quondam episcopus hujus ecclesiae qui multa bona contulit ministris ecclesiae sancti Pauli Walter Merton Chancellor in Anno 44 Henry 3 being in Anno dom 1260. Nicholas of Elie made Chancellor by the Barons in Anno dom 1260 and Walter Merton displaced But King Henry the third disdaining to have Officers appointed him by his subjects did in the month of October following in Anno dom 1260. or rather 1261 deprive the said Nicholas and replaced the said Walter Merton Walter Merton Bishop of Rochester the second time made Chancellor as before appeareth John de Chesill Arch-deacon of London and Treasurer of England was made keeper of the great seale in Anno dom 1264 in Anno 48 Henry 3. This man was consecrated Bishop of London in Anno dom 1274 the third Kalends of May as hath Matthew Westminster he dyed in Anno dom 1279 the fourth Ides of February in Anno 7 of King Edward the first Thomas de Cantelupe borne of the noble house of the Lords Cantelupes the sonne of William Cantelupe and Millecent which as saith Leland drew her originall from the Countesses of Yorke being Arch-deacon of Stafford was Doctor and afterward Bishop of Hereford in Anno dom 1276 and before that made Chancellor after the feast of S. Peters Chaire in Anno dom 1265 being in anno 49 Henry 3 he dyed beyond the Seas comming from the Court of Rome in anno dom 1278 being in anno 6 Edward 1 or more truely as others have in anno 1283 being anno 11 Edward 1 whose bones were brought to Hereford Walter Gifford Bishop of Bath and Wels whom many doe call William did injoy the state of the Chancellor in anno dom 1266 being anno 50 Henry 3 he was translated from Bath to Yorke in anno dom 1259 being in anno 49 Henry 3 and dyed the 7 kalends of May in the xij yeare of his Bishopricke in anno dom 1277 being in anno 6 Edward 1 or as Nicholas Trivet in anno dom 1279. being the 7 yeare of King Edward 1. Geofry Gifford was Chancellor also in anno 51 Henry 3 being in anno dom 1267 This man was Bishop of Worcester about anno dom 1299 where he sate 34 yeares 4 moneths 4 dayes and dyed in the yeare 1304 being about the 32 yeare of King Edward the first John de Chesill was the second time honoured with the place of the Chancellor in anno dom 1268 being the 53 yeare of King Henry the third Richard de Middleton so surnamed of the place where he was borne was advanced to the Office of the Chancellorship in the said anno 53 Henry 3 in the moneth of July in anno dom 1268 and was also as appeareth by a Charter which I have seene witnesse to the same Deed in anno 54 Henry 3 who as farre as I can gather dyed in August in anno dom 1271 being anno 56 of the long governement of King Henry the third John de Kirby after the death of Richard Middleton was made keeper of the great seale in the said anno 56 Henry 3 It is very probable that this was the same John Kirby which after was Bishop of Elie and Treasurer of England Walter Merton the third time made Chancellor of England in Anno dom 1273 being the first yeare of the raigne of that famous Prince King Edward the first of that name He was Bishop of Rochester and founded Merton Colledge in Oxford and dyed the yeare of Christ 1278 being the sixt yeare of the raign of King Edward the first Robert Burnell the eleaventh Bishop of Bath and Wels after the uniting of those two Sees in one by Iohn de Toures in Anno dom 1272 was made Bishop of Bath in the yeare of our Lord as saith Eversden 1274 chosen Arch-bishop of Canterbury in Anno dom 1278 but rejected by the Pope He was Chancellor in Anno 2 Edward 1 in which place it seemeth that he long continued of whom thus writeth an anonymall Chronicle Dominus Edmundus Comes Cornubiae fundavit novum studium ordinis Cisterciensis apud Oxonias monachos de Thame primo ibidem introduxit dedit eis prima donatione Manerium de Erdington secit dedicare locum Abbatiae Tertij Jdus Decembris per Dominum Robertum Burnell eposcopum Bathon Wels Cancellarium regis posuit fundamentum novae ecclesiae eodem die Northosneiae This Bishop was required with the sonne of Edward the first and Gilbert de Clare Earle of Gloucester in the time of Edward the first to bee delivered for pledges for Lheweline Prince of Wales for his safe returne if he came to the parliament whereunto he was sommoned by the said King Edward In the time of this Chancellor the Court of Chancery was kept at Bristow This man dyed in Anno dom 1293 being Anno 21 Edward 1. John de Langton was made Chancellor of England in Anno dom 1293 being the 21 yeare of the victorius King Edward the first in which office he remained untill the death of the said King being in Anno dom 1302 He was made Bishop of Chichester about Annis 26 or 27 Edward 1. being in Anno dom 1298 or rather 1299 And in the said yeare 1299 he was before chosen Bishop of Elye but rejected by the Pope who made him Archdeacon of Canterbury From which Langton King Edward did take the great seale in the thirtieth yeare before said and delivered it to John Drokenford John Drokenford keeper of the Wardrope was made keeper of the great Seale in the thirtieth yeare as before in which office he continued from about the 15 day of August untill Michaelmas William de Grinefeild Deane of Chichester and Canon of Yorke was advanced to the place of Chancellor in Anno Dom. 1302. being about Anno. 30. Edward 1. which Office was given unto him at Saint Radigunds as saith Anonymus M.S. He was after chosen Bishop of Yorke in Anno dom 1303. who in the yeare of our Lord 1308 buried the body of the said King Edward the first in Westminster though the King dyed in Anno dom 1307. This Bishop dyed in Anno dom 1315 being about the sixt yeare of King Edward the second at Cawood after that he had beene Bishop nine yeares eleaven moneths and two dayes and was buried in S. Nicholus Porch at Yorke receiving his consecration at Rome in Anno dom 1305 after that he had beene there two yeares of Pope Clement This Greinfeild was a man very eloquent and pithie and Prudent in Counsell William de Hamilton Deane of Yorke was created Chancellor of England in Anno dom 1305 being the 33 yeare of that noble prince King Edward the first this William dyed in Anno dom 1307 being about Anno 35 of the said King at the Abbey of Fontnesse in Yorkshire being a man that well deserved of the Common wealth Ralphe de Baldocke chosen Bishop of London in Anno dom 1303 was confirmed at Titneshall by Robert of Winchelsey Bishop
conceive above halfe a yeare for in the same twelfth yeare came the Bishop of VVinchester Iohn Stratford Bishop of VVinchester upon the removing of VValwaine was in the 12. yeare of Edward the second admitted into the office of Treasurership untill the King should otherwise determine Which Bishop found out in the Treasury above Twenty nine Pound Seventeene shillings eight pence which might bee the cause of displacing of VValwaine who had over prodigally dispersed the Kings Treasure VValter Stapleton Bishop of Exeter was Treasurer in the 13. yeare of Edward the second An. Dom. 1319. In which I suppose he contynued untill the 15. yeare of Edward the second An. Dom. 1321. VValter Norwich Knight was the Third tyme made Treasurer which place he enjoyed in 15. Edward the second An. Do. 1321. or thereabouts VValsingham saith that in the second yeare of Edward the third Obijt VVilliam de Norwich Roger Northborrow Scutifer or keeper of the seale being taken by the Scots at the battell of Banocsbourne about the seventh yeare of Edward the second in An. Do. 1313. was also Clerke of the Wardrobe and Treasurer in the sixteenth yeare of Edward the 2. being in An. Dom. 1322. Of whom thus writeth one Anonimall Cronicle M.S. An. Do. 1321. Obijt VValterus de Langtone Episcopus Cestren cui successit in episcopatus honore per viam impressionis ambitionis Rogerus Northburgh Clericus de regis garderobia sibi regis in cunctis faventibus auxilio voluntate I have read of one Godfrey of Northburgh Bishop of Chester that died in thirty three yeare of Edward the third being in An. Do. 1359 which perhaps should bee this Roger Northborow Godfrey being by the transcriber placed in stead of Roger but I will not at this time define any certainety thereof although I finde another note of one Roger Northburgh consecrated Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield in An. Dom. 1321. who sate in that See 38. yeares which 38. yeares added to the other in which this Roger was made Bishop doe make up the number of 1359. in which it is said that Godfrey Northborow died VValter Stapleton Bishop of Exeter the second tyme Treasurer in the 18. yeare of Edward the second and before was removed in Easter Terme in the same yeare In which Easter Terme was VVilliam Bishop of Yorke also made Treasurer as is proved by the Pell of Exitus that Terme being thus intituled De Termino Paschae An. 18. Edw. 2. tam tempore VV. episcopi Exon quam VV. archi-Episcopi Eborum This Walter being elected to the Bishoppricke of Exeter in An. Dom. 1307. did sit in that place twenty yeares and was beheded at the comming into England of Queene Isabell to depose Edward the second in the yeare 1326. The cause of whose beheading was for that hee had procured the banishment of the said Queene Isabell and of her sonne Prince Edward VVilliam Melton Archbishop of Yorke made Lord Treasurer in Easter Terme in the 18. yeare of Edward the second kept the same office untill the deposition of himselfe from that place and of his Master from his Kingdome in the twentieth yeare of the said Edward the second and then gave place to Iohn Stratford Iohn Stratford Bishop of VVinchester was the second time made Treasurer of England in the 20. yeare of the deposed King Edward after the death of VValter Stapleton This Iohn the 14. day of November in the twentieth yeare of Edward the second comming into the Exchequer brought thither the Kings patent or open Writ or commandement under the seale of Edward the Kings eldest son to witnes his election creatiō to that place of Treasurer the tenor of which writt I have thought good to set downe because it was done by the son in the fathers name and under the Teste of the son the father yet being King in shew but the sonne indeede as governer of the Realme which title hee enjoyed untill that hee most unnaturally by the malice of his mother the ambition of himselfe and the flattery of his followers had deposed his father The tenor of which writt was in these words as followeth Edwardus Rex Angliae dominus Hiberniae baronibus camerarijs suis de scaccario suo salutem Quum pro eo quod venerabilis pater VV. archiepiscopus Eborum nuper thesaurarius scaccarij praedicti circa diversa negotia in partibus borealibus est occupatus quo minus intendere possit ad ea quae ad officium illud in dicto scaccario pertinent exercenda Constituerimus venerabilem patrem Iohannem Wintoniensem episcopum tenentem locum thesaurarij scaccarij praedicti quousque de officio illo aliter duximus ordinandum Percipendo in eodem officio dum illud sic tenuerit feodum consuetum prout in literis nostris patentibus episcopo praefato inde confectis plenius continetur Vobis mandamus quod ipsum episcopum ad officium admittatis ei in his quae ad officium praedictum pertineant intendatis in forma praedicta Teste Edwardo filio nostro primogenito custode regni nostri apud Hereford Sexto die Novembris anno regni nostri vicessimo Adam Tarleton or de Orleton borne in Hereford-shire being Decretorum Doctor was made Bishop of Hereford by the Pope at Avinion in An. Dom. 1317. about the 10. or 11. yeare of Edward the second being hee that made the Sermon for the deposition of King Edward the second and wrote the amphibologicall Epistle for the death of the King conteyning these words Regem occidere nolite timere bonum est which hath by a comma or point made at Timere one sense and by a comma made at Nolite another sence Which Adam was made Lord Treasurer in the first yeare of Edward the third being in An. Dom. 1326. in which office he continued not long for in the Easter terme of the said King came Henry Bishop of Lincolne This man was made Bishop of Winchester in An. Dom. 1335. being the ninth of Edward the third in which seate he sate 12. yeares The death of which Adam who gave Hemingfield parsonage to the Church of Hereford Sir Thomas De la More doth most plentifully set forth Henry Burwash Bishop of Lincolne descended of the Lord Burghurst his Family called Lord Burwash was Lord Treasurer in Easter terme in the first yeare of Edward the third being in An. Dom. 1327. in which office he continued untill 2. yeare of Edward the third and was afterwards removed Thomas Bishop of Hereford injoyed the honorable office of Lord Treasurer in the third yeare of Edward the third being in An. Dom. 1329. but in the yeare following another came in place Robert Woodhouse possessed the roome of the high Treasurer of England in the fourth yeare of Edward the third being in An. Dom. 1330. And was also Treasurer some part of Michaelmas terme in the fift yeare of Edward the third who in the yeare following did give place to another William Archbishop of
of England which office he held in the 35. yeare of Edward the third and 36. who being Bishop of London as hath Matthew Parker was in An. Dom. 1361. being the thirty fifth yeare of Edward the third by the Pope made Bishop of Ely where he sate five yeares and was after in An. Dom. 1366 being in the 40. yeare of Edward the third chosen Bishop of Canterbury and consecrated in An. Dom. 1367. as saith the same Matthew Parker On which day of his consecration he demanded homage of the Earle Stafford of Thomas Rosse Iohn Tirhill Robert Brockhill and Raphe Sentleger Knights for their Lands which they held of the Sea of Canterbury Shortly after which in An. Dom. 1368. being the 42. yeare of Edward the third he was made Cardinall and died at Avimere the 22 day of Iuly about An. Dom. 1376. being in the 50. yeare of King Edward the third and was buried besides Avinion in a place which he had raised from the foundation Three yeares after which his bones were brought to Westminster where at this day hee hath a worthie Tombe on the south side of the Shrine amongst the Kings on whose Tombe the Moonkes of Westminster did sometime place this Epitaphe in the remembrance of him Simon de Langham sub petris his tumulatus Istius Ecclesiae monachus fuerat prior abbas Sede vacante fuit electus Londoniensis Praesul insignis eligi sed postea primas Totius regni magnus regis que minister Nam Thesaurarius Cancellarius ejus Ac Cardinalis in Roma Presbiter iste Postque Praenestinus est factus episcopus atque Nuntius ex parte Papae transmittitur istuc Orbe dolente pater quem nunc revocare nequimus Magdalanae festo milleno septuageno Et ter centeno sexto Christi ruit anno Hunc Deus absolvat de cunctis quae male gessit Et meritis matris sibi caelica gaudia donet Of this man I have treated in the collection of all the Chancellers of England Iohn Barret made Bishop of Worcester in An. Do. 1362. being the 36. yeare of Edward the third was Treasurer of England in the 37. yeare of Edward the third in which office he continued being Treasurer in Michaelmas Tearme in the 38. yeare of Edward the third which fell in An. Dom. 1364. and so hee continued till the 43. yeare of Edward the third still Treasurer He was made Bishop of Bath in An. Dom. 1363. in which Bishoppricke he remained three yeares and was by Vrbane the 6. then Bishop of Rome translated from Bath to Elie in An. Dom. 1366. being the 40. yeare of Edward the 3. in which place hee sate sixe yeares and being a very old man and having beene Treasurer about sixe yeares hee died at Hatfield the seventh Ides of Iune in An. Dom. 1373. in the 47. yeare of Edward the third hee was buried in the Church of Elie besides the high Altar on the south part Thomas de Brantington being Treasurer for the King in the parts of Guisnes martches and Calis in An. Dom. 1367. being in the 41. yeare of Edward the third was made Bishop of Exeter by speciall Letters of the King in An. Dom. 1358. being the 43. yeare of Edward the third and was Lord Treasurer of England in the 44. and 45. yeares of Edward the third which 45. beeing in An. Dom. 1371. he was in a Parliament at the Petition of the Lords removed at which time also there passed a Law that the Chancellor Treasurer and Clarke of the Privy seale should no more be spiritual men but that secular men should have those offices Sir Richard Scroope Lord of Bolton and Chancellor of England was Treasurer of England in the 46. yeare of Edward the third and then gave place to Sir Robert Aston Knight This Richard made out of the ground the Castle of Bolton consisting of foure great strong towers of other stately lodgings which Castell was erecting 18. yeares the charges whereof came yearely unto a Thousand Marks which was 18. thousand Markes or 12000. pound which Castle hee finished before Richard the second died He bought the heire general of S. Quintine that was owner of Horneby Castle in Richmondshire which heire hee was content one Conyers a servant of his should marry and have the preferment of that ward so Horneby Castle came to the Coniers of which the first Lord was William Coniers grandfather to him that died in the time of Queene Mary without heire male whereby his inheritance came to his three daughters which William the first Lord Coniers of that name did much cost upon Horneby Castle being before but a meane thing I have read of this Lord Scroope that hee had a sonne called William whereof wee will speake more hereafter that was Earle of Wiltsshire who being beheaded in his fathers life left no issue behind him After which the father surviving was made Treasurer to the King and died in honour althoug he was not restored to his dignity of Chancellership but at what time he should be the second time Treasurer after the death of his sonne William in the time of Henry the fourth I cannot as yet certainely learne But it may bee that hee was againe Treasurer in the ninth yeare of Henry the fourth for that I finde not by any former search who then possessed that place It seemeth that he had two wives the one the daughter of the Lord Spenser the other the daughter of Michaell de la Poole Earle of Suffolke called Blanch. Hee had three sonnes for whom hee bought of the King the three daughters and heires of Robert Lord Tiptoft whereof the eldest daughter Margaret was married to Roger his second sonne the second daughter was married to William his eldest sonne the third daughter called Millescent was married to Stephen the third sonne of the said Richard Sir Robert Ashton Knight Constable of Dover Castle and Lord warden of the Cinque Ports was Lord Treasurer in the 50. and 51. yeare of King Edward the third in Michaelmas terme which was the last Michaelmas tearme wherein the King raigned being in An. Dom. 1376. of which name there was also one that was chiefe Baron in the time of Edward the second as I have read Henry Wake or Wakefield being made Bishop of Worcester in An. Do. 1375. being in the 49. yeare of Edw. the 3. was made Lord Treasurer of England in An. Dom. 1376. in the 51. yeare of Edward the third in which office hee continued part of Easter terme in the first yeare of Richard the second being in An. Dom. 1378. he died in An. Dom. 1395. as saith Walsingham Thomas Brantington Bishop of Excester was made Lord Treasurer in first yeare of Richard the second towards the latter end of Easter tearme being in An. Dom. 1378. as I compute it from which place he was shortly removed in the second yeare of Richard the second Richard Earle of Arundell and Surry made Lord Treasurer of England in the
note of An. Do. 1463. in the margent are in this order Edwardus Rex duobus jam annis faeliciter gesto regno parliamentuÌ„ West monasterij tenuit quo etiam tempore Archiepiscopus which was Thomas Bourchier the brother of Henry Bourchier Earle of Essex Clerus in synodo convenerunt In hac synodo Iohannes Comes Wigorniae Henricus Comes Essexiae D. Edmundus Grey Thesaurarius Angliae D. Humfridus Cromwell D. Wenlocke D. Iohannes Prior sancti Iohannis Robertus Stillington Legum doctor custos privati sigilli regis consiliarij allatis literis regijs petierunt a clero decerni regi ad Scotos repellendos subsidium Quod quidem gratissimis omnium animis tam munifico regi concessum est qui superiori anno ecclesiae immunitates atque jura iniquis judiciorum calumnijs uti in Iohanne Stafford antea diximus convulsa labefactata diplomate regio restauravit Besides which thus writeth Iohn Whethamstead that learned Abbat of Saint Albons of this Lord Grey declaring in what authority he was at first in the daies of Henry the sixt and then in the raigne of Edward the fourth His words be these In the 36. yeare of Henry the sixt Venerunt tres viri monachi de caenobio Cluniacensi quibus ad audiendum eorum nuntium missi sunt episcopus Dunelmensis custos privati sigilli Dominus Edmondus Grey de Ruthine Secretarius regis quibus isti viri dixerunt eorum adventum esse ob tria Primo ad aperiendum quomodo reges Angliae praecipue Henricus secundus fuerunt tam magni benefactores ad eorum ecclesiam ut potius pro nunc dicatur earum patronus praecipuus fundator Secundo venerunt ad petendum possessionem confirmationem bonorum illorum quae dicti progenitores eis contulerant per tempus non paucum jamdudum a manibus eorum detenta distracta erant Tertio ad impetrandum liberam licentiam ad ingrediendum singula loca religiosa ob eorum caenobio dependentia quae per nobiles progenitores reges posita fuerunt sub eorum regimime Sed nihil hic eis gratum fuit actum itu at tristes discederunt Out of which words of Whethamsted may other things bee gathered besides the doings of the Lord Grey as that the Kings of England and specially Henry the second have been great benefactors and founders of the Charterhouse Monkes with many moe matters contained in the same which I referre to the wise learned reader which made me the willinger to set down his words so largely Moreover the same Whethamsted continuing the Historie of Henry the sixt writeth of the battle of Northampton wherein was this Lord Gray in this sort In praelio Northamptonensi Edmundus Grey dominus Ruthine corpore licet praesens even as the Lord Stanly was in the battell fought betwixt Richard the third and Henry Earle of Richmond after King by the name of Henry the seventh in campi domini regis Henrici Sexti steterat cor tamen ejus non erat rectum in eo neque omnino fidelis habitus aut inventus fuit Nam venientibus turmis dictis ad fossam circumvallationis ipsam non multum prompte propter elevationem ver ticis in parte ulteriore ascendere valentibus occurrit ipsis dominus cum suis copijs obvians porrigendoque ipsis dextran traxit eos per manus in campum Martium juxta votum suum Thus much Whethamsted of Edmond Grey Lord Ruthine who was made Earle of Kent in the fifth yeare of Edward the fourth in An. Dom. 1464. This Edmond Grey being Lord Hastings Weisford and Ruthine before he had the honour of this Earledome did by his Deed of Indenture dated the eighteenth of November in the 25. yeare of Henry the sixt in An. Do. 1446. give to Iohn Pinchbecke Prior of Duffefield in Northamptonshire in Almes during the life of the said Prior his Feild called Challocke to keepe the obits of Sir Iohn Grey father to the said Sir Edmond and of Dame Constance the widow of the Earle Marshall and daughter of Iohn Holland Duke of Excester and Earle of Huntington mother to the said Sir Edmund with masse c. as such other Collects as the said Edmond should deliver unto the said Prior. Sir Walter Blunt Knight who was the first Lord Montjoy possessed the place of Lord Treasurership of England in the fifth yeare of Edward the fourth which fell in Anno Dom. 1465. Of this man is mention made in the Booke of the Law called Long Quinto of Edward the fourth Hee married the daughter of Sir Iohn Biron and had yssue William Iohn and Iames. Sir Richard Woodvile Knight Chamberlaine to the King and Constable of England was made Barron on the ninth of May in the second yeare of Henry the sixt in An. Dom. 1424. and was after created Earle of Rivers in the fift yeare of Edward the fourth in An. Dom. 1465. who thus advanced was after Lord Treasurer in the 6. 7. and 8. of Edward the fourth In which 8. yeare of Edward the fourth Thomas Cooke late Major of London was accused of Treason and arraigned for the same who after he had beene many times purged theref was yet at last found guilty and by this Lord Rivers then Lord Treasurer so handled as that hee could not be delivered untill hee had paid 8000. pound to the king and 800. pound to the Queene This Lord Treasurer married Iaquet the widow of Iohn Duke of Bedford daughter to Peter of Lucenburgh Earle of Saint Paule by whom hee had yssue Richard Earle Rivers Anthony Lord Scales in the right of his wife Edward Woodvile Knight slaine at the battell of Saint Albine in Britaine in â—he third yeare of Henry the seventh Lionell Bishop of Salisbury Margaret married to Thomas Earle of Arundale Margaret married to William Herbert Earle of Huntington Anna first married to William Bourchier Earle of Essex and after to George Gray Earle of Kent Iaquet married to Iohn Lord Strange Elizabeth married to Sir Iohn Greie younger son to the Lord Greie of Ruthine and after the death of the said Sir Iohn Greie to King Edward the fourth and Katherine married to Henry Duke of Buckingham Besides all which I have read of one Iohn which was sonne to this Earle Rivers which Iohn married the old Dutchesse of Norfolke and was beheaded with his father the truth wherof I leave to further triall This Richard Earle Rivers Lord Treasurer in the ninth yeare of Edward the fourth in An. Dom. 1469. was by Robert Hiltard who named himselfe Robert of Kidesdale taken in the forrest of Deane as some have others say at Grafton and from thence brought to Northhampton and there was beheaded Iohn Longstrother Prior of Saint Iohns Ierusalem in England possessed the place of Lord Treasurer of the Realme in the ninth yeare of Edward the fourth in Anno Dom. 1469. for in the same yeare hee gave place to the Bishop
a white Lyon the beast which he beare before as the proper Ensigne of that house standing over a Red Lion the peculiar note of the Kingdome of Scotland and tearing the same Red Lyon with his pawes This Tho. Duke of Norfolke married two wives his first wife was Elizabeth the daughter of Fredericke Tilney Knight by whom he had issue Thomas Earle of Surrey after Duke of Norfolk Edward slaine at Brest Admiral of England and Edmond Howard with Elizabeth married to Thomas Bulline Earle of Wiltshire and Muriell married to Iohn Grey Lord Lisle His second wife was Agnes daughter of Philip Tilney Knight by whom he had yssue William Lord Howard of Effingham with many others This Thomas Duke of Norfolke died in the 16. yeare of King Henry the 8. in An. Dom. 1544. and was buried at Thetford in Norfolke Thomas Howard sonne to the said Thomas Duke of Norfolke being Earle of Surrey possessed the place of the Lord Treasurer in the 15. yeare of Henry the 8. in An. Dom. 1523. the which office he continued in the 38. yeare of the said King in An. Dom. 1546. in the which yeare on the 28. of Ianuary the said King Henry died so that this Duke and his father were Lord Treasurers of England almost 48. yeares But about some few daies more then a Moneth before the death of the said King that is to say on the 12. day of December this Duke with his sonne Henry Earle of Surrey were committed to the Tower the one by water the other by land Shortly after which the said Henry was beheaded at Tower-hill the 19. day of Ianuary about 9. dayes before the death of the King And the Duke remained as condemned to perpetuall prison till the beginning of the Raigne of Queene Mary who then set him at liberty He married for his first wife Anne the daughter of King Edward the fourth but had Thomas that died young after he married Elizabeth daughter to Edward Duke of Buckingham by whom hee had yssue Henry Earle of Surrey beheaded as before Thomas Viscount Bindon and Mary married to Henry Fitzroy Duke of Richmond Hee died about the beginning of the Raigne of Queene Mary Edward Seymer Earle of Hartford was after the death of King Henry the 8. made Lord Treasurer of England in the first yeare of King Edward the sixt in An. Dom. 1546. in which yeare hee was also made protector of England and Duke of Somerset of whom thus writeth Matthew Parker calling him Regni Camerarium in the life of Thomas Cranmer Archbishop of Canterbury in these words pag. 397. In testamento meaning King Henry the 8. Edwardo Principi minori novem annis nato haeredi suo Sexdecem tutores ex Episcopis solos Thomam Cranmerum Cantuariensem archiepiscopum Cuthbertum Tonstallum Dunelmensem Episcopum dedit And a little after pag. 398. followeth Verum pluribus ut diximus ei minori that was King Edward a patre constitutis curatoribus ne numero suo atque multitudine ad dissentiones faciles essent proclives unus electus est qui ex consilijs reliquorum impuberis regis tutelam solus administraret Is futit Edwardus Seimerus Comes Herefordiensis totius regni Camerarius regisque Auunculus Qui suscepta tutela regis totius regni atque dominiorum suorum proctteor Somerseti Dux nuncupatus atque creatus est This Duke of Somerset being Treasurer of England continued in the same office untill his death which was more then 4. yeares and was beheaded in the fift yeare of Edward the sixt in An. Dom. 1551. Sir William Paulet Knight Marquesse of Winchester was made Lord Treasurer upon the death of the Duke of Somerset in the fift yeare of Edward the sixt in An. Dom. 1551. Which office hee kept by the space of Twenty yeares and more a longer time then ever any other Treasurer had done before except the two last Dukes of Norfolke This man being a man of extreame age as attaining to the yeares Ninetie Seven died Lord Treasurer of England the tenth of March in An. Dom. 1571. being the 14. yeare of the Raigne of the famous Queene Elizabeth at his Mannor of Basing Hee in his life time did see the Children of his Childrens Children growne to the number of One Hundred and Three a rare blessing of God to men of his calling He maried Elizabeth the daughter of Sir William Capell Knight by whom he had issue Iohn Marquesse of Winchester Thomas Chidiocke and Giles Alice married to Richard Stowell Margaret married to Sir William Berkeley Margery married to Richard Waller and Eleanor married to Sir Richard Perckshall Sir William Cecill Knight principall Secretary of State created Lord Burghley upon the death of the Marquesse of Winchester was made Lord Treasurer of England the 13. Iuly 1572. being in the 14. yeare of the reigne of Queene Elizabeth and continued in that office during his life being also elected unto that most noble Order of the Garter Chancellor of the Vniversity of Cambridge and a Commissioner for the Office of Earle Marshall of of England Thomas Sackvill Barron Buckhurst heire Male of that ancient Familie that have flourished in a continued series from the Conquest and comming over out of Normandie deserved Nobly in that action was made Lord Treasurer the 15. of May in the 41. yeare of Queene Elizabeth and continued in that office during his life Hee was after by King Iames Created Earle of Dorcet the 13. of March 1603. being Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter and Chancellor of the Vniversity of Oxford Sir Robert Cecill second son to William Lord Burghley being Principal Secretary of State to Queene Elizabeth and after to King Iames was by the said king created Baron Cecill of Essendon the 13. of May 1603. vicount Cranborne the 20. of August 1604. and Earle of Salisbury the 4. of May in the sixt yeare of King Iames and upon the death of the Earle of Dorcet hee was made Lord Treasurer of England and continued in the place till his death Thomas Lord Howard of Walden second sonne to Thomos Howard Duke of Norfolke created Earle of Suffolke by King Iames being then Lord Chamberlaine and Knight of the Garter was made Lord Treasurer of England the 12. of Iuly in the 12. yeare of the raigne of King Iames. Sir Henry Montague Knight Lord chiefe Iustice of the Kings Bench was made Lord Treasurer of England the 14. of December in the 18. yeare of King Iames and the 19. day of the same moneth and yeare he was Created Baron of Kimolten Castle in Huntington-shire and Vicount Mandevile and immediately after the Coronation of King Charles he was created Earle of Manchester Lyonell Lord Cranfield of Cranfield in the County of Bedford so created by Letters Patents bearing date the 9. of Iuly 1621. was made Lord Treasurer the 19. of October following and created Earle of Middlesex the 19. of October 1622. Sir Iames Ley Knight and Baronet Lord Cheife Iustice of the Kings Bench was made Lord Treasurer of England the 22. of December in the 22. yeare of the raigne of King Iames and upon the 31. day of the same Moneth he was created Baron Ley of Ley in Devonshire and immediately after the Coronation of King Charles he was created Earle of Marleburgh in Wiltsshire Richard Lord Weston Chancellor of the Exchequer upon the remove of the Earle of Marleburgh was made Lord Treasurer of England upon the 15. day of Iuly in the 4. yeare of King Charles and was after that created Earle of Portland in Dorcetshire by Letters Patents bearing date the 17. day of February in the eighth yeare of the raigne of King Charles Vpon the death of the said Earle of Portland his Majestie appointed Commissioners for the said office viz. William Lord Archbishop of Canterbury his Grace Henry Earle of Manchester Lord Privie Seale Francis Lord Cottington Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir Iohn Cooke and Sir Francis Windebank Knights Principall Secretaries of State The right reverend Father in God William Iuxon first Lord Bishop of Hereford then translated to London and made deane of the Kings Chappel and called to be of the Privy Councell and was made Lord Treasurer of England the Ninth day of March 1635. FINIS
of Canterbury and consecrated at Lyons by Peter of Spaine Bishop of Alba the third Calends â—f February in anno dom 1305 Hee was made Lord Chancellor of England after the death of the said William Hamilton in the said 35 yeare of King Edward the first and received the great Seale in the Rogation weeke following being some foure or five weekes after he was advanced to that Office at the Exchequer shortly after which dyed King Edward the first for which cause the saide Baldocke sent the great Seale to King Edward the second then at Carliel by reason of his fathers death This Baldocke dyed on S. James Eeve in anno dom 1313 being anno 7 Edward 2. Iohn Langton Bishop of Chichester againe made Lord Chancellor of England in Anno dom 1307. being the first yeare of King Edward of Carnarvà n in which office it seemeth that he continued untill Anno dom 1310 being in Anno 3 Edward 2. William Melton having two others joyned with him had the great Seale delivered unto them for a certaine time to execute all such things as were to be done therewith during the Kings pleasure This man was a Canon of Yorke Provost of Beverly Treasurer of England and Archbishop of Yorke as saith Anonymus M.S. He was consecrated Bishop of Yorke at Rome where he tarried two yeares for the same he was a man never wearied with travell He first of all the Bishops of Yorke after a long controversie betwixt the Deane and Cannons of Yorke visited the chapter by due order he was wise rich severe in correction gentle familiar and humble he finished the West part of the Church of S. Peters in Yorke with 300 pound he was Archbishop of Yorke 22 yeares five or sixe moneths and two dayes he dyed at Cawood on S Georges Eeve in Anno dom 1330 and was buried in the Minster of Yorke neere the Font. Walter Reinolds Bishop of Worcester Treasurer of England and Archbishop of Canterbury was made keeper of the great Seale and Chancellor of England on the sixt of July Anno dom 1310 being anno 3 Edward 2. John de Sandall Clerke Bishop of Winchester and Treasurer was at Yorke made Chancellor of England in Anno dom 1314. being anno 8 Edward 2 in which place he continued two yeares and more some part thereof being after that he was made Bishop of Winchester as I gather and then delivered backe the seale at Westminster in anno dom 1317 being in anno 11 Edward 2 Of this man is more spoken in the Treasurers of England John Hotham Bishop of Elie was created Lord Chancellor of England in anno dom 1317 being in anno 11 Edward 2 In which Office he continued untill anno dom 1319 being anno 13 Edward 2 During whose governement of the See of Elie in anno dom 1341 the steeple fell downe which made such a terrible noise and shaking of the ground that it was supposed to be some earth-quake He dyed of the palsey in anno dom 1336 being anno 10 Edward 3. John Salmon Bishop of Norwich was advanced to be Chancellor in anno dom 1319 being anno 13 Edward 2 against whom the Nobles rebelled for the misdemenour of Piers Gaveston the Gascoigne Earle of Cornwall In this yeare 1319 as saith one Anonymal Chronicler M.S. was William Airemine Keeper of the seale Vice-chancellor taken prisoner by the Scots The words of the which Author for the more certainety thereof we have here set downe Episcopus Eborum episcopus Eliae thesaurarius Abbas beatae Mariae Eborum Abbas de Selbie Decanus Eborum Dominus Willielmus Arymanee Vice-Cancellarius Angliae ac dominus Johannes Dabeham cum 8000 ferme hominum tam equitum quam peditum Civibus properanter civitatem egredientes quoddam flumen Swale nuncupatum sparsis cuneis transeuntes indispositis seu potius confusis ordinibus cum adversarijs congressi sunt Scoti siquidem in Marte gnari amplitudinem eorum exercitus caute regentes in nostris agminibus strictis audacter irruerunt nostrorum denique in brevi laceratis cuneis atque dissipatis corruerunt ex nostris tam in ore gladij quam aquarum scopulis suffocati plusquam 4000. capti sunt domini Johannes de Pabeham dominus Willielmus de Arymenee ut praefertur de Cancellaria c. Which William Ayrmenee was also in the said 15 of Edward 2. one of the Keepers of the great Seale as I have seene registred Robert Baldocke Archdeacon of Middleton a man evilly beloved and whom the old English Chronicle remembers with ill attributes was made Chancellor of England in anno 17 Edward 2 at the Castle of Pickering in Yorkeshire he was after made Bishop of Norwich and did his fealty for restitution of his Temporalties in anno 19 of the said King Edward the second at Woodstocke in Oxfordshire he was apprehended in anno 20 Edward 2 being in anno dom 1326 or as others have in the yeare 1325 And first committed to the custody of Adam Tarleton or de Orleton bishop of Hereford and after was put in the prison of the Newgate of London in which 20 yeare of King Edward the second the great seale was againe delivered to William Arymenee who as I suppose was then also made Bishop of Norwich and this Baldocke deposed from that see Of which Baldocke thus writeth a Polythronicon of Durham Robertus de Baldocke Cancellarius anno 1325 captus cum Hugonibus de Despensers quia clericus fuit sacerdos in nova porta Londiniarum poni fecit Edwardus Princeps Isabella mater ejus ubi pro nimia miseria mortuus fuit infra breve John Hotham bishop of Elie the second time was at Westminster made Chancellor of England in anno dom 1326 being the first yeare of the Raigne of that King that intituled himselfe King of England and France but he continued not long in the same Office for he was removed in the second yeare of the said King being in anno dom 1328 He was elected Bishop in anno dom 1316 in which place he ruled twenty yeares and died in anno dom 1336 of the palsey at Summersham being buried in the Church of Elie under a goodly monument of stone with the Image of a bishop carved out of Alabast r upon his Tombe Henry Cliffe Master of the Rolles had the charge and Keeping of the great Seale of England in the said yeare of Christ 1328 being the second yeare of King Edward the third and was the Kings Chancellor also Henry de Burgh Burghwash or Burghurst Nephew to Sr. Bartholmew Bladismere baron of Leedes in Kent having beene Treasurer of England enjoyed the honour of the Chancellor in the second yeare of King Edward the third being in anno dom 1328. and was made Chancellor at Northampton which Office he did not long enjoy John Stratford Bishop of Winchester and after of Canterbury and sometime Treasurer of England was made Chancellor of the Realm in anno dom 1330 being in
Templarius whom some will have Treasurer but this man is more spoken of amongst the Chancellors William Haverhull a Cannon of Pauls Church in London was made Treasurer to King Henry the third in An. Dom. 1240. being the 24. yeare of the raigne of the said King Henry in which place he continued in the 28. yeare of the raigne of King Henry the third being in An. Do. 1244 he dyed at London in An. 1252. being the 36. yeare of the raigne of King Henry the third as saith the addition to Matthew Paris fol. 1128. After which the said Author fol. 1226. laied his death in the yeare 1256. being the 39. yeare of King Henry the third such error is crept into Histories by the negligence of the transcriber but I suppose the first note of his death to bee the truer because the same is confirmed by Matthew West speaking in the said yeare 1252. of the death of this man for whose Epitaph these following verses were made Hic jacet Haverhulle jaces protothesaurarie Regis Hinc Haverhulle gemis non Paritura talem Fercula culta dabas empyrea vina pluebas A modo sit Christus cibus esca tibi I have also read a note of one William Haverhull which might be this man which saith that William Haverhull the sonne of Brithmarus de Haverhull gave houses in Cheapeside to the Abby of Westminster and that one Thomas de Haverhull was the sonne and heire of William Haverhull Richard de Barking Abbat of Westminster as witnesseth the lives of the Abbats was one speciall Counceller to Henry the third Chiefe Baron of the Exchequer and Treasurer of England who I suppose did follow William Haverhull for his death which happened on the 23. day of November in the 30. yeare of King Henry the third in An. Dom. 1246. after that he had beene Abbat 24. yeares must needes prove him to be Treasurer before Phillip Lovell yea and peradventure which is most likely before Hugh Pateshall yet Matthew Paris speaking of the death of Haverhulla wil needs have Phillip Lovel to succeed William Haverhul as after shall appeare This Richard de Barking was buried in Westminster Church before the middle of the Altar in our Ladies Chappell in a tombe of Marble which after in the time of William Colechester Abbat of that place was pulled downe by Fryer Combe a sacrist of that house of Westminster who laid a faire plaine Marble stone over him with this present Epitaph thus inscribed Richardus Barking prior postinclitus Abbas Henrici Regis prudens fuit ille minister Hujus erat prima laus insula rebus opima Altera laus eque Thorp census Ocham decimaeque Tertia Mortone castrum simili ratione Et regis quarta de multis commoda charta Clementis festo mundo migravit ab isto M. Domini C. bis xl sextoque sub anno Cui detur venia parte pia vergo Maria. Philip Luvell or Lovell was in this order advanced to the office of Treasurer as appeareth by the words of Matthew Paris upon the death of William Haverhull Et cum crederetur quod Dominus Rex Iohannem Franciscum officio Wilhelmi which was Haverhull subrogaret fabricatis rumoribus quod idem Iohannes in partibus remotis Angliae Borealibus ut contra quosdam religiosos plantaverat obiisset constituit Dominus Rex Philippum Lovell clericum virum prudentem foecundum generosum in loco memorati Wilielmi suum thesaurarium quod factum est apud sanctum Albanum procurante ut dicitur Iohanne Mansell amico Philippi speciali This man was Treasurer in the 35. and so untill the 42. yeare of Henry the third and was in the same yeare deposed by the Barons Hee dyed at Hamesley in An. Dom. 1259. whose executors were Philip Lovell and Robert de Mercenton But his goods after his death the King commanded to be confiscate Matthew Paris and Matthew Westminster mention who were the Queenes Treasurers about that time thus obijt Walterus de Brudellejusdem Reginae thesaurarius which hee placeth in An. Dom. 1255. being the 39. yeare of King Henry the third Of the second person Chacepore thus writeth Matthew West in An. Dom. 1254. Veniens autem Rex ad mare nec ventum habens prosperum apud Boloniam moratus est invitus vbi obijt Petrus Chaceporc natione Pictavensis Reginae thesaurarius Regis clericus consiliarius specialis These two Treasurers of the Queenes are supposed by some but not rightly to have beene the Kings Treasurers Iohn Crackhall Archdeacon of Bedford was Treasurer in 42 43 44. yeares of Henry the third to whom the King in the 44. of his raigne being in An. Dom. 1260. gave a Prebendary wherein being invested he was from thence removed by a former collatiō therof made to one Iohn Le Gras. The same Crackhall after died the same yeare at London Iohn Abbot of Peterborough was by the Barons in the 44. yeare of Henry the third made Treasurer as the other Officers of the King also were Nicholas of Ely was then made Chanceller and Hugh de Spencer chiefe Iustice which Office of Treasurership this Iohn continued in the 46. yeare of Henry the third 1262. Nicholas de Elic so called because he was Archdeacon of Elie was Treasurer to the King in the 47. of Henry the third being the yeare of our Lord 1263. whereof I have seene this note of Record Memorandum quod in Crastino Paschae Anno 47. Hen. Regis 3. in praesentia Rogeri le Bigot Comite Norfolke Mareschalli Angliae Hugo le Bigot Arnoldi de Berkeley Baronis de scaccario magistri Iohannis de Chisull Cancellar regis c. recepit Magister Nicholaus archidiaconus Eliensis Thesaurarius subscripta in Thesauraria domini regis c. This man as before appeareth had beene Chanceller of whom is mention made in the catalogue of the Chancellers Thomas Wimundham This man being chiefe Chanter of Lichfield was by the Barons in An. Dom. 1258. in the 41. yeare of King Henry the third made Treasurer at the Exchequer at the Seale or place where the Writts be sealed with greene waxe after which hee was Treasurer to the King in the 50 51 and 52. yeares of King Henry the third Iohn Chisull sometime Chanceller was Treasurer in the 54. yeare of Henry the third being about An. Dom. 1269. He was Deane of Pauls chosen Bishop of London in An. Dom. 1273. and consecrate to that place in the yeare of Christ 1274. in which place he continued about five yeares and died in An. Dom. 1279. being in the seventh yeare of the raigne of the victorious Prince King Edward the first of that name See more of this Chisull in the Chancellors Phillip de Elie was treasurer as appeareth by the Records of the Exchequer in the 56. yeare of King Henry the third and in the first yeare of King Edward the first partly falling in the yeare 1272. and 1273. Ioseph de Chancy whom
Dom. 1407. writing in this sort Eodem anno Guido de Mone Menevensis episcopus praesentis lucis sensit eclipsim qui dum vixit magnorum malorum causa fuit William Scroope Knight Vicechamberleine to Rchard the second was Lord Treasurer hee bought of William Montacute Earle of Salisbury the I le of Man with the Crowne thereof Hee was one of those to whom King Richard the second let the Kingdome to farme he was Lord Treasurer of England in the 22. yeare of Richard the second and was after created Earle of Wiltshire in the said 21. yeare of Richard the second in An. Dom 1397. Hee was after beheaded at Bristow in the twenty three yeare of Richard the second Of which William Scroope and others thus writeth that worthy Poet Iohn Gower in his historie of Richard the second commonly taken as part of his booke intituled Vox Clamantis Dux probus audaci vultu cum plebe sequaci Regnum scrutatur si proditor inveniator Sic tres exosos magis omnibus ambitiosos Regni tortores invenerat ipse priores Ense repercussi pereunt Gren Scrop quoque Bussi Hi qui regales fuerant cum rege sodales Scrop comes miles cujus Bristolia viles Actus declarat quo mors sua fata pararat Gren quoque sorte pari statuit dux decapitari Bussi convictus similes quoque sustinet ictus Vnanimes mente pariter mors una repente Hos tres prostravit gladius quos fine voravit Sicut egerunt alijs sic hi ceciderunt Quo dux laudatur regnumque per omne jocatur Sir Iohn Northbury made Lord Treasurer in the first yeare of Henry the fourth being in An. Dom. 1399. and continued in the same in the third yeare of Henry the fourth in which yeare he was keeper of the Privie gardrobe in the Tower also Henry Bowet made Bishop of Bath about An. Do. 1401. being in the second yeare of Henry the fourth in which bishoprick he continued 8. yeares and was after at the Kings instance in An. Dom. 1407. about the eight of Henry the fourth removed to Yorke This man was Lord Treasurer of England in the fourth yeare of Henry the fourth in An. Do. 1403. in which place hee continued not above a yeare William Lord Rosse the sonne of Thomas Lord Rosse did possesse the honorable place of Lord Treasurer of England in the fifth yeare of Henry the fourth about An. Dom. 1404. and shortly after gave place to the Lord Furnivall Hee married Margaret daughter of Fitzallen Lord Matravers hee had issue Thomas Lord Rosse slaine in France in An. Dom. 1421. about the ninth yeare of Henry the sixt and many other Children Thomas Lord Furnivall kept the place and office of Lord Treasurer of England in the 6 7. and some part of the 8. yeare of Henry the fourth as in Michaelmas tearme of the said 8. yeare falling in An. Dom. 1406. after which this Lord Furnivall who had the custodie of the Castle and honor of Wigmore being in the Kings hands by reason of the wardship and minority of Edmond Mortimer Earle of March was as it seemeth removed from the Treasurership in whose roome succeeded the Bishop of London To these Lord Furnivalls did Furnivalls Inne in Holborne sometime appertaine as their mansion house being now an Inne of Chancery for young Students of the Law and Atturneis and belonging to Lincolnes Inne in Chancery-lane Nicholas Bubwith made Bishop of London in An. Dom. 1406. being in the eight yeare of Henry the fourth must bee that Bishop of London as farre as I can yet conceive who was Lord Treasurer of England in Michaelmas tearme in the 8. yeare the office of the Treasurer remained in the Kings hands and the Accompts of the said terme goe under the same title of being in the Kings hands Sir Richard Scroope Lord of Bolton wherof is so much spoken before was as I suppose the second time made Treasurer of England in the ninth yeare of Henry the fourth whereunto I am induced by this reason That first the King would not keepe that office so long in his hands as almost amounted to Two yeares but that he would bestow the same upon some other Secondly for that I reade that this Richard Scroope father to William Scroope Earle of Wiltshire beheaded by this Henry the fourth before he came to the Crowne at Bristow in the last yeare of Richard the second and in the first of this Kings raigne was after the death of the said William made Treasurer of England and so died in honour Thirdly for that I cannot see how he might be Treasurer in any yeare since the death of the said William untill the ninth yeare of Henry the fourth And lastly for that I cannot in any record or other author find any other man mentioned to supply that place in this yeare for which causes I have attempted to bestow him here and that rightly for any thing that I can yet learne Sir Iohn Tiptoft or Tiptote Knight did possesse the place and office of Lord Treasurer of England in Michaelmas tearme in the tenth yeare of Henry the fourth being in An. Do. 1408. Henry Lord Scroope of Masham and of Flaxfleet was made Lord Treasurer of England in 11. yeare of Henry the fourth being in An. Dom. 1410. as hath Walsingham in which office he continued untill the death of Henry the fourth which happened in the fourteenth yeare of the said King and in Anno Domino 1412. after the account of England but 1413. after the account of such as doe begin the yeare in Ianuary Hee rebelled against King Henry the fift and was beheaded at South-hampton in the third yeare of Henry the fifth being in An. Dom. 1415. the last of Iuly Of which Henry so conspiring against Henry the fifth I finde these verses in a written booke of parchment intituled Extractum breve de cronica Thomae Helmham Prioris Lenton de tempore regis Henrici Quinti In which verses by the capitall letters are set downe the names of the principall conspirators and the yeare of our Lord wherein the same was done being 1413. The greater Roman capitall letters in the third verse serving for the yerae of Christ and for the name Zore derived of this word Cor in the 4. verse and the English capitall letters only serving for the names of the persons in this sort couched together for common capacity Mox rex navigium parat ut mare transeat armis Scrop furit Henricus proditione fremens SCrVtans Conspirat RIMatVr OlenCla Plebi Rumpe Iugo COR Avens Res Dabit Vltra Sonum EIA Ruit Gens Avita Malis Opus Hoste Triumphat Vota voluntatis sic sacre Christe tuae Versibus his quinque praetactis Traditionem Lector scire potes hinc repetendo stude Hi tres Richardus Zorc Henry Scrupque Thomas Gray In regem surgunt proditione pares Munere Francorum corrupti terga dedere Iusto munus habet vindice quisque suum Thomas Fitzallen