in Tiltings and other Pastimes Which as it was then said the King did not duly recompence But hereupon he waxed proud beyond measure insomuch as his own Son Geffrey called him the King of Folly He also kept the Round Table of Knights in Wales for a pride in imitation of King Arthur Other particulars of his haughtiness and insolence were these viz. that with Queen Isabel he caused a Parliament to be held at Northampton where an unworthy Agreement was made with the Scots and 〈◊〉 Roll of Homage of Scotland was traiterously delivered as also the Black Cross which King Edward the first brought into England out of the Abby of Sâ—one and then accounted a precious Relique That with the Queen he caused the young King to ride twenty four miles in one night towards Bedford to destroy the Earl of Lancaster and his adherents saying that they imagined the Kings death That he followed Queen Isabel to Nottingham and lodged in one house with her â— That he commanded the Treasure of the Realm and assumed the authority which by common consent in Parliament was conferred on Henry Earl of Lancaster at the Kings Coronation And that he was one of those who practised against the Kings Councel for saying that Edward of Caernarvon was murthered by his means At which his demeanor finding that Edward Earl of Kent the Kings Uncle was much offended he informed the King that his Uncle had a designe to poyson him to the end he might be King himself as next heir to the Crown Iohn of Eltham Earl of Cornwall being newly dead and likewise that he had designed the escape of King Edward the second out of Prison for which soon after he lost his life The truth is this Mortimer bore such sway that he got what he had a mind to it is evident by these followinging grants which he obtained for himself from the young King viz. the Castle and Mannor of Hanley with the Chaces of Malverne and Cors in the Counties of Worcester and Gloucester Likewise the town of Wiche in Com. Wigorn. Also the Castle of Clifford and Mannor of Glasebury part of the Possessions of Hugh le Despenser the younger then attainted And to himself and Ioane his Wife in Fee divers ample Liberties and Jurisdictions to be excercised at his Castle of Trim in Ireland besides the inheritance of all the Territory of Danahmaine in Ireland with very large priviledges thereto Moreover to Geffrey his Son he procured a Grant of the Castle of Donnyngton in Com. Leicest as also the Mannors of Lechelade and Sodington in Comit. Gloucest the mannor of Wokking in Com. Surr. Byeby and Castre in Com. Linc. Ashburne in the Peke in Com. Derb. Ryhale in Com. Roteland and Kyneley in Com. Wilts late Edmund Earl of Kent 's attainted As also the Wapentake of Rysley in Com. Derb. the Wapentakes of Plumtre and Alreton in Com. Norff. the Mannor of Reseby in Com. Leic. and Mannor of Alreton with certain Lands in Drayton in Com. North. likewise parcel of the Lands of the said Edmund the remainder for want of issue of him the said Geffrey to him the said Roger and his heirs But not long after this growing odious to the people by these his Insolencies and evil actings the King was made sensible of the impending mischeif and therefore by the advice of his councel at Nottingham in the Quind of St. Michael taking into consideration his own dishonor and damage as also the impoverishment of his people and revealing his mind privately to Sir William de Montacute gave him immediate command to take the assistance of some trusty persons which he accordingly did viz. Sir Humphrey de Bohun and Sir William his Brother Sir Ralph de Stafford Sir William de Clinton Sir Iohn de Nevile of Hornby Sir William Eland and some others and upon Friday the morrow after the Feast of S. Luke in the dead time of the night getting into the Castle by a way under Ground which through the Rock passeth with Stairs up to the Keepe and still by reason of this his surprize called Mortimers hole entred a room next to the Queens Lodging where finding him with Henry Bishop of Lincoln and some others who made resistance he slew two of them viz. Sir Hugh de Turpliton Knight then Steward of the Kings House and Iohn de Munmouth for which he afterwards had pardon m and took him thence cheifly by Sir William Elands help And having him thus in his Custody on the morrow after seized upon the rest of his adherents and followers who lay in the Town amongst which were two of his Sons viz. Sir Geffrey and Sir Edmund both Knights who were all sent to London with guards there to be secured till the Parliament which was to begin upon the twenty seventh of November next ensuing Whereupon precepts bearing date 23 Octob. were directed to several persons for the seizing of his Castles Mannors and Lands in Wales he being then under Arrest for several mesdemeanors tending to the dammage of the K. and Kingdom as the words therein did import And within three dayes following Commission was granted to Iohn de Kingston and others to take an inventory of all his Treasure and Jewells in Wales and the Marches but not to carry away any thing out of the Wardrobe of Ioane his Wife then at Ludlow or that belonged to any of her Children or Servants Upon the meeting of which Parliament divers Articles were exhibited against him the Chief whereof were in effect as followeth viz. 1. That he was consenting to the murther of King Edward the second in Berkley Castle 2. That he was an impediment to the Kings Honor at Stanhope Park in restraining the English to fall upon the Scots 3. That he had received twenty thousand pounds of the Scots to give them leave to escape and that he caused a dishonorable peace to be afterwards made with them as also that unworthy contract of Marriage betwixt the Kings Sister and David the Son of Robert de Brus. 4. That he had basely consumed the Kings treasure and that of Hugh Despencer after the Queens returne so that the King was in a wanting condition 5. That he had got the richest Wardships of England into his hand And 6. That he was an evil Councellor to the King and the Queen-mother and too familiar with her Whereupon the King commanding the Earls and Barons that just judgement should be done therein they found him guilty of all especially that touching the murther of King Edward the second and gave sentence that he should be drawn and hanged Which being accordingly executed at the common Gallows called the Elmes near Smithfield upon the Eve of S. Andrew his Body was permitted to hang
also attainted the remainder to Hugh Despenser his Son and his Heirs And besides all this the Mannor and Castle of Donington in Com. Leic. which formerly appertained to the Earldom of Lincolne Moreover in farther favor of him he called a Parliament at York and therein reversing the former judgement for his Exile restored unto him all his own Lands Adding the gift of the Mannor of Kenynton in Com. Surr. for life late Roger Damorye's attainted the remainder to his Son Hugh and his Heirs And not long after this viz. in 17 Edw. 2. he procured a Charter for two Fairs at his Mannor of Uphavene in Com. Wiltes the one on the Wednesday next after the Feast of the Holy Trinity and the Morrow after and the other on the Eve and day of St. Luke the Evangelist As also a grant in Fee of the Mannor of Faukes-Hall in Com. Surr. late the said Roger Damorye's And the same year was constituted Warden of the Kings Forests on the South of Trent Moreover in 18 Edw. 2. he obtained to himself and his said Son Hugh in Fee a grant from the King of the Mannor of Swannescomp in Kent Likewise of certain Lands in Berewyke Basset and Wynterborn-Basset late Gilbert Berewyk's attainted As also a Fair yearly at his Mannor of Chepingâ— Merlaw in Com. Buck. and another at Hameâ—don in the same County And was summoned to Parliament from 23 Edw. 1. untill 15 Ed. 2. inclusive This being the substance of what I can say concerning Hugh the elder till I come to his death I shall now descend to Hugh the younger his Son whose power and interest with that unhappy King with whom he had been bred up from his youth was no less if not much more then his Fathers and which at length terminated in the miserable ruine of them all This Hugh in 34 Edw. 1. received the order of Knighthood with all those solemn Ceremonies of Bathing and otherwise then used Edward Prince of Wales eldest Son to the King being then also Knighted In 7 Edw 2. he married Alianore the eldest of the three Daughters and Heirs of Gilbert de Clare Earl of Glocester and doing his Homage in 10 Edw. 2. had Livery of her purparty of the Lordships and Lands of that Earl After which the same year he went to the Warrs in Scotland and in 12 Edw. 2. was constituted Governor of the Castles of Drosselan and Dynevor in Wales obtaining then also a confirmation of all those Royalties within the Territories and Lordships of Glamorgan and Marganoc as Gilbert de Clare late Earl of Gloucester and Hertford formerly enjoyed In 13 Edw. 2. he had a Grant from Hugh de Audele the younger and Margaret his Wife of the Castle and Mannor of Newport as also of the Mannors of Stowe Rempine and divers other Lands in Wales to himself and Alianore his Wife and to the Heirs of the said Alianore and the same year was made Governor of the Castle of â—â—â—ham In this year also he was in that Expedition then made into Scotland and joyned in Commission with Bartholomew de Badlesmere to go into Gascoigne to place and displace all such of the Kings Officers there as they should deem insufficient and to substitute others in their places Being then Lord Chamberlain to the King he rendered up the Castle of Hanley in Com. Wigorn. as also that of Kaerfili in Com. Glamorgâ—n whereof he had been for some time Governor In 14 Ed. 2. he entered into a solemn League with Iohn de Bermingham Earl of Loverne in Ireland to stick to each other in all things against all men whatsoever except the King and to live and dye together And the same year was constituted Governor of the Castles of Brâ—stol and Porchester But about this time through the power of those great men who did then put themselves in Armes being Banished with his Father as I have already shewed upon the change of that Sâ—â—ne the next ensuing year he obtained a formal Revocation of that Sentence under the Kings great Seal bearing date 18 Decemb. 15 Ed. 2. as also a special Protection from any disturbance whatsoever by reason thereof and the same year procured a grant to himself and his Heirs of the Mannors of Severne-Stoke in Com. Wigoâ—â— late Roger Clifford's attainted Likewise of the Mannor of Oriâ—don in Com. Oxoâ— late William Tuchet's attainted Also of the Isle of Lundy late Iohn Wylliantons attainted Moreover of the Mannor of Barwe in Com. Suff. Lecâ—heâ—c with certain Lands in Stebbing in Com Essex late Bartholomew Badlesmere's attainted and also of the Mannor of Brustlesham in Com. Berks. late Thomas Earl of Lancaster's attainted In 16 Edw. 2. he was constituted Governor of the Castles of Glocester and the Berton there as also of S. Briavels Castle in that County and Warden of the Forest of Deanâ— In this year he passed his Mannors of Swansey Ostremuthe Penâ—ard Logherne in Dower and Liman with their Appurtenances unto Elizabeth the Wife of Iohn de Burgh in exchange for the Castles and Mannors of Uske â—regruke Kaerleon and Lyswyry In that year also he was constituted Governor of the Castles of Bregheven Cantreteclif Talgarth Blenleveny and Penkethely and obtained a Charter for a Fair yearly at his Mannor of Boreford in Com. Oxon. for the space of seven days preceding the Nativity of S. Iohn Baptist the day and eight days following He then likewise obtained a Grant in Fee of the Mannor of Glatton in Com. Hunt As also of the homage and service of Robert de Bayeux for Lands in Conyton and Peurten-hale sometime belonging to Edmund Earl of Cornwal Also a weekly Market every Wednesday at Gretham in Com. Linc. and a Fair yearly on the Eve Day and morrow after the Translation of S. Thomas the Martyr and two days following The same year also he farther procured to himself these several ensuing Grants viz. of the Mannor of Hameldon in Com. Buck. late Bartholomew Badlesmeres attainted of the Mannors of Malâ—â—y Staneley and Winterslow and five pounds Rent in Winterton late Roger Cliffords attainted the Remainder to Edward his Son and his Heirs of the Mannor of Carleton juxta Basingham in Com. Linc. late Gervase Avenells and Iane his Wife attainted Of all the Lands Towns and Castles in Glamorgan Morganok and Wencelok forfeited and escheated to the Crown of the Mannor of Striflond in Wales late Rese ap Howels attainted Of the Reversion of the Mannors of Saltfletby and Scarthau in Com. Linc. after the death of Alice Widow of Thomas late Earl of Lancaster Of the Caâ—â—le of Kernikeven and Castle Mannor and Land of Iskenny in Wales late Iohn Giffards attainted Of the Mannors of Troubridge Winterbourne Ambresbury Caneford Henkstrugge and
Money Also That a Priest being one of that Covent should daily say a Mass of Requiem at an Altar to be ordained in the said Abby for his Soul and the Souls before rehearsed Moreover That his Executors at the time of his Burial or before so soon as notice might come to them of his Dâ—ath in all haste should procure a thousand Priests to say a thousand Placebo's and Dirges as also a thousand Masses for his Soul â—vâ—ry Priest to have for so doing vi d. And that all that Service be done on one day if reasonably possible Likewise That C l. should be disposed to Poor Folk after his Decease and to the Freres of Notingham Northampton Leicester and Derby Furthermore Whereas George Earl of Shrewsbury whose Wardship and Marriage he had obtained by the King's Lâ—tters Patents had married Anne his Daughter he willed That if the said Earl should die before any Carnal knowledge betwixt him and her had that then Thomas Brother to the same Earl should take her to Wife in case the Law of the Church would allow it And likewise ordained That his Feoffees should make an Estate immediately after his Decease unâ—o Kâ—therine his Wife of the Mannors of Stokâ— D'aubeney Wilberston and Sutton in Com. Northampt. Edmonton in Totenham in Com. Midd. Kiâ—kâ—y Lubbesthorpe Braunston Bagwâ—rth Thornton and the Parks of Bagworth and Kirby in Com. Leic. and of the Mannors of Welborne and Assakby in Com. Linc. for term of her Life so that she release her Dowrie in the Mannors of Bewyke Thurkilby Barow Bolton Percy Fyncheley the Rape of Hastings Everiâ—gham-Fee the Hundred of Framland and all other Lands before assigned to perform his Will This his untimely Death hapned on Fryday 13 Iunii 1 Edw. 5. the Bastard for so the Inquisition calls him he dying then seised of the Castle Lordship and Rape of Hastings in Com. Suss. of the Mannors of Burton-Hastings and Drakenage in Com. Warr. of the Mannor and Lordship of Bewmaner with the Mannors of Barowe Querndon Whitwyke Rotby Stâ—chaston Hewton Dokelscote Donyngton Merkseld and Whitington of the Office of Steward of the Honour of Leicester of the Mannors of Shepeshed Botisford Ashâ—y lâ— Zouche Bagâ—orâ—h Thornton Kirby Lubbesthorpe Fleckne◠〈◊〉 Newton Harcourt Braundston Ashbâ— parva and the Hundred of Framland all in Com. Leic. of the Mannor of Lyghe and Office of Chief Forester in the County of Rutland Of the Mannors of Welford Stoke D'aubency and Sutton in Com. Northampt. Of the Mannors of Hekyn on Folkyngham the Castle and Lordship of Belvoir with the Mannors of Welborne Lavington Saperton Avelthorpe Asâ—ake by Birthorpe Repinghale Kirkby Walcote Graby Hadyngton and the third part of the Mannor of Bicar in Com. Linc. Of the Castle and Mannor of Slingesâ—y with the Mannors of Bewâ—ke Formonby Allerstane and Wodehaue in Com. Ebor. Of the Mannors of Dronefelde in Com. Derb. and of the Mannors of Lameley Bleseby â—â—rrone Giopesmore Arnall and Everyngham Fee in Com. Nott. leaving Issue by Katherine his Wife Daughter of Richard Nevill Earl of Salisbury Widow of William Lord Bonvile Edward his Son and Heir at that time xvii years of age and upwards as also Richard and William two younger Sons and Anne a Daughter married to George Earl of Shrewsbury No sooner was this Lord Hastings thus destroy'd than that the Protâ—ctor to countenance the Fact sent speedily for divers eminent Citizens and at their coming appearâ—d to them accompanied with the Duke of â—uckingham in old Harness and told them That the Lord Hastings with others of his Party having conspired to murther him and that Duke upon that very day as they sate in Council he was advertised thereof before ten of the clock that Morning and therefore became necessitated in that exigent to put on what Harness was next at hand And the better to satisfie the People therein he forthwith sent an Herald at Arms to declare through the City of London the Tenor of that Conspiracy and that the Lord Hastings had a purpose after the accomplishment of that his designed Murther of him and the Duke to take upon him the Government of the young King and the Realm Moreover That he had been an evil Counsellor to the late King Edward the Fourth and that he had also lived Adulterously with Shore's Wife Also That she was one of the Persons in that Plot with him and That he lay with her the very preceding Night Adding That in case his Execution should have been delay'd some Commotion might have hapned for his Rescue But this Proclamation being so plausibly Penn'd fair Engrossed and Publish'd within two hours after his Death made it clearly manifest that the Design for thus cutting him off was privily laid before-hand It is said by some That the real cause of the Protector 's thus dealing with him was That knowing him to be an Enemy to the Queen and all her Kindred as Buckingham also was he easily allur'd him to condescend that Rivers the young King 's Maternal Uncle and Grey his half Brother should first be severed from him then Imprison'd and lastly to avoid future inconvenience wrought his consent to cut off their Heads And having gone thus far urg'd that Argument so far viz. To depress those whom they had injur'd and destroy those whâ—m they had depress'd as nothing but the Death of the young King himself could fashion the Conclusion And though he had satisfied Buckingham That whensoever the King and his Brother should arrive to able years they would take a most severe Revenge of that unpardonable Wrong thus done to their Uncle and Brother yet with this Lord Hastings whose Fidelity to his Masters Sons was without suspicion he took another course which was by Catesby to sound him and in case he found him not plyable then to kill him sitting in Council and if that failed to make use of the Hangman in cutting off his Head Besides all this I am further to observe That in Anno 1477. 17 E. 4. the Dean and Chapter of the Collegiate Church of our Lady at Leicester by their Instrument bearing date 12 Febr. whereunto their Common Seal is affix'd covenanted That whensoever he should fortune to depart this Life they would keep a special Obit for him in their Church upon the day of his Funeral As also every year to celebrate his Anniversary for the health of his Soul and the Soul of the Lady Catherine his Wife And that the Provost of that Collegiate Church should yearly upon that day at the end of Mass pay to the Dean iii s. iv d. and to every Canon then present ii s. To every Vicar of that Quire then also present xii d. To every Clerk vi d. To every Chorister iv d. Likewise to the Virger iv d. And to every poor Man and Woman then being in the Almshouse within that College a Peny our of the Issues and Profits
there two days and and two nights naked and then buryed at the Gray-Friers in London but many years after translated to Wigmore Some particulars there are in this Story of his apprehension which do not directy agree with what is related by our common Chroniclers but this with them is not worthy observation viz. d that this Judgement and Sentence so passed upon him without ever being heard as had formerly been practised in the case of Thomas Earl of Lancaster at Pontfract and after him the Despensers and Edmund Earl of Kent wherein 't is well known he himself had a hand Being thus cut off the Castle Town and Honor of Dynebegh with the Cantreds of Ros Reywynok Kaermor and Commot of Dymnach all forfeited by this his attainder were upon the eighteenth of Ianuary following bestowed on the before specified Sir William de Montacute This great buâ— unhappy Man left issue four Sons viz. Edmund his eldest Son who had not the title of Earl of March his Fathers attainder being not reversed in his time 2. Sir Roger 3. Sir Geffrey Lord of Cowyth and Iohn slain in a Tournament at Shrewsbury And seven Daughters viz. Katherine Wife of Thomas de Beaucamp Earl of Warwick Ioan married to Iames Lord Audley Agnes to Lawrence de Hastings Earl of Pembroke Margaret to Thomas Son and Heir of Maurice Lord Berkley Maude to Iohn the Son and Heir of Iohn de Cherleton Lord of Powys Blanche to Peter de Grandison and Beatrix first to Edward Son and Heir to Thomas of Brotherton Earl Marshall of England and afterwards to Sir Thomas de Braose Which Edmund with his two Brothers Roger and Geffrey was Knighted by King Edward the third at the solemnity of his Coronation and took to Wife Elizabeth Daughter of Bartholomew Lord Badlesmere commonly called the rich Lord Badlesmere of Ledes by whom he had issue two Sons Roger who succeeded him and Iohn who died in his Infancy This Edmund recovered divers lands setled at his Marriage which upon the death of his Father were witheld but died in the flower of his youth at Stanton-Lacy upon the 26 Kal. of Ian. anno 1331. 5 Edw. 3. leaving Elizabeth his Wife surviving who afterwards was married to William de Bohun Earl of Northampton Which Elizabeth in 6 E. 3. had an assignation of her dowry out of the Lands of her late Husband viz. the Castle of Kentles and Dominion of Melenyth with the Commot of Duder in the Marches of Wales and died in 30 E. 3. whereupon the third part of the Mannor of â—rendone in Comit. Buck. the Castle and Mannor of Kentles and Cantred of Melenyth the Mannor of Arleys in Comit. Staff and Cleobury in Com. Salop. then came to Roger her Son and heir Which Roger though but three years of age at his Fathers death giving security for the paiment of two hundred and fifty pounds per annum during his minority had a Grant from the King in 15 Edw. 3. of the Castle of Radnor as also of the Territories of Warthremoun Prestemede Knyghton and Norton in Wales which were of his Inheritance But during his minority his Castles of Knoklas and Pulith in the Marches of Wales were committed to William de Bohun Earl of Northampton who had married his Mother And the year next ensuing though he was not yet of full age through the mediation of that Earl his Homage was accepted whereupon he had Livery of the Castle of Wigmore In 20 Edw. 3. he attended the King into France to rescue those in Aguâ—lon and being landed with him at Hoggs in Normandy did there receive the Honor of Knighthood together with Prince Edward and many other Honorable persons the more to encourage him to Fight for the rights of the English Crown And the same year though he had not made proof of his full age yet in respect of his laudable services the King was pleased to take his Homage and make Livery to him of all the rest of his Lands excepting those which Elizabeth his Mother then Wife of the before specified Earl of Northampton held in Dower In 26 Edw. 3. upon another Expedition into France he was charged with forty men out of his Territories of Warthrymion Radnor and Wigmore And in 28. Ed. 3. procured a Charter for a weekly Market every Munday at his Lordship of Hamalhowe in Comit. Southamp as also a Fair yearly on Midsumer-day In which year likewise in the Parliament held at Westminster he obtained a reversall of the Judgement given against his Grandfather Roger late Earl of Marche as erroneous and utterly void whereupon he thenceforth bore the title of Earl of Marche and moreover had restitution of the Castles and Lordships of Blenlâ—veny and Bulkedinas whereof his said Grandfather had been formerly seized as also of all his other Lands which by that forfeiture came to the Crown and had been bestowed on Sir William de Montacute afterwards created Earl of Salisbury And did the same year contract with Richard Earl of Arundell that Edmund his Son and Heir should espouse Alice one of the Daughters of that Earl her portion being three thousand marks Upon which restoration it was by inquisition found that the said Roger Earl of Marche so attainted as hath been shewed died upon Munday next after the Feast of S. Catherine the Virgin and that he was then seized of the Mannors of Stratfeâ—â—e-Mortimer and Woghfeld as parcel of the Mannor of Wigmore as also of the Mannor of Newbury and Moitie of that Town all in Com. Berks. Likewise of the Mannors of Clifton upon Temede and Odingley in Comit. Wigorn. of the Mannors of Noke Mawrdyn and Wynâ—â—eton with the Advowson of the Church of Wynfreton in Com. Hereford of the Castle and Mannor of Nerberth and the third part of the Town of S. Clier with the Advowson of the Church the third part of the Commots of Amgeyd and Pentunyok and the third part of the town of 〈◊〉 in Com. Heref. Of the Castles and Dominions of Blenseveny and Bulkedinas in the Marches of Wales as also of the Castle and Mannor of Montgomery with the Mannor and Hundred of Chirbury in Com. Salop. The next year following this Roger thus lately restored was made Constable of Dovor Castle and Warden of the Cinque ports and attended the King in his expedition then made into France In 30 Edw. 3 doing his Homage he had Livery of all the Lands of Ioane Countess of Marche his Grandmother who then departed this Life viz. of the Mannor of Stanton-Lacy juxta Ludlow the moity of the Mannor of Ludlow and Advowson of the moity of the Church as also the Castle of Ludlow which she had by Inheritance as Daughter and Heir to Peter de Genevill of the Castle of Dolvareyn and
Dunstable and Luiton between this Earl and Guy de Lusignian Son to the Earl of March half Brother to the King but the King fearing mischeif thereby to his Brother and the Poictovins his Friends prohibited it and for the same Reasons forbad another Tourneament which by Proclamation was to have been at Northampton soon after In 32 Hen. 3. this Earl first brought into England the Fryers-Augustines and gave to William his Brother the Inheritance of the Mannors of Maplederham and Petersfield in Com. Southampt As also of Walsingham Warham and Wells in Com. Norf. In 33 Hen. 3. in that great Tourneament held at Brackley in Com. Northampt. he joyned with the Aliens against the English which was much to his dishonor In 34 Hen. 3. he travelled beyond Sea with Richard Earl of Cornwal and others and went to the Pope at Lions whence he returned about Rogation week In An. 1251. 35 Hen. 3. at the solemn Inthronisation of Boniface Archbishop of Canterbâ—ry this Earl with a noble attendance exercised the Office of Steward and Boteler In 37 Hen. 3. the King bearing a great â—avor to those Aliens who were allied unto him by his Mother and studying their advancement by all the ways he could observing the Son and Heir of this Earl to be a gallant young Man and of extraordinary hopes designed to match him with Alice the Daughter of Guy Earl of Angolesme his Brother by the Mother offering to give five thousand marks for her portion Whereunto consent being had he soon after went out of England with William de Valence the Kings Half-Brother to consummate the marriage In 39 Hen. 3. this Earl was sent by the King into Scotland together with Iohn Mansel the Kings Secretary on the behalf of the King of Scots and the Queen Sister to King Henry then kept in restraint within the Castle of Edenborough and behaved himself so subtilly that leaving his attendants at a distance he got into the Castle without any opposition whereby surprising the Guard he gave liberty of entrance to his followers so that the King and Queen were soon relieved and rescued In 40 Hen. 3. he was one of the cheif persons present in Westminster-Hall with the King when Boniface Archbishop of Canterbury with divers other Bishops pronounced that solemn Curse with Candles lighted against all those who should thenceforth violate the Great Charter and Charter of the Forest and the same year paid a debt of six hundred and forty marks due to the King for the Dowry of Eleanor the Kings Sister for the Lands which belonged to the Earl Marshal of Ireland id est Her proportion as the fifth of the intire Heirs of those Lands for that year and the preceding years at eighty pounds per annum In 41 Hen. 3. the great Men of Almain disdaining the pride of the French and thereupon making choice of Richard Earl of Cornwal the Kings Brother to be King of the Romans this Earl was sent over thither together with Iohn Marshal to try their affections who found all according to their desires In this year likewise upon an Insurrection of the Welsh the King preparing a great power this Earl was made Commander in cheif of all the Forces in the Counties of Glamorgan and Pembroke and other parts of South Wales In 42 Hen. 3. he had poyson given him with William his Brother by Walter de Scotenay his cheif Counsellor whereby he hardly escaped with life his Hair and Nails going off and his Brother dying thereof In the same year the Welsh continuing still in hostility he received Summons to fit himself with Horse and Arms and all the strength he could make to attend the King at Chester upon Monday preceding the Feast of S. Iohn Baptist. In 43 Hen. 3. in the interval of Parliament upon consulation had touching certain wholesome Laws to be had there hapning opprobrious language betwixt this Earl and Simon Montfort Earl of Leicester the Earl of Leicester thereupon in great rage â—ailed into France but by the Mediation of the Earl of Hereford and other of the Nobles there was a fair reconciliation made again between them Shortly after this he was imployed with some other of the Nobles by the appointment of the King and the whole Baronage of England unto the Parliament of France to carry King Henry the Thirds Resignation of Normandy and to compose all Differences betwixt both Crowns and upon his return made Relation to the King in Parliament of what he had in charge from the French by the Articles whereon they had treated About this time also he had License to fortifie the Isle of Portland and to imbattle it as a Castle In 44 Hen. 3. he had the like License to make Castles of his Houses at Manhal in Essex and Southwaud in Suffolk In the same year upon dislike of the Kings favors to the Poictovins he was one of those great Men who came in an hostile manner to Oxford pretending to reform what was amiss in the Government It is reported of this Earl that being at Tewksbury in 45 Hen. 3. and hearing that a Iew who had faln into a Jakes upon the Saturday refused to be pulled out for the reverence he bore to that day being their Sabbath he prohibited any help to be afforded him on the Sunday it being the Lords day and that thereupon he perished About this time high discontents arising betwixt the King and divers of the Nobles whereof this Earl was a principal person great mischeif and war ensued but the end thereof he lived not to see For upon the fourteenth Kalends of Iuly in An. 1262. 46 Hen. 3. he died at Eschemerfield in Kent and was buried in the Quire at Tewksbury on the right hand of his Father with this Epitaph his Tomb being adorned by his Wife with Gold Silver and Precious Stones Hic pudor Hippoliti Paridis gena sensus Vlissis Aeneae pietas Hectoris ira jacet It is said by some that in the Moneth of Iuly An. 1262. 46 Hen. 3. he was poysoned at the Table of Peter de Savoy the Queens Uncle a great Man in that time and with him Baldwin Earl of Devon Ingelram de Percy and some other of the Kings houshold After whose death Maud his Wife Daughter of Iohn Earl of Lincoln in 47 Hen. 3. had an Assignation of the Castle and Mannor of Uske the Mannor and Castle of Trilleck and the Castle and Mannor of Clare for her Dower To this last Earl Richard succeeded Gilbert his Son and Heir commonly called the Red. Which Gilbert in An. 1253. 37 Hen. 3. his Father then living by the Kings procurement as hath been before observed espoused ... the Daughter to Guy Earl of Angolesme born
Altar where the Lady Anne his first Wife lay interred and the other in the Chappel of our Blessed Lady of the Bridge in Sheffield every of them to have eight marks yearly during that time And departed this life at his Mannor of Wingfield in Com. Derb. 26 Iulii 33 Hen. 8. with this Charactar viz. That he was Vir nobilis sapiens ac in omnibus vitae partibus moderatus a Person noble prudent and moderate throughout the whole course of his life To whom succeeded Francis his Son and Heir born in Sheffield Castle Anno 1500. 16 Hen. 7. Which Francis was summoned to Parliament amongst the Barons 17 February 24 Hen. 8. his Father then living And the same year his Father died scil 33 Hen. 8. the greater Monasteries being then totally dissolved obtained from the King by exchange for the Mannor of Farnham Royal in Com. Buck. which he held by Grand Serjeanty to support the Kings Right-Arm during the time he holds the Scepter in his hand at the Coronation of the Kings of this Realm the Inheritance of the scite of the Priory of Worsop in Com. Nott. And certain Lands in Sheffield belonging to the Abby of Beaucheif in Com. Derb. As also the scite of the Priory of Kingsmead near the Town of Derby with certain Lands thereto belonging And likewise divers Lands belonging unto the dissolved Monastery of Roucester in Com. Staff In 34 Hen. 8. this Earl Francis was in that Army which then marched into Scotland by reason that the King of that Realm had entertained some of the Northern Rebels frustrated King Henry of the promised enterview and that his Subjects had invaded the Borders while a Treaty was on foot But in this expedition no great matter was performed So likewise in that of 36 Hen. 8. he then commanding the Rear of the English Army at which time they plundered Leith and made great spoil by burning and rapine in the City of Edenburgh and all the Country thereabouts The quarrel being upon pretence of a desired marriage betwixt Prince Edward and the young Queen of Scotland whereunto the Scots would not readily condiscend The same year he was also constituted the Kings Lieutenant of the North. And in 2 Edw. 6 sent again into Scotland with fifteen thousand Men against the French Almains and Scots then in Arms for the relief of Hadingâ—on at that time besieged Where after he had victualled and reinforced the Town he encamped near the Enemy but finding them not inclinable to fight though they had received great supplies returned unto his Camp and afterwards for England Moreover the same year he was constituted Justice of all the Forests beyond â—rent and in 1 Mariae made President of the Council in the North. In 1 Eliz. he was likewise made one of the Queens Privy Council as also one of the Commissioners for receiving Claims from those who were to perform certain services at the solemnity of her Coronation And in the Parliament of 2 Eliz. was the only person of the Peers besides the Viscount Mountacute who opposed the Bill for abolishing the Popes Supremacy and Reformation of Religion But upon the one and twentieth of September the same year he departed this life leaving issue by his first Wife viz. Mary Daughter to Thomas Lord Dacres of Gillesland George his only Son and Successor his younger Son Thomas dying before unmarried and one Daughter called Anne who was married to Iohn Lord Bray Which George being a young Man in the time of Queen Mary and his Father then General of the English Army against the Scots commanded under him three thousand Soldiers and relieved the Earl of Northumberland then in danger at Lovick After that he was a Colonel of five hundred Horse upon the Borders and in 11 Eliz. had the custody of the Queen of Scots committed to his charge Moreover in 15 Eliz. upon the Arraignment of the Duke of Norfolk he was for that present service made Lord High Steward of England Moreover after the death of that Duke which soon after ensued he was constituted Earl Marshal of England And in those ambiguous times so preserved himself against all outward machinations calumnies at Court and the mischievous practises of his second Wife for full fifteen years as that he thereby deserved no less honor for his â—idelity and Prudence then he did for his Fortitude and Valor as Mr. Camden hath very well observed By his Testament bearing date 24 Iunii An. 1590. 32 Eliz. this Noble Earl bequeathed his Body to be buried at Sheffield in Com. Ebor. thereby likewise appointing that the sum of two hundred pounds should be yearly imployed for ever unto the benefit of the poorest Artificers of the Town of Pontfract in Com. Ebor. for the increase of Trades and Occupations there that is to say That the Major of the said Town and his Brethren or the major part of them with the Major by the assent of the Earl of Shrewsbury for the time being shall upon Munday in Whitson week pay and lend unto every poor Artificer of the said Town so far as the said Money will extend the sum of five pounds for three years then next following putting in good and sufficient security for the repayment thereof And departing this life 18 Novemb. the same year was accordingly buried at Sheffield where in his life time he erected a Noble Monument for himself whereon is this Epitaph viz. Christo opt max. Posteritati Sacrum IN spem certam futurae resurrectionis illustris hic conditur heros Georgius Salopiae Comes sui nobilissimi generis longâ serie à Normannorum conquestu derivati nullaque unquam perfidiae labeculâ aspersi Comitum ordine sextus summus Regni Marescallus à Talbotto Furnivallo Verdun Lovetoft Extraneoque de Blackmere honoribus amplissimis dominus insuper Baro nâ—ncupatus Garteriani quoque equestris ordinis sanè praeclarissimi sodalis dignissimus Francisci comitis unicus qui supererat â—ilius successor omniumque virtutum ex asse haeres Qui quantum Pacis Bellique artibus omnibusque corporis atque animi dotibus eximiis unitis potuit id omne secundâ—m pietatem in Deum uni patriae ejusque principibus impendere solebat Vt qui Mariae Reginae temporibus in Northumbrensis Comitis succursum à patre tum superstite ac Belli duci primario cum tribus armatorum millibus ad Lowicum in Scotiam ire jussus strenuè summaque cum laude bellicam illam praefecâ—uram administrabat Parique cum laude non minori successu paulo post Berwicum hosti in occursum missus quingentorum cataphracâ—orum equitum cohortu stipatus fuit concomitantibus Barone Grayo strenuo equite Drurio aliisque militaris scientiae peritissimis Bellique principatum tum
the Mannors of Hamm Wichâ—aud and Hamlet of Howelston in Com. Wigorn. Also of the Mannor of Ricards-Castle the moity of the Mannor of Rochesford and Lordship of Blethenage in the Marches of Wales Leaving Elizabeth the Wife of Sir Warine Archdekne Knight Philippa the Wife of Sir Matthew Gourney Knight and Eleanor Talbot then unmarried his Sisters and Heirs Elizabeth being then twenty four years of age Philippa twenty one and Eleanor sixteen who doing their homage the same year had Livery of those Lands Of this Family were likewise the Talbots sometime of Bashall and now of Thorneton in Com. Ebor. Being lineally descended from William Talbot a younger Son of Geffrey Governor of the Castle of Hereford 5 Steph. And shortly after Enfeoffed of the Mannor of Gauesburgh in Com. Linc. by Roger Lord Moubray Some of the Descendants of which William did antiently relate to the Lacies Lords of Pontfract and Earls of Lincoln and had their Estates much augmented by them viz Thomas whose Residence and his Ancestors before him for a long time was at Hudresfield in the West Riding of Yorkshire constituted Governor of Cletherow Castle in Comitat. Lanc. by Edmund Lord Lacy Constable of Chester temp Hen. 3. having of his gift in 37 Hen. 3. the Mannors of â—ashall and Mitton in Com. Ebor. to himself and his heirs in Feefarm paying seven pound ten shillings seven pence per annum Likewise Edmund Son of that Thomas who being made Steward of Blackburnshire 28 Edw. 1. to Henry Lacy then Earl of Lincoln in 32 Edw. 1. was in that notable expedition then made into Scotland by the same King where as a reward for his service he obtained a Charter of Free-Warren in all his Demesn Lands of Bashall and Mitton before specified as also in those at Hapton in Comitat. Lanc. bearing date at Strivelin in 34 Edw. 1. In which year amongst many others upon that great solemnity of making Prince Edward Knight by Bathing and other sacred Ceremonies he received that dignity Clifford THe first of this Antient and Noble Family of whom I find mention was called Ponce who had issue three Sons viz. Walter Drogo id est Dru and Richard Of Walter and Drogo the Conquerors Survey takes notice and that Walter did then possess the Lordships of Aâ—lford Westwell and Alwoldsbeâ—y in Com. Oxon. As also part of Lece in Com. Gloc. And that Drogo held Segry â—olesell and Aldrinton in Com. Wilts Franton and part of Lece in Com. Gloc. Holim Stilledun Glese and Merly in Com. Wigorn. As also Recesford Dodintune Burestanestune Ruvenore Hanly and Matine in Com. Heref. But from Richard it is that the Line was perserved Which Richard being called Richard de Pwns obtained by the gift of King Henry the First the Cantres of Bychan and Castle of Lhanymdhyry in Wales Moreover with the consent of Maâ—d his Wife and Simon his Son he was a notable Benefactor to the Priory of Malverne in Com. Wigorn. For it appears that he gave thereunto the Church of his Castle at Cantarabohath with two Carucates of Land and the whole Tithes of his Revenues in that place Likewise the Church of Lecton with one Hide and one Yard Land in that Town together with all the Tithes of that Lordship as also the Tithes of his Lordship in Estraddel called Becchen And had issue three Sons viz. Simon Founder of the Priory at Clifford in Com. Heref. Walter who first seating himself there assumed that place for his sirname and Richard Which Walter being called Walter the Son of Richard Son of Ponce gave to the Cannons of Haghmon in Com. Salop. his Mills at Tamedbury and afterwards by the name of Walter de Clifford gave to the Nuns of Godstow in Com. Oxon. for the health of the Soul of Margaret his Wife and for the Soul of Rosamond his Daughter his Mill at Framton in Com. Gloc. As also a little Meadow lying near it called Lechton in pure and perpetual Alms. In 3 Hen. 2. this Walter was Governor of the Castle at Lâ—hanyndhyry and when Roger Earl of Clare having obtained of King Henry all such Lands as he could win from the Welsh came with an Army to â—ardigan and fortified divers Castles in those parts he made an Incursion upon the Lands of Rees ap Griffith Prince of South Wales slew many of his people and returned with much booty In 12 Hen. 2. this Walter possessed the Lordships of Corfham Culminton Hay Ernestry and Leschines in Com. Salop. And gave to the Monks of S. Peters Abby at Glocester his Mannor of East Leech in exchange for the Lordship of Glasbury excepting to those Monks the Advowson of the Church at Glasbury Moreover he gave to the before specified Canons of Haghmon certain Lands in Sinetune and left issue two Sons viz. Walter his Son and Heir and Richard from whom the Cliffords of Framtone in Glocestershire did descend Which Richard in 2 Rich. 1. gave three hundred marks Fine for Livery of his Lands This Walter also had issue two Daughters viz. Lucia first married to Hugh de Say of Ricards Castle afterwards to Bartholomew de Mortimer and Rosamond the Concubine of King Henry the Second on whom that King begot William sirnamed Longspe Earl of Sarum as I shall in due Place shew Which Rosamond died in the life time of her Father and was buried by Margaret her Mother in the Quire of the Nunnery at Godstow near Oxford For the health of whose Soul Osbert Fitz-Hugh a great Baron in Herefordshire at her said Fathers request and by the assent of King Henry gave to those Nuns one Salt-work in Wiche called the Cow belonging to his Mannor of Wichevald This was that beautiful Lady for whom king Henry built that famous Labyrinth at Woodstock where he kept her so that she could not easily be found by his jealous Queen and gave her a Cabinet of such admirable workmanship that on it The fighting of Champions the moving of Cattel the flying of Birds and swimming of Fishes were so exquisitely represented as if they had been alive But after the death of King Henry there was little regard had to her memory For when Hugh Bishop of Lincoln in An. 1191. 2 Rich. 1. visiting his Diocess came to Godstow and went up to the Altar to do his Devotions observing an Herse covered with Silk and divers Lamps burning about it which the Nuns at that time had in great veneration he inquired of the standers by whose it was And they answering It was the fair Rosamonds whom King Henry so dearly loved and for whose sake he had been a munificent Benefactor to their poor House by giving large Revenues for the maintenance of those Lights he replied Take her hence
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
at length Coheir to Adomare de Valence Earl of Pembroke surviving by whom he had likewise Issue two other Sons viz. William and Henry who died Issueless and three Daughters viz. Ioane Elizabeth and Margaret Which Isabell had for her Dowrie an Assignation of the Mannors of Lydgate and Badmundesfeld in Com. Suff. Brampton in Com. Hunt Burbach and Barwell in Com. Leic. Wiginton with its Members and a sixth part of Tamworth in Com. Staff Saving to her her reasonable Dowrie in the Mannors of Nayleston Berewyk and Aston Cantelupe as also in all the Knights Fees and Advowsons of Churches whereof Iohn de Hastings her Husband died seised I come now to Iohn de Hastings Son and Heir to the before-specified Iohn and Isabell. This Iohn in 34 E. 1. his Father then living attended Queen Margaret into Scotland and in 4 E. 2. was in that Expedition then made thither Being of full age at his Father's death viz. in in 6 E. 2. and doing his Homage he had Livery of his Lands and in 7 E. 2. was again in the Wars of Scotland So likewise in 8 E. 2. being then of the Retinue of Adomare de Valence his Uncle Earl of Pembroke As also in 10 E. 2. And in in 11 E. 2. was charg'd with CC Foot for his Lands of Went to the Wars of Scotland In 12 E. 2. he was again in the Scottish Wars and in 13 E. 2. upon that Insurrection of the Lords when they banish'd the two Spensers being then one of their Adherents the King hasting towards Gloucester whereof the Lords had possess'd themselves he fell off from them and came to the King at Cirencester Moreover he was the same year again in the Scottish Wars and in 16 E. 2. made Governour of Keniâ—worth-Castle Shortly after which viz. in 18 E. 2. he departed this Life leaving Issue by Iulian his Wife Daughter and Heir of Thomas de Leyburne Laurence his Son and Heir at that time about five years of age Which Iulian within one year after took to Husband Thomas le Blount and had for her Dowrie of the Lands of the said Iohn de Hastings her Husband an Assignation of the third part of the Mannor of St. Clere as also the Castle of Kilgaran with the Towns of Kilgaran Maynaurd and Commot of Emelyn in Wales Likewise the Mannor of Worfeild in Com. Salop. the Mannors of Fulbroke Burthingbury Allesâ—ey the Castle of Fillongley with two parts of the Mannor of Aston Cantlow in Com. Warr. the Mannor of Luttâ—eton Paynell in Com. Wiltes Otteley in Com. Suff. and Aâ—bele in Com. Norff. And in regard this Assignation was not so soon made as it ought to have been she obtain'd from the King a Grant of all the Goods and Chattels at that time being upon those Lands and Lordships so assigned unto her But not long after this surviving her Husband Blount she lastly married to William de Clinton Earl of Huntingdon as I shall farther shew in due place But I return to Laurence Son and Heir to the last mention'd Iohn This Laurence in 11 E. 3. being still in Minority was committed to the tuition of William de Clinton the Earl of Huntingdon who had so married Iulian his Mother to be educated with him till he should arrive unto his full age having an allowance of CC Marks out of the Exchequer yearly for his Support and Maintenance during that time Of whom I find that the King when he was at New-Castle upon Tine about four years before had so much care that having sent for the Queen to come thither to him and considering that so long a Journey might be dangerous to the Child he being bred up in her Court he directed his especial Letters to the before-specified Iulian his Mother as a Person most proper to undergo that Trust to take him into her Charge promising satisfaction for all Costs and Expences which she should be at therein And still continuing his Royal Favour to him by his Letters Patents bearing date 13 Octob. in the thirteenth year of his Reign which was as soon as he arrived to his full age declared him Earl of â—embroke by reason of his Descent from Isabell the eldest Sister and Coheir unto Aymere de Valence Earl of Pembroke having been the same year in that Expedition then made into Flanders And being thus honoured the next year following viz. 14 E. 3. he attended the King in that notable Adventure at Sea against the French where he worthily shared in the Glory of that Victory obtain'd against them near Sluse in Flanders Moreover in 15 E. 3. he was at that great Feast and Justing at London made by King Edward for love of the Countess of Salisbury as 't is said And in 16 E. 3. attending the King into Brittanny with Lx Men at Arms himself accounted two Banerets twelve Knights forty five Esquires and an hundred Archers on Horseback continued there till the next ensuing year In 18 E. 3. he accompanied the Earl of Derby viz. Henry of Lancaster into Gascoine and was at the Siege and Render of Bergerath In 19 E. 3. he still continued in those Parts and in 21 E. 3. was again in those Wars But the next year following viz. 22 E. 3. on Saturday the morrow after the Decollation of St. Iohn Baptist he departed this Life being then seised of the Mannor of Wigginton in Com. Staff of the Mannor of Blounham with the Advowson of the Church and third part of the Mannor of Kempston in Com. Bedf. of two parts of the Mannor of Westcote in Com. Surr. of the Mannor of Brampton in Com. Hunt Est-Hannyngfeld in Com. Essex Yerdle Hastings in Com. North ton Sutton Valence and Cleyndon in Com. Kanc. of the third part of the Mannors of Totenham in Com. Midd. and Aston Cantelow in Com. Warr. of the Mannor of Nayleston in Com. Leic. and Bâ—nham Valence in Com. Berks As also of the Castle Lordship and Borough of Bergabenny with the Mannor of Penros and divers other Lordships in the Marches of Wales leaving Issue by Agnes his Wife Daughter to Roger Mortimer Earl of March Iohn his Son and Heir at that time one year old and upwards Which Agnes shortly afterwards became the Wife of Iohn de Hakelut Who in 29 E. 3. obtain'd from the King a Grant of the Custody of the Castle and Town of Pembroke with its Members and divers other Lands in Wales to himself and the said Agnes his Wife during the Minority of Iohn de Hastings Earl of Pembroke her Son by the before-specified Laurence This Agnes by her Testament bearing date in her House at London upon the Morrow after the Festival of St. Dionyse Anno 1367.
Marks per Annum And in 22 E. 4. the like from the Abbot and Covent of Merevale in Com. Warr. of all their Lordships and Lands with the Fee of xx Marks per Annum Comines who knew him well reporteth That he was a Person of singular Wisdom and Virtue in great Authority with his Master and not without cause having ever serv'd him faithfully And making mention of the Bounty of the then King of France to King Edward the Fourth's Officers saith That he gave to this Lord Hastings at one time a Present of Plate to the value of Ten thousand Marks Moreover he saith That this Lord Hastings was long laboured ere he could be won to be the King of France his Pensioner and that he himself was the onely Man that wrought him thereto Instancing That he first woâ— him to the Friendship of the Duke of Burgundy whom he served and that he advertised the King of France thereof saying That he would in like manner make him his Friend and Pensioner Adding That he thereupon began his Friendship by Letters Whereupon that King gave him a Pension of Two thousand Crowns per Annum which was double to what he had from the Duke of Burgundy And that upon the Payment thereof he not onely refused to give any Acquittance but to give him three Lines in Writing to testifie the Receipt of the Money saying Put it here it being in Gold into my Sleeve for other Testimonial you get none of me for no Man shall say That King Edward's Lord Chamberlain hath been Pensioner to the French King nor that my Acquittances be found in his Chamber of Accompts He further saith That the King of France more esteem'd him than all the King of Englands other Servants and that his Pension was ever paid without Acquittance And now besides all this to make a farther manifestation of his Greatness in that King's time I shall here exhibit a Catalogue of the Names of such Persons of Note as were retain'd to serve him both in Peace and War during their respective Lives as I find them extracted from the very Indentures themselves in an ancient Roll in the Custody of this present Earl of Huntington his Lineal Descendent ¶ The Names of such Persons as by Indenture of their own Free Wills and mere Motions Covenanted Belafte and faithfully Promised to Aid and Assist the Right Honourable William Lord Hastings and his Part to take against all Persons within this Realm of England during their Lives as well in Peace as Wars their Allegiance to the King's Majesty His Heirs and Successors onely reserved and excepted with so many able Persons as every of them might well make to be Furnished and Arrayed at the Costs and Charges of the said Lord For the which the said Lord promised them to be their good and true Lord in all things reasonable and them to Aid and Succour in all their Rightful Causes so far forth as Law Equity and Conscience required Anno Edwardâ— Quarti decimo quarto Iohn Blount Lord Mountjoye Henry Lord Grey of Codnor William Trussell Knight Bryan Stapleton Knight Walter Gryffith Knight Robert Tailboys Knight Iohn Gryselye Knight Simon Mountfort Knight Thomas Stathom Knight Nicholas Longford Knight Robert Harecourt Knight Thomas Chaworth Esq Iohn Harecourt Esq Iohn Aston Esq Iohn Bonington Esq Rauffe Longforth Esq William Langhton Esq Iohn Thyrley Esq Thomas Cokyn Son and Heir of Iohn Cokyn Esq Iohn Danvers Esq Thomas Greene Esq Richard Boughton Esq Philip Leche Esq Iohn Sacheverell Son of Raufe Sacheverell Esq Hugh Perchall Esq Maurice Barkley Esq Iohn Curson Son and Heir of Thomas Curson Esq Iohn Stanley Esq Nicholas Knevington Esq William Nevill of Rolston Esq William Palmer Esq William Moton Esq Thomas Entwisell Esq Nicholas Kniveton Esq Thomas Staunton Esq Raufe Vernon Esq Henry Longeford Esq Thomas Meverell the Elder Esq Thomas Meverell junior Esq Nicholas Meverell Esq Rauf Shirley Esq Richard Savile Esq Thomas Curson of Croxall Esq Iames Blount Esq William Gryffith of North-Wales Esq Raufe Delves Esq Iohn Babington Esq Iohn Staunton Esq Iohn Cokeyn of Ashburne Esq Thomas Danvers Esq Iohn Gryffin Esq Humfrey Bradburne Esq Henry Columbell Esq Gerves Clifton Esq William Basset Esabque Nich. Montgomerie Esq Robert Leigh of Adlington Esq Raufe Poole of Radborne Esq Robert Slyngesby Esq Robert Eyre of Peelye Esq Thomas Greslye Esq Iohn Wistoe Esq Henry Vernon Esq Son and Heir of William Vernon Knight Raufe Sacheverell Esq Roger Draycote Esq Iohn Turvile Esq Iohn Miners Esq Henry Willâ—ghby Esq ¶ Nich. Agard Gent. Henry Columbell of Darley Gent. Raufe Agard Son and Heir of Iohn Agard Gent. Roger Brabason Gent. Robert Bradshaw Gent. Richard Eyre Gent. Iohn Agard Gent. Iohn Thyrkild Gent. Henry Eyre Gent. William Staunton Gent. William Dethick Gent. Laurence Loe Gent. Humphrey Stanley Gent. Iohn Knyveton of Vnderwood in Com. Derb. Gent. Iasper Rostyn Gent. Reinold Leigh Son of Robert Leigh of Adlington Raufe Fitz-Herbert Gent. William Woodford Gent. Nicholas Ruggeley Gent. Thomas Ruggeley Gent. In toto Two Lords Nine Knights Fifty eight Esquires and Twenty Gentlemen But King Edward's Death which hapned within few years after altered the Scene For having then a new Game to play wherein the Duke of Gloucester had the chief Hand though he was the first who gave that Duke advertisement of King Edward's Death Gloucester being then in Yorkshire yet not complying with him in the destruction of his Nephews as the Duke of Buckingham and some others did he was soon destroy'd himself by that Monster whose sole aim was his own Advancement to the Throne Certain it is that the Queen I mean the Wise of King Edward bore a private grudge towards this Lord Hastings in regard she saw he was so powerful with the King but chiefly for that she suspected him to be a Favourer and Furtherer of his wanton doings with light Women Nor did her Kindred at all brook him by reason he got the Office of Captain of Calais which had been formerly promised to the Lord Rivers the Queen's Brother And therefore upon the death of King Edward he joyn'd with the Duke of Buckingham in the removal of all those of that Kindred from the young King Edward the Fifth and in his Journey towards London at Northampton was of Counsel with the Duke of Gloucester in his taking away the Lord Rivers the Queens Brother and Sir Richard Grey the Queens Son and sending them to Pontfract Castle where shortly after they were basely murthered And so little did he doubt of the Duke of Gloucester's Favour towards himself as that upon the meeting of the Lords when the King got to London he assured them of the Duke of Gloucester's Fidelity affirming That Rivers and Grey were under Arrest for Matters attempted against the Dukes of Gloucester and Buckingham And when the Lord Stanley began to distrust the Duke of Gloucester he used all the Arguments he could to satisfie him that
for all Christen-Souls having vi l. xiii s. iv d. per Annum Salary This George Earl of Huntington took to Wife Anne Daughter to Henry Duke of Buckingham Widow of Sir Walter Herbert Knight and departing this Life 24 Martii 35 H. 8. was buried in the Chancel at Stoke Pogeys in Com. Buck. leaving Issue five Sons viz. Francis who succeeded him in his Honours Edward Thomas Henry and William and three Daughters viz. Dorothy Wife of Sir Richard Deverenx Knight Son and Heir to Walter Viscount Hereford Mary and Catherine Of which Francis before I proceed to speak I shall take leave to say something of his two Brothers Thomas and Edward This Thomas in 1 2 Ph. M. being a Knight was one of the Knights for the County of Lâ—icester in the Parliament then held and married Winifride one of the Daughters and Heirs of Henry Pole Lord Montacute Moreover by his Testament bearing date 28 Martii Anno 1558. 4 5 Ph. M he bequeath'd his Body to be buried in the Church of Stoke Pogeys in Com. Buck. or in the Chappel adjoyning built by his Brother Edward Which Edward in 36 H. 8. by the Name of Edward Hastings Esq obtain'd a Grant from the King of the Alnage of Wiltshire for xxi years from the Feast of Easter and after that for the term of xl years paying Lxxvi l. xix s. Rent per Annum and i s. for increase In 4 E. 6. he was made Sheriff for the Counties of Warw. and Leic. And the same year sent with Francis Earl of Huntington his elder Brother with considerable Forces to dislodge the French then planted betwixt Boloin and Calais both which Places were then in the Hands of the English And in 1 Mariae was constituted Receiver of the Honour of Leicester Parcel of the Dutchy of Lancaster in the Counties of Leicester Warw. Northampt. and Nott. And being the same year made a Privy Counsellor to that Queen and Master of her Horse was constituted Collector-General of all her Revenues within the City of London Midd. Essex and Hertfordsh being accountable for the Arrearages in the Court of Augmentation and likewise obtain'd from her the Mannor of Boswerth in Com. Leic. and Michelcrech in Com. Somerset to himself and his Heirs He was also elected one of the Companions of the most Noble Order of the Garter In Anno 1556. 2 3 Ph. M. 10 Maii being then Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter and Master of the Horse to that Queen he declared his Testament and thereby appointed That his Body should be buried in the Parish-Church of Stoke Pogeys To the Poor at his Burial he bequeath'd xx l. To a Preacher to preach three Sundays after his Funeral xl s. To the Parish-Church of Stoke Pogeys a Pair of Altar-clothes a Cope and a Vestment with his Arms wrought upon each of them He likewise ordained That upon every Good Friday for the space of three years after his death four Marks should be distributed amongst Poor People of the Parish of Stoke Pogeys To the Poor of the Parish of Harfeild within which he then dwelt he bequeath'd x l. xx l. to be bestow'd upon the High-ways in the same Parish To poor Scholars in Cambridge xx l. To poor Scholars in Oxford xx l. To the New Hospital in London xx l. To the Observant Fryers at Grenewich xx l. To every Prison in London Westminster and Southwark viz. Newgate Ludgate Bethlem the Fleeâ— the Marshalspe the King's Bench both the Counters and the Gate-house five Pounds to be bestow'd on such as liv'd of Alms. Moreover he appointed That his Executors should build a Chappel of Stone with an Altar therein adjoyning to the Church or Chancel of Stoke Pogeys where the late Earl of Huntington and the Lady his Wife his Father and Mother lay Buriâ—d and that they should cause a Tomb to be made in the said Chappel with with the Images of his said Father and Mother of Stone as also their Arms placed thereon and a Vault under it for their Bodies and for the Body of his Brother William Hastings in which Vault he purposed that his own Body should lie Appointing That a Plate of Copper double gilt should be made to represent his Image in Harness with the Garter and a Memorial in Writing of him with his Arms to be placed upright on the Wall of that Chappel without any other Tomb for him Also That his Executors should cause to be built at Stoke aforesaid five convenient Chambers with Chimneys in each of them for one Chantry-Priest and â—our poor Bead-men And bequeathed his Mannor of Bosworth in Com. Leic. unto his Nephew Henry Lord Hastings and his Heirs to maintain a Priest at Stoke aforesaid in the Lodging before appointed to sing and say Mass c. for the Souls of his Father and Mother his own and his Ancestors Souls in the same Chappel and to help the Curate there in time of necessity which Priest to have an yearly Stipend of x l. as also five Loads of good Fire-wood Likewise to the four poor Men xx l. yearly and every of them four Loads of Fire-wood with a Blue Gown of Broad-cloth of four Yards and a Bull-head on the Sleeve once in two Years which poor Men to be chosen by his Executors out of the Parish of Stoke aforesaid but afterwards by the Vicar of Stoke and the Chantry-Priest for the time being with five of the most substantial Men of that Parish and to repair daily to the same Church to hear God's Service as also to pray for the Souls aforesaid and all Christen-Souls Furthermore That the said Lord Hastings should pay five Pounds per Annum to some Learned Man or Men for ten Sermons every year in perpetuity in the same Church of Stoke viz. for every Sermon ten Shillings Lastly he bequeath'd the Profits of all his Mannor of Michelâ—reche in Com. Somerset unto his Executors till Edward his Base Son should come to the age of xviii years for his Education the Reversion to him the said Edward and the Heirs male of his Body and for want of such Issue to his Nephew George Hastings and the Heirs male of his Body After this viz. in 4 5 Ph. M. he was constituted Deputy-General to Thomas Earl of Sussex for the Office of Justice in Eyre throughout all the Forests North of â—rent And the same year being also Lord Chamberlain of that Queens Houshold upon the nineteenth day of Ianuary was advanced to the Degree of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Hastings of Loughborough But after the death of that Queen having founded an Hospital at Stocke Pogeys for a Master viz a Priest and four poor Men and two poor Women by the Title of The Hospital of Stoke-Pogeys of the Foundation of the Lord Hastings of Loughbâ—rough Which by Act of
preceding the Feast of All Saints reserving to himself two of his Castles in Kales viz. Kaermerden and Cardigan To go on therefore with my Story of him This Walter having taken part with his Brother Richard in that Insurrection whereof I have already made mention after his death in 18 H. 3. had pardon for that Transgression and was accepted to Favour having Restitution of his Lands which were seised on for the same viz. Goderich Castle c. And at length viz. in 26 H. 3. his Brother Gilbert being thus dead without Issue had special Livery of his Office of Marshal with all the Liberties thereto belonging in as ample manner as William his Brother sometime Earl of Pembroke formerly enjoy'd it with a Grant of the Castles of Cardigan and Caermerdin which the before-specified Gilbert his Brother formerly had of King Henry the Third's Gift Moreover the same year he had Livery of all those Lands which were of the Dowrie of Margaret his Wife Daughter of Robert Quincy Widow of Iohn Earl of Lincolne and Constable of Chester her late Husband And in 27 H. 3. paid a Relief to the King for those Lands which Hawyse de Quincy Mother of the said Margaret held in Capite About this time also he gave up unto the King the Castle of Bolingbroc in Com. Linc. and all the Lands in Lincolâ—sh which were of the Inheritance of Hawyse de Quincie his Wifes Mother And in Anno 1244. 28 H. 3. the King calling together all the Great Men of England and desiring a Pecuniary Aid from them alledging the great Expence he had been at in Gascoigne the preceding year certain of the Bishops being then made choice of as a Committee for the Clergy this Earl was one of those appointed for the Laytie to consider thereof But in Anno 1246. 30 H. 3. 8 Cal. Dec. he died at Castle Goderich And soon after him Anselme his Brother and Heir departed this Life at Strigull viz. upon the Nones of December a Youth of singular comeliness and hopes being the last of the five Sons of the Renowned William Mareschall late Earl of Pembroke of whom I have already spoke at large their Mother as 't is said Prophetically foretelling their Deaths in this sort and were both of them buried at Tinterne not far from Strigul amongst divers of their Noble Ancestors Which deplorable loss of them all successively without Issue was then much taken notice of Wherefore some did attribute it to God's especial Judgment by reason that when William the first Earl was a great Commander in Ireland and according to the Practice of Souldiers exercised such Cruelties of Fire and Sword as usually accompany that Course of Life he took away by violence two fair Mannors from a Reverend Bishop there and possess'd himself of them as the Acquisition of War and that the Bishop after frequent and earnest Entreaties for their Restitution without any effect did thereupon pronounce the Sentence of Excommunication against him for that Fact which he contemn'd Moreover it is said That after this the same Bishop of Fernes who had been a Monk of the Cistertian Order and an Irish-man by Birth made a Journey to the King then at London and grievously complaining of the Injury done affirm'd That he had not Excommunicated him without desert and therefore besought the King That by his Authority and Command and for the health of the Soul of that Earl he might have restitution of those Lordships so taken from him as is before expressed whereby that Earl though thus dead might have the benefit of Absolution Whereupon the King then very pensive desired the Bishop that he would go to his Grave and absolve him and that then he would satisfie his desire Whereupon the Bishop went and the King himself with him and spoke as followeth Oh William who liest here buried and shackled with the Fetters of Excommunication if those Lands which thou most injuriously didst take from my Church be restored with full satisfaction either by the King or any of thy Kindred or Friends I then absolve thee otherwise I ratifie that Sentence to the end that being wrapt up with thy Sins thou maist remain condemn'd in Hell And that the King being much displeased at these his Expressions blaming him for his Rigour he answered Sir I pray you marvel not that I am moved he hath despoiled my Church of her chiefest Revenue The King therefore privately advertised the eldest Son of the Earl and Heir to all his Lands whereof he was then possess'd as also some of his Brothers That by restoring them they should in mercy release his Soul But thereunto William return'd this Answer I do not believe that my Father took them injuriously in regard that what he did being done in the time of War was a Lawful Acquisition and therefore if the old doting Bishop hath pronounced his Sentence unjustly his Curse will fall upon himself For my part quoth he I will not lessen my Patrimony descended to me by Inheritance my Father died seised thereof and I have justly entred upon it Whereunto all his Brothers concurred Furthermore That the King taking notice of their obstinacy being then young and under Tutelage forbore to displease them But the Bishop hearing thereof was much grieved taking more offence at their Contumacy than of the Injury first done by their Father and going to the King said Sir What I have spoke I have spoke and what I have written is not to be reversed The Sentence therefore must stand The Punishment of Evil-doers is from God and therefore the Curse which the Psalmist hath written shall come upon this Earl of whom I do thus complain viz. His Name shall be rooted out in one Generation and his Sons shall be deprived of the Blessing Increase and Multiply Some of them shall die a miserable death and their Inheritance shall be scattered And this thou O King shalt behold in thy own Life-time yea in thy flourishing Youth Having spoken thus much in the bitterness of his spirit he departed thence leaving him enthrall'd with that Curse Whereupon it hapned that in few years after all his Sons died without Issue ¶ Of this Family also was Iohn Mareschall who took to Wife Margery the Sister and Heir to Thomas Earl of Warwick which is all that is memorable of him but not Brother to William Mareschall Earl of Pembroke as some say for that Earl was Brother and Heir of another Iohn as is already manifested and of an elder time I therefore suppose that he was his Nephew How long he had been Husband to that great Heir before the death of Thomas Earl of Warwick her Brother I cannot say but certain I am That he lived but a short while after for he was dead 9 Ian. next following as appears by the King's Mandate then dated and directed to the Archbishop of Yorke and others
in Com. Dorset And in 34 E. 1. in consideration of his good Services in those Wars of Gascoine and elsewhere obtain'd Pardon for a Debt of Cxx l. viii s. iii d. due from William de Montacute his Father to the King's Exchequer Furthermore in 35 E. 1. he was again in the Wars of Scotland and in 2 E. 2. made Governour of the Castle of Beaumares in the Isle of Anglesey In 4 E. 2. he was constituted Admiral of the King's Fleet then imploy'd against the Scots and in 7 E. 2. obtain'd the King's Licence to make a Castle of his House at Yerdlyngton in Com. Somers In 8 E. 2. he receiv'd command to repair unto Newcastle upon Tine on the Feast-day of the Blessed Virgin well fitted with Horse and Arms to resist the Hostilities of the Scots And the same year obtain'd a Grant for a Weekly Market on the Tuesday at his Mannor of Yerlington as also for a Fair on the Eve Day and Morrow after the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin And having been summon'd to Parliament amongst the Barons of this Realm from 28 E. 1. till 8 E. 2. inclusive lived not many years after To whom succeeded William his Son and Heir It is said That one of the Sisters to Orry King of Man descended from Orry Son to the King of Denmark discerning her Brother and all of his Blood to be overcome by Alexander the Third King of Scotland fled into England with the Charters of that Isle and that being honourably receiv'd by King Edward the First she was by him given in Marriage to this William de Monteacute Likewise That by the Aid of that King he recovered the Isle of Man in her Right and enjoy'd it many years but at length passed it in Mortgage for seven years unto Anthony Bek then Bishop of Durham after which it was enjoy'd by his Descendents until William Earl of Salisbury his Great Grand-son sold it to the Lord Scrope in King Richard the Second's time But I return This William in 32 E. 1. his Father then living was imploy'd in the Scottish-Wars And in 34 E. 1. at that famous Solemnity when Prince Edward received the Order of Knighthood by Bathing and other Sacred Ceremonies being one of those then honoured with the same dignity attended him into Scotland and continued in those Parts till the next ensuing year In 2 E. 2. this William obtain'd the King's Charter for Free-warren at his Mannor of Aston Clinton in Com. Buck. And in 4 E. 2. was again in the Scottish Wars Moreover in 5 E. 2. he was made Governour of the Castle of Berkhamstede and in 7 E. 2. march'd again into Scotland Furthermore in 11 E. 2. being Steward of the King's Houshold and constituted Seneschal of the Dutchy of Aquitane he had a Grant of the Custody of the Lands of Herbert de Marisco then deceased and obtain'd Licence to make a Castle of his House at Kersyngton in Com. Oxon. Moreover in 11 E. 2. he procured a Charter for Free-warren in all his Demesn-Lands throughout his Lordships of Saxlingham in Com. Norff. Knolle in Com. Somerset and Woneford in Com. Devon As also a Grant of the Inheritance of all the Lands of William de Carleol and his Wife then the King's Enemies And having been summon'd to Parliament in 11 and 12 E. 2. departed this Life in 13 E. 2. being then seised of the Mannor of Aston Clinton in Com. Buck. Pudeletune in Com. Dorset Kâ—rsintone in Com. Oxâ— n. Saxlingham in Com. Norff. Schepton Ierlington Knolle Sothulle and Dorleberg in Com. Somers Wynford Fyneton and Wornborneford in Com. Devon leaving Issue by Elizabeth his Wife Sister of Iohn de Montfort William his Son and Heir xviii years of age Which Elizabeth had for her Dowrie an Assignation of the Mannors of Thorlebere and Gothull in Com. Somerset Karsyngton in Com. Oxon. Aston Clinton with certain Lands in Wendovere and Dunrugge in Aston in Com Buck. and afterwards became the Wife of Thomas Lord Furnivall This last-mention'd William the next ensuing year though in Minority obtain'd a Grant from the King of the Wardship of all his own Lands and in 16 E. 2. making proof of his Age and doing his Homage had Livery of them In 19 E. 2. this William being honoured with the Dâ—gnity of Knighthood by Bathing c. had Allowance of Robes for that Solemnity as a Baneret and in 1 E. 3. was in that Expedition then made into Scotland In 3 E. 3. he obtain'd the King's Pardon for the Embattelling a certain part of his House at Doneyate without Licence And in 4 E. 3. was sent Embassador to the Pope together with Bartholomew de Burghersh to give Thanks unto his Holiness for confirming a Bull of Pope Honorius the Fourth touching certain Favours by him granted to the Monks of Westminster Moreover before the end of that year a Parliament being then held at Notingham he was the principal Person that apprehended Roger de Mortimer Earl of March in the Night-time within the Queens Lodgings there the King himself being present and sent him Prisoner to London where he had Sentence of Death and Execution accordingly within a short time after Whereupon in consideration of this and other his good Services and of a thousand Pâ—unds per Annum promised to him for his Actings against the Lord Mortimer he obtain'd a Grant in Tail to himself and Katherine his Wife of the Castle of Shireburne in Com. Dorset with the Customs of Beer at that Place As also of the Mannor of Swyneston in the Isle of Wiht and Castle of Christ-Church-Twynham with the Borough the Mannor of Westoure Hundred of Christ-Church and Mannor of Kingwood in Com. Suthampt. of the Mannor of Crokham in Com. Berks. Fulmere in Com. Buck. Catfourd and Leuesham in Com. Cantii with Remainder to the King c. As also of the Castle Town Mannor and Honour of Denbyâ—h with the Cantreds of â—os â—eywynoke Kaermere and Commot of Dymmall in North-Wales then in the King's Hands by the Attainder of the said Roger de Mortimer to hold upon certain Conditions And being retain'd to serve the King for the term of his whole Life as well in time of Peace as War for which respect he had a Grant of the Mannor of Werke upon Twede for his Life in consideration of his other manifold Services he obtain'd a Grant of the Mannor of Camel with the Park in Com. Somerset Likewise of the Mannor Town and Hundred of Somerton with the Lordship of Kingsbury all in that County to hold for Life Moreover he was the same year constituted Governour of Shireburne-Castle in Com. Dorset as also of the Castle of Corff with the Chace
H. 8. had a special Livery of his Lands After which viz. in 36 H. 8. he was in that Expedition then made into France and one of the Commanders under Iohn Lord Russell then Lord Privy-Seal in the Rere of that Army which besieg'd Montreul and upon the taking of Boloigne by the King himself the same year was made Commander in chief of that place Moreover in 1 E. 6. being Marshal of the Field and Captain-General of the Horse for that Army then sent into Scotland he march'd in the Head thereof and gave the first Charge upon the Enemy And in 2 E. 6. fortified Haddington fired Dalkeith and won the Castle spoiled much of the Country about Edenburgh Lowthian and Meers fired Muscleborough fortified Lowder and took Yester And the same year upon those Commotions rais'd in divers parts of England in opposition to the Reformation being sent into Oxfordshire with Fifteen hundred Horse and Foot the Gentlemen of the Country resorted to him in such numbers in regard he was so generally known to be a Man of Valour and Fortune that many of the Seditious dispersing themselves the rest were slain or taken Howbeit after this viz. in 5 E. 6. he was attached as a Favourer of the Duke of Somerset and committed to the Tower But this Storm when the Duke of Somerset's Head was off lasted not he being the Person chiefly aimed at by those that then bore the greatest sway for the year next following he was made Deputy of Calais and Governour of the Castle of Gisnes in Picardy In 1 Mariae he accompanied the Duke of Northumberland with those Forces wherewith he march'd from London on the behalf of the Lady Iane Gray whom upon the death of King Edward the Sixth most of the Lords of the Council had proclaimed Queen And to him it was that the Duke then discerning Multitudes of People to stand gazing at them said Do you see my Lord what a Conflux of People here is drawn together to see us march and yet of all this Multitude you hear not so much as one that wisheth us Success Furthermore being Captain of the Castle at Guisnes which was strongly besieg'd after the French had taken Calais he defended it with great Valour much longer than could well have been expected against such a Powerful Army but at length his Soldiers through despair mutinying he was constrain'd to yield it up upon such Terms as the Enemy would give viz. That himself with all his Captains and Officers should remain Prisoners at the disposal of the Duke of Guise at that time General of the French-Forces and the Common-Soldiers to march away with their Arms and Baggage whither they pleased So that being thereupon given to the Marshal Strozzy and by him sold to Monsieur de Randan and from him to his Brother the Count of Rouchefoucalt he continued Prisoner until he was redeemed for Twenty four thousand Crowns which did much weaken his Estate How he came to be attainted I have not seen but in 1 Eliz. he was restored in Blood And in 2 Eliz. being then one of the Knights of the most Noble Order of the Garter and having so valiantly defended Guisnes as before is said he was constituted Governour of the Town and Castle of Barwick upon Twede as also Warden of the East and Middle-Marches towards Scotland Soon after which being likewise made General of the English Army then sent into that Realm in aid of the Scots against the French who had made an Invasion there with great Forces on purpose to subvert the ancient State of that Kingdom and to annex it unto the Crown of France he besieged Leith and at length forced the French to depart But after this he lived not long for it appears that he died upon the fourteenth of December Anno 1562. 5 Eliz. at Cheston besides Waltham in Hertfordshire in the House of his Son-in-Law Henry Denny Esq and was buried in the Parish-Church there near to the Communion-Table leaving Issue by Mary his Wife Daughter to Charles Earl of Worcester two Sons viz. Arthur and William and one Daughter called Honora Wife of the same Henry Denny Which Arthur being with his Father at the Siege of Leith was there wounded in the Shoulder by a Musket-Bullet And in 15 Eliz. was one of the Peers for Trial of the Duke of Norfolk In 23 Eliz. being made Lord Lieutenant of Ireland he march'd into Ophalia against O-Conero a great Rebel and reduc'd him and others then in Arms in those Parts to Obedience Moreover in 29 Eliz. he was one of the Commissioners for Trial of the Queen of Scots at Fotheringhay and the next ensuing year when Secretary Davison to palliate Queen Elizabeth's intention to take her Life away was question'd in the Star-Chamber for delivering the Warrant for her Execution which he did as 't was said not onely without the Queen's privity but contrary to her express Command this Lord Grey being a great Zealot for Religion made a large Speech in the defence of Davison and to justifie the Expediency of her death Likewise in 31 Eliz. Anno 1588. upon that danger of the Spanish-Invasion having the reputation of a most expert Soldier he was one of the Council of War appointed to consult for the defence of the Ports and Havens And by his Testament bearing date 14 Oct. 35 Eliz. appointing no certain place for his Burial departed this Life at Whaddon upon the same day where he was buried leaving Issue by the Lady Iana Sibylla Morisâ—n an Alien born but Endenized in 18 Eliz. Thomas his Son and Heir Who in 40 Eliz. upon another danger from the Spaniard design'd against Ireland put himself into the Queens Fleet to prevent their Landing And in 43 Eliz. was one of the Lords sent to the Earl of Essex when he made that Insurrection which cost his Head and was shut up in Essex-house whilst the Earl march'd into London But in 2 Iac. being one of those Conspirators with the Lord Cobham Sir Walter Raleigh and others that had design'd to take the King and Prince to the Tower of London and thence to Dovor-Castle whereby they might obtain a Toleration of the Romish-Religion and remove some Counsellors of State as 't was then said was attained of Treason and long afterwards viz. 6 Iulii Anno 1614. died in the Tower being the last Lord Grey of Wilton Grey of Ruthyn I Now come to Roger de Grey Son to Iohn Lord Grey of Wilton by his second Wife This Roger in 12 E. 2. was in that Expedition then made into Scotland and sate in the Parliament held at Yorke in
before-mentioned near unto his Father appointing That his Executors should cause three honest Priests to sing and pray there for his Soul as also for the Souls of his Father and Mother and all Christian Souls And moreover that they should with all speed and diligence after his Funerals were perform'd and Debts paid make and build a Chappel at Astley according to the Will of his Father with a goodly Tomb over his Father and Mother Which being done to make another Tomb in the midst of the Chancel where he himself resolv'd to be buried And after that should be finish'd then to build an Almshouse for thirteen poor Men there to inhabit and to be for ever nominated by his Executors during their Lives and afterwards by his Heirs each of them to receive xii d. a Week for their Maintenance with a Livery of Black-Cotton yearly price iv s. Which Payment he appointed should be made out of his Rents and Profits of his Mannors of Bedworth and Pakinton and all such Lands and Tenements as were in the occupation of the Lord L'isle reputed or taken as parcel of the same Lordships the Surplusage to be bestow'd in repairing the said Alms-house and keeping his Obit yearly And died the same year as it seemeth by the Probate of this Testament leaving Issue by Margaret his Wife Daughter of Sir Robert Wotton of Bocton in Com. Cantii Knight Widow of William Medley four Sons viz. Henry Lord Grey who succeeded him as Marquess Dorset Iohn Grey of Pirgo in Essex Thomas and Leonard And three Daughters viz. Elizabeth Wife of Thomas Lord Audley of Walden Lord Chancellor of England Katherine of Henry Fitz-Alan Earl of Arundel and Anne of Henry Willoughby of Wollaton in Com. Nott. Esq But before I proceed further I must say something of Leonard Grey Brother to this last-mentioned Marquess In 27 H. 8. this Leonard was authorised to execute the Office of Deputy of Ireland under Henry Fitz-Roy Duke of Richmund but in 31 H 8. upon Suggestions from the Council of State there he was recalled and the next year following had divers Articles of High-Treason exhibited against him So that though not long before he had repuls'd O Donel and O Nele upon their Invading of the English Pale and rendred the King divers good Services formerly in France Ireland and other Places yet considering he was charg'd with a purpose to joyn with Cardinal Poole and other the King's Enemies and to that end had left the King's Ordnance in Galloway as also for that he had consented to the Escape of his Nephew Gerald being brought to his Tryal and confessing all he had his Head cut off on Tower Hill and was attainted in the Parliament then held I now come to Henry Marquess Dorset Son and Heir to Thomas This Henry in 1 E. 6. was constituted Lord High-Constable of England for three days onely viz. 18 19 and 20 E. 6. by reason of the Solemnity of the King's Coronation In 4 E. 6. Justice Itinerant of all the King's Forests And in 5 Warden of the East West and Middle Marches toward Scotland This Henry first took to Wise Katherine the Daughter to William Fitz-Alan Earl of Arundell but had no Issue by her and afterwards the Lady Frances eldest Daughter to Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolk and Mary the French Queen his Wife and by reason her two Brothers died Issueless was in favour to her though otherwise for his harmless simplicity neither misliked nor much regarded created Duke of Suffolk 11 Oct. 5 E. 6. By whom he had onely three Daughters Iane married to Guilford Dudley fourth Son to Iohn Duke of Northumberland Katherine to Henry Lord Herbert eldest Son to William Earl of Pembroke and being divorc'd from him to Edward Seymouâ— Earl of Hartford and Mary to Martin Keys Serjeant-Porter to Queen Elizabeth Upon the death of King Edward the Sixth this Duke was through the Ambition of the then Duke of Northumberland whose aim was no less than to have the whole Sway of the Realm allured to countenance the Proclaiming of his Daughter the Lady Iane to be Queen upon pretence of King Edward's Designation of her so to be by his Will but that Attempt not thriving though it cost Northumberland and some other no less a price than their Heads yet was this Henry spared Notwithstanding which Favour he was so unhappy as to be stirring again For discerning that Queen Mary had a purpose to Match with Philip Son to the Emperor Charles the Fifth he came into the Counties of Warwick and Leicester and set out Proclamations to incense the People against it Whereupon the Earl of Huntendon being sent with a Power of Soldiers to prevent all danger he was necessitated to obscure himself under the trust of one Vnderwood his Keeper in a hollow Tree in his Park at Astley who after some few days upon promise of a Reward most basely betray'd him so that it was not long after that he lost his Head on Tower-Hill viz. 23 Febr. 2 Mariae Touching his Brothers I find That at the Time of Wyat's Rebellion in 2 Mariae whose pretence was to oppose the Queens Marriage with Philip King of Spain whilst Wyat was acting his Part in Kent Iohn and Leonard departed with their Brother the Duke from London upon the twenty fifth of January and every where incited the People to take up Arms against the Spaniard And that Thomas being found guilty of persuading the Duke his Brother who was otherwise irresolute to partake with Wyat in those his Seditious Attempts was Beheaded upon the twenty seventh of April next ensuing For the Lady Frances Dutchess of Suffolk Widow of the before-specified Duke there is a Tomb of Alabaster erected by Adrian Stokes Esq her second Husband in St. Edmund's Chappel within the Abby-Church of Westminster with this Epitaph ¶ Nil decus aut splendor nil regia nomina prosunt Splendida divitiis nil juvâ—t ampla domus Omnia fluxerunt virtutiâ— sola remansit Gloria Tartareis non abolenda rogis Nupta Duci prius est uxor post Armigeri Stokes Funere nunc valeas consociata Deo And now that which I shall farther observe concerning this unhappy Duke and his Family is That all his Honours being thus lost did so continue until King Iames by his Letters Patents bearing date at Westminster 21 Iulii in the first year of his Reign created Sir Henry Grey of Pirgo in Com. Essex Knight Son and Heir of Iohn Grey of Pirgo before-mentioned by Mary his Wife Daughter of Anthony Brown Viscount Montacute Baron Grey of 〈◊〉 in Com. Leic. with Remainder to the Heirs Male of his Body Which Henry by Anne his Wife Daughter of William Lord Windsor had Issue two Sons Iohn and Ambrose and two Daughters viz. ... first married to William Sulyard Esq and
Marches of Scotland towards Barwick upon Twede and being thereupon made the Kings Lieutenant and Captain-General of all the Soldiery Horse and Foot for the defence of those parts against Robert Brus sometime Earl of Carryk and his Complices had an Assignation of two hundred pounds in part of his Wages to be paid unto him by Iohn de Sandale Chamberlain of Scotland Shortly after which Robert de Brus compassing that Realm and receiving the homages of many came near to S. Johnsstones to the defence whereof this Earl being arrived but a little before Brus sent to him by way of challenge to Battle Whereunto returning answer that he would meet him the next day Brus retired Which being discerned by this Earl he fallied out and slew divers of the Scots unarmed as it is said Brus therefore being advertised thereof fled to the Isle of Kentire Whereupon he followed him supposing to find him in the Castle there But upon his taking thereof and discerning none but his Wife and Nigel de Brus his Brother there he hanged up Nigel and all the rest who were with him excepting her Brus therefore growing exceedingly exasperated at this his cruelty raised all the power he could and giving Battle to him forced him to flee to the Castle of Ayre Soon after this being with King Edward on his Death-bed at Burgh upon the Sands not far from Carlisle he was one of those whom the King desired to be good to his Son and not to suffer Piers de Gaveston to come into England again to set him in riot For which he was much hated by Piers as divers other of the Nobility were being called by him Ioseph the Iew in regard he was tall and pale of countenance In 1 Edw. 2. he was sent with Otto de Grandison and others to the Pope upon special business and the same year upon the death of Ioane his Mother doing his homage had Livery of those Lands which she held in Dower In 3 Edw. 2. he had the like Livery of the Lands of Agnes his Sister then deceased whose Heir he was But in 3 Edw. 2. he joyned with Thomas Earl of Lancaster and the rest in that design of pulling down Gaveston So likewise in 5 Edw. 2. with Iohn de Warren Earl of Surrey in the Siege of Scarborough Castle whereunto Gaveston fled and having there seised upon him intended to have carried him to Wallingford but lodging him at Dadington in Comit. Oxon. he was taken thence in the night by the Earl of Warwick and by him beheaded on Blacklow-Hill not far from Warwick as I have elswhere shewed In 6 Edw. 2. he was again sent to Rome and obtained a Grant in General Tail from the King of the House and Place called The New Temple in London as also of certain Lands called Fleet-crofts with all other the Lands in the City and Suburbs of London which belonged to the Templers with Remainder to the King and his Heirs And in 7 Edw. 2. had a Charter for Return of Writs within his Lordships and Towns of Gainsburgh and Dunham in Com. Linc. In which year being made Warden and Lieutenant of all Scotland until the Kings coming thither he was in that fatal Battle of Bannocksburne in Scotland where the English had a great overthrow In 8 Edw. 2. he was constituted General of all the Kings Forces from the River of Trent Northwards unto Roxborough in Scotland and obtained License to make a Castle of his House at Bampton in Com. Oxon. Likewise in consideration That he did release to the Earl of Lancaster all his right in the Castle and Mannors of Thorpe Waterville Aldwincle and Achurch in Com. Northampt. As also in the Mannor of the New Temple London he obtained a Grant of all those Lands in Monmouth which Robert de Clifford deceased held for life the Remainder to the King and His Heirs In 10 Edw. 2. he was again in the Scotish Wars but before the end of this year being taken prisoner in his journey towards the Court of Rome by Iohn Moilley a Burgundian and sent to the Emperor he was constrained to give twenty thousand pounds of Silver for his ransome by reason Moilley alleaged That himself having served the King of England had not been paid his Wages Upon this occasion therefore it was that King Edward wrote his Letters to divers Forein Princes to solicite his deliverance from that imprisonment Which was obtained as it seems for in 11 Edw. 2. he was again in those Wars of Scotland and the same year was made Governor of Rockingham Castle In 12 Edw. 2. he procured License for a Market every week upon the Tuesday at Redswell in Com. Essex And for a Fair yearly on the Eve Day and Morrow after the Feast of S. Lawrence Also for a Fair yearly at Toucester in Com. Northampt. on the Eve of the Annunciation of our Lady the Day and Morrow after with Free-Warren in all his Demesn Lands there In 13 Edw. 2. he was constituted Warden of all the Forests South of Trent and being still Warden of Scotland had License to travel beyond Sea In 14 Edw. 2. he was again made Warden of all the Forests South of Trent and obtained License for a Market every week upon the Tuesday at his Mannor of Paâ—nswike in Com. Gloc. As also for a Fair yearly on the Eue and Day of the Nativity of our Lady In 15 Edw. 2. upon the taking of Thomas Earl of Lancaster at Burrough-Brigge in Com. Ebor. He was one of those who gave sentence of death upon him at Pontfract Whereupon he obtained a Grant to himself and Mary his Wife and to the Heirs of their two Bodies lawfully begotten of the Mannor of Higham Ferrers in Com. Northampt. part of the Possessions of that Earl as also of the Castle and Mannor of Thorpe Watervile with the Hamlets of Achurch and Aldwincle in the same County which did belong to Robert de Holland then likewise attainted After which it was not long that he lived for attending Queen Isabell into France in An. 1323. 17 Edw. 2. he was there murthered 23 Iunii the same year by reason he had a hand in the death of the Earl of Lancaster as my Author saith But though he there lost his life his Body was brought into England and buried in the Abby Church of Westminster at the Head of Edmund Crouchback Earl of Lancaster leaving no issue notwithstanding he had three Wives viz. 1. Beatrix Daughter to Ralph de Neal Constable of France 2. ... Daughter to the Earl of Barre and 3. Mary Daughter to Guy de Chastilian Earl of St. Paul Which Mary surviving him in 18 Edw. 2. had for her Dowry an
Lincolne then held for life the reversion through the forfeiture of Hugh le Despenser the younger being then in the Crown In 3 E. 3. he had Livery of the Dowrie of Margaret his Wife Widdow of Iohn Comyn of Badenagh lying in Tindale Which Margaret was Daughter of Iohn and Sister and Heir to Thomas Lord Wake As to the occasion of this Earls death there are sundry Relations yet all agreeing that it was for desire that King Edward the Second his Brother should have been restored though varying in circumstances being informed he had escaped that cruel Murther in Berkley-Castle which was generally believed to have been acted upon him and which indeed was too true One saith that he first practised therein with certain Friers Preachers next with Sir Thomas Gurney and afterwards with Sir Iohn Daverill Constable of Corf and that Sir Iohn Daverill discovered a Letter which he wrote to King Edward the Second supposing him to be living Also that thereupon being questioned in the Parliament then sitting at Winchester through the suggestion of Queen Isabell and his own Letter produced by the Lord Mortimer he had judgment of death Likewise that the next Morning by Mortimers means Queen Isabell sent to the Bayliffs of Winchester to do execution upon him And that the young King hearing thereof being very sorry caused his Body to be interred in the Friers Preachers at Winchester Another saith that there came one of the Earl of March his Retinue to him saying that if he would assist him King Edward the Second might be again restored to his Kingly dignity and that promising to do his best therein he was accused of Treason and by the means of Queen Isabell and Mortimer beheaded at Winchester But it is farther said by a credible Historian that this Earl upon his Examination by Robert de Hovel Coroner of the Kings Houshold and afterwards scil 16 Martii 4 E. 3. before the Lords assembled in Parliament confessed that a certain Frier-Preacher of London upon discourse with him at Kensington told him that he had conjured up a Spirit which assured him that Edward his Brother late King of England was still alive Also that Sir Ingeram Berenger brought him a Message to London from William Lord Zouch with desire that he would give his assistance for his Restauration Likewise that Sir Robert de Taunton came to him from the Archbishop of Yorke to encourage him thereto assuring him that he had in readiness five thousand Men to carry on the work and that he the said Robert with two other Friers-Preachers were Agents therein Also that Sir Fouke Fitz Warine came to him at Westminster and told him that it would be the greatest honour that ever could happen to him in case he would appear in that attempt promising his best assistance Furthermore that Sir Ingeram Berenger again came to him from Sir Iohn Peche signifying that he should have his help And that Henry Lord Beaumont and Sir Thomas Rosselyn at Paris in the Duke of Brabants Bedchamber instigated him thereto saying that they were ready to come into England to his ayd Lastly that Sir Ingeram Berenger came to him another time at Arundell into his Bedchamber over the Chapel and assured him of the Bishop of Londons help Whereupon having made this confession he submitted to mercy These are the most material particulars that I have observed therein Now as to that eager prosecution of him to death it is agreed on all hands that the Lord Mortimer carried it on with all the Interest he had in Queen Isabell Mother to the Young King which was not small maligning that he should bear any sway in the Government But being thus condemned they could not easily get any one to be his Executioner in so much as being brought out he staid till Evening that a Ribauld out of the Marshalsey to save his own Life beheaded him upon the Munday the Eve of St. Cuthbert 4 E. 3. whereupon Proclamations were Issued out into all the Counties of England to let all the people know that he was put to death and the true cause thereof The Lands and Rents whereof he died seised were these viz. the Mannor of Ryhall in Com. Rotel the yearly Rent of sixty pounds issuing out of the Town of Aylesbury in Com. Buck. Buck. the Mannor of Kenton in Com. Devon Byâ—sey in Com. Hertf. Leyham and Kersey in Com. Suff. Swanescampe and UUykham with the Advousons of the Churches the Hundred of UUacheleston and Lutlesfeld with the Farm of the Royalty of the Market at Derteford valued at thirty pounds per annum all in com Cantii likewise of the Mannors of Brocelby Gretham with the Hamlet of Thorley and other its appurtenances in UUaynflet in Com. Linc. of the Mannors of Torpel and Eston in Com. North. Taleworth with its Members viz. UUyke and Turbervile and UUocking with its Members viz. Sutton Hoke and Piribrâ—ht in Com. Surr. of the Castle and Mannor of Donyngton with its Members in Com. Leic. of the Mannor of Allerton under Shirewode and Wapentake of Allerton in Com. Nott. and of the Mannor of Ashefourd in the Peke in Com. Derb. of the Mannors of Andevere Bedehampton and Aulton with the Hundred in Com. South of the Mannors of Lammersh and Northwelde in Com. Essex of the Town of UUyche in Com. Wigorn. of the Mannor of Caldecote and Farm of fifty pounds per annum payable by the Abbot of Ramsey for the Fairs at St. Ives in Com. Hunt of the annual Farm of ninety pounds payable by the Abbot and Covent of Kirkshall for the Mannor of Colingham in Com. Ebor. of the Farm of thirty pound per annum payable by the Abbot and Covent of Cirencester for the Town of Cirencester and the seven Hundreds in Com. Glouc. of the Farm of thirty six pounds per annum payable by the Citizens of Cicestre in Com. Suss. and the Rent of fifty five shillings and a penny qu. yearly due from the Tenants of the Town and Soke of Castre in Com. Liâ—c Divers of which Lordships and Rent were assigned to Margaret his Widdow very shortly after for her Dowrie The Issue which this Edmund had by the said Margaret his Wife was two Sons viz. Edmund and Pain and two Daughters viz. Margaret who was Married to Amaneus the eldest Son to Bernard Lord de la Brette but died without Issue as it seems and Ioane first Married to Sir Thomas Holland Knight next to William de Montacute Earl of Salisbury and lastly to Edward Prince of UUales commonly called the Black-Prince Which Ioane by her Testament bearing date 7 Aug. An. 1385. 9 R. 2. at her Castle of UUalingford bequeathed her Body to be buried in the Chapel at Stanford near to the Grave of this Earl of Kent her first Husband and gave to her Son King Richard the Second her new Bed of Red Velvet embroidered with Ostrich-Feathers of Silver
was slain at Barnet-Field An. 1471. 11 E. 4. but left no issue 4. Sir Iohn Bourchier Knight who married Elizabeth Neice and heir to William Lord Ferrers of Groby Widow of Edward Lord Grâ—y of Groby 5. Sir Thomas Bourchier Knight who married Isabel daughter and heir of Sir Iohn Barre Knight Widow of Humphrey Stafford Earl of Devon 6 Sir Edward Bourchier Knight slain in the battel of Wakefeild and 7. Fulke who died young As also a daughter called Isabel who lived but a few dayes And now before I proceed to speak of Henry the succeeding Earl it will be fit to take notice that William his father so deceased as before is observed married Anne one of the daughters of Richard Widvile the first Earl Rivers of that Family sister and coheir to Richard Widvile the last Earl Rivers and that he had issue by her one son called Henry of whom I am in the next place to speak and two daughters viz. Cecilie who became the Wife of Iohn Devereux Lord Ferrers of Chartley and Isabell As also that King Edward the Fourth taking into consideration that she the said Anne was sister to Elizabeth his Queen did for her better support grant unto her and the heirs male of her body the Mannor of Over-hall as also the mannor of Nether-hall otherwise called Sylvester's-hall in St. Mary Buris in Com. Suff. and Essex Likewise the Mannor of Downham with the Advouson of the Church and One hundred Acres of Land Two hundred Acres of Marish and One hundred Acres of Pasture called Erlesfee in Bures-Giffard in the said County of Essex which came to the Crown by the attainder of Iohn Earl of Oxford in the Parliament begun at Westminster 6 Oct. 12 E. 4. Moreover one capital Messuage in North Lynne One hundred Acres of Pasture in Clenchwarton the Mannor of Botleys in Hardwyke and South Lynne in Com. Norff. as also the Mannor of North Fambrige in Com. Essex But I return to Henry the succeeding Earl This Henry being a person of singular endowments as saith my Author was in 1 H. 7. made choice of by that prudent Prince for one of his Privy-Council and in 8 H. 7 attending him in his Army into France was at the Siege of Boloin In 9 H. 7. he had a special Livery of all the Lands which by the death of Henry late Earl of Essex his Grandfather William his Father Isabell his Grandmother Anne his Mother and Sir Thomas Bourchier Knight his Uncle to whom he was heir of right descended to him And in 12 H. 7. was one of the chief Commanders in the King's Army at Black-Heath whereby the Insurrection of the Cornish-men at that time made was happily suppress'd In 15 H. 7. he attended the King and Queen to Calais where they met with the Duke of Burgundy And in 1 H. 8. was made Captain of the King's Horse-guard then newly constituted for attending on his person which consisted of Fifty Horse trapp'd with Cloth of Gold or Goldsmith's work whereof every one had his Archer a Demi-lance and Coustrill In 5 H. 8. he attended the King again into France in that memorable Expedition to Theâ—ouene and Tournay being then Lieutenant-General of all the Speares And in 8 H. 8. at that famous Just which the King held upon the Nineteenth and Twentieth of May for the Honor of Margaret his Sister Queen of Scotland who after the death of K. Iames the Fourth her Husband married Archibald Douglas Earl of Angus fled into England he with the King himself the Duke of Suffolk and Nicholas Carew Esquire answered all comers In 12 H. 8. he once more attended K. Henry into France and was at that magnificent enterview betwixt him and Francis the First betwixt Arbres and Guisnes And in 13 H. 8. upon the Attainder of Edward Duke of Buckingham obtain'd a Grant to himself and the heires-male of his body of the Mannor of Bedminster in Com. Somerset Moreover in 22 H. 8 he was one of the Peeres which signed that Letter to Pope Clement the Seventh intimating that in case he did not comply with King Henry in that cause of his Divorce which had been agitated concerning Q. Catherine his Supremacy here would not long be owned But in 31 H. 8. adventuring to ride a young unruly Horse at his Mannor of Basse in Com. Hertf he had the hard hap to be overthrown and by the fall to break his neck upon the thirteenth of March whereupon he was buryed at his Mannor of Estanes in Com. Essex leaving issue by Mary his Wife the elder of the two daughters and heires of Sir William Say Knight one sole daughter and heir called Anne Wife d of Sir William Parre Knight Lord Parre of Kendall afterwards Earl of Essex and Marquess of Northampton but that Marriage was in 5 E. 6. disannull'd by Act of Parliament Bourchier Lord Fitz-VVarine I Now come to William Bourchier third son to William Bourchier Earl of Ewe and Anne his Wife Daughter and heir to Thomas of Wodstoke Duke of Glocester This William having married Thomasine the daughter and heir of Sir Richard Hankford Knight by Elizabeth his Wife sister and heir to Fulke Lord Fitz-warine as also sister and heir to Elizabeth the other daughter of the said Richard was summon'd to Parliament in 27 H. 6. and afterwards till his death by the Title of Lord Fitz-warine And in 1 E. 4. in consideration of his acceptable services obtain'd a Grant of the Office of Master-Forester of the Forest of Ermore in Com. Devon as also of the Forest of Racche in Com. Somerset for life Moreover in 6 E. 4. in consideration of certain verball promises which the King had made unto him he procured License by himself or his Agents to transport a Thousand Woollen-clothes of his own proper Goods without paying of any Custome Afterwards he married a second Wife viz. Catherine the Widow of ... Stukeley Which Catherine with his License and consent by her Testament bearing date at Bamptone 13 Febr. An. 1466. 6 E. 4. bequeath'd her body to be buried in the Parish-Church of West Wolryngton in Com. Devon and gave to Elizabeth her Daughter a Girdle of Red Tissue After which viz. 26 Martii 7 E. 4. she died being joyntly seised with her said Husband of the Mannors of Affreton Eswellington Thellebrige Mewshawe Bradford Tracy North-Stodlegh and Brygernell in Com. Devon The certain time of his death I find not but that he had summons to Parliament from 27 H. 6. till 12 E. 4. inclusive and was buried in the Augustine-Friers at London To him succeeded Fulke his son and heir called also Lord Fitz-Warine who having been summon'd to Parliament in 12 E. 4. and not after by his Testament
Pisa then in London and those of St. Luca with their goods to be arrested till he was delivered twelve of them being thereupon committed to the Tower of London who undertaking for his enlargement were Bailed But I return to Thomas his grandson whose Wardship was granted to Queen Philippa Wife to King Edward the Third This Thomas in 43 E. 3. upon the death of Agnes his grandmother obtain'd for his maintenance until he should arrive at his full age a grant of the third part of the Mannors of Uedeleye in Com. Essex and third part of the moiety of the Mannor of Shaldeford in Com. Surr. as also of the Mannor of Wynterbourne in Com. Gloc. which she held in Dower and the same year was in that Expedition then made into France But departed this life upon Tuesday next after the Feast of St. Dunstan 48 E. 3. being at that time seised of the Mannor of Shaldeford within the Town of Lollingham in Com. Surr. Of the Mannor of Multon in Com. Wigorn. Of the Mannors of Bradestan and Stinchescombe with the Hundred of Berkley and Mannor of Wynterbourne all in Com. Gloc. Of the Mannor of Alvithley in Com. Essex and Eversley in Com. Southampt leaving Elizabeth his sole daughter and heir then of the age of eight moneths Which Elizabeth in 13 R. 2. making proof of her age being then Married to Walter de la Pole had Livery of the Lands of her Inheritance VVest 16 Edw. 3. THe first mention I have seen of this Family is in 17 E. 2. where Thomas de West having Married Alianore the daughter and heir to Sir Iohn de Cantilupe of Sniterfeld in Com. Warr. Knight obtain'd the King's Charter for a Market every week there upon the Tuesday as also for a Faire yearly upon the Eve and Day of St. Kenelme and six dayes after Likewise for Free-warren to them and the heires of their two Bodies in all their Demesn-lands there In which year he serv'd in the Parliament then held at Westminster as one of the Knights for that County In 19 E. 2. this Thomas receiv'd the honor of Knighthood by Bathing c. his Robes and all Accoutrements for that Solemnity being then allow'd out of the King 's great Wardrobe and in 1 E. 3. obtain'd License to make a Castle of his Mannor-house at Rughcombe in Wiltshire In 4 E. 3. he was made Governor of the Castle of Christ-Church in Com. Southampt and in 7 E. 3. serv'd in that Expedition then made into Scotland So likewise in 9 E. 3. And in 12 E. in that of Flanders with William de Montacute Earl of Salisbury As also in 13 E. 3. And the same year in consideration of those his services obtain'd a Grant in Fee for Return of all Writs and Summons of the Exchequer within his Lordships of Swalclyff and Sutton in Com. Wilis In 16 E. 3. he accompanied Laurence de Hastings Earl of Pembroke in that memorable Expedition then made into France In which and other his great imployment he merited so well that he then had summons to Parliament amongst the Peeres of this Realme In 19 E. 3. he was again in the Wars of France with Richard Earl of Arundel After which time I find no more mention of him To him succeeded another Thomas his son and heir Which Thomas in 20 E. 3. being a Knight was in the Wars of France the English at that time being victorious at Cressi and in 29 E. 3. in the Scotish Wars In 33 E. 3. he accompanied Thomas de Cherleton then Lord Chamberlain to the King into Galcoine and in 44 E. 3. serv'd again in those Wars of Gascoine In I R. 2. he was in the Fleet with Iohn de Arundel the King s Marshal on the Seas And in 3 R. 2. in the Wars of France with Thomas of Wodstoke Earl of Buckingham In 8. R. 2. he was retein'd to serve in the Scotish Wars for Forty dayes the King himself being in person there And in 9 R. 2 for one quarter of that year in fortifying of Calais In 10 R. 2. he was again in the wars of France but died 3 Sept. the same year being then seised of the Mannor of Compton Valence in Com. Dorset and of the third part of the Mannor of Trente in Com. Somerset Of the Mannors of Snyterfelde in Com. Warr. Welneford Wesâ—one and Willerseye in Com. Gloc. Hempston Cantelo in Com. Devon Okehangre Newton Valence and Terstwode in Com. Southampt Wyke Haseldene Est-Hacche Napprede Roughcombe Swalâ—â—yve Eston juxta Berewyk Uptone Bradinore Sutton Mandevile Stratford Tony and Neuton Tony in Com. Wilts leaving Thomas his son and heir Twenty one yeares of age which Thomas was born at UUyke juxta Tissebury in Com. Wilts Alice his Wife then surviving Who by her Testament bearing date at Hynton Martel 15 Iulii Ann. 1395. bequeath'd her body to be buried in the Priory of Christ-Church in Com. Southampt where her Ancestors lay interred and gave to Thomas her son a Bed of Tapiters Work as also a pair of Matyn-Books a pair of Bedes and a Ring wherewith she was espoused to God which were the Lord her Fathers To Ioane her Sons Wife a Bed paled black and white To Sir Nicholas Clyfton Knight and Eleanore his Wife her daughter and Thomas clyfton her son One hundred and twenty pounds To her Sister Dame Lucie Fizherbert Prioress of Shaftsbury Forty pounds To her sister Thomase Blount a Nun at Romeseye Forty Marks And bequeathed Eighteen pounds ten shillings for Four thousand and four hundred Masses to be sung and said for the Soul of Sir Thomas West her Lord and Husband her own Soul and all Christian-Souls in the most haste that might be within fourteen nights next after her decease I now return to Thomas her son This Thomas succeeding his Father in that fair inheritance whereof he died seised as before is observed was in the Wars of France in 11 R. 2. And in 19 R. 2. upon the death of the before-specified Alice his Mother doing his Homage had Livery of the Lands which she held in Dower In 22 R. 2. he accompanied Edmund Duke of Albemarle into Ireland for the defence of that Realme and having been summoned to Parliament in 2 5 H. 4. by his Testament bearing date 8 Apr. An. 1405. 6 H. 4. bequeathed his Body to be buried in the new Chapel in the Mynster of Christ-Church-â—wyneham and to the work of that Church One hundred pounds Also to the Treasury there One hundred pounds upon condition that once in the year the Canons of that Monastery should keep solemnly the Minde id est the Obit of Thomas his Father Alice his Mother his own and Ioane his Wifes Minde He also bequeathed Eighteen pounds eighteen shillings four pence for
2. but in 12 R. 2. was taken Prisoner by the Scots After which viz in 15 R. 2. he was Deputy Governor of Barwick under Henry de Perci then Earl of Northumberland Moreover the next ensuing year viz. 16 R. 2. he obtained License to make a Castle of his Mannor-House at Lomley and having been summoned to Parliament from 8 R. 2. till 1 H. 4. inclusive then joyned with Thomas de Holland Earl of Kent and other his Confederates in that Insurrection by them made for the restoring of King Richard then deposed as I have shewn at large in my discourse of that Family whereupon being with them attainted his Lands were seised To this Raphe succeeded Thomas his Son and Heir who departed this life in his minority ult Maii 1 H. 4. being then seised of the Castle and Mannor of Kilton with the Mannors of Lythum Cotum Thwenge upon the Wolds Oktone juxta Swathorpe â—kton Holme in Houlderness and Haddeston in Com. Northumb. As also of the Castle of Lumley parva and Mannors of Stanley Stranton Riklesden and Beaurâ—one in the Bishoprick of Durham leaving Sir Iohn Lumely Knight his Brother and Heir twenty years of age Which Sir Iohn in 6 H. 4. doing his Homage had Livery of all the Castles Mannors and Lands whereof the said Sir Raphe de Lumley his Father was seised at the time of his Attainder and in 13 H. 4. being fully restored in blood tainted by the Conviction of the said Raphe his Father and Thomas his Brother departed this life in 10 H. 5. leaving Thomas his Son and Heir Which Thomas making proof of his age in 10 H. 6. had Livery of his Lands and in 33 H. 6. being then a Knight was made Governor of Scarborough Castle for life In 5 E. 4. he was one of the Commissioners appointed to Treat with Iames King of Scotland touching the Marriage of that King with some person of the King of Englands Allegiance as also concerning certain wrongs which had been done by the Subjects of both Nations to each other contrary to the Articles of Truce About that time also he was at the Siege of Bamburgh Castle in Com. Northumb. then held out with some other Garrisons in the North by the Lancastrians And having been summoned to Parliament from 1 E. 4. to 12 H. 7. inclusive by reason he had Married a Bastard Daughter of King Edward's the Fourth departed this life leaving Issue George his Son and Heir Which George took to Wife Elizabeth one of the Daughters and Heirs of Roger Thornton Esquire a very wealthy Merchant of Newcastle upon Tine by whom he had the Lordships of Witton in Com. Northumb. Lulworth and the Isle in the Bishoprick Which Roger founded the House of White-Fryers in Newcastle But after this Marriage possessing those Lands in right of his Wife there hapned great sutes and sharp contests betwixt Giles Thornton a Bastard Son to the said Roger and him concerning the Inheritance of them in which quarrel this George killed the same Giles in the Ditch of Windsore-Castle In 7 H. 7. this George was in that Expedition with Thomas Earl of Surrey against the Scots who had then laid Siege to Norham-Castle And had Issue three Sons Thomas Roger and Raphe which Thomas died in his Fathers life time leaving Issue one Son called Richard and three Daughters Anne Married to Raphe Lord Ogle Sibill to William Baron Hilton and Elizabeth to Croswell Which Richard succeeding his Grandfather had Summons to Parliament in 1. and 3. Hen. 8. and Married Anne Daughter to Sir Iohn Conyers of Hornby-Castle in Com. Ebor. Knight of the Garter Sister of William the First Lord Conyers by whom he had Issue two Sons Iohn and Anthony Which Iohn in 5 H. 8. being at Floddon-Field with the Earl of Surrey where King Iames the Fourth of Scotland was slain in 6 H. 8. was summoned to Parliament shortly after which he had Livery of all the Lands of his Inheritance This Iohn Lord Lumley Married Ioane Daughter to Henry Lord Scroope of Bolton by whom he had Issue George his Son and Heir Which George died in his Fathers life time leaving Issue by Iane his Wife Daughter and Co-heir to Sir Richard Knightley of Fausley in Com. Northampt. Knight Iohn his Son and Heir and two Daughters Iane Married to Geffrey Markham and Barbara to Humphrey Llâ—oyd This Iohn succeeding his Grandfather in 28 H. 8. being one of the chief of those Northern Lords who appeared in that Insurrection called The Pilgrimage of Grace whereof I have spoke in my discourse of Thomas Lord Darcie was by that Party made choice of to Treat with the Duke of Norfolk at Doncaster then sent as General of all the Kings Forces to suppress them And in 1 Eliz. constituted one of the Commissioners to receive the claims of all such as held of the King in grand Sergeantie and were required to perform their respective Services In 12 Eliz. and afterwards he was privy to divers Transactions relating to the Queen of Scots as also to that designed Marriage of hers with the Duke of Norfolk and in 29 Eliz. was one of the Peers who sate in judgment upon her at Fotheringhay-Castle where by virtue thereof she lost her life And the next ensuing year joyned with those other Commissioners in giving Sentence upon Secretary Davyson by reason he had sent the Queens Warrant for putting the Queen of Scots to death without her knowledge And having Married Iane the elder of the two Daughters and Heirs to Henry Fitz-Alan Earl of Arundell by her had Issue two Sons viz. Charles and Thomas as also a Daughter called Mary all which died without Issue Devereux 8 R. 2. OF this Family which had their Surname from Evreâ—x a Town of Note in Normandy there were divers Generations here in England before they became Peers of this Realm For in 5 Steph. there is mention of Reginald the Son of Robert de Ebrois who gave ten Marks of Silver to the King and fifty Marks of the mean profits for the recovery of his Fathers Lands in Cornwall And shortly after this of Helewyse the Widdow of William D'Evereux who bestowed on the Monks of St. Peters-Abby at Gloucester certain Lands called the Hyde in Com. Heref. Which Walter de Laci gave her in Marriage King Henry the Second confirming the Grant Also of Eustace D'Evereux who impleaded Herbert Waleran in 5 Ioh. for one Knights fee in Kinton Likewise in 15 Ioh. of Stephen de Ebrois who attended the King in that Expedition then made into Poictou Which Stephen in 7 H. 3. being in the Kings Army against the Welch had Scutage of all his
his Adversaries Having also written submissive Letters to the Queen he obtained her leave to retire to his own House under the more free custody of Richard Berkley Whereunto being removed to acquit her self of any severity injustice or prejudice towards him by her self or her Council she thought fit to call him to account not in the Star-Chamber to be fined but before some of the Lords of her Council viz. four Earls two Barons and four Judges where the particulars of the Charge laid against him were That against what he had in command he made the E. of Southampton General of the Horse Knighted sundry persons sent Forces into Munster and in stead of falling upon that great Rebel Tir-Oen treated with him contrary the dignity of the Queen and the honor of a Deputy and the more suspicious because clandestine Whereunto with great humility seriously professing his integrity he answered First as to the making of Southampton General of the Horse that he thought the Queen would have been satisfied therewith upon such reasons as he gave For his making those Knights he said it was to the end he might have persons of hoâ—or near him But going on to excuse his advancing into Munster the Lord Keeper admonished him that he should rather cast himself upon the Queens Mercy than to proceed in justifying or extenuating what he had done Alleadging that it would be esteemed a very absurd thing to palliate his Disobedience with a good intention of obeying and so pronounced him suspended from being any longer a Privy-Counsellor Earl-Marshal or Master of the Ordnance and to be committed to Custody during the Queens pleasure Whereunto all the rest of the Lords Delegates concurred But 't is said that the Queen expresly commanded that he should not be suspended from his Office of Master of the Horse All which he bore with such patience humility and expressions of his desire to relinquish the vanities of this World that the Queen having information thereof removed his Keeper from him suffering him to be free and with liberty to retire into the Country if he should think fit not coming to the Court. But this pleased him not his chief desire being to have admittance to her presence Which when he saw he could not obtain he grew more and more discontented and hearkned to the advice of Cuff and other unquiet spirits who perswaded him by force to take away those whom he esteemed his back-friends to the Queen and thereupon sent for Southampton out of the Netherlands entertained discontented Soldiers and had Sermons in his House every day by the most Zealous Preachers whereunto the Citizens resorted very much Keeping thus in his House he betook himself as he would have it thought totally to Divine Meditations Hearing of Sermons and entertaining his Friends but privately plotting by all the wayes he could the destruction of his Adversaries And to that end had in his thoughts the seizing upon the Queens Person and surprising the Tower of London the design being laid how to effect both It is not unworthy of observation that by these Sermons whereunto there was so great a concoâ—rse endeavours were used to instill into the People this Calvinistical Doctrine viz. ☞ That the Superior Magistrate hath Authority over the Sovereign Prince Of which notice being taken he was sent for to the Lord Treasurers House by one of the Secretaries of State Where divers of the Lords of the Council being purposely met intended to have admonished him that he should make use of his liberty temperately But suspecting lest upon some discovery of his purposes he should be committed to prison he excused his not going thither by pretending want of health Hereupon calling together his chiefest Confidents and intimating that some of them were ere long to be clapt in prison he asked them whether they thought it most proper to seize the Queen or to attempt the City of London and by the aid of his friends there to enter the Court or otherwise to preserve himself by flight But being neither provided of Force sufficient nor Military Engines to attempt the Court and considering that to enter there in such a sort would seem a Crime unpardonable It being also thought doubtful whether the Citizens would appear for him or not One of the company stept out by compact and assured him of assistance from the City against all his Adversaries Promising therefore to himself success therein he resolved the next day being Sunday to go into the City before the end of the Sermon at Pauls and there representing the cause thereof to the Lord Mayor and Aldermen to desire their aid against his Enemies And if the Citizens should stagger thereat then to adventure themselves into some other part of the Realme but if tractable then by their help to seize the Queen After which all that night it was given out from Essex-House that the Lord Cobham and Sir Walter Raleigh conspired his death And the next morning being 8 Feb. viz. Sunday the Earls of Rutland and Southampton the Lords Sands and Mont Eagel with about three hundred Gentlemen of note coming to Essex-House he heartily welcomed them inâ—inuating to them that his life was sought and caused the House to be shut up so that none might go in or out but such as were well known The Queen therefore having notice thereof sent to the Lord Mayor of London to require the Citizens to keep their Houses and to obey command and appointed the Lord Keeper of the Great Seal the Earl of Worcester as also Sir William Knolles Comptroller of her Houshold Unkle to this Earl and the Lord Chief Justice Popham to go to Essex-House and to know the reason of this extraordinary concourse thither Who being admitted o in at the little Wicket found in the midst of the Court the Earls of Essex Rutland and Southampton with many others Whereupon the Lord Keeper turning to Essex told him upon what errand they were sent assuring him in case of wrong done to him by any Man equal right should be had But the Earl answered that his life was sought and that there were certain persons hired to murther him in his Bed Also that Letters had been forged in his name adding We are here only met to defend our selves and save 〈◊〉 Lives But whilst they were thus discoursing the multitude cryed out that he was abused and betrayed saying that the time passed away To whom the Lord Keeper turning commanded that upon their Allegiance they should lay down their Arms. Hereupon he went into the House the Lord Keeper and the rest following some in the mean time crying out Kill them throw the great Seal into the Thames Shut them up Being thus within the House he commanded that
Hang'd never remembring to crave the benefit of his Clergy which is by some observed to be a just judgment of God upon him for having so much wrong'd the Church and all Learning and had his Head smitten off upon a Scaffold at Tower-Hill After which it was not long ere Infirmities seized upon the King from whom this Duke was little absent and so ordering the matter that whilst he languisht Gilford Dudley his fourth Son did marry with the Lady Iane Grey Eldest Daughter to Henry Duke of Suffolk by Frances Daughter to Mary second Sister to King Henry the Eighth and that a Patent was sealed for the same Lady Iane's Succession to the Crown for drawing whereof and excluding his two Sisters with fair pretences the assistance of the Lord Chief Justice Mountagu and Secretary Cecil were used Which Letters Patents were subscribed by all the Privy-Council as also by the greatest part both for number and power of the Nobility the King 's learned Council and all the Judges at the Common Law excepting Sir Iames Hales one of the Justices of the Common Pleas Some being guided by particular Interest for that they were possess'd of so much Monastery and Chantry-land which if Religion should have been altered through Queen Maries coming to the Crown they might have been in danger to lose and others by fear of or obligation to this Duke then so potent and almost absolute in Government of the State that 't was supposed he could make any title good either by his Authority or his Sword And having thus design'd unto himself the power of a King for no less he would have had in Cafe the Lady Iane had been Queen he contrived to get the Princess Mary into his hands causing the King to write his Letters for her coming to him in his sickness But she being made sensible of the Plot when she was within half a days journey of London diverted her course another way After which the King immediately dying he caused the Lady Iane to be Proclaimed Queen But the Tide of the peoples affections flowing towards Mary the Kings Eldest Sister she was likewise Proclaimed first by the Citizens of Norwich and afterwards in the Counties of Buck. and North. neither was there want of numbers in sundry parts of the Realm that began to put themselves in Arms on her behalf It being therefore now no sitting still as Champion for Queen Iane with a Commission under the great Seal of England He marcht out of London with six hundred Horse to suppress any power which should appear for Queen Mary having a promise from the Lords of more Forces to be sent after him But before he came to encounter the opposite party such a change he discern'd in the affections of his own Souldiers whereof many forsook him that to daub up the matter he return'd to Cambridge and there without either Herald or Trumpet accompanied with the Mayor and Marquess of Northampton he Proclaim'd Queen Mary himself in the Market-place and in token of joy threw up his Cap. But all this would no whit secure him for the very next day the Earl of Arundel coming thither from Queen Mary arrested him of Treason Whence he was with three of his Sons Iohn Ambrose and Henry convey'd to the Tower of London and from that place ere long to his Arraignment Where being condemn'd for a Traytor he suffered Death on Tower Hill 22 Aug. and was buried in the Tower-Church by Iohn Cock then Lancaster-Herald who having been his old Servant was willing to shew some respect to him dead from whom whilst living he had received many favours and therefore beg'd his Head only from the Queen that he might bury it in the Tower upon which Suit he had also his whole Body given him Some who write of his Death do affirm that at his end he professed the Romish Religion and it is said that for a witness of his Faith he voucht Dr. Heath Archbishop of Yorke afterwards Lord Chancellor Yet that being much blinded by ambition and apprehending that the alteration of Religion might be a chief means for the accomplishing of his Worldly ends he told Sir Anthony Brown afterwards Vicount Mountagu when he moved him for restoring the Romiâ—â— Religion that albeit he knew the same Religion to be truâ— yet seeing a new Religion was begun Run dog run Devil he would go forward It is also said that having two days before received the Sacrament of the Lords Supper upon the xxii of August he was brought to the place of Execution Where by the perswasion of the before-specified Nicholas Heath soon afterwards Archbishop of York making his own Funeral Oration to the people he acknowledged himself guilty and craving pardon for his unseasonable ambition admonished the standers by that they should embrace the Religion of their fore-fathers rejecting that of later date which had occasioned all the miseries of the forepassed thirty years And for prevention for the â—uture if they desired to present their Souls unspotted to God and were truly affâ—cted to their countrey they should expel those Trumpets of Sedition the preachers of the reformed Religion As for himself he professed that whatsoever he might pretend his conscience was fraught with the Religion of his Fathers and for testimony thereof he appealed to his good friend the Bishop of Winchester But being blinded with Ambition he had been contented to make wrack of his conscience by temporizing for which he professed himself sincerely repentant and acknowledged the desert of his death By what artifice he gain'd the Castle of Dudley in Com. Staff with divers fair Lordships thereto belonging I have briefly toucht in my discourse of that Lord Dudley who was his contemporary Which place he much affected by reason of his descent from the antient Lords thereof and beautified it with those Buildings on the North side called the New-work He likewise adorned the Gate-house Tower with the Arms of Malpas Someri and the Lion Rampant assumed by him for the Coat of Sutton curiously cut in large Shields of Stone and fixed in the wall over the Port-cullice By Iane his Wife Daughter and sole Heir to Sir Edward Guilford Knight Warden of the Cinque-Ports who had his wardship as hath been observ'd he had issue eight Sons and five Daughters viz. Henry who died at the siege of Boloin Iohn who had the title of Earl of Warwick in his Fathers life-time Ambrose afterwards created Earl of Warwick and Robert Earl of Leicester as I shall shew by and by Guilford who suffered death in 1 Mariae as his Father did another Henry slain at St. Quintins in 4 M. and Charles who died a child His Daughters were these Mary Wife of Sir Henry Sidney Knight of the Garter and Lord President of 〈◊〉 from whom the now Earl of Leicester is descâ—nded Katherine Wife to Henry Hastings Earl of Huntington Margaret Temperance and
another Katherine who all died young Which Iane departing this life 22 Ian. an 1555. 2 Mariae was buried in the North Isle of the Parish-church at Chelsey in Com. Midd. All that I have farther to say of him is that in the Parliament held 1 Mariae his attainder was confirmed as were the attainders of Iohn his eldest Son called Earl of Warwick and of these other of his Sons viz. Sir Ambrose and Sir Guilford both Knights and Henry Dudly Esq Which Iohn married Anne Daughter to Edward Duke of Somerset and in 6 E. 6. was made Master of the Horse with the see of C Marks per an and Knight of the Garter but died in prison without issue soon after ¶ I therefore come to Ambrose the eldest of those that survived In 3 E. 6. he served under the command of his Father then General of those Forces sent to suppress the Rebels in Norfolk and in 3 4 Ph. M. through the special favour of that Queen not suffering death as his Father and Brother did being restored in bloud was shortly after at the siege of St. Quintins in Picardy and in 1 Eliz. obtained a grant of the Mannour of Kibworth Beauchamp in Com. Leic. to be held by the service of Pantler to the Kings and Queens of this Realm at their Coronations Which office and Mannour his Father and other of his Ancestors Earls of Warwick formerly enjoyed And in 2 Eliz. being then a Knight was advanced to that great office of Master of the Ordinance for life Also in 4 Eliz. upon Christmas-day to the title of Baron L'isle and the next day ensuing to the dignity of Earl of Warwick Whereupon he had a grant 6 Apr. of the Castle Mannour and Burrough of Warwick with divers other Lordships in Com. War which came to the Crown by the attainder of his Father Before the end of that year he was likewise made Captain-general of all the Queens subjects in Normandy 1 Oct Shortly after which though twice repulsed by contrary winds he landed at Newhaven with certain Forces where he had some slight skirmishes with the French Continuing there till 6 Eliz. he discerned that the Inhabitants of that Port had a design to betray the Town and therefore not only expelled them but seized upon their Ships Whereupon the French prepared for a siege which the English not willing to undergo by reason that the Pestilence begun to rage amongst the Souldiers they condescended to yield it up on honourable terms During his continuance in those parts he was elected Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter And in 12 Eliz. upon that Insurrection in the North by the Earls of Northumberland and Westmerland the Earl of Sussex being first sent with seven hundred men for the suppressing thereof this Earl with Clinton then Lord Admiral followed with thirteen thousand more being made Lieutenant-general of her Majesties forces in those parts In 13 Eliz. he was constituted chief Butler of England and in 15 Eliz. sworn of her Privy-Council being the same year one of the Peers who sate in Westminster Hall upon Tryal and judgement of Thomas Duke of Norfolk As also in 29 Eliz. at Fotheringhay for tryal of the Queen of Scots And having married three Wives viz. Anne Daughter and coheir to William Whorwood Esq Atturney-general to King Henry the eight Elizabeth Daughter of Sir Gilbert Tailboys Knight Sister and sole Heir of George Lord Tailboys and Anne Daughter to Francis Earl of Bedford departed this life without issue 21 Febr-an 1589. 32 Eliz. at Bedford-house in the suburbs of London and was buried in that â—eautiful Chapel at Warwick adjoyning to the Collegiate Church where his Monument is still to be seen ¶ The next of the surviving Sons to this great Duke was Robert who in 5 E. 6. his Father then living was sworn one of the six Gentlemen in ordinary to that King viz. of his Privy Chamber as Sir Iohn Hayward expresseth adding that he was the true Heir both of his hate against persons of Nobility and cunning to dissemble the same and afterwards for lust and cruelty a Monster of the Court. And as apt to hate so a true executioner of his Hate yet rather by practice than by open dealing as wanting rather courage than wit And that after his entertainment into a place of so near service the King enjoyed his health not long But in 1 Mariae though upon the taking of his Father he was also with him sent to the Tower and attainted yet was he soon after restored by that Queen and in 4 5 of her Reign made Master of the Ordinance at the Siege of St. Quintins And from Queen Elizabeth whether for that he had shared with her in that common fate of Imprisonment in the reign of her Sister or that by reason of their Births in one and the same auspicious hour is not easy to determine saith my Author received extraordinary favours and benefits For having in the first year of her reign 11 Ian. that eminent office of Master of the Horse with the Fee of C Marks per annum conferred upon him and being made Knight of the most Noble Oâ—der of the Garter Also in 3 Eliz. Constable of Windsor-Castle for life Increasing yet farther into her esteem in 6 Eliz. she recommended him for an Husband to Mary Queen of Scotland promising if that Queen would assent thereto that she would by authority of Parliament declare her to be her Sister or Daughter and Heir to the Crown of England in case she her self should die without issue But the French esteeming it dishonourable for Her to Marry with him offered great advantages to the Subjects of the Scottish Nation in case they would refuse it and suggested to them that Queen Elizabeth did not at all purpose what she made shew of As to her real intentions therein I shall not take upon me to say any thing though plain it is that having given him large possessions before the end of that year viz. upon the 28. of Sept. she advanced him to the dignity of Baron of Denbigh and the next day following to that of Earl of Leicester to the end as some thought that he might seem the better qualifyed for that marriage though others suspected that this shew made by Queen Elizabeth was meerly to try if the motion would be accepted and then to marry with him her self with less dishonour In an 1566. 8 Eliz. he had the dignity of Knight of the order of S. Michael conferred upon him by Charles the ninth King of France And in an 1572. 15 Eliz. was one of the Peers appointed to sit upon Tryal of the Duke
of Age Ioane his Wife surviving who by her Testament bearing date 3 Dec. an 1485. 1 H. 7. bequeath'd her Body to be buried in the Parish-Church of All-Hallows at Herst Monceaux near to the grave of Sir Richard Fenys Kt her Husband And to Elizabeth Lady Clinton her Daughter Wife of Iohn Lord Clinton and Thomas Fenys her Son gave all her Chattels and Jewells to be divided betwixt them Which Thomas accomplishing his full age in 7 H. 7. had Livery of his Lands Shortly after which viz. in 10 H. 7. he was made Knight of the Bath upon the Creation of Henry the Kings second Son Duke of Yorke And in 8 H. 7. appeared in Arms against the Cornish-men who had then made a great Insurrection So likewise shortly after when the Scots had laid Siege to Norham-Castle he marcht with the Earl of Surrey to the raising thereof This Thomas having been summon'd to Parliament from 11 H. 7. to 21 H. 8. by his Testament bearing date 1 Sept. an 1531. 23 H. 8. bequeath'd his Body to be buried in the Parish-Church of Herst Monceaux on the North-side of the high Altar Appointing that a Tomb should be there made for placing the Sepulcher of our Lord with all fitting Furniture thereto in honour of the most blessed Sacrament Also that towards the Lights about the same Sepulcher C l. in Wax should be imploy'd in Tapers of ten pound weight a piece for to burn about it Likewise that his Funeral should be solemnized according to the degree of a Baron and a Tomb set over his Grave to the end it might be known where his Body resteth Moreover that an honest Priest should sing there for his Soul by the space of seven years taking annually for his Salary and to find Bread Wine and Wax xii marks sterling And died in an 1534. 26 H. 8. as it seems for then doth the Probate of this his Testament bear date leaving Thomas his Cousin and Heir Apparent to succeed him Which Thomas in an 1541. 33 H. 8. being seduced by some extravagant persons to course in the night time in Laughton-Park in Com. Suss. belonging to Nicholas Pelham Esq by the way at a place called Pikehay met with three persons betwixt whom and those of his Company there hapned a fray wherein one of them was mortally wounded and died soon after Whereupon he was indicted of murther for the same and being found guilty thereof upon Tryal by his Peers upon the xxix th of Iune being St. Peters day was carried from the Tower of London to Tiburn and there hang'd After which his Body was buryed in St. Sepulchers Church near Newgate he being then not above xxiv years of Age. Whose death was much lamented in regard of his youth noble disposition and the King 's inexorable rigour It is said that this Manslaughter for it was no other was committed by those who were of his Company at that time he not being present And that being call'd in question he was through the subtilty of some Courtiers who gaped for his Estate perswaded to acknowledge the Murther for that the Indictment charg'd him with and to submit himself to the King's mercy Unto which advice imprudently hearkning he had Sentence of death and suffered accordingly leaving Issue Gregory his Son and Heir and a Daughter called Margaret Which Gregory with his Sister being restored by Act of Parliament in 1 Eliz. accompanied the Earl of Lincoln in 14 Eliz. then sent Embassador to the King of France at Paris Where the League not long before concluded on at Bloys was fully ratified This Gregory Lord Dacres dying without Issue 26 Sept. an 1549. 36 Eliz. was buried at Chelsey leaving Margaret his Sister his sole Heir Which Margaret being Married to Sampson Lennard Esq and making claim to the Honour it was declared and adjudg'd by the Lords Commissioners for exercising the Office of Earl Marshal of England in the second year of King Iames with the privity and assent of the King that she the said Margaret ought to have and enjoy the name state degree stile honour place and precedency of the Barons Dacre to have and to hold to her and to the Issue of her Body in as full and ample manner as any of her Ancestors did enjoy the same As also that her Children might and should take and enjoy their place and precedence respectively as the Childern of her Ancestors Barons Dacre formerly had and enjoyed This Sampson also by the special favour of the King in 10 Iac. obtaining a grant to himself during his Life for to take place and precedence as the eldest Son to the Lord Dacres of the South had Issue by her the said Margaret Henry his Son and Heir to whom the Title of Lord Dacres was afterwards confirm'd Which Henry died 10 Aug. an 1616. 14 Iac. and by Chrysogona his Wife Daughter of Sir Henry Baker of Sissinhurst in Com. Cantii Knight left Issue three Sons Richard Edward and Fienes And two Daughters Margaret Married to Sir ... Wildgoose Knights and Philadelphia to Sir Thomas Parker of Willington in Com. Suss. Knight Which Richard Lord Dacre departed this Life at Herst-Monceaux 18 Aug. an 1630. 6 Car. 1. leaving Issue by Elizabeth his first Wife Daughter and Coheir to Sir Arthur Throkmorton of Paulere Perie in Com. Northt Knight four Sons viz. Francis Richard Thomas and Henry of which Sons Richard and Henry died young And by Dorothy his second Wife Daughter of Dudley Lord North one Son called Richard and Catherine a Daughter To whom succeeded Francis his Eldest Son who Married Elizabeth Daughter of Paul Vicount Banning and died in an 1662. leaving Issue by her two Sons Thomas advanced to the dignity of Earl of Sussex by Letters Patents bearing date at Westminster 5 Octobris 26 Car. 2. and Henry Fienes Lord Say 25 H. 6. ¶ I Now come to Iames the second Son of the before-specified Sir William de Fienes Kt. This Iames being a valiant Souldier in 6 H. 5. obtain'd a grant from that Victorious King of the Lordship of De la Court le Comte within the Bayliwick of Cauâ— in Normandy part of the possessions of the Lord of Lymers and likewise of all those Lands lying within the Bailiwick of â—oben and Cauâ— which did belong to Roger Bloset and his Wife The next year following upon the render of Arqueâ— he was constituted Governour there And in 8 H. 6. attended the King into the France for the better defence of those parts In 15 H. 6. he was made Sheriff of Kent So likewise in 17 H. 6. of Surrey and Sussex And in 18 H. 6. being Esquire for the Body to that King had a grant of Câ— yearly Pension to
Upon the Death of King Edward the Sixth and Proclaiming the Lady Iane Grey Daughter to the Duke of Suffolk to be Queen he was one of the Chief who first appeared for Queen Mary And in 2 Mariae upon that great Insurrection of the Kentish-men and others which was headed by Sir Thomas Wyat in opposition to that Queen's Marriage with King Philip of Spain he was made General of the Forces then rais'd for their suppression Whereupon Wyat being taken suffered death In 4 5 Ph. M. he brought a thousand Horse four thousand Foot and two thousand Pioners to the English Army at the Siege of St. Quintins in Picardy being Captain-General in that Service And upon the Death of Queen Mary was made choice of for one of the Privy-Council to Queen Elizabeth as also great Master of her Houshold But here I shall take notice of a very great mischief which had like to have befallen him about this time Towards the later end of King Edward the Sixths Reign that ambitious and then most powerful man Iohn Dudley Duke of Northumberland being not any way able of himself to pretend so much as a shadow of Right to the Crown yet aimed at confirming the succession thereof in his own Family doubting not to remove those two obstacles the Lady Mary and Lady Elizabeth Daughters to King Henry by questioning their Births And next for the Queen of Scots descended from Margaret the eldest Daughter of King Henry the Seventh he was little solicitous by reason of the continual enmity betwixt the English and that Nation so that a little shew of Reason he thought might put her by specially considering her contract to the French whose insolent Government he was confident would never be brook't by the English And as to Frances the Daughter to Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolk by Mary Dowager of France the other Daughter of King Henry the Seventh then Married to Henry Grey Marquess of Dorset afterwards Duke of Suffolk he projected the removal of that rub by matching the Lord Guilford Dudley his fourth Son to the Lady Iane Grey Suffolk's Daughter And because a Right of Inheritance might be pretended whereby the Dutchess of Suffolk her self in reason ought to be preferr'd before her Daughter he imparted his design to Suffolk and undertook to perswade the King not only to disherit his Sisters by Will and Testament but thereby to declare the Lady Iane his next and immediate Successor Suffolk therefore biting at this bait and the next Plot being to draw in the chiefest of the Nobility by contracting Affinity with them and so to procure the general assent of them all upon the very same day that the Lady Iane was thus Married to the Lord Guilford Dudley Northumberland caused the two youngest Daughters of the Duke of Suffolk to be thus Married Katherine to the Lord Henry eldest Son to this William Earl of Pembroke and Mary who was crook-back'd to Martin Keys the King's Groom-Porter And at the same time also Married the Lady Catherine his own eldest Daughter to Henry Lord Hastings eldest Son to the Earl of Huntington But this contrivance had but a sad Issue unto that excellent Lady Iane and her Husband as also to that ambitious Duke himself who had been the original framer thereof Nor prov'd it better to the Duke of Suffolk who was thus drawn in as is very well known to those who are any whit acquainted with the History of that time It seems that at the solemnity of this Marriage betwixt the Lord Henry this Earls Son and the Lady Catherine Grey they were both of them very young and that the consummation thereof was not till some time after Queen Elizabeth began her Reign For amongst those Fragmenta regalia publisht by Sir Robert Naunton Knight pag. 12 13. I find this passage By a Letter written upon his Sons Marriage with the Lady Katherine Grey he had like utterly to have lost himself But at the instant of the consummation as apprehending the unsafety and danger of intermarriage with the Bloud-Royal he fell at the Queens feet where he both acknowledg'd his presumption and projected the Cause and the Divorce together So quick he was at his work that in the time of Repudiation of the said Lady Grey he clapt up a Marriage for his Son the Lord Herbert with Mary Sidney Daughter to Sir Henry Sidney Lord Deputy of Ireland the blow falling on Edward Earl of Hertford who to his cost took up the divorced Lady of whom the Lord Beauchamp was born and William now Earl of Hertford is descended This William Earl of Pembroke is said to have been the first mover of that Marriage of the Duke of Norfolk to the Queen of Scots though without any evil purpose which exposed him also to no little danger It is observed by the same Sir Robert Naunton in his Fragmenta regalia pag. 19. that this Earl and the old Marquess of Winchester William Paâ—let were ever of the King's Religion and over-zealous Professors and that being younger Brothers yet of noble Houses they spent what was left them and came on Trust to the Court where upon the bare stock of their wits they began to traffick for themselves and prospered so well that they got spent and left more than any Subject from the Norman-Conquest to their own times Whereunto hath been prettâ—y replyed that they lived in time of dissolution As for himself he Married two Wives First Anne Daughter to Thomas Lord Parr of Kendal Sister to Katherine Parr sixth Wife to King Henry the Eight as also Sister and Coheir to William Marquess of Northampton by whom he had Issue two Sons Henry who succeeded him in his Honours and Sir Edward Herbert of Poole-Castle for so it was antiently called but afterwards Red-Castle and Powys-Castle in Com. Montgom Knight Likewise one Daughter call'd Anne who became the Wife of Francis Lord Talbot Son and Heir to George the sixth Earl of Shrewsbury His second Wife was Anne Daughter to George the Fourth Earl of Shrewsbury Widdow of Peter Compton Son and Heir to Sir William Compton Knight by whom he had no Issue And departing this life at Hampton-Court 17 Martii an 1569. 12 Eliz. it being his Clymacterical Year was buried on the North-side of the Quire in St. Paul's Cathedral at London where a goodly Monument was afterwards erected to his memory with this Epitaph Guil. Herberto Pembrochiae Comiti Equiti aurato praenobilis Ordinis Anglici Henrico octavo à Cubiculis Edwardo sexto Regi Equitum Magistro Walliae Praefidi Tumultu Occidentali cum Russello Grayo Baronibus paribus auspiciis summo Rerum praeposito Mariae Reginae contra perduelles ac Expeditione ad Augustam Veromanduorum bis totius Exercitus Duci Bis summo in agro Caletum limitum praefecto Elizabethae Reginae Officiorum seu magno Regiae Magistro Pariter dominae
1614. 12 Iac. whereupon he had Burial in the Church of Dovor-Castle under a goodly Monument of white Marble with this Epitaph which briefly pointeth at what is farther memorable of him Henricus Howards Henriei Comitis Surriae filius Thomae secundi Ducis Norfolciae nâ—pos Baro Howard de Marnhill Privati Sigilli Custos Castri Doverensis Constabularius Quinque Portuum Custos Cancellarius Admirallus Iacobe magnae Britanniae Regi ab intimis Conciliis Ordinis Periscelidis Eques auratus Academiae Cantabrigiensis Cancellarius inter Nobiles literatissimus Inspem resurgendi in Christo hic conditur Obiit xv die Iunii MDC xiv Inclytus hic Comes tria Hospitalis fundavit latefundiis dotavit Vnâ—m Grenewici in Cantio in quo viginti Egeni Praefectus Alterum Cluni in Comitatu Salopiae in quo xii Egeni cum Praefecto Tertium ad Castrum Rising in comitatu Norfolciae in quo xii Paâ—perculae cum Gubernatrice imperpetuum alantur Iohanne Griffitho huic Comiti ab Epistolis curante positum ¶ Having done with this collateral branch I come to Thomas the eldest Son to Henry Earl of Surrey so cut off in 38 H. 8. as hath been observed which Thomas upon the death of his Grandfather Thomas Duke of Norfolk in 1 Mariae became his next and hereditary Successor being the same year fully restored in blood the Act for his Grandfathers attainder being then made void And in 2 Mariae upon that Insurrection of the Kentish-men in opposition to the Queen's marriage with King Philip of Spain headed by Sir Thomas Wyat was sent with some small Forces of the Queens Guards and other of the Londoners to suppress them In 1 Eliz. he was installed Knight of the most noble order of the Garter and in 3 Eliz. constituted Lieutenant-General for the Northern-parts of this Realm Whereupon he went to Berwick and made a League with the Scots But they flying out again he had some sleight skirmishes with them In An. 1566. 9 Eliz. he was by the French honoured with Knighthood of the Order of St. Michael But in 11 Eliz. the Queen of England suspected him for too great a favourer of the Queen of Scots So that shortly after 't was rumour'd that he would marry her having been sollicited thereto by Sir Nicholas Throkmorton and encouraged through the assistance of Robert Earl of Leicester to obtain Queen Eliz. assent many of the Nobility liking well thereof in case the Queen were content But she being utterly averse thereto rebuk'd him much for his attempts in that kind Whereupon he quitted the Court and retired into Norfolk Nevertheless resolved to make her his Wife Which being discovered he was cast into prison in 14 Eliz. And the next ensuing year sc. an 1572. upon the sixteenth of Ianuary brought to his Trial in Westminster-Hall before George Earl of Shrewsbury made Lord high Steward of England for that occasion The charge laid against him being that he conspired the dethroning of Queen Eliz. and bringing in Foreign-forces Likewise whereas he knew that the Queen of Scots had quartered the Arms of England and aspired at the Crown he had without consulting Queen Eliz. gone about to marry her and lent her great sums of Money contrary to his promise and his own Hand-writing Moreover that he had supplied the Earls of Northumberland and Westmerland with moneys who having broke out into open Rebellion were fled into Scotland Also that he had sought for Auxiliary forces from the Pope the Spaniard and the Duke of Albany for setting that Queen at liberty and restoring the Romish Religion in this Realm and had been aiding to Heriz and other the enemies to Queen Eliz. in Scotland Putting himself therefore upon the Trial of his Peers they pronounced him guilty whereupon he had Judgment of Death and accordingly was beheaded on Tower-Hill upon the second of Iune 15 Eliz. to the great grief of many This last mentioned Duke married three Wives First Mary Daughter and one of the Heirs to Henry Fitz-Alan Earl of Arundel Which Mary died at Arundel House in the Strand 25 Aug. 1557. 4 5 Ph. M. and was buried in St. Clements-Church near Temple-Bar by whom he had Issue Philip his Son and Heir He secondly married Margaret Daughter and sole Heir to Thomas Lord Aâ—dley of Walden and Chancellour of England Widdow of the Lord Henry Dudley a younger Son to Iohn Duke of Northumberland slain at St. Quintins in Picardy An. 1557. by whom he had Issue two Sons Thomas afterwards made Earl of Suffolk and William and two Daughters Elizabeth who died in her Infancy and Margaret married to Robert Sackvile Earl of Dorset He lastly married Elizabeth Daughter of Sir Francis Leiburne Knight Widow of Thomas Lord Dacres of Gillesland but by her had no Issue The title of Duke of Norfolk being by the attainder of this Thomas thus taken away Philip his eldest Son was called Earl of Arundel as owner of Arundel-Castle by descent from his Mother it having antiently been adjudged in Parliament to be a local dignity so that the possessors thereof should enjoy that title of Honour Whereupon he had by that appellation summons to the next ensuing Parliament begun at Westminster 16 Ian. 23 Eliz. and after that in the same Parliament was by a special Act restored in blood But not long after this by the Artifices of Robert Earl of Leicester and Secretary Walsingham for the entrapping of those eminent persons who were of the Romish Religion counterfeit Letters being disperst this Earl Philip was confin'd to his own House as was also Henry Earl of Northumberland By reason whereof and because he was shortly after much terrified with the severity of certain Laws then made against Jesuits and Priests and in regard he stood much devoted to the Religion of the Church of Rome he resolved to betake himself unto an austere and retired life beyond the Seas but in the first place to represent his grief to the Queen by a Letter which he determined should be delivered unto her after his departure wherein he complained of the malice of his powerful adversaries which he could not withstand and their triumphing over his Innocencie putting her also in mind of the unhappy fate of his Ancestors his Great-Grandfather suffering in like manner his Grandfather also losing his Head upon a slender occasion and his Father who never bore any evil thought to his Prince yet being circumvented by his adversaries came to the same end And therefore that he might not so perish but live retired for his Souls-health he left his Countrey but not his Loyalty to Her his Sovereign But before this Letter could be delivered being gone into Sussex there to take shipping in
of Queen Elizabeth Conducted the Lady Anne of Austria Daughter to Maximilian the Emperour from Zeland into Spain And in 16 Eliz. 24 Apr. was Install'd Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter In 28 Eliz. upon the Death of Edward Earl of Lincoln Lord High Admiral of England being then also Lord Chamberlain to the Queen as his Father had formerly been he was Constituted his Successor in that great Office Whereupon in an 1588. 30 Eliz. when that formidable Armado from Spain so much threatned an Invasion here he was Constituted Lieutenant-General of the Queen 's whole Fleet at Sea of whose prosperous success she had no small opinion well knowing him by his moderation and noble extraction to be a person of great knowledge in maritime affairs discreetly wary throughly valiant industrious in action and a person whom the Mariners intirely loved And in 39 Eliz. further dangers being threatned from the Spaniard through the help of those Irish which were rebelliously disposed he was made joint General of the English Army with Robert Earl of Essex for the defence of this Realm both by Sea and Land viz. Essex for the Land and this Lord Admiral for the Sea the First Squadron being led by him the second by Essex the third by Thomas Howard and the fourth by Sir Walter Raleigh In this year also 15 Iunii he was Constituted Justice-Itinerant of all the Forests South of Trent for life and upon the 22th of October following in consideration of his eminent services in an 1588. by defending this Realm against the Spanish Armado and afterwards in sacking of Cadiz in Spain as also in destroying the Spanish Fleet then in the Port there was advanced to the dignity and title of Earl of Notingham as descended from the Family of Moâ—bray whereof some had been Earls of that County In 41 Eliz. still continuing in high reputation at Court some danger from the Spaniard being then again threatened he was Constituted Lieutenant-General of the Queens Field Forces and in 44 Eliz. made one of the Commissioners for exercising the Office of Earl Marshal of England In 1 Iac. in Order to the solemnity of King Iames his Coronation he was made Lord Great Steward of England for that occasion And in 2 Iac. upon renewing the Commission unto seven of the great Lords for exercising that Office of Earl Marshal was likewise Constituted one of that number But in an 1619. 17 Iac. he surrendered his Patent for the Office of Lord Admiral into the Kings hands whereupon it was conferr'd on the Marquess of Buckingham This noble Earl Married to his first Wife Katherine Daughter to Henry Lord Huâ—sdon by whom he had Issue two Sons William who Wedded Anne Daughter and sole Heir to Iohn Lord St. Iohn of Bleâ—so but died in his life time leaving Issue Elizabeth his sole Daughter and Heir Married to Iohn Lord Mordant of Turvey in Com. Bedf. afterwards Earl of Peterborough 2. Charles his Successor in his Honours As also three Daughters Elizabeth Married to Sir Robert Southwell of Wood-Risâ—ng in Com. Norffâ— Knight Frances first to Henry Fitz-Gerald Earl of Kidare in Ireland afterwards to Henry Lord Cobâ—am and Margaret to Sir Râ—chard Leveson of Trentham in Com. Staff Knight and Vice-Admiral of England To his second Wife he Married Margaret Daughter to Iames Steward Earl of Murrey in Scotland which Margaret was naturalized in the Parliament of 1 Iac. By whom he had Issue two Sons Iames who died young and Sir Charles Howard Knight And died at Hayling near Croydon in Kent 13 Dec. an 1624. 22 Iac. being at that time 88. years of age having been Knight of the Garter 52. years Margaret his Wife surviving him who afterwards Married to Sir William Munson Knight afterwards Vicount Castelmayn in Ireland To whom succeeded Charles his second Son the Elder dying before him without Issue-Male Which Charles first took to Wife Charitie Daughter of ... White Widdow of ... Leche a Londoner afterwards Mary Daughter of Sir William Cokaine Knight Alderman of London And thirdly Margaret Daughter to Iames Earl of Murray in Scotland by whom he had Issue Iames who died unmarried and Charles Which Charles succeeding him in his Honours Married Arabella Daughter of ... Smith of ... but as yet hath not any Issue so that Francis Howard of Great Buckham in Com. Surr. Esq Son and Heir to Sir Charles Howard Knight Son and Heir to Sir Francis Howard Knight Brother and Heir to Sir Edward Howard Knight Cup-bearer to King Iames Son and Heir to William Howard of Lingfeild in Com. Surr. second Son to William Lord Howard of Effingham is his next expectant Heir Male. Howard Earl of Suffolk ¶ THE next Collateral branch not yet spoke of is Thomas another younger Son of Thomas the second Duke of Norfolk by Margaret his second Wife Daughter and sole Heir to Thomas Lord Audley of Walden This Thomas was by Act of Parliament in 27 Eliz. restored in blood and in 39 Eliz. summon'd to Parliament by the Title of Lord Howard of Walden Also in May 1 Iac. made choice of for one of that King's Privy-Council and 21 Iulii next ensuing advanced to the dignity of Earl of Suffolk After this he was made Lord Chamberlain of the Kings Houshold and upon the 11 of Iuly 12 Iac. constituted Lord high Treasurer of England In which great Office he continued until 19 Iulii 18 Iac. Sir Henry Mountagu Knight Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Kings Bench then succeeding him therein In 13 Iac. the Commission for exercising the office of Earl Marshal of England being renew'd he was join'd with other great Lords therein So likewise in 15 Iac. upon another renovation thereof Being also Knight of the most noble order of the Garter he built that stately House called Audley-end near Walden in Com. Suff. And having married Elizabeth eldest Daughter and Coheir to Sir Henry Knevet of Charlton in Com. Wiltes Knight Widow of Richard eldest Son to Robert Lord Riche by her had Issue seven Sons 1 Theophilus who succeeded him in his Honours 2 Thomas afterwards created Earl of Berkshire 3 Henry who married Elizabeth Daughter and sole Heir to William Basset of Blore in Com. Staff Esq by whom he had Issue Elizabeth Wife of Sir Iohn Harper of Swarston in Com. Derb. Knight 4 Sir Charles Howard Knight who married Mary Daughter and Heir to Sir Iohn Fitz of ... in Com. Devon Knight Widow of Thomas Darcy Son and Heir apparent of Thomas Earl Rivers and before that the Widow of Sir Alen Percie Knight 5 Sir Robert Howard Knight of the Bath 6 Sir William Howard Knight of the Bath and 7 Sir Edward
Dec. 22 Eliz. setled the Mannour of Beaulieu alias New-Hall with divers other Lordships and Lands in Com. Essex and elsewhere upon the Issue Male of his own Body unto the tenth Son the remainder to his Brother Sir Henry Ratcliff Knight for life and after his decease upon Robert-Ratcliff Son and Heir apparent to him the said Henry and the Heirs Male of his Body and for lack of such Issue upon Thomas Ratcliff Esq Son and Heir to Sir Humphrey Ratclyff of Elnestow in Com. Bedf. Knight deceased and the Heirs Male of his Body the remainder to Edward Ratcliff second Son of the said Sir Humphrey and the Heirs Male of his Body and for default of such Issue to the Laday Frances his Sister then Wife of Sir Thomas Mildmay Knight and the Heirs male of his Body by her In 24 Eliz. he was one of the Commissioners made choice of to treat with others from France touching a marriage betwixt Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Anjou And married two Wives First Elizabeth Daughter to Thomas Wriothesley Earl of Southampton by whom he had Issue two Sons Henry and Robert who both died young Secondly Frances Daughter of Sir William Sidney Knight Sister to Sir Henry Sidney Knight of the Garter It is reported of this Thomas Earl of Suffex by Sir Robert Nâ—unton in his Fragmenta Regalia p. 26. that he was a goodly Gentleman of a brave noble nature and constant to his Friends and Servants Also that there was such an Antipathy in his nature to that of the Earl of Leicester's that being together in Court and both in high imployments they grew to a direct frowardness and were in continual opposition the one setting the Watch and the other the Sentinel each on the other Actions and Motions For this Earl of Sussex was of a great spirit which backt with the Queens special Favour and supported by a great and antient Inheritance could not brook the others Empire insomuch as the Queen upon sundry occasions had somewhat to do to appease and attain them until death parted the competition and left the place to Leicester Of this Earl it is also confidently affirmed that lying in his last sickness he gave this Caveat to his Friends I am now pâ—ssing into another World and must leave you to your Fortunes and to the Queens Grace and Goodness but beware of the Gipsy meaning Leicester for he will be too hard for you all you know not the Beast so well as I do Being Lord Chamberlain of the Houshold to Queen Elizabeth by his Testament bearing date 1 Apr. An. 1583. 25 Eliz. he bequeathed his Body to be buried in the Parish Church of Boreham in Com. Essex where he willed that his Funeral obsequies should be performed but that his Executors should not dispend about the same above the sum of fifteen hundred pounds Also that they should see builded and finished on the South side of the Chancel of that Church of Boreham one Chapel of Brick then begun according to a plot and writing thereof made as also to erect in the midst of the said Chapel where he appointed his Body to be buried a Tomb of White-Alablaster Touch and other stones according to a plot or writing thereof made and subscribed with his own hand Likewise that the dead Corps of his Grandfather Grandmother Father and Mother should be removed and brought thither there to be buried in the Vault of that Chapel and himself when it should please God to call him to be interred in the same place And departing this life at his House of Bermondsey in Southwark upon the ninth of Iune next ensuing without Issue was accordingly buried at Boreham leaving Frances his wife surviving who by her Testament bearing date 6 Dec. An. 1588. 31 Eliz. bequeath'd her Body to be buried in the collegiate Church of Westminster and appointed that if in her life time her Tomb should not be finished her Executors should bestow two hundred pounds or more if need required for the making thereof with her Picture in Alablaster-stone and other garnishing with a Superscription thereon to be engraven declaring her name and Pedegree She also willed that her Executors should purchase a perpetual Annuity of xxl. a year to the use of a Godly and learned Preacher who for and in the name of Her should read two Lâ—ctures in Divinity weekly every week for ever in the said Church on such several days in the Weâ—k as no other Sermons or Lectures were to be read there Which Preacher to be admitted by the Dean of that Church of St Peter at Westminster for the time being She likewise ordained that her Executors should bestow and imploy the sum of five thousand pounds over and besides all her Goods unbequeathed for the erecting of a new Colledge in the University of Cambridge to be called the Lady Frances Sydney-Sussex Colledge and purchasing of some competent Lands thereunto to be annexed for the maintenance of the Master and ten Fellows as also of twenty Scholars Students there And departing this life upon the ninth of March An. 1589. lieth buried under a noble Monument within the Chapell of St. Paul in the same Collegiate-Church at Westminster with this Epitaph Inâ—lytae Heroinae Francescae Comitissae Sussexiae ex nobili antiquâ Sydneiorum familiâ ortae Illustrissimo sapientissimo bellicosissimo viro domino Thomae Ratcliffe Comiti Sussexiae nuptae feminae multis rarissimisque dotibus tum animi tum corporis ornatae in sanguine conjunctos in amicos in paâ—peres in captivos praecipuè in verbi divini ministros liberalitate charitate prae caeteris insigni quae Lectionem sacrae Theologiae in Ecclesiâ Westmonasteriensi Collegiatâ legendam instituis Et quinque millia librarum per Testamentum legavit quibus vel extrueretur Collegium novum in Academiâ Cantabrigiensi vel ad augmentum Aulae Clarensis in eodem Academiâ perquireretur annuus census de quo perpetuâ— ali possint Mâ—gister unus decem Socii Scholares viginti Opus certè praeclarum nunquam satis laudatum Vixit annos 58. Mortua est 9 Martii sepulta fuit die 15 Aprilis An. Dom. 1589. To this last Earl Thomas succeeded Henry his Brother and next Heir who having thereupon summons to Parliament in 27 Eliz. took his place amongst the rest of the Peers upon the 28th of November Of which Henry all that I can farther say is that he was Captain and chief Governour of the Town and Isle of Portsmouth and Knight of the most noble order of the Garter and that by his Testament bearing date 9 Dec. An. 1593. 36 Eliz. he also bequeathed his Body to be buried at Boreham near to the Grave of the Lady Honora his Wife deceased and Thomas Earl of Sussex his Brother And having married Honora Daughter and Heir to Authony Pound of ... in Com. Southt Esq
Hundred of Colridge 144 19 07 ob q. Telhamptone 05 11 05 ob q. In Com. Somers Shipton-Mountagu 16 12 08. Chedsey with Cantlous 110 12 02. Dounpole 10 11 06 q. Dunyate 27 19 06. Somertone 72 03 09 ob q. The Fee-ferm of Congresbury payable by the Bishop of Bathe 54 00 00. In Com. Dors. Sooyre 07 07 03. Newton-Mountagu 13 10 01. A Fee ferm payable by the late Abbot of Byndone 20 00 00. In Com. Sutht The Mannor Castle Burgh and Hundred of Christ-Church 100 14 03 q. Ringwode 68 08 02 q. Swaynsone 85 17 00. Warblingtone 33 18 00. Chaltone 18 13 04. Huntone 14 01 06. In Com. Wilts Erle-Stoke 54 11 07 ob In Com. Buck. The Fee ferm of Aylesbury 60 00 00. Aston-Clynton 42 04 10. Aston-Chevery 27 10 09 ob In Com. Hertf. Ware 107 03 01 ob In Com. Essex Clavering 63 03 06. In reversion in the Counties of Essex 28 00 00. Monmouth 41 06 08. Wilts A Rent called the Cr. money of the Earl of Sarum 20 00 00. In Com. Berks. Crokeham 25 12 06. A Fee ferm in Lamborne 05 06 08. In Com. Hertf. Bushe 25 12 10. In Com. Essex North-West Basset 55 05 07. London The Miese called the Herbre with certain Tenements thereunto belonging 12 11 08. In Com. Suff. Newton-Hall 17 00 00. In Com. Northt Estone 23 01 08. In Com. Ebor. A Fee Ferm paid by the Abbot of Kirkshall 13 06 08. In Com. Monmouh Walsh Becknore 07 15 00. Llanvere and Llangyve 20 17 10. In Com. Somers Stapull-Fitz pain 42 08 11 ob In Com. Buck. Elleseburgh 18 07 00. Medmenbam 33 07 09. Â The total 2046 03 11. dim q. Of these her Sons Henry being the eldest had a special Livery of the Lands of his Inheritance in 5 H. 8. so that 't is like his Father died at that time or not long before and in 13 H. 8. by the title of Lord Mountague was restored to the Kings favour After which in 15 H. 8. he attended the Duke of Suffolk then General of the English-Army sent into France But as to any Creation by Patent or other advancement to that dignity I cannot speak until 21 H. 8. that he had summons to Parliament and took his place there amongst the rest of the Peers upon the first of December the same year by the title of Lord Mountague Which was doubtless in respect of his descent from that noble Family by his Mother Howbeit shortly after in 22 H. 8. I find him rankt the first in number of all the Barons who did in full Parliament subscribe that Declaration then sent to Pope Clement the seventh whereby they gave him a modest intimation that in case he did not comply with King Henry in that business of his intended Divorce from Queen Katherine the farther acknowledgment of his Supremacy in this Realm would be in danger In 24 H. 8. upon that Royal journey made by King Henry into France at which time he had such honourable reception at Boloine by King Francis the first he was one of his attendants thither and the same year with divers other persons of note made one of the Knights of the Bath at the Coronation of Queen Anne Bullen But in 30 H. 8. upon the fifth of November being one of those who with the Marquess of Exeter stood charged by his own Brother Sir Geffrey Pole Knight with devising to advance Reginald Pole his other Brother Dean of Exeter then beyond Sea to the Royal Throne of this Realm and to depose the King he was sent to the Tower and with that Marquess and others arraigned of High Treason at Westminster before the Lord Audley Lord Chancellour the High Steward of England for that occasion upon the third of Ianuary and being found guilty suffcred death on Tower Hill upon the ninth of the same month Leaving Issue by Iane his Wife Daughter to George NevillLord Bergavenny two Daughters his Heirs Katherine married to Francis Earl of Huntington and Winifride to Sir Thomas Hastings Knight second Son to George Earl of Huntington afterwards to Sir Thomas Barington Knight which Daughters upon their Petition in Parliament 1 Mariae were restored in Blood and Honour Touching the younger Brethren of this Henry all I have seen is that Geffry the second though he did accuse this Henry of what in substance was laid to his charge he had also Sentence of death passed upon him but suffered not And that Arthur the third Son in an 1562. 5 Eliz. being charged with purposing to go to the Duke of Guise into France and to return with a power into Wales whereby the Queen of Scots might attain the Crown of this Realm and himself be declared Duke of Clarence had judgment of death but by reason of his near alliance to Queen Eliz. no execution ensued And as to Reginald the 4th and youngest his Education being first at Magdalen-Colledge and afterwards at Corpus Christi-Colledge in Oxford he obtained the Deanery of Exeter by the gift of King Henry the 8th Then travelled into Italy and other parts for seven years making his chief abode at Padua At which time King Henry having abolished the Popes Supremacy here sent for him home and for his neglect to come proclaimed him Traytor and disposed of his Deanery to another Also being thought a fit instrument for the English affairs as occasion should serve for he was a person of excellent parts and for his integrity of life and modest behaviour much beloved and reverenced he was made Cardinal 22 Maii an 1536. 28 H. 8. and one of the three that presided in the Council of Trent when Queen Mary began her reign being sent for into England he came as Legate from Pope Iulius the third and obtained a Repeal of his Attainder by a special Act of Parliament Likewise he was then made Archbishop of Canterbury 22 Maii an 1555. 1 2 Ph. M. and so continued till his death which hapned 17 Nov. an 1558. being the very day on which Queen Mary departed this life the tidings whereof as 't is said being much weakned by a Quartan-Ague broke his Heart Whereupon he had Burial on the North side of that little Chapell in the Cathedral at Canterbury which is at the end of St. Thomas Becket's Oratory Somerset Earl and Marquess of Worcester 1 H. 8. HAving in my discourse of Henry Duke of Somerset who lost his life in 3 E. 4. sufficiently manifested that he left no other Issue than one natural Son called Charles begotten on Ioan Hill his Paramour I shall now take notice of what I have seen memorable of the same Charles and his descendents This Charles being a person of great parts arrived to very high advancements in those times wherein he lived aswell in Honour as Estate
and Heir to Anthony Earl of Shaftsbury Elizabeth to Iames Lord Annesley Son and Heir to Arthur Earl of Anglesey Margaret to Iames Earl of Salisbury Anne to Sir Scroope How Knight Son and Heir to Iohn How of Langar in Com. Nott. Esq and Mary who died young Brandon Duke of Suffolk 5 H. 8. THE first mention of this Family that I have seen is in 1 R. 3. at which time William Brandon with Thomas his Brother Sons of Sir William Brandon Knight by Elizabeth his Wife Daughter of Sir Kobert Wingfeild Knight adhering to Henry Duke of Buckingham in his design against that King and for advancing Henry Earl of Richmund to the Royal Throne upon the miscarriage of Buckingham fled into Britanny unto that Earl Being thus with him in those parts upon delivery of the Castle of Hammes in Picardy to his use this Thomas with thirty stout men entring by a Marish strengthen'd it against those Forces which King Richard caused to be sent from Calais for the recovery thereof Shortly after which both of them arriving with him in England William became his Standard-Bearer at Besworth-field where he had the hard fate upon a desperate assault by King Richard himself to be slain 11 Cal. Sept. an 1486. But Thomas living to see that Earl Victorious and Crowned King by the name of Henry the Seventh was made one of the Squires of his Body and in the second year of his Reign carried his Buckler at the Battel of Stoke being the same year also retain'd by Indenture to serve him in his Fleet at Sea for the space of eight months with eight hundred men In remuneration of which and other his Services in 6 H. 7. he obtain'd the Wardship of Richard Fenys Son and Heir to William Fenys Lord Say with the benefit of his Marriage And before the end of that Kings Reign was Install'd Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter Moreover in 1 H. 8. being one of the Knights for the King's Body he was made Marshal in the Court of Common-Pleas and departing this life the same year without Issue had Burial in the Black-Friers near Ludgate in the City of London leaving Issue by Elizabeth his Wife Daughter and Coheir of Sir Henry Bruyn Knight Charles his Son and Heir Which Charles being a person comely of Stature high of â—ourage and conformity of disposition to King Henry the Eight became so acceptable to him especially in all his youthful exercises and pastimes as that he soon attained great advancement both in Titles of Honour and otherwise For in 1 H. 8. he was made one of the Squires of his Body and Chamberlain of the Principality of North-Wales and having been in that sharp Fight at Sea with the French near Brest in Britanny in 4 H. 8. the next ensuing year upon that Expedition of Therâ—uene and Tournay applying himself to Cardinal Wolsey attended the King in that notable adventure in order whereunto for his greater Honour he was advanced to the Title of Vicount L'isle 15 Maii 5 H. 8. and had the Command of the Vantguard of the whole Army in that honourable Service In which he merited so highly as that upon the first of February following he was raised to the dignity of Duke of Suffolk And shortly after viz. in 6 H. 8. being at St. Dennis in France at the Coronation of the Lady Mary Sister to King Henry then Married to Lewes the XII King of France he atchieved much honour by his prowess manifested in a Princely Tournament where he overthrew the person with whom he tilted Horse and Arms and gained so much upon the affections of that Queen as that upon the Death of King Lewes hapning soon after she engaged her self to marry him and intreated King Francis Successor to Lewes to mediate with King Henry her Brother for his approbâ—tion thereof which being obtain'd he procur'd a grant in general Tail of all the Lordships Mannors Lands and Tenements formerly belonging to Edmund de la Pole late Earl of Suffolk Furthermore at that magnificent Enterview of King Henry and Francis the First in 12 H. 8. betwixt Guisnes and Ardres in Picardy where those two Kings exercised themselves in a Royal Tournament there held he was one of the Aiders on the English side And in 15 H. 8. landing at Caâ—ais with six hundred Demilances two hundred Archers on Horse-back three thousand Archers on Foot five thousand Bill-men besides two thousand six hundred Pioners adding seventeen hundred more stout Souldiers taken out of the Garrisons thereabouts he marcht into the Enemies Country and joining with Florence de Egmond Count de Bure the Emperours General took Roye Mondidier Bray and Chasteaubeau Whereupon approaching within twenty Leagues of Paris he put that City into a terrible fright but towards the end of December was recalled In 21 H. 8. he was one of the Peers who subscribed to the Articles exhibited to the King in Parliament against Cardinal Wolsey So likewise in 22 H. 8. to that declaration by the Peers in the same Parliament sent to Pope Clement the seventh whereby they represented to his Holiness that except he did comply with King Henry in that business of his Divorce from Queen Katherine his Supremacy here would be in danger to be cast off Shortly after this being made Knight of the order of St. Michael he was constituted Chief Justice in Eyre of all the Kings Forests And in 28 H. 8. upon that Insurrection in Lincolnshire occasioned by the dissolution of the lesser Monasteries and the setting forth of certain Ecclesiastical Injunctions derogatory to the Doctrine of the Church of Rome he had Commission to raise Forces against them Also upon the like Insurrection in Yorkshire called the Pilgrimage of Grace he was sent with the Duke of Norfolk and others for the suppressing thereof In 30 H. 8. upon the dissolution of the greater Monasteries he obtain'd a vast proportion of those Abby-Lands together with the scites and circuits of their demolish't Houses and Churches And in 32 H. 8. having lastly married Katherine the sole Daughter and Heir to William Lord Willoughby of Eresby had livery of all the Castles Lordships Mannours and Lands of her Inheritance In 36 H. 8. he was constituted General of the Army then sent over into France Whereupon he laid siege to Boloine Which being in a short time taken he was the first that entred it Upon this his going to Boloine being then great Master id est Steward of the King's Houshold he declared his Testament 20 Iunii An. 1544. 36 H. 8. whereby he bequeath'd his Body to be buried in the Collegiate Church of Tatshall in Com. Linc. if it might conveniently be but without any pomp
Earl of Wiltshire and Ormund viz. Wiltshire to the Heirs Male of his Body and Ormund to his Heirs General And upon the 24 th of Ianuary following was made Lord Privy-Seal Soon after which he was again sent Embassadour to the Emperour Charles the fifth And having married Elizabeth Daughter of Thomas Howard Duke of Norf. departed this life in 30 H. 8. By whom he had Issue one Son called George and two Daughters Which George bearing the title of Vicount Rochford in his Fathers life time amongst other of the Nobles of England sitting in Parliament in 22 H. 8. subscribed that Declaration sent to Pope Clement the seventh whereby intimation was given to his Holiness that his Supremacy here would be much endangered unless he did comply with the King in that business of his divorce from Queen Katherine And in 24 H. 8. the King having privately married the Lady Anne his Sister whom he had created Marchioness of Pembroke was sent over to the King of France to acquaint him therewith as also to desire him not to fail his promise and likewise to intreat his advice how it might be best to publish it since it could not be long concealed In 25 H. 8. he was imploied with the Duke of Norf. to attend the designed enterview betwixt the Pope and the King of France In 26 H. 8. he was made Constable of Dover-Castle and Warden of the Cinque Ports Before the end of which year he obtained a grant in Fee of the Mannour of South in Kent which came to the Crown by the Daughter of Edward Duke of Buckingham And in 27 H. 8. was again sent Embassador into France to qualify those demands which the King had made upon that overture for a marriage betwixt the Duke of Angolesme third Son to the King of France and the Princess Elizabeth King Henry's Daughter But soon after being committed to the Tower 2 Maii arraigned and beheaded 17 Maii having no Issue he was buried in St. Peters Chapell there The occasion this The Kings affections being withdrawn from Queen Anne Sister to this Vicount Rochford and placed on the Lady Iane Seamour in order to the free enjoyment of the Lady Iane he took occasion to remove Queen Anne Whereupon he caused her to be commited to the Tower arraigned condemned and put to death What was laid to her charge is not expressed by our Historians 'T is said that upon a Justs held at Greenwich upon the first of May that year this Vicount Rochford her Brother was the chief Challenger and Henry Norris principal defendent and that the King suddenly departed thence no cause appearing unless it were the Queens letting her Handkerchief fall which the King perceived to be taken up by one supposed her Favorite who wip't his Face with it The Daughters of this Thomas Earl of Wiltshire were this Anne and another called Mary Wife of William Carey Esquire of the Body to King Henry 8. from whom the Earls of Dover and Monmouth are descended Of these this Anne in 5. H. 8. attended the Lady Mary the Kings Sister into France to her marriage with King Lewes the xii th and after the solemnizing thereof at Abbevile when divers of her servants were sent back continued still with her But being a great beauty the King himself divers years after she being then one of Queen Catherine's Maids of Honour became so enamoured of her as that he resolved to make her his Wife and in order thereto by his own absolute power to break the bonds of his marriage with Queen Catherine by a formal Divorce quitting the Popes Supremacy by reason he would not comply therein and for her greater Honour advanced her to the title of Marchioness of Pembroke 1 Sept. 24 H. 8. with place and precâ—dence above all other persons of that degree Soon after which he solemnly married her viz. 25 Ian. 24 H. 8. But this suddain greatness she enjoied not long For after he had seen another in whom he more delighted he took occasion to rid her out of the way as before is observed Parker Lord Morley and Montegle 21 H. 8. HAving in my discourse of the Family of Morley shewed how the title of Lord Morley descended through the Issue of a second Son of that stock to Alice the Sister and Heir of Henry Lovel Which Alice became the Wife of Sir William Parker Knight I now come to Henry Parker Son and Heir to the same William and Alice This Henry had summons to Parliament in 21 H. 8. by the title of Lord Morley and in 22 H. 8. being one of the Peers at that time sitting in Parliament subscribed that Declaration then sent to Pope Clement the seventh whereby intimation was given to his Holiness that unless he did comply with King Henry in that cause of his divorce from Queen Katherine the farther acknowledgment of his Supremacy in this Realm would be in danger and in 25 H. 8. upon a dispute in Parliament betwixt him and the Lord Dacres of Gillesland for precedence had judgment therein given on his behalf He married Alice Daughter to Sir Iohn St. Iohn of Bletso in Com. Bedf. Knight and by her had Issue Henry made Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of Queen Anne Bullen in 25 H. 8. Which Henry having married Grace Daughter and Heir to ... Newport of ... in Com. Hertf. Knight died in his Fathers life time leaving Issue Henry his Son and Heir and two Daughters Iane married to George Lord Rochford Son to Thomas Bullen Earl of Wiltshire and Ormund and ... to Sir Iohn Shelton Knight Which last mentioned Henry took to Wife Elizabeth Daughter of Edward Earl of Derby and by her had Issue Edward his Son and Heir and two Daughters Alice married to Sir Thomas Barington Knight and Mary to Sir Edward Leventhorpe Knight This Edward Lord Morley being summon'd to Parliament in 23 Eliz. took his place there upon the sixteenth of Ianuary and in 29 Eliz. was one of the Peers who gave judgment of death upon Mary Queen of Scots at Fotheringhay So likewise upon Philip Earl of Arundel in 32 Eliz. as also upon Robert Earl of Essex in 43 Eliz. He married Elizabeth the sole Daughter and Heir of William Stanley Lord Montegle fifth Son to Thomas Earl of Derby and departing this life at Sâ—epney in Com. Midd. 1 Apr. an 1618. 16 Iac. was buried in the Parish-Church there leaving Issue three Sons William his successor in that honour Henry and Charles and three Daughters Mary married to Thomas Abington of Hinlip in Com. Wigorn Esq Elizabeth to Sir Alexander Barlow of Barlow in Com. Lanc. Knight and Frances to Christopher Danby of Leighton in Com. Ebor. Esq
buried in the Parish Church of Turvey in the Wall next above his Father's Tomb Appointing that the Body of the Lady Elizabeth his Wife should be removed and â—aid on his right side Likewise that a Tomb of Marble with the Images of himself and the same Lady his Wife in Alablaster should be there placed in memory of them And upon the day of his Burial C. Marks distributed in Alms unto the poor of Turvey Stageden Carleton Chelington Harrolde Steventon Felmersham Radwell Lavenden Brafelde Newton Bloâ—mefelde Hardemeade Ashwode Watton and Cranfelde as also C. Marks towards the repair of the Church and Steeple of Turvey and rough-casting the Walls of the Church and for the repair of Turvey-bridg xâ— l. The Probate of which Testament bears date 1 Sept. an 1562. By Elizabeth his Wife Daughter and Coheir to Henry de Vere Lord of Drayton and Adington in Com. Northt he had Issue Iohn his Son and Heir and Dorothy a Daughter Married to Thomas Moore Esq Which Iohn in 25 H. 8. his Father then living was made Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of Queen Anne Bolein and upon the Death of King Edward the Sixth though the Lady Iane Grey was Proclaimed Queen by direction of the whole Privy Council appeared in Arms with the first on the behalf of Queen Mary This Iohn Lord Mordam Married Ellen Courin and Heir to Sir Richard Fitz-Lewes of West Tbornton in Com. Essex Knight And by his Testament bearing date 16 Apr. 13 Eliz. bequeath'd his Body to be buried in the Church of Turbey appointing that his Mannors and Lands called Tiptofts Pinkneys and Warleys should be assured â—o the Kings-Hall and Brasen-nose-Colledge in Oxford for the maintenance of certain Scholars to those Houses and other Deeds of Charity and that those Scholars should be successively named from time to time by his Executors and afterwards by his Heirs for â—ver The Probate of which Testament bears date 19 Oct. 14 Eliz. To him succeeded Lewes Lord Mordant his Son and Heir who is an 1572. 15 Eliz. was one of the Peers who sate in judgment upon Thomas Duke of Norfolk So likewise in 29 Eliz. upon the Queen of Scots at Fotberinghay and departing this life at his Mannor-House of Drayton 16 Iunii an 1601. 43 Eliz. was honourably buried at Turbey upon the 29 th of Iuly next following leaving Issue by Elizabeth his Wife Daughter of Sir Artbur Darciâ— Knight Henry his Son and Heir Which Henry Married Margaret Daughter of Henry Lord Compton and by her had issue Iohn who by Letters Paâ—ents bearing date 9 Martii 3 Car. 1. was advanc'd to the dignity of an Earl by the Title of Earl of Peterborough Which Iohn Married Elizahetb sole Daughter and Heiâ— to William Howard commonly called Lord Effyngham Son and Heir to Charles Earl of Notigham by Anne Wife of the said William Daughter and sole Heir to Iohn Lord St. Iohn of Bâ—etso and by her had Issue two Sons Henry now Earl of Peterborough and Iohn and Elizabeth a Daughter Married to Thomas Son and Heir to Edward Lord Howard of Esâ—rick And departing this life I8 Iunii an 1642. was Buried at Turbey in com Bedf. Which Henry shortly after the Marriage of King Charles the Second our prefent Sovereign with the Royal Princes Catherine a Daughter of Portugal took possession of Tangier in Africa for his Majesty He Married Penelope Daughter to Bâ—rnâ—bâ—â— Earl of Thomond in Ireland and by her hath Issue the Lady Mary a Daughter I now come to Iohn second Son to Iohn Earl of Peterboroâ—gh This Iohn beaâ—ing most loyal afâ—â—ctions to the late King Charles the First in the time of his greatest distresses aâ— scil 1618. adventured his life in raising what Forces he could under the Conduct of Hâ—nry then Earl of Holand for redeeming him out of the cruel hands of those Usurpers who then kept him Prisoner in the Isle of 〈◊〉 and soon after most barbarously took away his life And since that time not ceasing to bazard himself again in order to the Restauration of our present Soverign King Charles the Second in an 1658. In consideration thereof as a mark to future Ages of his abundant Loyalty he was by Letters Patent bearing date 10 Iulii 11 Car. 2. advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Mordant of â—ygate in Com. Surr. as also to the Honour of Vicount of Avalon in Com. Somerset He Married Elizabeth Daughter to Thomas Carey second Son to Robert late Earl of Monmouth by whom he had Issue four Sons Charles Henry Lewes and Osmund as also four Daughters Charlote Carey Sophia and Anne and departing this life upon the fifth day of Iune an 1675. was buried ... Arthur Plantaginet Vicount L'isle 25 H. 8. OF this Arthur natural Son to King Edward the Fourth by Elizabeth Lucie a Concubine as 't is supposed I have not seen any thing memorable till 5 H. 8. At which time being in that bold adventure with the Lord Edward Howard a younger Son to Thomas Duke of Norfolk Admiral of the English Fleet before Brest in Britanny and his Ship cast away on a blind Rock he was sent with a dispatch to the King signifying their want of Victuals The next is that in 15 H. 8. having Married Elizabeth Daughter to Edward Grey Vicount L'isle Sister and Heir to Iohn her Brother upon the surrender of that Title of Vicount L'isle which Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolk then had he was advanced to the same dignity the Kings Palace of Bridewell in the City of London 26 Apr. 25 H. 8. with limitation thereof to the Heirs Male of his Body by the same Elizabeth Moreover in November an 1527. 19 H. 8. he was one of those whom King Henry then sent with Sir Thomas Wriothesley Garter principal King of Arms to 〈◊〉 at which time the Ensigns of the Garter were presented to King Francis the First And in 24 H. 8. 24 Martii constituted Lieutenant of Calais During which Trust being suspected for being privy to the design of some of his Servants for the delivery of that Garrison to the French whereupon two of them suffered Death he was sent for and Committed to the Tower But upon farther Examination his Innocency being fully manifested the King did not only give Order to release him but for his more satisfaction sent him a Diamond Ring and a gracious Message Which so over-joy'd him and dilated his Spirits that he died the night following viz. 3 Martii 33 H. 8. leaving Issue three Daughters his Heirs Bridget Married to Sir William Carden Knight Francis first to Iohn Basset of ... in Com. Devon Esq and afterwards to Thomas Monke of Potheridge in the same County Esq and Elizabeth to
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
the eldest daughter to Iohn Marquess of Winchester and by his Testament bearing date 15 Nov. An 1592. 34 Eliz. bequeath'd his body to be buried at Launde in Com. Leic by the Tombe of his Father where also Marie his wife lay interred And died soon after for the Probate thereof beares date 16 Dec. next following leaving two sons Edward his son and heir and Sir Gregorie Cromwell Knight as also one daughter called Catherine married to Sir Leonel Talmache Knight Which Edward being summon'd to that Parliament begun 19 Febr. 35 Eliz. had admittance into the House upon the 27 th of the same moneth and in 40 Eliz. was in that adventure to Sea with Robert Earl of Essex against the Spaniards Also in 43 Eliz. in that Insurrection with him which cost the Earl his head And having married Frances daughter to William Rugge of ... in Com. Norff. died in Ireland and was there buried in the Abby-Church at Down Patrick leaving issue by her Thomas his son and heir and three daughters Elizabeth married to Sir Iohn Skelton Knight Frances to Sir Iohn Wingfeild of Tikencourt in Com. Rutl. Knight and Anne to Sir Edward Wingfeild of Poore's-Court in Ireland Knight Which Thomas was created Vicount of Lecale and Earl of Ardglas in Ireland having a fair Estate in that Realme and by Elizabeth his wife daughter and heir to Robert Meverell of Throwley in Com. Staff Esquire had issue three sons Wingfeild his son and heir Vere-Essex and Oliver As also three daughters Frances and Iane who died young and Mary married to William Fitzherbert of â—issington in Com. Derb. Esquire And departing this life in the moneth of February An. 1653. was buried at Tiken-Court before-mention'd To whom succeeded in his Honors Wingfeild his son and heir who married Marie daughter of Sir William Russell late of Streâ—tham in Com. Wigorn. Knight and died 3 Octob. An. 1668. leaving issue Thomas his only son and one daughter called Marie Which Thomas now Lord Cromwell hath married ... daughter to Dr. Michaell Boile Archbishop of Dublin and Lord Chancellor of Ireland Paulet 30 Hen. 8. Of this antient Family which originally took its surname from the Lordâ—â—ip of Paulet in Com. Somerset was Sir Iohn Paulet K t who died in 2 R. 2. leaving issue by Elizabeth his wife the daughter and heir to William Credi of Credi in Com. devâ—n Esquire Sir Thomas Paâ—let Knight his son and heir and William a younger son Which Sir Thomas had issue Sir William Paulet Knight who married Elizabeth the daughter and heir to Iohn Deniband of â—inton St. George in Com. Somers Esquire from whom dâ—scended Sir Amiâ—s Paulet Knight Captain of the Isle of Garnsey and one of the Privy-Council to Queen Elizabeth in 29 th of her Reign who with Sir Dru Drurie Knight had the charge of Marie Quâ—â—n of Scots sometime before and when she suffered death shortly after And left issue Sir Anthonie Paulet Knight who by Catherine his wife daughter to Henrie Lord Norris had issue Iohn Paulet of Hintoâ— St. Geâ—rge Esquire who by Letters Patents bearing date 23 Iunii 3 Car. I. was advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realme by the Title of Lord Paulet of Hintoâ— Saint George Which Iohn Lord Paulet manifesting his Loyalty to the King at the beginning of the late unparalell'd Rebellion had a Commission to raise a Regiment of Fifteen hundred Foot for his Service And having married Christian daughter and heir to Christopher Ken of Ken in Com. Somerset Esquire died 20 Martii An. 1649. leaving issue three sons 1. Sir Iohn Paulet Knight who succeeded him in his honor 2. Francis 3. Amias and five daughters 1. Florence first married to Thomas Smith of Long Ashton in Com. Somers Esquire secondly to Colonel Thomas Pigot an Irish-man 2. Margaret first to Dennis Rolls of Stephenston in Com. Devon Esquire secondly to Sir Richard Cholmley of Grosmunt in Com. Ebor. Knight and lastly to Col. Edward Cook of Highnam in Com. Gloâ— Esquire 3. Susan to Michael Warton of Beverley in Com. Ebor. Esquire 4. ... to William Wilmot of Wantage in Com. Wilâ—s Esquire 5. Elizabeth first to William Ashburnham of Ashburnham in Com Suss. Esquire and afterwards to Sir William Hartop of Rotherby in Com. Leic. Knight Which Iohn his eldest son and successor married twice first Catherine daughter and coheir to Sir Horatio Verâ— Knight Lord Vere of â—ilbury in Com. Essex by whom he had issue two sons Iohn and Horatio and three daughters Elizabeth married to Sir Iohn Sydenham of Brempston in Com. Somers Baronet Vere and Catherine Secondly Anne second daughter and coheir to Sir Thomas Brown of Walcote in Com. Northampt. Knight by whom he had issue two sons Amias and Charles and four daughters Anne Florence and Mary who diedâ—young and Margaret And departing this life at his Mannor-house of Court de Weeke in Com. Somers 15 Sept. An. 1665. was buried at Hinton St. George This last mentioned Iohn thus succeeding him married also two wives 1. Essex eldest daughter to Alexander Popham of Littlecote in Com. Wilts Esquire by whom he hath issue one daughter called Catherine Secondly Susan daughter to Philip Earl of Pembroke ¶ But the chiefest honor which hath accrued to this Family was from William the second son of that Sir Iohn Paulet Knight who died in 2 R. 2. For this William by Eleanore his wife sister and heir to Sir Elias de la mere of Noney-Castle in Com. Somers Knight not a little augmenting his estate by her had issue Sir Iohn Paulet of Noney-Castle Knight who by his marriage with Constance daughter of Hugh son and heir to Sir Thomas Poynings Knight Lord St. Iohn of Basing in Com. Southampt and at length one of the coheirs to the same Sir Thomas added much more thereto This Iohn having executed the Office of Sheriff for the County of Wilts in 7 H. 6. in 8 H. 6. had livery of that purparty of those lands which were of the Inheritance of Constance his wife And by her left issue Iohn who married Eleanore the daughter and coheir to Robert Ros of Gedney in Com. Linc. Esquire Which Iohn had issue Sir Iohn Paulet Knight one of the Commanders of those Forces imployed for the subduing of the Cornish-men in An. 1524. 7 H. 7. then risen in Rebellion and conducted by Iames Lord Audley This last mentioned Iohn by Elizabeth his wife daughter to Sir William Paulet of Hinton St. George Knight had issue William his son and heir who being a person singularly accomplisht with Learning and other excellent parts arrived by sundry steps to several degrees of high advancement both in point of honor and otherwise For in 24 H. 8. being
being then at Fremyngham in Com. Suff. In 4 Mariae he was at the siege of of St. Quintins in Picardy And in 4 5 Ph. M. received Letters from the Lords of the Council for the arraying of certain numbers of Soldiers in the Counties of Buckingham and Bedford for the succor of Calais and other places in France In 1 Eliz. this Francis then Earl of Bedford was made one of that Queens Privy-Council and in 2 Eliz. sent Embassador into France In 4 Eliz. he was sent again into France to condole the death of King Francis the Second and likewise to congratulate Charles the Ninth his brother then King by his death In 6 Eliz. upon the death of William Lord Grey of Wilton he was made Governor of the Town and Castle of Barwick upon Twede and in 7 Eliz. imploy'd to treat with certain Commissioners from Mary Queen of Scotland for a Marriage betwixt Robert Earl of Leicester and Her In 10 Eliz. the Q. of England being desired to be Godmother to Iames then Prince of Scotland he was sent in her sted with a Font of pure Gold as an Honourary Gift at that Solemnity of his Christning And in 15 Eliz. was one of the Peers upon Tryal of the Duke of Norffolk In 24 Eliz. he was one of the Commissioners assign'd to Treat with those Embassadors which were imploy'd at that time from France touching a Marriage betwixt the Duke of Anjou and Q Elizabeth And in 26 Eliz. being then one of the Knights of the most Noble Order of the Garter by his Testament bearing date 7 Apr. the same year appointed his Body to be buried in the Parish-Church of Cheneys in Com. Buck. and that within five Moneths next after his decease his Executors should cause twenty Godly Sermons to be made by some godly learned and discreet persons at Cheneys Abbots-UUoburne and Melchborne and to give for every such Sermon Twenty shillings To the Lord Burleigh then L. High Treasurer of England he bequeath'd his Great George of Lapis lazuli garnish'd with Gold Diamonds and Rubies and all his antient Manuscript-Books of Wickliffs Works To the Lord Iohn Russel his son and heir his Parliament-Robes and Robes of the Garter with his Collar of the Garter and George And Twenty pounds per annum to be bestow'd on two poor Students of Divinity in University-Colledge in Oxford called The Earl of Bedford ' s Scholars to be named and appointed by his heirs for ever And having first married Margaret daughter to Sir Iohn St. Iohn sister to Oliver Lord St. Iohn of Bletso in Com. Bedf. had issue by her four sons and three daughters 1. Edward who died without issue 2. Iohn who took to wife Elizabeth daughter of Sir Anthony Cook Knight widow of Sir Thomas Hobie Knight by whom he had issue two daughters Elizabeth who died unmarried and Anne wedded to Henrie Lord Herbert son and heir to Edward Earl of UUorcester but died in his Fathers life time 3. Francis summon'd to Parliament in 7 E. 6. his Father then living and having married Iulian the daughter of Sir Iohn Forster Knight Warden of the Middle-Marches towards Scotland was slain by the Scots upon a day of Truce in the life time of his Father and left issue Edward afterwards Earl of Bedford And Fourthly Sir William Russel Knight His three daughters were thus married Anne to Ambrose Dudley Earl of UUarwick Elizabeth to William Bourchier Earl of Bath and Margaret to George Clifford Earl of Cumberland To his second Wife he wedded Bridget daughter to Iohn Lord Huse widow both of Sir Richard Morison Knight and of Henry Earl of Rutland but had no issue by her and departing this life 28 Iulii 27 Eliz. in the Fifty eighth year of his age was interred at Cheneys before-specified near to his Father's Tombe To whom succeeded Edward his Grandson son to Francis his third son so slain by the Scots as is observed Which Edward took to wife Lucie daughter to Iohn Lord Harington of Exton sister and heir to Iohn Lord Harington and depâ—rted this life upon the third of May An. 1627. without issue Whereupon Francis Lord Russel of Thornhawe son of William fourth son to the said Francis Earl of Bedford succeeded him in his honors But before I do proceed with him I am to observe that William his Father was General of the Horse to those English Auxiliaries which were sent into the Netherianos as also Governor of Ulishing and in 36 Eliz. being then a Knight was made Deputy of Ireland 16 Maii 36 Eliz. as also upon the 21 th of Iuly 1 Iac. created Lord Russel of Thornhaw And having married Elizabâ—th daughter and heir to Stengay Long of Shengay in Com. Cantabr Esquire left issue him the said Francis Which Francis so succeeding Edward his Cosin German took to wife Catherine the sole daughter and heir to Giles Bridges Lord Chandos And in 6 Car 1. became the principal undertaker in that great and chargeable work for draining those vast Fenns called The Great Level extending into the Counties of Northampt. Cantabr Hunt Norffolk and Lincolnshires And having made a large progress therein departed this life upon the ninth day of May An. 1641. and was buried at Cheneys with his Ancestors leaving issue four sons viz. William Lord Russel made Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of King Charles the First 2. Francis who died unmarried 3. Iohn a Colonel in the time of the late Troubles on the King's part 4. Edward And four daughters viz. Cathâ— rine married to Robert Lord Brâ—oke Aâ—ne to George Earl of Bristol Margaret to Iames Earl of Carlisle and Diana to Francis Lord Newport of Ercall Treasurer of the Houshold to king Charles the Second Which William so succeeding in his honors was elected into the Society of the most Noble Order of the Garter in An. 1672. and by Anne his wife daughter and heir to Robert Earl of Somerset hath had issue seven sons viz. Francis now Lord Russel Iohn who died in his Infancy William who hath wedded Rachel daughter and coheir to Thomas late Earl of Southampton Lord High Treasurer of England widdow of Francis Lord Vaughan eldest son to Richard Earl of Carberie Edward Robert Iames and George And three daughters viz. Diana first married to Sir Grevill Verney of Compton Verney in Com. Warr. Knight of the Bath and afterwards to William Lord Allington an Irish-Baron Anne who died young and Margaret Parr Marquess of Northampton 30 H. 8. OF this Family though some were long ago Knights as by their Pedegree appeareth yet have not I seen any thing farther memorable thereof until King Richard the Second's time that Sir William Parr Knight having married Elizabeth the daughter of Iohn son of Sir Thomas Roos of
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
by promise of money to some of the Scots got the Earl of Northumberland into his hands he sent him to Yorke where he was shortly after beheaded In An. 1582. 25 Eliz. upon the return of the Duke of Anâ—ou who had stayed here three Months as a Suitor to Queen Elizabeth with some other of the Nobility he attended him to Antwerp by her Majesties command And in 29 Eliz. was made General Warden of the Marches towards Scotland as also about that time Lord Chamberlain of the Queens Houshold In 30 Eliz. upon puting the Queen of Scots to death in England continuing still at Barwick he was imployed unto King Iames her son to pacifiâ— him therein and in An. 1592. 35 Eliz. upon the charge laid to Sir Thomas Perrot Deputy of Ireland was one of the Commissioners assigned to consider thereof He was also Captain of the Pensioners and Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter and having married Anne daughter of Sir Thomas Morgan Knight by her had issue four sons and three daughters first George secondly Iohn thirdly Sir Edmund Carye Knight and fourthly Robert afterwards Earl of Monmouth The daughters were these Catherine married to Charles Earl of Nottingham Philadelphia to Thomas Lord Scrope and Margaret to Sir Edward Hoby Knight And departing this life upon the twenty third of Iuly An. 1596. 38 Eliz. being then seventy one years of age was buried in the Chapel of St. Iohn Baptist within the Collegiate Church of St. Peter at UUestminster where there is a noble Monument erected to his memory with this Epitaph In domino hic obdormit Henricus Carey Baro de Hunsdon villae Berwici limitisque tam orientalis quà m medâ—â— versus Scotiam olim praefectus pentionariorum generosorum Capitaneus Forestarum cis Trentam Iusticiarius summus Garteriani ordinis eques auratus Dominae Reginae Camerarius à sacris Consiliis eidemque consobrinus Vna cum illo conditur uxor charissima filia Thomae Morgan equitis aurati quae plures illi liberos peperit è quibus sunt superstites Georgius Iohannes Edmundus Robertus equites aurati Catherina Comitissa Nottinghamiae Philadelphia Baronissa Scrope Margereta domina Hoby Obiit 23 Iulii 1596. Aetatis Lxxi Patri optimo Georgius Carey filius Baro de Hunsdon ordinis Garterii socius Vectae Insulae prafectus Reginae Elizabethae Camerarius à sacris Consilâ—s Maritoque charissimo Anna uxor Honoris Memoriae ergo sibique suis mortalitatis memores posuerunt To whom succeeded George his eldest son who being also Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter Governor of the Isle of UUight Lord Chamberlain of the Queens Houshold and one of her Privy Council departed this life 9 Sept. An. 1603. 1 Iac. leaving issue by Elizabeth his wife daughter to Sir Iohn Spenser of Althorpe in Com. North. Knight one sole daughter and heir called Elizabeth who became the wife of Sir Thomas Berkley Knight son and heir to Henry Lord Berkley Whereupon Iohn his next Brother and heir male succeeded him in the honor Which Iohn during his Brothers life scil in 43 Eliz. was constituted Warden of the East-Marches toward Scotland being then a Knight and departing this life ... Apr. 1617 15 Iac. left issue by Mary his wife daughter to Leonard Hyde of Throgkyn in Com. Hertf. Esquire two sons Henry and Charles and two daughters Anne married to Sir Francis Lovell of East-Harâ—yng in Com. Norf. Knight and 〈◊〉 to Sir Thomas Woodhouse of Kymberley in the same County Knight Which Henry succeeding as Lord Hunsdon was advanced to the dignity of Vicount Rochford 6 Iulii 19 Iac. Likewise to the Title of Earl of Dovor 8 Martii 3 Car. 1. And having married Iudith the daughter of Sir Thomas Pelham of Lofton in Com. Suss. Baronet by whom he had issue three sons Iohn made Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of King Charles the first Pelham who died without issue and George and three daughters Mary married to Sir Thomas Wharton Knight of the Bath Brother to the Lord Wharton Iudith died unmarried and Philadelphia departed this life An. 1668. To whom succeeded Iohn his son and heir who first married Dorothy daughter to Oliver Earl of Bolinbroke but by her had no issue and secondly Abigal daughter of Sir William Cokain Knight Alderman of the City of London by whom he hath issue one only daughter called Mary married to William Heveningham of ... in com ... Esquire ¶ Having finished with this elder branch I lastly come to Robert third son to the first Henry Lord Hunsdon In 40 Eliz. this Robert being then a Knight was made Warden of the Marshes towards Scotland and in 19 Iac. 6 Feb. created Lord Carey of Lepington in com Ebor. Also Earl of Monmouth 5 Feb. 1 Car. 1. And departing this life at Moore-Park in com Hertf. 12 Apr. An. 1639 15 Car. 1. left issue by Elizabeth his wife daughter of Sir Hugh Trevanion of Corriheigh in Com. Cornub. Knight two sons viz. Henry Carey made Knight of the Bath in An. 1616. at the creation of Charles Prince of Wales and Thomas and one daughter called Philadelphia married to Sir Thomas Wharton Knight son and heir to the Lord Wharton Which Sir Henry succeeding him in his honors marryed Martha eldest daughter to Leonel Earl of Middlesex by whom he had issue two sons Leonel and Henry who both died in their Fathers life time without issue And eight daughters Anne married to Iames Hamilton Vicount Claneboy and Earl of Clanbrazell Philadelphia died unmarried Elizabeth Mary wedded to William Earl of Desmond Trevaniana died unmarried Martha to Iohn Earl of Middleton in Scotland Theophila and Magdalen both died unmarried He died 13 Iunii An. 1661. and was buryed at Rickmansworth in Com. Hertf. Lord St. Iohn of Bletsho Earl of Bolinbroke 1 Eliz. THese being a branch of the antient Family of St. Iohn of Stanton St. Iohn in Com. Oxon as I guess came first to possess this Lordship of Bletsho about the time of King Henry the Sixths Reign Sir Oliver St. Iohn Knight then taking to wife Margaret the sister and sole heir to Iohn de Beauchamp of Bletsho Knight as in my discourse of those Beauchamps is already shewn From which Sir Oliver did Oliver St. Iohn Esquire lineally descend who by Letters Patent bearing date 13 Ian. 1 Eliz. was advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the title of Lord St. Iohn of Bletsho and in 15 Eliz. was one of the Peers which sate and gave Judgment upon Thomas Duke of Norffolk then attained This Oliver by his Testament bearing date 20 Apr. An 1582. 24 Eliz. bequeathing no certain place for his
Iames now Earl of Northampton first married the Lady Isabella one of the two daughters and coheirs to Richard late Earl of Dorset by the Lady Anne his wife sole daughter and heir to George Earl of Cumberland by whom he had issue two sons William and Iames who both died in their childhood and three daughters Anne and Isabella who also died young and Alathea yet living To his second wife he married Mary daughter to Baptist Vicount Campden and by her hath issue two sons George and Spenser and two daughters Inliâ—nâ— and Mary Lord Norris 14 Eliz. THough none of this Family did arrive to the dignity of Peerage until Q. Elizabeths Reign yet was it of great note and honour'd with divers Matches from sundry Noble Houses many ages past For it appears that they were of Speke in Com. Lanc. long before King Edward the Third's time and most of them Knights And that in 35 E. 3. Iohn a second son to Sir Henry Norris of Sâ—eke lived at Bray in Com. Berks. as did also his son and grandson Likewise that in the time of King Henry the Sixth Iohn his great grandson was first Usner of the Chamber next Squyer of the Body and afterwards Master of the Wardrobe to that King Lastly Sheriff of the Counties of Oxon. and Berks. in 36 of his Reign As also Squyer of the Body to King Edward the Fourth And residing at Yatenden in Com. Berks. departed this life 1 Sept. 6 E 4. whereupon he was buried at Bray in an Isle of that Church built at his own cost To whom succeeded Sir William Norris of Yatenden Knight his son and heir one of the Knights for the Body to King Edward the Fourth And in 2 H. 7. a Commander in the King's Army at the Battel of Stoke juxta Newark against Iohn Earl of Lincoln and his adherents This Sir William was a person learned in the Laws as it seems for in that second year of H. 7. he had an Annuity of Twenty Marks out of the Mannor of Swarford in Com. Oxon granted to him by Iohn Duke of Suffolk pro bono consilio impenso impendendo And in 19 H. 7. 5 Maii for the like consideration of his Counsel obtain'd a grant from that King of the custody of the Mannor of Langley which Mannor was then in the Crown by reason of the minority of Edward son and heir to Isabel late wife of George Duke of Clarence as also of the Stewardship of the Mannors of Boreford Shipton Spillesbirie and Hundred of Cadlyngton all in Com. Oxon. which Mannors were then also in the Crown by reason of the minoritie of the said Edward He first Married Isabel the daughter and heir of Edmund Ingaldesthorp widow of Iohn Nevill Marquess Mountagu and by her had issue three sons William Leonel and Richard all which died young and three daughters ... married to Sir Iohn Langford of Bradfeild Knight Ioane to Iohn Cheney of Wodhey in Com. Berk Esquire and Elizabeth to William Farmer of Somerton in Com. Oxon. Esq. He afterwards married Iane daughter to Iohn Earl of Oxford and by her had issue Sir Edward Norris Knight who married Fridiswide the daughter and coheir of Francis Vicount Lovel and by her had issue z two sons Iohn and Henry Which Iohn was Squyer of the Body to King Henry the Eighth and having married Elizabeth the sister of Edmund Lord Bray died without any legitimate issue 21 Oct. 6 Eliz. â—o that Henry became heir to the Estate Which Henry upon the surrendring of Sir William Compton Knight was made Usher of the Black Rod 23 Oct. 18 H. 8. to bear the same before the King or his Lieutenant at St. Georges Feast in the Castle of Windsore He was also Squyer of the Body to that King and in 20 H. 8. one of the Gentlemen of his Privy-Chamber Likewise in 27 H. 8. 29 Nov. made Constable of Walingford Castle But upon the first of May following there being a solemn Just held at Grenewich wherein George Bullen Vicount Rochford was chief challenger and this Henry principal defendent the King suddenly departed thence no cause for it being at all known which much discomposed the whole Company especially the Queen Some say that she let fall her Handkerchief wherewith one supposed her Favourite did wipe his face and that it was perceived by the King But whatever it was the next morning this Henry with the Lord Rochford were committed to the Tower So likewise the Queen Who when she came thither fell upon her knees beseeching God so to help her as she was not guilty of what she was accused Others were also committed at that time upon the same account It is reported that she seem'd to exclaim against this Henry as if he had accused her yet said they should both die together But so they did not nor on the same day she being Tryed before the Duke of Norfolk High Steward for that occasion and found guilty by her Peers He also with the rest soon after and beheaded on the Fourteenth of that Moneth It is likewise reported that the King greatly favoured this Henry and that he much grieved that he was to die with the rest Also that thereupon he offer'd pardon to him conditionally that he would confess that whereof he stood accused but he answered resolutely That in his conscience he thought the Queen guiltless of the objected crime but whether she were or not he could not accuse her of any thing and that he had rather undergo a thousand deaths than betray the Iâ—nocent upon relation whereof to the King he cryed out Hang him up then Hang him up then Hereupon he was Attainted in Parliament â— Iunii the same year viz. 28 H. 8. leaving issue by Mary his wife daughter to Thomas Lord Daâ—res of the South Henry his son and heir and Mary a daughter first married to Sir George Carew Knight and afterwards to Sir Arthur Champernon Knight Which Henry liv'd at Wytham in Com. Berks. being Thirty years of age in 7 Eliz. In An. 1566. 8 Eliz. he was Knighted at his own House at Rycot And in 14 Eliz. sent Embassador into France Where he managed his business with such prudence and honor as that by reason thereof and his fathers sufferings for her Mother's sake he was advanced to the dignity of a Peer of this Realme by Summons to Parliament and took his place in the House of Lords upon the Eighth of May the same year By his Testament bearing date 24 Sept. An. 1589. 31 Eliz. he bequeath'd his Body to be buried in the Chapel of Rycot and by Margerie his wife the younger of the two daughters and coheirs to Iohn Lord Williams of â—ame with whom he had that Lordship
H. 8. continuing still Sergâ—ant at Arms he was constituted Steward of the Kings Lordship of Coly-Weston in that County This is doubtles the person of whom Sir Rob. Naunton in his Fragm Regalia speaks who being sent to the City as poor Gentlemen do their younger sons came to be a rich man on London-Bridge and purchased in Lincolnshire I now come to Richard his son This Richard in 22 H. 8. being groom of the Robes to that King obtained a Grant of the custody of UUarwick-Castle then in the Crown And in 32 H. 8. residing at Burghley near Stanford purchased the Priory of St. Michaels near that place commonly called UUyrthorp then newly dissolved and in the Crown by that stupendious dissolution of the Religious Houses at that time made In 34 H. 8. being then yeoman of the Wardrobe he was made Steward of the Kings Mannors of Nassyngton Yarwell and Upton in Com. North. for life and in 36 H. 8 purchased the Mannor of Esyngdon in Com. Rutl. then also in the Crown as parcel of the Earl of UUarwick's Lands In 37 H. 8. he surrendred his custody of UUarwick-Castle And having been Sheriff of Northampton-shire in 33 34 H. 8. departed this life shortly after whereupon he was buried in St. Martins Church in Stanford leaving issue by Iane his wife daughter and heir to William Heckinghton of Bourue in com Linc. Esquire William his son and heir and three daughters Margaret married to Roger Cave of Stanford in Com. North. Esquire Elizabeth to Robert Wingfeild of Upton Esquire and Anne to Thomas White of Tuxford in Com. Nott. Esquire Which William being a person of great learning singular judgment admirable moderation and comely gravity came to be the chiefest Statesman of the age wherein he lived unto whose prudence in Council much is attributed for the blessing then enjoyed by that prosperous and happy Government throughout the Reign of the long Queen Eliz. of famous memory The Birth of this William was at Burne in com Linc ... Sept. An. 1520. 12 H. 8. where he was also Christened and his education first at St. Iohns Colledge in Cambridge and next at Gravs-Inne where he studied the Laws But the original of his advancement in Court was by his being Master of the Requests to the Duke of Somerset Unkle and Protector to King Edward the sixth a Title before that time not known in this Realm through whose â—â—vor in 2 E. 6. he obtained a grant of the office of Custos Brevium in the Court of Common-Pleas and in 3 E. 6. was made Custos Rotulorum for Lincolnshire Shortly after which viz. in 5 E. 6. he was constituted one of the Principal Secretaries of State and of the Privy-Council and in 7 E. 6. Chancellor of the Garter with the fee of a hundred marks per annum in which perilous time wherein some prevailed for excluding the Lady Mary and Lady Elizabeth in the succession he opposed all he could though he subscribed with them For which respect notwithstanding his differing in Religion he found fair esteem from Queen Mary yet acted privately for the Lady Elizabeth by reason whereof upon the death of Queen Mary he was made choice of by Queen Elizabeth in the first year of her Reign for one of her Privy-Council and in the third constituted Master of the Wards As also sent with Doctor Nicholas Wotton Dean of Canterbury to Treat of Peace with the Scots And at length stood in such esteem with that Queen as that in 12 Eliz. divers of the Nobility stomacht at it but to colour their dislike made their complaints against him concerning that money which had been sent to the succor of the French Protestants which he easily answered and growing yet farther in her favor upon the 25 of February 13 Eliz. was advanced to the degree and dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Burghley Shortly after which he was sent with Sir Walter Mildmay to the Queen of Scots then at Chatsworth in Com. Derb. to Treat with her in order to the composure to the troubles in Scotland and restoring her to her former estate as also for the safety of the young King her son and security of Queen Elizabeth And being found herein and in all other his deportments upright just and prudent upon the fifteenth of September in 14 Eliz. was constituted Lord Treasurer of England The next thing memorable of him is that in 15 Eliz. he was made choice of for one of the Peers upon tryal of the Duke of Norffolke And in 24 Eliz. one of the Commissioners authorised to Treat concerning the intended Marriage of Queen Eliz. with the Duke of Anjou But all that I have farther observed of him is that in 26 Eliz. he was installed Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter and that being likewise Chancellor of the University of Cambridge by his Testament bearing date 1 Martii An. 1597. 40 Eliz. he bequeathed his body to be buried in comely sort as a Baron of Parliament in St. Martins Church at Stanford in Com. North in which Parish his house at Burleigh is scituate where he had made a burial place for his Grandfather Father and Mother as also for himself and others which might succeed but not above a thousand pounds to be bestowed on his Funeral whereof one hundred pounds in Charitable uses And departing this life at his house in the Strand in the subburbs of London then called Burleigh-house but since Exeter-house upon the fourth of August An. 1598. 40 Eliz. was buryed in that Church of St. Martin in Stanford with this Epitaph upon his Monument Deo opt maximo Memoriae sacrum Honoratissimus longè clarissimus D. Gulielmus Cecilius Baro de Burgleigh summus Angliae Thesaurarius Curiae pupillorum praefectus Georgiani ordinis eques auratus serenissimae Elizabethae Angliae c. Reginae à sanctioribus consiliis Academiae Cantabrigienfis Cancellarius sub hoc Tumulo secundum Christi adventum manet Qui ob eximias animi dotes primùm à secretis fult Edwardo sexto Angliae Regi deinde Reginae Elizabethae sub quâ in maximis gravissimis hujus Regni causis spectatus inpriâ—is probatus veram Religionem promovendo concilio aequitate constantia magnisque in Rempub. meritis honores consecutus summos cum naturae gloriae satis patriae autem parum vixisset placidè in Christo obdormivit Vxores habuit duas Mariam sororem Iohannis Cheeke equitis aurati e quâ genuit filium unicum Thomam nunc Baronem de Burghley Mildredam filiam Antonii Cooke equitis aurati quae illi peperit Robertum Cecilium equitem auratum Reginae Elizabethae à secretis Curiae Pupillorum praefectum Annam enuptam
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
Common-Pleas conferred upon him and on the 23th of Ianuary 16 Car. 1. that of Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England Being therefore thus raised to that eminent place of Honour and Trust on the eighteenth of February next ensuing he was advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the title of Lord Littleton of Mounsâ—ow one of the Hâ—ndreds in Com. Salop. But shortly after the troubles in this Realm taking their rise partly from that Insurrâ—ction of the Scots and their entrance of this Realm which hapned in August next ensuing an scil 1640. and partly from the predominancy of certain Members in the late Long Parliament then called by reason of that Invasion so that the King to avoid the danger of such Tumults as being then countenanced by those Mâ—mbâ—rs threatned his safety retired to the City of York in March an 1642. This Lord Keeper being not a little sensible of his Majesties hard condition and well weighing his own duty in that perillous conjuncture hastâ—d thither to him with the Great Seal in Iune next following and after that ceasing not to continue his dutifull attendance from place to place wheresoever he moved or received command to abide served him with most Loyal affections until his â—wn death which hapned at Oxford 27 August an 1645. 21 Car. 1. where he had an honourable Burial in the North I le of the Cathedral called Christ-Church opposite to the Quire He married Anne Daughter to Iohâ— Littleton of Frankley in Com. Wigorn. Esq who died mâ—ny years before him leaving no Issue Capel Earl of Essex 17 Car. 1. THE first of this Family who laid the â—oundation for supporting that Honour which afterwards his Descendents obtained was Sir William Capel Knight Lord Mayor of London in an 1504. 20 H. 7. which Sir William built a fair Chapel on the South-side of the Church called great St. Bartholmews in the Suburbs of that City and 〈◊〉 there buried From whom descended Arthur Capel of Hadham in Com. Hertf. Esq Which Arthur being a person of great merit was by Letters Patents bearing date 6 Aug. an 1641. 17 Car. 1. advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Capel of Hadham And upon that grand defection hapning before the end of the next ensuing year when several Armies were levyed through the influence of a predominant party in the Parliament then held at Westminster under divers plausible pretences whereby much bloodshed and great devastation ensued most loyally put himself in Arms on the King's behalf for the general welfare of his Majesty and these Realms raising at his proper charge some Troops of Horse with which in his own person he served both valiantly and faithful in sundry Battels and other perillous Encounters throughout the long continuance of those unhappy Troubles And when through a second great Invasion of the Scots the King became totally over-powered his Field-Forces disâ—ipaâ—â—d all his Garrisons lost and his Royal Person Imprison'd in the Isle of Wiht being sufficiently apprehensive of the misery which was like shortly after to befal him couragiously adventured himself with all the strength he could raise in hope of his rescue but miscarrying therein suffered Death for that attempt upon the ninth of March an 1648. Whereupon his Corps was buâ—ied at Hadham This most loyal and right valiant Lord took to Wife Elizabeth the Daughter and Heir of Sir Charles Morison of Câ—yâ—ho-berrey in Com. Hertf. Knight and Baronet and by her had Issue four Sons Arthur Henry made Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of King Charles the Second Edward and Charles and four Daughters Mary Married to Henry Lord Beauchamp at that time Son and Heir Apparent to William Marquess of Hertford and surviving him to Henry now Marquess of Worcester Elizabeth to Charles Earl of Carnarâ—on Theodosia to Henry then called Lord Cornbury now Earl of Clarendon and Annâ— to Iâ—hn Son and Heir Apparent to Giles Strangways of Melbury Sâ—ndford in Com. Dorset Esq To him succeeded Arthur his Son and Heir on whom our present Sovereign King Charles the Second shortly after his happy Restoration looking with an high regard both in respect of his noble Father's most eminent actings and sufferings and his own personal merits not only advanced him to the Title of Vicount Mâ—ldon in Câ—m Essex bâ—t to the dâ—gree and dignity of Earl of Essex by Letters Patent bearing daâ—e 20 Apr. in the thirteenth year of his Reign And since that having large experience of his prudence and great abilities constituted him Lord Lieutenant of the Realm of Ireland This Earl Married Elizabeth Daughter to Algerâ—on Earl of Northumberland and by her hath had Issue six Sons viz. Algernon Châ—rles Arthur Henry Algerâ—on and Arthur and two Daughters Elizabeth and Aâ—â—e of all which the last Algernon and Anne are only living the rest dying young Bruce Earl of Aylesbury 17 Car. 1. UPon the coming of King Iames to enjoy the Crown of this Realm in an 1603. amongst many other worthy persons of the Scottish-Nation Edward Bruce of Kinlosse was not the least who though a Native of that Country did descend from the antient Barons of that name sometime Lords of Skelton in Cleâ—eland and other large possessions in the Northern parts of Yorkshire This Edward being a person of great parts was sent Embassador from King Iames with the Earl of Marre in 43 Eliz. unto that Queen to Congratulate her good success in repressing that audacious attempt of the Earl of Essex and his Complices who had then suffered death for the same Which she took very well being not a little pleas'd to hear so much from them in regard of the rumours then dispersed viz. that Essex was made away for favouring the King of Scot's Title Also that had they come in time they would have mediated for him And upon the death of that Queen being eminently Instrumental to the peaceful entrance of King Iames by the Intelligence which he privately held in her life time with Sir Robert Cecill Knight one of her principal Secretaries of State in recompence of those his faithful Services had that great Office of Master of the Rolls conferr'd upon him for life upon the eighteenth of May 1 Iac. and the next ensuing year by Letters Patent bearing date 8 Iulii was advanc'd to the dignity of a Baron of Scotland by the Title of Lord Bruce of Kinlâ—sse being of the Privy Council to his Majesty in both Realms But upon the 14 th of Ianuary an 1610. 8 Iac. he departed this life being then Lxii. years of Age and was buried in the Chapel of the Rolls in Chancery-Lane London where there is a fair Monument erected to his memory with this Inscription upon it Fuimus Sacrae Memoriae Domini Edwardi Bruce Baronis Bruce Kinlossensis Sacrorum Scriniorum Magistri dicatum Quiobiit 14 Ian. Sal. 1610. Aetat 62. Iacobi Regiâ— 8â—