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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A48030	The arraignment of Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk, before the Earl of Shrewsbury, Lord High-Steward of England also, a brief derivation of the most honourable family of the Howards : with an account of what families they are related to by marriages / transcribed out of ancient manuscripts, never before published.	Lacy, J.	1685 (1685)	Wing L142A; ESTC R202692	15,898	33

midst of London to Tybourn and there to be Hang'd until thou art half Dead thy Bowels to be taken out and Burnt before thy Face thy Head to be Cut off and thy Body quarter'd and thy Head and Quarters to be at the Queens Will and Pleasure and our Lord have Mercy on thy Soul Duke You have said unto me as unto a Traytor God forgive you and wash my Innocent Blood from your Souls that it rise not in Judgment against you I condemn not you and yours I die no Traytor but a True man both to my Queen and Country And since you have put me out of your Company I hope to go where I shall find much better who will regard that Innocence which you have rejected I am at a point never to beg for Mercy where I have no Guilt but the Suit I have to you my Lords is that you will move the Queen to be good to my Children and Family and to see the Discharge of my Debts Thus fell that Illustrious Prince whose greatness in Estate and Title was his only Crime for being of an Antient and Splended Family the Blood-Royal of England and France not being out of his Veins and being Allyed to all the Considerable Families of England and having an Estate to support that Greatness of a hundred thousand Pounds a year Besides the Fortunes he obtain'd by his Marriages which was also very large All his Paternal Estate was dispos'd of by the Queen without regard to the Innocence of his Children the hard measure of his Accusations and his Obedience which led him to the pursuit of Her Commands upon all occurrences Which Estate as it is divided and Improv'd is valu'd at five hundred thousand Pounds a year My Lord of Leicester who was the Leading man at that time and sat with watchful Diligence at the Helm which he manag'd as his Interest or Passion inspir'd him First propos'd the Marriage of the Queen of Scots to the Duke of Norfolk which he refus'd till importun'd by the Perswasions of those that appear'd to be his Friends and assur'd by a Letter under Queen Elizabeths own Hand of Her Consent all which ensnar'd him till the Consummation of the Marriage which was made evident by a Letter kept long in the Family from the Hands of the Queen of Scots in which she Subscrib'd her self Your most Obedient Wife Mary of Scotland and Norfolk And this great Family thus Eclips'd remain'd under the Cloud of a severe Deprivation till the last King Charles of Blessed Memory restor'd them to their former Titles and Dignities that excellent Prince considered their long and silent Sufferings with what forwardness most of them engag'd their Lives and Fortunes in the Service of his Royal Father there being but two of all that great and numerous Family that drew a Sword against their King may those two be Bury'd in the dull ashes of Oblivion for ever and wip d out of our way as perhaps they are out of the Book of Life A Brief Account of the Noble Family of the HOWARDS THe Family of the Howards came into England with the Saxons being from a vast length of time very considerable in that Country having the Title of Barons and the Name in that Language being Hoffwerd as some Antient Books there Testify which signifies the chief Office in the Court William the Conquerour found them in a great Condition of Estate and Quality here according to the Mode and Method of those Times bearing Distinctions proper to Barons They continued most Eminent in their Country and link'd themselves into the greatest Families in the Kingdom as with all Evidence appears behold here A Brief Account of the Descent of the Dukes of NORFOLK THomas of Brotherton second Son of King Edward the First by Margaret of France his second Wife was Earl of Norfolk and High Marshal of England whose Daughter and Heir being Married to John Lord Segrave was created Dutchess of Norfolk and Elizabeth their Daughter and Heir being Married to John Lord Mowbrey was Mother to Thomas Mowbrey created Duke of Norfolk by King Richard the Second in the year one thousand three hundred ninety seven and first Earl-Marshal of England Which Thomas by Elizabeth his Wife Sister and Heir of Thomas Fitz-Allen Earl of Arundel was Father of John Mowbrey Second Duke of Norfolk and of Margaret his Eldest Daughter Wife to Sir Robert Howard Knight whose Son John Mowbrey the Third Duke of Norfolk was Father of John the Fourth Duke of Norfolk whose Daughter and Heir Dying without Issue in the Reign of King Edward the Fourth The Honours and Lands of Mowbrey were divided between John Lord Howard Son of Sir Robert Howard and Margaret Mowbrey who was Created Duke of Norfolk by King Richard the Third and William Lord Berkley Son of Isabella Second Daughter of Thomas Mowbrey First Duke of Norfolk This John Lord Howard Duke of Norfolk was slain at the Battle of Brosworth one thousand four hundred eighty five and Attainted leaving Thomas Howard Earl of Surry his Son Who in the fifth year of King Henry the Eighth was Restor'd Duke of Norfolk and Dying Thomas Howard his Son was Duke of Norfolk and Father of Henry Earl of Surry who was Beheaded the last of Henry the Eighth which Henry Earl of Surry was Father of Thomas Howard Duke of Norfolk who was Beheaded and Attainted for the Marriage of the Queen of Scots the Fourteenth year of Queen Elizabeth whose Son Philip Earl of Arundel in right of the Mother dyed in the Tower his Son Thomas the great Lord Marshal whose memory is a lasting Honour to his Family left his Son Henry of unblemish'd Honour and Reputation also whose Son Thomas was restor'd by the last King Charles the Second of Happy and Glorious Memory to the Dignity of Duke of Norfolk whose Brother Henry surviv'd him and left two Sons Henry the present Duke of Norfolk and the Lord Thomas Howard who hath Issue This flourishing Family has spread it self into many Eminent Branches as the Lord Viscount Stafford the Earls of Suffolk and Barkshire the Lord Escrick the Earl of Carlile and the rest of the Descendants from the Lord William Howard of Naworth whose Memory is to be preserv'd as Sacred in the Family who for Wisdom Virtue and Honour was the Glory of his Time he was Third Son of Thomas Duke of Norfolk whose Tryal and Unfortunate Death you have here had a view of the Sons of which Lord William Howard were men of great Honour and serv'd their King with their Lives and Fortunes his Second Son Sir Francis Howard having raised a Regiment at his own proper Charge and suffer'd a long Imprisonment in the Tower Collonel Thomas Howard the Fourth Son of the Lord William also raised a Regiment for King Charles the First of Sacred Memory and Bravely lost his Life at the Head of it having refus'd very Advantagious Conditions from the King of Portugal who had invited him into his Service