in case he should die without any Issue of his own body lawfully begotten that then Edward Grey his Illegitimate Son by the same Iane Orwell should have and enjoy his said Barony and Mannor of Powys his Castle and Mannor of Poole and all other his Lordships in the County of Montgomery and the reversion and inheritance of the Castle and Mannors of Charleton and Pontysbury to him and the Heirs of his Body lawfully begotten and for lack of such Issue to remain to that Child in case it should be a Son wherewith the same Iane Orwell was then great by him and to the Heirs of his body lawfully begotten but if it should not be a Son or if a Son die without Issue then that the whole Barony of Powys and all the premisses before-mention'd should come to Iane Grey his Daughter and to the Heirs of her body lawfully begotten and for lack of such Issue to Anne Grey his other Daughter and the Heirs of her body lawfully begotten and for default of such Issue to such Woman Child as should be born of the Body of the said Iane Orwell This Edward Married Anne one of the Daughters and Coheirs of Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolk for so by her Testament she calls her self but by her had no Issue Which Anne surviving him became the Wife of Randle Hauworth Esq and by her said Testament bearing date 29 Oct. an 1557. 5 4 Ph. M. bequeath'd her body to be buried in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in the City of London upon the right hand above the steps going up to the Altar or else in the Abby of Westminster Ratcliffe Lord Fitzwalter 1 H. 7. OF this Family that which I have first observ'd to be most memorable is that in 7 H. 5. Sir Iohn Ratcliffe Knight being Constable of the Castle of Frounsak in Aquitane had a thousand marks per annum allow'd to him for the guard thereof and in 1 H. 6. being retain'd to serve the King as Seneschal of that Dutchy had an assignation of four shillings by the day for his own Salary and xx Marks a piece per annum for CC. Archers Also that in 4 H. 6. in consideration of two thousand Marks then due to him by the King for his Wages in that Service he had a grant of the Wardship of Raphe Earl of Westmorland then in Minority Moreover that in 7 H. 6. he was by Indenture retain'd to serve in the Wars of France with C. Men at Arms of which number himself to be one four other Knights the rest Esquires and CC. Archers And that in 11 H. 6. upon his humble Remonstrance that there was by computation then in arrear and due unto him for those his services upon the last of Iune 9 H. 6. no less than the sum of seven thousand twenty nine pounds thirteen shillings and a penny he obtain'd an assignation of all the Kings Revenues issuing out of the Counties of Caernervon and Merionyth in North-Wales as also out of the Lordships of Chirk and Chirk-land to hold until the arrear of what was then so due unto him should be fully satisfied In 13 H. 6. being sent to Arras there to treat with the Dolphin of France he had Licence to carry with him Gold and Silver in Coin with Plate to the value of five hundred Marks for his necessary uses in that imployment And in 14 H. 6. being Lieutenant of Calais the Duke of Burgundy laid Siege to that Garrison for three Weeks But he lived not long after For in 19 H. 6. upon a farther computation of the Debts due for his Services as Seneschal of Aquitane and Constable of the Castle of Frounsak until the sixth of November 15 H. 6. which amounted to seven thousand and fifteen pounds two Shillings half penny farthing besides Lxviii due to him for his charges in that Embassy to Arras being then a Banneret Thomas Ratcliff and Robert Lâ—thum his Executors obtain'd a grant from the King for the reception of all the Revenues arising by the Subsidies and Customs in the Ports of Poole Welcombe Exmouth Dertmouth Plymmouth Fowey and Bridgwater until those sums should be clearly discharged This deceased Sir Iohn Ratcliff being Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter Married Elizabeth the Daughter and Coheir of Walter Lord Fitz-walter and by her had Issue Iohn his Son and Heir who in 39 H. 6. obtain'd a Pardon of Intrusion for entring upon the Lands of his Inheritance without Livery And in 1 H. 7. being summon'd to Parliament by the Title of Lord Fitzwalter was joyn'd in Commission with Sir Reginald Bray Knight for exercising the Office of Chief Justice of all the Forests beyond Trent being at that time Steward of the King's Houshold In 3 H. 7. he was associated with Iasper Duke of Bedford and others for exercising the Office of High Steward of England upon the Coronation-day of Queen Elizabeth Wife of that King But in 11 H. 7. being attainted in Parliament for divers Rebellions and Treason as the Record in general telleth us whereof the chief was his attempt to set up Perkâ—n Warbek who personated Richard Duke of York the younger Son to King Edward the Fourth and being carried Prisoner to Calais whence he endeavoured to make his escape by corrupting his Keepers he there lost his Head Nevertheless Robert his Son and Heir found much favour being in 21 H. 7. by Letters Patent bearing date 3 Nov. fully restored to his Honour And in 1 H. 8. obtain'd an Act of Parliament for Revocation of that attainder After which in 4 H. 8. he attended the King in that great Expedition then by him made to Therovene and Tournay And in 14 H. 8. lâ—d the Van of that Army then sent into France under the Command of the Earl of Surrey In which and other his imployments he merited â—o well as that he was by Letters Patent bearing date 18 Iulii 17 H 8. advanced to the dignity of a Vicount by the Title of Vicount Fitzwalter And in 21 H. 8. was one of the Peers who subscribed those Articles which were then presented to the King against Cardinal Wolsey Moreover upon the 28th of December the same year being then Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter he was Created Earl of Sussex And in 22 H. 8. join'd with the rest of the Peers in Parliament in subscribing that Declaration then sent to Pope Clement the Seventh whereby they represented to his Holiness that unless he did comply with King Henry in that business of his so much desired Divorce from Queen Catherine his Supremacy here would not long be acknowledged Also in 24 H. 8. he was one of the Nobles which then attended the King into France In 25 H. 8. this Earl
Margery his Mother being then alive went on Pilgrimage to Rome whence she retâ—â—ned safe and dyed in England in 37 Edw. 3. This William was summoned to Parliament in 24 and 25 Edw. 3. and married Margaret Daughter of Raphe Lord Nevill but in 26 Edw. 3. taking a journey into the Holy Land he there died without any Issue leaving Thomas his Brother Heir to that great Inheritance then but fourteen years of age Unto this Margaret the Mannor of Thurmanbowe in Yorkshire was assigned for her maintenance who afterwards became Wife to Henry Lord Percy and died in 46 Edward 3. In 31 Edw. 3. this Thomas staying in Gascoigne in the King's service had Letters of Protection this being the year that the Black Prince returned from France after his victory at Poytiers where King Iohn of France was taken prisoner which makes it probable that this Thomas de Ros was personally in that service but he had not Livery of his Lauds till the year next following In that year he had also License to marry Beatrice the Widow of Maurice Fitz-Moris Earl of Desmond daughter to Raphe Earl of Staâ—ford who surviving him became the Wife of Sir Richard Burley Knight Which Lady Beatrice in 10 Hen. 4. founded a Chantry within the Cathedral Church of S. Paul in the City of London in the Chapel of S. Iohn Baptist near the North door of one Priest to celebrate Divine service there for the Souls of Sir Richard de Burley Knight her late Husband as also for the Souls of the Father and Mother of the same Sir Richard and of Richard de Pembruge And moreover for the Soul of Thomas de Ros his Parents and all the Faithful deceased and finally for the good estate of her self during this life and for the health of her Soul afterwards For the maintenance of which Priest she setled twelve Marks per Annum issuing out of certain Messuages and Shops in London and died not till 3 Hen. 5. But I return to William In 33 Edw. 3. he was again in Gascoigne in the King's service where he continued both that and the next year following And in 44 Edw. 3. went again to the Wars of France being then of the retinue to Iohn Duke of Lancaster and with him at the taking of Mountpaon So also in 44 45 and 46 Edw. 3. In which forty sixth year he was in that Fleet with the King designed for the Relief of Thovars which after nine weeks being at Sea and crossed with contrary winds returned back In 47 Edw. 3. he likewise attended the Duke of Lancaster into France who then sailed thither with a very great Army for the relieving of Thovares still besieged So also in 1 Ric. 2. This Thomas had summons to all the Parliaments from 36 Edw. 3. until 7 Ric. 2. inclusive and in that seventh year of Ric. 2. having an extraordinary devotion to go on Pilgrimage to Ierusalem for performance of his vow which he had long made for that purpose obtained License of the King so to do which License bears date the fourth of May. But being on his journey at his Mannor of Uffyngton he there departed this life upon the eighth of Iune next ensuing leaving Iohn his Son and Heir eighteen years of age and William Thomas and Robert his younger Sons as also two Daughters Elizabeth Wife of Thomas Son and Heir of Roger Lord Clifford and Margaret and was buried in the midst of the Quire of Rievault-Abbey in Yorkshire the Lands whereof he was then possessed being these viz. the Castle and Mannor of Belvoir the Mannors of Wollesthorpe Ussyngton with its members in Talyngton Deping and Casewyke as also the Mannors of Wragby Freston and Gousâ—â—l in Com. Linc. The Mannor of Helmestey extending it self into Pokelay Carleton Harum Boselam and Oswaldkirke Likewise the Mannors of Lynton Garton Howesham Turnham-hall Hosse in Holderness Seton Storthwayt Melburne Thornton in Craven and Bayldon in the County of York The Mannor of Adderley in Com. Salop. Stoke-Daubeney in Com. Northt Preston in Com. Buck. The Castle and Mannor of Chilâ—am with the Mannors of Hothâ—eld and Wulrington and the fourth part of the Mannor of Kingsdowne in Kent The Mannors of Wysette and Brende-Bradefeld in Suffolk The moity of the Mannors of Holt and Cleye juxta mare the moity of the Mannor of Cleye juxta Walsyngham with the Mannors of Hakeford Watton and Whitewell in Norfolk the moity of the Mannor of Blanch-Apleton in the City of London the Mannor of Tarent-Uilers in Com. Dorst the Mannor of Botelefford and moity of the Mannor of Plungarth in Com. Leic. the Mannor of Bokeland in Com. Hertf. Shigleford in Com. Essex Sutton upon Trent Screveton Warâ—op and Orston in Com. Nott. and Bourne in Com. Sussex This Iohn though then not twenty years of age was the year following retained to serve the King in his Wars and in 10 Ric. 2. making proof of his age and doing his Homage had Livery of his Lands In 11 Ric. 2. he went to Sea with Richard Earl of Arundell then Lord Admiral in that Naval-expedition wherein great spoil and mischief was done to the French especially in the Islands belonging to that Kingdom In 12 Ric. 2. he was joyned with Henry Earl of Northumberland and Raphe Lord Nevill in the Government of Carlisle and Wardenship of the West-marches of Scotland In 14 Ric. 2. he was one of the Commissioners amongst others as well in treating for Peace betwixt the King and his Adversaries of France and Scotland as for observing the Truce already made And was summoned to Parliament from the tenth to the seventeenth of King Richard the Second's Reign inclusive And as he was thus eminent for his Military Actions so was he no less for his Piety as is manifest by that his Pilgrimage which he made to Ierusalem in which he departed this life at Paphoâ— in the Isle of Cyprus by means of the ill air of that Country without any Issue 6 Aug. 17 Ric. 2. though he had to Wife Mary de Orebie Daughter of Henry de Perci and was buried in the Abbey of Rievaulx on the South-side of the Quire near the high Altar leaving Sir William de Ros Knight his Brother and Heir then twenty four years of age who doing his Homage had Livery of his Lands in February next following Which Mary his Wife daughter of ... by Ioane Daughter and Heir of Iohn de Oreby deceased the year next ensuing leaving Constantine de Clifton and Maude the Wife of Sir Raphe Cromwell Knight her Cousins and Heirs This William thus succeeding his Brother in that fair Inheritance was imployed by the King soon after
Hierusalem and there made his abode for some time Thence Travelling into other Countryes he came to Venice and Padua As also to Rome out of great affection he had to see the famous Vatican-Library Where he made such an elegant Oration to Pope Pius the Second that it drew Teares from the Eyes of his Holiness Likewise that he Translated into English the Orations of Publius Cornelius and Caius Flaminius and Wrote divers Learned Tracts whereof Bale maketh mention Moreover that he Founded a Fraternitie in All-Hallows-Church at Berkyng near the Tower of London Likewise that having been a firm adherer to the House of York and the Scene changing through the potency of Nevill Earl of Warwick King Edward being forc't to flee beyond-Sea and King Henry restored he was necessitated to shift for himself so that being found on the top of an high Tree in the Forest of Waybrigg in Com. Hunt he was brought to London and judg'd to suffer death by Iohn Earl of Oxford whereupon he lost his head on Tower-hill and was buried at Black-Friers in that City Furthermore that he had two Wives First Elizabeth the daughter to Robert Greyndour and by her a son called Iohn who died young Secondly Elizabeth daughter of Thomas Hopton Esquire sister of Sir Walter Hopton Knight Widow of Sir Roger Corbet of Morton Corbet in Com. Salop. Knight on whom he begot a son called Edward who was but little more than two yeares of age at his death Which Edward being restored in blood by King Edward the Fourth died without issue 12 Aug. 3 R. 3. Whereupon his three Aunts became his heires viz. Philippa Wife of Thomas Lord Roos of Hamlake Ioane Married to Sir Edmund Inglethorpe Knight and Ioyce to Edmund son and heir to Iohn Lord Dudley Piers de Gaveston Earl of Cornwall 1 Edw. 2. THere is not I think in all our English History a greater instance of an unhappy Favourite than that of this Piers de Gaveston much unhappy to himself but more to his Soveraign Who being corrupted in his youth by the leud conversation of this vain young Man became most miserable at last not only by Deposal from his Government but by the Murther of his Person Being by Birth the son of a private Gentleman in Gascoine who had merited well for his faithful services in the Wars of those parts he was for that cause in his very childhood receiv'd into the Court of King Edward the First there to wait upon Prince Edward his eldest Son Upon whose affections in tract of time he so much gained by humouring him in such sensual delights whereunto youth is naturally inclin'd that he guided and govern'd him according to his own vile humour The dangerous consequence whereof was not foreseen by the King until near the time of his own death as it seems for this Piers was with him in his Wars of Scotland in 32 d of his Reign as is evident from that Pardon which was afterwards granted to him as also to Roger Lord Mortimer Gilbert de Clare and others for departing thence at that time without leave So likewise in that of 34 Edw. 1. which was the last Expedition into those parts by that Victorious King being in order thereto made Knight at the Feast of Pentecost with Prince Edward by Bathing c. But then was it most clearly discern'd by divers of the Nobles at that time there how destructive it might be to themselves and to the whole Realm that such an ill Companion should longer continue with the Prince whereupon the King lying upon his Death-bed at Burgh upon the Sands near Carlisle forc'd him to abjure the Realm and commanded his Son the Prince upon Penalty of his Curse that he should not recall him back Nevertheless notwithstanding this strict charge of the dying King no sooner did he hear that the breath was out of his Father's Body but that he sent for him again and bestow'd on him the King's Jewels and likewise all that Treasure which had been design'd for the succor of the Holy Land viz. Thirty two thousand pounds of Silver which also upon the danger of his Father's Curse ought not to have been otherwise dipsosed of Whereof being thus possess'd he convey'd it into the hands of Forrein-Merchants for his own private benefit Amongst which Jewels there was a Table and Tressels of Gold which he had taken out of the Treasury at Westminster and delivered them to Aymeri de Frisconbaud to be carried into Gascoine And besides all this he caused Walter Langton Bishop of Covenâ—ry and Lichfield who had been Lord Treasurer to King Edw. 1. to be imprisoned Nay so great was his interest that upon the King 's going over to Boloin to Marry with the Lady Isabell daughter to Philip le Beau King of France which Marriage was solemnized 8 Cal. Febr. he obtain'd a special Patent bearing date 26 th December to be Guardian and Lieutenant of this Realm during his absence And Soon after this having Married Margaret the second sister and coheir to Gilbert de Clare Earl of Glocester daughter to Ioane of Acres the King's sister the Wedding being kept at Berkemsted in the presence of the King he procured a Grant to himself and her the said Margaret in tail of that great Mannor of Brustwyke in Holderness with its members Also of the Castle and Mannor of Skypton in Craven Of the Castle and Honor of High-Peke in Com. Derb. Of the Castle Mannor and Honor of Cokermuth in Com. Cumb. with its Members Of the Mannors of â—orpell and Upton in Com. North. Of the Castle of Caresbroke and other the Kings Lands in the Isle of Wight all which formerly belong'd to Isabel de Fortibus sometime Countess of Aâ—â—emaâ—le and were then valued at Three thousand Marks per annum And of the Mannors of Crokham and Berkhamsted in Com. Hertf. with Frâ—e-warren in all his Demesn-lands there as also in Byflete and Pachenesham in Com. Surr. with remainder to the King and his heirs About the same time likewise he had a Grant in Fee of the whole Earldom of Cornwall with the Castle Mannors and Lands thereto belonging as also of the Shrievalty of that County Likewise of the Stannaries and all Mines of Tin and Lead sometime belonging to Edmund Earl of Cornwall Of the Castle and Mannor of Lydeford with its Appurtenances Of the whole Moore and Free-Chase of Dertmore of the Town of Exeter of the Castle Town and Honor of Knaresburgh with Free-Chase there Of the Mannors of Routhclyve and Aldburgh of the Castle Town and Honor of Walingford with the Mannors of Watlington and Bensington of the Four Hundreds and half of Ciltrie of the Honor of St. Walerie of the Mannor of Beckley of the Castles and Mannors of Mereswell
descended to him and it so clog'd with Debts that for the disengaging thereof he Married the said Frances his Grand-Daughter and Heir to Humble Ward the only Son of William Ward a Wealthy Goldsmith in London Jeweller to the late Queen of which Humble I shall speak farther in due place And departing this Life 23 Iunii an 1643. was buried in St. Edmund's Church at Dudley since pull'd down in the time of the late troubles by reason of its nearness to the Castle ¶ Having now done with this Line of the Barons of Dudley I come to Iohn the second Son to Iohn Lord Dudley This Iohn by Elizabeth his Wife one of the two Daughters and Coheirs of Iohn Bramshot Esq Lord of the Mannors of Eatton Calbourne and Whitwell in the Isle of Wiht as also of the Mannor of Brâ—mshot in Com. Suth had Issue Edmund his Son and Heir which Edmund upon her Death 12 Oct. 14 H. 7. was found to be thirty six years of Age. And having been trained up to the Study of the Laws in Grays-Inne as it seems by his Arms then set up and still remaining in a Window of the Chappel there became so great a proficient therein as that though then but young in 1 Henr. 7. he was made choice of to be one of the Privy Council to that prudent Prince proper prudentiam singularem fidem gravitatem saith Polyd. Virg. In 19 H. 7. being then Speaker of the House of Commons in Parliament he should have been made Sergeant at Law upon the 13th of November But for what reason appears not he did Petition that he might be discharg'd from assuming that Dâ—gree Whereupon the King directed his Precept to William Bishop of London then Lord Keeper of the Great Seal Commanding his forbearance to make out any Writ for his Call and in 22 H. 7. he obtain'd the Stewardship of the Rape of Hastitings in Com. Suss. This Edmund wrote a Book called Arbor Reipublicae Whether he with Richard Empson another Lawyer Son to a Sive-maker in Touceter as our Historians affirm discerning King Henry to be of a frugal disposition did first project the taking advantage against such as had transgressed the penal Laws by exacting from them the forfeitures according to those Statutes Or whether the King perceiving so fair a gap open to rake vast sums of money from his subjects finding those persons to be fit Instruments for his purpose did put them upon such courses for filling his Coffers 't is hard to say But certain it is that these were they whom he constituted his Iudices fiscales Dudley being an eminent man and one that could put hateful business into good Language as the Lord Verulam saith And merited so well in that imployment as that he obtain'd a grant of the Wardship and Marriage of Elizabeth one of the Daughters and Coheirs to Edward Grey Viscount L'isle whom he made his Wife and by her had issue divers Children But after King Henry had long made use of the services of him and Empson to that end he exposed them to such advantages as the discontented people had any colour to take against them for their manifold Extortions For their course was to proceed secretly to the Outlary against men and then seize their Estates Besides this having also packt-Jurors upon all occasions who were sure to them in any Verdict which serv'd for their purpose they at length had their just reward for those oppressions For King Henry the Eighth in the first year of his Reign being desirous of popularity did by his Proclamation divulge that whosoever had received Injury by the Injustice of any should upon complaint to him have redress Which liberty did so incourage the vulgar who were sufficiently imbittered against them that nothing would then satisfie but their lives so that the King to appease the multitude gave way that they might be legally proceeded against which accordingly was done Whereupon this Edmund being arraign'd at Guild-Hall in London upon Munday next after the xv m e of St. Iohn Bapt. 1 H. 8. before Edward Duke of Buck. Henry Earl of Northumb. Thomas Earl of Surrey George Earl of Shrewsbury Thomas Earl of Derby Thomas Prior of St. Iohns of Hierusalem in England Sir Charles Somerset Knight Lord Herbert Stephen Iennings then Mayor of the City of London Sir Iohn Fineaux Knight Sir Robert Rede Knight Sir William Hodie Knight Robert Brudnell Humphrey Coningesby Sir Iohn Fisher Knight Iohn Boteler William Grevil Sir Thomas Lovel Knight Sir Edward Poynings Kt. Sir Henry Marney Knight Sir Thomas Englefeild Knight and Sir Thomas Drury Knight Justices to inquire c. upon an Indictment of divers high Treasons and thereupon convicted he was on Wednesday next preceeding the Feast of St. Margaret the Virgin attainted in Parliament and had his Head smitten off on Tower Hill with Empson who had been-tryed at Northampton for the Peoples satisfaction upon the 28th of Aug. 2 H. 8. by virtue of the Kings Special Precept to that purpose leaving Issue three Sons Iohn Andrew and Ierome and a Daughter Married to William Lord Stourton Which Andrew being afterwards a Knight and in that Conspiracy upon the Death of King Edward the Sixth for raising the Lady Iane Gray to the Royal Throne had with others sentence of Death in 1 Mariae for the same Of these Iohn the Elder scarce of eight years of Age at his Fathers Death had to his Guardian Edward Guilford Esq of the Body to the King Who by his Petition exhibited in Parliament 3 H. 8. obtained a special Act for the Repeal of the said Edmunds Attainder and restitution of this Iohn in name blood and degree so that he might enjoy all his Fathers Lands Being therefore thus young many years passed before he appeared in any publick Employment so that till 15 H. 8. I have not seen any farther mention of him but then it appears that he was Knighted by Charles Brandon Duke of Suff. General of those forces sent into France against the Duke of Bourbon Also that in 19 H. 8. he accompanied Cardinal Woolsey into France who then went Ambassador thither and that in 26 H. 8 being the Kings Servant he was made Master of the Armory in the Tower of London for life with the Wages of xiid. per diem for his Groom in that Office Moreover that in 31 H. 8. he was Master of the Horse to the Lady Anne of Cleve then landed in this Realm in order to her Marriage with King Henry And in 32 H. 8. in those triumphal Justs held at Westm. upon the first of May and several days after was the first and principal of the Challenges against all Comers his Horse being trapt with white Velvet After which about two years by reason of his Descent on
who succeeded his Grandfather in his honor but died unmarried Whereupon William his Uncle being a Colonel for the late King Charles the First of blessed memory and slain in the Battel of Marsâ—on-moore in Com. Ebor. An. 1645. leaving issue by ... his wife daughter to Sir Thomas Denton of Hilsden in Com. Buck Knight only two daughters viz. Margaret married to Thomas Danby of Chorpe in Mashamshire in Com. Ebor. Esquire and Mary to William Palmes of 〈◊〉 in the same County Esquire the Title of Lord Eâ—â—e resorted to George Evre son of Horatio Evre by Debora his wife one of the daughters and coheirs to ... Bret of ... in Com. Cantii Which Horatio was son of Francis Evre second son to William Lord Evre by Margaret the daughter of Sir Robert Dimock before-mentioned But this George Lord Evre died a Baâ—tchelor in the moneth of October An 1672. leaving Raphe his brother and heir who now sciliâ—et An. 1674. enjoyeth the honor Sheffeild Earl of Mulgreve 1 E. 6. OF this Family whose antient Seat was at a Mannor-place in the Isle of Axholme in Com. Linc. called Hemmeswell near the Spittle Street whence they came to Butterwike in that County was Robert Sheffeild who in 2 H. 7. being one of the Commanders in King Henry the Seventhâ—s Army against Iohn Earl of Lincolne and his adherents in the Battel of Stoke near Newarke shared in the honor of that Victory then obtained This Robert having been Speaker of the House of Commons in Parliament was also Recorder of the City of London being then a Knight And by Helen his wife daughter and heir of Sir Iohn Delves Knight had issue â— Sir Robert Sheffeild of Butterwic Knight who married Margaret the daughter of Sir Iohn Zouch of Codnor Knight and by her had issue Edmund which Edmund upon the 16 th of February 1. E. 6. two dayes preceding that Kings Coronation was advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Sheffeild of Butterwike but upon that Insurrection by the Commons of Norfolk the next ensuing year being one of the Nobles which accompanyed the Marquess of Northampton for the suppressing thereof had the hard fate to lose his life in that good Service for his Horse falling into a Ditch at Norwich and he thereupon pulling off his Helmet to shew those Rebels who he was a Butcher slew him with a Club. By Anne his wife daughter to Iohn the Fifth of that name Earl of Oxford he left issue Iohn his son and heir and three daughters Frances married to ... Metham of ... in Com ... Eleanore to Denzil Holles second son to Sir William Holles of Houghton in Com. Nott. Knight and Elizabeth Which Iohn died in Ian. An. 1568. 11 Eliz. as may seem by the Probate of his Testament leaving issue by Douglass his wife daughter to William Lord Howard of Effyngham Edmund his son and heir and Elizabeth a daughter married to Thomas Earl of Ormund Which Edmund in 25 Eliz. was one of the English Lords that by the command of Q. Elizabeth attended the Duke of Anjoy who had stay'd three moneths in England as a Sutor to her unto Antwerp And in An. 1588. 31 Eliz. being in that notable Fight at Sea against the Spaniard then threatning an Invasion here which by the admirable conduct and courage of the English was utterly broke and dissipated in consideration of his valiant deportment in that memorable service was then Knighted by the Lord Admiral After this he was made Governor of Brill a chief Port of Zealand delivered unto Queen Elizabeth by the States of the Vnited Provinces as one of the Cautionary Towns in consideration of the Moneys lent to them in aid against the Spaniard and in 39 Eliz. surrendring his Trust there Sir Francis Vere succeeded him therein In that Queens time he was also made choice of for one of the Knights Companions of the most noble Order of the Garter and in 14 Iac. constituted President of the Council for the Northern parts of this Realm Furthermore upon the 7 th of February 1 Car. 1. he was created Earl of Mulgreve He married two wives Vrsula the daughter of Sir Robert Tirwhit of Ketilâ—y in Com. Linc. Knight by whom he had issue six sons viz. 1. Charles who died unmarried 2. Sir Iohn Sheffeild Kt. 3. Edmund 4. William drown'd in France 5. Philip. Which Sir Iohn Edmund and Philip were unhappily drown'd z in the pasâ—age at Whitgisâ—-Ferry over the River Humber in the moneth of December An. 1614. 14 Iac. in their father's life time And Sixthly George who broke his neck in a new Riding-house which his Father had made of an old Consecrated Chapel as I have heard He had likewise issue by her nine daughters First Magdalen married to Walter Walsh an Irishman Secondly Elizabeth first wedded to Sir Edward Swifft Knight and afterwards to Sir Iohn Bourchier Knight Thirdly Mary to Sir Ferdinando Fairfax Knight son and heir to Thomas Lord Fairfax of â—ameron in Scotland Fourthly Frances to Sir Philip Fairfax Knight brother to Ferdinando 5. Douglas 6. Triphena to George a younger son to Sir Richard Verney of Cumpton Murdak in Com. Warr. Knight As also Dorothy Vrsula and Anne His second wife was Mariana daughter to Sir William Erwin Knight by whom he had issue three sons Iames Thomas and Robert and two daughters Margaret and Sarah This Edmund Earl of Mulgreve died in October An. 1646. being then Fourscore years of age To whom succeeded Edmund his Grandson and heir viz. son of Sir Iohn Sheffeild Knight his second son before-mentioned by Grifild his wife daughter to Sir Edmund Anderson Knight sometime Chief Justice of the Court of Common-Pleas Which Edmund married Elizabeth daughter to Leonel Earl of Middlesex and died coming up towards London 21. Aug. An. 1658. leaving issue Iohn his son and heir now Earl of Mulgrave who was installed Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter upon the 29 th of May An. 1674. and is now one of the Gentlemen of the Royal Bedchamber to His Majesty King Charles the Second Rich Earl of Warwick 1 E. 6. OF this Family the first touching whom I have seen any considerable mention is Richard Rich an opulent Mercer in London who underwent the Office of Sheriff in that City in An. 1441. 20. H. 6. and Founded a certain Almeshouse at â—odsdoâ— in 〈◊〉 Which Richard departing this life in An. 1469. 9 E. 4 was buried in the Church of St. Laurence in the Iury with this Inscription on his Tomb-stone Respice quod opus est praesentis temporis aevum Omne quod est nihil est praeter amare Deum leaving issue Iohn who lieth interred in St. Thomas of Acres commonly called Mercer's Chapel and he Thomas
same consideration the like Grant of the Forestership of Thornwoods on the Southern part of Shirewoâ—â— in that County with the Fee of four pence a day for executing that Office Nevertheless no sooner did the Earl of Richmund land in this Realm though but with a very slender strength that that he with his six valiant Brothers viz. another Sir Everard then also of Tilton Iohn Digby of â—etilby Rouland Digby of Welby both in Leicestershire Lybeus Digby of Luffâ—am in com Rotel Thomas and Benjamin not forgetting the old Lancastrian Interest came in freely unto him and fought stoutly on his part at Bosworth-Field against King Richard where the Victory falling to that Earl being thenceforth King by the name of Henry the Seventh he advanced Iohn and Thomas to the dignity of Knighthood making the former also Knight-Marshal of His Houshold and the other one of the Gentlemen Huishers of His Chamber conferring on him the Bailywick of â—â—ney in com Buck. and Keepership of the Park there where he thenceforth made his residence But none of them had better advantages for their faithful services to that King than Simon for in the first year of his Râ—ign he obtained the Stewardship of certain Lordships in com Rutl. viz. Uppingham Preston Barouâ—hdon Esenden and Greteham and of all the Lands formerly belonging to George Duke of Clarence to hold for life as also the like Office and Receivership for the Mannor of Bâ—dale in com Ebor. And having in the second year of his Reign been a Commander in His Army at the Battel of Stoke had in consideration of his acceptable services a Grant of the Mannor of â—avysbâ—ry in the parish of Micham in com Surr. and to the heirs male of his body and the next ensuing year a Grant of the Office of Comptroller of the Petty-Customes in the Port of London as also of the Forestership of Thornwoods in Shirewood formerly conferred upon him by King Edward the 4 th and in 11 H. 7. of the Lordship of Coâ—eshill before-specified in special Tail being at that time Deputy to Iohn Earl of Oxford Constable of the Tower of London Which Lordship came to the Crown by the attainder of Sir Simon Montfort Knight for his adherence to Perkâ—n Warbeck After this in 12 H. 7. he had a Commission to exercise Marshal-Law in the Counties of Devon and Cornwall against divers Malefactors and having been Sheriff of the Counties of Warwick and Leicester in the first and ninth years of King Henry the Eighth by his Testament bearing date 22 Aug. 9 H 8. bequeathed his body to be buried in the Chancel of the parish Church of Coleshill under a fair Toâ—b there erected in his life time and departed this life 24 Febr. 12 H. 8. leaving issue by Alice his wife daughter and heir to Iohn Waleys of Est Raddon in com Devon Esquire Reginald Digby his son and heir as also a younger son called Thomas from whom the Digby's of Mansfeild Woodhouse in com Nott. are descended Which Reginald by Ann his wife daughter and coheir to Iohn Danvers of Cothorpe in com Oxon. Esquire had issue Iohn who took to wife Ann the daughter of Sir George Throkmorton of Coughton in com Warr. K t And he George who being at the siege of â—utphen in 28 Eliz. had there the honor of Knighthood conferred on him and by Abigail his wife daughter to Sir Arthur Heveningham of ... in com Norff. Knight left issue l three sons Robert Philip and this Iohn Which Robert being afterwards a Knight and taking to wife Lettice the Grandchild and heir female to Gerald Earl of Kildare in Ireland left issue Robert his son and heir created Lord Digby of Geashill in that Realm by K. Iames whose descendents do still enjoy that honor As to the advancement of this Iohâ— it was his own meer merits which brought it to pass For having first been a Fellow-Commoner in Magdalen-Colledge Oxon. and afterwards travelled into France and Italy whereby he became singularly qualified upon that designed Insurrection on Dunsmore Health in Warwickshire by those Unparallel'd Gunpowder-Conspirators about the beginning of November 3 Iac. in order to the surprisal of the Princess Elizabeth the King's daughter then residing at Combe in that County whereof the Lord Harington her Guardian had private intimation he was by that Lord dispatcht to the Court to acquaint His Majesty therewith Where his abilities and fidelity being amply discern'd by that prudent King he was admitted Gentlâ—man of the privy-chamber and one of His Majesties Carvers Also upon the sixteenth of March 4 Iac. Knighted at Whitehall And in the moneth of April An. 1611. 9 Iac. imployed Embassador into Spaine so likewise in October An. 1614. 12 Iac. Moreover 3 April An. 1616. 14 Iac. made Vice-Chamberlain of his Majesties Houshold and one of his Privy Council And the next ensuing year 15 Iac. being sent again into Spaine upon his return was advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm 25 Nov. 16. Iac. by the title of Lord Digby of Shireburne in com Dors. After which scil An. 1620. 18 Iac. he was sent Embassador to the Arch Duke Albert and the next year following to Ferdinand the Emperor as also to the Duke of Bavaria Whence returning in October An. 1621. he was again scil in An. 1622. 20 Iac. employed Embassador extraordinary to the Spaniard touching a Marriage betwixt Prince Charles and the Lady Maria daughter to Philip the Third then King of that Realm and created Earl of Bristol 15 Sept. the same year He married Beatrice daughter to Charles Walcot of Walcot in com Salop. Esq widdow of Sir Iohn Dive of Bromham in com Bedf. Knight by whom he had issue two sons George born at Madrid in Spaine in the month of October An. 1612. and Iohn born in England in March An. 1617. who dyed in France unmarried As also two daughters Mary married to Sir Arthur Chichester now Lord Dunegal in Ireland and Abigal to George Freake â—ldest son of Iohn Freake of Shroughton in â—om Dors. Esquire And departing this life at Paris in France 16 Ian. An. 1653. was there buried in the common burial place of the Hugâ—enots in that City To whom succeed George his son and heir installed Knight of the Garter An. Apr. 1661 which George married Anne daughter to Francis late Earl of Bedford and by her had issue two sons viz. Iohn his son and heir who first married Alice the only child of Robert Bourne of Blake-Hall in the Parish of Bovenger in com Essex Esquire by whom he had no issue secondly Rachel daughter of Sir Hugh Windham Knight one of the Justices of the Court of Common-Pleas the name of his second son was Francis slain in that sharp Fight at Sea
derive themselves from Herbert Fitz Herbert called Finch who was in ward to the King in 28 E. 1. and lineally descended from Henry Fitz Herbert Chamberlain to King Henry the first was Sir Moyle Finch of Eastwell in com Cantii Knight which Sir Moyle being a person of an ample Fortune was the twenty fifth in number as to precedence of those whom King Iames raised to the degree and title of Baronet in the ninth year of his Reign his Patent bearing date 23 Iunii And not long afterwards by reason of his great prudence in the management of publick affairs should have been more highly dignified in case his death had not prevented it For that consideration therefore and by reason that Elizabeth his widdow was not only the sole daughter and heir to Sir Thomas Heneage Knight Treasurer of the Chamber Vice Chamberlain of the Houshold and Chancellor of the Dutchy of Lancaster to Queen Elizabeth as also one of her Privy Council but a Lady of excellent endowments the same King by his Letters Patent bearing date 8 Iulii in the twenty first year of his Reign advanced her to the dignity of a Vicountess by the title of Vicountess of Maydâ—â—on in Kent with limitation of that honor to the heirs male of her body lawfully begotten After which sâ—il in 4 Car. 1. having obtained from that King the favor of an higher title upon the twelfth of Iuly the same year she was created Countess of Winchelsey in com Suss. with the like limitation and departing this life 13 Martii An. 1633. had burial at Eastwell under a noble Monument there erected for them both The issue which she had by her said Husband was seven sons and four daughters first Sir Theophilus Finch Knight who married Elizabeth daughter to Sir Christopher Hayden of Baconsthorpe in Com. Norff. Knight but died without issue in his life time secondly Sir Thomas Finche Knight thirdly Iohn a Student of the Law of whom there is not now any issue remaining fourthly Sir Heneage Finche Knight Sergeant at Law and Recorder of the City of London fifthly Francis Finche of the Inner Temple who died without any issue surviving sixthly William and seventhly Robert who died both unmarried The daughters were these Anne married to Sir William Twisden of East-Peckham in com Cantii Barronet Catherine to Sir Iohn Wentworth of Gosfeild in com Essex Knight and Barronet and two others bearing the name of Elizabeth who died young Which Sir Thomas succeeding her in those honors married Cecilie daughter to Iohn and sister to the before-specified Sir Iohn Wentworth and departing this life at his house in Charter House-yard in the Suburbs of London 4 November An. 1639. was buried at Eastwell leaving issue surviving three sons Heneage Iohn and William and five daughters Frances married to Sir William Strickland of Boynton in com Ebor. Knight Anne to Sir William Waller Knight Catherine died young Cecilie to Sir Erasmus Philips Knight Diana 〈◊〉 Nicholas Tooke of Gadington in com Cantii Eâ—quire and another Catherine to Ambrose Moore Esquire To whom succeeded Heneage the eldest of those three sons now Earl of Winchelsey who married thrice first Diana daughter to Francis Lord Willoughby of Parham by whom he hath no issue surviving secondly the Lady Mary second daughter to William then Marquess of Hertford afterwards Duke of Somerset and being descended from the antient Family of Herbert long since of Eastwell before mentioned by reason of his faithful services to our present Soveraign King Charles the second manifested in the time of his unparrall'd distresses not only with great hazard supplying his necessities in forreign parts but by preparing Auxiliaries Horse and Foot upon occasion for his best service in acknowledgment of this his signal Fidelity was by Letters Patents bearing date 26 Iunii in the twelfth year of his Keign advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the title of Lord Fitz Herbert of Eastwell before specified Shortly after which he was sent Embassador into Turkey where he continued about eight years By which Lady he had issue six sons first William commonly called Lord Maidston secondly Heneage thirdly Thomas fourthly Charles fifthly Leopald and sixthly Lashley the three last being born in Turkey he had also issue by her two daughters now surviving the rest dying young viz. the Lady Frances married to Thomas Thynne Esquire son to Sir Henry-Frederick Thynne of Caurse-Castle in com Salop. Knight and the Lady Iane. His third wife is Catherine daughter to Sir Thomas Northelyffe of Langton in com Ebor. Knight widdow of Sir Iohn Wentworth of of â—msald in the same County Knight by whom he hath issue Catherine a daughter Which William called Lord Maydstone married Elizabeth the daughter of Thomas Windâ—am of Felbragg-Hall in com Norf. Esquire but being in that great Fight at Sea against the Dutch in May An. 1672. 24 Car. 2. had the ill hap to be there slain by a Cannon Bullet leaving issue one daughter called Mariamna and his Lady then great with Child of a son whereof she was delivered upon the twenty sixth of September next following whose name is Charles and now called Lord 〈◊〉 Iohn Lord Finche of Fordwiche 16 Car. 1. A Branch of this Family viz. Son of Sir Henry Finch of Mote in com Cantii Knight second Brother to Sir Moyle Finch was Iohn Finch who having his education in Grays-Inne became so great a proficient in his Study of the Laws that in 16 Iac. he was made choice of for the Autumn Reader there as also shortly afterwards viz. in An. 1627. 3 Car. 1. Speaker of the House of Commons in Parliament And in 2 Car. 1. 3 Nov. constituted Treasurer for that honorable Society of Grays Inne Likewise upon the 13 of December following made the Queens Atturney General After this 8 Sept. 10 Car. 1. he was called to the state and degree of Serjeant at Law and upon the fourteenth of October constituted one of the Justices of the Court of Common-Pleas also upon the twenty first of Ianuary 11 Car. 1. Chief Justice in the same Court Moreover upon the death of Thomas Lord Coventry he had the office of Lord Keeper of the great Seal conferred upon him scil 23 Ian. 15 Car. 1. and lastly upon the seventh of April 16 Car. 1. was advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Kealm by the title of Lord Finche of Fordwiche But long he continued not in that high place of Lord Keeper the predominant party in the late Long Parliament being so fierce upon him as that in Ianuary the next ensuing year to preserve himself from their severity he fled into the Netherlands and there continued till the happy Restauration of our present Sovereign King Charles the second He married twice first Eleanore daughter to Sir George Wyat of Boxley in com Cantii Knight secondly Mabella daughter of Charles
Privy Council as also Lord Lieutenant of Ireland for some time He married twice First Lucie Daughter of Robert Earl of Warwick by whom he had Issue two Sons Robert who Married Sarab the Daughter of Iohn Bodvile of Bodvile-Castle in Com. Carnarbon Esq and Hinder His second Wife is Isabella Daughter of Sir Iohn Smith Knight Son of Customer Smith by whom he hath Issue three Sons Francis Henry and Warwick and four Daughters Isabella married to the Lord Moore eldest Son to the Earl of Drogheda in Ireland Aramintha Olympia and Essex Lord Conway 22 Iac. THis Family now of Ragley in Com. War a Lordship obtain'd by purchase towards the later end of Queen Elizabeth's reign do derive their descent from Sir Henry Conway Knight Which Sir Henry having been Knighted by Edward Mortimer Earl of March and Uivesâ—er about the beginning of King Richard the Seconds reign was by Indenture bearing date 1 Aug. 5 R. 2 retained to do him service as a Knight during all his life and in times of Peace to have diet for himself one Esq one Chamberlain and four Grooms as also Hay Oates Horshooes and Nails for six Horses or reasonable allowance for the same And whensoever he should be required to make his attendance on him for service of War the like Diet or Wages in lieu thereof for himself his Esquire Chamberlain and five Grooms with Hay Oates c. for eight Horses And likewise allowance of the like wages and reward as he gave to others of their quality for so many men at Arms and Archers as he should bring to him for the service of War From this Sir Henry descended Iohn Conway of Potrithan in Com. Flint Esq who had Issue two Sons Hugh and Edward Which Hugh in 1 H. 7. was imploied by Margaret Countess of Richmund to Henry Earl of Richmund her Son then in Britanny with money as also with direction to assure him of the good affections which most of the Nobility of this Realm did bear to him and to incite his speedy coming into England And being Master of his Wardrobe shortly after he had obtained the Crown of this Realm received the Honour of Knighthood at the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth Wife to that King and became one of his Privy Council as also Knight for his Body and Treasurer of his Houshold In 7 H. 7. he was likewise retained to serve him in his Wars beyond Sea with xx Men at Arms besides himself But of him I have no more to say the Line continuing from Edward Which Edward taking to Wife Anne the Daughter and sole Heir to Richard Burdet of Arrow in Com. Warr. Esq enjoy'd that Lordship as her right and being a Gentleman Huisher of the Chamber to King Henry â—he Eighth obtain'd a special Licence under the Privy Signet dated 12 Febr. 3 H. 8. to retain certain able men Voluntiers for the King's Service in his Wars and departed this life on Thursday next ensuing the Feast of St. Bartholomew the Apostle 38 H. 8. leaving Iohn his Son and Heir 35. years of Age and upwards Which Iohn being soon after Knighted was in that great Expedition made into Scotland in 1 E. 6. where he merited so well for his valour manifested in those services then perform'd as that upon the 28 th of Sept. the same year he was made a Banneret He Wedded Catherine Daughter to Sir Raphe Verney Knight And by his Testament bearing date 22 Iulii 6 E. 6. bequeath'd his Body to be buried in the Church at Arrow and dyed ... leaving Issue another Sir Iohn Conway Knight his Son and Heir who Married Elene the Daughter of Sir Fulke Grevill of Beauchamp'sâ—Court in Com. Warr. Knight And being a person of great knowledge in military affairs was made Governour of Ostend by Robert Earl of Leicester 29 Dec. an 1586. 29 Eliz that Earl being then General of the English Auxiliaries in behalf of the States of the United Provinces and departed this life 4 Oct. 1 Iac. leaving Edward his Son and Heir Knighted by Robert Earl of Essex at the sacking of Cadez in Spain in an 1596. 38 Eliz. where he Commanded a Regiment of Foot After which he served in the Netherlands as Governour of the Brill And upon the 30 th of Ian. 20 Iac. was made one of the Principal Secretaries of State Also upon the 22 th of March 22 Iac. advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Conway of Ragley And upon the 8 th of December following Captain of the Isle of Wiâ—t Moreover in 1 Car. 1. he was constituted one of the principal Secretaries of State to that King 23 Maii And in 2 Car. 1. Created Vicount Killultagh of Killultagh in the County of Antrim in Ireland Also upon the 6 th of Iune 3 Car. 1. Vicount Conway of Conway-Castle in Com. Caernarvon He was afterwards also made Lord President of his Majesties Privy Council and imploy'd into Germany as Embassador Extraordinary And departing this life at his House in St. Martins â—lane within the Liberties of Westminster 3 Ian. an 1630. 6 Car. 1. was buried at Ragley leaving Issue by Dorothy his Wife Daughter to Sir Iohn Tracy of Todington in Com. Glouc. Knight Widdow of Edmund Bray Son and Heir to Edmund Bray of Barrington in Com. Glouc. Esq three Sons 1. Edward his Son and Heir 2. Sir Thomas Conway Knight Lieutenant Colonel to Colonel Morgâ—n in the Wars of Germany And 3. Raphe And four Daughters Frances Married to Sir William Pelâ—am of Brocklesby in Com. Line Knight Brilliana to Sir Robert Harley of Brampton Brian in Com. Heref. Knight of the Bath Heligawrth to Sir William Smith of Theyden monte in Com. Essex Knight and Mary Which Edward succeeding him in his Honours First Married Frances Daughter to Sir Francis Popham of Littlecot in Com. Somers Knight and departed this life at Paris in France in an 1655. leaving Issue by her four Sons First Iohn who died young 2. Edward 3. Francis and Fourthly Thomas who died in his Childhood Also two Daughters Dorothy Married to Sir George Rawdon of ... in Ireland Bâ—ronet and Anne And to his second Wife Katherine Daughter to Giles Hueriblock of Gant in Flanders Widdow of ... Fusse a Merchant in London but had no Issue by her To whom succeeded Edward his Son and Heir Which Edward Married Anne Daughter to Sir Heneage Finche of 〈◊〉 in Com. Midd. Knight sometime Recorder of the City of London by whom he had Issue one Son called Heneage who died young St. Iohn Lord Tregoz 2 Car. 1. A Branch of the antient Family of St. Iohn of Bleâ—sho in Com. Bedf. was Sir Oliver St. Iohn of Lyddiard Tregoz Knight and Baronet who by Letters Patents bearing date
he was buried in the Priory of S. Andrew at Northampton Whereupon the King gave this of Huntendon to the before specified William King of Scots who immediately delivered it unto David his Brother This last Earl Simon took to Wife Alice sole Daughter and Heir to Gilbert de Gant Earl of Lincoln with whom he enjoyed her Fathers Honor during her time but she dying without issue was buried at Bridlingâ—on in that Monastery of the Foundation of Walter de Gant her Grand-father whereupon it returned to Robert her Uncle Earl of Buckingham THe first Earl of this County after the Conquest was Walter Giffard Son of Osberne de Bolebec and Aveline his Wife Sister to Gunnora Dutchess of Normandy Great Grand-Mother to the Conqueror Who being one of those Noble Normans who accompanying the valiant Duke Wilâ—iam to whom he was thus Allied in his expedition hither courageously assisted him in that great Battle against King Harold whereby he obtained the Crown of England for which respect he became soon after advanced to this Earldom of Buckingham and was one of the principal Persons sent by the King with Remigius Bishop of Lincoln and others at the time of the Conquerors General Survey into Worcestershire and some other Counties to take notice of the Extent and Value of all the Kings and other Mens Lands in those parts The Possessions which he himself had as appears by that Survey being as followeth In Berkshire two Lordships in Wiâ—â—shire one in Somersetshire one in Huntingdonshire one in Cambridgshire five in Oxfordshire nine in Bedfordshire nine in Suffolk three in Norfolk twenty eight and in Buckinghamshire forty eight This Walter gave the Lordship of Blakeham in Suffolk to the Monks of Bec in Normandy which was afterwards made a Cell to that Abbey Afterwards adhering to King William Rufus against Robert Curthose he fortified his Mansions in Normandy on the said Kings behalf and was a cheif Commander in his Army there behaving himself very honorably in that service and persisting therein to the utmost He was likewise one of the Witnesses to those Laws of King Henry the First which he established here at the beginning of His Reign Yet afterwards scil in An. 1102. being the next year he sided with Robert Curthose but the year following departed this life here in England and had Sepulture at the entrance of the Abbey Church of Longavâ—liâ— in Normandy which he Founded and gave divers Lordships and Lands lying in England thereto with this Epitaph upon his Tomb. Stemma Gifardorum Galterius ingenuorum Quae meruit vivens busta sepultus habet Templi Fundator praesentis aedificator Hoe velut in proprio conditus est tumulo Qui se magnificum Patriaeque probavit amicum Dux virtute potens pietate nitens Religiosorum sed praecipue Monachorum Cultor multimodè profuit Ecclesiae His memory continuing in high veneration by all the Cluniac Monks who by their daily Prayers ceased not to commend his Soul to God for those benefits which they had plentifully reaped in Longaville by his Charity This Walter took to Wife Agnes one of the Daughters of Gerard Flaitell Sister to William Bishop of Eureux by whom he left issue Walter his Son who succeeded him in this his Earldom of Buckingham and divers Daughters whereof one viz. Rohais was Wife to Richard Fitz-Gilbert Ancestor to that great Family of Clare ¶ Which second Walter being most faithful to King Henry the First against all those Rebellious attempts that disturbed his quiet gave most high Testimonies of his valor in that notable Battle at Brennevill in An. 1119. against Lewes King of France who was there in person in which fight the French were beaten And though at first he did incline to King Stephen yet he afterwards made his Peace with Geffrey of Anjou Husband to Maud the Empress This Earl Walter in 12 Hen. 2. upon Assessing of the Aid for marrying of the Kings Daughter certified That he had Ninety four Knights Fees and an half De Veteri Feoffamento and one and an half De Novo and with Ermetrude his Wife Founded the Abbey of Nutâ—ey in King Henry the Second's time at his Park of Trendon near Tame in Backinghamshire but dying without issue the Lands of his Barony came to be shared amongst his Relations as it seems For in ... Rich. 1. Richard de Clare Earl of Hertford in respect of his Descent from Rohais Sister of this Earl and Wife of Richard Fitz-Gilbert his Linâ—al Ancestor and William Mareschal Earl of Pembroke in Right of Isabel his Wife Daughter and Heir to Richard Earl of Strigul obtained a confirmation from that King of all the Lands of this Walter Earl of Buckingham both in England and Normandy Of which Lands Richard Earl of Hertford was to have the cheif Seat in England and William Earl of Hemâ—roke and Isabel the head or cheif Seat of those in Normandy the residue both in England and Normandy to be equally divided betwixt them Earl of Albemarle and Holderness THe first who had this Honor conferred upon him was Odo Earl of Champaigne a person nearly allied to King William the Conqueror by Consanguinity being Grand-Son of Maud Daughter to Richard Duke of Normandy Wife of Odo Earl of 〈◊〉 and Chartres This Odo being a valiant young Man and having slain a great person of that Countrey where his Father lived fled to his Kinsman William then Duke of Normandy where by the help of the Archbishop of Roan obtaining the Dukes Sister Adeliza for his Wife He intreated the Archbishop to move the King for some maintenance and told him the cause of forsaking his own Countrey At his request therefore King William gave him the Isle as he calls it of Holderness And to add thereunto the Archbishop himself bestowed on him the City of Albemarle to the intent that in all the expeditions where the Archbishop went in person he should be his Standard-Bearer with Twelve Knights Which Territory of Holderness was given by the same King William unto one Drew le Brever a Fleming who accompanied him hither at the Conquest being a skilful and courageous Man in Arms Whereupon Drew built the Castle of Skypse the strongest Fort on all that side but having afterwards killed a Kinsman of the Kings and therefore constrained to flee for it getting away into Flanders King William bestowed it upon Odo de Campania as hath been said Holderness upon this occasion being given unto Odo and at that time was a barren Countrey bearing no other grain but Oats so soon as his Wife had brought him a Son whom he named Stephen he intreated
de Meschines THis William being Brother to Ranulph the first of that name Earl of Chester enjoyed by the gift of King William the Conqueror all that part of the County of Cumberland lying betwixt the Rivers of Dudene and â—arwent commonly called â—oupland It is elswhere said that it was by the gift of King Henry the First And had issue a Son called Ranulph who died in his life time as it seems as also a Daughter called Cecily married to Robert de Romely Lord of Skipton in Craven Which Robert and Cecily were Founders of a certain Religious House in those parts called Emesey for Canons Regular of S. Augustine afterwards translated to â—oâ—ton and had issue two Sons Ranulph and Matthew who both died issuless and one Daughter called Alice Wife of William Fitz-Duncan Earl of Murref in Scotland Nephew to Malcolm King of that Realm Which William Fitz-Duncan hast issue by her one Son called William who died young and three Daughters viz. Cecily first married to Alexander Fitz-Gerald and afterwards to William le Grossâ— Earl of Albemaâ—â—e to whom she brought the Honor of Skipton being her Purparty of the Inheritance Secondly Amabil the Wife of Reginald de Lucy who had the Honor of Egremond as her Purparty And Alice first married to Gilbert Piparâ— who had with her all Aspatrick with the Barony of Allerdaie and Liberty of Cockeâ—â—â—â— and afterwards to Robert de Courtney but died without issue But I return to William de Meschines of whom the substance of what I find memorable is That he Founded the little Monastery of S. Bega commonly called S. Bees in Coupland which was a Ceil to that of S. Mary at York and gave to the Monks of S. Werburg at Cheâ—ter the Church of Dâ—â—sato in North Wales And of Cecily his Wife that for the health of the Soul of William de Meâ—chines her Husband as also the Souls of Ranulph and Matthew her Sons she gave to the Canons of Emeâ—ey her whole Lordship of Châ—ldewicâ— with the Mill and Soke thereof likewise that of â—â—â—â—esdon and also those at â—arwood with the Sute thereto Moreover of 〈◊〉 de Romely their Daughter for so she was called though Wife of William Fitz-Duncan that in 1 Hen. 2. she translated the Canons of Emeâ—ey to â—olâ—on and gave to the Monks of Fountaines in Com. Ebor. the moity of her Mill at 〈◊〉 and a Toft in 〈◊〉 Likewise that she gave to the Monks at Pontefract one Carucate of Land and an House in Broctune for the health of the Soul of William Fitz-Duncan her Husband and all her Ancestors Souls As also free Chase in all her Lands and Woods within her Fee with liberty to Hunt and take all manner of Wild Beasts there Furthermore that she bestowed on them the tenth of all the Deer taken within her own Lands and Chases in â—raven As also a certain peece of Ground in each of her Lordships for to make a Grange for their Tithes with Common of Pasture for their Cattle together with her own in all her Woods Moors and Fields during the whole time of Autumn And being Lady of Skipton Castle ordained That the perpetual Chaplain celebrating Divine Service every day in the Chappel there should in augmentation of his maintenance receive for every Twelve weeks one Quarter of Wheat and Thirteen shilling four pence yearly upon Christmass day for his Robe out of the Rents of that Castle and Mannor Vesci AMongst other the valiant Normans that assisted Duke William in his Conquest of England were Robert and â—vo de Vesci as may seem from those favors which both of them obtained from his munificent hand For Robert at the time of the General Survey was found to possess the Lordships of 〈◊〉 in Com. Northam 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 in com Warr. Helpericham 〈◊〉 Branâ—une Rosby Suaniton Steveninges and Hechinton in Com. Lincoln And Morton Scenton Cleveliord Godmundelay Sancton Torp Basurd Cliburne and Newton in Com. Leic. As to the Parentage of Eustace Fitz-Iohn all I have seen is That he was Nephew and Heir to Serio de Burgh the Founder of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Castle in Com. 〈◊〉 And that Iohn his Father was 〈◊〉 Monoâ—ulus in regard he had but one eye For as much therefore as those who afterwards bore the name of Vesci are thus lineally descended from this Eustace I shall here take notice of what is most memorable touching him An old Historian who lived in that time saith That he was one of the cheifest Peers of England and of intimate familiarity with King Henry the First as also a Person of great Wisdom and singular Judgment in Counsels Which character of him is not like to be fictitious in regard he had such vast Possessions bestowed on him by that King viz. The Mill at Warnet also Bodele and Spilsham with their Appurtenances and all the Fee of Ralph de Gaugi id est Ellingham Docford Elwike and Heyton Likewise Neeforton with its Appurtenances and Morton and Burgton with theirs which did belong to Walter Fitz-Eld and Eylam his Brother together with Winton Caldebeck and Ravenstandale and all the Fee and Service of Payne de Mesnilwarine Moreover all those Eleven Carucates of Land and the Service of Serlo de Burgh viz. In the two Steinleys four Carucates in Branton four in Cayton one in Sothsack one in Killinghale one in Burton six and in Walington two Likewise divers Lands and Tenements in the City of York and whatsoever he held of David King of Scotland or of Earl Henry his Son as well in Demesn as in Knights Fees Also what he held of the Archbishop of Yoâ—k and of his Fee as well in Demesn as in Knights Fees Furthermore all that he held of the Fee of the Bishop of Duresm viz. Weltesale and Landmot with the two â—hiltons and the Fee and Service of Geffrey Escoland and Richard Fitz-Pain with whatsoever else he held of the same Bishop and of the Fee of the Earl of Richmund Likewise Ellerton and all the Fee and Service of Thorfine the Son of Robert de Manefield Also Canefield with the Appurtenances and whatever else he held of that Earls Fee Moreover all that he held of the Fee of Roger de Moubray as well in Demesn as otherwise and also of William Fossard and of his Fee of William Paganel and his Fee and of the Earl of Albemarie and his viz. in Nid three Carucates in Newton one in Hewike two and in Weffwike four Likewise whatâ—oever he held of the Fee of Roger de Clere viz. Brompton with its Appurtenances and of the Fee of Gilbert de Gant viz. Parteney with its Appurtenances as also of the Fee of the Abbess of Barking and Earl of Chester Whatsoever likewise he held in Heungeby with all
Aegelwine Abbot of Eveâ—ham and Vrso then Sheriff of Worcestershire against Roger Earl of Hereford and Ralph Earl of Norâ—olk then in Rebellion to hinder their passing the Severn for the conjuction of their Forces This Walter de Laci had likewise many skirmishes with Fulk Fitz-Warine in one of which he was taken prisoner and put in Luâ—low Castle But after this hearing that the same Castle and Town were won by his Friend Sir Arnold de Lis he came and victualled them both and kept them as his own And when Iors of â—udlow and Fouke with his Father Warine endeavored the regaining thereof he sent to the Prince of Wales for help But farther I cannot say of him than that he gave his Lands at Deane to the Monks of S. Peters at Glocester and that being Founder of the Church of S. Peter in Hereford when the work was almost finished climing up a Ladder there he fell down and being killed with the fall 6 Kal. April An. 1084. 19 Wil. Conq. was buried in the Chapter-house at Glocester To which Church of Gtocester Emeline his Wife for the health of his Soul gave five Hides of Land in Duntesborne Leaving issue these three Sons viz. Roger Hugh and Walter and Monk in the Abbey of S. Peters at Glocester Which Roger had great possessions in this Realm through the bounty of the Conqueror viz. in Berkshire two Lordships in Shropshire twenty three whereof he held six of the King and the rest of Earl Roger de Montgomery in Glocestershire twenty in Worcestershire six and in Herefordshire sixty five besides four Carucates of Land lying within the limits of the Castle of Ewias which King William had bestowed on Walter de Laci his Father But in 2 Wil. Rusi joyning with Odo Earl of Kent and others in that Rebellion then raised on the behalf of Robert Curthose and in 5 Will. Rufi with Robert de Molbray Earl of Northumberland on the same account he was banished England and all his Lands given to his Brother Hugh After which going into Normandy he was made General of Curthoses Army and at length taking part with Robert de Belesme Earl of Sâ—rewsâ—ary of whose barbarous and cruel practises I have spoke largely in my Discourse of him did very much mischeif throughout the whole Dukedom of Normandy about the Nineteenth year of King Henry the Firsts Reign I come now to Hugh his Brother Though King William to satisfie those who had assisted him against King Harold had distributed amongst them the greatest part of this Realm nevertheless many more both Normans French and others came afterwards over expecting likewise to share in that General Conquest who finding England too little for satisfaction of their greedy Appetites obtained leave of King William Rufus to invade Waâ—es In which adventure Robert Fitz-Hamon being very prosperous by his Conquest of Morganoâ— others not doubting of the like success imitated his example Whereupon Roger Earl of Shrewsbury won 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 Hugh Earl of Chester Tegeneâ— and Rowe nock Bernard Newmarch the Land of Brecknock Arnulph the younger Son of the same Earl Roger the Province of Peâ—â—râ—ke and this Hugh de Laci that of Ewâ—as Whereunto I shall add what the Learned Sir Iohn Dodd ridge Knight late one of the Justices in the Court of Kings Bench being a person of great knowledge in Antiquities hath in his description of Wales expressed viz. That all these Territories thus acquired were Baronies-Marchers and held of the Crown in capite And because they and their Posterity might the better keep the Lands so acquired and might not be drawn by Sutes of Law from the defence of those Lands so obtained by the Sword the said Lands were ordained Baronies-Marchers and had a kind of Palatine Jurisdiction erected in every of them and power to administer Justice unto the Tenants in each of their Territories having therein Courts with divers Priviledges Franchises and Immunities So that the Kings Writs were not current there unless the whole Barony had been in question Fitz. Ass. fol. 182. 18 Edw. 2. And this was the state of the Government of the Marches of Wales until 27 Hen. 8. But I return This Hugh afterwards became the first Founder of the Priory of Lanthony upon the Bank of the River â—othenay in 〈◊〉 and amply endowed it with Lands and Revenues He likewise bestowed the Church of S. Peters in Hereford Founded by his Father upon the Monks of 〈◊〉 and much inriched the Church of S. Davids Moreover to the Monks of Manmouth he gave three shillings yearly Rent issuing out of Lâ—dney for the good estate of himself Roes his Wife and Robert his Son but dying without issue left his great Inheritance to his two Sisters viz. Ermeline who had no Children and Emme who took to Husband ... by whom she had a Son named Gilbert who assuming the name of Laci begot on her a Son called Hugh Of which Gilbert all that I can say is That in those turbulent times of King Stephens Reign he took part with Geffrey Talbot his Kinsman in that design for taking the City of â—athe on the behalf of Maud the Empress and that being an expert and valiant Soldier after divers Encounters Skirmishes and Victories in the Holy Wars he at length became a Knight Templar and gave to that Order twelve Hides of Land and one Virgate in Guâ—tinges beside his Demesn there as also five Burgages in Wincheâ—câ—mb I come therefore to Hugh This Hugh upon Assessment of the Aid for marrying of the Kings Daughter certified That he held Fifty one Knights Fees and a fourth part de Veteri Feoffamento and Five and an half de Novo besides divers Lands for which no service was then established Some of his Tenants to them serving him in his house he finding them necessaries and some residing upon his Fermes in Wales where he maintained them at his own charge For all which in 14 Hen. 2. he answered Sixty marks and Forty pence In 18 Hen. 2. this Hugh adhering to the King when young Henry flew out in Rebellion was taken in the Castle of Uernoid for which respect as also for certain great services in Ireland he obtained the same year a Grant of the whole Territory of Methe in that Realm with its Appurtenances to hold to him and his Heirs by the service of Fifty Knights Fees in as ample manner as Murchard Hu Melachlin or any other before or after him enjoyed the same And likewise all the Fees which he had then acquired or should thenceforth acquire about Duâ—â—in so long as he should be his Bailiff there Moreover he did then constitute him Governor of
the City of â—ublin and Justice of Ireland Unto which City of Dublin the same King thereupon ordained That these following places should thenceforth belong scil All the Land of O-Felana Offalia Kildare Wichelon and Methe as also the Service of Four Knights which was due from Robert Poâ—er by reason of his Castle of Dunavel But afterwards incurring the Kings displeasure because he had married the Daughter to the King of Cannoc according to the mode of that Countrey without his leave He was devested of the custody of that City viz. in An. 1181. 27 Hen. 2. All that I have farther to observe of him is That after he came to the Possession of those Territories in â—reâ—and and before he Infeoffed any of his Free Tenants there by the consent of some of the Archbishops and Bishops of that Realm and their Chapters he gave to the Canons of 〈◊〉 the Church of â—alp with the Tithes of Comingeby and 〈◊〉 the Church of Marmeâ—â— with the Tithes of the Fishing there the Churches of Anye and the Vale of â—lonalewy the Church of Oggary in Methe the Church of Stathmolin and Advowson of the Vicaridge of Lillen the Churches of Kilmessan Kâ—caly and Kilâ—methe As also the Church of the Town of Reginald de Tâ—rbervil and likewise those of Kilkarvam Dunboyn Rathbegan Kilbruy and Drumrath together with the Lands of Balibin and whatsoever Gilbert of Cornwal held in the Honor of Rashouthe with the Chappels thereunto appertaining Also that he was the Founder of the Abbey of Trim in the County of Methe or a cheif Benefactor to it And that of Duleke in the County of East Methe which was a Cell to the Abbey of Lanthony near Glocester Likewise that he gave to the Canons of S Thomas near Dublin the Church of Dunelinsahlin with a certain Grange there and the Churches of Domenathmore Grenocks killeglan Maglisloine Knocmarek and all the Churches and Chappels in the Territory of Leonisse de Bromiard Likewise the Church of the Town of William de Scorlagge and Church of Lethercor Moreover that he gave to the Abbey of Keulys in the County of Kilkenny Balingoddan and Athaiaarg with their Appurtenances And that in An. 1185. 31 Hen. 2. 8 Kal. Aug. being too severe with the Workmen by him imployed for the Building of his Castle at Lurheydy in Ireland he was murthered at Derelagh by one Malva-Miadaich a very mean person who cut off his Head leaving issue two Sons Walter and Hugh and a Daughter called Elayne who became the Wife of Richard de Beaufo Which Walter in 6 Rich. 1. upon Collection of the Aid for the Kings Redemption paid Fifty one pound ten shillings And in â—0 Rich. 1. gave the King Two thousand marks for his favor and to have Livery of his Lands But this being the last year of King Richards Reign King Iohn immediately succeeding exacted of him no less than Twelve hundred pounds for the like Favor and Livery In 2 Ioh. William de Braose gave Twenty marks and a Palfrey to the King for his Confirmation of that Grant which this Walter de Laci had made to him of his Lands in England and Normandy viz. That he the said Walter should not Sell nor Mortgage them without the permission of the said William In 7 Ioh. upon Collection of the Sixth Scutage of that King then assessed at two marks This Walter paid an hundred and two marks and an half for his Fees in Herefordshire and Fifteen pound thirteen shillings and four pence for his Fees in Glocestershire And in 9 Ioh. obtained a confirmation of his Dominion of Methe to be held by him and his Heirs for the service of Fifty Knights Fees As also of all his Fees in Fingall in the Valley of Dublin to be held by the service of seven Knights Fees Howbeit in 12 Ioh. the King passing into Ireland with his Army this Walter being forced to deliver up himself and all he had there into his power and to abjure that Realm was soon afterwards banished with all his out of England But after this viz. in 16 Ioh. he was permitted to repossess Ludlow with the Castle And the same year being at Glocester with some other of the Barons-Marchers received the Kings command to come to Cirencester upon Munday next ensuing the Clause of Easter well accoutred with Horse and Arms and all the power he could bring And thus standing again on fair terms with the King the next ensuing year for the sum of Four thousand marks he obtained the possession of his Lands in Ireland which had been so taken from him as abovesaid excepting the Castle of Drogheda and all his Lands in Drogheda which were to remain in the Kings hands for three years Moreover in 18 Joh. he was made Sheriff of Hereâ—ordshire and Governor of the Castle of Hereford yet with this Caution That if Lewes of France whom the Rebellious Barons had called in should come with his Army to besiege it he should not personally stay there but place such therein of whose fidelity there could be no doubt And in 2 Hen. 3. was again made Sheriff of Herefordshire in which year likewise upon levying the first Scutage of that King he paid an hundred and two marks and an half for his Fifty one Knights Fees and an half and continued in the said Office of Sheriff until the seventh year of that Kings Reign inclusive But in 8 Hen. 3. for what cause I find not he rendred up the Governorship of Ludiow Castle to William de Gamages by the Kings special command That which I next find most memorable of this Walter is That in An. 1230. 14 Hen. 3. when the King of Connac rose in Arms to expel the English out of those parts he with the help of Geffrey de Marisco then Justice of Ireland and Richard de Burgh utterly subdued all his Forces and took him prisoner But notwithstanding these Services in that doubtful year of 17 Hen. 3. being one of the Barons-Marchers he was constrained to give up Roger â—ichard as a Pledge for his fidelity until the Kingdom should be setled in Peace Thus much as to his Secular Actings As to his Works of Piety I find that he confirmed to the Canons of Lanthony all those Lands and Churches in Ireland given to them by Hugh de Laci his Father and of his own bounty gave them the Church of our Lady at Drogheda in that Realm as also the whole Valley wherein the Abbey of Lanthony was situate viz. From Kenentesset and Askarswey by the Ruggeway to Antefin and from Haterell from the Land of Seisil Fitz-Gilbert by the Ruggewey to the Bounds of Talgarth Moreover that he was a special Benefactor to the Monks of Gresswil in Herefordshire by the
with a numerous Army he stoutly defended it against their whole power It is said by some of our Historians that upon King Edwards coming into France at that time with a puissant Army which occasioned the before specified Iohn to raise his siege and to march away in order to the conjunction of his Forces with the Army of Philip his Father this Ralph Lord Stafford â—allied out of Aguillon fell upon his Rear and cut off a great part thereof Moreover that being thus cleared from that siege he joyned his Forces with King Edwards and had an eminent command in the Van of the Army under the Black Prince in that famous Battle of Cressy which soon after ensued where the English obtained a glorious victory Likewise that after that victory being sent with Sir Reginald Cobham and three Heralds to view the slain they reported the number to be Eleven great Princes eighty Bannerets twelve hundred Knights and more than thirty thousand Common Soldiers And also that upon the render of Calais which hapned shortly after he was one of those who were then appointed to take possession of it for the King The next year following there being an accord made betwixt this Ralph and Margaret his Wife on the one part Sir Robert de Harley and Elizabeth his Wife on the second part and Sir Edward Cornwall on the third part as Cosins and Heirs to Peter the Son of Peter Corbet This Ralph claiming the Castle of Caus and other Lands as being descended from the eldest Aunt of the same Peter it being thereby concluded That he should thenceforth enjoy that Castle to him and his heirs he obtained Livery thereof doing his Fealty for the same And before the end of that year in farther consideration of his laudable services did also obtain another special Livery of all those Lands which Hugh de Audley Earl of Glocester then deceased held of the Inheritance of Margaret his Wife one of the Daughters and Heirs to Gilbert de Clare sometime Earl of Glocester which by the death of her the said Margaret did by descent belong to Margaret Wife to this Ralph as Daughter and Heir to them the said Hugh and Margaret his homage being respited in respect of his Military imployment For he was then sent again into France and had purveyance for himself his men and horses in the Counties of Sussex Surrey and Kent till he took shipping Sir Hugh Fitz-Simond Knight being at that time one of his Retinue as appears by an Indenture dated 16 Martii the same year whereby he covenanted to serve him in the Wars wheresoever he should have occasion with four Knights himself accounted and eight Esquires for the space of one whole year next ensuing Being thus again in France he was one of the Ambassadors sent to the Cardinals of Naples and Cleremont to treat of Peace betwixt King Edward and Philip de Valoys then assuming the title of King of France In 22 Edw. 3. which was the next ensuing year he obtained License to make Castles of his Mannor Houses at Stafford and Madeley as also a Grant from the King of 573 l. for his expences in his service beyond Sea And being then by Indenture retained to serve the King during his whole life with sixty Men at Arms had by reason thereof Six hundred marks per annum assigned unto him to be received out of the Ports of London and Boston Moreover having merited so well for his many and great services he was about this time elected to be one of the number of that honorable Society of the most Noble Order of the Garter then instituted by that martial and victorious Prince King Edward the Third Furthermore in 24. Edw. 3. he was joyned in Commission with the Bishop of Durham the Lord Percy and Lord Nevill to treat with the Nobles of Scotland at York for a firm and final Peace betwixt both Realms In which and all other his employments his deportment was such That the King in consideration thereof upon the fifth of March then next ensuing advanced him to the title of Earl of Stafford and for his better support of that dignity granted to him a thousand marks per annum in Fee until he should provide Lands of that value to settle on him and his heirs And being thus raised to these Honors and inriched with such large benefits he was shortly after viz. in 26 Edw. 3. constituted the Kings Lieutenant and Captain-General in his Dutchy of Aquitane with special Commission to treat with any persons of what Nation soever upon terms of Aid to the King and mutual assistance from him In which service viz. The Lieutenancy of Aquitaine he was then likewise retained by Indenture bearing date 3 Martii to continue with an hundred Men at Arms and an hundred Archers on Horsback of his own proper Retinue until Michaelmass next following And from that time forwards to have an additional number of One hundred Men at Arms more with good Captains and Two hundred Archers on Horsback provided at the Kings charge for the time of his stay there The King likewise indenting farther with him to send by way of more supply under the conduct of the Duke of Lancaster the Earls of Northampton Arundel Warwick or Huntingdon Three hundred Men at Arms and seven hundred Archers During the time of which stay there he constituted Sir Iames Pipe Knight then Seneschal of that Dutchy Governor of the Town and Castle of Blavy situate in the Enemies quarters And in regard of this his necessitated absence from England obtained a special Precept to the Judges of the Kings Bench that they should not in any of their Sessions within the County of Essex intermeddle with his Liberties For which expedition whilest he was preparing he had an Assignation of the Town of 〈◊〉 in Com. Middl. for the quartering of his Men and Horses Sixty Men with Lances being for that service then impressed out of his Lordships of Newport and Netherwent in the Marches of Wales In 27 Edw. 3. he attended Prince Edward in the company of the Earl of Warwick unto the City of Chester with a Military Power for the protecting of Sir Richard de Willoughby and Sir William de Shareshul Knights then sitting there as Justices Itinerant against the violence of the people whose Insurrection they feared And the same year had a special Dispensation from Pope Innocent the Sixth bearing date 15 Kal. Febr. That such Religious Persons as should be at his Table or in his House might eat Flesh. In 29 Edw. 3. he attended the King again into France whose purpose was to have given Battle to the King of France then at S. Omers had he not privily got away And in 33 Edw. 3. marching towards Reyns in Campaigne and quartered in
William whom he had constituted Prior of Walden his Absolution was obtained from Pope Alexander the Third so that his Body was received amongst Christians and Divine Offices celebrated for him But that when the Prior endeavored to take down the Coffin and carry it to Walden the Templars being aware of the design buried it privately in the Churchyard of the New Temple viz. In the Porch before the West door As to the circumstances of his death others differ in their report saying That from Ramsey he marched to the siege of a Castle at Burwel which the King had built but it being in Summer he put off his Helmet and going thus by reason of the heat with his Sheild and Lance bare-headed was discerned by those in the Castle to be an Enemy and thence shot in the Head with an Arrow of which wound taking no speedy care he died within few days After which within the compass of the same year his Son Ernulph who upon his Fathers death fortified the Church of Ramsey was taken and banished the General of his Cavalry having his Brains dashed out by a fall from an Horse and the Captain of his Foot endeavoring to get away by Sea over-whelmed with the violence of the Waves But though I have followed the thred of this story which brought the last mentioned Geffrey to his death there are some other particulars relating to him not unworthy to be remembred viz. That for the health of his Soul he gave to the Monks of Hurley there seated by Geffrey his Grand-father One hundred shillings yearly Rent in exchange for the Tithes in Edelmeton and Enfeld the Tithe of Paunage excepted Moreover that he was the pious Founder of that great Abbey at Walden in Essex for the performance of which devout work he procured Robert Bishop of London Nigel of Ely and William of Norwich to come thither and consecrate the Churchyard in the year 1136. 1 Steph. being himself then present with Rohese his Wife Daughter to Alberic de Vere Earl of Oxford and all his principal Tenants and other of the Countrey as also a multitude of the common people placing it at the West end of the Town upon a meeting of four Road-ways and in an Angle of two Waters viz. That which runneth from Newport and that descending from the side of his Castle partly That the Monks should of necessity be charitable to Poor-people and hospitable to Passengers and partly for its vicinity to the Castle which was his cheif seat the Churches wherewith he endowed it being these viz. That of our Lady at Walden Waltham Estre Sabricstworth Thorley Godelstone Enfeld Edelmeston Mimmes Senley Northall Chishel Chippenham Digenswell Almodesham Stratley Kaingham Ainho and Cumtone It is said That after this Geffrey came to be Earl he added a Carbuncle to the Arms of his Ancestors and that his death hapned upon the sixteenth Calends of October An. 1144. 9 Steph. I now come to Geffrey his Son and next Successor This Geffrey after the Banishment of Ernulph his elder Brother and disheriting his Father by King Stephen as hath been observed was by King Henry the Second created Earl of Essex having the third peny of the Pleas of that County given to him and his heirs And by his Charter of Creation had all the Lands of Geffrey de Magnavil his great Grand-father as also the Lands of his Grand-father and Father both in England and Normandy fully restored to him especially Walden Saâ—rictsworth and Waltham with a Release of the Mortgage which King Henry the First had upon those three Mannors Which Charter bears date at Canterbury in the presence of T. then Archbishop and many others In 12 Hen. 2. upon the Assessment of the Aid for marrying the Kings Daughter this Earl Gâ—ffrey certified his Knights Fees to be in number Ninety seven De Veteri Feoffamento and Sixty de Novo With William and Robert his Brothers he confirmed to the Nuns and Canons of Chicksand the Seat of a Grange and whole circumference thereof made by those Canons in the Territory of Chippenham which Lordship they had by the gift of the Countess Rohese his Mother Of this Earl Geffrey it is reported That coming frequently to the Abbey of Walden so Founded by his Father as before is observed he advised the Prior to be content with a small Church and little Buildings Which advice was thought to proceed from the insinuation of the Lady Rohese his Mother who having taken to her second Husband Pain de Beauchamp and joyned with him in the Foundation of the Priory of Chicksand in Com. Bedf. of the Gilbertine Order did endeavor by all her power to alienate the affection of her Sons and other Friends from the Monks of Walden to the end she might incline them to be Benefactors to Chicksand Howbeit that notwithstanding these disswasions at the earnest request of the Monks of Walden he confirmed to them whatsoever his Father their Founder had formerly given them But that for the enlargement of his own Demesns he did unjustly take away from the Parochial Church of Edelmetone a large and fruitful Field which was part of the Glebe appertaining thereto It is also said That he wedded Eustachia a Kinswoman to King Henry the Second but lived not long with her as an Husband and that she thereupon making her complaint to the King he did in great wrath cause a Divorce betwixt them As also that he took from him two of his fairest Lordships viz. Walden and Waltham and bestowed them on her in merriage with Anselme de Campdanere This Earl being an elegant Man of Speech and of great Note for his abilities in Secular Affairs was by King Henry the Second associated with Richard de Lucy to march against the Welsh then near Chester at which City falling sick it hapned that his servants being all gone to dinner and no body left with him he died Whereupon divers antient Knights then there who had served his Father and enjoyed large Possessions through his bounty consulting together resolved to carry his Corps to Walden there to be buried as Patron of that House And to that end having taken out his Brain and Bowels and committed them to holy Sepulture with Honor and Alms they seasoned the rest of his Body with Salt then wrapt it in a good Hide and Coffined it and so hastned towards Walden with the Chariot wherein it was carried all his servants likewise attending thereon But upon the way a Chaplain of the Earls called Hasculf took out his best Saddle-Horse in the night and rode to Chicksand where the Countess Rohese then resided with her Nuns and
And in 34 Edw. 1. departed this life being then seised of the Mannor of Echeleswell with its Members viz. Weston Ruford Lintone Waburton Coton and Credenhull leaving Gilbert his Son and Heir then twenty nine years of age who doing his homage had the same year Livery of his Lands As also Richard a younger Son who in Right of Ioane his Wife Daughter and Coheir to Hugh de Mortimer of â—â—cards Castle in Com. Heref. became Lord of that Mannor Which Gilbert was in that expedition made into Scotland in 26 Edw. 1. And having been a partaker with Thomas Earl of Lancâ—ster in the murther of Peirs de Gaveston had his pardon for the same in 7 Edw. 2. In 12 Edw. 2. he was in that expedition then made into Scoâ—land being then of the retinue with William la Zousch And in 16 Edw. 2. this Gilbert was constituted Governor of the Town and Castle of Glâ—cester but before the end of that year was commanded to render up that trust unto Hugh le Despenser the younger And having been of the party of Thomas Earl of Lancaster in his Rebellious Insurrection about that time was constrained to enter into a Recognisance to pay two hundred pound as also two thousand pound more with one Tun of Wine to save his life and repossess his Estate But Judgment being given in the Parliament held before the end of that year that the quarrel wherein he had been so engaged with that great Earl was just he had pardon for the payment of that Money And upon Petition to King Edward the third in the first of His Reign obtained a full discharge from that Recognisance Moreover being then a Banneret he became so active for the King in all his Military Affairs that there was then due to him one hundred sixteen pound three shillings eight pence for the service of himself and his Men at Arms. In 2 Edw. 3. he obtained the Kings Charter of Confirmation for the Mannor of Linton to himself and his heirs excepting certain Lands therein of sixty shillings value which Hugh de Longcamp had there as also of his Lands in Cotton Moreover the same year he procured another Charter for Free Warren in all his Demesn Lands at Eccleswell and Credenhill in Com. Heref. and Longhope in Com. Gloc. being then Lord Chamberlain to the King And in 4 Edw. 3. was constituted Justice of South Wales In which Office he substituted Rhese ap Griffith his Nephew his Lieutenant In 12 Edw. 3. he laid claim to the Castle of Keyrkenny and Cantred of Iskenny which were the Lands of Leoline ap Rhese Vaughan his Ancestor But they having been united to the Crown by Act of Parliament temp Edw. 1. were past recovery This Gilbert having obtained a Grant from King Edward the Third of the Castle and Lordships of Blenleveny and Bâ—â—kedinas for life in consideration of his laudable services he had another Grant of the Inheritance of them in 20 Edw. 3. And having been summoned to Parliament from 4 Edw. 3. until the eighteenth of that Kings Reign inclusive departed this life in 20 Ed 3. Whereupon Richard his Son and Heir entred upon his Inheritance being then about thirty four years of age as may seem by that Inquisition taken in 27 Edw. 3. and in 26 Ed. 3. was charged with the finding of twenty Men well armed for the Kings service out of his Lands of Blenleveâ—â—y â—ick-Howell and Srredewy in Wales ¶ This Richard resided at Goderich Castle in Com. Heref. and married Elizabeth one of the Sisters and Heirs to Iohn Comyn of Badenagh in Scotland Which Elizabeth being forcibly taken by Hugh le Despenser Earl of Winchester Hugh Despenser Iunior and others at Kemâ—ton in â—om Surr. was first carried to Woâ—king thence to Purefrith in that County and so detained for above a twelve-moneth and in that restraint compelled for fear of death to pass her Mannor of Painswike in Com. Gloc. to the said Earl Hugh and the Castle of Goderich to Hugh the younger to hold to them and their heirs But to return In An. 1331. 5 Edw. 3. this last mentioned Richard challenging a title to certain Lands in Scotland in right of his said Wife as some other of the English Nobles then did and adhering to Edward de Baillol who then laid claim to the Crown of that Realm would have entred Scotland by Land but King Edward the Third not permitting him so to do in regard his Sister was married to David the Son of Robert de Brus they invaded that Realm by Sea near Dumfermelin with three hundred armed Men Where finding resistance by the Scots he flew many and within few days after gave Battle to their whole Army near Gleddesmore where they obtained a very great Victory In 8 Edw. 3. he was taken prisoner in Scotland with six other Knights many of the English being then slain And the year following paid two thousand marks for his redemption In 11 Edw. 3. he was constituted Governor of the Town of Barwick upon Twede as also Justice there and of all other the Kings Lands in Scotland Which occasioning his residence in those parts his Lands in Ireland were seised But upon complaint thereof to the King he acknowledged his great travel and large expences in his service in Scotland and commanded a discharge of that seisure The same year being a Banneret he had an Assignation of two hundred pound of the Tenth then given in Parliament out of the City of Bristoll for his better support in the Governorship of Barwick And in 12 Edw. 3. had his Commission renewed for the custody thereof So likewise in 13 Edw. 3. from Candlemâ—s till Trinity Sunday having there of his retinue three Knights ... Men at Arms and a hundred Archers taking for his Men at Arms the wages of War accustomed and for his Archers three pence per diem In which year he was made Governor of Southampton and appointed to see it fortified In 14 Edw. 3. he was again retained from Michaelmas to the Feast of S. Hillary having then a hundred Men at Arms of his retinue himself a Banneret and seven Knights accounted for part fifty Hobelars and fifty Archers the wages of each Hobelar being four pence a day and for each Archer three pence In this fourteenth year of Edward the Third he obtained a Charter for Free Warren in all his Demesn Lands of his Lordships of Bampton in Com. Oxon. Policote in Com. Buck. and Goderich Castle in the Marches of Wales In 15 Edw. 3. he was again in the Wars of Scotland and in 20 Edw. 3. in that expedition then made into France In which
to oppose the hostilities of the Welsh In 45 Hen. 3. he had Summons to be at London with divers of the Nobility upon the morrow after Simon and Iudes day in which year the defection of many of the Barons began farther to be discovered by intruding upon the Kings Authority in placing Sheriffs throughout sundry Shires of the Realm In which respect this Philip as a person in whose fidelity the King reposed much confidence had by a special Patent the Counties of Suffolk and Norfolk committed to his custody with the Castles of Norwich and Oxford And in 47 Hen. 3. received another Summons from the King to be at Hereford amongst others upon Munday next after the Purification of our Lady well accoutred with Horse and Arms to resist the Welsh So likewise to be at Worcester upon Lammas-day next ensuing for the same purpose But soon after this divers of the Barons having put themselves in Arms to force the Kings assent to those unreasonable Ordinances which they had made at Oxford tending much to the diminution of His Royal Authority the King seeing himself over-powred was necessitated to submit to the determination which the King of France should make therein and to bring in divers of the Peers and other eminent persons to give Oath for his performance thereof amongst which this Philip was one And still firmly adhering to him attended him with all the power he could raise at the taking of Northampton the next ensuing year So likewise in that fatal Battle of Lewes where through the assistance of the Londoners the King was taken prisoner and his whole Army lost For which memorable service after the King got again into power viz. in 50 Hen. 3. he obtained a Grant of all the Kings Demesns in Tamworth as also in Wyginton to hold during his natural life for the yearly Rent of twenty four pounds six shillings and nine pence and was made Governor of Kenilworth Castle immediately after the render thereof As to his Works of Piety all I have seen is That he gave an annual Rent of twenty shillings issuing out of certain Houses in London to the Hospital of S. Thomas of Acces in that City After which viz. in 20 Edw. 1. he departed this life being then seised of the Castle of â—amworth with its Members and Appurtenances in Com. Warr. which he held of the King in Capite by Knights service finding three Soldiers at his own proper costs for thirty days in the Wars of Wales As also that he held the Mannor of Scrivelby in Com. Linc. by Barony likewise that he held the Mannor of Langeton in the same County Moreover that he held the Mannors of Ferne Lastrin and Bradford in Com. Heref. of the Inheritance of Ioane his Wife and that Ioane his Daughter then the Wife of William Mortein Ioane the Wife of Alexander Frevile Daughter of Mazera Wife of Ralph Cromwell another Daughter Maud the Wife of Ralph Botiller a third Daughter and Ioane his fourth Daughter at that time eight years of age were his next heirs Which Ioane the Wife of William Mortein upon partition of his Lands having the Castle of Tamworth for her share died seised thereof about three years after leaving no issue Whereupon by Agreement betwixt the rest of the Coheirs it was allotted to Alexander Frevile Having thus done with the elder Branch I now return to Robert the younger who had the Lordships of Witringham and Coningsby in Comit. Linc. Queinton in Comit. Gloc. and Berewick in Com. Suss. By the especial Grant of Robert his Father as I have already observed And in 16 Ioh. gave to the King three hundred and fifty marks and five Palfreys for License to marry Amice the Daughter of Iernegan Fitz-Hugh After which being in Arms with the Rebellious Barons as it seems he obtained Letters of safe conduct for coming in to the King to make his Peace But from that time until 49 Hen. 3. that he was again in Arms against the succeeding King with the Rebellious Barons of that age I have not seen any thing farther of him So likewise was William Marmion his younger Brother and in such high esteem with them that in the same forty ninth year after the King was their prisoner they calling a Parliament in his name summoned this William thereto as one of the Peers This last mentioned Robert by Amice his Wife had the Mannors of West Tanfield in Richmondshire East Tanfield Manfield Carethorpe Wathe Biâ—sow Leming Langton Exilby Melworby and Burgh And left issue William who took to Wife Lora the Daughter of Roese de Dovor and had with her the Town of Lâ—dington in Com. Northampt. As also three Knights Fees To Which William succeeded Iohn Marmion his Son and Heir as it is like who in 20 Edw. 1. obtained the Kings Charter for Free-Warren in all his Demesn Lands of East Tanfield Carethorpe and Langton in Com. Ebor. Wintringham in Com. Linc. Ludington in Com. Northampt. Nether Queinton and Over Queinton in Com. Gloc. Berewick Wington and Pikehay in Com. Suff. And in 22 Edw. 1. upon that Summons of the great Men then called to advise with the King concerning the Publick Affairs of the Realm was one who received command to attend him As also soon after that Convention received command to be at Portsmouth upon the first of September well fitted with Horse and Arms to attend the King in his expedition then made into France Moreover within three years after viz. in 25 Edw. 1. he was summoned to Parliament amongst the Barons of this Realm and so afterwards till his death which hapned in 16 Edw. 2. In 4 Edw. 2. this Iohn was in the Wars of Scotland And in 8 Edw. 2. had License from the King to make a Castle of his House called The Hermitage situate in Tanfield Wood in Com. Ebor. Moreover 11 Edw. 2. obtained a Charter for a weekly Market every Wednesday at his Mannor of Wintringham in Com. Linc. with Free-Warren in all his Demesn Lands at Willingham juxta Reâ—ham in that County But departed this life in 16 Edw. 2. being then seised of the Mannors of Berewick in Com. Suâ—â— Wintringham and Welingham in Com. Linc. and Ludington in Com. Northampt. leaving Iohn his Son and Heir thirty years of age Which Iohn in 1 Edw. 3. was in the Scottish Wars And having been summoned to all the Parliaments of his time till his death which hapned in 9 Edw. 3. left issue by Maud his Wife Daughter to the Lord Furnival one Son called Robert and two Daughters viz. Ioane the Wife of Sir Iohn Bernack Knight and Aviâ—â— Which Robert being an infirm man and having no issue by the advice of
the Redemption of those Lands obtained the Kings Precept unto the Barons of his Exchequer to make Inrollment thereof Which Iohn died in 12 Edw. 1. whereupon Iohn his Son and Heir had Livery of his Inheritance But dying without issue in 19 Edw. 1. Philip his Brother became his Heir who had thereupon the like Livery Which Philip departed this life in 18 Edw. 2. leaving Elizabeth his Wife surviving who had the Mannors of Ramesham and Comb-Keynes in Com. Dorset assigned for her Dowry and Iohn his Son and Heir Besides this last mentâ—oned William there was shortly after another William though how branched from this Stock I cannot say Which William in 30 Edw. 1. exhibited his Petition in Parliament on the behalf of Margaret then his Wife for the third part of the Mannor of Corpel in Com. Northampt. part of the Possessions of Iohn de Camoys her first Husband Whereunto the Kings Attorney answered That she ought not to have any Dowry therein by reason that divers years before the death of him the said Iohn she had departed from him and lived in Adultery with this William Paynell and that being never reconciled whilest he lived she ought not by force of the Statute concerning Women eloping from their Husbands and of their own accord living in Adultery with others and not after reconciled to have any Dowry at all Whereupon the said William and Margaret to manifest the consent of Iohn de Camoys for such her departure from him produced a formal Grant from the said Iohn in haec verba OMnibus Christi â—idelibus ad quos praeseâ—s Scriptum pervenerit Johannes de Camoys filius haeres domini Radulphi de Camoys salutem in Domino Noveritis me tradidisse dimiâ—isse spontaneâ voluntate meâ— domino Willielmo Paynell Militi Margaretam de Camoys filiam haeredem domini Johannis de Gatesden uxorem meam etiam dedisse concessisse eidem Willielmo relaxasse quietum clamasse omnia bona catallâ— quae ipsa Margareta habet vel de caetro habere posset etiam quicquid mei est de praedictâ Margaretâ bonis vel 〈◊〉 cum pertinentiis ita quod nec ego nec aliquis alius nomine meo in praedictâ Margaretâ bonis catallis ipisus Margaretae cum suis pertinentiis de caetero exigere vel vendicare poterimus nec debemus imperpetuum Et volo concedo per praesens Scriptum confirmo quod praedicta Margareta cum praedicto domino Willielmo sit maneat pro volunt 〈◊〉 Willielmi In cujus rei testimonium huic praesenti Scripto Sigillum mâ—um apposui His testibus Thomâ de Depeston Johanne de Ferrings Willielmo de Icombe Henrico le Biroun Stephano Camer Waltero le Blound Gilberto de Batecombe Roberto de Bosco aliis Alleaging That she did cohabite with this William by the freewil and consent of the same Iohn and delivery of her as the words of the Grant do import Howbeit after great Arguments on each part in regard she was never reconciled to her said Husband but surviving him did afterwards formally mary this Sir William Paynell at length judgment was given that she should not have any benefit of that Dowry This William was summoned to Parliament in 32 Edw. 1. and so till 8 Edw. 2. inclusive And in 34 Edw. 〈◊〉 was of the retinue to Iohn de Warenne in the Wars of Scotland so likewise in 35 Edw. 1. But all I have farther seen of him is That he granted to the Canons of Heringham in Suffex his Mannor of Cokeham and thirty two Acres of Land in Lanucyngg with the Ferry at New Shoreham in Suffex and that he departed this life 1 Apr. 10 Edw. 2. being then seised of the Mannors of Littleton Paynell and Knighton Paynell in Com. Wilts Westcote in Com. Surr. As also of the Mannors of Wolbeding Atte-Fure Hamtoneâ— and Okhangre in Com. Suss. And moreover that to him succeeded Iohn Paynell his Brother and Heir who in 10 Edw. 2. doing his homage had Livery of his Lands saving to Eva de S. Iohn the Widow of the said William her reasonable Dowry Which Iohn in 12 Edw. 2. obtained the Kings Charter for a Market upon the Tuesday every week at his Mannor of Littleton in Com. Wiltes as also a Fair yearly on the Eve Day and Morrow of the Nativity of St. Iohn Baptist and departed this life the same year leaving Maud his Daughter and Heir thirty years of age Pantulf IN Anno 1074. 8 Will. Conq. William Pantolf a valliant Knight through the advice of Mainer the venerable Abbot of St. Ebrulfs at Utica founded the Abby of St. Peter at Norum and amply endowed it with Lands and Tithes as also with the Churches within his several Lordships both in England and Normandy and Tithes of all his possessions Moreover he gave all his personal Estate to be equally divided betwixt the Monks of St. Ebrulfs and those of Norum Roger de Montgomeric his superior Lord then residing at Beâ—esâ—â—e in Normandy adding his Confirmation thereto Furthermore in Ann. 1077. 10 Will. Conq. he accompanied Robert Abbot of St. Ebrulfs Brother to Hugh de Grentmesnill after he had been at the Dedication of the Churches of Cane Baieâ—x and Bec which were Consecrated the same year into Apulia at which time Robert Wigard then Duke of Calabria received him with much Honor and taking notice of his valor endeavored to retain him in his service with promise of ample reward setting him next to himself at dinner and offering him in case he would stay three Cities in Italy But it so falling out about this time Mabeâ— the Countess being killed by Hugh de Salgei a stout and resolute Knight that this William was shrewdly suspected to be accessory to the murther in regard he had intimate familiarity with that Knight Whereupon Earl Roger de Montgomerie his superior Lord making seizure of all his Lands and seeking his life he fled to Utica with his Wife and Sons and there in great fear remained a long time under the protection of those Monks till at length through the importunity of divers noble persons it was concluded that he should undergo that severe Trial by Fire-Ordeall viz. to purge himself from the guilt of this foul murther by carrying a piece of Iron red hot in his Hands Which he did without any harme his Adversaries looking on with purpose to cut off his Head in case they had discerned him guilty After which having received great consolation in the height of his Adversity from the Abbot and Monks of Utica he gave them four of those Palls which he brought out of Apulia whereof four Copes were made for the Chanters in their Church at Utica
de Mara and to enjoy her Estate Which Petronill was first the Wife of William de Longâ—amp and dyed not till 46 Hen. 3. leaving Henry de Longâ—amp her Son and next Heir In 17 Ioh. this Oliver de Vaux was one of the Barons who met at Stamford in an hostile manner and afterwards at Brackley whence they sent to the King then at Oxford a minatory message viz. That in case he did not restore to the people their antient Rights and Liberties they were resolved to possess themselves of all his Castles and Lâ—â—ds and thereupon joyned with them in the Siege of Northampton for which Transgression the King caused his Lordships of â—laketon Okeâ—on and Hengham in Norfolk to be seised on In 13 Hen. 3 this Oliver upon levying the Scutage of Kery in Wales answered for twenty two Knights Fâ—es and an half And being with the King in his Army in Poicton was acquitted from the payment of any Scutage upon that Expedition In 29 Hen. 3. upon collection of the Aid for marrying the King's eldest Daughter he accounted for thirty two Knights Fees and an half Of Robert the Son and Heir of this Oliver I find nothing but of William his Son that he married Alianore the Daughter of William de Ferrers E. of Derby one of the Heirs to William Marshall sometime Earl of Pembroke without the King's License for which offence upon his submission he obtained pardon and for a Fine of two hundred Marks had Livery of the Lands of her Inheritance but dyed without Issue before the 37 Hen. 3. whereupon Iohn his Brother became his Heir Which Iohn for the sum of eighty Marks compounded the arrears of that debt to be paid by twenty six Marks Per Annum This Iohn in 41 Hen. 3. having paid part of the eighty Marks before-mentioned obtained the favour to satisfie the remainder being forty Marks by ten pounds per Annum and gave his Lordship of Botendone to the Nuns of Catesby in Northamptonshire In 42 Hen. 3. upon levying the Scutage of Wales he was charged with ten pounds for five Knights Fees In 46 Hen. 3. though he had been on the part of those Barons who combined together by oath at Oxford for asserting the Liberties of the Subject as they then pretended he at length fell off and assisted the King at the taking of Northampton And shortly after this was one of those who undertook that the King should stand to the determination of Lewes King of France for setling all differences betwixt him and the Barons then in Arms. Moreover the next ensuing year when he discerned the Barons to be so powerful as that they had the Tower of London Dover-Castle and divers other places of strength in their hands he joyned with those who advised the King to withdraw himself from that Parliament then held at Westminster and to betake himself to Windsore-Castle Having therefore so great experience of his fidelity the King soon after his victory at Evesham made him Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk and in remuneration of his eminent services in those troublesom and perillous times gave him certain Houses in London near Garthere part of the Possessions of Iohn Lorene an Enemy and Rebel And in 51 Hen. 3. constituted him Governour of the Castle at Norâ—ich In 5 Edw. 1. this Iohn obtained the King's Charter for a weekly Market upon the Saturday at his Mannor of Refham in Norfolk and a Fair upon the Eve day and morrow after the Feast of the Apostles Peter and Paul and in 10 Edw. 1. was in the King's Army in Wales In 11 Edw. 1. he was made Steward of the Dutchy of Aquitane having an allowance of two thousand pounds per Annum Turon for the support of himself in that Office And departed this life in 16 Edw. 1. leaving Petronill and Maud his two Daughters and Heirs then of full age Whereupon William de Nerford who married Petronill and William de Ros the Husband of Maud performing their respective Homages had Livery of the Lands of their Inheritance excepting a reasonable Dowry for Sibyll his Widow And upon Partition thereof the said William and Petronill had for their part these Lordships assigned to them viz. the Mannors of Therston and Shotesham in Com. Norff. Wysete in Com. Suff. excepting thirteen pounds per Annum Lands the moity of a Messuage in London called Blaunch-Apleton the Advowson of the Churches of Halt in Com. Norff. and Abyton in Cambridgshire and to the number of twenty five Knights Fees And the said William de Ros and Maud had the Mannor of Freston with certain Lands in Boston in Com. Linc. the Mannor of Hakeford with the Market of Refham belonging thereto the moity of the Mannors of Holt Cleye and Hocton in Com. Norff. fourteen pounds per Annum Lands in Wysere in Com. Suff. the moity of the Messuage called Blanch-Apleton in the City of London with the Advowson of the Churches of Cleye and Shotesham in Norfolk and to the number of nineteen Knights Fees or thereabouts Montalt UPon the Foundation of the Abbey of S. Werburge in the City of Chester temp W. Rufi Hugh the Son of Norman being at that time one of the Barons to Hugh Earl of Chester gave Gosetce and Lantrene to the Monks of that House Raphe and Roger his Brothers being witnesses thereof which Raphe joyned with him in the gift of all their right in Lostoch as also of the Church of Cotintune with the Glebe and Tithes pertaining thereto To this Raphe succeeded Robert his Son and Heir who assumed another â—irname from the chief place of his residence which was at a little Hill in Fâ—intshire then called Montalt whereon he built a Castle but of late time vulgarly Moulde and being Steward to the Earl of Chester was also one of his principal Barons After the death of Ranulph de Gernons Earl of Chester the Lands of that great Earldom were as it seems in the King's hand for some time for in 6 Hen. 2. this Robert de Montalt was one of those who accounted to the King's Exchequer for the Farm of them and likewise for what was then laid out in building of the Castle at Chester This Robert had Issue Robert his Son and Heir and he Roger. In the time of which Roger there being much Hostility betwixt the English and Welch David the Son of Lewelyn Prince of Wales invaded his Lands at Montalt but upon that Accord made in 25 Hen. 3. betwixt King Henry and the same David amongst other of the Articles then agreed on one was for the restitution of those Lands to this Roger. Which being done the next year following King Henry
King was then pleased to accept by two hundred Marks a year until it should be all paid In 42 Hen. 3. this Robert answered for four Knights Fees an half and eighth part in Lincolnshire and for five Knights Fees two thirds a twelfth and a twentieth part in Yorkshire as also for ten Fees of Trusbut and four Fees a fourth and third part of Waâ—â—â—e partly of his own and partly of those that descended to him from Agatha Trusbut before-mentioned In this 42 year he had likewise summons with his Father to march with Horse and Arms into Scotland for the delivering of Alexander the Third King of Scotland out of the hands of his Rebellious Subjects As also to come to Chester in like sort accoutred to resist the hostile Incursions of Lewelin Prince of Wales and being there accordingly had Scutage of all his Tenants who held of him by military service after the rate of forty shillings for each Knights Fee But after this viz. in 48 Hen. 3. taking part with the Rebellious Barons amongst 〈◊〉 he was one of the chief after that fatal 〈◊〉 of Lewes where the King and Prince were made prisoners the Prince was by them committed to his custody whereupon he had the guard of him in the Castle of Hereford and stood in so high esteem with them that amongst others he had summons to that Parliament which in 49 Hen. 3. all being in the their power they then called in the King's name For which respect after that signal Victory obtained against them in the Battel of Evesham by means of Prince Edward's happy escape his Lands were extended But being admitted to Composition by vertue of that favourable Decree called Dictum de Kenilworth in 51 Hen. 3. he raised a new embatelled-wall about the Castle of Belvoiâ— whereof he stood possessed in right of Isabell his Wife And departing this life upon the xvj Cal. of Iune Anno 1285. 13 Edw. 1. had sepulture for his Body in the Priory of â—irkham under a Marble Tomb on the South-side the Quire and for his Bowells before the high Altar at Belvoir towards the South-side of the Quire being then seised of the Castle and Mannor of Hamlake in Yorkshire in his own right and of the Mannors of Stoke-Daubeni in Com. Northt Orston Offington Wragby Beuver Botelesford and Redmyld in Com. Linc. Leic. in right of the said Isabell leaving William de Ros his Son and Heir thirty years of age as also Robert a younger Son and Isabell a Daughter married to Walter de Fauconberge which William doing his Homage the same year had Livery of all those Lands Of which Isabell his Wife I farther find that in 15 E. 1. she paid two thousand two hundred 74 pounds eleven shillings half-peny to the King of her Husband's debt and departing this life in the year 1301. 29 Edw. 1. was buried in the Hospital at Newstede near Stanford I come now to William de Res Son and Heir to the said Robert and Isabell. This William took to Wife Maude one of the Daughters and Coheirs of Iohn de Vaux by whom he had the Mannor of Freston and Lands in Boston in Com. Linc. as also the Mannor of Hackford with the Market of Reâ—ham belonging to the said Mannor of Hackford and the moities of the Mannors of Haâ—r Cley and Hocton all in Norfolk Likewise Lands in Wyset in Suffolk of fourteen pounds Rent the moity of a certain Messuage called Blauch-Apleton in the City of London with the Advowsons of the Churches of Cley and 〈…〉 in Norfolk and divers Knights Fees to the number of nineteen or thereabous So also Lands in 〈◊〉 Meleburne Torweyt Wichton Sâ—â—upton 〈◊〉 and Huthum and likewise the Mannor of Ros all in the County of York In 19. Edw. 1. he was Competitor with divers other for the Crown of Scotland in respect of his descent from Isabell his great Grand-mother Daughter to William King of Scotland And in 22 Edw. 1. one of those who had summons to attend the King wherever he then should be to advise upon his urgent Affairs relating to Gasâ—â—igne as it seems as also to march with him in person in his Army thither for relief of that Province then invaded by the King of France And as in these services against the French and 〈◊〉 he had amply manifested his fidelity to the King so did he against the Scots at such time as his Kinsman Robert de Ros then Lord of the Castle of Werke upon Twede in Northumberland did most perfidiously conâ—ederate himself with them in order to the Invasion of England in Anno 1296. 24 Edw. 1 for no sooner was he aware of that his Kinsman 's intended defection but he addressed himself to the King then at Newcastle upon Tine and discovering the same unto him desired some assistance to defend the Castle of Werke above-mentioned which being granted and a party of a thousand men sent to him for that purpose the Scots having notice that they quartered in a certain Village called Prestfen entred England by night with a great power and slew the most of them But the King hearing thereof and advancing from Newcastle soon possessed himself of that Fort and so highly esteemed of this William for his fidelity to him that though he continued him to the next year following in Gascoigne in his service yet he still trusted him with the Castle of Werke and gave him leave to depute his Brother Robert de Ros to be his Lieutenant-Governour there during his absence Being again in England he was the year following in the Scotch Expedition then made and of the Retinue of Raphe de Monthermer where he continued the whole year next after his Retainer Isabell his Mother being still living who in that year had Free-warren granted to her at Botelesford and Redmyld in Com. Leic. Wollesthorp in Com. Linc. and Orston in Com. Nott. which Isabell died in 29 Edw. 1. this William her Son and Heir being then forty years of age and was buried at Newstede near Stanford Anno 1301. 30 Edw. 1. Of Robert his Brother I farther find that he was in that Scotch Expedition in Anno 26 Edw. 1. So also in that of 29 Edw. 1 To this William de Ros Son of Robert and Isabell it was that King Edward the First for his good services in the Wars of Gascoigne granted the Castle of Werke with the Appurtenances whereof he had been Governour as is before expressed which Castle by the Rebellion of Robert de Ros of Werke came to the Crown as hath been already observed And likewise Freewarrâ—n there as also at Linton and Ros in Com. Ebor. Freston in Com. Linc. and Stoke-Daubeny in Com. Northt In 31 Edw. 1. he was again
Realm and obtain'd a Grant of the Castle and Lordship of Folkyngham in Com. Linc. Likewise of the Mannors of Lavyngton Sapirton Awethorp Asâ—akby Birhorp Repingbale the moity of the Mannor of Bykere and Mannor of Welbourne in the same County Of the Mannors of Loughborough and Shepeshed in Com. Leic. Of the Forestership of Rutland and Mannor of Leyseld in that County Of the House called Beaumond's-Inne situate in the Parish of St. Benedict in the Ward of Baynard's-Castle within the City of London late part of the Possessions of Sir William Beaumont Knight Viscount Beaumont as also of all that Purparty late belonging to the same William Viscount Beaumont of the Honour called Winchester-Fee with the Appurtenances in the said County of Leicester And of all the Lands and Lordships which were the said William Viscount Beaumont's in Folkingham and elsewhere in the County of Linc. and in Edmynton in Com. Midd. which by his Attainder in the Parliament held at Westminster the fourth day of Novemâ—er in the first year of that King's Reign came to the Crown At the same time he likewise obtain'd a Grant of the Mannors of Ashby la Zouch with its Appurtenances in the before-specified County of Leic. lately belonging to Iames Earl of Wiltshire then also Attainted As also of the Mannors and Lordships of Beaumaner Whytewyk Stochaston Neuton Hokelescote Donington Markefeild and Erneshy with their Appurtenances in that County and Mannor of Hekynton in Com. Linc. which Katherine Dutchess of Norfolke held for term of her life with Remainder to the said William Viscount Beaumont Furthermore in regard of the near Alliance in Bloud of Katherine his Wife Daughter to Richard Nevill late Earl of Salisbury Widow of William Lord Bonvile he obtain'd a further Grant to himself and her of the Mannor of Bolton Perci in Com. Ebor. as also of the Mannors and Lordships of Plompton Bercombe and Birlynâ— in Com. Suss. part of the Possessions of the same William Viscount Beaumont Likewise of the Honour Castle and Lordship of Belvoir with the Park and all its Members viz. Wollesthorp in Com. Linc. Barkeston Plumgarthe Redmyld and Hardeby in Com. Leic. with the Advowson of the Priory of Belvoir and Advowson of the Churches of Hardeby Wollesthorpe and Redmyld And of the Rent called Castle-Guard wheresoever throughout England appertaining to that Castle Also of the Mannor of Botesford with the Hamlets of Normanton and Esthorpe Advowson of the Church of Botesâ—ord in Com. Leic. And of the Mannor of Stoke D'aubeny with the Hamlets of Wilbaston Sutton and Asheley in Com. Northampt. All which were part of the Possessions of Thomas Lord Roos and by reason of his Attainder came to the Crown to hold to him the said William and Katherine and the Heirs Males of their two Bodies lawfully begotten and for want of such Issue to his Right Heirs The like Grant he also obtain'd of the Castle and Rape of Hastings in Com. Suss. The next year following viz. 2 E. 4. being Install'd Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter he had a Grant from Anne Dutchâ—ss of Suffolk of xx l. per Annum out of the Mannor of Langbar in Com. Essex And the same year the Lancastrians endeavouring to make Head again having possess'd themselves of the Castles of Bamborough Dunstanburgh and Alnwich in Com. Northumbr he assisted at the Siege of â—unstanburgh And in 3 E. 4. was joyn'd in Commission with Richard Nevill Earl of Warwick Iohn Earl of Northumb. and others to Treat with certain Commissioners and others from Iames the Third King of Scotland for a Truce betwixt both Realms In 4 E. 4. he obtain'd a Grant for Life of the Honours of Peverel Boloin and Hâ—genet with their Appurtenances lying in the Counties of Buck-Northampt and Leic. as also of the Honour of Huntendon with its Members in the Counties of Hunt Cambr. Bedf. Buck. and Northampt. part of the Possessions of Iohn Hastings late Earl of Pembroke And the same year had the Gift of x l. per Annum from the Lord Berkley to be paid out of his Mannor of Hamme juxta Berkley In 5 E. 4. he was again joyn'd in another Commission with Richard Earl of Warwick so treat and conclude with Iames Luxemburgh Lord of Richburgh upon a firm League of Amity betwixt King Edward and Charles of Burgundy Earl of Charoloys And the same year being still Master of the Mint undertook the Coyning of Gold viz. a Piece of viii s. 4 d. Sterling call'd a Noble of which there should be fifty such Pieces in the Pound-weight of the Tower Another Piece of iv s. ii d. Sterling and a third of the fourth part of the first for ii s. i d. Sterling In 6 E. 4. he was again joyn'd with Richard Earl of Warwick to Treat of Peace with the Embassador of Lewes the Eleventh then King of France as also to Confer with Charles of Burgundy Earl of Charoloys or his Embassadors for a Marriage betwixt him the said Charles and Margaret Sister to the King of England And soon after that was Commissioned with Richard Earl Rivers and others to Treat with the Commissioners of Philip Duke of Burgundy upon a League of Amity betwixt that Duke and King Edward In the same year he was again constituted Steward of the Honour of Leycester and Constable of the Castle there as also Warden of all the Parks Chaces and Mannors belonging to that Honour And in consideration of his good Services and of the good Services of Raphe Hastings Esq had a Grant from Queen Elizabeth Wife of King Edward the Fourth for the Custody of the Forest of Rokyngham in Com. Northampt. Moreover the next ensuing year after King Edward's Surprisal by the Earl of Warwick and Escape from Middleham-Castle in Lancashire he met him there and assisted him in raising new Forces whereby he got safe to London Soon after which viz. within the compass of that year he was sent Embassador with Anthony Widvile Lord Scales and others to Treat again with Charles Duke of Burgundy for a Marriage betwixt that Duke and Margaret Sister to King Edward the Fourth And in 8 E. 4. by Richard Earl of Warwick who calls him his dear Brother had a Grant of the Stewardship of all his Lordships and Revenues lying within the Counties of Leic. Rutl. and Northampt. during Life with the Fees accustomed So likewise from the Abbot and Covent of St. Werburge in the City of Chester to be general Steward of all the Revenues belonging to that Monastery lying in the County of Pembroke for Life with a Pension of six Marks yearly payable to him out of the Mannor of Weston upon Trent in Com. Leic. In 9 E. 4. he was again constituted Chamberlain of all North-Wales and Counties of Carnarvon Anglesey and Mereoneth as also Constable
of the Hospital of St. Leonard situate near the Abby of Leicester by reason that this Lord Hastings had obtain'd that Hospital from the King and given it unto that College for ever And lastly That according to the appointment of his Testament he was buried in the North-Isle of the Royal Chappel of St. George within the Castle of Windsore near to the Tomb of King Edward the Fourth where his Monument is still to be seen I come now to Edward his Son and Heir In 15 E. 4. this Edward was made a Knight of the Bathe with Edward then Prince of Wales And when King Henry the Seventh obtain'd the Crown had such respect from him considering the Sufferings of his Noble Father that he forthwith restored unto him all his Lands as by his Letters Patents bearing date 22 Nov. 1 H. 7. appeareth as also all the Lands of Sir Thomas Hungerford Knight his Wifes Father reversing his Attainder which was at Salisbury on Munday next after the Feast of St. Hillary 8 E. 4. This Edward Lord Hastings therefore to manifest his Gratitude for so high a Favour upon that Insurrection of Iohn Earl of Lincoln in 2 H. 7. fought stoutly against him and his Fellow-Rebels in the Battel of Stoke near Newarke upon Trent and worthily shared in the Honour of that Victory there obtained Shortly after which he was sent into Flanders by King Henry in Aid of Maximilian the Emperor against the French In 3 H. 7. being then of full Age he had Livery of all the Lands whereof William his Father died seised bearing then the Title of Lord Hastings and Hungerford In 7 H. 7. he was by Indenture retain'd to serve the King in his Wars beyond the Seas for one whole year with five Men at Arms each of them having his Custrel and Page fifteen Demilances sixteen Archers on Horseback forty Arches on Foot and two hundred Bills In 11 H. 7. I find him stiled Edward Lord Hastings Hungerford Botreaux Molins Moels and de Homet His first Summons to Parliament was in 22 E. 4. the Writ being thus directed viz. Edwardo Hastings de Hungerford Chivalier So likewise in the time of King Richard the Third and King Henry the Seventh By his Testament bearing date 4 Nov. 22 H. 7. he bequeath his Body to be buried in the College of Windosore near to his Father's Tomb appointing That an honest Priest should be provided to pray for his Soul and for the Souls of his Father and Mother in the Chappel or Church where his Body should be Interred by the space of seven years next after his Decease and that his Feoffees should make sale of his Mannors of Welford in Com. Northampt. Lubbesthorpe Wistow and Braunston in Com. Leic. Bewyk Alacborough and Slingsy in Com. Ebor. to pay his Debts and to perform his Will And departing this Life upon the eighth day of the same Month of November was buried in the Church of the Friers-Preachers commonly called the Black-Friers in the City of London leaving Issue by Mary his Wife Daughter and sole Heir to Sir Thomas Hungerford Knight Son of Robert Son of Walter Lord Hungerford George his Son and Heir and Anne a Daughter married to Thomas Earl of Derby Which Mary surviving him afterwards became the Wife of Sir Richard Sacheverell Knight This George the next ensuing year viz. 23 H. 7. had a special Livery of all the Lands of his Inheritance and in 5 H. 8. was in that Expedition made by King Henry into France at which time Therouene and Tâ—urnay were won In 19 H. 8. by the Favour of that King he obtain'd a Grant to himself and the Heirs male of his Body of the Mannor of Evington in Com. Leic. which came to the Crown by the Forfeiture of Sir William Stanley Knight And upon the eighth of December in 21 H. 8. at York Place now White-Hall was advanced to the Title of Earl of Huntington Moreover in 22 H. 8. he was one of the Peers who subscribed that Letter to Pope Clement the Seventh intimating to him That in case he did not comply with King Henry in that Business of the Divorce betwixt him and Katherine of Spain then his Queen he must expect that they would shake off his Supremacy And in 28 H. 8. upon that Insurrection in the North call'd the Pilgrimage of Grace occasion'd by the Dissolution of the Monasteries he offered his Service to the King against those Rebels By his Testament bearing date 13 Iunii 26 H. 8. which was many years before his death wherein he stiles himself Earl of Huntington Lord Hastings Hungerford Botreaux and Molines he bequeath'd his Body to be buried in the Parish Church of St. Elyne in Ashby de la Zouche in Com. Leic. and gave to that Church his best Pair of Altar-Clothes of Crimson-Velvet which were Embroydered with the Blessed Name of IESVS as also the Copes and whole Sute of Vestments belonging thereto Likewise one Pair of Candlesticks of Silver gilt a Pair of Basins Silver gilt a Pair of Censers of Silver a Cross of Silver and gilt with a Flower-de-Luce on the top and a Flower-de-Luce on either side Also one flat Ship of Silver and gilt and his best Chalice of Silver gilt Likewise his Water-stock of Silver gilt with the Sprinkle belonging thereto His best Pax of Silver and gilt with a Crucifix whereon were Mary and Iohn a Pair of Cruets of Silver gilt and a Sepulchre-Cloth of Crimson-Velvet Embroyder'd with Drops of Gold Likewise another Sute of Vestments of White Tinsell with two Copes of the same as also a Sute of Vestments of Crimson-Velvet which had the Cross thereof Embroyder'd with Acorns To the Abbot and Covent of Repyndon in Com. Derb. he bequeath'd the Vestment with the Tunicles and Stuff thereto belonging of Black Tinsell And to the Chappel of St. Bartholomew at Kirby in Com. Leic. he gave another Vestment To every Gentlewoman unmarried that had done Service in the Houshold to his Wife within the space of six years before his Decease he bequeath'd six Pounds Sterling and ordain'd That his Executors should cause a thousand Masses to be said or sung in as short a time as might be after his Decease by Secular Priests and others in Com. Leic. and other Places adjoyning To Francis his eldest Son he bequeathed all his Furrs of Sables And appointed That all the outsides of his Gowns and Apparel fit for that purpose should be made in Vestments and deliver'd to poor Churches within his Lordships To his Daughter Dorothy he bequeath'd a thousand Pounds to her Marriage To his Daughter Catherine the like Sum. And ordained That his Executors out of the Revenues of his Lands in Wodcote and Burton Hastings in Com. Warr. should provide two Priests to sing in the Parish-Church of Ashby for the space of xx years
Lviii s. v d. Rent of Assize issuing out of divers Burgages in Keneford all in the County of Devon as also the Mannor of Hillesdon in Com. Buck. Which Anne in 11 H. 6. obtain'd Licence from the King to marry Iohn Botreaux Esq and died 16 Ian. 19 H. 6. Of Thomas the next succeeding Earl I find That in 8 H. 6. being then within age he covenanted to serve the King for one whole year with six Men at Arms and xxi Archers in a Voyage-Royal then made into France for the accustomed Wages of War And in 14 H. 6. that he did again covenant by Indenture to serve the King for the Relief of Calais with one Knight xxiv Men at Arms and CCCClxx Archers Moreover That in 19 H. 6. he had Livery of his Lands and his Homage respited Likewise That in 30 H. 6. favouring the Title of Richard Duke of Yorke who aimed at the Crown he entred into Counsel with him for attaining thereof and that he departed this Life upon the Feast-day of St. Blase the Bishop scil 3 Febr. 36 H. 6. as also That Thomas his Son and Heir being then xxvi years of age had shortly after Livery of his Lands doing his Homage Which last-mention'd Thomas stoutly adhering to King Henry the Sixth in those Wars with the House of Yorke had in consideration thereof an Annuity of an hundred Marks per Annum for his Life given him in 38 H. 6. to be yearly receiv'd out of the Profits of the Mannor and Borough of Milberton and Mershwâ—â—e then forfeited to the Crown by the Rebellion as it was then called of Richard Duke of Yorke But long he enjoy'd it not for the House of Yorke prevailing Edward Son to that Duke got the Crown within little more than one year aâ—ter and within one Month more after that viz. 3 Abr. 1 E. 4. he himself viz. this Earl died leaving Thomas his Son and Heir who being at Lowâ—on-Field with his Father upon Palm-Sunday Martii 29 the same year was for that Offence attainted in the Parliament begun at Westminster 4 Nov. following But did not suffer death as it seems for it appears that in 11 E. 4. being again in Arms on the behalf of King Henry the Sixth at the Battel of Tewkesbury he there was slain and buried in that place Notwithstanding all which Henry Courtney Esq for so he is called his Brother and Heir in Blood found so much favour from King Edward that upon the twenty seventh of July in the first year of his Reign without any proof of his Age he gave him Livery of the Mannor of Topesham and of all other the Lands Tenements Boroughs and Lordships which his said Brother was seised of at the time of his death or Thomas Earl of Devon Father of them both But of this special Livery he had small Benefit for in February following King Edward gave the Borough of Tiverton with a great part of the Possessions of the same Thomas late Earl of Devon so attainted as hath been observed unto Sir Humphrey Stafford of Suthwyke Knight and to the Heirs-male of his Body whom he afterwards advanced to the Title of Earl of Devon as I shall shew in due place Howbeit long it was not ere the Scene became chang'd For no sooner had King Henry the Seventh obtain'd the Crown of this Realm but highly favouring those Families who stood firm to the Lancastrian Interest he did not onely advance Sir Edward Courtney of Haccombe Knight Son to Sir Hugh Courtney of Boconnok Knight Son of Hugh younger Brother to Edward late Earl of Devon unto the Title of Earl of Devon as by his Letters Patents bearing date 26 Oct. the same year appeareth but upon the same day by other Letters Patents gave him the Honours Borough and Mannours of Plimpton and Okehampton the Castle and Mannor of Tyverten the Mannors of Sampford Courtney Chalvelegh Cornwood Morton Dawney Topesham Exiland Ken Ecrmynster Colyton Whycaford Whimbel Aylesbere Raylesford Musbury and Chulmelegh as also the Hundreds of Plympton Tyverton Colyton West-Burleghe Est-Burleghe Exrminster Harige and Wâ—nforde with the Advowsons of the Churches of Alfrington Ken Throughen Miltonâ— Damorell and All-Saints in the City of Exeter with the Advowsons of the Prebends of Hayes Coticors and Ken in the Chappel of our Lady within the Castle of Exeter Also of the Chantry of Stiklepath with Free-fishing in the River of Exe and three Mills in Exiland all in the County of Devon Likewise the Mannor of Webington in Bedfordsh the Mannors of Shebrok West-Tanton Landulp Northil Porthloe Porth-pigham Legh-Durant Landzean Trelowyn Trevervyn Courtney Tregamare and Tregulan as also the Boroughs of Crofthole and Port-Pigham with the Advowson of the Churches of Cheviok Landulâ— and Northill and Free-Chappel of Lamana in Cornwale all which were part of the Possessions of Thomas Courtney late Earl of Devon Son of Thomas sometime Earl of Devon And in March following constituted him Governour of the Castle of Restormell in Cornwall This Edward was in that Expedition made into France in 7 H. 7. for assisting of Maximilian the Emperour against the French which succeeded not And in 13 H. 7. with the help of William his eldest Son a Person of great Valour stoutly defended the City of Exeter then besieged by Perkyn Warbeck and that Power which he had newly Landed in Cornwall until the Men of Note in those Western Parts came to the Relief thereof Having married Elizabeth Daughter to Sir Philip Courtney of Maland Knight he had Issue by her Sir William Courtney Knight his Son and Heir and by his Testament bearing date 27 Martii â— H. 8. bequeathing his Body to be buried in the Chappel at Tibertone near the Grave of his Wife gave Lands of iv l. per Annum value for the founding of a Chantry therein He had also four Sisters whose Issue at length became Heirs to the Inheritance viz. Elizabeth Maude Isabell and Florence the first of which was Wife of Iohn Tretherfe the second of Iohn Arundel of Telverne the third of William Mohun and the fourth of Iohn Trelauny To this last Edward succeeded William his Son and Heir who towards the later end of King Henry the Seventh's Reign more for Suspicion than any just Cause was cast into Prison together with William his Uncle Howbeit when King Henry the Eighth came to the Crown he was receiv'd into Favour and in high esteem but when he should have return'd to his Military Exercises he died of a Pleuriâ—ie on the ninth of June 3 H. 8. at Grenewiche before he had either Letters Patents of Creation or was formally Created with Ceremony Nevertheless through the special Favour of the King he was Interred as an Earl on the South-side of the High-Altar in the Black Friers Church
the Soul of Elizabeth his Wife Daughter of Guy de Beauchamp Earl of Warwick as also for the Soul of his Father viz. Sir Giles de Astley and for the Soul of his Mother viz. Alice the Daughter and Heir to Sir Thomas de Wolvey Knight and all the Faithful deceased Whereunto he obtain'd Licence for the amortizing of eight Messuages two Carucates of Land Pasturage for two Horses and four Oxen with Cvi s. viii d. Rent lying in Astley Wolvey Milverton and Willâ—ghby juxta Dunchurch in Com. Warr. And in 12 E. 3. was associated with Richard Earl of Arundell and Thomas Lord Berkley for Arraying of all Persons in the County of Warwick according to their respective Estates and Faculties Moreover the same year he obtain'd farther Licence from the King to grant the perpetual Advowson of the Parochial Church at Astley to the Warden and Priests belonging to the Chappel of our Blessed Lady there to celebrate Divine Service for the Health of his Soul with the Souls of his Ancestors and all the Faithful deceased Whereupon it was appropriated thereto accordingly Which Chantry consisting of four Secular Priests one called the Warden and another the Sub-Warden was founded to celebrate Divine Service daily for the good Estate of this Thomas de Astley the Lady Elizabeth his Wife Dame Alice and Alice Mothers to them both their Heirs and Successors Likewise for the good estate of Roger de Northburgh then Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield and after their deceases for the health of their Souls as also for the Souls of Sir Walter de Astley and Isabell his Wife Sir Thomas de Astley and Ioane his Wife Sir Andrew de Astley and Sibyle his Wife Nicholas de Astley and Alice his Wife Sir Giles de Astley Father of this Thomas the Founder Sir Thomas de Wolvey and Alice his Wife and of Sir Thomas de Clinton Knight For augmentation of which number to seven Priests and one Clerk in 14 E. 3. he obtain'd another Licence to amortize two Messuages three Yard Land and an half two Acres of Wood and ii s. viii d. Rent in Withibroke Hapsford and Bedworth In the same year the Ninth of Sheaves Wooll and Lamb being granted to the King in the Parliament then held as an Aid for the Support of his Wars he was associated with the Bishop of Worcester Abbot of Stoneley and Prior of Erdbury for supervising the Payment thereof in the County of Warwick And in 17 E. 3. obtaining further Licence from the King for changing these Chantry-Priests into a Dean and Secular Canons and to grant to them and their Successors the perpetual Patronage of the Church of Hill-Morton which was accordingly appropriated thereto the same year he began the Structure of a most fair and beautiful Collegiate-Church in the form of a Cross and dedicated it to the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin with a tall Spire covered with Lead Which Foundation consisted of a Dean and two Canonâ— who were to be Secular Priests each having â—â—eir Lodgings appointed to them with particular Lands out of the before-mentioned Possessions so given as hath been observed the Dean being to provide a Priest as perpetual Vicar there and by him presented to the Bishop by the Bishop to be Instituted and by his Mandate to the Chapter of his Church to be admitted having five Marks by the year for his Salary quarterly paid And likewise another Priest with a fit Clerk to serve the Parishioners in that Church In 33 E. 3. this Thomas was constituted the Chief of those Commissioners then authorized for the Arraying of Men in the County of Warwick according to the Statute of Winchester He was also summon'd to Parliament amongst the Barons of this Realm in 16 22 and 23 E. 3. And by the before-specified Elizabeth his Wife left Issue Sir William de Astley and Sir Thomas both Knights as also Giles his third Son from whom the Astleys of Wolvey in Com. Warr. are descended Which Sir Thomas was one of the Knights for Warwickshire in the Parliament of 8 R. 2. And the same year retain'd by Indenture for one whole year to serve the King in his Wars of France the King himself being then personally there with three Archers well Armed and fitted for the War receiving for himself xii d. per diem besides the accustomed Reward and for every of his Archers vi d. per diem From him it is by Elizabeth his Wife Daughter of Richard Harecourt Son of Sir William Harecourt Knight whose Couâ—in and next Heir she was that the Astleys of Paâ—shull in Com. Staff are Lineally descended One of which Family viz. Iohn de Astley is worthily famed for maintaining a Dueâ— on Horseback upon the 29 of August Anno 1438. 17 H. 6. within the Street called St. Antoine in Paris against one Peter de Massei a Frenchman in the Presence of Charles the Seventh then King of France Who having pierc'd Massei through the Head had as by the Articles betwixt theâ— was conditioned the Helmet of the said Massei so vanquished to present unto his Lady After which viz. on the 30 of January 20 H. 6. he undertook another Fight in Smithfield within the City of London in the Presence of King Henry with Sir Philip Boyle an Arragonian Knight who having been in France by the King his Master's command to look out some such hardy Person against whom he might try his Skill in Feats of Arms and missing there of his desires repaired hither After which Combate ended being gallantly perform'd on Foot with Battel-Axes Spears Swords and Daggers he was Knighted by the King and had an Annuity of C Marks given him during his Life Yea so famous did he grow for his Valour that he was elected Knight of the Garter and bore for his Arms the Coats of Astley and Harecourt Quarterly with a Label of three Points Ermine But I return to Sir William de Astley Knight eldest Son to Thâ—mas Founder of the Collegiate-Church at Astley This Sir William in 3 H. 4. was in Commission for Inquiry touching such as were Disturbers of the Laws and Framers of Lies within the County of Warwick And the next year after for Arraying of Men in that County Likewise in 6 H. 6. in another Commission for treating with the People touching a Loan of Money to the King And left Issue one sole Daughter and Heir called Ioane first married to Thomas Raleigh of Farnborough in Com. Warr. Esq and afterwards to Reginald Lord Grey of Ruthin whose Issue by her enjoy'd her whole Inheritance Waleran UPon the Assessment of the Aid levied in 12 H. 2. for Marrying the King's Daughter Walter Waleran certified That he then had twenty five Knights Fees de veteri Feoffamento for which in 14 H. 2. upon the Collection of that Aid he paid
in 46 E. 3. at which time he was retain'd by Indenture to serve the King in those Wars with xl Men at Arms himself being then a Banneret xv Knights xxxiv Esquires and Lx Archers This William in 5 R. 2. had a Resolution to found a Monastery of the Carthusian Order in Honour of St. Anne near to the City of Coventre but was by death prevented whereupon King Richard the Second accomplish'd that Work for on Wednesday the Feast of St. George the same year he departed this Life leaving Sir William la Zousche of Braunfeild Knight his Son and Heir then xl years of age as also a younger Son called Thomas who afterwards had the Mannors of Ightam and Eynesford in Com. Kanc. being then seised of the Castle and Mannor of Torneys with its Members viz. Lodeswalle and Hiwishe as also of the Mannor of Cornewâ—rthie in Com. Devon of the Mannors of Eygâ—reham and Eynesford in Com. Cantii of the Hundred of Calne with the Mannor of Calston and Mannor of Ambresbury called le Coâ—ynger in Com. Wiltes of the Mannor of Kingesw 〈◊〉 in Com. Suthampt. of the Mannor of Kilpesham in Com. Rotel Haryngworth Bulwyke Beâ—ghâ—y and Mannor called Souches-Mannor in Rothwell in Com. Northampt. of the Mannor of Ilkeston in Com. Derb. Zouches-Mannor in Docking in Com. Norff. Bluenlegh in Com. Suff. Mule Bracy in Com. Salop. Eyton with its Members viz. Henlawe Berston and Wymington Totenshe Houghton and Weston Inge in Com-Bedf Hamme in Com. Buck. Wythkall Lavnton and Lynthorpe in Com. Linc. Thorpe Ernauld with its Members viz. Brentyngby Busseby Thurneby and Houghton as also of the Mannor of Claybroke in Com. Leic. and likewise of the Mannor of Weston in Com. Warr. Elizabeth his Wife surviving who by her Testament bearing date upon the Feast-day of St. Ambrose Anno 1408. 9 H. 4. bequeath'd her Body to be buried in the Abby of Tewkesbury where the Corps of her Brothers lay Interred with xx l. to that House and gave to Edmund and Thomas her Sons all her Silver Vessel to be equally divided betwixt them Which William viz. Son and Heir to the last-mention'd William doing his Homage had Livery of his Lands and in 7 R. 2. was in the Wars of France This William was he who being accused by a Frier-Carmelite that he had scandalized Iohn of Gant Duke of Lancaster with evil Machinations against the King was brought before the Parliament though at that time very sick to answer the Charge but stoutly denying all he was at length acquitted And in 8 R. 2. was retain'd by Indenture to serve the King in his Scoâ—â—sh Wars for xl days the King resolving to go in 〈◊〉 thither But in 10 R. 2. being then called William Lord Zousche of Torneys residing there at that time as it seems obtain'd Licence from the King to make a Castle of his Mannor-house at Haringworth in Com. Northampt. Which Licence was afterwards confirm'd to Sir William la Zousche Knight his Cousin and Heir in 10 H. 6. In 12 R. 2. this William was banish'd the Court as one of the King 's Evil Counsellors by those Great Lords who then met in Arms at Haringey Park After which viz. in 15 R. 2. he was by some Inquisitions found to be next Heir to Iohn de Hastings Earl of Pembroke viz. Son of William Son of Eudo Father of William Son of Milisent Daughter and one of the Heirs to William de Cantilupe Brother of Nicholas Father of William Father of Nicholas Father of William Father of William who died without Issue And in 19 R. 2. upon the Saturday next preceding the Feast of St. Dunstan being the thirteenth of May departed this Life leaving William his Son and Heir xxii years of age Which William doing his Homage the year following had Livery of his Lands This William the same year viz. 20 R. 2. being in the Wars of France was of the Retinue of Edward Earl of Rutland and in 22 R. 2. went again to those Wars Moreover in 1 H. 4. in consideration of his good Services to that King he had a Grant of C l. per annum out of the Exchequer And in 3 H. 4. attended Blanch the King's Daughter to Celein where she was married to the Emperor's Son Furthermore in 7 H. 4. upon the death of Thomas la Zouche his Uncle who held the Mannors of Middle Claydon and Elesyngburgh in Com. Buck. for term of Life the Reversion appertaining to him he then came to the Possession of those Lordships And in 8 H. 4. was again in the Wars of France In 1 H. 5. being at that time Lieutenant of Calais he was one of the Embassadors sent to Cbarles King of France for the Observation of the Truce made by King Richard the Second and that King And having married Alice the Daughter and Heir of Sir Richard de St. Maur the younger Knight and of Mary his Wife as also Cousin and Heir of Ela the Wife of Sir Richard St. Maur the elder Knight Father of Richard the younger and made proof of her age had Livery of the Lands of her Inheritance doing his Fealty This William died 3 Nov. 3 H. 5. being then seised of the Mannor of Drey Docking in Com. Norff. Kilpham in Com. Rotel Haryngworth Bulwyke Braunfeild Houghton and Berughby in Com. Northampt. Ilkeston in Com. Derb. of the Castle of Greisele in Com. Nott. of the Castle of Totneys with the Borough and Mannor of Cornworthy in Com. Devon of the Mannors of Lavington Withâ—all and Kinthorpe in Com. Linc. Weston in-Arden and Folkeshull in Com. Warr. Claybroke and Thorpe Ernauld with its Members in Com. Leic. Colston with the Hundred of Calne in Com. Wiltes Meole Bracy in Com. Salop. Hergrobe Odâ—cumbe and the Borough of Briggewater in Com. Somerset Esulburgh Claydo Stoke Mandevile and Hamme in Com. Buck. as also of the Mannors of Thorâ—bury and Eyton in Com. Bedf. leaving William his Son and Heir xiii years of age whose Marriage was granted by the King to Raphe Earl of Westmorland but the Benefit of his Lands to Iohn Holand Earl of Huntendon to hold during his Minority As also Iohn a younger Son who married Elizabeth the Aunt and Heir to Henry Lord Grey of Codnovre from whom the Zouches of Codnobre did descend and two Daughters viz. Margaret the Wife of Sir Thomas Tresham Knight and Elizabeth Which William his Son and Heir upon the death of Elizabeth his Mother in 4 H. 6. doing his Fealty had Livery of all those Lands which she held in Dower and in 2 E. 4. being then above xxx years of age and bearing the Title of Lord Zouche and St. Maur having perform'd many special Services
for that King to his very great Charge had a special Livery of the Lands of his Inheritance But long after this he lived not for having by his Testament bearing date 12 Ian. 7 E. 4. bequeath'd his Body to be buried in the Church of All Hallown at Haringworth he departed this Life upon the eighth of January the next year following scil 8 E. 4. being then seised of the Mannor of Weston in Com. Warr. Thorpe Ernauld Brantmghy Houghton and Claybroke in Com. Leic. Calston Witenham Laâ—gton Aven Calne with the Hundred of Calne Castel-Eyton Hilperton and Imnen in Com. Wiltes of the Mannor of Corneworthy with the Mannor and Castle of Totnes in Com. Devon of the Mannors of Haryngworth Bullewyke Braunfeld Houghton Berâ—â—hhy Onlere Blakesleye and Gretton in Com. Northampt. Ilkestone in Com. Derb. of the Castle and Mannor of Greseles in Com. Nott. Labenden Ashwode Wâ—ston Vnderwode Chilton and Hames in Com. Buck. Etan Houghton Totenho and Thornbury in Com. Bedf. Wenefrede Egle in Com. Dorset Castel-Cary with the Hamlets of Handespene Honrwike and Almesford as also of the Mannors of Mershe Win Caulton with the Borough Pidcombe Colle Stoke Holwey Koode the Borough of Brugewater the Mannors of Haygrobe Odecumbe North-Barowe South-Barowe Charieton Adam Charleton Makorell Suddon Brokton and Brokton Saynir in Com. Somerset leaving Iohn his Son and Heir at that time eight years of age as also William a younger Son and two Daughters viz. Elizabeth and Margaret Of which Iohn all that I have seen is That taking part with King Richard the Third and being with him in the Battel at Bosworth-Field he was attainted in the Parliament begun at Westminster 7 Nov. 1 H. 7. As also that he married Ioane one of the four Sisters and Heirs to Sir Iohn Dynham Knight Lord Dynham and had Issue by her Iohn his Son and Heir who in 7 H. 7. was one of the Chief Persons employ'd in that Expedition then made into France under the Conduct of Iasper Duke of Bedford and Iohn Earl of Oxford to the Assistance of Maximilian the Emperor against the French but return'd without performing any thing memorable by reason that the Emperor for lack of Money could not appear This Iohn being afterwards restor'd c. had a special Livery of all those Lands which were of his Mothers Inheritance Moreover in 4 E. 6. Anno 1550. by his Testament then bearing date he bequeath'd his Body to be buried in the Chappel at Haryngworth where other of his Ancestors lay Interred and died about a Twelve-month after for the Probate of his Will bears date 21 Apr. Anno 1551. Leaving Issue by Dorothie his first Wife Daughter to Sir William Capell Knight sometime Lord Mayor of London Richard his Son and Heir as also Iohn a younger Son afterwards Knight And Susan his second Wife Daughter and Heir to William Welby of Halsted in Com. Linc. Widow of Nicholas Davenport of Bulwyke in Com. Northampt. surviving Which Richard took to Wife Ioane the Daughter of Sir Iohn Rogers Knight Sister of Edward Rogers Comptroller of the Houshold to Queen Elizabeth And having been summon'd to Parliament in 6 E. 6. and by his Testament bearing date 22 Iulii 1552. 6 E. 6. bequeath'd his Body to be buried where his Executors should think fit and died soon after leaving Margaret his Wife Daughter of ... Cheney surviving and George his Son and Heir Which George took to Wife Margaret one of the Daughters and Heirs to William Welby of Molton in Com. Linc. Esq And departing this Life 30 Iunii Anno 1569. 11 Eliz. was buried in his Chappel at Harmgworth leaving Issue Edward Lord Zousche his Son and Heir then xiii years of age Which Edward in Anno 1586. 29 Eliz. was one of those Lords who sate in Judgment upon the Queen of Scots at Fotheringhay-Castle And in 37 Eliz. sent Embassador into Scotland to countenance and oblige those of the Nobility there who were of the English Faction as also to terrifie those of the Spanish Party Moreover in 44 Eliz. he was constituted Lieutenant of all North-Wales and South-Wales with the Marches thereof and in 13 Iac. made Constable of Dovor-Castle and Warden of the Cinque-Ports for Life And having married Alianore the Daughter of Sir Iohn Zouche of Codnovre in Com. Derb. Knight by whom he had Issue two Daughters his Heirs viz. Elizabeth married to William Tate of De la Pre juxta Northâ—mpton Esq and Marie to ... Leighton of ... Burgh THE Chief of this Family as our best Genealogists have observed was William Fitz-Aldelme Steward to King Henry the Second and Governour of the City of Wexford in Ireland unto which City these Places here mention'd did then perform Service viz. Arhkelow and Glascarigg as also the Land of Gilbert Borard Fernregwinal Fernes all the Lands of Hervei lying betwixt Wexford and the River of Waterford the Service of Reimund de Drune the Services of Fordonelau Uthmorthe and Leghlins the Tenement of Machtale Leis and likewise the Lands of Geffrey de Costentin Upon the Return of King Henry the Second out of Ireland which was in Anno 18. of his Reign he sent this William then his Steward to manage all things there in his stead But all that I have farther seen of him as to his Secular Employments is That he was Sheriff for the County of Cumberland from the beginning of the first year to the end of the ninth year of King Richard the First As to his Works of Piety he founded the Monastery of St. Thomas the Martyr near Dublin for Canons-Regular of St. Augustin's Order and afterwards in the presence of Vivian the Cardinal and Laurence Archbishop of Dublin gave to these Canons one Carucate of Land called Dunovere with a Mill and Meadow for the health of the Soul of Geffrey Earl of Anjou Father of King Henry the Second and for the Soul of the Empress his Mother as also for the Souls of King Henry the Second and his Children Moreover in Anno 1 86. 32 H. 2. he ratified to the Hospitallers of St. Iohn of Hierusalem the Gift of the Lordship and Church of Little Mapeltrestede made to them by Iulian his Wife Daughter of Robert Doisnell and left Issue Walter who taking to Wife Mande the sole Daughter and Heir to Hugh de Laci Lord of Ulster in Ireland became thereupon Lord of that Province from whom descended Elizabeth Daughter and Heir to William his Great Grandson Wife of Leonel Duke of Clarence third Son to King Edward the Third Another Son he had called Richard from whom the Earls of Clanrikard do derive their Descent But of these in regard they were not Barons
But the Barons having intelligâ—nce of his purpose sent to him with offer of Peace the Frâ—ers-Preachers and Gray-Fryers 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 laboring the same In hopes therefore of an amicable Accord the 〈◊〉 and the King of Almaâ—â—â— put themselves into their hands upon condition that there should be a sudden Treaty touching those Ordinances of Oxford viz. To retain such of them as were proper and to set aside the rest Whereupon and in hopes of an honorable Peace all the Kings party had leave to repair to their respective homes but instead of performance of what was so speciously pretended they first sent away the Prince to Walingford Castle Which being done and this Earl taking upon himself the cheif management and disposal of all things he put the King of Almaine in the Tower of London and sent the Prince with Henry the Kings other Son to the Castle of Dovor taking the King with him wheresoever he went Soon after which he issued out a Commission in the Kings Name under the Great Seal whereby himself with the Bishop of Chichester and Earl of Glocester were authorised to nominate nine select person some Bishops and some other to govern the Realm And having so done extorted from Prince Edward a Grant of the Inheritance of the Earldom and Honor of Chester with its Appurtenances under colour of an exchange for some other Lands and caused another Patent in the Kings Name bearing date 24 Decemb. to be sealed for ratifying thereof Moreover upon the twentieth of May following he passed another Patent of that Earldom and Honor as also of the Castle and Honor of Pec with the Castle and Town of Newcastle under Lime in Com. Staff to himself and his heirs And to the end that all things relating to the publick might the more advantageously be transacted for the establishing this their new Government they sent out Writs in the Kings Name and under his Seal bearing date the twenty fourth of December 49 Hen. 3. unto divers Bishops and Abbots and to such of the Nobility as were of their own party whereof this Earl was the cheif by which signifying The Realm to be then in peace and quiet and the desire of the King to establish the same to the honor of God and benefit of his People they were summoned to meet at London on the Octaves of S. Hillary there to sit in Parliament to treat and give their advice As also Precepts to every Sheriff to send thither at the same time two Knights for each County and to the Cities and Boroughs the like number of Citizens and Burgesses and likewise to the Barons of the Cinque-Ports a certain number of their discreetest Men for the same purpose this being the first time for ought is to be seen from any good Authority that the People were represented by two Knights for each County and one or two Burgesses for each Borough the Noblemen Bishops and great Abbots before that time representing all those who held of them and the Kings Tenants by Military service in Capite themselves and all those who held of them as I have elswhere more fully manifested And if I may be so bold as to give my opinion on what Reasons these potent Rebels then had thus to alter the former antient usage by requiring two Knights to be elected for each County and one or two Burgesses for each Borough I shall take leave to conjecture that it was because they discerning what large Retinues the Nobility and other great Men in those elder times had as also the great number of the Kings Tenants in Capite then called Barones minores it might have proved dangerous to themselves to permit such a multitude to come together And therefore considering that through the confluence of those many Reteyners brought by their own party to Oxford as before is observed they did at that time so far awe the King as that he was constrained to assent unto those unreasonable Ordinances called the Provisions of Oxford made and framed by themselves they had cause enough to suspect that by the like tumultuous meetings if not thus prevented they themselves might be divested of that usurped power which by the same artifice they had formerly thus gained And now having done with this I hope no uncecessary digression I proceed Having thus got the total sway of the whole Realm to himself the chief of those Barons who stood loyal to the King well foreseeing the consequence thereof viz. Roger de Mortimer Iames de Alditheley Roger de Leyburne Roger de Clifford Hamon le Strange and Hugh de Turbervile with some others with one consent conspired against him Discerning therefore this dangerous cloud he associated himself with Leweline Prince of Wales and removed Prince Edward from Dovor to the Castle of Hereford Then took the Castle of Haye belonging to the Earl of Hereford Likewise the Castle of Ludlow and miserably wasted the Lands of Roger. Mortimer After which he marched to Montâ—omerie where for the present those of the Nobles who were then fallen off came to an accord with him and thence Southwards purposing to encounter such forces as possibly might land from France in aid of the King But by this time the Pope having heard of these their doings he sent the Bishop of Sabine a Cardinal to Excommunicate them all Which Bishop being somewhat timerous to Land here upon that Errand directed his Letters to some of the English Bishops to attend him at Amiens in France and some others at Boloine where he delivered to them an Excommunication from his Holiness to be published in London and the Cinque-Ports Soon after which the Earl of Gloucester who next to himself had been the chief Actor in this Tragick Scene distasting the insolency of this Earl in thus assuming all power to himself and to do what he listed as also discerning that he had grasped all the Kings Castles and Revenues of the Crown with the benefit of all Compositions to himself which by agreement betwixt them should have been equally shared moreover that his Sons bearing themselves loftily had proclaimed a Turneament at Dunstaple against him whereunto the Londoners and great multitudes of people came he grew highly insensed and thereupon required that the King of Almaine with some other of the chief Prisoners taken in the Battle at Lewes should be put into his custody Which being denyed did so enrage him as that he would not hearken to any reconciliation and thereupon incited all the great men of the Marches whom this our Earl of Leicester had by publick Proclamation required to avoid the Realm to rise with him Which breach betwixt them gave opportunity to many others viz. Iohn de Warren Earl of Surrey William de Valence Earl of Pembroke c. to joyn
he sent for all his Knights and Esquires which held of the English party having twelve hundred men at Armes two thousand Archers and three thousand Foot and passing the Garone betwixt Burdeaux and Blay entered Poiâ—ou where he took the Town and Castle of Mirabell by assault Likewise the Town and Castle of Alnoy the Towns of Surgeres and Benon as also Mortain on the Sea side burnt the Town of Lusignen wone the Town and Castle of Taylbourg obtained the Town of St. Iohn d' Angle by render took the Town of Burg St. Maximien by assault So likewise Monstrell Boyvin and the City of Poitiers But these last passages are somewhat otherwise reported by Tho. Walsingham who saith that in this year viz 20 Edw. 3. upon a Counsel held at Brigerak in Aquitane by this Earl and the great men of that Countrey he being then Seneschall there Iohn the eldest Son to the King of France who had long besieged Aguilon but could not take it sent to him for a Truce which was expresly denied and seeing he could not obtain his desire quitted the Siege by night in much disorder leaving his Tents and Baggage behind And that this Earl thereupon fixed himself in Aguilon Reas and several other places as also in the Castles of Agenoys and Tonynges Likewise that marching by Seintonge with a thousand men he lodged at Salveterre which was rendered to him for fear and that after this having taken the Towns of St. Iohn d'Angelyn and Isyngham by assault as also the Castle coming to Poytiers after a short Siege he took it and having refreshed his Army there for eight days returned with great boâ—ty and triumph to Burdeaux About this time also Calais being besieged by the English King Edward took care that the avenues thereto should be strictly guarded so that the French might not approach to raise that siege Whereupon he sent this Earl to keep Newland Bridge with a choice number of men and Archers Shortly after which that strong garrison was rendered At this Siege bearing then the Title of Earl of Lancaster Derby and Leicester and Steward of England he was appointed by the King together with William de Clinton Earl of Hunâ—endon Renaud de Cobham Sir Walter Maney William Lovell and Stephen de Cosintone to hear and determine all disputes touching Armes and thereupon did by a certain Instrument under his and their Hands and Seals bearing date in the Camp there on the Eve of St. Margaret 21 E. 3. give judgement for Iohn de Warbelton in a certain cause then controverted betwixt him the said Iohn Son and Heir to Sir Iohn de Warbelton and Tibaud the Son of Sir Tibaud Russell who assumed the Sirname of Gorges for bearing his Armes viz. Lozengè d'Or d'Asure without any difference it being sufficiently proved that the ancestors of the said Iohn de Warbelton had time out of mind born the same Likewise that Sir Raufe de Gorges Grandfather of this Tibaud forsook his own proper Armes and of his own accord assumed these At this time he had of his own Retinue eight hundred men at Armes and two thousand Archers as also thirty Banners untill the Truce and kept such Hospitality that he spent an hundred pounds a day and eight or nine marks After which Truce it was found also upon account that he had expended in those Wars of France of his own treasure above seventeen thousand pounds Sterling besides the pay which he had from the King In consideration therefore of his Glorious Achivements in the Dutchy of Aquâ—â—tane and elsewhere by many Victories in open Fight as also in taking of divers Cities Towns and Castles as the Record it self doth express he obtained a Grant bearing date in the Camp before Calais 1 Iunii 21 Edw. 3. to himself and the Heirs male of his Body of the Castle and Town of Bragerac which was one of those places he had taken by strong assault Likewise of all the Lands and goods of those prisoners which he had taken at St. Iohn de Angely until their Ransoms were satisfied And soon after that procured another Grant to himself and the Heirs male of his Body of Horestan Castle in Com. Derb. and the annual Rent of forty pounds issuing out of the Town of Derby In this year there being a Tourneament held at 〈◊〉 in â—ent amongst other accouterments prepared for that Heroick Exercise this Earl had a Hood given to him by the King made of white Cloath and embroidered with Dancing men in blew habits and buttoned before with great Pearls In 22 Edw. 3. he was the principal of those persons unto whom the King gave Commission to treat with the Earl of Flanders upon certain differences betwixt the Subjects of England and people of Flanders As also made choice of to treat with the Constable of France upon a Truce for six weeks in order to a Peace throughout Picardy Normandy Arrois Beulongne and Flanders And upon the 25 of Septemb. the same year was constituted the Kings Lieutenant throughout the parts of Flanders Calaâ—s and all other places in France with power to treat and agree with any of the Kings adversaries or their adherents And in December following was sent to Denemere to receive the Fealty and Homage of the Earl of Flanders In this year likewise he obtained a Charter for Free-Warren in all his Lordships of Gymingham Methwolde Thefourd and Beston in Comitat. Norff. And in 23 Edw. 3. by Letters Patent bearing date 20 Aug. was advanced to the title and dignity of Earl of Lincoln having therewith the Annual Fee of twenty pounds granted to him to be paid by the Sheriff of that Shire in lieu of the Tertium Denarium of that County as Thomas his Uncle late Earl of Lincoln had Soon after which he was constituted the Kings Lieutenant and Captain-General in the parts of Poictou with power to treat of Peace and Amity as also for observation of the Truce with the French And upon his journey thither obtained License to grant a thousand pounds per Annum Lands and Rents to certain persons to dispose of according to his own direction for the terme of twelve years In this year he marched into Gascoine with thirty thousand men and for ten days space made great spoil in the Countrey for ten leagues with Fire and Sword At which time he took forty two Towns and Castles Then came with his Army to Tholouse and chalenged them out to fight which they declining he burnt the Suburbs of that City About this time also he was elected into that Honourable Society of Knights of the most noble order of the Garter then newly founded And not long after viz. in 25 Edw. 3. having merited so highly by his prudent conduct and renowned exploits in the wars he was farther advanced to
meeting him so that from three of the clock till night they had scarce time to pass the Bridge At his entrance he saluted all the people and rode to the Popes Palace where alighting from his Horse without the Gate he made his approach to his Holiness with all due reverence which he knew well how to perform and after some brief discourse with him went to his own Lodgings where he kept such Hospitality for the time he staid that all the Court admired it having laid in an hundred Tuns of Wine before his coming being so courteous to all persons especially to the Pope and Cardinals that they said he had not his fellow in the whole world And though upon his return the French laid their designs to surprise him he escaped them all and came into England with safety and honour In 29 E. 3. being in Scotland he gave intelligence to King Edward that the Scots prepared for Battel And in 30 E. 3. was constituted Lieutenant and Captain-General for the King and for Iohn de Montfort Duke of Bretaigne in the Dukedom of Bretaigne that Duke being then in minority and after Whitsontide went with him thither passing first through Normandy over the Lands of the King of Naverne whom the King of France had by fraud surprized and put in prison because he adhered to King Edward he came to Mountebrigge in the Isle of Constantyn thence to Caranten and so to the Castle of Pont d'Audomer belonging to the King of Naverne and then besieged by the French The Souldiers in which hearing of his approach fled leaving all their military Engines and other necessaries behind them Whereupon having mann'd it and victuall'd it anew he march'd to Bretoil belonging likewise to the King of Naverne then likewise belcaguer'd by the French and removing that Siege victuall'd it also Thence to Uernoil a strong City on the skirt of Normandy and took it by storm the first day that he came before it After which he assaulted the Castle thrice and on the third day took it having a special Engine wherewith he did wonders in demolishing the Walls of Castles But it being told him on the morrow that the King of France was within five leagues he drew out his Army and preparing for Battel staid in expectance of him till he had intelligence that he would neither fight nor come nearer In this Interim the King of France sent two Heralds of Arms unto him to let him know he observ'd that he had for a long time been in his Country and done great spoil to his people there so that he thought he had a mind to give him Battel and if so that he would fulfil his desire Whereunto he returned answer that he was come into those parts upon special business which he had already in part effected and that he was then going back to some other parts where he had somewhat to do Adding that if the King of France or any one of his Subjects should endeavour to hinder him he was ready to make his way by force resolving to do nothing obscutely And that he would cause a Lantern to be carried behind him that the King of France might know which way he bent his course But the King of France forbore to follow him expecting his return until he had accomplish'd what he had design'd against the Prince of Wales having a purpose to vanquish them both and so going back made towards the Prince Hereupon the Duke march'd towards Arâ—entoile to Turri and so by the Abby of St. Freâ—und where he past over a dangerous River the Bridge being broken by the French and Sixty seven armed men left there to hinder his passage but Eighteen English going before slew and wounded all those so that none of them came off Thence he march'd to Caratan and so to Mantebourgh no day passing wherein he did not take some strong Hold and divers Prisoners Winter therefore drawing on by means whereof he discerned that he could not keep the Field he marched to the City of Reynnes in Britanny about Alhallow-tide and laid Siege to it with a thousand men at Arms and five hundred Archers And though he lay before it nine moneths wasting the Countrey adjacent yet durst not Charles de Bloys with his Army of ten thousand men encounter him Which being observ'd by the Inhabitants they desired a Treaty with him and thereupon giving him an hundred thousand Scutes forthe charges he had been at yielded it to him with condition to enjoy their goods And so giving security to render it up whensoever it should be required on the King of Englands behalf he placed a Governour in it and departed At this Siege of Reynnes he issued from the Army and won Otry and Semay lying on the River of Aine on the march of Lorein In 33 E. 3. being sent with his Retinue to Calais to bring forth with him the Marquis of Mise and those Almains who tarried for the arrival of King Edward he march'd with them over the River of Soume to besiege the Town of Bray Where passing behind the Walls he caused his men to wade up to the shoulders and failing of his purpose return'd to Calais After which ere long King Edward himself coming with a potent Army he joyn'd his Forces thereto and so dividing it into three Bodies march'd towards Reymes in Champaign where being peaceably received with the Earls of Richmond March and the famous Sir Iohn Chandos he went out in the night being the Festival of S. Thomas of Canterbury to storm the Town of Cerney in Dormoys a place of great strength with a double Ditch and a huge Wall with many Turrets full of armed men On the morrow coming within a League thereof the Allarm was given to the Town but notwithstanding this on they march'd and being come near to it alighted from their Horses and stoutly passing the Ditches scaled the Wall killing all that resisted and having thus gotten the Town made preparation to storm the Castle but that being discerned they soon yielded it up Thence he march'd about three Leagues farther to Auby in Dormoys lying upon the River Dayne being stronger then Cerneye but before they got thither the Inhabitants fled and left it to him Thence the same day to Menray in Champaine a fortified Town also whence the Inhabitants upon his approach fled also whereupon he return'd safe to the King In 34 E. 3. the King keeping his Christmas near unto the said City of Rhemes thence disposed of his Army into nine parts and made four hundred Knights Having so done being upon his march towards Paris he sent this Duke to the Gates of Paris offering Battel to the
3. departed this life on Friday next after the Assumption of our Lady in 35 Edw. 3. being seised of the Mannors of North Moltoâ— in Com. Devon Eton-Meysy and Wittenham in Com. Wiltes and of the Mannors of Winâ—rid Egle in Com. Dorset Casteâ— Cary Nershe North-Barwe South-Barwe Rode Corscombe â—restelege Blakeford Broghton and the Borough of Wincaulton in Com. Somerset leaving issue by Nuriel his Wife daughter and heir to Iames son and heir to Richard Lord Lovel Nicholas his son and heir nine years of age who died in his Minority whereupon Richard his brother succeeded him Which Richard in 10 R. 2. was in the Wars of France and of the retinue with Richard Earl of Ardundel Admiral of England This Richard de St. Maur Married Ela the daughter and coheiâ— of Sir Iohn St. Lo Knight and having been summon'd to Parliament from 4 R. 2. till 2 H. 4. inclusive died 15 Maii the same year being seised of the Mannors of Winefride Egle in Com. Dorset Whittenham Langenham Hulpringham the fourth part of the Mannor of Immere the third part of the Mannor of Lokynton as also of the Mannor of Westbury with the Moietie of the Hundred in Com. Wilts Likewise of the Mannor of North Molton in Com. Devon Hampton-Meyâ—y 〈◊〉 Bradeston and Styntescombe in Com. Gloâ— Castel Cary Mershe Brokton Rode Stoke Hallowe Presteley 〈◊〉 and Borough of Wincaulton in Com. Somerset leaving Richard his son and heir Twenty three yeares of age with two other sons Iohn and Nicholas Which Richard in 22 R. 2. went into Ireland with Thomas Duke of Surrey then Lieutenant of that Realm and in 3 Hen. 4. was in the Wars of France And having been summon'd to Parliament from 3 to 8 Hen. 4 departed this life in 10 Hen. 4. leaving Alice his daughter and heir then in Minority and Mary his Wife surviving Which Mary and thereupon for her Dowrie an assignation of the Mannors of Rode and Winfrid Egle as also of the Mannor of Shepton Montagu in Com. Somerset and License to Marry Hugh Mortimer Esquire Shortly after this Elâ— the Widow of Sir Richard de St. Maur the elder by her Testament bearing date 28 Nov. An. 1409. 11 H. 4. bequeath'd her Body to be buried in the New Chappel of 〈◊〉 Priorie next to the Grave of the said Sir Richard St. Maur her husband and gave to her son Nicholas Twenty pounds Likewise to her son Iohn a set of Bedes of Coral garnished with Gold and departed this life the same year leaving Iohn her son her heir-male and the before specified Alice her Grand-daughter her heir-female viz. daughter and heir to Richard her eldest son who deceased in her life-time Upon proof of the age of which Alice in 2 Hen. 6. it did appear that she was born in the House of Thomas Cressy Citizen and Mercer of London in the Parish of St. Laurence in Cripplegate-Ward in that City upon the Twenty-fourth day of Iuly 10 H. 4. and Baptized in the Church of St. Laurence As also that she became the Wife of Sir William le Zouche Knight who performing his â—calty at that time had Livery of the Lands of her Inheritance Norwich 8 Edw. 2. THe first of this Name of whom I have seen mention is Geffrey de Norwich who in 14 Ioh. did partake with Robert Fitzwalter in his rebellious actings against that King whereupon he was committed to prison From whom descended I presume Walter de 〈◊〉 who in 5 E. 2. was made one of the Barons of the King's Exchequer and at that time obtain'd a Charter for Free-warren in all his Demesn-lands at Crouchestoke 〈…〉 Gunton Magna Crelsingham and East 〈◊〉 in Com. Norff. Branâ—eld 〈◊〉 UUalpoler Shepemedwe UUeston and Horingwell in Com. Suff. as also in Skâ—â—dington and Burton 〈…〉 and Hoddesdon in Com. 〈◊〉 This Walter had Summons to Parliament in 8 E. 2. but no more And in 9 E. 2. in consideration of his good services done and to be done as also for Fifty Marks in Money paid to the Exchequer obtain'd a Grant of the Marriage of Roger the son and heir of Iohn Huse Cosin and heir to Iohn de Berewick Moreover in 13 Edw. 2. he was made Treasurer of the Exchequer and in 14 E. 2. obtain'd the King's License for a Fair at his Mannor of Lings in Com. Norff. upon the Eve and Day of St. Margaret and two dayes following besides that Fair which he had there before upon the Festival of St. Edmund the Martyr Also a Grant of the Mannors of Dalham and Bradefeld with the Advouson of the Church of Dalham in Com. Suff. to hold in Fee-ferme for the Rent of Forty pounds per annum to the Exchequer In 15 E. 2. at the instance of Walter Bishop of Exeter he was again made Treasurer of the Exchequer And in 16 E. 2. Lieutenant to the same Walter at that time Treasurer during his recess upon his own affaires And departed this life in 2 E. 3. To whom succeeded Sir Iohn de Norwich Knight Which Sir Iohn in 8 E. 3. obtain'd License for a Market every week upon the Friday at Great Nassingham in Com. Norff. And for a Fair yearly upon the Eve and Day of the Apostles Simon and Iude. In 9 E. 3. this Sir Iohn was in the Wars of Scotland and in 11 E. 3. in those of Gascoine by reason whereof he had respite for payment of his Debts until the Festival of St. Peter ad vincula next ensuing And in 12 E. 3. in farther consideration of his services had an allowance of Sixty pounds fourteen shillings of the surplusage of what was due to him from the time he had been Admiral of the whole Fleet to the Northwards In which year he was again in the Wars of Gascoinâ— And by reason of his great services there in 13 E. 3. had a grant of Fifty Marks per annum to be paid out of the Exchequer until provision of Lands equivalent should be made in some fit place for him In 17 E. 3. he had License to make Castles of his Houses at Metyngham in Com. Suff. Also of those at Blackworth and Lyng in Com. Norff. And in 18 E. 3. was again in the wars of France So likewise in E. 3. being then of the retinue with Henry de Lancaster Earl of Derby In 21 E. 3. he was also in those wars And in 24 E. 3. obtained License to Found a Chantry in the Church of Raveningham in the Diocess of Norwich consisting of one Master and eight Priests to the honor of the blessed Virgin St. Andrew the Apostle and All-Saints to Celebrate Divine Service for the health of his Soul and the Soul of Margaret his Wife c. In 31 E. 3. he
of Hungerford and Esgarston in Com. Berks. the Mannors of Colingborne Everle and Lavinton in Com. Wilts the Mannor of Kings Somborne in Com. South the Mannors of Langstoke Weston juxta Odyham and Hertele in Com. Somerset the Mannor of Newcastle under-Lyme in Com. Staff with the Mannors of Penkhâ—l Clayton Sheprâ—g Wolstanton and Shelton Members thereof the Mannor of Minsterworth and Castle of Monmouth with the Berton and Little Monmouth the Castles of Grossemont and Oken with the Berton as also Blan Castle in the Marches of Wales the Castle Town and Lordship of Kidwelly the Lordship of Carnewathâ—an with the Castle of Kaer-Kennyn the Commot of Iskennyng the Castle of Ogemore and Mannor of Ebbothe also in the Marches of Wales and the Mannor of Kingston Laci the Burrough of Wimburne-Minster the Chase of Winburne-Holt the Hundreds of Gadbury and Mayden Newâ—on with the Mannor of Shapwike in Com. Dorset Whereupon he was advanc'd to the title of Duke of Lancaster in Parliament upon the thirteenth day of November next ensuing by girding with a Sword a Cap of Furr on his head with a Circlet of Gold and Perles In 40 E. 3. he came to his Brother Prince Edward at Burdeaur on the behalf of Don Pedro King of Castile who by reason of an Insurrection of his Subjects fled into Gascoine for aid and thence passed with him into Spain under the Mountaines between St. Iohn de Pie du Port and the City of Pampylone which was strait and perillous And leading the Vantguard of his Army made Twelve Knights viz. Sir Raphe Camoys Sir Thomas Damory c. And upon the Third of Aprill leading the Van in that Battel against Henry the Bastard-brother of Don Pedro rais'd to the Kingdom by the power of the Pope he said to Sir William de Beauchamp Sir William behold your Enemies This day you shall seeme a good Knight or die in the Quarrel In 42 E. 3. the League betwixt the French and King Edward being broke he was sent with a powerful Army into France and at that time bearing the Title of Duke of Britanny he pawn'd the Castle of Becherell in those parts to King Edward his Father for a sum of Money In 43 E. 3. upon breach of the Truce he was sent with considerable Forces to give Battel to the French being retein'd to serve the King for half a year with Three hundred Men at Armes Five hundred Archers three Bannerets fourscore Knights and Two hundred sixteen Esquires but by reason of great sickness amongst his Soldiers durst not adventure to attack them In which â—ear Blanch his Wife died of the Great Pestilence and was buried in the Cathedral of St. Paul at London on the North-side the Quire In 44 E. 3. he was in that Expedition then made into Gascoine and in 46 E. 3. upon his return thence brought with him Constance the daughter and heir of Don Pedro King of Castile whom he thereupon took to his second Wife in whose right he thenceforth bore the Title of King of Castile and surrendred his Earldome of Richmond with all the Castles Mannors Lands c. to the same belonging in lieu whereof he had a Grant in general tail bearing date 25 Iunii of the Castle Mannor and Honor of â—ykhull of the Mannor of High â—eke with the Knights-Fees thereto belonging of the Advousons of the Churches of Steyndrope and Brauncepath in the Bishoprick of Durham of the Free-Chappels of â—ykhull and High â—eke of the Church of Marsfeld and Free-Chappel there of the Free-Chappel within the Castle of Pevensâ— Likewise of the Advousons of the Priorie of UUilmingdon which was a Cell to the Abby of St. Mary of Grestene in Normandy of the Priorie of UUithiham being a Cell to St. Martins at Marmonstire and of the House of St. Robert at Knaresburgh Also of the Castle Mannor and Honor of Knaresburgh of the Wapentak of Steyncâ—iff in Com. Ebor. Of the Mannors of Grynglay and UUhetelay in Com. Nott. Of the Mannors of UUighton Aâ—lesham Fakenhamdam and Snetesham with the Hundreds of North Grenhowe North Erpyngham South Erpyngham and Smetheton in the Counties of Norffolk and Suffolk Of the Mannors of Clatton and Holme in Com. Hunt Of the Mannor of Saham in Com. Cantabr Of the Castle and Leucate of Pevenese with the Mannors of UUylindon and Marsfeild and Bayliwick of Endelenewyk in Com. Suff. Of the Free-Chase of High Peke and Free-Chase of Asshedon and of the yearly Ferme of Two hundred Marks which the Abbot and Covent of St. Maries at York ought to pay for the Mannor of Whitgist Shortly after which he took Shipping at Southampton and sailed towards Rochell for the Relief of Thouars with Three thousand Men at Armes and Ten thousand Archers but after nine Moneths being at Sea crossed with contrary windes he returned In 47 E. 3. he was made the King's Lieutenant in France Aquitane and all other parts beyond Sea and passed through France without opposition but in the Dasarts and Mountains of Alverne many of his Men died for lack of Victual Froisard sayes that his greatest losses were near Douchy and Rabymont And about Christmass in 48 E. 3. coming to Burdeaux lay there with the Duke of Britanny all that Winter But upon his return for England shortly after the people of those parts almost totally revolted In this 48 th year of E. 3. he was one of the Embassadors sent to Brâ—ges to Treat of Peace with the French Which Treaty continued little less than two yeares and ended with a Truce which hardly lasted one year In 50 E. 3. thâ— King being grown aged took in this Duke as an Assistant in the Government and bestow'd on him in spâ—cial tail the Town and Castle of Bragerâ—â—â— in the Diocess of Perigort to hold in as ample manner as Henry Duke of Lancaster did ever enjoy the same In 51 E. 3. he obtained License to give his Lordships of Gryngeleye and Wheâ—eleye to Catherine Swinford his Concubine for life and procured from the King the Grant of a Chancerie in his Dukedome of Lancaster with all other Royalties pertaining to a Countie-Palatime to hold in as ample a manner as the Earl of Chester ever enjoy'd that Earldome As also License to Coyne Money for the space of two yeares from the 12 th of Iune in the City of Bayone or the Castle of Guyssen or any other place within the Seneschalsy of Lâ—ndeâ—e of Gold Silver or any other Mettal whatsoever In this year it was that Iohn Wycliff the most eminent of all the Lollards of that time being convented before the Archbishop of Canterbury the Bishop of London this Iohn Duke of Lancaster and the Lord Percie at the Black-Friers in London in Favour of Wycliff he spoke some reproachful words against the Bishop
Gant Duke of Lancaster and Constance the eldest Daughter to Peter King of Castile assuring him that thereby he and his Heirs should be Kings of Castile and thereupon returning with him out of France into England was elected into that honorable Society of Knights of the Garter Shortly after which being appointed to accompany the Earl of Pembroke into Gascoine he arrived with him at Rochel but the Spaniards being too powerful he was there taken Prisoner his Ship likewise wherein the whole Treasure was which should have paid the Souldiers being sunk And in 49 E. 3. in consideration of his great Services and especially in regard of the loss he had by the seisure of his Lands in Gascome he obtained a Grant of twenty six shillings eight pence per diem until provision should be otherwise made for his support In 51 E. 3 he was joyned in Commission with the Bishop of St. Davids then Lord Chancellor and others to Treat of Peace with the French And in 1 R. 2. being Tutor to that King as also by reason of his faithful Services to King Edw. 3. and to Prince Edward his Son was at his Coronation viz. 16 Iulii the same year advanced to the Title of Earl of Huntington having likewise a Grant of a thousand Marks per annum for his support until provision should be otherwise made for him in Lands or Rents of that value Before the end of which year he was by Indenture reteined to serve the King in that Naval Expedition then made by Iohn Duke of Lancaâ—ter against the Spanish Fleet and constituted one of the Commissioners to Treat at Bâ—ugges in Flanders upon the Festival of St. Pauls Conversion touching a Marriage betwixt King Rich. 2. and the Daughter of the King of France Moreover in confideration of his eminent Services in Gascoine under Prince Edward Father of King Rich. 2. having obtained a Grant of a thousand Marks per annum Sterling to be paid unto him out of the Exchequer at Michaelmass and Easter by even portions until assignation of the like sum should be made in some more convenient place in recompence of those concessions he had another Grant of a thousand pounds Sterling to be yearly received out of the Customs of the ports of Kingston super Hull and Boston By his Testament bearing date at Medenhede on Easter day An. 1380. 3 R. 2. he bequeathed his Body to be buried in the Church of St. Cross. at Engle before the Altar of our Lady in the very place where the Priest usually stood at the celebration of Mass. And in case he should depart this life in England then that his Heart should be taken out of his Body and preserved with Spices to be deposited in the Church of Engle before mentioned but his Body to be buried in the Church of the Grey-Friers at Reading without any Herse Arms or Banners at his Funeral the expence whereof to be bestowed in Masses more for the benefit of his Soul and to thirteen poor Men in black rayment carrying Torches at that Solemnity By this his Testament he made William d'Engle his Nephew his Heir and soon after died for the probate thereof bears date the day preceding the Nones of April next ensuing But notwithstanding this disposal of his Body it was buried in the Augustine-Fryers in Bredstreet within the City of London Where the King caused his Obsequies to be done right honourably by a great number of Prelats and Barons of England Froisard saith that he had all Virtues which a Knight ought to have viz. merry true amorous sage secret large prewe hardy adventurous and Chivalrous and that on the day of his Obsequie the King himself his two Brethren the Princess his Mother and a great number of Prelates Barons and Ladies of England were present and did him great Honor. Falvesle 7 R. 2. IN 47 E. 3. Iohn de Falvesle was in that Expedition then made into Flanders and of the Retinue with Edward le Despenser And in 1 R. 2. being then a Knight upon the landing of some French Forces at Rotingdene near Lewes in Com. Suff. marching with the Prior of Lewes and what power could on the suddain be got together was there with the Prior taken Prisoner This Sir Iohn Falvesley was Lord of Falwesley in Com. Northampt. and having Married Elizabeth Sister and Heir to Iohn the Son and Heir of Sir William Say Knight doing his Fealty had Livery of all her Lands lying in the Counties of Kent Sussex and Hertford and the same year attended Iohn Duke of Lancaster in that Expedition by him made into Spaine moreover in 11 R. 2. he was in that Fleet sent out under the command of Richard Earl of Arundel Lord Admiral And by his Testament bearing date 8 Sept. An. 1492. 16 R. 2. bequeathed his body to be buried in the Priory of Lewes in Sussex on the left hand the Image of St. Pancrace constituting Elizabeth his Wife Richard Earl of Arundell and Sir William Perâ—i Knight his Executors He was summoned to Parliament from 7 R. 2 untill 16 R. 2. inclusive about which time he died as I guess Lumley 8 R. 2. THis antient Family having its Surname from Lomley scituate on the Bank of the River Were near Chester on the Street in the Bishoprick of Durham do derive their Descent from Liulph a person of great Nobility in the time of King Edward the Confessor who married Algitha Daughter to Aldred Earl of Northumberland of which Line was Roger de Lumley who in the time of King Henry the Third Married Sibill one of the Daughters and Co-heirs of Hugh de Morewic an antient Baron in Northumberland which Roger with her the said Sibill in 4 E. 1. made partition with the rest of the Co-heirs of those Knight â—ees of her Inheritance and left Issue Robert who in 26 E. 1. upon the death of his Mother then the Widdow of Laurence de St. Maur. had Livery of the Lands of her Inheritance paying five Marks for his Relief This Robert de Lumley having Married Lucia the eldest Daughter of the three Daughters and Co-heirs to Thomas de Thweng of Kilton-Castle in Com. Ebor. a great Baron in those parts had Issue Marmaduke and he two Sons Robert and Raphe which Robert died 12 Dec. 48 E. 3. being then seised of the Mannors of East and West â—hyvington and Roveâ—ey in Com. Northumb. leaving Raphe his Brother and Heir twenty one years of age Who in 9 R. 2. being a Knight was in that Expedition then made into Scotland in the Retinue of Henry de Perci Earl of Northumberland And in 10. E. 2. made Governor of Barwick upon Twede in which he continued in 11 R.
obtain'd a special Patent to himself and his Heirs to exercise the Office of Sewer at the time of Dinner upon the Coronation-day of any of the future Kings and Queens of this Realm with the Fee of xx â— per annum for that service payable out of the Exchequer And in 32 H. 8. was made Lord High Chamberlain of England for life Which Office Thomas Cromwell Earl of Essex then newly attainted had enjoyed In 33 H. 8. he obtain'd a grant in special Tail of the scite of the Abby of Cleve in Com. Somers with divers Lands thereto belonging And by his Testament bearing date 17 Oct. an 1542. 34 H. 8. bequeath'd his Body to be buried in Christian-Burial Shortly after which upon Munday 27 Nov. departing this life at Chelsey he was Interred in the Church of St. Laurence Poultney in the City of London with this Epitaph Robertus Radcliffe Miles Dominus Fitzwater Egremond Burnell Vicecomes Fitzwater Magnus Camerarius Angliae Camerarius Hospicii Regis Henrici octavi ac â—idem à Consiliis Praeliis in Galliâ commissiâ— aliquoties inter primos ductores honoratus In aliis Belli Pacisque consultationibus non inter postremâ—â—â—abitus Aequitatis Iusticiae Constantâ—â— Magnum aetatis suae monumentum Obiit xxvii die Novembris An. Dom. MCCCCCxlii This Earl Wedded three Wives First Elizabeth Daughter to Henry Duke of Buckingham by whom he had Issue three Sons 1 Henry who succeeded him in his Honours 2 George and 3 Sir Humphrey Ratcliffe of Elnestow in Com. Bedf. Knight Secondly Margaret Daughter of Thomas Earl of Derby by whom he had issue two Daughters Anne married to Thomas Lord Wharton and Iane to Anthony Vicount Montagu And thirdly Mary Daughter to Sir Iohn Arundel of Lanherne in Com. Cornub. Knight by whom he had Issue Sâ—r Iohn Ratcliffe Knight who died without Issue and lieth buried in the Church of St. Olive in Hart-street in the City of London To this Robert succeeded Henry his Son and Heir who in 25 H. 8. his Father then living upon the Coronation of Queen Anne Bullen was one of the Knights of the Bath then made And in 1 E. 6. upon that expedition then made into Scotland had the command of sixteen hundred Demi-lances in which service being unhorst he escaped with life very narrowly Upon the death of King Edward the sixth he was one of the first that appeared on the behalf of Queen Mary by reason whereof in the first year of her reign he was constituted Warden and Chief Justice-Itinerant of all the Forests South of Trent Bâ—ing also one of the Knights Companions of the most noble order of the Garter by his Testament bearing date 27 Iulii An. 1555. 2 3 Ph. M. he bequeathed his Body to be buried in the Parish Church of Attiborough in Com. Norf. appointing a Tomb to be there erected over his Grave And married two Wives First Elizabeth Daughter of Thomas Howard Duke of Norf. by whom he had Issue three Sons Thomas Henry and Francis Secondly Anne Daughter to Sir Philip Calthorp Knight by whom he had Issue Egremond Ratcliff who having been a principal Actor in the Northern Rebellion and thereupon attainted of Treason 〈◊〉 out of England was afterwards put to 〈◊〉 at Namurs by Don Iohn of Austria for purposing to Murther him being for that end 〈◊〉 of his imprisonment in the Tower of Londâ—n by Secretary Walsingham and thither sent He had also Issue by the same Anne one Daughter called Frances 〈◊〉 to Sir Thomas Mildmay of 〈◊〉 in Com. Essex Knight But from this last Wife being divorced he obtained a special Act of Parliament in 2 3 â—h M. to debar her both from Jointure and Doweâ— and departing this life at Sir Henry Sydney's house in Chamâ—â—-Row within the Liberties of Westminster on Wednâ—sday 17 Febr. An. 1556. 3 4 Ph. M. was buried in the North Isle of the said Church of St. Laurence Pultney near to his Father and Mother To whom succeeded Thomas his Son and Heir Which Thomas in his Fathers life time was sent Embassador into Germany by Queen Mary unto the Emperour Charles the fifth to treat of a marriage betwixt that Queen and Prince Philip the eldest Son to the Emperour And afterwards into Spain unto Philip himself for â—atâ—â—ying thereof In 2 3. Ph. M. being then a Knight he was constituted Lord Deputy of Ireland And in 3 4 Ph. M. which was shortly after his Fathers death was made Chief Justice of all the Forests South of Trent In 4 5 Ph. M. being then Knight of the Garter and Captain of the Pensioners his Commission for Deputy of Ireland was again renewed and he once more constituted Warden and Chief Justice of all the Forests South of Trent Also upon the death of that Queen he was again made Deputy of Ireland by Queen Elizabeth in the first year of her reign having special Instructions for preventing any insurrection of the Natives in that Realm as also for building of Forts in Offalie and to grant the inheritance of divers lands to the old Souldiers Likewise to reduce the Revenues of Ireland to the example of England In 3 Eliz. he was constituted Lieutenant of Ireland In 9 Eliz. sent to Uienna unto Maximilian the Emperour with the order of the Garter and in 10 Eliz. again imploy'd to the same Emperour to treat concerning a marriage betwixt Queen Elizabeth and Charles Archduke of Austria Which he endeavoured to effect with all his power though the Earl of Leicester opposed it In 12 Eliz. he was Lord President of the North And in 13 Eliz. upon an Incursion of certain Scors assisted by the disaffected English received command to raise certain Forces in those parts whereupon he entred Scotland by Tivydale burnt several Towns belonging to the Lord Buchlu and Carr of Ferniâ—erst who had been the chief Ring-leaders of those bold invaders demolishing the Castles of Ferniberst and Craling which belong'd to Carr. After which he marcht to Edenbourgh and returning thence so battered the Castle of Hamilton with his great Guns that it yielded to him making also much spoil in the Hamilton's lands Before the end of that year entring Scotland again he burnt divers Towns in Anandale and demolished the Castles of Anand and Caerlaveroc by reason that Heriz and Maxwell the owners of them had thence committed divers Robberies in England And upon his return was sworn one of the Queens Privy Council In 15 Eliz. he was made choice of for one of the Peers wâ—ich fate upon the Duke of Norfolk's Tryal And by a certain Feoffment bearing date 20
and Heir to Anthony Earl of Shaftsbury Elizabeth to Iames Lord Annesley Son and Heir to Arthur Earl of Anglesey Margaret to Iames Earl of Salisbury Anne to Sir Scroope How Knight Son and Heir to Iohn How of Langar in Com. Nott. Esq and Mary who died young Brandon Duke of Suffolk 5 H. 8. THE first mention of this Family that I have seen is in 1 R. 3. at which time William Brandon with Thomas his Brother Sons of Sir William Brandon Knight by Elizabeth his Wife Daughter of Sir Kobert Wingfeild Knight adhering to Henry Duke of Buckingham in his design against that King and for advancing Henry Earl of Richmund to the Royal Throne upon the miscarriage of Buckingham fled into Britanny unto that Earl Being thus with him in those parts upon delivery of the Castle of Hammes in Picardy to his use this Thomas with thirty stout men entring by a Marish strengthen'd it against those Forces which King Richard caused to be sent from Calais for the recovery thereof Shortly after which both of them arriving with him in England William became his Standard-Bearer at Besworth-field where he had the hard fate upon a desperate assault by King Richard himself to be slain 11 Cal. Sept. an 1486. But Thomas living to see that Earl Victorious and Crowned King by the name of Henry the Seventh was made one of the Squires of his Body and in the second year of his Reign carried his Buckler at the Battel of Stoke being the same year also retain'd by Indenture to serve him in his Fleet at Sea for the space of eight months with eight hundred men In remuneration of which and other his Services in 6 H. 7. he obtain'd the Wardship of Richard Fenys Son and Heir to William Fenys Lord Say with the benefit of his Marriage And before the end of that Kings Reign was Install'd Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter Moreover in 1 H. 8. being one of the Knights for the King's Body he was made Marshal in the Court of Common-Pleas and departing this life the same year without Issue had Burial in the Black-Friers near Ludgate in the City of London leaving Issue by Elizabeth his Wife Daughter and Coheir of Sir Henry Bruyn Knight Charles his Son and Heir Which Charles being a person comely of Stature high of â—ourage and conformity of disposition to King Henry the Eight became so acceptable to him especially in all his youthful exercises and pastimes as that he soon attained great advancement both in Titles of Honour and otherwise For in 1 H. 8. he was made one of the Squires of his Body and Chamberlain of the Principality of North-Wales and having been in that sharp Fight at Sea with the French near Brest in Britanny in 4 H. 8. the next ensuing year upon that Expedition of Therâ—uene and Tournay applying himself to Cardinal Wolsey attended the King in that notable adventure in order whereunto for his greater Honour he was advanced to the Title of Vicount L'isle 15 Maii 5 H. 8. and had the Command of the Vantguard of the whole Army in that honourable Service In which he merited so highly as that upon the first of February following he was raised to the dignity of Duke of Suffolk And shortly after viz. in 6 H. 8. being at St. Dennis in France at the Coronation of the Lady Mary Sister to King Henry then Married to Lewes the XII King of France he atchieved much honour by his prowess manifested in a Princely Tournament where he overthrew the person with whom he tilted Horse and Arms and gained so much upon the affections of that Queen as that upon the Death of King Lewes hapning soon after she engaged her self to marry him and intreated King Francis Successor to Lewes to mediate with King Henry her Brother for his approbâ—tion thereof which being obtain'd he procur'd a grant in general Tail of all the Lordships Mannors Lands and Tenements formerly belonging to Edmund de la Pole late Earl of Suffolk Furthermore at that magnificent Enterview of King Henry and Francis the First in 12 H. 8. betwixt Guisnes and Ardres in Picardy where those two Kings exercised themselves in a Royal Tournament there held he was one of the Aiders on the English side And in 15 H. 8. landing at Caâ—ais with six hundred Demilances two hundred Archers on Horse-back three thousand Archers on Foot five thousand Bill-men besides two thousand six hundred Pioners adding seventeen hundred more stout Souldiers taken out of the Garrisons thereabouts he marcht into the Enemies Country and joining with Florence de Egmond Count de Bure the Emperours General took Roye Mondidier Bray and Chasteaubeau Whereupon approaching within twenty Leagues of Paris he put that City into a terrible fright but towards the end of December was recalled In 21 H. 8. he was one of the Peers who subscribed to the Articles exhibited to the King in Parliament against Cardinal Wolsey So likewise in 22 H. 8. to that declaration by the Peers in the same Parliament sent to Pope Clement the seventh whereby they represented to his Holiness that except he did comply with King Henry in that business of his Divorce from Queen Katherine his Supremacy here would be in danger to be cast off Shortly after this being made Knight of the order of St. Michael he was constituted Chief Justice in Eyre of all the Kings Forests And in 28 H. 8. upon that Insurrection in Lincolnshire occasioned by the dissolution of the lesser Monasteries and the setting forth of certain Ecclesiastical Injunctions derogatory to the Doctrine of the Church of Rome he had Commission to raise Forces against them Also upon the like Insurrection in Yorkshire called the Pilgrimage of Grace he was sent with the Duke of Norfolk and others for the suppressing thereof In 30 H. 8. upon the dissolution of the greater Monasteries he obtain'd a vast proportion of those Abby-Lands together with the scites and circuits of their demolish't Houses and Churches And in 32 H. 8. having lastly married Katherine the sole Daughter and Heir to William Lord Willoughby of Eresby had livery of all the Castles Lordships Mannours and Lands of her Inheritance In 36 H. 8. he was constituted General of the Army then sent over into France Whereupon he laid siege to Boloine Which being in a short time taken he was the first that entred it Upon this his going to Boloine being then great Master id est Steward of the King's Houshold he declared his Testament 20 Iunii An. 1544. 36 H. 8. whereby he bequeath'd his Body to be buried in the Collegiate Church of Tatshall in Com. Linc. if it might conveniently be but without any pomp
of the Isle of Iersey but in 28 H. 8. surrendred that trust And having Married Elizabeth Daughter and Heir to Sir Thomas Cheney of Irâ—lingburgh in Com. Northt Knight had Issue by her two Sons William and Nicholas and two Daughters Anne Married to Reginald Bray of Eâ—on in Com. Northt second Son to Reginald Bray Brother to Edmund Lord Bray of 〈◊〉 in Com. Bedf. and Maud who died unmarried Which William being Summon'd to Parliament in 4 5 Ph. M. took his place there upon the xx th of Ianuary and by his Testament bearing date 20 Aug. an 1593. 35 Eliz. bequeath'd his Body to be buried in the Chappel on the Southside the Parish-Church of St. Peter in Irtlingburgh by his Grandfather Sir Thomas Cheney Knight appointing that a Tomb should be made in the same Chappel over his Mother's Grave Also that after his Funeral-Expences Debts and Legacies discharged the remainder of the mony due to him from Sir Thomas Cecill Knight should be imploy'd in the erecting of an Almeshouse at Irtlyngburgh and died in anno 1595. 38 Eliz. This William Lord Vaux had two Wives First Elizabeth Daughter to Iohn Beaumont of Graeedieu in Com. Leic. Esq Master of the Rolls in Chancery by whom he had Issue Henry who died in his life time and three Daughters Alianore Married to Edward Brokesby of Sholdby in Com. Leic. Esq Elizabeth a Nun at Roan in Normandy and Anne Secondly Mary Daughter to Iohn Tresham of Rushton in Com. Northt Esq on whom he begot three Sons viz. George Edward and Sir Ambrose Vaux Knight and two Daughters Muriel the Wife of George Foulshurst and Catherine Which George his eldest Son Wedded Elizabeth the Daughter of Sir Iohn Roper of Welle-Place in Com. Cantii Knight afterwards Created Lord Tenham but died in his Father's life time leaving Issue three Sons Edward William and Henry and three Daughters Catherine Married to Sir Henry Nevill Knight Son and Heir to Henry Lord Bergaveny Mary to Sir George Simeon Knight and Ioice Which Edward succeeding his Grandfather took to Wife Elizabeth the Daughter of Thomas Howard Earl of Suffolk Widdow of William Earl of Banbury and dying in an 1661. without any lawful Issue Nicholas Son of the same Elizabeth his Wife born in the life time of the said Earl of Banbury enjoys all his Estate Henry Fitz-Roy Duke of Richmund and Somerset 17 H. 8. THis Henry being natural Son to King Henry the Eighth begotten on the Lady Elizabeth Tailboys Widdow of Sir Gilbert Tailboys and Daughter of Sir Iohn Blount Knight was upon the 18th of Iune 17 H. 8. first made Knight of the Garter then advanced to the dignity of Earl of Notingham as also the same day Created Duke of Richmund and Somerset the Ceremony thereof being performed at the Royal Palace call'd Bridewell in the City of London at which time he had arrived to little more than six years of age Upon the same day also he was Constituted Lieutenant-General of all the Kings Forces North of Trent and Warden of the Marches of Scotland Likewise upon the 26th of Iuly next ensuing Admiral of England And in 19 H. 8. had a new Patent for his Wardenship of the Marches of Scotland In 22 H. 8. being made Lieutenant of Ireland Sir William Skeffyngton Knight by reason of his tender years was constituted his Deputy there Having for a time his Education with Henry Earl of Surrey in the Castle of Windsore in November an 1532. 24 H. 8. they went both of them of Paris there to study In which year King Henry passing the Seas with a Royal Train to Calais for an Enterview with King Francis of France this young Duke being bravely attended met them there Making the Earl of Surrey his Companion during his abode in France there grew so great a Friendship betwixt them that he Married Mary the Sister to that Earl Daughter to Thomas Duke of Norff. but never had carnal knowledge with her It is observed by our Historians that being very personable and of great expectation he was thought to be not only for ability of Body but of mind one of the rarest youths of his time For which reason and because the King had then no Male Issue he was much cherished by him But he departed this life upon the 24 th of Iuly an 1536. 28 H. 8. being then about seventeen years of age and was buried at Thetford in Com. Norff. the King mourning for him a long time after Thomas Bullen Earl of Wiltshire 17 H. 8. AS to the Parentage of this Thomas he was Grandson to Sir Geffrey Bullen Knight a wealthy Mercer in London as also Lord Mayor of that City in an 1458. 37 H. 6. by Anne his Wife eldest Daughter and Coheir of Thomas Lord Hoo and Hastings and Son to Sir William Bullen of Blickling in Com. Norf. Knight by Margaret his Wife Daughter and Coheir to Thomas Boteler Earl of Ormund In 12 H. 7. this Thomas Bullen was in Arms with his Father and divers other persons of Note for suppressing that Insurrection of the Cornish Men then endangering the Realm And in 3 H. 8. being one of the Knights for the Kings Body was constituted Governour of the Castle at Norwich jointly with Sir Henry Wyat Knight Master of the Kings Jewel-house In 4 H. 8. he was one of the Embassadors then imploied to Maximilian the Emperour touching a War with France and in 7 H. 8. made Constable alone of that Castle at Norwich In 11 H. 8. being Embassador in France he transacted the business for that famous enterview of King Henry and Francis the first betwixt Guisnes and Ardres and in 13 H. 8. was again sent Embassador to the Emperour In 14 H. 8. being then Treasurer of the Kings Houshold he was sent Embassadour into Spain to advise with King Charles what was farther to be done in order to the War with France Where he continued in 15 H. 8. In 17 H. 8. by reason of the great affection which the King bore to the Lady Anne Bullen his Daughter upon the 18 th of Iune he was advanced to the title of Vicount Rochford at the Kings Palace of Bridewell And in 19 H. 8. accompanied the Bishop of Bath and Wells and Sir Anthony Browne Knight to the King of France with the ensigns of the most noble order of the Garter as also to take his Oath not to violate the late league formerly made In 21 H. 8. with divers other Lords he subscribed the Articles then exhibited in Parliament against Cardinal Wolsey And upon the eighth of December the same year being then Knight of the Garter was created
some active Nonconformists with Antimonarchical Principles and so without much difficulty drawn in by those Fiery Spirits of the late Long-Parliament who under divers Specious Pretences raised several Armies against the King became the Commander in Chief of those Forces which were sent to assault the Close at Litchfeild then defended by a small Garrison which His late Majesty of blessed memory had most piously placed there for the preservation of that stately Church Against which there being a Battery planted he was unfortunately shot in the Eye as he stood in a dore whither he came to see the occasion of a sudden shout made by the Soldiers of which he instantly died But that which makes it most observable is that this hapned on the second day of March in An. 1642. which is noted in the Kaâ—endar for the Festival of St. Chad the Titulary-Saint of that antient and beautiful Church to the Memory of whom it had been originally dedicated A person he was who for the Nobleness of his extraction as is evident from what before I have shew'd however mistaken by others and many personal endowments deserv'd a better fate at least to have fallen in a better Cause Who had he liv'd 't is believ'd by his Friends would soon have seen through the Pretences of that Faction Dying thus he left issue by the Lady Catherine his wife daughter to Francis Earl of Bedford five sons Francis who next succeeded him in his Honor but died unmarried Robert successor to his Brother Edward and Algernon who died unmarried and Fowke now living Which Robert took to wise Anne one of the daughters and coheirs and at length sole heir to Sir William Dodington of Bremer in com South Knight by whom he hath issue now living two daughters Anne and Dodington Lord Mountagu of Boughton 19 Iac. TOuching that Branch of the antient Family of Mountagu whence those who were long since Earles of Salisbury did spring and which determin'd in one sole daughter and heir female having in the first Volume of this Work already spoke I come to Edward Mountagu of Hemyngton in com Northampt. Esquire a descendeâ—â— of another branch thereof for so 't is generally esteem'd to be This Edward being a person learned in the Lawes and thereupon call'd to the state and degree of Serjeant in Crast. S. Mart. 23 Hen. 8. was made choice of for one of the King's Serjeants 16 Oct. in 29 of his Reign And in 30 Hen. 8. being then a Knight was advanced to that great Office of Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench. In which he continued till 37 Hen. 8. and then upon the sixth of November removed to the like place of Chief Justice in the Court of Common-Pleas Wherein continuing in 4 E. 6. he obtained a special License bearing date 12 Apr. to give Liveries and Badges to Forty persons over and above his own menial Servants and afterwards sate there till the first year of Q. Mary's Reign When he died I do not certainly find but that by Helen his wise daughter to Iohn Roper of Eltham in com Cancii Esquire he left issue Edward his son and heir Which Edward being also a Knight married Elizabeth daughter to Sir Iames Harington of Eâ—ton in com Rutl. Knight by whom he had issue six sons 1. Sir Edward made Knight of the Bathe at the Coronation of King Iames 2. Sir Walter 3. Sir Henry 4. Sir Charles all Knights 5. Iames Bishop of Winchester and 6. Sir Sidney Mountagu Knight Of which sons Sir Edward was by Letters-patent bearing date 29 Iunii 19 Iac. advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Mountagu of Boughton in com Northampt. and married three wives first Elizabeth daughter and heir to Sir Iohn Ieffrey Knight Lord Chief Baton of the Exchequer by whom he had issue one only daughter called Elizabeth married to Robert Lord Willoughby of Eâ—esby afterwards Earl of Lindsey He secondly married Frances daughter of Thomas Cotton of Conington in com Hant. â—squire Sister to the famous Sir Robert Cotton Knight and Baronet by whom he had issue three sons 1. Edward his successor in his honor William Attorney-General to the now Queen Catherine and Christopher And one daughter called Frances married to Iohn Earl of Rutland His third wife was Anne daughter to Iohn Crouch of Cornbury in com Hertf. Esquire but by her he had no issue This Edward Lord Mountagu living to be very aged and standing firm in his Loyalty to our late Soveraign King Charles the First in those times of the late unhappy troubles was for that respect seiz'd on by the command of those Predominant Members who sate at Westminster by the Name of a Parliament and made Prisoner in the Savoy near to the Strand in the Suburbs of London Where he departed this life 15 Iunii Anno 1664. To whom succeeded Edward his son and heir Which Edward married Anne the sole daughter of Sir Raph Winwood Principal Secretary of State to King Iames and by her hath had issue two sons Edward who died unmarried and Raphe as also one daughter called Elizabeth who married to Sir Daniel Harvye Knight lately Embassador to the Turke at Constantâ—â—ople ¶ The third Brother to Edward the first Lord Mountague was Henry who being a sâ—dulous Student of the Laws in the Middle-Temple London became the Autumn-Reader in that Honourable Society in 4 Iac. And shortly after that Recorder of the City of London being then a Knight Next scilicet Octab. Puâ—if 8 Iac. called to the State and degree of Serjeant at Law and upon the eleventh of February ensuing constituted the King's Serjeant Nor did his advancement here determine for upon the 18th of November An. 1616. 14 Iac. he was made Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Kings Bench and on the 14 th of December An. 1620. 18 Iac. Lord Treasurer of England the Staff having been delivered to him at New-Market some time before Whereupon he was by Letters-patent bearing date 19 Dec. next ensuing raised to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of L. 〈◊〉 of Kymbolton in com Hunâ— and Vicount Muâ—devile by reason that he did then possession of the Castle and Lordship of Kymbolton which had been many ages since belonging to the family of Maâ—devile And after this 5 Feb. 1 Car. 1. being created Earl of Manchester was made Lord Privy-Seale upon the Fourth of Iuly in the fourth year of that King's reign Which Henry married three wives first Catherine daughter to Sir William Spenser of Erdington in com Oxon. Knight by whom he had issue four sons Edward who succeeded him in his honors Walter now an Abbot in France Iames and Henry now Master of St. Katherines Hospital near the Tower of London As also two Daughters
is Somerhil the place of his residence To whom succeeded Vlick his Son and Heir who in the time of the late Rebellion in Ireland coming hither for refuge was by Letters Patents bearing date at Oxford 21 Febr. 21 Car. 1. created Marquess of Clâ—nrikard He married the Lady Anne Daughter to William Earl of Northampton and by her had Issue one only Daughter called Margaret married to the Lord Muskerry Son to the Earl of Clancartie in Ireland Which Lord Muskerry was slain in that great Sea-fight against the Dutch an 1672. This Vlick died in an 1659. and was buried at Tonbridge Leke Lord Deincourt and Earl of Scarsdale 22 Iac. UPon the 22 th of May an 1611. 9 Iac. the title of Baronet at that time commencing Sir Francis Leke of Sutton in Com. Derb. Knight being a person of a very ancient Family in those parts and of an ample fortune was advanced to that dignity being the sixth in precedence of those who then were honoured therewith and upon the 26 th of October 22 Iac. was created a Baron of this Realm by the title of Lord Deincourt of Sutton Moreover in the late turbulent times manifesting his Loyalty most exemplaâ—ily to our late Soveraign King Charles the first not only by yielding much supply to his wants but Cordial advice in Council whilst Newarke upon Trent remained one of his Garrisons as also by readily sending forth two of his Sons in his service whereof the one lost his life in the South and the other in the West was in consideration thereof raised to the degree and dignity of an Earl by the title of Earl of Scarsdale by Letters Patents bearing date at Oxford 11 Nov. 21 Car. 1. He married Anne Daughter to Sir Edward Carey of Berkhamstede in Com. Hertf. Knight Sister to Henry Vicount Falkland by whom he had Issue seven Sons and six Daughters viz. Francis slain in France Nicholas who succeeded him in his Honours Edward and Charles slain in his late Majesties service as abovesaid Henry died unmarried Raphe and Iohn who died Infants His Daughters were these Anne married to Henry Hillyard of Wysteade in Holdernesse Catherine to Cuthbert Morley of Normanâ—y in Com. Ebor. Esq Elizabeth and Muriel yet unmarried Frances Wedded to the Vicount Gormanston in Ireland and Penelope to Charles now Lord Lucas of Shenfeild Having suffered much for his loyalty in the times of the late unparalleled Usurpation in which King Charles the first of blessed memory lost his life by the hands of that Barbarous Generation then predominant he became so much mortified after that wosull Murther of his rightful Soveraign that he apparreled himself in Sack-cloth and causing his Grave to be dig'd some years before his death laid himself down in it every Friday exercising himself frequently in divine Meditations and Prayer And departing this life in his House at Sutton in Scarsâ—ale upon the ninth day of April an 1655. was buried in the Parish Church there To whom succeeded Nicholas his eldest Son then living who married the Lady Frances Daughter to Robert late Earl of Warwick by whom he hath Issue two Sons Robert commonly called Lord Deincourt and Richard and Mary a Daughter Which Robert hath married Mary one of the Daughters and Coheirs to Sir Iohn Lewes of Ledston in Com. Ebor. Knight and Baronet Fane Earl of Westmorland 22 Iac. FRancis Fane Esq Son and Heir to Sir Thomas Fane of Badsell in Com. Cant. Knight by Mary his Wife sole Daughter and Heir to Sir Henry Nevill Knight Lord Bergavenny afterwards created Baroness le Despenser being made Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of King Iames and upon the 29 th of December 22 Iac. advanced to the titles of Baron Burghersh and Earl of Westmorland took to Wife Mary the sole Daughter and Heir to Sir Authony Mildmay of Apethorpe in Com. North. Knight by Grace his Wife Daughter and Coheir to Sir Henry Sherington of Lacock in Com. Wilts Knight which Sir Anthony was Son and heir to Sir Walter Mildmay Knight first Surveyor of the Court of Augmentation to King Henry the 8 th and afterwards Chancellour and Under-Treasurer of the Exchequer to Queen Elizabeth And he Son to Thomas Mildmay Gent. one of the Auditors to the Court of Augmentation temp H. 8. who upon the dissolution of the Monasteries obtained the Mannor of Mulsham in Essex parcel of the possessions of the Abby of Westminster This Earl Francis had Issue by her seven Sons 1. Mildmay Faâ—e made Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of King Charles the first 2. Thomas who died in his Infancy 3. Francis made Knight of the Bath with his Brother 4. Anthony 5. George 6. William and 7. Robert And six Daughters Grace Married to Iames Earl of Humes in Scotland Mary to Dutton Lord Gerard Elizabeth to Sir Iohn Cope of Hanwell in Com. Oxon. Baronet Rachel First to Henry Earl of Bathe and afterwards to Lionel Earl of Middlesex also Frances and Catherine who died Unmarried And departing this life at Westmorland-House in great St. Bartholmews within the City of London 21 Martii an 1629. 5 Car. 1. was buried in the Vault of the Church at Apethorpe before-mentioned To him succeeded in his Honours Mildmay his Son and Heir who being made Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of King Charles the First Married to his first Wife Grace Daughter to Sir William Thornhurst of ... in Kent Knight by Anne his Wife Daughter to Thomas Howard Vicount Bindon one of the Coheirs to Thomas her Brother and by her had Issue one Son called Charles and three Daughters Dians first Married to ... Pelham of Brokilsby in Com. Linc. and afterwards to Iohn Bill of Cane-Wood near High-Gate in Com. Midd. Esq Frances to Sir Erasmus Harby of Aldenham in Com. Hertf. Knight and Elizabeth And to his second Wife Mary Daughter to Horace Lord Vere of Tilbury Widdow of Sir Roger Townsend of Raynham in Com. Norff. Knight by whom he had Issue Vere made Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of our present Sovereign King Charles the Second and three Daughters Mary first Married to Francis Palmes Son and Heir to Sir Bryan Palmes of Ashwell in Com. Rutl. Knight afterwards to Iohn now Earl of Exeter Rachel to Dr. Gregory Hesket a Prebend in the Kings Royal Chapel of St George in the Castle at Windsore Catherine and Susan Which Mildmay departing this life 12 Febr. an 1665. was buried at Aperhorpe in Com Northt To whom succeeded Charles his Son and Heir who first Married Elizabeth Daughter and Heir to ... Nodes of Shephall Bury in Com. Hertf. Esq by whom he had no Issue Secondly Dorothy Daughter to Robert now Earl of Cardigan Ley Earl of Marlborough 22 Iac. IN 44 Eliz. Iames Ley sixth Son to Henry Ley of Tesâ—ont Evias in Com. Wiltes Esq having at the Age
behalf from Foreign Princes This Henry took to Wife Anne the eldest Daughter of Sir Iohn St. Iohn of Lyddiard Tregoz in Com Wilts Knight and Baronet and by her had Issue two Sons Charles who died young and Iohn and departing this life at Dunkirk in an 1659. was buried in a Vault under the North I le of Spellesbury-Church in Oxfordshire belonging to the Family of the Lees of Dichley which is in the same parish Which Iohn his Son and successor married Elizabeth the Daughter of Iohn Malet of Enmere in Com. Somerset Esq by whom he hath Issue ... a Son Lord Hatton 19 Car. 1. THis Family taking their denomination fâ—om the Lordship of Hatton in â—heshire to derive their descent from Nigel Baron of Halton in that County and Constable to the old Earls of Chester The principal branch thereof in the days of Queen Elizabeth was Christopher Hatton then of Holdenby in Com. Northampton Esq who being a private Gentleman of the Inns of Court and for his activity and comeliness taken into favour besides those accomplishments and the grace of Dancing had likewise the addition saith my Author of a strong and subtile capacity so that soon learning the Discipline and Garb of the Times and Court he first became one of the Queens Gentlemen-Pensioners afterwards Gentleman of the Privy-Chamber Captain of the Guard Vice-Chamberlain and one of her Privy-Council Lastly Lord Chancellour of England and Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter Bâ—ing also a great friend to the learned he was made choice of by the famous University of Oxford for their Chancellour And departing this life upon the 20 th of Nâ—v an 1591. 34 Eliz. unmarried at that time about fifty one years of age was honourably buried in the upper part of St. Pauls Cathedral in London above the Quire with this Epitaph upon his Tomb Sacrum Memoriae D. Chr. Hâ—ttoni Guil. Fil. Ioh. Nepoti antiquiss Hattonorum gente oriundi Regiae Majestatis D. Elizabethae ex nobilibus Stipatoribus L. Vici Sacratioris Camerae Generosorum unins Praetorianorum militum Dâ—cis Regiiproâ—cameâ—rarii Sanctioris Consilii Senatoris Summi Angliae ac Oxon. Academiae Concellarii Ordinis nobilissimi S. Georgiani de Periscelide Equitis Maximo Principis omniumque bonorum mâ—â—rore cum Li. annos coelebs vixisset 20 Nov. an 1591. in aedibus suis Holburnae pie fato functi Guil. Hattonus Eques aur ejus â—x sorore Nepâ—s adoptione Filius ac haeres moestissimuâ— pietatis ergo posuit This Honourable person adopted Sir William Newport Knight his Sisters Son for his Heir commonly called Sir William Hatton but in default of Issue Male by him setled the greatest part of his estate upon Christopher Hatton his God-Son Son and Heir of Iohn Hatton his nearest Kinsman of the Male line Which Christopher upon the death of Sir William Newport without Issue Male did accordingly enjoy it and being made Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of King Iames leâ—t Issue Christopher his Son and Heir who was made Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of King Charles the first To which King of blessed memory he afterward amply manifested his Loyal affections not only in being one of the first that repaired to him in the times of the late grand defection but otherwise with what assistance and helps did in any sort lye in his power in consideration whereof he was by Letters Patents bearing date at Oxford 29 Iulii in the nineteenth year of his reign advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the title of Lord Hatton of Kerby in Com. Northt as also made Compâ—roller of his Majesties Houshold And afterwards upon the happy restoration of our present Soveraign King Charles the second constituted Governour of the Isle of Garnsey and one of his Privy Council He married Elizabeth the eldest of the three Daughters and Cohâ—irs of Sir Charles Mountagâ— Knight a younger Brother to Henry late Earl of Manchester by whom he had Issue which survived him two Sons Christopher and Charles and three Daughters Mary Iane and Alice and departing this life upon the fourth day of Iuly an 1670. was buried in a private Chapel of the Collegiate-Church at Westminster opposite to the Capella Regum on the North side To whom succeeded Christopher his Son and Heir now Governour of Garnsey who married the Lady Christian Tuâ—fon Daughter to Iohn Earl of Thanet and by her hath Issue one only Daughter now surviving called Anne Margaret and Elizabeth dying young Lord Hopton 19 Car. 1. AMongst those well affected persons to our late Sovereign King Charles the First of blessed memory Sir Raph Hopton of Wytham in Com. Somers Son of Robert Hopton of Wytham in Com. Somers Esq by Iane his Wife Daughter and Heir to Rouland Keymish of the â—andry in Com. Monmouth Esq made Knight of the Bath at the Royal Coronation of that King was not the least who in an 1642. being then a Burgess of Parliament for the City of Welles discerning that peril to his Majesty and this whole Realm which by the Invasion of the Scots and Conjunction in their designs by a prevalent party in the House of Commons then sitting at Westminster threatned an universal ruine readily took up Arms in his rightful defence manifesting his loyalty and valour first at Sherbourne-Castle in Com. Dors. afterwards at Lancâ—ston Saltash and Bradock in the Western-parts of this Realm as also in that signal Victory at Stratton in Cornwall in consideration whereof he was by Letters-Patent bearing date at Oxford 4 Sept. 19 Car. 1. advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Hopton of Stratton with limitation of that Honour for lack of Issue Male of his own Body upon Sir Arthur Hopton Knight his Uncle and the Issue Male of his Body And was afterwards constituted General of the Ordinance in his Majesties Armies throughout the whole Realm of England and Dominion of Wales This Raph Lord Hopton Married Elizabeth the Daughter of Arthur Capel of Hadham in Com. Hertf. Esq Aunt to Arthur first Lord Capel of that Family and Widdow of Sir Iustinian Lewen Knight but by her had no Issue and departed this life about the end of September an 1652. at Bruges in Flanders being then 54. years of Age. Whereupon his Corps being carried to Sluse it there remained unburied until the happy Restauration of his Majesty King Charles the Second in an 1660. After which it was brought into England and Interred with his Ancestors at Wytham Dying thus without Issue and his Uncle on whom the Honour was entailed departing this life before him an sâ—il 1650 without Issue his four Sisters and their Heirs became Heirs to his whole Estate which Sisters were these viz. 1. Rachel Married to ... Morgan 2. Mary first to ... Hartop and afterwards to ... Mackworth Knight 3. ... to ... Windham And 4. Margaret to ...
Duke of Richmund sister and heir to Esme Duke of Richmund Which Richard having couragiously given battel to the Rebels in Ireland at Carickfergus and subdued them and behaved himself with exemplary valour in the late perillous Sea-fight with the Dutch His Royal Highness the Duke of York being then Admiral was by reason of these his faithful Services created a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Butler of Weston in the County of Huntingdon by Letters-patent bearing date at Westminster upon the Twenty sevenâ—h day of August in the Twenty fifth year of his Majesties Reign And surviving that wife mâ—â—â—ried ... daughter of Iohn Ferrers 〈◊〉 Tamworth-Castle in the County of â—arwick Esquire And thirdly Iohn He had also â—â—o daughters viz. the Lady Elizabeth maâ—â—ied to Philip Earl of Chesterfeild and Mâ—ry to William Lord Cavendish son and heâ— to William Earl of Devonshire But I â—eturn to Thomas Earl of Ossory the eldest sâ—â— This Thomas having been by His Majesties Writ of Summons bearing date 14 Sept. â— 18 Car. 2 â— called to the Parliament then sittâ—ng at Westminster by the Title of Lord Buâ—â—r of Moore-Parke took his place there aâ—ordingly upon the 18 th day of September â—ext ensuing In September An. 1672. he was elected Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter and upon the 17 th day of May An. 1673. was made Rere-Admiral of the Blew-Squadron of His Majesties Fleet in order to that great Sea-fight against the Dutch which hapned shortly after He married the Lady Amelia of Nassau daughter to Lewes de Nassaw Lord Beverwaert son to the Illustrious Maurice late Prince of Orange and Count of Nassau and by her hath had issue three Sons Iames and Charles another Iames dying young and four daughters now living Elizabeth married to William Earl of Derby Amelia Henrietta and Catherine two others viz. Mary and Henrietta deceasing in their Childhood Hyde Earl of Clarendon 12 Car. â— SHortly afterwards Sir Edward Hyde Knight descended from an antient Family of that name in Cheshire was in like sort advanced to sundry Titles of Honor. Having been trayn'd up to the Study of the Laws in that Honourable Society of the Middle-Temple London and manifesting his fidelity to the late King Charles of blessed memory in an eminent measure he was first made Chancellor of his Exchequer and one of His Privy-Council After the expulsion of our present Soveraign attending him in Forrein parts he was sent Embassador into Spain made his Secretary of State and lastly Lord Chancellor In all which imployments he deported himself with such prudence judgment and integrity as that soon after His Majesties Happy Restauration he was by Letters-patent bearing date upon the Third day of November in the Twelfth year of His Reign raised to the degree of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Hyde of Hindon in com Wilts and to the heâ—â—s male of his body also upon the Twentieth of April next ensuing to the dignity of Vicount Cornbury in com Oxon. and Earl of Clarendon Which office of Lord Chancellor he held until towards the end of August An. 1667. that the Great Seal was taken from him and committed to the Custody of Sir Orlando Bridgman Knight and Baronet Whereupon he retired into France and departing this life in the City of Râ—an in Normandy 19 Dec. An. 1674. was buried on the North side of the Capella Regum in the Collegiate-Church of St. Peter at Westminster He married Frances daughter and at length sole heir to Sir Thomas Aylesbury Knight and Baronet sometime one of the Masters of the Requests and by her had issue four sons Henry commonly called Lord Cornberie Laurence now Master of the Robes to His Majesty Edward who died unmarried and Iames As also two daughters the Lady Anne married to his Royal Highness Iames Duke of York and the Lady Frances to ... Which Henry now Earl of Clarendon first took to wife Theodosia one of the daughters of Arthur late Lord Capell by whom he had issue one only son called Edward Secondly Flower daughter and sole heir to William Backhouse of Swallowfeild in com Berks. Esq widow of Sir William Backhouse Baronet Grandson to Rowland Backhouse sometime Alderman of London by whom as yet he hath no issue Annesley Earl of Anglesey 13 Car. 2. AMongst the rest of those eminent persons whom our present Soveraign for the greater splendor of His Royal Coronation advanced unto sundry degrees and Titles of Honor was Sir Arthur Annesley Baronet Lord Mount-Norris and Vicount Valencia in Ireland son of Sir Francis Annesley Baronet Lord Mount-Norris and Vicount Valencia Vice-Treasurer and Secretary in that Realm to King Charles the First of blessed Memory Paternally descended from the antient and worshipful family of Annesley in the County of Notingham and by the Mother from that of Philips of Picton-Castle in Pembrokshire Which Sir Arthur in the late most perillous times having served His Majesty that now is to the no little hazard of life and Fortune with great integrity was by Letters-patent bearing date upon the twentieth day of April in the Thirteenth year of His reign created a Baron of this Kingdom by the Title of Lord Annesley of Newport Paynell in com Buck. as also raised to the dignity of an English Earl by the Title of Earl of Anglesey and to the heirs male of his body Since which time by reason of his singular prudence and fidelity he hath had that great Office of Lord Privy-Seale conferred upon him which he still enjoyeth He married Elizabeth one of the two daughters and coheirs of Sir Iames Altham Knight son and heir to Sir Iames Altham Knight sometime Baron of the King's Exchequer by whom he hath had issue seven sons viz. Iames commonly called Lord Annesley Altham Richard Arthur and Charles two other both named Arthur dying in their childhood And six daughters 1. Dorothy married to Richard Earl of â—iroen in Ireland 2. Elizabeth to Alexander Mac-Donald second son to the Earl of Antrim 3. Frances first to Iohn Wyndham of Felbrigge in com Norf. Esquire and afterwards to Sir Iohn Tompson of Haversham in com Buck. Baronet 4. Philips to Charles Lord Mohun 5. Anne and 6. Bridget who died young Which Iames Lord Annesley having wedded Elizabeth daughter to Iohn Earl of â—utland hath issue by her two sons Iames and Iohn and two daughters Frances who died in her Infancy and Elizabeth Grenevil Earl of Bathe 13 Car. 2. THat this Family is not only of very great Antiquity but famous for divers Martial exploits is evident from sundry Authorities Harmo dentatus the common Ancestor thereof who was Earl of Corboil as also Lord of Thorigny and Graneville in Normandy being lineally descended from the Warlike Rollo sometime Duke of that large Territory Which Hamon had issue two sons Robert surnamed Fitz-Hamon Earl of Corboil Lord of Thorigny and Graneville who left no issue male as