Service to be performed in the Chappel at Cainho three days in the week for which munificence both he himself Nigel his Brother and Cicily their Mother were received into their Fraternity as Monks of that Priory Moreover in 22 Hen. 2. he paid an amercement of One hundred marks for trespassing in the Kings Forest. And in 2 Rich. 1. he accounted Twelve pound ten shillings for the Scutage of Wales but died in 4 Rich. 1. as it seems or somewhat before For in that year Robert his Son and Heir paid to the King Ninety six pound thirteen shillings four pence for his releif In 6 Rich. 1. this Robert the Second was with the King in his expedition into Normandy And in 13 Ioh. was acquitted of payment for Twenty five Knights Fees upon levying the Scutage of Scotland In 16. Ioh. he answered Fifty pounds for Twenty five Knights Fees upon collecting the Scutage of Poâ—ctou But in 9 Hen. 3. he died Robert his Son being then in minority and thereupon in Ward to William de Beauchamp Baron of Bedford Which Robert the Son lived but a short time as it seems For in 18 Hen. 3. William de Hocton who had then married Isabel one of the Daughters of the second Robeâ—â— Sister of this last Robert accounted for Eight Knights Fees and a third part and a third of a fourth part which were of her Inheritance the other two Daughers being thus married viz. Iâ—an to Ceffrey de Beauchamp and Asselina to Ralph de S. Amand which Ralph de S. Amand in 21 H. 3. paid Fifty marks for the Releif of the third part of that Barony of Cainho which he had in marriage with Asseline his Wife one of the Daughters and Heirs of the same Robert the Wardship and Marriage of which Asseline was granted unto Almaric de S. Amand Father of the said Ralph to the end that his Son should take her to Wife Of Ioan I farther find That in 26 Hen. 3. she had a Charter for a Market to be held at Amâ—thil in Bedfordshire every week upon the Thursday and a Fair yearly upon the Eve Day and Morrow of S. Mary Magdalen But this Ioan dying without issue as it seems her third part of that Barony came to be divided betwixt the two other Sisters as is evident by the Releif for the same paid by them in 25 Hen. 3. Ralph de S. Amand then accounting Twenty five pounds and Isabel the Widow of William de Houton or Hocton Twenty five marks which Isabel in 28 Hen 3. gave the King a Fine of Threescore marks for liberty to marry again whom she thought fit and accordingly had Drogo de Pratellis afterwards for her second Husband Bigod THe first of this great Family that setled here in England was Roger Bigod who in the Conquerors time did posses six Lordships in Essex and an Hundred and seventeen in Suffolk This Roger in the first of William Rufus adhering to those great Men who put themselves in arms against the King of whom I have in my Discourse of Odo Earl of Kent already spoke fortified the Castle of Norwich on the behalf of Robert Curthose and wasted the Countrey thereabouts During that Kings Reign I have not observed any thing farther memorable of him but in the first of Henry the First being one of those who stood firm to that King he was a witness to his Laws and had Framingham in Suffolk of his gift Moreover by the advice of the same King Maud his Queen Herbert then Bishop of Norwich and the Lady Adeliza his own Wife he Founded the Abbey of Thetford in Norfolk in An. 1103. 3 Hen. 1. He gave also to the Monks at Rochester his Church of S. Felix at Waletune and departing this life in An. 1107. 7 Hen. 1. was buried in his Abbey of Thetford with this Epitaph on his Tomb. Clauderis exiguo Rogere Bigote Supulchro Et rerum cedit portio parva tibi Divitiae sanguis facundia gratia Regum Intereunt mortem fallere nemo potest Divitiae mentes subvertunt erigat ergo Te piâ—â—â— virtus consiliumque Dei To whom succeeded William his Son and Heir which William being Steward of the Houshold to King Henry the First in the Twentieth of that Kings Reign perished in that lamentable shipwrack with the Kings Children and divers other of the Nobility passing out of Normandy into England To this William succeeded Hugh Bigod his Brother and Heir who was also Steward of the Houshold to King Henry the First But after the death of that King which hapned to be in Normandy he became the principal instrument for advancing Stephen Earl of Boloigne to the Crown of England for being Steward of the Houshold to King Henry an Office which gave him great repute he hasted into England and in the presence of the Archbishop of Canterbury averred upon his Oath that King Henry on his death Bed upon some dislike towards his Daughter Maud the Empress did disherite her and appoint Stephen Earl of Boloigne to be his Heir whereupon the Archbishop being over-credulous solemnly anointed him King For which great service as some say it was that King Stephen soon after advanced him to the Earldom of the East-Angles commonly called Norfolk for by that title viz. Comes East-Anglorum he is stiled in An. 1140. 6 Steph. But before the end of that first year of His Reign it so hapned that King Stephen fell into a Lethargy which occasioning a report that he was dead this Hugh went thereupon to his Castle at Norwich and refused to render it to any but the King himself In 10. Steph. this Earl Hugh was one of the Witnesses to King Stephens Laws In 18 Steph. he held the Castle of Ipswich against Henry Duke of Normandy but being not timely relieved rendered it unto him And afterwards upon that great defection of Geffrey Magnavil in the same Kings time was of his party In 2 Hen. 2. this Hugh for what respect I find not gave up his Castles to the King And in 12 Hen. 2. upon Assesment of the Aid for marrying the Kings Daughter certified his Knights Fees De Veteri Feoffamento to be in number One hundred twenty five and those De Novo Feoffamento Thirty five How soon after it was I cannot say in regard the date of his Creation is deficient but evident it is that K. Henry the Second advanced him a new to the dignity and title of Earl of Norfolk as by his Charter bearing date at Northampton appeareth By which Charter also he had a grant of the Office of Steward to hold and enjoy in as ample manner as Roger Bigod his Father held the same in the time of King Henry the
them to give up those Castles which they then held amongst which he compelled Roger Bishop of Salisbury to deliver up Shireburne Devises and Malmesbury some of the other Bishops were so startled thereat that they caused a Councel to be called at Winchester upon the fourth Kalends of September and thereunto summoned the King but he being very busy at that time sent this Alberic thither to seize upon those Bishops In 5 Steph. with Richard Basset then Justice of England he executed the Sheriffs Office for the Counties of Surrey Cambridge â—untendon Essex Hertford Northampton Leicester Norfolk Suffolk Buckingham and Bedford and gave to the Monks of Thorney in Com. Cantabr certain Lands in Isâ—ep but before the end of this year he was killed in London leaving issue by Adeliza his Wife Daughter of Gilbert de Clare three Sons viz. Alberic his Son and Heir ... a Canon in S. Osith's at Chich in Essex and Robert Which Robert in 12 Hen. 2. upon levying the Ayd for marrying the Kings Daughter certified that he then held half a Knights Fee He also held the Lordship of Twiwell in Com Northamp of the Monks of Thorney in Fee-ferme as his Father did This Alberic had likewise two Daughters Adeliza Wife of Henry de Essex and Iuliana Countess of ... Of Adeliza his Wife it appears that she gave to the Monks of S. Osithes at Thich Lands of seven pounds per annum value lying in Dalham Tunstall and Denham being part of her Frank-Marriage and which Alberic her Son Earl of Oxford confirmed Which Alberic being the third of that name was made an Earl in King Stephens time by Maude the Empress as it seems for by that name she rendred and granted to him all the Lands which his Father Alberic de Vere held at the time of his death and likewise the Office of Great-Chamberlain of England to hold as fully as Alberic his Father or as Robert Malet or any of his Ancestors did with all usages and liberties thereunto appertaining Moreover by the same Charter she granted unto him all the Land of William de Abrincis with the whole Inheritance which he claimed in right of his Wife as fully as William de Arches held the same together with the Tower and Castle of Colchester so soon as she could possess him thereof Likewise the Earldom of Cambridgshire and to have the third penny thereof as an Earl ought to have provided that if the King of Scots had not that Earldom or that she could not satisfy him by Exchange that then this Alberic should have the choice of any of these four Earldoms viz. Oxfordshire Berkshire Wiâ—teshire or Dorsetshire according to the judgement of her Brother the Earl of Gloucester Earl Gefrey id est of Essex and Earl Gilbert id est of Clare to hold as freely and honorably as any other Earl held his Earldom Besides all this she likewise granted to him and to his Heirs the service of William de Heliun viz. ten Knights Fees and also Diham which belonged to Robert de Rannis and was the right of the Nephews of this Earl Alberic viz. the Sons of Roger de Rannis Also Turroc which William Peverell of Notingham had with all those Lands which belonged to Solomon the Priest of Tillebury and liberty for him and his Tenants to improve them and freely to enjoy them from all question for any thing by them done to the day they took part with her and the Earl of Anjou her Husband Moreover she then gave to Geffrey de Vere his Brother all the Lands of Geffrey Talbot and in case she could not uphold them to him then that he should have equivolent satisfaction in exchange thereof according to the judgment of Geffrey Earl of Essex Earl Gilbert and Earl Alberic his Brother Which Geffrey was Sheriff of Shropshire in 11 Henr. 2. for three parts of that year and so till the end of the sixteenth year of that Kings Reign And in 12 Henr. 2. upon levying the Ayd for marriage of the Kings Daughter residing then in Com. Salop. certified his Knights Fees de Veteri Feoffamento to be in number nine and and his Fees de Novo Feoffamento three What became of his Posterity if he left any I find not but in 6. Ric. 1. William de Boterell paid nine pounds for the scutage of his Barony She likewise gave to Robert de Vere the other Brother of Earl Alberic a Barony to the value of that so given to Geffrey and other Lands of equal worth to possess within a year after she should enjoy the Realm of England And Lastly bestowed on this Earl Alberic her Office of Chahcellor for William de Vere his Brother to enjoy the same so soon as it should be rendred up by William Brother to Iohn Fitz-Gilbert at that time Chancellor All which Henry her Son afterwards King by the name of Henry the second confirmed and farther granted to him the third penny of the Pleas of Oxfordshire to the end he might be Earl of that County So that in 12 Hen. 2. upon levying the before-specified Aid for marriage of the Kings Daughter this Earl Alberic certified his Knights Fees to be in number twenty eight a fourth and eighth part and in 14 Henr. 2. paid twenty pounds towards that Ayde by reason of those Knights-Fees After this viz. in 2 R. 1. he gave a fine to the King of five hundred Marks for the Sister of Walter de Bolebec to make a Wife for his Son And in 6 R. 1 upon collecting the Ayd for the Kings redemption paid thirty pounds two shillings and six pence for the Knights Fees he then held This Earl Alberic founded a Monastry for Nunns at Ikelington in the Dioces of Ely also the Priory of Heningham in Essex Luâ—iz his Wife being the first Prioress there And likewise the Priory of Hatfeild-Broad-Oaâ—e in Com. Essex Moreover he gave to the Nuns of S. Cross Henghan a certain Wood called Alcotehegh and departed this life in anno 1194 6 R. 1. leaving issue Alberic of whose mother it is said that being great with Child and taking some apprehension at a hurt which befell the Earl her Husband in his Eye she brought forth a Son with a blemish in his Eye In 6 Riâ— 1. this Alberic his Father then living was with the King in 〈◊〉 and shortly after the death of his Father viz. in 7 R. 1. gave an hundred pounds for his Releif as also five hundred marks upon Collecting the Ayd for the Kings redemption Moreover in 8 R. 1. he paid thirty pounds two shillings and six pence upon collection of the third Scutage of 〈◊〉 And in 6 Ioh. gave two hundred marks for the tertium Denâ—rium of Oxfordshâ—â—e to the
King's Army there In this year also he accompanied Iohn Dudley Viscount Lisle then Lord Admiral and with nine hundred men having scoured the Seas towards Scotland landed at Bolein Moreover in 1 Edw. 6. he was Admiral of the Fleet then sent into Scotland and in 4 Edw. 6. being Governour of Boloin then in scarcity of Provisions rendred it to the French upon Articles whereupon being made Lord Admiral of England for life upon the arrival of the Marshal of France at Gravesend who brought over the Order of S. Michael to King Edward he conducted him to London In 4 5 ph M. being then Knight of the Garter and stiled Lord Clinton and Say he was by Letters Patents bearing date 10 Febr. constituted Lord Admiral of England Ireland and Wales In which year in the Parliament held at Westminster there being dispute betwixt him and the Lord Stafford for preheminence it was found upon search that his Ancestors the Lords Clinton by long continuance and great antiquity had place next above the Lord Audley In 1 Eliz. this Edward was constituted one of the Queens Privy-Council and in 12 Eliz. upon that Rebellion of the Earls of Northumberland and Westmerland being joyned with the Earl of Warwick they marched with twelve thousand men whereof those Earls having notice they fled privily into Scotland After which ere long viz. in 14 Eliz. 4 Maii he was advanced to the title of Earl of Lincoln and the next ensuing year constituted one of the Commissioners for tryal of the Duke of Norfolk Moreover in 24 Eliz. he was appointed amongst others a Commissioner to treat concerning the marriage then proposed betwixt the Duke of Anjou and Queen Elizabeth And having married three Wives first Elizabeth Daughter of Sir Iohn Blount Widow of Gilbert Lord Talboys sometime a Concubine to King Henry the Eighth secondly Vrsula Daughter of William Lord Stoerton and thirdly Elizabeth Daughter to Gerald Fitz-Girald Earl of Kildare departed this life in Anno 1584. 27 Eliz. and was buried on the South-side of the Collegiate Chapel of S. George at Windsore in Com. Berks. his Monumental Inscription there carrying erroneously the name of Fienes By which Elizabeth his first Wife he had issue three Daughters viz. Bridget married to Robert Dymock of Scrivelby in Com. Linc. Esquire Katherine to William Lord Borough and Margaret to Charles Lord Willoughby of Parham By Vrsula his second Wife he had Issue three Sons viz. Henry Edward who died unmarried and Thomas who wedded Mary Daughter of Iohn Tirrell of Warley And two Daughters viz. Anne the Wife of William Ascough Son and Heir to Sir Francis Ascough of Kelsey in Com. Linc. Knight and Frances Wife of Gyles Bruges Lord Chandos But by his third Wife Elizabeth Daughter to the Earl of Kildare he had no Issue To this Edward succeeded in that dignity of Earl Henry his Son and Heir of whom I have not seen any thing farther memorable than that he was one of the Peers in Commission for the Tryal of Mary Queen of Scots and that he married two Wives first Katherine Daughter to Francis Earl of Huntingdon by whom he had Issue two Sons viz. Thomas who succeeded him in his Honours and Edward who took to Wife Mary the Daughter of Thomas Dighton of Stourton in Com. Linc. and three Daughters viz. Elizabeth the Wife of Sir Arthur Gorge Knight and Katherine and Frances who dyed young His second Wife was Elizabeth Daughter of Sir Richard Morison K t Widow of William Son and Heir Apparent to Henry the first Lord Norris by whom he had Issue Sir Henry Clinton Knight vulgarly called Fienes I come now to Thomas Son and Heir to this last Earl Henry This Thomas married Elizabeth one of the Daughters and Coheirs to Sir Henry Knevet of Charlton in Com. Wilts Knight by whom he had Issue seven Sons viz. Henry and Thomas who died young Theophilus Edward Charles and Knevet Robert who also died young and Iohn and nine Daughters viz. Katherine who died young Elizabeth ... Frances Wife of Iohn Son and Heir to Sir Ferdinando Gorges Knight Arabella ... Lucie and Anne who died young Susanna Dorcas and Sarah And departing this life at his Castle of Tatshall in Com. Linc. 15 Ian. Anno 1618. 16 Iac. lieth buried in the Chancel of that Parish-Church To whom succeeded Theophilus who was made Knight of the Bathe at the Creation of Prince Charles An. 1616. and married Bridget one of the Daughters to William Viscount Say and Sele by whom he had Issue ... Earls of Gloucester THE first that enjoyed this Title after the Norman-conquest was Robert one of the Illegitimate Sons of King Henry the First who taking to Wife Maud by some called Mabell the eldest of the four Daughters and Heirs to Robert Fitz-Hamon had in her right the whole Honour of Gloucester as also a great Inheritance in Normandy and all the Land of Hamo Dapifer his Wifes Uncle And because it was not much honourable to be enriched with those vast Possessions without some name of Dignity he was advanced to the Earldom of Gloucester by the King his Father After which in Anno 1119. 20 Hen. 1. he attended him in that famous Battel at Brennevill against the French and in 23 Hen. 1. was with him at the taking of the Castle of Brion In Anno 1127. 28 Hen. 1. King Henry discerning all his Male issue lost and no likelihood of more Children and therefore requiring an oath of Fâ—alty unto Maud the Empress his only surviving Child and her Heirs this Earl Robert amongst others took the same accordingly It is said that King Henry on his death-bed gave him sixty thousand pounds which money lay then at Faleise And although upon the death of that King which hapned 1 Dec. Anno 1135. he forbore to come into England nevertheless before the end of that year he arrived Whereupon King Stephen who had usurped the Crown grew much perplexed and therefore to captivate the people publickly swore that he would Govern by the Laws whereupon not only the Bishops did their Fâ—alâ—y to him but this Earl performed his Homage upon condition that Stephen should permit him to enjoy his Honour Nevertheless after this viz. in Anno 1138. 3 Steph. having built the Castle of Bristoll and manned it with other strong Holds against that King he confederated with Milo Constable of England and went beyond-Sea for the Empress she being then in Anjou assuring her that within five months space she should obtain the whole Realm as the Nobility of England had formerly sworn to her Father
Pontfract but afterwards in the Quire of the Collegiate-Church at Fotheringhay Thus have we seen the Tragique conclusion of this great Dukes life Of whom as I have read it was said by the Duke of Somerset his chiefest opponent that If he had not learned to play the King by his Regency in France he had never forgot to obey as a Subject when he returned into England The issue which he had by Cecilie his wife daughter to Raphe Nevill Earl of UUestmorland was as some say eight sons viz. Henry who died young Edward Earl of March afterwards King by the name of Edward the 4 th Edmund Earl of Rutland barbarously stab'd in the Town of Wakefeild by the Ld. Clifford shortly after the Battle being then but 12 years of age Iohn William and Thomas who all died young George Duke of Clarence and Richard Duke of Glocester afterwards King by the name of Richard the Third and four daughters Anne married to Henry Holand Duke of Exeter after to Sir Thomas St. Leger Kt. Elizabeth to Iohn de la Pole Duke of Suffolk Margaret to Charles Duke of Burgundy and Vrsula Which Cecilie surviving him a long time by her Testament bearing date 1 April An. 1495. 10 H. 7. bequeathed her body to be buried beside the Body of her said Husband and in his Tombe within the Collegiate-Church of Fotheringhay And gave to her daughter Anne her largest Bed of Baudekyn with a Counterpoint of the same To her daughter Catherine a Traverse of Blew Sattin To her daughter of Suffolk her Chair with the covering all her Cusheons Horses and Harnesses for the same with all her Palfreys To her son in Law of Suffolk a Cloth of Estate To her son Humphrey two Altar-Cloaths of Blew Damask To her son William a Traverse of white Sarcenet and to her daughter Anne Prioress of Syon a Book of Bonaventure Which Testament was proved 27 August the same year Whereby it seemes that the Catalogue of his children above expressed is somewhat mistaken I come now to his Sons of which Edward who bore the Title of Earl of March in his Father's life-time though not by any Patent of Creation but as the eldest surviving son of that Duke by reason of his descent from the Mortimers Earls of March through an heir female as hath been already observed This Edward being at Glocester when his Father was thus slain hearing the tidings thereof remov'd to Shrewsbury And being there had by reason of the descent from that great Family of Mortimer very large offers of aide from those of the Marches thereabouts so that he soon raised in Army of Twenty three thousand men wherewith he quickly advanc'd Northwards against that of the Queens by which his Father lost his life But hearing that Iasper Earl of Pembroke half brother to King Henry with Iames Earl of UUiltshire were marching towards him with a great power of Welch and Irish he diverted his course and hasted towards them And at Mortimer's-Cross not far from Hereford East giving them Battel utterly routed all their Forces and slew many And having this success sped towards London joying with the Earl of UUarwick at Cheping-Norton near Cotswould By which conjuction having a considerable Body of men he entred the City in the first week of Lent very great numbers from the Counties of Kent Essex and other places coming in to his aid Where calling a great Council of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal he related the Tenor of the Articles made betwixt his late Father and King Henry which had been ratified in Parliament Whereupon the Lords declared that for as much as King Henry had made breach of them on his part and done contrary to the Ordinances in that Parliament they deem'd him insufficient to Rule and therefore fit to be deposed admitting this Edward for King Where I shall leave him with the remainder of his life and actions to our publick Historians But take notice in order of time of what Honors he conferred upon his two sons though not as they stood in seniority For in the seventh year of his Reign being upon St. George's day at St. Iohn's accompanied with other Knights of the Garter after Even-song in his Bedchamber in the presence of his Lords and his Council as also of Norroy and Guyen Kings of Armes he did by express command appont that Richard his second son then Duke of York for so it seems he had been declared though not formally created till long afterwards should bear for his Armes the like Armes as he himself did with this difference viz. A Label of three points Silver and on the first of them a Canton-gules and for his Badge a Falcon volant silver membred with two Sewels gold within a fetterlock anlocked and somewhat open gold Which Fetterlock was devised by the first Duke of York locked who was the fifth son of King Edward the Third as who should say he was far from the Inheritance Thus far my Author And upon the 28 th of May An. 1474 in the Fourteenth year of his Reign created him Duke of York as by his Charter then bearing date appeareth Next viz. 12 Iuii in the 16 th year of his Regin Earl of Nottingham and lastly 7 Febr. then next following Duke of Norffolk and Earl UUarren After which viz. 15 Ian. the ensuing year this young Duke married Anne the sole daughter and heir to Iohn Moubray Duke of Norffolk and Earl Marshal of England And as to his eldest son Edward having created him Prince of Wales 16 Iunii in the Eleventh year of his Reign upon the fifteenth of February in the 17 th he conferred on him the Title of Earl of Salisbury and upon the Eighth of Iuly in the Nineteenth the Titles of Earl of March and Pembroke But both these Royal Branches were not long after most execrably lop't off by their unnatural Uncle Richard Duke of Glocester who caused them to be privately Murthered in the Tower of London to make way for his own Title to the Crown by the name of King Richard the Third as is sufficiently known to those who have any whit lookt into the Story of that time and as I have elsewhere shewed Having now done with these his Children I come next to his two Brothers George and Richard Upon the death of their Father and Brother at Wakefeild these two were sent by their Mother unto the City of Utrecht Where having a fair reception by Philip Duke of Burgundy they remained till Edward their Brother attain'd the Crown of this Realm Of which Brothers being now to discourse severally I shall first begin with George that elder of them This George being created Duke of Clarence in the Parliament held shortly after King Edward the Fourth's Coronation was constituted Lieutenant of Ireland upon the 28 th
Sir Raphe Vane had two thousand Men in a readiness that Sir Thomas Arundel had assured the Tower that Seymour and Hamond would wait upon him and that all the Horse of the Gens d' armes should be slain Hereunto Mr. Secretary Cecill added that this Duke had sent for him and said That he suspected some ill meaning against him and that thereunto he replied If he were not in fault he might trust to his Innocency if he were he had nothing to say but to lament him Being advertised therefore of these Informations he forthwith defyed the Secretary by his Letter then sent to Sir Thomas Palmer to understand what he had reported of him who denied all that he had said Hereupon after few days coming to the Court somewhat later than usual which was enforced as a suspition against him he was after Dinner apprehended and Sir Raphe Vane being twice sent for fled The day following likewise his Dutchess was sent to the Tower no Man grieveing thereat by reason that her pride and baseness of life overballanced all pity Sir Thomas Palmer being again examined added to his former detection that Gens d'arms upon the Muster day should be assaulted by two thousand Foot under Sir Raphe Vane and by an hundred Horse of this Duke of Somersets besides his Friends which should stand by and besides the idle people which were thought inclinable to take his part that this done he would run through the City and proclaim Liberty and in case his attempt did not succeed he would go to the Isle of Wight or to Poole Crane confessed for the most part as Sir Tho. Palmer had done and farther added that the Lord Paget's House was the place where the Nobility being invited to a Banquet should have lost their Heads and that the Earl of Arundel was made acquainted with the practice by Sir Michael Stanhope also that it had been done but that the greatness of the Enterprise caused delays and sometimes diversity of advice And farther said that this Duke once fayning himself to be sick went to London to assay what friends he could procure But here my Author addeth that Crane who gave this testimony was a Man who having consumed his own estate had armed himself to any mischief Hamond also confessed that the Dukes Chamber at Grenewich had been strongly watched by night Hereupon after a short abode in the Tower he was brought to his Trial at Westminster the Marquiss of Winchester then Lord Treasurer of England sitting as high Steward under a cloth of State on a Bench mounted three degrees the Peers in number twenty seven siting on a bench one step lower which were these The Dukes of Suff. and Northumb. the Marquess of Northampt. the Earls of Derby Bedford Huntington Rutland Bathe Sussex Worcester Pembroke and Vicount Hereford the Barons Bergavenny Audley Wharton Evers Latimer Borough Zouch Stafford Wentworth Darcie Sturton Windsore Cromwell Cobham and Bray The charge against him consisting of five parts 1. Of raising Men in the North parts of the Realm 2. Of assembling Men to kill the Duke of Northumberland 3. Of resisting his Attachment 4. Of killing the Gens d'arms and raising London And fifthly of assaulting the Lords and devising their deaths To which he pleaded not guilty and put himself upon Tryal of his Peers denying that he had ever any intent to raise Men in the North but that upon some bruites apprehending a fear he sent to Sir William Herbert to remain his Friend Saying that he never determined to kill the Duke of Northumberland or any other Lord but spake of it only and determined the contrary And farther said that it had been a mad entreprise with his hundred Men to assail the Gens d'arms consisting of nine hundred when in case he had prevailed it would nothing have availed the pretended purpose and therefore that this being fenceless and absurd must needs discredit other matters which might otherwise have been believed Next that at London he never projected any stir but ever held it a good place for his security And that for having Men in his Chamber at Grenewich 't was manifest he meant no harm because when he might have done it he did it not Moreover against the persons of them whose Examinations were read against him he objected many things desiring they might be brought to his face which in regard he was a person of dignity and estate he deemed to be reasonable speaking much evil against Sir Thomas Palmer and yet in opinion of many far short of the Truth Much it was urged by the Kings learned Council that some of the Crimes charged against him were Treason and the other Felony Nevertheless after many varieties in opinion he was acquit of Treason but by most voices found guilty of Felony whereupon he had judgment to be hanged Which he might have avoided as most of our Historians do say had he required the benefit of his Clergy but upon better enquiry it will be found that he was thus condemned by vertue of a Statute then in force which made the conspiring the death of a Privy Councellor Felony without the benefit of Clergy Judgment therefore thus passing upon him he craved pardon of the Duke of Northumberland Marquess of Northampton and Earl of Pembroke for his ill meaning against them making sute for his Life in pity to his Wife Children and Servants and payment of his Debts Hereupon all means were made use of to divert the Kings thoughts from him as well by Masques Tiltings as other delights and sometimes calling him to serious affairs wherein he took special pleasure Sometimes also instancing to him how dangerous a person he was who having made away his only Brother contrived the death of the chief Nobility And where said they should this mischief have rested would it have raged against all and left the King only untouched verily having been alwayes both cruel and false there would have been no end of his mischief therefore all his submissions must now be taken for counterfeit and dissembled but his Avarice and Ambition once removed the way will be laid open to Vertue and Merit Thus far my Author Sir Iohn Hayward whereunto I shall add what Godwin farther saith That having since his Sentence of death continued two Months in Prison at length the violence of his Enemies notwithstanding the Kings desire to save him drew him to the Scaffold on Tower Hill 24 Ian. An. 1552. 6 E. 6. where having thus spoke to the Beholders he suffered death Being by the Law condemned I here willingly submit my self by exemplary punishment to satisfie its Rigour That God hath been pleased to grant me so long a preparative to my end I humbly thank his eternal goodness but in that he hath been farther pleased to inspire me with the knowledge of his Truth and to make me an instrument for the propagation of the same I can never sufficiently magnify his Mercies In this do I rejoyce in this only do
I triumph beseeching him that his Church in this Realm being now reformed according to the Institution of the antient Primitive the Members thereof may conform their lives to the purity of its received Doctrine More he would have said but a strange Tumult and suddain consternation of the Assembly interrputed him which being passed over he suffered with admirable constancy neither by voice gesture nor contenance shewing himself any way dejected or moved at the apprehention of death That his death was generally lamented is manifest many there were who kept Handkarchefs dipped in his Blood as so many sacred Reliques Amongst the rest a sprightful Dame two years after when the Duke of Northumberland was led captive through the City for his opposition against Queen Mary run to him in the Streets and shaking out her bloody Hankerchief before him said Behold the Blood of that worthy Man that good Vncle of that excellent King which shed by thy treacherous machination now at this instant begins to revenge it self upon thee As for his life saith Godwin he was a pious just Man very zealous in point of Reformation very sollicitous of the Kings safety every way good and careful of the Weal publick only a little tainted with the Epidemique of those times who thought it Religion to reform the Church as well in its exuberancy of means as of superstitious Ceremonies whereof not a few of our Cathedrals to this day complain Thus far Goodwin He had two Wives the first called Katherine Daughter and Co-heir to Sir William Fillol of Woodland in Com. Dors. Knight by whom he had Issue two Sons Edward Seamour of Bery-Pomeric in Com. Devon and Iohn the posterity of which Edward do still remain in thole parts The second Anne Daughter of Sir Edward Stanhope of Shelford in Com. Nott. Knight by whom he had Issue three Sons Edward afterwards Earl of Hertford Henry who Married Ioane Daughter to Thomas Earl of Northumberland and another Edward And six Daughters Anne fifth married to Iohn Dudley commonly called Earl of Warwick eldest Son to Iohn Duke of Northumberland and afterwards to Sir Edward Vmpton Knight of the Bath Margaret and Iane who died unmarried Mary first Wedded to Andrew Rogers eldest Son to Sir Richard Rogers of Brianston in Com. Dors. Knight and after to Sir Henry Payton Knight Catherine died unmarried and Elizabeth who became the second Wife to Sir Richard Knightley of Fausley in Com. North. Knight ¶ I should now go on with the Descendants of this great Duke but considering that Thomas his younger Brother had no Issue shall first take notice of what is most memorable of him In 32 H. 8. upon that triumphal justing at Westminster on May day being then a Knight he was one of the Challengers to all comers from France Flanders Scotland and Spaine And in the Month of Iuly 35 H. 8. accompanied Sir Iohn Wallap as Marshal with six thousand Men which were sent over in aid of the Emperor against the French In which year being one of the Gentlemen of the Kings Privy Chamber he was also constituted Master of the Ordnance for life with the fee of two hundred Marks per annum and eight pence per diem for two servants attending him in that Office And in 37 H. 8. obtained a Grant of a certain Mansion scituate in the Strand without Temple-Bar then called Hampton-Place alias Bath-place parcel of the possessions of William late Earl of Southampton but since coming to the Earls of Arundel for that respect called Arundel-House In 38 H. 8. he was Knight Marshal of thole Foprces sent into France under the conduct of Eeward Earl of Hertford as also one of those whom the King upon his death-bed appointed Assistants to his Executors especially in matters of great consequence and in 1 E. 6. 16 Feb. was advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Seymour of Sudley as also made Lord high Admiral of England But soon after this he fell For having Married Catherine Parr the Widdow of the deceased King great emulation hapned betwixt Anne the Wife of his elder Brother Edward Duke of Somerset at that time Protector of the King and Realm the Duke being a person mild free open and no ways malicious this Thomas then Admiral naturally turbulent fierce and ambitious conceiving himself of the two the fitter for publick Government whereupon presently after the death of King Henry through his own over-weaning conceits he resolved to add a luster to his good parts by Marrying the Lady Elizabeth as yet indeed fearce Marriageable but Protector wisely considering how rash and perillous this Project was frustrated that design And by his after Marriage with Catherine a most beautiful and noble Lady abounding with Wealth befitting her dignity most Men were confident that the gulf of his vast desires would have been satisfied But the Law whereby he was condemned though peradventure enacted by strength of â—action will manifest the contrary Having therefore thus fortified himself with Money and Friends and deeming his Brothers lenity to be 〈◊〉 he began to behold him with the eye of contempt and to cast about how to disposâ—ss him of the Saddle and being of like degree in consanguinity to the King to enjoy the seat himself To the furtherance of which project he held it conducible secretly to villifie and traduce the Protectors actions to corrupt the Kings servants especially if in any degree of favor by fair words and large promises by degrees to assure himself of the Nobility to secure his Castle of Holt with a Magazin of warlick provision but above all to take care for Money the nerves of War and assurance of Peace Tâ—â—se things having been ordered with exact diligence and for supply of coyne the Exchequer mightily pilled he unmasked himself to some of the Nobility signifying his intent of setling himself at the Stern by forcible seising on the Kings person Nay his madness so transported him that to one of them conditionally that his assistance were not wanting to the advancement of his designs he promised that the King should marry his Daughter In the mean time the Queen his Wife being in September 2 E. 6. delivered of a Daughter died in Child Bed but not without suspition of Poyson for after her death he more importunately sought the Lady Elizabeth than ever eagerly endeavoring to procure her consent to a clandestine Marriage as was that with the deceased Queen and not untill after the Nuptials to crave the assent of the King or Lords of the Council But this his project being opportunely discovered and a Parliament assembled he was by the authority thereof committed to the Tower and without any trial condemned Shortly after which the Parliament being on the fourteenth of March An. 1549 3 E. 6. dissolved he was on the sixth day after publickly beheaded having first vehemently protested that he never
daughter to Henry Earl of 〈◊〉 as also for ratifying his Marriage with the said Elizabeth and Legitimating the children which should be begotten betwixt them but the Earl of Derby with the Bishops of 〈◊〉 and Norwich as also the Lord Stourton dissented to the Bill Shortly after this he was sent Embassador to the King of France to Present him with the Order of the Garter and to Treat with him touching certain private Affairs being accompanyed with the Bishop of Ely and certain other persons of Note And before the end of that year sate with other of the Peers upon Tryal of the Duke of Somerset But upon the death of King Edward and Proclaiming of the Lady Iane Gray he accompanyed the Duke of Northumberland at his going out of London with Horse and Foot for the suppressing of those who were risen in Suffolk on the behalf of Q. Mary For which being first committed to the Tower of London 26 Iulii in the first year of that Queen he was Arraigned before the Duke of Norfolk then sitting as High Steward upon the eighteenth of 〈◊〉 following and had Judgment of death passed upon him Howbeit notwithstanding this sharp Sentence Execution was forborn and before the end of that year was restored in blood by Act of Parliament but not to his Honors so that he had no other Title than William Parr Esquire late Marquess of Northampton and stood in no higher a degree until Queen Elizabeth began to Reign But she graciously considering that through the Potency of his Adversaries he had been bereaved of those Titles by her Letters Patent bearing date at the Tower of London 13 Ian. 1 Eliz. advanced him again to the dignity of Marquess of Northampton restored him to his Lands and made him one of the Lords of her Privy-Council She likewise joyn'd him in Commission with some of the Bishops and other learned Divines for Reforming that Liturgie set forth by her Brother King Edward the Sixth and made him Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter Overliving Elizabeth Cobham his second wife he lastly married Helen daughter of Wolfangus Suavenburgh born in Sweden but had no issue by any of them and departing this life in An. 1571. 14 Eliz. was buried at the upper end of the Quire of the Collegiate Church at Warwick on the North-side where the Atchievements hung up at his Funeral did remain till of late years And where his Body about Fifty years since being dig'd up to make room for the Burial of an ordinary Gentlewoman was found perfect the skin intire dryed to the bones Rosemary and Bayes lying in the Coffin fresh and green All which were so preserv'd by the dryness of the ground wherein they lay it being above the Arches of that fair Vault which is under the Quire and of a sandy condition mixt with rubbish of Lime as hath been related to me by those who were eye-witnesses thereof Dying thus without issue Henry Earl of Pembroke his Nephew by one of his Sisters became his next heir Helen his last wife surviving him who married afterwards to Sir Thomas Gorge of Longford in Com. Wilts Knight and having many children by him dyed in April An. 1635. 11 Car. 1. Lord Parr of Horton I Now come to William Parre Uncle both to this VVilliam Marquess of Northampton and to Queen Catherine the sixth and last Wife of King Henry the Eighth This VVilliam residing at Horton in Com. Northampt. being Chamberlain to that Queen his Neice was shortly after her marriage with King Henry viz. 23 Decem. 35 H. 8. created Lord Parr of Horton And in 36 H. 8. the King designing a Royal Expedition into France and thereupon constituting his then Queen Catherine Parr General Regent of this Realme during his absence amongst other her Assistants as to matter of Council he appointed this VVilliam Lord Parr of Horton to be called upon some occasions By his Testament bearing date 20 Iunii An. 1546. 38 H. 8. he bequeath'd his Body to be buried in the Parish-Church of Horton Shortly after which he died as may seem by the Probate thereof leaving issue by Mary his wife the daughter of Sir VVilliam Salisbury Knight four daughters his heirs 1. Maud married k to Sir Raphe Lance Knight 2. Anne to Sir Iohn Digby of Ketilby in Com. Leic. Knight 3. Elizabeth to Sir Nicholas VVoodhall Knight 4. And Mary to Sir Thomas Tresham Knight Thomas Lord Audley of Walden 30 Hen. 8. OF what Extraction this Thomas was I have not seen for of the Family of the old Lords Audley I suppose he was not the Armes which he bore being totally different from theirs Nor have I observed any thing of him till 18 H. 8. that he became the Autumne-Reader in the Inner-Temple Whereby it appeares that having been a diligent Student of the Laws he arrived to a great proficiency in that commendable Learning in which within a short time after he grew so famous that in 21 H. 8. he was made choice of for Speaker in the House of Commons in that Long-Parliament which began upon the third of November the same year and continuing by Prorogation till 27 H. 8. proved fatal to the Religious Houses by the Dissolution of all those whose Revenues were not certified to exceed the value of Two hundred pounds per annum In which his service was so acceptable to the King as that the next ensuing year viz. 22 H. 8. he was constituted his Atturney for the Dutchy of Lancaster Also in Mich. Terme Graft Mart. advanced to the state and degree of a Serjeant at Law and upon the fourteenth of November following made the King's Serjeant Nor was any farther Promotion thought too great for him for in 24 H. 8. upon the Resignation of that worthy Lord Chancellor Sir Thomas Moore he was Knighted and made Lord Keeper of the Great Seal and before the end of that year Lord Chancellor of England Being therefore thus raised to that high place discerning the Pope's Supremacy newly abolish'd whereupon the Title of Supreme Head on Earth of the Church of England was vested in the King who consequently took upon him by his own absolute power to suppress the Priory of Canons of the Holy Trinity commonly called Christ-church near Algate in the City of London he obtain'd the Scite and Precinct of that Religious House and converted it to a fit Mansion for his own residence having likewise all the Plate and Lands thereto belonging bestowed on him And in 30 H. 8. sate High-Steward upon the Arraignment of Henry Courtney Marquess of Exeter then accused for Conspiring the advancement of Reginald Pole afterwards Cardinal to the Crown That this Thomas had been not a little instrumental in carrying on that great design for dissolving the lesser
against the Dutch on tuesday 28 Maii An. 1672 He hath also two daughters Diana married to the Baron of Mol in Flanders and Anne to Robert now Earl of Sunderland Francis Lord Verulam Vicount St. Alban 16 Iac. COnsidering that this person was so eminent for his Learning and other great abilities as his excellent works will sufficiently manifest though a short Narrative of his life is already set forth by Doctor William Raleigh his domestique Chaplain I am not willing to omit the taking notice of such particulars as are most memorable of him and therefore shall briefly recount partly from that Narrative and partly from other authorities what I have observed in order thereto As to his Parentage he was the youngest of those two male Children which Sir Nicholas Bacon of Redgrave in com Suff. Knight had by Anne his wife one of the six daughters of Sir Anthony Cooke of Giddy-Hall in com Essex Knight a person much honoured for his Learning and being Tutor to King Edward the Sixth all those Daughters being exquisitely skilled in the Greek and Latine Tongues Which Nicholas having been a diligent Student of the Laws in Grays Inn was made the Kings Attorney in the Court of Wards in 38 H. 8. and upâ—n the death of that King which soon after hapned had his Patent for the same trust renewed by his son and successor King Edward the Sixth In the sixth year of whose Reign he was constituted Treasurer for that Noble Society of Grays-Inn whereof he had been so long a Member And being grown famous for his knowledge was shortly after viz. in 1 Eliz. made Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England and Knighted which Office in his time was by Act of Parliament made equal in authority with the Chancellours What I have otherwise observed of this Sir Nicholas Bacon is that being no friend to the Queen of Scots then Prisoner in England he was privy and assenting to what Hales had publisht in derogation to her title as next and lawful Successor to Queen Elizabeth asserting that of the House of Sufâ—olk before it for which Hales suffered imprisonment and had not Cecill stood his faithful friend so might he nothing being more distastful to Queen Elizabeth then a dispute upon that point Next that in 14 Eliz. upon those Proposals made by the Nobility of Scotland for her enlargement he opposed it alleadging that no security could ballance the danger thereof Lastly that upon his death which hapned in April An. 1579. 21 Eliz. this Character is given of him by the Learned Camden viz. that he was Vir praepingius ingenio acerrimo singulari prudentia summâ— eloquentia tenaci memoriâ— sacris consiliis alterum columen Of persons very corpulent most quick Wit singular Prudence admirable Eloquence special Memory and another pillar to the Privy-Council Whereupon being interred on the South side of the Quire in St. Pauls Cathedral within the City of London he had a noble Monument there erected to his memory with this â—pitaph Hîc Nicolaum ne Beconem conditum existima illum tam diu Britannici Regni seâ—undum columen exitium malis Bonis Asylum caâ—ca quem non extulit ad hunc honorem sors sed Aequitas Fides Doctrina Pietas unica prudentia Neu fortè raptum crede qui unica brevi vitâ perenni emerit duas agit vitam secundam caelites inter animas Fama implet orbem vita quâ—e illi tertia est Hac positum in arâ est corpus olim animi domus Ara dicata sempiternae memoriae Thus much touching the Parentage of this Francis his Birth being at York-House in the Strand upon the twenty second day of Ianuary An. 1560. 2 Eliz. It is observed that in his tender years his pregnancy was such as gave great indication of his future high accomplishments in so much as Queen Eliz. took notice of him and called him the young Lord Keeper also that asking him how old he was though but a Boy he answered that he was two years younger then her Majâ—sties most happy Reign As to his Education he was of Trinitie-Colledge in Cambridge under the tuition of Doctor Iohn Whitgift then Master there but afterwards the renowned Archbishop of Canterbury Where having with great proficiency spent some time he was sent into France with Sir Amias Paulet her Majesties Leiger Ambassador and thence intrusted with a message to the Queen which he performed with much approbation and so returned After this coming from Travail and applying himself to the study of the Common Law he was seated in â—rays-Inn Where in short time he became so highly esteemed for his abilities as that in 30 Eliz. being then but 28 years of age that honorable society chose him for their Lent Reader and in 32 Eliz. was made one of the Clerks of the Council In 42 Eliz. being double Reader in that House and affecting much the ornament thereof he caused that beautiful Grove of â—lmes to be planted in the Walks which yet remain And upon the 23 of Iuly 1 Iac. was Knighted at Whitehal Shortly after which viz. in 2 Iac. he was made one of the Kings Council learned having therewith a Grant of forty pounds per annum fee and in 5 Iac. constituted his Majesties Sollicitor General In 9 Iac. he was made joint Judge with Sir Thomas Vavasor then Knight Marshal of the Knight Marshal's Court then newly â—rected within the Verge of the Kings House and in 11 Iac. 27 Oct. being made Atturney General was sworn of the Privy Council In 14 Iac. he was constituted Lord Keeper of the great Seal 7 Martii being then fifty four years of age At which time the King admonisht him that he should Seal nothing rashly as also that he should judge uprightly and not extend the Royal Prerogative too high After which viz. upon the seventh day of May which was the first day of Easter Term next ensuing he made his solemn proceeding to Westminster hall in this order first the writing Clerks and inferiour Officers belonging to the Court of Chancery Next the Students of the Law Thâ—n the Gentlemen of his own Family After them the Sergeant at Arms and bearer of the Great Seal on foot Then himself on Horseback in a Gown of Purple Satin riding betwixt the Lord Treasurer and Lord Privy Seal Next divers Earls Barons and Privy Councillors Then the Judges of the Court at UUestminster whose place in that proceeding was assigned after the Privy Councellors And when he came into the Court the Lord Treasurer and Lord Privy Seal gave him his Oath the Clerk of the Crown reading it Upon the fourth of Ianuary 16 Iac. he was made Lord Chancellor of England On the eleventh of Iuly next ensuing created Lord Verulam and on the twenty seventh of Ianuary
two fair Lordships viz. Righale and Beoâ—mesthorpe Which Lordship of Righale after her death he obtained by Agreement with the Monks to hold during his life and then to return to the Abbey Of his Lands I find no other mention in the Conquerors Survey then these viz. Wilebi Lochushum Aclum and Englebi with the several Hamlets then belonging to each of them Northumberland Cumberland and Westmerland being at that time not Surveyed by reason they had been so wasted by Wars ¶ Upon the death of Siward Tosti Fourth Son to Godwyne Earl of Kent was made Earl of Northumberland by King Edward the Confessor An. 1056. being the Thirteenth year of his Reign by reason that Waltheof Son of Earl Siward being then but a Child was not able to govern This Tosti was a Person of a very stout spirit as will appear by what I shall farther say of him Upon the death of Kinsi Archbishop of York Aldred Bishop of Worcester being elected in his stead was accompanied to â—ome by this Earl Tosti upon his going to receive the Pall at the hands of Pope Nicholas the Second But if so hapned that when they came thither such exceptions were taken against him for some expressions that he was not only refused with dishonor but in his return robbed of all that he had At which Tosti being not a little moved boldly told his Holiness that his Excommunications which were laught at by Petty-Theeves and Robbers who were near him were not much to be feared in those Countreys that lay far off and therefore required That what the Archbishop had thus been robbed of should be restored again otherwise the loss thereof would be imputed to his fraudulency Adding That when the King of England should hear thereof he would make a stop of the Tribute which was to be paid unto S. Peter alleaging moreover That it would be accounted an impious thing that Aldred should return back into his Countrey thus robbed and dishonored Upon which Speech the Pope was prevailed with to give Aldred the Pall. About three years after this he accompanied his Brother Harold in that Military Expedition into Wales wherein Prince Griffin was subdued and slain But the next ensuing year upon that unhappy scuffle which fell out betwixt him and his Brother in the presence of the King at Windsore whereof I have spoke in the life of Harold he grew so implacably enraged that he forthwith hasted to Hereford where his Brother made a great entertainment for his Officers and there finding them met together most barbarously cut off their Heads and Limbs and put them into those Vessels of Wine Methe and other Liquors which were provided for that Feast And having so done sent to tell the King that he should find the Meat well powdered at the Feast whereunto he was going For which execrable act the King commanded that he should be foâ—hwith banished and so he was being also expellâ—d Northumberland by the general voice of the whole County who were not a little enraged against him for the same For further aggravation whereof what I shall here add did not a little contribute It hapned that this very year the Fifth Nones of October some Military Officers of Northumberland with Two hundred Soldiers came to York and by reason of that horrid murther of divers Gentlemen of their County Servants to Cospatric whom Queen Edgythe for the sake of this her Brother Tosti caused to be killed in the Kings Court by treachery upon the fourth night in Christmass and for the sake of others whom the preceding year this Earl Tosti had allured into her Chamber and murthered as also for the great Tribute which he the said Tosti had extorted from the whole County of Northumberland These Officers with the Two hundred Soldiers abovementioned fell upon the Servants and Retainers of Earl Tosti at York and there slew no less then Two hundred of them broke open his Treasury and took all that was to be found there Whereupon the whole County taking an Alarm went to Harold then Earl of the West Saxons into Northumberland and to those Honorable Persons whom the King had sent to keep Peace in that Country But though there and afterwards at Oxford on Simon and Iudes day all endeavors that could be were used for pacification with this Earl Tosti they unanimously opposed it expelling him the Countrey for these his transcendent Villanies who thereupon with his Wife fled to Baldwyn Earl of 〈◊〉 and Wintering at S. Omers continued in those parts until King Edwards death But not long after he got to the Isle of Wâ—ght and there exacted very much from the Inhabitants then came to Sanowich and did the like at that Port And hearing that his Brother Harold then King had prepared Forces both by Sea and Land to go against him he sailed to the Coast of Lindsey in Lincolnshire and there burning divers Towns made great slaughter of the people Whereupon Edwyne Earl of Mercia and Morkar his Brother marched thither with an Army which caused him to quit those Parts and go into Scotland where he continued with King Maleolme that whole Summer And afterwards when he heard that Harold Harfager King of Norway was come to the Mouth of Tine with more then Three hundred Sail of Ships he hasted towards him with his Navy and entred Humber with him and there sailing upwards into Duse Landed their Forces at Richale Whereof King Harold having intelligence he forthwith marched towards the North but before he got into Yorkshire Edwyne and Morkar before mentioned with a considerable Army gave them Battle at a place called Fulford on the North side of the River Duse near York upon the Even of S. Matthias the Apostle where many of the Norwegians at the beginning of the fight lost their lives but being not able to withstand the power of so great an Army as the King of Norway and this Earl Tosti then had they were forced to flee with no little loss Howbeit within five days after King Harold himself came with a powerful Army to York and meeting with the Enemy at Stanford Bridge after a sharpe and bloody conflict obtained the victory In which fight the King of Norway and this Earl Tosti lost their lives Having thus traced this haughty and turbulent spirited Earl through sundry turmoils and mischeivous practises to his death all that I shall more say of him is That he is said to be the first Founder of the Monastery of Tinmouth and that having S. Cuthbert in great veneration he was very munificent to the Church of Durham as also That he took to Wife Iudith the Daughter of Baldwyn Earl of Flanders but had no issue whereof I have seen mention Of such Lands as this
Livery of his Lands In 24 Hen. 6. he gave * to the Friers Carmelites at Appelby at the request of the Countess of Cambridge his Aunt timber for the repairing and building of their House to be taken out of his Forest of Whynefell In 29 Hen. 6. he was also joyned in commission with Robert Bishop of Durham Richard Earl of Salisbury and others to treat with the Ambassadors of Iames King of Scotland for a Truce betwixt both Kingdoms So also with other Commissioners in 30 Hen. 6. And had summons to the several Parliaments from 15 to 31 Henr. 6. inclusive But in 33 Hen. 6. having the hard fate to be slain on the Kings part upon the 22 of May in the Battle of St. Albans was there buried in the Abby-Church leaving issue by Ioan his Wife Daughter of Thomas Lord Dacres of Gillesland four Sons viz. Iohn his Son and Heir then twenty years of age Sir Roger Clifford Knight who married ... one of the Sisters and Coheirs to ... Courtney of ... in Com. Devon Sir Thomas Clifford Knight a person of great esteem with King Henry the eighth and by him much employed in divers affairs of State and Robert who married Anne Daughter of ... Berkley Widdow of ... Iocelyne Alderman of London Which Robert was deep in that business of Perkin Warbeck in the time of King Henry the seventh He had also five Daughters viz. Elizabeth first married to Robert eldest Son to Sir William Plumpton of Plumpton in Com. Ebor. Knight and afterwards to William Brother of the same Robert Maude first married to Sir Thomas Harington of Aldingham in Com. Lanc. Knight afterwards to Sir Edward Dudley Knight Anne married to Sir Richard Tempest of ... in Comit. Northumb Knight afterwards to Sir Richard Conyers Knight Ioane to Sir Simon Musgrave of Harcla Castle in Com. Westmorl Knight and Margaret to Sir Robert Carre of ... in Comit. Linc. Knight Which Iohn making proof of his age the next year following had Livery of his Lands and in 38 Hen. 6. was made Commissary-General of the Marches towards Scotland In which year upon the Rebellion of Richard Earl of Salisbury he had the custody of the Castle and Mannor of Peâ—reth in Comit. Cumbr. as also the stewardship there committed to his charge and was that year summoned to Parliament In 39 Hen. 6. being in the Battle of Wakefield on the Kings part who then had the Victory he is reported to have made so great a slaughter with his own hands that he was thenceforth called the Butcher And standing ever firme to the Lancastrian interest in those bloody Warrs betwixt that and the House of York was at length slain upon Palm-Sunday at Touton-Field in Yorkshire 1 Edw. 4. and attainted in Parliament the fourth of November following leaving issue by Margaret his Wife Daughter and Heir to Henry Bromeflete Lord Vesci Henry his Son and Heir Richard who died in the Netherlands without issue and Elizabeth a Daughter married to Robert Son and Heir to Sir Iohn Askâ— Knight Which Margaret brought the title of Lord Vesci to this noble Family and surviving him married to Sir Lancelot Threlkeld of Threlkeld in Com. Cumb. Knight Of this Henry Son and Heir to the last mentioned Thomas before I come to his memorable actions it will not I presume be thought impertinent to give a brief account of the preservation he had from his childehod untill the time by Gods providence he came quietly to enjoy all his Lands and Honors There is nothing more certain then that the eager pursuit of worldy wealth and power hath often transported multitudes of men to the most bold and desperate adventures imaginable and that those ambitious aymes have not seldom occasioned bloody Warrs with merciless slaughter and dreadful ruine to many whereof though examples in all Nations have been numerous I shall here only take notice of that in the Houses of York and Lancaster which continuing for some ages produced much misery and destruction to divers great and noble families wherein this of Clifford shared deeply Iohn the Grandfather of this our Henry having been slain in the Battle of St. Albans and Thomas his Father in that of Touton as is already observed as stout assertors of the Lancastrian interest So that it cannot be doubted but that the House of York at length potently prevailing had cause enough to be jealous of those whose Ancestors blood had been spilt in the adverse quarrel and not to be slack in their extirpation before they could be ripe for any considerable attempt which hapned here as with many other to be the case of this Henry then but seven years of age as also of Richard his younger Brother Concerning whom after that fatal day at Towton where his Father was slain there being strict enquiry made by the then prevailing party and their sorrowful Mother examined about them she said that she had given direction to convey them beyond Sea to be bred up there and that being thither sent she was ignorant whether they were living or not part of which answer was true for she had really sent the younger of them into the Netherlands who died there not long after but the elder viz. Henry she placed at Lonsborow in Yorkshire where she her self then lived with a Shepheard who had married one of her inferior servants an attendant on his Nurse where though he was brought up in no better a condition then the Shepheards own Children yet as he grew to discretion he chearfully submitted thereto as the only expedient for preservation of his life supporting himself with hopes of better dayes in time But no sooner did the death of his Grandfather the Lord Visei happen viz. about 8 Edw. 4. then that rumours were brought to the Court that the young Lord Clifford was alive Which being made known to his Mother she by the help of her second Husband Sir Lancelot Threlkeld conveyed the honest Shepheard with his Wife and Family into Cumberland a mountainous Countrey where he took a Farme towards the Scottish Borders and sometimes at Chrelkeld and at other places on those Borders privately visited this her beloved Child In which obscure condition he continued untill the beginning of King Henry the sevenths reigne being then no less then thirty one years of age and so meanly bred as that he was not tought to Read his Estate all the while being possessed by his Enemies viz. his Castle and Barony of Skipton by Sir William Stanley afterwards Lord Chamberlain to King Henry the seventh and his Barony of Westmorland by Richard Duke of Gloucester brother to the King But being then viz. in 1 H. 7 as all others were who had suffered in that quarrel restored to his Lands and Honors he only learned to write his name and having first repaired his Castles which he found in a ruinous
the fourth then King of that Realm was slain and for his special service there received the honor of Knighthood at the hands of Thomas Earl of Surrey the then General In 14 Hen. 8. he executed the Sheriffs Office for the County of Glocester And in 22 Hen. 8. was one of those Lords who subscribed a Letter to Pope Clement the seventh importuning him to give his definitive sentence in that cause of Matrimony concerning the King and Queen Katherine which not only to the two Universities of this Realm but divers other in forrein parts as also many learned men had deemed unlawful being there placed next after the Lord Dacre and next before the Lord Morley And in 24 Hen. 8. was made Constable of Berkley-Castle in which year by his Testament bearing date 11 Ian. he ordained that his Body should be buried without great pomp or pride in the Parish Church of Mangotts-field in Com. Glouc. near to the place where he used to kneel under the partition between the Quire and his own Chappel and afterwards viz. within one quarter of a year be brought to the Abby of St. Augustines near Bristoll and there buried near unto his first Wife Willing that the Executors of Maurice Lord Berkley his Brother should pay to the Abbot and Covent of that House all Legacies by him the said Maurice given He likewise bequeathed to the Lady Cecilie then his Wife his Chain with the Cross And appointed his Executors to find a Priest to sing where his Body should be buried for the space of ten years as also that they should bestow forty pounds upon a Tombe to be raised over his Grave This Lord Thomas married two Wives first Elianore Daughter of Sir Marmaduke Constable of ... in Com. Ebor. Knight Widow of Iohn Iâ—gelby Esq Son and Heir to Sir William Ingelby Knight Secondly Cecilie Widow of Richâ—â—d Rowdon of ... in Comâ— Glouc. Esq And departing this life 22 Ianâ—â—r Ann. 1532. 24 Hen. 8. was first buried at Mangoâ—s-field but afterwards removed to that new Tombe which he had set up in the Abby Church of St. Augustines near Bristoll leaving issue two Sons and two Daughters viz. Thomas his Son and Heir who succeeded him and Maurice who taking to Wiâ—e Frances the Daughter and Coheir of Richard Rowdon Brother and Heir of Walter Son of Iohn left issue by her Sons and Daughters The Daughters were these Mary married to Sir Robert Throgmorton of Coughton in Com. Warw. Knight and Iane to Sir Nicholas Poinz of Acton Knight Which Thomas being of full age had Livery of his Lands the same year and had also two Wives first Mary the Daughter of George Lord Hastings by whom he had no issue and secondly Anne Daughter to Sir Iohn Savage of Frodsham in Com. Cester Knight and departing this life at Stone in his journey from his House at Yale in Gloucestershire towards London 19 Sept. An. 1534 26 H. 8. was there buried leaving issue Elizabeth a Daughter then scarce three quarters of a year old afterwards married to Thomas Boteler Earl of Ormund and Henry a Son born nine weeks and four days after his death Which Henry by the death of King Edward the sixth the last heir male to King Henry the seventh came to 〈◊〉 Berkley-Castle and all those other Lordâ—hips so given to that King by William Marquess Berkley as hath been observed and by the special Grace and Favor of of Queen Mary had Livery of them in 1 2 Phil. Mar. before he arrived to his full age Which Castle and Lordships had rested in the Crown by the space of sixty one years four months and twenty days and were then of the value of six hundred eighty seven pounds and five shillings per annum in old Rent not accounting the Parks and Chases in them contained This Henry thus repossessing the old Barony of his Ancestors being summoned by Writ to Parliament in 4 5 Phil. Mar. was there placed 25 Ian. He first took to Wife Katherine third Daughter to Henry Howard Earl of Surrey by Frances his Wife Daughter to Iohn Earl of Oxford Which Katherine died at Calaudon 7 Apr. Ann. 1596. 38 Eliz. and was buried in the North Isle of S. Michaels Church in Coventre Secondly Iane Daughter of Sir Michael Stanhope Knight Widow of Sir Roger Tounsend Knight who survived him and died 3 Ian. Ann. 1617. 15 Iae. without issue By Katherine his first Wife he had issue two Sons viz. Thomas born at Caloudon 11 Iulii Ann. 1575. 17 Eliz. and Ferdinand who dying at â—ale in Gloucestershire was there buried And four Daughters viz. Mary Wife of Iohn Zouch Son and Heir to Sir Iohn Zouch of Codnore in Com. Derb. Knight and Frances Wife of George Shirley of Aâ—â—well in Com. Northamp Esquire afterwards a Baroner Which Thomas married Elizabeth only Child of Sir George Carey Knight then Knight Marshal and Governor of the Isle of Wight Son to Henry Lord Hunsdon and after his Fathers death Lord Hunsdon Chamberlain of the Queens Houshold and Knight of the Garter But all that I have seen farther memorable of this Thomas is that upon the death of Queen Elizabeth he rode into Scotland to carry the News thereof to King Iames and being made Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of that King died at Caloudon 22 Novemb. 9 Iac. and was buried in St. Michaels Church in Coventre near to the Grave of his Mother in his Fathers lifetime leaving issue George his Son and Heir and Theophila a Daughter married to Sir Robert Coke Knight Son and Heir to Sir Edward Coke Knight Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas. This Henry Lord Berkley lived to a very great age for his death hapâ—ed not till the 26 Nov. An. 1613. 11 Iac. at Caloudon before-mentioned Whence his Body was honorably conveyed to Berkley and buried in the Chancel there over which a Fair Tombe hath since been erected to his Memory To whom succeeded George his Grandson and next Heir who took to Wife Elizabeth the second Daughter and Coheir of Sir Michael Stanhope of Sudburne in Comit. Suff. Kt. 13 Apr. 12 Iac. he being then of the age of thirteen years and she nine Which George departed this life ... Ann. 1658. leaving issue two Sons viz. Charles drowned at Sea in his passage towards Diepe in France ... Ian. Ann. 1640. unmarried and George now Lord Berkley As also Elizabeth a Daughter married to Edward Coke Son and Heir to Iohn Coke of Holkham in Com. Norf. Esquire Son of Sir Edward Coke Knight sometimes Chief Justice of the Kings Bench. This George now Lord Berkley took to Wife Elizabeth the eldest Daughter and Coheir to Iohn Maâ—â—ingberd Merchant of London of the East-India Company and hath issue by her two Sons viz. Sir Charles Berkley made Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of
their Chapels of his Fee viz. Eglosbrek Connarton Eglâ—â—â—eil Eglessant Egâ—oseraweyn with the Chapel of Bonnarton the Church of Melidan and Chapel of â—â—rmoch Also the Church of Esâ—removille in Normandy with its Appurtenances and acquitted the Monks of S. Peters at Gloucester of Toll in Bristoll â—â—erdiff Newport and all other his Lands and likewise the Church of S. â—â—thlake at Hereford from Toll throughout all his Lands in Wales as also the Monks of Goldcliff from Toll throughout all his Lands in England and Wales viz. Bristoll Caerdiff Newport Caerleon and Chepstow This Earl married Hawyse the Daughter of Robert sirnamed Bossu Earl of Leicester and had Issue by her a Son called Robert who died in his life-time and was buried in the Monastery of Chaynsham which he founded in memory of him as also three Daughters viz. Mabell married to ... Earl of Evereux in Normandy Amice to Richard de Clare Earl of Hertford and Isabell And to the end his Inheritance should not be divided amongst Females he constituted Iohn a younger Son to King Henry the Second his Heir After which viz. upon S. Clement's night Anno 1173. 20 Hen. 2. departing this life he was buried at Chaynesham before-specified But being thus dead King Henry the Second retained this Earldom in his own hands for six years and in the last year of his Reign giving Isabell the youngest of those three Daughters above-mentioned in Marriage to his Son Iohn bestowed it on him which he accordingly held all the space of his Brother King Richard the First 's Reign within which time he built the long Bridge at Tewksbury and gave the whole Toll of his Market there for the repair thereof Howbeit for this Marriage in regard they were of kin viz. in the third degree of consanguinity Baldwin Archbishop of Canterbury put all his Lands under an Interdict for which Iohn complained to the Pope's Legate and Bishops by reason the Archbishop had so done after an Appeal to the Apostolick See whereupon the Legate ratified the Appeal and released the Interdict but having no Children by her after he came to the Crown he procured a Divorce from her yet held the Honour of Gloucester still with the Castle Borough Berton and Hundred of Bristoll Whereupon Geffrey de Mandevill Earl of Essex took her to Wife and after his death Hubert de Burgh Justice of England neither of them having Issue by her When she was dead Almaric Son to the Earl of Evereux by Mabell the eldest Daughter of Earl William had this Earldom of Gloucester for a short space Which Almaric in Anno 1200. 2 Iohn by the command of King Iohn quitted all his right in Evereux and the City of Evereux to Philip King of France in the presence of both Kings in lieu whereof King Iohn gave him an equivalent exchange and wedded the Daughter of Hugh de Gornai having with her in Frank-marriage by the gift of her Father the Mannor of Horstan but dying also without Issue by her the Inheritance of this great Honour totally devolved to Amice the Wife of Richard de Clare by reason whereof her Posterity afterwards enjoyed the title of Earls of Gloucester as I have in due place fully shewed Earls of Hereford OF this County the first who had the title of Earl after the Conquest was Milo commonly called Miles by Parentage Son to Walter Constable of England and Emme his Wife one of the Daughters of Dru de Baladon Sister to Hameline de Balun a person of great note in that time Which Hameline with his two Brothers Gwynok and Winebald came into England with King William the Conqueror and being the first Lord of Over-went in Com. Monmouth founded the Castle of Bergavenny in that place where a certain Giant called Agros had sometime built a Fortress but dying without Issue left that Territory unto his Nephew Brien Son to the Earl of the Isle commonly called Brien Fitz-Count or Brien de Walingford by Lucia his Sister Which Brien held it all the time of King William Rufus and leaving two Sons who were both Lepers put them into the Priory of Bergavenny giving for their maintenance divers Lands Churches and Tithes belonging to that great Lordship and afterwards taking upon him the Cross and going to Hierusalem left the same to the before-mentioned Walter his Nephew then Constable of England Touching which office of Constable as it then stood I take it to have been the same as Captain of the Guard in after-times for he was then called Princeps militiae domûs Regiae Moreover it is farther observable of this Walter that he founded the Castle of Gloucester upon his own Demesn Lands also that he built the Castles of Bristoll Rochester and Tower of London Likewise that he had the custody of that at Gloucester and also of the Castle of Hereford Furthermore that he gave the moity of his Lordship of Bernytone to the Canons of Lanthony in Wales and that in his age taking upon him the habit of a Canon-regular at Lanthony he died in that Monastery and was buried in the Chapter-house there Having said thus much of his Ancestors I proceed To this Milo being a Servant in Court to King Henry the First and one of his chief Counsellors as also an expert Souldier that King gave in marriage Sibyll the eldest Daughter to Bernard de Newmach Lord of Brecknock begotten on Nesta the Daughter of Griffin ap Leweline together with the Honour of Brecknock So likewise all his Fathers Lands held in Capite with the office of Constable of his Court as by his Charter dated at Roan appeareth It is said of this Milo that upon the death of King Henry the First expecting through the interest he had with Maud his sole Daughter and Heir to attain to the Earldom of Hereford he subtilly used all his power on her behalf and went with some strength to his Castle at Gloucester where she then was and fetcht her with honour thence But King Stephen notwithstanding this carried himself obsequiously towards him as it seems for it is most manifest that from him he obtained a restitution in Fee of the whole Honour of Gloucester with the custody of the Tower and Castle there which he had held as his Patrimony in the time of King Henry the First and likewise the Barony of Brecknock with all those Offices and Lands whereof he was possessed in the time of that King But notwithstanding this in 4 Steph. Maud the Empress landing in this Realm he fell off from the King and repairing to her at Bristoll
he died without Issue of his Body the Town and Castle of Pembroke should come to the King his Heirs and Successors and the Castle and Lordship of Bergavenny and other his Lands in England and Wales to his Cousin William de Beauchamp viz. his Mothers Sisters Son in Fee provided he should bear his Arms and endeavour to obtain the Title of Earl of Pembroke And in case he should decline so to do then his Kinsman William de Clinton to have them upon the same Conditions Upon the death of this last Earl Anne his Wife surviving had thereupon for her Dowrie an Assignation of the Mannors of Sutton Wynferthing and Asshele in Com. Norff. Lydgate Badmondesfeild Otteleye and Wridlyngton with three Burgages within the Town of St. Edmundsbury in Suffolk the Mannors of Thoryton Est-Hannyngfeld South-Hannyngfeld with certain Lands in West-Hannyngfeld and Fanges in Com. Essex the Mannor of Totenham in Com. Midd. Podyngton and Westâ—â—te with certain Lands in Southwarke in Com. Surr. the Mannor of Benham in Com. Berâ—s with certain Lands in Fitelton in Com. Wiltes the Mannors of Brampton and Lyming in Com. Hunt Shelford in Com. Cantabr Blounham and Kempston in Com. Bedf. certain Lands in Repyngdon in Com. Derb. the Mannors of Allefley Filoâ—gley Aston Cantlow and Pillâ—rdyngton in Com. Warr. and Mannor of Naâ—lesten in Com. Leic. Which Anne departed this Life upon Palm-sunday in 7 R. 2. Iohn her Son and Heir being then eleven years of age Of which Iohn I find that at the Coronation of King Richard the Second being then not five years of age he claimed to carry the great Golden Spurs and shewing sufficient Evidence of his Right to do that Service it was adjudged That by reason of his Minority another should be appointed to perform the same on his behalf viz. Edmund Mortimer Earl of March whose Daughter Philippa he married though very young but had no Issue by her for so it hapned that in 13 R. 2. the King keeping his Christmass at Wodstoke and there holding a Tournament being then but seventeen years of age he adventured to Tilt with Sir Iohn St Iohn and that by an unluckie slip of St. Iohn's Lance he was run into the bottom of his Belly so that his Bowels breaking out he suddenly died to the great grief of many in regard he was a Person of so Noble a Disposition that in Bounty and Courtesie he exceeded most of his Degree Which untimely death of his was then thought by many to be a Judgment upon the Family in regard that Aymer de Valence Earl of Pembroke his Ancestor was one of those who gave Sentence of Death upon Thomas Earl of Lancaster at Pontfract for it was observ'd that after that Judgment so given none of the succeeding Earls of Pembroke ever saw his Father nor any Father of them took delight in seeing his Child His Death thus hapning upon the thirtieth of December 13 R. 2. he was buried in the Church of the Grey-Fryers without New-gate in the Suburbs of London where he had a Noble Monument which at the general Dissolution of the Religious Houses by King Henry the Eighth was with the rest utterly defaced Dying thus without Issue Reginald Lordâ— Grey of Ruthyn was by some Inquisitions found to be his Cousin and next Heir of the whole Bloud as descended Lineally from Elizabeth Sister to Iohn de Hastings Father of Iohn Great-grandfather of this Earl And by other Inquisitions Hugh de Hastings Son of Hugh Son of Hugh Son of the same Iohn de Hastings by Isabell the Daughter of Hugh le Despenser his second Wife also found to be his Heir-male but of the half Blood This Hugh in 14 E. 3. was in that Expedition then made into Flanders and in 16 E. 3. summon'd to Parliament amongst the Barons of this Realm In 20 E. 3. being call'd Consanguineus Regis The King's Cousin he was constituted his Lieutenant in Flanders and Commander of all his Military Forces there against the French where they took above CCC Prisoners and brought them into England And in 20 E. 3. was in that Expedition then made into Britanny being of the Retinue to Henry Duke of Lancaster Moreover in 33 E. 3. he was in the Wars of Gascoine and in 40 E. 3. attended Iohn Duke of Laneaster into Spain After which viz. in 43 E. 3. he was in that Expedition then made into France and of the Retinue with the same Duke of Lancaster This is all of moment that I have seen of him I should now proceed to his Descendents But forasmuch as they never had Summons to Parliament I am not concern'd to speak of them Nevertheless forasmuch as Edward Hastings Great-grand-son to this Hugh had a long Contest with Reginald Lord Grey of Rutbyn for bearing the Arms of this Family it will not I hope be deemed impertinent to take notice that so little did Iohn Earl of Pembroke Father to the last Iohn regard his next Heir-male and so much dislike Reginald Grey Father to the last Reginald as that he Entailed the greatest part of his Lands upon William de Beauchamp before-mentioned Notwithstanding which Settlement the Right of Bearing the Arms was in those days of such esteem that the Contest for them sc. Or a Manch Gules betwixt Reginald Lord Grey Son to the before-mention'd Reginald and Edward Hastings Brother and Heir to the last-mention'd Hugh lasted little less than xx years in the Court-Military before the Constable and Marshal of England Wherein after much Money spent Edward Hastings who so challenged them as Heir-male of the Family was not onely condemned in 970 l. 17 s. 10 d. ob q. Costs Grey swearing that he had spent a thousand Marks more and the Arms adjudged to Grey but imprisoned sixteen years for disobeying that Sentence The particular Proceedings in which Business with the hard measure which Edward Hastings had for brevity I pass by But one thing farther I shall observe viz. That Edward Hastings questioning William de Beauchamp for those Lordships and Lands whereof Iohn the last Earl of Pembroke died seised and which had been so setled upon Beauchamp by that Entail before mention'd Beuchamp invited his Learned Counsel to his House in Pater-noster-row in the City of London amongst whom were Robert Châ—â—lton then a Judge William Pincâ—ebek William Brenchâ—sley and Iohn Catesby all Learâ—ed Lawyers and after Dinner coming out of his Chappel in an angry mood threw to each of them a Piece of Gold and said Sirs I desire you forthwith to tell me whether I have any Right and Title to Hastings Lordships and Lands Whereupon Pinchbek stood up the rest being silent fearing that he suspected them and said No man here nor in England dare say that you have any Right in them except Hastings do quit his Claim therein and should
Moneth after set at liberty and restored to the King's Favor Which so incensed the vulgar sort of people in sundry parts of the Realm as that there was no small danger of a General Insurrection And though that heat did somewhat abate so that the Parliament was again Adjourn'd to Leicester the Commons there fell upon him fiercely for the giving up of Anjon and Maine The King therefore seeing him so generally hated to appease their wrath Banished him the Realm but with design â—â—â—call him when their fury should be allay'd he being a person so highly beloved of the Queen Whereupon putting to Sea at Ipswich in Com. Suff. upon the third of May with purpose to sayl into France he was boarded by the Captain of a Ship of War belonging to the Duke of Exeter then Constable of the Tower of London called the Nicholas of the Tower and being brought into Dovor-Road had his Head cut off on the side of the Cock-Boat After which his Body and Head being found by one of his own Captains was conveyed to the Collegiate Church of Wingfeld in Com. Suff. and there buried It is recorded b of this William that he served in the Wars of France full Twenty four years and for Seventeen years together never returned thence Likewise that being once taken Prisoner when he was but a Knight he paid for his Ransome twenty thousand pounds of English money Also that he was of the Kings Privy-Councel fifteen years and a Knight of the Garter thirty years Having taken to Wife Alice the Daughter and sole Heir of Thomas Chaucer of Eweâ—me in Com. Oxon. for the love of her and benefit of her Lands residing much there he augmented the Mannor House with Building as also his Seat at Dunnington-Castle in Com. Berks. which was of her Inheritance And founded an Hospital at Dunnington as he had done at Ewelme every poor Man in each of them having forteen pence a week Likewise that he built the new Fabrick of the Parish Church of Ewelme By his Testament bearing date 17 Ian. An. 1448. 27 H. 6. he bequeathed his body to be buried in the Charter-House at Hull appointing an Image for himself and another for his Wife to be made in Stone and desiring that the Masses which he had founded there for himself and her might be daily sung over his Grave The time of his death viz. his Murther in the Cock-boat was 2 Maii 28 H. 6. he being then seised of the Castle and Mannor of Donâ—ington and of the Mannors of Pessemere Stretteleye Phelberdes and Hanteford in Com. Berks. of the Mannors of Thorpe and Carsyngton in Com. Oxon. Greâ—â—horpe and Normanton in Com. Nott. of the Castle Town and Mannor of Eye with the Mannors of Haughle and Thorndone the Hundreds of Hertesmere and Stow the Mannors of Sylhom Fresyngfelde Stratbrooke Swannes Hurtes Maundeviles Huntingfeld Beuhale Bokling Cantelee juxta Suape Ueyses Mannor in Stratford Walsham Westhorpe Hall Menshall Wyverston Watlesfeld Cotton Frestenden Dagworth Cretyng St. Olave the Mannor and Hundred of Mutford the Mannors of Honell Neddyng Kettelberston Bulcam pe Henham Stratford juxta Benghale Lovistok and the Hundred of Lodynglond with the Castle and Mannor of Wyngefelo in Com. Suff. of the Mannors of Causton Burgh Costesey Saâ—lyngham called Nether-Hall and Stocton with the Soke in Com. Norff. of the Mannors of Gestyngthorp Langham Hatfeld Peverell and Hatfeid Iermynes in Com. Essex of the Mannor of Wâ—â— Grenewiche in Com. Cantii Norton subtus Hamedou in Com. Somers and of the Mannors of Myton and Faxflete in Com. Eber. as also of the Mannors of Blyburgh Appulby Weâ—â—wode and Frisby called Potesse in Spridlington in Com. Line Iohn his Son and Heir being at that time seven years of age It is said that this William first Married the Countess of Henault privately and begot on her a Daughter who became the Wite of ... Barentine But that afterwards solemnly taking to Wise the before-specified Alice the Daughter and Heir of Chaucer by whom he had vast possessions she proved that Daughter Married to Barentine to be a Bastard This last mentioned William Duke of Suffolk had a younger Brother called Iohn who being Captain of Aurunches in Normandy got together the strength of the Garisons in the base Marches of Anjou and wasted the Suburbs of Angiers with the Country adjacent but being overladen with plunder was set upon by the French and taken Prisoner After which being enlarged he assisted this his Brother in the affault of Montargis and in 7 H. 6. was again taken Prisoner by the French upon their storming of Ieargeur I now come to Iohn Son and Heir to this William by her the said Alice In 3 E. 4. the King taking into consideration that the before-specified William Earl of Suffolk Father of this Iohn was advanced to the Title of Duke of Suffolk and to the Heirs Male of his Body as also that his Creation to that Dignity was by reason of his Attaynder afterwards utterly void being desirous to do this Iohn all honor befitting his condition in regard he had Married Elizabeth his Sister did then renew the same title unto him and the Heirs Male of his Body by Letters Patents bearing date 23 Martii the same year giving him forty pounds yearly payable out of the Issues of the Counties of Norff. and Suff. and to the Heirs Male of his Body for his better support After which in 11 E. 4. amongst other the Lords then assembled in Parliament he did recognise u the title of Prince Edward eldest Son to that King and made Oath of Fidelity to him In 15 E. 4. the old Dutchess Alice Widdow of Duke William departed this life upon the ninth of Iune and was buried in the Parish Church of Ewelme on the South side of the high Altar under a rich Tombe of Alablaster with her Image thereon in the Habit of a Vowess crowned and this Epitaph Orate pro anima serenissimae Principissae Aliciae Ducissae Suffolciae bujus Ecclesiae fundatoris primae fundatricis hujus Elemosynariae quae obiit xx die mensis Maii An. MCCCCLXXV But I return to Iohn In 1 H. 7. he was made Constable of the Castle of Walingford and by the before-specified Elizabeth his Wife Sister to King Edward the Fourth had Issue five Sons viz. Iohn Earl of Lincolne Edmund who had the Title of Earl of Suffolk after the death of Iohn his Brother as a Dukes Son and Heir Humphrey a Clerk Edward Arch-Deacon of Richmund and Richard slain in Battle at Pavia in Italy An. 1525. As also four Daughters viz. Catherine the Wife of William Lord Sturton Anne a Nun at Sion and Dorothy and Elizabeth who Married Henry Lovel Lord Morley And departing this life in An. 1491. 7 H. 7. was buried in the Collegiate Church
1. advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Piâ—rpont of Holme Pierpont in Com. Nott. and Vicounâ— Nâ—wark and upon the 25 th of Iuly the next ensuing year was Created Earl of Kingston upon Null This Robert giving many testimonies of his Loyalty to his late Majesty King Charles the First upon the very beginning of the late great Rebellion had thereupon first Commission to raise a Regiment of twelve hundred Foot for his service and soon after that was Constituted Lieutenant General of all his Forces within the Counties of Lincoln Rutland Huntington Cambridge and Norfolk But upon the assault of Eaynesborough in Com. Linc. by the Parliamentâ—Forces fortun'd to be there taken Prisoner 30 Iulii an 1643. which being discern'd by those of the King's party then near at hand they stoutly endeavoured his rescue but with ill success for he lost his life therein by the casual shot of a Bullet against those who were carrying him away by Barge towards Hull This noble Earl left Issue by Gertrude his Wife Daughter and Coheir to Henry Talbot third Son to George Earl of Shrewsbury five Sons Henry who succeeded him in his Honours William Pierpont of â—horesby in Com. Nott. Francis Pierpont of Notingham As also Gervase and George And two Daughters Frances who died in his life time and Elizabeth Which Henry most loyally attending the said King Charles the First in his Garrison at Oxford and sundry other places in the late perillous and troublesome times being one of his Majesties most Honourable Privy Council was in respect thereof and other his great Merits by Letters Patent bearing date 25 Martii in the twentieth year of his Reign raised to an higher degree of Honour by the Title of Marquess of Dorchester in Com. Dors. He first Married Cecelie Daughter to Paul Vicount Banning and by her had Issue two Daughters the Lady Anne and Lady Grace And afterwards the Lady Katherine Daughter to Iames late Earl of Derby by whom he had Issue one Son called Henry who died in his Infancy ¶ Of the other Sons to the before-specified Earl William Pierpont of â—horesby the second Married Elizabeth Daughter and Coheir to Sir Thomas Harris of â—onge-Castle in Com. Salop. Baronet by whom he hath had Issue five Sons 1. Robert who Married Elizabeth Daughter and Coheir to Sir Iohn Evelyn of Dene in Com. Wilts Knight and died in his life time leaving Issue Robert a Son and a Daughter called Gertrude 2. Henry who died unmarried William who died in his Infancy George and Gervase and five Daughters Frances Married to Henry Earl of Ogle Son and Heir to William Duke of Newcastle Eleanore and Margaret who died in their Infancy Grace Wedded to Gilbert now Earl of Clare and Gertrude to George Vicount Halifax Lord Hervey of Kidbroke 3 Car. 1. IN an 1619. 17 Iac. Sir William Hervey of Kidbroke in Com. Cantii Knight descended from an antient Family of that name which were possessors of â—hirley in Com. Bedf. was advanced to the degree of a Baronet upon the one and thirtieth day of May the same year with remainder to William his Son and the Hâ—irs Male of his Body also shortly after that to the dignity of Lord Hervey of Rosse in the County of Wexford in Ireland And lastly by reason of his eminent services at home and abroad both in the times of King Iames and King Charles the First as well in Council as in the Wars and other Foreign Expeditions was created a Baron of this Realm by the title of Lord Hâ—rvey of Kidbroke with the like remainder as abovesaid as by certain Letters Patents bearing date 7 Febr. 3 Car. 1. appeareth This William Lord Hervey married two Wives first Mary Daughter of Anthony Vicount Mountagâ— Widow of Henry Earl of Southampton but by her had no Issue Secondly Cordellia Daughter and Coheir to Brian Anslow of Lewsham in Com. Cantii Esq by whom he had Issue three Sons William slain in the German-Wars as also Iohn and Henry who died young and two Daughters Elizabeth married to Iohn Hervey of Ickworth in Com. Suff. Esq now Treasurer to her Majesty Queen Catherine and Helen who died unmarried and departed this life ... Iunii an 1642. Vicount Bayning 3 Car. 1. UPon the 24 th of Sept. an 1612. 10 Iac. Paul Bayning of Bentley parva in Com. Essex Esq Son to Paul Bayning Sheriff of London in an 1593. 35 Eliz. was advanced to the dignity of a Baronet and upon the 27 th of February 3 Car. 1. to the degree of a Baron of this Realm by the title of Baron Bayning of Horkesâ—ey in Com. Essex as also on the eighth of March next following to that of Vicount Bayning of Sudbury in Com. Suff. This Paul married Anne Daughter to Sir Henry Glemham of Glemham in Com. Suff. Knight and dying at his own House in Mark-lane within the City of London 29 Iulii an 1629 5 Car. 1. was buried in the Church of St. Olave Hartstreet London leaving Issue Paul his Son and Heir thirteen years of age and four Daughters Cecilie Married to Henry Vicount Newarke eldest Son to Robert Earl of Kingston Anne to Henry Murray one of the Grooms of the Bed-chamber to King Charles the First afterwards created Vicountess Banning of Foxley by Letters Patents bearing date at Westminster 17 Martii 26 Car. 2. Mary first to William Vicount Grandison afterwards to Christopher Earl of Anglesey and Elizabeth to Francis Lord Dacres Which Paul married Penelope sole Daughter and Heir to Sir Robert Naunton Knight Master of the Court of Wards and Liveries and by her having Issue one Daughter named Anne died at Bentley-Hall in Essex 11 Iunii 1638. leaving her the said Penelope great with child of another born after his death and called Penelope Which Anne afterwards became the Wife to Aubrey Earl of Oxford and Penelope of Iohn Herbert the youngest Son to Philip late Earl of Pâ—mbroke and Montgâ—mery Lord Maynard 3 Car. 1. IN 3. Car. 1. Sir William Maynard Knight Son and Heir to Henry Maynard of Estonâ— parvâ— in Com. Essex by Susan his Wife Daughter and Coheir to Thomas Pearson Esq Usher of the Court of Star-Chamber having first been dignified with the title of Baronet 29 Iunii an 1611. 9 Iac. next with that of Lord Maynard of Wickbow in Ireland by Letters Patent bearing date at Westminster 30 Maii 18 Iac. an scil 1620 in consideration of his farther merits was by Letters Patents bearing date at Westminster upon the fourteenth day of March in the third year of King Charles the First advanced to the degree of a Baron of this Realm by the title of Lord Maynard of Estaines ad Turrim in Com. Essex otherwise called Little Easton This William married two Wives First the Lady Frances Daughter to William Cavendish the first Earl of