all his Expeditions at Sea becoming thereby very expert in Navigation He was in all the Land Services of his time and followed his Father in every Embassy where he was imployed These practices made him fit for great Imployments as indeed such Imployments were fit for him because the truth was that his Father's perpetual custom of keeping his hands clean in all the great Trusts had been committed to him being ever fonder of Fame and Faithfulness than of Money or Estate he had not left his Son so superfluous a Fortune as it might have been easie for him to have suitably subsisted to his desert and great Spirit without the Favour and Assistance of his Princes But the times wherein he lived were very Active and in them usefulness made Men considered more than phancy And the discerning Queen Elizabeth thought she had a jewel in this Youth whose hopefulness and merit shone in the Eyes of every Man The first Imployment we find he had was to be one of those noble persons chose by the Queen to conduct the Lady Anne of Austria Daughter to Maximilian the Emperor from Zeland into Spain Afterward we find him a Commander of some Forces under his Father that were sent for the suppression of the Earls Rebellion And in the Registers of that Order it appears That he was chosen a Knight of the Garter in the Fifteenth Year of Queen Elizabeth In the Twenty eighth of that Queen upon the Death of the Earl of Lincoln he was made Lord High Admiral of England being at that time Lord Chamberlain as his Father had formerly been And in the Year 1588. when the King of Spain sent his greatest Fleet under the Conduct of his greatest Subject the Duke of Medina Sidonia with a design to take the Kingdom with the very sight of so formidable a power the Queen then and her admirable Council pitch'd upon this Lord Howard to be the Buckler of England making him with an extraordinary Power Lieutenant General of all the Queen's Forces on the Sea from the estimation they had of his excellent Virtues as being a Man of great Moderation much knowledge in Maritine Affairs Discreetly Wary throughly Valiant Industrious in Action and a Person whom the Mariners entirely loved The success gave the approbation to this choice the Spaniards appeared the Admiral gave them Battel and they were overthrown England was delivered and the Noble Lord received the Applauses his Valour and his Conduct did deserve But after this there remaining still great jealousies of future dangers from the Enmity of Spain who did design much by the Assistance of the Irish who were at that time Rebelliously disposed he was made joint General of the English Army with Robert Earl of Essex for defence of this Kingdom both by Sea and Land He was also in this Year on the Fifteenth of June constituted Justice Itenerant of all the Forests South of Trent for Life And in the Two and twentieth of October following in consideration of his Eminent Services in Anno. 1588. in defending this Realm against the Spanish Armado as afterwards of the Sacking of Cadiz in Spain and for destroying the Spanish Fleet then in the Port there he was advanced to the Title and Dignity of Earl of Nottingham as descended from the Mowbrays whereof some had before been Earls of that Country In the One and Fortieth Year of the same Queen this Admiral continuing still in great Reputation and there remaining some supition of the Spaniard's ill intentions he was made Lieutenant General of all the Queen's Field Forces and one of the Commissioners for exercising the Office of Earl Marshal of England And in these great Trusts he imploy'd his time during the Reign of this Happy and Victorious Queen And the wife Successor upon his Arrival thought it a material testimony of his kindness to the Kingdom he did Inherit to give all marks of his Esteem and Favor to those who had contributed so many Cares and Labours to the Glory and Safety thereof Therefore at his Royal Coronation he made this Earl Lord Great Steward of England for that occasion And in the Second Year of his Reign at the renewing the Commissions unto several Great Lords for exercising the Office of Earl Marshal of England he was likewise constituted one of that number But by this time the Noble Earl was grown very Antient and his Body being less able than before to support the Labours and Cares of War or of the Court he by the advice of his Friends resolved of a retreat he resigned the great Office of Admiral into the King's Hands for which he was notwithstanding allowed great Pensions for his Life and other very considerable advantages After which he was engaged in going Extraordinary Ambassador on a most splendid occasion into Spain to Make and Sign that Peace which was so agreeable to King James the First as he thence did design such an Alliance as by Marriage of his Son should make lasting Friendship between the two Crowns This was the last great occasion wherein the Earl of Nottingham did appear the rest of his Life was Peace and Prayer His Lordship departing this World at Hayling in Kent at the Age of Eighty eight Years having been Knight of the Garter Fifty two This Noble Earl had Married Two Wives His First was Katharine Cary Daughter to the Lord Hundsdon His Second was Margaret Stuart Daughter to James Earl of Murray in Scotland Issue by his First Wife William Lord Howard of Effingham who Married Katharine Daughter and Sole Heir to John Lord Saint John of Blefso Charles Howard who by reason of his Brothers Decease without Male Issue did succeed him in his Honors and Married Mary Cockain Elizabeth Married to Sir Robert Southwell Frances Countess of Kildar Margaret Married to Sir Richard Leusson Issue by his Second Wife James Howard who died young Charles Howard afterwards Earl of Nottingham but dyed without Issue WILLIAM Lord Howard Eldest Son to Charles Earl of Nottingham Lord Baron of Effingham CHAPTER IV. WILLIAM Lord Howard was a Youth of extraordinary expectation and had given early proof of many rare Virtues he was Active he was Ingenious he was applicable to every thing that was for the Honor of the Court or the Use of the Kingdom In the days of Queen Elizabeth the Pastimes and Triumphs of the State were very Martial Courses at the Tilt were much in fashion and Fights at the Barriers no Man had greater applause at these Exercises than this Young Lord And when Monsieur was here with his great Followers who are held Masters at these Exercises he got the esteem of all the French-Men He was with his Father at the Encounter with the Spanish Fleet though but Young at that time he was with him at the Sacking of Calis and also in most of his Embassies He was Grave of his Nature and entring into the favour of the Ministers as Man likely to be fit for Business when unhappily he fell
others with him having a power with them of seven thousand Men being almost at their heels but also by the Earl of Warwick and the Lord Clinton with a far greater Army of Twelve thousand Men raised by the Queen's Majesty's Commissioners out of the South and middle part of the Realm in which Army besides the Earl of Warwick and Lord Admiral chief Governour of the same there were also Walter Devereux Viscount Hertford High Marshal of the Field with the Lord Willoughby of Parham Mr. Charles Howard now Lord Howard of Effingham General of the Horsemen under the Earl of Warwick young Henry Knowles Son to Sir Francis Knowles his Lieutenant Edward Horsey Captain of the Isle of Wight with five hundred Harquebusiers out of the same Isle and Captain Leighton with other five hundred Harquebusiers Londoners and many other worthy Gentlemen and valiant Captains The Baronage of England Pag. 279. WHich Charles so succeeding him in 13. Eliz. his Father then living was one of those noble persons who by the command of Queen Elizabeth conducted the Lady Anne of Austria Daughter to Maximilian the Emperor from Zeland into Spain And in 16. Eliz. 24. April was Install'd Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter In 28. Eliz. upon the death of Edward Earl of Lincoln Lord High Admiral of England being then also Chamberlain to the Queen as his Father had formerly been he was constituted his Successor in that great Office Whereupon in Ann. 1588. 30. Eliz. when that formidable Armado from Spain so much threatned an Invasion here he was constituted Lieutenant General of the Queen 's whole Fleet at Sea of whose prosperous success she had no small opinion well knowing him by his Moderation and Noble Extraction to be a person of great knowledge in Maritine Affairs Discreetly Wary througly Valiant Industrious in Action and a person whom the Mariners entirely loved And in 39. Eliz. further dangers being threatned from the Spaniard through the help of those Irish who were Rebelliously disposed he was made joint General of the English Army with Robert Earl of Essex for the Defence of this Realm both by Sea and Land vix Essex for the Land and this Lord Admiral for the Sea the first squadron being led by him the second by Essex the third by Thomas Howard and the fourth by Sir Walter Rawliegh In this Year also 15. Junii he was constituted Justice Itenerant of all the Forests South of Trent for Life And upon the 22th of October following in consideration of his eminent Services in in Ann. 1588. by defending this Realm against the Spanish Armado and afterwards in Sacking of Cadiz in Spain as also in destroying the Spainsh Fleet then in the Port there was advanced to the Title and Dignity of Earl of Nottingham as descended from the Family of Mowbray whereof some had been Earls of that County In 41. Eliz. still continuing in high reputation at Court some danger from the Spaniard being again threatned he was constituted Lieutenant General of the Queen's Field Forces And in 44. Eliz. made one of the Commissioners for exercising the Office of Earl Marshal of England In 1. Jac. I. in order to the Solemnity of that King's Coronation he was made Lord Great Steward of England for that occasion And in 2. Jac. I. upon renewing the Commission unto seven of the great Lords for exercising that great Office of Earl Marshal was likewise constituted one of that number But in Ann. 1619. 17. Jac. I. he surrendred his Patent for the Office of Lord Admiral into the King's hands whereupon it was conferr'd on the Marquis of Buckingham This Noble Earl Married to his first Wife Katharine Daughter to Henry Lord Hunsdon by whom he had Issue Two Sons William who Wedded Anne Daughter and sole Heir to John Lord Saint John of Bletso but died in his life-time leaving Issue Elizabeth his sole Daughter and Heir Married to John Lord Mordaunt of Turvey in Com. Bedf. afterwards Earl of Peterborow 2. Charles his Successor in his honours As also three Daughters Elizabeth Married to Sir Robert Southwell of Wood-Rising in Com Norf. Knight Frances first Married to Henry Fitz-Gerald Earl of Kildare in Ireland afterwards to Henry Lord Cobham and Margaret to Sir Richard Leveson of Trentham in Com. Staff Knight and Vice-Admiral of England To his second Wife he Married Margaret Daughter to James Steward Earl of Murrey in Scotland which Margaret was naturalized in the Parliament of 1. Jac. I. by whom he had Issue Two Sons James who died young and Sir Charles Howard Knight And died at Hayling near Croydon in Kent 13. Dec. Ann. 1624. 22. Jac. I. being at that time Eighty eight Years of Age having been Knight of the Garter Fifty two Years his Wife surviving him who afterwards Married to Sir William Munson Knight afterwards Viscount Castelmayn in Ireland To whom succeeded Charles his second Son the elder dying before him without Issue Male which Charles first took to Wife Charitie Daughter of ..... White Widow of ..... Leche a Londoner afterwards Mary Daughter to Sir William Cockaine Knight Alderman of London and thirdly Margaret Daughter to James Earl of Marrey in Scotland by whom he had Issue James who died unmarried and Charles Which Charles succeeding him in his Honours Married Arabella Daughter of ...... Smith of ....... but as yet hath not any Issue so that Francis Howard of Great-Buckham in Com. Surr. Esq Son and Heir to Sir Charles Howard Knight Son and Heir to Sir Francis Howard Knight Brother and Heir to Sir Edward Howard Knight Cup-bearer to King James the First Son and Heir to William Howard of Lingfield in Com. Surr. second Son to William Lord Howard of Effingham is his next expectant Heir Male. Cambdeni Elizabetha Pag. 42. ILLA tamen ut mortuo constaret Regius honos exequias ut regi amico in Templo Paulino Londini magna pompa persolvit Simulque per Carolum Baronis Howardi Effinghamii filium Francisco successori de patris obitu condolet de successoris gratia ut amicitiam nuper initam Sanctè coleret admonet Cambdeni Elizabetha Pag. 186. ILLI enim aliis curis erant occupatissimi Hispanus totus in nuptiis apparandis cum Anna Austriaca Imperatoris Maximiliani filia sua ipsius è sorore nepte quae hoc tempore è Zelandia Hispaniam versus solvit Ad quam per mare Britannicum in Hispaniam deducendam Elizabetha Carolum Howardum cum Bellicosa Classe selectis nobilibus misit Summa cum honoris amoris in Austriacam familiam festificatione Cambdeni Elizabetha Pag. 389. INeunte hoc anno diem obiit Edwardus Clintonus maris Praefectus sive Admirallus qui Comes Lincolniae anno MDLXXII ab Elizabetha creatus Windesorae sepultus fines sepulchrali inscriptione falsò cognominatus quod adnoto non ut arguam sed ne ipse arguar Successit in dignitate Henricus filius in maris Praefectura Carolus Effinghamius Reginae Camerarius
Willielmo Domino Compton ac etiam dilictis fidelibus Conciliariis nostris Willielmo Knolles Milite Contrarotulatore hospitii nostri Roberto Cecilio Milite principali Secretario nostro aliis In cujus rei c. Teste Regina apud Westmonasterium vicesimo secundo die Octobris Anno Regni Reginae Elizabethae tricesimo Per ipsam Reginam Concordatum cum Recordo Examinatum per me S. Killingworth The History of Queen Elizabeth by Cambden Pag. 610. HE was very much offended that the Council were let loose several Papers he cast into the Fire lest as he said they should tell tales and prepared himself for defence And being now reduced to his last hope of expecting Aid from the Londoners he Fortified his House on all sides The Lord Admiral presently Besieged the House to Land-ward He assigned the Earls of Cumberland and Lincoln the Lord Thomas Howard the Lord Grey the Lord Burghly the Lord Compton and others with Forces of Horse and Foot every Man his Post He himself with the Lord Effingham his Son the Lord Cobham Sir John Stanhop Sir Robert Sidney Sir Fulk Grevill seized upon the Garden by the Thames side Being now ready to assault the House he summoned him by Sidney to yield Southampton asked him to whom they should yield To their Adversaries That were to run themselves headlong to ruine Or to the Queen That were to confess themselves guilty But yet said he if the Lord Admiral will give us Hostages for our security we will appear before the Queen If not we are every one of us fully resolved to lose our lives fighting The Lord Admiral returning word by Sidney That neither were Conditions to be propounded by Rebels nor Hostages to be delivered to them signified to Essex That for the sparing the weaker sex he would permit the Countess his Wife the Lady Rich his Sister and their Waiting-Gentlewomen who filled all places with their womanish Shrieks and Lamentations to come forth Which Essex took as a favour only he desired that an hour or two's time might be granted him to fortifie the place by which they should go forth which was also granted Before the hour was expired Essex holding all things now for desparate and lost resolved to make his way out And the Lord Sands who was more aged than the rest earnestly urged him so to do often repeating that saying That the resolutest Councels are the safest That it is more honourable for Noble Persons to die fighting than by the hand of the Executioner But Essex wavering in his resolution began presently to think of yielding and gave notice that upon certain Conditions he would yield But when the Lord Admiral would admit of no conditions he said he would not give conditions but rather take them Yet Three things he requested First That they might be civilly dealt withal This the Lord Admiral promised Secondly That their cause might be justly and duly heard He answered That there was no reason to doubt thereof And Lastly That Ashton a Minister of God's Word might be with him in Prison for his Soul's comfort The Lord Admiral answered That for these things he would make intercession to the Queen When presently all the Noblemen falling upon their Knees and delivering their Swords up to the Lord Admiral yielded themselves at Ten of the Clock at Night There were no more slain but Owen Salisbury and one or two who were killed in the House by shot and as many of the Besiegers And again out of the same Pag. 659. UPON which day whether thinking on her Death or presaging what would ensue she happned to say to the Lord Admiral whom she always dearly affected My Throne hath been the Throne of Kings neither ought any other than he that is my next Heir to succeed me And the Courtiers observed That she never before more frequented Prayers and the Service of God than now WILLIAM Lord Howard Lord Baron of Effingham Eldest Son to Charles Earl of Nottingham that was Lord High Admiral of England CHAPTER IV. HE is recorded in several Writers of the Heralds Books to have bore a part in most of the Tilts Fights at Barriers and other Marshal Games and Triumphs of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth Cambden's History of Queen Elizabeth Pag. 519. THE English Ships which by reason of the shallowness of the Channel could not hitherto come near them now when it was flood came in with great alacrity Essex also with his Ship thrust himself into the midst of the Fight as likewise did the Admiral himself with his Son Ibidem Pag. 521. ABout Sixty Military Men were Knighted for their Valour viz. Robert Earl of Essex Count Lodowick of Nassau Don Christophero a Portuguese Sir William Herbert Sommerset Bourk an Irish-man William Howard the Lord Admiral 's Son Robert Dudley George Devereux Henry Nevill c. Milles's Catalogue of Honour Pag. 894 895. CHARLES Howard Son of William Lord Howard of Effingham Lord Admiral of England Lord Chamberlain to Queen Elizabeth one of her Privy Council and by her made Knight of the Garter who was younger Son of Thomas Howard second Duke of Norfolk one of the Lords of the Honourable Privy Council to Queen Elizabeth and King James Lord Howard of Effingham Knight of the Garter Lord Admiral of England was for his most right honourable Service at the Sacking of Cales with Robert Devereux Earl of Essex by Queen Elizabeth created Earl of Nottingham in right of his descent from the Mowbrays Dukes of Norfolk and Earls of Nottingham The First Wife Katharine Daughter of Henry Cary Lord Hundsdon who being Lord Chamberlain of the Houshold to Queen Elizabeth one of her Honourable Privy Council and Knight of the Garter was Son of William Cary by his Wife Mary Bollen Sister to Queen Anne Bollen Mother of Queen Elizabeth was first Wife unto Charles Howard Earl of Nottingham The Second Wife Margaret the Daughter of James Stuart Earl of Murray was the second Wife to Charles Howard Earl of Nottingham now living 1610. Children by his First Wife William Howard was by King James created Lord Howard of Effingham a Baron of the Parliament House who Married Anne Daughter and Heir of John Lord Saint John of Bletsoe by his Wife Katharine Daughter of Sir Robert Dormer of Eythorp in Buckingham-shire Charles Howard Knight Keeper of the Castle at Windsor Elizabeth Wife of Sir Robert Southwell of Riseing in Norfolk Knight Frances Wife of ..... Fitz-Gerald Earl of Kildare Margaret Wife of Sir Richard Leuson Children by his Second Wife James died lately young 1610. ELIZABETH HOWARD Countess of Peterborow CHAPTER V. The Second Part of the Baronage of England by Dugdale Pag. 279. THIS Noble Earl took to Wife Katharine Daughter to Henry Lord Hundsdon by whom he had Issue Two Sons William who wedded Anne Daughter and Sole Heir to John Lord Saint John of Bletsoe who died in his Father's Life-time leaving Issue Elizabeth his Sole Daughter and Heir Married to John Lord
which Service and the example of it the Queen did so esteem as upon her coming into the Government she took him into the Dignity of a Privy Councellor wherein he served during her short Reign And so much favor she had for him and the Lady Joane his Second Wife that had God afforded her a longer life there was no advancement he might not have expected under her Countenance and Government But about this time it pleased God to punish this Family with a Division in it self Sir John Mordaunt after the death of his first Wife the Lady Elly Fitz-Lewis who left him only one Son for the stay of her House called Lewis after the Sirname of her Family Married the Lady Johanne his Second Wife who was the Daughter of Sir John Farmer of Eston Neston in the County of Northampton and at that time the Widow of .......... and that likewise when she was a Maid attended upon Queen Mary then but Princess This Lady Johanne had Children of her own and of them a beautiful Daughter to whom the young Lewis Mordaunt as is should seem had made Love and as it was pretended to the passing of some engagement His Mother therefore greedy of such an establishment for her Child press'd hard for a proceeding unto Marriage but the young Man who had his chief dependance upon the old Lord Mordaunt his Grand-Father who was entire Master of the great inheritance comprehended in the Shires of Northampton and Bedford whereupon he lived at a distance from his Son durst not for all his Father's Commands engage in a matter of that Nature without his leave and Council that Lord ever loving to be a Master of all the interests of his Family so as when he became acquainted with his Sons intentions finding the subject far short of what he design'd for his Grandson both in Relations and Advantage it was rejected by him with the circumstances of severe commands and menaces both to his Son and Grandson which latter he recall'd unto his own House and Custody Hereupon the Lady whom the disparagement of her Daughter did much concern engag'd into those passions might be expected from an offended Woman she exasperated her Husband both against his Father and his Son Lewis and the testimonies of very great differences are extant in several instruments so that the Father would out of displeasure have alienated from his Son the Fitz-Lewis's Lands which were of his own Mother's Inheritance And the Grandfather intended to have disinherited Sir John Mordaunt of all the Mordaunt's Lands infinitely of greater consequence At last mutual fears of General ruine by disagreement made the peace and they both concurr'd in Marrying the young Lewis Mordaunt to Elizabeth the Daughter of Sir Arthur Darcy After which his Grandfather the old Lord Mordaunt dying in the Second of Elizabeth this second Lord John his successor surviv'd to the 13th of the same Queen Leaving Issue by his First Wife Lewis Lord Mordaunt Elizabeth Married to George Monox By his Second Wife Margaret Mordaunt Married to William Aclam Anne Mordaunt Married to Clement Tanfield Vrsula Mordaunt Married to Thomas Welbore of Clavering in Essex Sir LEWIS MORDAVNT Knight Peer of England Lord Mordaunt and Lord Baron of Turvey CHAPTER XIV LEWIS Lord MORDAVNT after his Father's Decease succeeded unto a Noble and Free Fortune to the Mordaunts to the Latimers to the Veres to the Greenes and to the Fitz-Lewis's Lands comprehending an interest in the Counties of Bedford Buckingham Hartford Northampton Essex Dorset and Sommerset in every of which he had fair Seats and Lordships He had a large Soul and a Disposition incompatible with either Craft or Servitude and would by no means subject the happiness of his mind to an uncertain Ambition nor give up his freedom by applying himself to the arts and ways of the Court but rather chose to enjoy the Fortune he had received from his Ancestors in the peace and opulency of his House and Country He was a person of great Nobleness Justice and Affability very well parted and ingenuous He was the Idol of the Province where he lived and by his proceeding drew unto him more respect than all the Great Men of those parts He lived indeed in much magnificence and in a port that was a pattern for the Great Men of that time so as his Hospitality is to this day famous although he was not immediately of the Court yet as a Peer and a great Councellor he had his part in most of the great actions of that Reign and as an instance of the great Prerogative of the Baronage of England he was call'd by the Queen's Summons to sit one of the Judges of the Life and Fortunes of that great and unfortunate Princess Mary Queen of Scotland unto whose Sentence he did most unwillingly concur And upon the like occasion he was again a Judge in the Arraignment of that great Subject Thomas Duke of Norfolk He sate in many Parliaments and Commanded the Troops of those parts assembled at the general Rendezvouz that were prepar'd against the Spanish Invasion He was besides this a Lover of Art and an Encourager of Learning as also a Builder and added much to the Noble old Castle of Drayton the beloved Seat of his Grandmother and although I cannot say but he did Alienate from his Family several great Possessions as the Fitz-Lewis's which were His Mother's and the Latimer's Lands which were the Possessions of his Great Grandmother yet it cannot be denyed but what he spent was employ'd with honor Though he was no Courtier yet he was much honor'd by them all and he had a near Friendship with the Earl of Leicester and the Lord Chancellor Hatton He Married Elizabeth the Daughter of Sir Arthur Darcy Knight who was Brother to the Lord Darcy of the North and that passed with much honour several great Employments in that Reign He lived a long and prosperous life and departed out of this World soon after the entry of King James the First and lies Buried in his Church of Turvey under a Tomb of Black Marble His Issue Henry Lord Mordaunt Mary Mordaunt Married to Sir Thomas Mancell of Morgan Katherine Mordaunt Married to John Henningham Elizabeth Mordaunt HENRY Lord MORDAVNT Peer of England and Lord Baron of Turvey CHAPTER XV. HENRY Lord Mordaunt the only Son of his Father after whose decease he Inherited his Honor and his Lands was of a Family wherein it was hard to extinguish their Inclination to the old Religion and besides he had married the Lady Margaret Compton Daughter to Henry Lord Compton and the Lady Frances Hastings that had been bred to much Strictness and Zeal therein The Incompatibility of his Religion with the Favour of the Court and the Employments thereof made him satisfied with the enjoyment of his great Estate and large Possessions whereupon he lived in the exercise of great Nobleness and Hospitality and in continual Expressions and Testimonies of Duty and Service to the Crown
sancto Georgio Willielmo Mancell Galfrido de Bosco Petro Matherbe Andreo de Aversham Thomâ filio Stephani Petro Camerario Roberto Harlac Concerning the House of Ardres Histoire de la Maison de Gand de Guisnes par Andre du Chesne Pag. 29. ARnoal premier du nom Seigneur d'Ardres succeda Arnoal dit le Viel fitz de luy de Mahaut de Marquise sa premiere femme du vivant de son pere il fut introduit par Eustache Conte de Bologne au Service de Guilliaume le Conquerant Roy d'Angleterre qui en recompense de ses bons agreables Services luy donna plusieurs belles terres en son Royaume Dans la mesme Histoire Pag. 97. Enfans naturells d'Arnoal 2d dit le Viel Seigneur d'Ardres ELinant d'Ardres nasquist en Angleterre au Temps qu' Arnoal son pere y demeuroit suivant la cour de Guilliaume le Conquerant pour sa Valleur merita d'estre Honoré de l'Ordre de Chevallerie Guilliaume d'Ardres fut aussi procree en Angleterre faict Chevallier Preuves du livre troisieme de l' Histoire de la Maison de Guisnes Pag. 149. Quomodo Arnoldus filius Arnoldi acquisivit Terram in Anglia ARnoldus autem filius ejus adolescentes jam exsuperans annos in robur coepit crescere virile jam factus miles patris sui Arnoldi per omnia mores sequens vestigia à patre parum aut nihil in militiae gloriâ discrepare videbatur Fuit igitur Arnoldus filius Arnoldi miles in armis strenuissimus Unde opitulante Boloniensi Comite Eustachio inter commilitones Anglorum Regis Willielmi qui Angliam bello armis in virorum viribus debellavit acquisivit annumeratus est primus ei plurimis servivit annis Vocatus est autem ab eodem Rege Willielmo Gaufridus frater ejusdem Arnoldi qui simul sub Hectorinae Probitatis Clypeo diutius ei servierunt Servientes igitur ambo fratres Arnoldus videlicet Gaufridus jam dicto Regi tantam ejus adepti sunt gratiam quod praeter quotidiana stipendia munuscula quae ipsis contulit innumerabilia contulit eis in perpetuitatis concessit Feodum Stebingtoniam pertinentias ejus Dokesvuordiam Tropintoniam Ledefordiam Toleshondiam Hoilandiam Interim autem dum in Anglia in Servitio Regis moram faceret Arnoldus tres filios in tribus puellis genuit Quarum Elinantus Willielmus milites fuerunt Quomodo Arnoldus senex dedit Gaufrido Fratri suo Terram de Markisia Gaufridus reliquit ei partem Terrae suae in Anglia Pag. 157. ARnoldus autem filius ejusdem Arnulphi Advocati cognomento senex vel vetulus acceptâ satis prudenter de morte patris consolatione Ardeae Dominus effectus est Ardensis Ecclesiae praepositus commutatâ quantoties à fratre suo Gaufrido comparata quam pro militiae servitio Munus Munium à Rege supranominato Angliae in Anglia perquisierant simul acceperant Terrâ fratri suo Gaufrido Terram Markisiae cum pertinentiis ejus quae ex parte matris ejus ei contigerat haereditario jure concessit habendam Sicque Gaufrido haeredibus ejus deputata est Markisia Arnoldus igitur Ardeae factus Dominus Flandrensis Curiae compar Socius Flandrensem Curiam frequentavit Flandrensium Nobiles quanto potuit studio honoravit ut eorum Opitulatione Hinniacenses Exclusenses ipsum perfidiae nefas dedignantes in illum contumaces rebelles apud Flandrensem Comitem maxime sibi acquireret A SUCCINCT GENEALOGY OF THE House of BROC Justified by Extant Charters Records Histories and other Authentick Proofs By ROBERT HALSTEAD The Armes of the House of Broc were Argent upon a Bend Sable a Luer Or. Of the Name Antiquity Greatness Succession Alliances Possessions and Arms of the House of Broc ALthough we cannot find the Original of the House of Broc nor under what Advantages it came into this Kingdom yet in the first mention thereof it appears with such Prerogatives as cannot but render it very considerable The Chief of it Sir Ralph de Broc is represented to Us in Story to have been a Lord of Castles Mannors Lands Lordships and great Possessions to have been trusted with the Government of Royal Places to have been a Valiant a Faithful and a Renowned Knight and to have been of near Confidence Trust and Employment under one of the Greatest of the English Kings His own Alliance was very advantagious that of his Children contracted with Great Men and Famous Houses and the Marriages of his whole Succession Honourable and Useful There had been in the Possession of this Family from the Reign of King Henry the Second at what time lived Sir Ralph de Broc to the twenty ninth Year of Edward the Third when the Lands thereof fell to Heirs Female the Castle and Lordship of Agenet in the County of Suffolk the Lands of Staplehurst and Cambdene in Kent the Mannor of Fealburgh in Hampshire the Lordship of Ravensdene in Bedfordshire the Lands of Bridsthorne Herdwick Wedon Chessham and Aumondsham in the County of Buckingham the Mannor of Shephale in Hertfordshire with those of Treversham and Fulborne in the County of Cambridge So as the Antiquity of this Family considered the Esteem wherein divers famous Knights thereof were held by several of the Greatest Kings its Opulence and the Noble Houses whereunto it was Allied it cannot but be thought Worthy by its Bloud and Arms to Honour any Family that shall be descended from it In order whereunto the subsequent Succinct Genealogy is here transmitted to Posterity RANULPH de BROC Lord of the Castle of Agenet and Constable of the Castle and Honour of Saltwood SIR RALPH de BROC Lord of the Castle of Agenet in the County of Suffolk lived in the Reign of King Henry the Second and by his Fortune and his Valour acquired a particular Interest in the Favour and Confidence of that King After the disgrace of Henry of Essex who was vanquished in Combat by Robert of Montford by whom he had been Challenged for having cast down the Kings Standard and fled at the Fight of Kinsilth in Wales the Constableship of the Castle and Honour of Saltwood having been confiscate with the rest of his Estate and Offices was by the Kings Bounty confer'd upon Sir Ralph de Broc who had done remarkable Service in that Occasion wherein after he had been sometime setled it fell out that the famous Becket having left the Seals and Ministry of England and become Archbishop of Canterbury began to competize with his old Master from a pretended Sovereignty of Spiritual Jurisdiction He did endeavour not only to uphold all the pretences of the Church to Powers that did much diminish the Authority of the Crown but did stretch them to the utmost Rigour and in matters wherein his Predecessors had submitted to the foregoing resolute Princes
he renewed old Claims much to the displeasure and discontent of the King Among the rest he revived an ancient pretence of the See of Canterbury to the Castle and Honour of Saltwood which Sir Ralph de Broc for his own as well as the Kings Interest did peremptorily oppose From hence great and personal Enmities did arise between the Archbishop and himself to that Degree as the King in the subsequent variances that fell out afterward between Becket and him could reasonably find no man so proper to oppose unto his insolent Arrogance as Sir Ralph de Broc who had a Reputation and Interest in that County Superiour to most of his time and the Conscience of a Souldier not apt to be puzl'd or obstructed with Scruples incident to men of milder Callings hence it was that he was made the man of Terrour of Seizure and Chastisement to the Archbishop and all his Adherents when their Endeavours were in Opposition to the King and his Authority and this was the reason of all the reprobate Characters he did receive from several Monkish Authors of that time which may be perused amongst the proofs He died notwithstanding happy and safe from all their Censures in the favour and service of his Prince and in Marriage of a Lady called Damata the Daughter of one William de Gorom who by the Stile of his Charter appears to have been a man of much Dignity and Power in those days from whom he received in free Gift to him his Wife and their Heirs the Land of Staplehurst Their Issue Robert de Broc Edelina de Broc Married to Stephen of Turnam a great Baron and in much Authority in the Reign of King John being at that time Seneschall of Poictou in the Kingdom of France ROBERT the Son of Ralph de Broc at the Arrival of the Insolent Archbishop out of banishment received early marks of his Revenge and Indignation For upon Christmas day in the Seventeenth Year of King Henry the Second we find he was Excommunicated by his own mouth together with Nigell de Sackville for some Offences pretended to have been done to that Prelate during the late Contests whose Death soon after Executed by certain Knights of the Court set himself and his Family out of the reach of his farther displeasure This Sir Robert de Broc became a famous Knight and in much Employment under King Richard the First in whose Reign we find he was stiled Marshal of England He Married to his first Wife Margaret of Beauchamp or de bello Campo one of the Daughters of Richard de Beauchamp who gave in free Marriage besides other things certain Lands and Rents in the Town of Chestersham His Second Wife was Margery de Crec who becoming the Heir of Walter her Father by occasion that her Brother William happened to suffer under the Laws brought unto him the Forrestership of Cannoc and the Lordship of Misterton in the County of Warwick which preferment was procured unto him by the particular favour of the King Issue by his first Wife Laurence de Broc Issue by his second Wife Margery Married to Hugh de Loges to whom descended Misterton and all the Lands of their Mothers Inheritance SIR Laurence de Broc flourished in the Reign of King John and King Henry the Third to whose Interests he did constantly adhere The Reputation and Authority which he had in the Counties of Suffolk Cambridge Huntington and Buckingham were of no small use to the Affairs of the Crown during the various Troubles of that long Reign He augmented notwithstanding the Fortune left him by his Predecessors having purchased the Mannors of Bridsthorn Herdwick and Wedon from the Prior of Saint Saviours of Bermundsey and received from Robert Mallet a Lord of that Age in Marriage with his Daughter Milicent certain Lands in the Counties of Huntingdon and Cambridge on condition That if they did not prove to the value they were asserted to be worth their Deficiency was then to be made good out of the Lands that were held by the said Robert Mallet in Quenton in the County of Buckingham Their Issue Hugh de Broc SIR Hugh de Broc succeeded his Father in his Lands and Lordships and we find he followed the famous King Edward the First in divers of his Wars his Name being upon the Lists of several Expeditions which were made in that Reign into Wales Gascony and Scotland He Married Agnes de Montepiconis a Lady descended from one of the most ancient and Noble Families that was among the Normans as whose Predecessors had been Lords of the Honour which bare that name in the Dutchy of Normandy and whose immediate Ancestor came over with King William the First in quality of his Dapifer or Sewer an Office of Eminent Dignity at that time in the Kings House Their Issue Laurence de Broc SIR Laurence de Broc Lord of Shephale after the decease of his first Wife whose Christian Name was Ellen Married another Lady of the same appellation that was the Daughter of Sir Ralph Pirot and of Cassandra one of the Heirs of the Famous Knight Sir Giles of Argentine who gave him the Mannor of Maudlins and other Lands as a Portion to which end a Fine was suffer'd in the Thirtieth Year of Edward the First In the third Year of King Edward the Second a Patent pass'd unto this Sir Laurence de Broc to have Free-Warren and all the Rights thereof upon his Lands in Chessham Aumondsham Bridsthorn Hardwick and Wedon in the County of Buckingham and in the seventh of the same Reign he Levied a Fine to his Son Ralph and Elizabeth his Wife He lived unto the Reign of King Edward the Third and left to Inherit his Lands and Lordships Sir Ralph de Broc Lord of Shephale OF this Ralph de Broc or the Transactions of his Life there remains little Testimony So whether he died early or that the Evidences of them cannot appear by reason of the length of time since the Alienation of these Lands it is uncertain but true it is That in him did terminate this Name and Family who having Married Elizabeth the Daughter of Sir John Hussey left no Male-Issue and only three Daughters Joanne Married to Thomas Rokesby that died without Issue Elena Married to Edmund Mordaunt Lord of Turvey Agnes Married to Sir Henry of Brussels ELena de Broc was in the Seven and twentieth Year of King Edward the Third Married to Edmund Mordaunt that was Lord of Turvey in the County of Bedford and of divers other Lordships She brought into his House the Moity of all her Fathers Lands there accruing to her Husband for her Share in Cambridgshire half the Mannor of Mallots with several Lands in Cambridge Treversham and Fulborn in Buckinghamshire divers Lands in Elsburg Bridsthorn Herdwick Wedon Chessham and Aumondsham with sundry other Lands in Hartfordshire and the entire Mannor of Shephale Their Issue Robert Mordaunt Lord of Turvey Sr. RANULPH de BROC Governor of the Castle of Agenet
and Constable of the Castle Honor of Saltwood Damata de Gorum Edelina de Broc Stephen of Turnam Sr. ROBERT de BROC Marshall of England and Forrester of Cannock Margaret of Beauchamp Sr. Laurence de Broc L d of Shephale Milicent de Mallet Sr. Hugh de Broc Ld. of Shephale Agnes de Montepiconis Sr. Laurence de Broc Ld. of Shephale Elena de Pirot Sr. Rauf de Broc Ld. of Shephale Elizabeth Hussey Johanna de Broc Thomas Rokeshy Ellena de Broc Edmond Mordaunt L d of Turvey Agnes de Broc Henry de Brussels GENEALOGICAL PROOFS OF THE House of BROC Drawn out of Extant Charters Records Histories and other Authentick Testimonies GENEALOGICAL PROOFS OF THE House of BROC RANULPH de BROC Lord of the Castle of Agenet and Constable of the Castle and Honour of Saltwood Hollinshead Page 89 60. THE Earl of Leicester therefore Landing at Walton the 21. of September passed thorough the County at Fremmingham where he was received of Hugh Bigod Earl of Norfolk and after that another Fleet of Flemmings were arrived for their Aid they went to Ipswich where when they had remained a few days and augmented their Forces by certain Bands of Men of War that belonged to Earl Bigod they went to the Castle of Agenet that belonged to Ralph de Broc which they took spoiled and burned and then returned to Fremmingham Doctor Powells History of Wales Page 207. IN this first Voyage of King Henry against the Welshmen he was put in great danger of his Life in a Streight at Counsilth not far from Flint where Henry of Essex whose Office by Inheritance was to bear the Standard of England cast down the same and fled which thing encouraged the Welshmen in such sort that the King being sore distressed had much ado to save himself and as the French Chronicle saith was fain to Flee of whose part Eustace fitz John and Robert de Courcey Two Worthy Knights with divers other Noblemen and Gentlemen were Slain Hollinshead History of England Page 67. THose which escaped in returning back not knowing that the King passed through the Streights without danger declared to their Fellows that followed and were approaching to the said Streights that the King and all the residue was lost These News so discomforted the Companies that Henry of Essex that bore the King's Standard by right of Inheritance threw down the same and fled which dishonourable Deed was afterwards laid to his Charge by one Robert de Montford with whom by Order of the King he fought a Combat in Tryal of the Quarrel and was overcome but yet the King qualifying the rigour of the Judgment by mercy pardoned his Life and appointed him to be Shorn a Monk and put into the Abby at Reading taking his Lands and Possessions into his hands as forfeited Villare Cantianum Folio 298. Concerning the Castle and Honour of Saltwood THere was here formerly a Magnificent Castle which time hath much demolished and a Park well stored with Deer now vanished and gone Many Mannors in this Tract are held thereof by Knights Service which justly made it accounted and called an Honour In the time of King Henry the Second Henry of Essex Baron of Raleigh Lord Warden of the Cinque-Ports pro tempore and the King's Standard-Bearer by Right of Inheritance held this Castle of the Arch-bishop Who having in a light Skirmish against the Welsh in Flintshire not only cast away his Courage but his Standard also was appealed of High Treason and in a Legal Duell vanquished by his Challenger and being possessed with Regret and Shame contracted from his Defeat shrowded himself in a Cloister and put on a Monk's Coul forfeiting a goodly Patrimony and Livelihood which was Escheated to King Henry the Second Charta Regis Henrici Secundi HENRICUS Rex Angliae Dux Normanniae Aquitaniae Comes Andegaviae Archiepiscopis Episcopis Comitibus Baronibus Justiciariis Vicecomitibus Ministris Fidelibus suis totius Angliae Salutem Sciatis me Dedisse Concessisse Ranulpho de Broc Officium Constabularii in Castro Honore de Saltwood cum omnibus Libertatibus Proficuis eidem Officio pertinentibus Tenendum sibi pro toto tempore vitae suae Quare volo firmitèr praecipio quòd ipse hoc praedictum habeat teneat bene in pace honorificè liberè sicut illud unquà m Henricus de Essex meliùs liberiùs tenuit Testibus Ricardo de Humet Constabulario Roberto Marmion Widone de Sancto Walerico Willielmo de Porth Gerardo de Camvillo Manasero Bisset Dapifero Historiae Anglicanae decem Scriptores Page 1314. QUAe etiam tunc temporis Ecclesia habuit cum tempore exilii Sancti Thomae Tyrannus ille Radulphus de Broc ex praecepto Regis custodiret Episcopatum Historiae Anglicanae decem Scriptores in Chronica Gervasii Page 1398. REX autem Angliae Henricus admodum supra modum iratus eo quòd ipse in Nuntiis suis Petitionibus tà m à Rege Franciae quà m à Domino Papâ esset repulsus jussit furore plenus res reditus Archiepiscopi omnium suorum confiscari totámque Cognationem suam omnes qui cum quovis Titulo contingebant exilio damnari nulli igitur Statui Fortunae vel Ordini ista crudelitas pepercit Nam Mulieres in puerperio decumbentes pueri quoque jacentes in Cunis acti sunt in Exilium Senes cum Junioribus propulsi sunt domibus eorum rebus in exterminium datis adulti quoque coacti sunt jurare quòd absque diversione vel diverticulo Pontiniacum peterent Archiepiscopo suo Regis autem proditori se praesentarent ut ipse solus tot angustias Cordis sustineret quot causa sui coexules egentes viderit Processit ulterior furor immanis nam publicè terrore Laicae prohibitum est ne quis eum non dico Donis vel Scriptis visitaret sed ne quis pro eo in Anglicanâ Ecclesiâ oraret Exercebantur istae hujusmodi Enormitates per quendam filium Perditionis Ranulphum de Broc quem Rex ad custodiendum imò ad destruendum commendaverat Archiepiscopatum Hac itaque acceptâ potestate associatis sibi nequioribus se circumquaque grassabantur Oderat enim Archiepiscopum ex antiquo ideóque crudelitate non poterat satiari In eadem Chronica Gervasii Page 1414. ERant autem hi quatuor Generis Nobilitate conspicui militiâ praeclari Regi admodum familiares ut Socii quorum Nomina sunt haec Reginaldus filius Ursi Willielmus de Tracy Ricardus Brito Hugo de Morvillâ cum festinatione nimiâ descenderunt praedicti quatuor milites ad Mare sine impedimento aliquo vel morâ transpositi applicuerunt juxta Dovariam in loco qui portus Canum appellatur gloriabantur admodum de tam facili transitu ut si Deo malignitatis suae placeret conspiratio adeóque liberum eis praeparasset introitum noctem illam in Castro de Saltwood quod
thereof King Edward the Third granted him a Patent to that effect in the first year of his Reign He had been Seneschal to Queen Isabel the Kings Mother in all her Forests between Stamford and Oxford as appears by a Brieve directed to him by the King for the tenth of all the Venison that should be taken in the County of Northampton to be delivered to the Abbot of Peterborow according as had been granted by his Ancestors He was pardoned by that same King with his Son John William the Son of Thomas Seymar Richard Molesworth Simon his Squire and other of his friends for his breach of the Kings peace and the death of John of Overton Longville whom he had slain in a Quarrel with other circumstances that certifie the particular favour was born him by that Prince He was afterward with one Sr William Nocton as being one of the most eminent Knights in the Bishoprick of Ely joined with Sir William Shareshull Sir Henry Greene and Sir William Thorpe in the Kings Commission to hear and determine of the felony and misdemeanour of Thomas Lild Bishop of that Diocess who was not only esteemed accessary to the death of William Holmes Servant to the Lady Wake of Lydell that was killed by his Officer Ralph Carcless She being a Princess of that time eminent for great birth as well as Beauty and rare Qualities and the Daughter of Henry Plantagenet Earl of Lancaster but that moreover stood in great and exemplary Contempt against the King himself For the demeanor of Sir Simon in which matter in his duty and compliance to the Kings Commands and Interest he incurred with the rest of the Commissioners the several censures and indignation of the Pope which proceeded even to Excommunication and other great Penalties from which his merit towards the King by his Conduct in that Affair nor the Power of so great a Prince was able to protect him He did finally give and grant in the eighteenth year of King Edward the Third unto Robert the Prior of the Church of Saint Maries of Pavenston and to the Covent of that place two parts of his Mannor of Stoke-Goldington with the Advowson of the Church of that Town out of Devotion to God and the Blessed Virgin and for the good of his Soul to be there prayed for and for the Souls of his Ancestors and Benefactors His Wife was Margaret Daughter to Sir John and Sister to Sir Gilbert of Lindsey Their Issue Sir John of Drayton Sir John of Drayton Lord of Drayton and other Lands and Lordships UNto Sir Simon of Drayton did succeed Sir John of Drayton his Son in the sole Lordship of that place as also in his other Possessions in the Counties of Northampton Huntingdon and Oxford Moved by what inducement it does not appear but this Sir John of Drayton did in the eighth year of King Edward the Third purchase a Licence of Alienation for enabling him to settle upon Sir Henry Greene then Chief Justice of England and that had Married his Fathers Sister his antient Mannor and Lordship of Drayton with those Lands in the Towns adjoining that did belong unto it In consequence whereof it was conveyed unto him with the Reversion to Henry the second Son of the said Sir Henry Greene whom he calls his Cousin and for default of Issue in him to the right Heirs of Sir Henry the Father But it is found notwithstanding by a Deed of this Sir John that in the Life-time of Sir Henry Greene the Chief Justice he did render the Possession of the Chief Seat and the Mannor of Drayton with all the Demesnes the Lands Meadows Pastures and the Park thereunto belonging unto Sir Henry Greene his Cousin the Son of the Chief Justice on Condition that he should ever after bear his Name and his Armes in performance of that Agreement that had before been made between the Father of the said Sir Henry and himself which was the reason why the Greenes of Drayton instead of Azure three Bucks Or which was the Armes of their Family and those born by the Greenes of Norton descended from Sir Thomas Green the Elder Brother did bear ever after for their Coat Argent a Cross Engrailed Gules being that of Drayton which by this Agreement they were obliged to assume The Wife of Sir John of Drayton was Christian the Daughter of Sir Gilbert of Lindsey his Mothers Niece Their Issue Baldwin of Drayton whose Posterity for divers Ages did flourish afterwards Possessors of the Lordships of Stoke-Goldington Bottlebrigg Molesworth and Overton Longville in the County of Huntingdon and South-Newington in Oxfordshire where they had a fair Patrimony and lived in great Estimation WALTER de VERE The Eldest sonne of Henry ye. sonne of Robert that was ye. second sonne of AUBERY de Vere Great Chamberlaine and Lord Cheife Iustice of England who from his Cheife Seat Assumed that Name to him and his decendants Lucie Bassett Sr. HENRY of Drayton Iuetta de Bourdon Sr. Baldwin of Drayton Idonia de Gimeges Sr. Iohn of Drayton Philipa of Arderne Sr. Simon of Drayton Margaret of Lindsey Catharine of Drayton Sr. Henry Greene. Sr John of Drayton Cristian of Lindsey Sr Henry Greene Matilda de Mandnir Sr Thomas Greene Lord of Norton Marie Talbot Baldwin of Drayton GENEALOGICAL PROOFS OF THE DESCENT and SUCCESSION Of the HOUSE of DRAYTON Drawn out of Extant Charters Records Histories and other Authentick Testimonies GENEALOGICAL PROOFS OF THE DESCENT and SUCCESSION Of the HOUSE of DRAYTON Rerum Anglicarum Scriptores Historia Ingulphi Abbatis Croilandiae Pag. 488. inter Confirmationes Regis Witlafii ITem Domum Oswini Militis in Draytonâ videlicet octo Hidas terrae quatuor Virgatas Ecclesiam ejusdem Villae Quinque lineae infrá ET Donum Wulnoti Dapiferi mei in Adingtonâ videlicet duas Hidas terrae Piscariam cum Advocatione Ecclesiae ejusdem Villae in alia Adingtona ex dono ejusdem unam Virgatam terrae Rerum Anglicarum Scriptores Historia Ingulphi Abbatis Croilandiae Pag. 492. inter Confirmationes Beoredi Regis SImiliter confirmo praedicto Monasterio de Croilandiâ de dono Oswini Militis in Draytona octo Hidas terrae quatuor Virgatas Ecclesiam ejusdem Villae Rerum Anglicarum Scriptores Historia Ingulphi Abbatis Croilandiae Pag. 498. inter Confirmationes Abbatis Turketuli Abbatiae Croilandiae IN Draytona unam Carucatam terrae sex Acras Prati quatuor Salinas AUBREY de VERE Great Chamberlain to King Henry the First and Chief Justice of ENGLAND The Baronage of England Page 190. THis last mentioned Albery called Albericus Junior confirmed all those Grants made by his Fater to the Monks of Abington and being in high Esteem with King Henry the First was by him made Lord great Chamberlain of all England to hold the same Office in Fee to himself and his Heirs with all Dignities and Liberties thereto belonging as honourably as Robert Mallet Lord of the Honour of Eye in Suffolk
Draytonorum terras possidet Ad istorum Draytonorum caput sub marmore plano jacet vir quidam generosus Gilbertus Segrave A SUCCINCT GENEALOGY Of the HOUSE of MAUDUIT THAT WERE LORDS of WERMINSTER Justified by Publick Records Extant Charters Histories and other Authentick Proofs By ROBERT HALSTEAD The Armes of the House of Mauduit were Chequy Or and Azure a Bordure Gules Of the Original Descent Greatness Possessions Honours Alliances and Arms of the House of Mauduit that were Lords of Werminster THIS House was originally of the Dukedom of Normandy where it flourished before the Conquest under the name of Mauduit Manduit or Malduith as much as to say Evil taught and upon occait was written in the Latine tongue Maledoctus a sobriquet of which the grounds do not remain in story A Lord of this name came over with King William the First under the appearance of much reputation and interest He is recorded to have been in immediate service at the Battel where King Harold was slain and to have been one of those Lords to whom the Conquerour gave Lands for their notable services The Actions performed by those of this House have been famous their successes various the remembrance of their Lords illustrating story with the variety of their fortunes There had been in this Family great marks of the love and confidence of their Princes They were promoted to Dignities and trusted in employments of most importance There were of them had been Lords of much power that had been Governours of Provinces that had been Chamberlains and held the highest Offices in the Houses of their Kings that had been great Earls and all of them allyed to Families of most Power and Nobleness After the introduction of the hereditary use of Arms in this House they were differently born for William Lord Mauduit who was Earl of Warwick bore in a Field Argent two Barre Gules in the time of King Henry the Third But William Lord Mauduit his Cousin and contemporary from whom the Lords of Werminster did descend gave in a Bordure Gules Chequy Or and Azure This House notwithstanding and all its greatness took an end about the beginning of King Richard the Second leaving only to inherit their Name Armes and Possessions Matilda de Mauduit that was married to Sir Henry Greene of Drayton from whom to the Veres that were Lords of Adington descended all their pretensions and from them to the Mordaunts that by the marriage of Elizabeth Vere came to inherit the Arms and Lands of those two Noble Families WILLIAM Lord MAVDVIT Chamberlain to King Henry the First Lord of Hanslape and other Great Lands and Lordships AMong those Heroes that did accompany King William the First unto the Conquest of England was a Lord of the Name of Mauduit Manduit or Malduith in the Latine termed Maledoctus Whether it was the William here mentioned or his Father it matters not but sure we are that at the time of the general Surveigh iâ— the Raign of that King this William Lord Mauduit is found to have possessed seven faâ—â— Lordships in Hampshire And coming afterwards by the merit of many great Serviceâ— and the favour of King Henry the First to be his Chamberlain he obtained from hiâ— a Grant of all the Lands whereof Micael de Hanslape dyed seized with Maude thâ— Daughter of the said Micael in Marriage Their Issue Robert Mauduit William Mauduit ROBERT MAUDUIT succeeded his Father in all his Lands and Lordships as also in the Office of Chamberlain but the near trust wherein he lived with King Henry the First having caused him to be one of those Lords that were appointed to accompany his Children in their return out of France he was drowned in that unhappy passage from Harflew into England with those unfortunate and much lamented Princes FOR want of Issue male of the Lord Robert Mauduit WILLIAM his younger Brother came to inherit the Estate that he had left and the Office of Chamberlain was likewise bestowed upon him by Henry Duke of Normandy afterward King by the name of Henry the Second with all the Lands belonging thereunto as well in Normandy as in England This William had likewise by Grant of the said Duke the Chamberlainship of his Treasury that is of his Exchequer with livery and all other its appurtenances He had moreover in consideration of his good services divers other great Lordships bestowed upon him and also the Constablery of Richege in Fee And after Henry by the death of King Stephen obtained the Crown he confirmed to this William all the premisses When he dyed I find not but he left Issue Robert Lord Mauduit AFter the Death of William Lord Mauduit the second of that name ROBERT his Son came to inherit all his great Possessions as likewise the Office of Chamberlain with what ever did belong thereunto And as an addition to his Fortunes King Henry the Second bestowed upon him by his Charter the noble Mannor of Werminster a Lordship at that time of much value and greatly priviledged which by another Charter was after confirmed by King Richard the First eldest Son and successor to King Henry After the Death of which King Richard upon what motives we do not find this Robert Lord Mauduit became involved in Confederacy with many of the great Barons who were at that time in Rebellion against King John And in the first year of King Henry the Third the Honor of Hanslape with its appurtenances which was the head of his Barony appears to have been granted away to Robert de Braboef for support in the Kings service during his pleasure But before the sixth year of that King this Robert Mauduit died leaving Issue by his Wife Isabella the Daughter of the Lord Thurstan Bassett William Lord Mauduit Robert Mauduit to whom his Father gave the noble Lordship of Werminster WILLIAM Lord MAUDUIT the third of that name after the death of his Father was Lord of the Honor of Hanslape and divers other fair Lands and Lordships as also hereditary Chamberlain of the Exchequer Having been bred under his Father and in the rebellion of those Lords that made War in the time of King John he continued the same course after that Lords decease fortifying his Castles and his Houses in favour of the associated Barons particularly that of Hanslape which was taken and demolished by Falcatius de Breant a renouned Souldier of that Age and a bold asserter of the Kings Authority For which and other contumacies he was with other of the Lords Excommunicated by the Pope But all this allayed not his turbulent spirit but he still persisting in his Rebellion was actually at the Battle of Lincoln where the power of the Lords being totally vanquished he was taken Prisoner But after this he returned to his obedience and enjoyed his Estate by the Kings Grace and in the seventeenth Year of Henry the Third he obliged himself by a special writing to serve the King faithfully all his life and never more
Montegue Willielmo Pemberton haeredibus assignatis suis ad usum eorundem Johannis Mordaunt Elizabethae uxoris ejus Humfridi Browne Georgii Browne Johannis Browne Etheldredae uxoris ejus haeredum ipsarum Elizabethae Georgii Etheldredae totum Jus nostrum statum titulum clameum interesse demandum quae habemus seu unquam habuimus de in Manerio de Drayton ac de in omnibus aliis maneriis terris tenementis reditibus reversionibus Boscis pratis pascuis pasturis aliis haereditamentis quibuscunque cum eorum pertinentiis quae nuper fuerunt praedictae Constanciae aut praedicti Henrici sive alicujus alterius sive aliquorum aliorum ad eorum aut alterius eorum usum in dicto Comitatu Northamptoniae seu in aliquo alio Comitatu infra Regnum Angliae aut in Marchiis eorundem quae nos praefatus Georgius Comes vel haeredes nostri aliquo modo habere poterimus in praedictis Maneriis ac caeteris praemissis aut in eorum aliquo cum eorum pertinentiis ratione alicujus donationis legationis seu per ultimam voluntatem praefati Edwardi nuper Comitis Wilts nobis factis sive habitis salvis omnino reservatis nobis haeredibus nostris omni clameo jure titulo interesse demando quae habemus seu habere poterimus in praemissis seu in eorum aliquo nobis per descensum aut per Jus haereditarium per aliquem antecessorum nostrorum cujus vel quorum haeres nos praefatus Georgius Comes existimus seu ratione alicujus alterius tituli quem habere poterimus aliter quà m per ultimam voluntatem legationem sive donationem praedicti Comitis Wilts facta sive habita ita quòd nec nos praefatus Georgius Comes nec haeredes nostri nec aliquis pro alius nobis seu nomine nostro aliquod Jus statum titulum clameum interesse seu demandum de aut in praedictis Maneriis ac caeteris praemissis cum eorum pertinentiis nec in aliqua eorum parcella ex causis praedictis de caetero exigere clamare seu vendicare poterimus sed ab omni actione juris tituli clamei interesse aut demandi seu aliquid inde petendi simus exclusi in perpetuum per praesentes In cujus rei testimonium huic praesenti Scripto meo Sigillum meum apposui Dat' vicesimo quarto die Marcii Anno Regni Regis Henrici Octavi post Conquestum sexto G. Shrewsbury In the first South Window of the Chancell in St Peters Church of Luffwick In the Second South Window In the first Window on the North side of the Chancell In the second Window on the North side of the Chancell In the East Window on the South side of the said Chancell In the East Window on the North side of the Chancell In the East Window of the Chappell at Drayton In the first Window on the South side of the Chappell In the Second Window on the South Side of the Chappell In the lesser Window of Drayton Hall In the greater Window of Drayton Hall A SUCCINCT GENEALOGY Of that HOUSE of VERE Of which were the LORDS of Addington and Thrapston Justified by Publick Records Extant Charters Histories and other Authentick Proofs By ROBERT HALSTEAD The Arms of the Veres of Addington were of Vere Charged upon the Center with an Escucheon bearing Argent a Cross Gules Of the Original Descent Possessions Alliances Actions and Arms of the House of Vere which were Lords of Addington and Thrapston THE VERES that were Lords of Addington and Thrapston had their Original from Sir Robert de Vere who was second Son to Aubrey Earl of Guisnes Great Chamberlain to King Henry the First and Lord Chief Justice of England Which granted it will not after be denied but their extraction was as great as any thing from whence an English Subject could derive I shall not enter upon exaggeration of the Greatness and advantages of the House of Oxford they having been such as with which I think few other can be comparable but leave them to some fortunate Author who by faithfully exposing their truths unto the world may do himself honour and the Nation too I shall only pursue what may concern those Veres of which I treat and with whom I came to be acquainted by perusing the Evidences in the House of Drayton and unto this Family I am obliged to tell the Reader that I think there does belong an attribution of as much Honour and Esteem as any of their Quality could pretend unto They have always produced Knights famous for their prowess for their fidelities and for their prudence They appear in many considerable expeditions abroad in France in Palestine in Scotland in Wales in the most notable Offices at home Governing under their Princes the Countries where they lived They enter into the most eminent Alliances with the Houses of Wake Bassett Seagrave Clifford and De la Souche and they have always possessed many great Mannors and noble Lordships Besides which in the whole space of their durance here there remains not on their memories the least spot of reproach or prejudice but as all things are ordained to have an end it was the fortune of this House to terminate in the Lady Elizabeth Vere Daughter and Heir to the last Sir Henry Vere who being marryed to John the first Lord Mordaunt brought into his Family the Honor the Blood the Lands and the Arms of this House which were of Vere charged on the Center with a Shield bearing Argent a Cross Gules always born by the Lords of this Family in memory of their Ancestor Sir Robert de Vere who was slain with his General in a fight in Palestine being at that time Standard-bearer to William Longespé the famous Earl of Salisbury that was Grandson to King Henry the Second and the fair Lady Rosamond AVBREY de VERE Earl of Guisnes Chief Justiciar and Great Chamberlain to King Henry the First AUBREY de VERE Earl of Guisnes was Chief Justiciar of England under King Henry the First which in that time was the greatest Office of the Crown whoever was invested in it did exceed all the Noblemen in dignity and in power all the Magistrates And he was also Chamberlain to King Henry the First after the death of Robert Mallet Besides the other great possessions which his Father Earl Aubrey the elder and himself had acquired at the Conquest he held the Lordships of Drayton Luffwyck Islip Slipton Addington and Twyvell in the County of Northampton This Aubrey was among the great men of his time in the highest esteem for wisdom and experience and always lived of nearest use and Counsel to those Princes with whom he was Contemporary He was sent in the fourth year of King Stephen to that memorable Council of Winchester unto which the King himself had been cited by his own Brother then Bishop of that See where with great force and eloquence he
that unfortunate Fight where the Christians did receive so great a defeat under the Command and Conduct of Robert Earl of Artois the French Kings Brother Particular honours were done to the memory of Sir Robert de Vere by the greatest Men of that Age and there was ever after retain'd for the Arms of his Successors Lords of Addington and Thrapston in a Shield Argent a Cross Gules which in order to that War he had assumed and in memory of the occasion wherein this their Ancestor had faln with so much glory His Issue Sir Baldwin de Vere Sir John de Vere THE Lady Ellen being then the Widow of Sir Robert de Vere applied her whole thoughts to the good and advantage of her Children the dear remainders of so noble a Husband to which end she contriv'd to establish BALDWIN the eldest of them in an Alliance with the Lord Gilbert de Seagrave at that time the Chief Subject in England by reason of his Office which was great Justiciar and a man besides in extraordinary favour with the King Which Gilbert contracted with her for the Marriage of the said Baldwin with his Daughter Margaret obliging himself to give her a hundred Marks for her consent thereunto and as a Portion to her Son his Lands in Aleby and Melton in the County of Leicester With the years of the young Baldwin de Vere there grew up in his mind all those inclinations for Arms and Piety to which the Knights of his House had been so accustomed and the Fields of Palestine were the scenes whereon these vertues were usually presented In the company then of other Heroick Pilgrims he went thither to pay his first vows and to win his Spurs where after several generous adventures the effects of two years spent in that hazardous warfare he returned to his own House to enjoy the esteem and honour he had acquired After which he received from the grant of Ralph the great Earl of Chester the Lordship of Tywa and seventeen Virgates of Land in that Town with all the men holding the same and their sequels Which gift was after confirmed by particular Charter from King Henry the Third He had likewise from the Lord Robert Fitz Walter the Land of Bishopscote to hold by the service of half a Knights Fee Besides other testimonies of the love and value of diverse great Lords of that time There is likewise extant an Agreement between him and the Lord Abbot of Peterborow about the liberties of Thrapston concerning which there had been a difference And as the last testimony of him there is extant a Charter from Henry the Lord Abbot of Croyland granting him liberty to erect a Chapel in his Court at Addington upon certain conditions His Issue Robert de Vere Baldwin Vere SIR ROBERT de VERE was a Minor at the death of his Father thereby becoming a Ward for his Mannor of Addington to his Cousin Sir Baldwin of Drayton under whose conduct having passed those years which were to bring him to lawful age it appears he was much bound to him for his Education which produced such generous qualities as made him very considerable He applied himself much to the War which we find by the appearance of his name in several Lists of those Knights that accompanied King Edward the First in his Expeditions into Wales and Scotland He exercised the Office of High Sheriff of the County of Northampton in the thirtieth year of that King and he dyed seised of the Lordships of Thrapston of Addington of Sudburgh of Melton of Tywa of Twyvell of Bishopscote and other Lands and Lordships He had Married Anne the Daughter of Sir Roger of Watervill by whom he had Issue Randal de Vere RANDAL or RANULPH de VERE after the death of Sir Robert his Father became possessed of all his Lands and Lordships And in the third year of King Edward the Third we find him to have been summoned by the Kings Justices to answer by what Warrant he held and exercised certain Customs and Liberties in his Lordship of Thrapston Which upon his appearance and production of the Charter were reserved and he dismissed In the ninth year of the same King an Inquisition passed upon the value of his Lands in Thrapston and Addington and in the twelfth by his Charter dated on the Friday being the Feast of Saint Edmund he granted and gave to the Lord Henry then Bishop of Lincoln and to Agnesse that was the Wife of Sir Richard de Waldgrave the custody of the Lands and Tenements which the said Richard had held of him in the Town of Twyvell that did belong to him by reason of the minority of Thomas the Son of the said Richard and Agnesse as likewise the Marriage of the said Thomas for a certain summe of Money paid to him by the forementioned Lord Henry and Agnesse The Wife of Sir Randall de Vere was ...... Their Issue Sir John de Vere Sir Robert de Vere Randal de Vere Idonea de Vere JOHN de VERE in the life time of his Father Sir Ranulph being as then but young was married to a Lady whose name was Alice Clifford and for his subsistance setled in possession of the Lordship of Twyvell and other Lands of his Fathers Inheritance But the spirit and inclinations of this House being predominant in his nature and disposition they would not suffer him to remain at home but postposing to the love of Honour and the War all considerations of ease and interest he followed the noble King Edward into his first Wars with France where for his service he acquired the honour of Knighthood and after having given extraordinary proofs of his valour in divers occasions it was his fortune to be slain in the famous Battel of Crecy among other Heroes who fought in that place for the honour of their King and Country and leaving no Issue behind him he was succeeded by his Brother Sir Robert de Vere BY the death without Issue of Sir John de Vere we find that his Brother ROBERT came to inherit the Lordships of Addington Thrapston Sudburgh Melton Aleby Kemington Hokenhanger with the rest of the Lands and possessions belonging to that House There were several transactions that passed between the Lady Alice de Vere that was the Widow of his Brother and him about agreements for setling of her Thirds in the Lordships of Thrapston Addington and other places which were performed with much mutual respect and Justice on either side and at last ended in a fair accord and composition for the whole Several other marks there do remain of the Justice Oeconomy and Prudence of this Robert de Vere whom we find to have married Elizabeth the Daughter of Sir Robert de Northburgh and to have deceased in the three and fortieth year of King Edward the Third leaving Issue Robert de Vere Baldwin de Vere ROBERT the Son of Robert de Vere Lord of Addington and Thrapston being a minor at the death of his
others from certain Lords of his Council Several rigours he suffered from this King joyn'd to the indignation of Mankind that had been drawn upon him by his injustice and cruelty incited Sir Henry Vere to be particularly active in the introducing of King Henry the Seventh to whose service he brought a resolute Band of his Tenants and Country-men at whose Head he fought himself in that decisive Day where at Bosworth the unhappy Richard lost both his Kingdom and his Life He thereupon received the Honour of Knighthood at the hands of the victorious King and because of his fidelity and interest was made High Sheriff of Northamptonshire in that first year of his Reign He married Isabella Tresham the Daughter of Sir Thomas Tresham who was Lord of Rushton and of a Family at that time very considerable in the Country where they lived for their Riches and Authority by whom he left only five Daughters Elizabeth Lady Mordaunt Amy married to Robert Mordaunt and after to Humphrey Browne Son of Sir Wistan Browne of Abess Roading Constance to John Parr Lord of Horton Etheldred Married to John Brown that was a Judge Audrey who dyed unmarried ELIZABETH the first of the Daughters and heirs of Sir Henry de Vere was about the eleventh year of King Henry the Seventh Married to John the eldest Son of that Sir John Mordaunt who was Chancellor of the Dutchy of Lancaster and Privy Councellor to that King There came unto her by composition with some of the partners and want of Issue in other the greatest part of the interest of these Sisters and indeed it was a large Inheritance compos'd of the Lordships of Drayton Luffwyck Islip Slipton Sudburgh Thrapston both the Addingtons Grafton Hardwick Werminster and sundry other Lands She also brought into her Husbands House the Blood and the Arms of the Noble and Ancient Families of these Veres of the Greenes of Drayton and of the Mauduits that were Lords of Werminster She was a fortunate Lady left a numerous Posterity and from her is lineally descended and is heir and Successor the present Earl of Peterborow AUBERY DE VERE Earle of Guisnes Cheife Iusticiar of England great Chamberlaine to King Henry ye. first Adeliza de Clare Aubery de Vere 1st E. of Oxford Eufemia de Cantelup Sr. Robert de Vere Matilda de Furnel Rossia de Vere Jeffery de Magnaville Earle of Essex Sr. Henry de Vere Hildeburga Sr. Robert de Vere Margaret de Wake Walter de Vere Ld. of Drayton Lucia Basset Sr. Baldwin de Vere Margaret de Seagrave Sr. Iohn de Vere Sr. Robert de Vere Anne de Waterville Sr. Baldwin de Vere Sr. Randall de Vere Sr. Robert de Vere Elizabeth de Northburgh Randol de Vere Idonea de Vere Sr. Robert de Vere Elizabeth de Tay. St. Baldwin de Vere Elena de Mohun alius Kingston Margaret de Vere Thomas Ashby S. P. Sr. Richard de Vere Isabella Greene. Elizabeth de Vere Amy de Vere Elena de Vere Thomas â—sham L d of Pichfley Ann de Vere Iohn Ward L d of Irtlingborow Margaret de Vere Iohn Berners Elizabeth de Vere William Dounhall Sr. Henry de Vere Isabella Tresham Baldwin de Vere Constance de Vere Iohn Boteler Ld. of Woodhall Constance de Vere Iohn Par. Elizabeth de Vere Iohn I st Ld. Mordaunt Amie de Vere HumphryBrowne Etheldred de Vere Iohn Browne Iohn 2d. Ld. Mordaunt GENEALOGICAL PROOFS OF THE DESCENT and SUCCESSION Of that HOUSE of VERE Whence were the LORDS of Addington and Thrapston Drawn out of Extant Charters Records Histories and other Authentick Testimonies GENEALOGICAL PROOFS OF THE DESCENT and SUCCESSION Of the HOUSE of VERE AUBREY de VERE Great Chamberlain to King Henry the First and Chief Justice of ENGLAND Spelmanni Glossarium Page 337 338. ALbericus de Vere Comes de Guisnes Camerarius Angliae Portgravius ut perhibetur Londini pater Abrici primi Comitis Oxonii Angliae ponitur Justiciarius Spelmanni Glossarium de Capitali Angliae Justiciario qualis olim quantus fuit JUstitia totius Angliae alià s Capitalis Angliae Justiciarius quantus hic olim fuit usquequaque non liquet Dignitate omnes Regni proceres potestate omnes superabat Magistratus The Baronage of England Page 190. THIS last mentioned Albery called Albericus Junior confirmed all those Grants made by his Father to the Monks of Abingdon and being in high esteem with King Henry the First was by him made Lord Great Chamberlain of all England to hold the same Office in Fee to himself and his heirs with all Dignities and Liberties thereto belonging as honourably as Robert Mallet Lord of the Honor of Eye in Suffolk or any other before or after him held the same and with such Liveries and Lodgings of his Court as belonged to that Office Being also one of the Kings Justices Tempore Henrici Primi Monasticon Anglicanum pars prima Page 248. Carta Alberici Regis Camerarii EGO Albericus Regis Camerarius terram de Twyvell quamdiu vixero de Domino Abbate Guntero Monachis de Thorneya per talem conventionem teneo ad firmam ut per unumquemque annum eis sex libras pro ea reddam ante Nativitatem quatuordecem solidos ante Pascham quatuordecem solidos ad Vincula Sancti Petri extremos quatuordecem solidos Insuper pro remissione peccatorum meorum illis de una mea decima scilicet de Islip unoquoque anno ad Festivitatem Sancti Michaelis decem solidos reddam Totum verò surplus quod miserim in eadem Villa ultrà quà m recepi in extremo die vitae meae pro salvatione animae meae Sanctae Mariae Patribúsque meis simul cum terra eorum concedo solidum quietum ab omni Calumnia De alia terra quam pro servitio dimidii Militis in eadem Villa de Willielmo de Blosvilla teneo in feodo de dimidio unius Hidae quam certè emi pretio Sanctam Mariam meósque fratres post me concedo esse Haeredes in quantum id eis concedere possum Hujus Conventionis sunt testes Hardewin de Escaetere Radulphus Dapiser Willielmus de Whitlesege Simonio fratres illius loci alii quamplures Ex antiquo Pergameni Rotulo penès Comitem de Peterborow ALbericus de Twyvell Camerarius Regis dedit Ecclesiae de Thorney duas Garbas decimae trium Villarum de Islip Addington Drayton de Dominico suo The Baronage of England Page 190. Writing of Earl Aubrey HE in the Fifth of Stephen with Richard Basset then Justice of England executed the Sheriffs Office for the Counties of Surrey Cambridge Huntington Essex Hartford Northampton Leicester Norfolk Suffolk Buckingham and Bedford and gave to the Monks of Thorney in Comitatu Canter certain Lands in Islip But before the end of this year he was killed in London leaving Issue by Adeliza his Wife Daughter of Gilbert of Clare three Sons Alberic his Son and Heir ....... a Cannon of Saint
indeed the very Heir and of this Family it was which is so very admirable where Fortune and Virtue that are so oft at odds about the Creatures they intend to raise did both concur to make the Lords thereof so very Great with so little Envy Great they were as all the greatest Dignities could make them they had been Generals in the Field Admirals at the Sea Counsellors at the Board Ambassadors abroad Commissioners in the most important Treaties and borne the greatest Offices in the Houses of their Kings but greater far in that their Noble Qualities and Virtuous Actions did deserve them so as they seemed made to adorn those Honours which might well at first have been designed to illustrate other Men. For their Descent it was several ways derived from the Beds of Kings they took Marriages from the Crown and gave Wives into the Arms of Princes Their Estates were suitable to their other Greatness and the Rewards of their Services such as became the acknowledgment of generous Princes After all which I know not what could obstruct the Lustre of this House unless it were the Malignity of Oblivion or want of Friends within the House of Fame to obviate which these short Memorials are thought fit to be Recorded by a Servant and honourer of their Descendants THOMAS HOWARD Second Duke of Norfolk and Earl of Surrey Lord High Treasurer and Earl Marshal of England and Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter CHAPTER I. THOMAS HOWARD who was afterward the Second Duke of Norfolk from whom more immediately the Howards of Effingham do Descend being the greatest and most happy Subject of his time it were not amiss for example sake to shew by what Education and Practices he became fit for such a Fortune for he was certainly the Son of Virtue and Chance or Favour had little share in his Prosperity He was by a prudent Father as soon as he was fit for Study committed to the severity of the Schools to the end a great Spirit under discipline might be acquainted with the moderations that are to be used in the course of Humane Life as that he should apply himself to obtain the Favour of the Muses whose Graces if he could acquire they would certainly be to him of use or comfort in every Fortune After he had such a tincture of Letters as was necessary for a Man that was neither design'd for the Pulpit nor the Bar the Lord Howard his Father sent him out of the Country where there was little improvement to be made besides enabling himself in the conduct of mean Sports or meaner Inclinations He addressed him to the Court where he was soon received in the quality of Page or Henchman to King Edward the Fourth continuing there till he came to Mans estate in perpetual practice of those Exercises that are necessary to fit a Man for the Knowledge and use of Arms of all which when he was become a Master he was ambitious to shew his Learning upon a proper Stage And hearing that the Duke of Burgundy one of the nearest and most considerable Allies of the Crown of England was undertaking a War against Lewis the Eleventh at that time King of France He begged leave of the King his Master to go into that Service in Company of other considerable Gentlemen of his own Country who desired to gain Knowledge and Experience in that great Art to be the better able afterward when there should be occasion to serve their own Prince and Country They were received with all the courtesie they could expect from that War-like Prince and had every Encouragement young Adventurers could pretend to in such an undertaking The young Howard did particularly advance into the Favour of the Duke by his extraordinary application to what he came for being the first in every occasion that could possibly gain him either Honor or Experience And thus he continued in this Service till the end of that War at which time he returned home to his own King loaden with the Rewards and Praises of the Duke of Burgundy King Edward as well for the desert of the Young Gentleman as to give Example and Encouragement to other of his Subjects for enabling themselves by such generous untertakings upon his Arrival did distinguish him by several Graces and took him into an Office at that time very considerable to be the Esquire of his Body whose duty it was to attend the King at his making ready both Morning and Evening and afterward he made him Knight He continued from thenceforth to follow King Edward in all his Fortunes he Fought by his side at the Field in Lincoln-shire at Banbury Field and was with him at Warwick when he was taken Prisoner by the Earl of that place And after the Kings escape into Flanders and that all the ways were so be-set as it was over hard for any of his Servants to get after him Sir Thomas Howard was fain to take sanctuary at Saint Johns in Colchester for the true love that he bore King Edward where he remained till the Kings Return upon which he immediately resorted to him and went with him to Barnet Field at which he was sore hurt The King after this being settled in the Throne and designing to go over into France with an Army Royal he sent thither before divers Gentlemen and having great opinion of the Conduct and Experience of Sir Thomas Howard from the Service he had seen under the Duke of Burgundy as because he had been with himself in so many Fields and Businesses he commanded him to go over with them that nothing might be done without his Advice till the Kings own Arrival And when King Edward and King Lewis met at the Barriers upon the River of Somme the said Sir Thomas Howard was with King Edward by the King's Commandment in that Occasion and no Man else save only the Chancellor of England the Chancellor of France and Sir Thomas Cheyny Sir John Howard the Father of Sir Thomas had before this been made Lord Howard and lived always exercised in the greatest Employments having just pretentions to the Honors and Lands of the Great and Antient House of Mowbray as Son and Heir to Margaret the Eldest Daughter to Thomas Mowbray the last Duke of Norfolk But Sir Thomas Howard his Son of whom we Treat having acquired noble Possessions of his own by his Services and his Wife's Inheritance who was Elizabeth Daughter and Heir of Sir Frederick Tilney did about this time desire the King's leave to retire from Court which having obtained he came into Norfolk and dwelt during the rest of King Edward's days at a House of his Wife 's called Ashwoldsthorpe where he kept an honourable House in favour of the whole Shire The Lord Howard his Father being yet alive and so continuing many Years after What was the inducement to this retreat is still uncertain but it is constant that the last Years of King Edward were so full of Faction
being Martial to introduce him into the Favour of the greatest Captains of his time particulary those that were applied unto the Sea whom with his Company in every occasion he did so well humor as he became the future Hopes of that calling In intervals of Martial occasions he followed the King and Ministers who found him of so solid and useful a Temper as they thought him fit serve the Crown in any important capacity He followed the King to Boloigne at the magnificent enterview with King Francis And in the Twenty sixth of Henry the Eighth was sent into Scotland to present King James with the Order of the Garter and his Master's desire that he would come through England to accompany him and be present at the enterview The Duke his Father had been instrumental in the greatest disasters of Scotland But in those Heroick times Generous Princes had a value for Noble Enemies King James was taken with the Nature and Manners of the Lord William Howard and perceiving in his Merit much hopes of future greatness he did so cultivate his friendship as when there was business to be transacted between the Crowns that King did shew an inclination more ready to hear this Lord than any other wherefore King Henry having at that time a great desire to draw the King of Scotland to an enterview he sent him to Edenburgh in the ..... Year of his Reign together with the Bishop of St. Asaph to perswade him thereunto as also to make him propositions of very great advantage In the Three and thirtieth Year of the same King he was sent Extraordinary Ambassador into France in his discharge of which Employment having much satisfied the King and his Ministers he expected a chearful welcome at his return but from the Faults or the Misfortune of another he found such a disappointment as lodged him in the Tower instead of the Palace and gave him the Frowns due to the ill behaviour of the Queen instead of the Applauses his own endeavours had deserved For Katharine Howard the Fifth Wife of Henry the Eighth was his Niece and had in a short space after her Marriage so conducted her self as she fell into his Majesties disgrace and lost her Head Thereupon the old Dutchess of Norfolk with this Lord William and his Lady were Indicted for Misprision of Treason in concealing as was alledged what they knew of that Queen 's former behavior and Condemn'd to perpetual Imprisonment But after that for reason of State and to justifie the King something had been done under an appearance of Anger and Severity the King that knew the Lord William was never Author of that Match and that it could not be expected he should have taken great pains to hinder the Honor and Advantage of his Niece who he could not foresee would have made so ill a use of so great a good Fortune his Majesty set at liberty this Noble Lord and his Relations who had suffered this restraint Although they did remain under some sort of discouragement during the short remainder of this King's Reign who for other reasons had Beheaded the Noble Earl of Surrey that was Brother to this Lord and Imprisoned the Duke his Father a Servant and Subject that had deserved more than any other of his time But after the Death of King Henry when the State began to grow jealous of the French for designing to recover the Key of their Kingdom the considerable Town of Calis King Edward's Council cast into the Arms of the Lord William Howard and to make it safe made him Lord Deputy thereof in the Sixth Year of his Reign After the Death of King Edward the Queen his Sister being notable for the Council she chose and the Ministers and Servants she imployed in every purpose took this noble Lord into the nearest of her Trust and Confidence she knew his Valour his Experience and the opinion the World had of it and therefore thought none so fit for the great Office of High Admiral of England which she conferr'd upon him in the First Year of her Reign creating him at the same time Lord Baron of Effingham whereof in the succeeding Parliament he took his place she also made him Lord Chamberlain of her Houshold and he was afterwards Lord Privy Seal When this Queen was dead her Sister remembering the behaviour of this Lord to have been tender towards her and obliging during the times of her troubles and Persecution she conferred the same Office of Chamberlain upon him in the First Year of her Reign He was also sent by Queen Elizabeth with the Lord Cobham Ambassador to the Spaniard into the Netherlands on an important Negotiation and in the Twelfth of that Queen joyned with the Earl of Sussex in Command of those Forces that were sent to suppress the Rebellion of the Earls of Northumberland and Westmorland He was also one of the Peers who sate upon the Tryal of his unfortunate Nephew the Duke of Norfolk Thus after having been imployed as has been express'd in the Service of so many Kings in management of the Highest Offices and Imployments of the State he dyed full of Honor Esteem and Reputation the Fifteenth Year of Queen Elizabeth at her Palace of Hampton-Court By his Will bequeathing his Collar of Gold and his Robes of the Order to Charles his Son for he was also a Knight of the Garter and was honorably Interred in the Parish Church of Rygate He Married Two Wives The First Katharine Daughter to Sir John Braughton of Tuddington in the County of Bedford The Second Margaret Daughter of Sir John Gammage Issue by his First Wife Mary Married to William Paulet the Third Marquess of Winchester Issue by his Second Wife Charles Howard Earl of Nottingham William Howard of Lingfield Edward Howard Henry who died Young Dowglas Married to John Lord Sheffield after to the Earl of Leicester Mary Married to Edward Lord Dudly after to Richard Mountpesson Frances Married to Edward Earl of Hartford Martha Married to Sir George Burcher Knight CHARLES Lord Howard Earl of Nottingham Lord High-Admiral of England Lord Chamberlain Justice and Heir of all the Forrests on this side Trent Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter and one of the Lords of the Privy-Council to Queen Elizabeth and King James the First CHAPTER III. CHARLES HOWARD the eldest Son of the Lord William Baron of Effingham of whom we have last Treated was bred under a Father who knew that great Birth and Dignities were things that weighed much upon those that wore them and could never be honourably supported without equal Merit and Capacities in those that would pretend to be advantaged by them He had therefore in his Youth been bred to the Theories of all the Noble Arts that could render a Man useful to his King and Country and as soon as he was of a fit strength he was thrust by his Father into the practice of them upon every necessary occasion He was with him in
King and from which Elizabeth descended to the Mordaunts the Noble Lordships of Drayton Thrapston Addington Sudburgh Islip Luffwick Slipton and many other great Possessions Many disputes notwithstanding arose about the pretences of these Heirs even with the greatest Lords in England as the Duke of Buckingham and the Earl of Shrewsbury but the Credit of Sir John Mordaunt and his interest with the King joyn'd to his Wisdom and great Knowledge in the Laws had ever influence upon them But after his decease they set up great pretences to Drayton and the Green 's Lands and the Young Mordaunt soon found how much his Fathers Life had conduc'd to the settlement of that Estate In the Agitations of the Establishment whereof and the Agreements made with those great Lords he spent the remainder of King Henry the Seventh's Reign and was by that time become a person greatly accomplish'd After this King's Death he apply'd himself wholly to the farther designs of the Honor and Advantage of his House and made his Court to the Young Successor follow'd him in his First Wars and got so successfully into his Favour and Opinion as upon his return he received the gratification of a Patent containing the grant of several Noble Privileges and Immunities Among the rest to be Pilo Copertus in the presence of the King or of any of his Judges Ministers or Magistrates The Consideration he was at this time in appears by several Letters directed to him when he was yet but a private Gentleman He was Knighted by him after this and made a Privy Councellor wherein his Wisdom Fidelity and Zeal to his Majesty's Service were very Exemplary He was at one time Surveyor General of the King's Woods and Wood-sails and the Chief in another Commission for providing Necessaries for the Fortifications of Calice and the other Ports and Castles within the English Pale in the Country of Picardy and in many other matters he was Employ'd of great Importance wherein he so behaved and discharg'd himself as his generous Master thought fit for a reward of his many Services to take him into the Illustrious Dignity of the Peerage calling him by Writ a Baron into the Parliament in the Twenty fourth Year of his Reign After this upon the Revolutions which happned by the change of the Church Government whereunto he was not able to shew that compliance which others of more supple tempers did condescend to do his Favour did decline and his Master's Kindness to him So as being retired to his own House and Country he did not remain without several mortifications which his Enemies of the prevailing Faction that Govern'd in the Court did endeavour to put upon him several hard Letters he received from the King about matters which they imputed to him concerning his backwardness in suppressing the Interest of the Old Religion and as the last endeavor of their Revenge they strove to make the King oblige him to an Exchange of the Noble Lordship of Drayton and the other Towns lying about it of his Wives Antient Inheritance and that he had in his Old Age settled against all Competitors at great Labour and Charges with certain of the Abby Lands newly acquired unto the Crown with which his Conscience as well as his Interest were altogether incompatible From this oppression he had not been able to have defended himself notwithstanding all his great Friends and Antient Services if the King's Death had not succeeded which in this point set him at liberty The Reign of King Edward he spent in peace But at the beginning of Queen Mary he labor'd a little under an imputation of his Enemies who would alledge he favoured the Dudleys and the claim of the Lady Jane but it was blown off with the improbability of an Inclination so contrary to his Principles and Profession and he lived out her time too and to the Second Year of her Successor Queen Elizabeth when he being very Old departed this Life in great Honor and Happiness Leaving Issue by his Wife the Lady Elizabeth Vere Sir John Mordaunt his Son and Heir Edmund Mordaunt William Mordaunt from whom are the Mordaunts of Oakely and that Married Agnes Booth George Mordaunt from whom are the Mordaunts of the Hill Married to Cecilia Harding Edith Mordaunt Married to John Elms. Anne Mordaunt Married to John Fisher Margaret Mordaunt Married to Edmond Fettyplace Dorothy Mordaunt Married to Thomas Moore Elizabeth Mordaunt Married to Silvester Danvers Winifreid Mordaunt Married to John Cheyney of Chesham Boys Sir JOHN MORDAVNT Knight Peer of England Lord Mordaunt Lord Baron of Turvey and Privy Councellor to Queen Mary CHAPTER XIII JOHN MORDAVNT was the early fruits of his Father's Marriage with the Lady Elizabeth Vere and the Lord Mordaunt being but young himself when his Son was born this John grew up to early Manhood while his Father was yet in the vigor of his own years and so they had the happiness to live long together in the same Generation The Lord Mordaunt in the time of his favor had the opportunity to purchase of the King at an easie rate the Marriage of Elly Fitz-Lewis who had become Heir of that Antient Family by the untimely Death of her Brother as has been expressed in the relation appertaining thereunto She was a very rich and considerable Fortune bringing with her the noble Lordship of Westhorndon and many other fair possessions And unto this Lady he Married John Mordaunt his Eldest Son who with his Wife lived long in his Father's life time upon her Estate in great Plenty and Reputation He had for several Years participated with the Lord Mordaunt much of King Henry's Favour and in the Twenty fourth Year of his Reign and in the same wherein his Father was made a Baron he was summoned to come and receive at his Majesty's hands the Honourable Order of the Bath at the Coronation of Queen Anne of Bollen which he did at that time in fellowship of the Marquess of Dorset the Earl of Darby the Lord Clifford the Lord Fitz-Waters the Lord Hastings and the Lord Mounteagle But with his Father being entirely addicted to the old Religion the change that succeeded in the one produc'd the same in both their Fortunes which was to retire to their Houses from all further applications in that Reign and at home Sir John Mordaunt continued likewise during that of the young Successor But at the Death of King Edward and the early difficulties of Queen Mary he was of the first that put themselves into the Field at the head of the Essex Men where his interest and reputation was very great offering unto her his and their Services in defence of her Person and Government at the Castle of Framingham in Suffolk where she was then retired in expectation of being assaulted by the Troops raised in behalf of the Faction of the Lady Jane and her Husband upon whom the Dukes of Suffolk and Northumberland intended to settle the Crown of England The considerableness of
Exclusion from the Succession to the Crown against his Royal Highness It endur'd a strong and long debate Of powerful Eloquence and great parts were the Duke's Enemies who did assert the Bill but a Noble Lord appear'd against it who that day in all the force of Speech in Reason in Arguments of what could concern the publick or the private interests of Men in Honor in Conscience in Estate did out-do himself and every other Man and in fine his conduct and his parts were both victorious and by him all the wit and malice of that party was overthrown After this Henry Lord Viscount Stafford was brought to his Tryal as the chief of those Lords that had been accused of so many Treasons in the particulars of whose Impeachment there appear'd so many improbabilities in the Witnesses such reasons to render them of no belief and in the Prosecutors so much Malice Interest and Partiality as it was impossible to the Earl of Peterborow for Conscience sake not to endeavour his justification though to the uttermost offence of so powerful and prevailing a party He came to the House the last day of his Tryal and would go down into the Hall to exercise his right of Judicature though he were sick of a Fever from the pain of his Arm that was out of joint though he was perswaded and threatned from it and in scorn of that iniquity did not remove till he had voted for publick Justice against popular Tyranny and Oppression This Parliament after this Lords Condemnation came to be Dissolv'd and the Earl being then no more either of Council or Court retired to Drayton in Northamptonshire where his Master had commanded him to stay till the approaching Parliament was to meet that had been appointed for to sit at Oxford It was about this time the Faction began to prepare for Action They began to find the King more sensible of his danger and their intentions than ever he had been They began to lose the hold they had upon his Mistresses and his Ministers and that the false Minions of his Court began many of them to lose their esteem and be suspected by him whilst he began to harken to honester Men and that were better instructed in the True principles of his Interest and Government They believed the Assembling of the Parliament of Oxford was calculated for to evade their power in London and that at last they were like to find the King not so complying to his own Ruine as they might desire and possibly were made to expect some Months before They thought themselves then ready and ripe for violence they intended to put the end of their Assosiations into practice and a Man of their party came not to Oxford without more Friends and Arms than had been needful for them at any other time Upon noise whereof the Lords and Friends of the Crown did in some measure do so on the other side being willing to secure themselves from insults of their Adversaries if they should be attempted and it look'd in a degree like one of those Parliaments call'd in the Barons days The Earl of Peterborow came to this Assembly from his House more provided than ordinary in proportion to the care and intentions of the other honest Lords And I have heard him say That meeting the King by chance at his first arrival to the Town he thought him better attended and under an appearance of more Resolution and Majesty than ever he had seen in him before The King entred then upon the Parliament and indeed such was his love to quiet and the publick peace as he was ready to have granted more than had ever been fit for them to ask But they were now as it pleased God so exalted in their opinion of their power and interest as they would have all and were resolved to leave him but the empty name of King and without power to maintain that longer than it should seem convenient He was forc'd then and on a sudden to dissolve this Parliament also and to betake himself to their Councels who undertook to make him live without it And so he came to spend at London and Windsor the ensuing Summer Enrag'd the Party became at this and look'd upon him to have escaped their hands by the Art and Contrivance of his new Cabinet and so as by the methods they took for his subsistance he was not like to come suddenly into their power again And now the Faction found that both the Brothers were to be destroy'd before they could attain the power was thought necessary for them so they then fell to the fatal consultations of plain Rebellion open Murther and such other pious Expedients as did suit with their refined Consciences which the Year after broke out by the discovery of the Enterprise of Rye and publick appearance of the Rebellions of Monmouth and Argile But upon the dissolution of this Parliament the Earl of Peterborow went back to his House and employ'd the rest of that Summer in disabusing many Gentlemen of the opinion they had receiv'd of the candor and innocence of that Parties intentions and in procuring Addresses to encourage the King and discountenance the disloyal Faction In October his Royal Highness sent for his Lordship to come and attend him in Scotland which he did with all his Family and with that affection as made it doubtful whether his Journey might not have proved a means to have excluded him from ever returning home again Indeed in this fluctuation of affairs where not only the Court and Council were divided but even the King 's own Thoughts and Inclinations it was dangerous to be so far distant from the Court and many of the Earl's Enemies whereof he had some were very potent did afford him such ill offices to his Majesty as when his Royal Highness did write to the King about any of the Earl's interests he could never procure any answer during all the time of his absence But the Winter wore out at last and the Duke was invited home Those that had least interest in the Council were for his return those that had most were against it under specious pretences But the true reason was They had a mind to keep their Power which they thought his Quality his Parts and Inclination to business would if not at first yet in some time very much diminish or eclipse He Embark'd the _____ of March at Leith in his own Yatcht and attended by the Earl of Peterborow and divers other Noble Lords of both the Kingdoms and setting Sail from thence under the sufferance of very tempestuous weather landed at Yarmouth where with the applause and duties of that Town and all the adjacent Countries he was received and thence passed to New-market meeting there the King and with that joy which was natural to him because he truly loved his Brother above all other things It was from hence he accompanied his Majesty to London but having left the Dutchess at Edenburgh
or the Bishop of Duresme our Secretary before the Feast of Saint John Baptist next coming at the farthest like as we have semblably written to all Lords Knights Esquires and Gentlemen of every Shire within this our Realm and therefore fail ye not to accomplish the premises as ye tender our honour and the surety of us and of our Realm and Subjects so and in such wise that by our preparation of a good number of able Men we may understand your towardly mind to do unto us service which shall be remembred according to your deserts and these our Letters shall be your sufficient warrant and discharge in that behalf A Letter from King Henry the Eight to John Mordaunt To our trusty and welbeloved John Mordaunt Henry R. By the King TRusty and welbeloved we greet ye well So it is upon the even of Philip and Jacob last passed a great number of insolent Apprentices and malicious Journey-men of their sensual Appetites and rancorous Dispositions against Aliens and Strangers Artificers and others Inhabited within our City of London suddainly assembled themselves within our said City in the night time under colour of Maying breaking up entring and robbing the houses of sundry French and Dutch men making also great Comminations to other Strangers to the marvellous Inquietation and Commotion of our said City and Disturbances of our Peace within the same And albeit the same Commotion and Rebellious Assembly by the Mayor Sheriffs and other substantial and well disposed Citizens with and by the Policies Powers and Assistance of the Noble Men and others of our Council was not only forthwith repressed and pacified but also a great Number of the Malefactors and Offenders taken and according to our Laws and their Demerits openly convicted and put to execution so that it is now throughly pacified and put in Quietness our Lord be thanked Yet we thought right expedient to advertise you thereof as well for the Declaration of the Truth in putting all Sinister and Seditious Bruits to silence if any such shall be made by indisposed Persons as also that ye by your Wisdom should not only foresee and have good espial in the place and Countries near adjoyning to you to know the disposition of our Subjects if upon untrue reports they should be stirred to any semblable Commotions by perverse Councel against Merchants Strangers or upon any other ground or cause But also by your wisdom and power with the assistance of other faithful Servants and Subjects in these parts forthwith to repress the same by taking as well the principal mover and stirrers thereof as also the offenders accompanying them for such unlawful intent and purpose committing them to Ward And also advertising us thereof with all speedy diligence as our special Trust is in you and as ye intend to do unto us acceptable service and pleasure to be remembred hereafter accordingly Given under our Signet at our Maner of Richmond the Third day of May. An Award between the Earl of Shrewsbury and John Mordaunt concerning the Maner of Drayton TO all Christian People to whom this present Writing Indented shall come hear or see Robert Brudenell and Richard Elliot Two of the Kings Justices send greeting in our Lord. Whereas there hath been divers Variances and Debates moved and had between the Right Honourable Lord George Earl of Shrewsbury on the one Partie and John Mordaunt Esquire and Elizabeth his Wife one of the Cousins and Heirs to the Right Honourable Edward late Earl of Wiltshire on his Mothers side that is to say by Constance Mother of the said Earl and Daughter and Heir of Henry Greene of Drayton in the County of Northampton Esquire and Humphrey Brown Esquire late Husband to Amey and George Brown his Son and Heir apparent and Son and Heir to the same Amey another Cousin and another of the Heirs of the said Earl of Wiltshire after the form aforesaid and Sir Wistan Brown Knight and John Brown his Son and Heir apparent and Audrey his Wife the third Cousin and Heir to the same Earl after the manner abovesaid on the other Partie of and upon the Right Title Reversion and Possession as well of the foresaid Maner of Drayton with the Appurtenances as of all other Maners Lands Tenements and Hereditaments with their Appurtenances in the said County of Northampton or elsewhere which late were the said Constance's or to the foresaid Henry Greene or to any other person or persons to the use of them or the other of them Which Maners Lands and Tenements the foresaid Earl of Shrewsbury claimed by a Will supposed to be made by the said Earl of Wiltshire by which Will the foresaid Earl of Wiltshire should will to the said Earl of Shrewsbury all his Fee simple Land Whereupon the foresaid Parties have compromitted themselves to abide the Award Ordinance and Judgment of us the said Robert Brudenell and Richard Elliot Arbitrators indifferently named by and between the foresaid Parties to Award Ordain and Deem as well of and upon the Premises as for and upon all manner of Evidences Charters Escripts Writings and Amuniments concerning the Premises or any part of them and of all manner of Actions Suits Quarrels and Demands had or moved between the foresaid Parties or their Servants or Friends before the date of these presents concerning the Premises And we the foresaid Arbitrators taking upon us the authority and power to Award Ordain and Deem of and upon the Premises calling before us the Counsels of the foresaid Parties hearing and seeing their Titles Answers Replications Evidences Proves and all other their Allegiances concerning their foresaid Titles and Interess by good deliberation and by consent of the said Parties Award Ordain and Deem of and upon the Premises in manner and form following that is to say Forasmuch as the foresaid John Mordaunt Sir Wistan Humphrey Brown George and John Brown have shewed to us the said Arbitrators a Will supposed to be made by the same Earl of Wiltshire and Sealed with his Seal in which Will he revoked all former Wills and willed that same Will to stand in his full strength and virtue and for his last Will. And in that Will there is no clause whereby the same Earl of Shrewsbury should have any of his Maners Lands or Tenements as by the same more plainly appeareth And also they have shewed unto us fair and sufficient Deeds and other Writings proving the aforesaid Maner of Drayton and other the said Maners Lands Tenements and Hereditaments to be given in Tayle to the Ancestors of the said Constance Mother to the said Earl of Wiltshire who had and enjoyed the same by reason of the said Tayles and the foresaid Elizabeth and George Brown and Audrey be Cousins and next Heir to the same Constance Mother to the said Earl of Wiltshire and to the same Earl on his Mothers side and heritable to the foresaid Maners and other the Premises by reason of the said Tayles Wherefore we Award
or done shall be seized of the same Ten Marks to the use of the said John Mordaunt and of his Heirs for ever Item The said John Elmes Covenanteth and Granteth by these Presents That if the said Edith within the time and space of Six Years after the Marriage solemnized do dye having no Issue by the said John Elmes alive That then the said John Elmes his Executors or Assigns shall repay or cause to be repaid to the said John Mordaunt his Executors or Assigns Two hundred Marks parcel of the said Five hundred Marks within the space of Two Years next and immediately after the Decease of the said Edith To all which Covenants Bargains Promises and Grants on the part of the said John Elmes to be performed and kept the said John Elmes bindeth him his Heirs Executors and Assigns to the said John Mordaunt his Heirs Executors and Assigns in a Thousand Marks And to all the payments well and truly to be performed and kept on the Party of the said John the said John Mordaunt bindeth him his Heirs Executors or Assigns to the said John Elmes his Heirs Executors and Assigns in Six hundred Marks In Witness whereof c. A Letter from King Henry the Eight to John Mordaunt To our trusty and welbeloved Servant John Mordaunt Henry R. By the King TRusty and welbeloved we greet you well And whereas this Year last passed after the conclusion taken between us and our dear Brother Cousin Confederate and Allie the French King as well for firm Peace Love and Amity as of Alliance by way of Marriage God willing to be had and made between our dearest Daughter the Princess and the Dolphin of France a personal meeting and Interview was also to them concluded to be had betwixt us and the said French King which upon urgent considerations and great respects was by mutual consent for that year put over and deferred So it is now that the said French King being much desirous to see and personally to speak with us hath sundry times by his Ambassadors and writings instantly desired us to condescend to this said interview offering to meet with us within our Dominion Pale and Marches of Caleys whereas heretofore semblable honour of preeminence hath not been given by any of the French Kings to any of our Progenitors or Ancestors we therefore remembring the manifold good effects that be in appearance like to ensue of this personal meeting as well for Corroboration and assured Establishment of Peace and Alliance concluded between us as for the universal well tranquility and restfulness of all Christendom taking also to consideration the great honour offered to us by the French King for the said meeting within our Dominion have condescended thereunto accordingly the same to be God willing in the Month of May next coming And in as much as to our Honour and Dignity Royal it appertaineth to be furnished with honourable Personages as well Spiritual as Temporal to give their Attendance upon us at so solemn an Act as this shall be for the Honour of us and our Realm we therefore have appointed you among others to attend upon our dearest Wife the Queen in this Voyage willing therefore and desiring you not only to put your self in a readiness with the number of Ten tall Personages well and conveniently apparelled for this purpose to pass with you over the Sea But also in such wise to appoint your self in Apparel as to your degree the Honour of us and this our Realm appertaineth So that ye repairing to our said dearest Wife the Queen by the First day of May next coming may there give your Attendance in her transporting over the Sea accordingly ascertaining you that albeit ye be appointed to the number of Ten Servants to pass with you as is abovesaid yet nevertheless in as much as that at her arrival at Caleys you shall have no great Journey requisite to occupy many Horses ye shall therefore convey with you over the Sea for your own Riding and otherwise not above the number of Four Horses Howbeit our mind is not to Coact or Restrain you to the said Precise number of Four Horses for your coming up to our said dearest Wife and accompanying you to the Sea side which thing we remit to your Arbitrament but only to ascertain you what number of Servants and Horses be appointed unto you to pass over the Sea like as we have ordered all other Lords and Nobles as shall attend upon our said dearest Wife the Queen according to their Degrees Fail ye not therefore to accomplish the premises as ye tender our Honour and Pleasure Given under our Signet at our Maner of Eltham the Six and twentieth day of March. An Indenture between John Elmes and John Mordaunto. THIS Indenture made the Ninth day of May the Twelfth Year of the Reign of King Henry the Eighth between John Elmes Son and Heir of William Elmes Esquire and Son and Heir Apparent of Elizabeth Pygott Widow one of the Danghters and Heirs of John Iwardeby Esquire deceased and late Wife to the said William Elmes on the one Party and John Mordaunt of Turvey in the County of Bedford Esquire on the other Party Witnesseth That it is Promised Covenanted and Agreed between the said Parties in the manner and form following that is to say The said John Elmes granteth and promiseth by the Grace of God to espouse and take to his Wife Edith Mordaunt one of the Daughters of the said John Mordaunt before the Feast of All-Saints next coming after the date of these Presents if the said Edith thereunto shall agree and assent And in like manner the said John Mordaunt granteth and promiseth That the said Edith shall by the same Grace of God Marry and take to Husband the said John Elmes before the foresaid Feast if the said John Elmes thereunto shall agree and assent And it is agreed by these Presents between the said Parties That the Costs and Charges of the same Marriage as in Meat and Drink and other such things convenient and necessary for the same shall be at the costs of the said John Mordaunt And that the said John Elmes shall apparel himself at his Pleasure at his own cost and charges and in like manner the said John Mordaunt shall apparel the said Edith at the same day of Marriage at his proper cost and charges And the said John Elmes Covenanteth and Agreeth by these Presents That he before the Feast of All-Saints next coming at the cost and charges in the Law of the said John Mordaunt his Heirs Executors or Assigns shall make cause or do to be made to Robert Brudenell Knight the Chief Justice of the Common Pleas and to the said John Mordaunt John Thyney of Drayton in the County of Buckingham Esquire Robert Thyney Thomas Tyrynghin the Elder Thomas Brudenell the Elder William Gascoign Esquire Walter Luke Nicholas Hardyng John Spencer and Robert Latimer Gentlemen and to their Heirs a sure and lawful
and by Land for reasonable Wages and Payments to be taken and had in that behalf not only within Franchises and places priviledged but also without and in other places Wherefore we will and command you and every of you to do your diligence in the executing of this our pleasure and commandment And also we will and command all and singular Mayors Sheriffs Bayliffs Constables and all other our Officers Ministers and Subjects to be Aiding Helping Counseling and Assisting you in the executing hereof as they will answer to us at their utmost peril In Witness whereof we have caused these Presents to be Sealed with our great Seal at Westminster the Three and twentieth Day of December the twentieth Year of our Reign Pexfatt A Letter from King Henry the Eighth to Sir John Mordaunt To our trusty and welbeloved Sir John Mordaunt Knight Surveyor and Master of our Wood-sales within our Forests Parks and Chaces as well on this side Trent as beyond Henry R. By the King TRusty and welboved we greet you well And whereas our great Lodge in our New Park within our New Forest is decayed and ruinous which Lodge we intend to have repaired conveniently against our resort to the same and because we be credibly informed that it should be very necessary for the preservation of our Game in Southbally within our said Forest to make a Trench in our Wood there next adjoining to the Abbot of Bewleys Park We will that ye upon the sight hereof do cause a Trench to be felled in our Woods befide the said Park and that ye make sale of all the said Woods in the said Trench to our most profit and with the Money thereof growing to cause to be bestowed upon the reparation of our said great Lodge in as convenient hast as ye can and that ye cause such Brick as standeth in a Kyln ready made within our Ballywyke of Burley within our said Forest to be kept to our use and to bestow part thereof upon the said reparations of our said Lodge and these our Letters shall be your Warrant and discharge in that behalf Given under our Signet at our Castle of Windsor the Thirteenth day of April the One and twentieth Year of our Reign A Letter from King Henry the Eighth to Sir John Mordaunt To our trusty and welbeloved Counsellor Sir John Mordaunt Knight Surveyor General of our Woods Henry R. By the King WE will and command you forthwith upon the sight of these our Letters to direct your writing unto our Officers of our Forest of Sawsey and of our Park of Moulton commanding them by the same to deliver or do to be delivered unto our Trusty and welbeloved Servant John Hartwell Esquire and to Richard Wale Gentleman such and as many Oaks convenable for Posts and Rayls with the Lops Tops and Bark of the same as shall be sufficient for the enlarging of our Park of Hartwell and making of a new Lodge there they imploying the said Lops Tops and Bark towards the payment of the Workmanship of the said enlargement of our said Park The said Oak to be taken within our said Forest and Park and these our Letters shall be your sufficient Warrant and discharge in this behalf Given under our Signet at our Maner of Ampthill the Thirteenth day of September the Three and twentieth Year of our Reign A Letter from King Henry the Eighth to Sir John Mordaunt To our trusty and welbeloved Counsellor Sir John Mordaunt Knight Henry R. By the King TRusty and Right welbeloved we greet you well And whereas we singularly tendring as well the defence of this our Realm against the malignity of our Ancient Enemies the French-men and Scots and to suppress their Temerities which contrary to their Oaths and Promises have commenced the Wars against us and our said Realm as also specially minding to be in such a readiness as we may be not only able to resist the malice of our said Ememies but also aid and assist our faithful Friends Confederates and Allies with our Power according to such Treaties as be passed and concluded betwixt us and them have now of late of special trust addressed our Commission with Instructions to you and others of that our Shire of Bedford as well for the Viewing Mustering and putting our said Subjects in a readiness with Heaumes and other Abiliments fit for the Wars according to the Port and Continue of our said Commission and Instructions thereunto annexed as also to make due Certificate to us in Writing of and upon all and singular the Points and Articles contained in our said Instructions We therefore truly regarding providing and considering the great Costs and Charges that we of likelihood shall be enforced to sustain and bear for maintenance and continuance of our Armies and Navy both by Land and Sea and over that by the advice of our Council devising the ways and means how the said Charges might the more easily be born and supported by the loving Aid of our faithful and benevolent Subjects have thought right expedient to have certain knowledge as well of the Extents and yearly Revenues of such Lands as be within the precinct and Circuit of that Shire and to whom the said Lands particularly appertain as also in the value and estimation of the Goods and Substances of all and singular our Subjects as well spiritual as Temporal resident and inhabiting within the same And for that cause remembring you to be our true and Faithful Servant thought right expedient to authorise you for that purpose willing and commanding you not only to give firm credence to our Trusty and right welbeloved Servants Sir John Saint-John Sir William Gascoign and Sir John Mordaunt Knights whom we have right amply instructed of our mind and pleasure to you by them to be declared but also towards your self after such form and manner for the more assured knowledge of the premises as they shall instruct you Fail ye not thus to do as we fingularly trust you and as ye tender the advancement of our Honor and surety to be remembred hereafter according to our laudable acquital and good deserts Given under our Signet at our Castle of Windsor the Twenty sixth Day of July A Letter from King Henry the Eighth to the Lord Mordaunt To our trusty and welbeloved the Lord Mordaunt Henry R. By the King RIght trusty and welbeloved we greet you well And forasmuch as we be determined in the Feast of Pentecost next coming to keep and celebrate with all due circumstances of Honor the Coronation of our most dear and welbeloved Wife the Lady Anne our Queen as to her Estate and Dignity doth appertain We therefore desire and pray you to put your self in such order and readiness against the said Feast as ye may here attend and be present at the said Coronation in such wise furnished as to your degree and that solemnity shall be convenient and agreeable wherein ye shall do unto us very acceptable pleasure
Anno Regni nostri quadragesimo quinto Per billam Curiae Wardorum Liberationum de data praedicta authoritate Parlamenti Egerton Norr d Coram Auditoribus Curiae Wardorum Liberationum dominae Reginae termino Michaelis Anno Regni ejusdem dominae Reginae quadragesimo quinto 1602. Examinatur per Walterium Took Auditores Examinatur per Will. Curles Auditores In Memorandis Scaccarii de anno quadragesimo quarto Reginae nunc Elizabethae videlicet inter Recorda de termino Sancti Michaelis rotulo ex parte Remembratorum Thesaurarii Charta Caroli Comitis de Nottingham Magni Admiralli Angliae Capitalis Justiciarii ac Justiciarii itinerans omnium Forestarum Chacearum Parcorum Warrenarum Domini Regis citra Trentham CArolus Comes Nottingham Baro Howard de Effingham magnus Admirallus Angliae c. Capitalis Justiciarius ac Justiciarius itinerans omnium Forestarum Chacearum Parcorum Warrenarum Domini Regis citra Trentham Omnibus ad quos praesentes pervenerint Salutem Sciatis me praefatum Carolum Comitem Nottinghamiae pro diversis causis rationibus me specialiter moventibus constituisse ordinasse per praesentes in loco meo posuisse ac deputasse dilectum mihi perhonorabilem Henricum Dominum Mordaunt de Drayton in Comitatu Northamptoniae meum verum legitimum Deputatum ad exercendum exequendum occupandum officium Justiciarii itinerantis in per totum illam Forestam Domini Regis nunc vocatam per nomen de Rockingham Forest in dicto Comitatu Northamptoniae ac metas limites ejusdem Et ad faciendum peragendum quicquid ad officium praedictum pertinet durante solummodo beneplacito meo Dans concedens dicto meo Deputato plenam autoritatem meam ad agendum exequendum perficiendum perimplendum omnia fingula concernentia Forestam praedictam ac omnia alia spectantia ad officium praedictum loco vice mea ad omnes intentiones proposita ac in tam amplis modo forma prout ego legitimè facere seu exequi possim per leges hujus Regni si personaliter ibidem interessem In cujus rei Testimonium sigillum officii mei praedicti praesentibus apposui Data decimo nono die Junii 1603 Anno Regni serenissimi Domini nostri Jacobi Dei gratia Angliae Scotiae Franciae Hiberniae Regis primo F. 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Bellingham CAROLVS COM NOTING BARO HOWARD DE EFFINGHĀ CA LIS IVSTICI VS OMNIVM FORES VM ET MARCA VM TRENTAM An Indenture Tripartite for the Settlement of the Estate of Henry Lord Mordaunt THIS Indenture Tripartite made the Fourth Day of January in the Year of our Soveraign Lord James by the Grace of God King of England Scotland France and Ireland Defendor of the Faith that is to say Of England France and Ireland the Sixth and of Scotland the Two and fortieth between the Right honourable Henry Lord Mordaunt on the the First Part and Thomas Lock of Grays-Inn in the County of Middlesex Gentleman and John Rowe of London Gentleman on the Second Part and the Right honourable Edward Earl of Worcester of the most Noble Order of the Garter Knight Master of the King's Majesty's Horse and one of his Majesty's most honourable Privy Council Roger Earl of Rutland Sir Francis Fane Knight Sir Edward Ratcliff Knight Sir Thomas Compton Knight and George Sherley Esquire on the Third Part Witnesseth That the said Lord Mordaunt as well for and in consideration of the natural Love and Fatherly Affection which he beareth to his Children hereafter in these Presents named and for the continuance of all and singular the Maners Lands Tenements and Hereditaments of him the said Lord Mordaunt hereafter in these Presents mentioned in the name and blood of him the said Lord Mordaunt so long as it shall please God And for the better supportation of the Honour and Dignity of him the said Lord Mordaunt in the Heirs of his Body as also for the better Maintenance and Provision in living and Portions to be had made and raised for the Younger Children of the said Lord Mordaunt both Sons and Daughters and for the payment of the Debts which the said Lord Mordaunt shall owe or any others shall stand chargeable for the said Lord Mordaunt at the time of his Death and for other causes and considerations him thereunto specially moving Doth for him his Heirs Executors and Administrators and every of them Covenant and Grant to and with the said Earls Sir Francis Fane Sir Edward Ratcliff Sir Thomas Compton and George Sherley in manner and form following that is to say That he the said Lord Mordaunt shall and will leave and suffer to descend unto such person and persons as shall happen to be Heir or Heirs of the said Lord Mordaunt at the time of the Death of the said Lord Mordaunt all these his Lordships and Maners of Netherbery Collesden Carlills and Throgmorton in Roxton and the Maner of Woodend and the Maner or Farm of Kempstonborn and his other Lands Tenements and Hereditaments in Roxton Cranfield and Bereford in the County of Bedford with their and every their Appurtenances Rights and Members to the said Maners Lands Tenements and Hereditaments and to either of them belonging and to the Advowson of the Church of Meppersall in the said County of Bedford and the Maners of Thrapston Gale Ringsted and Raundes and of Much-Addington Luffwick Islip and Slipton in the County of Northampton with their and every and either of their Appurtenances Royalties and Commodities to the same Maners and to every of them belonging and appertaining and the Chauntries of Much-Addington aforesaid and Luffwick-Mills and the Maner of Drayton and all the demeasne Lands to the said Maner belonging or appertaining in the said County of Northampton The Capital or Mansion-House of the said Lord Mordaunt in Drayton aforesaid and the Parks called Drayton and Sudburgh-Parks and one Close called the Great Pasture and another Close called the Mile-close one Close called the Lymekill-Close another called Clay-Close another called the Warren-Close and another called the Horse-Close leading from Drayton-house to Luffwick only excepted And one Free Rent of Thirty three Shillings two Pence half penny or thereabouts issuing out of certain Lands in Barton and another Free Rent of Thirty eight Shillings and eight Pence issuing out of certain Lands in Stanwick in the aforesaid County of Northampton and also the Maner of Clifton Reynes with the Appurtenances in the County of Buckingham to the end That the King's Majesty his Heirs and Successors of the same Maners Lands Tenements Rents and Hereditaments before mentioned shall and may have and receive the full benefit of Wardship primer Seisure and Livery as the case shall require happening or to happen by or upon the decease of the said Lord Mordaunt Which said Maners Lands Tenements amounting to the full third part of the aforesaid Lord Mordaunt's Maners Lands Tenements and Revenues the said Lord Mordaunt doth for that
Three and fiftieth Young Pye Per breve de privato Sigillo In Memorandis Scaccarii de anno xviij Regis nunc Jacobi videliâ—et inter Recorda de termino Paschae rotulo ex parte Remem Thesauri reman intratum A Deed of Jointure made for the Countess of Peterburgh before Marriage THis Indenture Tripartite made the One and thirtieth Day of March in the Years of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord King James by the Grace of God of England Scotland France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith that is to say of England France and Ireland the Nineteenth and of Scotland the Four and fiftieth Between the Right Honourable Sir John Mordaunt Knight Lord Baron of Turvey on the first part the Right Honourable Lady Anne Howard of Effingham and Sir Francis Fane of Apethorp in the County of Northampton Knight and Sir Oliver Luke of Woodend in the County of Bedford Knight on the second part and Henry Lovell of Blechmichleigh in the County of Surrey Esquire and Henry Stanley of the Inner-Temple London Esquire of the third part Witnesseth That whereas there is a Marriage intended and agreed by the Grace of God to be had and solemnized between the said John Lord Mordaunt and Elizabeth Howard Sole Daughter and Heir of William Lord Howard of Effingham deceased and Heir apparent of the said Lady Anne Howard in consideration whereof and for the love and affection which he the said Lord Mordaunt doth bear unto the said Elizabeth Howard in case she survive and over-live the said Lord Mordaunt and for the making and providing a competent Jointure and Livelihood to the said Elizabeth Howard in case she survive and over-live the said Lord Mordaunt fit for her Honour and Degree and for setling and continuing of the Maners Lands Tenements and Hereditaments hereafter in these Presents expressed to continue in the Issues Name and Blood of him the said Lord Mordaunt so long as it please God as hereafter in these Presents is mentioned He the said John Lord Mordaunt for himself his Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns doth Covenant Grant Promise and Agree to and with the said Lady Anne Howard her Heirs Executors Administrators or Assigns and every of them by these Presents That he the said Lord Mordaunt and his Heirs at their or some of their own proper Costs and Charges in the Law in this side or before the Feast of Pentecost commonly called Whitsontide next ensuing the date hereof shall and will acknowledge and levy one or more Fine or Fines with Proclamations according to the Statute in that Case provided before the King's Majesty's Justices of the Court of Common-Pleas at Westminster in due form of Law according to the common course of Fines in such Cases used unto the said Henry Lovell and Henry Stanley and the Heirs of the said Henry Lovell and Henry Stanley of all those his Maners of Drayton Islip Ringsted Furnels in Raundes Addington Slipton and Luffwick in the County of Northampton with all their and every of their Rights Members and Appurtenances and of the Capital Messuage or Mansion-House of Drayton aforesaid with the Appurtenances and of the Rectories or Parsonages of Slipton Denford and Ringsted and of the Rectory of Luffwick in the said County of Northampton with their and every of their Appurtenances and of all other Lands Tenements and Hereditaments of him the said Lord Mordaunt lying and being in the several Towns Parishes and Hamlets of Drayton Ringsted Islip Raundes Addington Slipton Luffwick and Denford in the County of Northampton and of all the Rights Members Royalties and Appurtenances to the said Maners Parsonages Lands or Tenements or any of them in any wise appertaining or belonging and of all that his Maner or Farm of Kemston-burn in the County of Bedford with all the Rights Members and Appurtenances thereto appertaining and of all those his Lands Tenements and Hereditaments being Freehold in Cranfield in the said County of Bedford By which Fine or Fines with Proclamations he the said Lord Mordaunt shall acknowledge the said Maners Parsonages Lands Tenements and Hereditaments and all other the Premises with the Appurtenances by such name or names and by such quantity and number of Acres as shall be meet and convenient to be the Right of the said Henry Lovell and Henry Stanley as those which the said Henry Lovell and Henry Stanley have of the gift of the said Lord Mordaunt and shall remise and quit claim to the same from him and his Heirs to the said Henry Lovell and Henry Stanley and the Heirs of them the said Henry Lovell and Henry Stanley with Warranty against him the said Lord Mordaunt and his Heirs and all claiming from by or under them or any of them Which Fine or Fines in form aforesaid or in any other manner to be levied and all other Fine or Fines which shall be of the Premises or any part thereof levied by the said Lord Mordaunt to the said Henry Lovell and Henry Stanley or either of them on this side the said Feast of Pentecost shall be and enure and shall be deemed and taken to be and enure and the said Cognizees therein their Heirs and Assigns shall from and immediately after the levying and engrossing of the said Fine or Fines stand and be seized of all the said Maners Parsonages and Premises and of every part and parcel thereof to the use of the said Henry Lovell and Henry Stanley and of their Heirs for ever To the only intent and purpose That the said Henry Lovell and Henry Stanley shall stand and be adjudged perfect Tenants of the Freehold of the said Maners and other the Premises and of every part thereof until a perfect Recovery may be lawfully had and executed of the Maners and Premises against the said Henry Lovell and Henry Stanley And the said Lord Mordaunt for himself his Heirs Executors and Assigns doth Covenant and Agree to and with the said Lady Anne Howard her Heirs Executors and Assigns That the above-named Sir Francis Fane and Sir Oliver Luke shall and may before the said Feast of Pentecost at the proper Costs and Charges in the Law of him the said Lord Mordaunt Commence and Prosecute one or more Writs of Entry Sur disseisin in le post against the said Henry Lovell and Henry Stanley retornable before the King's Majesty's Justices of his Highness's Court of Common-Pleas at Westminster according to the usual course of common Recoveries whereby they shall demand against the said Henry Lovell and Henry Stanley the said Maners Parsonages Lands and other the Premises by such name and names number and quantity of Acres as shall be thought meet and requisite Unto which Writ or Writs the said Henry Lovel and Henry Stanley shall appear in proper person or by their Attorney or Attornies lawfully authorised and shall Vouch to Warranty the said Lord Mordaunt And the said Lord Mordaunt agreeth That he shall appear in proper person upon the same Voucher or by
Mordaunt of Turvey afterwards Earl of Peterborow and Charles his Successor in his Honors as also three Daughters Elizabeth Married to Sir Robert Southwell of Wood-Riseing Frances first to Henry Fitz-Gerald Earl of Kildare and Margaret to Sir Richard Levison of Trentham and Vice-Admiral of England An Indenture by which Elizabeth Countess of Peterborow doth settle the Mannor of Blechingleigh upon her Son Henry Earl of Peterborow THis Indenture made the Four and twentieth day of April Anno Domini 1648. and in the Four and twentieth Year of the Reign of our Soveraign Lord Charles by the Grace of God King of England Scotland France and Ireland Defender of the Faith c. between the Right Honourable Elizabeth Countess Dowager of Peterborow of the one part and the Right Honourable Henry Earl of Arundel Sir Becham Saint John Knight of the Honourable Order of the Bath Sir Oliver Luke of Hawnes in the County of BEdford Knight and Sir Samuel Luke of Woodend in the said County of Bedford Knight of the other part Witnesseth That the said Countess Dowager for the settling of the Mannor and Lands hereafter mentioned in the Name and Blood of her the said Countess And in consideration of the summ of Five shillings of lawful Money of England to her in hand paid by the said Henry Earl of Arundel Sir Becham Saint John Sir Oliver Luke and Sir Samuel Luke whereof she acknowledgeth the receipt and for divers other good causes and considerations her the said Countess hereunto especially moving hath Granted Bargained Aliened Sold Enfeoffed and Confirmed and by these Presents doth Grant Bargain Alien Sell Enfeoffe and Confirm unto the said Henry Earl of Arundel Sir Becham Saint John Sir Oliver Luke and Sir Samuel Luke all that the Mannor of Blechingly alias Bletchingley alias Blechingleigh in the County of Surrey with the Rights Members and Appurtenances thereunto belonging and all Houses Lands Tenements Hereditaments Commons Wasts Warrens Courts Court-Leet view of Frankpledge Privileges Goods of Felons Deodands Franchises Profits Emoluments and Appurtenances whatsoever to the said Mannor belonging or appertaining or as part parcel or member thereof commonly accepted reputed taken or known and also all Lands Tenements and Hereditaments of her the said Countess Dowager scituate lying and being in the Parishes of Blechingly alias Bletchingley alias Blechingleigh aforesaid Godstone Cateram and Horne or any of them in the said County of Surrey To Have and to Hold the said Mannor Lands and Premises with their and every of their rights members and appurtenances to the said Henry Earl of Arundel Sir Becham Saint John Sir Oliver Luke and Sir Samuel Luke their Heirs and Assigns for ever to the use behoof intents and purposes and with upon and under such limitations as are hereafter in and by these presents limited expressed and declared and to and for no other use intent meaning or purpose whatsoever That is to say To the Use of the said Elizabeth Countess Dowager of Peterborow for and during the Term of her Natural Life without Impeachment of or for any manner of Wast And after her Decease then to the Use and Behoof of Henry Earl of Peterborow Son and Heir Apparent of the said Countess for and during the Term of Fourscore and nineteen Years if the said Earl of Peterborow shall so long live without Impeachment of Wast And afterwards to the Use of the said Henry Earl of Arundel Sir Becham Saint John Sir Oliver Luke and Sir Samuel Luke for the Life of the said Earl of Peterborow upon Trust and to the intent that the Contingent Remainders herein after limited may not be prevented defeated or destroyed without the Consent of the said Countess And nevertheless That the said Earl of Peterborow may have and receive the Rents and Profits of the said Mannor and Premises for the term of his Life And after the Decease of the said Earl of Peterborow to the Use of the Daughter or Daughters and Younger Son or Sons of the Body of the said Earl of Peterborow lawfully to be begotten And of and for such Estate and Estates either in Fee Simple Fee Tail for Life or Lives or Years or otherwise of the said Mannor and Premises and every or any Part or Parcel thereof And to the intent that such Son or Sons Daughter or Daughters may have and receive such Rent or Rents Summ or Summs of Money out of the Premises or any Part thereof as the said Earl of Peterborow at any time during his Life by any Writing or Writings under his Hand and Seal testified by Two or more Witnesses shall limit and appoint And for Default of such Limitation and Appointment or as the Estates so limited shall respectively end and determine and charged or chargeable with such Rent or Rents Summ or Summs of Money as shall be so limited Then to the Use and Behoof of the First Son of the said Earl of Peterborow lawfully begotten or to be begotten and of the Heirs of the Body of such First Son lawfully begotten And for default of such Heirs then to the Use and Behoof of the Second Son of the said Henry Earl of Peterborow lawfully begotten or to be begotten and of the Heirs of the Body of such Second Son lawfully to be begotten And for default of such Heirs then to the Use and Behoof of the Third Son of the said Henry Earl of Peterborow lawfully begotten or to be begotten and of the Heirs of the Body of such Third Son lawfully to be begotten And for default of such Issue then to the Use and Behoof of the Fourth Son of the said Henry Earl of Peterborow and of the Heirs of the Body of such Fourth Son lawfully to be begotten And for default of such Heirs then to the Use and Behoof of the Fifth Son of the said Henry Earl of Peterborow lawfully begotten or to be begotten and of the Heirs of the Body of such Fifth Son lawfully to be begotten And for default of such Issue then to the Use and Behoof of all and every such other Son or Sons of the said Henry Earl of Peterborow lawfully to be begotten as they shall be in Priority of Birth and of the several and respective Heirs of their several and respective Bodies lawfully to be begotten And for default of such Heirs then to the use and behoof of the Daughter or Daughters of the said Henry Earl of Peterborow lawfully begotten or to be begotten and of the Heirs of the Body or Bodies of such Daughter or Daughters lawfully to be begotten And for default of such Heirs then to the use and behoof of John Mordaunt Esq Second Son of the said Countess for and during the term of his Natural Life without Impeachment of or for any manner of Wast And after his Decease then to the use and behoof of the First Son of the said John Mordaunt lawfully to be begotten and of the Heirs of the Body of such First Son lawfully to be begotten And for default