car. 1. without Issue Whereupon William the Son of Colonel Henry Sands Son of the said Edwyn and Elizabeth which Colonel being mortally wounded on the Kings part in the Fight at Bramdene near Alâ—ford in Com. Sutht 29 Martii 1644. died 6 Apr. next ensuing becoming Heir to this Honour had Summons to Parliament accordingly And having Married Mary the youngest Daughter to William late Earl of Salisbury died in an 1668. without Issue This last mention'd William had three other Brothers viz. Henry Miles and Edwyn and six Sisters Hesther Married to Humphrey Noy Son to William Noy sometime Attorney General to King Charles the First Alathea to Francis Gofton of Alderidge in Com. Sutht Esq Mary to Dr. Henry Savage Principal of Baliol-Coll in Oxford Iane to Iohn Harris of Old-Wodstoke in Com. Oxon. Esq Margaret to Sir Iohn Mill of Tachbury in Com. Sutht Baronet and Margery to Sir Edmund Fortescue of Fallowpitt in Com. Devon Baronet Which Henry now Lord Sandys Brother and Heir of William is yet Unmarried Vaux of Harwedon 15 H. 8. THis Family whose Seat hath been at Harwedon in Com. Northt for more than two hundred and fifty years do derive their Descent from Robert de Vaux a great man in the North of this Realm in the days of King Stephen and Henry the Second being then Founder of the Priory of Laâ—ercost in Cumberland as I have elsewhere shewed Being thus fix'd there William Vaux in the time of those great and sharp contests betwixt the Houses of Yorke and Lancaster lost all for his adherence to King Henry the Sixth but at length Henry Earl of Richmund obtaining the Crown Nicholas his Son and Heir had restitution thereof Whereupon he fought stoutly for that King in the Battel of Stoke near Newark in 2 H. 7. against Iohn Earl of Lincoln and his Adherents then in Arms on the behalf of Lambert Simnel set up as a Counterfeit Son to George Duke of Clarence for which good service King Henry being there Victorious he receiv'd the honour of Knighthood And in 17 of the same Kings Reign at that great Solemnity of Prince Arthur's Marriage wore a Gown of Purple Velvet adorn'd with pieces of gold so thick and massy that beside the Silk and Furs it was valued at a thousand pounds as also a Collar of SS weighing eight hundred pound in Nobles In 1 H. 8. this Nicholas being made Lieutenant of the Castle at Guisnes in Picardy in 5 H. 8. was at the Siege of Therouene In 10 H. 8. he was one of the Embassadors then sent into France for confirming the Articles of Peace betwixt King Henry and the French And in 11 H. 8. in order to that famous Enterview near Guisnes between King Henry and the King of France was one of the Commissioners at that time sent thither to make preparation for the same After which he grew in such high esteem at Court as that in 15 H. 8. 27 Apr. he was advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm the solemnity of his Creation with some others then being at the King 's Royal Palace of Bridewell in the Suburbs of London But he lived not long to enjoy that Honour For having by his Testament bearing date the same year by the Title of Lord Harowden bequeath'd his Body to be buried at Harowdon in case he should depart this life in Northamptonshire if in London then in the Black-Fryers and if at Guisnes in the Church there appointing that C l. should be bestow'd upon Priests Clerks and poor People at his Funeral and ordained a Chantry for one Priest to sing Mass in the Parish-Church of Harowden for the Souls of his Grandfather Father and Mother as also for the Souls of his two Wives his Children and other his Ancestors Souls And having likewise bequeath'd to his Daughters Margaret Bridget and Maud five hundred pounds a piece for their respective Marriages and to his Sons Thomas and William all his wearing gere except Cloth of Gold Cloth of Silver and Tissue he departed this life soon after as by the Probate of that his Testament which beareth date 3 Iulii next ensuing appeareth This Nicholas had two Wives First Elizabeth Daughter and Heir to Henry Lord Fitz Hugh Widow of Sir William Parr Knight by whom he left Issue three Daughters viz. Catherine Married to Sir George Throkmorton of Coughton in Com. Warr. Knight Anne to Sir Thomas Strange of Hunston in Com. Norff. Knight and Alice to Sir Edward Sapcote of Elton in Com. Hunt Knight Secondly Anne Daughter of Thomas Greene of Green's-Norton in Com. Northt Esq by whom he had Issue two Sons Thomas and William and three Daughters Margaret Wife of Francis Pultney of Misterton in Com. Leic. Esq Maud of Sir Iohn Farmer of Eston juxta Touceter in Com. Northt Knight and Bridget of Maurice Welsh of Sudbury in Com. Glouc. Esq Which Thomas his Son and Heir in 19 H. 8. was one of those who attended Cardinal Wolsey when he went Embassador in such great state beyond-Sea to make Peace betwixt the Emperour King Henry of England and King Francis of France In 22 H. 8. being summon'd to Parliament he took his place there 19 Ian. And in 24 H. 8. waited on the King to Calais and thence to Boloine In 25 H. 8. upon the Coronation of Queen Anne Bullen this Thomas was one of the Knights of the Bath then made for the honour of that Solemnity He was also Captain
Dec. 22 Eliz. setled the Mannour of Beaulieu alias New-Hall with divers other Lordships and Lands in Com. Essex and elsewhere upon the Issue Male of his own Body unto the tenth Son the remainder to his Brother Sir Henry Ratcliff Knight for life and after his decease upon Robert-Ratcliff Son and Heir apparent to him the said Henry and the Heirs Male of his Body and for lack of such Issue upon Thomas Ratcliff Esq Son and Heir to Sir Humphrey Ratclyff of Elnestow in Com. Bedf. Knight deceased and the Heirs Male of his Body the remainder to Edward Ratcliff second Son of the said Sir Humphrey and the Heirs Male of his Body and for default of such Issue to the Laday Frances his Sister then Wife of Sir Thomas Mildmay Knight and the Heirs male of his Body by her In 24 Eliz. he was one of the Commissioners made choice of to treat with others from France touching a marriage betwixt Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Anjou And married two Wives First Elizabeth Daughter to Thomas Wriothesley Earl of Southampton by whom he had Issue two Sons Henry and Robert who both died young Secondly Frances Daughter of Sir William Sidney Knight Sister to Sir Henry Sidney Knight of the Garter It is reported of this Thomas Earl of Suffex by Sir Robert Nâ—unton in his Fragmenta Regalia p. 26. that he was a goodly Gentleman of a brave noble nature and constant to his Friends and Servants Also that there was such an Antipathy in his nature to that of the Earl of Leicester's that being together in Court and both in high imployments they grew to a direct frowardness and were in continual opposition the one setting the Watch and the other the Sentinel each on the other Actions and Motions For this Earl of Sussex was of a great spirit which backt with the Queens special Favour and supported by a great and antient Inheritance could not brook the others Empire insomuch as the Queen upon sundry occasions had somewhat to do to appease and attain them until death parted the competition and left the place to Leicester Of this Earl it is also confidently affirmed that lying in his last sickness he gave this Caveat to his Friends I am now pâ—ssing into another World and must leave you to your Fortunes and to the Queens Grace and Goodness but beware of the Gipsy meaning Leicester for he will be too hard for you all you know not the Beast so well as I do Being Lord Chamberlain of the Houshold to Queen Elizabeth by his Testament bearing date 1 Apr. An. 1583. 25 Eliz. he bequeathed his Body to be buried in the Parish Church of Boreham in Com. Essex where he willed that his Funeral obsequies should be performed but that his Executors should not dispend about the same above the sum of fifteen hundred pounds Also that they should see builded and finished on the South side of the Chancel of that Church of Boreham one Chapel of Brick then begun according to a plot and writing thereof made as also to erect in the midst of the said Chapel where he appointed his Body to be buried a Tomb of White-Alablaster Touch and other stones according to a plot or writing thereof made and subscribed with his own hand Likewise that the dead Corps of his Grandfather Grandmother Father and Mother should be removed and brought thither there to be buried in the Vault of that Chapel and himself when it should please God to call him to be interred in the same place And departing this life at his House of Bermondsey in Southwark upon the ninth of Iune next ensuing without Issue was accordingly buried at Boreham leaving Frances his wife surviving who by her Testament bearing date 6 Dec. An. 1588. 31 Eliz. bequeath'd her Body to be buried in the collegiate Church of Westminster and appointed that if in her life time her Tomb should not be finished her Executors should bestow two hundred pounds or more if need required for the making thereof with her Picture in Alablaster-stone and other garnishing with a Superscription thereon to be engraven declaring her name and Pedegree She also willed that her Executors should purchase a perpetual Annuity of xxl. a year to the use of a Godly and learned Preacher who for and in the name of Her should read two Lâ—ctures in Divinity weekly every week for ever in the said Church on such several days in the Weâ—k as no other Sermons or Lectures were to be read there Which Preacher to be admitted by the Dean of that Church of St Peter at Westminster for the time being She likewise ordained that her Executors should bestow and imploy the sum of five thousand pounds over and besides all her Goods unbequeathed for the erecting of a new Colledge in the University of Cambridge to be called the Lady Frances Sydney-Sussex Colledge and purchasing of some competent Lands thereunto to be annexed for the maintenance of the Master and ten Fellows as also of twenty Scholars Students there And departing this life upon the ninth of March An. 1589. lieth buried under a noble Monument within the Chapell of St. Paul in the same Collegiate-Church at Westminster with this Epitaph Inâ—lytae Heroinae Francescae Comitissae Sussexiae ex nobili antiquâ Sydneiorum familiâ ortae Illustrissimo sapientissimo bellicosissimo viro domino Thomae Ratcliffe Comiti Sussexiae nuptae feminae multis rarissimisque dotibus tum animi tum corporis ornatae in sanguine conjunctos in amicos in paâ—peres in captivos praecipuè in verbi divini ministros liberalitate charitate prae caeteris insigni quae Lectionem sacrae Theologiae in Ecclesiâ Westmonasteriensi Collegiatâ legendam instituis Et quinque millia librarum per Testamentum legavit quibus vel extrueretur Collegium novum in Academiâ Cantabrigiensi vel ad augmentum Aulae Clarensis in eodem Academiâ perquireretur annuus census de quo perpetuâ— ali possint Mâ—gister unus decem Socii Scholares viginti Opus certè praeclarum nunquam satis laudatum Vixit annos 58. Mortua est 9 Martii sepulta fuit die 15 Aprilis An. Dom. 1589. To this last Earl Thomas succeeded Henry his Brother and next Heir who having thereupon summons to Parliament in 27 Eliz. took his place amongst the rest of the Peers upon the 28th of November Of which Henry all that I can farther say is that he was Captain and chief Governour of the Town and Isle of Portsmouth and Knight of the most noble order of the Garter and that by his Testament bearing date 9 Dec. An. 1593. 36 Eliz. he also bequeathed his Body to be buried at Boreham near to the Grave of the Lady Honora his Wife deceased and Thomas Earl of Sussex his Brother And having married Honora Daughter and Heir to Authony Pound of ... in Com. Southt Esq
departed this life 10 Apr. an 1593. 36 Eliz. Whereupon he had Burial at Boreham accordingly upon the 8th of May next following leaving Issue Robert his only child who succeeding him in his Honours in 37 Eliz. was sent into Scotland from Queen Eliz. to stand in her stead as a Godfather at the Christening of Prince Henry In 39 Eliz. this Robert was in that voyage with Robert Earl of Essex to Cadez and install'd Knight of the Garter in an 1621. 19 Iac. He first married Brigeâ— Daughter to Sir Charles Morison of Caysho-bury in Com. Hertf. Knight and had Issue by her two Sons Henry who Married Iane Daughter of Sir Michael Stanhope Knight and Thomas and two Daughters Elizabeth Married to Sir Iohn Ramsey Knight Vicount Hadington afterwards Earl of Holdernes and Honora All dying in his life time Issueless To his second Wife he Married Frances Daughter to Hercules Meutas of Hame in Com. Essex Esq one of the Gentlemen Pensioners to Queen Elizabeth but had no Issue by her And departing this life at his House in Clerkenwell in the Suburbs of London 22 Sept. an 1629. 5 Car. 1. was buryed in the Church of Boreham with his Ancestors Whereupon the Title of Earl of Sussex descending to Sir Edward Ratclyffe Knight Son and Heir to Sir Humphrey Ratcliffe of Elnestow before-specified as Grandson and Heir Male to Robert the first Earl of Sussex of this Family Sir Henry Mildmay of Mulsho in Com. Essex Knight Son and Heir to Sir Thomas Mildmay Knight by the Lady Frances his Wife Daughter to Henry Earl of Sussex by Anne his second Wife Daughter of Sir Philip Calthorp Knight Cousin and Heir of the half blood to the before-specified Robert Earl of Sussex who died in an 1629. without Issue laid claim to the Title of Lord Fitzwalter shortly after the sitting of that unhappy Long Parliament which began at Westminster 3 Nov. an 1640. 16 Car. 1. by reason of his Descent in blood from Elizabeth the Daughter and sole Heir to Walter Lord Fitzwalter who died without Issue Male in 10 H. 6. as hath been already observed But the Troubles shortly coming on which begot a flame of War as is very well known nothing was done therein till after the happy restoration of our present Sovereign King Charles the Second that Henry Mildmay Esq Grandson and next Heir to the said Sir Henry Mildmay Knight by Petition to his Majesty laid claim to this Title of Lord Fitzwalter and since that Benjamin his Brother and Heir the said Henry dying soon after Which Petition being referr'd to the consideration of the House of Peers in Parliament after much opposition thereto by Robert Cheeke Esq Son of Henry Cheeke by Frances his Wife one of the Sisters and Heirs of the whole blood to Edward Earl of Sussex who deceased without Issue One of his Objections being that of the half blood in Mildmay and the other that the Barony or Title of Lord Fitzwalter was merg'd and extinct with the Earldom It was upon full debate and mature consideration had therein resolv'd upon the Question that the Half blood could not be any impediment in the case of a dignity And that though a Baron in Fee simple be made an Earl the Barony shall descend to the Heir general whether the Earldom do continue or be extinct This Benjamin now Lord Fitzwalter hath Married Catherine Daughter and Coheir to Thomas eldest Son to Thomas Vicount Fairfax of Emmeley in Ireland and by her hath Issue three Sons Charles Benjamin and Walter Philibert de Shaunde Earl of Bath 1 H. 7. AMongst others who were raised to great Titles of Honour by Henry Earl of Richmund after his happy Victory at Bosworth-field whereupon he obtain'd the Crown of this Realm by the name of King Henry the Seventh this Philibert de Shaunde by Birth a Frenchman and of the Province of Britanny having approved himself a faithful Friend to him when being sought after by King Richard he became necessitated for safety to flee to the Duke of Britanny was by Letters Patents bearing date at Westminster upon the sixth day of January 1 H. 7. advanced to the degree of an Earl by the Title of Earl of Bath with an C. Marks per annum Fee payable out of the Issues and profits of the Counties of Somerset and Dorset for his better support of that dignity But of his Death Wife or Issue I have not seen any thing Borough 3 H. 7. THis Family of Burgh alias Borough of Gaynesborough in Com. Linc. did derive their Descent from Hubert de Burgh a younger Son to the famous Hubert de Burgh sometime Justice of England and Earl of Kent but the first of them touching whom I have seen any thing memorable is Thomas who being a Knight in 10 E. 4. at which time the King was taken by Nevill Earl of Warwick and kept Prisoner at Middleham-Castle in the North but with leave to ride out and hunt for his Recreation join'd with Sir William Stanley in the rescue of him from his Guards And upon his return from beyond Sea being constrain'd at that time to quit the Realm as is very well known met him at Northampton with what assistance he could raise and accompanied him to Barnet-field where he became Victorious This Sir Thomas Borough by Elizabeth his Wife Daughter and one of the Coheirs to Sir Henry Perci of Athol Knight left Issue Thomas his Son and Heir Which Thomas was elected into the Society of Knights of the most noble Order of the Garter in King Richard the Thirds time and advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm 29 Sept. 3 H. 7. Whereupon he had Summons to Parliament the same year and afterwards And by his Testament bearing date 18 Febr. an 1495. 11 H. 7 bequeath'd his Body to be buried in his new Chapel within the Parish-Church of All-Saints at Gaynesburgh in Com. Linc. Appointing that a Tomb should be erected at the North end of the Altar in the same Chapel with two Images thereon viz. of himself in Armour and of his Wife with their Arms and the days of their respective Deaths Also upon that for himself to have his Mantle of the Garter with a Garter about his Leg. Likewise that in the same Chapel there should be Founded a perpetual Chantry of one Priest whom he willed to be honest discreet able and cunning in Reading and Singing to help to serve God and to keep the Quire daily in the said Church and to sing and pray in the same Chapel for his Soul and for the Soul of Dame Margaret his Wife as also for the Souls of his Father and Mother and all his Ancestors and to have an annual Rent of ten pounds for evermore Moreover he willed that upon his Mother lying Interred in St. Iames Abby near