the Embassy to Maurice Prince of Orange one Herald sufficed because the Garter and George only not the whole Habit of the Order were sent unto him and consequently there was then but little service to be done at such an Investiture Concerning other Companions and Attendants in these Legations they are both for Quality and Number such and so many as the Chief in the Legation thinks sufficient for the honor of the Soveraign and the reputation of the Embassy and in what Equipage some of these Ambassadors have been attended heretofore may be seen from the following Lists The Names of the Noblemen Knights and Gentlemen that accompanied the Marquess of Northampton in his Legation with the Habit of the Order to the French King Henry the Second 15. May an 5. E. 6. The Earls of Worcester Rutland Ormond Viscounts Fitzwalter Lysle Lords Bourgoune Bray Evers Mr. Throgmorton Mr. Sidney both of the Soveraign's Privy Chamber Sir William Cobham Sir Iohn Cutts Sir Iohn Perrott Sir Anthony Guydot Sir Gilbert Dethick Mr. Fitz Williams Mr. Carre Mr. Knolles Mr. Edw. Warney Mr. Fr. Warney Mr. Young Mr. William Thomas Secretary to the Lords Commissioners Mr. Nicholas Alexander Mr. Lucas Frugard Chester Herald at Arms. Rougdragon Pursuivant at Arms The whole number of Noblemen and Gentlemen with all their Trains was 260. The Names of the Noblemen Knights and Gentlemen who accompanied the Earl of Sussex in his Legation with the Habit and Ensigns of the Order to Maximilian the Emperor an 9. Eliz. The Lord North Baron of Kyrtling Sir Egremond Radcliff the Ambassadors Brother Sir Thomas Mildmay Sir Gilbert Dethick Garter Sir Henry Cobham Two of the Soveraign's band of Pensioners Sir Edmund Powell Two of the Soveraign's band of Pensioners William Dethick Rouge Cross Pursuivant at Arms. William Weston one of the Queens Servants Gentlemen attending on the Ambassador Iohn Valpe Doctor of Physick Anthony Overton Prothonotary William Chancellor Chaplain George Frevill Robert Butler William Mesten Henry Mildmay Thomas Higham Peter Gough Arthur Hevingham Albert Philipps Servants to the Ambassador Henry Eritage Iames Bradshaw William Hamlett Thomas Gest. Simon Smith Thomas Barber Servants to the Lord North. Arnold Segrell Leonard Dickes Servants to Sir Tho. Mildmay Iohn Strange Iames Servants to Sir Gilbert Dethick Charles Poirett Iohn Rudde Iohn Child Iohn Fletcher Servant to Sir Henry Cobham Hans Servant to Sir Edmund Powell Charles The Names of the Emperor's Gentlemen that waited upon the Lord Ambassador the Earl of Sussex in Vienna 1567. Casper van Mynkonitz Sewer Seymfred van Alderston Carver Marquess Spiller Cupbearer William van Pellustrans Heralds of Arms. Hans Poyntsott Heralds of Arms. Nicholas Radode Comptroller of the House George Swikle Clerk of the Kitchin Item 10. Archers Item 10. Holbardiers George Weaver Master Cook In the Kitchin 10 persons In the Cellar 5. In the Larder 5. In the Confectionary 5. In the Chaundry 2. In the Wardrobe 3. In the Scullery 3. And one Porter In all 62 persons The Names of the Noblemen Knights Esquires and Gentlemen who gave their attendance on the Earl of Derby sent Ambassador with the Habit and Ensigns of the Order to the French King Henry the Third 20 Ian. an 27. Eliz. The Lord Sands The Lord Windsor Mr. Scroop Son and Heir to the Lord Scroop Mr. Windsore Son and Heir apparent to the Lord Windsore Sir Richard Shirborne Knight Treasurer Sir Randolph Brereton Knight Mr. Clarencieux King of Arms. Mr. Anthony Cook Heir to Sir Anthony Cook Mr. Gerard Son and Heir to Sir Thomas Gerard. Mr. Fleetwood Mr. Newdygate Mr. Stallange Mr. Somerset Herald of Arms. Mr. Crompton Mr. Smith Mr. Denton Mr. Milles Secretary Mr. Thomas Arderne Steward Mr. Fox Comptroller Mr. Newton Gentleman Huisher Mr. Philipps Chaplain Mr. Alexander Gentleman of the Horse Mr. Moorcrost Physitian The Earls waiting Gentlemen Mr. Dawney Son and Heir to Sir Iohn Dawney Mr. Iames Legh Son and Heir to Sir Pierce a Legh Mr. Warenne Mr. Thomas Shirborne Mr. Stanley Mr. Charles Doyley Mr. Chevalier Matchett Mr. Richard Starkey Mr. Brereton Mr. Thomas Hamner Mr. Richard Lloyd Mr. Salisbury Mr. Richard Bussy Mr. Iohn Downes Mr. Francis Starkey Mr. Baptist. Mr. Thomas Randolph Mr. Tusser Mr. Anthony Chambers Mr. Nicholas Forton Mr. Gervase Rosell Thomas Burscogh Clerks of the Kitchin Roger Iollibrand Clerks of the Kitchin In the third place there is to be prepared for this Legation Warrants for the Habit and Ensigns of the Order and these are also to be drawn up by the Chancellor of the Order who is to attend the Soveraign for his Sign manual thereunto One Warrant is to be the Master of the Soveraign's Great Waâ—drobe to deliver to Garter King of Arms the Mantle with a Scutcheon of St. George within a Garter embroidered on the left shoulder and Tassels thereunto belonging as also the Surcoat and Hood There is also another Warrant drawn up for the delivery of the Ensigns of the Order to Garter namely the rich Garter the Great Collar of the Order with a George appendant and another smaller George hanging in a Blue Ribband together with Cases for them lined with Purple Velvet and gilt on the outside And sometimes these Ensigns have been delivered out of the Iewel-house to the Herald at Arms joined in the Legation in Garters's stead as where those sent to Charles King of Sweden an 20. Car. 2. But those provided for Iohn George Duke of Saxony to Sir Thomas Higgons the principal in the Legation to him for which they gave their several Receipts The Soveraign's Warrant for the delivery of those Ensigns sent to Maximilian the Emperor was directed to the Lord Treasurer of England for which Garter gave his Receipt But for those sent to the French King Henry the Fourth the Warrant was directed to the Master of the Iewel-house and out of this Office have all the Ensigns of the Order before mentioned been since delivered There are several other Necessaries to be provided which may pass as appurtenances to the former and are sometimes inserted into the Soveraign's Warrants for the Habit of the Order and at other times issue forth by particular Warrants namely A Black Velvet Cap with white Feathers and a Heron Sprig A Girdle and Hangers of the same coloured Velvet with the Surcoat A yard of Purple Velvet hath been usually allowed out of the Great Wardrobe for covering the Book of Statutes which the Soveraign sends to the Elect-Stranger and for the Velom Writing and Binding the said Book there is a Fee paid by the Soveraign to the Register of the Order which generally hath been proportioned according to the Degree of the Stranger for this Officer had allowed him for the Book sent  l. s. d. To the French King Henry the Fourth 5 0 0 To Iohn Casimire Count Palatine 4 0 0 To the Duke of Holstein an 3. Iac. 3 6 8 To the King of Sweden an 3.
first designed for Gascoigne an 20. E. 3. he was made Admiral of the Fleet but the King altering his course upon the advice of Sir Godfry de Harecourt took into his own Ship the Admirals Colours and sailed towards Normandy Where landing at Hoges this Earl made the first attempt with one Esquire and six Archers against 100 Normans whereof 60 were slain upon the place and by this valiant action made way for the Kings Army to land Upon this he was constituted one of the Marshals of the Kings Army and Sir Godfry de Harecourt the other And upon the Kings advance to Cressy he was one of the Commanders under the Prince of Wales who led the Van of his Army in that famous battel He attended the King at the Siege of Calais with 3 Bannerets 61 Knights 160 Esquires 154 Archers on Horseback and upon its surrender he with the Earl of Stafford and Sir Walter Manny had the Keys of the Town delivered them by the King and were appointed to take possession of it for him And for his great services in this Voyage into France the King gave him 1366 l. 11. s. 8 d. and after assigned him 1000 Marks per annum for life out of the Customs of London Lynn and St. Botolphs and these partly in recompence for his great services and partly for wages due for attendance on his person with 100 men at Arms according to certain Indentures of Covenants made betwixt them He was also in that Naval fight against the Spanish Fleet near Winchelsey quarto Calendas Septembris an 24. E. 3. where the English took 26 of their best Ships the rest fled or were sunk King Edward having received intelligence that the French King threatned an Invasion this Earl was constituted Admiral of the Sea from the River Thames Westward and Philip de Witton made his Lieutenant The same year he was constituted one of the Commissioners assigned for the Arraying all able men as well Knights and Esquires as others within the Counties of Warwick Leicester and Worcester for defence of the Realm The Prince being constituted the King's Lieutenant in Aquitaine he attended him thither and there staid with him that year and the year after And that the Town of Vattes in Bretagne might be made defensible he had command to take care of the fortifying it and to furnish the Magazin with stores In the Battel at Poictiers the French King and his eldest Son encountred the Battel of the English Marshals led by the Earls of Warwick and Suffolk And after the Victory the Prince sent this Earl and Sir Reignold Cobham to discover what was become of the French King who after some time espied a Company of Souldiers together and riding towards them found the French King on foot in great danger between the English and Gascoigners for they had taken him from Sir Denis Morbeck to whom the King first yielded himself and in token thereof had given him his right Gauntlet there being above 10 Knights and Esquires among them who challenged him for their Prisoner but this Earl entring the throng commanded the Souldiers to fall back and brought King Iohn to the Prince In this Battel the Earl himself took William de Melleun Archbishop of Seinz Prisoner for whose Ransom he after received 8000 l. and therein behaved himself most valiantly and got great renown having fought so long that his hand was galled with the management of his Sword and Poleax This Earl was in the Gascoigne War an 31. E. 3. he also attended the King in his Expedition into France an 33. E. 3. And after the Peace was agreed upon at Bretigny near Chartres and the King returned to England he gave this Earl the Command of all the Forces he left behind him in Guyenne or any other place on that side the Sea An. 36. E. 3. he marched in the Retinue of Iohn Duke of Bretagne The following year he attended the Prince of Wales into Gascoigne and had an allowance of 452 l. in recompence of his expences and loss sustained by stay of himself and Men at Arms at Southampton After he had been a while in Gascoigne he began his Travels into other Countries having a Train of 300 Horse consisting of Knights Esquires Archers and Servants In this Journey he spent 3 years having made great proof of his Valour in the East Countries against the Pagans and in his return for England brought along with him the King of Lituania's Son to whom being christened in London this Earl was Godfather and named him Thomas His Commission for Marshal of England was renewed to him an 40. E. 3. and the following year he and the Bishop of Durham and some others were impowered to supervise the Marches of Scotland and to treat with David de Bruys about the rupture of the Truce formerly made at Berwick and several injuries done by the Scots He married Katherine one of the Daughters of Roger Mortimer Earl of March who dyed some few weeks before him He had by her these Children Guy his eldest Son who died in France Thomas who succeeded him in his Earldom Reynburn William Lord Bergaveny and Roger. His Daughters were Maud the Wife of Roger Lord Clifford Philippa of Hugh Earl of Stafford Alice of Iohn Beauchamp of Hach Ioane of Ralph Lord Basset of Drayton Isabel of Iohn Lord Strange of Blackmere Margaret of Guy de Montfort Agnes of Cokesey Iulian and Katherine This noble Earls last action was in the Isle of Caux an 43. E. 3. for passing over to Calais in assistance of the Duke of Lancaster as is mentioned the French having intelligence of his coming presently withdrew in great confusion from Chalke-hill where they had pitcht their Tents and upon his arrival understanding that the English had only faced the French and not fought them he could not forbear to condemn their slackness and out of a high sence and indignation thereof said I will go on and fight before the English bread which we have eaten be digested and forthwith past into the Isle of Caux in Normandy which he entred with Fire and Sword but returning to Calais he fell sick of the Pestilence then vulgarly called the Third Mortality and died on the 13. of November His Body was brought over into England and interred in the middle of the Choire of the Collegiate Church at Warwick the Sculp of whose Monument is to be seen in the Antiquities of Warwickshire 5 Piers Capitow de la Bouch. We are yet to seek who this person was notwithstanding there hath wanted no pains in the search That his name was Peter is most evident from the Inscription under his Plate yet remaining in Windesor Chappel in these very Syllables Le Capitow de la Bouch Monsieur Piers But whether Peter de Greilly
Favin and Petrus Blessensis there is particular mention made of consecrating the Sword offering it at the Altar and receiving it again from thence which manner of reception from the Altar was an implicite kind of taking an Oath as may be deduced from the said Petrus Blessensis who saith That Candidates in his time received their Swords from the Altar that they might profess themselves the Sons of the Church and that they received the Sword to the honor of the Priesthood defence of the poor punishment of Malefactors and deliverance of their Country Lastly at the institution of those Christian Orders of Knighthood erected for the defence of the Holy-Land which we shall in the next Chapter discourse of the Knights entred into a solemn Vow and Oath chiefly to propagate and sight in defence of the Christian Faith and to repel the violence and cruelties of Pagans and Saracens In fine among the various Ceremonies performed at the admission of Knights in all the several Orders and Societies of Knighthood whether Religious or Secular which have been erected there are none esteemed greater or ought more solemnly to be observed than the taking of an Oath It was in the times of Peace and great leisure that the before-mentioned solemn and tedious Ceremonies used at the making of Knights were observed whether by great Princes in their own Courts or by Ecclesiasticks in the Church but much otherwise in times of War or on a day of Battel where the hurry and throng of Affairs gave not time for so long and troublesome Ceremonies And therefore aswell before the joining of Battel as after Victory obtain'd the one to encourage and stir up the Valor and Virtue of gallant men to overcome or if they dyed in fight to give their bodies the Honor of Knightly Enterment the other to reward the eminent prowess and valiant performances of those that hapned to survive it was usual for the Prince or General in the Field and sight of the whole Army to give those whom he thought fit to advance to the Honor of Knighthood they humbly kneeling before him a stroke with a naked Sword flat-wise upon their shoulders or else to touch their heads or shoulders lightly as aforesaid without any other Ceremony except pronouncing the words of Creation which latter kind of Ceremony is used in Europe at this day it supplying all the rest and this we commonly call Dubbing the old English word used for creating of a Knight As touching those Ceremonies used at the making of a Knight in Scotland which are chiefly dubbing with a Sword and putting on â—â—urs together with the particulars which the Knights Oath contains see our learned Seldens Titles of Honor they being for substance much the same with what the Knights of former Ages either swore or profest The Benediction of a new Knight at the time of his Creation by the Pope or those whose power in this particular is derivative from him as it is set down in the Pontificale Romanum may be found there or in the said Titles of Honor whither it is transcribed But there is another manner of creating of Knights abroad namely by Royal Codicils or Letters Patents these the Spaniards call Privilegios de Cavelleria and thereupon such Knights are intituled Equites Codicillares and this without any actual Ceremony or Solemnity for the Codicils were chiefly design'd to supply the ordinary way of Dubbing to those who dwelt in remote Countries yet under the Dominion of the Prince that bestowed the Honor. In these Instruments the Emperor or King is said thereby to make and create them Knights willing and intending that thence-forward they should be held and reputed for such and moreover grants that they shall in all their acts and affairs enjoy all the Rights Liberties and Franchises accustomably due to all other Knights throughout all his Dominions aswell also in the same form and manner as if the person had been actually Knighted by his own hand Of this manner of Creation two Presidents are exhibited by the Author of the Iurisprudentia Heroica the one granted by Philip the Fourth King of Spain to Sir Philip Ryckewaert Councellor of his Council of Brabant dated at Madrid the twenty seventh of October 1663. and the other by the present King namely Charles the First and Mary Anne Queen Regent to Leon Iean de Pape Councellor also and Advocate of the Exchequer of his said Council of Brabant dated likewise at Madrid the sixteenth day of December Anno Domini 1665. These Royal Codicils have sometimes though very rarely extended so far as to make this Knightly Degree hereditary which being unknown among us in the Dignity of Knighthood though that of Baronet comes something neer it a few Examples may be worth mentioning We have met with two of these Diplomas in the time of Charles the Fifth Emperor of Germany whereby this Dignity or the Degree of Knight of the Roman Empire as therein it is called is granted by him 20. Nov. 1553. to Sir Stephen Prats of Barcelon and made to reach to his posterity which then or afterwards should be born As also another of the same Emperors made to Lucas de Broyart the twenty fourth day of September 1540. that extends much farther to wit not only to himself and Children born or to be born their Successors and Heirs and the Successors and Heirs of their Children born in lawful Matrimony and carrying the Surname of Broyart but also to all those who should marry any of the Daughters of the said Luke or the Daughters of his Sons their Successors or Heirs There are besides Examples of Grants in this nature which take in the Collateral Lines as in that ancient Diploma which Sir Edward Bysshe Knight Clarenceux King of Arms hath transferr'd to his Notes upon Vpton where it appears that Raymond Viscount of Turine anno 1219. granted to Rodolph de Bessa that he and his Nephews Sons to his Brother Ademar and their Successors should be Knights and enjoy all the Priviledges and Honors of Knights This is the ancientest that I have met with of this sort to which there is another in that place adjoined whereby Maximilian the Emperor granted the Dignity of Knighthood to Thomas Salernitana President of the Council of Naples and to his seven Brothers therein named and their Sons born or to be born and their Male descendants in infinitum But there is one Example of greater rarity in relation to the creating of Knights than any yet remembred viz. by the bare signification of a Kingly Letter without using either any of the afore-mentioned Ceremonies or granting Letters Patents under Seal to that purpose Of which kind the Author of the Iurisprudentia Heroica gives an instance worthy taking notice of where Philip the Fourth King of Spain the fifteenth of Ianuary 1633. conferr'd upon all the Captains that had behaved themselves valiantly in the
for his own and the Princes expeditions During the Minority of this King there were several Matches proposed for him though none took but the last and first his Father designed to marry him to the Lady Margaret Daughter of William Earl of Hanow Holland Zeland and Lord of Frisia who being in the third degree of Consanguinity a Letter was dispatched to the Pope dated the 10. of December in the 12. year of his Fathers Reign for obtaining his Dispensation because of their nearness of blood Secondly with the Lady Sibilla Daughter to Robert Earl of Hanow and Zeland Lord of Frisia as appears from a like Letter to the Pope dated the 2. of November in the following year Thirdly with the Daughter of Iames King of Arragon for which affair were commissionated Alexander Archbishop of Dublin Edmund Earl of Kent King Edward the Second's Brother and William de Weston Canon of Lincoln Doctor of Laws the Commission bore Teste the 30. of March an 17. E. 2. It appears by the Kings Letters of the 16. of February following that her name was Iolant and King Iames her Father stiled Rex Aragoniae Valenciae Corsâ—ae Comes Barch Sanctae Rom. Ecclesiae Vexillarius Admirallus Capitaneus Generalis to whom the King then also sent Sir Edmund Bacon Sir Robert Thorpe Mr. Iohn Heldesley Canon of Chester to proceed further in this matter Fourthly with the Lady Alonar Sister to Alphonsus King of Spain to which purpose Iohn Stoner William de Berne Lord of Lescune William de Weston Canon of Lincolne and Peter de Galicano Canon of Roan were impowered by a Commission dated the 6. of April an 18. E. 2. as also to treat and conclude a marriage between the said King Alphonsus and Elianor King Edward's Sister Besides these the King of Portugal sent Ambassadors over hither to propose a marriage between this Prince and his Daughter to whom the King by Letter dated the 15. of April an 19. E. 2. directed thus Magnifico Principi Domino Alfonso Dei gratiâ Portugaliae Algarbiae Regi illustri amico suo charissimo acquainting him with the Treaty of marriage begun between his Son and the King of Spain's Sister and that because of neerness of blood he had dispatcht a Letter to the Pope for his Dispensation that he had received no account as then of the issue of that Affair that his Son was gone into France to do Homage for the Dukedom of Aquitaine during all which it was not fit for him to begin any new Treaty but if that succeeded not he would then confer with his Ambassador in this particular But last of all in the following year the Queen and Duke having left France went to the Earl of Henault's Court where a Contract past between him and one of the Earls Daughters and not long after his Coronation the marriage was consummate in reference to which R. Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield was constituted the King's Ambassador to contract either espousals or marriage in the King's Name with Philippa that Earls Daughter who forthwith took his Journey to Valenciens and the Popes Dispensation being gained she was there married to King Edward by Proxie By this Lady he was Father to 7 Sons all except two that dyed young men of great renown in that Age namely Edward Prince of Wales and Guyenne signally famous all over Europe and commonly called the Black Prince William of Hatfield Lyonell of Antwerp Duke of Clarence and Earl of Vlster Iohn of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster and Aquitaine King of Castile and Leon Edmund of Langley Earl of Cambridge and Duke of York William of Windesor and Thomas of Woodstock Earl of Buckingham and Duke of Gloucester His Daughters were five Isabell Wife to Ingelram de Coucy Earl of Bedford Ioan married by Proxie to Peter eldest Son to Alphonsus King of Castile and Leon but died in her journey thither Blanch died young Mary Wife to Iohn Montford Duke of Britagne and Margaret Wife to Iohn de Hastings Earl of Penbroke Besides these he had a natural Son named Nicholas who was Abbot of Westminster and lies buried in Westminster before the Altar of St. Blase His Queen fell sick at Windesor Castle and there dyed before him viz. on the day of the Assumption of our blessed Lady an 43. E. 3. whose Exequies and Interment he caused to be solemnized with great magnificence He himself dyed the 21. of June at his Mannor of Shene in Surrey after he had reigned 50 years 4 Months and 28 days and lies interred on the South side of St. Edward's Chappel in Westminster Abbey under a stately Monument having thereon his Portraicture at full length SECT III. Some account of the first 25 Knights-Companions 1. Edward Prince of Wales THis Noble and Valiant Prince was born at Woodstock the 15. of Iune An. Dom. 1330. at ten a Clock in the Morning in the Scheme of whose Nativity found among the Collections of that famous Mathematician Mr. Thomas Allen of Gloucester-Hall in Oxford the 9. degree of Virgo ascends the 3. of Gemini culminates and the Planets are thus posited gr ♄ in 16 ♌ ♃ in 12 ♠♂ in 11 ♉ ☉ in 1 ♋ ♀ in 19 ♊ ☿ in 18 ♊ ♃ in 10 ♊ â— in 22 ♋ â— in 22 ♑ â™ in 19 ♌ So welcome to his Father was the News of his Birth that he granted to Tho. Priour who brought it 40 Marks per annum out of his Exchequer for life until he should setle on him Lands to that annual value Afterwards he gave to Ioane de Oxenford this Prince's Nurse 10 l. per annum out of his Exchequer during her life until he or his Heirs should setle that yearly value in Lands or Rents upon her And the next day a yearly Pension of 10 Marks out of his Exchequer also for life on Matilda Plumpton Bersatrix or Rocker to this young Prince till Lands of that value were in like manner provided for her Before he was three years old the King intended to make some considerable provision for him though he had before made him an annual allowance for the expences of his House and several Gifts did by his Charter dated 18. May in the 7. year of his Reign grant to him by the Title of Edward his most dear and eldest Son the County of Chester the Castles of Chester Beston Rothelan and Flynt and all his Lands there as also the Cantred and Land of Englefield with their appurtenances to him and his Heirs Kings of England together with all Knights Fees Advowsons Liberties Royalties and all other things belonging to the said Country Castles Lands and Cantreds aswell in England as in Wales and the Marches thereof as fully and under the same conditions as himself received them before he was King And thence forward he had the Title of Earl of Chester added to his
Lancaster in Chief Command behind him to whom they did fealty and Homage in the Princes presence and kist his mouth The Affairs of these Countries being thus Ordered the Prince and Princess their young Son Richard the Earls of Cambridge and Penbroke took Shipping for England and arrived at Plimouth about the beginning of Ianuary whence they rode to the King at Windesor where after some stay he took his leave and retired to his own House and about two years after surrendred the Dignity of Prince of Guynne and his whole right therein to his Father King Edward While he was yet in Minority there were several matches designed for him as first being but a year old a Commission was given to Iohn Darcy and William Trussell Knights to treat and agree with Philip King of France or his Deputies upon espousals and Matrimony between this young Prince and King Philips Daughter but the quarrel breaking out afterwards with that King there was no further progress made in his Affair The next proposal was for Margaret one of the Daughters of Iohn Duke of Brabant and Lorraine to which purpose a Commission was made out to Henry Bishop of Lincoln and William de Bohun Earl of Northampton to treaâ— with the said Duke or his Deputies upon this matter and for which in regard they were both within the third Degree of Consanguinity the Popes Dispensations was several times endeavoured to be obtained by Letters sent from the King but he could not be induced to do any thing therein Another match was proposed with a Daughter of the King of Portugal and thereupon the King Commissionated Mr. Andrew Offord Richard de Soham and Philip de Barton to treat of a Marriage not only between the Prince but any other of his Sons and any one of the Daughters of the said King That also taking no effect there was another Commission issued to Robert de Stratton Canon of Chichester and Richard de Soham to treat with the said King concerning a marriage between the Prince and his Daughter Leonora But none of these which were of others providing took effect but at length an 35. E. 3. he married with a Lady of his own choice namely Ioan Countels of Kent Sister and Heir to Iohn Plantagenet Earl of Kent and the Relict of Sir Thomas Holland one of the first Founders of this most Noble Order commonly called for her Excellent Beauty the fair Maid of Kent And because the Prince had married her notwithstanding nearness of Kindred between them and of his Christning her eldest Son it was thought requisite to have a Papal Absolution from Excommunication and Dispensation for Marriage both which were obtained from Pope Innocent the Sixth in the 9. year of his Popedom By her he had two Sons namely Edward the Eldest born at Angoulesme in Feb. 1365. Leland saith 1364. who dyed in Gascoigne at 7. years of Age and Richard the second Son born at Bordeaux on Twelfth-Day being Wednesday at three a Clock in the Afternoon 1366. and had three Kings to his Godfathers viz. of Spain Navarre and Portugal Besides these he had two Natural Sons Iohn Sounder and Sir Roger de Clarendon to the latter of these he gave by his Will a Silk Bed with all thereunto belonging This Roger was after made one of the Knights of the Chamber to King Richard the Second to whom the said King the first of October 13. R. 2. gave for life 100 l. per annum out of the Issues of his Subsidies in the Counties of Bristol Gloucester Somerset Dorset and Cornwall His Disease contracted in Spain grown now uncurable and he drawing near to his end made his Will in the Kings great Chamber at Westminster the 7. of Iune an 50. E. 3. and disposed of his Body to be buried in the Cathedral Church of the Trinity in Canterbury And such was his care of those who had done him service that he charged his Son Richard by his Will to continue the payment of those Pensions which he had given them The Executors nominated therein were his Brother of Spain the Duke of Lancaster William Bishop of Winchester Iohn Bishop of Bath William Bishop of St. Asaph Robert de Walsham his Confessor Hugh de Segrave Steward of his Lands Aleyn de Stokes and Iohn de Fordham The next day after his Will was made being Trinity Sunday this Noble Prince the Flower of Chevalry and delight of the English Nation departed the World his body being imbalmed was wrapt in Lead and kept till Michaelmas the Parliament being then to meet to be interred with greater Solemnity which was performed at Canterbury near the Shrine of Thomas Becket over whose Grave a stately Monument was erected for him which yet remains undefaced 3 Henry Earl of Lancaster THE second Stall on the Soveraign's side was assigned to Henry then Earl of Lancaster and Derby Son to Henry Earl of Lancaster Brother and Heir of Thomas Earl of Lancaster Beheaded at Pontefract on Monday before our Lady-Day an 15. E. 2. and Maude Daughter and Heir to Sir Patrick Cadurces or Chaworth Knight Lord of Kidwelly and Ogmore in Wales The first considerable Military Honor conferred on him was that of Commander in Chief of all the King's Forces sent into Scotland an 10. E. 3. for the Truce with the Scots having been upon the request both of the Pope and King of France and earnest sollicitation of their Ambassadors several times prorogued between the 23. of Nov. an 9. E. 3. and the Sunday next after Ascension day following it then expired before which the King had intelligence of their confederacies abroad and great preparations for War and being engaged to assist and defend Edward Baliol King of Scots who had done him Homage for that Kingdom he thereupon raised an Army for that purpose and gave this noble Knight command thereof by the name of Henry de Lancaster only though I find him in another place relative to this employment called Henry de Lancastre Banneret And by another Commission he gave him power to receive to Faith and Peace the Scots or their adherents and to grant them pardon Shortly after he aâ—â— Tho. Beauchamp Earl of Warwick Henry de Bellomont Earl of Bogham and William de Bohun had Commission given them to treat with Sir Andrew Murrese a Scotch Knight about a Truce between the King and his Subjects in Scotland and the said Sir Andrew and other the Scots to hold till Midsummer following Towards the latter end of this year David Bruys then in France had obtained that Kings assistance and gotten together a great Navy with which he did much mischief to the Merchants about the Isle of Wight besides he had entred the Isles of Gerusey and Iarsey and killed divers of the Inhabitants The King therefore gave Commission to the Archbishop of Canterbury and others
Chancellor Treasurer the Earls of Arundel and Huntingdon Sir Bartholomew Burghersh Mr. Nicholas Northburgh Clark of the Privy Seal William Basset and other the Kings Justices and being not able to deny the premises he put himself upon the Kings favour and was thereupon committed to the Custody of Iohn de Long Marshal of the Kings Bench. We have met with little else concerning this Knight save that he went over into Bretagne with his said Brother Thomas an 29. E. 3. and had been Governor of Gernsey Iarsey Sark and Aurney We also find that a Fine was acknowledged at Westminster on the morrow after the Purification of our Lady an 33. E. 3. between him and the said Otho Querent and Robert de Holland the elder Knight and Robert de Holland the younger Deforcients of the Mannor of Yokeshale and the Advowson of the Church there to the use of the said Otho for life and after his death to return to the said Sir Robert the elder and Robert the younger and the Heirs of the said Sir Robert But he lived not to enjoy the benefit of it long for he dyed in Normandy the 3. day of September following being seized also for life of the Mannors of Kersey in Suffolk Taleworth in Surrey and Chesterfield in Derbyshire and these of the gift of his Brother Thomas and the Lady Ioane his Wife as also of the Mannor of Dalbery in the said County of Derby for life by the Grant of Robert de Holland 24. Sir Henry Eam ALL we have met with relating to this noble Knight is only what the following Instrument made to him by the Prince of Wales of an Annuity of 100 marks and confirmed by the King doth inform us of whereby it appears that he was a Native of Brabant and received the Honor of Knighthood from the said Prince's hands Rex omnibus ad quos c. Salutem Inspeximus Literas Patentes dilecti fidelis nostri Edwardi Principis Walliae Ducis Cornubiae Comitis Cestriae filii nostri Charissimi in haec verba Edward eisné filz au Noble Roy d' Engleterre de France Prince de Gales Duc de Cornwaill Counte de Cestre A tous ceux qui cestes Lettres verront on orront Saluz Sachez que come nostre trescher bien ame Monsit Henri Eam au temps qil avoit pris de noz meins l' Ordre de Chivaler se ofâ—rist premist de sa fraunche volunté destre entendant à noz services à terme de sa vie qeu temps qe noâ—s luy ferrions sufficialment garnir d'aler ovesqe nous queu part que nous vourrions auessi bien pur la pees come pur la guerre destre armes od nous à noz volontez countre toute gent forpris le Ducs de Brabant son Seigneur lige en la defense de ses terres propres Nous acceptantz celles offre premesse voillantz pour son dit service avoir qil soit le plus tennz à nous servir devant nul antre tiel regard faire à luy dont il se purra le mieltz contenir à l'avenance de son estat lui avons doné un annuele rent de Cent marez à terme de sa vie à receiure de nostre Manoir de Bradenash en Counte de Deveneshire chesâ—un an à les termes de Pasques de Seint Michel per oueles porcions per les meyns des gardeins de mesmes le Manoir qi pur les temps serront les offre premesse dussusditz en toutz pointz tenuz gardez volons que à qule heure à quant des foitz son dit paiement soit aderrier en partie ou en tout à nul terme assigné il lise au dit Monsir Henri destreindre en le dit Manoir les destresses tenir tanqil soit pleinement paiez de quanqe lui serra à derriere come dessus est dit En Tesmoignance de quel chose nous avons fait faire cestes noz Lettres overtez Donné souz nostre Seal à Westm. le xviij jour de Jeneuer l'an du Regne nostre trescher Seigneur Piere le Roy d' Engleterre vintisme primer de France octisme Nos autem concessionem praedictam ratem habentes gratam eam pro nobis haeredibus nostris quantum in nobis est praefato Henrico ad totam vitam suam tenere praesentium concedimus confirmamus sicut Literae praedictae rationabilitèr testantur In cujus c. Teste Rege apud Westmonasterium xxviij die Iunii Per ipsum Regem 25 Sir Sanchet Dabrichcourt SIR Iohn Froissard takes notice that Queen Isabel Wife to King Edward the Second being driven out of France was courteously entertained at the Castle of Amberticourt in Henault by a Knight of that name whose then it was and that thereupon the Queen and the Prince brought him his Lady and Children over with them where they all received advancement in the Court of England 'T is very probable then that this Sir Sanchet might be Son to that Knight and yet Ralph Brooke York Herald makes him to be the Son of Eustace Dabrichcourt and Elizabeth Daughter of the Duke of Iuliers the Relict of the Iohn Plantagenet Earl of Kent But this is a great mistake and overseen by Augustine Vincent Windesor Herald in his correction of Brooke For it is clear that after the death of that Earl his Widow vowed chastity in the Monastery of Waverly where she continued some years and that on Michaelmas day an Dom. 1360. which was above 11. years after the Institution of this Order of the Garter she was clandestinely married to Eustace de Abrichescourt by one Iohn de Ireland and therefore he could not be Son of these two persons whose marriage was so long after the Institution of that Order whereof he was one of the first Founders We find mention of a gift which King Edward the Third made to this Knight of all the Chattels belonging to Iohn Wardedien who had fled for killing of Robert Poteman but nothing else 26 Sir Walter Paveley THis Sir Walter was Son and Heir of Walter Paveley and Maud Daughter and Heir of Stephen Burghersh His said Father died an 1. E. 3. at which time he was about 8 years old He was also Cousin and next Heir to Henry Burghersh Bishop of Lincolne He went into Bretagne in the Kings Service with Sir Bartholomew Burghersh senior an 16. E. 3. so also the following year and again an 19. E. 3. The 20. of King Edward the Third he went with him in the Expedition the King made into France and therefore had his Lands in Northamptonshire and Wiltshire discharged from finding men at Arms c. to serve the King in that Expedition And the next year it seems he had command abroad under Sir