whereof he was by Letters Patents bearing date at Oxford 31 Ian. 18 Car. 1. Created Vicount Fauconberge of Henknowle in the Bishoprick of Durham And by Barbara his Wife Daughter to Sir Henry Cholmley of Roxby in Com. Ebor. Knight and Baronet had Issue two Sons Henry and Iohn and five Daughters Margaret Married to Iohn Lord Darcie of Astâ—n Mary to Sir Edward Osburne of Kiâ—eton in Com. Ebor. Baronet Barbara to Sir Henry Slyngâ—sby of Sâ—ryâ—en in Com. Ebor. Baronet Vrsula to Sir Walter Vavâ—sor of Haselwode in Com. Ebor. Knight and Frances to Sir Thomas Ingram of Shiriff-Hoton Knight a younger Son to Sir Arthur Ingram of Temple-Newsom in Com. Ebor. Knight and departing this life in an 1652. was buried in the Parish Church of Coâ—kswould in Com. Ebor. Which Henry dying before his Father left Issue by Grace his Wife Daughter and Heir to Thomas Barton of Smiâ—â—ells in Com. Lanc. Esq four Sons Thomas now Vicount Fauconbridge Henry who died in his youth Sir Rouland Belasyse Knight of the Bath and Iohn who died young And four Daughters Grace Married to George Vicount Castleton in Ireland Frances to Sir Henry Iones of Aston in Com. Oxon. Knight Arbella to Sir William Frankland of â—hurâ—ily in Com. Ebor. Baronet and Barbara to Walter a younger Son to Sir Robert Strickland of Siâ—er in Com. Westmorl Knight Which Thomas so succeeding his Grandfather in his Honours is now Captain of the Guard of Pensioners to his Majesty King Charles the Second and Married Mildred Daughter to Nicholas Vicount Castleton ¶ The second Son to the before-specified Thomas Vicount Fauconbridge Called Iohn faithfully also adhering to the late King Charles of blessed Memory at such time as through the influence of a predominant party in the late Long Parliament great Forces were ready to march against him rais'd and brought to Notingham upon the erection of his Royal Standard there in August an 1642. a compleat Regiment of stout Foot-Souldiers with which fighting valiantly on his behalf in the Batâ—els of â—ineton and Brainâ—ford as also in the storming of Bristoll and Battel of Newberie he was in consideration thereof advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Belasyse of Worlaby in Com. Linc. by Letters Patents bearing date at Oxford 27 Ian. 20 Car. 1. He was likewise in farther consideration of his eminent services in those times made Lieutenant-General of the Counties of York Notingham Lincoln and Derby Governour of the City of York and Garrison of Newark upon â—rent as also Captain General of his Majesties Guards And by our present Sovereign King Charles the Second constituted Captain-General of his Forces in Africa and Governour of â—angier Also Lord Lieutenant of the East-Riding of Yorkshire Governour of Hull and Captain of his Guard of Gentlemen-Pensioners But making scruple at the Oath injoined by Act of Parliament in an 1672. to be taken by all such as did then or should hereafter bear any Office under his Majesty he resigned all those his Commands as followeth viz. his Government of â—angier to the Earl of Middleton His Lieutenancy of the East-Riding of Yorkshire and Government of Hull to the Duke of Monmouth his Captainship of the Pensioners to his Nephew Thomas Vicount Fauconbridge and a Regiment of Foot raised during the late Wars with the Dutch to the Earl of Northampton This Iohn Lord Belasyse Married three Wives First Iane the Dâ—ughter and Heir to Robert Butler of Woodhall in Com. Hertf. Knight by whom he had Issue one Son called Henry made Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of our present Sovereign King Charles the Second and one Daughter called Mary Married to Robert Vicount Dunbar in Scotland To his second Wife he Married Anne Daughter and Coheir to Sir Robert Crane of Chilton in Com. Suff. Knight Widdow of Sir William Airmine of Osgodâ—y in Com. Linc. Baronet He lastly Married the Lady Anne Daughter to Iohn late Marquess of Winchester by whom he hath Issue three Daughters Honora Barbara and Katherine Which Sir Henry his Son and Heir Married twice First Rogersa Rogers Daughter and Cohâ—ir with her Sister Elizabeth Dutchess of Richmund and Lenox to Francis Rogers of Brianston in Com. Dors. Esq And afterwards Sâ—san Daughter and Coheir to Sir William Airmine of Osgodby in Com. Linc. Baronet by whom he had Issue Henry his only Son and departed this life in an 1668. Lord Lovelace 3 Car. 1. IN 3 Car. 1. Sir Richard Lovelace Knight Son oâ— Richard Lovelace of Hurley in Com. Berks. Esq was by Letters Patent bearing date 31 Maii 3 Car. 1. advanced to the degrâ—e and dignity of a Baron of this Râ—alm by the Title of Lord Lovelace of Hurlâ—y Which place had hâ—râ—tofore been a Religious 〈◊〉 o◠〈◊〉 Monks and a Cell to 〈◊〉 Abby Hâ— Mâ—râ—ed to his first Wife Katherine Daughter of George Hill Widdow of William Hide of Kingston L'isle in Com. Berks. Esq but by her had no Issue and to his second Wife Margaret the sole Daughter and Heir to William Dodsworth Citizen of London by whom he had Issue two Sons Iohn and Francis and two Daughters Elizabeth Married to Henry Martin of Langworth in Com. Berks. Esq Son and Heir to Sir Henry Martin Knight then Judge of the Court of Admiralty and Margaret to Sir George Stonehouse of Radley in Com. Berks. Baronet And departed this life 22 Apr. an 1634. 10 Car. 1. To whom succeeded Iohn his Son and Heir who took to Wife the Lady Anne Daughter of Thomas Earl of Cleveland and departing this life at Woodstoke Mannor in Com. Oxon. 25 Sept. an 1670. was buried at Hurley before-specified leaving Issue Iohn his only surviving Son who succeeded him in his Honour And three Daughters Anne who died Unmarried Margaret Married to Sir William Noel of Kirkby Malory in Com. Leic. Baronet and Dorothy to Henry Drax a Merchant in Barbados Son of Sir Iames Drax Knight Which Iohn took to Wife Martha one of the Daughters and Coheirs to Sir Edmund Pye of Bradenham in Com. Buck. Baronet by whom he hath had Issue one Son called Iohn who died in his Infancy and three Daughters Anne Martha and Catherine Pierpont Earl of Kingston and Marquess of Dorchester 3 Car. 1 THat the Ancestor of this long continuing and eminent Family â—obert de Pierpont being of French extraction came first into England at the time of the Norman Conquest is clear enough For by the general Survey taken shortly after it is evident that he was then possess'd of the Lordships of Henestede and â—retham in Suffolk and that he held them of the famous William Earl Warren one of the chiefest of thâ—se Nobles that accompanied the Victorious Norman Duke in his signal Expedition hither And though none of the Descendents of this Robert did arrive to the dignity of Peerage till of late years yet were they persons of great note throughout all succeeding
of Febr. next ensuing And in 2. E. 4. for the better support of his dignity obtained a Grant in Tail-General of the Mannors of Lynton Letheâ—ey Kirkleventon Tadcastre Poklyngton Scorburgh Nafferton Wandesford Hundmanby Semar and Thrustanby in Com. Ebor. as also of a certain Hostel in Kingston super Hull Likewise of the Mannor of Helagh in the County of the City of York and of all the Lands and Tenements lying in that City which did belong to Henry Earl of Northubmberland Likewise of the Castle and Mannor of Alnwike with its Members and of the Mannors of Benwyke Ruglee Hoghton Lessebury Aylmouth Tughall Biâ—ton Swynhowe â—ewham Chatton Elyngheham Newstede Lukre South-Charleton Christerton Birlyng Fowdon Langeley Biker near Newcastle upon Tine and of the Castle and Mannor of Ovyngham all in Com. Northumb. Moreover of all the Lands in Tyndale called Talbots-Lands also of the Mannors of Calceby Malberthorpe Thedithorpe and Thurthorpe in Com. Linc. of the Mannors of Foston in Com. Leic Iselham in Com. Cantabr Cratfeild in Com. Suff. and of a certain House in the Parish of St. Katherine-Colman London with another in the Parish of St. Ann juxta Aldersgate all which by the attainder of the before-specified Earl of Northumberland in the Parliament begun at Westminster 1. E. 4. came to the Crown After this viz. in 4. E. 4. he had a grant for life of the Mannors of Middelton and Merdene with the Hundred of Middeltone in Com. Cantii of the Mannor and Parke of Ashehurst in Com. Surr. as also of the Castle Town and Lordship of Briavels and Forest of Dene in Com. Gloc. Likewise of the Castle and Lordship of UUodeford and Mannor of UUroxâ—aâ—e in Com. Somerset in Tail-general late Iames Earl of UUiltshire's attainted of the Castle and Lordship of Chester and all the Lands and Royalties thereto belonging to hold during pleasure And of the Mannors of Stoke under Hampden Melton Faucomberge Stratton super le Vosse Faryngton Gorney Inglescombe Midsomer-Norton UUydecombe UUeltone Lavertone with the Moiety of the Mannors of West Harptre and Shipton-malet in Com. Somerset and Ryme in Com. Dorset to hold for life In 5. E. 4. he was constituted Lieutenant of Ireland for the terme of Twenty years And had likewise a Grant for life of a certain place in the parish of St. Andrew in the City of London called The Kings Wardrobe with all the Lands and Rents thereto belonging The like in 8. E. 4. of the Castle and Lordship of Ouenesburg in the Isle of Shepey in Kent But shortly after this viz. in 9. E. 4. Richard Nevill commonly called the stout Earl of Warwick harbouring in his heart much discontent towards King Edward for the reasons I have shewed in my discourse of his Family and discerning that this Duke of Clarence bore no great good will towards the King his Brother so managed the business that he allured him to his partie and the more firmly to knit him to his Interest offered him the Lady Isabell his elder daughter in Marriage with the one half of her Mother's Inheritance Whereupon accompanying him to Calais he there Swore upon the Sacrament to keep his Promise with him and accordingly Married her in the Church of Nostre Dame having obtain'd a Dispensation from Pope Paul the Third by reason that they stood allyed in the second and third and third and fourth degrees of Consanguinity as also in respect that the Mother of this Duke was Godmother to her Which Dispensation beares date a Rome Prid. Id. Martii An. 1468 8 E. 4. Hereupon likewise the better to secure their grand design and the more cordially to oblige this Duke there was another Marriage made in France viz. betwizt Prince Edward son to King Henry the Sixth and Anne the other daughter to the same geat Earl and an Agreement then concluded the King Henry should Reign again and after him Prince Edward and his heirs but in default of such Issue this George Duke of Clarence and his heirs Having therefore thus framed this seeming sure Combination the Earl of 〈◊〉 caused an Insurrection to be made in 〈◊〉 by Sir Robert Welles Knight son and heir to Richard Lord Welles Which proving ansuccessful all that party being utterly vanquisht by the Kings Forces accompanied by this Duke he hasted to Exeter purposing suddenly to got over into France in hope of aid from King Lewes and accordingly landing at Dâ—epe address'd himself to that King then lodging at his Castle of Ambois But during their stay in France a Damsel from England belonging to the Dutchess of Clarence as 't was said landed there with overture from King Edward of a Reconciliation with them and having private discourse with this Duke so wrought upon him that he promised upon his return to stand fair Of which Warwick having no knowledge after he had obtained some aid in those parts accompanied with this Duke took shippin at Harflew and landing at Dartmouth in Com. Devon Proclaimed King Henry Whereat King Edward grew so startled that with the Duke of Glocester his Brother and some few others he hasted into Flanders UUarwick therefore discerning his own strength and Interest to be such again accompanied with the Duke upon the 25 th of October fetcht King Henry out of the Tower and restored him to his Regal Authority and thereupon caused a Parliament to assemble in which so potent he was all Acts made by King Edward were utterly repeal'd and the Crowns of England and France entail'd on King Henry the Sixth and his issue male â— and for default thereof on this George Duke of Clarence and his heirs males It being then and there further declared that he should be next heir to his late Father Richard Duke of York and enjoy all his Lands as if he had been his eldest son at the time of his death Which being done he was associated with Warwick in the Government of the Realm But the scene shortly after altered For King Edward with some considerable forces from the Duke of Burgundy landing in Holdeâ—neâ—s 14 Martii An. 1471. 11 E. 4. marcht up into UUarwickshire Which for allarm'd that great Earl of UUarwick then staying at Coventre in expectation of this Dukes coming to him whith such Forces as he had raised about London as that discerning he made not haste he then began to suspect his fidelity as well he might for through the mediation of Margaret Dutchess of Burgundy their sister a perfect Reconciliation was privately made betwixt the King and him But for a while kept secret so that though after he had heard of his Brothers landing and advance towards London he got what Forces he could together being about Four thousâ—nd strong outwardly pretending that he would joyn with Warwick
a Castle in those places or within those Precincts each to assist other for the demolishing it And for the better observance of this Accord they engaged themselves each to other by Oath in the presence of the Bishop of Lincoâ—n That if either of them should recede therefrom and not make satisfaction within fifteen days upon request that the Bishops of Lincoln and Chester should do justice upon them as Faith-breakers Moreover it appears that this Earl granted unto Robert Earl of Leicester and his Heirs the Lordship of Cerneley and all the Woods adjacent thereto adjoyning to his Forest of Leicester as well those of his Fee as his own proper Woods excepting his Park at Barow to hold and enjoy the same as Forest in as ample manner as he held the Forest of Leicester of the King So also whatsoever he had in the City of Leicester both in Demesn and of his Fee And as the Earl of Leicester and he did thus capitulate as hath been observed so most certain it is that King Stephen himself at length came to a good accord with him and received him into no little favor and trust for by his special Charter it appears that he bestowed on him the Castle and City of Lincoln to enjoy until he should be restored to his Lands in Normandy and Castles there And thereupon gave him leave to fortifie one of the Towers in Lincoln Castle and to have the command thereof until he should deliver unto him the Castle of Tikhill in Yorkshire Which being done then the King to have the City and Castle of Lincoln again excepting the Earls own Tower which his Mother had fortified as also the Constableship of that Castle and of the whole County which belonged to him by Hereditary right as are the words of the Charter Moreover besides all this the King then granted to him the Castle of Belvoir with the whole Barony thereto belonging and all the Land of William de Albini Lord of Belvoir of whomsoever he held it and likewise Graham with the Soke And though the Heirs of Graham should come to an Agreement with the King yet the Barony to remain to this Earl the King giving them exchange for it By this Charter also the King granted to him and his Heirs Newcastle in Staffordshire with all the Appurtenances the Soke of Roeley in Leicestershire Torkesey in Lincolnshire the Town of Derby with the Appurtenances Mansfield in Com. Nott. with the Appurtenances Stonely in Warwickshire with the Appurtenances the Wapentake of Oswarbeck in Nottinghamshire and all the Lands of Roger de Busly with the whole Honor of Blithe as it is set forth Likewise all the Lands of Roger de Poictou from Northampton to Scotland excepting that which belongeth to Roger de Montebegon in Lincolnshire Likewise all the Lands betwixt the Rivers of Ribble and Merse in Lancashire and the Land which he had in Demesne in the Mannor of Grimesby in Com. Linc. As also the Lands which the Earl of Glocester had in Demesne within that Mannor of Grimesby And lastly for the special respect that the King bore unto him he not only restored to Adelais de Condie all her Lands viz. Hornecastre in Lincolnshire when the Castle should be demolished but all his own other Lands Yet notwithstanding all hath been said this Earl was so real an honorer of Henry Duke of Normandy that he often adventured his life and fortune on his behalf And that the said Duke did highly esteem of him this memorable Charter which he Sealed at the Devizes in Wiltshire will abundantly manifest whereby heâ—granted unto him all his Inheritance in Normandy and England as freely as any of his Ancestors held the same viz. The Castles of Uire and Barbifleet with such Liberty that through the whole Precinct thereof he might take his forfeits as also the Wood of Fosses and Alebec and that for which â—e was Sheriff of Abrincis and in S. James whereof he had made him Earl Likewise whatsoever he had in Abrinchem he thereby gave unto him excepting the Bishoprick and the Abbacy of Mount S. Michael and what belonged unto them Moreover all the Honor id est the Barony of Earl Roger de Poictou wheresoever it lay and all the Honor of Blithe wheresoever in England As also the whole Honor of Eye which Robert Malet his Mothers Vncle did ever enjoy Furthermore he gave him Stafford and the whole County of Stafford and whatsoever he had of Inheritance there except the Fees of the Bishop of Chester of Earl Robert de Ferrers of Hugh de Mortimer and of Gervase Paganell and excepting also his Forest of Canoâ— which he retained in his own hand Likewise he gave unto him the Fee of Alan de Lincolne his Mothers Vncle and the Fee of Ernise de Burun as his own Inheritance and the Fees of Hugh de Scotiney Robert de Chalz Raphe Fitz-Oats Norman de Verdun and Robert de Staford wheresoever any of them lay Besides all these he gave to him and his Heirs Thirty pound Lands in Grimesby as also Nottingham Castle with the Borough and whatsoever he had in Nottingham And all the Fee of William Peverell wheresoever it lay excepting Higham unless he could acquit himself of his wickedness and treason by a fair tryal in Court Moreover if Ingelram de Albemarle would not take his part nor Earl Simon he gave Higham to this Earl Ranulph in case he would accept thereof as also Torchesey and Oswardebeck Wapentake Derby with all its Appurtenances Mansfield with the Soke Roeley with the Soke and Stanley near Coventrey with the Soke promising him farther that so soon as he should be in power he should have a tryal for Belvoir Besides all this he gave unto Six of his Barons whom he should chuse One hundred pound Land per annum to each viz Of that which should happen to be gained from his enemies And to all their Parents that Inheritance which was in his power and what was not at present he promised to do them right in whensoever he should be able Vnto which Charter these were Witnesses viz. William the Chancellor Reginald Earl of Cornwall Roger Earl of Hereford Patrick Earl of Salisbury Umfrey de Buhun Sewer ... Fitz-Gilbert Richard de Humet Constable Warin Fitz-Gerold Robert de Curcey Sewer Manasser Bisseâ— Sewer Philip de Columbers And on thâ— part of Earl Ranulph William Earl of Lincolne Hugh Wac G. Castell de Fines Simon Fitz-William Thurstan de Montfert Geffrey de Costentine William de Verdun Richard Boteler Roger Wac and Simon Fitz-Osbert This Earl gave to William Earl of Lincoln his Brother by the Mother the Lordship of Watteley to hold by the Service of two Knights Fees Having now done with his Secular Actions I come lastly to his Works of Piety which were great and many He was the devout Founder of a Monastery for Cistercian Monks in a place called Radmore
in another Scotch Expedition so also in 34 Edw. 1. being then of the Retinue of Adomare de Valence In 1 Edw. 2. with Robert de Vnfranvill Earl of Angos and Henry Beaumont he was constituted the King's Lieutenant in Scotland betwixt Barwic and the River of Forth as also in the Marches of Anandale Carryk and Galloway And though this Lieutenancy was conferred upon Iohn de Segrave the next following year yet he continued still in Scotland in that King's service After this scil in 7 Edw. 2. he was constituted with Iohn de Moubray and others Warden of the West-marches of Scotland and in 8 Edw. 2. received another command from the King to come to New-castle upon Tine well accoutred with Horse and Arms to march against the Scots To the several Parliaments in 23 and 30 Edw. 1. 1 3 5 6 7 8 and 9 Edw. 2. he had summons And in 10 Edw. 2. did again receive command from the King to come to Newcastle upon Tine well fitted with Horse and Arms to march against the Scots in which year he died and lyeth buried in the Priory of Kirkham under a Marble Tomb on the North-side of the Quire leaving William his Son and Heir then of full age who doing his Homage had Livery of all his Lands as also Iohn a younger Son of whom I shall speak anon And likewise Anne a daughter Wife to Pain Tipetot Son of Robert de Tipetot a Baron of Parliament in King Edward the Second's time But Maude de Vaux his Wife Daughter and Coheir of Iohn de Vaux lyeth buried in the Priory of Pentney in Norfolk of the foundation of Robert de Vaux her Ancestor This William in 4 Edw. 2. his Father being then living and in Scotland was in that Expedition then made thither and soon after the Livery of his Lands had a Confirmation of the Castle of Werke formerly granted to William his Father by reason of the forfeiture of Robert his Kinsman before-mentioned The next ensuing year he was constituted one of the Commissioners with W. Archbishop of York and others to treat of Peace betwixt the King and Robert de Brus who then assumed the title of King of Scotland About which time he came to an agreement with the King for the Castle of Werke viz. to grant it to the King in exchange for other Lands and in accomplishment thereof did by his Deed bearing date at York 25 September pass it to the King his Heirs and Successors with all the Knights Fees thereto belonging excepting the Patronage of such Cells as did belong to the Priory of Kirkham and Hospital of Boulton in lieu of Lands and Rents of the yearly value of four hundred Marks betwixt the Rivers of Thames and Teyse to be granted to him by the King before the Feast of the Nativity of S. Iohn Baptist then next ensuing In 12 Edw. 2. he was again in Scotland upon that King's service In 18 Edw. 2. he went into Gascoigne in that Expedition then made In 1 Edw. 3. he had the Shreevalty of Yorkshire and in 2 Edw. 3. was made Governour of the Castle of Werke In 7 Edw. 3. he was in another Expedition to Scotland In 11 Edw. 3. by his humble Petition representing to the King That whereas he had received a command from King Edward the Second to attend him at Coventry thence to march with him against the Scots who had in an hostile mander invaded this Realm and that being then at his Mannor of Freston in Lincolnshire he hasted to him with all his men at Arms divers Hoblers and some Foot-Souldiers accordingly and had received no more than the sum of one hundred and fifty pounds towards his charges in that Expedition the King by his Precept directed to the Treasurer and Barons of his Exchequer bearing date the 18 th of December the same year commanded that the remainder due to him for his expences in that service should be forthwith paid And the next ensuing year granted unto him a certain Tower in the City of London built by King Edward the Second and adjoyning to the River of Thames near to a place called Baynards-Castle to hold to him the said William and his Heirs as Appurtenant to his Castle of Hamlake in Yorkshire by the service of a Rose to be yearly paid at the Exchequer upon the Feast-day of the Nativity of S. Iohn Baptist for ever In 14 Edw. 3. upon advertisement that the Scots intended another Invasion he received a strait command from the King dated 25 Sept. that he should forthwith repair to his Castle of Hamlake and there remain the whole ensuing Winter with all his men fitly arrayed for the defence of those Northern parts And in 16 Edw. 3. the King purposing an Expedition into France with a Royal Army sent his Letters unto this William amongst others bearing date 20 December to furnish him with twenty men at Arms and twenty Archers well arrayed who were to take shipping at Portsmouth upon the first of March then next ensuing upon such terms as the King should agree with others that had the like Letters At which time being in Britanny after some fruitless assaults made upon the City of Nantes he was one of those whom the King left there with six hundred men at Arms and two hundred Archers to maintain the Siege And in 17 Edw. 3. had command to provide the like number of men at Arms and Archers for those Wars of France This William was summoned to Parliament in the 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 and 20 of Edw. 2. So likewise to all the Parliaments of King Edward the Third from the first to the sixteenth year of his Reign inclusive and took to Wife Margery the eldest of the Sisters and Coheirs of Giles de Badlesmere of Ledes-Castle in Kent a great Baron of that time by whom he had Issue two Sons viz. William and Thomas and two Daughters Margaret and Maude and departing this life the 16 th of February in the year 1342. 17 Edw. 3. was buried in the Priory of Kirkham under a fair Tomb of Stone on the South-side the high Altar leaving William his Son and Heir then sixteen years of age The Lands of his own Inheritance whereof he died seised being as followeth viz. the Castle and Mannor of Helmesley with the Mannors of Harum Howsom Garton and Lynton in Yorkshire which he held by the service of one Barony as also the Mannors of Seton Storthwayt and Ros in Holderness in the same County The Castle and Mannor of Belvoir with the Mannors of Uâ—â—ington Freston Bosten and Melton in Com. Linc. Redemyld and Boâ—elesford in Com. Leic. Likewise one hundred and fifty Marks yearly Rent issuing out of the City of Lincoln and fifty Marks out of the City
Northampt and to the Mayor of the City of London to make Livery of them accordingly In 18 H. 3. this Iohn was constituted Sheriff of Yorkshire And the same year with Isabell his Wife Sister of Iohn Bigod had Livery of the Castle and Honour of Ewyas Lacy which were assign'd to her in Dower as part of the Lands of Gilbert de Laci her former Husband Moreover in 21 H. 3. upon that Accord then made betwixt the King and the Barons whereupon the Great Charter and Charter of the Forest being confirm'd a thirtieth part of all Mens Moveables was given to the King this Iohn was then admitted one of the Privy-Council And the same year there being a Grand Council then held at London was one of those at that time sent to the Pope's Legate to forbid him from attempting any thing therein which might be prejudicial to the King and Kingdom In 29 H. 3. he was one of the Commissioners sent from King Henry with Roger Bigod Earl of Norfolk and others to the Council at Lyons in France there to complain of the great Exactions upon this Realm from the See of â—ome And in 30 H. 3. was constituted Justice of Ireland with the Fee of Five hundred Pounds per annum In which Service he merited so well that the King in consideration thereof granted to him and his Heirs the whole Cantred of the Isles of Thomond But more I have not seen of him than that he was Sheriff of Yorkshire for the one half of the eighteenth year of Henry the Third So likewise for the nineteenth and half the twentieth And for Gloucestershire from the twenty third to the thirtieth of that King's Reign inclusive To this Iohn succeeded Iohn his Son and Heir called Iohn Fitz-Iohn Fitz-Geoffrey who in 42 H. 3. amongst other of the Great Men of that time had Summons to be at Chester on Munday preceding the Feast of St. Iohn Baptist well fitted with Horse and Arms to restrain the Infolencies of the Welch It is reported That in 42 H. 3. the King being then at St. Albans and having News that this Iohn was dead at some place near Guilford in Surrey thereupon caused a Mass to be celebrated for his Soul by the whole Covent there and forthwith sent his Precept to Iohn de Crakhill then his Treasurer to provide a Cloth of Gold to lay over his Corps when it should pass through the City of London To whom succeeded Iohn his Son and Heir then not fully of age but married to Margery the Daughter of that Great Man Philip Basset shortly after Justice of England Which Iohn in consideration of CCC l. Fine obtain'd from the King a Grant of the Custody of all the Lands of his own Inheritance as also the benefit of his next Marriage in case the said Margerie should depart this World before the accomplishment of his full age In 46 H. 3. adhering to Montfort Earl of Leicester and other the then Rebellious Barons upon that Peace at that time agreed on he was appointed by the King to send his Seal for the Ratification thereof in case he should not himself come in Person Howbeit notwithstanding that Accord the next ensuing year when they broke out again and boldly required That the King should submit to their unreasonable Ordinances called the Provisions of Oxford in regard they were there framed which were totally destructive to his Regal Authority he joyn'd with them in those their insolent Demands and soon after viz. in 48 H. 3. was one of their Chief Commanders in the Battel of Lewes where unhappily prevailing the King was made Prisoner After which marching towards Wales Ricards Castle the Chief Seat of Hugh de Mortimer as also the Castle of Ludlow were given up into his Hands And being so great a Confident of that Rebellious Rout he soon obtain'd from them they then exercising Regal Power a Grant of the Sheriffalty of Westmorland as also of the Custody of the Castles in those Parts which were Robert de Vipount's deceased and was likewise made Constable of Windsor-Castle And notwithstanding all this though he grew discontented for not being sufficiently rewarded yet so great was his aversness to the Royal Interest that when Clare Earl of Gloucester and some others fell off he stood firm to the other Party and fought stoutly on their side in the Battle of Evesham in 49 H. 3. where their whole Army being miserably routed and all the Chief of that Rebellious Pack slain he was the onely Person of Note who escaped death Being therefore made Prisoner and the Inheritance of all his Lands given by the King to Clare Earl of Gloucester though afterwards by the Decree called Dictum de Kenilworth he was admitted to Composition yet he forbore to make his Peace Whereupon command was given to the Sheriff of Hantshire to seise all his Lands After which I have not seen any more of him till his death which hapned in 4 E. 1. but without Issue he being then seised of the Mannor of Fambrigge in Com. Essex as also of the Mannors of Stepel Clayndon and Querndon with a certain part of Agmondesham in Com. Buck. Likewise of the Mannor of East-Pyrie in Com. Northampt and Morton in Com. Devon leaving Richard his Brother and Heir then xxvii years of age Who performing his Homage the same year had Livery of all his Lands lying in the Counties of Norff. Buck. Devon Surrey Wiltess Suthampt. Essex and Northampt. paying his Relief Which Richard in 10 E. 1. was in that Expedition then made into Wales And in 23 E. 1. summon'd to Parliament amongst the Barons of this Realm But in 25 E. 1. being in the Wars of France died the same year then seised of the Mannor of Fanbrigg in Com Essex Wyntersâ—ey with certain Lands in Chiriell in Com. Wiltes Moreton in Com. Devon Schaldeford and Schyre in Com. Surr. Multon and Potters Pirye in Com. Northampt. Whaddon with the Chase and Hamlets of Symlesburne Clayndon Aylesbury and Querndon in Com. Buck. Likewise of the Mannor of Wytheton in Com. Linc. and Advowson of the Priory of Shuldham in Com. Norff. leaving Maud Countess of Warwick his eldest Sister Robert Clifford Son of Isabell de Clifford Daughter of Isabell de Vipount and Idonea Daughter of the same Isabell de Vipount his second Sister Richard de Burgh Earl of Vlster Son of Aveline his third Sister and Ioane the Wife of Theobald le Butiller the fourth Sister his next Heirs Emme his Wife still surviving who in 26 E. I. had for her Dowrie an Assignation of the Mannor of Whaddon with the Chase and Park as also the Mannor of Aylesbury and Hamlet of Burton
but marching downwards came in to the King his Brother about three Miles Southward from the Town of Warwick Nevertheless though he so did he left no means unassayed to work a Reconciliation betwixt that Earl and King Edward unto which he found the King inclinable enough So that it might very well have been effected had it not been for the obstinacy of that haughty spirited Earl of Warwick Whereupon he marcht with the King towards the City of London into which entring upon the eleventh of Aprill King Henry was delivered up to them In the mean time the Earl of Warwick being come up to St. Albans and King Edward resolving to encounter him both Armies met on a plain called Gladmore-â—eath near Barnet upon Easter-day 30 April where King Edward placing his Brother the Duke of Glocester in the Van and with the assistance of this Duke leading the main Battel himself the Lord Hastings commanding the Rear a sharp Fight ensued wherein Warwick was slain and his whole Army routed Shortly aftger which viz. 4 Maii next following those of the Lancastrian-pary then unsubdued making head again in Glocestershire were met with at Tewksbury and there utterly destroyed At which time Prine Edward son to King H. 6. being taken prisoner and asked by King Edward How he durst bear Armes against him Answering To recover his Fathers Kingdome and Heritage this George Duke of Clarence with his Brother Richard Duke of Glocester and the Lord Hastings suddenly Murthered y him in cold blood A most barbarous and unmanly Act not one of them afterwards enjoying much content in this World but coming in a short space to untimâ—ly deaths Having therefore in these greatest Exigencies stuck thus stoutly to his Brother in the very same year viz. 11. E. 4. the Parliament then siting he did there with divers other of the Peers recognize his Right and Swear Fealty to Edward his eldest son And in 12 E. 4. in consideration of that his Marriage with Isabel the eldest daughter and coheir to the said Richard Nevill Earl of Warwick and Salisbury was by special Letters patents bearing date 25 Martii created Earl of Warwick and Salisbury with the Fee of Twenty pounds per annum issuing out of each of the Counties of Warwickshire and Wiltshire to himself and the heirs male of his Body for the better support of those dignities Moreover he obtain'd a Grant for life of the Lordship of Clavering in Com. Essex as also of the Mannor of Newport paynell and Parke of Tyford in Com. Buck. with the Mannor of solâ—Solâ—hull and Park of Fulbroke in Com. Warr. And likewise of a certain House called The Herber in the City of London and of the Castle and Lordship of Nore-end After which in 14 E. 4. he was retein'd by Indenture to serve the King with One hundred and twenty men at Armes and a Thousand Archers And by Letters Patents bearing date 18 Iulii had a grant in special tail of two parts of the Mannor of Ros in Holdernessâ— In 15 E. 4. he was at the Enterview at Piquenni near Amiens betwixt King Edward and the King of France And in 16 E. 4. had a grant in special tail of the Lordship and Mannor of Ludgarsale in Com. Wilts with all the Knights Fees thereto belonging As also in 17 E. 4. another in reversion after the death of Margery Lady Roos of the Castle and Mannor of Helmesâ—ey in Com. Ebor. But after all this the King being jealous k of him designâ—d his destruction It is reported by our Historians that he did endeavour to possess the people that the King his Brother used by Negromancie or Poison to make away those that he hated Also that he was a Bastard and therefore not fit to Reign Moreover that he himself had procured divers of the Kings subjects to be sworn to him and his heirs without reservation of their Allegiance to the King It was likewise then said that the King was much tâ—rrified by a Prophesie that a person whose name began with G should succeed him in the Government which afterwards in truth was fulfilled in the Duke of Glocester Others gave out that this Duke having buried his Wife did by the help of Margaret Dutchess of Burgundy his sister endeavour to obtain Mary the only daughter to Charles Duke of Burgundy and that King Edward maligning his advantage thereby hindred it which revived the old Grudge betwixt them Which of these in particular was the chief cause of the distast then taken against him by the King is hard to say but certain it is that being offended with him he caused him to be imprison'd and that soon after he was Murthered by drowning in a Butt of Malmsey By the Inquisition taken after his death it was found that he died that is to say that he was so Murthered 18 Feb. 17 E. 4. being then seised of the Mannor of Bretâ—ys in Com. Essex As also of the Mannors of Hauâ—bere Iwarn Courtney Ebberton Ramsam Wroxhall Child-Frome Ientcome Maperton Pound-Knoll Hoggs-Toller and of the Castle and Mannor of Corff in Com. Dorset of the Mannors of Somerâ—on Erle Kyngesdone Crukerne Hunspill Misterton Grove Exton Charleton Makerell Dunhede and Stoke Michell in Com. somerset of the Mannor and Burrough of Tyverton the Mannors and Lorships of Plympton and Okehampton of the Burrough of Challeghe and Mannors of Collcome and Whiteford in com Devon of the Mannors of Shemoke Weston Tony Trelowye Portlo Port-pigham Crofthale Northyll and Landeer in com Cornub. of the Mannor of Bassyngburne in Com. Cantabr of the Mannors of Frampton Wykes Boston on the East-side of the Water Gayton with the Soke Momby with the sokes Washyngburgh Futâ—ek Ledenham two parts of the Mannors of Freston and Boston on the West-side the Water of the Castle and Lordship of Somerton of the reversion of the Mannors of Barton and Stewton immediately after the death of Katherine then Dutchess of Norffolk and of the reversion of the third part of the said Mannors of Freston and Boston on the West-part the Water after the death of Margery Lady Roos Likewise of two parts of the Mannor of Ros in Holderness as also of the reversion of the Castle and Mannor of Helmesley in Com. Ebor. after the decease of the said Margery Lady Roos and of the Mannor of Solyhull in Com. Warr. Edward his son and heir being at that time three years of age and upwards Soon after which he was attainted in the Parliament begun at Westminster upon the sixteenth day of Ianuary He likewise left issue by the same Lady Isabell his Wife one daughter called Margaret married to Sir Richard Pole Knight of whom I shall say more when I come to speak of Henry her son who was advanced to the title of Lord Montague by King Henry the Eighth But