number himself to be one one other Banneret three Knighs and one hundred and five Esquires In 2 R. 2. he was constituted one of the Commissioners to Treat with Robert King of Scotland or his Substitutes touching a firm League of Peace betwixt both Realms In which year he had a Charter for Free-Warren in all his Lands at Shyrburne in Herdford Rythe Knapton and Yabthory in Com. Ebor. In 3 R. 2. he was constitued one of the Commissioners to Treat with Iohn Duke of Britanny or his Agents upon a League offensive and defensive and in 4 R. 2. was with Thomas of Woodstoke Earl of Buck. at the Siege of Nantes in Britanny being then Constable of the Host. And having been summoned to Parliament from 42 E. 3. till 3 R. 2. inclusive departed this life 28 Maii 4 R. 2. being then seised of the third part of the Mannor of Broughton in Com. Buck. Of the Mannor of Stratton in Com. Bedf. Of the Town of Gamelesby and Hamlet of Unthanke in Com. Cumb. of the Mannor of Bosezate in Com. North. Helpringham called Thorpe Latimer and Skredington with the Hamlet of Biker in Com. Linc. Likewise of the Mannors of Thornton in Pykering-Lithe Skameleston Syvelington Tyverington Lyverton Shireburne in Herford-Lythe Yaresthorâ—e and Appilton in Com. Ebor. as also of the Advousons of the Priories of Caldwell and Bushemede in Com. Bedf. leaving Elizabeth the Wife of Iohn Lord Nevill of Raby his daughter and heir Twenty four years of age and Elizabeth his Wife surviving Which last mention'd Elizabeth died upon Monday 11 April 7 R. 2. being then seised of the Mannor of Kerbroke called Wodhall and Mannor of Holkham in Com. Norf. Of the Mannors of Helpryngham called Thorpe Latimer and Skredington in Com. Linc. As also of the Mannors of Dilwyke Wolton Kerdington Ronhale Bromham Sutton juxta Bykeleswade and Potton juxta Sutton in Com. Bedf. Likewise of the Mannor of Iselhampsted in Com. Buck. and Bolezate in Com. North. Elizabeth the Wife of the before-specified Iohn Lord Nevill being her daughter and heir and at that time Twenty seven years of age Whereupon the said Iohn Lord Nevill doing his Homage had Livery of all those Lands but dying before her she afterwards Marryed to Robert Lord Willoughby of Eresby From which Iohn Lord Nevil descended another Iohn who in the time of Queen Elizabeth bore the Title of L d Latimer as in my discourse of that Noble Family hath been already shewed Which Iohn by Lucia his Wife Daughter to Henry Earl of Worcester had Issue four Daughters his Heirs whereof Elizabeth the eldest became the Wife of Sir Iohn Danvers of Dentsey in Com. Wiltes Knight who by her had Issue Eleanore a Daughter Married to Thomas Walmesley of Dunkenhalgh in Com. Lanc. Esquire and he a Daughter called Anne Wife of Sir Edward Osburne of Kiveton in Com. Ebor. Baronet whose Son and Heir Thomas now Lord Treasurer of England was by Letters Patent bearing date at Westminster 8 Aug. 25 Car. 2. advanced to the Dignity of Vicount Latimer and upon the twenty seventh day of Iune 26 Car. 2. to the farther Title of Earl of Danby ¶ I come now to Iohn le Latimer Brother to that William who Married Alice one of the daughter and coheirs of Walter Ledet This Iohn took to Wise Christian the other daughter and coheir to the same Walter Ledet and died in 11 Edw. 1. being then seised in right of her the said Christian of certain Lands in Womundle in Com. Leic. and of the Mannor of Wardon in Com. North. leaving Thomas his son and heir twelve years of age Which Thomas having his residence at Braybroke in Com. North. part of his Mothers Inheritance she being the Great-grandchild and coheir of Henry de Braybroke as in my discourse of that Family is shewed in 32 Edw. 1. obtained License to make a Castle of his Mannor-house there As also for Free-warren in all his Demesn-lands within that Lordship and at Desbrough and Little Boudon in the same County Moreover in 3 E. 2. he had the like Charter for Free-warren throughout all his Demesn-lands at Wardon in Com. North. and likewise at Claworth Heyton and Wystoâ— in Com. Nott. In 8 Edw. 2. he was imploy'd into Scotland upon certain business for William le Latimer his Kinsman Also in 18 Edw. 2. being then called Thomas le Latimer Bochard was in that expedition made into Gascoine And having been summon'd to Parliament from 28 Edw. 1. until 4 Edw. 2. inclusive departed this life in 8 Edw. 3. being then seised of the Mannors of Smetheton and Langton in Com. Leic. with the Advouson of the Church of Langton As also of the Mannors of Wardon and Braibroc in Com. North. leaving Warine le Latimer his son and heir Thirty years of age Which Warine being afterwards a Banneret was in that Expedition made into France in 19 Edw. 3. and died upon the 13 th of August 23 Edw. 3. having never been summon'd to Parliament being then seised of the Mannors of Gothmundie and Langton in Com. Leic. West-Wardon and Braibroke in Com. North and joyntly with Catherine his Wife of the Mannor of Coshall in Com. Nott. leaving Iohn his son and heir Forty years of age To which Iohn who in 9 Edw. 3. had been in the Wars of Scotland succeeded Thomas Who in â—â— E. 3. was of the retinue with Prince Edward in Gascoine And in 40 E. 3. being a Knight continued in those Wars So likewise in 41 E. 3. This is the same Sir Thomas Latimer of whom our Historians make mention in 11 Rich. 2. being one of the most eminent persons of that Sect called Lollards then sprung up in this Realm Which so increased as that in 18 Rich. 2. having countenance from him and divers persons of note the King fearing an Insurrection by them being then in Ireland made what haste he could back for the prevention thereof But before his death there is no doubt but that he became a great penitent as Sir Lewes Clifford likewise did of whom in my discourse of that noble Family I have taken notice for by his Testament bearing date 13 Sept. An. 1401. 2 H. 4. he expresseth himself thus IN the Name of God Amen c. I Thomas Latimere of Braybroke a fals Knyght to God thankyng God of his merci havyng siche minde as he vouchit â—aff desiryng that Goddes will be fulfilled in me and in all Godys that he hath taken me to kepe and to that make my Testament in this manere Furst I knowlyche on unworthye to bequethyn to him any thing of my power and therefore I pray to him mekely of his grace that he will take so pore a present as my wrecchid Soule ys into his merci through
ratifying the Articles concluded on in a Treaty then held by Commissioners for both Crownes And in 21 H. 8. was one of those who subscrib'd the Articles exhibited against Cardinal Wolsey Moreover in the Parliament called that year when the Commons made their Complaint against the abuses of the Clergy instancing in divers particulars and that Fisher Bishop of Rochester thereupon passionately telling the Lords That nothing now would serve with the Commons but the ruine of the Church aggravating the danger of such beginnings by the example of Bohemâ—a and that Fisher upon complaint to the King for those words excused himself as well as he could this Sir William Fitz Williams on the part of the King mediated the rest In 24 H. 8. he was Treasurer of the Kings Houshold And in 27 H. 8. sent with the Duke of Norffolk and Dr. Cox to Treat with the French upon certain Articles for a League betwixt both Crowns amongst which one was that the Duke of Angolesme third son to the King of France should Marry the Lady Elizabeth daughter to King Henry After which in 28 H. 8. being Knight of the Garter Treasurer of the Houshold and Chancellor of the Dutchy of Lancaster he was constituted Admiral of England Wales Ireland Normandy Gascoine and Aquitane And in 29 H. 8. by other Letters-patents bearing date 18 Octobris advanced to the title and dignity of Earl of Southampton and ere long after that Lord Privy-Seale By which Title in 32 H. 8. upon some discontent betwixt King Henry and the King of France whereupon the French raised Forces in Picardy with Iohn Lord Russel then newly made high Admiral he carried over two Troopes of Northern-Horse into those parts And in 34 H. 8. by his Testament bearing date 10 Sept. bequeath'd his body to be buried in the Parish-Church of Midherst in Com. Suss. Appointing that a new Chapel should be made by his Executors adjoyning thereto And in it a Tombe for himself and the Lady Mabell his Wife for the building whereof he assign'd Five hundred Marks And gave to the King his Coller of the Garter with his best George beset with Diamonds But before the end of this year viz. 34 H. 8. the King resolving to make a breach with Scotland an Army was raised of which the Duke of Norfolk was General Which Duke began his March thitherward accordingly Howbeit upon a motion of Peace he stay'd a while at York and there with this Earl and some others had a Treaty with certain Scotish Commissioners In which nothing being concluded they Marcht on this Earl leading the Van but when they came to Newcastle he there died Notwithstanding which so high an estimation continued to his memory that to the honor thereof his Standard was borne in the foreward throughout that whole Expedition By the before-specified Mabel his Wife daughter to Henry Lord Clifford and sister to Henry the first Earl of Cumberland he had no issue Whereupon his two Neices daughters to his brother Thomas were found to be his next heires viz. Margaret the Wife of Godfrey Fuljambe Esquire and Alice the Wife of Sir James Fuljambe Knight But he had a Natural son called Thomas Fitz-Williams alias Fisher Somervile 1 Edw. 3. OF this Family though there were but two and they the last of the Male-line who had summons to Parliament yet were they before that time men of eminent note in their dayes the first of them that came into England being Sir Gualter de Somervile a Norman who seated himself at Whichnovre in Com. Staff having that fair Lordship and Barton near to it by the Gift of King William the Conqueror From which Walter descended another Walter who by Cecilie de Limesi his Wife had issue Roger. Which Roger on Edeline his Wife daughter to Robert Boteler of Engleby begot another Roger and he a third Roger who in 5 Joâ— obtain'd a Grant of the Mannor of Alrewas one of the Lordships of the King 's antient Demesne and adjoyning to that of Whichnovre before-mentioned to hold in Fee-ferme for the old Rent and One hundred shillings increase But this Roger adhered to the Rebellious Barons about the latter end of King Iohn's Reign by reason whereof his Mannor of Stockton in Com. Warr. was given to Henry de Aldithley From which Roger descended Robert de Somervile his Grandson son of Iohn who having Married Isabel one of the daughters and coheirs of Roger de Merlay a great Baron in Northumberland in 15 E. 1. paid Fifty pounds for his Relief of the moietie of the Barony of the said Roger de Merlay and in 18 E. 1. obtain'd the King's License for Free-warren in all his Demesn-lands within his Lordships of Wichenovre Tunstall Nuebolte Briddeshus Sirescote Curburgh and Edlinghal in Com. Staff Witton Windgates Horsley and Sheldes in Com. Northumb. and Stocton in Com. Warr. As also for a Market every week upon the Tuesday at his Mannor of Alrewaâ— in Com. Staff and a Fair yearly on the Eve Day and Morrow of St. Margaret the Virgin Likewise for a Market on the Monday every week at Witton in Com. Northumb and a Faire yearly on the Eve Day and Morow of St. Laurence and two dayes following And died in 25 E. 1. leaving issue Roger his son and heir Which Roger in 34 E. 1. was in the Scotish wars Whereupon in the Parliament held the next ensuing year he Petition'd to have allowance for his services done in that Expedition having then been in the retinue of Henry de Perci and Marcht from Carlisle to Karrik by the Command of Prince Edward In 8 E. 2. he receiv'd command to be at Newcastle upon Tine upon the Festival of the blessed Virgin 's Assumption well fitted with Horse and Armes to restrain the Incursions of the Scots and in 16 Edw. 2. was constituted Sheriff of Yorkshire and Governor of the Castle at York This Roger left issue Roger his son and heir who being a Knight in 1 Edw. 3. was in the wars of Scotland that year and of the retinue with Thomas Lord Wake of Lâ—del So likewise in Edw 3. But all that I can farther say of him is that he gave the Advowson of the Church of Sâ—aington to the Monks of Newmâ—nster juxta Morpeth in Com. Northumb And having been summon'd to Parliament amongst the Barons of this Realm in 1. E. 3. but no more departed this life 15 Cal. Feb. 10 E. 3. and was buried at Anneys Burton in Com. â—bor leaving Sir Philip de Somervile Knight his brother and heir fifty yeares of age who thereupon doing his Homage had Livery of his Lands Of which Sir Philip I
Sir Francis Iobson Knight From which Lady Francâ—s by her second Husband Monke did the late so worthily famed Souldier General George Monke lineally descend who by the blessed Providence of God was the chiefeft and most successful instrument for the long desired peaceful and happy Restauration of our present Soveraign KIng Charles the Second to his Rightful 〈…〉 consideration whereof he was gratefully 〈◊〉 with large possesions and advanced 〈…〉 degree and dignity of a Duke and many other 〈◊〉 Titles of Honour Seymour Duke of Somerset 28 H. 8 OF this Family which derive their descent from Sir Roger Seymor of Evensmindeâ— in Com. Wilts Knight who married Cecilie one of the sisters and coheirs to Iohn Lord Beauchamp of Hacche in Com. Somerset was Sir Iohn Seymour of Wolf-Hall in Com. Wilts Knight Which Sir Iohn in 9 H. 8. being then one of the Knights for the Body to that King obtain'd a grant of the Constablewick of Bristol-Castle to himself and Edward his son in as ample manner as Giles Lord D'aubeney held the same And having married Elizabeth the daughter of Sir Henry Wentworth of Nettlested in Com. Suff. Knight had issue by herâ—â—hree sons Edward Thomas and Henry and three daughters 1. Iane whom King Henry the Eighth made his third wife 2. Elizabeth first married to Sir Anthony Oughtred Knight and secondly to Gregory Lord Cromwell 3. And Dorothy to Sir Clement Smith Knight Which Edward shortly afterwards came to high advancements For being a Knight in 22 H. 8. he was also at the same time one of the Esquires for the body And when King Henry having cast his affections on the Lady Iane his Sister then a Maid of Honor to Queen Anne Bullen made her his wife he wanted not for any Titles of Honor or other advantages which for her sake that King could well effect For in 28 H. 8. at the solemnity of her Marriage he had the Title of Vicount Beauchamp conferr'd upon him and the heirs male of his body by reason of his Descent from an heir female of that House as is before observed his patent bearing date at Terlyng 5 Iunii And upon the seventh of Iuly next following was made Captain of the Isle of Iersey Sir Thomas Vaux Knight Lord Harrowden then surrendring his trust in that command In 29 H. 8. upon the death of Sir Iohn Seamour Knight his father he had Livery of his Lands and soon after that the same year being created Earl of Hertford by by Letters Patents bearing date 18 Oct. had a grant of his Creation money not out of the Revenues of that County as was usual but out of other profits In 32 H. 8. upon the building of a Fort at Ardres and making a Bridge to the English-pale which our Garrisons overthrew and by reason whereof the French raised Forces under Monsieur de Biâ—z he was sent over to dispute the limits of the English-Borders with him and other Commissioners And in 33 H. 8. as Cousin and heir to Sir William Sturmy K that is to say son of Sir Iohn Seamour Knight son of Iohn Seamour Esquire son of Iohn Seamour Esquire son of Sir Iohn Seamour Knight son of Maud daughter and heir to Sir William Sturmy Knight had Livery of Sturmy's Lands In 34 H. 8. he was made Lord great Chamberlain of England for life and the same year â—ccompanied the Duke of Norfolk lieutenant-general of the English Army consisting of above Twenty thousand men into Scotland And the next ensuing year being made Lieutenant-general of the North was sent thither with a powerful Army as some say to restrain the Incursions of the Scots or rather upon a quarrel of unkindness for their refusing an offer for the Marriage of Prince Edward to their young Queen Upon the 13 th of August 36 H. 8. King Henry being then at the siege of â—â—loine he came to him with divers Companies of Almaines French and others And after the taking thereof routed an Army of Fourteen thousand French which lay encamp'd oâ— the West-side that Town beyond the Haven In 37 H. 8. the Scots making divers Incursions upon the Borders through the help of Five thousand Auxiliaries brought to them from France by Monsieur de Lorges he was sent with Twelve thousand men into that Realme where he destroyed all the Towns upon the Middle-Marches and passing thence to the West made great spoile in those parts About this time also the French endeavouring to regain Boloine by some stratagem and to that end the Marshal de Biez coming with an Army to Port a Town not far distant begining to build a Fort on this side the River at the point of the Tower of Ordre with Four thousand Foot and seven hundred Horse out of the neighbouring Garrisons he forced their retreat to Hardelâ— and in pursuit of him kill'd many took two Brass guns five of Iron much Baggage and Monsieur de Biez his own Armour In 38 H. 8 vpon that ill success which the Earl of Surrey then Governor of Boloine had by his endeavour to intercept a Convoy of Victual going to the French Camp King Henry who lov'd not to hear but of Victory causing him to be remov'd put this Earl at present in his sted Also upon farther preparations made by the French he was sent over with the Lord Admiral and an Army of Nine thousand and three hundred men whereof Fifteen hundred were Spaniards and some other forreign forces Likewise after â— this upon a motion for Peace with the French made by divers Princes he was constituted the chief of our English-Commissioners for the management of that Treaty Whereupon meeting wiâ—h those on the other side betwixt Aâ—dres and Buisnes a Peace was concluded And soon after this King Henry lying on his death-Bed he was constituted one of his Executors as also to be of Counsel to his son Upon the death of King Henry which hapned upon the 28 th of Ianuary in the 38 th of his Reign he was by all the Council the next day following chosen Protector to the young King Edward 6 th and on the tenth of February constituted Lord Treasurer of England And though he had the Titles of Vicount Beauchamp and Earl of Hertford formerly conferr'd upon him and the Issue male of his Body by King Henry the Eighth as hath been already observed nevertheless being not a Baron of this Realm he was by Leters Patent bearing date 15 Febr. 1 E. 6 advanc'd to that degree of honor with limitation thereof to the heirs male of his bodâ— by Anne his wife and for default of such issue to Edward Seymouâ— Esquire his son by Katherine his first wife and to the heirs male of the body
England and lastly to Conyers Darcie son and heir to Conyers Lord Darcie and Conyers Mary to Heneage Earl of Winchelsey and Iane to Charles Lord Clifford of Lansborough son and heir to Richard Earl of Burlington Which Henry the third son so deceasing in his father's life time had issue by the said Mary his wife one son called William and three daughters viz. Frances and Mary who died in their Infancies and Elizabeth So that William his son surviving his Grandfather succeeded him in his Honors but died 12 Dec. An. 1671. unmarried and was buried at Bedwind Whereupon the Lord Iohn his Uncle succeeded him Which Iohn married Saraâ— daughter of Sir Edward Alston Knight and departing this life ... Aprilis An. 1675. without issue was buried in the Cathedral at Salisbury ¶ Having thus deduced the Line of this noble Family down to this present I come lastly to Sir Francis Seymour Knight the third son to Edward Lord Beauchamp son and heir to Edward Earl of Hertford This Sir Francis Seamour upon the 19 th of February 16 Car. 1. was advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realme by the name of Lord Seamour of Troâ—bridge in Com. Wilts And having married twice first Frances the daughter and heir to Sir Gilbert Prinne of Allington in Com. Wilts Knight by whom he had issue one son called Charles and Frances a daughter married to Sir William Ducie of Tortworth a Knight of the Bath and Baronet and secondly Catherine daughter to Sir Robert Lee of Bilsley in Com. War Knight by whom he had no issue departed this life 12 Iulii An. 1664. and was buried at Bedwind Which Charles succeeding him married two wives first Mary daughter and sole heir to Thomas Smith of Soley in the Parish of Chilton in Com. Wilts by whom he had issue one son called Edward who died in his Infancy and two daughters Catherine who died unmarried and Frances now wife of Sir George Hungerford of Cadenham in Com. Wilts Baronet He secondly married Elizabeth daughter to William L. Allington of Horshet in Com. Cantab. by whom he had issue five sons Francis William and William who died in their Infancies and Francis and Charles now living As also two daughters Elizabeth who died young and Honora still surviving This Charles Lord Seamour died in August An. 1665. To whom succeeded Francis his eldest surviving son who was born 17 Ianuary Anno 1657. and by the death of the before specified Iohn Duke of Somerset without issue doth now enjoy that Title Monumental Inscriptions in the Chancel of the Parish-Church of Grat Bedwynd in Wiltshire where the chief of this Noble Family do lie interred Here lyeth Entombed the worthy Sir John Seymour of Wolphall Knight who by Margery his wife daughter to Sir Henry Wentworth Knight from whom the now Lord Wentworth is descended had six sons and four daughters to wit John who died unmarried Edward Duke of Somerset Earl of Hertford Vicount Beauchamp and Baron Seymour Vncle to King Edward the Sixth Governor of his Royal Person Protector of all his Dominions and Subjects Lord Treasurer and Earl Marshall of England Which Duke married Anne daughter of Sir Edward Stanhope Knight by Elizabeth his wife daughter of Sir Fouke Bourchier Lord Fitz-warren from whom the modern Earls of Bath are descended Sir Henry Seymour Knight who married Barbara daughter of Thomas Morgan Esquire Thomas Lord Seymour of Sudley High Admiral of England who married Katherine Queen of England and widow of King Henry the Eighth one other John and Anthony who died in their infancy Jane Q. of England wife to King Henry the Eighth and Mother of King Edward the Sixth Elizabeth first married to Sir Henry Ughtred Knight after to Gregory Lord Cromwell and lastly to John Lord St. John of Basing afterwards Marquess of Winchester Margery who died in her infancy and Dorothy married to Sir Clement Smith Knight This Knight departed this life at Sixty years of age the 21 day of December An. 1536. and was first buried at Easton Priory-Church amongst 〈◊〉 of his Ancestors both Seymours and Sturmyes Howbeit that Church being ruined and thereby all their Monuments either wholly spoiled or very much defaced during the Minority of Edward Earl of Hertford son to the said Duke the said Earl after as well for the dutiful love he beareth to his said Grandfather as for the better continuance of his memory did cause his Body to be removed and here to be entombed at his own cost and charge the last day of September 1590. in the 32 d year of the most happy Reign of our Gracious Sovereign Lady Queen Elizabeth Upon a Brass plate on a Grave-stone in the same Chancel Here lieth the body of John Seymour son and heir of Sir John Seymour Knight and of Margery one of the daughters of Sir Henry Wentworth Knight Which deceased the 15 th day of July in the year of our Lord 1510. On whose Soul Jesu have mercy and of your Charity say a Pater Noster and an Ave. Upon another Gravestone there under which Edward Lord Beauchamp Father of William late Duke of Somerset lieth buried Bellocamp eram Graia genitrice Semerus Tres habui natos est quibus una soror Cromwell 28 Hen. 8. TOuching an eminent Family of this appellation and its antient advancement to Honor having in order of time elsewhere already spoke I now come to another of that name of which was Thomas Cromwell a person of great parts and much note in his days who being no other by birth than a Blacksmith's son in Putney about four miles distant from London found meanes to travel into divers Countryes to learn their Languages and to see the Wars being a soldier under the Duke of Burbon at the sacking of Rome Whence returning he was receiv'd into the service of Cardinal Wolsey as his Sollicitor unto whom he so approved himself by his fidelity and diligence as that the King after the fall of that Cardinal deeming him a proper Agent for himself in more weighty Affaires voluntarily entertain'd him for his servant and received such content from his dexterous management of what he had in trust that in short time he rais'd him to sundry great and eminent Titles of dignity Certain it is that in this his service with the Cardinal he had the chief hand both in the endowment and foundation of those two famous Colledges in Oxford and Ipswich begun by that magnificent Prelate and in 23 H. 8. which was soon after the Cardinal's fall was made a Privy Councellor and Master of the Jewel-House having the fee of Fifty pound per annum granted to him for his good service in that office The next year following he was also made Clerk of the Hanaper an Office in Chancery of good profit and repute But before the end of that year Chancellor of the Exchequer which was much greater And
which hath for many ages flourisht in the West of England and been of eminent note in those parts for apparent it is by the general survey taken shortly after the Norman Conquest that Roger de Arundel did at that time possess twenty eight Lordships in Somersetshire and that Robert de Arundel in 5 Steph. upon Collection of that Tax called Dane gelt then levyed in the Counties of Dors. and Wilts paid fifty eight shillings Likewise that he gave the Church of Dissam with two hides of Land to the Canons of Taunton Also that in 7 H. 2. another Roger answered forty pounds for the Knights fees he then held Moreover that in 13 Ioh. Robert Fitz-pain who then had the moytie of the fees of Gerbert de Perci accounted for thirty marks for fifteen Knights fees of the old fees of Roger de Arundell and Robert de Newburgh for as many Furthermore that in 44 H. 3. Raphe de Arundel executed the Sheriffs Office for the County of Cornwall on the behalf of Richard Earl of Cornwall then King of Almaine Long after this also scil in 10 H. 4. I find that the Seneschal of Henault coming into England to seek adventures id est to perform certain feats of Arms Sir Richard Arundel Knight was one of those who answered him And that in 7 H. 5. Sir Iohn Arundel of Cornwall Knight being in the Kings Fleet at sea was of the Retinue with Sir Hugh Courtney Knight son and heir to the Earl of Dâ—von also that the same Sir Iohn departed this life on Tuesday next ensuing the Feast of the Epiphany 13 H. 6. seised of the Mannors of Carmenou Wyngenton Kenell Tremblyts Treboyth Coverton Creleyr Lanherne Nansladron Langoran Lambran Tregarne Conderowe Penweres also of the hundred of Penwith in com Cornub. and of the Mannors of Morchard Yoweton Luseghe Brompton Lodiswill Sprecombe and Bokeland Kynham in com Devon leaving Iohn his grandson son of Iohn who died in his life time his next heir twenty years of age To whom succeeded Sir Thomas Arundell of Lanherne Knight which Sir Thomas by Catherine his wife daughter and coheir to Iohn Lord Dynham had issue Sir Iohn Arundel Knight of the Bath who departed this life in 36 H. 8. leaving issue by his first wife two sons Iohn from whom those of Lanherne in Cornwall are descended and Sir Thomas Arundell Knight to whom he gave Wardour-Castle in com Wilts antiently belonging to the Family of St. Martin and afterwards to Willoughby Lord Brooke Which Sir Thomas in 5 E. 6. being charged together with Edward Duke of Somerset for conspiring the murther of Iohn Dudley Duke of Northumberland and some other of the Lords lost his Head for the same shortly after By Catherine his second wife daughter of Sir Thomas Greneville Knight the same Sir Iohn had issue Mary a daughter first married to Robert Earl of Sussex and afterwards to Henry Earl of Arundell This Sir Thomas so beheaded took to wife Margaret one of the daughters and coheirs to the Lord Edmund Howard third son to Thomas Duke of Norfolk and by her had issue Sir Mathew Arundell Knight who lyeth buried at Tysbury in com Wilts leaving issue by Margaret his wife daughter to Henry Willoughby of Wollaton in com Not. Esquire Thomas his son and heir Which Thomas serving in Hungary against the Turks manifested his courage in so high a manner though then but a young man that as a reward of his Prowess Rodulph the second advanced him to the honor of Count of the Empire for that he had behaved himself manfully in the Field as also in the assaulting of divers Cities and Castles shewed great proof of his valor and that in forcing the Water-Tower near Strigonium he took from the Turks their Banner with his own hand as are the words of that Emperors Charter so that every of his Children and their descendents of both sexes should for ever enjoy that title have vote in all Imperial Diets purchase Lands within the Dominions of the Empire list any voluntary Souldiers and not to be put to any tryal but in the Imperial Chamber Whereupon when he returned into England there being great dispute amongst the Peers of this Realm whether such a dignity so given him by a Forreign Prince should be allowed of here as to place and precedence or any other Priviledge and voted in the Negative King Iames in the third year of his Reign taking into consideration his singular merits by his Letters Patents bearing date 4 Maii created him a Baron of this Realm by the title of Lord Arundel of Wardour with limitation of that honor to the heirs male of his body the ceremony of his Creation being performed at Grenewich This Thomas Lord Arundell first married Mary daughter to Henry Earl of Southampton and by her had issue Thomas his son and heir and William Arundell of Hornisham in com Wilts As also Elizabeth a daughter married to Sir Iohn Philipot Knight And to his second wife Anne daughter of Miles Philipson of Crooke in com Westmor Esquire widow of ... Thoroughgood and by her had issue three sons Mathew Thomas and Frederick who all died within age and six daughters Catherine married to Raphe son and heir to William Lord Evre Mary to Sir Iohn Somerset Knight second son to Edward late Earl of Worcester Anne to Cecill Lord Baltamore Frances to Iohn Earl of Shrewsbury Margaret to Iohn Fortescue of Salden Esquire and Clare to Humphrey Weld Esquire and departing this life at Wardour Castle An. 1639. lyeth buried at Tysbury before-mentioned To whom succeeded Thomas his son and heir who married Blanch fifth daughter to Edward Earl of Worcester and dying in his late Majesties Garrison at Oxford in An. 1643. was also buried at Tisbury leaving issue Henry his son and heir who succeeded him in his Honors and two daughters Catherine married to Francis Cornwallis Esquire and Anne to Roger Vanghan Esquire Which Henry now Lord Arundell married Cecilie the daughter of Sir Henry Compton Knight of the Bath widow of Sir Iohn Fermour of Somerton in com Oxon. Knight and by her hath issue two sons Thomas who married Mary the daughter of Thomas Spenser of Ufton in com War widow of Robert Lucie late of Cherlecote in com War Esquire and Henry as also Cecilie a daughter now a Nun. Carew Earl of Totneis 3 Iac. OF this Family of great Antiquity in the Western parts of England taking its surname from Carew-Castle in Pembrookshire was Sir George Carew Knight made Captain of the Tower of Ruysbanke at 〈◊〉 in 31 H. 8. which command Sir Iohn Pecche and Sir Nicholas Carew Knight formerly had From which Sir George descended another
And lastly Hesther the second daughter and coheir to Gideon le Lou Lord of the Mannor of Columbiers in Normandy widow of Iames Richer Lord of the Mannor of Cambernon in the same Province but by neither of these hath had any issue Which Sir Francis his only son hath had two wives first Lucie the youngest daughter to Sir Robert Carr of Sleford in com Linc. K t by whom he had issue two daughters Mary and Denzilla who died in their Infancies Secondly Ann the eldest daughter and coheir to Sir Francis Pile of Compton Beauchamp in com Berks. Baronet by whom he hath had issue Iane a daughter who died young and one son named Denzil Roper Lord Tenham 1 Iac. OF this Family which hath been of great antiquity in Kent was Iohn Roper of Eitham in that Country Esquire Son of Iohn Roper Attorney-general to King Henry the Eighth who took to wife Iane the daughter of Sir Iohn Fineux Knight Chief Justice of the Court of Kings Bench in part of King Henry the Seventh and beginning of King Henry the Eighth s Reigh and coheir to her mother daughter and coheir to William Apulderfeild Esquire Which Iohn had issue two sons William Roper of Eltham sometime Clerk of the King's Bench who married Margaret the daughter of the famous Sir Thomas Moore Knight at that time Lord Chancellor of England from whom the Ropers of UUelhall are descended and Christopher Roper of the Lodge in Linsted who by Elizabeth daughter to Christopher Blore of Kenham in com Cantii Esquire had issue Iohn Which Iohn upon the ninth of Iuly An. 1603. 1. Iac. received the honor of Knighthood Also upon the ninth of Iuly 14 Iac. was advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Tenham a fair Mannor of his own inheritance in those parts And departing this life about the end of August An. 1618. 16 Iac. left issue by Elizabeth his wife daughter and heir to Iohn Parke of Malmaine in com Cantii Esquire Christopher his son and heir and two daughters Elizabeth married to George son and heir of William Lord Vaux and Iane to Sir Robert Lovel Knight This Christopher thus succeeding him in his honor married Catherine the daughter to Iohn Sebourne of Sutton St. Michael in com Heref. Esquire and by her had issue two sons Iohn and William and four daughters Bridget married to Sir Robert Hurleston of Sawson in com Cantabr Knight Mary Abbess of the English Nunnery at Gant in Flanders Catherine wedded to Sir Robert Thorold of the Heath in com Linc. Knight and Elizabeth first to Iohn Plunket an Irishman and afterwards to ... Bagnall Which Iohn being made Knight of the Bath at the creation of Henry Prince of Wales and upon his death succeeding him married Mary daughter to William Lord Peter and by her had issue three sons Christopher Francis and William and four daughters 1. Catherine who died unmarried 2. Elizabeth wedded to Sir Iohn Arundel of Lanherne in com Cornub. Knight Mary a Nun at Gant in Flanders and Margaret who died young and departing parting this life 10 Feb. 1627. was buried at Lingâ—â—ed in Kent To whom succeeded Christopher his son and heir who married first Mary daughter to Sir Francis Englefeild of Wotton Basset in com Wilts Knight by whom he had issue Iohn a son who died young and a daughter called Frances His second wife was Philadelphia a daughter to Knolles of Grove-place in Hantshire by whom he had issue three sons viz. Christopher now Lord Tenham Henry who died young and Thomas And departing this life 23 October Anno 1673. was buried at Lingired in Kent with most of his Ancestors Whereupon Christopher now Lord Tenham his eldest surviving son succeeded him in his honor Which Christopher married Elizabeth the daughter to Francis Vicount Mountagu and by her hath issue Catherine a daughter Stanhope Earl of Chesterfeild 14 Iac. THat this Family hath been of great Antiquity in Notinghamshire though not arriv'd to the dignity of Peerage till of late times is evident from sundry authorities For in 48 E. 3. Iohn Stanhope of Rampton underwent the Office of Eschaetor for that County and Derbyshire which was then not inferior to that of Sheriff From whom descended another Iohn who married Elizabeth the daughter and heir of Stephen Maluvel cosin and heir to Iohn Lungvilers grandson to Thomas Lungvilers who had summons to Parliament in 16 E. 3. Which Iohn had issue Richard who in 6 H. 4. being a Knight was Sheriff of those Counties From whom descended Sir Edward Stanhope Knight Which Sir Edward in 18 H. 7. was made Constable of Sandale-Castle in com Ebor. whose second son Michael Stanhope Esquire afterwards Knight in 31 H. 8. obtain'd a Grant of the Mannor of Shelford in Com. Nott. with its members parcel of the possessions of the then dissolved Monastery there with the Rectories of Shelford Saxendale Sedlyng Burton Ioys and North Muskham in that County Rowceby and UUestburgh in Com. Linc. Elwaston and Okebroke in Com. Derb. and to the heirs male of his body by Ann his wife This Sir Michael Stanhope had issue Sir Thomas Stanhope of Shelford in com Nott. Knight as also divers other children sons and daughters Which Sir Thomas took to wife Margaret daughter and coheir to Sir Iohn Port of Etwall in com Derb. Knight And had issue Iohn who in 38 Eliz. was constituted Treasurer of the Chamber to that Queen for life and in 42 Eliz. being then a Knight was made Constable of the Castle of Coichester in com Essex for life Which Sir Iohn by Cordell his wife daughter and heir to Richard Allington Esquire by Ioane his wife Sister and heir to Sir William Cordell of Long Melford in com Suff. Knight had issue Philip his son and heir who by Letters-patents bearing date 7 Nov. 14 Iac. being at that time a Knight was advanced to the dignity of a Baron of this Realm by the Title of Lord Stanhope of Shelford and upon the fourth of August 4 Car. 1. created Earl of Chesterfeild This Earl married two wives first Catherine daughter to Francis Lord Hastings son and heir to George Earl of Huntington by whom he had issue eleven sons of which Iohn Charles Edward William Thomas Michael and George died young or before they came to ripe years Philip was slain at Shelford-House in the time of the late Wars being then in Armes for the King and Ferdinando lost his life at Bridgâ—oâ—d about the same time in His late Majesties service Henry became his heir apparent but died in his life time and Arthur the youngest survived him As also two daughters Sarab married to Sir Richard Houghton of Houghton Tower in com Lanc. Baronet and
Fourth Son to King Henry the Second having taken her to Wife as hath been said in the year 1166 her Father Earl Conan then living succeeded in these Earldoms Which Conan thereupon granted to King Henry to the use of his said Son Geffrey the whole Dutchy of Britanny excepting the County of Guincamp descended to him from Earl Stephen his Grandfather This Geffrey received the Honor of Knighthood at the hands of King Henry his Father at Woodstock in the year 1178. 24 Hen. 2. But of him there is not much more memorable in regard he died when he was but Twenty eight years of age being then unhappily killed at Paris by the stroke of an Horse in a Tourneament held there upon the 14. Kal. of Sept. Whereupon he was buried in the Church of Nostredame within the Quire of the Canons there leaving issue by the same Constance two Daughters as also a Son born after his death viz. Upon Easter day the Fourth Kalender of April ensuing An. scil 1187. whose name was called Arthur The name of one of the Daughters was Eleanor le Bret. Which Eleanor departing this life in the Castle of Bristol 4 Id. Aug. An. 1241. 25 Hen. 3. was first buried in the Church of S. Iames at Bristol but afterwards by the Kings appointment translated to the Monastery of Nuns at Ambresbury The name of the other Daughter appeareth not Unto this Earldom of Richmund did belong no less then Cxl Knights Fees After the death of this Geffrey Constance his Widow was given in marriage to Ranulph Earl of Chester as hath been before exprest with whom he enjoyed both these Honors of Britanny and Richmund But she forsaking him as hath been said Arthur her Son having been honored with Knighthood by Philip King of France in An. 1199. the year following did homage to King Iohn for this Earldom of Britanny it being of the Fee of the Dutchy of Normandy Notwithstanding which King Iohn detained from him all his Lands in Normandy Turon Anjou and Poictou whereupon the King of France taking occasion to quarrel with King Iohn required restitution of them to Arthur but without success insomuch as War ensuing betwixt them the French had the worst After which King Iohn sent for his Nephew Arthur to Faleise and flattering him with fair words promised him great Honors if he would desert the King of France and adhere faithfully to him as his Leig-Lord and Uncle But Arthur who knew himself to be the Son of King Iohns elder Brother viz. Geffrey Duke of Britanny and Richmund beforementioned answered him with indignation requiring That he would make restitution to him of the Kingdom of England and all other the Lands which King Richard his Uncle had in Possession upon the day of his death Vowing That if he did not do it speedily he should not be at Peace Which expressions so much awakened King Iohn that he forthwith commanded his Nephew Arthur should be sent to Roan and there straitly imprisoned in the new Tower where he had not long been but for fear lest the great Men of England should adhere to him as being the next and rightful Heir to the Crown he caused him to be murthered by the hands of Peter de Mauley one of his Esquires unto whom for the reward of that wicked service he gave the Heir of the Barony of Mulgreve to Wife As to the manner of his death it is said That passing from one Ship to another to go into England as a prisoner a Marriner laid a Plank in such a sort that as soon as he trode upon it he fell into the Sea and was drowned Having thus given an account of this Earldoms Succession from Alan the first to Conan the last of the ancient Earls whose sole Daughter and Heir Constance first took to Husband Geffrey Fourth Soâ— to King Henry the Second As also of the Murther of Arthur her only Son who had no issue and that she afterwards married to Ranulph Earl of Chester who in her right enjoyed it I shall now observe that this Constance being at length divorced from Earl Ranulph by reason of Adultery married lastly to Guy de Toarche and had issue by him a Daughter called Alice who after the death of her Parents remaining in Ward to the King of France was by that King given in marriage to Sir Peter Maâ—clere a Knight of his with Britanny and what else was of her Inheritance Not long after which King Ioâ—n being highly discontented towards those of his Barons who had extorted from him the two notable Charters of their Liberties called Magna Carta and Carta de Ferestâ— which bear date 15 Iunii in Seventeenth of His Reign upon his recess from London with purpose to raise what strength he could for the redeeming himself out of their power by his Letteâ—s directed to this Peter bearing date at Warham in Com. Dors. 12 Aug. next ensuing in which he calls him Earl of Britanny did signifie That in case he would come into England he would restore unto him the Honor of Richmund with its Appurtenances as appertaining to his said Earldom of Britany and thereupon required him to hasten over with all possible speed well furnished with Horse and Arms as also to bring with him what power he could raise for his aid and to do his homage with what service otherwise he ought to perform Whereupon he came and had Livery of all the Lands pertaining to that Honor in right of his said Wife And not long after that viz in 3 Hen. 3. agreed That the King should thenceforth have of the Knights Fees belonging thereto Thirty on the South of Humâ—er such as he should chuse After which that King became so cordial to him as that in 14 of His Reign he did by his Letters Patents declare That so long as the Wars with the French should continue he would assist him giving him by those his Letters the title of Duke of Britanny and Earl of Richmund with Four hundred Knights and One hundred Servants on Horsback of which number One hundred to be of his own Knights as also that he would give him pay for Three hundred Knights and an Hundred Servants more and for performance thereof obliged himself by Oath Richard Earl of Cornwal with some other eminent persons doing the like as undertakers for him therein Nevertheless though the King then gave him the Appellation of Earl of 〈◊〉 he had not the compleat fruition of that Barony Ranulph Earl of Chester retaining the Lands thereof in his hands until by a special Precept to the Bishop of Chichester then Lord Chancellor and Stephen de Segrave afterwards Justice of England command was given that Livery should forthwith be made to him thereof After which viz. the next ensuing year he
of divers Noblemen that difference was thus finally accorded viz. That there should be three Priests maintained to celebrate Divine Service for ever for the health of the Soul of this murthered Ralph at some certain place near to his Grave Which Priests were thereupon setled accordingly at Langley in that County The next ensuing year viz. 9 Rich. 2. having obtained License to travel he undertook a Pilgrimage to the holy Sepulcher of our Lord at Ierâ—alem and in order thereto upon the sixth of April declared his Testament whereby he bequcathed his Body to be buried in the Priory of Stone near to the Grave of his Wife in case he should die in England appointing six large Tapers to be placed about his Herse and four Morters of Wax but that no Horse or Arms should be offered at his Funeral nor that any Prayers should be thereat except by Ecclesiastical Persons with his Allies and Friends Also that one hundred poor Men should be cloathed in White with a Cross behind and before on their Garments each of them carrying a Torch as well on the Vespers as on the Funeral day Likewise That Five hundred Masses should be celebrated for the Souls of his Father and Mother his Wife Himself and all his good doers as also of all Christians within one year after his deccase Moreover that within the compass of the year after his decease there should be celebrated for the Souls before mentioned Fifty Masses Trentals of S. Gregory by the most fitting persons that could be found Of which Testament he constituted Overseers his Cosin the Archbishop of Canterbury viz. William Courtney his Brother the Earl of Warwick the Lord Nevil the Earl of Suffolk and Sir William Beauchamp Knight to each of whom he gave a Cup with the Cover gilt And by his last Will bearing date at Iernemuth upon the fifteenth day of the same Moneth of April appointed that his Daughter Ioane should be well and fitly married and that out of the profits of his Lands in the hands of his Feoffce his three Sons William Edmund and Hugh should have each of them One hundred pound per annum during their respective lives Also that Thomas his Son should have his Coat of Male d'Astere of Naples and his Helmet made at Bourdeaux with a Camail d'Astere as also his Sword made at Turenne which Sir Raufe Ferrers gave him And that there should be three Priests ordained to celebrate Divine Service for the health of his Soul near to the place of his Burial for the term of three years next after his decease And after this upon the Twenty first of September next ensuing being then at Rhodes upon his return from Ierusalem by a Codicil there made he bequeathed to his Sister Roos a Gold Ring with a little Diamond to Margaret de Nevil his Daughter a large Gold Ring with a great Diamond set therein to Katherine de Pole his Daughter a Fermail of Knots to Ioane his Daughter a Golden Fermail with an Heart and to his Sister Cherleton a large Gold Ring with a Karrect Unto which Codicil Sir William Arundel and Sir Richard Ludlow Knights were witnesses And upon the Twenty fifth day of the same Moneth of September being still at Rhodes making a farther Declaration of his Testament gave to Iohn Hinkley his Esquire Twenty pounds and to Robert Corbert his Chamberlain Ten pounds unto which his usual Seal viz. his Helm was affixed After which viz. the next day following being the Twenty sixth of September he died there whereupon his Corps was brought over into England by the same Iohn Hinkley his Esquire and buried with his Ancestors before the High Altar at Stone leaving issue by the Lady Philippa his Wife Daughter of Thomas Beauchamp Earl of Warwick Thomas his Son and Heir at that time Eighteen years of age as also four other Sons viz. Thomas William Edmund and Hugh Which Hugh afterwards bore the title of Lord Bourchier in right of his Wife as I shall farther shew anon and three Daughters viz. Margaret married to Ralph Lord Nevill the first Earl of Westmerland Catherine to Michael the Son of Michael de lâ— Pole To which Katherine in respect of the low estate of him the said Michael King Richard the Second gave Fifty pounds per annum out of the Fee-Farm of Kingston upon Hull to make up One hundred pound per annum which was Covenanted by her Husbands Father to be setled upon her Ioane to Thomas Holland Earl of Kent and ... to Iohn Lord Ferrers of Chartley. This last mentioned Earl Hugh was at the time of his death seised of the Borough of Petersfield with the Hamlets thereunto belonging viz. Mapel-Derham Westone Nutstead and Sheet in Com. Southampt Of the Mannors of Cornhampton and Burbach the Hamlet of Up-Clatford the Borough of Bedewind the Mannor of Wexcomb the Hundred of Kinewardeston and the Mannors of Orcham and Knowle in Com. Wilts Of the Mannors of Blechingle Ocham and Burgham in Com. Surr. Of the Castle and Mannor of Aungre with the Mannor of Horsham in Com. Essex Of two parts of the Mannor of Calilond in Com. Cornub. Of the Mannor of Thornbury with its Members viz. Oldely Kington Morton Falefeld and Mars with the Mannors of Rendcumbe and Estington all in Com. Glocest. Of the Castle and Town of Newport with its Members as also of the Mannor and Lordship of Maghun with the Forest in the Marches of Wales Of the Mannor and Hundred of Rothwel Whiston Glapthorne with the Villages of Southwike Piriho Tansover Glapthorne and Cotherstoke in Com. Northampt. Of the Castle and Mannor of Tunbridge with its Members viz. The Mannors of Dacheherst Hado and Bradstead as also of the Mannor of Eaâ—ding all in Com. Cantii Of the Mannors of Little Brickhil and Easington with the Advowsons of the Abbey of Nutley and Priory of Newenton-Longevile in Com. Buck. Of the Mannors of Wawens-Wotton and Tiesho in Com. Warr. Of the Advowsons of the Priories of Huntingdon and S. Neots in Com. Hunt Of the Castle of Caus and three parts of the Mannor of Caus in Com. Salop. And of the Castle of Stafford with its Members in Com. Staff I now come to Thomas his Son and Successor in his Honors This Thomas the same year his Father died and a little before his decease by reason of an Invasion then threatned from the French was by Indenture retained to serve the King for the present defence of the Realm And afterwards viz. in 13 Rich. 2. again retained for term of life taking in time of War so much Wages as by the Kings Council and his own should be reasonably thought fit So likewise in times of Peace the King thereupon pardoning him the Sum of Three thousand marks wherein he was indebted to him for his Marriage The next year following viz. in 14 Rich. 2.
Chancellor of England and four Daughters viz. Alice married to Thomas Holland afterwards Earl of Kent to whom and the Heirs of their two Bodies in 38 Edw. 3. the King granted the Mannors of Kirkby Moresheved Buttercramp and Cropton She is likewise said to have been the Wife of Henry de Beaufort who was afterwards the rich Cardinal before he took orders Eleanor died young Ioane Wife of Humphrey de Bohun Earl of Hereford and Mary wedded to Iohn Lord Strange of Blackmere Which Iohn his second Son was afterwards a Banneret and in 1 Rich. 2. retained to serve the King in his Fleet at Sea for a quarter of an year with two hundred Men at Arms and two hundred Archers whereof twenty nine Knights and one hundred seventy Esquires he being then also Marshal of England and of the Retinue unto Thomas of Woodstock Earl of Buckingham Uncle to the King This Iohn took to Wife Eleanor the Daughter of Iohn Lord Maltravers Sister and Heir to Henry Lord Maltravers and was summoned to Parliament in 1 2 3 Rich. 2. in the last of which years being sent with divers Knights and others in aid of the Duke of Britanny he perished by Shipwrack about the Feast day of S. Nicholas It is reported that before he hoised Sail he plundered the Countrey people and being utterly cursed by them for so doing this miserable fate soon overtook him By the said Eleanor his Wife he left issue a Son called Iohn Which Iohn had likewise issue Iohn Son and Heir who upon the death of Thomas Earl of Arundel without issue being his next Heir-male possessed the Castle of Arundel and divers other Lordships by vertue of an Entail made by Richard Earl of Arundel in 21 Edw. 3. as I shall more fully shew anon and by reason thereof had the title of Earl of Arundel But I return to Richard Son and Heir to the last Earl Richard This Earl Richard being constituted Admiral of the Kings Fleet to the Westwards in 1 Rich. 2. and soon after that to the Southwards was retained by Indenture to serve the King at Sea for one quarter of an year in the Company of Iohn Duke of Lancaster King of Caâ—â—â—le And in 7 Rich. 2. was in that expedition then made into Scotland About which time he procured License of the King to imploy what Agents he should please to the Abbess and Covent of Almenesches Alien to treat and conclude with them for the purchase of certain Lands part of the Possessions of the Priory of Leveminster in Sussex belonging to those Nuns As also a Charter for a weekly Market at his Mannor of Estangmering in Sussex upon the Saturday and a Fair yearly upon the Eve and Day of the Apostles Peter and Paul He also obtained the Kings farther License to travel into Forein parts and there to continue as long as he should think fit But if he did then travel he staid not long abroad for in 8 R. 2. he was retained by Indenture to serve the King in his Wars of Scotland And in 9 R. 2. joyned in Commission with Thomas D. of Lancaster for the tryal of Michael de la Pole and some other of the Kings Favorites whom the Commons in Parliament had then charged with divers high crimes Whereupon De la Pole was adjudged to suffer death and his estate to be confiscate In 10 Rich. 2. being made Admiral of the Kings whole Fleet to the West and Northward he received the moity of that Tenth then given to the King in Parliament by the Clergy as also the moity of that Fifteen given by the Laity for the Publick service of the Realm in a Naval expedition And putting to Sea upon Sunday the Eve of our Ladies Ascension encountred with a great Fleet of Flemings French and Spaniards and after a sharp fight got the victory wherein he took of Ships great and small no less then an hundred all laden with Wines containing Nineteen thousand Tuns which he brought into the Port of Orwell and other Havens And after this having new rigged his Navy arrived at Brest in Britanny where he soon took one of those Forts which the French had newly raised against the Castle there and burnt the other And having then victualled that Castle for a year and recruited the Garrison with all necessaries returned into England with great honor though much envied by the Duke of Ireland and others that bore great sway at Court who did all they could to deprave him by speaking sleightly of these his noble exploits And not only so but growing more insolent the King being totally guided by them they conspired the death of divers great persons of which this Earl was one So that now there being no other help but that either those haughty spirited men must be supprest or many of the most eminent Noblemen ruined This Earl with the Earls of Warwick and Derby resolved to put themselves in Arms. The King therefore discerning their purpose forthwith deliberated how he might destroy them before they had united their distinct Forces and to that end sent the Earl of Northumberland and others with him to Rigate Castle where this Earl then was with resolution there to surprise him But when Northumberland got thither and saw what strength he had he returned without any attempt upon him After which some were sent to take him by night and bring him to the King or at least to murther him The Lords therefore being in this strait having raised a great power soon met at Haringay Park near Highgate in Com. Middl. wherewith the King being alarmd and mediation made for a peaceable composure of these discontents they came to Westminster and upon expostulation with them by the King touching this their Insurrection told him it was for his and the Kingdoms advantage and to take from him those Trayterous persons viz. The Duke of Ireland and other his favorites who were enemies to the Commonwealth the issue whereof for the present terminated in the ruine of divers who had so mis-guided the King as in due place I shall shew The tide therefore then running with these Lords this Earl was by general consent in the Parliament of 11 Rich. 2. made Governor of the Castle and Town of Brest in Britanny as also the Kings Lieutenant in those parts And shortly after being Admiral made Lieutenant as also Captain-General of his Fleet at Sea with Commission to treat of Peace with Iohn de Montâ—ort then Duke of Britanny and hoising sail after Whitsontide soon met with the Enemy of whose Ships he sunkâ— and took fourscore entred the Isle of Bâ—as which he burnt and spoiled and likewise the Islands
intelligence that David Son to the Prince of Averâ—raw had taken the Homages of the chiefest persons in North-Wales sent his summons to this Roger de Chandos amongst others of the Barons-marchers to repair to Oxford on Tuesday next after the 15. of Easter to consult touching that Affair And in 41 Hen. 3. gave him command to assist Humphrey de Bohun Earl of Hereford in guarding the Marches near Montgomery Moreover in 47 Hen. 3. the Welch being again in Arms this Roger received further summons to come to Hereford upon Monday next after the Purification of our Lady well furnished with Horse and Arms for preventing their bold incursions To him succeeded Robert his Son and Heir which Robert in 50 Hen. 3. doing his homage had Livery of the Lands of his Inheritance and in 10 E. 1. was in that expedition then made into Wales Upon his death which hapned in 30 E. 1. it was found that he held the Mannor of Snodhull with its appurtenances by Barony and the service of two Knights Fees and that he left issue Roger his Son and Heir who paying his relief and doing his homage had Livery of his Lands the next ensuing year In 34 E. 1. this Roger received the honour of Knighthood with Prince Edward and many others by Bathing and other sacred Ceremonies and thereupon attended him into Scotland in that expedition at that time made In 3 E. 2. he was again in the Scottish Wars So likewise in 12 E. 2. being then of the retinue unto Humphrey de Bohun Earl of Hereford and Essex In 15 E. 2. he was made Sheriff of Herefordshire in 20 E. 2. Governour of the Castle at Kaerfilli and in 1 E. 3. again Sheriff of Herefordshire and Governour of the Castle at Hereford So likewise in 2 E. 3. And in 4 E. 3. Governour of the Castles of Glamorgan and Morganoâ— But farther I am not able to continue a direct series of his Successors I come therefore to Roger de Chandos Brother and Heir to Thomas de Chandos deceased This Roger in 7 E. 3. performing his Fealty had Livery of his Lands and in 8 E. 3. was constituted Sheriff of Herefordshire and Governour of the Castle at Hereford In 10 E. 3. he obtained License to settle the Mannor of Lugwandyn in Com. Heref. upon Thomas the Son of Roger Chandos the elder and Luce his Wife and the Heirs of their two bodies retaining to himself the Lordships of Snodhulle and Wylington as also to enfeoffe Walter the Son of Roger Chandos of the Mannors of Snodhulle and Fawnhope in Com. Heref. to the use of him the said Roger and the Heirs of his body and for want of such issue to Thomas Son of the same Roger and the Heirs of his body and so for want of issue c. to Richard brother of Thomas Roger brother of Richard Mathew brother of Roger and Iohn brother of Mathew In 19 E. 3. being then a Banneret he received summons to fit himself with Horse and Arms and to attend the King into France And having been summoned to Parliament amongst the Barons of this Realm from 7 E. 3. till 27 departed this life in the same 27. year whereupon Thomas his Son and Heir doing his homage had Livery of his Lands excepting the Mannor of â—ylington held by Maud his Wife in Dower as parcel of the Barony of Snodhull which Maud died upon the Feast day of the Annunciation of our Lady 36 E. 3. Her Son Thomas being then a Knight and thirty years of age who doing his homage had Livery thereof soon after and dyed in 49 E. 3. ¶ Of this Family and in this age did that famous Souldier Sir Iohn Chandos Knight flourish concerning whom our Historians do make a very honourable mention In 30 E. 3. he was in that memorable Battel of Poytiers in France and in 33 E. 3. in consideration of his eminent services in the Wars of France especially in that of Poytiers obtained a grant from Prince Edward of two parts of the Mannor of Kirketon in Lindsey in Com. Linc. to hold for life In which 33 year being retained with King Edward to serve him for life in the office of Vice-Chamberlain he obtained a grant of an hundred pounds per annum to be received out of the Exchequer And the next ensuing year in consideration of his great services in the Wars and otherwise had a grant to himself and his Heirs for ever of the Baronies of S. Saviour le Uicount Daunvers and Dongebill as also of the Lands and Knights Fees of S. Marie de Montefarsellis and Romilly and likewise of all other the Lands and Possessions of Godfrey de Harecurt deceased which King Edward had at that time in France by the grant of the said Godfrey After which he built the Castle of S. Saviours In 41 E. 3. this Sir Iohn Chandos accompanied Prince Edward into Spain in that expedition which he then made thither on the behalf of Peter King of Castile and Leon whom Bertrand Clekyn a famous Souldier attempted to depose And being with Iohn Duke of Lancaster in the Van of the English Army gave battel to him at Nazar where they obtained a glorious victory But this renowned Person in 44 E. 3. being in the Wars of Gascoigne putting off his Helmet unwarily was there slain to the great sorrow of both Kingdoms Whereof the King of France himself was so apprehensive that he passionately said There was not any Souldier living so able to make peace betwixt both Crowns as He. Whereupon Elizabeth and Alianore two of his Sisters which Alianore was then the Wife of Roger Colyng and Isabell daughter to Margaret the third Sister at that time married to Sir Iohn Annesley Knight were found to be his next Heirs ¶ Of this Family likewise was another Sir Iohn Chandos Knight who in 8 Hen. 6. died seised of the Mannors of Lugwardyn and Lymbury in Com. Heref. but without issue whereupon Giles Bruggs Esquire Son of Alice one and Margaret the Wife of Nicholas Mattesdon the other Sister were found to be his next Heirs Wahull IT is said that upon the Conquest of England the Lord of Wahull and Stephen then Lord of la Leie divided the Fee of Wahull betwixt them and that thereupon the Lord of Wahull had two parts and Stephen the third viz. the one of them twenty Knights Fees and the other ten Also that the Lord of Wahull having a mind to keep the whole part of Segenho and the Demesns of Brocheburgh caused all the Woods and Plains to be measured by the perch So likewise all Northwood and Cherlewood adjoyning and outed the Inhabitants allowing unto
from any service for ten of those seventeen Knights Fees and likewise a Grant of the hereditary Shireevalty of Warwickshâ—â—e to hold in as ample manner as he the said Earl held it or might hold it of the King Moreover he conferred on those Canons of Kenilworth the Lordship of Neuton at the Burial of his Father as also the Mannor of Pakinton with the Church and Mill there the greatest part of Leminton with the Church and Mill the Mill at Guy-cliffe the Cell of Bretford certain Lands at Wridfen and Wotton the Churches of Wormleighton Herberbury Radford and Budbroke all in Com. War and the Church of Stivecle in Com. Buck. To this Geffrey succeeded Henry de Clinton his Son and Heir who ratified all those Grants so made by his Father and Grand-father to the Canons of Kenilworth and farther bestowed on them the Lordship of Tachebroke with much more Land at Wridfen in consideration whereof they allowed him every day during his life two Manchets such as two of those Canons had with four Gallons of their best Beer according to wine-measure All which he was to have whether he were at Kenilworth or not from the time he should assume the Habit of Religion except on such days as he had entertainment in that Monastery This Henry quitted to King Iohn all his right in Kenilworth Castle and in the Woods and Pools with whatsoever else appertained thereto excepting what he did possess at the death of King Henry the Second And by Amicia de Bidun his Wife left Issue Henry his Son and Heir who having been in Arms with the Rebellious Barons returned to obedience in 2 Hen. 3. assuring the King of his future fidelity whereupon he had Livery of those Lands in Kenilworth which descended to him by the death of his Father but died without Issue in 17 Hen. 3. so that his three Sisters became his Heirs viz. Amicabil the Wife of Lucas de Columbers Isabell of Raphe Fitz-Iohn and Agnes of Warine de Bragenham The male line of this chief Branch being thus at an end I come next to Osbert de Clinton Brother's Son to the first Geffrey Which Osbert had a Grant of the Lordship of Coleshill in Com. Warr. from his Kinsman Geffrey de Clinton the second it having been purchased by Geffrey the first This Osbert thus possessing Coleshill had for some time his denomination thence scil in 8 Hen. 2. being called Osbertus de Coleshill So likewise in 10 and 11 Hen. 2. upon payment of the Scutage collected in those years and by Margery his Wife Daughter to William de Hatton Son to Hugh Founder of the Priory of Wroxhall had Issue Osbert his Son and Heir Which last mentioned Osbert called Osbert de Clinton in 9 Ioh. obtained the King's Charter bearing date at Merleberg 26 Aug. for a weekly Market at that his Lordship of Coleshill upon the Sunday as also for a Fair yearly on the Eve and Feast day of the Apostles Peter and Paul After this viz. about the latter end of King Iohn's Reign being in Arms with the Rebelâ—â—ous Barons he made his peace in 1 Hen. 3. as his kinsman Henry did whereupon his Lands which had been seised for that transgression were restored to him and died in 7 Hen. 3. leaving Thomas his Son and Heir in minority whose Wardship being granted to William de Briwer was by him passed over to William de Cantilupe Which Thomas in 19 and 25 Hen. 3. was one of the Justices of Assize for the County of Warwick and in 32 Hen. 3. put in Commission for the Goal-delivery of that County In 38 Hen. 3. this Thomas obtained a Charter for Free-warren in all his Demesn-lands within his Lordship of Coleshill Moreover in 45 and 49 Hen. 3. he was again in Commission for the Goal-delivery at Warwick and by Mazera his Wife Daughter and Heir to Ianies de Biseg of Badsley in Com. Warr. had Issue five Sons viz. Thomas and Iohn Osbert Lord of the Mannor of Austrey in Com. War William Rector of the Church there and Iames who being seated at Badsâ—ey of his Mother's Inheritance gave denomination to that Lordship calling it Badsâ—ey-Clinton Of these Iohn being an adherent to the Rebellious Barons in 49 Hen. 3. and in Kenelworth Castle at the time of that memorable Siege then made there by that King was dispossessed of his Lordship of Coleshill which he had by his Fathers Grant bearing date 44 Hen. 3. whereupon it was given to Roger de Clifford but being made capable of composition by the Decree called Dictum de Kenilworth he enjoyed it again And having liberty in 51 Hen. 3. to go at large grew afterwards in such esteem for his fidelity that from 6 E. 1. until 20 of that King's Reign he was sundry times in Commission for the Goal-delivery at Warwick and in 25 Edw. 1. entrusted together with Andrew de Astley one of the Barons of that time to make choice of all such Knights and Esquires within the County of Warwick as they should think fit for the attendance upon Prince Edward then the King's Lieutenant in England the King himself being then in Flanders with Horse and Arms at London on the Octaves of S. Michael to be imployed as the Prince and the King's Council should direct To whom succeeded Iohn his Son and Heir which Iohn in 29 Edw. 1. had summons amongst divers other great men to attend the King at Barwick upon Twede upon the Feast day of the Nativity of S. Iohn Baptist well appointed with Horse and Arms in order to his advance into Scotland The like command he had in 34 Edw. 1. to be at Carlisle on the xv me of the Nativity of S. Iohn Baptist to march against Robert Brus then assuming the title of King of Scotland And in 16 Edw. 2. had the keeping of the passage from Whitoffe-Haven in England untoâ— Creshopheved in Scotland This Iohn by Alice his Wife Daughter of Robert de Grendon left Issue Iohn his Son and Heir who departing this life in 27 Edw. 3. left Issue by ... Daughter to Sir Roger Hillary Knight Ioane his Daughter and Heir Which Ioane first married to Sir Iohn de Montfort Knight secondly to Sir Iohn Sutton Knight Lord of Dudley in Com. Staff and lastly to Sir Henry Griffith of Whichnâ—ure in Com. Staff Knight ¶ Having thus done with the Line of Iohn second Son to Sir Thomas de Clinton Knight I return to Thomas the eldest Son who married Maude the Daughter of Sir Raphe Bracebrigge Knight and by her had Issue Iohn
and Heads of Leopards of Gold with boughs and leaves proceeding from their Mouths Also to her Son Thomass Earl of Kent her Bed of red Camak paled with red and rays of Gold and to Iohn Holland her other Son one Bed of red Camac I now come to Edmund the elder of those Sons This Edmund was restored the Parliament the same year but died in his Minority soon after Whereupon Iohan succeeding was committed to the tuition of Margaret his Mother until he should accomplish his full age having the Mannor of Cheteicumbe in Com. Devon assigned for his maintenance This Iohn making proof of his age in 25 E. 3. had Livery of all his Lands his Mother being then also dead and granted to King Edward the Third and his Heirs the Castle and whole Lordship of Lydel as well within the Precincts of England as Scotland after the decease of Blanch the wife of Thomas Lord Wake at that time living But farther I cannot say of him then that haveing Married Elizabeth the Daughter to the Marquess of Iuliers he departed this life upon the night next ensuing the Feast of St. Stephen in 26 E. 3. being then seised of the Mannor of UUyckham Brewes with the Hundreds of UUechelstone and Lutlesfeld and Farm of the Royaltie and Market of Derteford in com Cantii of the Mannor of Caldecote in com Hunt Lechelade Barndesley Over-Sedyngton and Musardere in com Glouc. Kentone Shestebeare and Chetescombe in com Devon Allertone under Shirewode in com Nott. of the Town of Chesterfeld and Mannors of great Langeldone Shelandone UUardelowe Hulme and Ashfourd with it Hamlets in com Derb. Bretiâ—by Beseby and Gretham with Thorley a Member thereof in com Linc. UUissenden in com Rotel Somerton Kingesbury and Estham in com Somers Northeweld in com Essex of the Mannor of Laumershe and Hundred of Berdestapel with the reversion of the Mannor of Coln Wake after the death of Blanch the Widdow of Thomas Lord Wake of the Mannor of Bisheye and the Reversion of the Mannor of UUarre after the death of the said Blanch in com Hertf. of the Castle of Donyngton in com Leic. of the Mannor of Bedehampton with the Advouson of the Church in com South of the Mannor of Leyham and Kersey in com Suff. of the Mannors of Thorpel Upton and Eston in com North. of the Mannors of Purifriche Daleworth with its Member and UUocking with Sutton and Hoke Members thereof in com Surr. and of the Mannors of Cotyngham UUynetone Buttercrambe with Scrayngham a Member thereof Kyrkby-Moresheved with its Members in Farnedale Gillingmore Drauncedale and Fademere and the Mannors of Croppton Middleton and Hemelyngtone all in com Ebor. Whereupon Ioane his Sister then the Wife of Sir Thomas Holand Knight being at that time twenty four years of age was found to be his next Heir Elizabeth his Wife Daughter to the Marquess of Iuliers surviving who in 27 E. 3. had for her Dowrie an assignation of the Mannors of UUocking Purifright and Bagshot in com Surr. Bedehampton and Aulton with the Farm of the Mannors of Andevere and Basyngstoke in com South also of four pounds sixteen shillings and eight pence of the Farm of Iden in com Suss. of the Mannors of Kentone Listone Chetescombe and Shaftebere in com Devon and of the Farm due from the Abbot of Clyve Likewise of the Mannors of Somerton Cammel and Kyngsbury with the Farm of Melbury Port in com Somers and of the Mannors of Muserdere Sodyngton Bardesley and Lechelade with the Farm from the Abbot of Cirencester in com Glo. Which Elizabeth shortly after vowing Chastity was solemnly veiled a Nun by William de Edendon then Bishop of UUinchester at UUaverle in that Diocess But afterwards quitting her profession was clandestinely Married to Sir Eustace Dabrischescourt Knight in a certain Chapel of the Mansion House of Robert de Brome a Canon in the Collegiate Church of Wyngham in com Cantii without any License from the Archbishop of Canterbury by one Sir Iohn Ireland a Priest before the Sun-rising upon Michelmass-day An. 1360. 34 E. 3. For which transgression both she and her said Husband being personally convented before the same Archbishop at his Mannor House of Maghfeld upon the seventh Ides of April the Archbishop for their Pennance enjoyned that they should find a Priest to celebrate Divine Service daily in the Chapel of our Lady within the Church of Wyngham by reason that the Marriage was thus unlawfully solemnised in that Parish for them the said Sir Eustace and Elizabeth and him the said Archbishop And that the Priest should every day say over the seven Penitential Psalms with the Littany for them and all faithful Christians as also Placebo and Dirige for all the faithfull deceased Likewise that every Morning being risen from his Bed that he should say five Pater nosters and Aves Kneeling looking upon the Wounds of the Image on the Crucifix and as many every night in like sort Moreover that they the said Sir Eustace and Elizabeth should find another Priest continually residing with one of them to celebrate Divine Service for them in the same manner as the Priest at Wyngham was to do and to say the seven Penitential Psalmes Litany Placebo and Dirige as abovesaid He likewise enjoyned the said Elizabeth that every day during her whole life she should say the seven Penitential Psalmes and the fifteen gradual Psalmes with the Littany Placebo and Dirige and commendation of Souls for the quick and the dead And also appointed him the said Sir Eustace and her that the next day after any carnal Copulation had betwixt them they should competently relieve six poor people both of them that day to abstain from some dish of flesh or fish whereof they did most desire to eat And lastly that she the said Elizabeth should once every year go on foot to visit that glorious Martyr St. Thomas of Canterbury and once every week during her life take no other Food but Bread and Drink and a Mess of Pottage wearing no Smocke and specially in the absence of her Husband This Elizabeth by her Testament bearing date at Bedhampton 20 Apr. An. 1411 12 H. 4. bequeathed her Body to be buried in the Church of the Friers Minors at Winchester in the Tombe of the before specified Iohn Earl of Kent her late Husband without any wordly solemnity appointing that five Tapers each of them of five pounds weight should burn about her Corps upon her Funeral day and departed this life upon the 6 th day of Iune next ensuing Strabolgi 15. Edw 2. OF this Family the first touching whom I find mention is David de Strabolgy Earl of Athol in Scotland who by Isabell one of the Co-heirs to Richard de Chilham of Chilham Castle in Kent and Roâ—sâ— de Dovor his Wife had Issue Iohn de Strabolgie Earl of Athol Which
New Bigging to become bound in Ten thousand Marks for the rendring himself prisoner at a certain day in case he did not pay the Ransome then agreed on Of which payment making not performance the King upon complaint commanded Henry de Perci Earl of Northumberland Roger Lord Clifford and Raphe Lord Greystoke to bring him personally to his Presence and to find sufficient security for the indempnifying of those his sureties Nevertheless he neglected so to do by reason whereof the said Iohn de Nevill of Baby was constrain'd to pay the Ransome which was a Thousand Marks Whereupon making complaint to the King in 5 R. 2. he sent his Precept to the Sheriff of Westmorland to levy that sum upon the Goods and Lands of this Thomas as also to Arrest him and keep him in prison untill he should make full repayment thereof the Money having been paid by Nevill to the Earl of March whose Prisoner he was This is all that I have to say of him other than that his summons to Parliament was from 24 E. 3. until 47 E. 3. inclusive and that his Descendents being persons of great note in those parts do continue there to this day Benhale 34. Edw. 3. IN 10 E. 3. Robert de Benhale was in that Expedition then made into France Likewise in 12 E. 3. in that into Flanders And in 34 E. 3. had summons to Parliament amongst the Barons of this Realm but never after Edmund de Langele Earl of Cambridge 36 Edw. 3. EDmund the Fifth son of King Edward the Third born Edmund at the King's Mannor-house of Langele in Com. Hertf. An. 1341. 15 E. 3. and baptized by Michael then Abbot of St. Albans took thereupon his Surname from that place And in 21 E. 3. being then but six years of age had a Grant from the King his Father in special tail of all the Castles Mannors and Lands beyond Tâ—ent formerly belonging to Iohn de Warren Earl of Surrey but in regard of his Minority Quen Philippa his Mother received the Profits of them for the maintenance and education of him and other her younger children From which time till 36 E. 3. I have not seen any farther mention of him but then the Parliament sitting though he was at that time in Treland he was created Earl of Cambridge his Patent bearing date 13 Nov. And in 37 E. 3. obtain'd a Grant in Fee of the Castle Mannor and Town of Stanford as also of the Mannor of Grantham both in Com. Linc. In 38 E. 3. it appeares that he should have married Margaret heir to the Earl of Flanders but for neerness of blood the Pope being sent to for his Dispensation therein and Charles the Fifth then King of France craftily hindring it she became the wife to Philip Duke of Burgundy Brother to that King Notwithstanding which it appeares that in 39 E. 3. which was the next ensuing year Sir Nicholas de Tamworth Knight and Iohn Wyn Esquire were sent by King Edward to all the Nobles and other his Friends beyond the Seas to sollicit their help for the expelling those Strangers who had invaded the Counties of Burgundy Nevere and Reth of right belonging to the Countess of Flanders and her son which were to return unto this Edmund and to the Dutchess of Burgundy daughter to the same Earl of Flanders in regard of that Matrimonial Contract made betwixt them as the Record apparently doth manifest In 42 E. 3. Peace being then made with France this Edmund was one of those who on the behalf of the King his Father made Oath for the performance of the Articles then agreed on Also in 43 E. 3. being sent with the Earl of Pembroke and others in aid of the Black Prince then in Normandy he was at the siege of Bourdelf and having taken it Marcht to the Castle of Roche sur yone Moreover after this upon winning the Garrison of Bell-Perch he led away the Duke of Bourbon's Mother and all that were therein And then joyn'd with the Duke of Lancaster his Brother at Bergerath to keep the Frontiers against the French In 44 E. 3. he still continued in those Wars and in 46 E. 3. upon the taking of Lymoges by the Black Prince with the Earl of Pembroke and Sir Guischard de Angle he entred and did much slaughter there After which he attended the King in that Expedition design'd for the rescuing of Thouars but therein being crossed by contrary Windes nothing was attempted Before the end of that year therefore he returned with Iohn Duke of Lancaster his Brother at which time they brought with them the two daughters of Don Pedro King of Castile viz. Constance and Isabell which Isallell shortly became his wife In 47 E. 3. he was retein'd by Indenture to serve the King for one whole year in his fleet at Sea with Two hundred and fifty Men at Armes Two hundred and fifty Archers thirty Knights and Two hundred and twenty Esquires and in 48 E. 3. was joyn'd in Commission by the King his Father with Iohn Duke of Britanny in the Lieutenancy of France and all other Forreign parts Whereupon he â—ailed into Britanny and had the Town of St. Mathews on the Sea-coast with the Castles of Brest and Orrey rendred to him After which they besieg'd Kemperle wherein most of the chief Men of Britanny at that time were and had taken it but that a certain Knight brought them Newes of a Truce betwixt England and France with command from King Edward that they should leave the siege and return home speedily In 50 E. 3. he was made Constable of Dovor-Castle and Warden of the Cinque-ports And in 1 R. 2. in which year he was again retein'd to serve the King in his Fleet at Sea for a quarter of that year with One hundred Men at Armes and One hundred Archers whereof himself and one Banneret to be part of the number twelve Knights and the rest Esquires Froisard saith that upon the appearance of the French near to the Coast of England about that time this Edmund and Thomas of Wodstoke his Brother were at Dovor in the head of an hundred thousand men with Banners display'd In 2 R. 2. he was again in the King's Fleet at Sea And in 4 R. 2. was one of the Principal Commanders in that great Army then sent into Portugall Whereupon he obtain'd a Grant from the King that whereas by reason of his former services and in that voyage to Portugall he had contracted divers Debts his Executors should therefore reteine the profits of all his Lands for one whole year after his death as also receive that sum of Five hundred Marks which had been granted by King Edward the Third to be paid yearly unto him
of that Stair ascending to the Chapel in the great White Tower their Bodies having been put into a Chest of Elme as it should seem upon the taking down of that stair and other out-Buildings near unto it which being made known to His Majesty King Charles the Second he hath most piously caused a square pedestal of White Marble with a large Urne of black Marble on the head of it to be placed in King Henry the Sevenths Chapel within the Collegiate Church at UUestminster wherein they are to be contained and a fit Monumental Inscription to be cut thereon in memorie of them both But of this horrid Murther instead of that content which King Richard fancied to himself and that his posterity should enjoy what he had so got he reapt nothing but vexation and disturbance of mind being perplext on every side for fear of outward dangers and having buryed Edward his only Son by Anne his Wife the younger Daughter and Co-heir to that great Richard Nevill late Earl of UUarwick and Salisbury on whom King Edward the Fourth in 17. of his Reign had conferred the Title of Earl of Salisbury was himself miserably slain at Bosworth-Field by Henry Earl of Richmund the chief remaining branch of the House of Lancaster thenceforth King by the name of Henry the Seventh Leonel Duke of Clarence 36 Edw. 3. THis Leonel third Son of King Edward the Third by Birth but second from whom any Issue did proceed was born at Antwerp in Brabant in 12 E. 3. at such time as the King his Father held a great Tourneament there After which the first mention I find of him is that in 19 E. 3. the King being at Sandwich in order to his passage beyond Sea he was constituted Lieutenant of this Realm during his absence so likewise the next ensuing year upon that great Expedition then made into France In 28 E. 3. he obtained a Charter for a Market every week upon the Tuesday at his Mannor of Brymmesfeld in Com. Glouc. as also for a Fair yearly on the Eve and Day of Corpus Christi In 33 E 3. he was in the Wars of France And in 35 E. 3. being made Lieutenant of Ireland took to Wise Elizabeth the sole Daughter and Heir to William de Burgh Earl of Ulster in that Realm In 36 E. 3. continuing still in Ireland he was advanced to the Title of Duke of Clarence in the Parliament begun at London 17 Cal. Oct. But he did not long enjoy that noble Lady for it appears that in 37 E. 3. the King gave command to the keeper of his great Wardrobe to deliver out four Clothes of Gold-Baudekyn and nine of Baudekyn of Luca to be offered for himself and the Queen at her Funeral then solemnised In 38 E. 3. he had his Commission for the Lieutenancy of Ireland renewed and in 41 E. 3. obtained another Charter for a Market every Friday at his Mannor of Staundon in Com. Hertf. as also for a Fair yearly on the Eve Day and Morrow of St. Peter ad vincula And in 42 E. 3. in the Month of April in order to his second Marriage began his journey towards Millaine in Italy with a choice number of English Noble men and Knights Passing through France he was honourably received at Paris by the King the Dukes of Burgundy and Burbon and the Lord Couci So through Savoy whence being accompanied by the Earl of Savoy he went to Millaine and came thither upon Munday next after the Feast of the Holy Trinity where he took to Wife Violenta the Daughter of Galeas Lord of that Teritory whereby he was to have the Moytie thereof But within five Months following being in the City of Alba now called Langavill in Italy in the House of the Duke of Millaine he fell very sick Whereupon by his Testament bearing date there upon the third of October the same year he bequeathed his Body to be buried in England in the Church of the Fryers-Angustines at Clare in Com. Suff. before the High Altar and gave thereto a black sute with all belonging thereto as also his black Cloth Embroidered Moreover he bequeathed to Violenta his Wife his Vestment with Gold Coronets and all that belonged thereto Likewise to Sir Iohn Bromwick Knight his Courser called Ger-faucon and to Sir Iohn Capell his own Chapâ—aâ—n a Girdle of Gold wherewith to make a Chalice in memory of his Soul To Thomas Waleys the Circle of Gold wherewith his Brother the Black Prince was created Prince and to Edmund Mone the Circle wherewith he himself was Created Duke And being then one of the Companions of the most Noble Order of the Garter departed this life upon the 17 th day of October the same year poysoned as some thought being then seised of the Mannors of West Peckham in Com. Cantii as also of the Manors of Eston in Com. Somers Mershwode Craneburne Tarent Goundevile Pymperne Stupel the Burroughs of Warham and Weymouth and Mannors of Wike and Portland in Com. Dors. Likewise in right of Elizabeth his Wife of the Mannors of Claret and Berdefelde in Com. Essex Staundone in Com. Hertf. Hunden Erdbury Wodhale in Sudbury and Castle of Clare in Com. Suff. Walsyngham and Brecham in Com. Norff. Waddon and Steple â—laydon in Com. Buck. and of the whole Earldome of Ulster in Ireland with divers Lordships and Lands in that Realm leaving Issue only by Elizabeth his first Wife one sole Daughter and Heir called Philippa thirteen years of age afterwards Wedded to Edmund Mortimer the third Earl of March of that great Family Whereupon his Corps was according to the direction of that his Testament brought over into England and interred in the Church of the Fryers Augustines at Clare before mentioned Which Edmund in 43 E. 3. making proof of her age had Livery of the Lands of her Inheritance Kirketon 36 Edw. 3. IN 19 E. 2. Iohn de Kirketon of Kirketon in that part of Lincolnshire called Holand receiving the honor of Knighthood by Bathing c. had allowance of his Robes for that Solemnity out of the Kings Wardrobe 19 Apr. the same year And in 16 E. 3. being possessed of the Castle and Mannor of Tatshal and Mannor of Tumby in that County with the Knights Fees and Advousons of Churches thereunto belonging made a feoffment of that Castle and Lordship to Adam de Welles and others to stand seised thereof to the use of himself and Isabell his Wife and to the Heirs of their two Bodies lawfully begotten with divers remainders his Lands at Kirketon in Holand being at that time valued at ten pounds per annum In 26 E. 3. this Iohn upon the danger of an Invasion by the French was constituted one of the Commissioners of Array in Com. Linc. for Arming of all Knights Esquires
and other for defending the Sea Coasts in that Shire And in 33 E. 3. King Iohn of France being then Prisoner in England was one of the persons appointed to remove him from the Castle of Hertford to Somerton Castle in Com. Somers and there to secure him And having had Summons to Parliament amongst the Barons of this Realm in 36 and 37 E. 3. departed this life upon the 20 th of Febr. 41 E. 3. being then seised of the Mannor of Tatâ—hall by the Grant of Sir Raphe de Cromwell Knight and Maud his Wife as also of the Mannors of Tumby Kirkeby super Bayne Sixell Castel-Carlton and Kirketon in Holand leaving Sir Iohn de Tudenham Knight Richard de Lina ... Iohn de Tilney and William de Sutton Rector of the Church of Whitwell his next Heirs all of full age ¶ Of this Family also I presume was Thomas de Kirketon who had Summons to Parliament in 16 E. 3. but never after Clifton 50 Edw. 3. OF this Family seated in Norfolk Roger de Clifton is the first touching whom I find any mention Which Roger being Esquire to Thomas de Cailli Married Margerie his Sister and Heir whereby he had a fair Inheritance her Mother being one of the Sisters and Co-heirs to Robert de Tatshall This Roger had Issue Adam de Clifton and he Constantine de Clifton who died in his life time Father of Iohn Which Iohn in 48 E. 3. as Cosin and Heir to Adam his Grandfather making proof of his age and doing his Homage had Livery of his Lands lying in the Counties of Essex Ebor. Norff. Suff. and Linc. And having been summoned to Parliament from 50 E. 3. until 12 R. 2. inclusive departed this life beyond Sea at Rhodes upon the Festival of St. Laurence the same year being then seised of the third part of the Mannor of Humanby in Com. Ebor. As also of the Mannors of Hylburworth West-Bradenham and Cranewys with the Advousons of the Churches of Hylberworth and Cranewys Likewise jointly with Elizabeth his Wife then surviving of the Castle of Bokerham and Mannor of Babyngle all in Com. Norff. which Castle he held by the service of performing the Office of Boteler at the Kings Coronation leaving Constantine his Son and Heir sixteen years of age Which Constantine making proof o of his age in 17 R. 2. and doing his Homage had Livery of his Lands and had also Summons to Parliament in 17 and 18 R. 2. but never after Wherefore I shall here put a period to my discourse of him Thomas of VVodstoke Earl of Buckingham and Duke of Glocester 1 R. 2. THis Thomas the Sixth Son of King Edward the Third commonly called Thomas of Wodstoke by reason of his Birth there 7 Id. Ian. An. 1355. 29 E. 3. was constituted his Father's Lieutenant here in England during his absence in France upon that Expedition made thither in 33 E. 3. And in 48 E. 3. being to marry Alianore one of the daughters and coheirs of Humphrey de Bohun late Earl of Hereford and Essex then in Minority and in Ward to the King obtain'd towards the better support of them both a grant of Three hundred pounds per annum to be received out of the Exchequer until such time as she should accomplish her full age By reason of which marriage he was shortly after viz. 10 Iunii 50 E. 3. made Constable of England so to continue during the Kings pleasure And in 51 E. 3. had a grant of the custody of the Castles of Brecknoc Huntingdon Caldecote and Neuton with their Members all in Wales Moreover at the Solemnity of King Richard the Second's Coronation he was advanced to the Title of Earl of Buckingham with the grant of a Thousand Marks per annum to be paid out of the Exchequer until provision otherwise of so much in value should be made for him As also of Twenty pounds per annum more out of the issues of the County of Buckingham for the better support of that dignity About the same time likewise he was again made Constable of England Likewise General of those Forces then retein'd to serve the King in his Fleet at Sea And upon the appearance of the French near the Coast of Dovor was with Edmund Earl of Cambridge his Brother in the head of numerous Forces to encounter them in case they should endeavour to come on shore Soon after this having Intelligence that the Spanish-Fleet was come to Scluse he was also one of the chief Commanders in the English Navy then imploy'd against them in vindication of the injuries received by that assistance which they had given to the French the preceding year And though by reason of stormes they could effect nothing at that time Yet soon after they took Eight of their Ships near to the Port of Brest in Britanny In 3 R. 2. he was by Indenture retein'd to serve the King as General for that Expedition then made on the behalf of the Duke of Britanny at that time much oppressed by the French and landing at Calais marcht through France till they came thither In this year Alianore his Wife accomplishing her full age he obtained the custody of all those Castles Mannors and Lands both in England and Wales which upon partition betwixt her and Mary her sister the other daughter and coheir to Humphrey de Bohun Earl of Hereford and Essex were allotted to her And in 4 R. 2. upon that dangerous Insurrection of the Commons headed by Iack Straw was sent with a Military power into Essex for the suppressing of them In which year being again imploy'd in the Kings service beyond-Sea he arrived at Calais three dayes before Maudlyâ—-tide in Iuly and coming before St. Omers made divers Knights there Thence he marcht to the siege of Nauntes But after two Moneths stay in expectance of the Duke of Britanny he retreated to the City of Uannes there to refresh his men In 6 R. 2. the Scots having broken the Truce and done much mischief upon the borders he began his march Northwards in Lent with a Thousand Lances and Two thousand Archers and entred Scotland about Easter But that Expedition became unprosperous for want of good Conduct And in 7 R. 2. was joyn'd in Commission with Iohn Duke of Lancaster to treat with the Earl of Flanders and the Inhabitants of that Country for appeasing such differences as then were betwixt the English and the Flemings In all which imployments having merited much in 9 R. 2. bearing the Title of Earl of Buckingham and Essex he was advanced to the dignity of D. of Glocester his Patent bearing date at Westminster 12 Nov. having therewith a grant of a Thousand